DODOMA, April 8 -- THE Tanzanian government has reported steady progress in the Mkinga–Horohoro water project, valued at  35.4bn/-in its efforts to improve access to safe and clean water for residents of Mkinga District in Tanga Region.

This was stated in Parliament in Dodoma by Deputy Minister for Water, Kundo Mathew, while responding to a question from Mkinga Constituency Member of Parliament, Twaha Mwakioja, who sought to know when residents would begin benefiting from the Tanga–Horohoro water project.

Providing details on the projects progress, Eng. Kundo said the ongoing works include the construction of 10 water storage tanks with a combined capacity of 2,450,000 liters, installation of pipelines covering 223.7 ki...