JPM inaugurates army training centre
President John Magufuli and Deputy Head of the Monitoring and Training Department of the Chinese Army Commission Major General Yang Jian unveil a plaque to launch the Mapinga Special Military Training Centre in Bagamoyo, Coast Region yesterday. Left is Chinese ambassador to Tanzania Wang Ken, and right is Tanzania’s Defence and National Service minister Hussein Mwinyi. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE
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According to a press statement by the Presidential Communications director at State House, Mr Gerson Msigwa, and the Sh67.87 billion facility has been constructed with the assistance of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Bagamoyo. President John Magufuli on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, launched the Comprehensive Training Centre of the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) at Mapinga in Bagamoyo District, Coast Region.
According to a press statement by the Presidential Communications director at State House, Mr Gerson Msigwa, and the Sh67.87 billion facility has been constructed with the assistance of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
The statement said the centre would be used for modern military training to enable army officers to counter current security threats.
Earlier, the Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Ms Wang Ke, witnessed the handover of the centre by Gen Yang Jian of behalf of PLA to Maj Gen Yakub Hassan Mohamed of TPDF.
