The Confederation of Tanzania
Industries (CTI) has welcomed the implementation of natural gas project
for power generation as it would speed up growth of the industrial
sector and contribute substantially to Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
“Investment in natural gas together with
other sources for power generation would foster and revolutionalise
industrial sector in achieving growth targets,” she said.
Early this month, President Jakaya
Kikwete launched the construction of Mnazi Bay and Songosongo Natural
Gas processing plant and a transportation pipeline. The project is
expected to have a capacity of producing nearly 3,000 megawatts of
electricity that would end erratic power supply in the country.
Ms Kilindo also called upon the
standards regulator to take stern legal measures against traders who
import substandard goods to make quick gains, saying the malpractice
contributes towards killing the domestic industries and robes the
government of her rightful revenues.
She said CTI was behind the Pre-shipment
Verification of Conformity (PVoC) by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards
(TBS) aimed at controlling certain categories of imported consumer
goods.
The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) country
representative, Mr Emmanuel Kalenzi, said the UN Assembly adopted the
Africa industrialization day, to be celebrated today, in 1989 as a
unique occasion to dialogue with partners on how to domesticate
industrialization in African countries.
Africa is celebrating the industrial day
under the theme, ‘Celebrating Industrialization for Boosting
Intra-Africa trade’ while the continent’s participation in globe trade
has remained very low.
“Africa is good at exporting raw
materials and importing end consumer goods,” said Mr Kalenzi, adding
that, “the practice will never foster efforts to realise the dream of
alleviating abject poverty, unless the dialogue to boost intra-trade is
bolstered.”
The Ministry of Industry and Trade
Permanent Secretary, Mr Joyce Mapunjo, said earlier that the government
was committed to create conducive environment for industrial development
to boost its contribution to the economic growth and poverty
alleviation.
She called upon CTI and other
stakeholders in the industrial sector to reveal red tapes which have
been hindering its growth and contribution to the economy.
Industrial
sector has been contributing enormously to job creation where about 23.7
per cent was generated by Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development,
the rate that is estimated to grow to between 30 and 40 per cent by
2015.
Source: The Daily News,http://www.dailynews.co.tz, reported by Sebastian Mrindoko in Dar es Salaam
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