Wananchi zaidi ya 400 katika Kijiji cha Paje Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja, wameingiwa wasiwasi kuhusu kuhamishwa eneo hilo, kupisha ujenzi wa uwanja wa ndege wakidai hawajashirikishwa.Continue Reading
Wakati Mamlaka ya Mapato Zanzibar (ZRA) ikitunukiwa tuzo ya udhibiti vitendo vya rushwa, imesema hatua hiyo imeongeza morali kuendelea kupambana na vitendo hivyo ili kufikia malengo ya kukusanya zaidi ya Sh800 bilioni mwaka 2024/25.Continue Reading
KATAVI — PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has instructed the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to increase its grains storing capacity to reach three million tonnes by 2030.
The Head of State issued the directives yesterday after inspecting the ongoing construction of the modern silos and warehouses in Mpanda Municipality in Katavi Region, which will increase storage capacity from the current 5,000 tonnes of grains to 28,000 tonnes.
“This project worth 14bn/-, will help the country to deal with food insecurity and reduce the post-harvest loss. The modern silos have significantly increased the grains storage capacity from 5,000 tonnes to 28,000 tonnes,” Dr Samia said.
During the inauguration of new constructed modern grain storage facilities, the President directed NFRA to make Katavi Region a special independent zone in purchasing and storing of grains.
President Samia also stressed the importance of crop buyers across the country to provide fair prices to farmers during grains purchasing season. She reiterated the government’s determination to scale up the agricultural sector, saying the country wants to move from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
Further noticing, she has instructed the regional government to cooperate with NFRA to look for the areas where they can expand the food storage projects to enable Katavi become a reliable region for food storage.
Moreover, Dr Samia said that the budget for Agriculture Ministry has increased by three folds in the past three years from 460bn/-in 2020/21 financial year to 1.248tri/- this fiscal year, directing the money to be well spent in building irrigation schemes, promoting extension services, procurement of fertilisers and construction of food storage facilities.
Meanwhile, President Samia has underscored that the government will continue executing recommendations from the Criminal Justice Commission for the improvement of nation’s criminal justice systems including Tanzania Police Force.
The Head of State made the statement after launching the Katavi Region’s police headquarters building, during her working visit in the region. The building sits on the compound spanning 1,438 square metres. It has 33 office rooms, two armory rooms, and two conference halls.
“This building is the result of implementation of the commission’s recommendations to create a good working environment for the Police Porce,” Dr Samia said.
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She said that such buildings have been built in many places in Tanzania and they all have the same status, saying that the government is also continuing to improve police stations in the country.
Dr Samia said that the construction of the building is also aligns with the implementation CCM election manifesto (2020- 2025), which directs for creation of better environment for the Police Force and to ensure that the law enforcement agency brings stability and peace in the country.
“The manifesto also wants the government to ensure that there is good governance within the Police Force so that we can have political stability,” she added.
Moreover, Dr Samia directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Commissioner of Police (CP) Camillus Wambura, to ensure that the building’s Information Communication Technology systems are linked with other institutions under the Police Force in the region.
The Criminal Justice Commission was formed by President Samia last year to investigate the performance of criminal justice institutions in the country.
In July last year, the Commission presented 333 recommendations aimed at guiding the enhancement of justice delivery, bolstering criminal justice institutions and adhering to the 4R philosophy– Reconciliation, Resilience, Reforms and Rebuilding.
Presenting its report to the Head of State, the Commission highlighted key findings including major weaknesses in the entire system of criminal justice dispensation.
The institutions probed by the Commission include the Police Force, National Prosecution Services (NPS), Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Tanzania Prisons Service and Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA).
Source: allafrica.com
Tanzanians go to the polls this year in local elections to vote for street and village chairpersons. This will be followed by a general election next year for councillors, members of parliament and the president.
Both sets of elections are being watched closely. They’re the first to be held following a raft of changes over the past eight years to drag Tanzania away from its history of operating as a one-party state and towards a more multiparty arrangement.
This history has included restrictions on opposition parties’ activities. For example, between 2016 and 2023, political rallies were banned in Tanzania. This was a huge setback given that rallies are the core campaigning and mobilising tool used by opposition political parties.
A single-party system was introduced in Tanzania in 1965. The 1977 merger of the ruling parties in the Tanzania mainland (Tanganyika African National Union) and Zanzibar (Afro-Shirazi Party) to form Chama cha Mapinduzi further entrenched the one-party state. That same year, a constitution was passed that organised Tanzania’s legal structures within a one-party system.
In 1992, the country allowed a multiparty system. This was in keeping with shifting trends across the continent and a response to calls from within and outside Tanzania for multipartyism. However, the constitution remained largely the same, with only superficial amendments. For example, electoral commissioners remain presidential appointees. The president is also the chair of the ruling party.
In 2016, the late president John Magufuli restricted the operations of opposition political parties. In 2019, a new Political Parties Act was passed to further contain opposition parties by giving the registrar wide powers to deregister parties, suspend individual members from parties and demand any information from a party.
Magufuli died in March 2021. When Samia Hassan took over as president shortly afterwards, she expressed a desire to expand the democratic space. She held dialogues with opposition leaders who raised key issues, including calls for constitutional reform. They also wanted an independent electoral commission, reforms in electoral laws and systems to allow more proportional representation, and freedom to carry out political party operations such as public rallies.
In January 2023, Hassan lifted the six-year ban on opposition-led public rallies. New electoral law amendments were also passed in March 2024. These included the Independent Electoral Commission Law and Political Parties Affairs Act. The amendments are supposed to improve fairness in the electoral process.
I have researched opposition parties in Tanzania, and analysed their efforts to survive and mobilise support. In my view, Hassan has not made a substantial difference. The reformed laws don’t bring real structural change.
While the space for campaigning and mobilising towards the 2024 and 2025 elections has widened in comparison to the period before the 2019 and 2020 elections, it still isn’t enough to facilitate free and fair elections. Opposition parties must continue to press for and demand real reforms.
State of the opposition
Over 30 years of multiparty politics in Tanzania, the sustainability of opposition parties has been questionable. Since the 1995 general elections, which were the first since the re-introduction of a multiparty system, the vote share for opposition parties has been irregular.
Different parties have dominated in opposition. In 1995, NCCR-Mageuzi was the leading opposition party with a 21.8% vote share. In the 2000 and 2005 elections, the Civic United Front was the main opposition party with a 16.2% and 11.6% vote share, respectively. From 2010 to date, Chadema has been the dominant opposition party with a 40% vote share in the 2015 election.
The 2020 elections returned Tanzania to a de facto one party state. Chadema won 13% of the vote amid claims of electoral irregularities. Parliament became a one-party house with 99% of all members being from the ruling party.
Reforms or a performance of reforms?
An analysis of the changes Hassan has passed since she came to power in 2021 doesn’t show significant change in terms of structural reforms.
For example, members of the electoral commission are still appointed by the president. Elections returning officers at district levels are also presidential appointees. The registrar of political parties remains powerful and can interfere in political parties’ affairs.
This political context hasn’t been friendly for the establishment of strong opposition parties. Although there are 19 fully registered political parties in Tanzania, only a few are strong. These are the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi, and the opposition parties Chadema and ACT-Wazalendo.
ACT-Wazalendo was the last party to be registered in Tanzania – 10 years ago. Since then, no new political party has been registered, and those that have tried have found it difficult to get through the process.
The party registration process has two stages: provisional and full registration. Each has a set of requirements that the registrar scrutinises to determine approval. This provides room for delays.
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However, the overall demand for new political parties is not high in Tanzania. This could be due to factors such as:
What still needs to change
There is a need for a change in political culture among ordinary citizens as well as the political class, including civil servants. The current political culture is submissive to the ruling party as a result of the entrenched party-state system. Due to this political culture, most citizens are not driven to question the system and demand change.
The call and demand for real reforms can only work when a majority of citizens support calls for new electoral laws and constitutional reforms. Otherwise, the ruling party has a false sense of confidence. Opposition parties and activists need to embark on systematic and aggressive civic education. Citizens need to believe in their civil right to demand change.
Aikande Clement Kwayu, Independent researcher & Lecturer, Tumaini University Makumira
Source: allafrica.com
Waumini wa Kanisa Tanzania Assemblies Of God (TAG) wameadhimisha miaka 85 tangu kuanzishwa kwa kanisa hilo, huku wakisisitizwa kulinda amani na kushiriki kikamilifu kwenye uchaguzi wa Serikali za Mitaa baadaye mwaka huu.Continue Reading
Dar es Salaam. Baada ya mabadiliko ya sheria ya madini yaliyofanyika mwaka 2017, Serikali ya Tanzania imedhamiria kufanya mabadiliko mengine ili kuimarisha udhibiti wa matendo maovu katika sekta hiyo, ukiwemo utoroshaji madini.
Dhamira ya mabadiliko hayo ni kuhakikisha vitendo vya utoroshaji madini na vito vilivyokithiri katika migodi mbalimbali nchini vinadhibitiwa.
Akizungumzia hayo hivi karibuni, Naibu Katibu Mkuu, Wizara ya Madini, Msafiri Mbibo amesema pamoja na mambo mengine, sheria hiyo inatarajiwa kumpa waziri mamlaka ya kuamua gharama za kodi na kwa kuanzia itakuwa asilimia 20 kwa kila anayezalisha madini.
“Kufanya hivi kutasaidia kutatua changamoto zilizopo kwenye masuala ya uchimbaji madini ambapo kuna kipengele kinawataka wachimbaji na wafanyabiashara kufuata taratibu za kisheria, lakini hawafanyi hivyo kwa madai ya utitiri wa kodi,” amesema.
Amesema Tanzania haipo tayari kuruhusu madini yake yatakatishwe katika mataifa mengine, akidokeza kufanya hivyo kunaiondolea nchi sifa yake.
“Kutokana na uaminifu ambao Tanzania imejiwekea, ni ngumu kutumia njia zisizofaa. Hivyo kutumia njia wanazotumia wengine ni kujiondolea sifa ya uaminifu ambayo tumejiwekea kimataifa,” amesema.
Mratibu Mkuu wa Miradi SwissAid, Alice Swai, amesema usafirishaji wa dhahabu usio na mfumo rasmi ndiyo chanzo cha kukosekana kwa taarifa za wachimbaji wadogo.
Kwa mujibu wa Swai, taarifa hizo hazijahusishwa katika ulinganisho wa taarifa za Taasisi ya Uhamasishaji Uwazi na Uwajibikaji katika Rasilimali za Madini, Mafuta na Gesi Asilia (TEITI), hivyo kuondolewa kwenye taarifa za kila mwaka za fedha.
“Kukosekana kwa taarifa za wachimbaji wadogo kumepelekea kuwepo na mianya ya kuruhusu usafirishaji wa dhahabu kwa mfumo usio rasmi,” amesema Alice.
Amesema kuna haja ya makubaliano ya nchi zinazopokea na kufanya biashara za madini kama uchakataji ili kuwa na mfumo wa pamoja kwa ajili ya kufuatilia taarifa za ugani katika mnyonyoro wa biashara ya kuuza na kununua madini.
“Kuna haja ya kupunguza mlolongo na kurahisisha mfumo wa kusafirisha madini nje ya nchi na kupunguza matamko, ili kukabiliana na usafirishwaji wa vipande vidogo vidogo kwa mtu binafsi kwa njia ya mabegi na ndege,” amesema.
Kwa mujibu wa Swai, Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (BoT) inapaswa itoe bei ya ushindani ili kuhamasisha wafanyabiashara licha ya kuwepo kwa muswada wa sheria ya fedha ya mwaka 2024, unaopunguza mrahaba kutoka asilimia sita hadi asilimia mbili na msamaha wa kibali cha kodi kwa asilimia moja.Continue Reading
Targeting more foreign investments, the Tanzania government has proposed amendment of its laws to grant special status to Tanzanians in diaspora, to set up business in key priority economic sectors.
Relaxing its prohibitive laws and legislations, the government has tabled to Parliament for debate, Miscellaneous Amendments Bill 2024, which seeks to grant special status to Tanzanians living in other countries to set up business back home.
The proposed amendments to immigration laws are set to grant inheritance rights and investment incentives to Tanzanians living in other countries through the Diaspora Tanzanite card.
Land and property ownership in Tanzania have been limited to Tanzanian citizens only. The Miscellaneous Amendments Act, 2024 which was published on June 26, proposes changes to the Immigration Act, Cap 54 and Land Act, cap 113 to allow Tanzanians living in other countries to access land occupancy titles.
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Tanzania is among African countries with restrictive immigration laws and regulations imposed to foreigners and locals with dual citizenship on land ownership rights.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan had earlier promised to review the Immigration Act. While addressing Tanzanians in South Korea during her six-day official visit in Seoul in June, she said her government would ensure that Tanzanians living in other countries would be given special status, including the ability to take up residence in Tanzania without passing through a complicated visa process.
She pledged a legal environment that would enable Tanzanians in the diaspora to remit money through their families back home for investments, expertise and technology needed mostly for agricultural production, manufacturing and services.
Tanzanians in the diaspora have invested about Tsh280 billion ($106 million) through housing, while others bought shares worth Tsh6.45 billion ($ 2.4 million) in the UTT Asset Management and Investors Services (UTT AMIS) by 2023, Samia told the Tanzanians in Seoul.
The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) has been encouraging East African Community (EAC) citizens to establish joint businesses in Tanzania through harmonised regulations in the EAC region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the East African Co-operation established a diaspora database aiming to recognise and assist Tanzanians in diaspora to register for business and investments, banking on ample and available land suitable for investments.
Despite its rich agricultural land, Tanzania had lacked vibrant investments in agriculture with little returns from cash crops and poor agro-industrial base.
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture shows that Tanzania possesses a total of 44 million hectares of land for cultivation, but only 15 million hectares are under cultivation for both cash and food crops.
Investment in livestock has been rated among lucrative business, banking on the big number of livestock and pastureland available in Tanzania.
Statistics from the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries indicate that Tanzania has a stock of about 38 million heads of cattle, about 28 million goats, nine million (9 million) sheep and four (4) million pigs.
It is second in Africa with big numbers of livestock after Ethiopia, but poorly developed for higher revenue gains. Traditional livestock breeding and lack of ranching investments have slowed down livestock revenue gains.
Jana tuliona jinsi migogoro ya ardhi inavyoendelea kuongezeka nchini na tafiti zikitaja mipaka isiyoeleweka, ongezeko la watu na rushwa kama chanzo, huku Serikali ikieleza inayoyafanya. Leo tunaangazia athari za matobo yaliyomo kwenye sheria. Endelea…
Wakati migogoro ya ardhi iliyopokewa wizarani ikiongezeka mara sita zaidi mwaka 2023/2024 ikilinganishwa na mwaka 2021/2022, wataalamu wa sheria wanasema miongoni mwa sababu ni mkanganyiko na mianya iliyopo katika sheria zinazohusu ardhi.
Sheria zinazohusu ardhi nchini ni pamoja na; Sheria ya Ardhi ya Vijiji Namba Tano, Sura ya 114 iliyofanyiwa maboresho mwaka 2019, Sheria ya Ardhi Sura ya 113 ya mwaka 2002, Sheria ya Utwaaji Ardhi Sura ya 118, Sheria ya Usajili wa Ardhi Sura ya 334, na ile ya Mipango Miji Sheria namba 8 ya mwaka 2007.
Miongoni mwa ombwe lililoibuliwa ni sheria za ardhi nchini kujikita zaidi katika ardhi iliyosajiliwa kisheria na mara nyingi hazitoi mwongozo kamili kuhusu jinsi ya kuuza ardhi ambayo haijasajiliwa.
Moja ya sheria inayotajwa kuleta mkanganyiko na mwanya wa migogoro, kwa mujibu wa mwanasheria na mtafiti wa masuala ya kisheria, Luccian Lucelo ni Sheria ya Ardhi ya Vijiji Namba Tano, Sura ya 114 iliyofanyiwa maboresho mwaka 2019 ambayo inatoa mamlaka ya usimamizi wa ardhi kwa Serikali ya kijiji na haki ya umiliki (Customary right of occupancy) kupitia kifungu 20(1) cha sheria hiyo.
“Hii imekuwa miongoni mwa sheria ambazo zimekuwa na mianya, hasa kwenye utaratibu wa kuuza ardhi ambayo haijasajiliwa, tofauti na iliyosajiliwa kupitia Sheria ya Ardhi namba 4 Sura ya 113,” anasema Lucelo.
Mbali na hilo, Lucelo anatoa mfano wa kesi ya Kilango Semu Mjema vs Abdallah Mohamed Mnalindi (Land Appeal No. 8 of 2023) ukurasa wa 11 kuwa ilionyesha mwanya katika sheria hiyo.
“Sheria ya Ardhi Sura ya 114 haijatoa utaratibu wa uuzaji wa haki ya kutumia ardhi ya kijiji, badala yake wanatumia kifungu namba 10 cha Sheria za Mikataba, Sura ya 345.
“Pia Sheria ya Ardhi ya Kijiji Sura ya 114 haitoi moja kwa moja utaratibu wa uuzaji wa ardhi ambayo haijasajiliwa kupitia Sheria namba 5 ya Ardhi, badala yake sheria ipo kimya juu ya utaratibu sahihi wa uuzaji wa ardhi ambayo haijasajiliwa,” anasema Lucelo.
Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Taasisi ya Hakiardhi, Cathbert Tomitho anasema mkanganyiko mwingine katika sheria zinazosimamia ardhi ni kutoa mamlaka ya umiliki wa ardhi kwa Kamishna wa Ardhi na Serikali ya kijiji.
“Miongoni mwa mapungufu yaliyopo ni katika sheria ya ardhi ambayo inatoa mamlaka ya umiliki wa ardhi kwa Kamishna wa Ardhi kupitia kwa ofisa ardhi na Serikali ya mtaa, kwa hiyo unakuta kunakuwa na mkanganyiko.
“Mara kadhaa inatokea ardhi inauzwa na Serikali ya kijiji, lakini ukifika kwa ofisa ardhi kwa ajili ya taratibu nyingine, ikiwemo ya urasimishaji, kunakuwa na mkwamo kwa sababu sheria zimewapa nguvu wote,” anasema Tomitho ambaye pia ni mtafiti wa masuala ya ardhi.
Hoja ya Tomitho inarandana na Mwanasheria Kamanda Fundikira anayeyanyooshea kidole mabaraza ya ardhi ngazi ya kijiji na kata kufanya shughuli kinyume cha sheria kutokana na Sheria ya Ardhi ya Vijiji kuwapa mamlaka wanayoshindwa kuyatafsiri.
“Kumekuwa na changamoto sana katika sheria iliyoleta baraza la kata kwenye kutatua migogoro ya ardhi, kwani yamekuwa yakifanya uamuzi badala ya kupatanisha kama sheria inavyowataka,” anasema Fundikira.
Anasema kikwazo kingine ni sheria hiyo kuwapa nguvu katika masuala ya ardhi viongozi wa vijiji, lakini kutokana na kutokuzijua vyema wanavunja utaratibu hasa wa usawa wa kijinsia. Sheria inaelekeza kunatakiwa kuwe na usawa kati ya wanawake na wanaume.
Hoja ya wenyeviti wa vijiji wanaounda baraza la ardhi la kata kutofahamu sheria za ardhi na kusababisha baadhi ya migogoro ya rasilimali hiyo, pia imezungumzwa na Mkuu wa Idara ya Ardhi na Mipango Miji, Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Mkuranga, Said Salehe anayesema wao wanajitahidi kutoa elimu.
“Katika eneo hili (wenyeviti wa vijiji) changamoto kweli ipo, na sisi (Mkuranga) tunajitahidi kufanya nao semina za mara kwa mara na kuwapitisha katika sheria, ili wayajue majukumu yao kwa usahihi,” anasema Salehe.
Miongoni mwa mapendekezo yanayotolewa kuziba mianya ya sheria hizi ni kufanyiwa marekebisho au kutungwa nyingine.
“Wadau tunaendelea kupigia kelele kurekebishwa sheria zote zenye mianya au kutunga sheria mpya zitakazoziba mianya iliyopo, ili tudhibiti ardhi isiuzwe kama nyanya sokoni. Hii ni rasilimali muhimu,” anasema Tomitho.
Kuhusu maboresho ya sheria, Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Katiba na Sheria, Dk Khatibu Kazungu alipotafutwa na Mwananchi kujua kama kuna marekebisho yoyote yaliyoletwa wizarani katika eneo hilo, aliomba watafutwe Wizara ya Ardhi, Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi kwa maelezo zaidi.
“Samahani ni vyema ukiwatafuta Wizara ya Ardhi wanaweza kuwa na majibu mazuri zaidi, kwa sababu Tanzania ina sheria zaidi ya 400, hivyo wao wenyewe watakuwa wanajua kama kuna utaratibu unaoendelea,” anasema Kazungu.
Alipotafutwa, Naibu Waziri wa Ardhi, Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi, Geophrey Pinda anasema mwingiliano wa baadhi ya majukumu katika sheria za ardhi si ombwe, bali ni miongoni mwa changamoto za kisheria na zitafanyiwa kazi.
“Hilo siyo ombwe, unajua sheria ni kama binadamu, unaanza kuwa mdogo na unakua na kuna mahitaji yanaongezeka. Sheria inafika mahali inazeeka na ikifika kipindi hicho hufanyiwa marekebisho au ikibidi kubadilishwa kabisa, vivyo hivyo inafanyika katika sheria za ardhi,” anasema Pinda.
Anasema kuna michakato mbalimbali (hakutaka kuiweka wazi) inaendelea kwa ajili ya kuziboresha sheria zinazosimamia ardhi nchini.
Hata hivyo, wakati wadau wengine wakilalamikia sheria hiyo kutoa mianya, Mhadhiri wa Sheria aliyebobea katika ardhi Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Dk Laurean Mussa anasema hauoni mkanganyiko wa kisheria katika migogoro ya ardhi.
Pia, anasema miongoni mwa suala linalopigiwa kelele la kuwahusisha viongozi wa Serikali za vijiji na mitaa katika ununuzi wa ardhi ni jema, kwani wao wanayafahamu zaidi maeneo yao.
“Sidhani kama kuna migogoro ya ardhi inayosababishwa na sheria, kwa sababu Serikali ya kijiji/mtaa kupitia kamati zao kazi yao ni kumshauri Kamishna wa Ardhi ambaye katika ngazi ya wilaya, ofisa ardhi ndiye anakasimiwa madaraka.
“Mwenyekiti wa kijiji kuhusika katika utambuzi na uuzaji wa ardhi ni suala jema kwa sababu yeye ndiye anayetambua eneo husika kwa ukubwa,” anasema.
Msimamo wa Waziri
Sakata la wenyeviti wa vijiji na mitaa si mara ya kwanza kuibuka, Desemba 22, 2023 katika kikao na Jukwaa la Wahariri Tanzania (TEF), Waziri wa Ardhi, Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi, Jerry Silaa alisema kazi ya uuzaji wa ardhi itafanywa na maofisa ardhi wa wilaya.
Pia, Waziri Silaa alitaka wananchi wasikubali kutoa asilimia 10 kuwapa viongozi hao (wa mitaa/vijiji) wanapofanya mauziano ya ardhi.
“Ili kuwa kwenye mipango miji wananchi epukeni kununua ardhi kwa wenyeviti wa vijiji na ikitokea unataka kununua, basi hakikisha unaitishwa mkutano wa kijiji na taratibu zote zinafuatwa, watakueleza masharti yao ikiwezekana chukua video ya huo mkutano siku mambo yakiharibika tuthibitishe,” alisema Silaa.
Nini kifanyike
Ili kupunguza mianya hiyo, Lucelo anapendekeza kufanyiwa marekebisho kwa sheria hizo na kutoa elimu ya kisheria miongoni mwa wananchi wanaouza na kununua ardhi.
“Sehemu yoyote yenye mwanya kisheria inatakiwa ifanyiwe kazi na kurekebishwa, pia elimu ya kisheria itolewe kuhusu haki na majukumu ya pande zinazoshiriki katika mauziano ya ardhi unaweza kusababisha kukosekana kwa makubaliano ya pamoja au uelewa sahihi, hivyo kuchochea migogoro kutokana na utaratibu kutoelezewa vizuri na sheria husika,” anasema.
“Upatikanaji wa njia za kisheria za kutatua migogoro ya ardhi uwe mkubwa, ili kuwe na mchakato mfupi katika kutatua migogoro,” anasema Lucelo.
Tomitho anatoa rai kwa wananchi kununua ardhi kwa kufuata sheria na si kiholela, ili kuepuka migogoro ya kisheria na mingine.
“Kila siku tunatoa elimu kwa wananchi, wasinunue ardhi kama nyanya au bidhaa nyingine, sheria zifuatwe ili kuepuka migogoro,” anasema Tomitho.
Itaendelea kesho, tutazungumzia talaka zinavyoathiri wanawake katika umiliki wa ardhi mkoani Pwani.
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Washington — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has endorsed the new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Tanzania to support the country in consolidating its status as a middle-income country, achieving a high level of human development, and contributing to the World Bank Group’s (WBG) mission to end extreme poverty and boost prosperity on a livable planet.
The new strategy maximizes the impact of the One-WBG approach, coordinating and leveraging the strengths of the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in the country over the period FY2025 to FY2029.
The new CPF prioritizes several key areas. First, it aims to support the country’s human development agenda. This includes providing transformative support in education, healthcare, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, and shock-responsive social protection programs, building upon the strong momentum already established by the Tanzanian government.
Secondly, the CPF will bolster the government’s goal of fostering a better environment for private sector-led growth. This will involve deepening support for reforms that strengthen the business climate, investing in infrastructure and connectivity to facilitate economic activity, and modernizing Tanzania’s productive sectors. Additionally, the CPF aims to leverage the country’s strategic geographic location to promote inclusive growth both domestically and throughout the sub-region.
Finally, the CPF will support Tanzania’s crucial and multi-prong resilience agenda, focusing on climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, alongside efforts to strengthen the country’s economic resilience. Progress toward these objectives is underpinned by two cross-cutting priorities: increased empowerment of women and youth and improved government effectiveness with more efficient, transparent, and accountable institutions.
“We have seen tremendous progress with recent policy changes, such as increasing access to education for all girls coupled with broader reforms such as vocational training,” said Nathan Belete, World Bank Country Director. “Girls and boys now have multiple pathways to complete their secondary education and the Fee-free Basic Education Policy has had an incredible impact, opening doors for 4.5 million new students. With such renewed commitment to human development and inclusion by the government, the outlook for inclusive growth and poverty reduction is favorable.”
The CPF is informed by extensive consultations with a wide range of stakeholders as well as a country opinion survey and is aligned with the priorities identified in Tanzania’s Third Five-Year Development Plan and Zanzibar’s Five-Year Development Plan. The CPF’s focus on private sector-led growth is consistent with IFC’s Creating Markets Strategy which aims to support conditions for private enterprises to efficiently contribute to inclusive development.
“Private sector participation is critical to any economy’s growth and development. To address Tanzania’s development goals, including poverty reduction and job creation, the country has an opportunity to further leverage private sector-driven economic growth. IFC will continue to work closely with our public and private sector partners, as well as with our colleagues across the World Bank Group, to unlock the conditions needed to further support inclusive finance, agribusiness, manufacturing, and sustainable infrastructure through investments, advisory and upstream support,” said Mary Porter Peschka, IFC’s Regional Director for Eastern Africa.
“In recent years, MIGA has seen a significant increase in investor interest in Tanzania, thanks to reforms undertaken by the government,” said Șebnem Erol Madan, Director of Economics and Sustainability at MIGA. “As part of the new CPF, MIGA will continue to support financial inclusion and climate finance initiatives and will leverage the new World Bank Group guarantee platform to support the country in attracting and mobilizing private capital in other sectors, including renewable power and digital.”
The CPF builds on a well-performing WBG portfolio in the country. Through the CPF 2018-2022, the World Bank provided over $9 billion dollars of financing that delivered important improvements for Tanzanians, such as:
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IFC’s investment portfolio in Tanzania stands at over $400 million with investments focused in key sectors including financial institutions, agribusiness, and real estate. The IFC advisory portfolio reached $11 million in 2024. Over the last few months, MIGA has issued its first political risk guarantees in a decade in Tanzania, with guarantees in the mobile money and banking sectors. As a result, MIGA now has a portfolio of $151 million in the country and a strong pipeline in the renewable energy and digital sectors.
Source: allafrica.com
Fake Star newspaper front page claims Tanzania will legalise same-sex marriage
IN SHORT: Fake newspaper front pages are nothing new on Kenyan social media platforms. One example, apparently from the Star newspaper, claims that Tanzania is about to legalise gay marriage.
An image of what appears to be the front page of Kenya’s Star newspaper has been posted on X (formerly Twitter) with the headline: “Tanzania to legalize gay marriage.”
The front page is dated 5 June 2024 and features a photo of Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu.
The subheading on the front page reads: “Majority of MPs in the Tanzanian parliament are expected to vote for the passing of the bill into law.”
The front page has also been posted on Facebook.
Same-sex marriage isn’t just unrecognised in Tanzania – it’s illegal.
Same-sex marriage is still frowned upon in much of conservative East Africa. Given this, is this a legitimate front page of the Star newspaper? We checked.
‘Fake,’ says the Star
On 6 June, the Star posted the circulating front page on its social media accounts with the word “fake” printed in red.
“This post is not associated with us in any way and should be treated as FAKE. Get the real copy on our official verified pages,” the Star said on its official Facebook page.
Africa Check also looked through the Star’s front page archive and found a different one for 5 June. The authentic front page headline reads: “Counties blow Sh146bn on pay, projects suffer.”
The front page circulating on social media is fabricated and should be ignored.
Source: allafrica.com
