Katiba outfit seeks to trim CCM’s edge

Three major opposition parties, Chadema, CUF and NCCR-Mageuzi, have agreed to field a single presidential candidate in the 2015 General Election, it was announced yesterday.

A reader is hopeful that the constituent assembly will deliver good results because it comprises brilliant individuals, another is worried that, the heavy CCM presence will influence adoption of the two-government system

>Home affairs minister Mathias Chikawe has  said the government will consider reducing  the sentences of long-term prisoners whose behaviour has changed considerably but cannot be pardoned under the parole system.

Nyalandu, two other rulling party members pick up nomination forms for the post of president

The National Housing Corporation (NHC) has been directed to come up with a strategy for lowering the costs of its houses, to enable many Tanzanians to afford them.

>What has been in controversy for several months about the referendum date now is clear. At last, what has been anticipated by the majority citizenry has been fulfilled – the referendum has indefinitely been put on hold.  Last year, President Jakaya Kikwete, while on a state visit to China, announced that the referendum day would be on April 30.  It was argued that the President’s mandate in setting a date for the referendum is given vide section 4 of the Referendum Act,...

Mheshimiwa michuzi tunashukulu sana kwa kazi yako ya kutujulisha yanayoendelea TANZANIA leo naomba unipe nafasi niweke ya moyoni mwangu na maoni yangu kuhusu huu mstakabali wa kupata katiba ya Jamuhuri ya muungano wa Tanzania, mengi yamekuwa yakisemwa sana kuhusu hii katiba au ni muundo ghani wa muungano tunaoutaka,watu wengi na wana siasa wamesahu kwamba muungano huu na katiba hii ya zamani ndio umetufanya tuwe na undungu  na pia tuwe na amani mpaka hapa tulipo watu...

Health ministry data shows that there are about 44,000 new cases of cancer every year in the country. This is a huge number by any standards. Currently, the only institution that handles such cases in the country is the Ocean Road Cancer Institute.

>APL Pro X1 gave the national cricket team food for thought after winning by two wickets at the Annadil Burhan grounds on Tuesday.