Passing of Mkwawa’s bloodline and honouring our heroes

>President Jakaya Kikwete has maintained his support of the proposed new Constitution, describing the Samuel Sitta-chaired Constituent Assembly rejection of the three-tier Union government structure as an act of bravery.

The dust rises and fills the air as children throw basketballs at each other delightedly. There are 96 children on the field, 15 basketballs and a coach ready to pass on the game and life skills to these children.

>Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda said on Monday that mounting pressure and fierce criticism from different quarters over the three controversial Bills, have helped Parliament to produce the best, fair and commendable legislations.

The country was treated to shocking news last Saturday following the sudden death of one of the prominent members of parliament, Capt John Komba. It was shocking because the news came when many Tanzanians were not aware of any life-threatening illness facing Capt Komba. Many people, including those close to Komba in personal, social and political lives, were not aware of any serious illness which would have robbed him of his life.

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The Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has suspended Tanzania for failing to publish its EITI report for 2012/2013 in time.

Tanzania Suspended From EITI Weeks After Passing Law
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The Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has suspended Tanzania for failing to publish its EITI report for 2012/2013 in time. Tanzania's request for the Board to allow more time for the Tanzania EITI (TEITI) Secretariat to ...

OUR BELOVED WILLIAM VEDASTUS MUGURUSI

(1943 – 2013)

William, it is a year since you were taken from our life                                                                             

A Year spent coping, adjusting and trying to get things right                                                                   

We hope you are looking down on us and pleased with what you see                                                    

Because now you may realize how important you were to your...

>Outreach is the chief quality of what German political analysts used to call realpolitik – namely, that sense of what is real which drives the would-be national leader into forming political alliances with all sorts of tribal and even racial communities within the nation. Fidel Odinga, then, was the nonpareil among the present generation of Kenya’s politicians.