EDITORIAL: Escrow: key revelations

We have keenly followed the Escrow Account report and debate in Parliament and drawn three main lessons from the discussion. The first of these is that public leaders in this country have no idea what taking political responsibility is.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Mar

EDITORIAL: Why irrigation is key

A country that is unable to feed its people cannot justify its very existence. The Kilimo Kwanza initiative confirms the premium attached to agriculture by President Jakaya Kikwete’s administration. It is through such programmes that sufficient resources can be channelled into boosting agriculture to enhance food security.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Feb

EDITORIAL: Hurry not this key process

>If we were to be honest, we would admit that the referendum scheduled for April 30 is a hurried affair.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Feb

EDITORIAL: Psychology services key to curbing self-murder

>Two local papers yesterday reported three cases of unnatural deaths in different parts of Tanzania. In Manyoni, the driver of the Officer Commanding District (OCD) blew off his head with a gun in the privacy of his bedroom. In his suicide note, he said nobody should be investigated because he had made a personal choice.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Apr

EDITORIAL: Voter education is key to a successful referendum

>About 52 per cent of people on the Mainland would have voted for the Proposed Constitution had the referendum been held between January and February this year, according to a Twaweza opinion poll.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Jan

EDITORIAL: Freedom of the press a key pillar of democracy

>Tanzania introduced multi-party politics in the 1990s after quite a bit of dilly-dallying. This was essentially because the results of an opinion poll conducted earlier showed that only 25 per cent of the people wanted a multi-party system.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Aug

EDITORIAL: Anti-ebola strategy key to protecting tourism

>It’s too bad that, the local tourism sector,  generator of 25 per cent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings, and creator of some 27,000 jobs, has literally been caught by the   ‘misfortunes come in a series’ trap. A little over one month ago, 17 tourists were ambushed  at a lodge in the northern tourist circuit, attacked, and robbed of items valued at over Sh20million.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Dec

EDITORIAL: JK awaited to act on escrow

>Tanzanians are waiting to see President Jakaya Kikwete act on the eight resolutions endorsed by Parliament last month.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Dec

EDITORIAL: Act correctly on escrow

>Both on Christmas Eve and Day, bishops and ministers from different denominations, apart from preaching about the essence of Jesus’ birth to Christians and to all people of good will, also dwelt on what has drawn the attention of Tanzanians these days – the escrow scandal.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Nov

EDITORIAL: Time for architects of Escrow scam to resign

>After months of denial, propaganda and flimsy defence, finally, the truth has emerged and it should be time for all those who facilitated the withdrawal of Sh207 billion from the Tegeta escrow account to resign.

 

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