Tanzania’s Vice-President Philip Mpango has threatened to resign over a prolonged water shortage affecting residents from the northern Mwanga district.<\/p>\n
Mr Mpango on Thursday accused contractors working on a major project aimed at supplying water in the region of taking too long time to complete it.<\/p>\n
The project worth over $100,000 (\u00a379,000) was started close to 20 years ago, according to Mr Mpango.<\/p>\n
“If this project will not be providing water [to the locals] by June, I will step down. I don’t know what will be the fate of the local administrator and his juniors if I resign,” Mr Mpango said.<\/p>\n
“I cannot come here again and tell citizens to wait further for this water, water is life,” he added.<\/p>\n
According to government officials accompanying Mr Mpango to Mwanga on Thursday, the project is nearly 90% complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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