Dar es Salaam, June 30 -- SUMBAWANGA Municipal Council in Rukwa Region has issued a 488,340,500/- interest-free loan to groups of youth, women and people living with disabilities (PLWDs) in 2019/20.

The loan is in line with directives issued by the Ministry of State in the President's Office (Regional Administrations and Local Government) countrywide to loan the youth, women and PLWDs 10 per cent of domestic revenue collected by each council.

Sumbawanga District Commissioner (DC), Dr Halfany Haule, has commended Sumbawanga Municipal Director Jacob Mtalitinya for a well-done job and encouraging him to continue allocating funds each fiscal year for lending the youth, women and PLWDs entrepreneur groups.

"Make sure all loan beneficiaries ...