NBS robustly defends new statistics bill

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RITA, NBS for regular updates of statistics
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THE comprehensive assessment on civil registration and vital statistics to be implemented for the first time in the country between September 15 and 30 this year will ease availability of precise data for various development programmes, Morogoro Regional ...

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State withdraws Bill on statistics for review
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THE government withdrew the Statistics Act 2013 bill that it had tabled in the morning with a view to reviewing it before it tables it again in the National Assembly. The Minister of Finance, Ms Saada Mkuya, told Parliament last evening that the bill would be ...

>The government has withdrawn the Bill meant to enact a Statistics Act in order to put more work on it, Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda announced here yesterday.

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'Statistics Bill infringes on freedom of media'
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With the National Assembly is scheduled to table media Bills early next week, members of the House yesterday endorsed the 'Statistics Bill 2013' which infringes on freedom of the media. According to the Bill, any media that shall publish statistics that are not ...

The government yesterday withdrew the Statistics Bill 2013 which MPs were debating after it was tabled earlier in the morning.

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Govt defends Media Bill in House
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The government has defended the Media Services Bill, saying it is a good foundation towards recognition of journalism as a profession, duties and rights of the press. However, the opposition contends that the bill is ridiculous, and would take the country back ...

East African Legislative Assembly
East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, June 5, 2014: At the just ended Sixth meeting of the 2nd Session, EALA has granted Hon Dr James Ndahiro leave to introduce a Private Members’ Bill on Electronic transactions. The Bill is known as the EAC Electronic Transactions Bill, 2014. The object of this Bill is to make provision for the use, security, facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions, to encourage the use of...

The world’s hottest place: Death Valley National Park

The highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit, at Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913.

The world’s coldest place: East Antarctic Plateau

On the high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau, the temperature can drop to as low as -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in August, 2010.

World’s most populated city: Shanghai

At a whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants, Shanghai is the single city that is...

The Statistics Bill 2013 that was recently tabled in Parliament and then withdrawn was shocking.