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Where is Ndugai? His disappearance is still a mystery. 
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Where is Ndugai? His disappearance is still a mystery. 

The ruling party, CCM, has stated that they have no idea about Ndugai’s whereabouts.  “As a secretary, I know many members, if you ask me about one member, then it is difficult for me to decipher, I urge you to ask his family,” – Daniel Chongolo responded to Raia Mwema reported when he was asked...

Fear over domestic debt, hiked over 52% in four years, BoT reports
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Fear over domestic debt, hiked over 52% in four years, BoT reports

The government’s domestic debt has risen over 52% in the last four years. The official data reveal that the debt has been dramatically increasing as it stood by Sh. 13 trillion in January 2018 and recorded at Sh. 25 trillion by January 2022.  According to Mr Emmanuel Turuba, the permanent treasury secretary, the government uses...

Op-ED: How can Tanzania benefit from Swahili diplomacy?
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Op-ED: How can Tanzania benefit from Swahili diplomacy?

Understanding diplomacy is not as complex as understanding rocket science. It’s simply the government’s methods and tools to engage with other governments.   I presume you must have come across the term diplomacy. Etymologically, it comes from the Greek word diplōma, meaning “an object folded in two”.  At the beginning of the 18th C, the use of...

Tanzania built Silos to help neighbours fight starvation
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Tanzania built Silos to help neighbours fight starvation

About 50 million people are at risk of starvation as East African countries are hit by a drought, particularly Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, as the region received poor rainfall. Tanzania has opened grain storage facilities in Lubumbashi, DR Congo, and in Juba, South Sudan, to facilitate the sale of surplus food to the affected areas....

Understanding the EAC and East Africa
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Understanding the EAC and East Africa

When one hears of East Africa, there are only a few countries that come to mind, i.e. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi meanwhile the region comprises many other countries and some mix between East Africa and East African Community (EAC). EAC was established with the aim is to widen and deepen economic, political, social,...

First Omicron cases recorded in Uganda
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First Omicron cases recorded in Uganda

East Africa is on alert as the Uganda health minister confirms the country’s first cases of Covid-19 omicron variant today, December 11, 2021. Uganda Health Minister, Jane Aceng said seven travellers were tested on Tuesday, December 7th and the results came out positive. The carriers are five travellers from Nigeria and two from South Africa....