Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Mpwapwa Welcomes You

MPWAPWA DISTRICT COUNCIL
1.0 DISTRICT PROFILE:

1.1 Geography and location:
Mpwapwa District is one of the six districts in Dodoma Region. It is located 120 kms from Dodoma Regional Headquarters. It lies between Latitudes 6°00” and 7°30” South of the Equator and between Longitude 35°45” and 37°00” East of Greenwich.

It borders Kilosa District on the eastern part, Kongwa District on the Northern part, Chamwino District on the western area and Kilolo District on the southern part.
The District covers a total area of 7,379 square Kilometers (18.1% of total area of Dodoma Region).

1.2 Natural Features and climate:
Most of the District is predominantly arid with spontaneous mountain chains especially in the southern and western parts lies between 915 to 1,200 meters above sea level.
The district has a dry savannah type of climate characterized by the average temperature of 270 C.

Short rain season starts December to April ranging between 600 – 700mm per annum. The district receives relatively more rains compared to other districts in Dodoma region. In mountainous areas like Kiboriani, Wotta, Lufu, Mbuga and Mang’aliza, the areas receive heavy rains up to 1,200mm per annum.

1.3 Administrative structures.
Mpwapwa District has 3 Divisions namely Mpwapwa, Kibakwe and Rudi. It has a total number of 18 wards, 84 Villages and 430 sub-villages which distributed as follows:-

Table 1: The existing Administrative structures in Mpwapwa District.
DIVISION
WARDS
VILLAGES
SUB VILLAGES
Mpwapwa
9
39
232
Kibakwe
5
26
114
Rudi
4
19
84
TOTAL
18
84
430

1.4 Population.
By the year 2002 the District had a total population of 253,602 according to National Census conducted August that year. With an annual growth rate of 2.1% the District population is now estimated to be 304,096 categorized as follows:

Table 2: Population per Division.
S/N
DIVISION
POPULATION 2002
POPULATION 2009 (PROJECTION)

Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Households
1
MPWAPWA
26,658
67,047
129,705
75,851
78,764
154,615
34,359
2
KIBAKWE
30,786
33,824
64,610
38,094
40,262
78,356
17,412
3
RUDI
29,231
30,056
59,278
35,618
35,507
71,125
15,806

TOTAL
112,675
130,927
253,602
149,563
154,533
304,096
67,577
Source: 2002 National Population Census Projection.
Table 3: Important Population Indicators.
Indicators
National
Mpwapwa District
Total population (mainland)
About 40,000,000
304,096
Average population per Household
4.9
4.5
Percentage of Urban Population
23.1
8.78%
Percentage of Rural Population
76.9
91.22%
Growth Rate
2.9%
2.1%
Birth rate
4.5%
11.6%
Children <1 year
4.0%
4.15%
Children < 5 years
2.1%
23.5%
Women 15 – 49 years
18%
23.5%

1.5 Ethnic Groups:
The major ethnic groups are Gogo, Kaguru, Tiriko and Hehe. There are few pastoral ethnic groups like Wamang’ati and Wamasai who are migrating into rhe District especially on the southern plains around Mtera dam and Ruaha Rivers.

1.6 Socio - economic situations.
It is estimated that residents in Mpwapwa district especially women use about 80% of their time to get essential services such as water; firewood, health services, education, milling machine, markets, shopping and other services at a distance of 2 to 10 kilometers. Women do most of the works, especially in rural areas.

2.0 SOCIAL SERVICES:

2.1 Education.
The District has a total number of 122 Pre- Primary schools, 115 primary schools with 956 teachers and 24 Public Secondary schools with 234 teachers. Literacy rate is estimated to be 53%. Enrolment of children to Std. I in 2009 was 10,771(104%).

Table 4: Number of Pupils in Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools.

Type of school
2008/2009
Male
Female
Total
Pre- Primary school
5,220
5,596
11,816
Primary schools
29,204
30,575
59,779
Secondary schools
3,900
3,126
7,026

Existing Primary and secondary schools are facing major shortage of school infrastructures. The central government through PEDP and SEDP in collaboration with the District Council have been supporting community initiatives in the construction of school infrastructures mainly classrooms, Teachers houses, Laboratories, hostels and toilets.


Table 5: The current situation of Primary School infrastructures.
S/N
Type
Required
Available
Deficit
% Age Deficit
1
Class rooms
1,333
701
632
47
2
Teachers Houses
1,368
223
1,145
84
3
Water Tanks
146
35
111
76
4
Toilets (Pit holes)
1,095
889
206
19

Table 6: The current situation of Secondary school infrastructures.
S/N
Type
Required
Available
Deficit
% Age Deficit
1
Hostels
46
2
44
96
2
Laboratories
69
4
65
94
3
Teachers Houses
234
32
202
86
4
Water Tanks
46
5
41
89
5
Solar panels
23
-
23
100
6
Classrooms
368
247
121
33
7
Administration Blocks
23
17
6
26
8
Toilets (Pit holes)
667
238
429
64

2.2 Health.
The health care system consists of 1 Hospital, health centres and 43 dispensaries. 78.3% of the health facilities are public, the rest are owned by the charitable organisations, NGOs and private. Only 25.5% of the total population live within 5 kilometres from health facilities. The Health sector has only 297 out of 500 required qualified staff.

Table 7: Main OPD Diagnosis top ten diseases (Jan – Dec 2008).
S/N
DIAGNOSIS
<5 years
5+ years
Total
1
Malaria
53,348
51,580
104,928
2
ARI
27,825
21,791
49,616
3
Pneumonia
15,142
12,731
27,873
3
Diarrhoeal Disease
15,391
8,677
24,068
4
Intestinal Worms
5,358
8,729
14,087
5
Eye Infections
8,438
4,068
12,506
6
Skin Infections
5,222
3,413
8,635
7
Minor surgical condition
1,664
5,435
7,099
8
Urinary track infection
1,700
2,636
4,336
9
Ill Defined Symptoms (No diagnosis)
1,112
2,643
3,755
10
Non-Infections G/Int. Diseases
874
2780
3654

Table 8: Important Indicators.
Indicators
National
Mpwapwa District
Infant Mortality Rate
54/1,000
22/1,000
Maternal Mortality Rate
578/100,000
262/100,000
Under Five Years Mortality Rate
54/1,000
30/1,000
Permanent Toilets
47%
49%

Table 9: The current situation of Health Facilities infrastructures.
S/N
Type
Required
Available
Deficit
% Age Deficit
1
Hospital
2
1
1
50
2
Health Centre
18
2
16
89
3
Dispensaries
79
38
33
42

2.3 Water.
The district has 33 boreholes, 124 shallow wells (using hand pumps), 28 water springs and 43 rain water harvesting tanks.

The population which served with clean water in the district has been decreasing from 74% in 2006/07 to 55.9 in 2008/2009. Only 169,850 out of 304,096 people served with clean water within 400 metres according to the National Water Policy of 2002. The number of people served with clean water in the urban area (Mpwapwa town) has been decreasing from 43% in 2006/07 to 42.43 in 2008/2009 due to poor conditions of the existing water supply system and malfunction infrastructures.

Table 10: Water service delivery situation during 2007/2008 – 2008/2009
S/N
Description
2007/08
2008/2009
Increase
1.
Number of shallow wells
81
124
43
2.
Number of deep wells
32
33
7
3.
Number of charcoal dams
1
1

4.
Number of pumped schemes
24
43
19
5.
Number of rain water harvesting tanks
25
28
3
6.
Number of gravity water schemes
32
32
-
7.
Number of people served with piped water
155,537 (52.4%)
169,850 (55.9%)
3.5%
8.
Number of villages with water committees
67
68
1
9.
Number of village without water committees
17
16
-1
10.
Number of villages with water Account
67
Tshs.18,721,784
67
Tshs. 18,879,784

-
There was no water borne diseases reported in the health facilities during 2008/2009.

3.0 MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.
People in Mpwapwa District depend on agriculture and livestock as their main economic activities. About 90% of the people in the district are engaging in these economic activities as their major source of income.
The District Gross Domestic Product in 2007/2008 was estimated to be Tshs. 64,495,075,000.00. Per capita income is estimated to be Tshs. 217,180.00.

3.1 Employment situation.
Agriculture and livestock keeping activities employ about 90%, Small and medium scale businesses 7%, Small scale industries 1% and office works 2% of the total population.

3.2 Livestock.
Livestock keepers who practice traditional animal husbandry (free range system) keep Cattle (167,976), Goats (135,495), Sheep (51,691), Donkeys (3,102) and Poultry (164,600).

Milk production is estimated to be 1Liter/ cow per day for the indigenous cow while diary cow produce about 6 litres /cow per day.
It is estimated that livestock sector contribute about 45% of the total district GDP.

Table 11: Requirement of Livestock Infrastructure:
S/N
INFRASTRUCTURE
STATUS OF INFRASTRUCTURE


Required
Available
Deficit
REMARKS
1
Cattle dips
50
29
21
Working
2
Livestock markets
16
16
0
Working
3
Veterinary centers
5
3
2
Equipment and rehabilitation required
4
Crashes
84
9
75
Rehabilitation required
5
Abattoir
5
1
4
Working
6
Hides/Skin Buildings
8
4
4
Under rehabilitation
7
Dams /charco dams
44
11
33
All available are working

Livestock Production.
Milk production is estimated to be 1 Liter/cow per day for the indigenous cow while diary cattle produce about 6 liters/cow per day.

Table 12: Livestock Production during 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.
S/N
Product
2007/2008
2008/2009


Quantity
Sales Value (Tshs)
Quantity
Sales Value (Tshs)
1
Milk (liter)
116,172
34,851,600.00
153,888
61,555,200.00
2
Meat (Ton)
294.5
883,500,000.00
644.5
2,163,210,000.00
3
Eggs (quantity)
216,000
42,200,000.00
324,000
54,000,000.00
4
Hides
3,681
18,405,000
8,056
48,280,000.00

Livestock sold




5
Cattle
6,728
1,637,595,200.00
5,698
1,222,316,100.00
6
Goats
16,231
511,276,500.00
18,150
721,350,400.00
7
Sheep
6,984
156,441,600.00
5,400
142,111,250.00
8
Pigs
9,810
698,472,000.00
10,176
741,233,178.00

JUMLA
39,753
3,003,785,300.00
39,424
5,154,056,128.00

3.3 Agriculture.
Agriculture is the main occupation in Mpwapwa district. The area which is suitable for crops production is 70,382 ha for food crops and 46,607ha for cash crops. The main crops grown in the district are maize, millet, groundnuts, beans, rice, sweat potatoes, onions and sunflowers. It is estimated that agricultural sector contribute about 48% of the total District GDP.


Crops production.
Food and cash crops produced during 2007/08and 2008/09 seasons were as follow:
Table 13A: Food crops
Type of crop
2007/2008
2008/09
Ha
Ton
Sales
Value
Ha
Ton
Sales
Value
Maize
30,071
32,527
4,879
1,170,960,000
10,775
6,303
-
-
Sorghum
28,486
25,092
2,509
451,620,000
22,101
12,973
-
-
Bulrush Millet
5,140
3,811
191
32,470.000
2,500
1,030
-
-
Rice
105
306
229
160,300,000
2,426
4,495
-
-
Cassava
3779
6,156
4,925
738,750,000
13,591
3,495
-
-
Sweet potatoes
1013
1,636
899
224,750,000
2,730
1,502
-
-
Irish potatoes
1743
3,183
2,069
620,700,000
926
1,870
-
-
TOTAL
70,337
72711
15,561
3,197,275,000
55,049
31,285
-
-
Type of crop
2007/2008
2008/2009
Ha
Ton
Sales
Value
Ha
Ton
Sales
Value
Ground nuts
22,756
9,987
8,889
5,333,400,000
21,433
6,376
-
-
Sun flower
14,598
7637
7,331
1,832,750,000
8,157
3,272
-
-
Simsim
6,935
2141
1,906
1,362,790,000
5,423
472
-
-
Beans
4,010
1766
971
776,800,000
5,270
3,360
-
-
TOTAL
48,296
21,531
19,097
9,305,740,000
39,833
13,285
-
-
GRAND TOTAL (A+B)
118,633
91,868
34,658
12,503,015,000
94,882
44,570
-
-

Table 13B: Cash Crops Productions in 2006/07 - 2007/08










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Production of Vegetables and Fruits.
The area which is used for vegetables and fruits production is 616.6 ha and 5.3ha respectively.
During 2006/07 rain season 1,750 fruit trees were planted. Types of fruits produced in the district are oranges, pawpaw, passion, mangoes and banana. Average production of vegetables and fruits are 4,818.6 tones and 36.8 tones respectively.

Food requirement.
During 2007/2008 season, 75,056 tons for food crops and 21,538 tons for cash crops were produced. Food requirement for the period of 2008/09 is 70,460 tones with a marginal surplus of 4,596 tons.

Food storage.
There are 7 godowns in 7 wards owned by the District Council in 7 wards (Mazae, Kibakwe, Lumuma, Mbuga, Luhundwa, Wotta and Rudi).
These godowns have the capacity of storing 2,700 tons of food crops, there are also 6 improved traditional storage structure (vilindo) in 4 Wards (Mpwapwa 3, Mlunduzi 1, Chunyu 1, na Rudi 1) with the capacity of storing 45 tons; and 22,627 traditional storage structures (vihenge) at household levels with the capacity of storing 27,152 tons of food crops.


Market situation for cash crops:
Cash crops produced in the district are mainly sold in Mpwapwa town, Dodoma and Dar es salaam as follows:-
S/N
Crop
Price per kg
Mpwapwa
( Tshs)
Price per kg
Dododma
( Tshs)
Difference
Mpw apwa / Dodoma (Tshs).
Price per kg
DSM (Tshs)
Difference
Mpwapwa /DSM (Tshs)
1
Ground nuts
650
780
130
1,200
550
2
Sun flower
375
300
75
500
125
3
Simsim
900
900
0
1500
600

Agricultural Research oriented activities:-
There are livestock and crop production research oriented interventions carried out in the district. These are dairy goats, heifer project international, breeding bulls (Mpwapwa breed) and promotion of root and tuber crops.

Agro processing Industries
These activities are carried out by small and medium entrepreneurs. It includes milling machine and oil pressing machines both hand operated and electrical operated .There are 6 electrical operated machines at oil pressing at Mpwapwa town, Ving’hawe and Kibakwe

Table 14: Farming Implements in 2008/09.
S/N
Type of implement
Number
1
Animal drawn plough
4,521
2
Tractor
37
3
Ox cat
397
4
Draught Animals (pair)
4,779

3.4 COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES.

Road Distribution network.
Mpwapwa District is served with Road network and railway line in transportation. The District has a road network with total distance of 659 km, categorized as follows:-

S/N
Type of road
Distance (KM)
Percentage
Institution which manages the road
1
Trunk Road
58
5%
TANROADS
2
Regional Roads
119
11%
3
District Roads
231
21%
MPWAPWA DISTRICT COUNCIL
4
Feeder Roads
690
63%

TOTAL
1,098
100%


All roads in the District are earth surface. The district and feeder roads connect all the villages although they are passable with difficulties especially during rain season.

Roads maintenance.
During 2008/09 financial year a total of Tshs. 1,291,585,802.00 utilised for the maintenance of 730 kms. Were maintained (periodic maintenance 21kms, routine maintenance 572 kms and spot improvement 137 kms). 2 drifts rehabilitated 6 drifts constructed and 48 line culverts constructed. All the works

Maintenance which was performed by the district Council enabled the 461 kms of district road network to be passable throughout the year compared to 231kms of district road network which were passable throughout the year in 2005.

Other Communication services.
The central railway line crosses the district with three railway stations namely Gulwe, Msagali and Godegode.
The district headquarter is the only place in the district where people can access landline telephone, Internet and telefax services.

Mobile phones can be accessed in Mpwapwa, Kibakwe, Wotta, Lumuma, Mazae, Chunyu (Msagali), Mazae and Rudi (Mtera) wards.
There are two airstrips in Mpwapwa Town and Mtera which are used privately mainly by Flying doctors and for official matters.

4.0 ORGANIZATIONS WHICH SUPPORT THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT.
Non Governmental Organizations – NGOs which support the district development are:-
· SWAAT (Society Of Women and AIDS Tanzania Branch).
Deals with AIDS prevention interventions to the community (Health Education).

· CMSR (Centro Mondialite Svillupo Reciprocal – Tanzania).
Support the community on provision of water and education on health and sanitation.

· AFRICARE.
Provide social and economic support to Most Vulnerable children (MVC).

· British Water Aid Tanzania.
Provide Health education, hygiene and sanitation and construction of shallow wells.

· TUNAJALI.
Deals with AIDS prevention interventions to the community and provide economic support to
PLHIV.

· JITUME FOUNDATION.
Preparation of trees and fruits nurseries and trees plantation.

· Religious Organizations (Anglican, Roman Catholic and Lutheran).
Support communities in the provision of water, education and health services.




5.0 CROSS CUTING ISSUES

HIV/AIDS.
HIV/AIDS was identified in Mpwapwa district for the first time in 1983 when one case was clinically diagnosed in the district hospital.
The district is estimated to have 1,518 AIDS Patients. The rate of HIV infections is estimated to be 8% and women are the most vulnerable group.

Patients who receive home based care are 708 (298 male and 410 female) while 303 have been receiving ARV since July 2005. However 51 out of them died due to lack of dietary food, poor economic situation and discriminations.

The rate indicated is small compared to the actual situation as there is no enough VCT services. Only 2 VCT services are available at the District hospital and one faith based dispensary (St. Luke's) all based in Mpwapwa town.

HIV/AIDS has caused many socio economic problems including loss of economically active population for farming activities, high treatment costs of the patient’s, burial costs, increased number of orphans and other psychological effects. The remaining health population waste more time for taking care of AIDS patients and orphans which could otherwise be used for productive activities.

Through District Multi sectoral HIV/AIDS controlling Plan and Comprehensive Council Health Plan; the District Council has been taking various measures to address this problem.

Among the efforts, which have been taken are community sensitizations on HIV/AIDS prevention, formation and training of HIV/AIDS committees at the district, Ward and village levels, training of TBAs and HIV/ AIDS Counselors, distribution of education materials to the community.

The above-mentioned activities are on going since the community needs to be sensitized frequently in order to increase the level of awareness.

The district council is also providing support to the orphans and People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) and provision of ARVs drugs to the affected people at the district hospital.

Gender.
Women form a formidable force in economic activities of any district or nation. In many areas women do not benefit from their sweat. The cultural behavior, customs and taboos among the communities in Mpwapwa do not fully realize the contributions of women into the economy.

Apart from their participation into the household economic activities, women do not get equal benefit as they are not participating fully in decision making on resource ownership and management. Women have only accessibility to land use but not ownership. This situation is worse for livestock keepers where women do not have both accessibility and ownership.

Environment Conservation:
Environment destruction in Mpwapwa is rampant and it is threatening the economic and social life of its inhabitants. Destruction of forests, forests and bush fires, together with poor agricultural farming methods have resulted into low agricultural production and productivity; and hence increased poverty.

To minimize environmental destruction effects, the district council is mobilizing communities so as to understand the problem and take appropriate measures like improving farming methods, establishment of Community Based Village Land Use Management Plans, Conservation of water sources and mountains/hills so as to avoid water contamination and soil erosion.

6.0 MPWAPWA DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mpwapwa District Council was established on 31st December 1983 when the clerk of the National Assembly signed the certificate of establishment under the terms of the provisions of sections 8 and 9 of the Local Government Act 1982, (District Authorities). It started its operations on 1st January 1984. In accordance with classification, Mpwapwa District Council is in class IV.

6.1 The District Development Vision.
The vision of Mpwapwa District Council is to be a customer focused institution in the provision of quality services for sustainable development by 2025.

6.2 The District Mission statement.
Mpwapwa District Council is committed to provide improved socio-economic services to our customers through good governance.

6.3 Policy and Strategies.
The District Policy.
Mpwapwa district has a policy of eradicating poverty to its people by improving social and economic services to the district. The poverty being addressed here bears two faces: That is, income related and socio-economic related poverty.

By the year 2025, each and every member of a household will live a life well above the absolute poverty line, obtaining the necessary three meals per day and having the capacity to afford the socio-economic services to perpetuate his life.

District Strategies.
The district is implementing various strategies in order to achieve its vision, mission and overall objective. Among these strategies are:-
· Increasing support to community initiatives towards provision of social services like clean and safe water, establishment of schools and health infrastructures.

· Awareness creation and sensitization to the community members on the sustainable use of natural resources available at their areas, gender, modern farming techniques, and prevention of livestock and human diseases including HIV/AIDS.
· Capacity building to the district and village levels in terms of increasing working facilities and training of council staff and leaders so as to improve their service delivery to the community.

· Establishment of district and village data bank so as to facilitate the project planning and monitoring processes.
· Enhance good governance in order to increase efficiency and quality of service delivered by district staff and leaders at all levels.

6.4 THE COUNCIL BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (FY). 2008/09 – 2009/10
The district council is estimating to spend a total amount of Tshs. 20,511,855,000.00 in FY.2009/10. This budget has increased by Tshs. 5,681,928,714 (38.1%) compared to the current budget of Tshs. 14,829,926,286.00.

Contribution of stakeholders to the Council Plan and Budget for FY. 2008/2009
Name of Stakeholder
Budget allocation (Tshs)
Total
% to total Budget
Personal Emoluments
Other Charges
Development
Central Government
6,057,233,906
1,162,285,000
2,623,321,800
9,842,840,706
66
Other Development Partners
-
-
4,112,048,000
4,112,048,000
28
District Council
34,848,760
85,188,820
80,000,000
200,037,580
1
Community Contributions
-
-
675,000,000
675,000,000
5
Grand Total
6,092,082,666
1,247,473,820
7,490,369,800
14,829,926,286
100

Contribution of stakeholders to the MTPB 2009/2010.
Name of Stakeholder
Budget allocation (Tshs)
Total
% to total Budget
Personal Emoluments
Other Charges
Development
Central Government
7,868,491,000
2,162,327,000
4,454,054,000
14,484,872,000
71
Other Development Partners
-
-
4,456,361,000
4,456,361,000
22
District Council
42,654,000
748,088,000
104,880,000
895,622,000
4
Community Contributions
-
-
675,000,000
675,000,000
3
Grand Total
7,911,145,000
2,910,415,000
9,690,295,000
20,511,855,000
100

6.5 THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OWN SOURCES REVENUE
Council revenue collection from its own revenue sources has been increasing since 2005/06 as depicted in the table below:-

Table 16: Council’s own sources revenue collection from 2005/06 – 2008/09
Year
Annual Target
Actual Collection
Percent
Remarks
2005/06
77,656,000.00
65,072,402.36
84
Excluding special funds
2006/07
84,186,800.00
106,303,984.46
126
Excluding special funds
2007/08
150,991,980.00
164,133,111.15
108
Excluding special funds
2008/09
283,164,908.00
261,032,294.75
92
Excluding special funds
2009/10
895,621,574.00


Includes special Council Funds (CHF & Education Fund)
Source: District Council annual financial reports.


7.0 OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT.

7.1 Opportunities.
The district has the following Major opportunities which if used efficiently can assist the communities to rise up their income and standard of living.
· Availability of enough fertile land for cash and food crops production and livestock pasture.
· Availability of huge number of indigenous livestock.
· Availability of enough labour force.
· Plenty of natural resources like forest resources, mineral and wildlife


7.2 Obstacles.
The District Council has been facing many challenges toward its efforts to provide socio economic services to the communities. Among the challenges are:-
· Inadequate training / refresher course for Council staff and Leaders which can enable them to deliver better services to the communities.
· Inadequate funds for supporting Community initiated development activities.
· High prices of agriculture and livestock inputs
· Poor socio - economic infrastructure system.
· Ignorance of people on the sustainable use of available natural resources.
· Poor involvement of women in decision making at various levels of leadership and household level

8.0 AREAS FOR COOPERATION/ INVESTMENT.

8.1 IMPORTANCE OF DODOMA – IRINGA ROAD IN THE DISTRICT ECONOMY.

8.1.1 Livestock production.
The district is endowed with a large livestock population which surprisingly is largely unexploited. About 40% of the total population in the district depends on livestock activity as their major source of income.

Livestock keeping is mainly carried out in the southern part of the district in Berege, Mlunduzi and Rudi wards. The biggest livestock market in the district is situated at Chipogoro village along Iringa – Dodoma road. Other livestock markets which situated nearby the road are Mima and Rudi.

It is estimated that livestock keepers gain a total of Tshs. 2,086,777,750.00 annually by selling their livestock in these markets. Livestock market fees collected in these market range from Tshs.26,046,762.50 to Tshs. 35,803,700.00 annually.

The district has about 58 kms of trunk road that connect it district with Chamwino district and Kilolo in Iringa region. This is the main road which used to transport livestock from the district to Dar es salaam and Zanzibar where there is an extensive meat markets.

8.1.2 Fishing.
Fishing activity is carried out at Mtera dam which is situated near by Dodoma – Iringa road. It is estimated that 850 tons of fish (worth Tshs. 2,125,000,000.00) produced annually. Most of the people in Mpwapwa and Dodoma region in general depend on fish product from Mtera dam. Mpwapwa District Council is also collecting fish market dues between Tshs. 21,600,000.00 to 28,000,000.00 annually. Iringa – Dodoma road is the main road which used to transport fish product from Mtera dam to other areas in Dodoma outside the region.

8.1.3 Tourism.
There is one game controlled area in Mpwapwa District known as Rudi Game Controlle Area (GN.110 ya 1984) with an area of 136,450 hectres. The area is located in Rudi ward which is near by the road from Dodoma – Iringa.
Currently there is no tourism hunting which is carried out in this area. The district has demarcated and protected the area from other economic activities and is planning to develop it to be one of the tourism areas in the district.
Improvement of the road from Dodoma to Iringa will assist in the development of tourism sector in the district.



8.1.4 Mining.
The district is also endowed by more than 4 types of metals and 18 types of gemstones. Copper, Ruby, Saphire, gipsum, Moonstone, Scapolite, Manganese, Peridot and Epidote are the main minerals and gemstones which can be extracted in the district. These resources have not yet been sufficiently exploited but they have drawn attention of many small and medium scale miners.
Improvement of Dodoma – Iringa road will facilitate the transportation of minerals and other materials to and from the mining sites.

8.1.5 Agriculture.
The National Development vision 2025 and National Strategy for Economic Growth and Reduction of Poverty –NSGRP (MKUKUTA) insist on the reduction in income poverty which contribute to economic growth and final high standard of living of Tanzanian citizen.

As ascertained in the report, about 50% of the population is engaged in crops production as their source of income earning. Therefore improving the agriculture production and productivities will have direct positive impact on the government efforts to eradicate poverty to its people.

The district has a total of 223,000 hectares that can be used for agriculture. Currently 118,932 hectares are cultivated annually. There is also a potential area for Irrigation of more than 5,991 hectares. At present only 2,891 hectares are irrigated. The area is suitable for both food and cash crops. This is the most reliable type of agriculture compared to the seasonal agriculture which relies on rain which depends on weather conditions.

Development of Irrigation farming.
At present the district Council is developing Takanya Irrigation scheme at Kisima village (about 1,250 acres), Mabeho irrigation scheme at Wiyenzele village (about 750 acres). These villages situated near by Dodoma – Iringa road which will be used to transport food and cash crops from the schemes to the market places in Dodoma and other areas outside the region.