Outspoken Kyela MP Harrison Mwakyembe yesterday narrated how he and his driver narrowly escaped death in a road accident on Thursday, dispelling widespread suspicion of a plot to kill him over his anti-graft campaign.Dr Mwakyembe, speaking to reporters for the first time since his admission to Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute in Dar es Salaam on Thursday afternoon, discounted claims the accident was
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has challenged the Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) to establish joint venture with local peasants in cultivating barley, an important ingredient in beer processing. Launching the new TBL Dar es Salaam’s fourth packaging line in the city yesterday, Mr Pinda said such contract farming could also benefit local people by improving their socio-economic lives.He said there
US President Barack Obama has assured President Jakaya Kikwete that his country would continue to support Tanzania’s poverty alleviation drive and efforts to enable its people to lead a better life. Mr Obama directed the Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Clinton, and other aides to follow the pledges closely to ensure their implementation. Apart from Mrs Clinton, other high-ranking US officials
Subject: Remember CONFIDENCE: Once all village people decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella...... that's Confidence... TRUST: Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby when you throw him in the air; he laughs.....because he knows you will catch him........ That's Trust............ HOPE: Every night we go to bed, we
Victims of Mbagala bomb blasts whose houses are within 500 metres from the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) depot, will be removed from the area soon after completion of the valuation process. The Minister of Defence and National Service, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, told the 'Daily News' that the decision comes following preliminary recommendations by the valuation team. “We’ll have no any other solution
Police have ruled out foul play in the road accident in Iringa yesterday morning, in which outspoken Kyela MP Harrison Mwakyembe was seriously injured.Dr Mwakyembe was later in the afternoon flown to Dar es Salaam and admitted to the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institution (MOI).Speaking to reporters at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, when he went to receive Dr Mwakyembe, the Clerk to the National
People have lived in Zanzibar for 20 000 years; history proper starts when the islands became a base for traders voyaging between Arabia, India, and Africa. Unguja offered a protected and defensible harbour, so although the archipelago had few products of value, Arabs settled at what became Zanzibar City (Stone Town) as a convenient point from which to trade with East African coastal towns. They
The Makerere University deputy vice-chancellor, Prof David Bakibinga, faces a fresh parliamentary investigation following the collapse of a Ush2 billion wall fence at the institution.The MPs made the decision following reports that Prof Bakibinga, who is in charge of finance and administration at the eight-decade old institution, was never punished by the University for his role in the scandal.The
The ongoing global financial crisis may continue to deeply haunt Tanzania and other African countries south of the Sahara for a long time despite the already evident green shoots in Asia and Europe.The world's top policymakers offered their most upbeat assessment of the global economy in months, saying it was stabilising and that it could start growing again as soon as late this year.Australia's
