UHURU TORCH TO TOUCH 72 PROJECTS WORTH SH46 BILLION

Tarehe ya kuwekwa: June 8th, 2024

By Alex Nelson Malanga

Information Officer…Mbinga TC

Tunduru. A six-member Uhuru Torch race team led by Mr. Godfrey Eliakim Mnzava, is scheduled to visit 72 development projects worth Sh46.1 billion in Ruvuma Region, it has been revealed.

Ruvuma Regional Commissioner Hon. Colonel Ahmed Abbas Ahmed said on Saturday (June 8) that of the projects, 17 will be inaugurated, 13 will have a foundation stone laid and 42 will be inspected.

Hon. Colonel Ahmed made the revelation on Saturday morning during a grand reception of the 2024 Uhuru Torch at Sauti Moja Village in Tunduru District.

It was Mtwara Regional Commissioner Hon. Colonel Patrick Sawala who handed over the Uhuru Torch to Hon. Colonel Ahmed moments after its arrival.

The Uhuru Torch is set to be carried to Ruvuma Region’s all eight councils until June 15, 2024 and handed over to Njombe Region on the following day.

While in Ruvuma Region, the Uhuru Torch race will cover 1289.5km.

The Uhuru Torch race, whose theme is ‘conserve the Environment and Participate in Local Government Elections for a sustainable Nation’, was on April 2, 2024 launched in Kilimanjaro Region by the Prime Minister Hon. Kassim Majaliwa.