CA composition to blame for chaos: activists

One of the great opportunities that we have in accelerating the fortunes of this great country is addressing, what I like to refer to as, our ‘composition’ challenge; what kind of people make up our populous, in particular our youth, in terms of skills, competencies and values.

If you are making strides in life and form part of the top echelons of society, the plight of the bottom of the food chain may not be of particular interest to you – think again!

Irrespective of its composition, the...

 Member of Constituent Assembly (CA), Mr John Mnyika, yesterday wondered over the delayed decision on his appeal against the appointment by CA chairman of five members to join the Steering Committee.

A gathering of female lawmakers from opposition parties has blamed President Jakaya Kikwete, saying his inaugural speech in the Constituent Assembly (CA) has planted seeds of chaos and division among the Katiba team members.

>On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, the Daily Monitor, reported “11,000 graduate to 83 per cent joblessness.”The headline was striking. It carried two interesting figures which equally presented double emotions.

RR refers to reversed roles phenomena – the man takes the roles of the woman and vice versa.

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday called upon senior government officials to sustain a culture of talking with the private sector for the general good of Tanzania’s economic growth prospects.

Hello, and welcome to tonight’s HD News Channel on-the-spot weather report. The weather has been unusually cold -- as if you haven’t noticed the single digit temperatures. Sure makes me wish I could find my scarf and gloves. I’m freezing out here in this wind.

It is well documented Kenyan authorities’ unpreparedness for disasters – both natural and man-made. This is especially compounded by the recent flooding of roads in the country’s capital, Nairobi.
For years there have been serious calls for the country to marshal it’s disaster preparedness mechanisms but we fail to listen to the age old adage that prevention is better than cure. This leaves the citizenry in a precarious position where we often find ourselves caught with our pants down when...

>A married woman’s first assignment is her husband. Forget all that feminist hogwash about women empowerment. The truth is a married woman’s first call to service is her husband.