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◾PPPs to enable delivery of efficient, cost-effective public services
◾ Executive Director of Tanzania's PPP Centre, David Kafulila, wants to harness private sector technology and innovation
◾PPP is seen as a game-changer in the delivery of quality service to the public
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The Tanzanian government is seeking partnerships with the private sector to operate ferries and garages run by the Tanzania Electrical, Mechanical and Electronics Services Agency (TEMESA) across the country.
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode of implementing projects has emerged as a feasible alternative for public sector entities to establish or operate projects.
"We want to harness public and private sector skills, innovation and capital to deliver quality public service," said David Kafulila, the Executive Director of Tanzania's PPP Centre.
"The PPP model is a game-changer in public service delivery. The collaboration between the public and private sectors works as a symbiotic relationship where each partner benefits."
According to Kafulila, TEMESA has recently opened a lucrative opportunity for both local and foreign private investors to express interest in investing and modernising its workshops through the PPP arrangement.
The government agency manages a network of 30 workshops across 26 regions in the country, which, on average, repair and maintain close to 30,000 motor vehicles every year.
To start with, TEMESA has earmarked 13 of its workshops that it wants to operate through a PPP arrangement.
These workshops are located in Katavi, Rukwa, Shinyanga, Kagera, Singida, Iringa, Mara, Manyara, Coast, Lindi, Ruvuma, Njombe, and Simiyu regions.
TEMESA also operates 32 ferries in 12 regions and 22 crossings across the country.
The government is also currently constructing eight new ferries, whereby five will operate in Lake Victoria and three in the Indian Ocean.
About 80,000 passengers and 4,000 motor vehicles are transported in these government-owned ferries and crossings per day.
"The government intends to operate all the ferries across the country using the PPP arrangement," said Kafulila.
"Private investors will be allowed to rent out the entire ferry crossing, form a joint venture with TEMESA or run their own ferries parallel to TEMESA ferries," he said.
Other investment opportunities available at each ferry crossing include the land area, buildings and structures such as waiting lounges, canteens, ramps, offices and systems.
"TEMESA also intends to engage private investors in operating equipment hiring services across the country using the PPP mode," he said.
The agency manages a network of 41 equipment for hire located at four regions in the country.
TEMESA’s move to modernise its workshops, ferries and equipment hiring service via PPP is the perfect response to the ever-growing demand for these services in the market.
"The engagement of private investors will bring new technology, stimulate operational efficiency and improve service delivery excellence," Kafulila noted.
Tanzania’s PPP Centre, under the stewardship of its Executive Director, David Kafulila, has been instrumental in supporting government agencies to structure projects that are feasible for the PPP arrangement.
Significant changes have been recorded in the PPP landscape in the country since the PPP Centre was established early this year.
"As the PPP Centre aspires to be a one-stop centre for PPP activities in the country, more is yet to come in public-private partnerships," said Kafulila.
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