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Kinondoni plans construction of modern health centre for Sinza
2008-05-07 09:18:24
By Gadiosa Lamtey
The Kinondoni Municipal authority plans to build a modern health centre in Sinza suburb in efforts to reduce the congestion of patients at the Mwananyamala Municipal Hospital.
Speaking on Monday in Dar es Salaam during the Municipal Council budget meeting, Kinondoni Mayor Salum Londa said about 700m/- has been set aside to accomplish the work.
``This is one of the municipal strategy to improve health services in Kinondoni. As you are aware, the municipality is having a large number of people with only one hospital. It is our hope that such strategy will help reduce congestions at the hospital,`` he said.
He however noted that the municipality is currently overwhelmed with a number of challenges including increasing poverty levels.
``We are trying to address some of those challenges. And I believe we are still in the right track to bring poverty down,`` he said, adding that the approved budget is aimed at implementing the Millennium Development Goals.
Commenting on the construction project of secondary schools in the region Londa said about 170m/- had been collected, adding that it was short of the targeted 2bn/-.
For his part, Kinondoni District Commissioner Fabian Massawe, challenged local government leaders in the municipality to ensure that funds disbursed for various projects were spent wisely and met the district\'s development targets.
Massawe said: ``There is a need for the money allocated for various projects to be spent wisely and meet the set projections.``
He said there was a need to create a monitoring system that would ensure that the allocated money improved people`s social services- road, hospital, and school construction.
``It is our responsibility to ensure that the budget is implemented in line with the intended activities,`` he said.
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