PAMLOMO-SAUTI YA JAMII

NO ONE can ever begrudge former African Union (AU) chairperson President Robert Mugabe his gift of the gab which was in evidence last week as he spoke so eloquently about the long overdue reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council which sadly continues to be dominated by just five world powers, long after the Second World War which ended in 1945. HERBERT MOYO The Security Council was established in October 1945, a month after the second World War ended, and has United States of America, Britain, China, France and Russia as permanent members. The five countries enjoy the power of veto which determines the course of action and direction of the UN excluding the 54 member states of the AU and other countries. The UN Security Council which according to political analyst and academic Eldred Masunungure continues to “represent and serve the interests of the victors long after the end of the Second World War” is responsible for the maintenance of international pea...

Exclusive: Large US firms such as Google and Amazon will be required to disclose tax bills in Europe under draft legislation from European commission The commission was heavily criticised last month when it proposed that corporations report only to national tax authorities in Europe without making the information public. Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images Simon Marks and Ian Traynor US multinationals such as Google, Facebook and Amazon will be forced to publicly disclose their earnings and tax bills in Europe, under legislation being drafted by the EU executive. The European commission is to table legislation in early April aimed at making the world’s largest multinational corporations open their tax arrangements with EU governments to full public scrutiny. According to three senior EU officials familiar with the proposals, initial conclusions from an ongoing impact assessment have found in favour of obliging large corporations to reveal their profits...

WATENDAJI wakuu wa mashirika mawili makubwa ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa linaloshughulikia Idadi ya Watu Duniani (UNFPA) na Shirika la Kimataifa la Kuhudumia watoto (UNICEF) wametoa wito kwa dunia kujipanga vyema kumaliza kabisa tatizo la ukeketaji (FGM) ifikapo mwaka 2030. Katika kauli zao walizotoa katika taarifa ya pamoja iliyotolewa na ofisi ya Mratibu wa Mashirika ya Umoja wa Mataifa mjini Dar es salaam watendaji hao Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa UNFPA Dk. BabatundeOsotimehin, na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa UNCEF, Anthony Lake, wamesema ipo haja ya dunia kuadhimisha siku hiyo kwa kulenga kuwa na kiwango sifuri katika vitendo vya ukeketaji. Mashirika hayo ya Umoja wa Mataifa yamesema kwamba ukeketaji ni vitendo vya kikatili vinavyowanyima wanawake haki yao ya msingi na kuwazuia kuchanua inavyostahili kama wanawake. Viongozi hao wamesema kwamba vitendo vya ukeketaji vimesambaa duniani kote kuanzia Afrika, Mashariki ya Kati ambako imekuwa kama vitu vya k...

Katika ni Robert Paul ambae ni Meneja Masoko ya Kampuni ya Mawasiliano ya TIGO Kanda ya Ziwa, akizungumza katika zoezi la Utoaji bure wa huduma mbalimbali za Afya ikiwemo upimaji wa Magonjwa ya Moyo, Utoaji wa Matibabu kwenye majeraha(Vidonda) pamoja na Uchangiaji damu lililofanyika juzi jumamosi katika Uwanja wa Furahisha Jijini Mwanza. "Tigo tumeamua kushiriki zoezi hili ili kuonyesha mfano katika jamii namna tunavyojumuika na Watanzania katika shughuli za Kijamii, hivyo kupitia fursa hii ningependa kuwaasa Watanzania kuwa na desturi ya kupima afya zao mara kwa mara ikiwemo kupima shinikizo la damu, saratani lakini kubwa zaidi kuwa na moyo wa kujitolea kuchangia damu ili kuwasaidia wenye uhitaji wa damu. Alisema Paul. Nae Cassim Aziz (Kushoto) ambae ni Meneja Masoko wa Tigo Mkoani Mwanza, alizishauri taasisi pamoja na makampuni mbalimbali nchini kuwa na desturi ya kushiriki katika shughuli za kijamii hususani kuhamasisha watanzania kupima afya zao mara kwa ...

Askari watatu wa Jeshi la Polisi mkoani Singida, waliofariki dunia wakiwa kwenye msafara wa rais Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli baada ya gari lao walilokuwa wakisafiria kupasuka tairi la nyuma na dereva kushindwa kulimudu wakitokea Singida kuelekea Dodoma wameagwa jana. Zifuatazo ni picha za tukio hilo la kuaga miili ya askari hao. Kamanda wa jeshi la polisi mkoa wa Singida, ACP Thobias Sedoyeka, akitoa salamu za pole kutoka kwa Mkuu wa jeshi la polisi nchini, Ernest Mangu na polisi mkoa wa Singida kwa familia za askari polisi watatu waliofariki dunia wakati wakiwa kwenye msafara wa rais Dk.Magufuli jana kutoka Singida Dodoma. Kamanda wa Jeshi la polisi mkoa wa Manyara, ACP Camilius Wambura, akitoa salamu za pole kwa familia na jeshi la polisi mkoa wa Singida, kwa kufiwa na askari polisi watatu waliokuwa kwenye msafara wa rais Dk.Magufuli wakitokea Singida kuelekea Dodoma juzi. Mkuu wa mkoa wa Singida,D k.Parseko Kone, akitoa salamu za pole kwa familia na ...