EDITORIAL: Ban on smoking in public: It’s time to get serious

>It is easy to dismiss smokers as people who should simply be ignored since they are self-destructive, but the matter is not as simple as that. The health of a non-smoker seated next to a person who is smoking is endangered too.

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Jun

No ban yet on ‘shisha’ smoking, says govt

The government said yesterday that it had not banned the smoking of shisha, a fruit-scented tobacco often smoked through an ornate water pipe as a social activity.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Lagos state passes smoking ban

MPs in Lagos state, Nigeria's economic hub, pass a bill banning smoking in public places, including restaurants and on public transport.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Jan

EDITORIAL: Witchcraft: Go beyond ban

>The superstition angle in the recent arrest of a suspected hardcore criminal in Mwanza merits reflection. Besides a gun and ammunition, police found body parts at his home.  Suspicions that many robbers count on witchcraft to facilitate success of their evil missions are rife.

 

10 years ago

Reuters

03 Oct

Tanzania to ban public officials from holding private sector jobs

Tanzania to ban public officials from holding private sector jobs
Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In response to a growing outcry over corruption and abuse of office, Tanzania is working on a new law to ban elected leaders and civil servants from using their position to build business empires and enrich ...
TRF-Tanzania to ban public officials from holding private sector jobsReuters Africa

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Mar

EDITORIAL: Time to tell the truth about the referendum

>In yesterday’s edition of The Citizen, we reported that the planned referendum on the Proposed Constitution could be held side by side with the October elections instead of April 30, which has been widely publicised.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Mar

Outcry against fat public salaries a waste of time

Kenyans are up in arms at what they see as outrageous expenditure on the public sector pay. There have been demonstrations, most colourfully and famously against MPs (complete with pigs and animal blood sprinkled infront of Parliament).

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Mar

EDITORIAL: It is time to go back to the drawing board

>Tennis is one of the less popular sports here. In recent years, though, it has recorded significant progress with some fine talent looking to turn professional.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Sep

EDITORIAL: Now’s the time to back netball in Tanzania

>Morogoro’s Jamhuri Stadium recently hosted the Union Netball league that saw JKT Mbweni win the title.  The tournament offered plenty of entertainment for netball fans, especially now that both the Tanzania Mainland Netball Association (Chaneta) and its Zanzibar counterpart, Chaneza, are winding up their annual sports calendars.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Mar

EDITORIAL: Why the budget puzzle must be solved in time

>The uncertainty that has gripped the country over the tabling of the 2014/2015 budget has exposed our leaders’ lack of foresight and their inability to plan well ahead.

 

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