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LSHS managing director Mr Daniel Maundu
said the firm was working on the first order after the Tanzania
government contracted Isuzu Motors to build the first 80-person capacity
buses for use under the BRT programme.By James Kariuki @TheCitizenTZ news@Tz.nationmedia.com
By James Kariuki
Nairobi
— Bus body-builder Labh Singh Harnam Singh (LSHS) has been hired to
build high-capacity buses for Tanzania government's Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) services as Kenya prepares to import the same from South Africa
next month.
LSHS managing
director Mr Daniel Maundu said the firm was working on the first order
after the Tanzania government contracted Isuzu Motors to build the first
80-person capacity buses for use under the BRT programme.
Meanwhile, Kenya is
planning to import the high capacity buses yet Tanzania, which
initially imported buses from China, has turned to us to use our 70-year
plus experience to build the buses for them.
Mr Maundu who
doubles as the Kenya Bus Body Builders Association chairman said Kenya's
plan to import fully built units negated the Jubilee government's Big
Four Agenda, especially the manufacturing pillar, where the government
pledged to provide incentives to support local companies in a bid to
generate jobs, revenue and hence higher taxes. Kenya will pay Sh500
million to import 30 buses, effectively exporting jobs to the more
advanced economy.
"Our work benefits
many companies that manufacture various products from batteries to
springs, gaskets, lubricants, iron bars and sheets among other items.
"It is a vibrant supply chain that if activated could directly benefit 6,000 people employed across the industries," he said.
Mr Maundu observed
that most auto-assemblers and body builders were cutting staff due to
reduced business as a way of easing operational costs.
"We have capacity
to meet any demand within Kenya and have built adequate factories and
manpower over the past decades. Kenya has three motor vehicle assemblers
and 12 body builders and the plan to import fully built buses will deny
us the much-needed business especially after a tough 2017," he said.
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