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Dar’s $500bn gas boom and Africa’s richest tribe

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The
 discovery of natural gas reserves, apart from elevating Tanzania’s 
economic status, has also triggered heated debate, putting the country’s
 future at a crossroads. While the government has maintained that its 
policy aims to create what it calls ‘a win-win situation’, some 
observers believe Tanzanians have been locked out of the $500 billion 
gas bonanza.</div>
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Energy
 and Minerals minister Sospeter Muhongo did not take kindly to the 
debate initiated by Tanzania Private Sector Foundation chairman Reginald
 Mengi. Prof Muhongo believes Mr Mengi harbours selfish interests, and 
does not speak on behalf of the masses as he claims.</div>
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But
 even before Mr Mengi’s outcry against the exclusion of locals from the 
lucrative natural gas sector, Mtwara and Lindi residents had rioted 
against what they claim is their sidelining from the imminent boom. The 
government’s response was to fire tear gas and bullets at them and 
deploy the military to calm the situation. Countrywide, the nation is 
divided on how gas revenues should be distributed and spent. Amid the 
heated debate between Prof Muhongo and Mr Mengi, <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Citizen</i> asks in a special news analysis whether Tanzania could learn a lesson from Africa’s richest community.</div>
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Dar’s $500bn gas boom and Africa’s richest tribe

The discovery of natural gas reserves, apart from elevating Tanzania’s economic status, has also triggered heated debate, putting the...

TZ woman changing lives abroad

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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">She
 has come a long way. Her experience around gender sent her on a 
journalistic and diplomatic journey to South Africa where she settled 
until today. A life coach and author, Ms Scholastic Kimaryo, told her 
story to <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Citizen on Sunday</i> in Pretoria recently</b></div>
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I
 was born in Kibosho, Moshi Rural, in 1949 in a family of three girls 
and three boys. In my community, I was the first girl to go beyond 
primary school.</div>
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My
 father did not want to waste his money from coffee by sending a girl 
child to school, it was only after the local parish priest intervened 
that I was allowed to continue with standard five.</div>
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I
 was lucky in secondary school in that the government shouldered the 
burden. Fortunately, I was very good in class and excelled at a 
missionary school.</div>
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I
 later joined Tabora Girls High School which was under Barbro Johansson.
 Madam Johansson helped us so much, she wanted the girl child to do 
well, and we did not disappoint. </div>
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Afterwards,
 I joined the then University of East Africa in Nairobi in 1969, where I
 did a degree in home economics. During my studies, I wrote articles for
 various publications and it was not surprising that I would soon land 
at<i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uhuru, Mzalendo</i> and <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nationalist</i> newspapers. I was later told to go and work for <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Daily News</i> and <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday News</i> where
 I also ran a column on home economics issues. As a journalist, I rose 
to become secretary general of the Tanzania Journalists Association 
(Taja). In October 1977, the United Nations General Assembly declared 
that 1979 would be an international year of the child.  </div>
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The
 aim was to remind and ask all governments to put structures that would 
improve the wellbeing of every child. Working for newspapers and also 
under the public service, I was sent to write about the year and, among 
other things, I interviewed the Unicef head, Mr Alex Tosh. That changed 
everything and the rest, as they say, is history.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">So, that set off your next phase as a UN worker. How was the experience?</b></div>
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In 1977, I was appointed the first executive secretary of the Tanzanian Commission for children funded by Unicef. </div>
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Although
 I had written many articles prior to that appointment, this was the 
first organisation where my writing would make a difference. We proposed
 and implemented a number of child-related projects, found foreign 
donors; we translated a book-‘Mahali Pasipo na Daktari’-which was 
distributed all over the country. We were so successful that Mwalimu 
Nyerere declared that 1980 would be the national year of the child. I 
stayed on and progressed to be head of Unicef in the country and 
thereafter I was seconded to UN where I worked for various UN agencies, 
mainly in Southern Africa. After 23 years, I was promoted to be the UNDP
 Representative to SA, effectively responsible for the UN agencies in 
the country. I had wanted to join politics in the 1980’s but then UN 
policies did not allow us to participate.</div>
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So,
 I worked for Unicef for 23 years and UNDP for eight years in Botswana, 
Lesotho, South Africa, where I was the first Unicef representative after
 the country attained its independence, Liberia during Charles Taylor’s 
reign, Kenya and New York.</div>
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But
 after all those years of service delivery, I realised that somehow 
there was a disconnection. All what we were doing was not sustainable 
because of policy issues. That is how I found my way back to school to 
study social policy, planning and participation in developing countries 
at the London School of Economics & Political Science. When I 
returned, I decided to work with UNDP for its core mandate is 
governance.</div>
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There
 are several in every country that I worked. In Tanzania, Unicef helped 
to significantly reduce child mortality so much so that it was common to
 find children named ‘Unicef’. In Botswana, we highlighted the plight of
 the pastoral communities. In SA, our work focused on supporting the 
emerging democracy in incorporating the rights of children into the new 
Constitution. Also during my time as the Unicef representative here, our
 office managed to bring the Duchess of Kent for a tour which resulted 
in her raising five million dollars for the local cause. Similarly, in 
Liberia which happened to have been during its civil war, we facilitated
 a tour by ‘the Oprah of Japan’ Tetsuko Kuroyanagi who raised a million 
dollars to help our programmes.</div>
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First
 of all, up-bringing is very important. Parents should nurture their 
children to work hard, to be independent while also ensure they grow 
with good manners. But secondly, we should know that hard work pays… I 
worked hard that is why I succeeded.</div>
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I
 also knew that I was educated using tax payers’ money so, I had to work
 hard for my country as a way of saying thank you. Thirdly, discipline; 
we have to be disciplined at home, at school, everywhere. If you are 
disciplined you will do well at work as well.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And what were the challenges that you faced?</b></div>
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I
 must admit that UN is a very difficult place to work. It is a club of 
different governments. What is accepted at the UN is moral minimum but 
the problem was with implementation; you work under a certain host 
government. Everywhere you go has its working environment and does and 
don’ts. You have to make sure that you convince the host government to 
help you reach the people you are supposed to serve. Because the target 
is the people, governments can sometimes send you to serve the areas 
which are not necessarily the UN’s priority.  Another challenge is that 
of family.</div>
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I
 was always traveling and I could be moved from one country to the 
other. I had problems keeping tabs on my children. At the end we decided
 to send them to boarding schools. Yes, I got a very good income but it 
was sometimes painful living away from my family. </div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How did you finally end up staying in South Africa?</b></div>
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I
 retired from the UN after I reached the mandatory age of 60 years, but I
 was still energetic. So, I took my pension and went back to school, 
this time at the Chopra Centre University in California where I got an 
International Certification as an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coach and 
Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor.</div>
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South
 Africa is the only country where I served for two different periods. I 
really believe that God brought me here for a reason.</div>
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After
 independence, Mwalimu Nyerere said that the continent would not be free
 unless the other countries including SA were freed. Similarly, I think 
that in the success or failure of SA lies the hopes and aspirations of 
the African people. Here, I find vibrancy, a democratic space and a 
hunger for success. It is the last hope that we have to get our act 
together and provide a platform for a dynamic Africa.</div>
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I
 currently serve on the boards of many international organisations and 
about a decade ago I founded the Tanzanian Women in Gauteng (Twiga), 
which is essentially aimed at bringing together Tanzanian women living 
here. We support each other on different fronts</div>
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After
 witnessing the toll that stress in the workplace takes on individuals, I
 made a promise to God that when I retire I would learn to be a 
principle-centred leader who promotes balanced living for people to be 
healthy in mind, body and spirit.</div>
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I
 retired in 2009 and went to the Chopra Centre University in California 
to learn about spiritual health. I subsequently founded the Maadili 
Conscious Leadership & Healthy Lifestyles Coaching Institute. Using 
Ayurvedic techniques, I help individuals in the work place and elsewhere
 identify their natural mind body constitution and to understand their 
behaviour patterns when they are in and out of balance. On this basis, I
 share with them knowledge that enables them to access their potential 
towards the attainment of mind body balance through mindful awareness 
and conscious choice making. This helps tap into the healer within all 
of us and supports the fulfilment of our purpose in life.</div>
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For me, it is important to unlock the potential that is in most African people, individually and collectively.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What do you see as Tanzania’s development challenges?</b></div>
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Well,
 first, we have to work on our education system. I think the current 
curricula don’t prepare our people to get out of school and be 
competitive.</div>
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In
 the past we were taught to work hard, not only for ourselves but the 
country at large, may be because of the policy of socialism, but I now 
see everyone rushing to enrich themselves by any means. Selfishness 
won’t make us develop as a nation.</div>
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During
 our days you could hardly hear of corruption scandals, today it is 
normal. Moreover, our leaders need to be selfless and patriotic.</div>
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They
 need to put plans that will see the nation benefit from its natural 
resources. Our country has almost every natural resource but we are 
still poor. We have to put in place plans so that we prosper using our 
God-given heritage.</div>
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TZ woman changing lives abroad

She has come a long way. Her experience around gender sent her on a journalistic and diplomatic journey to South Africa where she sett...

7 arrested over killing of former CCM chairman

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Police
 are holding seven people in connection with the killing of the former 
CCM Mwanza chairman and Kisesa Ward Councillor, Mr Clement Mabina.</div>
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The
 arrest of suspects brought panic in Kisesa and Kanyama areas where the 
Mabina was killed on Sunday by an angry mob allegedly because of a land 
dispute.</div>
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Mwanza
 Regional Police Commander Valentino Mulowola, however, declined to name
 the suspects, pointing out that divulging their identities could 
disrupt ongoing investigations that sought to expose the actual killers 
and the motive behind their action.</div>
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Heightened
 police activity in the two areas resulted in fear as the law keepers 
have vowed to leave no stone unturned until they nail the killers.</div>
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At
 Kisesa, where the late Mabina lived, his neighbours and members of the 
family expressed their disappointment at the way the media, especially 
the social networks, reported his death.</div>
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Family
 spokesman Timothy Gregory said Mabina’s death was reported with a 
political slant, unfairly branding the deceased political leader as an 
oppressor and a land grabber.</div>
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‘‘His
 death has been turned into a political agenda meant to tarnish his 
image and that of the ruling party,’’ claimed a family member who did 
not wish to be named.</div>
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His
 family further claimed that those who killed Mabina were hired to block
 him from vying for a high political post in the 2015 General Election.</div>
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The
 family and some eyewitnesses at Kisesa and Kanyama shrugged off claims 
that the mob killed Mabina after he shot dead a 12-year-old child.</div>
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‘‘He
 didn’t kill him; rather, his gun went off on its own as an angry crowd 
chased him, baying for his blood; he never aimed a gun at anyone as 
claimed in some reports,’’  they said.</div>
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Mr Mulowola said Mabina was found with a shotgun and a pistol, but did not say whether the firearms had ammunition.</div>
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The
 family spokesman said it was too early give the date of the burial as 
the family was waiting for the police report on the killing and the 
arrival in Mwanza of key members of the family.</div>
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7 arrested over killing of former CCM chairman

Police are holding seven people in connection with the killing of the former CCM Mwanza chairman and Kisesa Ward Councillor, Mr Clement ...

DC announces city’s cleaning schedule

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The
 district commissioner here, Halima Dendego, has announced plans by the 
local government to undertake an improvement on the current public 
cleanliness exercise in Tanga popularly known as “Kalembo Day,” 
conducted every first Saturday of the month to ensure that it does not 
become a nuisance to businessmen.</div>
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Announcing
 plans at the first inaugural meeting of the Tanga District Business 
Council (TDBC), Dendego said that under the new plans to be effective 
starting next year, businesses would not be closed on ‘Kalembo Day’ as 
it was the case in the past.</div>
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Closure
 of businesses has caused quite a stir and has been a nuisance to 
businessmen who have complained of losing profits through the exercise. 
Contributing to a general discussion on the state of business in Tanga 
City, a member of the council, Sadik Shembilu, said people were not 
treating the day with mockery, with businessmen closing businesses as 
usual but staying inside their houses without doing any kind of 
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“It
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authorities for establishing the cleanliness drive but I think we should
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He suggested the use of youth brigades to clean many areas using payments from households instead of using the current system.</div>
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“The
 first zone would be where the city council is able to conduct 
cleanliness without any problem. The second zone would be left to the 
private sector and would include a plan to establish youth groups to do 
the cleanliness for a fee,” Dendego pointed out.</div>
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She said the other zone would involve areas where the public would do cleanliness collectively (msalagambo).</div>
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“Cleanliness
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expected to take charge of the situation to ensure that everybody takes 
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Meanwhile,
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youth groups to undertake cleaning tenders has already started and eight
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Tanzania population rise ‘alarming’

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Tanzania’s
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region  and the world and could worsen food security which is already 
severe, a new book, published this week by the International Food Policy
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Released
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areas in the region are under severe pressure to increase their 
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The
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Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the 
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and 
Central Africa (ASARECA), and scientists from each of the countries 
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“Adaptation
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challenge facing policy makers, who must plan for the future without 
available information and analysis,” it reads in part.</div>
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East
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threats facing 11 of the countries that make up East and Central 
Africa—Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, 
Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda—and 
explores how climate change will increase the requirements for achieving
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Yield
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Rain-fed
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Mengi hits out at Prof Muhongo

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Just
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today, IPP Limited chairman Reginald Mengi has hit back at the minister 
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Dr
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Foundation (TPSF), but who spoke on his capacity as a businessman, 
yesterday came out in self-defence over allegations of greed and 
selfishness that Prof Muhongo levelled against him, in a bid to clear 
the air before today’s meeting. Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam
 yesterday, Mr Mengi said there was a problem in a statement given by 
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saying that Mr Mengi lacked patriotism and wanted to act as a middleman 
in selling blocks of the country’s natural resources.</div>
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“I
 would like to clarify the matter so that I don’t go to the meeting 
tomorrow (today) with statements made by Prof Muhongo uncorrected,” he 
said. “The truth is that I am not selfish, secondly I have never asked 
for any favour to be given blocks of natural gas, but I fight for 
Tanzanians in general,” he said.</div>
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During
 a public symposium held at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Prof 
Muhongo, who was among the presenters, highlighted some data that showed
 number of Tanzanians who own big areas of investments in mining sector,
 whereby he noted that Mr Mengi was holding a third position by having a
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“However,
 he is doing nothing to benefit Tanzanians, instead, he is enriching 
himself,” Prof Muhongo said. But, yesterday Mr Mengi reacted to the 
allegations, saying Prof Muhongo gave wrong statistics and data about 
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“The
 truth is that I own the sites under shareholding with my fellow 
Tanzanians; one mining site fo tanzanite with a size of less than one 
square kilomitre, and not three times the size of Dar es Salaam as he 
said,” he opposed.</div>
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He
 added: “I would like to insist that I have personally got big 
opportunity to develop in business, and now what I fight for is to 
extend opportunities so that many Tanzanians can participate as it is 
stated in National Economic Empowerment Act,2004, which provides special
 priority to citizens on their natural resources.”</div>
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He
 was optimistic that today’s stakeholders meeting of private sector 
would enable acquiring resolution on how the private sector would 
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Tanesco debts pose risk to Tanzania’s economy: World Bank

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The
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has accumulated huge debts is mounting risks to the government, in terms
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Reading
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of Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda, Mr Jacques Morisset, said that  Tanesco
 has already accumulated $260 million (Sh416 billion) that has to be 
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Mr
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because it has big commitment to pay debts incurred by Tanesco apart 
from the debts arising from financing infrastructure development.</div>
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He
 also said the government will have to decide between either increasing 
the power tariff or budget reallocation involving expenditure cuts in 
other economic sectors.</div>
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“Decisive
 actions will be needed to close Tanesco’s projected financial gap, 
which will grow in approximately $250 million in 2013. The required 
actions will involve politically contentious measures such as tariffs 
increase or budget reallocations involving significant expenditure cuts 
in other areas,” reads part of the report circulated in the World Bank’s
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According
 to the World Bank’s lead economist, alternatively these actions may 
involve non-concessional borrowing at high future cost, which needs 
government rethinking.  “The size of Tanesco deficit is itself sensitive
 to a number of factors outside government control, including hydrology 
conditions and world oil prices. A combination of bad luck or delay in 
the implementation of Tanesco action plan would add significant risk to 
the government’s fiscal accounts,” World Bank report further reads.</div>
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Apart
 from Tanesco’s huge debt, the World Bank report has shown other risks 
associated with rising debt services’ payments as short term risk 
relating to implementation of projects under Big Results Now (BRN) and 
shortfalls in revenue collection.</div>
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The
 World Bank has also enlisted the third risk as accumulation of 
government payment arrears relating to the pension sector and the 
management of contingent liabilities from the parastatals.</div>
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The
 manager for World Bank projects in Africa, Mr Albert Zeufact also 
cautioned that the tendency of most African countries in continuing to 
meet the cost of running inefficient parastatals  leads to unnecessary 
debts.</div>
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 “What
 is important is to make sure that when government borrows for huge 
public investment it targets the most productive ventures that can give 
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Hard times ahead for government

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“As much as we will continue to have standing committee reports here, be assured that we will be hearing of scandals each year if you ministers continue to live and operate in the old days. We need to change,” Ms Makinda said. She spoke after prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda presented his speech to conclude the Bunge session.</div>
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Ms Makinda said changes instituted in the budget cycle also calls for change in government operations if the new system is to succeed. “If the government does not change in its operation, the new budget cycle will be meaningless,” she said of the approach for Parliament to reverse the old system of only approving funds without fisrt establishing how the previsous year’s were used.</div>
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She noted for instance that reports show that only small fraction of development funds have been released in the first quarter of the financial year while the Parliament asked the government borrow money to ensure smooth take off of the new system.</div>
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“But, if we continue to depend on TRA (Tanzania Revenue Authority) and Finance Ministry alone, we will not reach anywhere… the tax collector should also ensure that he doesn’t stop his work because under the new system the Finance Act allows him to do so from July 1 each year,” she said.</div>
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In his Bunge adjourning speech, Premier Pinda thanked the MPs for the in-depth debate which led to the resignation of four ministers. He also thanked the ministers for accepting to take responsibility for cruelties revealed by the Parliament Committee which investigated the implementation of Opereseheni Tokomeza Ujangili.</div>
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But he said food availability was still promising noting that assessment of food situation conducted in October and November this year established that a total of 828,063 face food shortage.</div>
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“These people need a total of 23,312 tonnes up to February next year,” he said noting however that the nation has enough reserves to sustain the needs.</div>
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 Livestock herding communities and activists supporting them are happy about last Friday’s cabinet shake-up in which four ministers were sacked over alleged atrocities committed against the pastoralists.</div>
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“I am happy because some of my brothers were victims of excessive force used by the police and game rangers”, said Mr. Elikarim Mangi from Babati when reached on phone.</div>
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He said it was appalling that nothing had been done by the relevant authorities over the law enforcers and local administrators who took law into their hands on pretext of implementing Operation Tokomeza.</div>
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“What the president did was a good job. Some ministers are not serious with the people’s problems”, he told The Citizen on Sunday, citing cases of beatings and killings of innocent livestock keepers in various parts of the country.</div>
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Mr Mangi, who commutes between his timber business mart and large herds of cattle in Ruvuma region, said Manyara leaders should be made to account from the recent death of a woman in Babati district allegedly by the police.</div>
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Rev Elibariki Gayewi of the Lutheran Church in Hanang district said the sacking of ministers was an indication that the government was now serious in addressing the problems facing the people, particularly the nomadic pastoralists after being quiet for a long time.</div>
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“I am seeing this to be a great change for the good. It is a good sign for the government”, he stated, noting that he was aware of atrocities or beatings committed under Operation Tokomeza against members of the Barbaig community near Tarangire National Park and in Morogoro.</div>
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A resident of Minjingu township in Babati district and former councillor Mr. Olais Ole Koin said he was happy with the removal of Dr. Mathayo David Mathayo as a minister responsible for livestock,saying the sector has not been well managed.</div>
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However, he wondered why the prime minister Mizengo Pinda “has not been touched’ despite his apparent failure to manage the ministers and oversee the government operations as to per his day-to-day mandate.</div>
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He described the recent trends in the Parliament as an indication that it was now matured and active to challenge the government where it went wrong. “We want the government to ensure everybody is accountable”, he explained.</div>
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Mzee Mefunya Gapjojig, the first district commissioner for Hanang when the area was curved out of Arusha region in the mid-1980s remarked; “The pastoralists are now happy that the government has started to take action against frequent killings and harassments against them”.</div>
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A business consultant based in Arusha Zephaniah Gidang’ay said what the president did was “something in the right direction” but was surprised why the prime minister has not stepped down as a political responsibility.</div>
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He played down claims by the fired Livestock minister Dr. Mathayo that he had been victimised by the Parliamentary Select Committee, wondering where the politician was when large herds of livestock were shot dead in the national parks.</div>
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He added that he expected the new cabinet line-up to have a new prime minister. A CCM grassroot official in Hanang Peter Hayumwa defended the prime minister but said the stepping down of the four ministers was not enough.</div>
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“Senior government officials and here I mean the technical people are much to blame and should have to go”, he explained, pointing fingers at the technocrats in the ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.</div>
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However, some of the tourism industry players appeared not comfortable with the removal of Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki as the minister for Natural Resources and Tourism,saying he gave a needed push to the war against poachers and promotion of tourism.</div>
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“Kaghasheki was very supportive to this sector. For a short time he has been with us he has done a lot. I don’t seen anybody to fill his shoes. He was in the frontline in the war against poachers”, lamented Andrew Malalika, a tour operator in Arusha.</div>
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The Arusha-based umbrella body for pastoralist non-governmental organizations, PINGOs Forum praised President Jakaya Kikwete for the move and called on the government to ensure that people responsible for atrocities committed against people during Operation Tokomeza are taken to task.</div>
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“We are sure that the findings of the Lembeli Committee are true and we have found out that all what is contained and presented to the Parliament was true”, affirmed the PINGOs Forum executive director Edward Porokwa during a press conference here yesterday.</div>
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accommodate the increase in passenger traffic, but the length of the 
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questions on whether the airport runway would be extended to cater for 
large aircraft after last week’s unannounced landing of an Ethiopian jet
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that the runway will be extended. This airport will continue to cater 
for small and medium range aircraft,” she said.</div>
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She
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with the same length; 1,620 metres. “We are okay. Our runway is up to 
standard; that is why it did not suffer the impact of the Ethiopian jet.
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The
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carrying over 200 passengers and crew at the airport on Wednesday last 
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later through application of specialised equipment, it skidded into the 
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 the giant bird back to the tarmac and on the right direction in the 
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According
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THE government has reiterated the need 
to train smallholder farmers, who constitute over 70 per cent of 
Tanzania’s agriculture sector, in modern farming crop husbandry 
practices with access to credit facilities and markets for their produce
 if food insecurity and poverty are to be tamed.</div>
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President Jakaya Kikwete said in Dar es 
Salaam when opening the two-day Agribusiness East Africa conference that
 under Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania, the focus is on
 improvement of productivity of smallholder farmers.</div>
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Citing an example of Kilombero 
Plantation Limited, which has been allocated 10,000 hectares of land 
where British and American largescale commercial rice producers are 
working with smallholder paddy rice farmers, President Kikwete said the 
model has worked so well such that some African countries are borrowing a
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“Under SAGCOT, smallholder farmers 
working in partnership with large scale farmers have successfully 
managed to increase rice yields per acre from two metric tons to eight 
tons,” Mr Kikwete told the gathering of over 300 agroexperts, company 
executives, farmers and policy makers.</div>
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Kilombero Plantation Limited is a 
private company which is a subsidiary of British Agrica Tanzania Limited
 running a 10,000 hectares of rice farm in Kilombero district of 
Morogoro region since 2009 which emanated from a United Nations 
Development Programme hatched Africa Training and Management Services 
(AMSCO) project.</div>
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Under the project, key undertakings 
included development of 5,000ha of rice farming, construction of 
cleaning, drying, milling, and storage facilities to handle high 
production volumes with employment of over 400 people directly.</div>
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“With this partnership, Kilombero 
Plantation is now the largest rice producer in East Africa,” Kikwete 
pointed out saying his government is also targeting to improve 
productivity of smallholder farmers under Kilimo Kwanza blue print.</div>
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SAGCOT involves five regions of Iringa, Mbeya, Morogoro, Rukwa and Ruvuma regions which are the country’s bread basket.</div>
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Under the programme, farmers are trained
 by extension officers on best crop and animal husbandry practices, 
supplied with agro-inputs such as fertilizer and hybrid seeds, given 
access to credit facility and reliable markets.</div>
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With production of food at 118 per cent 
of the country’s needs largely due to Agriculture Sector Development 
Programme (ASDP), the president said the target is to produce enough for
 the EA market. “In order to succeed we also need to incorporate the 
private sector,” he stressed.</div>
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Earlier, Agriculture, Food Security and 
Cooperatives Minister Christopher Chiza and Agriculture Council of 
Tanzania (ACT) Chairman Dr Yussuf Sinare said the innovation, which 
targets smallholder farmers, is key to improving the agriculture sector.</div>
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Engineer Chiza said to realize the goal 
of having a middle income economy by 2025, the government has singled 
out agriculture as a sector requiring urgent attention hence part of the
 Big Results Now initiative.</div>
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“One of the things we are focusing on is
 how a smallholder farmer can be included in a production value chain 
without compromising his interests,” Eng. Chiza noted saying his 
ministry and SAGCOT partners are working towards putting innovations 
into action.</div>
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In a vote of thanks, Dr Sinare paid 
tribute to the government for undertaking massive mechanization of the 
country agriculture sector. “For the first time, I have seen a showroom 
of tractors in Dar es Salaam.”</div>

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