DAR ES SALAAM Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Saidi Meck Sadiki, has directed all municipal councils directors to remove all beggars because they contribute towards pollution.
Addressing journalists in Dar es Salaam
Mr Sadick said that the move will help on the implementation of the
directives that were made by President John Magufuli that the 54th
independence celebrations will be marked by conducting cleaning
exercises.
“I am not saying that the beggars are
dirty, what I am saying is that the beggars leave in dirty conditions
and they contribute towards pollution because they use paper bags as
toilets and leave them scattered around,” Mr Sadick said.
He directed other authorities to
collaborate with the government in ensuring that the campaign is
successful as planned in order to prevent diseases He said everyone in
the region should be ready to implement the directives from the
president because it has been made for the betterment of the country.
Mr Sadik added that the cleaning
exercise will be progressive to ensure better health for all people. He
also ordered government officials to oversee the cleaning exercise in
their districts in order to prevent communicable disease.
Tanzania last month saw a major cholera
outbreak with nearly 5,000 cases recorded and dozens of deaths reported,
according to officials and the World Health Organization
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