Journalists Urged To Go For Investigative Stories

Tanzanian journalists have been advised to stand ‘firm’ in their profession and report on investigative news instead of relying on top officials as their major sources of information as in developing countries most of such sources are normally not fully reliable and can be uncooperative.

This was said at the weekend in Dar es Salaam by a renowned activist Deus Kibamba, at the 12th graduation of Time School of Journalism (TSJ) in which out of 234 students, 52 were awarded with Basic Certificate in Journalism, 70 with Advanced certificate in Journalism and 112 with Diploma in Journalism 112.

Kibamba claimed that in developed countries, the executives (sources) would normally not deny journalists information when approached but in developing countries, the culture of acquiring reliable information from sources is minimal.

He challenged journalists to specialise in investigative news and write news based in rural areas whereby about 80 percent of Tanzanian lives, instead of relying on getting information from governmental top officials who are sometimes not cooperative.

“Wananchi in the villages have experienced many things, so it’s only rational for journalists to go talk to them as from them they could get more hidden information that they would not get from government officials; something that could trigger the country’s development,” said Kibamba who is also a chairman of Tanzania's independent constitution forum.

However, he said despite the presence of many media outlets in the country, only a few of them disseminate reliable information. “It’s not fair for a professional journalist to engage in publishing news based on gossips or the ones interfering people’s privacy while there are many issues to deal with including the constitution reform and the economy,” he stressed.

For his part, Mangusi Mkoba, a TSJ Board of directors’ member said the school will work on the advice given by the National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) of starting using its curriculum which will enable its students to sit for the council’s exams.

“We have organised to work on the weaknesses as mentioned by the NACTE in order to enable us be provided with ‘full accreditation’. He noted that effectively from January next year all graduates will have to pay for their certificates before been certified by NACTE.

Meanwhile, the Minister for Information and communication of students’ organisation (TISJOSO) Moris Lyimo called upon the government to review the Broadcasting Act (7) of 1993, saying that it creates monopoly among executives in terms of giving Frequency Modulation.

“The Act has failed to oversee the operation of Radio and Television stations whereas the owners have been employing anchors who are not journalists by professional but talented as presenters,” he said.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

Easy Breezy Beautiful: Karrueche Tran Shoots Her First Magazine Cover

Looks like Karrueche Tran is ready for her close up. Although she has been working on her new clothing, Chris Brown’s on again-off again love was recently spotted shooting her first magazine cover. Styled by Olori Swank, the stylist who’s worked with Keyshia Cole and Dawn Richard, Karrueche rocked different looks including a black Alexander Wang dress . For her beauty look, she kept things chic with long wavy hair and an oxblood lip. No word as to which magazine she’s actually covering. Any guesses?

What do you think, Tanzanite glamours? Is Karrueche ready to be a cover model?

TANZANITE GLAMOUR BIKINI AWARD FOR 2012 GOES TO COCO......

NBC YAKABIDHI MSAADA WA MAKTABA KWA SHULE YA SEKONDARI ANGAZA MKOANI LINDI

Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Benki ya NBC Tanzania, Lawrence Mafuru (kushoto) na Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa wa Lindi, Thomas Sowani wakikata utepe kuzindua jengo la maktaba ya Shule ya Sekondari Angaza lililokarabatiwa na NBC katika hafla iliyofanyika Mkoani Lindi mwishoni mwa wiki. Wa pili kushoto ni Meneja wa NBC Lindi, Godfrey Chilewa , Mkuu wa Sekondari ya Angaza, Upendo Muro, Mkurugenzi wa Read International Tanzania, Montse Pejuan na Meneja Mahusiano ya Kijamii wa NBC, Robi Matiko-Simba. NBC imetumia jumla ya shs milioni 70 kukarabati shule sita za sekondari katika mikoa tofauti nchini.
Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Benki ya NBC Tanzania, Lawrence Mafuru (katikati) akitoa maelekezo kuhusu somo la hisabati kwa baadhi ya wanafunzi wa Shule ya Sekondari Angaza, Zainab Chikira (kushoto) na Bahati Adam (kulia) katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa jengo la maktaba ya shule hiyo lililokarabatiwa na NBC, hafla iliyofanyika shuleni hapo, Mkoani Lindi mwishoni mwa wiki.
Meneja Mahusiano ya Kijamii wa NBC, Robi Matiko-Simba (katikati), akizungumza na baadhi ya wanafunzi wa Shule ya Sekondari Angaza, katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa jengo la maktaba ya shule hiyo lililokarabatiwa na NBC, hafla iliyofanyika shuleni hapo, Mkoani Lindi mwishoni mwa wiki.
Meneja wa NBC Tawi la Lindi, Godfrey Chilewa (kushoto), akizungumza na baadhi ya wanafunzi wa Shule ya Sekondari Angaza, katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa jengo la maktaba ya shule hiyo lililokarabatiwa na NBC, hafla iliyofanyika shuleni hapo, Mkoani Lindi mwishoni mwa wiki. NBC imetumia jumla ya shs milioni 70 kukarabati shule sita za sekondari katika maeneo tofauti nchini.

Meneja Huduma kwa Jamii wa Benki ya NBC Tanzania, Jane Dogani (kushoto) na  Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Benki ya NBC Tanzania, Lawrence Mafuru (katikati) katika hafla ya uzinduzi wa jengo la maktaba ya shule hiyo lililokarabatiwa na NBC, hafla iliyofanyika shuleni hapo, Mkoani Lindi mwishoni mwa wiki. Wengine ni maofisa wa NBC, walimu na viongozi wa Mkoa wa Lindi

Dar Traffic Slowing To A Walking Pace?

 Expert: Congestion projected to cut speed to 10kms per hour by 2030

JICA

Dar es salaam is headed for more acute traffic congestion by 2030 if no action is taken to overhaul transportation planning policies and legal framework, a road expert has warned.

Pharles Ngeleja, a road expert from Tanzania, on a two-month training course on Urban Transportation Planning and Project, in Tokyo, Japan

under JICA says the traffic trend was alarming, as total number of passenger cars plus pick-ups plying the city roads was projected to more than double by 2030.

“The average vehicular travel speed in 2007 was estimated at 25.6 kms per hour. This will decrease to 10.0 kms per hour in 2030 if nothing will be done,” said Ngeleja, in a paper he presented during the programme.

This would reduce traffic to a walking pace worsening the already negative implications for the economy.

A survey conducted by the Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) in 2010 established that traffic jams eat up to 20 per cent of annual profits of most businesses.

A senior official of the Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (Dart) was quoted recently saying businesses and other institutions incur about 4bn/- in loss every day in Dar es Salaam city due to persistent traffic jams.

The loss is mainly incurred through decreased productivity as workers and entrepreneurs report late at work or miss appointments, fuel wastage, and late delivery of mechandise.

Experts say the losses have a direct bearing on the national economy considering the fact that Dar es Salaam, the most populous city in the country, generates about 70 per cent of all government’s revenue.

Ngeleja said in order to eliminate chronic traffic congestion and related problems in cities, “overhaul of these systems and frameworks are inevitable, otherwise a modern and congestion-free urban transportation in our country would remain a mere dream.”

He said lack of urban transport policy and fragmented responsibilities among government agencies in the transport sector was a setback in the on-going efforts to tackle traffic congestion in Dar es Salaam and other cities in the country.

“For instance, Dar es Salaam city has a number of organisations/agencies dealing with transport issues--municipal councils (Temeke, Ilala and Kinondoni), TANROADS, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Lands and Human Settlement Development and Dar es Salaam City Council…under such circumstance, coordination of transport sector becomes chaotic,” said Ngeleja.

“In Japan, all affairs relating to urban planning and transportation are under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Some projects are funded by MLIT and some by the private sector. This makes management of urban transport planning easier,” Ngeleja told The Guardian on the sidelines.

He also cited bad condition of bus terminals (with poor lighting and security), lack of well established service provision policies, regulation policy concerning environmental impacts, intra-city comprehensive transportation policy, traffic education and control systems — as some of the key factors behind uncontrolled urban congestion.

However, the road engineer from Temeke Municipal Council proposed several measures for ending urban transport problems. Initially, he said, the government needs to review the Dar es Salaam Master Plan, which was drafted with funding from JICA in 2008 and implement it according to priorities starting with road infrastructure.

Ngeleja recommended inviting private players in the construction of roads, establishing urban transport policy and setting up guidelines or level playing rules/regulations for private transport service providers.

“In brief, a primary focus is needed for the development of efficient public transport networks if we really want to mitigate traffic growth and hence effective and smooth cities’ mobility and development in Tanzania,” he said.

In an exclusive with The Guardian, the training facilitator from Tokyo Metropolitan District, Masashi Sugaya, said: “Anticipated growth and development in developing countries would be very difficult if they do not put more efforts in developing their transport infrastructures.”

A participant from Kenya, Anthony Gathumbi said: “We, Africans need to change our behavior if we want to get rid of road congestions…we (regardless of our social status) have to use public transport and avoid unnecessary use of personal transport.”

Gizaw Alemu, Transport Training Case Team Leader from Ethiopia, said: “Developing countries need massive support from developed nations in the construction of standard roads, including expressways, like the ones we see in Japan.”

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

Rihanna - Nobody's Business But Mine n Ma Baby.......Shhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

You'll always be mine, sing it to the world
Always be my boy, i'll always be your girl
Ain't nobody's business, ain't nobody's business
Ain't nobody's business, but mine, and my baby
Mine, and my baby,
But mine, and my baby
But mine, and my baby, oooh

I love to love to love you baby
I love to love to love you baby

Me and you, get it?
Ain't nobody's business
Said it, ain't nobody's business

Your love is perfection, please point me in the right direction
I'mma give you all my affection
Every touch becomes infectious
Let's make out in this Lexus
There's no other love just like this
A life with you I want, I wonder can we become love's persona

You'll always be the one that I wanna come home to boy
Let me love you and show you how special you are
I wanna be your baby, you'll always be my baby
Tell me what you want now

Let's sing it to the world
Baby give me time
I'mma be your girl
I wanna make you mine
And it ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business
Just mine, and my baby

Your love is perfection, please point me in the right direction
I'mma give you all my affection
Every touch becomes infectious
Let's make out in this Lexus
There's no other love just like this
A life with you I want, I wonder can we become love's persona

You'll always be the one that I wanna come home to
Girl let me love you and show you how special you are
I wanna be your baby, you'll always be my baby
Tell me what you want now

Sing it to the world
Baby give me some
You gon' my girl
I wanna make you mine
And it ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business
Just mine, and my baby

Ain't nobody's business
Said it, ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business
It ain't nobody's business

You'll always be mine, sing it to the world
Always be my boy, always be my girl
Nobody's business, aint nobody's business
Aint nobody's business, aint nobody's business
But mine and my baby

Miss Guyana falls on the stage at Preliminary Competition of Miss Universe

Miss Guyana falls on the stage at Preliminary Competition of Miss Universe 2012. She recovered quickly & never lost her amazing smile! Hats off to you 
Ruqayyah!

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MY FAVORITE MISS UNIVERSE DRESS..... WINFRIDA DID VERY WELL!!!!!! GO WINNY N WIN AS UR NAME!!!!

Miss Tanzania Winfrida Dominic: First of all, just look at that doll-like gorgeous face! And I love the short, cropped hairstyle which really highlights THAT face. Now, the gown is FABULOUS! I think she looks "Las Vegas HOT" in this gold oversized paillettes over nude lining dress. It's very impacting and gets my attention. By the way, this same gown style was worn by the beautiful Miss New York USA Johanna Sambucini at this year's Miss USA 2012 pageant:

Miss Universe 2012 - Preliminary Competition - Full Show

NGO: Health Insurance Answer To Corruption in Health Centres

The Tanzania Network of Community Health Funds (TNCHF) has advised Tanzanians to shift to the use of health insurance in order to do away with corruption elements in provision of health services.

The statement was made by the TNCHF Social Health Insurance Coordinator, Tawa Meramba on Wednesday in Dar es Salaam in a farewell party of the component leader of Tanzania-Germany Programme to Support Health (TGPSH) Meinolf Kuper who supports the fund financially.

He explained that health insurance is very cheap as it covers a big number of family members, adding that the use of health insurance cards would reduce corruption as no hard cash is required hence no cash negotiations needed for any treatment.

Meramba said that one of the factors holding back many people to get health insurances is the lack of medicines in health centers.
According to the TNHCF Coordinator from January to June 2012 in Mbeya region, a total of 21,458 families joined the Community Health Fund (CHF) after being educated on the importance of the programme.

Meanwhile, Meinolf Kuper from TGPSH’s said the ministry of health’s work is not providing health services, rather to make policies and monitoring the sector, adding that the task of health provision is mostly done by NGOs.

He called upon the NGOs providing health services to reach many poor people in the villages so that they as well benefit just like people living in better environment.

TNCHF is an NGO introduced in 2003 and it has targeted rural dwellers and managed to operate in four regions which are Mbeya, Lindi, Tanga and Mtwara.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

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