Majaliwa cautions Burundi refugees against smuggling weapons

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has warned refugees

who are arriving from Burundi not to come with

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has warned refugees

who are arriving from Burundi not to come with

firearms as they will not be allowed to enter refugee

camps

Dar es Salaam. Prime Minister Kassim
Majaliwa has warned refugees who are
arriving from Burundi not to come with
firearms as they will not be allowed to enter
refugee camps.

The Prime Minister, who is in Kigoma, made
the call yesterday when he was speaking to
hundreds of refugees who are living in
Nyarugusu and Nduta refugee’ camps which
are located in Kasulu and Kibondo
respectively.

“I just want to remind you that you have come
from DRC and Burundi due to insecurity... you
shouldn’t bring firearms because we want you
to live peacefully,” said the PM in a statement
sent to the media.

Mr Majaliwa urged the refugees to report to
the authorities people who will enter the
country with firearms. According to him, it is
important for the refugee camps to remain
calm to enable authorities to provide services
to them.

He also called on the refugees to adhere to the
rules of the country which do not allow them
to go out of their camps.
The PM also asked the refugees to abstain
from unsafe sex which might lead to HIV/Aids
spread in the camps.

“I have visited your hospital and I was told
that HIV/Aids transmission rates have
increased from one per cent to two per cent
among those who were tested,” said Mr
Majaliwa.

Earlier on, the head of Nyarugusu refugee
camp, Mr Sospeter Boyo, told the Prime
Minister that the number of refugees at the
camp had exceeded the capacity.

According to Mr Boyo, currently there are
151,032 refugees at the camp which has the
capacity to accommodate 50,000 refugees.
Mr Boyo said the camp experiences other
challenges like shortage of water, lack of
sufficient healthcare services as well as
environment pollution due to the large
number of people.

Mr Majaliwa was expected to tour Ntabila
National Service camp before winding his tour
of the region today.

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Govt blocks firm from exporting over 500 tonnes of cashew nuts

Cashew nuts

Dar es Salaam. The government has ordered
Coast Region Co-operative Union (Corecu) and
Cashew Nut Board of Tanzania to bar from
export over 500 tonnes of raw cashew nuts
belonging to Sparkle Way Ltd until the firm
pays Sh3.4 billion it owes farmers in the Coast
Region.

On December 18, this year, the minister for
Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mr
Mwigulu Nchemba, ordered Sparkle Way Ltd
to pay the debt owed to cashew nut farmers
worth Sh3.4 billion within 48 hours.

Speaking to The Citizen yesterday the regional
commissioner for Coast Region, Mr Evarist
Ndikilo, said he had information that until
last week the company had paid Sh400 million
but the government’s stance is that unless the
total amount of debts are paid the responsible
company would not be allowed to continue
with cashew nut export transactions.

The situation implies that until last week the
amount of debt paid was only 33.3 per cent,
with the remaining figure amounting to Sh3
billion still being demanded by hundreds of
farmers in the Coast Region. Mr Ndikilo said it
was up to Corecu to track payment of such
debts for government’s approval of the
company to continue with cashew nut
transactions.

The minister said that it was up to responsible
authorities to track payments of the debts.
“So far I have got information that the
company has begun to effect payments, but I
don’t know the exact amount effected until
today. Please, ask the regional commissioner
because he will be in a position of knowing
the payment status,” said Mr Nchemba.

During a press conference convened by the
responsible minister 12 days ago to discuss
cashew nut marketing crisis in the Coast
region, the representative of the company, Mr
Salum Mkemi, claimed that the payment of
debts worth more than 500 metric tonnes of
cashew nut were not settled in time due to the
poor quality of cashew nuts.

Mr Mkemi said the company was worried
about incurring more costs arising from
exporting the consignment to India after
auctioning excise.