The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
4 August 2008
The Government is reviewing the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Risks) Ordinance of 1945 (Tanganyika) and the Motor Vehicle Decree of 1953 for Zanzibar.
The deputy minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr Omary Yussuf Mzee, told Parliament yesterday that after completing the reviews, the government would table the amendments in parliament.
He hoped that the amendments would help reduce loopholes in the current legal framework that governs insurance and payment to victims of road accidents.
Responding to main and supplementary questions by Chalinze MP Ramadhan Maneno, the minister explained that all motor vehicles have to be insured, either with a third party or comprehensive insurance.
The legislator sought to know what action was being taken by the government against insurance companies that refuse to compensate victims of road accidents.
He also wanted to know the number of motor vehicles which had been insured and the amount of money that victims of road accidents have received as compensation.
"According to the existing rules and regulations, a motor vehicle cannot be issued with a road licence to be allowed to operate without valid insurance," Mr Mzee said. He explained that all road accident victims have to be compensated in accordance with the magnitude of the accidents and extent of injury.
Mr Mzee said the Government was in the process of restructuring the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) to enhance its efficiency.
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