2013 News that shook Tanzania
A walk down Memory Lane on Tanzania's Biggest Headlines in 2013 ....Did i forget something?
January
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| Crowded Star Times Offices as Customers Buy Star times Decoders |
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The Tanzanian High Court has finally granted bail to
film actress Elizabeth Michael alias Lulu who was charged with manslaughter.Lulu allegedly killed
without intention a local movie star Steven Kanumba on April 7, 2012 at Sinza Vatican
Demonstrations by Mtwara's residents demanding tangible
benefits from the natural gas discovered off Mtwara's coast and protesting
plans to transport the gas to Dar es Salaam for electricity production Mtwara got violent, residents say
they were opposed to the planned construction of a pipeline to convey gas to
Dar es Salaam.They said the only way “forgotten” Mtwara could benefit from vast
reserves of gas discovered in the region was for the resource to be processed
at its source to create employment and fuel development.
Famous
Irish Mountaneer Killed on Mt Kilimanajro after being struck by lighting
February
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| Executive Secretary for the National Examination Council of Tanzania ( |
More than 65% of Tanzanian students failed the 2012 form four examinations, the worst result in history, spurring the government to form a temporary inquiry commission.
Only 126,851 passed the examination out of the 397,132 who attempted it. In 2011, 53.6% passed, and 50.4% passed in 2010.
March
16-storey
building that collapses at the junction of Indira Gandhi and Asia streets ,one
of Dar es Salaam
Religion linked Violence
The tensions erupted into violence in the town of Buseresere in Tanzania
Pastor Mathayo Kachili of the Tanzania
Assemblies of God Church (TAG) was killed while trying to intervene in an
attack by Muslim youths against Christian butchers, Six days later, Father
Evarist Mushi, a Catholic priest, was murdered on the island of Zanzibar
April
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| Sanjay, KFC Tanzania's First Customer |
May
The
Vatican 's ambassador to Tanzania
He
was unharmed, but two people died and 30 were injured in the first significant
such raid on Tanzania
Tanzania sends her troops in the DRC for a peace keeping mission about 100 Tanzanian troops
arrived in eastern DRC, Tanzanian
troops are the first batch to form the UN intervention brigade to be deployed
in eastern DRC following a Security Council resolution in March
Sooner After
The March 23 movement (M23) threateaned that they
will attack and kill Tanzania
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| Tanzania Foreign Minister Bernad Membe |
"This is intimidation, they must stop
it," Membe Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe told parliament
Membe said the 1,000 Tanzanian soldiers, who are part of a new 3,000-strong UN force, would respond to any aggression from the M23. "If they provoke us, we will retaliate."
Membe said the 1,000 Tanzanian soldiers, who are part of a new 3,000-strong UN force, would respond to any aggression from the M23. "If they provoke us, we will retaliate."
According to the Tanzania Wildlife
Research Institute, poaching drastically reduced the elephant population to fewer than 70,000 in 2012 from
about 109,000 in 2009.Amid outcries from lawmakers about
the increase in poaching, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Khamis Sued
Kagasheki told parliament on May 2nd that President Jakaya Kikwete
has authorized the deployment of army units for anti-poaching operations.
"The president has issued the
order," Kagasheki told parliament. "I have talked to Minister of
Defence and National Service [Shamsi Vuai Nahodha] and we are at the final
stages. I do not say when, but we are going to do something that will be
remembered by generations to come." Hence, Tanzania starts using Soldiers to fight poaching...
June
“Those people [Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete] you
just heard siding with Interahamwe and FDLR and urging negotiations…
negotiations? Me, I do not even discuss this topic, because I will just wait
for you [Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete] at the right place and I will hit
you! He[Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete] did not deserve my answer. I did not
waste my time answering him…It is well known. There is a line you cannot cross,
there is a line, a line that you should never cross. It is impossible…”
Eventually the two settled out their differences....
But trust
Global publishers to make it look like we were going to war
38 year old CEO of METL, becomes the First
Tanzanian to Cover Forbes Magazine. Forbes Africa July Issue 2013.
A few days after the approval of the budget, it became clear
that the government had imposed a once-a-month levy of TZS 1,000 for every SIM
card. Surprisingly, Members of Parliament and ordinary citizens who were
following up the budget speech claimed that the levy, subsequently dubbed the
“SIM Card Tax”, was not discussed in Parliament. It led to a national debate
among citizens, mobile phone operators, media houses, technocrats and Members
of Parliament.
Swiss central bank released
a report stating Countries who’re stashing away Billions in
the Swiss Tanzania is among eleven African countries whose nationals have
secretly stashed away millions of dollars in the country’s banks, a whopping
Sh315.5 billion ($196.87 million) in Swiss banks, From business Tycoons to
Government Officials
July
President
Barack Obama and President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania
during the arrival ceremony at Julius Nyerere
International Airport
in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania Tanzania
After an afternoon arrival ceremony, he held a
bilateral meeting and press conference with President Jakaya Kikwete
TID overreacts on Sporah’s choice of questions on
the Sporah Show
The tug of war began sometime in July following Malawi ’s prospecting for oil in Lake Nyasa
through an international firm, Surestream Soon after the exploration of oil and gas began
on the Lake, Tanzanian authorities asked Malawi
"Much as it is a well-known fact the Lake Malawi belongs
to Malawi
The Two countries vowed not to go war and are still at talks to resolve the issue...we hear soldiers were sent to guard Lake Nyasa sometime back in July...wouldnt it be funny if Mozambique came out of the blue and claimed Nyasa too...
Television talk show queen, Oprah
Winfrey, landed in Serengeti for a weekend getaway with Boyfriend Steadman
Two Tanzanian citizens, Video Vixen Agnes Masogange and her cousin Melissa Edward, were arrested at OR
Tambo International airport with six bags of tik worth more than seven billion
Tanzanian shillings, weighing a total of 160
KGs. This was said to be the largest seizure at South African ports
The Minister of Transport
later on released a report after his investigation on the whole ploy on how the girls exited Tanzania
It is this very month that we also discovered that the Transport Minster has a fancy little picture of the Video Vixen on his iPad
August
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| Survivers Paddle to land |
The Tanzanair plane on
its belly in Lake
Manyara
The university of Dar-es-Salaam
has ranked fourth among top 100 popular universities and higher learning
institutions in Africa . This is according to 4icu.org
September
The Tanzanian government stated it
was committed to stamping out child labor in small-scale gold mines after a U.S. Tanzania , Africa 's
fourth-largest gold producer.The story of Adam on CNN the child Minor who almost died brought great
uproar from Human rights groups.
A special operation to flush out illegal immigrants popularly known as 'Operation Kimbunga' wiped
out a 'Burundi empire' which saw that country's currency and curriculum being
used at Nyamugali village, Kasulu District in Kigoma Region. Yes, a state was flushed out of a state.
October
Wilfred
Moshi, First Tanzanian to climb Mount Everest ,
describes the experience in new documentary
Congolese musician Nguza Viking, alias Babu Seya,
and his son, Johnson Nguza, alias Papii Kocha, challenged the life imprisonment
sentence imposed on them for raping minors will be on October 30, this year.
The two were requesting the justices to go again through the judgment they
delivered on February 11, 2010.They lost
their last defense option after the Court of Appeal dismissed their appeal for
the Court to review of their life imprisonment sentence for raping minors.
Opposition MP Joseph Mbilinyi of Chadema causes chaos in the parliament building, thrown out by parliamentary security officers after he and his colleagues from his party refused
to abide by an order to leave the House issued by Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai
You can watch the video below
Not to be
outdone, just a week later ...ruling party MP Peter Serukamba, a
CCM MP, Told his his colleagues ‘Come on
Fuck You’ after they booed him as he stood up to speak.
Tanzanian authorities
announced that 952 suspected poachers have been arrested and 104 ivory seized
since a special anti-poaching operation and 1,458 rounds of ammunition been seized(Operation Tokomeza Ujangili) was in progress for two months ago. The Minister for
Defense and National Service, Shamsi Vuai Nahodha, told a news conference in Dodoma that 631 firearms, including 13 military weapons,
have been seized during the operation jointly conducted by the Tanzania
People's Defense Force, Tanzania Police Force and Tanzania National Parks Tanzania
November
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| FFU trying to calm the chaos in Mbeya as EFD Protests get violent |
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| Kariakoo Businesmen Protest EFD Machine |
Business
was brought to a standstill at Kariakoo in Dar es Salaam
Liquid from car batteries,
including highly corrosive sulphuric acid, was hurled at Kirstie Gupp and Katie
Gee, both 18, while they were volunteering as teachers at a Anglican-affiliated
orphanage on the African island.
4 Tanzanian Millionaires make it to
Forbes Africa’s 50 Richest List 2013, Said Salim Bakhressa, Rostam Azizi, Reginald Mengi and Mohammed ‘Mo’ Dewji
December
President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania
Ethiopian Boeing 767 crash-lands in Arusha with more than 200 passengers and crew on board cruised the entire length of the runway before skidding and coming to a stop on the grass. It landed in Arusha by Mistake, no one was hurt
Operation Tokomeza Causes Uproar in Parliament
Now..the
parliament was in full support of this plan Operation Tokomeza until just recently
4 ministers ,Minister for Home Affairs, Mr
Emmanuel Nchimbi, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ambassador
Hamisi Kagasheki, the Minister for Defence and National Service, Mr Shamsi Vuai
Nahodha and the Minister for Livestock Development, Mr David Mathayo were relieved of their
duties after it was revealed that Operation Tokomeza violated human rights
causing quite an uproar in the parliament house earlier this month ,President
Jakaya Kikwete’s decision to relieve four ministers of their duties yesterday
helped in defusing the tension in the house, it also helped secure The Prime
Ministers Job!
Wema
and Diamond Re-unite once again, on stage at his Kids Christmas show at Leaders Club, he
stated they were back together.
28-year-old woman from Tanzania arrested on a charge of drug possession in Macau ,
After undergoing an X-ray scan, the suspect excreted 66 pellets of
heroin weighing 1.1 KG
The Pellets and her belongings were placed on the table,
while herself masked, as photographers snapped away. Her belongings included 2
white cell phones, Samsung and an iPhone to which Tanzanians recognized and put
a name to the masked woman…Video Vixen and former Miss Tanzania Jackie Clifford
Fitzpatrick famously known as ...'The Boss Lady'