Mnyika demands clarification on Steering Committee composition

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Lipumba rejects steering committee slot
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IN a rare twist of events, a member of the Constituent Assembly (CA), Prof Ibrahim Lipumba, rejected a nomination to the Steering Committee complaining that its composition did not strike a balance among members of the assembly. Prof Lipumba, who is also ...

The 21st Partnership Fund Steering Committee Meeting was held yesterday at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The meeting was attended by Developemnt Partners contributing to the EAC Partnership Fund. The EAC Partnership Fund is a basket fund mechanism with annual contributions from Development Partners (DPs) aimed at supporting the EAC projects and programmes that are geared towards regional integration.
Norway is the current Chair of the Partnersghip Fund. In this context, the...

The in-coming Chair Ms. Elisabeth Shwabe-Hansen from the Royal Norwegian Embassy, the co-Chair Mr. Jean Claude Nsengiyumva the Deputy Secretary General in charge of Finance and Administration, and Dr. James Njagu Head of Resource Mobilization scrutize the presented budget proposal for the FY 2014/2015.
The Steering Committee for the Partnership Fund held it's 20th meeting Thursday 13th February 2014 at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The main agenda of the meeting was to...

The New Vision [Uganda] of this Friday November 28, 2014 has run a news story on Page 49 titled ‘CECAFA SHOW OFF’ under which the author indicated that this year’s CECAFA edition won’t take place.

As much as the author doesn’t clearly indicate the source of his information for the alleged call-off of the regional event, he somewhere claims to have spoken to me yesterday [Thursday] which never happened.

I therefore wish to clarify as follows:

1.    It’s true, this year’s CECAFA challenge Cup...

 The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) has faulted the composition of the Constituent Assembly (CA), saying it is a major cause of the chaos witnessed in the first three weeks of the assembly.

One of the great opportunities that we have in accelerating the fortunes of this great country is addressing, what I like to refer to as, our ‘composition’ challenge; what kind of people make up our populous, in particular our youth, in terms of skills, competencies and values.

If you are making strides in life and form part of the top echelons of society, the plight of the bottom of the food chain may not be of particular interest to you – think again!

Irrespective of its composition, the...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane orders an investigation over the broadcast of a Jennifer Lopez concert.