The state-owned company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy is experiencing a systemic crisis: network congestion, a shortage of railcars, manual management, a lack of transparency in freight distribution, and fatal accidents.
Despite trillions of tenge in state investment in railway infrastructure, KTZ’s operational efficiency is extremely low. Yet, it is a natural state monopoly, and Kazakhstan’s economy depends on its success!
According to journalists from Elmedia Kazakhstan, KTZ is experiencing a management crisis: there is money (from the budget), projects to improve efficiency exist, but no results are being achieved. The lack of genuine digitalization and manual management of freight transportation are signs of entrenched systemic corruption.
Video from Elmedia Kazakhstan.
