BY Elias Mhegera
THE Government has called Tanzanians to reject substandard goods which of recent years have turned this country into almost a destiny of junky goods.
This call was made on Saturday last week by the Kinondoni District Administrative Secretary Bernard Marcelline when he spoke exclusively to The Express shortly after launching of the “Win Free Roof Competition” at the Nabaki Afrika complex in Mwenge.
The award of a value of 15,000,000/=Tsh will go to a person who will parches construction goods at any of its shops countrywide. The offer was meant to enhance the spirit of spending money by getting quality goods.
Mercelline who represented his District Commissioner Jordan Rugimbana commended the company for having invested heavily on quality construction materials which have proven good to many of their users.
Earlier speaking to senior journalists and editors the Nabaki Afrika Managing Director Hamish Hamilton said that his company has managed to meet customers demand after having stayed in this country for over 18 years, hence being quite aware of the climatic conditions of this country.
Hamilton said that the “cutting edge” that has made Nabaki successful was the fact that it managed to identify the real demands of Tanzania from the outset from as far as 1994. “We started with a few products – some stayed, others fell by the way side” he narrated.
The MD who was supported by his wife Ms Tania Hamilton who also the co-director of the company boasted that Nabaki a Kiswahili name which mean I remain here means that his company will remain in Africa and in Tanzania in particular simply because quality roofing is a high demand due to construction activities which goes on from time to time.
“Harvey Roof Tiles from South Africa was the roof tile we first imported and then we moved to Decra Tiles from New Zealand - the world’s first metal roofing tile and till the best!,” he said, elaborating that his company moved to Decra when it was discovered that the quality of the SA tiles was not up to the standard that it had expected.
The MD boasted further that apart from being the main supplier of construction materials in this country his company has embarked in a series of training of the local personnel so as to empower them with a unique brand of knowledge.
He charged that through such trainings his company has produced good artisans in gypsum ceilings, repairing and construction of swimming pools and installation of water tanks and pipes.
In other developments his company since 1998 has been involved in importation of quality shade net, construction chemicals and water filters. Supported by the company’s General Manager Vatsal Shah the managing team boasted of having employed 70 staff whereby 95 percent are Tanzanians.
In the same vain the company boasts that it is supplying its goods to over 200 distributors whose sales are over 13 Billion hence boosting the country’s economy. The year 2000 was a turning point by importing the world’s best roofing material Decra. END
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