Loliondo land dispute now step by JK

Arusha. Conflict of wild reserve area of Loliondo in Ngorongoro District Manyara Region, now gone down to President Jakaya Kikwete for obtaining solutions.

Recently, a dispute between local residents and the government emerged after the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki announce 1,500 acres and the Government take to let local residents owning 2,500 acres were yoikataa stage.

In his meetings with news reporters in late March and early this month, the Minister Kagasheki he held the position of the Government that the decision made by his department is accurate and not change.

Chairman of the Board of Ngorongoro District, Elias Ngolisa giving notice of their meeting with the Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda at a public meeting held yesterday, the Village of Arash, in Ngorongoro District, said after giving their explanations and illustrations, the Prime Minister promised to send their dispute President Kikwete for reasoning.

"As you sent us, we met with the prime minister and other officials, including the Commission of the CCM and the prime minister have explained why we opposed the ordinance of the Minister Kagasheki.

Mbowe gives burden Zitto

Tabora. Chadema chairman, Freeman Mbowe has instructed Deputy Secretary General, Zitto Kabwe ensure the party gets victory in many constituencies in the next general election.

Mbowe said his party will ensure takes states of Samuel Sitta (Urambo East), Ismail Aden Rage (Tabora town) and the State of Kaliua of Professor Juma Kapuya, in the next general election in 2015.

Speaking at the rally, Mbowe commanded the Kigoma North MP ensure that these states are considered and Chadema in the next general election.

He wanted to campaign for the local neighborhood, house 
to house and person to person in order to ensure that those members present in these regions are not elected again by the people in the elections.

At the meeting held at Stadium Elementary School Town School in Tabora, among other things, said he launched the campaign for Tabora, Kigoma and Katavi where Zito Kbwe was given to manage the region.

Aliwageukia from supporting the police and asked the party to come to power Prospering be able kuwaboreshea their salaries than it is now arguing with limited payroll compared to the difficulty of their task.

"You commanders pigika you are like us, now I have asked tuungeni hand combat with these CCM to tuwakomboe weak," said Mbowe.

Originally Deputy Secretary General of the party Zitto Kabwe said the Western Region has a history in the country for the Tabora region was the epicenter of the country's independence struggle and Kigoma the center of the struggle for reform.

Stroke: Priest RC IFUNDA REMAINDER OF LIFE IN CRASH

     This is the car that led to the death of the priest 
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Parish Priest of the Church of RC parish of Ifunda Alphonse Mhamilawa has died in a serious car accident that occurred in the area of Sabasaba Mafinga Mufindi district in Iringa.

Eyewitnesses of the accident have described this network that the accident occurred timing 2 hours the night before today when Priest This was from the region Njombe in activity Burial One of the witnesses the Mr Saugo Ndemo said that the priest he had been driving a small car a Toyota Hilux (Pick Up) with registration number T434 APP belonging to the Church of the Roman Catholic parish of Ifunda. Ndemo said that the cause of the accident is Parish Priest They knocked at the car kind of truck to back up that truck was unable to stand. said that the pastor that he died on the scene after the accident it had his head cracked. One among traffic police who did not want to mention his name not to be chief spokesman for the police said that the cause of the accident is speed. truck also said that the parish priest had to be carried wooden linasadikika They knocked at likivutana with another truck after the accident and was unable to stand.

Godbless Lema court appearance MONDAY

WHAT increasingly go wrong MP for Arusha Urban, (Chadema) Godbless Lema after police officially announce that itamfikisha Court, on Monday. Commander Police Arusha Liberatus Sabas amema that MP's can not let go free because the charges against him ended and he appeared in court the day of the week saved during three hard. "We can not acquit because he intends to appear in court to answer charges she encounters" said Sabas. During The commander casting the same position, reporting into the Army that indicate that MP he has interviewed more than eight hours now and still He is in a special room to interview more maofsa police while to display short messages of threats and crimes against humanity had been used by the Regional Commissioner of Arusha Magesa Mulongo. At some point the Committee on Defence and Security Arusha Region, has been and session length led by General Regional Mulongo and that the agenda big under discussion is the entire incident of violence that occurred at the Academy of Accounting in the region. Lema was arrested on the eve of today after soldiers of the Force to follow her home and surrounding her house before exercise kumchomoa in the house carried out. Mbune is being prosecuted for various offenses, including the offense of inciting violence in the campus after the occurrence of the murder of student Henry Koga who is killed by punching knife yesterday referring to the college from the walk it, however uncertain once the reasons for the murder of the student or suspects are not arrested.

Many houses collapsed in

Dar es Salaam. It has been observed that many houses in Dar es Salaam and other parts of the country, are at risk crumble due to be built of brick and quality organizations.

Also, the move is due to the lack of facilities for inspection of various materials, including not concrete blocks used in the construction of these homes.

Investigations carried out by The Citizen recently in Dar es Salaam and some parts of the country, revealed the existence of a significant increase in trade of brick arbitrary yanayotengezwa poor quality.

Tests also showed the absence of adequate supervision in the construction industry in the country is one of the sources of people doing business of construction equipment arbitrarily. 
Business include the sale of non brick and rates due to lack of specific regulation.

One of the causes of the bricks used in construction in Dar es Salaam have seen that the quality is the manufacturing of these tiles.

It has been found that the cement used in the manufacture are small and you have great soil for the purpose of making bricks lot to gain.

During the study showing that citizen, I sought the registrar of the Contractors Registration Board (CRB), Engineer Boniface Muhegi, who was counsel for the examination of the products used in construction.

Muhegi says "In order to avoid the effects especially the collapse of buildings is preferable Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS), likachukua steps to make inspection of equipment used in construction to increase security in terms of construction. |

He says to make sure that buildings become unsafe, it is advisable they use contractors registered to holding each time the misunderstanding effects.

"We suggest that if someone wants to build a house amayo is safe, it is important for him to use registered contractors to make it easier by holding each kind of thing happens when any problem," he said.

Muhegi engineer says, "It's good people and they know that to less material consumption levels are not safe in their lives".

He says everyone see the need to use other instruments to ensure the quality of its housing security and avoid possible for emergencies.

"If we have to be careful in the use of improved materials and residential construction will be safe and will avoid the various hazards.

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March 29 this year liliporomoka 16 storey building in Dar es Salaam and causing the deaths of over 30 people.

February 17 this year, another three story building liliporomoka in Dar es Salaam Sinza Mori causing one death and two were rescued by the rescue team.

In 2006 Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has formed a commission to monitor the construction of the apartment and realized that more than 100 buildings in Dar es Salaam have been built without considering variables.

Wishing to learn to come to Tanzania Union

National leaders cheered it on ceremonies for 49 years of the United Republic of Tanzania, the ceremony held at the National Stadium in Dar es salaam 

The union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is a consortium of the world model. It's two dollars an independent joined to form one country with two governments.

Tanganyika gained independence his December 9/1961 and I received a seat in the United Nations December 14, 1961. The seat numbers are 'GA Resolution 1667 (XVI).' Zanzibar have I received his freedom December 10, 1963 and I received a seat in the United Nations December 16, 1963, the seat numbers are 'GA resolution 1975 (XIII).'

As of April 26, 1964, the two countries joined together and then independent country called When I was born by the name of Tanzania.

November 2, 1964 through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, letters iliuandikia UN to Zanzibar and Tanganyika may be blotted out from the list of states to be entered in the land known by the name of Tanzania.

The union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is equal to the union of Syria and Egypt joined in 1958 and is equal to the union of North Yemen and South Yemen were united in 1990. Unfortunately the union of Syria and Egypt, was dissolved in 1961 (it lasted for 3 years).

At present the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar has reached a good and exemplary world because it is effective for 49 years now.

However with that this alliance has a unique structure and that many unions have lasted more than ever existed in Africa.

First union was one of the countries of West Africa, in the late 50's and early 60 years, which began with the two countries, Ghana and Guinea and Mali joined them later. This alliance was inspired by the movement of African umajimui (Pan Africanism), its candlesticks as Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Sekou Toure of Guinea and Modibo Keita of Mali.

November 1958 was formed coalition of Ghana and Guinea soon after the meeting of the people of Africa (All-African Peoples' Conference). Ghana issued a lot of money and giving it to Guinea should withdraw quickly from dependence on France.

May 1959 declared that the union will be recognized as African Union Empire.

By April 1961, it merged with Mali coalition. The alliance collapsed in 1962 due to the Cold War, where Guinea was considered ikiinyooshea hands U.S. while others were following the left wing of Karl Marx / Lenin 
Union's other African countries was held in 1981 between the countries of Senegal and Gambia, known as Senegambia who died in 1989.

Despite being the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is the integration of exemplary, but still not advisable to stop saying that you have problems.

Tanzania, South Africa joint for research

Tanzania and South Africa will co-operate to make scientific research to promote science and technology sectors in Africa.

Speaking at a meeting between the two countries held yesterday in the city, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Professor Patrick Makungu said among the things that will undergo research include transplantation of animal embriyo.

"A team of scientists from Tanzania and South Africa will participate to make a detailed study about the ways in which new technologies can create medicine, energy, electronics and used in research," said

He said the partnership will help to explore natural medicine treatments are suitable for agriculture and the use of large computers (super computer).

He said the 'Super Computer' is a key technology beyond which is used in weather forecasting, research of weather, oil and discoveries of gas 
Professor Makungu said the purpose of the meeting held yesterday is to support and develop cooperation in science and technology between the two countries.

This is the second meeting, the first was held in April last year in South Africa where countries agreed to various factors, including an analysis of the problems facing science and technology sectors in the two countries.

"Tanzania and South Africa will co-operate to do many things, including a detailed study of the science," said Professor Makungu 
also Professor Makungu said that cooperation Scientific will enable there to document the changes in the science industry. 
"But also this partnership will help the two Governments of Tanzania South Africa is the law of Sciences and Technology Creative "he said.

And Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Science and Technology of South Africa, Mmboneni Muofhe said this partnership will help raise the level of research in African countries.

"Past to the African country to make research then you should ask help and cooperate with European countries but now we want Africa to do research for themselves," he said Muofhe 
said this cooperation will assist the two countries to know the problems faced when doing research alongside and sharing knowledge.

"Through this partnership we can lead the world in the sectors of science instead of leaving whites were tuburuza for all ages" said

THESE THREE Errors of Godbless Lema yesterday evening

Things yaliyomfanya Arusha MP Godbless Lema was arrested and denied bail yesterday evening following after talking to a lawyer's lawyer Humphrey Ahmadu Lema

i) first offense is telling college students in accounting when he appeared calm that 'sin biggest is fear.' rights be sought and to be fought if it is defended it is the primary and appropriate to be fought (Worth Fighting for)

ii) second offense is there spoke that '' Tumemtafuta governor on Problems of you and you have witnessed here has taken a long time to enter as he entered the send-off. these are our leaders who do not care about the concerns of citizens'' So it is inflammatory iii) third offense is there spoke tell students that '' I Member you I am corresponding with you so that you may right for you and if the governor does not come here as chairman of the committee on the protection of the region will lead to his office to find the answers to your righteousness because it is right for you based on in accordance with the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania which I swore to defend the Parliament and also permitted in accordance with regulatory and philosophical in the implementation of good governance democracy whose foundation is unheard of and protect human rights''This too is called that is inflammatory. words above that led police raided his home at midnight .... That is called provocation after the governor sending messages via mobile phone via its number 075296027

Tanzanian in list of top young African entrepreneurs

Dar es Salaam. The winner of the second episode of Tanzania’s Top 100 Mid-sized Companies Survey, Mr Patrick Ngowi of Helvetic Solar Contractors, is one of the brainiest young African entrepreneurs, according to Forbes magazine.
 The 28-year-old features in the latest list of the American bi-weekly business magazine that is renowned for its original articles on finance, industry, investing and marketing.
According to Forbes, Mr Ngowi is one of 30 Africans under the age of 30 who are changing the face of Africa.
He was picked by a panel of 12 judges from across Africa who took part in identifying the entrepreneurs and innovators who are making the most dramatic impact across the continent.
A statement in the magazine puts it this way: “These 30 young African entrepreneurs, disruptors and innovators featured on this list are impatient to change Africa. Together, they represent the entrepreneurial, innovative and intellectual best of their generation. They’re solving problems like healthcare and electricity shortages, proffering innovative solutions to waste management, building virtual and physical communities and creating lots of jobs.”
Mr Ngowi, the CEO of Helvetic Solar Contractors, ventured into business nine years ago after receiving a Sh2.3million loan from his mother, Emmy. He earned about $3 million (about Sh4.8billion) last year. With Sh2.3 million, Patrick ventured into vending Chinese mobile phones but, having discovered that only 14 per cent of Tanzanians have electricity, he decided that the solar energy business would be more profitable. A Swiss contact, Philippe Glauser, gave him extra funding. The firm, now six years into business, is a pioneer in the supply, installation and maintenance of solar systems throughout the Northern Circuit of Tanzania. In his first year of business, the 28-year-old had a turnover of Sh30 million, rising to Sh4.6 billion last year—making it the fastest growing medium-sized firm in the country, according to a leading consulting and auditing firm, KPMG.
Ngowi’s father Ephra and his mother are secondary school teachers. He credits the exposure he got from his family’s time living in Botswana and South Africa for setting him on the path to success.
On being recognised by Forbes, he says: “I’m honoured to be on the list of under 30 Best Entrepreneurs in Africa. This goes to show that Tanzania’s economy is growing and that its policies support small and medium business start-ups...It is my hope that this will inspire more of my fellow entrepreneurs to follow their dream and maintain peace and harmony through engaging in their work with absolute commitment.”
The Forbes list of 30 under 30 best African entrepreneurs also includes eight Kenyans, seven South Africans, seven Nigerians, two Ghanaians and one each from Uganda, Malawi, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kenyans are: Lorna Rutto (28), a Green Tech Entrepreneur and founder of EcoPost; 26-year-old Evans Wadongo, the chairman of SDFA Kenya; 26-year-old Eric Muthomi, the founder of Stawi Foods & Fruits and the two founders of Serene Valley Properties Kimiti Wanjaria and Ian Kahara, who are both in their late 20s.
The other Kenyans are 26-year-old Cosmas Ochieng, the founder of Ecofuels Kenya, 20-year-old Joel Mwale, the founder of Skydrop Enterprises, and 25-year-old Mark Kaigwa, a partner in the Afrinnovator.
The brainy young entrepreneurs from South Africa include 28-year-old Jonathan Liebmann, a real estate developer and chief executive officer for Propertuity; 28-year-old Justin Stanford, the founder and chief executive officer for 4Di Group and 28-year-old Rapelang Rabana, founder of Yeigo Communications.

Stop grumbling and pay your debts, Tanesco told

Dar es Salaam. Tanesco should honour its contract with power supplier Songas and pay its debts, the government declared yesterday.
Speaking on the phone from Britain, Energy and Minerals Minister Sospeter Muhongo expressed surprise that Tanesco had failed to live up to its obligations. “I know Tanesco has a contract with Songas,” Prof Muhongo told The Citizen. “It should stick to it.”
Tanesco owes Songas Sh80 billion ($51 million) in outstanding bills covering the past six months. Songas has threatened to switch off Tanesco’s power supply if the state-owned firm does not pay up.
Prof Muhongo said the government was not involved in the transaction. “I wonder why the ministry should intervene when the contract is between the two,” he added. “You should go back to Tanesco and they should not escape from their duty…..I do not know how much the public utility owes Songas.”
Songas supplies about a quarter of the electricity Tanesco passes on to its own customers. Should it go ahead with the threat, most of the country will be plunged into darkness. According to Mr Chris Ford, managing director of Songas, the firm needs the money to maintain its facilities and it may have to shut down if it does not receive payment soon.
Tanesco Acting Managing Director Felchismi Mramba admitted that there was an outstanding debt but maintained that some of it had been cleared though he did not have precise figures. He added: “I understand that we have a contract with Songas but it is not proper to talk about the details in the media….we are bound by the contract. It’s true that we owe Songas billions and there is no way we can run away from that fact.”
Since Tanesco has a contract with Songas, Mr Mramba said, the public should not worry. He added: “Things are under control. Tanesco needs services from Songas and, as at yesterday, they were still consuming power from the firm.”
The face-off comes against a backdrop of reports that Tanesco is experiencing a severe financial crisis. There have also been unexplained power cuts lately.
Mr Ford was quoted saying Songas was trying to avoid switching off its plants because it was likely to result in significant disruptions of the power supply and the economy.
Throughout 2011 and 2012, he said, Songas patiently operated its facilities while working with the government and Tanesco to craft a solution to the problem. “Unfortunately,” he added, “the situation has continued to deteriorate and neither the government nor Tanesco can provide any clarity on when Songas can expect to receive any payments or when Tanesco’s financial crisis will be resolved.”
With such high levels of uncertainty on the prospects of receiving money from Tanesco, he explained, Songas was unable to commit to purchasing critical spare parts (many of which require many months to manufacture and deliver) and the safe and reliable operation of Songas’ facilities are now in jeopardy.
“This decision (to suspend operations) is not being taken lightly and Songas has already made the government and Tanesco aware of the situation,” Mr Ford said. Songas also delivers natural gas to another 225MW of additional generating plant (on top of its own 180MW) from the processing plants on SongoSongo Island and through its natural gas pipeline. Power generation from natural gas is less expensive than using liquid fuels.
Seventeen regions are currently served by the national grid and the demand stands at around 800 megawatts. If Songas were to take away 180mw, which is 22.5 per cent of the total generated, regions connected to the national grid would face an acute power shortage. Songas sent out a distress signal in June last year threatening to switch off its plant if Tanesco failed to settle a $30 million (about Sh48 billion) bill for services provided that year.

No-frills carrier caves; will pay billions to TRA, TAA in back taxes and airport fees

At last FastJet, owner of Fly540 airline, has agreed to pay debts amounting to billions of shillings it owes the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA).
For almost a month FastJet has been passing the buck to Fly540 (T) Ltd over payment of debts totalling over Sh4 billion to TRA and TAA.
FastJet has been maintaining that Fly540 was supposed to pay the debts under a contract for taking over the airline.  The new turn of events arose yesterday when the FastJet general manager for Africa, Mr Kyle Haywood, told a press conference that they were ready to pay the debts pending proper reconciliation by TRA and TAA.
“We have met with TRA and TAA to discuss the pending bills. We will pay, but we want supporting documents of all these bills.  We are in discussion with TRA, for we have to validate what are paying,” said Mr Haywood.
According to documents availed to The Citizen, the airline owes to TRA a total of Sh2.9 billion and TAA a total of Sh570 million.
In a letter Ref. No. EC.30/158/01.B61, dated February 12, 2013, TAA said it wants the debtor, FastJet, to effect the payment of debts amounting to Sh570,668,242 and Sh152,596,000 ($95,360) within three days.
These are  outstanding debts on landing and parking charges.
In the latest move, TRA claims in a letter, whose copy was availed to the media, that the airline has not met its obligations. They include tax liabilities such like Pay As You Earn (PAYE) as per payroll analysis amounting to Sh456,317,637 and PAYE difference with accounts worth of Sh987,517,985.
Other categories of tax claims include Skills Development Levy (SDL) amounting to Sh117,872,376, SDL per differences with final accounts of Sh237,004,317, final rental tax of Sh70,877,283, stamp duty amounting to Sh15,708,037 and departure tax of Sh951,562,012.
Dated December 3, 2012, the document states that the scope of TRA audit of tax liabilities facing the airline included corporate tax remittance from 2009 to 2011, PAYE, SDL from January 2009 to November 2012 and Rental as well as Stamp Duty from 2009 to 2012.
According to TRA, the preliminary audit charges of all categories of taxes outlined above are yet to be paid by the company which was registered as an airline known as Fly540 Tanzania on May 29, 2008.
The TRA document further states that the audit was intended to induce voluntary compliance through an effective and efficient tax audit programme.
Further, it was  to utilise audit opportunities to educate, foster customer care hence build trust, confidence and improved compliance to the tax payer, FastJet. No frills carrier caves; will pay billions to TRA, TAA in back taxes and airport fees
“We have a strong future in Tanzania. We will invest more to increase the number of airlines and flights. We have to put a lot of capital in the aviation industry,” said Mr Haywood who is based in South Africa.
“Our airline is growing very fast. For the past two months we have recorded 75,000 passengers. We are also seeking Tanzanians to own shares in the airline,” he said.
He also announced that the airline had inaugurated flights to Mwanza and Kilimanjaro and would start flying to Zanzibar next month.
FastJet’s Africa Operations, previously called Lonrho Aviation (BVI) Ltd, have been licensing the Fly540 brand from Five Forty Aviation since 2008. FastJet’s Africa Operations now fly three Fly540 branded planes in Angola and two in Ghana. It flew two planes using the Fly540 brand in Tanzania until November 2012 when the new company took over the operations.

Songas to cut power off if debt-ridden Tanesco doesn’t pay the Sh80bn it owes

Tanesco’s power supply if the state-owned utility does not pay a $51 million (about Sh80 million at the current exchange rate) bill for the past six months.
The firm supplies about a quarter of the electricity Tanesco supplies to its own customers. Should it go ahead, most of the country will be plunged into darkness. “Songas needs the money to maintain its facilities and it may have to shut down if the payment is not made soon,” Managing Director Chris Ford told The Citizen yesterday.
The face-off comes against a backdrop of reports that Tanesco is experiencing a severe financial crisis. There have been unexplained power cuts lately and our sources told us that Songas officials and the Permanent Secretary for Energy and Minerals, Mr Eliakim Maswi, were locked all day in talks aimed at resolving the crisis—to no avail.
Mr Maswi could not be reached on his cellphone but Mr Ford said Songas was trying to avoid switching off its plants because it was likely to result in significant disruptions to the power system and economy.
Throughout 2011 and 2012, he said, Songas has patiently operated its facilities while working with the government and Tanesco to craft a solution to the problem. “Unfortunately,” he added, “the situation has continued to deteriorate and neither the government nor Tanesco can provide any clarity on when Songas can expect to receive any payments or when Tanesco’s financial crisis will be resolved.”
With such high levels of uncertainty on the prospects of receiving money from Tanesco, he explained, Songas was unable to commit to purchasing critical spare parts (many of which require many months to manufacture and deliver) and the safe and reliable operation of Songas’ facilities are now in jeopardy.
“This decision (to suspend operations) is not being taken lightly and Songas has already made the government and Tanesco aware of the situation,” Mr Ford said.
Songas also delivers natural gas to another 225MW of additional generating plant (on top of its own 180MW) from the processing plants on Songo Songo Island and through its natural gas pipeline. Generation from natural gas is inexpensive, compared to liquid fuels.
Tanesco spokesperson Badra Masoud said she was not aware of outstanding payments and added that, at any rate, the firm should contact Tanesco and not anyone else even if there were any delayed transactions. She added: “We have paid them…I wonder where these new claims are coming from. They (Songas) should come to Tanesco if there is any kind of delays or outstanding payments.”
She would not reveal the amount paid and instead turned on our journalist, saying: “You should be patriotic to your country since Tanesco is for you Tanzanians.”
Tanesco Acting Managing Director Felchismi Mramba was unavailable for comment.
In another development, the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) yesterday expressed concern over the chronic problems at Tanesco, including mounting debts arising from bills for running expensive thermal power.
Ewura Spokesperson Titus Kaguo said Tanesco was operating as it did in the 1970s, when Tanzania had a smaller population and fewer power consumers. “Tanesco needs heavy investment and better management,” he added. “We hope the government is working on ways to rescue this power firm.”
Ewura had apparently sought to assist Tanesco in exchange for a slight increase in power tariffs but Tanesco reportedly withdrew the application prematurely.
Seventeen regions are currently served by the national grid and the demand, as of yesterday, was 800 megawatts. If Songas were to take away 180mw, which is 22.5 per cent of the total generated, regions connected to the national grid would face an acute power shortage.
Songas sent out a distress signal in June last year threatening to switch off its plant if Tanesco failed to settle a $30 million (about Sh48 billion) bill for services provided that year.