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By Patrick Kisembo, Guardian, 20 April 2012 Ludewa legislator Deo Filikunjombe (CCM) yesterday pointed an accusing finger at Finance minister Mustafa Mkulo, associating him with corruption, dishonesty and lack of integrity. He did so as debate continued on reports tabled in the National...

Richard Mgamba, Guardian, Dar es Salaam, 15th April 2012 “We come in with our large boats and fish your minerals and your wildlife and leave morsels—crumbs. That’s your staple food, crumbs. That corn-meal you eat, that’s crumbs, the small tilapia fish you call Kapenta is crumbs. We, the Bwanas...

By Guardian on sunday team, 31st July 2011 The ruling party’s Central Committee is meeting in Dodoma today at the time when a power crisis, the recent resignation of Rostam Aziz, and the Kikwete succession politics have conspired to form a consistently intensifying heat-wave that is tearing...

By Jack Mikaili, The Guardian, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 15th May 2011 A diplomatic row is simmering between Tanzania and Kenya over the latter’s plan to build a state-of-the-art airport at Taveta, nearly 120km from Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA). Kenya’s idea to put up a $119 million...

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 The Tanzanian president said late Monday that the country's opposition is organizing protests across the country in a bid to topple the government by force. The ongoing protests being organized by the country's main opposition political party, known...

Chadema’s Defence By Frederick Katulanda, The Citizen Reporter, Dar es Slaam, Tanzania, Tuesday, 01 March 2011 Kahama - The Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) came out fighting yesterday describing President Jakaya Kikwete’s criticism of the party’s demonstrations and rallies...

Look at who is talking: By Daily News Reporter, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 28th February 2011 PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has warned the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) against abuse of the principles of democracy through provocative statements likely to lead to...

"Zanzibar tushakuwa tayari kujitenga." Mnangojea nini?

Leaders fault proposed Constitution Commission By Rodgers Luhwago, The Guardian, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2nd January 2011 A cross-section of opinion makers have faulted President Jakaya Kikwete’s move to form a Constitutional Review Commission, arguing that it won’t yield a people-oriented...

MP joins bandwagon against new constitution By George Marato, The Guardian, Dar es Salaam 30th December 2010 While some politicians, activists and academicians are agitating for the drafting of a new Union constitution, Chama Cha Mapinduzi legislator and prominent lawyer Nimrod Mkono has...

Kuna watu wanaojua kilichotokea lakini wanaogopa kuandika ukweli hata hapa jamii Forums labda kwa sababu wanaona - watashughulikiwa. Mwandishi wa kwanza, Wilson Kaigarula, amegusia na kuonyesha kwamba ni viongozi fulani waliomharibia maisha Godfrey Mwafongo. Kwahiyo, hata angepewa nauli...

Godfrey Mwafongo: Shocking demotion from the State House to the Dog House By Wilson Kaigarula, The Guardian, Dar es Salaam 26th December 2010 Godfrey Stalin Mwafongo brooding in front of his house in Tukuyu over an uncertain future(2007). Small picture on top left the late Mwafongo as...

Reviewing Nyerere in Elections Year Amir Demeke 25 August 2010 Book review Kigali - For those concerned with Africa's liberation, it becomes increasingly important to anchor our steps in the reality of our environment and to benchmark our progress to the giant leaps forward obtained by...

We need a new Tanzania, says Prof Shivji By Edwin Agola, The Guardian, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 21st December 2010 Renowned scholar and Mwalimu Nyerere Chair in Pan-African Studies, Prof Issa Shivji, has said that what Tanzania needs is not a new constitution but a new Tanzania where...

49 years of fighting the three enemies By Editor, The Guardian, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 9th December 2010 Tanzania is today marking 49 years of Tanganyika’s independence from colonial rule. It is an opportune time to reflect on the achievements recorded during the nearly five decades and...

Haoni tofauti kati ya Wasukuma (Bob Makani, aliyewahi kuwa mwenyekiti wa Chadema), Wanyakyusa (Brown Ngwilulupi, makamu mwenyekiti wa Chadema chini ya Edwin Mtei) na Wachaga (Mtei). Hao pia ni Wachaga!

It's true that Kikwete's cabinet does not reflect racial diversity. And that's wrong, dead wrong. But people should not get the wrong impression that has been the case since independence. Nyerere's government was most inclusive through the years since independence. Kuhusu baraza la mawaziri...

Hakuna unafiki wowote wa Nyerere na nchi yetu kuitambua Biafra. Karibu nyote mnaosema lilikuwa ni kosa kuitambua Biafra mngekuwa wa kwanza kujitenga ikiwa watu wa kabila lenu walikuwa wanachinjwa na Watanzania wengine bila serikali yetu kufanya chochote kuwasaidia na kukomesha mauaji hayo.

A lot of the conflicts we have had in Africa since independence have to do with centralisation of power. Many ethnic groups are ignored and suffer discrimination because power is in the hands of only a few people who come from only a few ethnic groups or from some of the most powerful. And they...

Ulikuwa ni uamuzi mzuri kuitambua Biafra. Waliochangia hapa wameeleza kwa umakini kwa nini Nyerere aliitambua Biafra. Shirikisho la Nigeria lilijengwa on a weak foundation. Shirikisho hilo bado lipo leo kwa sababu viongozi wake wanaling'ang'ania tu. Wananchi wa Nigeria wangeulizwa ikiwa...