THE Fifth Phase Government has already cleared a 700bn/- debt to contractors out of the 1.215tri/- it inherited from the previous government.
The Deputy Minister for Works,
Communications and Transport, Mr Edwin Ngonyani, said in Parliament
yesterday that the government was still verifying other claims before
they are cleared.
“We inherited a 1.215tri/- debt from the
previous govern ment and up to now a sum of 700bn/- has already been
paid by the Fifth Phase Government,” he said when responding to a
supplementary question from Ms Cecilia Pareso (Special seats, Chadema).
The lawmaker wanted to know when the
government would clear its debt to contractors to bail them out of
economic hardships caused by delays. The Deputy Minister said the
government was keen on clearing the outstanding payment to contractors.
He said the government has decided to
pay local contractors on time to help them grow and win more
construction projects. The Deputy Minister said the Contractors
Registration Board had registered 13,513 local contractors since it was
established in 1997.
He said 8,935 contractors were still
registered under the board while 4,578 have been deleted from the
registry due to various reasons including failing to pay annual fee and
violation of rules governing construction activities.
He was responding to a basic question
from Dr Diodorus Kamala (Nkenge, CCM) who wanted to know how many
contractors were registered by the board since it was established.
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