President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes the Oath of Office in Dodoma, November 3, 2025. By The Arusha News Political Desk Reporters All eyes will turn to the capital city, Dodoma, on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, when newly elected President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to inaugurate the first session of the 13th Parliament. The highly…
By The Arusha News Political Desk Reporters With four days left before Tanzanians vote in the General Election on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, preparations have intensified across the country where electoral officials are finalising the logistics and delivery of ballot material. Wednesday is a public holiday. The election will see voters choose the President, Members…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The Judge pointed out that courts subordinate to the High Court have jurisdiction over economic offences where the Director of Public Prosecution [DPP] transfers, by a certificate any such offence to be tried by the court in terms of section 12(3) of the EOCCA. “I have scanned the trial court record; no…
By The Arusha News Reporter Nanja Dam, the lifeline for more than 50,000 people in three wards of lower Monduli district, has dried up completely this season, leading to a highly disrupted pattern of subsistence for many of the mostly pastoral villagers in an area some 40 kilometres only west of Arusha city. Grandmother Komolo…
By The Arusha News Reporter The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), Northern Zone, has destroyed more than five tonnes of dried cannabis seized during recent anti-narcotics operations at Arumeru District in Arusha region. The destruction exercise, conducted on October 9, 2025, took place at Makao Mapya area in Uwiro Village, under a court order…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa The High Court in Arusha has sentenced two people, Omary Minara and Mohamed Ally, to death by hanging for killing a motorcyclist, commonly known as bodaboda, Meijo Komolo and disappearing with his bike at Oltepes village in Longido District, last year.Judge Dafina Ndumbaro imposed the maximum penalty for the crime after convicting…
BY KUSEKWA KUSEKWA The High Court in Arusha has dismissed a rare case in Tanzania of professional negligence in which a city resident, Bernard Matala, was demanding Sh. 350m in compensation from Shree Hindu Union Charitable Hospital for causing him deafness allegedly through the application of expired eardrop medication to his right ear. Judge Mwenda…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Four Points by Sheraton Arusha, The Arusha Hotel, in partnership with NSK Hospitals, will host a breast cancer awareness walk followed by free on-site screening on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Participants will gather at the hotel forecourt. The community walk will follow a short city route and return to the…
By David Chikoko. A small mistake turned into an irreversible tragedy on October 11, 2025 in Arusha’s Kaloleni area, when an off-duty police officer, Omary Mnandi (30), was mobbed to death after entering and falling asleep in a parked car that resembled his own following an evening outing.When the owner of the car and friends…
From Seif Mangwangi at Namanga CRDB Bank has extended its footprint to the Tanzania–Kenya border with the launch of a new branch at Namanga’s One-Stop Border Post, a strategic hub for regional trade. The expansion is aimed at capturing rising cross-border business flows and providing traders and investors with easier access to financial services at…
