Isles AG under fire over absence

Absence disappoints Isles Speaker
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AFTER two consecutive days of lack of quorum in the Zanzibar House of Representatives, the Speaker, Mr Pandu Ameir Kificho, yesterday said poor attendance may be deliberate in a bid for lawmakers to have the budget session prolonged. “It is sad that ...

No doubt acting out of curiosity, a reader emailed to ask me what the heading to this column, ‘Friendly Fire From Yesteryears,’ is intended to portray. How can fire be friendly, the fellow asked - perhaps bearing in mind such episodes as the Great Fire of London in 1666!

Caf president Issa Hayatou says Nigeria will be missed in Equatorial Guinea after they failed to qualify for the 2015 Nations Cup.

Chedema responds to Slaa's move to leave the country in the wake of threats from political enemies

Inmate's absence stalls hearing of his appeal
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THE Prison department's failure to take to court an appellant for appeal hearing yesterday forced a full bench led by Chief Justice Chande Othman to defer determination of the controversy surrounding the testimony of children of tender age during hearing of ...

The deputy secretary-general of the Tanzania Teachers Union, Mr Ezekiah Oluoch, yesterday distanced himself from the Coalition of the Defenders of the People’s Constitution, Ukawa, saying he did not walk out of the Constituent Assembly (CA) debate chamber last week.

Bishop Amos Muhagachi The boycotting members of the Coalition of People’s Constitution (UKAWA) do not have any impact on the Constitution review process. That is the stand of religious leaders of the Constituent Assembly (CA) and also from the group of 201 who have unanimously expressed their support for the ongoing constitution review process on the basis that it is attended by more than 75 per cent of the CA members from the Union Legislature, House of Representatives and those from...

Brazilian striker Neymar said he is in the form of his life after netting twice as Barcelona eased past BATE Borisov 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.

>A House committee yesterday refused to touch the ministry of Internal Affairs 2014/2015 budget proposals because Gen Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police, had not honoured its summons.