L. ZONE: Hope for new Katiba ‘lost’, say Mwanza pundits

Pundits warn stringent parliamentary procedures adopted by the Constituent Assembly may actually hinder free and fair dialogue during the ongoing Katiba Summit.

Bank of Baroda’s decision to target small and medium entrepreneurs brilliant since their numbers in Mwanza are swelling and they promptly ignored by most lenders.

In April, parties forming the Coalition of Defenders of Wananchi Constitution boycotted the CA meetings in what they termed as a bid to press for people’s views contained in the Second Draft Constitution to be honoured. No agreement has been reached so far ...

 Baadhi ya wazee wanaotunzwa katika kituo cha Elders, Kilichopo Bukumbi Mkoa wa Mwanza wakitafakari baada ya kukabidhiwa misaada ya magodoro na vyakula mbalimbali na Mkuu wa Vodacom Tanzania kanda ya ziwa,Ikiwa ni utekelezaji wa kutoa misaada mbalimbali kwa wahitaji kupitia mfuko wa kusaidia jamii wa kampuni hiyo”Vodacom Foundation” kwa ajili ya sikukuu za Chrismasi na Mwaka mpya,kupitia progamu yake ya Pamoja na Vodacom inayofanyika kila mwaka wakati wa msimu wa sikukuu. Msaada huo...

>Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) has declared Mwanza as the most affected region in counterfeit goods, illicit drugs and expired food smuggled through the porous border in Lake Victoria.

>The Parliamentary Local Authority Accounts Committee has accused the Mwanza City Council of selling a plot to the Bank of  Tanzania at a low price and building a substandard clinic.

President Jakaya Kikwete’s list of appointees to the 201-member Constituent Assembly was greeted yesterday with hope, disappointment and even disbelief in some instances.

>Recurrent incidents of armed robberies, rape and other forms of cruelty by armed gangsters at Sima Village, Sengerema District has thrown residents into a state of constant fear and terror.

>Mwanza Region has been given 212 places in ‘special secondary schools’ following the region’s impressive performance in 2014 Standard Seven exams.