Dar appreciates UN agency on poverty war

DAILY NEWS Reporter

THE government has thanked the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) for its support in helping Tanzanians in the fight against poverty through various programmes.

For almost two decades, UNCDF in partnership with the President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, has been working with local government authorities to implement the Local Finance Initiative (LFI) Programme for economic empowerment.

Speaking at a workshop of key stakeholders in Dar es Salaam over the weekend to discuss Kalemawe Commercial Fish Farming Project and the Kalemawe SPV Company, Permanent Secretary in President Office, Regional Administration, Engineer Musa Iyombe said the partnership has helped to accelerate local economic development.

He emphasised on participatory engagement of all stakeholders to have a common understanding of the roles and responsibilities. In a speech read on his behalf by Kilimanjaro Regional Administrative Secretary Engineer Aisha Amour Iyombe, Engineer Iyombe said the Kalemawe Project, which is the collaboration of Same District Council with Ndungu and Kalemawe administrative wards, local NGOs and development partners, will ultimately serve Same residents.

He called on participants in the workshop which focused on issues of ownership, institutional and legal framework, governance, rehabilitation technical issues and commercial fishing to fully commit their energies to realise the benefits of the project.

Participants who earlier visited the commercial fish farm at Ruvu for familiarisation tour welcomed the project and called for execution of the programme.

Same District Commissioner Rosemary Staki who has been championing the public private partnership in owning and managing the economy said the district is ready to implement the project, proposing the company’s ring fencing against dirty politics.

The company which is a part of the Kalemawe project undertaken by UNCDF in collaboration with other stakeholders intends to embark on a combative intervention to rehabilitate the dam and the irrigation canal.