Issuing the directive yesterday,
President John Magufuli said that there should be bigger fines for
people who litter the city and people who can ‘whistle blow’ on these
culprits should be encouraged and awarded even up to 80 per cent of the
fine.
“The government is taking numerous steps
at giving the city of Dar es Salaam which is the mirror of our country a
facelift but this can only be done if its residents change their ways.
It often puzzles me why a person when in Kilimanjaro doesn’t litter but
doesn’t think twice to the same in Dar es Salaam,” he explained.
According to the globamethane.org
website, the capacity of solid waste collection in Dar es Salaam reached
in 2012 is around 1,533 tonnes of solid waste per day which is only 37
per cent of total solid waste generated in the city.
President Magufuli said in their efforts
to beautify the city, the government has on several occasions put up
streetlights that are often knocked down by irresponsible motorists.
“Now the relevant authorities have to build concrete slabs to ensure
that there is little damage when they are knocked down.
He said that it was sad to note that
when the streetlights are knocked by drivers, they are usually witnessed
by either other drivers or law enforcers, but little is done to book
the culprits and replace damaged poles.
“Allow me to take this opportunity to
congratulate the Regional Commissioner (Paul Makonda) for his efforts to
beautify the city. Please support his efforts,” he called on the
public.
President Magufuli also took the
opportunity to urge the city fathers to play their part in cleaning up
the city, hastening to caution that they should refrain from using their
own companies to do the job.
He said that he would like Dar es Salaam
to look like European cities with numerous flyovers and expanded roads,
but said that it would be pointless to have all these if cleanliness of
the city isn’t maintained
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