EDITORIAL: Invoke leadership code to protect our forests

>A recent report linking public officials with the decimation of Tanzania’s forests is disturbing, for it means the effort to protect this resource is certain to be doubly difficult.  The report, which is attributed to the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), notes that ministers control 39 per cent of trade in forest products.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Aug

Let’s conserve forests to protect our lives

Most scientists agree that life is possible on earth because we are in a position to breathe. Most organisms need oxygen in order to live. Plants and trees constantly put oxygen out into the atmosphere. In the absence of trees and other forms of plants, life would be impossible on earth.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Sep

Let us step up efforts to protect our forests

Deforestation is presently a global issue, for in virtually every country, the rate of tree felling is several times higher than that of replanting. Indeed, in most cases, there is little or no concern about replanting by those who are in timber trade.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Mar

Leadership code of ethics in new Katiba

Leadership, and in particular of the nation, is a crucial need worldwide. Stability and development of any society depends on the kind of leadership it has. 

 

5 years ago

MacRumors

11 Apr

How to Protect Your Netflix Profile With a PIN Code

How to Protect Your Netflix Profile With a PIN Code  MacRumors

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Feb

Electoral corruption and demise of the Leadership Code

The Sokoine Memorial Stadium in Mbeya is increasingly being transformed into a political pulpit for crusaders keen to fight corruption and other ills afflicting Tanzania.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Dec

EDITORIAL: Protect right defenders

>It has been reported that human rights activists defending pastoralists’ land rights in Loliondo are unduly intimidated by the police.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Nov

EDITORIAL: Protect our elephants

Delegates to the African Elephant Coalition summit in Cotonou, Benin, last week, expressed concern over the silence of Tanzanian representatives during deliberations on ivory trade ban. The deliberations were a big ‘No’ to ivory trade.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Jul

EDITORIAL: Away with poor leadership!

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.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Jan

EDITORIAL: Protect children’s wellbeing

>Tanzania came up the Child Rights Act of 2009 to guarantee minors their basic rights. It also signed and ratified both the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child for the same purpose.

 

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