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 [...]
The Daily Media Tracker
February 15, 2012
Wednesday: February 15th, 2012 Page One: Key stories of the day Transparency: Public figures’ wealth under spotlight The Ethics Secretariat announces plans to carry out nationwide verification of leaders’ declared assets. Streamlining bureaucracy: Government to create a single agency for work permits In a bid to stem the abuse of the country’s immigration system, the [...]
Miscellaneous
March 11, 2010
It must be quite something being the US Ambassador to Tanzania. The previous gentleman to occupy the position, Mark Green, was Bush’s man. Generally, a well received fellow. Queitly spoken, focused on the issues that were being endorsed by his President. PEPFAR stuff. All par for the course. And then along comes Alfonso. He is [...]
Education! Education! Education!
January 6, 2010
A lot of ink has been spent in the last few weeks talking about the overall state of education in this country. There was the column in The Citizen by Chambi Chachage addressing the ‘education crisis’ in Tanzania following the revelation that 50% of primary school students had failed their final, leaving exams. Mr. Chachage blamed [...]