The presentation describes activities of the Weights and Measures Agency in Tanzania. The presentation was made during the 49th CIML meeting in Auckland New Zealand on the 6th November 2014

1. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AGENCY
TANZANIA
Presented at the 49th CIML MEETING
[Auckland, 2014]

2. - Geographically located
in the eastern part of
Africa
- Has a total surface
area of 945,087 sq.km
- With a population of
47.6 million (UN 2012)
- and some of the continent’s
greatest concentrations of
wild animals
Facts about Tanzania

3. Contents
• Introduction
• International and regional
affiliation
• Verification and Inspection
Activities Covered
• Achievements
• Challenges
• Future plans

4. 4
Introduction
 WMA was transformed into an
Executive Agency in May 2002.
Formerly, it was a department within
the Ministry of
Industry and Trade
 The governing legislation for weights
and measures activities is the Weights
and Measures Act Cap 340 [R.E 2002],
but The new Legal Metrology Act is now
being developed

5. Introduction…..(contd) Staff Profile
Inspectors
Support
Staff
196 106
total 302

6. International and Regional
Affiliation
international
continental
sub-regional

7. Sources of Income

8. Activities Covered
- Traditional

9. • New areas
(a) Pre-packages inspections
e.g. Fish Processing Industry

10. New areas – contd…
(b) Calibration of Bulk Storage Tanks

11. Non-traditional activities – contd….
(c ) Inspection of LPG Cylinders
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12. Achievements
(a) Extend consumer protection to more areas (e.g. prepackages
inspection at ports and some borders, verifying quantities of
imported fuels, etc)

13. Achievements-contd…
(b) More field vehicles procured
(35 brand new) and installed
with tracking systems

14. Achievements-contd…
(c) 30 technical staff trained in electronic scales and dispensing
pumps based on OIML recommendations & documents
[invitations
were
extended
to Zambia,
Zimbabwe,
Malawi and
Uganda]

15. Achievements-contd…
(d) Finalizing the regulation
for measuring instruments in
the new sector of natural gas

16. Achievements-contd…
(e) Received two awards Africa
(i) Public Service Week-June 2013 (in Ghana)

17. Achievements-contd… (ii) OIML Award – Vietnam
(October, 2013)
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18. Challenges
1. Influx of sub-standard
scales from outside
Tanzania due to
scarcity of genuine
scales

19. Challenges - contd…..
2. Demand for
verification of other
instruments such as
medical syringes,
traffic speed
measuring
instruments, etc.

20. Challenges - contd…..
3. Fast growing technology in legal metrology (e.g. the shift from
mechanical to electronic equipment) Vs the capability to build capacity

21. Future Plans
1. Construction of modern calibration bay for vehicle tanks

22. Future Plans – contd…..
2. Construction of buildings for regional offices

23. Future Plans – contd…..
3. Procurement of a special truck for verification of weigh-bridges

24. Future Plans – contd…..
4. Continuous capacity building (training, modern equipment, etc)

25. Thank you for your attention!
Magdalena Chuwa
[chuwa@wma.go.tz]