EDITORIAL: Respect the law or else ...

>What is happening in Burundi is a lesson for both African leaders and the people. Our leaders need to know that they owe us a legitimate expectation that they will respect the Constitution they vowed to protect. We do not expect them to try to amend it for political expediency.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Mar

As Tanzania’s linguistic heartbeat, Kiswahili, deserves high respect respect

The late Prof Ali Mazrui stated in the book The Power of Babel: Language and Governance in Africa: “One out of every five black people on earth has a European language for a mother tongue.” Mazrui then proceeded to show how English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish dominate the African linguistic landscape.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Apr

EDITORIAL: Enforce the law, protect us

>Whenever there is an accident, especially one in which scores of people are killed, the law and security agencies spring into action. They suddenly remember this law and that regulation and hurry to enforce it.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

05 May

EDITORIAL: Why we still hope JK will not assent to bad law

>Unlimited freedom is certain to breed unfairness to some, which is why we agree that there cannot be anything like absolute press freedom. However, if applied responsibly, press freedom is sure to stimulate political, social and economic development.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Mar

EDITORIAL: Good law will be good for us all, so don’t rush bill

The demand for a new media law, which should effectively repeal the much-criticised 1976 Media Act is an old song. Now ideally, the report that the government will table in the ongoing Parliament sitting, two media Bills to lead to a new Media Law, should have been received with a sigh of relief. But it has only created tension.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Nyantakyi: Africa needs more respect

The president of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi demands more respect for Africa from fellow Fifa members.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Jun

We have to respect diplomatic protocol

In a dramatic turn of events, the Government this week decided that it owes British High Commissioner to Tanzania Diana Melrose an apology for accusations made against her in Parliament by a junior minister early this month.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Feb

Women deserve more respect

Despite sustained campaigns against gender-based violence and discrimination against women, most Tanzanians still consider the female of the species inferior to men.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Oct

Respect the choice of voters, says UN

With two weeks to the General Election, the United Nations (UN) resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative in Tanzania, Mr Alvaro Rodrigues, has pleaded for the will of the people to be respected and left to decide who should be their next leader.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Mar

Will CA respect people’s wishes?

Coming events forecast their shadows. The ongoing session of the Constituent Assembly (CA) in our political capital, Dodoma, has made headlines - only that most of them aren’t the kind many had hoped for before it started its session.

 

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