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Former Chadema’s Deputy General Secretary, Zitto Kabwe, has vowed that he shall appeal before the General Council of the party against being stripped off his positions in the party.Kabwe’s advocate, Albert Msando, told journalists yesterday in Dar es Salaam that Kabwe shall appeal against the Central Committee on the faulty basis of procedures used to strip him off his positions.Msonda said the procedures did not follow the proper channels to strip Zitto of his position but more importantly,...

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Tanzanian Wildlife Threatened By Growing Human Population

As the population in Tanzania continues to grow, so do conflicts between humans and wildlife, making education an ideal tool to use for an intervention. Tanzania has one of the fastest growing populations in the world and researchers wanted to see how this boom would impact human-wildlife interactions in the country. Buffer zones are already set up in Serengeti and Tanzania’s other national parks, meaning human activity is only allowed if it benefits the environment and local communities.Farmers...

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The government plans to use about seven billion US dollars to construct two standard gauge railway lines to facilitate the country’s rapid economic growth.

 Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe                                   The Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, said on Tuesday that the preparations for the construction of the railway lines were going on well.He mentioned the railway lines to be constructed as that of the Northern zone of Tanga-Arusha...

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Dr Edmund Sengondo Mvungi, who died on Tuesday afternoon at Milpark hospital in South Africa, will be buried on Monday in Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region.The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) member was being treated for severe wounds sustained as he fought off suspected robbers, who invaded his residence in Dar es Salaam on November2, this year.Speaking on behalf of the family, NCCR-Mageuzi National Chairman James Mbatia said the body of Mvungi will be flown to the country tomorrow and be preserved at Lugalo Military referral hospital in Dar es Salaam.“On Saturday morning, the body...

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Revealed: 40pc doctors ditch profession yearly

Muhimbili sickle cell specialist doctors address patients during a recent clinic for children. Specialists are located in cities and major towns. Dar/Moshi/Mwanza.Tanzania spends between $40,000 (Sh66million) and $60,000 (Sh99million) to train a single medical doctor, but four out of every ten who finally graduate soon abandon their calling to pursue less exacting or better paying undertakings.The cost of producing a medical doctor doubles if one goes for training abroad, especially in...

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Illegal fishing in L.Victoria on the rise

Illegal fishing in Lake Victoria is currently at an alarming rate calling for urgent steps to save the resources, The Officer-in Charge of the Fisheries Department in Kagera region, Ms Monica Kishe, has said. She noted that pollution and environmental degradation has also led to extinction of more than 400 fish species in Lake Victoria over the last four decades. According to Ms Kishe, the government spent over 28bn/- to rehabilitate seven fish landing sites and fish breeding stations...

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Pregnant woman washed away in Typhoon Haiyan floods gives birth in rubble

Miracle birth: New-born baby Bea Joy is held as mother Emily Ortega, 21, rests after giving birth at an improvised clinic at Tacloban airport TACLOBAN, Philippines – Cheers have broken out in the typhoon-devastated airport of Tacloban city in the Philippines when 21-year old Emily Ortega gave birth to a girl.It was a rare piece of good news for the city where officials fear 10,000 were killed, and where tens of thousands of residents saw their homes flattened by ferocious winds from Typhoon...

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EAC at crossroads

Fourteen years after the treaty for the establishment of the East African Community sailed in Arusha, the EAC is suddenly at crossroads and hasty efforts are now being  taken to save the regional body.As reports regarding what is feared to be yet another ‘break-up’ of the East African Community continue to thrive  around the region, but especially in local media outlets, the Arusha-based EAC Secretariat has released an official statement allaying fears of  separation  triggered...

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The Chinese Embassy has directed its citizens living in the country to strictly abide by both Chinese and Tanzanian laws and never to involve themselves in government trophies or any kind of smuggling.

 Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Lu Youqing The directive was issued in a statement by the Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Lu Youqing, following reports that three of its citizens had been arrested over elephant tusks smuggling.The statement said the Chinese government was holding discussion with the Tanzania authorities on the issue. The statement further said that the Chinese government had always attached great importance to the protection of wildlife, promulgated a series...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group declared an end to its 20-month insurgency on Tuesday and said it was ready to pursue a political solution after the army captured its last two hilltop strongholds.

The M23 made its announcement hours after government forces drove the rebels out of Tshanzu and Runyoni before dawn, following a two-week offensive that cornered the insurgents in heavily wooded hills along the border with Uganda and Rwanda.“The chief of staff and the commanders of all major units are requested to prepare troops for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration on terms to be agreed with the government of Congo,” M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa said in a statement.The United States...

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Mt Meru said to be potentially dangerous volcano Scientists advises for monitor stations

 Mount Meru. How serious is Mount Meru potential eruption? It may have appeared passive for many years, but the country's second highest peak, Mount Meru, towering above Arusha City, is reported to be still apt to erupt without notice, placing lives of nearly one million people in jeopardy.Recent studies, as well as chronological volcanic measurements conducted by the Monduli-based, Eco-Science centre, indicate that   mountain Meru remains active volcano and unless tremor and...

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Here’s why I might quit CCM: Sumaye

Former Prime Minister Frederick Sumaye yesterday threatened to quit Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) should the party nominate a candidate tainted by corruption in the 2015 General Election.Mr Sumaye took a swipe at his immediate successor, Mr Edward Lowassa, who also served as Premier before he was forced to resign in 2008 after being implicated in the Richmond scandal, accusing the latter of politics of deception ahead of 2015 polls.According to the former Premier, the Kikwete succession politics...

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Mbowe warns Dar off EAC withdrawal

Dodoma. The leader of official Opposition in the Parliament, Mr Freeman Mbowe, has sounded a warning against politicians who have been urging the government to pull out of the East Africa Community. Speaking during the 13th National Assembly Meeting debating the 2014/2015 National Economic Development Plan, Mr Mbowe warned that the prospect of Tanzania pulling out of the EAC will have serious consequences to wananchi. Mr Mbowe, on Thursday evening also warned some politicians who have been issuing what he called offensive statements against other EAC partner states. On Wednesday,...

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Miners set to drag Dar to ICC over $ 410 taxes

Former commissioner for minerals, who is currently an independent mining consultant and analyst, Dr Peter Kafumu, told The Citizen: “Refunding will be tough because the government has no money…it received billions as VAT and excise duty, but it has failed to refund these companies for some years now" Dar es Salaam. Major foreign-owned gold mining firms operating in Tanzania, including South African-based Anglogold Ashanti, are seeking arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce...

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Kagasheki unveils Chinese ivory haul in Dar es Salaam

 Natural Resources and Tourism minister, Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki, in disbelief as he looks at a pile of elephant trophies impounded at a Mikocheni house in Dar es Salaam Kagasheki unveils Chinese ivory haul in Dar es Salaam  Scoffs at stopping `Operation Tokomeza` At a time when poaching has tremendously scaled up in the country, about 706 pieces of ivory, representing more than 200 tuskers killed, were found yesterday in Dar es Salam Mikocheni area at a residence of...

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Court sets free 52 Ponda followers

                                                        Muslim cleric Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda Dar es Salaam. The High Court yesterday set free 52 followers of Muslim cleric Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda, who have been serving...

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Tanzania wants China to refurbish Tazara railway

The railway link between Dar es Salaam and Lusaka, which was established in the early- to mid-1970s, then financed and built by the Chinese government, has for long been ailing as a result of poor maintenance and management problems. The line, which is over 1,860 kilometers long, covers some of Africa’s most challenging terrain but it was the lack of rolling stock and locomotives combined with regular line outages which have reduced the initial cargo volumes considerably in recent years, causing...

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Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda meet again

Nairobi/Dar es Salaam. The heads of state of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are scheduled to meet later this month in Kigali amid growing concerns about Tanzania’s apparent isolation by the “coalition of the willing”.Rwandan President Paul Kagame will host his Kenyan and Ugandan counterparts, Mr Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr Yoweri Museveni, respectively, on October 28 and 29 to discuss joint infrastructure projects, The Citizen has reliably learnt.On the agenda will be the planned Mombasa-Kampala-Kigali...

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194 illegal immigrants declared stateless citizens

 Purported countries of origin rejected them                                                        Purported countries of origin rejected them The commander of the operation to weed out illegal immigrants,Assistant...

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Israel steps in as Nairobi death toll hits 69

Nairobi. Kenyan troops backed by Israeli forces battled yesterday to end a siege in an upmarket shopping mall and free hostages held by Somali militants in an attack that has so far killed 69 people.Sporadic gunfire could be heard as Kenyan security officials said they were attempting to kill or capture the remaining attackers and end the 26 hour-long bloodbath at the Westgate mall.“The Israelis have just entered and they are rescuing the hostages and the injured,” a Kenyan security source told AFP. The Israeli foreign ministry refused to confirm or deny its forces were involved.Somalia’s Al...

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Red Cross, security teams’ rescue efforts laudable

The rescue operation at Westgate Shopping Mall by the Kenya Red Cross, security units and the general public has, so far, been commendable. The emergency response by the public, some of who even volunteered to take injured survivors to hospitals and also donated blood, is heartening.The Kenya Red Cross team led by Secretary General Abbas Gullet did a splendid job. They were the first to arrive at the scene with ten ambulances, which were later increased and are still on the ground. Gullet was even involved in carrying the injured to the ambulances, which is unique considering his position.Our...

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SADLY KAGAME IS ONLY GOING HALF WAY TOWARDS OUR TRAP.

   For the past few weeks Tanzanians lead by media have been discussing non other than Kagame while speculating the coming war. so Rwandies media have call Tanzania citizens the war mongers.May be I should make it clear to you that Tanzanians, though quite, polite and peaceful, they are like puff adders who strike only after being trampled upon, unlike black mambas who are always looking for something to strike.. It shouldn’t therefore, come to surprise that we spend a significant...

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Saadani: Wildlife thrives well with good conservation practices

Even during the colonial era, preservation of wildlife in Tanzania had been an issue which has, all along, been taken seriously on account of its economic and recreation benefits to the tourist industry.     In fact, it is for this reason and others that national parks and forest reserves were established to ensure sustainability of the ecosystem in which living organisms flourish.For example, in order to achieve desired, abundance of particular species of wildlife, authorities...

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Kikwete to grace AFROPAC launch in Arusha

  The launch of African Organisation of Public Accounts Committees   (AFROPAC) takes place in Arusha on Monday, with President Jakaya Kikwete expected to grace the occasion. President Jakaya Kikwete Speaking on Saturday, Southern Africa Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (SADCOPAC) chairman Mr Sipho Makama said it is the first time that a head of state would grace the organization’s annual general meeting.“We feel honoured by the Tanzanian President...

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EAC states pull in different directions as Dar is isolated

Kenya Ports Authority managing director Gichiri Ndua addresses presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta on operations within the port of Mombasa.  The East African Community is facing a test of unity and an identity crisis after regional leaders last week discussed key proposals to deepen integration without the input of Tanzania, a founder and key member state.The Mombasa meeting of Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Yoweri...

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Now Tanzanian Eala members boycott session

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Tanzania's Twiga Cement freezes dividends as profits drop 40pc

 Kenya's cement maker EAPCC. Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) has said that it will not pay an interim dividend for the six month period ended June this year, following a 39.59 per cent drop in profit after tax Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) has said that it will not pay an interim dividend for the six month period ended June this year, following a 39.59 per cent drop in profit after tax.The cement manufacturer, listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) as Twiga...

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