Cameroonian President Paul Biya tops the list of African leaders with an annual salary of $620,976. Mr Biya is followed by Morocco’s King Mohammed and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, with an annual salary of $488,604 and $223,500. The data was data scoured from country websites and data from organisations such as the International Monetary Fund...
Tundu Lissu, a self-exiled politician and Chadema (Mainland) Vice-Chairman, has applauded President Samia’s frequent meetings with the opposition as it signals imminent attaining of the new constitution and massive structural and administrative reforms in Tanzania. Lissu also thanked President Samia’s government for paying all of his parliamentary dues that the government has retained since he...
The acquisition of a new constitution, an independent electoral commission, the ban on rallies and scars for the 2020 general elections are among the issues carried by CHADEMA leaders to President Samia Suluhu when he met with CHADEMA and CCM leaders at the State House, Chamwino region. Dodoma May 20, 2022. According to a report...
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...
President Samia’s recent remarks on the malfunction of the police force are a red flag to Inspector General Police (ICP) that place his position into office in limbo. The remarks followed after receiving the multi-party stakeholders report on March 21, 2022, at Magogoni statehouse in Dar es Salaam. President Samia directed her disappointments toward two...
One of the videos that trended online over the past week is the video of BBC journalist Salim Kikeke interviewing President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania. President Hassan’s response during the interview seems to have intensified scepticism, particularly on the opposition about getting the new constitution before the 2025 general elections. Analysts say her response...
A day after the release of CHADEMA chairperson Freeman Mbowe, CCM, through its Secretary of Ideology and Publicity Shaka Hamdu Shaka, stated that Mbowe’s release signals a new beginning in Tanzania politics and people’s solidarity. Hours after Mbowe declared a freeman, pictures of him chatting with President Samia at the State House in Dar es...
In her latest visits to France, Belgium and the UAE, President Samia Suluhu took on board some key cabinet ministers like the Ministry of Finance and Planning Hon Mwigulu Nchemba, the minister of energy Hon. January Makamba and Hon Hussein Bashe, the minister of Agriculture. Speaking before the press today, on March 2, 2022, Hon...