Some of Mr Maeda’s friends and family members pose for a group photograph with children at Nkoaranga Orphanage Centre after the cake-cutting ceremony. BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Arusha businessman and philanthropist, Mr Walter Maeda, celebrated his 72nd birthday with 27 children at Nkoaranga Orphanage Centre on October 3, 2026 – encouraging Tanzanians to use…
BY DAVID CHIKOKO President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has called on global parliaments to protect the public interest of their jurisdictions by enacting laws that scrutinised the spending of taxpayers’ money and through proactive government oversight. Addressing the opening of the 153rd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly in Arusha through a video message on October 5, 2026,…
BY G. MADARAKA Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere rarely displayed anger in public. In fact, he had unique body language that matched his captivating speeches and a trademark hissing chuckle to drive home his moments of happiness and pleasure, for which he was largely known. However, one of the few days that Mwalimu…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Zimbabwean swimmer Nikkie Onovo won three gold and two silver medals during the two-day Arusha International Masters Swimming Championship last week. Her victories included the women’s 100-metre freestyle and 50-metre butterfly. She also secured silver medals in the 100-metre backstroke and 100-metre individual medley. The championship was held at the…
FROM THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER IN MOSHI The three-week SHIMIWI 2026 Games in Moshi will draw to a close on Thursday, 7 October, 2026. The bonanza, which began on 23 September, had attracted over 2000 public servants representing ministries, departments, government agencies and regional administrative offices. The nine sports featured are football, netball, athletics, tug…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Morogoro will host the Serengeti Rally of Tanzania this weekend which will bring together local and international drivers for the final round of the African Rally Championship (ARC). Arusha’s Gurpal Sandhu left on Wednesday for Morogoro to take part in the event which will also feature competitors chasing national championship…
FROM THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER IN MOSHI Moshi is building Tanzania’s first wet-base synthetic hockey turf at the Sikh Club, a development expected to expand training opportunities and enable the country to host international hockey competitions. Tanzania Hockey Association (THA) Secretary Kaushik Doshi told The Arusha News that the project had been made possible through…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Arusha-based online fashion and beauty business “Flawless Fashions” will hold its first in-person event on October 10, 2026, at Nova Cafe, bringing together 20 girls for shopping and creative activities. The event, titled “Sip, Shop & Bedazzle”, will run from 2pm to 4pm, with tickets costing TZS 20,000 per person….
Welcoming our lovely readers to our weekly health diaries column where we delve into various disease-related topics simplifying complex concepts for our readers. Seeing blood in the stool can be frightening and should never be ignored. It can be a sign of a more serious problem that needs medical attention. Blood may appear as bright…
I followed with keen interest the deliberations of the chairmen and chief executive officers of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) at last week’s forum in Arusha. The forum’s underlying theme was to visualise how SOEs could advance Dira 2050. The central idea was that SOEs should move beyond their mandates and become high-performing contributors to national economic…
