31st Aug 10

 GOVERNMENT AGENCY PICKS HIGHEST BID IN MULTI-BILLION SHILLING CONTRACT, RESULTING INTO A LOSS OF MORE THAN 20BN/- TO TAXPAYERS     WHEN it comes to the government's agency responsible for the planning, construction and maintenance
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24th Aug 10

 NO one can tell with absolute certainty which way Tanzania’s presidential election results will go on October 31, despite several opinion polls predicting an easy win for Jakaya Kikwete of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).   The
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3rd Aug 10

THE government has insisted that up to 65 percent of future oil revenues will be retained in Tanzania, as the country hopes to fuel its economic growth in the next two decades with petrodollars.   The state-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation
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27th Jul 10

 The Prime Minister of Tanzania does not have legal authority to declare a State of Emergency in any part of the country. This is a singular prerogative of the President. According to the Emergency Powers Act of 1986 when we speak of emergency we
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27th Jul 10

 UNTIL June 2006, Richmond Development Company LLC was barely known to the Tanzanian public. But since then, the hugely controversial company has been at the centre of the biggest corruption and political scandal in the country's history, leading
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27th Jul 10

 KYELA MP FAULTS TBC FOR NOT GIVING BUNGE PROBE TEAM THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD AFTER STATE-RUN TV BROADCASTER AIRS SECOND INTERVIEW WITH EX-PM   HARRISON Mwakyembe, the Member of Parliament who chaired a parliamentary probe team that investigated
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29th Jun 10

THE controversial chief executive officer of the Tanzania National Roads Agency, Ephraim Mrema, has been linked to yet another scandal in the troubled government agency -- this time involving a controversial project for the proposed construction of TANROADS'
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29th Jun 10

A London-headquartered company, Ophir Energy, is on the verge of striking oil in southern Tanzania after signing a $50 million contract for the first ever deepwater drilling project in the country. The company will in August this year deploy a specially-built
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22nd Jun 10

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF DELIBERATELY STALLING MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN FAVOUR OF KICKBACKS THISDAY REPORTER Dar es Salaam A key infrastructure project worth more than 80 billion/-, which involves construction of the Bagamoyo-Msata
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15th Jun 10

AS the Ministry of Infrastructure Development is accused of failure to take action against the CEO of the Tanzania Roads Agency (TANROADS) for his insubordinate behaviour, it has now come to light that some top officials in the parent ministry received
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15th Jun 10

Sources say he is well connected, believes he will be reinstated on special contract FORMER Director of Immigration Services Kinemo Kihomano, who retired two months ago, continues to enjoy generous benefits by using government property, including
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8th Jun 10

THE Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service Management, Ms Hawa Ghasia, has confirmed that the chief executive officer of the Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS), Ephraim Mrema, was unlawfully appointed to the post. "Since
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8th Jun 10

A new report by a Washington think tank says corruption in government remains widespread and entrenched in Tanzania, despite the high-profile prosecution of suspects accused of looting funds from the Bank of Tanzania (BoT). "Despite improvements
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25th May 10

CONSTRUCTION costs at the Bank of Tanzania's (BoT) headquarters in Dar es Salaam are expected to rise even further following the undertaking of new multi-billion shilling renovation works and equipment upgrade at the infamous Twin Towers offices. While
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18th May 10

Four East African states, including Tanzania, have signed an agreement to seek more water from the River Nile – a move strongly opposed by Egypt and Sudan. Under colonial-era accords, the two countries get a staggering 90 percent of the river's
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18th May 10

CONTROVERSY over the dubious privatisation of the Kiwira coal mine in 2005 has resurfaced following claims by former President Benjamin Mkapa that he had no shares in the property. Mkapa told reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF)
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11th May 10

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has been personally drawn into the row over the alleged "blatant" insubordination of the chief executive officer of the Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS), Ephraim Mrema, against his superiors in government. This
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3rd May 10

Supporters of the UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) will be active inside and outside the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BAE Systems, one of the world's largest multinational arms companies, in London this week. For the last few years, controversy
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3rd May 10

TANZANIA's new mining Act has received backing from an unexpected quarter, following the decision of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation, James Sinclair, to throw his weight behind the controversial legislation. Sinclair,
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3rd May 10

THE Ministry of Infrastructure Development has formally reprimanded the chief executive officer of the Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS), Ephraim Mrema, in an apparent escalation of the row over the CEO's alleged unacceptable professional conduct. According
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27th Apr 10

ANYONE who has travelled within Dar es Salaam knows that traffic congestion is a major problem.  Even the simple act of crossing the street is a dangerous activity.     In Dar es Salaam we face congestion regardless of our transportation
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27th Apr 10

ANY disease that each year incapacitates 220 million Africans – or more than 30 per cent of the population – and kills 1 million is a global emergency. Malaria bleeds the continent to the tune of $12 billion in direct costs every year,
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27th Apr 10

SENIOR government officials are now calling for a performance review of the chief executive officer of the Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS), Ephraim Mrema, following a series of controversial decisions made by the CEO of the state-run agency. The
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20th Apr 10

INADEQUATE sanitation has been a thorn in the flesh for many governments, especially in developing countries, as it is a major cause of diseases world-wide.  Improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in
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20th Apr 10

Former Indian High Commissioner to Tanzania, Krishan Dayal Sharma (79), committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his east New Delhi residence last week. Apart from Tanzania, Ambassador Sharma had also served in diplomatic missions to Zambia,
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20th Apr 10

CONSTRUCTION of a luxury multi-million dollar house in one of Dar es Salaam's super prime locations linked to a cash-strapped public corporation is shrouded in an air of mystery that has raised questions about the identity of the actual owner of the property. The
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13th Apr 10

WHY was a Class Five construction company given a permit to build a 10-storey building in Dar es Salaam? This question remains unanswered nearly two years after a building that was under construction at the heart of the city centre collapsed in June
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13th Apr 10

A leading member of Comoros Islands opposition coalition said the group will officially present a protest letter to Tanzania’s government after accusing the country's foreign minister, Bernard Membe, of meddling in Comoros Islands internal affairs. Ali
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13th Apr 10

CORRUPTION investigators have uncovered troubling questions over the alleged involvement of senior bank officials in Tanzania in a massive financial fraud. Already some 3 billion/- is believed to have been stolen from the National Bank
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6th Apr 10

EAST African countries risk not attaining the millennium development goal (MDG) on universal treatment of people living with HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases if the region's parliament adopts the anti-counterfeits policy and bill currently under
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6th Apr 10

Questions are being asked about the process that led to the initial hiring of the current Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS) chief executive, Ephraim Mrema, whose tenure in the position has of late become marred by much controversy.  According
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6th Apr 10

The sun is yet to rise as Atuna, a single mother, carries her stock of cassava through the narrow winding alleyways of Dar es Salaam. Fried cassava is a popular breakfast food in East Africa, and for Atuna it is her new business opportunity. Like
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6th Apr 10

The government is still dilly-dallying over the repossession of government houses controversially sold to senior politicians and public servants, a move which was characterized by contradictory policy objectives and systematic misuse of public resources. According
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29th Mar 10

Despite a penchant for hanging out in trees, human ancestors living 3.6 million years ago in what is now Tanzania extended their legs to stride much like people today do, a new study finds. If so, walking may have evolved in leaps and bounds, rather
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29th Mar 10

A number of senior government officials are allegedly planning to hijack a multi-billion shilling tender for the printing and supply of ballot papers for the 2010 general election in a bid to pocket illegal kickbacks from the contract, THISDAY can now
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23rd Mar 10

The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ms Shamsa Mwangunga, is expected to face a hard time at the ongoing international convention in Doha when conservationists corner her to explain Tanzania's controversial move to seek a lifting of the ivory
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23rd Mar 10

The latest spate of rolling power blackouts in the country will have far-reaching consequences on the economy and reverse gains already made in boosting GDP growth and taming inflation to single-digit levels, a university don has warned. The Tanzania
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23rd Mar 10

A team of fraud experts from South Africa has been flown into the country to investigate allegations of corruption and theft of billions of shillings from the National Bank of Commerce. It has been confirmed that the team of about ten
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16th Mar 10

Tanzanian traders rioted at a Zambian border post last week, forcing the crossing point to be temporarily closed. According to the Zambian newspaper 'The Post', the incident occurred on Thursday at the Nakonde border post. Three vehicles were damaged
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16th Mar 10

A new report has exposed large-scale illegal ivory trading in Tanzania and Zambia on the eve of the opening of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Doha, Qatar. Both Tanzania and Zambia have proposed selling
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16th Mar 10

The US House of Representatives last week passed legislation that highlights albino killings in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa and calls on governments in the region to take action to stop the violence and bring the perpetrators to justice. The law
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16th Mar 10

THE government is losing billions of shillings each month from paying controversial fees to seven   construction companies under contract with the Tanzania Roads Agency (TANROADS). Well-placed sources have confirmed that the huge costs being
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9th Mar 10

In an incident that echoed the hit Hollywood TV drama 'Prison Break', a murder suspect held at the notorious Segerea Prison in Dar es Salaam has escaped from detention under controversial circumstances. Prisons authorities say they are now conducting
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9th Mar 10

A Philippines wildlife officer is suspected of stealing at least part of the elephant tusks shipment worth $2 million smuggled into the Asian country from Tanzania last year. The officer is alleged to have stolen more than 700 kilos of ivory from the
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9th Mar 10

The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) is conducting a major investigation into  a series of fraud incidents leading to the theft of billions of shillings within Tanzanian banks and  financial institutions. The National Bank
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1st Mar 10

The question of who has jurisdiction over the prosecution of individual suspects linked to the military radar scandal is emerging as a key issue as investigations on the local front head towards climax, it has been learnt. According to
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1st Mar 10

A New York judge has ordered the US government to turn over memos by high-ranking Justice Department officials on the transfers of alleged Tanzanian terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee to move from the military commission system
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1st Mar 10

Whatever happens in the upcoming months of Election Year 2010, history will always show that prior to the Richmond affair, Samuel Sitta and Edward Lowassa were close political allies and both key members of the powerful campaign machinery that delivered
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22nd Feb 10

THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Samuel Sitta, was at the centre of an assassination plot in Dodoma last year, it has come to light. According to well-placed sources, the alleged attempt to eliminate Speaker Sitta (pictured) was timed for the
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22nd Feb 10

Former president Benjamin Mkapa, linked to the controversial Kiwira coal mine privatization deal, has been advised to learn from the stance adopted by current US president Barack Obama, who on assuming power sought to assure Americans that his government
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15th Feb 10

Though cervical cancer is completely preventable, with screening exams and treatment, it continues to claim a considerable chunk of women population throughout the world. Considered the fifth most deadly cancer in women worldwide, cervical cancer affects
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15th Feb 10

Abraham Lincoln, considered one of the greatest American statesmen, is credited with some memorable quotes. For example, in his Gettysburg address to dedicate a military cemetery to the dead he talked about “government of the people, by the people,
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8th Feb 10

THE government will continue to pursue a bribery and corruption case against prominent suspects linked to the military radar deal despite the decision of BAE Systems to pay a fine of £30 million (approx. 63bn/-) to avoid prosecution over the sale
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8th Feb 10

TUBERCULOSIS continues to be among the major public health problems in Tanzania despite concerted efforts by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and various local and international developmental partners in controlling the disease in the country. It
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8th Feb 10

RESEARCH conducted in Tanzania has shown that a new vaccine against tuberculosis is effective in preventing tuberculosis in people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. TB accounts for up to a third of AIDS deaths worldwide, and worsens HIV,
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8th Feb 10

POLICE in Barcelona, Spain have busted an international drug trafficking gang after arresting 48 members, most of them hailing from Tanzania. Media reports say the gang distributed cocaine, heroin, hashish and narcotic pills from Asia and South America
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8th Feb 10

HE Public Procurement Appeals Authority (PPAA) has nullified a multi-billion shilling contract awarded by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to a European company for the supply of heavy-duty mobile container scanners, citing gross irregularities in
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1st Feb 10

INVESTIGATIONS into the military radar scandal underway simultaneously in Tanzania and the UK now appear to have become caught up in a political web, with the investigating agencies in both countries further delaying the planned prosecutions of key suspects
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1st Feb 10

RESEARCH from a five-year international clinical study shows that acyclovir, a commonly prescribed drug used to suppress symptoms of the herpes virus, does not affect HIV transmission by people with both viruses.  The study, conducted by the Partners
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1st Feb 10

A NEW wave of fraud involving motor vehicle registration is believed to be denying the government billions of shillings in taxes, it has been revealed. The scam involves fake motor vehicle licences, insurance certificates, and other car registration
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1st Feb 10

DAR ES SALAAM Regional Commissioner William Lukuvi, has temporarily blocked a controversial plan by the fire and rescue force department in the Ministry of Home Affairs to start charging motorists for inspection of fire extinguishers in their vehicles. At
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25th Jan 10

CASES of sexual harassment mostly involving male lecturers and female students in local higher learning institutions are said to have become widespread and now posing a serious threat to quality education in the country. According to the findings of
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25th Jan 10

A UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) company is seeking a 98-year lease on vast tracts of farmland in Tanzania to grow rice in order to secure food supplies for the Gulf countries. Pharos Miro Agriculture Fund, which was launched in November last year, plans
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25th Jan 10

THE government may now have to pay through the nose to buy off RITES Limited of India and regain sole ownership of Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL), after overlooking several opportunities to cleanly terminate the troubled privatization deal in the past,
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18th Jan 10

FRESH calls have been made for a special audit on the controversial Mwananchi Gold Company Limited, currently undergoing liquidation, with the government required to explain just how much in taxpayers' money was ostensibly squandered through the failed
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18th Jan 10

THE stakeholders discussion scheduled for today (Monday, January 18) in Dar es Salaam, before the parliamentary committee on constitutional, legal and public administration affairs, marks the start of what should be a heated public debate on the pros
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18th Jan 10

CHOLERA has been with us since the onset of the rain season but the coming in of El Nino floods is bound to make the situation worse and areas being ravaged by these floods are more prone to the disease. True to the predictions of the Tanzania Meteorological
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18th Jan 10

DAR ES SALAAM is the eighth dirtiest city in the world, according to the international rating company NYC Partnership Consulting. In the firm's rating of the 30 dirtiest cities around the globe, the Azerbaijan city of Baku was rated the dirtiest of them
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18th Jan 10

A New York lawyer has argued in court that charges be dismissed against Tanzanian national and alleged Al Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani because he was tortured by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and denied a trial for so long. Attorney
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13th Jan 10

A MONTH-LONG power blackout in Zanzibar is threatening the idyllic Indian Ocean island's tourist industry, officials said last week. The archipelago's main island, Unguja, has been without power since December 10 last year due to a breakdown affecting
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13th Jan 10

MOBILE phone usage in Africa has increased dramatically over the past five years, with Tanzania accounting for 5 per cent of mobile phone subscribers in the sub-Saharan region, according to a new study. By the end of 2008, Africa had 246 million mobile
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13th Jan 10

REPORTS are on the increase that the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) has been quietly hiring its military hardware, including a helicopter and warship, to foreign private companies under highly controversial circumstances. According to the latest
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13th Jan 10

TANZANIAN police intelligence are tracing the movements of controversial, Jamaican-born Muslim cleric Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal during his recent reported visit to the country, to establish whether or not he might have recruited new followers in Dar es
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13th Jan 10

A SECRET plot is allegedly underway to revive the controversial plan to purchase second-hand 100-megawatts power turbines from Dowans Tanzania Limited by creating an artificial power shortage in the country, it has been revealed. According to latest THISDAY
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4th Jan 10

THE government has reopened investigations into the looting of funds from the Bank of Tanzania's debt conversion programme (DCP) more than a decade and a half ago – long before the advent of its successor in the form of EPA. The DCP scandal of
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4th Jan 10

BRITISH investigators have said they now have a strong enough case against BAE Systems, the arms manufacturing company accused of paying bribes to win the military radar supply contract in Tanzania. Tim Langdale, a top legal expert appointed by the UK’s
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4th Jan 10

THE government has ordered a report on allegations that the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) squandered billions of shillings on the renovation of residential houses in Dar es Salaam for four of the central bank's most senior officers, including governor Prof.
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28th Dec 09

THE government is about to introduce enhanced regulations for ensuring the quality and safety of imported foodstuffs, including drinks, THISDAY has learnt. The regulations will come into force as soon as the Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing,
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28th Dec 09

WORLD tea prices which hit a record high this year are expected to ease in 2010, as weather patterns returned to normal in the main tea-producing regions of Asia and Africa, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The FAO Tea Composite
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28th Dec 09

It seems somewhat inevitable that President Jakaya Kikwete will reshuffle the Cabinet ahead of the 2010 general election to try to appeal to voters for a widely expected re-election bid. But how did the current Cabinet members fare this year? Following
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