Zanzibar just scooped up the Africa's Best Corporate Retreat Destination Award at the World Travel Awards, beating out Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, and Botswana. Deputy Minister Hamad Hassan Chande handed the trophy to President Hussein Mwinyi after the ceremony took down in Bahrain. This marks the first time the island archipelago has won this particular award, which gets decided by both industry professionals and regular people voting throughout the year.
The archipelago has been crushing it as a destination because it combines white-sand beaches with historic Stone Town, which UNESCO recognizes as a heritage site. Tourists can check out spice farms, go diving around coral reefs, and spot red colobus monkeys in Jozani Forest.
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Dodoma Regional Commissioner Rosemary Senyamule gave props to the disaster management crew for getting their act together before the rainy season hits. She mentioned that last year, the region got wrecked by flash floods after just one heavy downpour, so everyone's trying to avoid a repeat situation. The Tanzania Meteorological Authority guy, Shabani Kondo, said precipitation should start arriving mid-December, but the forecast shows below-average amounts this year.
City officials have been busy fixing up problem spots around town. TANROADS dropped some bigger culverts at Morena, and there's a bridge at Nzali that's almost done. TARURA finally wrapped up the Ihumwa Bridge after it sat unfinished for years, and another bridge near the...
Tanga Port in Tanzania just got its first-ever batch of tarmac shipped straight from Iran, and port officials are calling it a pretty big deal for the facility's growing reputation on the Indian Ocean. The Iranian cargo, which is headed to Malawi, came in six containers holding 660 drums and weighing about 125 tonnes total. Acting Port Manager Peter Milanzi said the improvements under President Samia Suluhu Hassan have cut vessel handling time from seven days down to three, which has made the place way more competitive.
The port was supposed to handle 1.6 million tonnes this financial year, but it's been crushing those monthly targets since July. Zakaria Mohamed Nanimuka from Amura Shipping Agency said his company was stoked with how...
Tanzania hit its 64th independence anniversary, and officials told citizens to keep leaning on the unity framework that Julius Nyerere built because it has carried the country through army mutinies, economic collapse, and regional wars. Information Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said Nyerere pushed Kiswahili and redrew colonial borders to give people fresh regional identities instead of tribal divisions, and he pointed to the Tanganyika-Zanzibar merger as proof that cooperation delivers jobs and tourism revenue across both territories.
The minister said Tanzania hosts a massive mix of ethnic groups and languages, but never fractured because the founders deliberately engineered social cohesion from day one. Marceline Chijoriga from the...
Ruto told elected officials to quit the constant campaign mode and actually do their jobs instead of running around being divisive, and he said the whole first-world economy vision gets mocked by people who have been in power forever without even getting pavement to their own houses. The president announced his Cabinet will greenlight the National Infrastructure Fund setup to pull together Sh5 trillion for highways, airport upgrades, port expansion, and railway tracks.
He threw shade at opposition figures, claiming nothing has been built while pointing to affordable housing units, modern markets, student hostels, and Sh48 billion getting dumped into projects around Kiambu County. Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah backed him up by...
EPRA locked fuel prices at the same levels through mid-January, which means Nairobi drivers keep paying Sh184.52 per liter for petrol even though the imported cost dropped over four percent. Diesel stays at Sh171.47 while kerosene sits at Sh154.78, and Mombasa gets everything cheaper because the port is right there.
Director General Daniel Kiptoo said the rates are not moving despite shifts in what it costs to bring the stuff into the country. Consumers are still getting hit with nine different taxes at the pump, and the government pulls out Sh81.88 from every liter of petrol sold while pocketing Sh69.86 on diesel and Sh55.67 on kerosene.
The freeze gives people a break heading into the holiday season since any bump would have jacked...
Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo died after his car hit a passenger bus on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, and his family is completely wrecked over losing someone they called their rock. Relatives gathered at his home, where people were crying and trying to process how their 64-year-old family leader got taken out during what was supposed to be a holiday celebration.
Family members said he was not just some politician but the person who held everyone together and helped them through everything. They asked Kenyans to stand with them while they figure out how to move forward without him.
Jirongo repped Lugari in parliament from 1997 to 2002 on a Kanu ticket, then grabbed the seat again under his own party, KADDU, before losing governor and...
Head of Public Service Felix Koskei wants regular people getting in the faces of corrupt officials by calling out sketchy behavior and filing reports through legal channels. He dropped a three-step playbook that tells citizens to interrupt crooked deals when they spot them, push back against shady requests, and loop in oversight agencies instead of staying quiet.
The callout lands while President Ruto keeps hammering on about moral rot eating away at the country after using his recent speech to connect everyday dishonesty with the massive graft happening in government offices. Ruto said corruption does not just steal cash but wipes out trust and future opportunities for everyone, and he linked it to tribal politics that split people...
Azerbaijan and Kenya doubled down on their partnership around climate stuff and city planning after wrapping up the UN Environment Assembly session in Nairobi. Deputy Environment Minister Umaira Taghiyeva showed up at a reception where she talked about how both countries need to team up on water management and renewable energy since Global South nations have to push these agendas together.
The whole event hyped up Baku hosting the World Urban Forum next year, where they will tackle housing challenges under a safe cities framework. Ambassador Sultan Hajiyev pointed out that Azerbaijan already ran COP29 and keeps grabbing these big environmental summits, which aligns with what Kenya wants to achieve on urban resilience.
Both governments...
