Dar es Salaam. Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa yesterday vowed to boost cross-border businesses between Tanzania and neighbouring countries to uplift citizens’ livelihoods.
Addressing rallies at Tarakea in Rombo, Moshi Urban, Moshi Rural and Siha districts, Mr Lowassa said if elected on October 25, his government would put in place a viable environment of doing business and enabling Tanzanians to participate in building economies at both national and individual levels. He said his government would remove bureaucracies and unnecessary obstacles that had been hindering the people from doing their businesses.
“My government will not tolerate officials, who do not listen to people. I want to facilitate businesses at all borders so that Tanzanians will be able to export and import products whenever they want,” he said. Mr Lowassa noted that if businesses at borders were improved, the majority of people would obviously uplift their livelihoods and open markets between the neighbouring countries.
“I would like to see women in Tarakea sell bananas in Kenya without any problems. Every person should be free to transport their products across borders where they find a good market for their products,” he explained. He added that if elected, his government would remove all unnecessary taxes and road blocks that bothered farmers and traders.
“My government will focus on promoting businesses and enabling ordinary Tanzanians to boost their economies. I will remove all unnecessary duties on agricultural products,” he said. Earlier, Chadema national chairman Freeman Mbowe said those, who thought the CCM presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli, was clean were wrong and did not understand him well.
He said Dr Magufuli was among the government officials, who had participated in various scandals, including selling of public houses at low prices and poor supervision of implementation of various development projects, including roads. Veteran politician Kingunge Ngombale Mwiru said Tanzanians needed changes and Mr Lowassa was the only person who could bring about such changes.
Mr Ngombale Mwiru, who defected from CCM last week, said his former party was tired of continuing to lead the country. According to him, current CCM leaders were not adhering to party principles, rules and code of conduct and under the circumstances, nothing important could be done for the people. He added that the ruling party’s leaders no longer respected the party’s constitution, which provides direction and vision.
“As a man of change, I participated in fighting for this country for independence, I am a person, who always wants to see things happen. My former party cannot bring about any changes at the moment. So, I am asking Tanzanians to vote for Mr Lowassa and other Ukawa candidates so that we can move this country forward,” he said.
Source: The Citizen

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