TANZANIAN MINISTER OF ENERGY &MINERALS RESIGNS OVER ESCROW SCANDAL

Tanzanian Minister for Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo resigned from his post on Saturday over the fraudulent transfer of some $120 million of public funds to a private energy firm in a scandal known locally as the "Tegeta Escrow Account." "I'm stepping down from my ministerial post right from today," Muhongo said in a statement. "Before reaching the...

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SOUTH SUDAN'S FRACTRURED SPLM PARTY REUNITE, PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ARUSHA TANZANIA

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Intense efforts spearheaded by regional leaders – which saw the Arusha meeting get into late night hours – marks a turning point in the bloody conflict. The signing...

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KENYA ALLOWS TANZANIA VEHICLES INTO JKIA ,AFTER 26 DAYS BAN

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VEHICLE BAN A REPRISAL ACT - DAR TELL KENYA

TANZANIA,government has said the Kenya’s government act of banning Tanzania vehicles entering Jomo Kenyatta International airport (JKIA) to pick up tourists entering the country is seen as retaliation for its stand of refusing to open the northern Serengeti park border.                           Hon lazaro...

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TANZANIA Govt probing reasons for barring TZ vehicles from Kenya's airport'

The government has formed a task force involving four ministries - East African Cooperation, Tourism and Natural Resources, Transport and Industries and Trade to probe the factors behind Kenya’s move to bar Tanzania-registered vehicles from entering Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyata International Airport (JKIA).   Speaking to The Guardian yesterday, minister for the East African Cooperation, Samuel Sitta said on Monday this week that his ministry...

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KENYA PREVENTS TANZANIA MOTOR VEHICLES ENTERING JOMO KENYATA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Travellers have been frustrated by Kenya’s barring of Tanzania-registered motor vehicles from entering the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to drop and pick transit passengers to and from this country.   The drivers in their hundreds both from private and public vehicles, said the order was issued on December 22.   Since then, they further said, it has caused fear and uncertainty among tourists traveling to Tanzania...

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