TANESCO to produce electricity from gas reserves

Published on: Fri, 03/05/2010 - 2:38pm
Tanesco Office

The power utility giant TANESCO have plans in the pipeline to exploit vast reserves of natural gas in Mtwara region to produce electricity, The Express is informed.
Tanesco Communication Manager Badra Masoud told The Express that plans are underway to tap gas from wells located in Mnazi Bay and Msimbati in Mtwara region, which contains proven reserves of 760 billion cubic feet.

Taifa Stars prepare for Somalia tie

Published on: Fri, 03/05/2010 - 2:27pm
Taifa Stars Ready for Clash

Tanzania is preparing to host Somalia in the the second round of the Championship of African Nations (Chan) slated for mid this month in Dar es Salaam.
They played a warm-up game against Uganda Cranes yesterday in Mwanza to fine-tune before facing the underdogs from the horn of Africa
country.
The game was supposed to be played on Tuesday but it was postponed following an accident at the Mwanza airport that affected air traffic.
Uganda players and officials were stranded for close to three hours at Entebbe Airport.

Microsoft intervenes inTanzanian market to curb software pirates

Published on: Thu, 03/04/2010 - 7:00am
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After gold the new stampede to strip Tanzania of its precious minerals has shifted to copper, with foreigners rushing in to invest in mining and smelting of the malleable metal whose ore is incredibly rich in rare, precious metals, so The Express can reveal today.
The Express is informed of the investment rush as the country continues to register more copper reserves. The sites include Mpwapwa, (Dodoma), Njombe (Iringa), Mpanda (Rukwa), Nachingwea (Lindi), Same (Kilimanjaro), Handeni (Tanga), Ludewa (Iringa), just to mention a few.

MKUKUTA IS IMPOSSIBLE

Published on: Thu, 03/04/2010 - 6:49am
A man resorts to sheer muscles to secure a place in a daladala at the bustling Congo Street, Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam

With election bells ringing and the ruling party CCM pacing the political arena up and down to coax the electorate, the naked truth that has downed is that the country’s flagship anti-poverty economic vehicle MKUKUTA is but a white elephant unlikely to deliver.
As the government is preparing the second phase of the National Strategy for Economic Growth and Reduction of Poverty, MKUKUTA, academicians and ordinary citizens have criticized the strategy as incapable of revising the current abject poverty in the country.

Frequency gets scarce

Published on: Fri, 02/26/2010 - 12:15pm
Zain ‘Ongea Uzawadiwe’ promotion winner, Wilfred Maleko ( L), receiving his Toyota Hilux car from Zain Director of Finance, Peri

Procedures for opening new radio and television stations in Tanzania have become stricter as telecommunications regulations strive to ready the skies for digital broadcasting while barring dubious applicants from acquiring frequencies.
Corporate Affairs Manager from the headquarters of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, TCRA Mr. Innocent Mungy, confirmed to The Express in Dar es Salaam in an exclusive interview that exhaustion of both TV and Radio frequencies, particularly for Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Mwanza regions, was undeniable.

Zambia scoops best tourism investor award

Published on: Thu, 02/18/2010 - 7:54pm

Africa investor Tourism Awards 2010 on Tuesday announced Zambia as the best tourism investor in Africa.

Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, announced Zambia as the winner of the highly acclaimed prestigious 2010 Africa investor Tourism Awards.

The Africa investor (Ai) Tourism Investor Awards were created to showcase Africa’s opportunities and achievements in the tourism sector to the rest of the world.

Crossing Ordeal

Published on: Thu, 02/18/2010 - 7:51pm
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THE coming of the newly proposed bridge that will link Kigamboni residents to the city, is not a threat in any way to the existence of the ferries operating currently in that area, The Express has learnt.

This was a key statement from an official at the Magogoni ferry who, however, did not want his name to be disclosed as he is not the spokesman for the company.

The Express had wanted to know why currently there is passenger congestion at the ferry, and whether this will not be a reason for the Kigamboni residents to celebrate the construction of a bridge in the near future.

Fishy business on the bus

Published on: Fri, 02/12/2010 - 7:03pm

FISH vendors have been incommoding Dar es Salaam residents daily through carrying their fish stocks from the Kivukoni ferry to various destinations in the city, in commuter buses, The Express can reveal.

The Express has witnessed several times city buses, commonly known as ‘dala dalas’ carrying both passengers and bulky parcels of fish picked up from the ferry fish market by vendors to take to other destinations in Dar es Salaam city.

Dictatorship, nepotism, create havoc in the Anglican Church

Published on: Fri, 02/05/2010 - 8:18pm

It has been established that some top dignitaries within the Anglican Church in Tanzania are the main source of conflict within the church establishment.

One follower from Mbinga, who spoke on conditions of strict anonymity, said that the top leadership cannot escape blame concerning the whole saga.

He said that apart from nepotism, another source of conflict is the fact that some clerics have been leading an extravagant life at the expense of their followers, who contribute from their meagre resources for the sake of supporting their Church.

Journalists should be guided by professionalism and morals to avoid losing credibility

Published on: Fri, 02/05/2010 - 8:04pm
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With reports that Jerry Muro, the 2009 Tanzanian Journalist of the Year award winner – is in police custody facing allegations of having demanded a Sh10 million bribe according to the media, we can only hope that he - along with others – will get a fair trial as per the rule of law, free of any victimisation.

As we let the law take its course, perhaps it is also a reminder to journalists to ensure that professional ethics are followed to the core whilst performing the journalistic duties of informing, entertaining and educating the public.

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