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...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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...
Thursday, July 24, 2014
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...
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...
Pedalling solutions to Dar’s mega-city woes
“Dar es Salaam before dusk”: The city must follow the smart cities model
and become more sustainable and innovative according to Ilala mayor
Jerry Silaa.
Dar es Salaam. Fatma rides on the shoulder of the road, her infant daughter secured to her back with a length of brightly coloured kanga fabric.
Arms outstretched, she grasps the handles that
function as pedals and rotates the chain around a gear, propelling
herself through Dar es Salaam’s heavy traffic.
On roads that claim upwards of...
Under the hammer: $2 billion assets of terror-linked Dar bank to be sold off
WATCHDOG: The Bank of Tanzania (pictured) is investigating US claims
linking Dar-based FBME bank to “wire transfers related to suspected
shell companies” with ties to terrorists and organized crime.
Nicosia/Dar Es Salaam. As the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) places the FBME Bank under surveillance, Cyprus has decided to sell all assets of the troubled financial institution valued at $2 billion, The Citizen has learnt.According to a report published by a Lebanese premier English paper, The Daily...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
JK to health workers: You can stop maternal and child deaths
President Jakaya Kikwete
President Jakaya Kikwete has appealed to health workers in the country to ensure that lives of women and children are not at risk during delivery.Calling it a major national silent emergency, President Kikwete said it is a unacceptable that as many as 455 women out of every 100,000 live births die during delivery in a country boasting a comprehensive health system.The president was giving his remarks during the launch of the ‘Tanzania countdown and a promise...
THINKING CRITICALLY: Sad watching the Bunge budget sitting
Dr Azaveli Feza Lwatama
Parliament is currently in its budget sitting and it is sad watching the conduct of the majority of its members. The sitting is supposed to be used by MPs to perform their cardinal civic duty of effecting oversight over government expenditure. Ministers are supposed to be held to account for the use of budgetary allocations passed by the last budget sitting.Parliamentarians are also supposed to scrutinize and pass the next financial year’s budgetary allocations....
CMSA mulls removing restrictions on capital movement next year
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Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA)
The Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) is contemplating to lift all restrictions which have been limiting the free movement of capital to and from the country before...
Dengue spreads to Isles, Shinyanga
The Mnazi Mmoja head of disease prevention, Dr Salma Masauni, confirmed
the matter. She said at least two women were admitted to the hospital,
one of whom is a businesswoman from the Mainland
Zanzibar/Dar es Salaam/Shinyanga. At least two people have been referred to the Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar, where they were admitted after being diagnosed with dengue fever.The reports from the Isles came as health authorities in Shinyanga also said a case of a four-year-old child who died...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Tanzania seeks rating within 3 months ahead of planned Eurobond
Tanzania aims to secure credit ratings from Fitch and Moody's Investor Services in the next three months ahead of a debut Eurobond it expects to launch in the 2014/15 financial year, the finance minister said on Monday.The east African country, which has said the bond could be worth up to $1 billion, initially planned to launch it in the financial year ending in June. It has since said it would aim for the first quarter of the next financial year."We have a timeframe (for the rating) of the next three months," Finance Minister Saada Salum told Reuters on the sidelines of a Tanzania investment...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Train Students On Job-hunting Skills
It is no secret that there is a widespread perception, right or wrong, that some Tanzanian graduates are being deliberately passed in favour of foreigners when it comes to job placements.Part of the answer to the perception may lie in what the Government Communication Unit in the Public Service Recruitment Secretariat has said about graduates’ skills in the area of communication.We have also heard of the fears that partly because of the above skill deficiencies, Tanzanians will not be able to fully exploit the opportunities being created by the ratification of free movement of labour in the East...
Confusion in Constituent Assembly
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Constituent Assembly Chairman, Samwel Sitta
Several members of the Constituent Assembly have faulted Chairman Samwel Sitta’s appointments of the five members to the leadership committee.They were speaking after the Civic United Front Chairman Prof Ibrahim Lipumba turned down his appointment by CA Chairman Sitta to the committee, blaming the ruling party for turning the CA into a CCM platform.Prof Lipumba’s appointment to the streering committee was announced on Monday evening by the...
Can tyranny of numbers deliver a people’s Law?
"I wasn’t in control of why members in different committees decided to
vote the way the voted…I did not have any ill motives against the
Opposition in coming up with these names. I nominated Prof Lipumba so he
could represent the entire Opposition in the Steering Committee,’’
SAMWEL SITTA''
Dar es Salaam/Dodoma. With Members of Constituent Assembly (MCAs) from the ruling party dominating crucial Katiba House committees, there are fears that the Constitution-making process...
