PEOPLE from upcountry regions are flocking to Tanga to try their luck on jobs and trade opportunities to be created in the construction of the 1,403-kilometre Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline expected to be launched on Saturday.
President John Magufuli and his Ugandan
counterpartpart Yoweri Museveni are expected to lay a foundation stone
for the construction of the 3.55 billion US dollars crude export
pipeline from Uganda oil fields in Hoima to Tanga port city of Indian
Ocean.
Our survey has shown many people from
different regions of Tanzania have flocked to the project site for the
purpose awaiting unfolding opportunities. The survey established that
many people are coming from Mwanza, Tabora, Morogoro, Dodoma, Kagera and
Shinyanga regions.
“At Chongoleani there are a lot of
people from different regions of Tanzania and most of them are coming
from the Lake Zone regions,” said Jumaa Hussein. He said most of them
were masons, plumbers, carpenters and others came to look for
opportunities for catering services and other cleaning and medical
services.
Another person identified himself as
Kakore Adam from Same District in Kilimanjaro Region said he came there
to look for opportunities and he plans to start up a small company that
will offer services to the people at the work site.
“This is a golden opportunity, I have
come to look for economic opportunities even if to introduce my local
company that will offer services to pipe sites,” he said. Furthermore
for the people of Mkinga District where the pipe will pass, said they
were thankful and optimistic to utilise the opportunities well to boost
their earnings.
“Tanga people will be the first
beneficiaries because fuel price will decline. Many will need to
relocated to pave the way for pipeline and will, therefore, be paid a
lot of money,” said Abiud Shemweta, a pastor with Anglican church who
resides at Horohoro border.
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