THE Prevention and Combating of Corruption (PCCB) has warned civil servants in municipal councils not to solicit bribes during service delivery.
Head of PCCB in Handeni District, Tanga Region, Esta Mulima made the statement during her address at...
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Mbowe finally shows up
CHADEMA national chairman and official opposition leader in parliament, Freeman Mbowe, yesterday afternoon reported to the Central Police Station in Dar es Salaam
for interrogation after initially refusing to heed a controversially-issued summons...
Mbowe finally shows up
CHADEMA national chairman and official opposition leader in parliament, Freeman Mbowe, yesterday afternoon reported to the Central Police Station in Dar es Salaam
for interrogation after initially refusing to heed a controversially-issued summons...
Govt urged to increase number of the sober homes
Speaking separately with this paper over the weekend, Jonas Kessy, one of the recovering drug addicts said the centres have played crucial roles in doing away with drug addiction and indulgence.
The 30-year-old, who is also a volunteer with Dunia...
Samia to grace historic Nile Day Celebrations
VICE President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on Wednesday expected to grace the annual Nile Day celebration, to commemorate the establishment of the 18-year-old Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), organisers said over the weekend.
Assistant director of water...
Gold miner, TRA in talks to resolve major tax claim
TANZANIA'S largest gold producer, Acacia Mining Plc (formerly known as African Barrick Gold), is in talks with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and other government authorities to try to resolve a major new dispute on whether or not the UK-registered...
Mugabe, 93, says Zimbabweans see no replacement for him
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 tomorrow, has no plans to give up power, saying he has no “acceptable” successor in place.
“The call to step down must come from my party, my party at congress, my party at central committee,” Mugabe...
Tabora youths now eye business opportunities in E. Africa region
A NUMBER of youths around the country are involved in various productive activities, but they always find it hard to find business opportunities that will link them to the East African region.
But in Tabora municipality youths have begun responding...
Mbowe make the History to police station
This is so because things like cars are such scarce commodity that you only get to see one when some regional officials decide to visit your village probably rarely.
People call you primitive and backward, but you take courage because...
Gambling fever grips Tanzania
GAMBLING on football has become a huge and growing industry in Tanzania worth billions of shillings per year, but there are now serious concerns over how the youth are getting addicted to sports betting with devastating consequences.
A survey by...
Manji in court for alleged heroin use, secures bail
Prominent Dar es Salaam business tycoon Yusuf Manji was yesterday arraigned before the Kisutu resident magistrate’s court to answer a charge of using illegal drugs contrary to section 17 (a) (1) of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act of 2015.
Prosecutors...
From my own experience, war on drugs no easy ride
CONSTITUTIONAL and Legal Affairs Minister Dr Harrison Mwakyembe has described the fifth phase government’s war against illegal drugs in the country as very tough, but says it must be won this time round.
This is in effect turning out to be Tanzania’s...
Tanzania moves to clear air over Mozambique ejections
RELATIONS between Tanzania and Mozambique will remain cordial and cooperative, the foreign ministry has asserted amid reports of Tanzanians living illegally in Mozambique being forcibly deported and,
in some cases, allegedly mistreated by local...
WB advises reducing global fishing in oceans
A new World Bank (WB) report has advised for reducing fishing in oceans to generate an additional USD 83 billion each year for the fisheries sector and creating a much-needed revenue stream in developing countries.
Fishing less is also likely to...
Free education policy needs to be tightened - new report
A new report has commended the fifth phase government for introducing free secondary education, describing it as a ‘huge step’ towards enhancing access to quality learning despite a few hiccups that need to be addressed.
But the 109-page report...
Ndugai: News from Dodoma about RC Makonda
But the 109-page report points out that despite the move, more than 40 per cent of Tanzanian primary school leavers are still left out of quality lower secondary school education.
Dubbed ‘I Had a Dream to Finish School’, the report released...
Dar among African cities will remain 'closed to the world'
The report said that those cities will remain “closed to the world” unless policymakers reform urban land markets and invest in infrastructure.
The number of people living in sub-Saharan African cities is growing rapidly: An additional 187...
Anti-drugs boss: We’ll start by cleaning up the courts…
THE head of the government’s newly-established anti-narcotics body yesterday outlined his plans and strategies for the highly sensitive job at hand,
pledging to start by handing over to the Chief Justice the names of judges and magistrates who are...
CCM expels over 1,500 members over sabotage
THE ruling party’s regional executive committee yesterday expelled 1,520 members over alleged betrayal and sabotage of the party in the 2015 General Election.
CCM also issued a stern warning against members plotting to sabotage and derail the party’s...
Let them hang, JPM tells 68 Tanzanians in Chinese jails
“If any Tanzanian has been sentenced to hang in a foreign country after being convicted in court of drug trafficking, let them hang," President Magufuli declared at State House after swearing in the country’s new drug czar, Rogers Siyanga, and other...
Economists advocate anti-poverty policies to avert swelling national
Interviewed economists yesterday warned against arbitrary ‘absorption’ of misleading financial guidance by international institutions which push to the bottom of the list of highly indebted countries index.
Until December, 2016, Tanzania’s...
Activist urges anti-GBV curriculum in schools
The government has been challenged to incorporate issues of gender-based violence (GBV) in the education curriculum for primary school children to grow while being well informed about the matters and how to tackle them.
Speaking at a GBV public...
Bishop Josephat Gwajima is set free by police after 3 days of questioning, but the fate of business tycoon Yusuf Manji remains uncertain
Dar es Salaam Zonal Police Commander Simon Sirro told journalists that police were holding for questioning a well-known cleric, Bishop Josephat Gwajima, and business tycoon Yusuf Manji, along with several other suspects.
Both Gwajima and Manji...
LHRC researcher faults media over bias coverage
The Legal Human Right Center (LHRC) has faulted the local media for bias coverage, saying it favours the political elite to the detriment of the popular poverty eradication agenda.
A research by Ananilea Nkya, a member to the civil advocacy group...
Handeni style: A chicken for annual health insurance
VOLUNTARY community-based health insurance in low-income settings can prove challenging such that millions of families in Tanzania still consider health care an expensive endeavour
However, villagers in Handeni district in Tanga Region have a reason...
