The National Irrigation Commission of Tanzania has announced plans to develop 13 irrigation schemes for agriculture in Mbeya region to improve crop yields. The new facilities will be spread over 24,550 hectares of land in the districts of Mbarali, Kyela, Rungwe. According to the director of National Irrigation Commission, Raymond Mndolwa, the 13 irrigation schemes...
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Govt inject 5bn/- in several geothermal projects
In efforts to diversify the country’s electricity mix to power its own growing economy, the government has set aside 5bn/- to execute geothermal projects, including Kiejo-Mbaka project in is Mbeya which is expected to generate 200MW by 2025. Tanzania’s main source of energy is hydropower whereby due to climate change and increased demand, the government...
TMDA destroys 35bn/- worth of counterfeit medical products
The Tanzania Medicines and Medical Services Authority (TMDA) disposed of about 35,547 counterfeit medical products amounting to 35bn/- during the past year since President Samia Suluhu was in office. TMDA Director Adam Fimbo said in Dodoma yesterday that the products were unregistered and had less quality for medical consumption.
Tanzania set to increase fertilizer uptake to 500,000 tonnes.
Following the allocation of Tsh 150bn/- in the agriculture budget 2022/23 to subsidize fertilizer prices, the government plans to increase the amount of fertilizer in 2022/23 up to 500,000 tones. In the agricultural season of 2021/22, Tanzania utilized 360,000 tones of fertilizers. According to Dr. Ngailo, the Tanzania Fertilizers Regulatory Authority (TFRA), the farmer’s fertilizer...
A woman dies after being forced to donate her Kidney to her boss’s relative in Saudi Arabia.
A 33-year-old woman who died three weeks after she arrived in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is believed to have died during a botched operation to remove one of her kidneys by her employer. Her husband, Abdulrazik Juma, claims that his wife, Rose Atieno, had made her last distress call to inform him that her employer had...
102-Year-old woman says avoiding gossip is the key to a long life
She made this intriguing remark during her birthday celebration, and this comment made her a national celebrity in the USA. Taken aback by all the attention, she said she was only doing what her mother had taught her since childhood. “My mother always told us it takes six months to tend to your business. And...
President Samia promises bright future to artisanal miners.
The minister for minerals, Hon Doto Biteko, under President Samia Suluhu, has announced a big favour for small miners all over the country. A grace that is going to liberate them in life completely. This step has come after it was seen that the small miners and the entire mining sector had contributed significantly to...
Govt builds the first Tsh 130bn/- transmission line for power evacuation from JNHPP-Chalinze & Chalinze substation.
Tanzania’s President will use Tsh. Billion 130/- to construct the electricity substation Chalinze Line is a 400kV overhead line of 160km from Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station, Morogoro, Tanzania, to Chalinze, Pwani, Tanzania. The construction works on the JNHPP – Chalinze Line project commenced in 2021, and commissioning is expected in 2022. When completed, it will...
The govt allocates Tsh. 150/- billion to subsidize fertilizers.
The government has allocated Tsh 150 billion to cover fertilizer subsidies that will be distributed to farmers in the country to provide relief to the farmers in fertilizers price that has been fluctuating in the world market. President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to launch a fertilizer subsidy program at the peak of the Nanenane...
The government allocates Tsh 3bn/- for 500 scholarships to science students.
In the coming academic year, the government has allocated a total of Tsh 573/- billion set to be disbursed among 205,500 students as loans and scholarships under the Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB). President Samia Suluhu’s government, to enhance imperativeness and the importance of science and technology to the country’s development, the government has...