WORLD Bank (WB) has poured 130 million US dollars (some 286bn/-) as a second additional financing for Tanzania Strategic Cities Project (TSCP).
TSCP is being implemented in seven
cities of Arusha, Dodoma, Tanga, Kigoma, Mwanza, Mtwara and Mbeya, with
the goal to facilitate them to keep up with the pace of quick
urbanisation.
Speaking during the opening of the
midterm review support mission held in Mtwara yesterday, the Permanent
Secretary (PS) in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and
Local Government (PORALG), Eng Mussa Iyombe, commended the contribution
of the World Bank and The Royal Danish Government towards the successful
implementation of the TSCP project.
In his speech which was presented by the
Mtwara Regional Administrative Secretary, Mr Alfred Luanda, the PS said
that he was delighted to hear that the WB has agreed to continue
supporting Component II from July.
He urged participating Local Government
Authorities to show their readiness and seriousness towards implementing
the project more successful. “Let us improve our commitment to support
implementation of the Component II to make it more successful,” Eng
Iyombe said.
The PS also acknowledged the support of
the Royal Danish Embassy through DANIDA for implementing Component II of
the TSCP project which specifically dealt with institutional
strengthening.
He said that during the six years of its
implementation, the project has managed to strengthen the LGAs by
providing them with tools such as solid waste management equipment and
strengthen different systems.
Eng Iyombe urged all LGAs to build the
habit of setting aside sufficient funds in your annual budget
specifically for operation and maintenance and make sure that allocated
budget is used for intended activities.
Earlier, The TSCP WB representative,
Chyi-Yun Huang, said that the World Bank had approved the second
additional financing which will start during the next 2017/2018 budget.
She added that the present extra
financing will be used to implement the project’s vital objective of
boosting the quality and access to basic urban services in the
participating Local Government Authorities (LGAs).
On his part the sub-coordinator of TSCP,
Eng Ezron Kilamhama, reiterated the PS stand on ensuring that LGAs
allocated sufficient funds for operation and maintenance in order to
make the equipment sustainable.
“Through the project, we have supported
councils with equipment such as garbage collection trucks, garbage
collection containers, infrastructure and therefore councils need to
allocate fund to enable them maintain the infrastructure built under the
project,” he said
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