October 2014

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has sent a strong warning to the people of Burkina Faso that it will not “recognize any ascension to power through non constitutional means,” in the midst of the current political challenges.
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The President of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), President John Mahama

This was contained in a press statement signed by it’s Chairman, President John Mahama.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has sent a strong warning to the people of Burkina Faso that it will not “recognize any ascension to power through non constitutional means,” in the midst of the current political challenges.

This was contained in a press statement signed by it’s Chairman, President John Mahama.

President Mahama said ECOWAS has followed with “grave attention the events unfolding in Burkina Faso and the tension around the process leading to the consideration of the draft bill on constitutional amendment.”
Protesters set fire to Burkina Faso’s parliament over plans to extend President Blaise Compaore’s 27-year-rule.
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Members of Parliament had to suspend a vote on changing the constitution to allow Mr Compaore to stand for re-election next year.

Mr Compaore first took power in a coup in 1987, and has won four disputed elections since then.
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According to President Mahama, ECOWAS has taken note of the decision by the government to withdraw the passing of this draft bill.

He said ECOWAS believes that this decision is geared towards preserving the stability and peace in the country.

ECOWAS has therefore, called on the people of Burkina Faso to remain calm and law abiding, and also called on the security forces to respect and act in accordance with the constitution of the Republic.

It also called on all the parties involved, notably the entire political class to embrace dialogue with a view to arriving at a political consensus that will lead to free, fair and credible election consistent with constitutional provisions.



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Antigovernment protesters in the Parliament building in Ouagadougou, the capital.


 Source by  www.nsempii.com

Smoke billowed from Burkina Faso’s Parliament building on Thursday. President Blaise Compaoré angered people with his plans to further extend his 27-year rule, inciting the uprising.


 

 





 


By Damas Makangale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Trading volumes at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) last week decreased to Tsh 9.731billion ($5,274,000.00) compared to Tsh27.62 billion ($15.85 million) two weeks ago according to DSE weekly market report.

The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange index closed the week down at 2,668.18 points which 1.26% while all share index ended the week at 5,681.77 points which 1.43% pulled by TBL, TCCL and SWALA that lost Tsh 580, Tsh 1,470 and Tsh 130 per share respectively.

DSE, Business Development Officer, Aleck Ngoshani said the trading decreased due to the fact that most of the giant firms lost their respective share in the market.
He said the week registered a relatively lower turnover and activity level. Week on Week turnover dropped to Tsh 9,731 million, which is 183.91% from previous Tsh 27,629 million.
Ngoshani added whereas shares traded decreased by 73.69% to 5,123,545 compared to the two weeks ago 8,899,449 shares.

He further said that the banking segment index strengthened to close the week at 4,482.89 points, attributed to the price increased at DCB, CRDB and NMB counters.
Ngoshani noted that the industrial and allied index lost to close at 7,269.48 points dragged down by TCCL, SWALA and TBL counters.

“Our last week trading was fantastic due to the number of factors, including the increase of the value of the each shares to the major and giant corporations and firms in the country,” he said.


By Damas Makangale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

Singapore tops the list of business-friendly economies globally, while five of the top 10 most improved countries are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Bank Group’s doing Business 2015 rankings.
Aerial view of Singapore

The 12th annual report finds that the 10 economies with the most business-friendly regulatory environments are Singapore; New Zealand; Hong Kong SAR, China; Denmark; the Republic of Korea; Norway; the United States; the United Kingdom; Finland; and Australia.

The 10 economies that have improved the most since the previous year are Tajikistan, Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Azerbaijan, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Singapore

Sub-Saharan African countries had the highest number of regulatory reforms — 75 of 230 around the world — while emerging Europe and Central Asia had the highest percentage of improving countries. 

Progress was uneven in the Middle East and North Africa, with conflict-affected Syria near the bottom. South Asia saw the lowest number of reforms.
While 80% of countries in the study improved their business regulations last year, only about one-third moved up in the rankings. 

However, the gap between the best- and worst-performing countries continues to narrow as countries improve their business climates, said Rita Ramalho, manager of the Doing Business Project.

“It’s easier to do business this year than it was last year, than it was two years ago or 10 years ago,” she said. “We see that the economies that score the lowest are reforming more intensely, so they are converging toward the economies that do the best.” 

For example, in 2005 it took an average of 235 days to transfer property in the lowest-ranked countries and 42 days in the top-ranked countries — a difference of 193 days. The gap now has narrowed to 62 days (around 90 days for the lowest-ranked and less than 40 for the top-ranked).

The report measures the ease of doing business in 189 economies based on 11 business-related regulations, including business start-up, getting credit, getting electricity, and trading across borders. The report does not cover the full breadth of business concerns, such as security, macroeconomic stability, or corruption.

This year’s report, “Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency,” uses new data and methodology in three areas: resolving insolvency, protecting minority investors, and getting credit.


Jaji Augustino Ramadhani
Augustino Ramadhani

Aliyekuwa Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi (NEC) iliyosimamia uchaguzi wa kwanza chini ya mfumo wa wa vyama vingi vya siasa wa mwaka 1995, Jaji Augustino Ramadhani, amesema kwamba uchaguzi huo katika jiji la Dar es Salaam ulihujumiwa.

Jaji Ramadhani alibainisha hayo katika mahojiano maalum na NIPASHE nyumbani kwake jijini Dar es Salaam jana, baada ya kuulizwa kile ambacho hatakisahau katika kipindi chake cha utumishi alipokuwa NEC.

“Kitu ambacho sitakisahau nilipokuwa makamu mwenyekiti wa NEC ni ule uchaguzi wa kwanza wa Multipartism (vyama vingi) Dar es Salaam, mwaka 1995,” alisema.

Jaji Ramadhan alisema wote waliokuwa katika tume hiyo hawatausahau uchaguzi huo kutokana na
kwenda kinyume cha walivyokuwa wamepanga.

“Tuliamka asubuhi na mapema kwenye kama saa kumi na mbili, tukaenda kwenye vituo vyetu tukapiga kura na baada ya kupiga kura tukakutana na kugawana majimbo kwa ajili ya kwenda kuyasimamia,” alisema Jaji Ramadhani.

Alisema jimbo lake lilikuwa Ukonga, huku viongozi wengine wa tume wakienda katika sehemu nyingine za majimbo saba ya mkoa wa Dar es Salaam. Alisema mpaka alipofika Ukonga hadi saa nane mchana Magereza Shule ya Msingi palipokuwa na vituo saba, alikuta hata kituo kimoja hakijafunguliwa kufanya kazi kutokana na kutowasili kwa vifaa.

“Nilikuta wengine kwenye vituo hivyo wana wino, wengine wana kalamu, wengine wana mihuri na hakuna hata kituo kimoja kati ya vituo saba kimefunguliwa pamoja na kwamba pale si shamba,” alisema Jaji Ramadhani.

Alisema baada ya kukuta hali ikiwa hivyo, waliwasiliana na kukubaliana kukutana kwenye ofisi ya tume na kuichambua hali hiyo na baadaye kugundua kuwa ilikuwa hivyo hivyo karibu jiji lote la Dar es Salaam.

“Tukakubaliana pale pale tufute uchaguzi wa Dar es Salaam, tulikaa pale mpaka saa nane za usiku huku tukinywa kahawa na biskuti tu, hata kule kuagizia lunch box hatukuagizia,” alisema.

Alisema walikubaliana wakapumzike ili wakutane tena kesho yake saa mbili ambapo walikubaliana kuufuta uchaguzi kwa majimbo yote ya Dar es Saalam.Alisema baada ya kuufuta uchaguzi huo, kazi yao ilibakia kuwa ni kuita mabalozi wa nchi mbalimbali ili kupata msaada wa kugharimia uchaguzi wa marudio kwa jiji la Dar es Salaam.

“Tukamuita Balozi wa Denmark ambaye yeye alitusaidia sana wakati wa maandalizi ya uchaguzi, akasema hana pesa, tukamuita Balozi wa Uingereza aliyetusaidia kupiga mashine ballot papers (karatasi za kura), ambaye alikubali kutoa msaada.

Alisema, Balozi wa Uingereza alitoa fedha za kuchapa karatasi za kura za udiwani, ubunge na rais.

“Nikasema alhamdulillahi sasa ikabaki sisi na serikali yetu tugombane kupata fedha za mambo mengine ndipo tukarudia ule uchaguzi, lakini siku ile kabisa sitaisahau na naamini ilikuwa ni hujuma,” alisema Jaji Ramadhani, ambaye hata hivyo, hakudokeza mtu au kikundi chochote walichohisi kufanya hujuma hiyo wala lengo lao.

Alisema hajui ni nani alifanya hivyo kwa sababu mwenzake aliyekuwa kwenye jimbo lililokuwa likijumuisha maeneo ya Magomeni, Kinondoni mpaka Ubungo, alikwenda ofisi ya mkuu wa wilaya ambapo napo alikuta hakuna kinachofanyika.

Alisema baada ya kuamua kuuvunja ule uchaguzi, siku ya pili walikwenda kwa DC Magomeni pembeni wakakuta kuna karatasi za kura, si moja na kushangaa kwani siku ya uchaguzi karatasi hizo hazikuwapo.

Alisema hajui aliyehujumu na sababu zake na kuwa waliwaita wasimamizi wote wa uchaguzi na wakahojiana nao, lakini hakuna majibu ya maana waliyowapa.

“Wengine walisema ooh gari sijui ilikwenda ikapata pancha na yuko mmoja mwanamama alisema Jumamosi alikuwa kwenye harusi ya mtoto wake, kwa hiyo Jumapili akaamka na uchovu wa harusi, hatukuwa na la kufanya,” alisimulia Jaji Ramadhani.

Alisema baada ya kuamua kurudia uchaguzi huo mkoani Dar es Salaam baada ya wiki mbili, walitumia Jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania (JWTZ) ambalo ndilo lililotoa magari na walipeleka vifaa na kufanikiwa kwa sababu Jeshi lina nidhamu.

Tanzania: Child Marriage Harms Girls
Set 18 as Minimum Age to Marry

(Nairobi, October 29, 2014) – Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls’ access to education and exposes them to serious harms, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch documented cases in which girls as young as seven were married. The government should set 18 as the minimum marriage age for girls and boys as a first step toward eradicating child marriage and improving the lives of girls and women.

The 75-page report, ‘No Way Out’: Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania,” documents how child marriage severely curtails girls’ access to education, and exposes them to exploitation and violence – including marital rape and female genital mutilation (FGM) – and reproductive health risks. Human Rights Watch examined the gaps in Tanzania’s child protection system, the lack of protection for victims of child marriage, and the obstacles girls face in attempting to obtain redress, as well as shortcomings in existing laws and government plans to combat child marriage.

“Tanzania’s draft Constitution unfortunately provides no minimum age for marriage,” said Brenda Akia, women’s rights research fellow at Human Rights Watch and author of the report. “The Tanzanian government should show leadership on child marriage by making 18 the minimum age in the Marriage Act and providing stronger protections against child marriage.”
The Human Rights Watch report is based on in-depth interviews with 135 girls and women in 12 districts in Tanzania, as well as with government officials, local activists, and international agency personnel.

Tanzania’s Marriage Act of 1971 sets the minimum age at 18 for boys and 15 for girls with parental consent. It also permits both girls and boys to marry at 14 with a court’s permission. The Constituent Assembly, tasked with writing a new constitution, missed an opportunity to include a uniform minimum marriage age in its October 2014 final draft, Human Rights Watch said.

The Tanzanian government plans to review the Marriage Act, based on recommendations by the Tanzanian Law Reform Commission, and will finalize a government paper for public consultation after the conclusion of the constitutional review process.

Although child marriage rates in Tanzania have decreased in recent years, they remain unacceptably high, Human Rights Watch said. Four in 10 Tanzanian women married before turning 18, according to government statistics.

Nineteen-year-old Anita’s father forced her to marry at 16, during her second year of secondary school. “My father said he did not have money to support my schooling,” she said. “I then discovered that he had already received 20 cows as dowry for me.”

Judith was 14 and working as a domestic worker when she married to escape abuse and exploitation by her employer. “A houseboy in the house I was working in asked me to marry him,” she said. “I agreed – because I saw marriage as my only option to escape mistreatment from my boss.”

Girls told Human Rights Watch that their families forced them to marry so they could get dowry payments, because they did not value their daughters’ education, and because the girls were pregnant or their families feared that they would become pregnant and bring disrespect to the family. Other girls said they saw marriage as a way out of poverty, violence, neglect, or child labor.

Discriminatory and vague government education policies and practices facilitate early marriages, seriously undermining girls’ education and opportunities, Human Rights Watch said. Many Tanzanian schools have mandatory pregnancy testing. The government also allows schools to expel or exclude married students or students who commit offenses “against morality,” widely understood to include pre-marital sex or pregnancy.

The government’s Primary School Leaving Examination, which determines which pupils may proceed to secondary school, also exposes girls to child marriage, Human Rights Watch found.

Salia J., 19, was forced to marry at 15 after failing the leaving exam. “My father decided to get me a man to marry me because I was staying at home doing nothing,” she said.

“Mandatory pregnancy tests and expelling pregnant and married girls from school seriously infringes on their rights, especially to education,” Akia said. “The government should scrap its discriminatory regulations and enable pregnant and married girls and young mothers to continue with their education.”

Child marriage puts girls and women at greater risk of sexual and gender-based violence, Human Rights Watch said. Girls who rejected or tried to resist marriages said their families assaulted and verbally abused them or threw them out. Those unable to escape marriage said their husbands beat and raped them and did not allow them to make any decisions in their homes or about their lives.

A large number of those interviewed said their husbands abandoned them and left them to care for children without any financial support. In some cases, girls experienced violence and abuse at the hands of their in-laws. Girls from the Maasai and Gogo ethnic groups said they were forced to undergo FGM to prepare them for marriage.

The government should work toward comprehensive reform of marriage and divorce laws, including setting the minimum marriage age at 18, Human Rights Watch said. It should enact a domestic violence law to make sexual violence in marriage a criminal offense and develop a national action plan to prevent and address the consequences of child marriage.

The government should also put an end to pregnancy testing in schools, allow both pregnant and married students to remain in school, and take all possible steps to allow all children to attend secondary school irrespective of their Primary School Leaving Examinations.

“Child marriage has far-reaching negative impacts on girls and women,” Akia said. “Tanzania’s government should take immediate and long-term steps to end the practice, and give survivors much needed psychological, social, and economic support.”

For selected accounts from the report, please see below.

“‘No Way Out’: Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses,” is available at:
http://hrw.org/node/130124

For more Human Rights Watch reporting on women’s rights, please visit:
http://www.hrw.org/category/topic/women

For more Human Rights Watch reporting on Tanzania, please visit:
http://www.hrw.org/africa/tanzania-and-zanzibar

For more information, please contact:
In Dar es Salaam, Agnes Odhiambo (English, Kiswahili): +254-72-967-1187 (mobile); or odhiama@hrw.org. Follow on Twitter @AgnesOdhiambo
In Dar es Salaam, Brenda Akia (English): +1-917-378-4283 (mobile); or akiab@hrw.org. Follow on twitter @BrendaAkia
In New York, Liesl Gerntholtz (English): +1-917-326-9551 (mobile); or gernthl@hrw.org. Follow on Twitter @LieslHRW
In Berlin, Gauri van Gulik (Dutch, English, German, French): +49-157-033-295-92 (mobile); or gulikg@hrw.org. Follow on Twitter @GauriHRW
In Berlin, Juliane Kippenberg (English, German, French): +49-151- 681-248-61 (mobile); kippenj@hrw.org. Follow on Twitter @KippenbergJ

Selected Personal Accounts
All the names are pseudonyms.

I passed my primary school exams and was selected to join secondary school. But my uncle told me, “I have no money to support a girl to go to school. I can never support a girl’s education.” So I got married.
—Kate M., married at 14, Kahama district, April 2014

I was a housemaid and living a very difficult life. I was abused a lot and humiliated in the home where I worked. I saw marriage as my only way out of the suffering. I found a man who agreed to marry me.
—Nancy J., married at 17, Mwanza, March 2014

My stepmother was mistreating me a lot. She made me to do most of the work while her children were not working. She often denied me food and would beat and verbally abuse me. I felt it was better I get married and get away from my stepmother.
—Tina J., married at 15, Lindi Rural, April 2014

“I bought you. Your father has taken my wealth so I own you. Do you think you can go anywhere?”
—Husband of Dora P., married at 16, when she complained about being physically and verbally abused, Kahama district, April 2014.

He forced me to have sex. I did not refuse because my parents had advised me to always do what my husband tells me, and not to deny him sex. I did not report him because my parents told me not to talk about my domestic problems with anyone.
—Penina K., married at 14, Kahama district, April 2014

My husband used to beat me almost every day. One day he came home and started making noises and threatening me saying he will burn me. I asked him why and he said, “Your father took my money because he is poor.” He told me to spread my legs open. I refused. He went outside the house and came with burning charcoal. He forced my legs open and pushed the burning charcoal into my vagina. I was helpless. All I could do was cry.
—Patricia J., married at 15, Chemba district, April 2014. Patricia’s husband had paid her father a dowry of 70,000 Tanzanian Shillings (US$44). She eventually left the marriage and is staying with a friend.

I had no power over anything. I could not make any decisions at home.
—Natalie F., married at 14, Kishapu district, March 2014. Natalie married a 27-year-old man.


Application Deadline: 03 Nov 2014
Human Resource and Administration Manager POSITION DESCRIPTION:

a) Support the Company’s mission, vision, values and goals in the performance of daily activities.
b) Maintain the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions through ensuring that the contracts and obligations of both sides are well documented.
c) Prepare employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
d) Ensure planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors.
e) Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable labor laws requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the company at hearings and ensure that the company is legally protected in labor matters.
f) Maintain management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
g) Maintain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
h) Complete human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
i) Maintain human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees according to the organization structure and work needs.
j) To act as transformation team secretary by minute taking and distribution of meeting minutes, reports and other documents as required.
k) Keep track of office requirements and ensure that all working tools are available to staff.
l) General Office administration to ensure that the office premises are clean and tidy at all times.
m) Guide others to follow office systems and protocols.
n) Implement the branding policy to reflect in all our dealings internal and external.
o) Ensure that the company mission and vision is well known to all employees of the company.


APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

The applicant must be a degree holder with a bias in Human Resource management, administration or Bachelor of Laws, with at least five years experience in the same position in a respectable organization. Knowledge of labor laws of Tanzania is important.

Application Deadline: 03 Nov 2014
Accounts Clerk POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Description of Duties

a) Support the Company’s mission, vision, values and goals in the performance of daily activities.
b) Review, investigate, and correct errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
c) Maintain system of accounts and keep records on all company transactions and assets.
d) Review accounts payable and weekly check runs.
e) Coordinate monthly closing process and reconciliation of general ledger accounts
f) Responsible for all taxes obligations.
g) Adheres to internal and external deadlines.
h) Analyze transactional processes and identify areas where additional accuracies and efficiencies can be achieved.
i) Prepare financial statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position.
j) Determine proper handling of financial transactions and approve transactions within designated limits
k) Monitor compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.
l) Assist with annual budgets.
m) Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits.
n) Responsible for knowing critical functions within the department and capable of mentoring and assisting employees within the department.
o) Utilize teamwork to develop departmental synergy.


APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

THIS POSITION IS OPEN FOR FEMALES ABOVE 30YRS OLD WITH MINIMUM EXPERIENCE OF FOUR YEARS AND MALES ABOVE 45YRS OLD WITH EXPERIENCE OF 9YRS PLUS. ALL APPLICATIONS WITH CVS CAN BE SENT TO THE E-MAIL ADDRESS PROVIDED BELOW.

Application Deadline: 12 Nov 2014
Consultancy services for Preparation of Five years Strategic Plan for Deposit Insurance Board POSITION DESCRIPTION:

From Mwananchi

This request for expression of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared online in Development Business (UN DB) issue number 10944 of July 3rd, 2013.
he Government of United Republic of Tanzania has received a credit from International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Private Sector Competitive Project (PSCP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payment under the contract for preparations of five years strategic plan for Deposit Insurance Board (DIB).
The objectives for this study is to develop a five year Strategic Plan covering the period 2015/16 - 2019/20 and an organization structure to support the recommended strategic plan. In carrying out the assignment.

The Consultant is expected to do the following:
(i) Review DIB annual reports and study reports on reforming DIB;
(ii) Review the existing DIB vision and mission and recommend appropriate changes where necessary;
(iii) Carry out a detailed analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and the Threats;
(iv) Outline performance based objectives and strategic initiatives and key performance indicators of the recommended strategic plan;
(v) Identify and outline key priority activities, programs/projects, timelines, responsibilities and resources required for plan implementation;
(vi) Determine resources required to support the recommended 5 years strategic plan. Resources should include but not limited to financial. human and information communication technology;
(vii) Carry out a review of the existing organization structure, and recommend an appropriate organization structure; job descriptions (detailing requisite qualification skills and experience)and related salary structure;
(viii) Carry out assessment of capital requirement in order to support smooth functioning of an independent DIB (as per its mandate) and indicate the timing of capital injection; ~
(ix) Prepare five (5) year detailed financial projections for implementing the plan by way of detailed budget. The budget should take into account all cost and revenues for the proposed activities;
(x) Prepare annual action plans for each of the first 3 years. In particular, the consultant is expected to indicate the immediate needs of DIB for its smooth functioning in the first yeor of implementation as well as the start-up cost of an operationally independent deposit insurance institution;
(xi) Develop and recommend communication plan and strategy;
(xii) Develop and recommend Strategic Plan implementation process, which includes plan performance review, plan formulation, monitoring and evaluation mechanism;
(xiii) Identify main stakeholders to support implementation of the 5 year Strategic Plan



APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:


Project Management Unit under the Prime Minister's office (the implementing Entity of the PSCP) now invites eligible consulting firms to express their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must submit their expression of interest in English language giving clear information on the legal status of the firm, the professional capability to perform the services. Such information may include description of assignment of the similar nature and complexity carried out during the past five years, Availability of appropriate qualifications and skills among staff, related work experience of the firm and of the available staff. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.
A short list of consulting firms will be prepared on the basis of Expressions of Interest submitted. The selection method will be in accordance with procedures set out by the World Bank Guidelines; Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Ban~ Borrowers, January 2011, Consultants Qualifications (CQS).

Postal:Secretary,
Tenders Board, Prime Minister's Office,
P. O. Box 3021,
Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania.

Physical: Prime Minister's Office, 2 Magogoni Street, 11410- Dar es Salaam.



  • Prime Minister's Office



Application Deadline: 12 Nov 2014
Consultancy services For an International Advisor on Capacity and Human Resources Development For Land Sector POSITION DESCRIPTION:

From Mwananchi

This request for expression of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared online in Development Business (UN DB) issue number" 10944 of July 3rd, 2013.
Postal: Secretary, Tenders Board, Prime Minister's Office, P. O. Box 3021. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The Government of United Republic of Tanzania has received a credit from International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Private Sector Competitive Project (PSCP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payment under the contract for consulting services for an International advisor on Capacity and Human Resources Development (:Training Needs) for land sector

The study aims at undertaking a Training Needs Assessment. to identify the training and development that the land Sector Institution Staff will need in order to deliver good and quality service and prepare a Comprehensive Training Program based on training needs assessment in order to enhance the performance and service delivery of the land Sector. Tasks to be undertaken by the consultant may include:
A. Study the Capacity of the land Institutions in terms of Operational Plans and Budget for capacity building. The Consultant will do this by considering past needs assessment conducted by the land Sector Institutions and by making discussions with responsible officers in the institutions.
B. Conduct Staff Appraisal and describe the desired qualifications/skills of the targeted land sector Institutions and where necessary recommend adjustments
to job descriptions "

C. Compare the desired qualifications and skills to the existing ones and on this basis make a training gap analysis to be discussed with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry pf lands, Housing and Human Settlements, and heads of other institutions in the land sector.

D.Convert the training gaps into training objectives for the land Sector Institutions.

E. On the basis of these training objectives, the Consultant shall develop a Training and Capacity Building Plan by end of 20th December, 2014.

F.The consultant shall also develop an incentive scheme, whereby selection for training and choice of courses is conditional on the expected performance. Such scheme should respond to the principle that. training is an investment in valuable Human Capacity Assets.


APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Project Management Unit under the Prime Minister's office (the implementing Entity of the PSCP) now invites eligible consulting firms to express their interest in providing the services.
Interested consultants must submit their expression of interest in English language giving clear information on the legal status of the firm, their professional capability to perform the services. Such information may include description of assignment of the similar nature and complexity carried out during the past five years, Availability of appropriate qualifications and skills among staff, related work experience of the firm and of the available staff.
Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.
5. A short list of consulting firms will be prepared on the basis of Expressions of Interest submitted. The selection method will be in accordance with procedures set out by the World Bank Guidelines; Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011, Consultants Qualifications (CQS).
6. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address given below between 0830 hours and 1630 hours, Monday - Friday inclusive, exclusive of public 110lidays, before the deadline for the submission of Expression of Interest.
7.Deadline for submission of Expression of Interest is before or on Wednesday, 12th November, 20 14 at 11.00 hours local time
8. Expressions of Interest in writing, with corporate capability statement should be sent to

Postal: Secretary,
Tenders Board, Prime Minister's Office,
P. O. Box 3021.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Physical: Prime Minister's Office, 2 Magogoni Street.
11410 - Dar es Salaam.


If you are qualified for this position


AWAOMBA MAPOROMOTA KUWAPA NAFASI KUBWA WASANII WA TANZANIA!

ATAKIWA KUELEZA KWA NINI ? NGOMA AFRICA BAND IMEKUWA TISHIO !

Mwanamuziki Ebrahim Makunja a.k.a Kamanda Ras Makunja kiongozi mwanzilishi wa bendi maarufu Ngoma Africa band aka FFU-Ughaibuni ya kule Ujerumani,juzi kati Kamanda Ras Makunja aliwekwa kiti moto au kigoda cha moto na kituo cha TV cha Offener Channel ya Ujerumani. mwengozaji wa kipindi katika mahojiano hayo Bw.Fischer alimkutanisha Kamanda Ras Makunja na wataalam na wadau wa muziki wa kimataifa.
 

Kamanda Ras Makunja akihojiwa na Offener Channel TV ya Ujerumani
Akikaribishwa katika kipindi hicho mwanamuziki Ras Makunja ametajwa kuwa jamii ya ujerumani inauthamini na kuukubali mchango mchango wake wa kutumia muziki katika kutokomeza ubaguzi,historia imemtaja Kamanda Ras Makunja na kikosi kazi Ngoma Africa band kuwa kuanzia mwaka 1993 alikubali kuzunguka ujerumani nzima kufanya maonyesho ya "WE ARE ONE" onyesho liliofanikiwa kuwaunganisha wageni na wenyeji kazi ambayo haikuwa rahisi lakini ilifanikiwa.

Lakini pia wadau wa muziki na mtangazaji walitaka kujua inakuaje ? kwa muda wa miaka 21 Ngoma Africa band inadumu na kuendelea kuwanasa washabiki kwa wingi ??

Kamanda Ras Makunja akijibu swali hilo japokuwa alionekana si wakutaka kuweka hadharani kila mbinu,lakini alifunguka kwa kusema kuwa muziki unachezeka lakini pamoja na kuchezeka pia wanamuziki wa bendi ya Ngoma Africa band ni watumishi wa washabiki na wadau wa muziki kwa maana hii bendi inamilikiwa na washabiki na wadau ambao wao ndio wanayoitangaza. Sisi tuna vyombo vya muziki tu.Mimi naongoza bendi tu lakini wamiliki ni washabiki na wapenzi wa Ngoma Africa band , bandi hii ni sauti ya umma wa kimataifa pia ni sauti ya wasio sikika "Voice of speachless" ambayo inasikika kimataifa Ras Makunja alisema.

RAS MAKUNJA ALIPOITUMIA FURSA KWA KUWAOMBA MAPOROMOTA KUWAPA NAFASI WASANII WA TANZANIA!! walio  nyumbani.

Kama kawaida yake Kamanda Ras Makunja bila kujisihau wapi anatoka yaani mtanzania aliyekunywa maji ya bendera! alipoulizwa juu ya vipaji vya wafrika?

Kamanda Ras Makunja moja kwa moja aliwaomba wadau na maporomota wa kimataifa kuwapa nafasi kubwa wanasanii waliopo nyumbani Tanzania kuja kushiriki maonyesho ya kimataifa, Ras Makunja aliwaomba na kuwashawishi maporomota na wadau hao kuwa nchi ya Tanzania ina utajiri wa maelfu ya wasanii wenye vipaji vya ajabu wakiwemo wanamuziki,watengenezaji wasanaa za mikono wanawake kwa wanaume,wacheza maigizo,sarakasi,wachoraji,nendeni Tanzania mkaonane nao ,wapeni nafasi wasanii hawa muone jinsi watakavyo kuja kufanya sanaa ambazo hapa ulaya ni adimu sana .

Ninawaombeni nendeni Tanzania na mkitaka msaada wangu wa kuwaelekeza mimi nipo Tayari - Kamanda Ras Makunja alimalizia kwa kuwaomba wadau na maporomota.

Kamanda huyu wa Ngoma Africa Band Ras Makunja alionekana kutumia fulsa kwa   kuwapigania wasanii wa nyumbani ili wapate nafasi zaidi ya kimataifa.

 
Ras Makunja akiwa katika mahojiano


Kamanda Ras Makunja akiwa katika picha ya pamoja  mara baada ya kumaliza kuhojiwa











SIKU chache baada ya kunaswa kwa watuhumiwa wanaotajwa kuwa ni vinara wa kusafirisha na kuingiza dawa za kulevya nchini, hali imeanza kuwa tete kwa vigogo wengine wa biashara hiyo.

Baadhi ya vigogo wakiwemo wafanyabiashara wakubwa nchini, wameanza kukimbia nje ya nchi kukwepa mkono wa sheria, huku wengine wakisubiri hali itulie ndipo wajitokeze.

Hatua hiyo inatokana na askari wa Kikosi Maalumu cha Kudhibiti Dawa za Kulevya kuendelea kuwasaka vinara wa biashara hiyo kimya kimya, ikiwa ni mkakati wa kusambaratisha mtandao wa biashara hiyo haramu nchini.

Habari za kuaminika kutoka ndani ya kikosi hicho, zinasema kuwa operesheni hiyo imekuwa ikifanyika kwa usiri mkubwa, kiasi cha mamlaka zingine kutofahamu kinachoendelea.

Mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita, kikosi hicho kilivamia nyumbani kwa Muharani Abdallah Chonji (44), na kumtia mbaroni akiwa na wenzake wanne kwa tuhuma za kudaiwa kuwa ni kinara wa dawa hizo.
Kukamatwa kwa Chonji, ambaye tayari amepandishwa kizimbani kujibu mashitaka, kumezusha taharuki kubwa huku vigogo wengine wakijificha kukwepa mkono wa sheria.
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Kiambatanisho cha Gazeti kinachoonyesha kukamatwa kwa kigogo huyo anayetuhumiwa na uuzaji na usambazaji wa madawa ya kulevya Nchini

Habari za kuaminina zinasema kuwa, tangu kutokea kwa tukio hilo, vijiwe vingi vinavyotumika kuuza dawa za kulevya katika maeneo mbalimbali jijini Dar es Salaam, vimesimama kuendelea na biashara hiyo na vingine mawakala wake wakihama.

Kwa sasa, biashara hiyo hususan ile ya uchuuzi kwa watumiaji wa hali ya chini kabisa (mateja), imekuwa ikifanyika kwa usiri mkubwa tofauti na hapo awali, ambapo ilikuwa ikifanyika hadharani bila woga.

“Hali imekuwa mbaya, matajiri hawaonekani na simu wamezima tangu wanene walipokamatwa… hakuna vijiwe ambavyo vinafanya kazi hadi hapo hali itakapotulia ndipo inaweza kurejea tena.
“Wakubwa wengine wameshapanda pipa (ndege), wamekwenda kusikilizia nchi za watu hali itakuwaje ndipo tutajua kinachoendelea,” kilisema chanzo kimoja.

Chanzo hicho kimesema kuwa operesheni iliyoanzishwa ni tofauti na zilizowahi kufanyika na kwamba, ya sasa imetawaliwa na usiri mkubwa.

Pia, kimesema kuwa askari wanaotumika ni wageni na wamekuwa wakisimamia maadili kwani, hata wanaporubuniwa kwa fedha, wamekuwa wakali.

Habari za kuaminika zinaeleza kuwa, kikosi kinachoendesha operesheni hiyo, kinahusisha askari maalumu wapya, wakiwemo maofisa usalama wa taifa.

Kimesema kuwa siku ya tukio la kwenda kukamatwa kwa Chonji na wenzake, kikosi hicho kiliweka mikakati yake kisha kuomba msaada wa askari polisi wa kituo kimoja.

Hata hivyo, askari wa kituo hicho waliokuwepo kwenye msafara huo hawakufahamu mhusika anayekwenda kukamatwa, badala yake walielezwa kuwa ni jambazi.

“Hawa makamanda walivamia pale bila askari ambao wamezoeleka kufahamu kinachofanyika. Walidai wanakwenda kukamata jambazi, lakini waliposimama nyumbani kwa mtuhumiwa, walishtuka na hawakuweza kufanya lolote zaidi ya kutoa ushirikiano ili kutimiza lengo hilo,” kilisema chanzo hicho.
Hatua hiyo inatokana na madai kuwa, askari polisi wengi wanafahamu mtandao wa wafanyabiashara wa dawa za kulevya nchini na kwamba, inapopangwa mikakati ya kuwatia mbaroni, huwabonyeza ili kutoroka, hivyo kufanya kazi hiyo kuwa ngumu.

Chid Benz kupanda kortini


Kukamatwa kwa msaani nyota wa hip hop, Rashid Benzino (Chid Benz), kumezidisha hali ya hatari kwa wafanyabiashara wa dawa za kulevya.
Mwanamuziki wa kizazi kipya "Bongofleva", Rashid Benzino al maarufu kama Chidi Benz

Chid Benz anatarajiwa kufikishwa mahakamani wakati wowote kuanzia leo kujibu mashitaka ya kukutwa na dawa za kulevya.

Msaani huyo alikamatwa na dawa hizo katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere, Dar es Salaam, ambapo alikutwa na kete 14 za heroin na misokoto miwili ya bangi.
Kamanda wa Kikosi cha Kupambana na Dawa za Kulevya, Godfrey Nzowa, amewaonya vijana kuacha kujihusisha na biashara ya dawa za kulevya.

Alisema kukamatwa kwa Chid Benz, ambaye alikuwa na nafasi kubwa ya kuiepusha jamii na biashara hiyo haramu, ni fursa nyingine ya vijana kujifunza na kujiepusha na dawa za kulevya.

Serikali yaonya

Akizungumza na Uhuru jana, Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi, Mathias Chikawe, alisema hiyo ni operesheni maalumu na kamwe haitakuwa upepo wa mpito, hivyo itakuwa endelevu.

Alisema serikali imeibuka na mbinu mpya za kukabiliana na vinara wa dawa za kulevya na kwamba, vita hiyo itakuwa ya kudumu na hakuna atakayepona.

Aliwataka vijana kukaa mbali na kutojihusisha na vinara wa dawa za kulevya kwani kufanya hivyo ni kujitafutia matatizo.

“Hii mikakati dhidi ya hawa vinara wa dawa za kulevya haitasimama na tumekuja kivingine kabisa…miaka ya nyuma walikuwa wanawatumia vijana wetu kuwaibia taarifa, lakini sasa wataona vumbi tu,” alisema.

Hata hivyo, alionya kuwa vigogo wa dawa hizo wanaokimbilia nje ya nchi ili kukwepa mkono wa sheria, kamwe hawatakuwa salama kwa kuwa watasakwa kimya kimya na kutiwa mbaroni popote walipo.

Bila kuweka hadharani mikakati hiyo, Chikawe alisema serikali imejipanga kikamilifu na itaendelea kubana njia zote zinazotumika kuingiza dawa hizo.

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Waziri wa Katiba na Sheria Dkt. Asha Rose Migiro (katikati ), akikata utepe akizindua zahanati kwa ajili ya matibabu ya wanafunzi wa Shule ya Sekondari ya Wasichana wanaoishi katika mazingira hatarishi ya WAMA Nakayama iliyopo katika kijiji cha Nyamisati, wilayani Rufiji mkoani Pwani wakati mahafali ya pili yaliyofanyika Octoba 27,2014 (kulia), Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete, na kushoto ni Kaimu Balozi wa Japan nchini, Kazuyoshi Matsu.

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Wageni waalikwa wakiimba wimbo wa Taifa kabla ya kuunza kwa hafla hiyo.

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Wageni wakiwa kwenye hafla hiyo.

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Kutoka kushoto Kaimu Balozi wa Japan nchini, Kazuyoshi Matsu, WAZIRI wa Nchi Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa (TAMISEMI), Hawa Ghasia, Waziri wa Katiba na Sheria Dkt. Asha Rose Migiro, Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete, Mwenyekiti wa bodi ya shule ya Wama Nakayama Dr. Ramadhan Dau, Naibu waziri wa Tamisemi.Kassim Majaliwa wakiimba wimbo wa Taifa uliondaliwa na wanafunzi wa shule ya WAMA Nakayama kabla ya kaanza hafla hiyo.

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Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete (kushoto), akimtambulisha Mkuu wa kwanza wa Shule ya Sekondari ya WAMA Nakayama, Mama Hawa Mabrouk. iliyopo katika kijiji cha Nyamisati, wilayani Rufiji mkoani Pwani wakati mahafali ya pili yaliyofanyika Octoba 27,2014.

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Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete akitoa hotuba yake wakati wa mahafali ya pili yaliyofanyika Oktoba 26,2014.

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Bendi ya Mjomba Band Mrisho Mpoto ikitoa burudani wakatiti wa hafla hiyo.

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Baadhi ya wahitimu wa elimu ya sekondari ya kidato cha nne kutoka katika Shule ya Sekondari ya Wasichana wanaoishi katika mazingira magumu ya WAMA Nakayama iliyopo katika kijiji cha Nyamisati, wilayani Rufiji mkoani Pwani wakifurahia na jambo na Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete wakati wa sherehe za mahafali ya pili yaliyofanyika Oktoba 26,2014.

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Baadhi ya wahitimu wa elimu ya sekondari ya kidato cha nne kutoka katika Shule ya Sekondari ya Wasichana wanaoishi katika mazingira magumu ya WAMA Nakayama iliyopo katika kijiji cha Nyamisati, wilayani Rufiji mkoani Pwani.wakiwa wamejipanga tayari kuelekea seemu maalumu iliondaliwa kwaajili ya kuagwa.(PICHA NA PHILEMON SOLOMON).


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Msemaji wa tamasha la Karibu Music Festival, Muslim Nassor ‘Jazzphaa’ (katikati) akizungumza na wandishi wa habari (hawapo pichani) wakati wa utambulisho huo.
..Wapo pia Prof. Jay, Barnaba, Shilole

Na Andrew Chale
WASANII kutoka ndani na nje wanatarajiwa kupamba tamasha la Muziki la Kimataifa la ‘Karibu Music Festival’ litakalofanyika kwa siku tatu kwenye mji wa Kihistoria wa Bagamoyo, Novemba 7 hadi 9 mwaka huu.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari katika mkutano uliofanyika ukumbi wa Idara ya Habari (MAELEZO) mapema Oktoba 27, Msemaji wa tamasha hilo Muslim Nassor ‘Jazzphaa’ alisema maandalizi yamekamilika na tayari wasanii wa awali waliopatikana wapo hadharani wanaendelea na matayarisho huku akiwaomba watanzania na wadau wa burudani kujitokeza kwa wingi kwenye tamasha hilo.

Jazzphaa aliwataka baadhi ya wasanii wa nje na ndani na nchi zao katika mabano ni Panda (Japan), Maria Kate (Ufaransa), IFE Pianki (Uganda), Masayo (Japan), Fantuzz (Marekani), Shiwe Musique (Comoro), Dwembede (Kenya) na Mbiye Ebrima (Guinea).

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Mwanamuziki wa Msafiri Zawose anayepiga nyimbo za Cigogo, akionjesha vionjo vya moja ya nyimnbo zake kwa wandishi wa habari (hawapo pichani) wakati wa utambulisho kwa wanahabari.

Makundi na majina ya wasanii kutoka nyumbani ni pamoja na Afrikabisa Band, Wahapahapa, Segere Original, Jahazi, The Spirit Band na Mama Africa.

Wengine ni Cocodo Band, Hokororo Band, Swanu Gogo Vibes, Swahili Vibes, Fimbo Band, Abeneko Music, Man Kifimbo, Saganda na Msafiri Zawose.

Wasanii wengine ni Msafiri Zawose ‘Chibite Zawose’, Tongwa Ensemble, Leo Manyika, Swahili Blues, Profesa Jay, Shilole, Juma Nature, Barnaba, Vitalis Maembe na Jhikoman.

Aidha, Jazzphaa aliongeza kuwa lengo la tamasha hilo ni kukuza na kurasimisha tasnia ya muziki kwa umakini zaidi na kukuza uchumi wa eneo la Bagamoyo ambalo ni la kihistoria.

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Mmoja wa viongozi wa kundi la muziki wa Pwani ‘taarab’ kutoka kundi la Jahazi, akiongea machache.

Kwa upande wa viingilio, alisema kitakuwa ni sh 5,000 kwa kila Mtanzania huku kwa atakayekata tiketi ya siku tatu, kwa pamoja, ni sh. 12,000.

“Tamasha hili litakuwa likifanyika usiku na mchana. Wasanii wote watakaokuwepo katika tamasha hili watalazimika kupiga muziki kwa kutumia ala za asili za muziki ‘Live’ na siyo ‘Playback’” alisisitiza Jazzphaa.

Kwa upande wake, Meneja wa tamasha hilo, Richard Lupia alisema tamasha hilo mbali ya burudani, wasanii pia watapata nafasi ya kujifunza jinsi ya kuunadi muziki wao duniani kwa njia mbali mbali ambako kutakuwa na warsha kutoka kwa wataalamu toka pembe zote za dunia.
Pia alisema katika tamasha hilo kutakuwa na sanaa za Michoro, mavazi na kuchonga zitakuwa zikioneshwa eneo la tamasha.

“Semina na mijadala ya jinsi ya kuupeleka muziki wa Tanzania katika hatua nyingine za kimaendeleo zitatolewa kwa wasanii mbalimbali. Mbinu za kuuza kazi zao kwenye masoko ya kimataifa na kutafuta soko duniano kote hii itakuwa fursa kwa wasanii na wadau wa sanaa hapa hapa nchini” alisema Lupia.

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Msanii nguli wa reggae, Jiko Manyika ‘Jhikoman’ akifafanua jambo kwa wanahabari (hawapo pichani) wakati wa utambulisho huo.

crew ya Karibu Festival na baadhi ya wasanii
Crew ya Karibu Festival na baadhi ya wasanii.

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