Chalinze District Council in Coast Region will soon start providing business licenses electronically after received Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment’s from Business Registration and Licensing Agency (BRELA).
Speaking during the handover ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Acting Head of License Department in BRELA, Peter Riwa said Chalinze will be the third council to provide business license electronically after they get the ICT equipments.
“After this handover ceremony this council will be the third among district council that provides business license electronically after Ilala Municipal Council in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza City Council,” said Riwa.
Riwa also mentioned equipments that were given by BRELA are three laptops, desktop computers, one printing machine, three mobile phones, two modems and one scanner.
On his side, Acting Head of Copy Right Department Seka Kasera said the aim is to make sure BRELA equips all regions with ICT facilities around the country.
“We are very organized for those district council which has no ICT equipment’s BRELA will help them and for those councils which have the capacity to buy such ICT equipment’s we urge them to start to provide business Licence electronically and it is our hope that all district council in the country will follow this direction,” said Kasera.
He said the new system will help to reduce bureaucracy, complaints, corruption and minimize the time for people to get their license adding that by using this system business community will enjoy it because there will be no wastage of time anymore.
Chalinze District Council Representative, Samson Morris, applauded BRELA for the donation and promised that they will the equipment for the intended purposes.
“This new system will help business community in our district especially those who come from remote areas and they will save some cost they were using to come in town for follow up of their business license,” he said.
BRELA introduced the system of providing business licenses that intended to cover Mwanza City Council, Ilala Municipal Council and Bukoba, Mafinga Township, Karagwe District and Chalinze.