EDITORIAL: Save youth from suicide

Suicide is a phenomenon that is robbing us of the precious lives of young Tanzanians, who are inavoidably the nation builders of tomorrow.  Twenty-year-old Ezra Gerald, a Form Five student at Ihungo Secondary School in Kagera, hanged himself on Tuesday in the compound of the regional hospital. In  the suicide note, he complained that he had been admitted to the hospital without being diagnosed.

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Sep

EDITORIAL :Let's give insightful attention to suicide

Suicide is a disturbing incident because, unlike death caused by, say, an illness or an accident, the decision by someone to take their own precious life is extremely disturbing and negative. It is one of the reasons why suicide is considered sinful in some cultures where the “culprit” is denied befitting funeral. One of the latest reported cases in Tanzania relates to 25-year-old Charles Bruna, a resident of Kitunguru Village, in Mara Region’s Serengeti District.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Nov

EDITORIAL: Do something to save our netball team

>The decline of indoor sports, especially netball, raises questions as to where Tanzania veered off the road. We are no longer assured of participating in the Nations Cup and the World Cup qualifiers, the most important tournaments when it comes to development of the sport.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 May

EDITORIAL: We must act now if we are to save Dar

Environmental scientists have sounded the alarm that Dar es Salaam City is likely to be wiped off the face of the earth by 2070. This threat can be put down to one thing--climate change.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Aug

EDITORIAL: Unity will save us from Ebola

>The East African Community’s move to convene a meeting in Arusha to address the threat that the Ebola virus poses for the region is a step in the right direction.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Dec

EDITORIAL: We must save children from wayward parents

>According to a story we ran yesterday, police in Sumbawanga are holding a woman who beat up her own child and then burnt his hand, ostensibly to teach him a lesson for stealing food. And, as if that was not bad enough, she locked him in a room for four days without food!

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Sep

EDITORIAL : Up recycling of plastic to cut pollution,save trees

Tanzania might have found the solution to plastic waste, now that there is a push to use it to construct buildings and make school desks. A Spain-based non-governmental organisation, Born-to-learn, is already spearheading the use of plastic construction materials in Kilimanjaro Region.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Sep

EDITORIAL: Govts must act decisively to save Lake Victoria fish

>For about ten years now, stakeholders, especially the three riparian countries sharing Lake Victoria, which are Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, have been dragging their feet over the plan to impose seasonal fishing in order to save Nile perch.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Jan

EDITORIAL: Keep youth out of trouble

>New Year’s eve is usually a time for celebration, but it was not so Ayubu Mohamed, a young Dar es Salaam resident. At 19, he had just graduated into adulthood only to fall victim to mob “justice” at Tandale kwa Mtogole, supposedly because he was a member of a notorious gang.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Oct

EDITORIAL: New Youth Park should spark our sports rise

Today is the official opening of the Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Youth Park in Dar es Salaam.

 

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