THE government has issued a five-month time limit to undertake a mass exodus of all ministries and departments from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma designated capital beginning this month.
The plan, which was recently announced
by President John Magufuli to honour former President, Mwalimu Julius
Nyerere, has gained momentum considering the large land available to
accommodate government offices.
Winding up the National Assembly
proceedings, Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, said the plan will be
implemented in five phases, the first involving the prime minister,
ministers and permanent secretaries.
He said between September and February
2017, all ministries with one or two departments must be in Dodoma.
“Between March and August is a grace period for various executives in
the ministry to plan budget allocation in the 2017/18 financial year as
costs for relocating staff to Dodoma,” Mr Majaliwa noted.
“September and February 2018 the
ministries will proceed with shifting their staff in remaining
departments. The fourth phase will be between March and August 2018 and
the final phase will be September to February 2020 involving the office
of the president and the vice president.”
The prime minister advised government
ministries and departments to swiftly convert all their paper work into
electronic documents saying “Dodoma will be an electronic capital.”
Already the government has formed a special team of consultants which
will work with the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to review the
Dodoma Capital master plan.
According to the premier, the review
aims at enabling the new master plan meet current land use demands and
to a period of more than 50 years. “Such exercise will involve fully
involvement of the community and private sector. We aim at having a well
planned capital that meets international standards,” Mr Majaliwa said
in the National Assembly here on Friday.
He emphasised that the fresh plan by the
government corresponds to the budget allocations between ministries. He
urged business communities in and outside the country to invest in
Dodoma to improve infrastructure such as residential buildings, health
and education institutions.
“A task force has also been formed to
assess accessibility of government offices, residential buildings and
essential infrastructure.
The findings show there are sufficient buildings for the undertakings,” he noted.
The Dar es Salaam-Dodoma state migration was initiated in 1970s with the establishment of CDA in 1973.
Meanwhile, the government asserted
yesterday that the country’s economy was progressing well with financial
sector, communication and public administration contributing massively
in the gross domestic product (GDP).
The prime minister said Tanzania’s GDP
has been growing considerably by 5.5 per cent slightly below 5.7 per
cent during the period under review in 2015. He assured the general
public and international community that the country’s economy is firmly
as opposed to critics. The premier said as it stands now food
availability has surpassed target by over 23 per cent.
“We expect the arrival of two aircrafts
for the national flag carrier Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) from
next week,” he told parliamentarians. He said the president has already
appointed a Board Chairman and Executive Director for the company.
Reports from the Ministry of Works,
Transport and Communications said that a Dash 8-Q400 aircraft for ATCL
will land at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) next
Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the government said it had
commissioned a team of experts from the University of Dar es Salaam,
Dodoma University (Mining College) and the Ministry of Energy and
Minerals to carry out an in-depth evaluation of Saturday’s Earthquake
which struck Lake Victoria regions
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