Tanzania Politics Discussion Board

MPs question how govt will fund 22trl budget By Polycarp Machira 17th May 2015 Members of Parliament now wonder how the government will finance the 22 trillion-budget slated for the...

The date of the referendum has been a contentious issue since President Jakaya Kikwete announced, while in China in February, that the vote on the proposed constitution would be held in April...

Tanzania's outgoing president Jakaya Kikwete has told how he is looking forward to stepping down in October this year, describing the job of leading his country as "stressful and thankless". Two...

Recently in Tanzania there has a grown variant social inequality compared to colonial regimes, where indigenous stood together to fight for the white dominations expecting that they will remove...

The job of an MP is to represent their constituents. But how many voters do they have to represent? If there's a big difference between the number of voters represented by different MPs, it can...

Am very sure this year, oposition parties are going to win this liberal battle and lastly decrare the saved land tanzania for the second time, from the hands of black colonialists CCM. The way...

The Law of Political DiversionBy Michael Arvey OpEdNews.com The law of political diversion locates its survival roots in nature. For example, the common killdeer, in order to divert an...

THE strengthened US dollar has plunged the shilling to a historical low, defying all attempts by the Central Bank to rescue the local currency. The shilling was trading at over 2,000/- on...

A career and a veteran Tanzanian diplomat has strongly and unequivocally lashed out at CCM for dismissing from the Party Zanzibar's veteran politician and one of the architects of the new face of...

THE Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism under, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, seems to have introduced a new mode of fighting against poaching of the nation's natural resource of wildlife.On Tuesday a...

The European Union has released 53.26 million euros ($56.7 million) in aid to Tanzania as part of a budget support package that had been suspended over corruption allegations in the east African...

Dar es Salaam. Five top railways officials, including Managing Director Kipallo Kisamfu, have been suspended on suspicion of corruption and sabotage. The move comes after a report indicating...

14th April 2015 Orders legal action against, heads of schools closed. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister�s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) Hawa Ghasia...

Tuesday, April 14 2015 at 11:55 In Summary In their letter to State House, the activists say they are saddened by Parliament for passing the bills without removing articles that contradict the...

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Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda. Members of the public expressed mixed feelings yesterday on the government's sidelining of Tanzanians in diaspora in connection with the October General Elections...

As a noble citizen of this beautiful country, I will join the race for 2015 presidential candidate nomination by CCM! God bless Tanzania, God bless Africa!

President Jakaya Kikwete presents gift to Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, when they visited Dar es Salaam Port recently. Right is the Tanzania Ports Authority Board chairperson, Prof Joseph...

Kadhi courts have become the most divisive and polarising policy tools since our post independence era. Proponents would love to blackmail this nation that it is either we cave in or we shall...

Nipashe, 25/3/15 – “Media Bills” under tight security By Aidan Eyakuze and Ben Taylor At first we were excited. Tanzanian media and freedom of information advocates had been waiting for years...