{"id":15643,"date":"2020-09-22T17:07:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=15643"},"modified":"2020-09-22T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:07:17","slug":"pm-ccm-government-would-still-protect-natural-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/pm-ccm-government-would-still-protect-natural-resources","title":{"rendered":"PM: CCM GOVERNMENT WOULD STILL PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: DEOGRATIUS KAMAGI<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> CHAMA cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has vowed that it would continue to protect and add value to natural resources including minerals, if it would be reelected to form the government in the coming general election slated for 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0next month.<\/p>\n<p>The pledge was made by the party\u2019s member of the Central Committee (CC) Kassim Majaliwa, who is also the Prime Minister over the weekend, while addressing Nyamongo residents in Tarime district, Mara region, in a campaign rally to ask for votes for the party\u2019s candidates.<\/p>\n<p>He said, the dedication of protecting natural resources remains unchanged and that the government through the party would put deserving weight on the sector for the benefit of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Mr Majaliwa was campaigning for the party\u2019s presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli, Tarime Urban Member of Parliament candidate, Mr Michael Kembaki, Tarime Rural aspirant, Mr Mwita Waitara as well as those vying for councillor seats.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the achievements the CCM raised government has so far achieved, Mr Majaliwa said on implementing their 2015-2020 election manifesto, they managed to establish 28 Mineral Trading Centers\u00a0 including the one in\u00a0 Nyamongo that indeed has lifted lives of small scale miners .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government established 28 mineral trading centers, 28 small mining trading posts as well as constructing seven training centers for training small scale miners in Bariadi (Simiyu), Musoma (Mara), Bukoba (Kagera), Mpanda (Katavi), Chunya (Mbeya), Handeni (Tanga) and Songea in Ruvuma region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Expounding, the Premier noted that the government in the past five years also removed some nuisance tax that was imposed on small scale miners for the sake of enabling them to enjoy the fruits of their sweat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong others, we removed withholding tax and the five per cent of the Value Added Tax (VAT),\u201d he noted, adding the government has also started to pay compensation to all Nyamongo residents, who vacated their houses to pave way to construction of the dam for sewage water.<\/p>\n<p>He said, the payment started in May this year where a total of 232.9bn\/- has so far been paid to 1,620 residents, and still only 13 remaining to be paid 833m\/-.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 13 remaining residents are yet to be paid because they weren\u2019t satisfied with the amount they were entitled to receive after the evaluation, so their houses would be assessed again,\u201d said Mr Majaliwa.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the water sector, the senior party official said a total of 1.1bn\/- had been released for the renovation of water infrastructures, where 50.3m\/- was spent on the Garasama water project that has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>Another 2bn\/- was spent on\u00a0 renovating water scheme in Nyamwaga, some 11.2m\/- to finance renovation of\u00a0 Korotame water scheme and 35m\/- for Nyarwana, all projects have been completed and are now in operation.<\/p>\n<p>Other projects were implemented in Keisangora, Nyamwaga, Gibaso and borega A. All projects consumed 637m\/-, with some 137.6m\/- being spent on renovating 46 water pump and drilling of five water wells in Kwisarara, Borega A, Nyantira, Kitawasi and Gibaso.<\/p>\n<p>However, he added that 62 out of 88 villages in Tarime district have already been electrified, and that the remaining 26 villages have been lined up for electrification.<\/p>\n<p>List of the villages\u00a0 in Tarime that would be connected with electricity\u00a0 in the coming round are Korotambe, Nyakangara, Keroti, Kiongera, Kikomori, Nyabirongo, Nyabichune, Pemba, Kyoruba, Nyabitocho, Kitenga, Kitawasi, Masurura, Kenyamosabi, Msege, Gibaso, Karakatonga, Nyabirongo, Kegonga, Nyandage, Nyamombara, Nyankoni, Soroneta, Magoma, Nyasaricho and Kebweye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: DEOGRATIUS KAMAGI AfricaPress-Tanzania: CHAMA cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has vowed that it would continue to protect and add value to natural resources including minerals, if it would be reelected to form the government in the coming general election slated for 28th\u00a0next month. 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