{"id":38924,"date":"2021-10-18T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=38924"},"modified":"2021-10-18T14:37:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T14:37:39","slug":"govt-asks-contractors-to-use-locally-produced-electric-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-asks-contractors-to-use-locally-produced-electric-materials","title":{"rendered":"Govt asks contractors to use locally produced electric materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>INDUSTRY and Trade Minister Prof Kitila Mkumbo has encouraged contractors undertaking different construction projects locally to buy electrical materials from domestic manufacturers, saying Tanzania now has industries capable of producing such products.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Mkumbo said there was no reason for contractors to import the electrical materials, while they can get them from local industries that also produce quality products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t bother yourself to order such materials from abroad while they are available here in Tanzania,\u201d Prof Mkumbo pleaded when speaking to journalists after visiting the Africab Company in Dar es Salaam over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The minister toured the company&#8217;s industries which produce transformers and electric cables.<\/p>\n<p>The minister was pleased to learn about the high-tech that the company deploys in producing electric products for the local market as well as beyond borders.<\/p>\n<p>He said the company was truly implementing the government\u2019s agenda of building an industrial economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company is truly a reflector of the industrial economy that the government is striving to implement,\u201d the minister pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>He further said the government was fast-tracking the Kigamboni Industrial Park in the city whereby by July next year all necessary infrastructures such as road, water infrastructures and electricity will be in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministers responsible for these sectors have assured me of speedy construction of infrastructures for providing such services. We hope that by July next year everything will be in place,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Africab Marketing Officer David Tarimo thanked the government for continued support to local investors by creating a good investment environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will ensure that Tanzanians get quality products in support of the government&#8217;s efforts to build an industrial economy,\u201d Mr Tarimo vowed.<\/p>\n<p>Following campaigns for promoting locally produced products, he said they have managed to successfully operate in the local market as customers have positively responded to their products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. INDUSTRY and Trade Minister Prof Kitila Mkumbo has encouraged contractors undertaking different construction projects locally to buy electrical materials from domestic manufacturers, saying Tanzania now has industries capable of producing such products. 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