CA needs to end the circus and get down to business

Why govt needs to bring the CA circus to an end
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Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda was this week quoted by the local media as saying in case Tanzania failed to get a new constitution, through its Constituent Assembly, then the present 1977 URT (United Republic of Tanzania) Constitution would be used in the ...

Dar es Salaam. The search for a candidate to run for the union presidency on the opposition ticket, has turned into a hide and seek game with leaders failing yet again to announce the all-important name as planned yesterday. A press conference called by officials of the main parties forming the opposition coalition known as Ukawa was cancelled at the last minute yesterday without reasons being stated publicly.

In My Book of Things, it’s never too late to take a bite or two at a mouth-watering cherry – especially one that’s invitingly dangled before one’s eyes! But, this time round, the cherry I have in mind isn’t the plum-like fruit of the ‘Prunus’ genus that’s so beloved of folk in ‘developed’ countries...

Whether in public or private sector, Tanzanians want dependable and consistent services. Fast, efficient and reliable services are prerequisite for economic takeoff.

Today is World Toilet Day… Cheers! The banner ‘Toilets save lives’ might sound mundane, far-fetched... Or, at best: a smart-alecky trader’s way of drawing attention to toilet-related ware be fobbed off upon unwary prospective customers…! 

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Seemingly for the umpteenth time, Tanzania’s major partners-in-development have come out in lavish praise for what they described as peaceful, stable transition from one govt to another.

The Bayelsa State Government of Nigeria (http://www.bayelsa.gov.ng) says it has concluded arrangements to host global business leaders between 16th and 18th July, 2014, at its maiden investment and economic forum with the theme ‘Unlocking Bayelsa State’s Economic Potentials’.

Disclosing this at a press briefing in Lagos, the State Commissioner of Trade, Industry and Investment, Barrister Kemela Okara said the Forum was in line with the present administration’s economic blueprint of a...

>The Tanzania Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is pushing for auditing existing tax exemptions in Tanzania to determine their merit or otherwise. [See ‘PAC calls for audit of all tax exemptions,’ Daily News: Jan. 14, 2015].