Dodoma — THE Zanzibar government has commissioned the construction of a vessel with the capacity to carry 1,200 passengers and 300 tonnes of cargo at a time, Second Vice-President Seif Ali Iddi has said.
Ambassador Iddi told delegates to the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) 8th National Congress in Dodoma that acquisition of the vessel is part of implementation of the party's 2010 election manifesto. He said that construction of the vessel will be completed in 14 months and that experts from South Korea were working in collaboration with their counterparts in Zanzibar.
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