President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives the 2024/2025 Audit Report from Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Mr Charles Edward Kichere (left), at State House in Dar es Salaam, earlier this week. (Photo by State House). BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The cost of building Arusha’s iconic stadium billed for the 2027 AFCON championships has nearly doubled…
FROM SUKHDEV CHHATBAR IN MOSHI Kenya and Tanzania once again went stride for stride at the 2026 Kilimanjaro Marathon delivering a brilliant showcase of East Africa’s distance-running pedigree. Kenyan athletes took firm control of the full marathon, sweeping the top positions in the 42-kilometre race. Winner William Morwabe set the pace early and held on…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The Arusha Kadhi, Sheikh Rajab Kihungiza, has called on Muslims and the wider community to uphold the moral values, peace and unity cultivated during the holy month of Ramadhan. Speaking at the Eid Baraza held on March 21, 2026 in Arusha, Sheikh Kihungiza said the virtues of Ramadhan should not…
BY MBONEKO MUNYAGA Recommendations to widen the tax base and modernise collection systems aim to strengthen the economy While sweeping tax reform proposals submitted to President Samia Suluhu Hassan recently promise to reshape Tanzania’s fiscal landscape, awareness among ordinary citizens remains strikingly low, raising questions about public engagement in one of the country’s most ambitious…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Kiswahili must move beyond its regional roots and claim its place on the global stage, according to Zanzibar’s Second Vice-President, Mr Hemed Suleiman Abdulla. Opening the Fifth International Workshop on Kiswahili organised by the National Kiswahili Council (BAKITA) in Arusha, on Tuesday, March 24, he said Tanzania’s national language was…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The Ethics Commissioner in the President’s Office – Ethics Secretariat, retired Judge Sivangilwa Mwangesi has noted that ethical public leadership was a key pillar of good governance and sustainable national development. Judge Mwangesi made the remarks when opening a meeting for facilitators of ethics training for public leaders at the…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The High Court at Moshi has sentenced one Augustine Michael to 10 years imprisonment for the lesser crime of manslaughter finding no water tight evidence for the capital offence of murder, which carries the death penalty, as he was previously charged. The court heard that Michael killed one Emmanuel Hashimu…
BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR For decades, geologists studying the volcanic rocks of the Ngorongoro highlands have noted unusual chemical signatures that often occur in mineral-rich volcanic systems, studies on the Ngorongoro area have indicated. Scientific studies of the Crater’s ancient lava flows have identified elevated concentrations of elements such as zirconium and niobium, metals that are…
FROM THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER IN MOSHI Speaking during the recent opening of the bridge, Councillor, Alhaj Ally Pendo said the project fulfilled a promise he made to the residents during his campaign for office. “This bridge links Msaranga and Ng’ambo wards, which depend on each other for various social and economic services,” he said….
BY KUSEKWA KUSEKWA The Court of Appeal has thrown overboard an appeal lodged by a Babati resident, Emmanuel Safari, who the High Court sentenced to death by hanging for sodomising his stepson of one and a half years old who died in the act, apparently in obeyance of a witchdoctor’s instructions for a “get rich…
