Mwakyembe spits fire at Port staff
The Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe last evening gave a two week ultimatum to Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to automate the payment system and curb rampant theft of public money at the port. Minister More...
Pension funds stable, assures JK
President Jakaya Kikwete on Friday allayed public fears that pension funds were cash strapped, noting that they were doing far better than ever. President Jakaya Kikwete Speaking at the climax of the Pension Funds More...
Water Institute promised 300m/- for expansion
The Minister for Water, Prof Jumanne Maghembe has pledged to inject an additional 300m/- this financial year to the Water Development and Management Institute (WDMI), to enable water technicians in the country meet More...
Uganda asks investors to focus on agriculture
Government has asked investors to stop branding the agricultural sector as a risky area to invest if the country is to address the key destabilizing challenge of agricultural risks. Minister of State for Animal More...
CAA probed over sh5.4b loss
Works and transport minister, Abraham Byandala, has launched investigations into sh5.4b loss to a group of city lawyers contracted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for collection of a debt which government More...
Growing army of street children irks minister
The Dar es Salaam City Council authorities have been asked to solve the problem of children living in difficult conditions who sleep on street pavements, scavange and feed from garbage dumps. Minister for Community More...
Rwanda Land policy ‘doesn’t segregate foreigners’
The land use Bill does not segregate against foreigners on freehold title, nor does it put off foreign investments, MP Adolphe Bazatoha has said. Bazatoha, the chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock More...
Kanimba tables Bill to regulate tourism sector
Lack of regulatory framework for tourism industry has significantly affected the industry, the Minister for Trade and Industry, François Kanimba, has said. Rwanda’s Minister of Trade and Industry Francois More...
ActionAid to spend Rwf8 billion on social empowerment
ActionAid-Rwanda intends to spend about £9 million (about Rwf8.7 billion) in improving livelihoods in the next five years. Uwamariya says ActionAid activities are dictated by people’s needs. The development was More...
Copyright, neighbouring rights Act set for review next year
Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) will in the 2013/2014 financial year complete review of copyright and neighbouring rights Act of 1999, the Minister of Trade and Industry Abdallah Kigoda has said. The Minister More...
