From The Citizen Daily, Dar es Salaam
By Miguel Suleyman, The Citizen Bureau Chief
Three members of the same family have been killed at Ihila Village at Buhongwa Ward .
Police are yet to arrest the killer(s) and are investigating the matter, which occurred at around 4 am yesterday.
Family head Jones Elias Lulinga, 44, was stabbed to death while his wife and seven-month-old child Eliud are suspected to have been strangled.
The motive for the killings that has caused fear and panic in the area couldn’t be immediately established as the 12 year-old survivor Debora Elias was asleep when the deaths occurred.
Regional crime officer Joseph Konyo said it was too early to comment on the motive behind the killings as strategies to arrest the killers were on course.
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Sunday, 22 September 2013
What's in a name: Mwanza, Mara at loggerheads over Serengeti
From The Citizen Daily, Dar es Salaam
By Miguel Suleyman
A dispute over Mwanza’s intention to rename its airport Serengeti resurfaced ahead of the start of this year’s World Tourism Week which begins here today at Nyamagana Stadium.
Serengeti, Tanzania’s most popular national park and a world heritage site, sparked off the debate between Mwanza and Mara regions due the former’s intention to change its airport name to Serengeti.
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By Miguel Suleyman
A dispute over Mwanza’s intention to rename its airport Serengeti resurfaced ahead of the start of this year’s World Tourism Week which begins here today at Nyamagana Stadium.
Serengeti, Tanzania’s most popular national park and a world heritage site, sparked off the debate between Mwanza and Mara regions due the former’s intention to change its airport name to Serengeti.
Read full story.
Saturday, 21 September 2013
JK launches 60MW Nyakato power plant
From IPP Media/The Guardian, Dar es Salaam
By The Guardian reporter
President Jakaya Kikwete has reaffirmed that for Tanzania to acquire meaningful development then the country must increase power generation, distribution and consumption, pointing out that electricity is not a luxury but rather a necessity.
The president made the remarks yesterday during the official launch of the Nyakato power plant that has the capacity of generating 60 megawatts of electricity and will be connected to the national grid.
President Kikwete, who is on a five-day tour of Mwanza region said the power plant will increase the reliability of power supply in the Lake Zone.
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By The Guardian reporter
President Jakaya Kikwete has reaffirmed that for Tanzania to acquire meaningful development then the country must increase power generation, distribution and consumption, pointing out that electricity is not a luxury but rather a necessity.
The president made the remarks yesterday during the official launch of the Nyakato power plant that has the capacity of generating 60 megawatts of electricity and will be connected to the national grid.
President Kikwete, who is on a five-day tour of Mwanza region said the power plant will increase the reliability of power supply in the Lake Zone.
Read full story.
Saanane Island officially declared 16th National Park
From IPP Media/The Guardian, Dar es Salaam
By Lusekelo Philemon
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The government has officially declared Lake Victoria’s Saanane Island, (photo) as the country’s 16th National Park.
The new Saanane Island National Park has an area of 2.18 square kilometres will now include the total areas of the former Saanane Island Game Reserve, Chankende Islands and parts of Lake Victoria water surrounding Saanane and Chankende islands.
According to TANAPA’s Public Relations Manager, Pascal Shelutete, the move follows Government’s Notice Number 227 issued recently.
"…the resolution to establish the park was passed by the National Assembly October last year," Shelutete said in a statement.
Historically, Saanane Island was managed as a zoo in 1964 and elevated to the status of a Game Reserve in 1991. In 2006, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism directed Tanzania National Parks to assume full responsibility of managing and overseeing the overall running of the game reserve and initiate the process of elevating it to the status of a National Park.
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By Lusekelo Philemon
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The government has officially declared Lake Victoria’s Saanane Island, (photo) as the country’s 16th National Park.The new Saanane Island National Park has an area of 2.18 square kilometres will now include the total areas of the former Saanane Island Game Reserve, Chankende Islands and parts of Lake Victoria water surrounding Saanane and Chankende islands.
According to TANAPA’s Public Relations Manager, Pascal Shelutete, the move follows Government’s Notice Number 227 issued recently.
"…the resolution to establish the park was passed by the National Assembly October last year," Shelutete said in a statement.
Historically, Saanane Island was managed as a zoo in 1964 and elevated to the status of a Game Reserve in 1991. In 2006, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism directed Tanzania National Parks to assume full responsibility of managing and overseeing the overall running of the game reserve and initiate the process of elevating it to the status of a National Park.
Read full story.
Mwanza plans to upgrade airport road to four lanes
From IPP Media/The Guardian, Dar es Salaam
By Lusekelo Philemon
To meet the demands of increasing traffic, authorities in Mwanza have laid out a plan to expand the existing roads as well as to construct new ones and generally modernising infrastructure across the rapidly growing city.
To start with, authorities plan to construct four-lanes from the international airport to the Central Business District and 10bn/- has been allocated for the purpose. Upon completion would greatly ease traffic in the country’s second largest city.
Noting that Mwanza is one of the fastest growing cities in sub-Sahara Africa, Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Eng Evarist Ndikilo (photo), acknowledged that it calls for planners to develop the best approaches to overcome inevitable urban challenges bound to grapple the lake city.
Read full story.
By Lusekelo Philemon
To meet the demands of increasing traffic, authorities in Mwanza have laid out a plan to expand the existing roads as well as to construct new ones and generally modernising infrastructure across the rapidly growing city.
To start with, authorities plan to construct four-lanes from the international airport to the Central Business District and 10bn/- has been allocated for the purpose. Upon completion would greatly ease traffic in the country’s second largest city.
Noting that Mwanza is one of the fastest growing cities in sub-Sahara Africa, Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Eng Evarist Ndikilo (photo), acknowledged that it calls for planners to develop the best approaches to overcome inevitable urban challenges bound to grapple the lake city.
Read full story.
Friday, 20 September 2013
7 polluting gold mines hit with Sh450m fines
From The Citizen Daily, Dar es Salaam
By The Citizen Correspondent
Mwanza. The National Environment Management Council (Nemc) has slapped fines totalling Sh450 million on seven gold mines for environmental pollution that threatens biodiversity and human health.
By The Citizen Correspondent
Mwanza. The National Environment Management Council (Nemc) has slapped fines totalling Sh450 million on seven gold mines for environmental pollution that threatens biodiversity and human health.
The fine, the first of its kind, came after a
three-week investigation, according to the head of a National
Environment Management Council task force, Dr Yohana Mtoni. He told
reporters yesterday that six of the gold mines were foreign-owned.
The mines belong to the South Africa-based AngoGold Ashanti, London-based African Barrick Gold, Australia-based Resolute Limited and locally-owned El-Hillal Minerals Limited.
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Saturday, 7 September 2013
It’s a tricky affair doing business on Lake Victoria
By Miguel Suleyman
Sex-for-fish deals are the only way to ensure women in the region can get a regular supply. But is this how things should go?
A drop in the supply of fish in Lake Victoria has resurrected the notorious fish-for-sex deals known locally as “jaboya”. A survey at landing sites in Mara, Geita and Mwanza indicates a sharp rise in the practice since March, when the fish shortage picked up pace.
Local groups have tried to put an end to the shady deals, but matters are complicated by the way the system works and the players involved. “It is hard to curb the practice since it appears to be a survival mechanism for women” says Baraka Almas of a non-governmental organisation, Supreme. “It is a complicated system.”
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