Tanzania: Gem dealers are excluded from Mirerani quarries

By Marc Nkwame in Arusha

MINING Commission officials who visited the mining quarries at Mirerani Hills in Simanjiro district of Manyara found thieves fail despite the recently erected fort to prevent theft [19659003] still encroach on the quarries, buy shipments of precious stones from the mining entities and manage to get out of the gate with the gems without the guards doing anything, "said the chairman of the National Mining Commission, Professor Idris Kikula

. the guards have no way of knowing if the vehicles in which the agents circulate conceal gems between the seats, in the boot or in other enclosures, because they are not allowed to penetrate inside

or brokers should not enter quarries instead of a special house being built outside the walls as a shopping center for all ", said Professor Kikula.The commission team also advised to install appropriate scanning equipment at the entrance and exit gates so that anyone entering the walls inside be carefully checked to avoid future cases of poor mineral allowance

.The guards must be well equipped to intercept vices in order to complete the new security wall erected around the Mirerani quarries ", he says.

The Professor Kikula pointed out that the guards who hold the doors have only to rely on their hands that they use to search the pockets of people who pass through the entrance and in some parts of the house. Fortified enclosure.

The team uncovered bricks stacked from the fence, indicating that some people could use them as

The president revealed that when the wall was erected, tanzanite's revenues soared to more than 445m / – per month, but the amount has increased The commission also wants surveillance cameras to be installed as soon as possible around the wall, in addition to projectors, to ensure that the entire area is well illuminated during the night. 19659012] "We visited the regions of Arusha, Manyara and Kilimanjaro and deposited in the mining offices in the areas, talking to the workers as well as the management of the companies involved in the extraction," said Professor Kikula who was accompanied by six commissioners, including Professor Abdulkarim Mruma