DODOMA, June 24 -- THE College of Business Education (CBE) has introduced a special training programme for local government officials to help ensure the governments empowerment initiative achieves its intended objectives.

This initiative comes as the Controller and Auditor General (CAG)s 2024/25 report indicates that councils disbursed only 41 per cent of empowerment loans earmarked for women, youth and people with disabilities.

Speaking during the launch of the tailor-made programme at the colleges Dodoma Campus earlier this week, CBE Rector, Professor Edda Lwoga, said the 10 participants drawn from Mbulu, Babati, Dodoma and Karatu councils will be trained in six key areas, including the fundamentals of managing loans issued to entrepr...