The government has issued its stance by directing all
district council authorities to abide by the criterion which requires them to
set aside 25 hectares of land in their areas on which they would like to construct
a district hospital. The directives have been issued t yesterday in parliament
by the deputy minister of state in president’s office for local government and
regional administration Josephat Kandege during question and answer session. The
deputy minister was clarifying a point which was earlier raised by Mbogwe
legislator Augustino Manyanda Masele who wanted to know the budget set for the construction
of Mbogwe district hospital which is in his constituency. The deputy minister
noted that, about Tshs. 800 ml- has been set
aside for the construction of the district hospital which will be done in collaboration with the local
people in the area whose response is seen to have been so high to ensure that
it gets finished on time. He said that, the government is currently building 67
district hospitals and the aim is to have at least one dispensary in every
village and a health centre in every ward.
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