DODOMA, June 5 -- MORE than 5.5bn/- has been allocated in the 2025/26 financial year for the rehabilitation of 15 small- and medium-sized dams, as part of the implementation of the Five-Year Rainwater Harvesting Strategy (2022–2026).

Through the budget the government will also promote rainwater harvesting from rooftops particularly in public institutions such as schools, dispensaries, health centres, hospitals and various government offices.

Deputy Minister for Water, Eng Kundo Mathew informed the august House yesterday that the government is proceeding with the implementation of the strategy through the construction of dams aimed at addressing the challenges of floods and drought.

He said the implementation of the Five-Year Road...