PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has asked rich nations to continue supporting African countries in their daunting struggle for economic revival.

Mr Kikwete, who was addressing the G8 Summit in Hokkaido, Japan yesterday, hailed Japan’s decision to double its Official Development Assistance (ODA) for Africa over the next five years.

“Africa needs the support of friends in the developed countries to compliment and supplement our efforts in our daunting struggle for economic revival,” he said.

President Kikwete, who is also the African Union (AU) chairman, said if Africa was left on its own it would take it many decades to successfully transform its economies from poverty and backwardness to prosperity and modernity.

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NAIBU Katibu Mkuu wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Zitto Kabwe, amesema uamuzi wa kumsimamisha uongozi Makamu Mwenyekiti wa chama hicho, Chacha Wangwe, ni mzito na mgumu, lakini ulikuwa lazima ufanyike ili kukinusuru chama kilichokuwa kinaelekea kusambaratika.

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Alisema CHADEMA iliogopa yasije yakawafika yaliyowafika ndugu zao wa NCCR-Mageuzi ambao walisambaratika kutokana na baadhi ya viongozi kutumiwa kukivuruga chama hicho kilichokuwa na nguvu zaidi miaka kumi iliyopita.

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Kauli hiyo aliitoa juzi jioni mkoani hapa, alipokuwa akihutubia mkutano wa hadhara ambao ulikuwa na lengo la kuwapongeza wanachama wa CHADEMA kwa kufanikiwa kunyakua viti vitano vya Serikali ya Mtaa wa Msikiti.

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MKUTANO WA NENO LA MUNGU NA MWALIMU CHRISTOPHER MWAKASEGE KUTOKA TANZANIA : READING UK 08-10 /08/ 2008.

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An assessment of prawns stock in the Tanzanian waters in the Indian Ocean will start soon, a senior government official told the 'Daily News'. The count is being taken to establish the magnitude of depletion of prawns stock in the sea as a result of unregulated trawling.

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There are fears that recovery of depleted stocks might take up to 10 years, instead of a year. The government recently suspended commercial trawling for prawns until next year to allow multiplication because harvesting level season dropped from 1,500 to 300 tonnes.

Commercial trawling for prawns (white, giant, tiger, brown and flower) in Tanzania is conducted in the Coast Region, mainly at Kisiju, Rufiji and Bagamoyo. The Director of Fisheries, Dr Geofrey Nanyaro, told the 'Daily News' today that stock assessment survey on prawns would start soon to determine the state of recovery before March, which is the beginning of the season.

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The Tanzanian government will provide an additional $7 million for the construction of the underground electrical cable from the mainland to Pemba through the Indian ocean.

Mustafa Mkulo, the Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, said the money released by the Tanzanian government will be added to the $20 million provided by the government of Norway for the implementation of the project.

Mr Mkulo said the money will be released in three phases. The first and second batches will be $2.5 million and will be released this year and next year respectively.

“The other $2.5 million will be released in 2010 when the project will be completed,” he said.

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The issue of foreign owned tourist hotels in Tanzania being exempted from paying tax has generated heated debate in parliament with most parliamentarians openly opposed to the tax holiday.

The MPs say the exemption gives undue advantage to foreign investors over locals.

While contributing to the debate on this year’s budget, most MPs were in agreement that the government should review the tax holiday with the aim of reducing or completely doing away with it as soon as possible.

Opinion was unanimous that the five year tax holiday offered by the government as an incentive to lure potential investors into the lucrative tourism and hotel industry was a burden to the country.

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SPIKA wa Bunge la Serikali Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Samwel Sitta amesema Mbunge wa Bukoba Vijijini, Bw. Nazir Karamagi, hakusema uongo kuhusiana na mkataba wa Kampuni ya Kupakia na Kushusha Makontena bandarini (TICTS).

Spika alisema hayo jana bungeni kabla ya kusomwa kwa bajeti ya Wizara ya Nishati na Madini ya mwaka wa fedha 2008/9.

Alisema awali, Bw. Karamagi alitakiwa kutoa uthibitisho wa kauli yake kwamba suala la mkataba wa TICTS lilipata baraka za Baraza la Mawaziri.

Spika alisema uthibitisho alioupata ni kwamba mkataba wa TICTS ulifuata taratibu zote za Serikali, kwa maana hiyo ulipata baraka za Baraza la Mawaziri, hivyo Bw. Karamagi hakusema uongo.

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After a weekend recess Members of Parliament return into the Debating Chamber this morning. The Minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr William Mganga Ngeleja, is expected to present his ministry’s 2008/09 annual budget proposals.

The minister’s budget speech is likely to provoke a heated debate in the wake of suspected controversial mining contracts and electricity generation agreements that have, so far, not gone down well with some people, including MPs.

The twelfth Parliamentary session progresses tomorrow with the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ms Shamsa Selengia Mwangunga, tabling her ministry’s annual budget estimates.

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NAIBU Spika wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Anna Makinda amewakoromea baadhi ya wabunge na watu wanaofanya kazi ya kuwasafisha mafisadi kuacha mara moja kwa madai kuwa hawawatendei haki Watanzania wenzao.

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Makinda ambaye pia ni Mbunge wa Njombe  Kusini, alitoa kauli hiyo nzito jana wakati akiwasalimia  wapiga kura wake  katika Kata ya Njombe  Mjini kwenye mkesha wa Mwenge wa Uhuru. 

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Ametoa kauli hiyo kipindi ambacho Bunge limegawanyika makundi mawili, moja likiwatetea mafisadi, lingine likiwapinga huku likiishinikiza serikali kuchukua hatua.

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Ingawa hakutaja majina ya watu wanaofanya kazi ya kuwasafisha mafisadi, Makinda alisema binafsi amekuwa akishangazwa na baadhi ya wabunge wa aina hiyo.

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CHAMA cha NCCR-Mageuzi kimemtaka Rais Jakaya Kikwete kutoa tamko la kupanda kwa bei ya mafuta akirejea ahadi zake za maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania aliyowaahidi Watanzania.

Aidha kimehoji sababu ambazo zimemfanya Rais Kikwete aache kuhutubia taifa kupitia vyombo vya habari kama ilivyokuwa kawaida yake kila mwezi ambapo kwa miezi miwili sasa, hajalihutubia taifa.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jana jijini Dar es Salaam, Mkuu wa Idara ya Itikadi na Mafunzo, George Kahangwa, alisema chama hicho kinawapa pole Watanzania kwa ugumu wa maisha unaosababishwa na kupanda bei ya mafuta.

Alisema ni vema Rais Kikwete akatoa tamko la ufumbuzi wa tatizo hilo ili wananchi waweze kufikia ahadi iliyotolewa ya kupatiwa maisha bora.

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Shifting the capital of Tanzania from Dar-es-Salaam to Dodoma is one of the longest government projects in the country’s 47-year post-independence history. It must also be one of the most erratic wishy-washy affairs.

The project was initiated by the late President Julius Nyerere in 1972, who liked Dodoma for its central