What Raila Odinga wants, what President William Ruto needs
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UN chief appoints Ugandan judge to Arusha tribunal
What you need to know Lady Justice Lydia Mugambe Ssali will join the roster of Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals or the Mechanism Arusha. A Ugandan judge has been appointed to serve in the UN Tribunal in Arusha which is set to close soon. Lady Justice Lydia Mugambe Ssali will join the roster of Judges…
The tasks ahead for new Dar es Salaam RC
Summary One of the issues that he will have to put much of his energies on will be ensuring that petty traders, commonly known as Machinga’s get the right places to run their businesses from. Dar es Salaam. The in-tray of the new Dar es Salaam regional commissioner, Mr Albert Chalamila, is full. Mr Chalamila, who is moving to…
How Samia’s political will has led to hope for new constitution
Summary The constitution review process stalled in 2014 and seemed dead and buried in 2016, but all indications are that it will be revived soon Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s efforts to revive the stalled constitution review process points to political will in the highest office in the country as far as key developments are concerned. The…
Johannesburg gets sixth mayor in four years
Council representatives appointed Kabelo Gwamanda of the minority Al Jama-ah party to succeed Thapelo Amad. Councilors in South Africa’s richest city elected its sixth mayor in four years as the nation’s governing party tests potential alliances before a general election next year. Johannesburg council representatives appointed Kabelo Gwamanda of the minority Al Jama-ah party to succeed Thapelo Amad, who…
Germany appoints first minister with Tanzanian roots
Summary Mr Chialo was born in Bonn in 1970 as the son of the late Tanzanian Ambassador Isaya Mr Chialo, who served many years in Germany, China and Japan during his career Berlin. Mr Joe Chialo has been appointed Berlin’s first cultural minister with Tanzanian roots, marking a first in German and European politics. Mr Chialo was born in…
CRDB’s Nsekela among 25 great leaders in Africa
CRDB Bank Chief Executive Officer has been named as one of the 25 leaders with a great economic contribution to Africa. The recognition by UK’s African Leadership Magazine (ALM) came almost five years since he was appointed head of the largest lender in the country. ALM Magazine, Group Managing Editor Mr Kingsley Okeke said the list of these leaders…
Tracing Rishi Sunak’s Tanzanian Roots
The rise of Rishi Sunak as British Prime Minister ends as a beautiful story that started with political rejection in East Africa. The first British-Asian to hold UK’s highest office has roots in Tanzania, before his grandparents shifted to Britain in the 1960s. The shift was mainly caused by post-independence legislation and regulations rejecting dual citizenship recognition. Tanzania and…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: Lesson to Liberia the Rise of Rishi Sunak
So, Rishi Sunak is now the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sunak is the first person of Asian origin to become the PM of that great country. After the end of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, the great Prime Minister of Britain, was very reluctant to receive Mohandas Gandhi at 10…
‘Embrace Nyerere’s selfless leadership style’
CONTEMPORARY and future leaders need to emulate former President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere’s selfless leadership style in governing the nation for the envisaged prosperity, said ruling party CCM’s Vice-Chairman, Mr Abdulrahman Kinana. With the nation commemorating the 23rd anniversary of Mwalimu Nyerere’s death tomorrow, the desire to have leaders of such charisma still lives among the minds of people. Under…