Civic United Front national Chairman Professor Ibrahim
Lipumba yesterday held private talks with President Jakaya Kikwete at State
House in Dar es Salaam.
Among the most crucial matters the opposition leader discussed with the
President are how to maintain peace in Mtwara region, an highlight on the
recent visit by US President Barack Obama, and the Millennium Challenge
account. Speaking in a telephone interview yesterday in Dar es Salaam Professor
Lipumba said that, he advised the President to ensure that, the issue of Mtwara
residents as related to the issue of the construction of a gas pipeline should
be solved amicably between the two parties. He said that, he advised the
government that the people of Mtwara needs to be clarified over the matter and that, force should not be
used as this is not a lasting solution to end their queries over the issue.
President Jakaya Kikwete in talks with the
National Chairman of the Opposition Civic United Front (CUF), Professor Ibrahim
Lipumba at State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
However,
he said and added that, the government should be transparent and use peaceful
way of the political means to put awareness of the matter to residents who
needs to be clarified through various sources of information in order to make
the angry citizens know the importance of the project in general. Other matters
he said are the various steps through which the US government has been donating
their assistance through millennium challenge account on the targeted projects.
According to him, he advised the government to ensure that, the account is
increased to let other projects are financed through the account. Professor
Lipumba made a visit in Southern region of Mtwara since early this month to see
for himself various development projects taking place in the region and the to
see the various aftermaths caused as a result of the recent chaos that erupted
in defiance to government plans of constructing a gas pipeline to Dar es
Salaam.
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