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Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development,  William Lukuvi. All Members of Parliament have been tasked to submit a list of land conflicts in their various constituencies to the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development, William Lukuvi.   The minister has also instructed local government authorities to do the same ahead of his set up of a special team of experts to scrutinize the nature of the conflicts and come up with a lasting solution.   Speaking yesterday in parliament, the minister agreed that there are several land conflicts in the country especially pertaining villages that border forest and game reserves. Similarly, conflicts between farmers and pastoralists that have been recurring and claim lives of many innocent people.    “The new government is determined to end land conflicts once and for all after getting a full list of the trouble areas across the country” said Lukuv...

Director General for Reli Assets Holding Company (RAHCO) Eng Benhadard Tito        Include, USD6 million in Treasury bond deal    TRL Sh238bn wagon deal, oil firm 8.5bn/- tax evasion    scores of high-profile traders and senior public officials are to face legal action following   completion of a probe into 36 grand corruption cases.         The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) yesterday reported that it has completed investigations of 36 grand corruption cases and has already submitted four of them to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).     Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam, PCCB Acting Director General Valentino Mlowola said the cases involve high profile businessmen and senior public officials.    He said the submitted cases include a tax evasion case levied against a prominent oil firm that is accused of causing the gove...

Political Scientist Benson Bana                      Unless both CUF and CCM take part in the March repeat of Zanzibar elections or settle on a mutually agreed way forward, a cross-section of political analysts warn the people of the Isles will be divided further.   “If CUF boycotts the rerun as the party has already indicated, it will be difficult for CCM to form a legitimate Government of National Unity (GNU) widening the already existing party line rift among Zanzibaris,” University of Dar es Salaam’s Political Science Lecturer Bashiru Ally told The Guardian yesterday in Dar es Salaam.    He said if CUF boycotts the re-run, it will be difficult for any party that wins to form a Government of National Unity (GNU). Bashiru said the section that provides for the Government of National Unity in Zanzibar’s Constitution cannot be amended ...

Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman, Jecha Salum Jecha              POLITICAL parties which have no lawmakers in the House have called for a thorough discussion on the political impasse in the isles instead of delving on the Tegeta Escrow scandal.   At least fourteen political parties that took part in the last year’s polls have openly protested the decision announced by Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman, Jecha Salum Jecha, to set a date for re-running elections in the Isles following after he nullified the results in late October.   At the moment the parties have joined the movement by Zanzibar’s main opposition party, the Civic United Front (CUF), which has claimed lead in the embattled elections.   During a meeting with journalists on Monday in Dar es Salaam, all the secretaries general of parties with no representatives in the National Assembly sa...

Mbunge wa Bariadi Magharibi (CCM), Andrew Chenge.            Mbunge wa Bariadi Magharibi (CCM), Andrew Chenge, jana alipata wakati mgumu Bungeni mjini hapa, baada ya wabunge wa upinzani, kumbana kwa maswali juu ya kashfa ya Tegeta Escrow, iliyoibuliwa  wakati wa Bunge la 10.   Chenge alikutwa na masahibu hayo wakati wa kujieleza na baadaye kuulizwa maswali alipokuwa akiomba kura kwa ajili ya kuchaguliwa kuwa mwenyekiti wa bunge. Mwanasheria huyo mkongwe alipendekezwa na Kamati ya Uongozi wa Bunge kuwania nafasi hiyo.   Baada ya kujieleza ili kushawishi wabunge wamchegue katika nafasi hiyo, ulifika wakati wa maswali ambapo wapinzani walimuuliza kuhusu kashfa ya Tegeta Escrow.   Hatua hiyo ilisaababisha kuchafuka kwa hali ya hewa ndani ya bunge baada ya kuibuka zomeazomea kati ya wabunge wa CCM waliokuwa wakipinga baadhi ya maswali ya wale wa upinzani walioonekana kumkamia Cheng...

Kiongozi wa Kambi ya Upinzani Bungeni,  Freeman Mbowe.   Kiongozi wa Kambi ya Upinzani Bungeni, Freeman Mbowe, amehoji kitendo cha kuchukuliwa kwa askari wa Tanzania Bara na kupelekwa Zanzibar kwa ajili ya kupiga kura.   Akiuliza swali la nyongeza bungeni jana, Mbowe ambaye ni Mbunge wa Hai (Chadema), alisema kumekuwapo na utamaduni wa kuwatumia askari kutoka Tanzania Bara na kuwapeleka Zanzibar na kuwaandikisha wakati wa uchaguzi ili kuwatumia kupiga kura katika mazingira ambayo hayapo wazi.   “Je, waziri una taarifa ya upelekaji wa vikosi Zanzibar kwa jukumu moja la kupiga kura na baada ya hapo wanarudishwa bara?,” alihoji Mbowe.   Akijibu swali hilo, Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, Dk. Hussen Mwinyi, alisema jambo hilo haliwezekani kwani utaratibu wa kupiga kura upo wazi na unaeleweka.   ”Huwezi kwenda leo Zanzibar na kuandikishwa kupiga kura, lazima uwe ni Mzanzibari mkazi, hilo lipo na ushahidi tu...

  Waziri Ofisi ya Rais Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa  (Tamisemi), George Simbachawene. Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) kimelaani vurugu zinazoendelea kutokea katika chaguzi za kuwapata wenyeviti wa halmashauri na mameya maeneo mbalimbali nchini.   Pia kimemtaka aliyesimamia uchaguzi wa Mwenyekiti wa Halmashauri Wilaya ya Kilombero, mkoani Morogoro, Yahya Nania, kuonyesha barua iliyotoka kwa Waziri Ofisi ya Rais Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa (Tamisemi), George Simbachawene, inayosema kuwa Peter Lijualikali haruhusiwi kupiga kura katika halmashauri hiyo wakati ni Mbunge wa       Jimbo la Kilombero.                                                            Chadema kimeonya asipofanya hivyo kitamshitaki mahakamani kwa matumizi mabaya ya madaraka ...