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Pros vid cons of movilcoffee by" road ill C1if's vehicles
lerha,)s, it w .ald be pooiblo for Uganda to shift the entire
movement of coffee to Monbl~an to the rai-,ayn, .uid r;vert to the
position that prevailed before 1971. But a new factor has recently
emerged. Tho Coffee Marketin Boarcd hav p-'chatsed 600 lorries with
trailers at, r. brtor arriangoront 8(d'vinit the oupljly of c ol'co.
Undoubtudl7, it can buy more on tie aaria bnrtor basis, or under some
other arr-xe.rint. It is in a pooit-on to organize its own fleet of
lorries andn trailer c i uove its coffee hy road to Mor.lblifla.
Ovor (lhe pact docade, Ugandt's participation in the onurthiern
trtn:it col'ridor hanu di.iiio'd gAr(hitl6y, b0c:uue o: the lee Cf much
of itt: fleqt of railwvay locnotives -iid wztenu, tnrout;Ii duah.,:L,
.Lisropai ; And dotruction, w:ithuut auiy reopZeni.oic0hrnt , atnd th- down­
±anll of its mejor road transit tran.port cori)pany, Transocc!tin. Ug-nda
rai :urs :ro lilzo_2e to recover ita p-trticipation in the railwny
tra rnit tr::.n!)oert, with the acquijition of n:uiy nw locrmotivc:s tind
Inwaronc;. IIoever, Ugandan'o participiLtion in the railwi, transport
oyate. on . northcrn'u corridor, ill tor,,, of the Alsar(. ill tho total
r OVL.YhU&1 , cIjiot 1no vory vu1ttinmtal , oven Jt~ Ugncta railwaye;
,cquire a!24 the locomotives laact wngonu n:..da for the tranaport of
ita goods,asine rirrodornintnlt .art of the re3venue frora transport
by r.til to Jrorbasa goes to z.enya. On the other hand, the re-building
of the ~flot of lorries and trailers by the Coffee Marketing Board
o3ffers Ugaicja the chance to aciLiove adequute participation in road
trannil'ort on the northorn triuinit corridor.
Tho q!,estioa ij if it is worthwhile for Uganca to increasue its
partici.-tj:on in the road tr U&sOport L-ovioCu on the northern trnsit
corridor, elr t coacentrate on the uhift of traffic to the railwalys
anid tho iniroasLed pl.rtitipat*on of Uganda ra-wtyu --n the transit
trtuloport yciteri.
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Oxo ou ti,( rettoons for the wide gi) between the r'evenuVO and
costu bf Uhandv. railw.ys iu tho .average low love.l of traffic. 'f
coffeel raov r.tent in shifted back to tho road, it might affect the
vj-abi.,1ty (f Utganda railways quite cerious2Z,. On the other hand,
now th'.t tle exports of cotton, ten., grains, o:lseeds, hides and
skins , fio4, wood tund wood products, fruitzi and veogottiblea -ind other
producto .oo likely to recover - soro of them quite rapidly - it
would e d sirable' if Uganda'i particip.ation in the road trnnsport
fa'cilition on the northern tran~sit corridor is increaed, so o ; to
make room or the movemont of newly forthcomaing export nroducto.
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