The TAZARA Regional General Manager, Mr
Fuad Abdallah, said in Dar es Salaam that the authority would until next
week clear all arrears, including the June salary to its all workers
and January salary to some of its workers.
“TAZARA expects to receive the funds
between tomorrow (today) and a day after tomorrow (tomorrow)” said the
Tanzania regional boss.
Mr Abdallah explained that Tazara paid
part of its staff in January after receiving the funds from the
government in June that covered salaries of its all workers from
February to May. “We will clear arrears for June salaries. The authority
will also pay workers who did not receive the salaries in January,” he
reported.
He attributed the situation to the fact
that the authority was experiencing small business capital. “We should
at least carry 450,000 tonnes consignment per year to accommodate
operational costs’’, he pointed out.
He noted that TAZARA now owned 11
locomotives with carriage capacity of 87,000 tons of the consignment per
year. “The authority will require 29 locomotives to accommodate 450,000
tonnes of consignment per year,” he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Dr Shaaban Mwinjaka, told this
newspaper that the government had cleared salary arrears for TAZARA
staff, adding that allowances should be met internally.
“The government had to chip in to pay
the September and October salaries. But allowances should be paid by the
authority itself,” said the PS.
Speaking to the ‘Daily News’ in Dar es
Salaam, Mr Mussa Kalala, who is the Tanzania Railway Authority Workers’
Union (TRAWU) National Chairman, appealed to TAZARA management to speed
up payment of arrears for salary and allowances.
“Some of our members (TAZARA staff) did
not receive their salaries in January while all staff did not receive
their salaries in June,” said the TRAWU national chairman.
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