Set politics aside at eala, tackle poverty

Forum told of need to tackle poverty
Daily News
THE road to 'zero extreme poverty' in the country will only be achieved through coalition, alliances and collaboration with other development sectors with government taking the leadership role. The remarks were noted by the Permanent Secretary in the ...

It would be naïve for anyone of us to think or demand that, conquering poverty – the bane of this country’s majority –  is an easy, short term engagement, since  resources needed to achieve this are in short supply.

In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guide its development work worldwide. The first is the eradication of chronic poverty. More formally, it is the target of bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined as those living on less than 1.25 ppp-adjusted dollars a day, to less than 3pc of the world population by 2030.

EALA SET TO REVIEW RULES OF PROCEDURE TOMORROW
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, 28 October 2014 / PRN Africa / — EALA is set to commence review of the Rules of Procedure tomorrow, the Speaker, Rt. Hon Margaret Nantongo Zziwa has ruled this afternoon. The ruling followed a Motion introduced by Hon Judith ...

>The new Speaker for the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) will be elected today as criticisms mount on the endless crisis which has plagued the regional Parliament.

East African Legislative Assembly
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Members are set for a ten-day extensive tour of the Republic of Kenya beginning tomorrow. The tour which is being held with the support of the Kenya Government through the Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, shall see theregional legislators’ tour projects and interface with various stakeholders in five counties.  The visit takes the EALA to Mombasa, Kilifi and Nairobi counties in the first...

East African Legislative Assembly
East African Legislative Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, October 8, 2014: A delegation of EALA legislators arrived in Brussels yesterday ready for a five day benchmarking visit.
The benchmarking visit will see the EALA meet and exchange ideas with Parliamentarians and key officials of the European Parliament and the European Commission respectively. The delegation which is headed by the EALA Speaker, Rt. Hon Margaret Nantongo Zziwa, consists of Members of the...

A little more than 16 years have passed like so much water under the bridge since the founder of Tanzanian nationalism and iconic Satte President, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-99), perforce went to his maker on Octobeer 14, 1999 – leaving Tanzanians distressed, forlorn and near-distraught.

 New EALA Speaker Rt. Hon Dan Kidega Rt. Hon Kidega is congratulated by Hon Chris Opoka OkumuRt. Hon Kidega been sworn in by the Deputy Clerk Obatre LumumbaThe East African Legislative Assembly sitting in Arusha, Tanzania, has this afternoon elected Rt Hon Dan Fred Kidega as Speaker. Rt. Hon Kidega becomes the fourth Speaker of EALA, replacing Rt. Hon Margaret Nantongo Zziwa who was removed from Office on Wednesday this week.
Rt. Hon Kidega was elected unopposed after his main contender, Hon...