OFFICIALS in Tanzania have said the ongoing process to set up water allocation plan for Mara River will consider priority needs of water with involvement of all key stakeholders getting high consideration.
“The major aim is to involve stakeholders to make the water allocation plan sustainable, and in so doing allocation will consider priority needs,” Mr Diaz Ndomba from Mara Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS) office said recently during the latest stakeholders meeting held in Tarime to deliberate on the Mara River water allocation plan.
The Assistant Acting Director for Water Department in the Ministry of Water, Ms Rosemary Rwebugisa said the Mara River water allocation plan will help them to establish the quality, quantity and priorities during water allocation.
“Mara River is one of the six catchments of Lake Victoria, and to us the water allocation plan in Mara River is very essential,” the official said. Read more…
