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Tanzania parliamentary committee demands police station at Mkulazi factory

From The Citizen · () English

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  • A Tanzanian parliamentary committee directed Mkulazi Sugar Factory and the Sugar Board of Tanzania to build a police station at the facility.
  • The committee said stronger security was needed to protect the major investment and surrounding communities.
  • It also urged government agencies to upgrade feeder roads linking smallholder farmers with the factory.

A Tanzanian parliamentary committee has ordered Mkulazi Sugar Factory and the Sugar Board of Tanzania to construct a police station at the facility, saying security must keep pace with the investment.

The directive came during a committee visit to the factory on Sunday, September 6, 2026. Vice Chairperson Mariam Ditopile said members were satisfied with progress in production but stressed that security should be prioritized.

She said a police station near the factory was crucial because of the investment’s scale and its strategic role in increasing national sugar production. The committee also called on the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Works and the Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency to improve feeder roads.

Better roads, the committee said, would make it easier to transport sugarcane, seeds and farm inputs from smallholder fields to the factory.

Improved roads will ease transport of sugarcane, seeds and farm inputs from fields to the factory.

· Tanzanian parliamentary committeeThe committee used the statement to explain why feeder roads serving smallholder outgrowers should be upgraded.
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