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                          CERTIFICATION 
           The undersigned certifies that, he has read and hereby recommends for acceptance by 
           the  Open  University  of  Tanzania  this  Dissertation  titled  Assessment  of  Inventory 
           Management in Parastatal Organisations in Tanzania: A case of VETA Kigoma in 
           partial  fulfillment  of  the  requirements  for  the  Degree  of  Master  of  Business 
           Administration (MBA). 
            
            
            
            
            
            
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                          Dr. Odass Bilame 
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                         COPYRIGHT 
          This Dissertation should not be reproduced by any means, in full or in part, except for 
          short extract in a fair dealing, for research or private study, critical scholarly review or 
          discourse with an acknowledgement, without written permission of the Directorate of 
          Postgraduate Studies, on behalf of both the author and the Open University of Tanzania. 
           
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
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                               DECLARATION   
             I, John Medard, declare that this Dissertation is my own original work and that it has 
             not been presented and will not be presented to any other University for a similar or any 
             other degree award. 
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
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                         DEDICATION 
          I dedicate this dissertation to my beloved grandmother the late Elizabeth Abel Ngofilo 
          may God let her rest in peace. I also dedicate it to my mother Cresensia John Mayeka 
          and other family members for their encouragement.