PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has issued a two day ultimatum to councillors in Mbeya to solve their differences and focus on service delivery or else the government will dissolve them.
The differences that have lasted for
almost a year now, have led to the failure by councillors in the city to
hold meetings and thus most of the development activities have failed
to materialise leading to torture among residents.
The Prime Minister issued the ultimatum
yesterday while addressing public servants at Kyela District Council in
Mbeya Region. He is in the region for a tour. He said by tomorrow
(Monday) the councillors in question must bury their hatchets and inform
heads of departments so that development activities can resume.
“The full council is divided, there is
misunderstanding, we want the differences to end, collaborate and unite
in implementing development activities so that citizens can benefit.
If you carry on with your disputes, we
won’t tolerate you; the government is capable of dissolving the
council,” he warned. Premier Majaliwa pointed out that part of the
councillors is defending some public officers who have been suspended
over graft, an action that was intolerable.
“I want you to end your differences
before I finish my tour,” he said. In another development, Mr Majaliwa
tasked the PCCB (Prevention and Combatting of Corruption Bureau – PCCB)
in Mbeya Region to make sure legal measures are taken against all the
suspects of embezzlement as directed by the Controller and Auditor
General (CAG).
He called upon public servants to make sure they work hard, shun business as usual habit, laziness and negligence.
Meanwhile, Premier Majaliwa has launched
two cargo vessels dubbed Mv Njombe and Mv Ruvuma which will be used for
transport services on Lake Nyasa, warning that the two vessels should
not be used to implement dubious deals such as drug or human
trafficking.
He said the building of the vessels
worth 11.253bn/- is the fulfilment of President John Magufuli’s promises
he made during the 2015 general election, adding that the same promises
were also part of CCM election manifesto.
The vessels were launched at Kiwira Port
in Kyela District. He said that the government and people are proud to
witness the building of two vessels by a local company, M/S Songoro
Marine Transport, which is different from the former trend, whereby such
works were done by foreign companies.
He called upon the residents of the area
to play a bigger role in supervision and ensuring that the vessels are
used for intended purposes only.
“The cargo transportation challenge in
Lake Nyasa will be history now that we have these two vessels in place,
that will broaden business activities with neighbouring countries of
Malawi and Mozambique.
We thus thank Dr Magufuli for the promise which has been implemented,” he said.
Earlier, the Deputy Director of Tanzania
Ports Authority (TPA) responsible with infrastructure development, Eng
Karim Mataka said the construction of the vessels started in June 2015.
He added that the vessels have the capacity of carrying 1,000 tonnes each.
He pointed out that TPA has entered a
contract with M/S Songoro Marine Transport Limited for the construction
of a passenger vessel with the carrying capacity of 2,000 passengers and
3,000 tonnes of cargo.
The project which is in the final stages will cost 9.12bn/-.
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