Yona heaps blame on BoT

ALIYEKUWA Waziri wa Nishati na Madini, Daniel Yona (73) ameieleza Mahakama kuwa, Benki Kuu (BoT) ilihusika kusimamia mchakato wa kutafuta kampuni ya kukagua uzalishaji wa dhahabu nchini kwa njia ya zabuni.

Mramba (kushoto) akiteta jambo na wakili wake, Peter Swai baada ya Mahakama kumhukumu miaka mitatu jela na faini ya shilingi milioni tano. Harun sanchawa na denis mtima
JOTO ya jiwe! Wafungwa wawili wapya katika gereza la Ukonga jijini Dar es Salaam, Waziri wa zamani wa Fedha, Basil Mramba na mwenzake wa Nishati na Madini, Daniel Yona, wanadaiwa kukesha huku wakilia katika siku wakianza kutumikia kifungo chao cha miaka...

Dar es Salaam. There were audible groans of disbelief and visible freely-flowing tears at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday after former cabinet ministers Basil Mramba, 75, and Daniel Yona, 76, were sentenced to serve three years in jail for abuse of office and causing Sh11.7 billion loss to the government.

A gathering of female lawmakers from opposition parties has blamed President Jakaya Kikwete, saying his inaugural speech in the Constituent Assembly (CA) has planted seeds of chaos and division among the Katiba team members.

>On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, the Daily Monitor, reported “11,000 graduate to 83 per cent joblessness.”The headline was striking. It carried two interesting figures which equally presented double emotions.

>A married woman’s first assignment is her husband. Forget all that feminist hogwash about women empowerment. The truth is a married woman’s first call to service is her husband.

It is well documented Kenyan authorities’ unpreparedness for disasters – both natural and man-made. This is especially compounded by the recent flooding of roads in the country’s capital, Nairobi.
For years there have been serious calls for the country to marshal it’s disaster preparedness mechanisms but we fail to listen to the age old adage that prevention is better than cure. This leaves the citizenry in a precarious position where we often find ourselves caught with our pants down when...

RR refers to reversed roles phenomena – the man takes the roles of the woman and vice versa.

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday called upon senior government officials to sustain a culture of talking with the private sector for the general good of Tanzania’s economic growth prospects.