THE ROLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN ECONOMIC ENHANCEMENT OF MOTORCYCLES AND MINIBUSES DRIVERS IN TANZANIA. A CASE OF ILEMELA MUNICIPALITY

Regional Development Planning

This paper establishes the role of the public transport sector in economic enhancement of motorcycles and minibuses drivers in urban areas in Tanzania using cross- section data collected from 40 motorcycles and 17 minibuses drivers in Ilemela Municipality, Tanzania. Descriptive statistics and thematic qualitative analysis was used to create the role of public transport in enhancing the economic welfare of the drivers of motorcycles and minibuses. The study findings indicated that 93% of all the motorcycles and minibuses were male; youth aged 18-35 years were the main drivers of motorcycles and minibuses. Also drivers of motorcycles and minibuses had varied education levels whereby 36.8% had secondary education, 29.8% had primary education and 29.5 % had tertiary education. Lastly 64.9% of drivers of motorcycles and minibuses diversified into other income generating activities including retail shop, agriculture and poultry production while 35.5% remained focused only on single source of income the driving of motorcycles and minibuses. The study recommends Tanzania Government the Ministry of Work, Youth and Employment and other stakeholders should provide seminar and workshop on opportunities offered through driving motorcycles and minibuses.

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