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Court: “mere busybodies” failed to prove how are they affected by the Regulations By Our Technology Analysts, DAR ES SALAAM and NAIROBI, 30-05-2018, THE Government of Tanzania yesterday (28 May 2018) won a court case filed to seek Courts consent for orders of judicial review challenging newly signed Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations, passed on 16 March 2018. The High Court in Mtwara, a region in South-East of Tanzania, dismissed the application by a coalition of media and civil society originations as immaterial since the facts and deponed in the affidavits filed by the applicants failed to establish locus stand of the rights organizations. This was confirmed yesterday by the Tanzania Government Spokesperson, Dr Hassan Abbasi, who tweeted the news.   “A team of government Solicitors under the new Office of the Solicitor General, argued to the satisfaction of the Court that the coalition of civil societies and the media stakeholders who fi

Production on of affordable cement now to start next month  By Correspondents Dar and Nairobi, 15:16 GMT Under his famed “delivery per se” policy, the government of Tanzania under President John Pombe Magufuli has finally confirmed that it has completed its phase mission of connecting Dangote cement plant in Mtwara, in the southern region of Tanzania, to the natural gas to generate the needed 35MW. Mr. Aliko Dangote in a tete a tete with President Magufuli at the inaugaration of the plant last year. Speaking at the end of his tour of the factory, the Energy Minister Dr. Medard Kalemani said the government was committed to supply the natural gas resource to enable Dangote cement plant access affordable energy for smooth cement production. The factory is one of the biggest cement plants in Southern Africa providing affordable cement to locals and countries in the vicinity. “I am telling you TPDC, if the factory delays to complete its insta

  May. 17, 2018, 6:00 am By NANCY AGUTU and PATRICK VIDIJA Source: @thestarkenya President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law, the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill, 2018, Wednesday May 16, 2018. /THE STAR Has a false report of the death of a prominent person, a defamatory article about a politician or a photo of nude teenager ever landed in your WhatsApp inbox? If so, do not — repeat do not — think of forwarding these to anyone or sharing them on your Facebook page, unless you have millions of shillings to pay fines or want to spend years in prison. That's the punishment for anyone found guilty of myriad offences in the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act that President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law yesterday. Knowingly spreading false information electronically, which is common among social media users, will attract a fine of Sh5 million on conviction.A plethora of social media activities have also been criminalised

May 5, 2018 Toronto Commercial Aircraft,  Press Release

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By Nik Ngowi, New York*  6-5-2018, New York: INCREDIBLE and swift transformation in the manufacturing, communication, health and other sectors in Tanzania attest a new dawn for the continent’s readiness for serious business in my home country, the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanzania is the world’s fourth fastest growing economy ahead of China and the United States, according to a report by the Centre for International Development (CID) at Harvard University. This is no surprising if one has to analyze trends and transformations happening there. India tops the list of the World’s fastest growing economies for the coming decade with a projected growth of 7.89 annually till 2026. With oil economy on its lap, Uganda comes second on the list at 7.5 percent growth annually. Tanzania comes after Egypt at 6.63 per cent and Tanzania 6.15%. However with Magufulification effect, growth is expected to go above 7.0, meaning Tanzania could go higher steps in few years.