Over 4500 NGO licences are vulnerable to being revoked following the violation of the country’s laws and regulations. Deputy Secretary-General of Minister of Gender and Social Welfare Mr Amon Mpanju has ordered NGOs whose licences are immanent to termination to provide tangible justification not to revoke their licences. Many NGOs have failed to submit their...
While the New Constitution debate dominated the debates and speeches of various leaders in the CHADEMA General Assembly, a Ugandan opposition politician who was an official guest at the council said the new constitution alone could not solve the problem. Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform party leader, has said...
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has departed for Uganda for a 2-day state visit. President Samia Invited by her Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, she was received at Entebbe International Airport by Third Deputy Prime Minister Rukia Nakadama and State Minister for International Cooperation Henry Okello Oryem. During their...
Job Ndugai, a former Tanzania speaker, has declared to scrap his candidacy for the parliamentary seat in the next elections of 2025 in Kongwa constituent in the Dodoma region, Tanzania’s capital. In Dodoma yesterday, at Saint Michael’s parish of Anglican Church, Mpwawa Diocese, during the special prayer, Ndugai made his statement not to run for...
The government of Tanzania has revived the Bagamoyo Special Economic Zone (BSEZ) that was scrapped in 2018 by the former President, the late John Magufuli, who claimed the agreement of the contract to be commercially unviable following its unrealistic conditions. In June 2016, shortly after President Samia Suluhu assumed power, said she is keen...
“I wish one day to become the president of the United Republic of Tanzania.”, Zitto Kabwe was quoted in Mwanza, where his party held its 8th-anniversary ceremony. In an interview, Zitto Kabwe said he’s capable of leading Tanzania as the President considering the extensive exposure and experience he had acquired since his student days at...
The Arusha Regional High Court has acquitted former Hai Lengai District Commissioner Ole Sabaya and two of his co-accused after discovering flaws in the entire course of the case. Sabaya and his associates appealed against the court’s 30-year sentence in October 2021. The judge hearing the appeal, Ezedekiah Kisanya, said there was confusion in the...
Rage has engulfed social media amongst internet users following an increase of data bundle services by some giant telecommunications operating in Tanzania. Users have also claimed not to be informed by their internet service providers about the recent changes, that users have protested and claimed to be unfair and expensive. After Dar Mpya, an active...
The Land Transport Regulatory Authority (LATRA) has announced new fares for Daladala and up-country buses. LATRA has announced that the Daladala routes formerly charged 400/- will now be 500/-, those of 450 will be 550/-, and the implementation starts immediately on May 14, 2022. Regular class buses will now be charged 41 TZS from 36...