NEC independence queried

>The National Electoral Commission (NEC) was in a spotlight at the weekend when students from secondary schools and tertiary institutions questioned the integrity of the body.

Chadema Funds Queried
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Tanzania's Registrar of Political Parties Justice Francis Mutungi has told Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo to disclose the names of the financiers of its political campaigns. Speaking at a fundraiser in Dar es Salaam last Sunday, where the opposition ...

The Public and Procurement Regulatory Authority’s (PPRA) board has raised queries on the amount of over Sh13.48 billion spent on construction of Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (Rita) and Government Employees Providence Fund (GEPF) buildings in Dar es Salaam.

Mbeya City residents have criticised the ongoing nine-day study tour of councillors and city council executives to Mwanza, Arusha and Moshi.

>Inadequate number of teachers in both primary and secondary schools; lack of learning and teaching materials in public schools; no in-service teacher training opportunities; no staff houses; low salaries and above all, lack of modern educational infrastructure. This was the situation of Tanzanian schools until 2012, before Big Results Now (BRN) initiative was launched.

A forensics expert defends police handling of evidence from the scene of Oscar Pistorius' shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Dar es Salaam. Police yesterday freed two top officials of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), shortly after arresting the duo for the government agency’s failure to submit 26 production sharing agreements (PSAs) to the Parliamentary Public Account Committee (PAC).

Tanzania lawyers’ umbrella outfit, Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), yesterday condemned what it described as a “shameful” the manner in which the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court handled bail application by former Home Affairs minister Lawrence Masha, who faces charge of using abusive language against several police officers.