PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has reiterated that the Fifth Phase Government is committed to restore discipline and moral principles in public service to ensure provision of quality services to the people.
In his speech to wind-up the second
sitting of the Eleventh Parliament here, the Premier said the slogan by
President John Magufuli “Hapa Kazi tu” should be a reminder to every
citizen to work hard and avoid bureaucracy, incompetence, red-tape and
business as usual attitude in execution of their duties.
Majaliwa cited Article 22 and 25 of the
Constitution which stress on the right and need by every Tanzanian to
work hard to attain wealth.
“When President Magufuli was
inaugurating this parliament he pledged that his government will not
tolerate lazy and incompetent civil servants.
He wanted the people to receive quality
and timely services,” the Premier said, quoting the inaugural speech by
the Head of State. Premier Majaliwa pointed that as per stipulation of
the Constitution and the speech by the president, every Tanzanian at
his/her workplace should strive and engage in legal production activity.
“Every citizen ought to adhere to job
discipline to reach desired target. I take this opportunity to remind
public servants of their role in serving the people on behalf of the
government,” he stated.
Mr Majaliwa directed the servants to
stick to ethics and professionalism to solve various challenges facing
the people. “President Magufuli has directed that the problems facing
the people should be solved by leaders at district and regionallevels
rather than national leaders,” he stressed.
The Premier urged responsible leaders to
take actions against lazy, corrupt and incompetent civil servants
without fear or favour.
Mr Majaliwa noted as well that the
philosophy by President Magufuli on “pressing out boils” is meant to
restore discipline in public service towards provision of quality
services to the general population.
“The government will not treat unfairly
hard working servants but it will not tolerate lazy officials,” Mr
Majaliwa said. On the other hand, Mr Majaliwa said food production
during the farming season 2015/2016 was promising with the country
recording surplus, save for few areas which are facing shortage.
During the period under review, the
country produced 15.5 million tonnes of food against the demand of 12.9
million tonnes, translating to a surplus of 2.5 million tonnes.
According to the PM, there are 69 local
district councils in 18 regions which face food shortage, pledging
however that the government will provide food in those areas.
The regions with the shortage include
Dodoma, Shinyanga, Lindi, Singida, Tabora, Arusha, Geita, Kilimanjaro,
Manyara, Mara, Tanga, Simiyu, Mwanza, Morogoro, Iringa, Njombe, Mtwara,
and Coast.
“The government has set aside 23,871
tonnes of food to be distributed in areas facing the shortage of which
11,860 tonnes were dished as of January 17, this year from the National
Food Reserve Agency (NFRA),” the PM explained.
According to the PM, the government was
working to construct 275 storage facilities in phases in areas known to
be leading producers of grains as a measure of ensuring food security.
The PM noted as well that the government
was aware of devastation caused on infrastructure by ongoing rains in
some parts of the country, noting that efforts were being undertaken to
restore the situation.
In another development, the Premier said
the government was working to solve recurring conflicts between farmers
and pastoralists by putting in place proper land management use in
areas where such disputes have been occurring
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