Boost manufacturing before banning ‘mitumba’

>One of the most common arguments for trade barriers is that they are needed to create or protect domestic jobs.  It is an easy argument to make because it sounds patriotic, even if it is flawed.

>Mr Jonathan D’Souza, the managing director of British American Tobacco (BAT) in Uganda was recently quoted as saying: “Most outdoor places are open air spaces, and there is no risk of secondary smoke as alleged.”

>A report released by a global organisation The Pew Research Centre April 15, 2010 named Tanzanians as the most superstitious in Africa.

>The 16th ordinary meeting of the heads of states of the East African Community (EAC) was held on the 20th February 2015 in Nairobi Kenya. These Presidents of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi made a number of resolutions. Among them is the resolution to speed industrial development in the regional block through banning importation of second hand clothes and vehicles popularly known as mitumba in Kiswahili.

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The other day, the minister for Industry and Trade, Dr. Abdallah Kigoda, was calling for identification of hurdles hampering the country’s manufacturing sector (http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Kigoda-calls-for-fresh-impetus-for-industry/-/1840392/2200966/-/item/1/-/fsjs3ez/-/index.html).

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Dar es Salaam. The government has pledged to provide more support to over 51,000 manufacturing industries in Tanzania with the aim of addressing the challenge of unemployment in the country.

The manufacturing sector is growing according to projections, analysts say.