Creation of Employment Opportunities through Community-Based Routine Maintenance of 7,000 Kilometres of Roads in 104 Councils
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- The Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) will create employment opportunities by assigning over 7,000 kilometres of roads in 104 councils to community groups for routine maintenance in the 2026/27 financial.
- The Community-Based Routine Maintenance (CBRM) programme, part of the RISE Project, aims to generate jobs for local communities while improving road conditions.
- TARURA CB-RM Coordinator, Eng Richard Misa, stated that the programme will expand to 25 regions, with Dar es Salaam to be included later.
- More than 1,100 community groups are expected to secure road maintenance contracts during the year.
- The programme was initially launched in the 2025/26 financial year in Tanga, Morogoro, Coast, and Dodoma regions, covering eight councils and maintaining over 1,500 kilometres of roads with 302 community groups.