Raila opens up on close friendship with Magufuli

President John Magufuli and former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga in prayers at Chato Parish church in Geita Region yesterday. Photo: State House  Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga, who spent the weekend as a guest of President John Magufuli in his Chato District, Geita Region home village, yesterday explained the origin of the special friendship between the two...

Kenyan president still seeking to snatch Uganda oil pipeline project?

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta  Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta flew to France yesterday for a state visit “that could also give Kenya an opportunity to bring up the issue of the oil pipeline from Uganda,” Kenyan media reported yesterday.   According to the reports, Kenyatta and his French hosts are scheduled to discuss counter-terrorism and radicalisation issues,...

Traders call on Temeke authorities to re-carpet key road

 Temeke Municipal Council (TMC) has been urged to reconstruct a 1.3km stretch of road connecting Mbosi and Pugu roads, which is in an appalling situation.   The route which is used by industries, corporate bodies, traders and motorists has been reconstructed three times at tarmac level but remains in a very dilapidated state for a long time thus limiting a healthy business environment.   Preliminary information availed to this paper indicated that the business community in the area, including the large corporate bodies and companies, had okayed plans to complement the authority’s move to...

AfDB okays $228m for Kenya-Tanzania road

The African Development Bank (AfDB)  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $228 million loan to Kenya to rehabilitate a strategic road linking Western Kenya and Tanzania.   AfDB said in a statement on Friday that the renovation of the 172-kilometre road, linking the towns of Isebania and Ahero, an axis located southeast of Lake Victoria, will facilitate...

Shein to deliver speech in Z'bar House of Reps

Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein  Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein is tomorrow expected to deliver his inaugural speech at the Ninth House of Representatives meeting as majority of Zanzibaris  still remain tense  on the way forward over the existence of the Government of National Unity (GNU).   Among issues that Dr Shein is expected to address...

Germany donates aircraft to help in war on poaching

Christof Schenck, CEO of Frankfurt Zoological Society  The German government has donated an aircraft to Tanzania to reinforce anti-poaching efforts in Selous Game Reserve, located in southern part of the country.   Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr  Gerd Müller, handed over a symbolic key of the ‘Husky aircraft’...

GOVT CALLS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR TO INVEST ON POWER GENARTATION

Ministry of Energy and Minerals Deputy Permanent Secretary (Energy), Dr Juliana Pallangyo  Private investors have been challenged to invest in power production in an effort to contribute to the country’s economic growth.   The remark was made in Dar es Salaam last week  by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Deputy Permanent Secretary (Energy), Dr Jualiana Pallangyo,...