Let’s strive to provide decent housing to all

It is a market day and everyone at Makindye Public Market is busy trying to woo customers. At one end of the market, a baby is strapped to its mother’s back, so that her hands are readily available to aid her handle the multitude of tasks they have grown accustomed to, counting money here, packing customers’ items there.

Police officers to enjoy decent accommodation soon
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THE government admitted that housing estates occupied by members of the police force and prisons department at Nshambya and Miembeni in Bukoba Municipality are in poor state and require refurbishment to provide decent accommodation to the law ...

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State promes decent homes for all soldiers
Daily News
PRESIDENT Ali Mohamed Shein has promed decent homes for soldiers in the country, as he thanked China's Exim Bank for the loan being spent for the Defence Forces Housing Development. “Both Zanzibar and Tanzania Mainland value their forces and ...

                                                        BY MOHAMED MATOPE              As I closely follow the debate over the constitution amendment in Dodoma, I find myself more prideful of my politicians than ever before. Though prideful, the question still remains: Why did it take so long? Well, earlier last month, constituent assembly ware granted a power to reshape the constitution draft as well as adding issues that were left out in the previous draft. Though the extent of that...

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East Africa: Hail John Pombe, He's No God, Just a Decent Bloke
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Tanzania has unleashed upon us a total surprise in the form of new President John Magufuli. When he was nominated by the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi, hardly anyone outside Tanzania had heard of him. Not surprising, descriptions of him as "little known" ...
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10 things Zuma can learn from Tanzania's new presidentTheSouthAfrican

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Once Azim went to the airport to pick up someone who had come to attend a funeral. While waiting, he met a woman from his community, and they began talking about death.

Campaigns for October 25 polls have come a long way. For about two months now, politicians have been criss-crossing the country wooing voters. With only 11 days to go before voting day, we are all glad that there haven’t been any catastrophic clashes associated with the campaigns, except for an incident in Mara Region where one person was killed and several others injured.

Tanzania has some of the best junior rugby players on the continent, but it remains to be seen whether they will reach their full potential.

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Tanzanians Must Strive for a Peaceful Country
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania's ruling CCM presidential candidate John Pombe Magufuli has been declared the winner of the hotly contested race that saw an upsurge of opposition politics. Dr Magufuli's victory has not gone down well with the opposition, whose presidential ...
Our President-Elect needs our supportDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
The party is over; now let's go back to workIPPmedia
Bruised CCM faces...