Taxes, poor infrastructure hinder brewers' production.

By Correspondent

Deputy Minister for Labour and Employment Dr. Makongoro Mahanga.

Municipal taxes and poor road infrastructure leading to Tanzania Breweries limited’s (TBL) premises at its Mwanza branch has been cited as a major hindrance slowing-down the production in the region.

 

Speaking during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the company’s management and Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers (TUICO), in Mwanza mid-week, TBL Managing Director, Roberto Jarrin said such taxes hinders the firm development and the public at large.

 

“There are too many taxes that we pay to municipal authorities on a regular basis and this holds back the development of the brewer in the region”, he said.

 

Deputy Minister for Labour and Employment Dr. Makongoro Mahanga who was on the inspection tour of the firm commended the company for its investment that has provided employment opportunities to many Tanzanians.

 

He said TBL efforts should be imitated by other investors and in order to put more Tanzanians on jobs that will contribute to the country’s development.

 

According to him, the firm’s success  had resulted from its listing at the Dar es Salaam stock market that has enabled people to buy shares raising its investment capital.

 

TBL is a Tanzania based company principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of malt beer, non-alcoholic malt beverages and alcoholic fruit beverages, and recently scored first position, for best products in African continent.