Raila promises to make things tough for Uhuru

- The National Resistance Movement wing in the National Super Alliance has promised to pile pressure on the Jubilee government to step aside - NASA leader Raila Odinga said the opposition has several legal means to ensure President Uhuru will not have it easy to rule Kenya following the October 26 poll - Raila clarified that he will lead a peaceful and not armed resistance...

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How betting drives Tanzanians

Betting in Tanzania is a practice that existed since even before the establishment of formal betting stations. Fans usually placed informal bets whenever the fierce rivals, Yanga and Simba, played. After the establishment of the formal betting stations especially in Dar es Salaam, as unbelievable as it may sound too many, sports betting became and still is a source of income...

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Why America Must Find a Diplomatic Solution to the North Korea Crisis

It should be painfully evident by now that the strategy the United States has pursued toward North Korea since the early 1990s regarding that country’s nuclear ambitionshas not worked, is not working, and is unlikely ever to work. Trying to isolate and punish the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has been futile and counterproductive. Despite rounds of...

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Lissugate: Why we must call in foreign investigators

There are still cries for justice against the culprits in Tundu Lissu’s assassination attempt. Mr Lissu is suffering from the pains inflicted on him by these criminals, who may have been hired to finish him. Since this sacrilegious act was committed over a month ago, he has been bedridden in Kenya. As a result, his constituency doesn’t have a representative in Parliament....

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Doctors in Tanzania call for centralisation of national health

Dar es Salaam. The Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) has asked the government to put in place a central coordination system that would harmonise provision of healthcare services in the country. MAT President, Dr Obadia Nyongole, said this on Wednesday October 25 during the 49th National Health Conference held in Dar es Salaam. Dr Nyongole said the lack of a central...

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Why JPM picked non economist to head BoT

PRESIDENT John Magufuli yesterday appointed a new Central Bank governor in style, breaking a norm of choosing an economist; instead, he has opted for taxation law Professor Florens Luoga. His appointment to replace Prof Benno Ndulu was a surprise -- emerging in the course of another event to reward the members of the three committees he formed to investigate the mining...

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Barrick in $11m loss after securing money for Tanzania

Dar es Salaam. Barrick Gold Corporation has reported a net loss of $11 million in the third quarter after increasing a tax provision related to the “good will” payoff of $300 million agreed with Tanzania. The mining giant made a net income of $175 million over the same period last year. Barrick produced 1.243 million ounces of gold in the third quarter, at a cost of sales of $820 per ounce compared to 1.381 million ounces, at a cost of sales of...

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Two police officers held over assaults on civilians in Dar’s Ukonga-Mazizini

Ilala Regional Police Commander Salum Hamduni  In Summary The officers were arrested following a directive by Ilala District Commissioner Sofia Mjema, who went to the scene to calm residents, who were protesting against police assaults. Dar es Salaam. Two police officers from the Field Force Unit have been arrested for allegedly assaulting civilians in Ukonga-Mazizini,...

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No plan to sell Nakumatt TZ operations to Manji: official

The Nakumatt Tanzania saga took a new twist yesterday as the company’s management distanced itself from reported negotiations with tycoon, Yusuf Manji. On Tuesday, the chairman of hundreds of suppliers, who are owed billions of shillings in arrears by Nakumatt, Mr Joseph Mlay, revealed that Mr Manji was in talks with the giant retailer to take over the business in the country. A...

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Tanzania’s new governor says appointment took him by surprise

Newly appointed Bank of Tanzania (BoT) governor Florens Luoga  Dar es Salaam. Newly appointed Bank of Tanzania (BoT) governor Florens Luoga has said he was taken by surprise over President John Magufuli’s announcement allocating him the post. Prof Luoga made this revelation when briefing journalists shortly after the announcement at a State House function Monday, October...

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Russia test-launches 4 ballistic missiles from submarines and space centre

Russia launched four ballistic missiles on Thursday (26 October) as part of large-scale war games involving the country's strategic forces, the country's defence ministry said in a statement. Three of the projectiles were fired from submarines and the fourth from the Plesetsk Space Center, located 800km north of Moscow. In addition to firing missiles, the military exercise...

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This is what Zarizebosslady said today after Diamond confessing to cheat her.

Am such an early morning person as some can see on my snap, usually up by 5am. Let's start this day on a different note, shall we. Ladies and gentlemen I've heard you loud and clear, the advises, the consolation, the pity, the hurt you feeling on my behalf most of all the betrayal. But let's look at this on the positive side. When a person chooses to cheat on you it's not YOU actually its THEM which usually turns out that they played themselves while...

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Nyalandu Kumpeleka Tundu Lissu Marekani Kwa Matibabu Zaidi.

Mbunge wa Singida Kaskazini (CCM), Lazaro Nyalandu, amesema anasubiri ripoti ya madktari wa Agha Kan Nairobi, ili kuweza kuchukua hatua zaidi za kumhamishia Marekani Tundu Lissu kwa matibabu zaid...

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Magufuli atema cheche wakati akifungua barabara KIA-MIRERANI

Rais wa Jamhuri ya muungano wa Tanzania, Dk. John Magufuli ameshatua uwanja wa ndege wa Kilimanjaro na kupokelewa na mkuu wa mkoa wa Kilimanjaro, Mama Anna Elisha Mngwira. Muda mchache ujao anatarajiwa kuzindua barabara ya KIA mpaka Mererani. Magufuli: Adui yetu mkubwa ni maendeleo sio vyama, ninawashukuru sana kwa kura, nina uhakika hata Malya alinipa, nawashukuru sana wizara ya ujenzi na uchukuzi, TANROADS, wakandarasi na consultants ambao wamefanikiwa...

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Magufuli skiped UN General Assembly, once again

President John Magufuli has skipped another high profile United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York in the US between September 18 and 20, this year. In the meeting, Tanzania is represented by Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Dr Augustine Mahiga. The meeting which started today, September 18, was addresses by the US president Donald Trump who among other issues spoke about the North Korea’s nuclear...

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Plans afoot to refer Lissu to US for treatment

Chadema supporters in the diaspora have embarked on a fundraiser, aimed at collecting enough money to send Singida East MP, Tundu Lissu, to US for speacialised treatment following fatal shooting in Dodoma last week. Currently, Lissu is at Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi, where he was airlifted only hours after he was hit with five out of 32 bullets sprayed on his vehicle by unknown assailants The Chadema sympathisers in the Diaspora have so...

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WhatsApp Gets Picture-in-Picture Video Calling Feature in Stable Builds

HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp has adding two new featuresThe app now lets you put text-only updatesYou can also make use of a PiP feature WhatsApp has rolled out two new features - support for picture-in-picture and ability to have text as status message - on its Android and iPhone clients as the Facebook-owned instant messaging app continues to improve its functionality for its over one billion customers. The first feature, called...

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Ndugu wasusia mwili wa jamaa yao aliyefariki kwa utata

Ndugu wa marehemu Shinje Charles mwenye umri wa miaka 25, mkazi wa mtaa wa Uwanja, kata ya Nyankumbu mjini Geita, wamesusia kuchukua mwili wa ndugu yao, kutokana na utata wa kifo chake mpaka uchunguzi utakapokamilika.                        Inadaiwa marehemu Charles amefariki dunia kufuatia kipigo alichopokea kutoka kwa walinzi wa mgodi...

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JPM amteua brigedia kuwa naibu mkurugenzi TAKUKURU

Rais John Magufuli leo Agosti 21, amemteua brigedia jenerali John Julius Mbungo, kuwa naibu mkurugenzi mkuu wa Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (TAKUKURU). Kwa mujibu wa taarifa iliyotolewa na mkurugenzi wa mawasiliano ya rais Ikulu, Gerson Msigwa, uteuzi wa brigedia Mbungo, umeanza leo. Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupamabana na Rushwa (TAKUKURU) ni ya umma, iliyoanzishwa chini ya Sheria ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa Namba 11 ya Mwaka 2007. Sheria...

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TCAA YAKANA KUITAMBUA NDEGE YA GWAJIMA

Serikali kupitia Mamlaka ya Usafiri wa Anga (TCAA) imekana kuwa na taarifa ya ndege iliyonunuliwa na Askofu wa Kanisa Ufufuo na Uzima, Josephat Gwajima nchini Marekani. Juzi, Askofu Gwajima alithibitisha kununua ndege hiyo aina ya GulfStream N60983 yenye thamani ya Sh2.64 bilioni kwa ajili ya kuitumia kusambaza injili. Ili kuonyesha msisitizo, Askofu Gwajima aliweka picha kwenye mitandao ya kijamii iliyomwonyesha mbele ya ndege hiyo. Kiongozi huyo...

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Urusi: Marekani imetangaza ''vita vya kibiashara'' kwetu

Waziri mkuu wa Urusi Dmitry Medvedev amesema kuwa vikwazo vipya vilivyowekwa na Marekani dhidi ya taifa hilo ni sawa na kutangaza vita vya kibiashara. Amesema kuwa mikakati iliotiwa saini na rais Trump inaonyesha udhaifu wa rais huyo wa Marekani ambaye alisema ameaibishwa na bunge la Congress. Sheria hiyo inalenga kuiadhibu Urusi kwa kuingilia uchaguzi wa Marekani wa 2016 pamoja na vitendo vyake dhidi ya Ukraine. Katika kutia saini makubaliano hayo...

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Marekani yakana kutaka kuing’oa Korea Kaskazini

Serikali ya Marekani kupitia waziri wa maswala ya kigeni Rex Tillerson, imesema haina dhamira ya kuing’oa madarakani utawala wa Korea Kaskazini, wakati huu ambao kumekuwa na hali ya wasiwasi juu ya mpango wa silaha za nyuklia wa Pyongyang.  “Sisi siyo maadui” alisema Tillerson na kuongeza kuwa Marekani ilihitaji majadiliano kwa kiasi fulani. Pamoja na kauli ya waziri huyo, seneta mmoja mwandamizi wa Chama cha Republican amesema rais Trump amelipa...

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Watoto walioungana kutengenishwa baada ya miezi sita

Daktari Bingwa Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili aliyebobea katika fani ya upasuaji wa watoto Afrika Mashariki, Zaituni Bokhari amesema baada ya kufanya vipimo, imegundulika kuna uwezekano wa kuwatenganisha watoto mapacha waliozaliwa wakiwa wameungana. Dk Bokhari ameyasema hayo leo Jumatano alipokuwa akitoa majibu ya vipimo vilivyochukuliwa hospitalini hapo kwa takriban wiki nzima. “Vipimo vya damu vimeonyesha kila mtoto ana mfumo wake na hawana maambukizi...

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Aliyeanzisha kampeni ya 'Magufuli Baki' akimbilia TCRA

Mmalaka ya Mawasiliano Tanzania (TCRA) imeombwa kufuatilia kwa makini  mawasiliano ya simu za mkononi ili kubaini watu wanaotumia mitandao hiyo  kinyume na sheria. Ombi hilo limetolewa na mwanaharakati Lawrence Mabawa  jijini Dar es salaam wakati akizungumza na waandishi wa habari vitisho anavyopata kupitia simu ya mkoni baada ya kutambulisha kampeni yake ya ‘BAKI MAGUFULI’. Kwa mujibu wa Mabawa, baadhi ya wananchi wameelewa vibaya...

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Wanawake watano wafariki kwa kuchomwa moto Tabora

Watu watano wamefariki dunia kwa kuchomwa moto na watu wanaosaidikiwa kuwa ni sungusungu katika kata ya Uchama wilayani Nzega mkoani Tabora.   Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Tabora, Aggrey Mwanri, amezitaka Kamati za Ulinzi na usalama ngazi ya mkoa na ile ya Wilaya ya Nzega kusitisha shughuli zote zilizokuwa zikifanywa na sungusungu katika kijiji hicho. Mwanri amesema kuwa amechukua hatua hiyo baada ya sungusungu hao kutekeleza mauaji hayo ya watu watano ambao...

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JPM 'aipa tano' TCU kwa kufungia vyuo

Rais John Magufuli ameipongeza Tume ya Vyuo Vikuu Tanzania (TCU) kwa kuzuia udahili wa wanafunzi wote wa mwaka kwanza katika vyuo vikuu 19 na kuzuia udahili wa wanafunzi wa kozi 75 katika vyuo vikuu 22 kutokana na dosari zilizobainika wakati wa ukaguzi wa ubora vyuo hivyo uliofanyika Oktoba 2016. Rais Magufuli ametoa pongezi hizo alipowasili jijini Dar es Salaam leo akitokea mkoani Dodoma ambapo akiwa katika eneo la Tegeta wilaya ya Kinondoni amezungumza...

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Serikali yatangaza ajira 3,152 sekta ya afya

Wizara ya Afya, Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia, Wazee na Watoto leo imetangaza ajira 3,152 kwa ajili ya wahitimu wa kada mbalimbali za afya nchini. Kwa mujibu wa tangazo lililotolewa na wizara hiyo, ajira hizo ambazo zinatolewa kwa kibali cha wizara ya utumishi na utawala bora, ni kwa ajili ya watumishi kutoka kada 33 za afya. Baadhi ya kada zilizotangazwa ni pamoja na madaktari, wataalam wa maabara, wauguzi/wauguzi wasaidizi, matabibu wasaidizi, wataalam...

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Shilingi 180,000 za mjamzito zamtokea puani mganga mkuu

Waziri wa afya, Ummy Mwalimu amemsimamisha kazi mganga mfawidhi wa Kituo cha Afya Mlandizi, Stanley Mpola  kwa kushindwa kutekeleza majukumu yake. Waziri Ummy ametoa agizo hilo alipotembelea kituo hicho cha afya kabla ya kukabidhi magari matatu ya kubebea wagonjwa, mawili yakiwa yametolewa na mbunge wa Kibaha Vijijini, Amoud Jumaa na moja likiwa ni ahadi ya Rais John Magufuli. Akiwa katika kituo hicho waziri huyo alipewa malalamiko kutoka...

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Ukosefu wa bangi wasababisha dharura kutangwazwa Nevada, Marekani

Maafisa katika jimbo la Nevada nchini Marekani wanachukua hatua za dharura kukabiliana na uhaba wa bangi. Mahitaji yamekuwa ya juu tangu bangi ihalalishwe kwa matumizi ya kujiburudisha tarehe mosi mwezi huu. Hii imetokana na ukosefu wa wauzaji wa autosha. Sheria iliwapa wauzaji wa pombe ruhusa ya kuuza bangi lakini wengi hawatimizi mahitaja ya leseni kuweza kuuza bidhaa hizo. Idara ya kodi katika jimbo hilo ilitangaza dharaua, inayomaanisha kuwa...

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GEOGRAPHY U.E PAPERS SOLVED (PROF.MUSHALA)

COURSE NAME: PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE:GE : 349 LECTURER: PROF.MUSHALA TASK : SOLVED U.E 2 PAPERS OF 2014/2015-2015/2016 1. Discuss the Basic Roles and Responsibilities of a Project Manager in a project Project Manager The project manager is the person who is responsible for ensuring that the project team completes the project. The project manager develops the project plan with the team and monitors the team’s...

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