Dar es Salaam, April 15 -- DODOMA: THE government has ordered a total of 150 fire and rescue vehicles, which will be distributed to various district councils across the country for ensuring safety of people and properties.

Deputy Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Daniel Sillo told Members of Parliament that the government is implementing a project to purchase fire and rescue vehicles and other equipment all worth 100 million US Dollars. (about 267.832bn/- ).

Mr Sillo was responding to a question from Mr Hussein Amar (NyanghwaleCCM), who wanted to know when the government will allocate a fire truck to Nyanghwale District.

He said the district needs a fire vehicle to guarantee safety in case of fire accident in the area.

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