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CHINA’s bilateral relation with Africa remains purely by choice without any political strings attached, a senior government official has insisted. Tanzania is one of the African nations which enjoy bilateral cooperation with the East Asian economic giant and the world’s second largest economy.   Director General of African Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Dai Bing noted that China is very sincere in its cooperation with the continent. “In the past, Africa had no choice. For now the continent has a chance for making right choice to make economic globalisation more open, inclusive, beneficial, and balanced and a win-win proposition,” he noted. Mr Dai who was speaking to African journalists who are in a 10-month special training programme in China, asserted that the two sides needed to jointly work together to tackle challenges that emerge. He noted that as China is promoting its own development and expanding opening up policy, the world’s most populous nation at

UNKNOWN assailants have brutally killed a government leader at Mwadui area in Rukwa on Tuesday night, sending chills up the spines of residents in the area and the region at large.   It was at around 11pm on Tuesday when armed assailants gunned down Mwadui Ward Executive Officer (WEO) Benedicto Chapewa, who was drinking at his own bar, before mutilating his body with machetes. The ward is located along Lake Rukwa in Sumbawanga District in Rukwa region. Rukwa Regional Police Commander (RPC), George Kyando spoke to the ‘Daily News’, confirming the horrific and tragic incident that has brought fear to residents in the ward. According to the regional police boss, Rukwa Regional Crime Officer (RCO) who was only identified as Mr N. Kitinkwi and his team were working round the clock searching for the killers, who were, until yesterday evening, at large. The RPC who admitted having scanty details on the incident said: “As I speak to you now, the RCO and team are there investigating this crim

ELDERLY tenants of National Housing Corporation (NHC) who are facing evacuation over failure to settle rental bills may now heave a sigh of relief following Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa’s intervention.   Speaking in Parliament yesterday, he directed the Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development Minister, Mr William Lukuvi and his deputy, to meet with the association of tenants of NHC houses in order to sort out the issue. “This matter should be addressed soberly, in order to pre-empt inconveniences and suffering for Tanzanian retirees who lived in these houses for a long period and can’t build their own houses…after this directive I believe that the ministry will immediately arrange meeting with those tenants,” he explained. Mr Majaliwa stated that the government was aware that the NHC was guided by the national housing policy on how the houses should be used. He swiftly pointed out, however, that the government was also aware of some of the tenants who had lived in those ho

THE Government is fasttracking procedures that will yield legal recognition of Dodoma as a city after President John Magufuli elevated it to that status last week. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa gave an assurance yesterday that the government would soon table a bill in Parliament to that end.   He explained that usually, after the President issued directives related to the status of urban centres, the government, through its organs, immediately set procedures in motion, to ensure that the directives were incorporated in the country’s laws. “ Responsible government’s departments such as Regional Authorities and Local Government (RALG) and State Attorneys have embarked on the matter, to ensure that the Bill is tabled in Parliament soon,” he pledged, giving instructions to the responsible State organs to act as according. Speaker Job Ndugai reinforced the matter, telling Attorney General Adelardus Kilangi that Parliament would be delighted if the Bill were tabled by the end of October t