DESIGNERS FOR THE NEXT MILLENIUM

Born in Dar es Salaam 1977, The young Khadija Saad Mwanamboka has grown to become one of the most renowned fashion designers in the country. After completion of her formal education, first at Olympio English Medium Primary school and then Shabaan Robert Secondary School, Khadija trained in computer courses but found herself going back to her childhood dream of becoming a fashion designer.

She started designing clothes in 1994 but her big break came in November 1996, When she founded her own fashion designing company called Khadija Collections Fashion Design Studio.

The young designer shot to fame after her first fashion show at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in late 1996. Titled "The Night of Style and Dances" the show featured a mixed variety of modern designs in local materials such as Khanga, Batik and Vitenge and Tie and Dye. Then came the "Talent Nite" at the Club Billicanas in July 1997.

Subsequently after the "Boombastic Fashion Show" held at Kilimanjaro Hotel in September 1997, Kahdija was invited to Zanzibar Islands where her Khanga nad Batik designs were displayed by models at the Fisherman's Resort at a formal function to mark the Celebrations of Idd El Fitr.

After a short period of hard working, Khadija found herself in the centre of the country's fashion and designs spotlight almost overnight. Her finest moment came in August 1998 during the crowning of Miss Tanzania 98, Basila Mwanukuzi, where she designed the pageant queen with the magic winning wardrobe including the accessories.

In November 1998, Khadija (20) was the only Tanzanian designer who was invited by Leticia Nyerere at her "MAMA AFRICA" Fashion show apart from the South African designers, Khadija also designed a wardrobe for Model Miriam Odemba, who represented Africa in the Elite Model Look Of The Year. She tried to make International Musicians put on her designs, so far she has designed shirts for the Reggae singer Innocent Galinoma from USA and Kofi Olomide, a Congolese musician, when they performed in the country.

Last year (1999) Khadija (21) came up with a brilliant idea of staging a " FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA 99" which gave an opportunity to all the local designers to work together for the first time in the Fashion industry in the country. The main objective of the show was to promote and display Tanzanian designs apart from creating awareness of Fashion designing so as to expand the fashion industry in Tanzania.

On her creations Khadija deals with strictly down to earth African clothing such as Khanga, Batik, Vitenge and Tie&Dye materials which are locally made and available. Khadija is one of the breed of the current pioneers on the local fashion front who have re-introduced the splendor and glamour of African clothes back to where it once belonged.

She has taken it back to the centre of the peoples hearts and is making waves. Khadija has once again sized the opportunity to reap from the local textile production, she has an exotic collection of men's shirts which have both a typical African feel and identity.

The shirts, which come in different shades are made of Batik and Tie&Dye materials. The bottom are exclusively made from cow bones, sea-shells and coc-nut shells splashed in different shades of brown and mahogany, giving them an antique finish.

Khadija's sense of style, creativity and imagination, have curved her a unique notch on the list of Tanzania's fashion designers. In short, Khadija is one of the country's youngest, talented female fashion designers.

Know Her Hobbies:
Khadija, a friendly, caring, a very ambitious girl, is fond of talking, a music lovers and of course, designing clothes and organizing fashion shows.

Her Message:
To do anything that you want to do, is the strength of human will, so success or failure may change people's attitude towards you, but the can't change your destiny and they certainly can't change you as a person. (This is what I had in mind when I started out 1996).

ATA Fashion Parade made its debut in Arusha, Tanzania

The first of what has become an popular annual affair at every ATA sponsored Congress or Symposium, was held at the Impala Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania in 1998.
The organizers, Chief Margaret Fabiyi (l) and Helen Broadus, didn't use the usual bevy of pouty, long-legged pencil slim models; ATA members became the stars as a group of ten or twelve ladies and guys exhibited an eye-popping array of fashion finery.
Peter Janssen of Inter-Continental Hotels and Gaynelle Henderson Bailey (below) showcase an attractive black & gold combination.
ATA's first Fashion Show represented a cultural mix of Eastern, Western and Southern African textiles and creations.


Africans are painting the world in a kaleidoscope of bold, eye-catching colors and patterns, and it's become contagious.
For the past 5 years, an African "Fashion Parade" has enhanced the Annual ATA International Congress.
At the ATA Congress in Addis Ababa, there were fashion shows on two of the special evenings arranged by the host committee.
At the Addis Hilton, I was prompted to get into the act, and was on stage at an event sponsored by Webisco of Nigeria, again featuring the styles of Chief Margaret Fabiyi.
At Africa Travel Magazine's office in the trendy Gastown area of Vancouver, Canada, our staff and volunteers wear African caps and tops most of the time and are proud of it.
At trade shows, special events and conventions we usually go all out

Richmond saga resurfaces

The Richmond saga resurfaced in Parliament yesterday, with legislators demanding that a House select committee investigate the circumstances that made the government enter into a contract with the controversial power-generating firm.

In a surprising turn, the demand was met at the end of the day, with MPs Harrison Mwakyembe, Stella Manyanya, Mohammed Mnyaa, Lucas Seleli and James Msangi being appointed by the Speaker to form the probe team. The chairman will be elected later.

The parliamentary probe committee will investigate who is Richmond, who owns Richmond, how the firm secured the power generating contract and whether the method to acquire the contract was legal.

The team will also evaluate Richmond`s contract with Tanesco.

Commenting about the developments, Energy and Minerals minister Nazir Karamagi said the Government would give the committee full support, including furnishing it with all documents it would need.

Earlier, when presenting the 2006 Parliamentary Committee on Investment and Trade Report in the House yesterday, committee chairman William Shellukindo said they were not satisfied by the performance of Richmond Development Corporation and its successor, Dowans Holdings.

Richmond Development Corporation was contracted to generate electricity when the country experienced acute power shortage after hydro-power dams went dry because of drought.

The firm was commissioned to generate 100 megawatts of electricity and connect it into the national grid at a cost of 172.9bn/-.

Power generation, after an initial postponement, was supposed to begin by February this year.

The deadline was once again extended to June, months after the power problem was over.

Shellukindo said Richmond�s inefficiency in executing the project, its lack of experience and adequate financial resources had raised a number of questions among the wananchi as to which criteria the government used to award such a huge project.

`These questions need to answered. We cannot just ignore the people`s outcry. We must give them an answer if we are to uphold principles of democracy and good governance,` he said.

He said although his committee had learnt from the media that the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau was investigating if corruption had a hand in the awarding of the tender to Richmond, he believed that the issue needed to go beyond criminal law.

`This issue touches on leadership ethics. It touches on civil service ethics, diligence and responsibility of a public servant. The issue should go beyond criminal law, which PCCB is dealing with,` he said.

Shellukindo said the government was fully aware of Richmond`s poor performance especially after the firm had failed in 2005 to execute a Dar es Salaam-Mwanza oil pipeline project.

`One wonders what reasons drove the government to award the tender to such an inefficient firm,` he said, adding,` worse still, the government did not even carry out due diligence investigation on Richmond as it had done to other companies that had bid for the tender.`

He said the government did not take trouble to visit Richmond`s website so as to satisfy itself that it was a reputable and serious company.

Shellukindo said all these questions needed answers so that the wananchi could know what had transpired in the whole issue.

He said since it had been difficult to access the contract between Richmond and the government, his committee was invoking rule 104 and 105 of the National Assembly Standing Orders to request that a parliamentary select committee, that would have legal powers to access the contract, be formed to investigate the whole process that led Richmond to be awarded the tender.

Rule 104 gives the House powers to form a select committee for a special purpose on a specific motion moved on that behalf and be supported by the assembly, while rule 105 gives the number of members of the select committee to be not less than five.

On electricity supply, the committee suggested that the government should draw a power system master plan that would spell out how it would deal with the power problem so that last year`s nightmare did not reoccur.

The committee also advised the government to speed up its plan to buy Independent Power Transmission Limited (IPTL) and enable it to use gas instead of crude oil for generating power.

The committee also recommended that plans to turn the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation into a strategic oil reserve should be executed by allocating the money to TPDC.

Commenting on the report, Kilindi MP Beatrice Shellukindo blamed the committee for taking too long to bring the Richmond issue into the House.

`You should have brought this issue when it was still hot. However, I hope people will now believe that this is not a rubber stamp parliament. This will prove that we mean business. The truth of the matter will be known now,` she said.

The MP for Mkanyageni, Mohammed Mnyaa, said although the tender board had refused to award the tender to Richmond, some Government officials went ahead to do the opposite.

`It is important that a select committee be formed,` he said.

Energy and Minerals minister Nazir Karamagi has said the Government will give the committee full support, including furnishing it with all documents it will need.

Zitto Kabwe in

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday named members of a special committee that will review existing mining contracts.

They include Kigoma North MP Zitto Kabwe.

A statement that was issued by the Chief Secretary, Philemon Luhanjo, yesterday in Dar es Salaam, said the committee comprises 11 members. They are of different backgrounds.

They include lawyers and opposition MPs.
The team will be chaired by Judge Mark Bomani, a former Attorney General.

A notable appointee is Kigoma North MP Zitto Kabwe, who was suspended by Parliament after he had proposed the formation of a probe team that would investigate the controversial Buzwagi Mine contract.

His proposal provoked a heated Bunge debate, and once Kabwe was suspended, the debate moved into the public arena, as opposition leaders moved around the country to sell their position on the issue, while government ministers went around putting out the fires kindled by the opposition.

John Momose Cheyo, Bariadi East legislator on the ticket of the United Democratic Party (UDP), will also join the team.

Others are Dr. Harrison George Mwakyembe, the CCM MP for Kyela and Ezekiel Maige, a CCM legislator for Msalala.

Also in the list are Peter Machunde of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, David Tarimo of Price Waterhouse Coopers and Maria Kejo from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.

Salome Makange, a lawyer with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Mugisha Kamugisha of the Ministry of Finance and Edward Kihundwa from Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development are also included.

Terms of references include the reviewing of mining contracts and other documents related to commercial mining.

It will also evaluate and sort out the taxation system in the minerals` sector.

The team will also assess mining activities and sort out rights and responsibilities of the investor and the government.

The committee, which has been given three months to complete the job, will be obliged to meet with the Chamber of Mines and other key stakeholders before giving its recommendations.

VP unhappy with investors importing agricultural

The government is not happy with investors who import agricultural products, while similar commodities produced by the surrounding community are rotting for lack of markets.

`It pains to see that some investors are importing raw commodities, although just on their door steps, similar produces are left to decay,` the Vice-President, Dr. Mohamed Shein said.

Officiating at the inauguration of the ultra modern East African All Suites Hotel, owned by the Parastatal Pension Fund, Dr. Shein said:`Investors into hospitality industry should give local produce the first priority. It is only that way that their investment will be of benefit to the native peasants.`

He said while it was true that there were some commodities that were not produced locally, this should not be taken as an excuse.

The Vice-President hailed PPF for establishing the project in Arusha, Tanzania`s safari capital.

Dr. Shein said the facility had come at the right time, as the country was working extra-time to host the eighth edition of the Sullivan Summit come June, 2008.

`Over the course of one week, the Sullivan Summit will host nearly 3,000 Africa`s Diaspora, mostly from America` Dr. Shein said, adding,` there will also be 30 African Heads of State, corporate executives, policy-makers and academics to discuss areas of cooperation and planning for infrastructure, investment, tourism and the environment across Africa.`

The Board Chairman of PPF, Grey Mgonja, said the construction of the hotel, which started way back in 2004, was completed early 2007.

The 40 all-suite-room hotel has five conference halls, each with capacity to host 218 people and two restaurants able to accommodate 160 people each. It will be managed by Paradise Group,` Mgonja said.

`The hotel has created 145 decent employment opportunities. It will generate 740m/- on annual basis.
This will lead to recovery of investment costs within four years,` he said.

Decision on African Govt due in January

The final decision on having a continental government will be made in January 2008.

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi, told Members of Parliament yesterday.

He was responding to a question asked by Zubeir Maulid (Kwamtipura, CCM), who had wanted to know whether opinion polls would be conducted so as to gauge public consensus on the African Union idea as was the case with the proposed East African Federation.

Ambassador Iddi said the idea was not new as it had originated from Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, who was supported by many African leaders at that time.

He said that other African leaders such as Mwalimu Julius Nyerere had proposed that the union should be attained on peace meal basis.

`For quite a long time, the matter was somehow neglected, until recently when it was brought back as an agenda by Libya President Muammar Gaddafi. Various committees were formed to determine benefits of a continental government and the ideal time for its establishment,` he said.

He said all African countries supported the idea but there were differences about the timing as to when it should start.

He said a few African countries led by Gaddafi and supported by Senegal, Gabon and Guinea Conakry wanted the Union government to be formed right now.

He said most of SADC and East African countries were of the position that formation of the African government should go step by step and start with strengthening of Regional Economic Communities-RECs and solving internal problems first.

`The ninth meeting of Heads of state agreed on the formation of a ministerial committee which would dwell on the matter and give a report to the 12th council of ministers which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January, 2008,` he said.

He said the heads of state would make a final decision regarding the issue.

Population of Tanzania now 39 million

The country`s population has now hit 39.4 million, an increase of 4.9 million five years after the last census, raising worries that if the current birth rate is sustained, by 2025 every dispensary in the country would be required to have 42,000 nurses to cope with the increase.

The Director of National Statistics Bureau Albina Chuwa told members of parliament at a seminar on the country`s statistics held yesterday that out of the total population, 29.5 million (about 75 per cent) live in rural areas while 10 million (about 25 per cent)live in urban centers.

She said that the birth rate was increasing at 2.9 per cent.

The last population census was held in 2002, during which a total of 34.5million people were recorded. The next census will be held in 2012.

`The increase in birth rates is the major factor of the increase of population. Most families have an average of six children,` she said.

Chuwa said the increase in the number of people has an adverse effect to the environment and also affects other sectors such as education and health.

`If this is the trend, in the health sector for instance, Tanzania will require 42,000 nurses in every dispensary by 2025 to cope with the increase,` she said.

She called on the MPs to educate their constituencies on family planning and on the need to have fewer children they can easily raise.

Chuwa said that if the birth rate is not controlled the number of people will increase from 64.5 per cent in 2025 to 86.5 per cent in 2085.

Speaking at the seminar, Busega MP Dr Raphael Chegeni challenged the bureau to state clearly how many children each family should have.

Victor Mwambalaswa (Lupa), wanted the bureau to give scientific explanation as why regions such as Mbeya and Iringa have more women than men, while other regions such as Tabora have more men than women.

Ewura, Tanesco managements to meet on power costs

The Energy and Water Utilities Authority (Ewura) will soon meet with the management of the power utility firm to sort-out the recently announced arrangements that require electricity customers to buy equipments at their own costs.

`We are planning to have a consultative meeting with Tanesco and sort-out all the issues raised for the benefit of the public,` Ewura Director General Haruna Masebu told The Guardian in an exclusive interview yesterday in Dar es Salaam.

Masebu said the meeting will give the green light to Ewura to come up with concrete solutions before making the plan it mooted official.

Commenting on the fear that, Tanesco`s new arrangement will give more loopholes for the counterfeit electrical appliances to prevail in the market, Masebu said:
`From my knowledge customers will have to buy equipment from Tanesco. And Tanesco will be responsible to ensure that all equipment that will be installed are genuine and not other wise.`

He further said that the decision of approving Tanesco application on new charges will be cleared next month.

As for the power utility firm`s new charges he said: `Tanesco application for new charges are still not yet approved because we are still working on the matter, but by next month the decision will be made`.

New customers of Tanesco network were told to buy equipment needed for installing service lines, under a new arrangement announced yesterday.

The pronouncement came in response to the Energy and Water Utilities Authority (Ewura)`s action of barring Tanesco from increasing connection charges by 100 per cent without the regulatory body�s consent.

Tanesco Public Relations Manager Daniel Mshana said for the time being, as they were waiting for Ewura to respond to their price hike application, customers would have to purchase equipment needed for power line connection.

Mshana said: `Since the new charges have not been approved by Ewura, for the time being, Tanesco has decided not to connect new customers by charging old service-line installation rates. Customers have been advised to buy themselves the materials if they want to be connected.`

On Friday, Ewura restrained Tanesco`s plan to hike domestic power connection charges on the grounds that the firm had failed to secure mandatory approval for proposed changes as required by the law.

Tanesco was all out to hike the charges by more than 100 per cent this month. A subsequent customer uproar invited Ewura`s intervention.

The power utility firm is currently waiting for Ewura to bless the new tariffs, which it had earlier sought to effect behind Ewura`s back.

Last week, Ewura instructed Tanesco to explain why it had unilaterally decided to impose higher tariffs.

Tanesco is proposing new connection fees ranging between 563,271/- and 3.78m/- for consumers using pre-paid meters, popularly known as LUKU, and between 497,482/- and 2.4m/- for those using ordinary meters.

ILO donates USD250,000 to Isles women co-operatives

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has donated USD 250,000 as loans to women cooperative groups for Unguja and Pemba.

The funds have been released through Akiba Bank in implementation of the project that facilitates promotion of women welfare and reduction of child labour.

Radhia Ayoub, an officer from the Ministry of Labour, Youth Development, Women and Children revealed this when talking about women economic situation in the isles at a workshop on NGOs capacity building.

She said the four-year programmes started in 2000 by providing funds to women who were expected to work with the money and pay them backsaid.

She said majority of women have already established their two Saccos for Unguja and Pemba, where that of Unguja is known as Wahidi Saccos, while that of Pemba is called PECACO.

Ayoub mentioned the villages benefiting from the funds as Chwaka, Uroa, Fuoni, Mkokotoni, Matemwe and Kiembesamaki in Unguja.

Others are Konde, Wete and Ole in Pemba.

She said more than 617 women have benefited from the project 300 of whom are from Pemba.

She said more than 430 students managed to benefit with the fund in their efforts to rescue themselves from child labour and return to schools.

Ayoub said 237 youths were trained on different vocational careers, including providing them with equipment to enable them to employ themselves.

The ILO coordinator, Flora Minja urged stakeholders in the development project to be open to discuss issues of HIV/Aids in public in order to reduce infections.

She said the target of the project might be met if the rate of spread of HIV/Aids will be controlled.

TRA targets to collect 3tn/- in this fiscal year

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) targets to collect more than 3tn/- from the tax payers in the 2007/2008 fiscal year.

TRA Commissioner General Harry Kitillya revealed this yesterday during the official launching of the Taxpayers Day.

Kitillya said 38 per cent of the total revenue collection would come from the biggest contributing compliant taxpayers.

He said the target of revenue collection for this fiscal year had increased by 30 per cent compared to last year.

`This is a challenge for us to organise ourselves and see how we can fulfill this target,` Kitillya said.

He said TRA was currently implementing a five-year strategic plan in which among other things, reforms were done to improve the tax collection system.

Commissioner Kitillya said the first four months of July, August, September and October had shown great achievements in collection of revenue.

`These four months have shown good signs, if all factors remain constant we shall be in a position to reach the stated amount of 3tn/-,` he said.

He said still there was more to be done to ensure that all people paid tax as required.

Tax evasion was still a problem, for example, in cargo tracks, and trans trade in which there was incorrect information tendered.

He however said the Taxpayer Day would be associated with various activities intended to create a good relationship between TRA and the taxpayers.

`By creating good relations, people will pay tax willingly and this would help to minimise the cost incurred for collecting revenue,` Kitillya observed.

The Taxpayers` Day would be associated with various activities such as tax payers` educational seminars, launch of special taxpayers` song, awarding winners of students` tax competition, he said.

`The climax of the day which is November 20, will include among other things awarding of compliant taxpayers,` he said.

The Taxpayers` Day was first marked in 2006 and aims to recognise taxpayers` contribution in the country`s development and the fostering of closer relations.

Ghanaian leader in car accident

Mr Kufuor is well into his second term as Ghana's president

Ghanaian President John Kufuor has been involved in a car crash in the capital, Accra, but appears to have escaped unhurt, according to his office.
Witnesses say they saw a vehicle crash into his car, causing it to roll over several times. When it came to a stop Mr Kufuor emerged holding his head.

A presidential spokesman said he seemed fine but was seen by his doctor.

The driver of the other car is being treated in hospital and police have reportedly begun an investigation.

Mr Kufuor appeared healthy and composed and underwent checks in the presidential palace to ensure he was not at risk, presidential press secretary Andy Awuni said.

"He has been back at his desk since 1200 in scheduled meetings with traditional leaders," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa.

Powerful quake hits north Chile

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake has struck northern Chile, according to the US Geological Survey.
The quake, 60km (37 miles) deep, was centred 106km west of the northern town of Calama and struck at 1240 local time (1540 GMT), the survey said.

A presidential spokesman said there had been no initial reports of injuries, the AP news agency reported.

US officials warned the quake could trigger a tsunami, but Chilean authorities played down the risk.

"It was horribly strong. It was very long and there was a lot of underground noise," Andrea Riveros, a hotel worker in Calama, told AP.

The quake could reportedly be felt strongly in the capital Santiago, 1,260km to the south.

In the affected region, there were reports of outages of electrical and phone services, but no immediate news of casualties.

In the cities of Calama and Arica, panicked residents reportedly ran into the streets.

Brazil's Aids policy 'remarkable'

Brazil saves money by producing cheaper versions of Aids drugs

Bargaining with pharmaceutical firms to bring down the price of Aids drugs and producing cheap generic versions has saved Brazil $1bn, a study has shown.

Infection rates in the Latin American country have been kept at a similar level to the US, the report finds.

And more than 180,000 Brazilians have access to Aids treatment.

Brazil's achievement is described as "remarkable", in the study published by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States.

Brazil's policy for dealing with HIV and Aids has long been widely admired for its commitment to effective treatment combined with an aggressive promotion of the safe sex message.

In 1996 it became the first developing country to commit to providing free and universal access to Aids drugs.

French strike brings travel chaos

French commuters face the bleak prospect of limited train services

France has suffered travel chaos after transport and energy workers broadened a strike in protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform.
Rail services were severely disrupted and energy production reduced in the open-ended action over cuts affecting some 500,000 public sector workers.

Thousands of commuters were forced to improvise their journey to work.

The government and the unions have resumed talks but unions have voted to extend the strike to Thursday.

There are fears the stoppage, which began on Tuesday evening, could last for several days.

The BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris says that with students, teachers, civil servants and even magistrates also threatening strike action in the coming weeks, the fear for the government is that this becomes a general wave of protest against economic hardship.

Bombing hits Baghdad Green Zone

Attacks around the ministerial and US embassy compound are rare

US military officials in Iraq say a roadside bomb has killed two civilians in the centre of Baghdad.
The US military said three other people were injured by the explosion near the heavily defended Green Zone housing the US embassy and government ministries.

Correspondents say it is the biggest attack there for weeks after a series of army operations to restore security.

The military also said three US soldiers were killed in separate attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Two soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Diyala province and a third was shot dead in the city of Mosul.

Khan arrested at Pakistan protest

Imran Khan was held by students on the campus

Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan has been arrested after making his first public appearance since emergency rule was declared, police have said.
The former cricketer was detained after going to the University of Punjab in Lahore to address a protest by students against President Pervez Musharraf.

Mr Khan was initially held for an hour by students from the Jamaat-e-Islami party after a confrontation on campus.

On Tuesday, Mr Khan said there should be no negotiations with Gen Musharraf.

In a series of interviews with the foreign media on Wednesday, Gen Musharraf insisted he was not a dictator and that he was the man to lead the country back to democracy.

The emergency rule was necessary in order to hold "peaceful, free and fair elections", the president said in an interview with the French newspaper, Le Monde.

He went on to say that politicians in detention in Pakistan would be released to take part fully in elections.

But he warned that if they caused trouble or broke the law, the authorities would act against them.

Travel terror security stepped up

Mr Brown said security would have to be tight at airports

Security will be stepped up at railway stations, airports and ports as part of government attempts to tackle terrorism, Gordon Brown has announced.
There will be new security barriers, vehicle exclusion zones and blast resistant buildings, but air passengers will be allowed more luggage from 2008.

Rail travellers at large stations will also face having their bags screened.

The PM's statement came amid confusion over his security minister's views on detention limits for terror suspects.

Breakthrough in primate cloning

The US team has developed a new method for handling the donor egg

Experts have for the first time created cloned embryos from an adult monkey - a technical breakthrough that could bring efficient human cloning a step closer.
A team in the US created dozens of cloned embryos from a 10-year-old male macaque, the journal Nature reports.

This could make it easier to clone human embryos for use in research.

It raises the prospect of developing transplant tissues to treat diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's that will not be rejected by the body.

MP: Let ITV, Channel Ten air English league matches

Chadema's, Susan Lyimo

A special Seats legislator from the opposition Chadema, Susan Lyimo, has said Independent Television (ITV) and Channel Ten boast nationwide coverage and should be allowed to broadcast English Premier League matches.

She made the call in the National Assembly here yesterday as a supplementary question directed at the Information, Culture and Sports ministry.

The question followed an earlier one posed by Ngororongoro MP Kaika Telele, who had wanted to know why the State-owned Radio Tanzania Dar es Salaam (RTD) and Television Tanzania (TVT) were not clearly heard or viewed in parts of Tanzania like Loliondo, Salen and Ngorongoro.

`Honourable Speaker, doesn�t allowing only TVT to broadcast English Premier League matches when the station does not cover the entire country amount to denying wananchi their right to view and learn from the soccer played in foreign countries?

Is it not high time the Government allowed ITV and Channel Ten to broadcast English Premier League matches as well?` asked the MP.

Responding, Information, Culture and Sports deputy minister Daniel Nsanzugwanko said TVT would continue to broadcast the English Premier League matches alone as efforts were made to enable it to cover more areas.

He admitted that reception of RTD and TVT signals were poor in parts of the country, adding that the Government was working on the issue.

`I agree with Honourable Telele that RTD and TVT reception is poor. However, it is not so only in Loliondo, Salen and Ngorongoro wards but also in various other parts of the country,` he noted.

The deputy minister blamed the problem on limited capacity of the transmission and other equipment used as well as the distance between the transmission or broadcasting stations and the respective areas.

He said the equipment to enable RTD and TVT to reach Loliondo, Salen and Ngorongoro have already been installed in Arusha and Dodoma.

The Government has already installed FM radio equipment in Arusha and Dodoma, explained Nsanzugwanko, expressing hope that the development would enable more parts of Arusha and regions like the three wards cited to receive quality RTD broadcasts.

He named other regions where the Government was finalising the installation of FM radio equipment for RTD as Kagera, Kigoma, Mara, Mbeya, Mwanza, Tabora and Tanga.

Kilimanjaro Stars to start with Kenya in Challenge

Kilimanjaro Stars

The hosts Kilimanjaro Stars will face Kenya in the opening match of the senior Challenge Cup set for December 8 in Dar es Salaam.

The Confederation of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) Secretary -General, Nicolas Musonye, said yesterday that according to the draw held in Nairobi on November 5, Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya and Somalia are in Group A.

He said Group B includes Rwanda, Uganda, Eritrea, and Djibouti while Sudan, Ethiopia and Zanzibar are in Group C.

Musonye added that the top three teams in groups A and B, and the top two in Group C will qualify for the quarter finals which will start on December 17-18.

Furthermore, in the quarterfinals, first winners in Group A will meet with third winners of Group B, second winners in Group C will play with second winners in Group A, first winners in Group B will play third winners of Group A and first winners of Group C against second winners of Group B.

The winners of the tournament would scoop 30,000 USD, the second winners 20,000 USD while the third winners would take home 10,000 USD.

However, matches set for November 9 are Uganda vs Djibouti and Rwanda vs Eritrea while November 10 is Somalia vs Burundi and Sudan vs Zanzibar.

On November 11 Djibouti will play Eritrea and Rwanda will face Uganda.

The tournament attracts 11 national teams and will end on December 22.

In last year`s tournament, Zambia, who was an invited country, won the title. In this year�s event there is no invited country.

Prisons to play two international friendlies

Prisons plan to play two international friendly matches in their preparations aiming to extend its lead in the second round of the Vodacom Premier League scheduled for February 2008.

The Prisons Sports Officer, Elisha Kitojo, said yesterday that the team would play two clubs from Zambia and Malawi but he did not mention them.

He added that the two matches would help the team to correct some technical mistakes which occurred in the first round of the league.

`Although we are leading in the 14 team's league, still our team have some technical problems,` said Kitojo.

He added that Prisons were expecting to start training for the second round on November 26.

Kitojo also revealed that the team will register other players for the second round.

Prisons top the league with 24 points followed by Yanga with 21 points.

FOOTBALL RESULTS!

Tuesday, 13 November 2007

Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Bournemouth 0-2 Milton Keynes Dons
Carlisle 0-3 Stockport
Gillingham 4-0 Dag & Red
Grimsby 2-2 Doncaster (Grimsby win 5-4 on penalties)
Hartlepool 1-1 Morecambe (Morecambe win 4-2 on penalties)
Leeds 1-2 Bury
Swansea 1-0 Yeovil

Froch gets world title eliminator

Froch is still chasing a dream fight with Joe Calzaghe

British super-middleweight champion Carl Froch has been handed a final eliminator for the WBC title against Russia's Denis Inkin.
The Nottingham fighter, 30, is undefeated in 22 fights, while Inkin, 29, is unbeaten in 31 pro encounters.

From Monday, the boxers' promoters will have 30 days to reach a deal before the fight goes to a purse bid.

"I'd like to think Joe Calzaghe will be there when I get past Inkin, I want to keep that dream alive," said Froch.

JOKE OF THE DAY!

Letter to the Queen‏
KIWAANI UNIVERCITY
KIMOMBASA
UGANDA

Deer quin, how are you? My names are cold Kizito Joseph. I am the
gilled president of Kiwaani univercity. I am saw harpy you are
calming to sea ass in Uganda . I have ritten this later to ask you to
allso come and visit ass at hour univercity.

Whane you calm, we shall welcalm you and you will go bark saying that
eh,eh!, those people are not for jokes. We shall cook food and every
one will it and fill sacrificed in there stomakas. We shall haya good
cookers and tell them to cook good food. We will cook rice and
slotter kitchens.
If we can, we will haya those pupil of kitchen toonight. Even those
who drink bear and sooda will drink until they push with there legs.

Do not warry about our kitchen, they do not have bad flu. Even the
rices will be picked well, one by one to remove stones. We will get
the rice from Professa Gill-butt Bukenyas firm in Kakiri. His rice
stinks well when cooked, and you will be entartained by it.

After lanch we shall call the camel man to beat us some fotows. He
will go and wash them there and then, to make life more easier. But
when those fotows die, we shall take him to poris to be intergorrated
by CMI. For us we shall then walk on the all university so that you
enjoy the towerist attractions like the bads.

You will lonch the new sweeming pull which is near the tennis coats.
If you will be wanting, you will sweem and hear for your selef how
modarn it is. You can even compute with our din of students and we
sea who is more better in sweeming.

Then we shall go to the main hole, were you will talk your spich to
the all university peeple. After you undress them, they will be
allowed to ask you there quetions and you will ask them your answers.

In the afternoon, at about seven pm, we shall bring Ugandan and
Tanzania musicians for you to sea how good there voices are. Kamiryon
will sing with professar jje. Baby Cull will sing with Sweat Kid and
others and others. We shall not bring Tinda Tiine, she disappionted
ass her funs at the bitch the other time. People through bottles at
her, and she drived away in a car.

I only want to make one remainder. You calm with your water for
drinking. These days some people have been doing bad mannas to their
frends. A satan woman was poysoned in that way at a loj.

For that rison, you calm with your mineral water and keep if in a
frije. This whole yar the weather has bean very hot. It is good that
your car has a an hair condissioner, you will not fill hot.

Last but not list, thank you for ridding my later. Please axept to
visit ass. Allow me to pane off from hear. I have to rid for
tomorrows pepper of business low.

Yours faithfooly
Kizito Joseph
Gilled president
Kiwaani Univercity
Mob; +256 782 018 084