EDITORIAL: Procurement watchdog should stop politicking

>Early, this year, the public procurement watchdog—Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), announced it was probing the controversial $117 million tender to buy biometric voters registration kits (BVRs).

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Apr

Stop politicking, improve draft Katiba, CA members told

Members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) have been urged to focus on improving the second Draft Constitution, instead of showing one another their political inclinations.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Dec

EDITORIAL: Stop this water wastage!

>Less than half of Dar es Salaam residents enjoy constant supply of piped water, and their pain of having to hustle for this key commodity is furthered by the knowledge that close to 60 per cent of the precious liquid that leaves the sources is wasted en route to the consumers.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Feb

EDITORIAL: We can stop carnage on our roads if we want to

>Is anybody safe on our roads?  This question inevitably came to the fore after Friday’s accident involving a bus and a saloon car that left five police officers dead near Dodoma Municipality.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Oct

EDITORIAL: Stop forced contributions

>A salary is the property of the person who earns it. Deducting any portion of it without their  approval is illegal and smacks of theft. Exceptions are appropriate ones like PAYE, social security  funds  and loan repayments.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Apr

EDITORIAL: Stop cheap propaganda on the Escrow scandal

>There has been a sustained campaign to mislead the nation since the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) and the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) completed their investigations--upon which the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) tabled its report in Parliament.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Jul

EDITORIAL: Stop the empty rhetoric and act on bombings now

>Following Monday’s bomb attack in Arusha, there have been conflicting statements from leaders whose job it is to protect Tanzanians. On Tuesday, top crime boss Isaiah Mngulu said Arusha and Zanzibar are targeted because the two towns are the favourite destinations of Western tourists.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Sep

EDITORIAL: Stop pointing fingers at govt over garbage!

>Our most important city is chocked stinking, with garbage strewn everywhere. It is a shame, for we shouldn’t allow it to be that way, given that the Haven of Peace (as Dar es Salaam is affectionately referred to) should personify the United Republic of Tanzania’s goodness! It should be exemplary in all aspects, including tidiness.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

31 Oct

EDITORIAL: Stop personality clashes at Eala and serve people!

>The latest developments in the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) cast doubt on the credibility of the regional organisation and the quality of those elected to serve the people.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Feb

Politicking set to split assembly

No doubt that the Constituent Assembly, which is about to begin its noble mission of deliberating on behalf of all Tanzanians a new and needful Constitution next week in Dodoma is well divided.

 

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