Implementation of Water Project in Kwimba District with 563.7 Million TZS Funding

MWANZA: THE Tanzanian government, through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), is implementing a water project in three villages of Mwankuba, Manawa and Mwanging’hi located in Kwimba district at Mwanza region with a total population of 6888, with the first phase being implemented in Mwankuba village with a population of 2075. This was evident today, August 17, 2026, when the Torch of Uhuru arrived in Mwankuba village to inspect an 88-meter-long borehole with a capacity to produce 19,000 cubic liters of water per hour, which is the source of the project being built by contractor Lugayila Co. Ltd. Speaking during the laying of the foundation stone for the project, which has reached 61% and is being implemented with funds amounting to 563.7 m/-, Uhuru torch Leader 2026, Mr Wazo Mwang’onda has asked the PCCB to monitor the safety of water tanks in all projects in the region within 14 days and provide a report.