MBEYA, Nov. 4 -- PUBLIC-Private Partnership (PPP) projects remain government projects, with private investors entrusted with their operation and revenue collection under agreed partnership arrangements, the PPP Centre has clarified.

The clarification was made by Innocent Mauki, who represented the Executive Director of the Public-Private Partnership Centre (PPP Centre), David Kafulila, during the opening of a Market Sounding meeting on a PPP project in Mbeya.

Explaining the concept of PPP, Mr Mauki said the arrangement was similar to the government securing financing for a project, but instead of directly operating it and collecting revenue to repay the investment, it assigns those responsibilities to a private investor under agreed ter...