EDITORIAL: Students have been given a raw deal on elections

In Tanzania, people who end up behind bars as a penalty for violating the law are largely perceived as anti-social elements that literally reap the sour fruits of what they sowed.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

17 May

Police get a raw deal, MPs say

>Debate on budget estimates for the Home Affairs ministry was dominated by calls from MPs for robust action to improve the working and living conditions of police officers as the House approved the ministry’s Sh881.7 billion budget. Virtually all MPs who contributed expressed concern about housing for the officers, food allowances and poor working conditions.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Jan

Sendeka: Tanzanite hosts get a raw deal

>Simanjiro Member of Parliament Christopher Sendeka has decried the abject poverty in which his constituents are wallowing, in spite of hosting  Tanzanite, the blue gemstone that is unique to the district.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Sep

University students to be locked out of elections

The perpetual problem of higher education students failing to vote in general elections is likely to recur this year, affecting nearly 200,000 young men and women. News that public universities will not re-open until after the General Election on October 25 is likely to deal a blow to the campaign teams banking on the youth to carry the day in the polls.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Aug

EDITORIAL: Encourage Students to become Enterprenuers

Although Tanzania’s economy has grown by around seven per cent in the past decade, poverty is still high and unemployment remains a serious problem.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Jan

EDITORIAL: Deal with insecurity

>Security—that state of being free from danger or threat—is what every individual, community or nation aspires to. It is no wonder then that a good percentage of national budgets go to security matters regardless of the size of the nation or how developed it is.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

EDITORIAL: Let’s prepare well to deal with disasters

>A record downpour on Wednesday washed away crops in the field, pasture land, shelters and a key bridge. This virtually divided the country into two isolated parts, courtesy of the distant Ukaguru Mountains range that overflowed upstream and fed Mkundi River. This cut off communication between the coastal belt and the upcountry regions.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Oct

EDITORIAL: TFF must deal with the e-ticketing fiasco now

>The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) introduced the e-ticketing system just before the kick-off of the 2014/15 season, boasting that it was fail-safe.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Oct

EDITORIAL: Time against referendum ahead of 2015 elections

Last week, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and other Members of the Constituent Assembly (MCAs), seemed to suggest they would convince the President to call the referendum on the proposed Constitution ahead of the 2015 General Election.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Aug

EDITORIAL: Put politics aside and focus on free elections

With the General Election approaching fast, the national focus is not only on political parties and the candidates, but also on the conduct of the key bodies overseeing this vital national exercise.

 

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