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China to assist in coal power project
Correspondent in Beijing
Daily News On Saturday; Saturday,November 04, 2006 @00:07
CHINA has promised to assist Tanzania with generators to help in the production of electricity by using coal to be mined at Kiwira in Mbeya Region.
The pledge was made by Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday when they met with President Jakaya Kikwete shortly after his arrival from Japan.
The Chinese assistance is aimed at bringing to an end the power shortage in Tanzania.
They also pledged to continue their assistance in the Chalinze water project aimed at supplying water to Sangasanga and Ngerengere areas. The Chinese leaders further promised to boost operations of the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) until its privatisation.
The other projects lined up for Chinese assistance include the renovation of the Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar, Radio Tanzania Zanzibar, STZ, broadcasting station and malaria projects in Tanzania Mainland and the Isles.
President Jintao also promised President Kikwete that he would personally make efforts to woo Chinese investors to invest in Tanzania with the aim of creating jobs that would in turn improve the lives of Tanzanians.
He expressed China's keen interest in Tanzania's economic growth.
Mr Kikwete thanked the Chinese leaders and the Chinese government for its social and economic assistance it has been giving to Tanzanians.
He said he was thankful for the promises given by the Chinese government to assist in electricity projects, water and other social services that aim at alleviating poverty and improving the lives of the people.
Mr Kikwete is in China to attend, along with over 40 other African leaders, a summit that would discuss and pass resolutions on sustainable co-operation between China and Africa.