Machibya Shiwa

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Machibya Shiwa is the Director General of Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC), who recently addressed the media regarding the first standard gauge railway (SGR) accident in Tanzania since electric train operations began, attributing the derailment to an operational error.

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The Citizen – major Tanzanian English newspaper, est. 2004·

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The Citizen – major Tanzanian English newspaper, est. 2004·

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