Since its Independence, Tanzania has never come close to signing a record-breaking contract as it signed with Shell and Equinor on LNG extraction in Lindi, one of Tanzania’s southern regions. The project will cost 70 trillion, the biggest since Independence. What does this project mean to Tanzania’s economy and development in individual lives? Tanzania will...
Today, March 11, 2022, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has asked businessmen conducting their businesses online to ensure that they are registered with the agency. TRA stated that the aim is to limit those who use such methods to evade paying tax. “We realize there are people who do not have shops and do not...
Lenten season is observed by most Christian churches, including Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists and Moravian. Many struggles as to how to observe their fasting. What should one refrain from, how long should one fast and the times for prayers. There are a few different types of fasting that one can observe, and...
“We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” Said the former UK Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, when he was delivering a speech in the House of Commons on March 1848 Since President Samia assumed office on March 19,...
Tanzania’s opposition party, the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo), has urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism to open talks with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority and the Maasai pastoralists community living in the park for a fruitful reconciliation over Maasai’s displacement. Since the proposal to vacate the Maasai from the NCAA came...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has urged the Tanzania judiciary to keep up with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) vision of incorporating Information Communication Technology in their daily activities. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, other activities need to move forward, including the judiciary, prompting virtual courts and meetings adaptation. President Samia urged the judiciary to re-invest...