Dodoma. The government is pushing for stronger coordination among the ministries responsible for livestock, agriculture, and water to address shortages affecting livestock keepers, with investments in dams and boreholes expected to improve access to reliable water sources.
Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Ng’wasi Damas Kamani said on November 3, 2026, that the government would continue bringing the three ministries together to coordinate budgets and investments in water infrastructure, ensuring that projects benefit both livestock keepers and farmers.
‘We will continue strengthening cooperation between the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water to ensure that the challenge of water availability for livestock is addressed,’ she told Parliament in Dodoma on November 3, 2026.
Ms Kamani responded to a supplementary question from Kiteto MP Edward Kisau Olelekaita, who asked about the government’s strategy for coordinating the three ministries to improve water infrastructure in his constituency.
Mr Olelekaita also sought to know when the government would release funds to complete the Kiwani livestock water dam project in Ndeda Ward, Kiteto District.
The project is expected to improve water availability for livestock and surrounding communities, particularly in an area where access to reliable water sources is important for livestock production.
Ms Kamani said the government recognised the importance of the project and would continue considering it in the ministry’s budget plans to facilitate the completion of construction works.
‘The government recognises the importance of this project, and it will continue to be considered in the ministry’s budget plans to ensure that its construction is completed,’ she said.
However, she did not specify when the remaining funds would be released, leaving the project’s completion timeline dependent on future budget allocations.
The deputy minister said the government had already established a framework for ministries to jointly plan budgets and develop water infrastructure, citing a ministerial resolution reached in Mbeya in 2022.
The resolution brought together nine ministries, including those responsible for livestock and fisheries, agriculture, water, energy and minerals, as well as the Prime Minister’s Office through the then President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG).
‘Through this resolution, the ministries agreed to cooperate in budget planning and the development of water infrastructure for the benefit of all users, including livestock keepers and farmers,’ Ms Kamani said.
She cited two boreholes constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture in Iringa District Council for farmers and another 18 boreholes built by the Ministry of Water in the Mtorofu area of Morogoro for livestock keepers as examples of the approach.
The examples, she said, demonstrated how cooperation between ministries could help extend water infrastructure to different groups of users instead of treating their needs separately.
Ms Kamani also said the government was encouraging wider use of drilling equipment and machinery for dam construction distributed across the country to improve water access in livestock-producing areas.
She said the Sixth Phase Government, under President Samia Suluhu Hassan, was promoting the use of the equipment to ensure that investments in water infrastructure also benefited the livestock sector.
‘The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries will continue working with other ministries to ensure that water challenges facing livestock keepers are addressed, including in Kiteto District,’ she said.