A truck with busted brakes plowed into a group of motorcycle taxi drivers chilling on the roadside near the University of Dodoma, and five bodaboda riders got killed, while one person ended up in the hospital. The driver of vehicle T 824 EKS bounced right after smashing into the group before hitting a wall, and cops are still looking for them. The victims were Ishad Ramadhani Jaa at 25, Hafidhi Ismail Selemani at 30, Adam Juma at 27, Ijumaa Ndafu at 27, and Michael Mkande at 26.
Regional Police Commander Galus Hyera mentioned the sharp corner makes that stretch super dangerous for accidents, and the spot stays packed because tons of people run businesses along the road. Dodoma District Commissioner Jabir Shekimweri confirmed that this...
Tanzania's Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi showed up at former Peramiho MP Jenista Mhagama's place in Dodoma to pay respects after she died at 58. He said the ex-health minister spent years repping her constituency while pushing development across the Ruvuma Region and working with the ruling party.
A requiem mass is happening at a Roman Catholic church in Dodoma, with top government officials attending before the body gets moved to Songea. Another service goes down at Matogoro Parish, then the body heads to Peramiho for a final mass where residents can say goodbye.
The burial wraps up at Ruanda Village in Mbinga District after multiple stops across the region. President Samia Suluhu Hassan joined mourners across the country grieving...
Tanzanians are hyping up the government's security push after some post-election chaos back in October messed with the country's reputation as a stable spot in the region. Professor Humphrey Moshi from the University of Dar es Salaam said the whole thing was a wake-up call that peace keeps the economy running, and violence tanks development fast. Local officials and residents praised the Police Force for teaming up with the Tanzania People's Defence Force to lock things down.
Police spokesperson David Misime confirmed everything's running smoothly across the country with social and economic stuff proceeding normally. He told citizens to keep cooperating with security agencies and avoid getting baited into creating division or spreading...
Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania bumped profits by half to 13 billion shillings during early 2025, while assets hit 1.89 trillion, mostly because they doubled down on small and medium businesses instead of chasing big corporate clients. CEO Ravneet Chowdhury said the bank gets in early with SMEs that might not even have proper bookkeeping yet, helping them set up systems for managing cash flow and scaling operations from random Kariakoo shops to food processors near Arusha.
The strategy leans heavily on digital platforms that let tens of thousands of businesses handle payroll and transactions through mobile apps. DTB also runs a revolving loan program with Somo that backs over 900 early-stage companies across East Africa, creating around...
Airtel Tanzania just dropped three new cell towers across Morogoro and Kilimanjaro to patch up dead zones that have been killing business and emergency comms for years. Morogoro scored two spots in Gairo District at Magoweko ward and Kihonda VETA, while Kilimanjaro got one at Sanya Juu in Hai District. Regional manager Faustine Mtui said the whole thing backs the government's push for better access and youth employment.
Over 300 young people in Gairo have already found work as mobile money agents, and the new infrastructure should create more gigs plus easier access to financial services. Magoweko Ward Councilor Shabani Sajilo mentioned that the lack of solid network coverage wrecked economic activity and made emergencies way harder to...
Tanzania is letting people snag birth certificates in 48 hours through a new digital system that works on phones or computers. The Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency rolled out the platform to make things easier nationwide, and Constitution Minister Dr Juma Zuberi Homera said the whole thing fits into their plan for modernizing how the government delivers services to citizens.
RITA's CEO, Frank Kanyusi, mentioned that the eRITA platform has already boosted efficiency and expanded how many of people can actually access these services. The 48-hour turnaround is supposed to beef up the country's civil registration setup and help people get reliable ID documents faster without dealing with the usual bureaucratic nightmare.
President Ruto basically told everyone to chill about the US health deal, saying Kenya's data stays locked down under local laws. He mentioned the Attorney General went over everything super carefully to make sure Kenyan regulations control any info that gets collected, and he's not letting anyone mess with the country's interests while he's running things.
Ruto said America's democratic setup means its officials wouldn't try anything shady, but Kenya's not banking on trust alone. He made it clear that the government won't let anyone exploit them even if loopholes existed, and the whole sovereignty angle stays intact regardless of diplomatic relationships with Washington.
NTSA is warning people about a fake website called Mverified that's been scamming Kenyans who need vehicle documents. The authority said the site doesn't belong to them, and they're telling anyone who got hit to file a police report since multiple people probably already lost cash.
The real deal for getting motor vehicle records goes through the official eCitizen platform at serviceportal.ntsa.go.ke for 550 shillings, and the document downloads instantly after payment. Scammers have been exploiting people rushing to get paperwork by setting up lookalike sites with different fees or sketchy payment redirects.
NTSA is pushing everyone to double-check website addresses and stick to official government portals when handling vehicle services.
Kenyan lawmakers are pushing for immediate legal clarification on the Defense Cooperation Agreement with the UK after finding out the British Army Training Unit has been operating without proper legal backing. The committee led by Belgut MP Nelson Koech said the 2015 deal expired back in 2021, and the replacement agreement from that same year never got ratified, leaving everything in limbo.
Parliament already approved the 2021 version with two reservations—adding murder to local jurisdiction and requiring corporate social responsibility obligations—but Kenya and the UK still haven't finalized things. The committee vice chair warned against letting foreign forces run operations without solid legal frameworks.
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