Uganda’s former smuggler builds strong transport firm in 20 years

Tanzania jails ivory smuggler for 20 years
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Faced with increased activity by poachers and traffickers, who are decimating the African elephant population to the point of potentially causing its extinction in the long run, the destruction of seized ivory by security officials have increased. (T. Multimedia ...
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The High Court in Dar es Salaam has sentenced a businessman who attempted to smuggle  91 swallowed heroin capsules through Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) to 20 years in jail.

Tanzania jails Chinese ivory smuggler for 20 years
AFP
Dar es Salaam — A court in Tanzania jailed on Wednesday a Chinese ivory smuggler for 20 years amid a crackdown to stem a surge in poaching. Yu Bo, 45, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of 81 elephant tusks and the skins of two pangolins, which are ...

Uda has called on individuals and companies to support people in need.

The majority shareholder in Shirika la Usafiri Dar es Salaam (UDA), Simons Group will buy 20 modern buses and dispatch them on upcountry routes, the company announced recently.

Transport exhibitions to colour 40 years of NIT establishment
IPPmedia
As the National Institute of Transport (NIT) celebrates its 40 years anniversary this week, it has announced to stage various activities to mark the occasion including, launching of the college's aircraft hangar. In his statement, NIT rector, Dr Zacharia Mganilwa, ...

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday led thousands of Tanzanians in celebrating 53 years of independence in a colourful ceremony at Uhuru Stadium--his last, as he leaves office in 2015 after serving two terms in line with the Constitution. The General Election will be held next October.

Inscribed on Karl Marx’s grave in London in 1883, are these words: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”

Trader builds 58m/- classrooms for Arusha city primary school
Daily News
ELERAI Primary School, which is located in the centre of Arusha city, lacks 16 classrooms, forcing up to 100 pupils to be squeezed into a single classroom. Elerai Primary School headteacher, Mr Raymond Mushi, said the school also needed a total of 150 ...