RC forms special team to probe food prices in Arusha

Minister forms team to probe latest boat mishap
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THE Zanzibar Minister for Infrastructure and Communications, Mr Rashid Seif Suleiman, has said that if proved that negligence was behind the recent boat accident, the responsible persons will be held accountable. Five people died and 13 others are still ...

Zanzibar Forms Probe to Investigate Ferry Tragedy
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Zanzibar's Minister for Infrastructure and Communication Rashid Seif Suleiman has formed a three-member committee that will investigate the cause of the MV Kilimanjaro II ferry accident, Tanzania's Daily News reported Wednesday (January 15th).

World food prices rose in the first quarter of the year for the first time since their all-time high in August 2012, driven by rising demand in China, drought in the United States and unrest in Ukraine.

Swelling prices of consumer goods sent the rate of prices increasing (inflation rate) up by 0.2 per cent in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced yesterday.

Tanzania’s annual headline inflation rate decreased to 5.9 per cent in October 2014, from 6.6 per cent recorded in September as the speed of food prices went down during the month, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

>Residents here have complained against the increase in food prices in many areas ahead of end of the year festive season where prices of staple food doubled a week before Christmas.

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CA forms team on tricky issues
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THE Constituent Assembly Interim Chairman has formed a consensus committee that will look into Standing Orders that had caused protracted debate among the CA members in the House. The consensus committee will deliberate and reconcile the divergent ...
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>The Jubilee coalition is planning to make public a 15-member team to lead a counter strategy against referendum campaigns by governors and the opposition.

Parliament’s Industry and Trade Committee yesterday asked the House to form a team to investigate how the $27 million (Sh43.2 billion) provided by the Chinese government to revive Friendship Textile Company was spent.