Same. Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan anatarajiwa kuzindua mradi mkubwa wa maji Same-Mwanga-Korogwe Machi 9, 2025 utakaogharimu zaidi ya Sh300 bilioni.
Mradi huo ambao utanufaisha wananchi zaidi ya 300 katika Wilaya za Same na Mwanga, mkoani Kilimanjaro utasaidia kupunguza changamoto ya maji kwa wananchi wanaoishi ukanda wa tambarare katika wilaya hizo.
Wakizungumza na waandishi wa habari leo Machi 5, 2025 wakuu wa wilaya za Same na Mwanga, wamesema mradi huo utakuwa ni mkombozi mkubwa kwa wananchi wa wilaya hizo kwa kuwa wametaabika kwa muda mrefu.
Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Same, Kasilda Mgeni amesema wananchi wanasubiri kwa hamu ujio wa Rais kwa kuwa wameteseka kwa muda mrefu na changamoto ya maji.
“Wananchi wa wilaya ya Same, wanayo furaha kubwa sana, kumlaki Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan ambaye anakuja kututembelea na kuzindua mradi wa maji Machi 9, mwaka huu,”amasema DC Kasilda
“Shida ya maji Same ilikuwa kubwa sana, wananchi walikuwa wakitembea kilomita tano kutafuta maji na hii ilisababisha baadhi ya ndoa kusambaratika, kwa sababu unakuta mwanamke anaamka usiku wa manane na kumuacha mwanaume ndani,”amesema DC Kasilda
Amesema zaidi ya wananchi 150,000 kutoka Njoro, Same mjini, Stesheni na Kisima ndio watakaonufaika na mradi huo kwa awamu ya kwanza.
Aidha, amewataka wananchi wa wilaya hiyo kujitokeza kwa wingi siku hiyo kwenda kumpokea Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan kwa tukio hilo muhimu.
Naye, Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Mwanga, Mwanahamis Munkunda ameishukuru Serikali ya awamu ya sita kwa kuhakikisha mradi huo unakamilika na kuondoa tatizo la maji wilayani humo.
“Mradi huu una historia ndefu kwa sababu umeanza kutekelezwa kwa muda mrefu zaidi ya miaka 19 sasa lakini awamu hii ya sita unatekelezwa na kuleta maendeleo makubwa kwa wananchi wa Mwanga,”amesema DC Munkunda
Ameongeza, “kwa niaba ya Wanamwanga wenzangu tunamshukuru sana Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan kwa mradi huu mkubwa wa maji, ambao unaenda kujibu changamoto zetu baada ya kukamilika kwa asilimia 100 na shughuli ya usambazaji wa maji unaendelea.”
Amesema wilaya hiyo ina wananchi zaidi ya 180 watanufaika na mradi huo hususan maeneo ya tambarare ya wilaya hiyo katika kata za Kirya, Same Mjini pamoja na maeneo mengine ya tambarare.
Akizungumzia mradi huo, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Mamlaka ya Maji Same, Mwanga, Rashid Shaban amesema kwa sasa umekamilika kwa asilimia 100 na katika wilaya hizo mbili uhitaji wa maji kwa siku ni lita milioni sita.
“Mji wa Mwanga pamoja na Same, mahitaji yake ya maji sasa hivi ni wastani wa lita milioni sita kwa siku lakini kabla ya mradi huu upatikanaji wa maji ulikuwa wastani wa lita 3.7 milioni kwa siku, hivyo kulikuwa na mgao mkubwa sana, lakini sasa yatapatikana na kutosheleza mahitaji,”amesema Shaban
Mradi huo chanzo chake ni bwawa la nyumba ya Mungu na kimetengenezwa kidakio kinachochukua kutoka bwawani na kusambazwa kwenye mtambo wa kusafisha na kutibu maji wenye uwezo wa kusafisha lita 103 milioni kwa siku.
Source: mwananchi.co.tz
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Tanzania Confirms Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease
Dodoma — Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.
President of the Republic of Tanzania, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, made the announcement during a press briefing alongside World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the country’s administrative capital Dodoma.
“Laboratory tests conducted in Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one patient as being infected with the Marburg virus. Fortunately, the remaining suspected patients tested negative,” the president said. “We have demonstrated in the past our ability to contain a similar outbreak and are determined to do the same this time around.”
A total of 25 suspected cases have been reported as of 20 January 2025, all of whom have tested negative and are currently under close follow-up, the president said. The cases have been reported in Biharamulo and Muleba districts in Kagera.
“We have resolved to reassure the general public in Tanzania and the international community as a whole of our collective determination to address the global health challenges, including the Marburg virus disease,” said H.E President Hassan.
WHO is supporting Tanzanian health authorities to enhance key outbreak control measures including disease surveillance, testing, treatment, infection prevention and control, case management, as well as increasing public awareness among communities to prevent further spread of the virus.
“WHO, working with its partners, is committed to supporting the government of Tanzania to bring the outbreak under control as soon as possible, and to build a healthier, safer, fairer future for all the people of Tanzania,” said Dr Tedros. “Now is a time for collaboration, and commitment, to protecting the health of all people in Tanzania, and the region, from the risks posed by this disease.”
Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever. It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly. Patients present with high fever, severe headache and severe malaise. They may develop severe haemorrhagic symptoms within seven days.
“The declaration by the president and the measures being taken by the government are crucial in addressing the threat of this disease at the local and national levels as well as preventing potential cross-border spread,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. “Our priority is to support the government to rapidly scale up measures to effectively respond to this outbreak and safeguard the health of the population,”
Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region, in which a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths were reported, with a case fatality ratio of 67%.
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In the African region, previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.
Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials. Although several promising candidate medical countermeasures are currently undergoing clinical trials, there is no licensed treatment or vaccine for effective management or prevention of Marburg virus disease. However, early access to treatment and supportive care – rehydration with oral or intravenous fluids – and treatment of specific symptoms, improve survival.
Source: allafrica.com
