Posts Tagged ‘Shinyanga’

Keeping Public Leaders to Account

Keeping Public Leaders to Account

PHOTO: Over 30 women who had spent 8 hours with out being attended to by a doctor on duty at Shinyanga Regional hospital got tired of the wait and stormed into the office of the hospital head, Dr Fredrick Mlekwa to explain their fate.

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Quiet revealing moments at Kolandoto

Quiet revealing moments at Kolandoto

I like to think that I am a pretty tough one. Afterall, who doesn’t want to quietly believe that he/she can confront tough situations and handle them well. The excuse is,-a typical African man, I am!

But this one in Kolandoto on Monday quite...

A powerful symbol of challenges facing the rural girl child

A powerful symbol of challenges facing the rural girl child

In my course of duty down in Bukombe, Shinyanga, I just returned from a burial of an eight month old baby which passed on due to, largely what villagers view, as a result of child neglect.

It was a well attended burial ceremony, a thing that...

An unfolding informative date with Shinyanga

An unfolding informative date with Shinyanga

I have made friends, with a mate I expect to be with for a period worth every effort. A friend who will show me realities far away from Dar es salaam’s numbers and statistics.

A time away from the constructions and the unfolding sophistication...