Dr .Majaliwa has asked the Ministry of transport to continue to closely supervise the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) and to ensure that SGR train services are improved and the infrastructure is strengthened so that the project can last for a long time.
He said that in the financial year 2024/2025, the Government will develop the transport sector where, among other things, it will manage the railway sector including the construction of the SGR and the operation of a modern passenger train from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
Dr Majaliwa has said that on December 31, 2023 Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan directed to start the operation of the SGR railway for the Dar es Salaam - Dodoma section by July, 2024.
He said this while adjourning the 16th Session of Parliament, in Dodoma. “I would like to inform your honorable Parliament that the express train journeys from Dar es Salaam - Morogoro started on June 14, 2024 and on July 25, 2024, the operation of the modern railway from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma started.”
The Prime Minister said on August 1, 2024 Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan launched the provision of modern SGR railway services from the city of Dar es Salaam through Morogoro Region to the City of Dodoma.
He said that the train continues to provide services to the people and has contributed to strengthening the transportation sector. “Uniquely, I would like to congratulate the Honorable President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan for managing his vision and in fact she promises, implements, work Continues”.
In another step, the Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture to closely supervise the availability and distribution of agricultural inputs, especially fertilizers, as part of the preparations for the next farming season and considering the geography of the agricultural regions in the country.
Dr Majaliwa has used the opportunity to appeal to the Extension Officers by asking them to continue providing education to farmers about the use of the best technologies for the storage of food crops and the correct use of that food at the family level.
He also emphasized that , Tanzania is planning to develop railway SGR throughout the country and the neighbouring countries where it will open new doors for economic opportunities in Tanzania and Africa in general.