Special Report: How NHC plans to transform Tanzania's cities

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SPECIAL REPORT: How NHC plans to transform Tanzania's cities




Artistic impressions of some of structures planned for Salama Creek satellite city in Kigamboni.



  • As rate of rural-urban migration keeps on rising, cities like Dar es Salaam and Arusha get increasingly choked. Projects by some experts show that by 2050, there will be more people living in urban centres than in rural areas. This means plans need to be put in place to ensure the cities are efficient. Current projects being designed and implemented by the National Housing Corporation offer a long-term solution to the challenge. The entity has now taken a step further – planning and constructing satellite cities.


Dar es Salaam. Prospects for a middle income earner in Tanzania to own a house slightly over a decade ago were very slim. But today the story is different. Many in that category, especially those in urban centres, can now afford to own a house, thanks to initiatives engineered by a number of institutions, particularly the National Housing Corporation (NHC)


Among key factors in this development is the NHC new drive towards providing Tanzanians with an opportunity to own a house. Banks have also joined the fray and they now team up with NHC and other institutions to provide mortgage arrangements for potential home and/or apartment owners.

Moreover, NHC has taken a step further in this initiative. It now enters into joint ventures with investors in establishing well-planned satellite cities. This could, in the long term, offer a solution to the often overcrowded and overburdened city and town centres. A number of projects are already in the cards and once they are completed they will definitely change the look of cities like Dar es Salaam and Arusha.


"We are determined and have managed to show Tanzanians that owning a house is no longer a big deal like in the past. But now we want to move from that and show how a city can be planned to improve its efficiency," says NHC director general Nehemia Mchechu when addressing a stakeholders' conference in Dar es Salaam recently.

Mr Mchechu dismisses critics who argue that satellite city projects is a non starter noting that even when NHC started to advocate house building projects, some people viewed the proposal as impossible.

"We have favourable conditions in the country to enable such projects to be implemented successfully. Generally, macroeconomic fundamentals have remained stable over time to enable such projects to be carried out successfully," he says.

But NHC has not revolutionalised and simplified processes to enable Tanzanians own a house. It is now spearheading a number of projects which aim at transforming a number of Tanzania's towns and cities.

Mr Mchechu says development of satellite cities would ensure that current problems, which many people experience in congested urban centres, are minimised if not eliminated altogether.

He told a stakeholders' session in Dubai recently that there is a conducive atmosphere for developers and service providers to participate in such projects. At the macro level, it is evident that inflation has been brought under control, it is now trending on the single digit and the government has announced its plans to keep it under 6 per cent.

The country's economy is also doing fine – growing at the rate of between 6 and 7 per cent annually. But what is most important is the readiness by the country leadership to embrace investment as one of its major initiatives to drive the economy. In short, NHC satellite city projects have taken advantage of improving economic, social and political situations, to ease and improve lives of Tanzanians.

Addressing a Dar es Salaam session, Mr Mchechu noted that parts of Africa are becoming costly in terms of renting a house or an apartment. He noted for instance that rents in certain cities can match or exceed Manhattan's.

He said NHC is ready to be part of a team which will turn around this situation by spearheading construction of houses which many people can afford.


"The biggest challenge of all is the infrastructure deficit, investment that needs to go into infrastructure, estimated at somewhere around $100 billion a year, for the next 20 to 30 years," he said.

Released plans show that NHC plans to develop at least four satellite cities; two in Dar es Salaam and two in Arusha. The sites are Salama Creek (Dar es Salaam) Kawe (Dar es Salaam), Safari City and Usa River in Arusha and already investors from Dubai have shown interest.

About 96 housing companies from Dubai participated together with others from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sweden, South Korea and India during the United Aran Emirates (UAE) investors' forum organised by NHC and graced by the Vice President, Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal.

Salama Creek

This project is important because it provides solutions to many problems currently associated with the Dar es Salaam Central Business District (CBD). The project aims at providing peace of mind by creating a centre at which one would be able to easily and simply access all the services and goods he needs.

The satellite city has most of the credentials which serve as real estate drivers. It is located near the port and the commercial hub of Dar es Salaam. Plans to have all important infrastructure makes it more ideal. Salama Creek will also address the shortfall in planned housing settlements because it will be well-planned and take into consideration all amenities that people need in their proximity.

Existing situation

The project seeks to address all the challenges associated with urban planning while at the same time seeking to exploit opportunities which the project area offers. In addition to individual apartments, offices and other amenities, the area would also accommodate high rise buildings which would ensure that as many people are accommodated in a small area and do away with the problem which sprawling cities bring.

Of course all the properties have been well planned coming up with complex organic structures which offers modern integrated infrastructure needed for complete lifestyle offering. Its proximity to the CBD would ensure that people get what they can't find at the suite easily. The new Kigamboni bridge will ensure connecting point for those who want to access CBD easily.

The project takes into consideration the inclusive urban planning process as it projects urban land use needs, among other things. Under this, it provides for selective protection of open spaces, securing rights of way for arterial grids as well as projecting demand for public transit.

In case of services such as water, the nearby Kimbijii well drilling project is considered as the main water supply source for the future. Dawasco is currently carrying out this project and upon its completion it would ensure Salama Creek of constant water supply.

But, as a backup and in order to make sure that needs are met, there are bore hole trial sites identified on site according to the hydrological survey outcome.

There will be adequate water storage and reticulation designs with fire hydrant and civil defence systems taken aboard.

Energy

There is an existing power way-leave and transmission lines on site which assures of power supply. There is the nearby Kurasini stepped-down power (33 KV) station with possibilities of underground reticulation.

But, there is also provision for a modern infrastructure component for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) network. This gas will be distributed through piped and metered systems for domestic use.

There will be on-site waste water treatment which will apply advanced treatment approaches (aerobic). The treated water will be recycled for rough use, using sustainability principles.

Investment partnership strategy

According to NHC, they have already prepared ‘ready to go investment packages' – to stimulate developers and investors for sites with pre-approved development guidelines and infrastructure.

"Built on NHC's proven track record as dominant real estate player in Tanzania, we believe that investors and developers will not be wasting their money in this project," stresses Mr Mchechu.

What is being done in Kigamboni where Salama Creek project is located will also be replicated in Kawe where an ultra-modern satellite city project is also on the cards. You will note that these projects are situated in opposite ends of Dar es Salaam. This will ensure that the relief from the problems and challenges associated with CBD is provided on both ends.

Similarly, Safari City as well as Usa River projects, strategically located between Arusha City and growing Moshi town, will seek to provide alternative services for these two bustling urban centres.

According to the plans, these two projects would also assure tourists of a quick and easy gateway to tourism attractions. Besides, the projects are designed in such a way that dwellers would also be able to see the Africa's tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro, as well as Mount Meru, right from the windows of their rooms.

With full outdoor and indoor sporting grounds as well as other recreational facilities, these two projects will provide complete services which any city in the world can offer.

SPECIAL REPORT: How NHC plans to transform Tanzania cities - National -

Source:thecitizen.co.tz
 
NHC ipi? Unazungumzia NHC ya Nehemia Mchechu ile inayojenga kotazi za polisi na kutegemea kuziuza kwa kati ya mil 50 mpaka 75 eti kwa kutegemea kuwapangisha graduate wanaoanza kazi?Pole sana utakuwa umekosea angalia tena ni NHC ya nchi gani then uje kutuelezea kwa upya
 
nyie mnataka muuziwe nyumba milion ngapi chief! au tuambie bei ukatayo iona kila mtanzania mwajiriwa na self employed ataweza kuzimudu kununua nyumba hizo....?
 
nyie mnataka muuziwe nyumba milion ngapi chief! au tuambie bei ukatayo iona kila mtanzania mwajiriwa na self employed ataweza kuzimudu kununua nyumba hizo....?

Mimi sitaki kuuziwa nyumba kamwe ila nataka kupangishwa nyumba wakati najiandaa kujenga nyumba kwa ramani nayoitaka.Rejea huko nyuma kwenye thread hii hii ya Mchechu nilisema kuwa kama graduate anaweza kukopwa nyumba na NHC kwa milioni kati ya 50 mpaka 75 maana yake ni kwamba basi huyo graduate anakopesheka, sasa kama anakopesheka kwa nini asikope yeye mwenyewe direct akajenga nyumba anayoitaka kuliko kukaa kotazi za NHC.Nilitoa mfano mzuri kwamba kama una milioni 50 MPAKA 75 unaweza ukanunua uwanja wa milioni 10 sehemu nzuri unayoitaka ama sehemu ya kawaida ambayo haitakuwa mbali sana na mjini kama shughuli zako zikiwa mjini hata kama uwanja uwe 25 kwa 20 ni poa tu then zinazobaki unasimamia ujenzi mwanzo mwisho nikasema kuwa kama umedhamiria unatoka na nyumba ya mtu wa kipato cha kati ambayo itakuwa na ubora kuliko hizo kotazi za NHC
 

Mkuu,

Hebu tutofautiane kidogo.

Kabla ya kushauri watu kujenga nyumba ni vema ukafanya analysis ya economics za huo ujenzi. Mimi naishi Dar. Hivi niambie uwanja wa millioni kumi unaongelea wapi mkuu? I can tell you hiyo millioni kumi hata huko Bunju hicho kiwanja hupati. Utapata nje ya Dar kabisa ambako hata huduma za msingi ni challenge kubwa. Na jiulize..kama una kazi city centre ndo maana utakimbizana na foleni za Dar ukikaa barabarani kwa masaa manne au zaidi kila siku...Na kadri mji unavyopanuka viwanja ni gharama. Na hiyo ml. 10 most likely kiwanja hata document za serikali ya mtaa hakuna...I mean its a hussle kuniambia nijenge. Though kiukweli kuwa na nyumba yako ni kitu kizuri lakini kama naweza pata aprtment yangu kwa 50-75 ml nikalipa kwa miaka 10-20 nadhani its helpful. ITanipunguzia usumbufu usio wa lazima...

By the way jamani tukubali kwamba the world has moved on! Ngoja serikali iamke ianze kupiga property tax ya ukweli kwenye hayo maghorofa ya Mbezi na kwingineko..ndo mtaelewa kwa nini ni muhimu kuwa na apartment ndogo..na inakusaidia hata ku-save costs zisizo na umuhimu. Kiukweli wengi tunajenga manyumba makubwa ambayo ni actual sense hatuhitaji kabisa.

By the way mbona huko majuu watu mnakaa kwenye hizo hizo quarters kama za NHC..hamlalamiki kwamba mjenge wenyewe? Jibu ni rahisi..gharama za ujenzi ni kubwa. Wengi hawawezi kumudu. The most important thing ni huduma na watu kuwa responsible kwa kuelewa kwamba wanaishi kwenye community residences...
Naamini concept ya kujenga inakuja kupoteza mvuto....as urbanization goes. watu wanasaka pesa..mda wa kwenda kujenga wataupata saa ngapi? Its too early perhaps..lakini in few years haya mambo ya kujenga Kisarawe na kwingineko...simply uonekane na wewe umejenga yatapungua....yatapungua sana..
 
Mi nilishtushwa nilipoonyeshwa nyumba za NHC zinazoitwa "UBUNGO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT" pale SHEKILANGO BUS STATION zinauzwa 80m. Duuh nilichoka!!!!!! yaani ni kwamba hata parking ya gari ni ishu labda ukapaki CCM, na wale wapangaji wa mwanzo ni Full Waswahili in short pale ni Uswahilini mno kwa kuuza apartment 80m.
 

Ndugu yangu naomba kuuliza, kwani hizo nyumba zenyewe za NHC mfano zilizoko Kigamboni ni karibu na mjini na huwezikaa masaa kadhaa ukiwa kwenye foleni? Jibu ni kwamba zipo mbali na mjini kwa hiyo utahitaji tu kudamka mapema sana kwenda kazini kama unafanya kazi city center.Kwa hiyo suaa la foleni so long as unafanya kazi city center haliepukiki hata kidogo.

Kuhusiana na bei ya viwanja ni kweli sehemu iliyopimwa kupata kwa 10M ni ngumu sana na kwanza haiwezekani. Lakini swali langu ni je katika wakazi wa Dar es Salaam ni wangapi wanaishi kwenye viwanja vilivopimwa? Jibu ni kwamba asilimia 85% ya makazi ya Dar es Salaam ni squatter kwa hiyo wewe usiogope kununua uwanja kama hujajipanga sana eti kwa kuogopa squatter,squatter ndiyo maisha yetu wakazi wa Dar es salam.

Uwanja wa 10M tena 20 kwa hata 30 unapatikana sema sasa ni choice yako, mfano njoo hapo Kimara Suka sehemu moja inaitwa Golani mwambie mtu unataka uwanja wa 10M uangalie kama hupati.Na Golani kwenda posta ni 28KM mpaka pale Clock Tower na ukiamka asubuhi ya saa 12 ukawa umetoka nyumbani kwako by saa moja na dak 45 ama mbili kamili upo kazini.Kwa hiyo in short inategemeana na choice ya mtu, kwa mfano mimi hapa kamwe siwezi kununua apartment kotazi mfano zile za Ubungo Shekilango eti kwa 80M simply because nataka kukwepa foleni eti nikaishi uswahili.Kwa taarifa yako watu waliostaarabika wanatoka kwenye sehemu zenye misongamano wanaenda kuanzisha makazi mapya.

Hiyo ya kusema sijui serikali itaanza sijui kutoza kodi ya majengo then eti watu waliojenga watajuta wala mimi sikubaliani nayo,by the way kwani wewe ukiwa umenunua hiyo apartment ya NHC ndiyo hutozwi hiyo kodi.Anyway kwangu mimi kupanga ni kuchagua,kama naweza kukopesheka 80M hujanikalisha sijui kotazi za Temeke Vertinary wala Ubungo nanunua uwanja najenga nyumba yangu ya mtu wa kipato cha kati na naimaliza.Nyumba haina usumbufu wowote wa kujenga,ni wewe kupanga muda wako tu vizuri
 
.. bornagain lazima tuseme ukweli mjini hapa huwezi pata nyumba ya mln 40 au 75 kununua labda uende buza ndani ndani au nenda mbagala ndani ndani na ukiipata nyuMBA hiyo itakuwa kwenye squatter area,kuhusu suala la garama ya ujenzi kujenga nyumba ya mln 70 ni nyumba ya kawaida sana haitokua na finishing nzuri..labda useme ujenge nyumba tu ilimradi umeezeka juu na madirisha basi mnaishi, kingine lazima uelewe na ukubali nhc sahv wanekwenda na mfumo uliyopo....naelewa unacho kifahamu ila kwa garama wanazotumia nhc +loans +interest rate walizopewa wao ni ngumu kujenga nyumba kwa bei ya chini sana.ila kama nyie mnaona nyumba ni ghali sana subirini wananchi house corporation.....labda watawasaidia kuliko hao nhc mnavyoona nyinyi chief
 
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kodi wanayolipa hayo magorofa ya mbezi kwa mwaka ni aibu...nyumba ya 500mln kwa mwaka analIpa hela nddogo sana........ mimi nilisikia tetesi kuwa mashirika ya mifuko ya jamii wanataka anzisha shirika lao la nyumba litaitwa wananchi housing co...labda litawasaidia wakina . bornagain watauziwa nyumba kwa bei wanayotaka wao
 
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Ndugu yangu mimi nakuambia ule ukweli wa Mungu ukinipa mil 75 exactly wala siwezithubutu hata kidogo kwenda kununua nyumba, ninunue nyumba ya nini? Kaka huu mji una mambo mengi sana kama ukijifanya wewe ni mtu wa ofisini huongei na watu wa kawaida wewe alfajiri upo ofisini jioni ya saa 12 ndiyo upo home huwezi elewa what is going on.Ukweli ni kwamba mafundi wanatuibia sana na wanatujengea nyumba ambazo ni substandard kwa kuwa tu tumeamua kuwa watu wa ofisini.Mil 75 niipeleke Buza uswahilini kufanya nini ndugu yangu?Mil 75 nanunua uwanja wa kawaida mfano miguu 25 kwa 25 ama miguu 25 kwa 30 na ghalama zake hazizidi 10M ikizidi sana ni 12M na nakuwa focused sana na sehemu.

Nakuambia ule ukweli kwa 10M up 12M napata uwanja wa size niliyokuambia hapo juu sehemu za kawaida ambazo si mbali sana na mjini na si karibu sana na mjini mfano Kivule, Kimara maeneo ya Golani na Suka, Goba na Mbezi ya Kimara.Mbagala nawezapata hata kwa 5M uwanja lakini its not my choice kukaa Mbagala.Kwa hiyo kwa mfano kama ntaununua kwa 12M hapo ntabakiwa na 63M.Nikiwa na 63M kwa nini nisijenge nyumba ya mtu wa kipato cha kati? Kwa 63M najenga nyumba standard ya mtu wa kipato cha kati ya vyumba vitatu kimoja kikiwa masta,choo public,stoo,jiko,sitting na dinning room na inaisha tena hapo kumbuka bati ni msouth.Wewe kazi yako ni kudeal na mafundi tu wasikuchakachue.Na sehemu ambazo fundi anakuchakachua ni kuanzia kwenye foundation mpaka nyumba inapofika usawa wa kupaua.Kwingine huko fundi atakuibia nini.So cha kufanya simamia simenti,mbao na nondo mwanzo mwisho.

Naongelea experience yangu siyo kusema eti naleta story za kutunga, mimi nakaa Kinyerezi maeneo ya Kifuru nimejenga nyumba ya mtu wa kipato cha kati,vyumba 3 kimoja kati ya hivo ni masta, sebule, dinning,jiko,stoo na publick toilet kwa Tsh 52M na imekamilika kila kitu.Naposema kila kitu ni kwamba nimeshaweka systems ya maji machafu na masafi,nimeshaweka umeme, nimepiga rangi nymba yaani in short imekamilika, madirisha ni flat bar na nimeshayawekea vioo tayari.Ambacho sijakamilisha ni fensi tu, ndugu yangu kumbuka hapo nilikuwa sijui sana mafundi kwa hiyo walinichakachua ingawa si kwa kiasi kikubwa.Na hiyo nyumba niliyojenga iko viwango vingine kabisa.Mjini hapa mafundi ni wengi sana, cha kufanya unatuliza kichwa unafanya research ya kutosha unawapanga kama watano hivi unawapiga interview ya kutosha then unachagua mmoja.Yaani kila hatua jitaidi kuwa na mafundi si chini ya watatu wasikilize then chagua.Kuanzia kujenga, kupaua,kuchimba na kujenga choo,kuweka system ya maji,kuweka umeme yaani kila kitu shindanisha.

Wengi tunafail kwenye ujenzi simply because tunakaa maofisini muda mwingi sasa tukienda kutembea kwa kaka ama kwa shemeji tukikuta nyumba imesimama basi utasikia nikijikusanya utanipa contact za mafundi wako yaani ni wazuri kweli.Nakuambia utaumia sana,jipange fanya research kabla ya kujenga tena mimi nakuambia siku nikijenga nyumba tena ntajenga kwa bei ya chini kuliko hata hii niliyotumia maana najua wapi nilichakachuliwa.

Hahahaha ndugu unipe milion 75 kweli nikanunue nyumba Mbagala, kusema ukweli watakuwa wameniloga itabidi nitafute mchungaji wa kuniombea tena maombi ya mnyororo ya kufunga na kuomba.75M kwangu ni hela nyingi sana tena ukiangalia vibaya namaliza ujenzi halafu nanunua ka starlet kakutembelea mjini
 

Mimi sitaki kuuziwa nyumba na wala sitaki kukaa kwenye magorofa ya mjini kwani umesikia mimi ni mhindi?Mimi nataka kujenga nyumba yangu mwenyewe na siyo kuishi kotazi
 

wewe unalalamika kwa hisia zako..

hebu tueleze research ipi iliyofanywa hivi karibuni inayoonyesha unaweza kujenga nyumba kwa milion 20 au chini ya hapo unayoitaka ww

mbona husemi apartment za wahindi upanga zinauzwa shilingi ngapi?

kama NHC wanauza nyumba ghali real estate agent ipi wanauza bei chee........

its free economy....km NHC product ni ghali. mbona zinanunuliwa......
 
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