Tanzania, June 1 -- Lindi/Mtwara. Despite repeated government assurances over the years regarding the development of aquaculture centres, the reality on the ground, particularly at the Nyengedi project in Mtama District, Lindi Region, tells a very different story.

Presenting the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries' revenue and expenditure estimates for the 2021/22 financial year in Parliament, the then docket's minister, Mr Mashimba Ndaki, announced that the government had embarked on the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of aquaculture development centres, including Nyengedi.

"Mr Speaker, the Ministry has continued with the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of aquaculture development centres to expand extension servic...