Govt to move 64 from Yemen

This was revealed by the deputy minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Mr Godfrey Zambi at a recent meeting in Dar es Salaam

In a rather drastic move, the minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, has revoked the licence of a foreign hunting firm, Green Miles Safari, following revelations that it has been acting against the set regulations.

The Tanzania Association of Managers and Owners of Non-Government Schools and Colleges (Tamongsco) has welcomed government’s move to involve them and other stakeholders in debating and giving their views on how best the new education policy can be implemented.

News that the government has approved a payment plan for the loans it owes national social security funds is welcome. If anything, the deal should have been sealed two or three years ago. Much as we all agree that there is no way for social security funds to avoid doing business with the government in an economic setting like ours, a debt of Sh8.43 trillion is just too heavy for the former to shoulder.

>The government at last heeded to public outcry and dropped a plan to table two controversial information bills under a certificate of urgency that would have locked out views from key players.

>A Member of Parliament has doubted the government’s sincerity in the plan to provide subsidy for poor families in the poverty alleviation plan by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (Tasaf) and branded it a plot to bribe the voters ahead of the October General Election.

The government yesterday banned the selling of food on the streets of Dar es Salaam as part of its efforts to contain the cholera outbreak that has so far killed at least four people in the city.

Tea farmers in Bumbuli, Lushoto District have expressed their joy over government’s decision to retake Mponde Tea Factory.

Balozi wa Yemen nchini Uingereza UK, Abdulla Ali al-Rahdi ameiambia BBC kwamba nchi yake itageuka uwanja wa vita