Three-govt system will cement Union, increase openness

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Govt challenged to improve openness, accountability
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The government has been challenged to improve its structuring to be more open, accountable and responsible to its people. The challenged was levied by Twaweza Executive Director Aidan Eyakuze in an exclusive interview with The Guardian recently in ...

In a bid to restore openness, trust and accountability among government officials, newly appointed permanent secretaries yesterday had to sign integrity pledge shortly after taking oath of office before President John Magufuli at State House in Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania: Openness, Trust Key Drivers in JPM's Govt
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Dar es Salaam — In a bid to restore openness, trust and accountability among government officials, newly appointed permanent secretaries yesterday had to sign integrity pledge shortly after taking oath of office before President John Magufuli at State ...

The African Union authorises increasing the number of soldiers deployed to Central African Republic to 6,000 as it spirals into sectarian conflict.

Also ordered to pay Sh50million in fine

Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC)
The National Environment Management Council (NEMC) yesterday suspended indefinitely Tanzania Portland Cement Company’s (TPCC) operations, ordering it to pay a hefty penalty amounting to Sh50million for polluting environment.
This follows residents’ complaints about the plant releasing the soot through its chimneys to residents homes causing serious health problems to families residing around it.
The firm also...

Dar es Salaam. The government has blamed revenue shortfalls for its failure to allocate 15 per cent of the national budget to the health sector.

The government has raised civil servants’ travel allowances by up to 50 per cent after seven years of lobbying by trade unions.

Govt probing increase in tuskless elephants
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Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mahmoud Hassan Mgimwa has said the government is set to carry-out extensive research, which is geared to find reasons behind the increasing number of tusk-less elephants in the country's national ...
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>President Jakaya Kikwete has said that the government will keep on increasing defence budget since there is no substitute to it in defending the country’s territorial sovereignty.