'Ron Foster, the
logistics manager at Mtwara's port, says his company looked for 25
locals to train as welders but found only two who were suitable. As
the required number of workers in the port doubles every few months,
that means that companies must hire from abroad. Local tribes such as
the Makonde, the Yao and the Makua may miss out'. WHY NOT EMPLOY OTHER EXPERIENCED TANZANIANS FROM ALL OTHER REGIONS WHO CAN EASILY SHARE THEIR INCOME WITH LOCALS THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
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Ndugu wanabidii drilling inafanyika ndani ya bahari sijui kama
angalizo la mazingira lipo hapa kingine nachokiona cha muhimu ni juu
ya murahaba kama nimekosea mnisaidie. HAPA SENEMA ya mapanki inaweza
kuandikwa upya sa sijui mwaka huo wana ccm wataandamana kumpongeza
rais gani. NIKUMBUKA wajumbe wa serikali walokuja texas kwa ajili ya
mambo haya wengi hawa hata idea hapo mwekezaji lazima atupende tu
On 4/19/13, Abdalah Hamis <hamisznz@gmail.com> wrote:THOUSANDS of tonnes of drill pipes are neatly stacked in a yard atMtwara port in southern Tanzania, waiting to be loaded onto vesselssupplying gas rigs 100km (60 miles) offshore. There drill bits, guidedwith centimetre-level accuracy, will bite into the seabed 2kmunderwater and then penetrate the reservoirs of gas that locals hopewill fuel a long-awaited leap forward for their sleepy country.Tanzania has seen many false starts. When the British colonialauthorities opened the deepwater port at Mtwara in 1954, partly toreplace a naval port at Simonstown in South Africa, it was billed as aturning-point for east African trade. But the port decayed and Mtwaraand its cashew-growing hinterland were neglected by Tanzania's rulersafter independence in 1963. Work on a road linking Mtwara to Dar esSalaam, the commercial capital, began half a century ago and is stillunfinished.Most tellingly, Tanzania's education system has failed to equip thelocal Makonde people with skills. Many are illiterate and lack thework ethic to satisfy even the most tolerant of employers. The Makondeare often stereotyped elsewhere in Tanzania as dancers and guards,with a love of the sensual, a talent for wooden sculpture and a tastefor bush meat.But the scale of the coming gas bonanza bears no comparison withanything in the past. Tanzania's gasfields abut even richer ones inthe waters of neighbouring Mozambique. Britain's BG and Norway'sStatoil have won licences to exploit the bulk of the gas found so far.Tanzania's government wants the companies to put some of the gas touse in Tanzania and to invest in local infrastructure. Exporting therest will mean constructing a liquefied-natural-gas plant that will bethe biggest project in Tanzanian history. The government has alsosigned up a Nigerian company, Dangote, to build a cement factory nearMtwara. A new railway will have to be laid to carry material from theport to the factory. Within a few years coal, ores, timber and foodshould be shipped out of Mtwara in greater quantities than before.Joseph Simbakalia, who is in effect the region's governor, sees thecoming railway as a further opportunity for local development. Whynot, he wonders, insist that spur lines are built to serve the peopleof Mtwara, where the population is expected to grow tenfold, to 1.3m,by 2025. Despite laws making it hard for foreigners to buy land,property prices in the Shengani area of Mtwara have tripled in thepast year. As a former army engineer and a loyalist in the rulingparty, Mr Simbakalia is adamant that New Mtwara must be well laid out.He says he is unrattled by festering protests, the rise of Islamistsor the prevalence of witchcraft. "I am juju-proof," he says.A shortage of skills may be more of an obstacle. Ron Foster, thelogistics manager at Mtwara's port, says his company looked for 25locals to train as welders but found only two who were suitable. Asthe required number of workers in the port doubles every few months,that means that companies must hire from abroad. Local tribes such asthe Makonde, the Yao and the Makua may miss out. Foreign miningcompanies have previously extracted Tanzania's diamonds, gold and oreswithout benefiting the locals much. Tanzania's challenge now is tomake sure that does not happen again.http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21576412-gas-bonanza-brings-hopes-wealth-mtwara-rockefellers--Send Emails to wanabidii@googlegroups.comKujiondoa Tuma Email kwendawanabidii+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com Utapata Email ya kudhibitishaukishatumaDisclaimer:Everyone posting to this Forum bears the sole responsibility for any legalconsequences of his or her postings, and hence statements and facts must bepresented responsibly. Your continued membership signifies that you agree tothis disclaimer and pledge to abide by our Rules and Guidelines.---You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups"Wanabidii" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send anemail to wanabidii+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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