Police get a raw deal, MPs say

>Debate on budget estimates for the Home Affairs ministry was dominated by calls from MPs for robust action to improve the working and living conditions of police officers as the House approved the ministry’s Sh881.7 billion budget. Virtually all MPs who contributed expressed concern about housing for the officers, food allowances and poor working conditions.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Sep

EDITORIAL: Students have been given a raw deal on elections

In Tanzania, people who end up behind bars as a penalty for violating the law are largely perceived as anti-social elements that literally reap the sour fruits of what they sowed.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Jan

Sendeka: Tanzanite hosts get a raw deal

>Simanjiro Member of Parliament Christopher Sendeka has decried the abject poverty in which his constituents are wallowing, in spite of hosting  Tanzanite, the blue gemstone that is unique to the district.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

27 May

MPs mad at Sh15bn TTCL deal

Dodoma. The government has said it will pay Sh14.9 billion to Bharti Airtel so it can recover the Indian firm’s 35 per cent stake in the state-owned Tanzania Telecommunication Company Limited (TTCL).

 

10 years ago

BBC

Nigeria MPs probe arms deal cash

Nigeria's MPs are investigating how $9.3m (£5.7m) of government money - allegedly earmarked for an arms deal - ended up on a private jet in South Africa.

 

9 years ago

BBC

17 Dec

Libya rival MPs sign peace deal

Libya's rival lawmakers sign a UN-brokered deal to form a unity government to help end more than four years of conflict, however major disagreements remain.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Nigeria MPs fury at 'cash arms deal'

About 50 Nigerian MPs storm out of parliament after a motion to discuss an alleged $9.3m cash arms deal in South Africa was blocked.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Jan

MPs push for police reforms

>Opposition MPs yesterday strongly called for review of policing laws in the country to tame brutality and injustice meted on innocent citizens.

 

10 years ago

BBC

South Africa police scuffle with MPs

Riot police in South Africa clash with MPs hours after parliament passed a report absolving the president of using state money to upgrade his private home.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Apr

Police must deal with terror threats soberly

Dar es Salaam. On Tuesday 14 April 2015, security forces raided a mosque in pursuit of suspected jihadists who had infiltrated the Morogoro region.

 

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