IPP Media reports: France supports water, sanitation programmes

2007-05-31 09:28:40
By Christina Mwangosi

France will provide 7.5bn/- in debt relief to Tanzania and fund water supply and sanitation projects in Bukoba and Musoma worth 12bn/-, under an agreement signed in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

The agreement was signed by Finance minister Zakia Meghji and the French Ambassador to Tanzania, Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, at a short ceremony held at the ministry of finance.

Further excerpts from the news report:

……the money released from the arrangement would be directed into financing the national Secondary Education Development Programme under the basket funding framework…….

……Meghji explained further that the support would help the government accelerate implementation of the National Water Policy, “thus contributing to the overall improvement of health conditions of the people in the Bukoba and Musoma municipalities through the provision of clean, safe and reliable water and sanitation services“. ……

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From the report it appears that the funding is via an Education Development Programme, which should not only alleviate the water problems in Musoma and Bukoba, but also may help improve the educational infrastructure in these Lake Victoria municipalities.

This may also help to some extent to the various charity projects taken up and efficiently overseen by Dr Manjul Vasant. Details of these projects can be seen at Musoma.Com

Please add your views, comments and / or thoughts below in the comments section.

Musomablog has just received the following, submitted by Mr Harshad Kothari, London.

This is, indeed, excellent news about the success and prosperity of a fellow Musomian.

Information on Alexandra Palace:
http://www.alexandrapalace.com

Newspaper Announcement:
Ally Pally ‘boss’ is one of UK’s Richest

To download the above .PDF page please click this link > http://www.box.net/shared/nbsjzxxdm5

Here is the information on the Charity Walk which is being held on Friday, June 22. 2007, for the purpose of raising money in aid of Resuscitation Unit for the Musoma Hospital, Musoma.

Most of you must already have read all the information on the various charity projects that have been taken up within Musoma, under the overall supervision and responsibility of Dr Manjul Vasant, MBE. It is hoped that each one of us, in our own little or big ways, can do something towards making the lives of the less fortunate that much better.

1. Charity Walk Information Flyer/Poster:
This will give you much better idea of the event that has been planned. Get in touch, offer help, contribute. Every bit helps.

2. Sponsorship/Entry Form:
This is a .pdf document that you can download, print out and use to enter, if you are in the UK and wish to participate or use to pledge funds, whichever part of the world you live in.

To get to the document: Click this link: Charity Walk Form - .pdf file
Click |save as| or |save to disk|. Once saved, print it out.

(If you have any problems, contact me via email on: admin[at]musomablog[dot]com) (replace [at] with @ and [dot] with . )

Every bit helps.
Let’s do what we can.

” Every Bit Helps “

The following News Clip, from ITV News (Africa) was posted by a fellow Musomian, Mzee Mauma, under comments. A separate entry has been created on account of the nature of the news, which would, no doubt, have an implication on the Musoma / Mara Region.

Posted by: [Rommel Mauma]
Posted on: [May 4, 2007 03:06 PM]

Wawekezaji wakubwa zaidi ya 30 waonesha nia ya kuwekeza Mara

2007-05-04 14:18:05
Na ITV Habari

Wawekezaji wakubwa zaidi ya 30 wameonyesha nia ya kuwekeza mkoani Mara hasa katika sekta za kilimo,ujenzi wa viwanda vya nyama na mahotel makubwa ya kitalii.

Mkuu wa mkoa wa huo Bw. Isidore Shirima amesema hayo wakati akihutubia wananchi katika mji mdogo wa kiabakari wilayani Musoma,ambapo amesema hatua hiyo ni moja ya mafanikio ya mkutano wa uwekezaji uliofanyika mwishoni mwa mwaka jana.

Adha amesema pamoja na mafanikio hayo hivi sasa baraza la biashara la mkoa huo linafuatilia fursa mbalimbali za uwekezaji ikiwa ni pamoja na kufufua kiwanda cha maziwa cha Musoma Diary na kuhamasisha ujenzi wa kiwanda cha saruji.

SOURCE: ITV

With the help of Mzee Manjul Shah, Botswana and Mzee J C Rao, UK and Mzee Rommel Mauma, the News item has been translated into English as follows:

30 LARGE INVESTORS SHOW INTEREST IN MARA REGION

About 30 large investors have shown interest in investing in the fields of AGRICULTURE,CONSTRUCTION,MEAT PROCESSING and HOTELS in Mara Region.

Addressing a rally in the village of Kiabakari, Regional Commissioner Mr Isidore Shirima told that following the investors conference last year, 30 large investors are interested in investing in Mara Region.

The Local Chamber of Commerce is also trying to attract investors to come and revive Musoma Dairy Plant and invest in the construction of a cement manufacturing plant.

SOURCE: ITV NEWS

This is some interesting news for Mara Region, in general and Musoma, in particular. It will be even more interesting to follow this news. Thank you to Mzee Mauma for proactively informing MusomaBlog of this news and Thank you to Mzee Shah and Mzee Rao for their help in translation.