Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day President Kikwete addresses the doctors’ strike President Jakaya Kikwete finally wades into the doctors’ strike in a highly anticipated address to Dar es Salaam’s city elders. Former President Benjamin Mkapa campaigns for Sioi Sumari in Arumeru East CCM brings in a heavy hitter in [...]
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March 8, 2012
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day Doctors ignore Government pleas, go ahead with the strike Despite last minute urging from the Prime Minister to return to the negotiating table, the Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) instructed its members to go on strike until Minister of Health Haji Mpondo and his [...]
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March 2, 2012
Tanzania Friday, March 2nd, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day Sioi Sumari wins the Arumeru East primary run-off CCM has finally settled on a candidate for the Arumeru East by-election after Mr. Sioi Sumari defeated Mr. William Sarakikya in a run-off to apparently secure his party’s nomination. Africans petition President Kikwete on small-scale agriculture [...]
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February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day CCM’s candidates get ready for a run-off in Arumeru East Following CCM’s central committee’s decision to declare a run off between its top two candidates in the primary in Arumeru East, the two camps are getting ready to make their case, once again, to [...]
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February 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day CCM’s Central Committee orders a re-run of its party’s primary in Arumeru East Mr. Sioi Sumari and his closest competitor Mr. William Sarakikya will now compete in a run-off to determine who will be CCM’s nominee for the vacant parliamentary seat of Arumeru East. [...]
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February 27, 2012
Monday, February 27th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day CCM’s Central Committee nullifies the results of the Arumeru East Primary Sioi Sumari’s bid to replace his father in the Arumeru East parliamentary seat is in jeopardy after his nomination to contest the by-election was invalidated by his party’s central committee. Speaker Anna Makinda [...]
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February 23, 2012
Thursday, February 21st, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day Protests over unsolved murders in Songea turn deadly All the front pages today are covering the story of clashes between police and demonstrators in the southern town of Songea that has lead to scores being injured and a number dead. Tanzania’s economy in good [...]
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February 22, 2012
Wednesday: February 22nd, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day Campaign in the Arumeru by-election starts in earnest With the parties settled on their nominees, politics now becomes the focus as the campaign begins in earnest. Chadema leadership in trouble with the law Two of the highest ranking Chadema Dr. Willbroad Slaa and Freeman [...]
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February 17, 2012
February 16th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day Women’s parliamentary special seats debate divides MPs A suggestion that term limits should be imposed on women MPs occupying special seats polarizes parliament. PAC does it again: Tsh25bn/- disappears from the Ministry of Tourism The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) accuses officials at the Ministry [...]
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February 16, 2012
February 16th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day It’s the economy, stupid: Inflation falls, but is it enough to re-instill confidence? Tanzania’s inflation rate fell slightly in January but there is a question mark as to how much that will improve the country’s economic outlook. The Prime Ministers’ office cited for mismanagement of [...]