Kikwete Admires Locally Made Products at DITF

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President Kikwete who arrived at Mwalimu Nyerere grounds along Kilwa road at around 10am, visited over 10 pavilions, including the Vocational Education DAILY NEWS POLL and Training Authority and the United Nations’. At VETA pavilion, the president saw an improved baby The over 18.2tri/- government budget for the 2013/2014 financial year has hiked taxes to incubator that can detect whether the baby has wet motorists, mobile phone users, boozers and itself or is sick. smokers. Do you support the budget?

He also saw furniture—beds and dinner tables made Yes - 26.7% by students from VETA’s colleges scattered all over the country. He expressed his satisfaction on the work President Jakaya Kikwete. No - 68.3% that the authority was doing but advised it to link the students with industries so that they can produce products massively and sell in the local and exports markets. I don't know - 4.9% “You are doing a fantastic job but you should link these students to industries to enable them produced in plenty for the market,” President Kikwete told VETA management. He said educational authorities in Singapore do link Total votes up students with industries so that products invented are produced massively for the market. : 243 The voting for this poll has ended on: 2013 Jun 28 - President Kikwete issued similar advise to Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT), Mwanza campus, where 00:00 he was briefed on the high standards of leather footwear and other leather products made by students. View details He said linking such student with leather industries will expand market for Tanzanian made footwear, without necessarily waiting for the annual DITF. “Work with industries so that these shoes are produced in plenty for the ADVERTISEMENT public to buy…on your own it will not be possible to produce massively,” he explained.

DIT, Mwanza Campus is showcasing its leather footwear and other leather items under the UN pavilion whose theme this year is “Making lives better for Women, Children and Youth and supporting job creation in Tanzania.”

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