PRESIDENT John Magufuli is expected to grace this year’s annual general meeting of the Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania (ALAT) early October, during which the industrialisation agenda will centre the discussion.
Chairman of the ALAT, Mr Gulamhafeez
Mukadamu, yesterday said the 33rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) was
designed in line with the government’s focus on industrialisation.
“We will insist our members to allocate
enough lands for industrial investments in their area to support the
industrialisation agenda, we will put out efforts on industrial
investment,” said Mr Mukadamu who also doubles as Mayor of Shinyanga.
To emphasise on this, the event will go
by the theme, “land under the jurisdiction of the local authorities is
the catalyst for the development, the councils should allocate land for
the investment of small and large scale industries.”
He said the four-day meeting from
October 2 in Mbeya Region comes at a time when the association is
transforming itself into new face that will reinstate trust among its
members countrywide.
“Currently, we are in process to
positively change the ALAT to make it new again, including informing the
members the actions taken against the dishonest members of secretariat
of the association,” he said.
The meeting is expected to attract about
500 participants, including Minister of State in the President’s Office
(Regional Administration and Local Government), Mr George Simbachawene
and executives from the ministry, local government leaders and
representatives from government and non-governmental organisations
(NGOs).
During the meeting, the ALAT will also
take the participants through the report of implementation of the
association’s activities for last year.
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