Cash strapped parties cut down on campaigns

Cash-strapped Athletics Tanzania (AT) is looking for some Sh10 million to stage the National Cross Country.

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Tanzania opposition parties kick off campaigns ahe...
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A coalition of four main opposition parties in Tanzania have launched their campaign in Dar es Salaam ahead of October the 25th elections. Opposition presidential candidate Edward Lowassa, who served as prime minister between 2005 and 2008, told a ...
Who Is Edward Lowassa?The Times of Israel (blog)

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To most Tanzanians, the election campaign period is fascinating but to some women and youth groups, this is the time of making money.

We’ve so many gems crying out to be shared today. For this reason, we’ll skip the lectures and start dishing them out, starting with stuff from the Tuesday, Oct 7 edition of the tabloid whose boss endorses this columnist’s paycheque, entitled, “Political leaders urged to advocate peace.” Says the scribbler says in her intro:

The government is losing billions of shillings from corporate sources of taxes due to online bulk cash transfer system that has loopholes for cybercrimes, according to banking lawyer Hawa Sinare.

Overwhelmed by huge debts, the management of Moshi-based co-operative society has now started selling some of its assets to pay debts running into billions.

International Business Times UK
Watch amazing bird's eye footage of mountains taken from camera strapped to ...
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This Great White pelican took to the skies for his evening flight in Tanzania - with a camera strapped to his beak. "Big Bird", as he's known, has been adopted by Greystoke Mahale, and lives at a safari lodge in the Mahale Mountains National Park in Tanzania.
Peli-Cam Captures Incredible Views of Tanzanian National ParkInternational Business Times UK

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The Controller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on the finances of political parties, which was handed over to the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday, paints a disturbing picture.

The 2015 presidential campaigns have turned out to be a battle between two personalities as two major rival parties compete in selling the credentials of individual candidates instead of those of the parties.