Kwale has a lot of natural resources that remain untapped because of poor leadership, outgoing UDF chairman Kassim Tandaza has said.

Tandaza said Kwale leaders are focused on their own selfish interests instead of those of the residents.

He told the Star on Saturday he will be vying for the Kwale senator seat in the 2017 election on the soon-to-be-formed Amani National Congress party ticket.

Tandaza was the UDF chairman before its rebranding.

“I have the necessary contacts and friends who I can negotiate with so they can help bring investors to Kwale,” he said on the phone.

Tandaza was speaking from Kakamega, where he is attending a series of UDF meetings to finalise the party’s rebranding.

He unsuccessfully vied for the Matuga parliamentary seat in 2013.

Tandaza said Kwale has the capacity to host a third port as it has a natural deep berth in Vanga.

“A port in Vanga can serve the northern parts of Tanzania faster than the Port of Dar es Salaam as it is closer to Arusha, Morogoro and other towns,” he said.

He said a port at Vanga will host large vessels without going through the dredging process.

Source: The Star

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