This was revealed by Deputy Minister in
the President’s Office (Local Government and Regional Administration),
Selemani Jaffo, at the National Assembly when responding to a question
by Pangani MP, Juma Aweso.
The MP had sought to know when the
government would end water shortage in his constituency, noting that the
district was facing acute water shortage with Mkalamo, Masaika,
Mikunguni, Mkwaja, Mwera, and Bushiri wards the most affected areas.
The Deputy Minister admitted that
Pangani is one of the areas across that country that has been
experiencing water shortage but told the House that the government was
committed to end problem in the country. “The government in
collaboration with development partners has been executing the water
sector development programme since 2006/07.
In the Pangani District council five
projects have been completed at six villages of Madanga, Jaira, Bweni,
Kwakibuyu, Mzambarauni and Kigurusimba,” Jaffo told the House.
He revealed more projects will be
carried out in ten other villages of Pangani District under the second
phase of the water sector development fund.
He named the villages as Mkalamo
village, (Mkalamo Ward), Stahabu, Mtango, and Mikinguni (Mikunguni
Ward), Mikocheni and Sange (Mkwaja Ward), Mwera (Mwera Ward), Kipumbwi
(Kipumbwi Ward), Msaraza (Bushiri Ward) and Masaika (Masaika Ward). The
Deputy Minister bought the legislator’s suggestion that the problem
could be solved by drawing water from Pangani River.
Jaffo said it was in the government’s
plans to set up a massive project of utilising the river to supply
reliable services in the district, noting that a total of 10bn/- was
needed to finance the project. Mpwapwa legislator George Lubeleje (CCM)
also decried scarcity of water at Mpwapwa and Kongwa areas, saying
people were forced to buy a 20-litre container at 1,000/-.
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