‘Don’t use birth control,’ Tanzania’s President tells women in the country
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has told women in the East African nation to stop taking birth control pills because the country needs more people, according to local media reports. “Women can now give up contraceptive methods,” Magufuli said. “Those going for family planning are lazy … they are afraid they will not be able to […]
The Tentative but Rising Resistance to Magufuli’s Repression
President Magufuli has clamped down hard on various freedoms. But as his popularity plummets and defiance grows, something may have to give. From the moment the relatively unknown Minister of Works John Pombe Magufuli became Tanzania’s president in 2015, he has stamped his mark on the country. In an initial whirlwind of activity, he fired […]
Why Minister Nchemba Was Sacked From Home Affairs Docket
President John Magufuli may have hinted yesterday why he sacked Dr Mwigulu Nchemba as Home Affairs minister, citing a list of things he said was frustrating. Dr Magufuli said he was dissatisfied with the performance of the top leadership of the ministry which he blamed for not acting to resolve some of the problems he […]
President John Magufuli Sacks Home Affairs Minister Nchemba in Reshuffle
President John Magufuli has dropped the Home Affairs minister, Dr Mwigulu Nchemba, in a mini cabinet reshuffle announced yesterday. Speaking during a televised event, the Chief Secretary (CS), Ambassador John Kajazi, announced that President Magufuli decided to promote one deputy minister, pick one new minister and one new deputy minister. Dr Magufuli also exchanged dockets […]
Mugabe ghost haunts Emmerson Mnangagwa in Tanzania
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Tanzania last week intent on projecting Zimbabwe as a country that has moved on from the shadow of former president Robert Mugabe, the man he deposed in a military coup last November. Mnangagwa, who has visited Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo in […]
Minister SIsack Kamwelwe acks Dawasa Boss, Dissolves Board
Water and Irrigation minister Isack Kamwelwe yesterday sacked Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (Dawasa) acting chief executive officer Romanus Mwang’ingo. The minister, with President John Magufuli’s express consent, also dissolved the Dawasa board of directors. The decision follows reports of embezzlement and forgery during the implementation of the Sh18 billion Mpera and Kimbiji […]
Dangote says “Sometimes it is just a matter of communication”
Financial Times correspondent John Aglionby’s reporting in the fast FT online column that Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote “accuses ‘Bulldozer’ Tanzanian President of scaring away investors” appears to have caused an overblown row. When Financial Times editor Lionel Barber asked Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote in a live interview at the FT Africa Summit on Monday […]
President John Magufuli Meets Energy Experts From Ethiopia
President John Magufuli Wednesday met a delegation of electricity and dam construction experts from Ethiopia. The delegatation was sent by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on request from Tanzania, according to a statement from the State House released today. The team was led by Ethiopia’s water, irrigation and electricity minister, Dr Seleshi Bekele. According to […]
Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba Says No Room for Gays in Tanzania
The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Mwigulu Nchemba, said yesterday that the government would arrest and take to court any person found campaigning for, or supporting homosexuality. The minister said all nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that have been using human rights as a facade to campaign for homosexuality must find better things to do, or get […]
Here Are Five Kenyans Who Faked It Until They (Almost) Made It
Before Moses Otieno Obiero, the Form One dropout who faked his way to top State jobs there were many others who took the phrase “fake it until you make it” way too seriously. Moses, in case you have been living under a rock, is a 50-year-old man, who also goes by the names Nobert Muhoro […]
