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A tight political race in 2015: Afrobarometer on Tanzania #2
Several times recently on this blog (e.g. here) I have referred to Tanzania’s increasingly competitive, and hot, political environment. But I have had to use anecdotes and newspaper articles as...
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Nyerere Day, big boots and celebrations
Two cartoons in Nipashe newspaper offer commentary on the state of Tanzania 14 years after the death of Mwalimu Nyerere: From Nipashe 14/10/13 “A celebration or a memorial?” “A celebration, my...
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Tanzanians confidence in the economy is the lowest in Africa – Afrobarometer...
Tanzanians are very worried about the state of the economy, despite some impressive headline figures on growth. When asked in the 2012 Afrobarometer survey how they view the state of the economy,...
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Where is the report on Form 4 exam failures? It’s in The Citizen, Mwananchi
Yesterday, The Citizen told us it had the “Real causes behind 2012 Form 4 failures“. Mwananchi led with “Janga la elimu” (Tragedy of education). Both articles published some of the findings from the...
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Bold commitments, disappointing delivery: Five challenges for Tanzania and...
President Kikwete at OGP Summit in Brazil, April 2012. Photo from ikulublog.com Tanzania has made strong statements about the Open Government Partnership (OGP). It has also promised to deliver. When...
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Right to Information in Tanzania: now the real work begins
President Kikwete made a bold promise last week, to enact a law that obliges the Tanzanian government to provide any information requested by citizens, with the exception of information relating to...
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Open (education) data: Supply, demand, and something in between
shule.info screenshot Shule.info is a fascinating new website that presents Tanzanian Form 4 exam results in some very interesting ways. It is potentially very useful to anyone with an interest in...
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“They should be beaten” has begun? A little incident in Ludewa
“Wapigwe tu”, said Tanzania’s Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, back in June – “They should be beaten.” He was responding a question prompted by the police response to protests in Mtwara region, but he...
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The real story of “open”– Guest Post from Nikhil Dey
I an honoured to be able to use this blog to host a guest post from Nikhil Dey of MKSS, an Indian right to information group. It follows the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit in London, at which...
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BAE radar “change” website: transparent accountability?
pesptz.org home page “Chenji ya rada imetolewa!” – “The radar change has been paid.” So tweeted Reginald Mengi early last year when British defence company, BAE Systems, finally paid £29.5m towards...
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Collected articles on sacking of Zitto Kabwe from Chadema positions
Zitto Kabwe UPDATED: Sunday 9.45pm EAT Click here to go direct to this update Or here for Saturday’s links Zitto Kabwe, a hugely dynamic and popular young MP with the main Tanzanian opposition party,...
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More articles, tweets, etc. on Zitto’s sacking from Chadema positions
This follows an earlier post with articles, etc. from Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Updated Tuesday, 2pm EAT – click here to jump to the new section Monday 25th November Front pages, via millardayo.com:...
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CCM Hoyee! Zitto and Chadema in a mess. As usual, it’s all about 2015
Cartoon from wavuti.com We all saw it coming, and yet we were surprised when it came. Zitto Kabwe was sacked by his party late last week. No longer will Zitto be Chadema’s deputy secretary, nor deputy...
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The Zitto saga – collected articles part 3
See also previous posts collecting coverage from Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and with my own thoughts on the story. Thursday 28th November Front pages, via millardayo.com:...
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Who would want to be a President? Lessons from Malawi
Presidents Kikwete of Tanzania and Banda of Malawi President Joyce Banda of Malawi is in a pickle. A corruption scandal has emerged on her watch, and she’s under pressure from all sides, quite possibly...
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Public opinion on the union question: from Scotland to Zanzibar
“Happy birthday to the Union, 47 years old” - Cartoon from Nipashe newspaper, April 2011 A referendum is coming up next year in Scotland, with a simple question proposed: “Should Scotland be an...
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Dr Asha-Rose Migiro sees something of real rural Tanzania
It’s quite a step from Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations to walking through the mud of rural Njombe. Yet that is what Dr Asha-Rose Migiro has done. She left her position at the UN last...
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Big promises from the Ministry of Water
I caught this news broadcast from (Tanzanian) Radio One yesterday, reporting the Ministry of Water making some big promises: Here’s a translation: “The Ministry of Water has said that in the next three...
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Freedom of Information on DFID’s role in BAE Project in Tanzania? Bado
image from http://www.parentalguide.org/article-family-road-trip.html I submitted a Freedom of Information request with the Department for International Development (DFID) last month. I’m asking for...
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“Someone is shortchanging our children. We must refuse to put up with it.”
Tanzania Daima described it as “a national disaster“. “Illiteracy haunts public school pupils,“ was the Daily News headline. The Citizen wrote of “literacy shame” and “primary education in a mess“....
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