Makete DC urges more efforts in campaign to addressing stunting    

He made the call during a meeting of the Makete Development Association (MDA) which was held in the district adding that Njombe was among the regions with high rates of stunting.

"The issue of good nutrition is a challenge; people have to know the cause of stunting, it starts from a child of zero years, that's when the problem becomes very huge, you find that someone doesn't understand even if the lessons can be given for months many of them do not know that it is stunting,” he said.

He said that if society does not fight stunting from the age of 0 to five years, there is risk of having a stunted generation because even a woman will have a greater chance of giving birth to a stunted child.

Sweda said the time has come for the people of Makete who are outside to return and make reforms in investment in agriculture and invest in sectors such tourism which is among the potential areas of investment.

Previously, the Chairman of the Makete Development Association (MDA) Clement Sanga said that the association was ready to support the district's efforts to eradicate stunting by providing daily cows to schools.

"This is a voluntary association but it is for the development of our district, especially the Makete community natives who are outside but who are here," said Sanga.

MDA Secretary General Award Mpandila said that in order to make Makete transformative, they are already encouraging the building of better houses to promote the beauty of the region as well as bringing about an economic revolution.

District Executive Director for Makete district Council, William Makufwe said they intend to make the district the center of wheat production in the country.

“1,000 tonnes will be cultivated on 14,000 hectares and save 551bn/- used to import the crop, we are also supportive of the soil testing programme to start farming,” said Makufwe.