We are stepping in for working mothers

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has been very elusive on giving a straight answer as to whether he will contest for the post during the June elections. He has been telling journalists who have been asking him this question that it is his party which will decide if he will be the candidate or not.

The Director of Community Health Fund (CHF), Mr Rehan M(centre standing ) opening three days on January 21, 2015 in Dar es Salaam, to the leaders of the SACCOs of entrepreneurs when they organize a seminar aiming to give them educational on community health fund other are leaders of the SACCOS.....................................................................By Damas Makangale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The promise by the goverment to increase more people in the Community Health Fund...

Abraham Byandala is still a serving minister in Uganda’s Cabinet. Last week, he was remanded and sent to Luzira prison where he spent a week before being granted bail. He is reportedly among the first serving Ugandan ministers to face corruption-related charges and be remanded in this manner.

 Graduates and continuing students at various universities in Tanzania have been urged to be proactive in seeking opportunities for voluntary work as they wait for jobs.

Mothers with small babies are up in arms over the prolonged shortage of two popular baby formulas, Lactogen and SMA, The Citizen on Saturday has established.

>As the world commemorates   White Ribbon Day, with the theme: ‘Be accountable so that mothers can survive child birth,’ Tanzania honours the 24 women who die every day during childbirth.

Much as the future of our nation lies in the wellbeing of children, mothers too should be in prime condition if they are to survive childbirth and nurture their babies to adulthood. They also need the right facilities and skilled healthcare, regardless of where they live.

>From the day you laid eyes on me, squalling, crinkled, wrinkled me… you loved me… you tell me it’s a feeling no one can describe. You always washed me up, fed me, and loved me.