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Tanzania says it has paid SGR contractors in full

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Tanzanian Transport Minister Makame Mbarawa says the government has settled all sums owed to companies working on the Makutupora-Tabora section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The project, which runs through Singida Region, is not facing funding difficulties, he told Daily News in Tabora.

Tanzania has settled all the sums owed to companies contracted to build the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on the Makutupora-Tabora section, Transport Minister Makame Mbarawa said, according to Tanzanian newspaper Daily News. He said no contractor had any outstanding claims against the government.

The section runs through Singida Region. Makame Mbarawa also said that the project was not facing any funding difficulties, according to Daily News.

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