Locals offered land to set up projects

Authorities in Kisarawe District, Coast Region, have allocated 180 acres to nine local businessmen to set up industries, hotels and warehouses.

Dr Kisamo Minja, acting chairman of the district investment desk, told the district full council meeting in Kisarawe town yesterday that they have approved their applications.

He said that all of them had business licenses and were ready to incur the cost of surveying as well as payment for compensations according to the law.

Minja said the investors included Said Salim Bakhresa & Company limited who is seeking 20 acres for construction of industries and GKZ for building materials seeking 20 acres for the construction of an industry.

Others are Murzah Oils ltd who applied for 25 acres for the same purpose as well as Al-Naeem Enterprises Ltd who applied for 25 acres for industrial purposes.

For their part, Embe Dodo Hotel and the Chef, each applied for 20 acres for the construction of modern hotels.

The Islamic Foundation of Sheikhs and Scholars of Tanzania have applied for 20 acres to construct a college, hospital, drilling deep wells and construction of business and residential buildings.

MEBCO Ltd has applied for 10 acres to build a ware house and Dar es Salaam Motors & Commission Agent Limited has applied for 20 acres where they would have warehouse for motor vehicle spare parts.

Dr Minja said the district was processing the applications for plots to begin their projects. “It is possible the investors would soon start constructing the industries, hotels, ware houses as far as they agreed to incur all the costs of surveying, payment compensation according to the law,” he said.

Earlier, the District Plan Officer, Melkion Komba, told the full council that they had received more than 20 applications for investing in hotels, industries and transport.

The applications were being crutinised at different stages and the decision would be implemented according to President Jakaya Kikwete’s directives delivered during a six-day visit to the region.

The President had directed authorities in Kisarawe, Bagamoyo, Mkuranga and Kibaha to set aside plots for industrial investment.

ENDS/Edited/JQ