EDITORIAL: Boost agriculture now or get ready to remain poor

Tanzania and Poland today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that saw the former receiving a concessional loan worth $110 million (Sh240.56) for modernization of agriculture.

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H H Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers and Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda, Prime Minister of Tanzania, held talks at the headquarters of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. Addressing the Tanzanian ...

>A story from the Lake Zone that we ran yesterday reveals how youths calling themselves travel agents at the Nzega Bus Terminal make life difficult for people trying to get tickets to various destinations.

>Information technology must be the most significant development in modern history. It has made life easier in ways that were only in the domain of science fiction just slightly over 20 years ago.  We now boast the computer, Internet, mobile phone, smartphone and such other gadgets that have made today’s world most conveniently accessible— literally at the touch of a button.

The business community in Tanzania wants to hold public debates and invite candidates vying for public posts to state their case before the general election is held in October. The idea is to provide a platform for the business community and other stakeholders to get to know their potential leaders and share ideas on what ought to be done if they are elected.

Besides not regularly uploading updated materials, some govt websites have dead links and are not user friendly. The shortage of ICT specialists is not a good enough excuse, considering just how important this whole thing is.

The 2015 All Africa Games have gone. Egypt, South Africa and Algeria bathe in reflected glory after a medal-haul in various sports.

>The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes Aids (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) continues to ravage the world, 33 years after it was diagnosed in the US.

David de Gea has declared himself ready to play after his botched move to Real Madrid, Spain coach Vincente del Bosque has revealed.De Gea hasn’t featured for Manchester United this season after Louis van Gaal claimed the doubts about his future had caused the goalkeeper to lose focus.He was on the bench for Spain during their 2-0 win over Slovakia on Saturday.
But he’s in line to start against Macedonia on Tuesday after the 24-year-old, whose move to the Bernabeu collapsed last week, assured...