In line with the mechanism, the government has also introduced stickers for transit buses and trucks to differentiate them from those travelling in the country at weighing bridges.
Addressing journalists in Dar es Salaam recently, the Permanent Secretary (PS) at the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication, Eng Joseph Nyamhanga, said the new system will be adopted beginning today.
“This system will subject all transit vehicles to inspection in not more than four inspection stations to reduce trip duration and attract more customers to use the Dar es Salaam port,” said Eng Nyamhanga.
He pointed out that there was a process to establish one-stop inspection stations (OSIS) at the Central Corridor at Vigwaza in the Coast Region, Manyoni in Singida and Nyakanazi in Kagera.
For Dar es Salaam Corridor the areas include the road from Dar es Salaam to Tunduma (Tanzania and Zambia border) and Uyole – Kasumulu (Tanzania and Malawi border). The established centres will include Vigwaza in the Coast Region, Mikumi in Morogoro, Makambako in Njombe and Mpemba in Songwe.
Services that will be obtained at the OSIS include weighing bridges, police stations, Tanzania Revenue Authority branches and rest stations for transit drivers.
Eng Nyamhanga noted that the initiative has come a few days after President John Magufuli issued a directive to reduce unnecessary non-tariff barriers when he was launching Rusumo International Bridge situated at the Tanzania and Rwanda border.
He further said that for Tanzania to facilitate trade and transportation with the East African Community (EAC), Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the government had constructed several one stop border posts aimed to ease the process of tariffs, security issues and supervision of quality goods.

Source: Daily News

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