Tanzania: The Governor of Mtwara Region warns those who sabotage cashew shipments

The Governor of Mtwara Region, Colonel Ahmed Abbas, has warned some traders who are sabotaging the movement of cashew nuts through Mtwara Port in the 2023/24 season. Speaking on November 8, 2023 when he made a surprise visit to the port to see for himself how the exercise is going on, the Governor has said that there are indications of sabotage carried out by people with bad intentions who want to hinder the government's efforts to promote the region's income through this product. While at the port, RC Abbas witnessed a queue of trucks waiting to enter to unload cashew nuts, so he had to give instructions to the managers of the various shipping companies involved in the exercise of transporting the product. "My brothers, I have gone inside and visited every area, there is no problem, I have checked the boxes, I have seen that there are enough waiting for the load to come in and be unloaded, what I want to know... why is there no truck unloading the load inside, but there is a ...