On behalf of the minister of sports and culture, Hon Mohammed Mchingerwa, Ms Consolota Mushi, the managing director of Kiswahili Council in Tanzania (BAKITA), has said avoidance or negligence of the use of Kiswahili in performing official activities in Tanzania is punishable by law. Ms Consolata said the minister does not emphasize anything odd but...
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Number of countries you can visit without VISA with Tanzania’s passport.
Tanzania’s and Kenya’s passports are now the eighth most powerful in Africa and 71 globally. The Henley Passport Index Report shows that the number of countries that Tanzanias can visit without a visa or obtain it on arrival has increased to 72 from 64 in January last year. The country’s mobility score improved six places...
Tanzania Annual Inflation Accelerated to 4.4% in June 2022
The below report is the summary from the National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania released on July 11, 2022 Tanzania’s annual inflation rate accelerated in June, the country’s national bureau of statistics said Monday. The 12-month headline inflation rate rose to 4.4% in June from 4.0% in May, the statistics bureau said in its July...
Girls student dies by suicide after her transfer request rejected
A form Two student of Malava Girls’ Secondary School in Kakamega County has allegedly committed suicide after her transfer request was rejected. The 15-year-old student, Dorothy Kageha, allegedly took poison on Tuesday, July 12, at her parents’ home in Kimang’eti Village, Malava Sub-County. She’d been taken to Kimang’eti Health Centre, where first aid was administered...
Athlete suspended for doping ahead of World Championships
Amos was notified of the result while in Eugene, Oregon, where he was scheduled to compete in the 800m heats on July 20 The drug found in the 28-year-old’s system, GW1516, “modifies how the body metabolizes fat,” and the World Anti-Doping Agency has said it poses a health risk to athletes, AIU said in a...
Makamba begins a 21-days tour across 14 regions to address electricity issues.
Energy Minister January Makamba will begin a 21-day tour of 14 regions to bring services to the people and explain the ministry’s plans to address the sector’s challenges. Speaking before the press yesterday, Hon Makamba revealed that he plans to break down the Tsh.500 billion allocated by the government in this 2022/23 financial year to...
You will be surprised, this is the team Fabrizio Ramano supports and why.
Fabrizio Romano is one of the most famous journalists in football right now. The Italian is well known for his accurate coverage of the transfer market. In an age when fake news rises, the 28-year-old is a breath of fresh air that always delivers correct information. Fabrizio Romano is the go-to person for all football-related...
Africa’s future mobile money agents face uncertainty, why?
Their numbers are growing faster than the transactions they handle. A decade ago, Jackeline Muheirwe was the only mobile-money agent in her patch of Kampala, the Ugandan capital. These days there are ten others within a minute’s walk, taking in and giving out cash from shopfronts or colourful kiosks. “You can’t make money out of...
Why did Boris Johnson Resign?
After squeaking through scandal after scandal, U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson finally resigned, taking his country to the brink of a full-blown constitutional crisis. Before he fell on his sword, no fewer than 59 members of his government departed in the space of some 48 hours: a mass exodus that made history books and boosted...
Op-Ed: Swahili diplomacy, a gateway to Tanzania’s economic and cultural development.
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...