Iringa Regional Commissioner Amina Masenza directed the municipal officials to make sure that better quality desks were manufactured within a month. She took the action during her visit to Ilula Development Centre located in the district where the desks are being made.
“These desks are of low quality. Their finishing is not proper…I do not want to see them distributed in any of the schools in Kilolo District,” warned Masenza, noting that the desks were made using funds collected from the municipal’s internal revenue sources.
Masenza said it was surprising that no single district leader was supervising the construction of the desks. She said the leaders were supposed to supervise the whole process in order to ensure quality was maintained.
She warned that responsible district leaders would be forced to reimburse the government funds if the desks were not re-made and distributed to the intended schools within a month.
She suggested that all the desks be made by the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) to ensure quality.
For his part, municipal Planning officer Joseph Kayanga said the desks were made at a cost of 49m/-, adding that 19.6m/- was taken from internal revenue sources and 30m/- was sourced from the Constituency Development Fund.
However, the Region Defense and Security Committee informed the RC that the desks were made of timber which was not properly dried, hence developing cracks during construction.
Iringa Region faces a shortage of 30,000 desks, but the district authorities have managed to reduce the problem as 1,000 desks have been procured ahead of the July 15, deadline.
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