PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has waived aside requests for the division of districts, as there are many such requests and implementation of such needs requires a lot of money.

Addressing residents at Kibaoni area of Mpimbwe District, Katavi Region while on a working tour of the region, the president responded to a request made by former Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda.

He demanded that the government divide the region and create another district as the region is too big to manage, which the president deferred to another time.

On a different note, she promised to hand 1.6bn/- to obtain land to build residence halls for students of the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) at its new Mizengo Pinda Campus at Mlele District, earlier part of Mpanda District.

The president said that the government needs more time to work on establishing another district in the region, citing a plurality of requests to divide the regions into new districts.

“We work according to the economy we have and the way we produce. If we sell and get more income we’ll do so," she explained.

The 1.6bn/- promise was similarly requested by the ex-premier, to pay compensation for people who will vacate their areas for the construction of SUA hostels, to relieve the higher learning institution of inconveniences in accommodating students.

Samia also said that she had received a request to promote Katavi National Park in a second edition of the 'Royal Tour’ documentary, to make the south western national park more noticeable within and outside Tanzania.

Established 50 years ago, the park is relatively remote, vast and natural, among pristine parks in Africa acknowledged for a wide range of unique plant species and abundant wildlife resources.

President Samia praised the regional and district defense and security committees along with religious leaders, art groups and the media working to do the most on the tour since it started.