The tax man says your payments are building schools and feeding kids. Tanzania Revenue Authority Commissioner General Yusuph Mwenda praised taxpayers for their voluntary compliance in 2025, urging them to keep it up. He spoke during a community event at two Dar es Salaam centers, the Mtoni Deaconess Lutheran Centre and the Hisan Orphanage Centre. Mwenda stressed that revenue from taxes directly funds roads, health centers, and teacher salaries, like those at the visited orphanage. He called December the official Taxpayer Appreciation Month.
He framed tax payment as a cycle where money returns to communities. The support shown to the centers, including providing food, was cited as concrete proof of where tax money goes. Mwenda asked...
Tourism numbers are actually up, despite what the doomers are saying. Tanzania's Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, through Permanent Secretary Dr. Hassan Abbasi, reported a nine percent rise in international tourist arrivals for the first eleven months of 2025. That increase represents about 173,000 more visitors compared to the same stretch last year. He shared these figures at a wildlife exhibition in Dar es Salaam, organized by the Tanzania Wildlife Authority. Dr. Abbasi specifically shot down claims of a sector decline, calling them false. Data from TAWA itself showed an eighteen percent jump in international tourists at its sites, with domestic travel at its attractions soaring forty percent. The full December holiday...
They finally built that bridge over Lake Victoria. The JP Magufuli Bridge, linking Kigongo in Mwanza Region and Busisi in Geita Region, was officially opened by President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Named for the late President John Magufuli, the structure spans three kilometers across the water, with approach roads making it even longer. At 28.45 meters wide, it is now the longest bridge in East and Central Africa. The project was fully paid for by the Tanzanian government at a cost of about 718 billion shillings. Chinese firms, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and China Railway 15 Bureau Group Corporation, handled the construction.
President Samia noted the bridge moves the nation past unreliable ferry travel. She shared...
A major hospital screwed up and cremated the wrong body. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow gave a funeral home a mislabeled corpse, leading to a cremation ceremony for the wrong person. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde apologized, calling it a human error and suspending the morgue staff involved. The grieving family only learned about the mistake after the service ended.
Medical director Dr. Scott Davidson said the hospital has strict identification protocols that were not followed. An immediate investigation is underway. The incident also prevented another family from receiving their relative's remains for a proper funeral. The Scottish government called the situation deeply concerning and demanded a full probe, stating...
They are finally building a memorial for warriors who fought colonists. Plans are moving forward to construct a monument at Chetambe Hill in Bungoma County, honoring Bukusu fighters killed in a historic battle against British forces and their local allies over a century ago. National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula confirmed the government's commitment at a Tachoni Cultural Festival in Webuye East, recalling a 2016 promise for the site.
Wetangula told investors to meet him so they can develop a complex on the hill, even proposing to buy private land if needed. He said the memorial should include office space for community leaders and visiting dignitaries, reserving an office for himself. The Speaker praised the Tachoni Culture Network...
Cops got busted again for shaking down drivers. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission arrested three traffic officers from Sondu police station after a surveillance sting on the Kisumu Kisii Highway. Following numerous complaints from motorists, investigators caught the officers demanding bribes without even checking vehicles. Cash was recovered during the arrest at that location.
This follows a similar bust days prior, where two officers were arrested on the Likoni Lungalunga Road in the Coast region. Both operations are part of a wider festive season crackdown on road corruption. The EACC stated it is increasing surveillance on services prone to graft. The three Sondu officers were processed in Kisumu and booked at a local police...
His family says the late MP was their rock. The siblings of former Lugari lawmaker Cyrus Jirongo gave an emotional tribute at his memorial service in Nairobi, describing him as a father figure and their blood brother. Speaking at Christ Is The Answer Ministries on Valley Road, a woman named Grace read their statement, saying the public knew him as a politician and philanthropist, but to them, he was family first. They admitted struggling with his sudden death in a car crash on the Nairobi Nakuru Highway near Karai.
Grace said Jirongo modeled strength for his own kids and his nieces and nephews, treating them all as his children. The family promised to carry his memory with them always, calling him a fallen pillar whose spirit lives on...
A politician says the dead lawmaker feared for his life. PLP leader Martha Karua revealed former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo had been worried about his safety right before he died. Speaking at a Nairobi memorial service at Christ Is The Answer Ministries on Valley Road, Karua said Jirongo was arranging for better security when the crash happened. She acknowledged tough questions about his death will remain, even as people mourn a man she called generous and compassionate.
Jirongo, a veteran politician and businessman aged sixty-four, died in a head-on collision with a passenger bus on the Nairobi Nakuru Highway near Karai in Naivasha. A post-mortem confirmed massive blunt force trauma from the high-speed impact. Karua described him as a...
Thailand and Cambodia finally called a truce after weeks of fighting. Defense ministers from both nations announced an immediate ceasefire, halting intense clashes that killed dozens and displaced nearly a million people along the border. The agreement, effective at a specific local time, freezes military front lines and allows displaced civilians to return home. Key elements include plans to remove landmines and, after seventy-two hours, the release of eighteen Cambodian soldiers held by Thailand.
This breakthrough followed talks encouraged by both China and the United States. Thailand’s Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit called the deal a test of the other side’s sincerity, warning Thailand would defend itself if the ceasefire...
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