Dar es Salaam. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa
says the time has come for Tanzanians to do away with used clothes
because of the existence of a number of textile mills in the country.
The
Prime Minister has also said that the presence of the textile will help
cotton farmers to have a reliable market hence calling upon them to
grow cotton in abundance so that the textiles sector could be fed with
sufficient raw materials.
Majaliwa made the statement
on Saturday when he visited Namera Group of Industries (T) Ltd, which is
engaged in manufacturing textile goods at Gongo la Mboto and Nida
Textile Mills (T) Ltd of Ubungo, both are located in Dar es Salaam.
He
said that textile in the country was a testimony that the country was
in the process of doing away with the use of second hand clothes,
because various types of garments would be made in the country at
affordable prices.
PM Majaliwa also explained that
currently buyers of cotton had no reason of selling the commodity
outside the country and instead, he said, they were supposed to sell it
to the local textiles so that the latter could manufacture enough
garments for sale in the country at affordable prices.
“All
cotton can be processed in the country. So, there is no need of selling
it outside the country. My call to farmers is that they should
cultivate enough cotton because there is a reliable market for them and
this is the destination of the mitumba journey.”
Earlier,
Mr Majaliwa visited Lake Cement Plant that produces Nyati cement,
whereby he lauded all investors in the country for supporting the
efforts of President Dr John Magufuli in turning Tanzania into an
industrial economy.
The Prime Minister also called upon
all owners of industries in the country to ensure they gave a priority
to employing residents living nearby to the industries including paying
taxes on time and at the appropriate rate.
