Lipumba query on new minister draws criticism

>President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday defended his administration against growing accusation that it was muzzling the press and cracking hard on the opposition parties’ activities.

Bolsonaro threatens to sack health minister over coronavirus criticism  The Guardian

Residents of Ntondo Village in Lindi Region have called for government intervention in their dispute with Pack, a mining company they suspect of smuggling out of the country tonnes of sand believed to contain minerals.

Poverty could be the reason behind the falling educational standards in East Africa, according to a member of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) from Kenya Judith Pareno.

>More claims of voter tampering in the just-ended Constituent Assembly (CA) continue to emerge, this time involving a member from the Union Parliament from the Mainland who reportedly voted as a representative from Zanzibar.

Sunday Leader
Query Over Blood Ivory Disposal
Sunday Leader
Questions have been raised as to why the new government has not yet considered disposing of the shipment of contraband blood ivory that was seized by the Sri Lanka Customs in May 2012, while being transshipped to Dubai from Tanzania. Stock of ...

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Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local ...
IPPmedia
To ensure accountability and prevention of mismanagement of public funds, the government has been forced to dismiss, suspend warn or otherwise punish a good number of its servants. Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and ...
Govt eyes electronic revenue collection by year 2015Daily News

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Colombo Gazette
Tanzanian Foreign Minister meets Minister Basil Rajapaksa
The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka
Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade C-operation, Bernard K Membe, presently in Sri Lanka on a tree day visit, met with the Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa on Monday ( 21) and had discussions on strengthening ...
The Tanzanian foreign minister meets the PresidentSLBC
* Tanzania looks forward to further strengthening bilateral ties...

Seized vessel faces registration query
Daily News
REGISTRATION of MV Hamal, which was seized by Royal Navy with drugs worth over 500 million pounds sterling, had expired since last June. Zanzibar Maritime Authority Director General, Abdi Omar Maalim said the ill-fated boat, which was manned by a ...