Decision time: let the people’s will prevail

Sobriety must prevail in borrowing
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THE marathon National Assembly session kicks off in Dodoma today and its main business will be to deliberate on the government's budget for the 2014/2015 fiscal year. Finance Minister Ms Saada Mkuya Salum said in Dar es Salaam last week, that the ...

Coach Georges Leekens says Tunisia's football will overcome Equatorial Guinea's home advantage in Saturday's Afcon quarter-final.

Tanzania is a rich, diverse and very large country. In order to meet the needs of its people, many different kinds of financial services are necessary.

>Mainstream churches in the country have appealed to President Jakaya Kikwete to use his powers as Head of State to withdraw the Bill seeking to establish Kadhi’s court, which is expected to be tabled today in Parliament.

Today marks the start of the 2015 General Election campaigns. It is the fifth multi-party election that will see Tanzanians elect councillors, legislators and the new occupant of the top office in the country.

Tolerance, wisdom must prevail in Katiba Assembly
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THE nation has witnessed a lot of drama in the ongoing session of the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Dodoma nearly the whole of last week. The common Kiswahili adage, that goes, “Nothing goes wrong where you have the elders” becomes applicable when ...

Hamad: Despite propaganda, peace will prevail during polls
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Isles' presidential candidate for the rainbow coalition, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad has assured citizens of Zanzibar that peace and harmony will be maintained during and after the election despite various statements issued by political leaders which ...
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By Special Correspondent The African Union (AU) governance assessment Body-the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has urged members of the Tanzanian Constituent Assembly to be guided by national rather than personal interest. A statement issued in Dar es Salaam  by the APRM Tanzania chapter insisted that the constitution making is a historical process that Tanzanians should not waste its potential in the pursuit for making a better country. “We understand that members of the Assembly...

If you don’t learn from history, you’re bound to repeat it. Here in Saint-Denis, northern Paris, a history lesson is sorely needed. Thousands are gathering here for the 21st international global warming meeting.