Four Chinese contractors arrested over slow pace of work in Tanzania

Tanzanian authorities said they had arrested four Chinese contractors because of slow progress in state-funded construction projects, in what it said was an “example” to other businesses.

AFP reports that the three men and a woman are employed by two companies contracted to build a canal and a section of road in Dar es Salaam, the country’s capital.

The Executive Secretary of the Dar es Salaam region, Abubakar Kunenge, said work on the two schemes was “going nowhere.”

• READ ALSO: Kebbi to blacklist contractors, sack govt officials over poor project execution

The governor of the Dar es Salaam region, Paul Makonda, ordered the arrest of these business people. He wants it to serve as an example to others,” said Kunenge.

He said the four would “spend each night at the central police station and go every morning to supervise the works until (Makonda) decides the speed of work is sufficient.”

“These are projects of great public interest… business people who cannot respect contracts have no place in Dar es Salaam, ” he added.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now