By Kizito Makoye, Dar es Salaam – Tanzania government has sent an ‘emotional’ appeal to donors requesting for additional funding to bridge the yawning gap in its 2010/11 national budget. The move comes just weeks after the finance ministry’s permanent secretary Ramadhani Khijjah criticized donors for imposing stringent conditions on aid making it increasingly difficult to implement development programmes. According to the letter dated 19th January 2011; availed donors comprising the General Budget Support(GBS), Finance Minister Mustafa Mkulo explains that his government was caught up in unforeseen challenges in the course of implementing the budget. The minister says the government... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, February 11th 2011 |
By Kizito Makoye, Dar es Salaam – Tanzania government has joined forces with South Korea’s investors to implement a 50-million dollars project in which 100,000 hectors of unused arable land are developed into large-scale irrigation farms. According to the director general of Tanzania’s state-run Rufiji Basin Development Authority(RUBADA) Aloyce Masanja, various food crops including rice paddies will be grown in a move aimed at boosting the country’s food security. According to Masanja experts from Korea are already working in the fields setting up irrigation systems in the valley located slightly over 100 kilometres south of commercial capital of Dar es... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, February 11th 2011 |
The competition for the prestigious Technology in Government in Africa Awards (TIGA) for 2011 has opened. The education category of the awards is organised jointly with the eLearning Africa Conference and Scholarship Trust. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Berlin, Germany. The competition for the third TIGA Technology in Government Awards 2011 has opened. The awards are organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and supported by the Government of Finland. This biennial event recognises African governments’ effective use of ICTs for public services and raises awareness for the role of ICTs for the development process. The deadline for... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 20th 2011 |
By Kizito Makoye, Dar es Salaam – A group of donors that provide general budget support (GBS) to Tanzania has once again criticized the government for its slow pace in fighting petty and grand corruption. Speaking at the National Policy Dialogue in Dar es Salaam recently, a minister counselor at the Royal Norwegian Embassy Mr. Svein Baera, who chairs the GBS group of development partners; expressed concern on lack of progress in key sectors despite massive donor support ostensibly due to corruption. Tanzanian people’s direct experience of corruption risks leading to a culture that becomes a vicious circle, he said.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, December 16th 2010 |
By Special Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – The National Governing Council of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Tanzania has approved a 5 year Strategic Plan than will effectively direct and guide the African Union iniated project, amid constraining financial challenges. Speaking recently during the 44th meeting of the National Governing Council (NGC) of the APRM Tanzania chapter, Professor Hasa Mlawa, who chairs the highest policy making body, said the new strategy will provide a strategic directions in the operations of the project towards achieving the major goal of improving governance in Tanzania. According to the 5 Year document, several... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, December 13th 2010 |
