MWAPORC: Reli mpya kujengwa Tanzania hadi Garbon kupitia Uganda na Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo

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Following approval of the largest 53tr/- Mwambani Economic Corridor Project in Tanga Region by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, several international companies have now expressed commitment to inject funds for smooth implementation.

"We have received a number of commitments from funding agencies from England, Canada, United State, Scotland, South Africa and the Middle East, expressing interests to pump funds for the project," the Co-Director with the company manning the project, Mr Cuthbert Tenga said.

In an interview with the 'Daily News' in Dar es Salaam, Mr Tenga could not get into details on the matter, including disclosing names of the companies on the list, but was quick to point out that they have received other good news from Johannesburg, South Africa.

"Information we have, suggest that Johannesburg Stock Exchange have expressed interest in cross-listing the project into their stock market," said the director of MWAPORC, an acronym for Mwambani Port and Railway Corridor, a Tanzanian Project Company.

However, he said, they have been told that at present Johannesburg was not allowed to deal in dollars, but in rand. Nevertheless, he said, they (Johannesburg) were contemplating of pushing South African authorities to allow cross-listing dollar currency.

According to Mr. Tenga, some other local companies have also shown interests in participating in the implementation of the project, including the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the National Housing Corporation (NHC).

He said that due to the size of the project, which shall involve a free port, an airport city, water, gas and oil pipelines to be laid along railway lines and construction of new railway towns which may require being under the Prime Minister's Office instead of transport ministry alone.

"We are now in the process of negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the responsible Ministry of Investment and Empowerment in the Prime Minister's Office, currently headed by Dr Mary Nagu," Mr Tenga pointed out.

The Mwambani project is also to involve construction of a deep sea and free port at Mwambani in Tanga Region and a new heavy haul standard gauge railway that would link the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean from Tanzania, through Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Mie ni kati ya tomaso watakaoamini baadda ya ujenzi kuanza. Tutaambiwa wanatafutwa wafadhili kufanya feasibility study, miaka 3 baadaye tutaambiwa wanafanya detailed design.

Vipi ile reli ya Isaka - Kigali? Hatujui kama itakuja jengwa; na hivi tunasikia kiwingu katika siasa za EAC.
 
Hiii project ilivyotoka tanga to bagamoyo mie prove Kuwa watu wa tanga hawana influence Yoyote Tanzania
 
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