By The Arusha News Reporter The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has officially announced that today, April 5, 2025, is the last day to use old Tanzanian shilling banknotes as legal tender. The banknotes to be withdrawn are in denominations of 20, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 shillings, issued from 1985 to 2003 and…
By The Arusha News Reporter TRC Director-General, Mr Masanja Kadogosa, detailed the project’s scope when he met and held talks with Arusha Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Paul Makonda, on March 25, 2025. The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is in the final stages of building the Dar es Salaam to Musoma Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), to…
By Nicodemus Ikonko On January 28, 2024, six Park Rangers while patrolling the Burunge Wildlife Area, saw three people with two motorcycles and decided to arrest them as they suspected that, they had no permission to be in the area. Unfortunately, two of them escaped using the motorcycles, leaving behind the appellant who also attempted…
By The Arusha News Reporter The Sheikh of Arusha Region, Shaban Juma Abdallah, has stressed the importance for Tanzanians to live peacefully together as one family, denouncing violence as being uncharacteristic of the nation’s culture and way of life. “Any leader who calls for chaos after elections should be ignored,” said Sheikh Abdallah, adding: “Tanzanians…
By The Arusha News Reporter in Tanga Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral ceremony of the former East African Community (EAC) Secretary General (SG), Ambassador Juma Volter Mwapachu (82), held at the Chumbageni family residence in Tanga on March 30, 2025. Among them included the Deputy Minister for Culture, Arts and Sports, Mr Hamisi Mwinjuma…
A friend recently asked me: Do you know that the Chinese produce more research papers than everyone else? I checked: In 2020, China led the rest of the world with 740,042 published scientific and technical articles, while Tanzania was ranked 85th with 2,199 articles. Why should any Tanzanian care? Any country that lacks a robust…
The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) recently announced 1,596 vacancies, primarily for tax administrators, including customs officers. Three or four years ago, the institution recruited another 1,097 staff through the Public Service Recruitment Secretariat. It seems more logical for hiring institutions, especially those involved in specialised work, to recruit their staff directly, particularly when substantial numbers…
By Kusekwa Kusekwa Rose Anochiche Ashery Sanga has won a case at the High Court in Arusha that challenged the decision of the Chief Secretary, who had confirmed as rightful the termination from employment of her late husband, Anochiche Ashery Sanga. He was a senior assistant technician with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA). Judge…
By Nicodemus Ikonko The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha is about to complete its new Cathedral, which has been under construction for nearly 14 years, according to Father Paul Malisa, the Parish Priest of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus where the Cathedral is located, he told The Arusha News. Once completed, the Cathedral will…
By Nicodemus Ikonko Arusha’s Mt Meru Regional Referral Hospital will in the next two weeks commission a state-of-the-art digital screening machine for breast problems in women, billed to drastically reduce diagnosis costs. The hospital’s Radiologist, Mr Lwitiko Mwaipopo, told The Arusha News that the Sh 460m machine was received from South Korea last month. It…
