Candidates Outline Infrastructure Plans

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Presidential candidates unveiled transport and infrastructure plans. CCM’s Samia Suluhu Hassan pledged to upgrade Pemba Airport and Wete Port, rebuild key roads, and construct a 1,000-kilometre railway from Mtwara to Mbamba Bay. ADA-TADEA’s Georges Busungu vowed to modernize ports, railways, and logistics hubs nationwide, including Tanga Port, and expand the Standard Gauge Railway. ACT-Wazalendo’s Othman Masoud Othman promised reforms at Zanzibar Ports Corporation to improve efficiency and cut costs.