By The Arusha News Reporter The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will resume it its plenary session virtually on Monday and will stretch to July 8. The session will consider and approve the East African Community (EAC) draft estimates for the 2025/2026 financial year, as well as the supplementary budget for 2024/2025, according to EALA…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The High Court sitting in Moshi has sentenced a 31-year-old resident of Hai District in Kilimanjaro Region, Michael Justine Mboro, to 10 years in prison after convicting him of manslaughter in the killing of his younger brother, Emmanuel Justine Mboro, during a family dispute three years ago. Originally charged with murder, Michael’s…
By Nicodemus Ikonko June 15, 2025 marked a milestone for newly revamped and upgraded Arusha Airport when it welcomed its inaugural scheduled international flight from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport with equipment owned by Flightlink Limited, formerly Flightlink Air Charters, belonging to Tanzanian, Captain Munawer P. Dhiran. Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) Director General, Mr Abdul Athumani Mombokaleo,…
By The Arusha News Reporter The government has reiterated its commitment to prosecute unethical pharmacists who steal and sell public medicines, because the malpractice undermines the delivery of daily public health services. Opening the Annual Scientific Conference and General Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Tanzania (PST) in Arusha recently, the Vice-President, Dr Philip Mpango…
By Nicodemus Ikonko Karibu-KiliFair (KKF) 2025, East Africa’s premier international tourism exhibition, concluded on a high note in Arusha last week, earning praise from exhibitors and government officials alike. Held from June 6–8 at the Magereza–Kisongo Grounds, the event attracted over 800 exhibitors, 1,000 international buyers and 5,000 tourism-related companies from around the world. In…
By The Arusha News Reporter Nearly eight years after the Arusha-based African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) ruled in favour of the Ogiek indigenous community over ancestral land rights in Kenya’s Mau Forest, the country remains in violation of the court’s binding judgments. Last week, the Arusha-based court held a public compliance hearing…
By The Arusha News Reporter Nearly eight years after the Arusha-based African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) ruled in favour of the Ogiek indigenous community over ancestral land rights in Kenya’s Mau Forest, the country remains in violation of the court’s binding judgments. Last week, the Arusha-based court held a public compliance hearing…
By The Arusha News Reporters It is not yet official, but all signs indicate that the race for the influential Arusha Urban parliamentary seat is already taking shape. Early political undercurrents suggest a potential contest between incumbent MP, Mr Mrisho Gambo and current Arusha Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Paul Makonda – both prominent figures within…
From The Arusha News Reporter in Dodoma The government on Thursday tabled the national budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year, amounting to TSh 56.4 trillion up from TSh 49.3 trillion in the 2024/25 financial year. Among several new measures introduced in the Finance Bill is a proposal to make it mandatory for all tourists visiting…
By Mboneko Munyaga The story of a man who allegedly hanged himself after a dispute involving two goats in Arusha recently reminded me of what a senior psychiatrist at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar es Salaam once told me about the link between depression and suicide. The tragedy is that, rather than raising alarm,…
