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Kenya’s budget up, Uganda’s trimmed
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Kenya and Uganda yesterday joined Tanzania in the normal arrangement by partner states of the East African Community (EAC) to table their national budgets on the same day. Kenya is raising its budget by Ksh1.7 trillion (about Sh34 trillion) in the 2020/21 financial year to Ksh3.66 trillion (about Sh73.2 trillion) in the 2021/22 financial year to partly cater to economic challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The govt budget Tanzanians want for fiscal year-2021/22
Summary Key on the agenda of economists, bankers, members of the business community and ordinary citizens is on how to boost the competitiveness of locally-produced products and raising liquidity in the economy Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia By Rosemary Mirondo Dar es Salaam.
New dawn for parties after five years in political oblivion
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Opposition political parties are beginning to find their voice again after being almost totally silenced in the last five years. A few months after he was sworn in for his first term in office in 2015, the late President John Magufuli, who died on March 17, 2021, banned Opposition parties from conducting political activities until the next elections which were held last October.
ADC calls on political parties to form a common agenda before meeting President Samia
Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. The Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) party has called opposition political parties to come up with a common agenda that will be presented to the President Samia Suluhu Hassan when she meets the political parties.
Africa gets ‘Kelsoko’ as US has Amazon, Asia has Alibaba …
By Alfred Zacharia At 21, Kelvin Assenga may be one of the youngest company owners in Tanzania. He is a founder of Kelsoko Company Limited that he started on April 5, 2021 to facilitate online businesses. Under the firm, he created a platform that enables wholesalers and entrepreneurs to sell their products via online auctions. In this exclusive interview with The Citizen’s Alfred Zacharia Assenga reveals more about the company. Read on… Who is Kelvin Assenga?
President Samia approach attracts investors
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s pro-business approach is increasingly attracting investors, with the latest one being Africa’s richest man, Mr Aliko Dangote. Mr Dangote, whose net wealth is estimated to be $11.1 billion, held discussions with President Hassan yesterday where he pledged to continue investing in Tanzania. With his cement firm in Mtwara, Mr Dangote has already injected $770 million (Sh1.76 trillion) into Tanzania’s economy.
Stakeholders dialogue on Tasac mandate extension
Summary Under Section 7(1) of the Tasac law, the corporation is exclusively mandated to carry out clearing and forwarding functions for the import and export of minerals, mineral concentrates, machinery and equipment for the mining and petroleum sector, products and/or extracts related to minerals and petroleum; arms and ammunition, live animals and government trophies. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam.
Concerns as authorities shift Dar Ferry bus terminal
Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Operators of commuter buses in the Kigamboni Municipality, Dar es Salaam Region are up in arms over the decision to move a major bus station in the area from Ferry to Tungi Mnadani. The new facility, located some three kilometres away from the busiest area at the Kigamboni Ferry, has few passenger prospects, resulting in complaints by bus operators, drivers and commuters for buses (Daladala), motorcycles (Bodaboda) and tricycles (Bajaji).
Chief Justices hopes the backlog of cases to ease
Summary Twenty-one Judges of the High Court and seven of the Court of Appeal took their Oaths of Office at the State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. The huge backlog of cases at the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Tanzania is expected to go down after 28 new Judges were sworn-in yesterday.
Tanzania: Government Targets 80 Percent Internet Access in Tanzania By 2025
Dar es Salaam — The government is inviting investors to establish mobile phone assembly lines in Tanzania to tap into a huge market of those not served, with a goal to reach 80 percent of internet users by 2025. The country has so far 43.7 million mobile phone subscribers but only 23.1 million of them get internet, with up to 86 per cent locked out in rural areas compared to 44.6 per cent in urban areas.
Inside President Samia’s appointments
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan is making appointments that signal her need to build a team of people with unquestionable integrity and who can stand by what they believe to be right irrespective of the circumstances, analysts say. On Saturday, President Hassan appointed several Regional Commissioners and leaders of other key government institutions.
Government targets 80 percent internet access in Tanzania by 2025
Summary The country has so far 43.7 million mobile phone subscribers, but only 23.1 million of them accessing internet, with up to 86 per cent locked out in rural areas compared to 44.6 per cent in urban areas Advertisement By Rosemary Mirondo By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. The government is inviting investors to establish mobile phone assembly lines in Tanzania to tap into a huge market of those not served, with a goal to reach 80 percent of internet users by 2025.
Tanzania: President Samia Graces Mapunda Funeral
Dar es Salaam — President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Sunday led mourners to pay their last respects to a renowned entrepreneur and media stakeholder, Ms Teddy Mapunda. Alongside her were former President Jakaya Kikwete and his wife Salma Kikwete, Dar Regional Commissioner Abubakar Kunenge, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Simon Siro, family members and her workmates from public and private firms.
Adopting tech to end malaria without harming mosquitoes
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. While Tanzanians are desperately out and out to eliminate mosquitoes for causing malaria, it is a different case for Paulina Haule, 21, who dreams to end the disease while leaving the insects alive and well! Paulina and her four colleagues have developed a mosquito repelling machine which, they say, can keep the insects at bay using frequency noise waves. Not all mosquitoes spread the disease; only the female anopheles does so.
SMEs digest: How local avocado oil firm adds value to farm produce
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. When Dar es Salaam-based Nzallacado Oil Company ventured into fruit farming in 2005, the idea behind it was to sell the farm products locally. For starters, firm’s founders – the Shafia Nzallawahe family – cultivated a 20-acre farm on which they grew Hass and Fuerte avocado varieties. Hass avocados are large-sized, and weigh between 200 and 300 grammes. They were first grown in Southern Californian, the US, by horticulturist Rudolf Hass.
Tanzania: About 500 Containers of 'Shisha' Still Held at Dar es Salaam Port
Dar es Salaam — About 500 containers of expired 'shisha' products have been detained at the port of Dar es Salaam, the government revealed. The minister of State in the Vice President's Office Union Affairs and Environment, Selemani Jafo said yesterday during his visit that the 40ft containers (2TEUs) have been imported since 2019. Shisha usually contains tobacco, which is sometimes mixed with fruit or molasses sugar. Popular flavours include apple, strawberry, mint and cola.
Tanzania: Tazara Seeks to Generate Sh107 Billion 2021/22
Dar es Salaam — The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has projected to generate $45.71 million (Sh106.53 billion) from its operational and non-operational income sources to cover the Authority's operations for the 2021/22 financial year. The total projected revenue from both freight and passenger services are $36.03 million (Sh83.97 billion), whilst $9.67 million (Sh22.53 billion) is expected from other non-traffic revenues, including revenue from open access operations.
TBS takes over fuel marking task
Summary Markers are used to guarantee product integrity, as well as protect against counterfeiting, adulteration and tax fraud Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. The government said yesterday that the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has officially taken over the task of fuel marking from a private firm in a move that seeks to save on costs. The Citizen understands that TBS is marking the fuel using one of the best security technologies in the world.
About 500 containers of ‘shisha’ still held at Dar port
Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. About 500 containers of expired ‘shisha’ products have been detained at the port of Dar es Salaam, the government revealed. The minister of State in the Vice President’s Office Union Affairs and Environment, Selemani Jafo said yesterday during his visit that the 40ft containers (2TEUs) have been imported since 2019. Shisha usually contains tobacco, which is sometimes mixed with fruit or molasses sugar.
Tazara seeks to generate Sh107 billion 2021/22
Summary Tazara must transport at least 600,000 tonnes of freight traffic yearly to start making profit Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has projected to generate $45.71 million (Sh106.53 billion) from its operational and non-operational income sources to cover the Authority’s operations for the 2021/22 financial year.
LIVE: What awaits Samia as new CCM chairperson
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. With all eyes of Tanzanians directed towards the national capital Dodoma where CCM is to endorse President Samia Suluhu Hassan as its chairperson, analysts say she will have to work towards finding the right balance between the ruling party’s aspirations and the country’s expectations. This is in line with what was pledged in the party’s 2020/25 Election Manifesto.
Tanzania: CCM Set to Pick Samia Chairperson
Dar es Salaam — Hundreds of members of the veteran ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM will participate in an extra-ordinary General Assembly meeting with the main agenda of nominating Union President Samia Suluhu Hassan as its new chairperson. Her nomination is to fill the position left by her predecessor and mentor, President John Magufuli who died on March 17, 2021 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam.
SMEs Digest: Group moves from waste collectors to processors
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. It was what one would call ‘a marriage of convenience’ that brought 15 people together in an endeavor to earn a living through collecting and selling waste plastic bottles for recycling. At first, they could collect the bottles individually and sell them to an entrepreneur who owned a factory that ground them into very small particles for export. Life was difficult. A kilogramme of waste plastic bottles was sold for only Sh50.
LNG talks set to start again after Samia’s intervention
By Alfred Zacharia By Rosemary Mirondo Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s directive that negotiations with international oil companies (IOC) on the proposed $30 billion (Sh69 trillion) liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex in Lindi Region be expedited has revived hopes that the project will finally be implemented.
Idea, network transforms Richard’s life
Summary At 20 years old, Mr Richard joined his uncle in bananas trade at Mabibo Fresh Fruit Market, which is popularly known as ‘Mwahakama ya Ndizi’. He knew too little it. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Many people spend lots of money when starting their businesses, but for some, it is not a necessity-- Idea and network are capital itself.
Outcry as wheat flour prices shoot up in Dar es Salaam
Summary Traders in various food markets including that of Mwenge, Mwananyamala, Makumbusho and Buguruni told The Citizen during its survey that the wholesale price of wheat flour has increased by Sh3, 500 within a month. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Retail and wholesale prices for wheat flour has shot up in Dar es Salaam due to an alleged shortage of the product in the country.
Tanzania: President Samia Outlines Stimulus Plan
Dar es Salaam — President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday outlined a raft of measures her government will take to stimulate economic growth, which has been adversely affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic. President Hassan - who assumed the presidency on March 19 following the death of her predecessor, Dr John Magufuli, on March 17 - spent almost a third of her 90-minute maiden speech to Parliament articulating what the government would do to regain investor confidence.
President Samia outlines stimulus plan
By Zephania Ubwani By Gadiosa Lamtey By Alex Nelson Malanga By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday outlined a raft of measures her government will take to stimulate economic growth, which has been adversely affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Tanzania: Mushroom Farming a Boon for Dar es Salaam Man
Dar es Salaam — Mushroom farming is now becoming a popular, commercial and job creator for farmers and traders in Tanzania. In the past, mushrooms have traditionally been picked from the wild and farmers did not grow them commercially. The government and various non-profit organisations are now touting commercial production of oyster mushrooms to increase incomes of the local farmers, who depend on rain-fed crop growing.
Mushroom farming a boon for Dar es Salaam man
Summary The government and various non-profit organisations are now touting commercial production of oyster mushrooms to increase incomes of the local farmers, who depend on rain-fed crop growing Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Mushroom farming is now becoming a popular, commercial and job creator for farmers and traders in Tanzania. In the past, mushrooms have traditionally been picked from the wild and farmers did not grow them commercially.
Indian medicine makers invited to establish plants in Z’bar
Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Zanzibar has invited Indian investors to establish pharmaceutical plants to alleviate the Isles’ drug shortage. The invitation was extended by the Health, Social Welfare, Elderly, Gender and Children minister Nassor Ahmed Mazrui when receiving medicines donated by the Indian High Commission in Zanzibar on Monday.
Oil pipeline construction ‘to start soon’
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. With theactual construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) scheduled to start any time this month, parties to the agreement have only three documents to complete in Tanzania.
Tanzania: Entrepreneurs Urged to Invest in Cashew Processing Factories
Dar es Salaam — Entrepreneurs stand a chance of making up to Sh40 million in annual profit if they invest in small-scale cashew nut processing factories, sectoral stakeholders were told at the weekend. The Dar es Salaam-based Kamal Group is pioneering the establishment of small-scale cashew nut processing factories in an effort to raise the volume of the crop that is processed locally and simultaneously contribute to Tanzania's industrialisation drive.
What Vodacom Tanzania, Britam deal means
Summary Voda-Bima currently provides third-party motor vehicle insurance packages but soon it will issue comprehensive party motor vehicle insurance, health insurance and agriculture insurance. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Vodacom Tanzania and Britam Insurance have inked a partnership deal that will see the former issuing third party motor vehicle insurance cover to its over 15 million clients.
Entrepreneurs urged to invest in cashew processing factories
Summary Kamal Group pioneers the establishment of small-scale factories to raise the volumes of crops that are processed locally Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Entrepreneurs stand a chance of making up to Sh40 million in annual profit if they invest in small-scale cashew nut processing factories, sectoral stakeholders were told at the weekend.
Heed Restuta on how to use social media to mint money
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Like any other Tanzanian, Restuta Bura-Kweka had always believed that acquiring tertiary education is a sure-fire path to landing a plum job. That was precisely why the 32-year old mother of three children did her best at school. But, in 2012, that dream died a natural death – so to speak – when she found herself moving from one office to another in search of a job, as her Diploma in Insurance and Risk Management did not help her.
Investment via EPZA drops by 88pc in five years: CAG
Summary Investors injected a total of $500 million in new investment capital in 2015/16, compared to the paltry $59.86 million invested in 2019/20 Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. The value of new investment capital in the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) decreased by 88 percent during the past five years.
Tanzania: Tpdc Draws Strategies On LNG Project Pace
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) yesterday held a meeting to brainstorm and propose the best ways of implementing President Samia Suluhu Hassan's directives over execution of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project.
Tanzania: Optimism, Jubilation After Ban On Media Outlets Lifted
Dar es Salaam — President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday made a bold move when she ordered authorities at the Information ministry to lift a ban on some media outlets. The move was a huge statement that could define her pol- icy towards press freedom and freedom of expression. The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and Tanzania Editors' Forum (TEF) were quick to express their optimism over President Hassan's governance approach.
Optimism, jubilation after ban on media outlets lifted
Summary The move was a huge statement that could define her pol- icy towards press freedom and freedom of expression. The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and Tanzania Editors’ Forum (TEF) were quick to express their optimism over President Hassan’s governance approach. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday made a bold move when she ordered authorities at the Information ministry to lift a ban on some media outlets.
TPDC draws strategies on LNG project pace
Summary With a total investment of more than $30-billion (Sh69-trillion), the LNG plant we will be exporting at least 7.5 million tons of liquefied gas per year with 10 percent of the produced natural gas is for domestic uses. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam.
President Samia urges her appointees to win back investor trust
Summary According to her Investors are terming Tanzania as an ‘unpredictable’ country when it comes to doing business or investments due to tax and work permit uncertainties. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has today said there is need to regain investor trust in the country and bring back investors who shifted their businesses to other countries due to non-conducive business environment.
Why changes at regional and district levels are unavoidable
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Changes at the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government Authorities) were inevitable, analysts say, noting that what President Samia Suluhu Hassan has so far done points to more changes at the regional and district levels. Since assuming office on March 19, 2021, President Hassan has made a number of changes at Ministerial (Ministers and Permanent Secretaries with their deputies) and in big public institutions.
Easter messages stress unity amid existence of ideological differences
Summary As Christians in Tanzania joined their fellow believers worldwide in celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Tanzanians were urged to put aside their political, religious, ethnic and gender differences and join hands in pushing forward the country’s development agenda for the benefit of the entire citizenry Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania: Samia Orders Probe Into Development Expenditure
Dar es Salaam — President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday ordered an investigation into the way development funds were disbursed and spent in the third quarter of the current financial year (January-March 2021). At the normal pace, the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Charles Kichere, would conduct audits on how public monies for the 2020/21 financial year were conducted upon completion of the ongoing financial year.
What President Samia's tough remarks point at
By Josephine Christopher By Rosemary Mirondo By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan made strong statements on Sunday that could define her leadership style, and also continuation of the government’s war on misuse of public funds, analysts said yesterday.
PCCB trashes reports that TPA boss Kakoko was arrested with over $1.6 million
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. The suspended Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) Director General Deusdedit Kakoko had no money at the time of his arrest, PCCB has said. The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) Director General Brigadier John Mbungo confirmed to The Citizen that Mr Kakoko had indeed been arrested and that he would be arraigned soon.
Samia orders probe into development expenditure
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday ordered an investigation into the way development funds were disbursed and spent in the third quarter of the current financial year (January-March 2021). At the normal pace, the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Charles Kichere, would conduct audits on how public monies for the 2020/21 financial year were conducted upon completion of the ongoing financial year.
CAG report reveals massive financial losses in local government
Summary The President Samia Suluhu said Local Government has been working in isolation when it comes to their operations, adding that the late President Magufuli had made mention of the losses on two or three occasions. Advertisement By Alfred Zacharia Dodoma. President Samia Suluhu Hassan has today told the Minister of State in the President's Office – Regional Administration and Local Government, Selemani Jafo to remedy the massive finance losses in local government authorities.
VIDEO: Father of children killed in stampede narrates ordeal
By Alfred Zacharia Dar es Salaam. Hundreds of mourners turned up at the home of Mr David Mtuwa in Dar es Salaam yesterday to pay their last respects to five family members who lost their lives during a stampede at Uhuru Stadium on Sunday. Christian (11), Michelle (8), Nathan (6), Natalia (5), Suzan Ndana Mtuwa (30s) and a housemaid Anita Mfikwa (27) died as they went to pay their last respects to the body of former President John Magufuli.
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