FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS ON TANA RIVER COUNTY

To protect ranchers and dealers from shifty money managers and to build the Own Source Revenue (OSR), the Tana River County Government is developing two weighbridges and markets at an expense of Sh120million in Kenya.

The Department of Trade is wanting to utilize use the cash to resuscitate the Bura market and build new business sectors in Madogo and Kipini and furthermore do weighbridges.

“As a Ministry, we are likewise liable for the unit of loads and measures. We have begun plans to construct a weighbridge on the Bangale side and have likewise fabricated one in the Hurara region on the Garsen – Malindi street,” said Elisha Buya, Director of the Department of Trade.

Elisha noticed that the goal of the weighbridges is to secure and defend the interests of Tana River ranchers, who have been taken advantage of throughout the long term by corrupt go betweens.

“Why we fabricate these weighbridges is to improve and safeguard our merchants concerning loads and measures, so they use estimates that have been supported by the public authority,” he said.

Mango ranchers who have been assessing the heaviness of their produce by counting single pieces, he said, will profit from the weighbridges.

“As on account of mangoes, we expect individuals not to count five or four mangoes, saying it is one kilogram. The gauging scaffolds will check for them.”

In the mean time, the Director encouraged ranchers to shape SACCOs and cooperatives in view of a dream and objectives, to arrange their assets and for the public authority to put resources into them.

“We ask individuals of Tana to join cooperatives. Each Sub-County ought to have its own agreeable. It will be simpler for the public authority to find and support them whether it is a limit building or capital venture,” said the Director.

He went on, “The issue confronting our cooperatives is unfortunate administration; we choose pioneers who have no vision or structure cooperatives in view of colleague. The objective of a helpful is to carry accomplices with a typical vision.”

“Ranchers’ Cooperative for instance, individuals ought to be ranchers’ not simply people and their local area who are keen on bringing in cash,” added Elisha.

SOURCE: Capital FM