Four albino killers get death sentences

From left: Nassoro Charles, Singu Nsiantemi, Masaru Kahindi and Ndahanya Lumola, who were yesterday sentenced to death for the brutal murder of an albino woman in 2008 Geita. The husband of a 32-year-old woman with albinism is among four men sentenced to death for her 2008 killing in Nyamaruru Village. Zawadi Magindu’s attackers, who included her husband Nassoro Charles, cut her limbs and right hand with an axe and a machete.High Court Judge Joacquine Demello ruled that the prosecution had...

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Membe lobbying for withheld GBS funds

                                                    Foreign Affairs Minister Benard Membe. Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Bernard Membe has said he will this week meet with Tanzania’s development partners who have withheld...

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Bunge team begins work on CAG report

Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai (right) hands over the CAG’s report on the Tegeta escrow account controversy to Public Accounts Committee chairman Zitto Kabwe (centre) and his deputy, Mr Deo Filikunjombe, in Dodoma yesterday.  Dodoma. A parliamentary team today begins to dissect the voluminous report by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) on the Tegeta escrow account scandal following the official release of the document by the Office of the Speaker.Members of the Public Accounts Committee’s...

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Body Parts Dumping Irks Many

 adavers dumped in an open space outside Dar es Salaam FOLLOWING the weird incident of dumping parts of human bodies in a valley at Mbweni Mpiji area in Kinondoni Municipality in Dar es Salaam on Monday, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) is pushing for immediate investigations and a clear-cut explanation on the issue.In the same vein, the Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) has strongly condemned the incident, referring to sanctions, including immediate closure, which...

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6 charged with terrorism over Arusha restaurant bombing

 These six men were charged with terrorism at the Resident Magistrate’s Court in Arusha on Wednesday in connection to the recent bombing of a popular Indian restaurant. Arusha. Six people were yesterday charged with terrorism in Arusha.The accused allegedly carried out the bomb attack at a popular restaurant in the city earlier this month.They were among eight people who were arrested on Monday night during an operation in which seven hand grenades and bomb-making material were also...

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