Archive for 20/07/2010

TENDER-ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS REGISTRATION BOARD( Under the Act No.16 of 1997)

TENDER FOR COMPUTERIZING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FMS)

 Bidding will conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) a procedure specified in the Public Procurement Act, 2004 and Regulations 2005 GN 97 and is open to all bidder. The outer cover of the envelope shall be clearly marked “TENDER NCB NO. PE/050/3/2010 FOR  COMPUTERIZATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FMS) NOT BE OPEN BEFORE 14:00HRS ON 4TH AUGUST,2010. The bids must be delivered in sealed envelope by registered  post with acknowledgement or by hand or by courier service to the secretary ,AQRB Tender Board,TETEX Building, Pamba Road, 2nd Floor, during office hours except on public holidays, Sanday and Saturday.

TSN staff eyes election on CCM ticket

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 A LIBRARIAN with the Tanzania Standard Newspapers (TSN), publishers of ‘Daily News’ and ‘HabariLEO’, has announced her intention to become a Member of Parliament through the Special Seats of the CCM-women wing (representing people with physical disabilities) during the coming general elections in October.

Ms Zaituni Saeedia (39), told reporters in Dar es Salaam on Monday that she would work on the multilateral and regional contracts on the disabled peoples’ rights to be implemented in the country, saying once elected she would ensure that the policies and Laws enacted carried views of the disabled rights and interest.

 “I will make sure that global and regional contracts and declarations on the disabled rights and interests are incorporated in the countries laws and implemented,” she said. Read the rest of this entry »

Huge stampede for CCM nomination forms

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THE battle for parliamentary elections and councillorship on CCM ticket began here on Monday, with big turn-out of aspirants including prominent figures.

The west district CCM party secretary, Mr Mkongea Ali Pira told the ‘Daily News’ that there was massive turn-out for party members to pick application forms.

“A total of 223 applicants for Zanzibar House and Union MP collected the forms by mid-day today in West district alone. There is a big turn-up in all districts,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

Exploit cassava to fight poverty, Tanzania urged

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Cassava is the second most important staple food in Tanzania after maize and has the potential to increase farmers’ incomes and create jobs, says a scientist. 

A statement quoted the director-general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Peter Hartmann, as telling Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda in Dodoma recently that the crop could also provide food security in dry regions. 

It noted that cassava had a greater potential as a source of industrial raw material for a wide range of home and industrial uses. IITA urged the government to exploit the crop potential to fight hunger and poverty. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Yes’ push hots up ahead of Z’bar referendum

Supporters of the referendum slated for July 31 have launched massive campaign to rally people behind their move as those opposed to the proposition of forming a government of national unity fail to come in the open. 

The ‘yes’ camp campaign was launched in Pemba on Sunday in a well attended concert and yesterday a number of rallies were held in various areas in the island to sensitize people to give a not to the proposals contained in the referendum. 

The concert was partly funded by the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD). Some of the funds provided by the Centre were used to purchase campaign materials such as posters. Read the rest of this entry »

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