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STANBIC Bank Tanzania Limited has lost a bid to challenge payments of over 200m/- as compensation to their former Chief Legal Counsel Solomoni Sioi for allegedly wrongful termination of his employment serves.   This follows the decision of the Court of Appeal to “strikeout” with costs an application for stay of execution of a decree of the High Court’s Labour Division at Dar es Salaam regarding the employment dispute. Justices Mbarouk Mbarouk, Augustine Mwarija and Sivangilwa Mwangesi ruled in favour of Sioi, the respondent, after upholding a ground of objection he had presented through his advocate Godwin Nyaisa. They ruled that the application in question was hopelessly time barred as was filed in contravention of the Rule 11 (4) of the Court of Appeal Rules, as amended by Government Notice No. 362 of 2017. As per the Rule, according to the justices, the Bank, as applicant, ought to have filed the application within 14 days of service of the notice of execution on the appellant by

VODACOM Tanzania has registered net profit of 170.2bn/- for the period ended March this year from 47.5bn/- in 2017 representing 200 per cent change on account of strong revenue growth from mobile data and M-Pesa businesses.   The company’s preliminary results for the year ending March 2018 published yesterday, M-Pesa revenue grew by 16.7 per cent to 291.2bn/- equivalent to 30.1 per cent due to greater customer spend across growing mobile ecosystem. Similarly, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) listed Vodacom Tanzania’s mobile data revenue grew by 34 per cent to 141.6bn/- on account of network densification, capacity upgrade and 4G expansion. “We believe our M-Pesa customer base will continue to expand as we focus on building greater activity through our ‘Lipa kwa M-Pesa’ merchant platform and establishing new partnership which enhances the mobile money ecosystem,” Ian Ferrao, Vodacom Managing Director said in a statement. He added, “We expect further increases in smartphone penet

NMB Bank has embarked on working and facilitating local contractors pursuing public projects countrywide that will enhance their capacity to compete with foreign contractors in undertaking small and mega construction projects.   Temeke Municipal Council Executive Director Nassibu Mmbaga said after opening of one day seminar in Dar es Salaam yesterday that lack of finance is still hindering local contractors to compete with foreign counterparts. “NMB initiative to facilitate local contractors is welcomed in empowering them to compete with foreign contractors in handling small and mega projects implemented in Temeke Municipality and elsewhere,” he said. He added, “Most of the small and mega construction projects in municipal council are implemented by foreign contractors due to low capacity of the local contractors in handling them.” He said with active bank’s participation in facilitating local contractors, more jobs will be created with the projects funds entering into the economy. “

VODACOM Tanzania has registered net profit of 170.2bn/- for the period ended March this year from 47.5bn/- in 2017 representing 200 per cent change on account of strong revenue growth from mobile data and M-Pesa businesses.   The company’s preliminary results for the year ending March 2018 published yesterday, M-Pesa revenue grew by 16.7 per cent to 291.2bn/- equivalent to 30.1 per cent due to greater customer spend across growing mobile ecosystem. Similarly, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) listed Vodacom Tanzania’s mobile data revenue grew by 34 per cent to 141.6bn/- on account of network densification, capacity upgrade and 4G expansion. “We believe our M-Pesa customer base will continue to expand as we focus on building greater activity through our ‘Lipa kwa M-Pesa’ merchant platform and establishing new partnership which enhances the mobile money ecosystem,” Ian Ferrao, Vodacom Managing Director said in a statement. He added, “We expect further increases in smartphone penet

LACK of awareness on business formalisation denies the right to social protection measures to majority of people working in informal sector.   It was during the “Informality and Social Protection” workshop in Dar es Salaam, jointly organised by Mzumbe University-Dar es Salaam Campus (Tanzania), University of Nairobi (Kenya) and Roskilde University in Denmark with support of the Danish Ministry of Foreign affairs (Danida). Dr Godbertha Kinyondo from Mzumbe University, Department of Administrative Studies told participants that the mentioned challenges emerged during the second phase of a four-year (2017-2010) research project, titled “Informal Worker Organisations and Social Protection” conducted by the Universities in Tanzania and Kenya. The research according her, focused on three sectors which were construction, petty traders and transport, aiming at investigating the emerging collective forms of informal workers access to social protection measures, labour agency and welfare outco

IT was only last week that the locally-made 106-minute feature drama film, T-Junction, scoped-up another award. It was awarded the Best Cinematography, at the just-ended Burundi International Film Festival (Festicab) in Bujumbura.   This brings the number of awards this locally- made film has won in the East African Community (EAC) to eight, since it’s launched, at last July’s Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF). Please to remember, this achievement is apart from it having gained 13 official selections, at a string of other international festivals and the Best African Feature, at the 19th Zimbabwean International Film Festival Trust. Needless to say, its makers - Kijiweni Productions (KP) - who are based here in the Upanga section of Dar es Salaam, are proud of having received awards from four out of the five EAC countries, so far. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise to hear that the writer, producer and director of the 2017 T-Junction, Amil Shivji, is also pleased wi

MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) from both ruling party (CCM) and the opposition camp yesterday set aside their differences inside the National Assembly here to congratulate Simba Sports Club as the new champion of the Tanzania Premium League.   The debating Chamber turned into a place of celebrations with the MPs mostly the fans of the club in excitement mood failed to hold back their joy and offered standing ovation immediately after the Parliament Chairman Najma Giga announced the presence of the Club inside the House. Most of the lawmakers displayed books of the Ministry of Defense and the National Services, which were in red colour as the responsible Minister Hussen Mwinyi was preparing to table his ministry’s budget estimates for 2018/2019 financial year. Players of Simba and some of the top leaders, including the vocal spokesperson Haji Manara had paid a visit to the Parliament to observe Parliamentary proceedings. The celebrations took place after question and answer session when

IT was only last week that the locally-made 106-minute feature drama film, T-Junction, scoped-up another award. It was awarded the Best Cinematography, at the just-ended Burundi International Film Festival (Festicab) in Bujumbura.   This brings the number of awards this locally- made film has won in the East African Community (EAC) to eight, since it’s launched, at last July’s Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF). Please to remember, this achievement is apart from it having gained 13 official selections, at a string of other international festivals and the Best African Feature, at the 19th Zimbabwean International Film Festival Trust. Needless to say, its makers - Kijiweni Productions (KP) - who are based here in the Upanga section of Dar es Salaam, are proud of having received awards from four out of the five EAC countries, so far. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise to hear that the writer, producer and director of the 2017 T-Junction, Amil Shivji, is also pleased wi

IT is Guljit Dhani versus Ahmed Huwel upfront as the race for this year’s National Rally Championship (NRC) continues to be tough after the end of the third round in Iringa over the weekend.   Dhani from Kilimanjaro and Huwel from Iringa are jointly leading the race with 43 points each at the end of Iringa Rally. The duo has ended the two-round lead previously sealed by Rajpar Dhani also from Kilimanjaro. Dharam Pandya from Dar es Salaam was the first to claim the pilot seat following his victory in the season opened in Tanga in March this year. Ahmed Huwel joined the top list after winning the third round, a victory which awarded him 25 points while Guljit Dhani finished second ahead of the third-placed Pandya. Pandya with 40 points is second overall in the seeding points. Third overall is Dar es Salaam youth Tufail Tufail who is parading 31 points. Tufail opened the season with 8 points after finishing sixth in Tanga before claiming 15 points in Kilimanjaro where clinched the third

JACKSON Mmary and his team Rwanda Energy Group (REG) are well set for the epic final match of the Rwanda National Volleyball League title in Kigali after winning a tough playoff over the weekend.   Tanzanian volleyball ace Mmary told the ‘Daily News’ from Kigali yesterday that his Rwandan team fought bravery to win the second playoff match against University of Tourism Technology & Business Studies (UTB). The in-form REG slashed UTB 3-1 again to cruise to the final showdown. REG recorded the same score in the first playoff match a week before and needed another win to sail through. The winners started impressively with a 25-22 victory in the first set, but again lost second 24-26 for UTB level the score. But REG came back strongly to win the third set with 25-20 score before sealing the victory with 28-26 in the fourth set. Mmary said: “I’m so happy with the win, the match was tough, but now we have a last game to win so as to clinch the title.” He said he and his team are traini

YOUNG Africans opponents, Rayon Sport are in Dar es Salaam ahead of tomorrow’s CAF Confederation Cup match at the National Stadium. Altogether the match referees from Angola are due in the country today ready for the Group D match.   Rayon who came to the city aboard Rwanda Air will train today at the national stadium, the venue of the match. The match referee is Helder Martins De Carvalho while linesmen are Ivanildo Meirelles Do Sanche Lopes and Wilson Valdmiro Ntyamba, all Angolan nationals. The match hosts Yanga are expected in Dar es Salaam today from Morogoro where they suffered a 1-0 loss to Mtibwa Sugar in their Premier League match at Jamhuri Stadium. The Tanzanian envoys will be looking to end the four-match winless run in both local and continental level events. Yanga won their last game on April 7 when they defeated Ethiopia’s Wolayta Dicha 2-0 in the first playoff match of the CAF Confederation Cup. A week later they suffered a 1-0 loss to Dicha in Hawassa. But the team s

DESPITE being in the list of food basket regions in the country, Rukwa, Njombe and Iringa are among five regions whose population, especially children, are facing high level of stunting.   Speaking during a workshop this week in Morogoro, Mkuranga District Council Nutrition Officer, Ms Sophia Boniface, said the 2015/16 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) showed that prevalence of stunting in Rukwa, Njombe, Iringa, Geita and Kagera regions were above 40 per cent. According to the nutrition expert, poor planning in term of food intake and consumption of the same type of food is the major reason behind such poor nutritional phenomenon. The survey, according to Ms Boniface, indicated that stunting in Rukwa was 56.3 per cent while Njombe had 49.4 per cent. In Kagera, the rate of stunting was 41.7 per cent while Iringa had 41.6 per cent and Geita had 40.5 per cent. According to the nutritionist, the survey showed rural areas were affected more by undernutrition than urban areas,

FORMER South African President, Mr Thabo Mbeki, will this week jet into the country’s capital city, Dodoma, to deliver a public lecture on the State of Education in Africa, scheduled for Friday at the University of Dodoma (UDOM).   UDOM Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Egid Mubofu noted here over the weekend that the public lecture, to take place at the university’s famous Chimwaga Hall, will mark the inauguration of the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Annual Memorial Lecture Series. “I appeal to all members of UDOM community and the general public to attend this prestigious and historic event,” said the VC. Prof Mubofu said UDOM will be conducting annual lecture series in honour of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in order to recognise the key role which the country’s founding President played in education development. He further noted that UDOM has started to conduct researches on the state of education in the country, in the wake of the call issued by former President and UDOM Chancellor, Mr Benjamin Mkap

PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa is pencilled to officiate at the 29th Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminar organised by the Architects and Quantity Surveyors Registration Board (AQRB) at the Treasury Square in Dodoma.   The seminar, scheduledseminarto be conducted this week is aimed at training professionals in the industry on new technologies in the construction industry, owing to rapid changes of technology in the world, according to Acting Registrar of AQRB, Quantity Surveyor (QS) Albert Munuo. Munuo told a news conference in Dar es Salaam over the weekend that the seminar will be held under the theme, “The role of architects, quantity surveyors and allied professionals in the advancement of industrial development and preservation of buildings’ heritage.” Delegates at the two-day training will share professional experience and receive information from government leaders about involvement of experts in the development of the country. According to Munuo, some 6,143 profe

OVER 154,800 women in Rukwa Region are expected to rip benefits of the 21.5bn/- safe delivery project dubbed ‘Uzazi Salama’, thanks to a generous funding from Global Affairs Canada and other individual Canadian donors through Plan Canada.   Rukwa Regional Commissioner (RC), Joachim Wangabo officially launched the three and half years project at a colourful event held at the municipality’s RDC Hall over the weekend. The project is aimed at accelerating progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through community-based Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services in Rukwa Region. Speaking during the event, the Country Director for Plan International Tanzania, Mr Jorgen Haldorsen on behalf of all three partners Plan International, Africare and Jhpiego said the project is expected to benefit over 154, 8000 women of childbearing age. He said the project will equally reach 90,500 men, 48,200 adolescent girls and 180,000 children and that 707 government health workers from 199 hea

THE government has borrowed 120 million US Dollars (approximately 200.7bn/-) from the World Bank (WB) for youth capacity building on vocational training and increase their potentials towards achieving industrial economy by 2025.   The Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Prof James Mdoe told journalists over the weekend on the sidelines of a forum to discuss youth capacity building that there would be no need for investors to acquire staff from abroad. The forum, sponsored by the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF), brought together several stakeholders from private and public sectors who discussed among other things, the need to form sectorial councils to advise the government on the components that needs to be featured in the trainings in question. “The monies we borrowed from the WB will be acquired in the same style like that of higher education. The beneficiaries will be youths in colleges in the lower levels

MBEYA Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) has decided to change the name of Songwe International Airport to Mbeya International Airport, to attract more investors and tourists.   The decision was reached during the RCC meeting, following the advice by Mbeya Regional Commissioner, Mr Amos Makalla, who told the meeting that the current name of the airport does not reflect the name of Mbeya Region. He said many people including investors, who visit Mbeya Region, thought that the airport was in Songwe Region, “Some of them even ask how long will it take to travel from Songwe airport to Mbeya Region”, he said. Mr Makalla said the name Mbeya will help to advertise the region at international level and bring development and encourage tourism in the southern highland zone. “We have good infrastructure including roads, communication structures, international airport and soon we will have a dry port,” he said adding that Mbeya is a better and beautiful place for investors. Mr Godfrey Mwandul

MOROGORO Regional Commissioner (RC), Dr Kebwe Stephen Kebwe has asked environment officers to teach people on how to protect their surroundings and equally make follow-up checks before capitalising on the law to crack the whip on culprits.   The call was made here when the RC was addressing a three-day workshop of newly appointed 30 environment inspectors from Coast, Morogoro and Tanga regions, during a workshop organised by the National Environment Management Council (NEMC). “I do not expect you to punish people before teaching them how to protect environment,” the RC said in a speech read on his behalf by the Regional Administrative Officer (RAS), Mr Clifford Tandari. The three coastal regions, the RC said, are rich in minerals, fisheries and forestry resources adding that they were attractive to investors. Therefore, he said, officers must use the law and its regulations to protect Tanzania’s environment as the country struggles to become a middle-income nation. NEMC Eastern Zone

TANZANIA stands at a better chance to benefit from Sino-Africa bilateral relations than any African nation, thanks to her exceptional historical background with the East Asian economic giant.   Former Prime Minister, Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, in an interview with the ‘Daily News’ here that a renewed trust, commitment and transparency were inevitable to realise the benefits. Dr Salim said the second East African economy has almost everything that China needed from the continent, challenging the country to properly use the opportunity. Chinese investment in Africa, according to Vice-President Wang Qishan, reached 170 billion US dollars in 2017, with imports from the continent growing by 32 per cent. “The ball is in our court. It’s us to decide whether to use the opportunity or not. Chinese government and its people do not have any problem with us ... we must swiftly step in and grab it,” the 76-year-old internationalist said. China established diplomatic relations with Tanganyika and Zanzi

Standard chartered Bank Tanzania today (Monday) launched the third edition of Tournament Campaign with 32 teams set to participate.   Titled "2018 Standard Charted Cup Tournament" the competition will take place on June 23, this year, whereby the winner will get the grand prize of a trip to Liverpool Football Club Anfield, UK. The Standard Chartered Group is the main sponsor of the Liverpool Football Club from 2010 to 2018/19. According to the Bank's Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sanjay Rughan, the Standard Chartered has organized the tournament to give football fans an opportunity to actively engage in developing football. "This year the tournament will be slightly different. We will only have the local tournament and the winner out of 32 teams will win the grand price of a once in a lifetime 'money can't buy' opportunity if visiting and watching a live match at an English Premiere League football pitch," he said, adding that: “The move will ensure

OUT of over 5.5 trillion/- worth of foreign grants donated to boost capital for local industrial developments in five East African countries, only 17 per cent of the sum trickled into Tanzania.   The founder of Tanzania Venture Capital Network (TVCN), Mr Salum Awadh stated that most local investors in the country missed out on the opportunity to get the 2.4 Billion US dollars boost disbursed within a period of six years between 2012 and 2017. Mr Awadh was speaking here, during a special seminar to educate investors, industrialists and entrepreneurs on alternative ways of raising capital for industrial development, in the country. According to Awadh, the grants are usually provided for Eastern African countries including Tanzania and its EAC siblings, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda as well as Ethiopia but it’s only Kenya which seems to benefit having applied for 60 per cent of the funds, Tanzania got just 17 per cent or around 900 billion/- in six years. The money was channeled to 108 firms

RAINS have eased? Probably, but international weather observers warn that Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda should not sigh with relief yet, as more thunderous precipitations are expected later this month.   An analysis by the global Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and United States Geological Survey (USGS) on the regional forecast and current soil saturation indicates that further flooding is likely to occur later this May in coastal and western regions of Kenya, the Mount Elgon region of Uganda and Kenya, the Lake Victoria basin which also covers Tanzania, eastern DRC, as well as parts of Rwanda and Burundi. The FEWS-NET and USGS report made available here indicate that floods may also be experienced in the central regions and riverine areas of Juba (South-Sudan) and Shabelle regions in Somalia and parts of Ethiopia. "Further crop damage and displacement are likely in the mentioned areas," the global meteorological report warns. Similarly, the United Kingdom'

DETERMINED to curb human trafficking and illicit drug related trade, Defence and National Services Ministry has intensified security countrywide to ensure nothing comes in or gets out illegally.   The Minister, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, tabling the ministry’s 1.9tri/- budget for the 2018/19 fiscal here yesterday, said porous borders and dilapidated boundary beacons in some country margins have made it easy for criminals to illegally penetrate into the country. The ministry’s budget for the next financial year has increased by one per cent from the current year’s. Dr Mwinyi said the ministry is currently participating in the border verification exercise across the country. “Instability in some of our neighbouring countries has resulted to the influx of refugees, some of them coming with weapons, which are later used criminally...we are doing our best to control the situation,” he told the house. The minister said the government is working closely with neighbouring countries, especially in th

TRANSIT oil cargo through the Dar es Salaam port grew by 48.5 per cent in the first months of this year as compared to corresponding period last year.   According to the country’s Petroleum Bulk Procurement Agency (PBPA) data, transit fuel shipped through the port increased by 49 per cent, thanks to efficiency and reforms at the Dar es Salaam port. “The agency is happy to announce that it has recorded a steady growth in transit fuel since the Bulk Procurement System was established in 2015,” PBPA Acting Director General Erasto Simon told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Minerals here over the weekend. During the 2016/17 Financial Year, the government scrapped off Value Added Tax (VAT) on transit cargo, subsequently fuelling the volume of containers handled at the port by 35 per cent. The Dar es Salaam port is increasingly becoming the traders choice. Minister for Energy, Dr Medard Kalemani says the volume of transit cargo shipped via the Dar es Salaam port to the la

ISRAEL Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected in Tanzania early next year, according to Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Minister Augustine Mahiga.   Briefing journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday on his recent visit to Israel, Dr Mahiga said the trip was all about strengthening diplomatic relations and scouting Israel support to Tanzania’s industrialisation drive. Dr Mahiga said Israel Premier will arrive in the country early next year with a strong message on investment in all fields of industrial economy, adding that Tanzania has a lot to learn from Israel, which is highly advanced in various areas. He said among areas from which Tanzania is likely to benefit out of her relationship with Israel include modern agriculture, manufacturing, water conservation, information and communication technology, security, health and energy, among others. “It should be remembered that Israel is a desert country but the government managed to change the area into crops bearer th

EAST African Community (EAC) and International Labour Organisation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve the work environment in East Africa.   The MoU that EAC Secretary General Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko and ILO Country Director Wellington Chibebe inked at the EAC headquarters here will among other things address issues like youth employment, social security, gender equality and women empowerment at the work place. The MoU is a follow up to another deal that the two organisations signed in 2001, enabling the EAC and ILO to develop and launch a five-year East African Decent Work Programme (2010-2015). Ambassador Mfumukeko said that the revised MoU provides for the development of the framework for the harmonisation of EAC partner states’ policies on social security in line with the ILO Convention on Social Security (Minimum Standards) No. 102 of 1952. “The MoU further provides for the expansion of micro, small and medium enterprises for employment creation. Inc

TANZANIA Commission for Universities (TCU) has re-accredited the foundation course programme offered by the Open University of Tanzania (OUT), after two years of discussions on how it should be structured so as to meet the required standards.   Addressing reporters at OUT headquarters at Kinondoni Biafra in Dar es Salaam, the university's Vice Chancellor, Professor Elifas Bisanda, said that the foundation programme is very important as it is not only a preparation course for attending degree programmes. but also helps realization of Tanzania's industrialization drive by the fifth phase government, as the number of educated Tanzanians is relatively low "Only five percent of the country's population has access to university degrees, while developed countries like South Korea have 95 per cent of the population that is educated to university level," said the Vice Chancellor. He said that for the country to have competent vocational educational graduates, more degre