Two concurrent episodes regarding the saga of overseas African domestic workers, otherwise called “house-girls”, caught my attention recently. BBC Swahili and other media outlets reported Ugandan, Vicky Ajok, charged with the murder of her 87 year old employer veteran Syria actress, Huda Shaarawi in Damascus in January. Vicky Ajok facing death by hanging or beheading,…

The seasons of Lent for Christians and Ramadan for Muslims are far more than periods of abstaining from food and drink. They are sacred times of reflection, repentance, self-discipline and spiritual renewal. Within these spiritual practices lies a powerful opportunity to reshape eating habits and embrace a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet (WFBD), a way of…

AFCON 2027 is just around the corner – approximately 15 months from now. If anyone believes that the event is still far away and that preparations can be left until tomorrow, they need to be reminded that whatever must be done should have started yesterday. “Attack by stratagem; timing is everything in strategy,” wrote Sun…

Welcome to our weekly Health Diaries column, where we explore a range of health-related topics and simplify complex medical concepts for our readers. One of the most serious medical conditions that can develop during pregnancy is hypertension, or high blood pressure. When not detected and managed early, it can threaten the lives of both mother…

When East African Heads of State and Government meet in Arusha today, Saturday, March 7, 2026, they will need, very sternly, to call each other out for letting the East African Community (EAC)’s future dangle in limbo. Intergovernmental cooperation is basically an extension of a country’s civil service. Who on earth runs a civil service…

Football or Soccer as the Americans call it, is an English game. In the Netflix series The English Game, the origin and evolution of the sport is brilliantly depicted from being one of the rich and the elite to becoming a path of freedom and growth for the poor and the common man. If you’re…

It was a wonderful early morning as we set off from Tukuyu, a small hillside town founded in 1900 by the Germans as a colonial town in Rungwe District of the Mbeya Region. We were travelling in a pickup, enjoying a 360-degree view as we drove towards the home of God’s Bridge. A fine, fresh…

After speaking at the recent Munich Security Conference, some analysts accused US Secretary of State Marc Rubio of urging the West to revive colonialism. I found it hard to believe that anyone in their right mind would promote 15th-century imperial ambitions in the 21st century. Surely, I thought, these were exaggerated claims. Yet I soon…

Before signing an employment contract in Tanzania, pause and read carefully, this document will shape your working life. Under the Employment and Labour Relations Act (ELRA) and general contract principles, an employment contract should always be in writing and clearly spell out essential terms. These include your job title, duties, place of work, working hours,…

Last week, I wrote about my maiden experience in Europe when I travelled to what was then East Berlin to study journalism in 1979. I recounted how my colleagues and I spent our first night huddled together at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, trying to keep warm in the extreme winter cold of the transit…