Sh160m up for grabs

Members of Parliament will pocket a whopping Sh160 million each in a record send-off package approved by the treasury last year. The MPs gave themselves a 272 per cent raise in gratuity, raising the lump sum paid to each member at the end of every term from Sh43 million.

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Shella receives Sh160m on behalf of father Mbitta
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Zimbabwean High Commissioner to Tanzania on Friday handed over a $100,000 (Sh160 million) cheque to Shella Mbita on behalf of her father Brg Gen Hashim Mbitta in honour of his role during the liberation struggle in southern Africa in the 1970s.
Zimbabwe honour Tanzania Mbita for regional liberation struggleCoastweek

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There is no place for coup d’états in societies that consider themselves democratic. The era of the sudden and violent overthrow of governments by renegade soldiers is a thing of the past--or so we thought. African countries experienced coups in the 1960s through the 1980s. Now they seem to be back.

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Magufuli Effect Grabs Kenyan Imagination
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Dr John Pombe Magufuli's election in Tanzania in October has sent an electric current through the entire region's body politick. He was elected as the long-serving ruling party's – Chama Cha Mapinduzi's – candidate. He promised to get down to kazi
Tanzania: Govt Draws Up Rules for Private Operators On Railway ServicesAllAfrica.com
Tanzania's new president partakes in sweeping the cityThevillagessuntimes
Tanzania President John Magufuli...

>The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced the commencement of the review of boundaries and demarcation of constituencies ahead of the October General Election.

The Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (Dart), the first public transport mode of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa, will be a business worth $100million (Sh165.6 billion) a year when its start operating in June, next year, The Citizen has learnt.

Tanzania’s flyweight boxer, Ramadhan Kumbele, laid his hands on the Tanzania Professional Boxing Commission (TPBC) title in the division with a unanimous decision win over Julius Kisarawe at Manyara Park venue in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday.

 Watumishi Housing Company (WHC) offcially put 40 housing units on sale here yesterday, raising hope of access to decent accomodation facilities for some public servants. The sale comes after completition of the construction exercise in a project where a total of 70 housing units will be built at Mkundi area along Morogoro-Dodoma highway.

>The National Housing Corporation (NHC) yesterday announced another round of sale of 214 houses at Mwongozo in Kigamboni.