Dar es Salaam. Good morning! The Chanzo is here with a rundown of major news stories reported in Tanzania on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
Samia reveals the motivation behind the recent government shake-up: Putting government close to the people as the election nears
President Samia has made significant changes to the government at both the district and regional levels. These changes involved the transfer of several regional and district commissioners, as well as executive directors, from one location to another.
Some officials were replaced entirely, while new individuals were introduced to key positions. Notably, Daniel Chongolo, the former secretary-general of the ruling party CCM, was appointed as the Songwe Regional Commissioner, and Anamringi Macha, the deputy secretary-general of CCM, was appointed as the Regional Commissioner of Shinyanga.
During the swearing-in ceremony of these officials on March 13, 2023, President Samia shared the rationale behind this reshuffle. She emphasized the importance of responding to the needs of citizens and being closely connected to the people.
President Samia referred to the recent cross-regional tour conducted by her party’s secretary of ideology and publicity, Paul Makonda, on at least three occasions during her speech. Makonda’s rallies garnered significant attention nationwide as they involved listening to people’s concerns and holding officials accountable for addressing these issues immediately during the same rally.
“You have seen an example from Makonda who has been touring around. Some of the people’s problems can be solved at the lower level but they’re not being heard,” said President Samia.
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Tanzania Foreign Minister wraps up visit to Rwanda, meets President Kagame
Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign and East Africa Cooperation, January Makamba has concluded his bilateral visit to Rwanda on March 13,2024, by meeting President Paul Kagame.
During this visit, Makamba met with his Rwandan counterpart, Vincent Biruta in a discussion of a wide array of topics including investment projects, trade, and infrastructure. Makamba was accompanied by senior officials from the ministries of transport, trade, industry, ICT, agriculture, and energy.
In this visit, Tanzania has committed to ensuring more efficiency for the Rwandan cargo, 80 percent of cargo to Rwanda passes through Dar es Salaam port. On the broadband infrastructure which Rwanda uses some capacity from Tanzania, Tanzania is looking forward to getting more business in Rwanda. Tanzania is also looking forward to formalizing its cereal business with Rwanda.
Tanzania Minister’s visit comes about two weeks since the appointment of the former army chief, General Patrick Nyamvumba as a High Commissioner of Rwanda to Tanzania. Nyamvumba has served as a Minister of Internal Security of Rwanda and the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff. Nyamvumba will have to wait for Tanzania’s confirmation of the role for him to start his new duty.
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Tanzania’s clean energy transition gains momentum as more actors intervene
Tanzania’s aspirations for a clean cooking energy transition are gaining more thrust as stakeholders work towards overcoming both policy and market challenges facing the cooking energy sector in the East African nation.
The CookFund Programme, funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), is one such initiative that stakeholders believe will contribute to positive changes in the field.
The EU, under the “Integrated Approach to Sustainable Cooking Solution Initiative,” has already invested about 19.4 million Euros in this programme, which aims to provide clean and green energy cooking solutions in Tanzania.
Speaking at the Women’s Clean Cooking Conference 2024 held in Dodoma on March 9, 2024, EU Ambassador to Tanzania Christine Grau pointed out that covering a broad area of elements in the approach is essential as the delegation wants to move things forward.
“We’re helping to develop new technologies and helping to develop the new regulatory framework policy for the government,” said Ms Grau.
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