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Waziri Mkuu wa zamani, Edward Ngoyai Lowassa.

VUGUVUGU la watangaza nia ndani ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) kuchuana kuwania nafasi ya kuteuliwa kupeperusha bendera ya chama hicho kwenye uchaguzi mkuu wa rais, unaotarajiwa kufanyika Oktoba 25, mwaka huu linazidi kuwa kubwa kila kukicha.

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Miss Tanzania 2006, Wema Sepetu.

 Miss Tanzania 2006, Wema Sepetu kutopata ujauzito limeshazungumzwa mara kadhaa na hata yeye mwenyewe alishawahi kujitokeza na kulizungumzia lakini safari hii amelizungumzia kwa njia tofauti.

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Tanzania borrowing page from Ethiopia on Commodity Exchange Market'

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Ministry of Trade and Industry, Uledi Musa

 The government has said the Commodity Exchange Market will officially start operations when the recommendation study from the transaction adviser is complete.

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MPs endorse 22.4trn/- for 2015/2016

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Finance Minister Saada Mkuya

 The National Assembly has endorsed 22.4trn/- budget for the 2015/16 fiscal year and defended the toll increment on petroleum products insisting  that 276bn/-  will be  collected  and directly channeled to electricity and water projects.

 

Winding up the budget speech in the House yesterday, Finance Minister Saada Mkuya affirmed that the new levy would effectively be applied from July 1st, 2015. 

 

Tabling the budget estimates mid this month Mkuya said the levy for diesel per litre had increased from 50/- to 100/-, petrol from 50/- to 100/- and kerosene from 50 /- to 150/- per litre.

 

The Minister expounded that the move does not mean to punish Tanzanians but to make them contribute to the country’s socio-development. She said: “We have been striving to come up with an independent budget…this can only be possible if wananchi take part in the development process. We just want 100/- from every fuel user.

 

According to Mkuya they had agreed that funds to be collected from the increased toll on fuel be also used to speed up implementation of water projects in rural areas.  She said that 90bn/- out of 276bn/- will be directed for water projects.

 

She cautioned legislators not to politicise the fuel levy issue since it is geared to ensure economic growth from the grass roots level. She noted that it is very difficult to unlock the economic potentials in the villages without electricity.

 

“With reliable power we are going to economically empower rural dwellers…we can even reduce the rural to urban movement of people,” said Mkuya adding the coming budget had reduced donor dependency to 6.4 per cent only.

 

 The minister said that despite 27 per cent of MPs complaining on the matter, the government had resolved to maintain it because its primary objective was also to control oil adulteration  which cost the nation 600bn/-.

 

“This is the government commitment…I want to assure you that no single shilling shall go in the treasury. The money will only be spent on water and electricity projects,” she said noting the use of kerosene had also decreased from 1.8 million litres per day to 130,000 million litres per day.

 

Commenting on elders’ pension, she said the government had decided to increase it by 100 per cent from the proposed 85,000/- to 100,000/- per month. She said they also had set aside budget to identify all the elders countrywide so that they were included in the pension system.

 

Mkuya said other elders apart from public servants will be getting 10,000/- per month whereas the government needs to raise a total of 140bn/- each month as Tanzania had 1, 200, 000 elders according to the national census of 2012.

 

“It is our wish to pay every elder but the problem is how to reach them…we have been losing almost 6bn/- every year due to pension payment complications,” said Mkuya insisting after the identification process the elders will be taking their money from specific centres.

 

She said the government had been doing well on economic growth despite the small poverty reduction rate. She said the economy grew by 7 per cent but the poverty reduction rate was only 2 per cent. She however noted that from 2007 to 2012 the poverty had been reduced by 6.2 per cent.

 

Mkuya said that so far the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) had taken various measures to control the shilling depreciation one being releasing US dollar in the market. She said that governor had been releasing USD 10 million every week and that until now there was USD 400 million in the market.

 

According to her, the shilling depreciation was due to various factors including the decrease on country exports, increased shilling circulation in the market and high demand of US dollar by investors who are now depositing their money in foreign countries over fear of post election chaos.

 

Announcing the results of budget voting exercise, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Dr Thomas Kashilila said the budget had been passed by 83 per cent of the MPs. He said total number of MPs was 294 but 59 out of them did not vote.

 

He said that 219 legislators voted ‘YES’ and 74 voted ‘NO’ with Chadema’s Mpanda Urban legislator, Said Arfi choosing not to vote.

 

However, three opposition MPs voted ‘YES’ to the budget. They are Maswa West MP John Cheyo (Chadema), Wawi MP, Hamad Rashid Mohamed (CUF) and Bariadi West Member of Parliament John Shibuda (Chadema).

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IPP Executive Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi holds a copy of a Yetu Microfinance plc prospectus when launching sales of the institution�s shares in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

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Early marriages pose risk of HIV/AIDS - UNFPA

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA

 The girls who were married at the age of under 18 years are more likely to die from birth complications and be infected with HIV/AIDs than women in 20s because they are married to older and more sexually experienced men.

 

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that over the next ten years more than 140 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday.

 

According to the report, if the present trends continue, 1,382,000 of the young girls born between 2005 and 2010 will be married/in union before age 18 by 2030.

 

This was divulged over the weekend by the non-government organization C-Sema’s child protection and outreach coordinator, Michael Kehongoh during the “Nijali Media Dialogue” as part of the activities to celebrate the Week of the African Child, in Dar es Salaam.

 

In giving a country status in child marriage, he said “Girls who marry older men are difficult to negotiate safe sexual behaviours, especially when under pressure to bear children…and due to give birth before their bodies are fully developed they are at a risk of death or terrible injury and illness in childbirth”.

 

He added that child marriage occurs more frequently among girls who are the least educated, poorest and who are living in the rural areas, education is associated with child marriage in Tanzania.

 

Kehongoh said the report of Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2010 shows 61 per cent of women aged 20 to 24 with no education and 39 per cent with primary school education were married or in union at 18 years, compared to five per cent of women with secondary education.

 

Speaking on the Nijali Dialogues SOS Children's Villages Tanzania’s National Advocacy Coordinator, John Batista said the Nijali campaign which will run for two years is an extension of the SOS Global campaign “Care for me!" in the Tanzanian context funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation.

 

“This initiative intends to advocate for implementation of the budget set aside for children specifically in ensuring that the Department of Social Welfare is funded, and that social welfare officers’ capacity to handle children issues is strengthened, and that budget for health, education and general children services is observed,” he said.

 

He said the campaign aims to ensure children throughout Tanzania have access to services by advocating for resource allocation for children services by local government offices through dialoques in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar.

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Live animals saga: Team awaits travel documents

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Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda

 As Members of Parliament continued to pressure the government to return the 132 live animals and birds smuggled out of the country last year, the government yesterday said the investigative team  formed to probe the matter was waiting for travel documents from the Qatar government.

 

 

 

 

As a result of the saga in August 2011 the government announced a one-year ban on licences for export of live animals.

 

Announcing the ban, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said measures would be taken to plug loopholes being used to export animals illegally.

 

The investigative team which was formed in 2012 to probe the illegal export of live wild animals to Qatar had not visited the country because  the team was still waiting for the travel documents  from the Qatar government, in the United Arab Emirates.

 

The 132 live wild animals and 16 birds were alleged to have been smuggled out of the country in November 2010 to Qatar.

 

The team’s mission is to establish whereabouts of the animals and the propose measures to be taken to ensure the animals were flown back to  the country.

 

The decision to send the team was reached mid-2012 following positive response from the Qatar office of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) which confirmed that the 116 animals and birds were indeed in Qatar.

 

However, the deputy minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mahmoud Mgimwa told the National Assembly yesterday that all procedures for the team to travel to Qatar had been completed except the travel permits from the Qatar which they were still waiting.

 

Mgimwa did not say the specific reasons of why until now they did not get the travel documents from Qatar government.

 

The deputy minister made the remark in response to a supplementary question by Special   Seat MP Christowaja Mtinda (Chadema) who had wanted to know the reasons for the probe team formed by the government in 2012 .

 

Christowaja questioned the government’s   silence over the matter while CITES confirmed that the animals were illegally kept in Qatar.

 

Responding, Mgimwa admitted that following the scandal the government had formed a special investigative team which included members from the National Assembly and the  Parliamentary Committee for Natural Resources and Tourism.

 

Mgimwa told the House that according to the law they cannot travel to any foreign country without getting a travel permit from the country of destination.

 

 Minister added that the failure to get the traveling permit from Qatar was the main reason of why the team  had  not travelled  but he stressed that the government was still processing for the permission; he added that the committee will travel immediately after receiving the permit.

 

In her basic question Christowaja wanted to know the government measures to deal with piracy challenges in the country.

 

Responding to a basic question, Mgimwa said that the live wild animals in the country were in massive piracy and the government had put in place strong strategies to control the problem.

 

Mgimwa told the House that some of the measures were increasing the security at the airports, at the ports and at all borders as government efforts to protect the wild life in the country.

 

Meanwhile, in August 2011 members of Parliament pressured the government to return the smuggled live animals and birds, resulting in the government slapping a one-year ban on the export of live animals.

 

The cargo alleged to have been smuggled in 2010 included four giraffes.

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Govt leans on World Bank for development of urban centres

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Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Aggrey Mwanri

 The government will fund development of the country’s cities and urban areas under the umbrella of the World Bank financed Strategic Cities Project, Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Aggrey Mwanri told legislators yesterday in the capital.

 

The deputy minister told the National Assembly that the cities development project plan will cost 500bn/- (USD 255 million) which will be footed by the World Bank and implemented over the span of five years from 2013/14 to 2018/19

Mwanri’s announcement was prompted by a basic question posed by Korogwe Urban MP Yusuph Nassir (CCM) who wanted to know why there was bureaucracy in implementation of the projects especially in Korogwe.

 

In his basic question, Nassir asked why the government has not released the expected 885m/- for the projects ear marked for Korogwe town to fund among other things a new bus stand, market and  2.5kilometres of urban roads.

 

Responding, Mwanri refuted the claim that there is bureaucracy stalling the project and explained that Korogwe town council is among 18 towns and urban centres that are to be covered by the Urban Local Government Strengthening Programme (ULGSP).

 

The deputy minister said that in  2014/2015 financial  year  1.6bn/-  was allocated for the Korogwe town council and up to May this year, the council had received 760m/- and the remaining money will be released before end of this financial year.

 

“The government is committed to ensure all councils under the project receive their funds as planned so as to implement the projects effectively,” he reassured stakeholders.

 

The Strategic Cities Project for Tanzania development objectives include expansion of access to urban infrastructure and services in selected urban Local Government Authorities (LGAs) and to strengthen management and fiscal performance of those urban LGAs.

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National communication strategy on oil and gas in pipeline - ministry

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The head of communication at the Ministry, Badra Masoud

 The Energy and Minerals ministry is preparing a strategy on communication for oil and gas that is meant to provide correct information on the sector, especially to the people where the resources have been discovered.

 

Speaking during the Oil and Gas National Stakeholders’ Consultation meeting in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the head of communication at the Ministry, Badra Masoud, said that the move would help to do away with misleading reports on discovery of the resources in Mtwara and Lindi regions.

 

“There are so many issues which have been raised following the discovery of gas in the two regions which are, to say the least, misleading the public,” she said.

 

Being the main stakeholder in the oil and gas sector, she said, the ministry has decided to prepare the communication strategy which would be used to provide correct information to the public.

 

She said the ministry has been collecting views from oil and gas stakeholders and the five-year communication strategy would start to be used as soon as the draft becomes complete at the end of this month.

 

Masoud added that after its completion, the draft would be presented to the stakeholders to ascertain if all of their opinions have been included in the strategy.

 

She said the strategy involved Tanzanians in their respective groups whereby they were asked to give out their views on how they want it to be so they could get the right information and at the right time.

 

“Gas is a newly invented resource in the country which needs involvement of Tanzanians on how it is going to be extracted; and the only way to effectively the pepople’s participation is by providing right information to them so that they can have a clear understanding of the sector,” Masoud explained. 

 

She added that the communication strategy would be the national strategy when it comes to communicate all issues relating to oil and gas.

 

She said gas and oil is an important sector that touches every Tanzanian, and for that reason they want all the information that would be provided to be correct and be given on time to avoid harbouring different interpretations from members of the public.

 

Reading the opening speech on behalf of Mtwara Regional Commissioner, Alfred Luanda, who is Mtwara Regional Administrative Secretary said, every Tanzanian has the duty to ensure that the oil and gas sector becomes the main facilitating agent in eradicating poverty by boosting the economy.

 

He said that the best way the government can utilise the resources the country has, such as oil and gas, is by providing the right information and on time and collaborate with different stakeholders to better understand the sector.

 

He added that the new communication strategy set up by the ministry is the solution to seeking wisdom from every stakeholder and goes together with the current needs of the community.

 

“It is important for the public to get the right information and which reaches them on time so as to avoid misleading information because every citizen needs to know what is going on in the sector in order to make it easier for the government to do its work,” he explained.

 

For his part, Minerals Commissioner Paul Masanja said the communication strategy is vital at this time because it would help reduce quarrels and blames against one another.

 

He said that wherever good communication prevails there will not be little or no misunderstandings. “The only thing needed is transparency, accountability and participation of the public,” he said.

 

He added that after the discovery of gas in Mtwara, the public has been expecting much and if the government will not have a good communication strategy to explain where the country is, where it is going misunderstandings are likely to occur.

 

“If we decide we can but only if we will stop being selfish and unite as one, what the people of Mtwara and Lindi need is to understand what the government is doing. The government too needs to know the people’s expectations,” he said.

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Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Lazaro Nyalandu

The government is to re-open closed wildlife corridors across the country,  the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Lazaro Nyalandu announced yesterday.

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 Persons who opt not to vote give away their constitutional right to determine the quality of life he or she will live over the next five and/or ten years, women’s wing of opposition party ACT-Wazalendo has said.

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PPF

 PPF Pension Fund is to secure a contractor to construct a 239bn/- water front development project in Ununio, Kinondoni Municipality—Dar es Salaam.

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