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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Kabudi tells youth - Read leaders’ biographies, honor founding values

    Tanzania's information minister told young people to actually read what the founding leaders wrote and listen to their speeches if they want to stop screwing up the country's core values. Professor Palamagamba Kabudi was hyping up Ambassador Daniel Ole Njoolay's new biography in Arusha, saying...
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    Mavunde orders probe into 191 idle mining licenses in Geita

    Tanzania's minerals minister told the Mbogwe zone to investigate 191 mining permits in Geita that have been sitting dormant forever without any actual development happening. Anthony Mavunde wants a preliminary report hitting his desk showing who owns these prospecting licenses and what progress...
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    Tanzania doubles down on PPR eradication push by 2030

    Tanzania dropped serious cash to wipe out some sheep and goat diseases by 2030, and officials say the country is basically carrying the whole continent on this one. Permanent Secretary Agnes told a workshop crowd that the government has already put down 200 million shillings over five years for...
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    CCM councillors pick mayors and chairs in nationwide vote

    Tanzania's ruling party ran internal votes to pick who gets to lead cities and districts for the next five years, and CCM councillors across the country chose their mayoral and council chair candidates. Dormohamed Issa kept his Mbeya mayor nomination after beating two opponents with 28 votes...
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    Tanzania lands $640M cassava megadeal, 100K jobs on tap

    Tanzania just landed a $640 million farming deal that's supposed to create over 100,000 jobs in the next decade. Pan-Tanzania Agriculture Developments Limited grabbed 62,000 acres in Kilwa District, where they're setting up cassava farms and an industrial park to process stuff for Chinese and...
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    Tanzania LGAs push for mandatory resident ID to boost security

    Local government bigwigs in Tanzania are pushing hard for better neighborhood tracking systems because knowing who actually lives where makes everything from security to basic services way easier to handle. Peppino Sudi from Ubungo District says the old ten-cell leader system for tracking...
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    WhatsApp insult lands councillors with jail or fine ultimatum

    Two city councillors from Chinhoyi nearly got locked up after calling someone a prostitute on WhatsApp, and Ruth Chikukwa plus Jacqueline Zenda each had to cough up $350 or face three months behind bars. They got busted under Zimbabwe's Cyber Security and Data Protection Act when Linda Sauramba...
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    Sables await World Cup draw after 36-year drought ends

    Zimbabwe's national rugby squad finds out who they face at the expanded 2027 World Cup when organizers run the draw in Sydney. The Sables locked their spot by beating Namibia to win the Rugby Africa Cup after sitting out global competition since 1991, and they join South Africa as the...
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    Econet gears up for Zimbabwe’s biggest tech expo yet

    Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is throwing what they're calling a massive tech expo at Harare International Conference Centre that runs for three days starting next week. The whole thing goes by Future-Ready Tech Synergies, and the telecom giant wants to show off AI, IoT, 5G, and cloud stuff while...
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    Students freed after CCTV clears them in balcony jump death

    Seven college kids walked free after new security camera footage showed their classmate Lorna Kathambi Karani actually died trying to parkour between balconies at Harmony Plaza Apartments in Ngara. Dennis Kariuki Gitonga, Louis Osiro, Lucy Mora, Ali Kabwana Kamaku, Precious Kendi Mutembei...
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    Woman held after man plunges 14 floors post-party brawl

    Nairobi cops are looking into a guy who fell 14 floors from a Kilimani apartment balcony on Kindaruma Road and landed dead on a car roof with both legs shattered. Guards heard the impact, and witnesses say he dropped from a rented place after getting into it with his 48-year-old girlfriend...
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    PSC interviews 13K grads for 7K govt intern slots

    Kenya's Public Service Commission started grilling over 13,000 shortlisted grads for 7,000 government internship slots that pay actual money for a year. The whole thing kicked off with Paul Famba running the show across 13 regional spots, and they're wrapping interviews by week's end before...
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    Murkomen vows to crush political goons, no favors given

    Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen told political thugs and whoever bankrolls them that the government's coming for everyone with zero favoritism. He brought this up at a chief's graduation thing in Embakasi after some nasty violence went down in Nairobi, saying anyone rolling around with machetes...
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    CBK dangles juicy long-term bonds, investors scramble

    Kenya's central bank put up two long-term government bonds for auction with pretty sweet rates attached. The 30-year paper offers 12% while the 25-year one comes with 13.924%, and bidding closes early next week. Both are reopened securities that mature way out in 2041 and 2046, and they're...
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    ICC shuts Kenya probe but still hunts two witness tamperers

    The ICC wrapped up its Kenya investigation after years of being front and center in the country's political drama. The prosecutor's office called it quits on active probing, but there's still unfinished business with two people they're hunting down for allegedly messing with witnesses. Those...
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    Church clash ignites political blame game, cops probe brawlers

    Police are investigating a church brawl in Kariobangi North that left six people hurt and set off a political blame game. Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says cops and hired thugs attacked the PCEA Church congregation with gunfire and tear gas during a service for a winning ward...
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    Labour officers busted for airport bribe shakedown, cash seized

    Three government workers at Kenya's main airport got busted trying to shake down an agent who helps people move to Middle East countries for work. Benson Ouma Okello, Esther Njoki Gakuru, and Denis Marias all worked for the Labour Ministry at JKIA, and they apparently wanted 34,000 shillings to...
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    Kisii driving school busted, Instructors sold licenses for cash

    EACC busted a bribery ring at the Kenya Institute of Highways and Building Technology in Kisii after instructors Philip Dawa and Fidel Omondi allegedly forced students to cough up cash to pass their driving tests. The anti-corruption squad raided the campus and grabbed Omondi with a fat envelope...
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    Nairobi PSVs get reprieve, Petrol station pickups stay—for now

    Kenya's High Court is letting bus companies and government officials keep talking things out after transport operators sued over a ban that stopped them from using gas stations as passenger pickup spots in downtown Nairobi. Justice Chacha told both sides to chill while they hash out a deal, and...
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    Suluhu defends the crackdown, blames protesters for chaos

    Tanzania's president came out swinging about how her cops handled election protests, and she basically said they had to get rough because people were trying to storm police stations and grab weapons. Samia Suluhu Hassan told a crowd that protestors were going after government buildings and...
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