Kilimo Kwanza (Agriculture First)
President Jakaya Kikwete is today scheduled to launch the 'Kilimo Kwanza (Agriculture First)' programme during the Farmers'Day celebrations at the Nzuguni grounds in Dodoma Region.
The programme is the brainchild of TNBC and will be implemented in partnership with public and private sectors for the betterment of the country.
TNBC meetings of the Local Investors' Roundtable and the International Investors' Routable drew more attention on increasing investments in agriculture for the socioeconomic transformation.
A RECORD of over 64.3bn/- was raised by Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority through licensing fees, penalty and other charges relating to its activities between 2005-08.
Minister for Communications, Science and Technology, Prof Peter Msola told Parliament while responding to Ole Member of Parliament, Bakari Shamsi Faki (CUF), who wanted to know what TCRA had achieved since its establishment over three years ago. He said that the Authority had made successes.
Prof Msola said 21 projects worth over 53.1bn/- were also undertaken over the same period. The projects which were mostly information communications and technology in nature, had greatly assisted to boost TCRA’s funding.
The Minister said TCRA whose jurisdiction covers the Union area, was established through Act No 12 of 2003 and has overall regulatory role of the communications sector. “Functions of the Authority include issuing licences for companies and supervising them, allocate and monitor frequencies for the nation,” he said.
The Government is set to liberalize the social security sector and will in October, this year, appoint director general of the newly-formed Social Security Regulatory Authority. Among other things, the director general will spearhead expansion of the private pension and social fund services nationwide.
According to the Minister for Labour, Employment and Youth Development, Prof Juma Kapuya, the government is still keen and committed to the sector’s liberalisation, to ensure that the funds reached all the people.
He said this in an interview with the Daily News.
The funds currently operating in the country include:
*National Social Security Fund (NSSF)
*Parastatal Pension Fund (PPF)
*Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF)
*Public Sector Pension Fund (PSPF) &
*Local Authority Pension Fund (LAPF).
TANZANIAN nationals will have to pay a token amount to get a National Identity Card when the government starts issuing them in future. The Deputy Minister for Home Affairs, Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki, told Parliament yesterday that the exact fee to be paid will be determined later before the project starts issuing the IDs.
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