Chalinze MP welcomes water project

Some 100,000 residents of 21 villages in Chalinze, Coast Region, are to be supplied with clean water through a massive water project financed by the Chinese government, and scheduled for completion in 2003, the ‘Sunday Observer’ reported on 26 August. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Jakaya Kikwete, who is also the MP for Chalinze, said physical work had begun in May with the laying water pipes, and that the project would have a significant impact since currently people were covering long distances to collect water, the report said. The Chinese government has so far contributed 2.9 billion Tanzanian shillings, while Kikwete said the Tanzanian government would contribute 400 million Tanzanian shillings, it added.