BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER The visiting Rotary District Governor Mr Daniel Ddamulira from Uganda has commended the Arusha Rotary Club for implementing a rainwater harvesting project benefiting more than 10,000 pupils and an estimated over 25,000 residents across four villages in Arumeru District, Arusha Region. Mr Ddamulira is the current District Governor of Rotary…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Celebrations to mark one hundred years since the opening of Arusha’s Mount Meru Regional Referral Hospital will climax on Tuesday with a series of community activities offering free health screening and specialist treatment. The Medical Officer in Charge, Dr Alex Ernest, said the celebrations also included free medical and blood…
BY DAVID CHIKOKO Family, friends and members of the legal profession will bid farewell to veteran Arusha advocate Alute Mughwai Lissu on Monday, ahead of his burial in Singida on Tuesday, November 10,2026. Late Mughwai, 72, died on November 1, 2026 after a prolonged illness. His family said he had been receiving treatment at Selian…
FROM THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER IN ARUMERU Police in Arusha have mounted a manhunt for the driver who fled the scene of an accident that killed three Mringa Secondary School students in Arumeru District on October 30, 2026. The victims, Bianca Juma, Catherine Pius and Jesca Sabore, were all Form Three students. The lorry reportedly…
BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR ….Obiri, Kipruto lead stars for New York Marathon tomorrow Thirty-seven years after crossing the finish line as the New York City Marathon champion, Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa is returning to the city that holds one of his proudest sporting memories. Ikangaa is among marathon legends invited to mark the 50th anniversary of the…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS CORRESPONDENT ALI CHOMOKO MEMORIAL CUP I ssac Malkani struck 129 off 58 balls to lead MCC to a 40-run victory over Annadil Burhani in the Ali Chomoko Memorial Cup at St. Constantine grounds, last weekend. Malkani’s century powered MCC to 241 for six in their 20 overs with Anish Jepron adding…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER Malawi’s Paul Chidale won this year’s 2026 Tanzania Open Golf Championship at Kili Golf last weekend, finishing four strokes clear of Tanzania’s Nuru Mollel. Chidale completed the four-day tournament with a total of 289 strokes to claim the title. Mollel finished second on 293 whereas Kenya’s Robinson Owiti took third…
DR MARK BURA Prepare your muscles and joints before getting out of bed. After a night’s sleep, gentle movement can help prepare your muscles and joints for the day’s activities. Simple exercises performed before getting out of bed can ease you into your morning. Pay particular attention to your core, gluteal and piriformis muscles, as…
BY ELLY MANJALE NMB. Tanzania’s next generation of jobs, industries and economic opportunities is likely to be generated by startups. However, this will depend on the country building an ecosystem that enables them not merely to emerge, but to survive, scale up and compete. Tanzania Startup Week 2026, held in Dar es Salaam from October…
BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR • A generous heart, a friendship to remember When I relocated from Dar es Salaam to Arusha in 1997 to head the Northern Zone bureau of the government-owned Daily News and Sunday News, I initially felt out of place. I had spent most of my life, including my school years, in the…
