Wananchi up in arms over chronic shortge of water

The burden of Malaria, HIV/Aids and Tuberculosis (TB) is still prevalent but the East African Community (EAC) bloc is now turning its focus on non-communicable diseases which are equally life-threatening.

>A report by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network released over the weekend provides a disturbing scenario: 20 million people in East Africa are chronically poor!

The concern by MPs, especially those who hail from constituencies where sugarcane is a major cash crop, are agitating for a curb in sugar importation and on the outset, their concern makes a lot of sense. Tanzania is blessed with a climate and soils that are optimally good for sugarcane farming, which means we should boast as global supplier of the sweetening product whose global demand is insatiable.

Despite a wide range of policies and strategies, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain the leading causes of death in Tanzania.

>Institutions under the ministry of Home Affairs are notorious for their failure to settle their water bills, which have accumulated to the tune of Sh600 million, according to the Moshi Urban Water Supply Authority (Muwsa)

Voters place hopes in new leader to fix chronic woes

The days of people involved in blast fishing, who are wreaking havoc along Tanzania’s 800-kilometre coastal line, are numbered, warns head of the Multi-Agency Task Team (Matt) deputy commissioner of Police (DCP) Daniel Nyambabe.

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-Program supports Kenyan government on noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention and control – by 2030, NCDs are expected to cause more than 60% of deaths in the country1

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The controversy surrounding Mrisho Ngasa’s move to South Africa for trials took a new turn yesterday when Young Africans accused Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) of facilitating his departure.