End these scams for good

 As citizens, we record in our memories what is happening in the Constituent Assembly (CA) and at the end of the day, we will come up with a conclusion if the Constitution to be achieved will be useful to us and the country in general.

On Thursday, it came to our attention that the US had withheld the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact.

>The Kahama Member of Parliament on the ruling party’s ticket, Mr James Lembeli, yesterday joined his Kigoma Urban counterpart Peter Serukamba in criticising the government over its decision to clear former cabinet ministers and other senior officials who were implicated in the Tegeta escrow scandal.

Only a month at the helm today, President John Magufuli has awoken us to the fact that the artificial poverty of resource-rich Tanzania stems from unchecked corruption, blatant violation of the law, wasteful expenditutre, and a happy-go-lucky culture. The unearthing of the Sh80 billion loss connected to untaxed containers and the dubious Sh12 billion bonds deal are tips of a frightening corruption monster.

It is amazing how many of us still fall for what are considered to be basic tricks executed by digital conmen (and women of course).

Social disease: how fraudsters adapt old scams to exploit coronavirus  The Guardian

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.

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