Pistorius forensic handling queried

The tests carried out by a forensic expert for Oscar Pistorius' murder trial are being rigorously challenged by the state prosecutor in South Africa.

>The Public Accounts Committee has urged the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Mr Ludovick Utouh, to probe the whereabouts of $300 million (about Sh480 billion) missing from the Treasury. That amount of money could build 375 kilometres of tarmac road.

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KWS to Open Sh100 Million Forensic Lab
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KWS assistant director in charge of devolution and community wildlife service, Ben Kavu, said the laboratory is under construction at the KWS headquarters in Nairobi and is being equipped. He said it will assist them have concrete evidence when prosecuting ...
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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 ...

NEC independence queried  The Citizen Daily

>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.

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

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.

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).