By Peti Siyame in Sumbawanga
SUMBAWANGA
Municipal Council in Rukwa Region has issued a 488,340,500/-
interest-free loan to
groups of youth, women and people living with
disabilities (PLWDs) in 2019/20.
The loan is in line
with directives issued by the Ministry of State in the President's
Office (Regional Administrations and Local Government) countrywide to
loan the youth, women and PLWDs 10 per cent of domestic revenue
collected by each council.
Sumbawanga District
Commissioner (DC), Dr Halfany Haule, has commended Sumbawanga Municipal
Director Jacob Mtalitinya for a well-done job and encouraging him to
continue allocating funds each fiscal year for lending the youth, women
and PLWDs entrepreneur groups.
"Make sure all loan beneficiaries repay it so that other people can borrow it," added the DC.
Earlier, Mr
Mtalitinya briefed the DC that the municipal council had established
strategies to ensure residents' economic initiatives were realised by
100 per cent.
He further said
during the fourth quarter of 2019/20, a municipal loan committee had
evaluated 14 entrepreneur groups and one Saccos called New Bodaboda
Savings and Credit Society and all of them had met requisite
requirements.
As a result, Mr Mtalitinya explained under the period previewed the 14 groups and one Saccos were loaned 110,1662,500/-
Among them was New Bodaboda Saccos which received 35 motorbikes valued at 78,662,500/- and a comprehensive insurance.
For his part,
Acting Rukwa Regional Traffic Officer Maiko Mwakasungura urged
motorcyclists to adhere to traffic regulations while providing transport
services in Sumbawanga Town failure of which they would face legal
action
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