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Govt to reopen closed foreign currency shops based in Arusha​



October 18, 2021

Marc Nkwame
Arusha
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The Guardian
Govt to reopen closed foreign currency shops based in Arusha
  • 92.1 billion/- stimulus package expected to revive the country’s tourism industry
ARUSHA-BASED bureaux de change which the government ordered closed in 2018 over irregularities will soon resume business, as the country gears up to unlock the tourism industry.


President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
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President Samia Suluhu Hassan made a pronouncement to this effect here yesterday.

She said in an address at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium that the Finance and Planning ministry and the Bank of Tanzania are in the final stages of going through a draft of new regulations to govern the establishment of forex shops.

“We will soon issue new operating licences for Arusha-based bureaux-de-change, which are important components in the country’s tourism industry,” she said, meanwhile stressing the need for the outlets’ owners and operators to ensure that they comply with all standing guidelines.

November 2018 saw the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) order foreign exchange shops here closed following suspicions of involvement in money laundering and associated illegal transactions.

The move was part of a countrywide crackdown against masterminds of syndicates behind money laundering and unlicensed foreign exchange transactions.

For three years now, most of these transactions have been undertaken by local commercial banks, which many people see as a serious challenge, chiefly in that banks seldom operate beyond normal working hours or on weekends and public holidays.

The president meanwhile stated that the government will put in place a 92.1bn/- stimulus package primarily to revive the country’s tourism industry, which has slumped owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Considering its abundance of national parks, Tanzania can play an important role in providing breathing space for the majority of the global population which has been locked inside walls for over two years now owing to the pandemic to come and enjoy the country’s unspoiled environment,” she stated.

Tanzania has been receiving 1.5 million tourists per year, but the number hit rock-bottom when the global travel industry was disrupted by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Opening Arusha district hospital, President Samia meanwhile instructed the Regional Administration and Local Governments wing of the President’s Office to provide 2bn/- before November 30, this year as the government’s contribution for the ongoing hospital project.

She presented a cheque for 1.39bn/- to 152 vulnerable groups in Arusha City Council, while praising the council for having extended 2.5bn/- towards the construction of the hospital.

She said apart from the money presented, the government will provide medical equipment and supplies including drugs to enable the hospital to continue serving the people as expected.

Earlier, Arusha City Council director Dr John Pima thanked the government for completing the hospital’s construction.

With regard to loans to vulnerable groups, he said the council has dished out a total of 3.83bn/- from its internal sources in the last six months.

He commended the beneficiaries, most of them, for having repaid more than 86 per cent of the money they had received.

Ummy Mwalimu, Minister of State in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Governments), promise to pay up the 2bn/- by November 30 as directed by the president.

Inspecting water projects costing 520bn/- in Arumeru District, President Samia said: “I have come here to inspect development projects, but also to listen to challenges facing the people of Arusha. I have received your complaints and will find solutions to them.”

Justine Rujomba, Arusha regional director of water and environmental cleanliness, said some water wells were found to an acceptably high fluorine content and will have to diluted with water to make it safer for use.

Speaking on the 520bn/- projects, he said they have drilled 56 wells to supplement water supply and all areas within the project area will have access to clean and safe water.

He said the project has three main parts, namely, distribution, sanitation in Arusha City and the drilling of 18 hot water wells in Hai District.

“All these wells will produce more than 80 million litres of water, while 12 wells drilled at Mbuguni are expected to produce 40 million litres,” said Rujomba.

“We have also completed the digging of 18 dams for sewage collection and disposal, and 4,000 local residents are already benefiting from the project,” he added.

Water minister Jumaa Aweso admitted that some parts of Arusha Region have for long faced an acute shortage of water, but the ongoing projects would minimise the gravity of the problem substantially.


 

Hehehe, naona zile nyundo za jana za Mabasi zimekufikirisha usiku kucha na umeamka na maumivu,

Leme explain to you little boy.

Tanzania is the East Africa’s Giant in all areas, this I know deep inside you you know.

Hizo trains za Makaa ya mawe tunazo za Kutosha huku tangu enzi, na hiyo yenu mnaita SGR tunayo équivalent yake tangu 1970s zinasafiriaha hundred thousands of passengers daily,
Infact Tz have triple kms of railway than Kenya do.
But that’s not enough as the number of travellers keeps rising and demanding more infrastructure.
Ndio maana tunaimarisha miundombinu ya usafiri kama ifuatavyo,

1. Ufariri Wa angani, kwa sasa tuna mtandao mpana Wa miundombinu yenye ubora kuliko any East African Country, kuanzia viwanja vya ndege hadi aircrafts

2. Usafiri wa Majini hapa ndio hatuna mpinzani ukanda huu, if you know you know , nah??

2. Usafiri wa Ardhini ndio usiguse .
Till 2015 we had 17k kms of paved roads,
Tanzania is huge by area (as twice as Kenya)
With 31 regions all connected with tarmac roads,
We are surrounded by 8 countries all of them tumewafikishia lami hadi milangoni Mwao,
Ndio maana unaona makampuni ya buses yanashamiri kwa kuleta magari ya kisasa kwa gharama kubwa sana sababu wasafiri ni wengi mno and they know the business has huge returns
Kama haitoshi tunajenga railway ndefu na ya kisasa kushinda zote ukanda huu.

Tazama picha hapa chini







 
Noma sana mkuu, haina hata kufunga madumu ya maji juu ya gari kama kule kaskazini 😎
 
Ujue sisi noma wakuu sema basi tu [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
 
Bora tajiri fisadi analipa kodi maskini kama wewe una faida gani hata upewe prime area?
 
Nchi maskini
Iyo same route ya Mombasa Nairobi air traffic ndio usiguze!!!
Same case Nairobi Kisumu/eldoret.
Nyinyi Ni bus tu tena model za 2003.
Poor country.
Kwanza dar mwanza inafaa air traffic iwe juu sana but ni bus tu,
Poverty.
 
Magufuli mwenyewe kabla akufe alisema total tarmac roads cover Ni 14,900km
Your mini god.
 
joto la jiwe said:
Kwahiyo tunaweza kuuza ardhi yote yenye rutuba kwa matajiri ili tupate pesa tuwasaidie masikini?
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Ardhi ya serikali haiuzwi inakodishwa kwa miaka 33 hadi 99 ,Hakuna tajiri anaezidi serikali, serikali ikitaka ku reclaim inaweza wakati wowote inapobidi.
 
lwiva said:
Dunia yetu ya sasa wauwaji ndiyo wanafaa kuiongoza ila waue kwa haki tu ,hukumu ya kifo ni muhimu sana Afrika kutumika kwa mafisadi serikalini
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JPM hakufa kwa haki. Alikufa sababu ya kukataa kua corona inaexist ikampata kisha ikaamua. Aliletwa Nairobi hospotal lakino wapi.
Mwenyewe alisema kijana wake alipatwa na corona kumaanisha tayari virusi vya corona vilikua nyumbani kwake. Yeye mwenyewe Siku ya hukumu ndio atatwambia kwa nini alipuuza chanjo wakati wenzake museveni na Uhuru na kagame walichanjwa na wako hai as we speak.
 
Tony254 said:
Nairobi ina CBD tatu (Nairobi town, Westlands and Upperhill) ilhali nyinyi mna moja. Usijaribu kulinganisha hivyo viglass vitatu na CBD tatu za Nairobi.
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😂😂😂 Big bro acha kujichanganya kwamba eti DAR CBD kuna three blue buildings, simamia ukweli bhana.. and guess what CBD zenu zote tatu hakuna hata CBD moja inayoweza Toshana na posta pekee.. heb nisiongee sana tuende ground 👇sasa na wewe unioneshe hiyo CBD kenya inayowezana na posta pekee ..na je Posta kuna majengo matatu ya vioo tu.?
😂😂 Apa yenyewe unaniacha hoi sana nyie kenyans mjue kutofautisha Kati green spaces na mapori, Dar CBD Iko na green spaces pia hizi hapa 👇ona vile green spaces☝️ zinafaa kuwa in CBDs .. alafu tofautisha na hii 👇hapa ni porini kabisa jamanina hizo CBD zenu zote zinaonekana kwenye hii picha moja 😂😂😂😂

 
BlietzKrieg said:
Nchi maskini
Iyo same route ya Mombasa Nairobi air traffic ndio usiguze!!!
Same case Nairobi Kisumu/eldoret.
Nyinyi Ni bus tu tena model za 2003.
Poor country.
Kwanza dar mwanza inafaa air traffic iwe juu sana but ni bus tu,
Poverty.
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Ignorance
You can vizit here uone atcl Dar - Mza ilivyo busy with four flights to mwanza per day

You can also see the other routes
Dar - Kilimanjaro
Dar - Mby
Dar- Geita
Dar - Kigoma
 
Tony254 said:
Nairobi ina CBD tatu (Nairobi town, Westlands and Upperhill) ilhali nyinyi mna moja. Usijaribu kulinganisha hivyo viglass vitatu na CBD tatu za Nairobi.
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Hizo CBD tatu ziko wapi, yn kukishakuwa na vighorofa viwili vitatu ni CBD tayari in Kenyan standards [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]

CBD zina mapori uliona wapi, eti green space wewe unajua tofauti ya green spaces na pori?

Green spaces alafu hapo hapo akitokea muwekezaji akafyeka pori mnashangilia [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]

Ukweli ni kwamba Kenya bado ni pori msisingizie green spaces.
 
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