Tanzania Set to Introduce the Ritz-Carlton Brand

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Tanzania Set to Introduce the Ritz-Carlton Brand

Tanzania is set to make history as the first Sub-Saharan African country to introduce The Ritz-Carlton brand, bolstering its position as one of the premier tourism destinations on the continent, The Citizen reports.

Tanzania to become first Sub-Saharan African country to introduce The Ritz-Carlton https://t.co/ZthErvVFqw— TheCitizenTz (@TheCitizenTz) August 12, 2024

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries and territories with 29,158 rooms, in addition to 46 hotels with 8,755 rooms planned for the future.

Currently, only Morrocco and Egypt have the brand in Africa, it is reported.

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Tanzania Opposition Leaders Released After Mass Arrests

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Hundreds of leaders and supporters of the Chadema party had been arrested ahead of a planned youth day rally. Dissidents voiced concerns about a return to the repressive policies of President Hassan’s predecessor.

Most leaders of Chadema have been released as of Tuesday, officials said, a day after some 520 people connected to Tanzania‘s main opposition party were arrested.

In a post on social media site X, Chadema spokesman John Hrema said that party chairman Freeman Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu “have been returned to Dar es Salaam by police and have bailed themselves out.”

Police chief of operations Awadh Haji said “all the top Chadema leaders who were arrested, after interrogation and other procedures, have been returned to where they came from.”

Chadema disputed that all of its officials had been released, but did not give any names.

The arrests came as young supporters of the party gathered for a rally meant to honor International Youth Day.

Fears of return to repression

Rights groups and dissidents have voiced concerns that the mass arrests signal a return to the repressive politics of the late president John Magufuli ahead of national elections next year.

Magufuli’s former vice president and successor Samia Suluhu Hassan had promised a return to “competitive politics” upon taking office, and in 2023 she lifted a six-year ban on opposition gatherings. She has also eased restrictions on freedom of the press implemented under her predecessor. However, Chadema leader Mbowe has still expressed significant distrust of her administration.

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Mikakati yaandaliwa, tumbaku ikishika namba mbili mauzo ya bidhaa asili nje

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Dar es Salaam. Tumbaku ikishika nafasi ya pili katika mauzo ya bidhaa za asili nje ya nchi mwaka 2023, wadau wanashauri itafutwe njia mbadala ya kukausha zao hilo hasa kwa wakulima wadogo ili kuepusha ukataji miti unaoweza kuligharimu Taifa.

Hata hivyo, Bodi ya Tumbaku Tanzania (TTB) katika mazungumzo na Mwananchi imesema tayari kuna aina mbili za mbegu zinazotumia hewa na jua kukauka zimeanza kutumiwa na wakulima katika baadhi ya mikoa.

Ripoti ya Takwimu za Msingi Tanzania 2023 inaeleza kuongezeka uzalishaji wa tumbaku nchini ni moja ya sababu ya mauzo ya nje ya nchi kukua zaidi ya mara mbili, kati ya mwaka 2021 hadi 2023.

Inaelezwa katika ripoti hiyo kuwa, kukua kwa mauzo kutoka Sh291.4 bilioni mwaka 2021 hadi Sh824.9 bilioni mwaka 2023 kunaifanya tumbaku kushika nafasi ya pili katika mauzo ya bidhaa za asili nje ya nchi na kuleta mapato mengi nchini, ikiipiku korosho ambayo mwaka 2023 ilishika nafasi hiyo.

Ripoti hiyo iliyotolewa na Ofisi ya Taifa ya Takwimu (NBS) inafafanua kuwa siyo mauzo tu ya zao hilo yaliyoongezeka, bali hata bidhaa zinazotokana na tumbaku nazo uzalishaji wake umeongezeka.

Uchambuzi unaonyesha uzalishaji sigara uliongezeka kutoka sigara bilioni 7.02 mwaka 2021 hadi bilioni 11.86 mwaka 2023.

Ongezeko la uzalishaji sigara unaifanya kuwa bidhaa ya pili miongoni mwa baadhi ya bidhaa zilizotengenezwa viwandani zilizoainishwa na ripoti upande wa Tanzania Bara kati ya mwaka 2019 hadi 2023 ikitanguliwa na bidhaa za rangi.

Agosti 8, 2024 Waziri wa Kilimo, Hussein Bashe alimweleza Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan kuwa, kama si mvua za El-Nino, Tanzania ingekuwa mzalishaji mkubwa wa tumbaku duniani kwa kuwa hivi sasa inashika nafasi ya pili ikitanguliwa na Zimbabwe.

“…Umechukua uongozi wa nchi yetu uzalishaji wa tumbaku ukiwa ni tani elfu 65 na malengo yetu kwa sasa ilikuwa ni kuzalisha tani 170,000 hadi tani 200,000 lakini tumefikisha tani 122,000,” alisema Bashe.

Mtaalamu wa Uchumi na Biashara kutoka Chuo Kikuu Mzumbe, Profesa Aurelia Kamuzora amesema Taifa linapaswa kuangalia namna linavyoweza kutumia zaidi fursa ya uzalishaji na uuzaji tumbaku nje ya nchi ili kujiingizia fedha za kigeni.

Amesema fursa hiyo inaweza kutumika zaidi hasa katika kipindi hiki ambacho baadhi ya nchi duniani zinapunguza uzalishaji kutokana na kampeni zinazofanywa kupiga marufuku matumizi ya sigara katika maeneo yao.

“Sisi tunaweza kuimarisha uzalishaji kwa kufanya utafiti kuangalia sehemu ambazo watu wanaweza kulima zaidi tumbaku na kufanya uzalishaji ili kutumia fursa iliyopo,” amesema.

Kuhusu uzalishaji wa sigara kuongezeka, Profesa Kamuzora amesema athari zake kwa watumiaji ni bayana na huainishwa hata kwenye pakiti, akisema kisanyansi kitu chochote kinapotumiwa kupita kiwango kinaweza kumuathiri mtu.

“Kama mtu unakunywa supu ya nyama yenye mafuta mengi kila siku utaishia kupata tatizo, kila kitu unapotumia kwa wingi kina madhara,” amesema Profesa Kamuzora.

Hata hivyo amesema ni vyema kuangalia kama nikotini inaweza kuwaathiri hadi wakulima, kwa kufanya tafiti katika moja ya mkoa unaozalisha kwa wingi tumbaku na kulinganisha na ule ambao hauzalishi.

Amesema moja ya kitu kinachoweza kuangaliwa ni umri wa mtu kuishi.

Ukataji miti

Ukataji miti kwa ajili ya kupata kuni za kukaushia tumbaku ni suala linalojadiliwa hapa na pale, kwamba kadri uzalishaji unavyoongezeka ndivyo nchi inakuwa kwenye hatari ya kuwa jangwa.

Profesa Kamuzora amependekeza kuwapo mipango ya njia zinazoweza kutumika kukausha zao hilo bila kutumia kuni zinazosababisha ukataji miti.

“Kuna baadhi ya kampuni niliona zinaotesha miti kwa ajili ya kufidia uharibifu nafikiri tunahitaji kujipanga zaidi kwa kuangalia wapi tunaweza kurekebisha, ikiwemo kupanda miti kwa wingi,” amesema.

Akizungumza na Mwananchi, Mkurugenzi wa Bodi ya Tumbaku Tanzania (TTB), Stanley Mnosya amesema njia pekee ya kuzuia ulimaji tumbaku kuathiri mazingira ni kuangalia namna ya kudhibiti ukataji miti.

Amesema kwa sasa wamebadili majiko ya kukaushia tumbaku kwa kuondoa yenye uwezo wa kuingiza magogo na kuweka yanayotumia matawi matawi ya miti pekee.

Amesema wameingia mkataba wa miaka mitatu na moja ya kampuni itakayokuwa ikiwajengea wakulima majiko.

“Lakini ukiacha hili, tuna mbegu mpya aina mbili za tumbaku ambazo zitakuwa hazihitaji moto kukaushia, badala yake zitatumia hewa na mwanga wa jua,” amesema Mnosya.

Amesema mbegu inayokaushwa kwa kutumia hewa huhitaji kivuli, hivyo mkulima atafunika na nyavu na kuacha sehemu ya kupitisha hewa.

Pia kama mtu ana miti ya kivuli ana uwezo wa kuweka tumbaku chini yake na ikakauka vizuri.

“Mbegu hizi tayari zimeanza kutumika katika maeneo ya Iringa, Singida na baadhi ya sehemu ya Tabora, lengo letu ni kuona mwaka huu asilimia 30 ya tumbaku yote itokane na mbegu hizi na tutakuwa tukiongeza kidogokidogo hadi zao hili nchi nzima litakapokuwa linatokana na mbegu hizi,” amesema.

Kutokana na baadhi ya tumbaku kuendelea kukaushwa kwa moto amesema kupitia Mfumo wa Usimamizi wa Misitu unaotegemea Jamii (CBFM) wanalinda watu kutoingia kiholela kukata misitu, bali kwa kufuata utaratibu ambao unaenda sambamba na watu kufundishwa namna ya kuvuna misitu.

Amesema kuna kampeni maalumu inayowataka wakulima kupanda miti 500 anapolima hekta moja, huku vikundi vya kinamama na vijana vimeundwa kusimamia na kutunza miti inayopandwa.

Mikakati mingine

Wakati hayo yakifanyika, bajeti ya Wizara ya Kilimo ya mwaka 2024/2025 inataja mkakati katika zao hilo ni kuratibu upatikanaji wa tani 127,316 za mbolea na kusambaza kwa wakulima kwa mpango wa ruzuku.

Hilo litaenda sambamba na usambazaji wa viuatilifu lita 236,329 na pakiti 1,664,286, vifungashio belo 11,709 na nyuzi 166,429 kwa ajili ya kuimarisha uzalishaji wa tumbaku.

Mbolea ya NPK (10:18:24) itaagizwa na Kampuni ya Mbolea Tanzania (TFC) na kusambazwa kwa wakulima wa tumbaku.

“Bodi ya Tumbaku Tanzania itajenga mabani ya kisasa 2,353 katika mikoa ya Tabora, Shinyanga, Geita, Kigoma, Ruvuma, Katavi, Mbeya, Songwe, Iringa, Morogoro na Mara. Mabani hayo yatasaidia kupunguza upotevu wa majani, kuongeza ubora wa tumbaku na kutunza mazingira,” imeeleza wizara katika bajeti hiyo.Continue Reading

Kenya’s food insufficiency highest in East Africa region – Agra report

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Kenya has the highest number of people skipping meals or surviving without essential diets in East Africa, and is second only to South Sudan in the number of people classified as food insufficient.

This is according to a new report by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), which shows that of the 33 million people classified as food insufficient in the five East African countries, 13.6 million are Kenyans.

The report by Agra and its partners, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), found that by June 2024, South Sudan will have the highest proportion of its population living in food insufficiency (32.73 percent), followed by Kenya with 26.46 percent of its population living in food insufficiency.

The report analysed the prevalence of food insufficiency in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan within the East African region.

“As of June 30, 2024, the number of people across five selected East African countries who did not have sufficient food for consumption was 33 million, a 100,000 more people over May. This signifies a deterioration in the food insecurity situation across these select countries, driven mainly by South Sudan,” the report notes.

In June, 21.14 percent of the Rwandan population was classified as food insufficient, while 18.74 percent of Ugandans and 9.24 percent of Tanzanians were also living in difficult conditions, having to skip meals or survive on limited diets.

According to the report, people with insufficient food consumption are those with poor or borderline food consumption according to the Food Consumption Score (FCS), which measures the diversity of household diets and the frequency with which food is consumed.

The FCS looks at the frequency with which a household consumes eight food groups in the week prior to the survey to classify households as having ‘poor’, ‘borderline’ or ‘acceptable’ food consumption. A household is considered to have a poor diet if it does not consume staple foods and vegetables every day and never or rarely consumes protein-rich foods such as meat and dairy products, while a household is considered to have a borderline diet if it consumes staple foods and vegetables every day and oils and pulses a few times a week.

While the organisations note that the current level of food insecurity across the region is lower than in June last year, when 42.9 million people were food insecure, they point out that Kenya has seen a huge increase in the number of people affected over the past two years.

“Except for Kenya, all other East African countries have registered declines in the prevalence of people with insufficient food consumption over the past year,” Agra notes.

Within the region, the report notes, Kenya has seen a 74.36 percent increase in the number of food-insufficient people, while countries such as Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda have seen a decrease in the number of food-insufficient people compared to the situation in 2022.

The main drivers of hunger and food insufficiency in East Africa remain conflict – which is rampant in South Sudan – seasonal dynamics such as floods and droughts, and macroeconomic shocks such as trade disruptions.

“Above average rains in some parts of the region may have affected the ease of movement of crops impacting prices,” the report notes.

In Kenya, the report notes that food insufficiency remains critical across the country, with flood-affected areas, particularly Garissa, Tana River and Mandera counties, facing crisis levels.

“In South Sudan, emergency phase outcomes persist in 28 counties and catastrophe phase outcomes are likely in Pibor County of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) and among returnee households due to low seasonal food supplies, insecurity affecting ground transportation and the suspension of UNHAS airdrops in April, and deteriorating economic conditions,” the report said.

The reports of food shortages within Kenya come even as the Ministry of Agriculture continues to report improved harvests of maize, rice, beans, potatoes, sorghum, millet and avocados for the 2023 harvest season, and predicts further increases in production of some key food crops this year.

The ministry expects maize production to reach 50 million 90kg bags this year, up from 47.6 million bags last year and 34.3 million bags in 2022.

According to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya, the ministry also expects wheat production to grow by 55.8 percent to 5.35 million bags in 2024, sorghum by 48.1 percent to 3.26 million bags and potato production to reach 29 million bags this year.

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Tanzania: Youth Key Players in Digital Economy, Says Dr Kusiluka

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THE government will ensure the Tanzanian youth become key players as it implements the Tanzania Digital Economy Strategic Framework, Chief Secretary Ambassador Dr Moses Kusiluka, pledged here over the weekend.

He made the assurance as he was shedding light on key resolutions of the 15th meeting of the Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC) held at the State House in Dar es Salaam recently.

Dr Kusiluka said the meeting was emphatic about making the Tanzania youth central in implementing the strategy.

He said the global trend is towards digital transformation. “We cannot afford to lag behind. The government has the strategy in place.

We want the private sector to grab and make use of this opportunity and promote our planned national digital economy.

Something of huge importance is to ensure our young people are deeply involved in this effort so that they become part and parcel of the emerging global digital economy,” he said.

He said members of the business community feel local capable people are not given a fair opportunity to become central players in building the national economy.

The meeting noted that the impediment is lack of action on local content policy law. The meeting called for immediate action, he explained.

The meeting also resolved that efforts must be made to ensure Tanzania has stable and predictable policies and laws.

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Following the meeting’s resolution on the tax system, he explained, President Samia Suluhu Hassan appointed a team of experts to look into the issue and recommend to the government the kind of steps to be taken.

The meeting also called for continued efforts aimed at improving conditions for doing business and investment based on the Blueprint for Regulatory Reforms.

The meeting also called for strengthening of TNBC district and regional meetings because, he said, the forums are important in identifying and solving challenges relating to doing business and investment at those levels.

“We shall work on this because the meetings bring together government and private sector leaders. Problems that will be forwarded to us, if any, will have been jointly acted upon and processed by public and private sector leaders,” he said.

He also said regions that have done well in promoting business and collecting public revenue were recognised by President Samia and given awards.

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Tanzania: Conservationists Say Large-Tusked Elephants On Kenya-Tanzania Border Are Endangered

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Tanzania: Conservationists Say Large-Tusked Elephants On Kenya-Tanzania Border Are Endangered

Nairobi, Kenya — Scientists and conservationists in Kenya are sounding the alarm over the killing of elephants with large tusks. According to scientists, the elephants were killed by trophy hunters in Tanzania. They say other elephants in the group are in danger if they cross into Tanzania where hunting is allowed.

In a news briefing Monday, conservationists and scientists said five large-tusked elephants were targeted and killed in the last eight months by trophy hunters in Northern Tanzania.

They added that only 10 of the elephants, with tusks weighing 45 kilograms (100 pounds) each, remain in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, which has the highest density of the animals.

Conservationist Paula Kahumbu is the chief executive officer at Wildlife Direct.

“This is bigger than Kenya, this is bigger than Tanzania. It’s actually a global issue because elephants cannot speak for themselves. We as the people of the world have to speak for these elephants. They cannot go to court; they cannot go to the east African court,” she said.

In March, Tanzanian authorities issued controversial hunting permits for the large-tusked elephants, known as “super tuskers,” in the greater Amboseli-West Kilimanjaro border area.

Festus Ihwagi, a research scientist for conservation group Save the Elephants, called on Kenya to raise the issue with Tanzania.

“They may not overhaul it immediately but for the interest of cross border conservation initiatives it would be very good if our president engaged [with] his counterpart in Tanzania and we come up with an arrangement whereby no more hunting blocks are allowed within the defined range,” said Ihwagi.

To mark the August 12 World Elephant Day, the group of scientists say they have handed the Tanzanian government a global petition with over 500,000 signatures, calling for an end to trophy hunting along the country’s border with Kenya in Tanzania’s portion of the park.

In a telephone interview, Conservation Commissioner Mabula Misungwi Nyanda of the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority said the hunters are required to follow protocol.

“Hunting depends on whether the procedure has been followed or not. If you found them, they would explain whether they follow the procedure or not, but the animals should be protected as required.” said Nyanda.

Kenya is home to over 2,000 different species of elephants. About 600 of them, conservationists say, cross over to Tanzania regularly.

Kenya has banned elephant hunting for more than four decades. Authorities hope the campaign to stop hunting the “super tuskers” in Tanzania will help save the remaining elephant families.

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Tanzania: End Mass Arrests and Arbitrary Detentions of Political Opposition

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The Tanzanian authorities must urgently halt the mass arrests and arbitrary detention of government critics, Amnesty International said today, as intimidation of members of the political opposition intensifies in the run-up to local government elections in December and the general election in 2025.

On 11 August, Tanzanian police arrested and detained leading figures from Tanzania’s Party for Democracy and Progress, the main political opposition party known as Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), including former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu and more than a hundred youth supporters, as well as five journalists for violating a ban on holding a youth conference. They were arrested during a meeting at Chadema’s Nyasa zonal office in Mbeya, southwest Tanzania, ahead of International Youth Day on 12 August.

The Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), the bar association of mainland Tanzania, said police also arrested 107 Chadema party members the same day in Iringa region in Nyasa zone, in the country’s southern highlands.

“The mass arrests and arbitrary detention of figures from the Chadema party, as well as their supporters and journalists, is a deeply worrying sign in the run-up to local government elections in December 2024 and the 2025 general election. The Tanzanian authorities must urgently respect people’s rights to freedom of expression and association,” said Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.

Two eyewitnesses told Amnesty International that those arrested include Chadema vice chair, Tundu Lissu, secretary general, John Mnyika, Nyasa regional leader, Joseph Mbilinyi, and leaders of the party’s youth wing, Baraza la Vijana Cha Chadema (Bavicha). According to a party official, the leading figures were taken by police to unknown locations, while other party members and journalists were transported to various police stations in Mbeya.

The mass arrests and arbitrary detention of figures from the Chadema party, as well as their supporters and journalists, is a deeply worrying sign in the run-up to local government elections in December 2024 and the 2025 general election. Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director, East and Southern Africa

The police later, on 12 August, arrested Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe and the Bavicha national leader John Pambalu at Songwe airport after they arrived from Dar es Salaam to follow up about other party leaders and members who had been arrested.

Chadema lawyers told Amnesty International that they had not been allowed by the Mbeya Regional Police Commander to know the whereabouts of the arrested individuals or information regarding the charges against them. The lawyers were however able to independently confirm that Joseph Mbilinyi was detained in Iringa Central Police Station.

The authorities have been restricting activities of the political opposition while allowing politicians from the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party to meet unhindered.

“The Tanzanian authorities must urgently release all of those detained or charge them with a recognizable criminal offence, in line with international standards. If there are legitimate charges against any of the detainees, authorities must respect their rights to a fair trial, in line with international human rights law and standards, such as informing detainees of the reasons for their arrest, presenting them promptly before a judge, and granting access to legal counsel,” said Sarah Jackson.

The Tanzanian authorities must urgently release all of those detained or charge them with a recognizable criminal offence, in line with international standards.Sarah Jackson

“Ahead of the upcoming elections, Amnesty International calls on the Tanzanian authorities to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all people, including the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. They must end arbitrary arrests and detention of political opposition members and reverse the escalating crackdown on civic space,” said Sarah Jackson.

Background

Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president following the death of President John Pombe Magufuli on 17 March 2021.

While President Magufuli was in power, opposition politicians faced arbitrary arrest and detention — a trend that has continued under President Hassan.

On 21 July 2021, the police arrested opposition leader Freeman Mbowe and 11 other Chadema party officials and staff members at a hotel in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania. They were arrested hours before a planned conference, in which party members would discuss demanding a new Cconstitution for the country. Although seven of them were released days after their arrest, Mbowe was only released more than seven months later, after the Director of Public Prosecution dropped terrorism charges against him and three others.

On 14 July 2023, lawyer and activist Boniface Mwabukusi and political activist Mdude Nyagali were arrested days after holding a press conference in Dar es Salaam, where they criticized a port deal between Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On 12 August 2023, they were re-arrested while travelling to Dar es Salaam and taken to the Central Police Station in the city of Mbeya. The next day, police arrested Willibrod Slaa, a former parliamentarian and diplomat, at his home in Dar es Salaam and took him to Mbweni Police Station. They faced treason charges but were released on 18 August 2023 under strict reporting conditions.

On 10 September 2023, police arrested Tundu Lissu for holding an “unlawful assembly” after he attended a political rally in Loliondo division, northern Tanzania.

On 11 August 2024, Tanzanian police raided a meeting at Chadema’s zonal office in Mbeya shortly after 6pm, during which party members were reportedly making plans for a youth rally the following day to mark International Youth Day.

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Jeshi la Polisi lakanusha taarifa ya Polisi

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Dar es Salaam. Sakata la kuzuiwa mikutano ya hadhara na ile ya ndani ya vyama vya siasa limechukua sura mpya, baada ya Jeshi la Polisi Tanzania kukanusha zuio la Polisi Wilaya ya Mbagala, Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam.

Kanusho hilo la Polisi Makao Makuu linatokana na taarifa ya Polisi Mbagala kwenda kwa chama cha ACT-Wazalendo kuzuia kufanyika kwa mkutano wa hadhara waliopanga kufanyika leo Jumatatu, Agosti 12, 2024 katika Kata ya Charambe, Wilaya ya Temeke, Dar es Salaam.

Barua ya Polisi Wilaya ya Mbagala kwenda kwa ACT-Wazalendo ya leo Jumatatu, pamoja na mambo mengine imesema: “…napenda kukujulisha kuwa mikutano yote ya hadhara na ya ndani imezuiliwa hadi hapo yatakapotolewa maelekezo mengine.”

Baada ya barua hiyo mijadala imeshika kasi mitandaoni, huku wadau wa kisiasa wakikumbusha kile kilichotokea mwaka 2016 kwa mikutano ya hadhara kupigwa marufuku na kuruhusiwa ile ya ndani.

Zuio hilo la mikutano liliwekwa wakati wa utawala wa awamu ya tano, baada ya utawala wa awamu ya sita kuingia madarakani ukiongozwa na Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan uliliondoa na mikutano kurejea.

Mwananchi lilizungumza na Msajili wa Vyama vya Siasa, Jaji Francis Mutungi kutaka kujua undani wa zuio hilo la Polisi Mbagala ambapo amesema kinachojitokeza ni hali ya jeshi hilo kujichanganya, hakuna tamko rasmi lilotolewa la kufuta mikutano ya hadhara na ile ya ndani.

“Kilichotokea naona kama Polisi wamejichanganya, hakuna tamko rasmi lilotolewa la kuzuia mikutano ya hadhara na ya ndani kwa kuwa Jeshi la Polisi lina ngazi aulizwe msemaji wake anaweza kuwa na majibu sahihi,” amesema Jaji Mutungi.

Katikati ya mijadala hiyo, saa 8:20 mchana, Msemaji wa Jeshi la Polisi Tanzania, David Misime akatoa taarifa kwa umma akisema: “Jeshi la Polisi lingependa kutoa taarifa kuwa halijapiga marufuku kufanyika mikutano ya nje ya hadhara na ile ya ndani, ili mradi inafuata matakwa ya sheria za nchi.”

“Kilichopigwa marufuku ni mkusanyiko uliokuwa umeitishwa na viongozi wa Chadema huko jijini Mbeya, kwa kivuli cha kuadhimisha Siku ya Vijana Duniani,”ilieleza taarifa hiyo.Continue Reading

Tanzania: FM Looking Forward to Boosting Ties With Tanzania

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Tanzania: FM Looking Forward to Boosting Ties With Tanzania

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty said on Sunday he is looking forward to boosting relations between Egypt and Tanzania, scaling up the volume of trade exchange and promoting joint investments.

The foreign minister’s remarks came at a meeting with his Tanzanian counterpart Mahmoud Thabit Kombo on the sidelines of his current visit to the Rwandan capital Kigali.

Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said that the meeting discussed bilateral ties between the two sides.

Abdelatty was keen on conveying the greeting of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to the Tanzanian leader, added Abu Zeid.

The spokesman noted that the foreign minister tackled cooperation projects between Egypt and Tanzania, topped by the Egypt-Built Julius Nyerere Hydropower Dam in Tanzania.

Abdelatty said Egypt is very interested in removing any obstacles to the completion of the project for the sake of the Tanzanian people, said Abu Zeid.

The foreign minister invited his Tanzanian counterpart to visit Egypt soon.

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