30/07/2010 by hindu.

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete said the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are significant guidelines in efforts to alleviate poverty in the world.

He said this during a meeting at the State House in Dar es Salaam on Thursday with UN Deputy Secretary General Dr Asha-Rose Migiro.

“The MDGs are vital guidelines because they reflect the day-to-day duties and obligations aimed at reduction of poverty and provide a summary of all what we deal with,” President Kikwete said. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/07/2010 by hindu.

THE Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC) will take part in the Nane Nane Agricultural show which begins in Dodoma on Sunday, under theme of Kilimo Kwanza.

TNBC Executive Secretary Dunstan Mrutu said in Dar es Salaam on Thursday that the event was an opportunity to sensitise the people on Kilimo Kwanza and its underlying ten pillars, providing platform for communication and creating common understanding on roles and responsibilities.

“Tanzanians will definitely benefit from this year’s event,” Mr Mrutu stressed.Kilimo Kwanza is an ambitious government initiative that aims at revamping agricultural sector and uses it, attaining strong and viable economy for the country’s development. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/07/2010 by hindu.

THE Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN), publishers of ‘Daily News’, ‘Sunday News’ ‘HabariLeo’ and ‘HabariLeo Jumapili’ on Thursday lost its senior sales officer, Jennifer Mwela, who succumbed to delivery complications at Burhan hospital in Dar es Salaam.

The brother of the deceased, Milinga Mwela, said Jennifer died at 4pm after developing blood pressure while undergoing caesarian operation at the hospital. 

He said during the operation, the 27-year old Jennifer was in an anaesthesia and therefore she witnessed the operation which, however, shocked her. Read the rest of this entry »

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30/07/2010 by hindu.

 HIGHER education has been shown to provide fundamentals for economic development. This is because, currently most technologically advanced economies are knowledge–based and they create millions of knowledge related jobs as compared to cheap labour and natural resources.

Unfortunately, there are very few universities in Tanzania and the university going-age rate for Tanzania is lowest in the region. Similarly student enrolment into the existing universities is still low not exceeding 50 per cent of all qualifying candidates from ALevel education get admission into universities.

Therefore, the Government decided to establish a new and modern university in Dodoma known as The University of Dodoma (UDOM). UDOM is designed to be a comprehensive university, which will train and produce human capital in the major professions for economic development. It is expected to enrol 40,000 students when fully operational.
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29/07/2010 by hindu.

Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa (Cofta) is expected to launch the Tanzania Network for Fair Trade (Tanfat) that intends to bring new approach towards empowering of the small scale producers in the country.

The Tanfat chairman,  Mr  Deodatus Kafwa said on Tuesday that the official launch would take place tomorrow in Dar es salaam, adding that the move aimed at promoting fair trade in African countries.

He said fair trade would be promoted only if African countries sign up the standards and ensure that they are being adhered in business practices. Read the rest of this entry »

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29/07/2010 by hindu.

Vodacom Tanzania has unveiled the lowest prepaid recharge card of Sh300 called ‘Jiti Tatu’.   Communications manager Nector Foya told journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday that Vodacom subscribers would be able to recharge their mobile phones with the new top-up cards.  

“We will continue to offer better services to our customers to enable them to communicate easily,” she said.  She mentioned areas where the Sh300 vouchers would be distributed by Vodacom officials as Tandika Sokoni, Kariakoo, Mbagala and bus stops in Dar es Salaam. 

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29/07/2010 by hindu.

DESPITE many challenges facing loans repayment and recovery exercise, the Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB) has managed to identify more than 56,000 loan beneficiaries. Out of these, the HESLB has managed to track down 24, 000 graduates. More than 10, 000 graduates out of those traced are repaying the loans already.

The Loan Repayment and Recovery Director, Mr Juma Chagonja said so far the HESLB has managed to recover more than 3.7bn/- from graduates, instead of the 15.5bn/- which would have been the amount recovered to date if the graduates were paying as stipulated. Mr Chagonja noted that in total the amount to be recovered since the loans were disbursed in 1994 to 2008/09 financial year stands at 80.96bn/-. Read the rest of this entry »

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29/07/2010 by hindu.

A minister was among ten aspirants seeking nomination for the special parliamentary seat on the ruling Chama Chama Mapinduzi (CCM) women’s wing (UWT) ticket who were questioned yesterday over corruption allegations. 

Mrs Margaret Sitta, the minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, and nine other aspirants were arrested by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB). This happened after they reportedly bribed members of the UWT general meeting in Tabora Region.  

The Tabora regional PCCB deputy commander, Mr Bruno Rwenyagira, confirmed that Mrs Sitta and nine other UWT members were arrested on Monday night. Read the rest of this entry »

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28/07/2010 by hindu.

THE government has warned that any business that trades locally on the US dollar will be prosecuted because the Tanzanian shilling remains the legal tendering currency.

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Mr Ramadhan Kijjah called on the public to help expose people insisting payment in foreign currencies for local transactions.

“The government will appreciate to get information that will help on the crackdown of those demanding dollars in local trading,” he told the ‘Daily News’ in an interview in Dar es Salaam. Read the rest of this entry »

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28/07/2010 by hindu.

 In the last two months,Africa has experienced two major happenings that are both unique and intriguing at the same time. And as if prompted by a mysterious twist of fate they both happened together, one in relation to the other. The world cup was, indeed, an event that many Africans will remember for a long, long time. Africans love soccer.

And it is easy to notice the joy, not only on their faces but also, in their hearts when they are watching a soccer match. Although during this year’s world cup competitions African teams were eliminated early, many fans continued to adopt new teams in order to continue watching and rejoicing.

But what belies the alleged al-Shaabab bomb blasts in Uganda, which targeted civilians who were watching world cup finals some weeks ago, is a contradiction that has puzzled many. A contradiction in the sense that such a rare and tragic event could happen at a time when African soccer fans were at the peak of their happiness. Read the rest of this entry »

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