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...
Following the surfacing of 39 unconfirmed names, allegedly to be government echelons whom people have claimed to have illegally taken their lands at Isamilo in Mwanza region, the Tanzania Revenues Authority commissioner, Alphayo Kidata, whose name has also been revealed, refutes such allegations against him. Kidata says he’s caught in awe of his name being...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An open letter from President Samia Suluhu. TODAY, Tanzania marks 30 years since we officially restored the multiparty political system. During that period, our nation has passed through happiness, sadness, turmoil and endured all kinds of challenges whilst treading the new path. This was never meant to be a smooth transition because such times have...
Uganda Investment Authority has awarded TDPC for its remarkable role in ensuring the successful implementation of the crude oil deal (EACOP) between the two East African Community members. According to TPDC Director Dr James Mataragio, Tanzania has contributed over 60% to the deal’s success with Uganda, which he confirmed yesterday at the award-receiving ceremony in...
The mission of the Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports Hon, Mohamed Mchengerwa, led by the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Saidi Yakubu, met and held a meeting with the Ambassador of Qatar in Dar es Salaam Hon. Hussain Ahmad Al Homaid on Tanzania’s participation in the World Cup. The leaders held a...