SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

COMPUTER CENTRE:
COURSE NAME: INFORMATION SEARCH AND RETRIVAL.
COURSE CODE: DIT 103.
INSTRACTOR NAME: ANDREW MSUNGU.
GROUP ASSIGNMENT:
GROUP MEMBERS:
NO

NAMES

REGISTRATION N0

MICHAEL RICHARD STEVEN

DIT/D/2014/0037

PASCHAL, CRESCENT

DIT/D/2014/0074

SENDARO, HALIMA,SUPHIAN

DIT/D/2014/0116

WILBARD MICHAEL

DIT/D/2014/0015

AMANI, MOSHI J

DIT/D/2014/0046

RAMADHAN,SALUM

DIT/D/2014/0011

KAPANDILA, ANSELMO, EMMANUEL

DIT/D/2014/0066

SIMON HAMIS

DIT/E/2014/0119

AMIRI ZAINABU,

DIT/D/2014/0020

Question: Explain transport system at SUA (main campus).

Date of submission: 20th JAN, 2015

AKNOWLEDGEMNT.
We are real thankful to our instructor Mr. ANDREW MSUNGU, for his efforts to the
completion of this work, we are also thankful to Mr. AMOS ALBAN AMBUSE who is the
DALADALA driver for his contribution on the collection of data concerning this work. We
also appreciate the contribution from our fellow colleagues who are the class members and all
who participated on the accomplishment of this work.

INTRODUCTION
Transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another.
Transportation can be in the following modes, air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The major mode
of transportation that take place at SUA especially main campus is road transportation, using cars like Town
hiace, taxi. Motor cycles (boda boda) are also highly used as another way of transportation for both students
and normal citizens who reside near the campus. There have been several other means of transportation
likeBajaji and Bicycles but these two are rarely used.

The mentioned transportation mechanisms play a very important role on development of both students and
citizens who are living near by the campus due to the fact that there is part of students who are not
accommodated in the campus, there for they use these transportation facilities to go in and out of the
university since there not living in the campus.
The following are the significances of Transportation facilities used at Main campus;
Enables the university to intake a big number of students despite of accommodation facilities it has.
Sometimes it happens that a number of students do not fit the accommodation facilities provided by the
university, therefore only some of students get accommodation within the campus and the rest have to hire
rooms outside the campus. Due to this transportation facilities play a very important role for them to reach the
university and attend classes on time.
Saves time.Transportation facilities helpstudents that reside off campus to attend their classes and get back
home on time.
Makes movement easier.Sometimes students need to go out of campus to the areas where they can get some
services that are not available in the campus areas, they are using these transportation facilities to make them
move easily to where they can get their needs.
Improve social awareness to the students who are accommodated off campus. After completing the studies,
students are likely to go to different societies and be a part of them, due to the presence of transportation some
students are able to live out of campus by hiring rooms, this in one way or the other makes them know how
the society is and what does it expect from them as educated people.
Though there have been several importances due to the presence of these transportation facilities but, there are
also challenge that face the transportation system to and from the campus. Those challenges are such as;
Poor Infrastructures. Road is not very good due to the presence of holes in it.This can cause an accident and
even car breakdown.

Oldness of transportation facilities. Most of the facilities seem to be old and therefore they sometimes cause
trouble to passengers and result to uncomfortability to the passengers. Sometimes cars do not start until people
push them. Consider the following picture;

Breaking of road safety rules. It has been like a custom to most of the drivers to work against the road safety
road safety rules; they are in most cases very speedy and busy using mobile phones while driving. This habit
may result into an accident.
Absence of passengers. Transportation to and from the campus is highly dependent to students because
normal citizens who are residing near the campus are very few, therefore when the holidays come drivers find
themselves in a hard time since a big number of passengers is notthere.
Absence of enough road sign. This is another challenge because no proper use of the road and the major
reason is absence of enough road signs. Drivers tend to break laws and defend themselves on the absence of
enough road signs something that may cause accidents.

SOLUTION:
It is our request to the government with the cooperation with university management to make sure
infrastructures are improved and road signs, transportation facilities are also improved and drivers of these
transportation facilities follow the road using rules. This will ensure the students and other normal citizens to
be sure of their transport and allow the university intake a big number of students without having a fear on
where they will be accommodated. When all these will be solved, the university will be able to have hostels
even far from its territories

CONCLUSION
We eventually have a hope to the government and management of the University that they together will work
on these challenges and improve more the available faciities and bring the better transportation system