EDITORIAL: Zanzibar’s failure to pay power bills disgraceful

>The drive for good governance has gained prominence under Tanzania’s multi-party political dispensation that is a little over 20 years now. Coupled with today’s freer media, which is a far cry from the restrictions that defined the single-party era, the demand for better governance is now bolder and louder.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Feb

Independent women pay bills

It is quite ironic that the woman who is allergic to picking the tab is usually gainfully employed. She is also most likely a looker.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Oct

Power failure cuts short Lowassa’s Tunduma rally

A cloud of mixed feelings yesterday engulfed Tunduma Primary School grounds when Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa failed to address a campaign rally due to technical glitches.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

Burundi Government Brought to Court for Alleged Failure to Pay Damages Awarded to its Citizen

The First Instance Division heard a case by a Burundi citizen Mr. Ndorimana Benoit, seeking the Court order that the refusal of the government of Burundi to pay a decretal amount of 1,000,300,000 BIF that has accumulated to BIF 1,660,498,000 to the Applicant is an infringement of Article 6(d) and 7 (2) of the Treaty for Establishment of the East African Community.
The Applicant’s Lawyer, Mr. Horace Ncutiyumuheto, submitted that the Applicant who was imprisoned in 1999 and released in 2002 and...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jun

Power bills rise periodically and the reasons are the same

As expected, the ongoing budget session of parliament hasn’t disappointed in delivering fireworks which included rumblings about the new constitution to scandals of unending grand corruption and questionable financial and legal practices in various public institutions and parastatals.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Nov

Sh14bn in unpaid bills bogs down Z’bar power agency

>The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar through its institutions, including the State House, owes the Zanzibar Electricity Corporation (Zeco) around Sh13.6 billion in unpaid bills. This was revealed after the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) of Zanzibar tabled the 2012/13 report before the House of Representatives and the minister for State House and Good Governance Dr Mwinyihaji Makame Mwadini.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Aug

EDITORIAL: Government must be model by clearing its bills fast

Not infrequently, notices are relayed through the media, warning that, people lagging behind in meeting financial obligations like property tax, face prosecution.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Sep

EDITORIAL: Pay farmers rightful dues

>Our farmers have long complained that unscrupulous people tamper with measuring scales in order to fleece them of their rightful earnings. Their protests have been largely ignored even as middlemen continue to ride roughshod over them.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Dec

EDITORIAL: Floods: Dear price we pay for not preparing

That a three-hour downpour left 200 houses under water in Dar es Salaam Tuesday is enough reason to worry – but it doesn’t come as a surprise. Houses flooded, cars submerged and roads impassable – it’s part of life, sadly ‘acceptable’, this time, year in year out. But why do we never take appropriate action about it? Again, it’s time to reflect.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Jan

EDITORIAL: Power: Tanesco needs to get its act together

For about a week now, sections of Dar es Salaam have faced a highly erratic power supply. It is a situation gives the impression that there is an unannounced load shedding.

 

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