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Tourism sector pushes 2010 projections to 2011 |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:07 |
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• Overseas stakeholders angry with ivory sale clamor and planned Serengeti highway
TIMES REPORTER
Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) projections to attract one million tourists by the end of this year are unlikely to be realized, with a recent official report indicating that about 80 per cent of the target will be achieved.
Board officials are now scratching their heads, after available half-year figures of arrivals and revenues showed that the targets initially set for this year will be missed substantially.
Estimates presented last year for 2010 spoke of reaching a million visitors and revenues in excess of US$1.7 billion (about Tsh2.3 trillion), but the present trend indicates that about 800,000 visitors are expected.
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Tough luck for mobile phone companies |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:06 |
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WHILE mobile telephone companies lament vastly lower calling rates that have pushed them to a revenue crisis affecting most operators in the sub-sector, a spate of promotions is attracting the media and big guns in the supervision and surveillance quarter to smell a rat.
That is how one can understand the move by Gaming Board of Tanzania (GBT) chairman Abbas Tarimba's announcement that a team of experts is being formed to examine whether the promotions constitute an infringement into the lottery business, where the mobile phone companies have no licence to conduct operations.
According to GBT chairman, the board will wait until its experts zero on the pros and cons and then advice what course of action needs to be taken.
On one side this may superficially appear to be open minded and non-committal, but on the other end it could constitute a prima facie testimony that there is something to worry about, which could be negative for the sub-sector.
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TOWARDS OCT. 31st: there are places we should not post our president’s photograph |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:02 |
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The race to national, parliamentary and local government leadership positions in Tanzania is on. All contesting political parties are, of course, doing it in their own style. But, as a nation, there are lots of lessons that we must learn down the lane.
One thing we must appreciate is the fact that our sons and daughters, who were born when we decided to revert to multi-party rule in 1992, will be voting for the first time. They may be having choices that could shock us. They know what they want much better than their older generation does.
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My dearest vote: does it count for the future of my county? |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:03 |
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MAKUMBA MWEMEZI
We have just a few weeks remaining before the nation goes into the general election.
The event which will take place late October is very crucial since it will determine our tomorrow at least for the next five years.
We shall elect leaders who will manage the country’s affairs as well as administrate over her resources on behalf of the 45 million Tanzanians.
This is a vital opportunity where the public decides on their collective future.
Though the burden of building a nation lies on citizens themselves, the role of the government in facilitating the same is of paramount importance.
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Govt under pressure as trillions in public funds go unaccounted for |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 11:56 |
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TIMES REPORTER
CONCERNS are rising over the government’s failure to curb leakages in the use of public funds, with the Controller and Auditor-General (CAG) reporting that funds not accounted for or misused could be way into trillions of shillings in recent financial years.
The CAG presents in graphic details how ministerial departments, local government agencies and public authorities spent large amounts of public money contrary to regulations. The report also documents clearly how some officials thrived on weaknesses in government structures to rake in millions in tax payers' money.
The Corruption Tracker System Online Newsletter for July 2010, says that despite CAG reports that audits for the year 2008/09 had shown relative improvement in the number of favorable opinions issued compared to the past five years. The situation was still worrisome and needed urgent government and parliamentary action, it said.
As the eating and fleecing of government coffers by some officials appears to be continuous, the public is also getting worried and just not understanding why the massive leakages cannot be blocked.
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