Kinondoni to triple collections

Kinondoni mayor Boniface Jacob

 Authorities in Kinondoni Municipality have reiterated their commitment towards improving social service delivery in their areas of jurisdictions by improving revenue collections.

 

Kinondoni mayor Boniface Jacob made the remarks when addressing journalists yesterday in Dar es Salaam.

 

“We are determined to use our internal revenues to fund our development projects,” the mayor said, adding that the municipality would also ensure that all schools get enough funding.

 

Jacob also confirmed that he’s a good leader who can ably steer Kinondoni Municipality to the next level in terms of development.

 “The municipality has all the resources and power to thrive on its own without depending on anybody by raising its revenue collection more efficiently,” he said.

 

“As I recently outlined, my priorities are to triple revenue collection from 48bn/- to more that 100bn/- per year, infrastructure improvement and keeping the municipal dirt-free during my administration,” he noted.

 

Expounding further, he said the municipality was determined and ready to plug all loopholes that lead to loss of revenues.

 

“If we increase revenue collection, the municipality will be able to manage its development projects including supporting free education, building classrooms and other necessary requirements,” Jacob added.

According to him, there are several companies within the municipality which avoid paying taxes and plunge the Authority in losses of between 5 to 10bn/- every month.

 

He, however, alleged that there were several contracts that were entered into illegally thus leading to loss of billions of money.

 

His remarks came at a time when President John Magufuli pledged to take a pay cut worth 6m/- from his salary as well as that of the Vice President and Prime Minister to fund the construction of classrooms in Dar es Salaam-based schools, particularly those that have enrolled large numbers of students this year.