Mnyika threatens to scupper PM’s budget over road project

>Members of the Parliamentary Infrastructure Committee have threatened to block the budget for the ministry of Works following their realisation that most of the road construction projects in Kyela District, Mbeya Region, were substandard.

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Mnyika: Budget for 2013/2014 failed to address Dar water woes
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Ubungo lawmaker John Mnyika (Chadema) has threatened to block the tabling of the 2014/2015 Water and Irrigation ministry's Budget estimates, saying the current budget was not fully implemented. Addressing a press conference in Dodoma yesterday, the ...
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The Prime Minister has ordered all agencies working on the Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (Dart) to ensure it starts operations by January 10, 2016.

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ADFD completes Tanzania road project
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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has announced the successful completion of the Kidaho, Ovinza road project in Tanzania which was funded by the entity. It is part of the proposed 604-km highway that connects the eastern and western regions of ...
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H.E. DR. JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE, PRESIDENT, THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA ...EIN News (press release)
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As the central corridor industry and investor forum ended last week, some investors publicly declared their interest to invest in the projects involved in the transport strip.

>Unsettled claims for compensation is causing uncertainities for hundreds of Arusha residents whose houses have been earmarked for demolition to pave the way for an East African Community road project.

>A member of the Arusha Regional Road Board (RRB) yesterday questioned the government’s commitment to constructing the 421-kilometre Mto wa Mbu-Musoma Road.

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Kenya, Tanzania launch road project to boost integration
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NAIROBI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart President Jakaya Kikwete on Sunday launched a 90 km Taveta-Mwatate road project in Taita Taveta county, southeast of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The road ...
Kikwete kicks off 3-day state visit with Taveta-Mwatate road construction launchThe Star
President Kikwete starts 3-day State visit to KenyaKenya...

Sunday. Chinese company CICO, which was stopped from constructing the Mukono-Katosi road, has taken the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to court and secured an order blocking the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) from implementing the IGG orders.