Govt defends Serengeti road

Govt defends Cyber Crime Act
Daily News
LITTLE understanding of the newly enacted Cyber Crime Act is to blame for the negative response with which some members of the public have greeted the legislation, the government said in Dar es Salaam. Members of Parliament passed the legislation in ...

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Govt defends Media Bill in House
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The government has defended the Media Services Bill, saying it is a good foundation towards recognition of journalism as a profession, duties and rights of the press. However, the opposition contends that the bill is ridiculous, and would take the country back ...

>President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday defended his administration against growing accusation that it was muzzling the press and cracking hard on the opposition parties’ activities.

Serengeti road bid needs compromise
East African Business Week
Recently, a cherished plan by the Tanzania government to build a new road across the Serengeti National Park, took a hit when the East African Court of Justice decided it was not a good idea. This was after the Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) ...

>Legal wrangles dominated the start of submissions for the Serengeti road case in which Tanzania is appealing against the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) for its recent verdict to block the road project.

THROUGHWAY: The government insists that Serengeti has all along been conserved by Tanzania and it is the property of a sovereign state. The government is appealing the EACJ ruling. (COURTESY PHOTO)By Elisha MayallahARUSHA,Tanzania - The government, through the Attorney General’s Office, has appealed against the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) for its recent verdict to block a new road through the Serengeti National Park.

The AG last week submitted before the EACJ maintaining that the...

>Tanzania has lost a case on the proposed highway across the Serengeti National Park filed by a Nairobi-based animal welfare organisation. The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) ruled yesterday that the planned tarmacked road from Loliondo-Kleins Gate/Tabora B to Mugumu/Natta would damage the park’s ecosystem.

Environmental activists are lining up to block an appeal by the government of Tanzania against a court verdict to stop construction of a paved road across Serengeti National Park.

The Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has poked holes in the regional bloc’s lower court for entertaining a case against a controversial plan by the Tanzania government to construct a tarmac road across Serengeti National Park.