If you are travelling to Zanzibar’s historic stone town, expect to be
watched.
With worries about insecurity in Zanzibar during Tanzania’s looming
elections, CCTV cameras are being installed all over the tourism dependent town.
The project, funded by Chinese government owned ZTE Corporation, comes
after a visit by Zanzibar’s Second Vice-President, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi to
the People's Republic of China late last year.
It is a 3.5 million US dollars investment.
ZTE says the project will be finished by the end of 2015 and will
protect both people's security and the tourism economy for Zanzibar.
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| A Muslim woman walks through the streets of Zanzibar's Stone Town |
Upon completion, Stone Town will have 300 high definition cameras
(FHD) on the main road and a state of the art command and monitoring centre,
equipped with the Geographic Information System (GIS) and intelligent analysis
tools.