Poll graft worries PCCB in Mwanza

PCCB gets 28 graft cases
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PCCB in Kinondoni Zone, Dar es Salaam, has nabbed six CCM contenders over corruption allegations in connection with nominations for various positions for October general election. The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has also ...

Corruption is one of the oldest evils in the heart of human beings that has been an obstacle of socio-economic development in many countries. It is from this root that all states have been enacting laws for curbing corruption.

The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has named eleven government agencies saying their lack of correlation and poor management at entry points contribute most to the raising corruption and smuggling of counterfeits into the country. According to the PCCB, the poor management system, involves all government departments operating at most of the country’s entry points. The anti corruption watchdog specifically shifted blame to the current state of affair of mushrooming...

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PCCB 'ready to tackle poll malpractices'
Daily News
POLITICIANS and stakeholders have to engage the right gears for the forthcoming elections, as the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has organized itself to deal with any malpractice. Speaking on Monday, PCCB Director General, ...

Earlier last month the National Electoral Commission (NEC) released a set of schedules for two major events regarding the October General Election.

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Worries over new roads in Tanzania's Serengeti
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For many, Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is the essence of Africa, a wide, sweeping savannah ruled by lions, buffalo and zebra, barely interrupted by human presence. Except of course for the herds of camera-toting tourists in jeeps, huddled around ...

The UN expresses concerns about 'wildcard' South Sudanese youths, loyal to the rebel leader Riek Machar, seemingly marching on a strategic town.

Tanzanians want better roads to reach schools and markets, but more traffic could threaten the migration of animals across the country's Serengeti National Park.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Tanzania has stressed that its basic intervention in the oil and natural gas sector aims at ensuring that Tanzania avoids conflicts associated with oil and gas discoveries as it has been the case in other parts of Africa and the globe in general.