30/11/2009 by admin.

SIMBA’S General Secretary Mwina Kaduguda has said he will not contest for any post during the forthcoming Club’s general election in January next year.

Kuduguda will also not seek for re-appointment for the club’s General Secretary post, when his leadership tenure comes to an end in January. He refused to go into many details regarding his decision, but said he want to give opportunity to other capable individuals to lead the club. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/11/2009 by admin.

The killing of two colleagues by a soldier with the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) this week highlighted local newsp aper reports.

Several dailies reported that Pvt Yusuf Haji gunned down two of his colleagues at an outpost in the far west of the country.

They quoted a press statement issued by the TPDF headquarters here as saying Pvt Haji vanished after the incident. The army and the Police Force have undertaken a joint manhunt for the suspect. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/11/2009 by admin.

British firm Solo Oil will spend $10.7 million to fund a buyout agreed upon with Aminex for a 12.5 per cent interest in the Likonde-1 well in Southern Tanzania.

The transaction will see Tullow Oil owning 50 per cent of Likonde-1, Aminex 37.5 per cent and Solo Oil 12.5 per cent.

Likonde-1 is the first well scheduled to be drilled under the Ruvuma Production Sharing Agreement in southeastern Tanzania, with spudding likely in about two months. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/11/2009 by admin.

DRAMA between the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) committees continued today after the Disciplinary Committee announced to overturn life bans on four referees imposed by the Competitions Committee later in October.

The committee, chaired by Alfred Tibaigana, once again overruled decisions initially passed by the competitions committee, when it reduced the refs’ life bans to three months for Othmani Kazi, and to three year for Omari Miyala, Omari Mfaume and Kamwanga Tambwe. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/11/2009 by admin.

The number of refugees from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo living in northwestern Tanzania has dropped to below 100,000 for the first time in 15 years, the UN refugee agency said.”As recently as the year 2000, Tanzania hosted the largest refugee population on the African continent, with over 680,000 refugees sheltered in camps in Kigoma and Kagera regions”, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement made available to AFP Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/11/2009 by admin.

UGANDA Cranes got off to a flying start when they beat the Kilimanjaro Stars of Tanzania 2-0 in their opening fixture of the Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup at Mumias Sports Complex yesterday.

Uganda took a deserved lead in the third minute through inspirational midfielder Owen Kasule. It started with a free kick by Godfrey Walusimbi after Dan wagaluka had been fouled.

The goal that killed the Tanzanians spirits came three minutes to the final whistle when another free kick by Mike Sserumaga beat Tanzania goalkeeper Muharan Mohammed all the way. The scorer had just come in for Steven Bengo.

The early goal stunned Kilimanjaro Stars who slowed the game with a few attacks which at times caught Uganda’s defence, manned by Andy Mweigwa, Simeon Masaba and Joseph Owino napping. But Hamza Muwonge stood firm in goal to foil all attempts.

Tanzania suffered a set back after 38 minutes when dependable midfielder Juma Nyoso was sent off by Rwandan referee Jean Marrie Gasingwa for a second bookable offence.

Geoffrey Masa who was expected to lead the Cranes in attack was given police marking by defender Juma Tabu.forcing coach Robert Williamson to substitute him with Robert Ssentongo.

The re-elected FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa was among hundreds of fans who travelled to cheer the Cranes. Kenya’s deputy Prime Minister, Musalia Mudavadi was the chief guest in the match also attended by CECAFA President Leodgar Tonga and his secretary-general, Nicholas Musonye.

In the earlier match of the group, Zanzibar Heroes trounced Burundi 4-0 to take the lead.

With a galaxy of youth players who won for the country the U-17 championships at home last year Zanzibar dominated the match to carry the day and bring them closer to qualifying for the quarterfinals.

Cranes: H. Muwonge, S. Masaba, G. Walusimbi, J. Owino, A. Mwesigwa, O. Kasule, D. Wagaluka, T. Mawejje, G. Massa (R Ssentongo), P. Ssenyonjo, S. Bengo (M. Sserumaga)

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30/11/2009 by admin.

Tanzania is to spend some 750,000 dollars to import rhinoceroses from South Africa and move them into Serengeti National Park in the north of the east African country, an official said Sunday.

“Thirty-two rhinos are to be imported from South Africa in April next year,” said Allan Kijazi, planning director of Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) by phone from Arusha.

The number of rhinos in the world famous animal sanctuary of Serengeti is currently estimated at between 30 and 35. “The number of rhinos in the national park could reach 67,” he explained.

“These black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) were originally taken from Tanzania to South Africa, they are returning to their original habitat,” he added.

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27/11/2009 by admin.

In the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, green comes in spots and strips, verdant patches haphazardly mingled with dry, dour desert. Kilimanjaro’s clandestine waters, collected from the clouds that often cover “the shining mountain” and leaked to the valley from the mountain’s snow cap, spring up where they will to grow grasses and offer water to wildlife.

On an early morning years ago, we happened upon a modern-day Eden at one of Kili’s watering holes in Amboseli National Park. Elephants, giraffes, buffalo, eland, gazelles and impala wandered languidly in the cool of day framed against the tallest mountain in Africa. Later, as we started our trip back to Nairobi, we drove toward Lake Amboseli and I fretted about how we would cross. Read the rest of this entry »

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27/11/2009 by admin.

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has made a pitch for Jamaicans to deepen their business links with Tanzania, which he says has an “abundance of opportunities” with a “conducive” investment climate.

President Kikwete made the remarks on Wednesday when addressing a special joint sitting of the Jamaican houses of parliament in Kingston, as part of several activities during a three-day state visit to the island which ended yesterday.

The president said while there is a long history of cooperation between the two countries, started by his predecessors, he is desirous to see the linkages cemented and developed to greater levels.

“My visit here is about that, and so far so good,” he told the sitting, adding: “I would like to see deeper cooperation between our two business communities as well.”

“We would like to see Jamaican businesses - craft, tourism and in any other sector of their choice. There is an abundance of opportunities in agriculture, mining, manufacturing; also in ICT, health and education. The investment climate in Tanzania is conducive,” President Kikwete said.

The Tanzanian economy, he added, has experienced consistent growth of more than seven per cent per annum in recent years, though it has had to revise this downward from eight to five per cent this year because of the current tough economic climate.

Kikwete also said he would like to see “closer cultural co-operation” between the two countries, and called for a partnership to develop music and sports together.

He expressed an interest in getting Jamaican coaches to help develop the talent of Tanzanian athletes, given Jamaica’s relative success especially in track and field.

“Come and work with us for mutual benefit,” he urged Jamaicans, stating that while Africa might appear to many to be “inhospitable” because of varying portrayals which are “unfortunate and untrue”,  there are also “many good things” happening on the continent.

Said the president: “Africa is a huge continent of 40 million square kilometres and 54 countries… the gross misconceptions are an affront to many countries in Africa that are doing well, and that are at peace with their neighbours and the world.”

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding in his welcoming address commended President Kikwete for undertaking an “ambitious programme of transformation and economic liberalization, painful but necessary structural and fiscal reforms, tax reform, diversification of the economy, privatization and support for the private sector”.

“You have done well,” Golding said.

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27/11/2009 by admin.

The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has started investigating a land allocation scam within Kahama district council.

This is after officers in the land department within the council were suspended on suspicion of allocating plots corruptly.

The PCCB commander in Kahama, Mr Elinipenda Adili, told reporters in his office on Wednesday that his office had received complaints from some residents that their plots were dubiously being sold by the land officers.
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