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Journalism: Why I differ from Eleanor Roosevelt on human minds
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:19
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TODAY, I set out here on intriguing terrain, seeking to widen the already expansive horizons of the world of Journalism.
Welcome the Fourth Estate of the Realm
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- Published on Monday, 01 April 2013 15:30
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SAGES down History (and ‘Her-story,’ to be politically- correct!) have maintained that ‘the sword is mightier than the pen!’
Of dangerous drugs and delayed/paltry pensions
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- Published on Monday, 25 March 2013 02:31
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TODAY — with the permission of my Editors, God bless them — I ‘speak’ to (and for) millions of Tanzanians on two subjects-matter highly sensitive and crucial to the nation’s daily life. One is dangerous drugs; the other is pensions payments, which are measly and delayed.
UN dynamism: adapt, adopt and flourish …
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- Published on Monday, 18 March 2013 02:45
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MARCH 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD). Celebrated at the UN Headquarters in New York and worldwide, the event saw to the first-ever song from the UN System, ‘One Woman,’ featuring 25 artists from across the globe.
Billionaires’ Giving Pledge: From benevolent dictators to benevolent billionaires
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- Published on Monday, 11 March 2013 04:03
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The world badly needs millions of philanthropists like the Motsepes and Bill Gates, a refreshing change from the benevolent dictators of yore to benevolent billionaires today!
Another Election Day in Kenya: What next, pray?
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- Published on Monday, 04 March 2013 03:54
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TODAY – March 4 in the Year of Our Lord 2013 – is Polling Day for general elections in the next-door Republic of Kenya (Dec 12, 1963—). This is a momentous occasion not only for the 42million-strong Kenyan population.
Thanks for new medical stores facilities; equally needed: economic infrastructure
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2013 02:17
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TWO Govt. newspapers published in Dar had glowing reports which must have gratified many a reader. The news was about the formal inauguration in Dar es Salaam of an ultra-modern warehouse for drugs and medical equipment for the Medical Stores Department (MSD).
As the brains behind SAGCOT, Tanzania duty-bound to excel
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- Published on Monday, 04 February 2013 02:55
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TWO years have slid by since Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete (2005—) requested the World Bank, through its managing director, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to provide funding for the country's SAGCoT development programme at a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 2011.
Ivory exports dilemma: CITES must balance out the Good and the Bad
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- Published on Monday, 28 January 2013 00:37
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THE virtual tug of war between the Govt. of Tanzania and CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) regarding the export of elephant tusks, rhino horns, skins and other wildlife trophies has taken a critical turn.
