PAMLOMO-SAUTI YA JAMII

The Rovos Rail tourist train is on its way from Cape Town to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on its annual vintage trip from the tip of the African continent to its heart, rolling through famous tourist attraction sites in southern Africa. The luxury train left Victoria Falls on Monday this week, heading northwards to Dar es Salaam in its 15-day epic journey from South Africa to East Africa. Reports from trip organizers said the train is due to arrive in Dar es Salaam Saturday mid-morning this week, July 15. This epic 2-week journey travels through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania and is one of the most famous vintage trains in the world. In Zambia and Tanzania, the Rovos train rides on the TAZARA track.  TAZARA is among the longest and most modern railroads in Africa with pure Chinese technology. The 1,067-mm gauge railway covers a distance of 1,860 kilometers (1,160 miles) from Tanzania’s capital city of Dar es Salaam on the In...

IRINGA: The government in Iringa region has urged companies involved in producing and distributing solar power systems to see the importance of making such a mechanism by setting them up for the prevention process when stolen. The statement was issued by the Iringa Regional Commissioner Amina Masenza yesterday when she was officially launching the office and operations of Mobisol in Iringa, where she said that there have been thefts on the Solar Panel in the country. "People steal solar panels because they know they can use it elsewhere and you manufacturers have to put safety equipment on your installations so that someone cannot use it after stolen," Said Masenza. She said that there is need to stop that kind of behavior where people steel solar panels and resale them but those systems could have security put in place it will prevent theft on solar panels in Iringa and the country as whole.  However, Masenza thanked Mobisol for coming in Iringa but as...

Mkuu wa mkoa wa Iringa Amina Masenza akisalimiana na wachezaji timu ya MUCOBA toka wilaya ya Mufindi mkoani Iringa akifuana na Mdhamini Mbunge wa Viti Maalum Mkoa wa Iringa Ritta Kabati kabla mchezo wa fainali kati ya Ruaha FC na MUCOBA FC jana. (Picha Friday Simbaya) MASHINDANO ya Ritta Kabati ‘Challenge Cup’ yamepata mshindi na bingwa wa kwanza wa mashindano hayo ambaye ni Timu Ruaha FC ya mjini Iringa, baada ya kuitoa MUCOBA ya Mufindi kwa mikwanji ya penati 4-2, baada ya kipenga cha mwisho ilikuwa 0-0 jana. Mgeni rasmi alikuwa mkuu wa mkoa wa iringa amina masenza ambapo pamoja na mambo mengine ametoa pongezi katika uwanja wa chuo cha ualimu Kreluu wakati wa fainali kati ya Mucoba FC na Ruaha.  Alisema alisema kuwa alipendezwa na mashindano hayo na kuwa yameendeshwa kwa uratibu mzuri japo timu ya Polisi FC ndio ambayo ilitaka kuvuruga mashindano hayo.  Mkuu huyo wa mkoa alisema timu ya Polisi ilionyesha utovu wa nidhamu katika mashindano h...

BWANA ALITOA NA BWANA AMETWAA, JINA LA BWANA LIHIMIDIWE!

By Friday Simbaya, Iringa Tanzania is a mega-biodiversity country with six globally recognized biodiversity hotspots. The country is home to about twenty percent of Africa’s large mammals and has at least 14,500 known species. Tanzania is among 15 countries with the highest number of endemic as well as threatened species. Tanzania accounts for more than one-third of total plant species in Africa and ranks twelfth globally in terms of bird species. According to Lawyers’ Environmental Action Team’s Communication Officer, Miss Edina Tibaijuka, forests and wildlife contribute immensely to ecosystem services in Tanzania. “They produce food and water, they control climate and diseases, and they support nutrient cycles and crop pollination and have spiritual and recreational benefits” says Miss Tibaijuka. In essence human life in Tanzania and in most - if not all - parts of the world cannot be detached from surrounding environments and ecosystems. Communities in Tanza...