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All herbal healers must register

Take stern measures against conmen

Cancer threat is real, must be fought by all

Wisdom should prevail in housing row

Clerics push for harmony

Human traffickers are notorious criminals

Time for clubs to shine

It should be the last lesson

House demolition should have human face

Local manufacturers need to improve on quality

Malaria must be fought – left, right and centre

Youth unemployment a ticking time bomb

Tanzania yet to maximize its potential in sports

Traditional medicines must get due attention

We need no lectures on what is best for us

Tax compliance is a legal obligation

Now for another 50 years!

Dangerous criminals should remain in jail

A moment of great glory

Yes, women’s rights must be protected

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All herbal healers must register

THE government has virtually failed to register and regulate the activities of traditional healers and business people who sell herbal medicines. The main reason is that most healers and sellers suspect the motives of the government in this initiative. This being the case, only 1,000

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 30th December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 387

Take stern measures against conmen

IT is troubling to learn that there has been a gang of conmen going around soliciting bribes from public leaders. These are impostors with the aim of ripping off public leaders, with claims that the latter's names appear on the most wanted list of the Ethics Tribunal. The Ethics Secretariat

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 28th December 2011 @ 15:20, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 310

Cancer threat is real, must be fought by all

THE news that our hospitals and health centres in various places in the country are receiving over 40,000 cases of mild and severe cancer annually is worrying. The situation could be worse given the fact that the number could be higher. This means that immediate intervention is needed to save

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 27th December 2011 @ 14:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 325

Wisdom should prevail in housing row

FOR more than four years now, National Housing Corporation (NHC) and its tenants country-wide are involved in a war of words over rapidly increasing housing rents and fears that most tenants will lose their houses in a new wave of development at the corporation. It is clear that for many years,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 26th December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 323

Clerics push for harmony

CHRISTIANS in Tanzania on Sunday joined their brethren all over the world to celebrate Christmas, marking the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago. In their homilies most of the clerics pushed for compassion, peace and love in the country and other parts of the world, leading

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 25th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 332

Human traffickers are notorious criminals

A recent Interpol report has implicated some Tanzanians in human trafficking, a diabolical trade that mainly involves the selling of unsuspecting people, mostly children and young women, into slavery and servitude. It also involves immigrants. The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Shamsi Vuai

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 24th December 2011 @ 14:51, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 371

Time for clubs to shine

THE Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has released fixtures of the continental Club Championship Cup that involves country's champions and the Confederation Cup that pits runners-up. Tanzania will be represented by Simba and Young Africans from the Mainland while Zanzibar envoys are

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 22nd December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 413

It should be the last lesson

THE deadly floods which hit many parts of Dar es Salaam over the last two days should serve as a stark reminder on the need to observe the law and regulations on human settlement. The heavy rains that pounded the city on Tuesday and on Wednesday have reportedly claimed at least twelve lives,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 21st December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 463

House demolition should have human face

THE government is implementing extensive road construction projects, extending thousands of miles across the country, which is one big step forward in the development of the infrastructure. However, the size of the projects has also triggered a number of problems and one of them is compensation

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 20th December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 459

Local manufacturers need to improve on quality

THE government's latest assurance for the protection of the local manufacturers is a timely boost on the economy. Both top government leaders, President Jakaya Kikwete and Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, had in different occasions pledged to ensure that local manufacturers are fully supported to

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 19th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 423

Malaria must be fought – left, right and centre

THE malaria eradication campaign is making headway in Kagera Region with authorities acquiring 12 tricycles for health centres, especially those in remote areas. Regional Medical Officer Dr Alex Mwita says the motorcycles would help expectant mothers and children under five who are the most

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 18th December 2011 @ 15:44, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 395

Youth unemployment a ticking time bomb

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete said at the just-ended International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Summit in Kampala, Uganda, that youth unemployment in Africa poses a serious threat to the well-being of societies. He appealed for intervention. He also advised that incisive intervention

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 17th December 2011 @ 15:30, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 442

Tanzania yet to maximize its potential in sports

LAST Friday, the nation celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, amid a belief that it had developed a very strong international sporting pedigree and tradition. Just for the record, Filbert Bayi and Suleiman Nyambui both won track and field medals in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Bayi's

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 15th December 2011 @ 14:13, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 523

Traditional medicines must get due attention

MEDICAL experts have expressed worries over health service delivery saying some people suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy and hypertension have stopped attending clinics and opted for traditional medicine. In a report issued in Dar es Salaam this week, medical

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 14th December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 617

We need no lectures on what is best for us

ON Monday the government announced that it has rejected the demands of the 18th United Nations Human Rights Council meeting to reform the country’s laws, accommodate certain rights and ban certain practices. The UN wants us to ban polygamy and payment of dowry while at the same time we are

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 13th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 662

Tax compliance is a legal obligation

LAST week, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) hosted a function in Dar es Salaam at which several companies and individuals were awarded certificates and trophies for outstanding tax compliance. The National Microfinance Bank (NMB) won the overall award at the annual event that sought to

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 12th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 508

Now for another 50 years!

NOW that the 50th Independence Anniversary, celebrated with much pomp and pageantry on Friday under the theme “Tumethubutu, Tumeweza na Tunasonga mbele (We dared, We managed and We are marching ahead), is over, it is now time to march forward with the resolve to accomplish more. The progress

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 11th December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 685

Dangerous criminals should remain in jail

A PRESIDENTIAL amnesty has been extended to 3,803 prisoners who landed in jail after committing punishable offences. Beneficiaries to the amnesty will include inmates serving short terms, the terminally ill and the elderly, mainly those aged over 70 years. Prisoners with mental disorders,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 10th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 500

A moment of great glory

AT midnight 50 years ago today, the proud people of Tanganyika, as Tanzania Mainland was then known, went into frenzied and emotional jubilation as Her Majesty the Queen’s Union Jack was lowered and in its place went up the free Tanganyika flag. Almost at the same time atop Mount Kilimanjaro,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 8th December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 644

Yes, women’s rights must be protected

IN an effort to curb gender-based violence, the government plans to amend two laws, the Marriage and Inheritance Acts. It intends to invite public views on how best to reconstitute the two laws for fair protection of women’s well-being. The government’s initiative follows complaints to the

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 7th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 519

Kudos for state in recovering the radar money

FINALLY Tanzania will receive 76.7bn/- (£29.5 million) from the BAE Systems, being excessive amount the country paid to the British company in 2001 for purchase of a military radar. It is reported that the money paid as compensation for the overpriced radar system will be used to buy textbooks

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 6th December 2011 @ 15:14, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 533

Time to drop unnecessary taxes on fuel

THE Energy and Water Utility Regulatory Authority (EWURA) has announced yet another new fuel prices that came into effect from Monday. EWURA said that there is a slight drop in the price of petrol while diesel has seen a minute increase. The regulator says that the instability has been caused

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 5th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 438

Industrial sector needs revamping

IT is encouraging to note that the administration in Tanga Region has seen need to revamp the ailing industrial sector in the region that was once upon a time only second to Dar es Salaam in terms of industrial ‘boom’. With its rich sisal industry background and the country’s second largest

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 4th December 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 436

HIV/AIDS war can be won, we must all play our part

Tanzania this week joined the international community to mark the World AIDS Day on December 1 which is an annual event dedicated to reflect the collective responses to crusade against the scourge that has claimed lives of millions of people worldwide. We have come a long way since early 1980s

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 3rd December 2011 @ 14:18, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 454

Pinda is right on Taifa Stars

WHEN adjourning the fifth meeting of the 10th session of the Parliament in Dodoma last month, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda stepped in to implore Tanzanians to back the national soccer team, Taifa Stars, to ensure it performs well in group stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Stars have

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 1st December 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 522

All is well for the constitution review process

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has assented to the Constitution Review Bill, 2011, paving the way for the constitution review process. It is a welcome move. The significance of the move is that it came just a day after the president and CHADEMA amicably and successfully concluded a two-day meeting

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 30th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 496

Authorities must act on water shortage in schools

A TIMELY intervention by the Lions Club of Dar es Salaam will help protect pupils of Mnazi Mmoja Primary School from contracting communicable and water borne diseases. The pupils can now draw water from a 8.5 m/- worth well, which they are free to share with a neighbouring secondary school.

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 29th November 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 501

New Moshi beer plant a major economic plus

THE Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda is expected to launch a new plant for Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) in Moshi this morning. The construction of the plant comes almost ten years after the closure of another brewery initially owned by East African Breweries Limited (EABL). The decision to

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 28th November 2011 @ 18:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 556

Inter-party harmony good for Tanzania

WHEN Tanzania settled for multi-partyism democracy in 1992, holding its first multi-party general elections in 1995 after several decades of single-party rule, the stage had been set for a new era of the much-cherished ''government of the people, by the people and for the people'' system. The

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 27th November 2011 @ 16:38, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 536

Let us strive for a free gender based violence society

TANZANIA this week joined the international community to mark the 16 days of activism against genderbased violence starting November 25, an international day for the elimination of violence against women, to December 10, an international human rights day. The 16 days of activism has been

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 26th November 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 482

Best of luck to all our boys

ON Monday, December 13, last year, President Jakaya Kikwete hosted the Mainland soccer team Kilimanjaro Stars at the State House in Dar es Salaam for a luncheon, following their Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup triumph. The then Jan Poulsen's side had beaten Ivory Coast 1-0 the previous day in the

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 24th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 581

One good turn deserves the other Chadema

ONE good turn deserves another. When Chadema formed a seven-people team and sought an audience with President Jakaya Kikwete, they didn’t expect such a prompt consenting response. The fact that their request was granted so fast is ample testimony of responsible statesmanship at work. Such a

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 23rd November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 592

Tanzanians must be proud of Kiswahili

TWO days ago in Dodoma, our beloved national language, Kiswahili, got one more big support from an ‘unlikely’ source, a manager of a commercial bank; unlikely in the sense that many would have expected the banker to dwell mainly on banking business. Addressing a function, the ‘unlikely’ ,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 22nd November 2011 @ 13:28, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 606

Bulk oil importation good news to firms

TANZANIA’S dream for bulk oil importation could be realised soon when the winning company would be picked on Friday this week. This follows a long process of negotiations between the government and oil marketing companies over the new system that would replace the existing one whereby each firm

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 21st November 2011 @ 15:25, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 618

Mosquito spraying should never cease

MOSQUITOES, particularly many species of female mosquitoes, are blood sucking pests and dangerous vectors of diseases such as malaria. Their elimination is, therefore, a matter of paramount importance. It is a matter of life and death. Mosquitoes come in various types, the most known being

Author: editor, Uploaded on: 20th November 2011 @ 14:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 545

Schoolgirls need books, not husbands

IT has been reported that police in Rukwa have arrested a man and a schoolgirl in a reception hall during their wedding ceremony. The law enforcers claim that the man was engaging the secondary school student in a punishable, illegal marriage. While we do not wish to see arbitrary legal action

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 19th November 2011 @ 14:56, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 634

Local coaches ideal for Kilimanjaro Stars

THE Tanzania Football Federation, TFF, recently appointed local coaches Charles Boniface Mkwasa and Jamhuri Kihwelo to take charge of the Mainland soccer team, Kilimanjaro Stars, ahead of the forthcoming CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup. According to the TFF, the decision to appoint Mkwasa as head

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 17th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 583

Terrorism alert must be taken seriously

THE Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Shamsi Vuai Nahodha, on Wednesday issued a warning on the possibility of terrorism attacks in the country, following reports that some Tanzanians were collaborating with Somalia's al-Shabaab militants. This is the second time within a month that the government

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 16th November 2011 @ 22:43, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 657

That was not good Chadema, NCCR

ON Monday, Chadema and NCCR-Mageuzi MPs walked out of the National Assembly in protest of the second reading of the Constitutional Review Bill, 2011. The walkout was shortly after the Shadow Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Mr Tundu Lissu, who is also the chief whip, presented the

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 15th November 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 1, Total people who read this story: 648

Shilling should be kept stable

LATEST financial markets reports show that the shilling is stabilizing further, thanks to strategic measures by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) which has adopted a tight liquidity plan. Bankers predict that the shilling may appreciate to below 1,750/- a US dollar by the end of this month against

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 14th November 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 667

More efforts needed to tame cervical cancer

A PLAN by the government to start vaccinating women against cervical cancer is very good news indeed. It is a welcome move. The plan, announced by Health and Social Welfare Minister Dr Hadji Mponda in Arusha on Saturday during the launch of the nationwide vaccination campaign against polio,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 13th November 2011 @ 12:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 581

Human trafficking elements must be curbed

There was a shocking revelation on Friday that immigration officials in Rukwa region had apprehended a large number of alleged illegal immigrants with 44 children in their tow. What is even more shocking is the fact that the children are not related to the adults. The fact that most of the

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 12th November 2011 @ 15:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 805

Time to revolutionize women football

THE Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) in collaboration with the world football governing body, FIFA, recently hosted Women’s Football Unity Seminar to help create opportunities for and improve women’s football across the country. The four-day workshop, held in Dar es Salaam, drew over 75

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 10th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 646

Garlic importation is unacceptable

IN what appears to becoming a common trend, the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) has seized and ordered for immediate exportation of 29 tonnes of garlic imported from China feared to be unfit for human consumption. The consignment, said to be property of the city-based Bravo Electric

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 9th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 660

People’s culture must be respected

IN what was an obvious gesture of respect to people’s culture and beliefs, the British Minister for African Affairs, Mr Henry Bellingham, has said his country has no plan to cut its aid to Tanzania. The minister was reacting to ongoing verbal protests against threats by British Prime Minister,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 8th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 650

Swift action needed to tame fuel crisis

FOR the past week, there have been widespread rumours that the country is heading towards acute shortage of fuel. This has sent motorists panicking as some stocked the commodity in bulky for fear of being caught in the crossroads. Latest reports show that a number of filling stations are not

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 7th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 621

Big welcome to the royal couple

THE Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall who arrived in Tanzania on Sunday for a four-day visit is highly welcome because Britain and Tanzania have throughout enjoyed warm and cordial relations that transcend their cultural differences. The Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere,

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 6th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 698

Homosexuality? Not in Tanzania!

TANZANIA has rejected firmly Britain’s suggestion that homosexuality must be legalized in this country, short of which British aid will tapper off. What a nasty conundrum! Homosexuality is a heinous crime that will never be legalized in this upright country. In Tanzania, proven offenders are

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 5th November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 4, Total people who read this story: 1135

Need for more competent youth coaches

AN expert from Germany recently described coaching standard in Tanzania as ‘very’ low, claiming that bringing in foreign coaches should not be considered as the last option, if they too, don’t pass their knowledge and skills for the locals to learn. Hans Peter Thumm, who was in Tanzania for

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 3rd November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 647

Save children from greedy school operators

REPORTS that a school has been operating at a building that once served as bar and guest house in Dar es Salaam for 12 years are shocking to say the least. The school, Ecole Francophone Des Grands Lacs (EFGL), which roughly translates as French School in the Great Lakes region, located in Sinza

Author: EDITOR, Uploaded on: 2nd November 2011 @ 16:00, Total Comments: 0, Total people who read this story: 758

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