Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:20:32 +0000 THE construction of 13 solar hammer mills in Pemba which will help reduce unemployment among youths and the cost of mealie meal has started. Pemba District Commissioner Reginald Mugoba said the government has given 13 solar hammer mills to different cooperatives in the district. In an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Mugoba explained that the hammer mills that had been stationed in different communities of the district would benefit the farmers in various ways and that government had engaged a Chinese contractor to construct the mills. “We have received about 13 solar hammer mills in the district and the construction is still going on we are hopeful that they will be commissioned early this year, this means that when they become operational they will help youths to find employment it will also help reduce the cost of mealie meal in the district,” he said. Mr. Mugoba said the […]
