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Lowassa calls for mobilisation campaign in rural areas

Speaking to reporters at the party’s youth wing, Bavicha, meeting in Dar es Salaam yesterday, member of the central committee and former prime minister, Edward Lowassa said since the party did well in urban areas where it clinched several parliamentary seats, it was now time to direct energy and resources to rural areas.
He also expressed surprise by the police banning political rallies, saying that it is contrary to the country’s constitution.
Lowassa said that there is need to go to rural areas to hold discourse with people about development and establish new roots where none exists.
The meeting was held to assess the country’s security, rule of law, human and political rights that are being broken in the country.
“There are many democracy infringements occurring in the country and possible power abuse by appointed leaders,” he said.
The police prohibited Chadema youth meetings and rallies after President John Magufuli imposed a ban on all political activities for five years.
Lowassa commended Bavicha for what they did in Dodoma saying that the message was sent but also praised Chadema youth for not disrupting the peace.
“The people are wondering why Chadema is barred from holding its meetings but CCM is allowed,” he said.
He urged youth leaders to “respect their leaders because you do not want to take away the power you have handed to someone. We do not need to start internal wrangled, we must protect”.
He also criticised the president’s appointment of regional commissioners, district commissioners and district executive directors.
“If you are not a CCM supporter you do not get to be appointed. Public officials should be appointed due to partisan leanings, this is not good for the country, and it should be discouraged,” he said.
Lowassa outlined three key points that will make Chadema to take power in the 2020 election.
First he urged BAVICHA to establish the party in rural areas noting that during the last elections many youth won elections in rural areas.
He noted as an example James Milya from Simanjiro, Joseph Mkundi from Ukerewe, John Heche from Tarime Rural and Anthony Komu in Moshi Rural, just to name just a few.
“We must go where voters are, develop a schedule to visit rural areas where people face many challenges. It is important to strengthen the party and discuss about development,” he added.
Secondly he called on members to be united and ward off efforts to divide the party.“We must stick together to move forward without breaching the peace,” he said.
And the third point, he said, was for Ukawa to play an integral part in ensuring the opposition wins the coming elections.
“We must agree on a coalition if you need changes,” he observed.
For his part, BAVICHA director of protocol, communication and foreign affairs, John Mrema condemned the declaration of RC Makonda to do a house-to-house search to identify individuals who are idle.
“That is wrong, illegal, abuse of power and what would someone be charged with once he/she is arrested at home?” he questioned.

 

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 Four players on trials with Azam

The former Sofapaka team striker Ndayisenga, joins three other players from West Africa, Niger duo of Mohamed Chicoto, Mossi Moussa Issa and Cote d’Ivoire’s Ibrahima Fofana.
Azam’s Spaniard coach Zeben Hernandez is assessing fitness and prowess of the above mentioned players before coming into decision to absorb them for utilisation in new season that kicks off next month.
With strong quest to win their second premiership title of the Mainland league, Azam, are busy recruiting players as they offload others to form a formidable squad.
The all-Spaniard technical staff with the exception of Dennis Kitambi, are now busy to shape up their team before embarking on title winning bid in the new season.
Foreign players are received at the club with wide arms as the club has lost interest in poaching from the domestic front.
Breeding their own players from the teenage inventories is Azam’s highly supported agenda before promoting them to the senior category.
The maximum number of foreign players a premiership side can deploy for a single season has been raised from five to seven during the previous season but Azam look well set to claim more.
Azam have already started pre-season trials after breezing past weak Ashanti United with 2-0 goals over the weekend in Dar es Salaam.
The ice-cream makers are expected to shift their training camp to Zanzibar next week to gear up for the Community Shield clash against Mainland champions Young Africans at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on August 17.
On several occasions Azam have been losing this match which is used as a curtain raiser of the Mainland premiership season.

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Now is not the time to stop Aids funding, donors told

Decline in funding risks the world plunging back to 16 years ago,UNAids Executive Director Michel Sidibe says.

A woman living with HIV/Aids takes her dosage of antiretroviral drugs. There are 900,000 Kenyans on treatment. 

Donors have been told it is not right time to withdraw their HIV/Aids funding which would see a “rebound in the epidemic.”
This is after HIV donor funding to support low and middle-income countries like Kenya decreased by over Sh100 billion.
The decrease, which fell for the first time in five years from USD8.6 billion to USD7.5billion, will specifically affect the plans to reach more patients with lifesaving medicine.
A high profile panel led by UNAids Executive Director Michel Sidibe said the decrease in funding comes in the back drop of new infections in adults and thus “going back will be a disaster.”
He pleaded: “If we don’t continue with global solidarity and shared responsibility, then millions of people will develop drug resistance. I do not see any country Zambia, Malawi, South Africa and Kenya managing alone.”
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He said the world will lose all the investment they have made in the fight, adding they will have to pay more later.
“We saw this with malaria, we reached a level where we were able to feel that we have defeated malaria. Today we have to pay more again because we stopped,” he said.
At least 2.5 million people have been infected in the past decade according to the Global Burden of Disease 2015 (GBD 2015) study, published today in The Lancet HIV journal.
“I am scared that today we are back in South Africa again in difficult times. The world is facing many other competing priorities like terrorism and migration,” said the executive director.
Mr Sidibe said more young girls are being infected and it is a major area of concern.
He further said the decline in funding would risk the world plunging back to 16 years ago where hospitals were full of people dying of HIV/Aids.
“We were called to ensure that treatment could be made available for the people, at the time less than one million people were on treatment. Today, 11 million people are on antiretroviral treatment, “he shared.
South Africa Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said despite the successes, the fight against HIV, Aids and TB is not over.
“Too many people living with HIV do not know their status. Too many do not have access to treatment. The rate of infection remains stubbornly high, particularly among the most vulnerable populations.”
He said there was need to ensure that the adolescents and young adults both male and female receive information and advice on how to access condoms and, pre-exposure prophylaxis (which prevents HIV infection) and this would be affected by the slashed budgets.

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Kenya mulls how to bridge trade gap with South Africa

Kenya is seeking to offset trade imbalance with South Africa by focusing on services where the East African country has a comparative advantage.

Kenya is seeking to offset trade imbalance with South Africa by focusing on services where the East African country has a comparative advantage.
Industrialisation secretary Adan Mohamed on Tuesday met South Africa’s minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies to discuss a framework for engagement before the end of the year.
According to the Export Promotion Council, Kenya’s imports from South Africa have increased from $287.7 million in 2003 to $ 477.4 million in 2007, a rise of about 66 per cent while exports have been decreasing from $51 million in 2004.
This means that the share of Kenya’s total exports in the South Africa’s global imports has remained below one per cent.
During bilateral talks with Mr Davies, Mr Mohamed agreed to hold match making meetings between business delegations from Kenya and South Africa during a state visit later in the year.
Mr Davies said South Africa was keen on building trade in services with its African counterparts which it has not explored.
“We want to have measurable and tangible progress because countries meet sign frameworks but have very little follow-up activity,” he said.
The South African minister said the country had come up with Trade Investment African arm to encourage the countries companies to expand trade into the continent.
Kenya is also seeking access into the South African market for mainly tea and avocado exports.
Mr Davies said this could happen if the countries speed up implementation of the tripartite free trade agreement that would bring together the East African Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and Southern African Development Community.
“I know Kenya wants a bilateral with us on tea and avocado but how do we do it, it will be addressed under the tripartite,” he said.
Mr Mohamed has also been holding sideline bilateral talks with governments to build networks for future engagements.
Yesterday, he was scheduled to meet Sri Lanka minister of Industry and Commerce Risad Badhiutheen and International Trade Centre chief executive Arancha Gonzalez and hosted a high level CEO matchmaking breakfast and textile sector.
Kenya is also backing African Union intra-African trade where President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the establishment of a Continental Free Trade Area.
The President said boosting intra-African trade would accelerate integration, develop larger markets and foster competition which will help in poverty reduction, growth and sustainable development.
“Equally, pooling economies and markets through regional integration will provide a sufficiently wide economic and market space to make new economies of scale,” said President Kenyatta.
He expressed concern that while 40 per cent of North American trade is with other North American countries and 63 per cent of trade by countries in Western Europe is with other Western European nations, only about 12 per cent of African trade is with other African nations.
State Department of Trade PS Chris Kiptoo also called on the wealthy commonwealth nations to increase investment in vital infrastructure that would make a substantial impact on exports and strengthen the resilience of Africa’s member countries’ economies to shocks.
He said increased trade partnerships with African member countries would boost their integration to the global economy as capital intensive infrastructure are a trade barrier between to increased trade between the partner nations.
“While the continent is spending over $131 billion on infrastructure-related construction which is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2015, there’s an existing  funding gap that needs to be addressed,” said Dr Kiptoo said during the Commonwealth ministerial meeting.

 

 

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 My ups and downs as CCM secretary general - Kinana

Speaking to reporters here, Kinana said after having been a stolid CCM member for more than a quarter of a century, he never considered himself a candidate for the post of secretary general until he was approached by other distinguished party leaders including the chairman (then president Jakaya Kikwete) to accept the position and help build the party ahead of the 2015 general elections.
“I never liked the position but - by bad luck - I was called by respected countrymen and CCM leaders who convinced me to take it, as part of a bid to streamline the party. I accepted but with conditions,” the first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) said.
According to Kinana who was speaking after conducting a tour of the Dodoma Convention Centre where CCM is to hold its national congress this week, the agreement was that he helps strengthen the party, assists the chairman in getting the right successor candidate, helps in running the presidential election campaign…and then leaves after the elections.
He asserted that he has done what was asked of him, and now it is time for others - especially the young generation of CCM cadres - to lift the party up to another level.
But he was at pains to emphasize that his tenure as chief executive officer of one of the oldest ruling political parties in the continent has not been as smooth as people might think.
In his three and a half years as CCM secretary general, he said, he had to put up with much resistance from communities which were openly hostile to CCM.
He said he was even warned in some cases not to venture into certain areas of the country considered particularly dangerous ‘anti-CCM’ zones.
But he said he never shied away and pushed on – despite being called all sorts of rude names along the way - with the hard work of trying to promote a party that was increasingly losing popularity among wananchi.
According to Kinana, right from the beginning of his tenure he realized that the ruling party was tearing apart and its top leaders were no longer representative of the poor wananchi, no longer close to the electorate, and not really interested in implementing the CCM manifesto.
He described the task he was given as to restore unity among party leaders and members, and party dignity among voters. And according to him, he succeeded.
He mentioned other serious issues that he had to deal with as restoring accountability among CCM leaders and fighting corruption and embezzlement of party funds.
Kinana said he traversed the nation, held public meetings in all constituencies, and visited all regional and district party branches, as well as several ward offices.
It was during these tours that he said he encountered strong resistance from some local government and community leaders, some of whom reported him to the president for allegedly breaching security details.
“At one point the party chairman (then-President Kikwete) wrote a long text message warning me to heed local security warnings in my quest to bring revolution to the party,” he recalled.
According to Kinana, part of the message read: “A good revolutionist can only achieve his goals when he is alive”. This came after he apparently defied warnings from Coast regional leaders not to travel from Nyamisaki to Mafia by boat.
Another incident he recalled was when Mbeya regional authorities warned him against travelling from Nyasa to Kyela through Bamba Bay, saying the boat had developed a mechanical problem.
But he sought help from the then works minister, Harrison Mwakyembe, who reportedly sent experts to confirm that the boat was in fact in good condition.
Only strong-headed people could have overcome such obstacles, he said, praising his aides for their support during his tenure.
On party ‘rebels’ before and after last year’s general election, Kinana said some had been dealt with at district and regional levels, but those at national level would probably get their due punishment after the national congress.
Asked whether he would accept continuing as secretary general if requested by the next party chairman, he said there were still some conditions that would have to be met.
He said he has been quiet of late because the current government is already implementing most of the things he used to push for.

 

 

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Mbatia faults Magufuli’s recent ‘statements’

Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday, when giving out resolutions of the party’s central committee (CC) meeting held on July 6, this year, he said the fifth phase government was leading through the President’s statements, instead of observing the rule of law, national regulations and the Constitution.
He took issue with the Head of State’s remarks that ships that do not bring income should not dock at the Dar es Salaam port. He also faulted his statement that tourists that cannot pay newly-introduced VAT should not come to the country as well as how police officers should carry out their duties.
“President John Magufuli has flouted the country’s Constitution through his recent statements on different occasions. Some of his statements show that there is interference between one government organ and another, including his orders on law enforcers,” he said.
Giving an example, he said on May 5, this year, the President ordered judges to give judgments over tax evasion within five days in which about one trillion shillings would be earned.
He also challenged recent statements whereby he said the President ordered law enforcers to ensure they controlled culprits by taking away their guns immediately, and ensuring they forced such criminals to sleep in peace before causing any further harm.
Mbatia said his party through its CC discovered that there were statements and decisions which have been made by leaders that impacted the national economy, including a daily decrease of cargo ships at the port, inflation of prices on sugar and other commodities.
“The tourism sector is in a bad condition...we were receiving more than one million tourists in the country per year, and the aim of the government is to receive two million tourists by next year.
However, we’ve heard the President said even if the country received just 500,000 tourists they would be enough...this is not right as the number of tourists in the country has dropped and the country has declined to 110 among 133 countries with competitive tourism,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mbatia issued caution on the process to get a new constitution, saying the National Electoral Commission (NEC) should accept the second draft of the constitution which was prepared by Judge Joseph Warioba’s commission rather than the one proposed by a single party (CCM), which he said disregarded parties which form the Coalition of the Defenders of the People’s Constitution (Ukawa).
“As a party, we started the process of making the new constitution since early 1990s, through the establishment of the National Committee for Constitutional Reforms (NCCR). Our intentions are still alive, but we need a new constitution that will involve citizens’ views for their benefit,” he said.
In a related move, the NCCR-Mageuzi national chairman challenged the President to use his style on corruption issues, urging him to deal with graft scandals in the country starting with the biggest.
He called on the President to consider taking back all public properties that is illegally owned by individuals, including houses belonging to former leaders.

 

 

 

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Lowassa calls for mobilisation campaign in rural areas

Speaking to reporters at the party’s youth wing, Bavicha, meeting in Dar es Salaam yesterday, member of the central committee and former prime minister, Edward Lowassa said since the party did well in urban areas where it clinched several parliamentary seats, it was now time to direct energy and resources to rural areas.
He also expressed surprise by the police banning political rallies, saying that it is contrary to the country’s constitution.
Lowassa said that there is need to go to rural areas to hold discourse with people about development and establish new roots where none exists.
The meeting was held to assess the country’s security, rule of law, human and political rights that are being broken in the country.
“There are many democracy infringements occurring in the country and possible power abuse by appointed leaders,” he said.
The police prohibited Chadema youth meetings and rallies after President John Magufuli imposed a ban on all political activities for five years.
Lowassa commended Bavicha for what they did in Dodoma saying that the message was sent but also praised Chadema youth for not disrupting the peace.
“The people are wondering why Chadema is barred from holding its meetings but CCM is allowed,” he said.
He urged youth leaders to “respect their leaders because you do not want to take away the power you have handed to someone. We do not need to start internal wrangled, we must protect”.
He also criticised the president’s appointment of regional commissioners, district commissioners and district executive directors.
“If you are not a CCM supporter you do not get to be appointed. Public officials should be appointed due to partisan leanings, this is not good for the country, and it should be discouraged,” he said.
Lowassa outlined three key points that will make Chadema to take power in the 2020 election.
First he urged BAVICHA to establish the party in rural areas noting that during the last elections many youth won elections in rural areas.
He noted as an example James Milya from Simanjiro, Joseph Mkundi from Ukerewe, John Heche from Tarime Rural and Anthony Komu in Moshi Rural, just to name just a few.
“We must go where voters are, develop a schedule to visit rural areas where people face many challenges. It is important to strengthen the party and discuss about development,” he added.
Secondly he called on members to be united and ward off efforts to divide the party.“We must stick together to move forward without breaching the peace,” he said.
And the third point, he said, was for Ukawa to play an integral part in ensuring the opposition wins the coming elections.
“We must agree on a coalition if you need changes,” he observed.
For his part, BAVICHA director of protocol, communication and foreign affairs, John Mrema condemned the declaration of RC Makonda to do a house-to-house search to identify individuals who are idle.
“That is wrong, illegal, abuse of power and what would someone be charged with once he/she is arrested at home?” he questioned.

 

 

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Kenya overtakes SA as biggest investor in African countries

Kenya invested in 36 projects last year in other parts of the continent against South Africa’s 33.

Kenya overtook South Africa to become the biggest investor in other African countries in terms of the number of projects in 2015.

Kenya invested in 36 projects last year in other parts of the continent against South Africa’s 33, a new study by financial consulting firm Ernst & Young shows.

It noted that most of Kenya’s intra-Africa investments went into countries within the East African Community (EAC).

The study said Kenya’s global ranking as a source of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the African continent also improved strongly to seventh position in 2015 from 13th in 2014.

“Activity was largely concentrated in services, with financial and business services together accounting for nearly 78 per cent of FDI projects originating from Kenya,” said the report released Monday.

“Many Kenyan companies are playing the role initially adopted by South Africa’s corporate sector, who were the first to venture outside their home markets,” it adds.

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South Africa, however, beat Kenya in terms of the worth of the projects as it had Sh200 billion compared with Kenya’s Sh100 billion.

In the past decade, Kenyan banks and retail businesses, for example, have ventured into the region, including in the volatile South Sudan and Somalia.

“East Africa is the primary destination for Kenyan investors, in line with overall sub-regional integration plans,” said the study.

It further shows that Africa attracted FDI from a diverse and growing group of investors.

In 2015, the US retained its position as the largest investor on the continent, despite a four per cent fall in FDI projects.

Historical investors, including the UK, France, the UAE and India, expressed renewed interest in Africa.

Other notable investors in Africa were Italy and Luxembourg, which became among the largest 15 investors in 2015.

Overall, intra-African FDI projects rose 2.8 per cent in 2015, with capital investment up 6.2 per cent.

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In terms of inward FDI in 2015, the study shows that Kenya, touted as East Africa’s anchor economy, posted a resurgence, with projects standing at 95 compared with 62 the previous year, an increase of 53.2 per cent.

At the same time, South Africa had more inward FDI projects, numbering 130 in 2015 compared with 120 projects in 2014, an 8.3 per cent increase.

“Kenya and East Africa is shining bright and even brighter in the comparison with its peers. Kenya is very much the leader in this region and because of a good component of diversification is maintaining a strong rate of GDP expansion,” Rich Management CEO Aly Khan Satchu said of the report’s findings.

However, the report warned that potential investors are wary of downside risks to growth forecasts.

“For example, in Kenya’s case, a large current account deficit and growing debt levels provide the government with less flexibility to fund longer-term growth,” it said.

Across the whole continent, on the other hand, inward FDI project numbers increased by seven per cent year on year, from 722 projects in 2014 to 771 projects in 2015.

But the capital value of those projects was down year on year to $71.3 billion in 2015 from $88.5 billion in 2014. Even after falling, the 2015 figure was still higher than the average of $68 billion between 2010 to 2014.

 

 

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Four players on trials with Azam

The former Sofapaka team striker Ndayisenga, joins three other players from West Africa, Niger duo of Mohamed Chicoto, Mossi Moussa Issa and Cote d’Ivoire’s Ibrahima Fofana.
Azam’s Spaniard coach Zeben Hernandez is assessing fitness and prowess of the above mentioned players before coming into decision to absorb them for utilisation in new season that kicks off next month.
With strong quest to win their second premiership title of the Mainland league, Azam, are busy recruiting players as they offload others to form a formidable squad.
The all-Spaniard technical staff with the exception of Dennis Kitambi, are now busy to shape up their team before embarking on title winning bid in the new season.
Foreign players are received at the club with wide arms as the club has lost interest in poaching from the domestic front.
Breeding their own players from the teenage inventories is Azam’s highly supported agenda before promoting them to the senior category.
The maximum number of foreign players a premiership side can deploy for a single season has been raised from five to seven during the previous season but Azam look well set to claim more.
Azam have already started pre-season trials after breezing past weak Ashanti United with 2-0 goals over the weekend in Dar es Salaam.
The ice-cream makers are expected to shift their training camp to Zanzibar next week to gear up for the Community Shield clash against Mainland champions Young Africans at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on August 17.
On several occasions Azam have been losing this match which is used as a curtain raiser of the Mainland premiership season.

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Now is not the time to stop Aids funding, donors told

Decline in funding risks the world plunging back to 16 years ago,UNAids Executive Director Michel Sidibe says.

A woman living with HIV/Aids takes her dosage of antiretroviral drugs. There are 900,000 Kenyans on treatment. 

Donors have been told it is not right time to withdraw their HIV/Aids funding which would see a “rebound in the epidemic.”
This is after HIV donor funding to support low and middle-income countries like Kenya decreased by over Sh100 billion.
The decrease, which fell for the first time in five years from USD8.6 billion to USD7.5billion, will specifically affect the plans to reach more patients with lifesaving medicine.
A high profile panel led by UNAids Executive Director Michel Sidibe said the decrease in funding comes in the back drop of new infections in adults and thus “going back will be a disaster.”
He pleaded: “If we don’t continue with global solidarity and shared responsibility, then millions of people will develop drug resistance. I do not see any country Zambia, Malawi, South Africa and Kenya managing alone.”
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He said the world will lose all the investment they have made in the fight, adding they will have to pay more later.
“We saw this with malaria, we reached a level where we were able to feel that we have defeated malaria. Today we have to pay more again because we stopped,” he said.
At least 2.5 million people have been infected in the past decade according to the Global Burden of Disease 2015 (GBD 2015) study, published today in The Lancet HIV journal.
“I am scared that today we are back in South Africa again in difficult times. The world is facing many other competing priorities like terrorism and migration,” said the executive director.
Mr Sidibe said more young girls are being infected and it is a major area of concern.
He further said the decline in funding would risk the world plunging back to 16 years ago where hospitals were full of people dying of HIV/Aids.
“We were called to ensure that treatment could be made available for the people, at the time less than one million people were on treatment. Today, 11 million people are on antiretroviral treatment, “he shared.
South Africa Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said despite the successes, the fight against HIV, Aids and TB is not over.
“Too many people living with HIV do not know their status. Too many do not have access to treatment. The rate of infection remains stubbornly high, particularly among the most vulnerable populations.”
He said there was need to ensure that the adolescents and young adults both male and female receive information and advice on how to access condoms and, pre-exposure prophylaxis (which prevents HIV infection) and this would be affected by the slashed budgets.

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Kenya mulls how to bridge trade gap with South Africa

Kenya is seeking to offset trade imbalance with South Africa by focusing on services where the East African country has a comparative advantage.

Kenya is seeking to offset trade imbalance with South Africa by focusing on services where the East African country has a comparative advantage.
Industrialisation secretary Adan Mohamed on Tuesday met South Africa’s minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies to discuss a framework for engagement before the end of the year.
According to the Export Promotion Council, Kenya’s imports from South Africa have increased from $287.7 million in 2003 to $ 477.4 million in 2007, a rise of about 66 per cent while exports have been decreasing from $51 million in 2004.
This means that the share of Kenya’s total exports in the South Africa’s global imports has remained below one per cent.
During bilateral talks with Mr Davies, Mr Mohamed agreed to hold match making meetings between business delegations from Kenya and South Africa during a state visit later in the year.
Mr Davies said South Africa was keen on building trade in services with its African counterparts which it has not explored.
“We want to have measurable and tangible progress because countries meet sign frameworks but have very little follow-up activity,” he said.
The South African minister said the country had come up with Trade Investment African arm to encourage the countries companies to expand trade into the continent.
Kenya is also seeking access into the South African market for mainly tea and avocado exports.
Mr Davies said this could happen if the countries speed up implementation of the tripartite free trade agreement that would bring together the East African Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and Southern African Development Community.
“I know Kenya wants a bilateral with us on tea and avocado but how do we do it, it will be addressed under the tripartite,” he said.
Mr Mohamed has also been holding sideline bilateral talks with governments to build networks for future engagements.
Yesterday, he was scheduled to meet Sri Lanka minister of Industry and Commerce Risad Badhiutheen and International Trade Centre chief executive Arancha Gonzalez and hosted a high level CEO matchmaking breakfast and textile sector.
Kenya is also backing African Union intra-African trade where President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the establishment of a Continental Free Trade Area.
The President said boosting intra-African trade would accelerate integration, develop larger markets and foster competition which will help in poverty reduction, growth and sustainable development.
“Equally, pooling economies and markets through regional integration will provide a sufficiently wide economic and market space to make new economies of scale,” said President Kenyatta.
He expressed concern that while 40 per cent of North American trade is with other North American countries and 63 per cent of trade by countries in Western Europe is with other Western European nations, only about 12 per cent of African trade is with other African nations.
State Department of Trade PS Chris Kiptoo also called on the wealthy commonwealth nations to increase investment in vital infrastructure that would make a substantial impact on exports and strengthen the resilience of Africa’s member countries’ economies to shocks.
He said increased trade partnerships with African member countries would boost their integration to the global economy as capital intensive infrastructure are a trade barrier between to increased trade between the partner nations.
“While the continent is spending over $131 billion on infrastructure-related construction which is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2015, there’s an existing  funding gap that needs to be addressed,” said Dr Kiptoo said during the Commonwealth ministerial meeting.

 

 

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My ups and downs as CCM secretary general - Kinana

Speaking to reporters here, Kinana said after having been a stolid CCM member for more than a quarter of a century, he never considered himself a candidate for the post of secretary general until he was approached by other distinguished party leaders including the chairman (then president Jakaya Kikwete) to accept the position and help build the party ahead of the 2015 general elections.
“I never liked the position but - by bad luck - I was called by respected countrymen and CCM leaders who convinced me to take it, as part of a bid to streamline the party. I accepted but with conditions,” the first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) said.
According to Kinana who was speaking after conducting a tour of the Dodoma Convention Centre where CCM is to hold its national congress this week, the agreement was that he helps strengthen the party, assists the chairman in getting the right successor candidate, helps in running the presidential election campaign…and then leaves after the elections.
He asserted that he has done what was asked of him, and now it is time for others - especially the young generation of CCM cadres - to lift the party up to another level.
But he was at pains to emphasize that his tenure as chief executive officer of one of the oldest ruling political parties in the continent has not been as smooth as people might think.
In his three and a half years as CCM secretary general, he said, he had to put up with much resistance from communities which were openly hostile to CCM.
He said he was even warned in some cases not to venture into certain areas of the country considered particularly dangerous ‘anti-CCM’ zones.
But he said he never shied away and pushed on – despite being called all sorts of rude names along the way - with the hard work of trying to promote a party that was increasingly losing popularity among wananchi.
According to Kinana, right from the beginning of his tenure he realized that the ruling party was tearing apart and its top leaders were no longer representative of the poor wananchi, no longer close to the electorate, and not really interested in implementing the CCM manifesto.
He described the task he was given as to restore unity among party leaders and members, and party dignity among voters. And according to him, he succeeded.
He mentioned other serious issues that he had to deal with as restoring accountability among CCM leaders and fighting corruption and embezzlement of party funds.
Kinana said he traversed the nation, held public meetings in all constituencies, and visited all regional and district party branches, as well as several ward offices.
It was during these tours that he said he encountered strong resistance from some local government and community leaders, some of whom reported him to the president for allegedly breaching security details.
“At one point the party chairman (then-President Kikwete) wrote a long text message warning me to heed local security warnings in my quest to bring revolution to the party,” he recalled.
According to Kinana, part of the message read: “A good revolutionist can only achieve his goals when he is alive”. This came after he apparently defied warnings from Coast regional leaders not to travel from Nyamisaki to Mafia by boat.
Another incident he recalled was when Mbeya regional authorities warned him against travelling from Nyasa to Kyela through Bamba Bay, saying the boat had developed a mechanical problem.
But he sought help from the then works minister, Harrison Mwakyembe, who reportedly sent experts to confirm that the boat was in fact in good condition.
Only strong-headed people could have overcome such obstacles, he said, praising his aides for their support during his tenure.
On party ‘rebels’ before and after last year’s general election, Kinana said some had been dealt with at district and regional levels, but those at national level would probably get their due punishment after the national congress.
Asked whether he would accept continuing as secretary general if requested by the next party chairman, he said there were still some conditions that would have to be met.
He said he has been quiet of late because the current government is already implementing most of the things he used to push for.

 

 

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 Lowassa calls for mobilisation campaign in rural areas

Speaking to reporters at the party’s youth wing, Bavicha, meeting in Dar es Salaam yesterday, member of the central committee and former prime minister, Edward Lowassa said since the party did well in urban areas where it clinched several parliamentary seats, it was now time to direct energy and resources to rural areas.
He also expressed surprise by the police banning political rallies, saying that it is contrary to the country’s constitution.
Lowassa said that there is need to go to rural areas to hold discourse with people about development and establish new roots where none exists.
The meeting was held to assess the country’s security, rule of law, human and political rights that are being broken in the country.
“There are many democracy infringements occurring in the country and possible power abuse by appointed leaders,” he said.
The police prohibited Chadema youth meetings and rallies after President John Magufuli imposed a ban on all political activities for five years.
Lowassa commended Bavicha for what they did in Dodoma saying that the message was sent but also praised Chadema youth for not disrupting the peace.
“The people are wondering why Chadema is barred from holding its meetings but CCM is allowed,” he said.
He urged youth leaders to “respect their leaders because you do not want to take away the power you have handed to someone. We do not need to start internal wrangled, we must protect”.
He also criticised the president’s appointment of regional commissioners, district commissioners and district executive directors.
“If you are not a CCM supporter you do not get to be appointed. Public officials should be appointed due to partisan leanings, this is not good for the country, and it should be discouraged,” he said.
Lowassa outlined three key points that will make Chadema to take power in the 2020 election.
First he urged BAVICHA to establish the party in rural areas noting that during the last elections many youth won elections in rural areas.
He noted as an example James Milya from Simanjiro, Joseph Mkundi from Ukerewe, John Heche from Tarime Rural and Anthony Komu in Moshi Rural, just to name just a few.
“We must go where voters are, develop a schedule to visit rural areas where people face many challenges. It is important to strengthen the party and discuss about development,” he added.
Secondly he called on members to be united and ward off efforts to divide the party.“We must stick together to move forward without breaching the peace,” he said.
And the third point, he said, was for Ukawa to play an integral part in ensuring the opposition wins the coming elections.
“We must agree on a coalition if you need changes,” he observed.
For his part, BAVICHA director of protocol, communication and foreign affairs, John Mrema condemned the declaration of RC Makonda to do a house-to-house search to identify individuals who are idle.
“That is wrong, illegal, abuse of power and what would someone be charged with once he/she is arrested at home?” he questioned.

 

 

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Kenya overtakes SA as biggest investor in African countries

Kenya invested in 36 projects last year in other parts of the continent against South Africa’s 33.

Kenya overtook South Africa to become the biggest investor in other African countries in terms of the number of projects in 2015.

Kenya invested in 36 projects last year in other parts of the continent against South Africa’s 33, a new study by financial consulting firm Ernst & Young shows.

It noted that most of Kenya’s intra-Africa investments went into countries within the East African Community (EAC).

The study said Kenya’s global ranking as a source of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the African continent also improved strongly to seventh position in 2015 from 13th in 2014.

“Activity was largely concentrated in services, with financial and business services together accounting for nearly 78 per cent of FDI projects originating from Kenya,” said the report released Monday.

“Many Kenyan companies are playing the role initially adopted by South Africa’s corporate sector, who were the first to venture outside their home markets,” it adds.

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South Africa, however, beat Kenya in terms of the worth of the projects as it had Sh200 billion compared with Kenya’s Sh100 billion.

In the past decade, Kenyan banks and retail businesses, for example, have ventured into the region, including in the volatile South Sudan and Somalia.

“East Africa is the primary destination for Kenyan investors, in line with overall sub-regional integration plans,” said the study.

It further shows that Africa attracted FDI from a diverse and growing group of investors.

In 2015, the US retained its position as the largest investor on the continent, despite a four per cent fall in FDI projects.

Historical investors, including the UK, France, the UAE and India, expressed renewed interest in Africa.

Other notable investors in Africa were Italy and Luxembourg, which became among the largest 15 investors in 2015.

Overall, intra-African FDI projects rose 2.8 per cent in 2015, with capital investment up 6.2 per cent.

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In terms of inward FDI in 2015, the study shows that Kenya, touted as East Africa’s anchor economy, posted a resurgence, with projects standing at 95 compared with 62 the previous year, an increase of 53.2 per cent.

At the same time, South Africa had more inward FDI projects, numbering 130 in 2015 compared with 120 projects in 2014, an 8.3 per cent increase.

“Kenya and East Africa is shining bright and even brighter in the comparison with its peers. Kenya is very much the leader in this region and because of a good component of diversification is maintaining a strong rate of GDP expansion,” Rich Management CEO Aly Khan Satchu said of the report’s findings.

However, the report warned that potential investors are wary of downside risks to growth forecasts.

“For example, in Kenya’s case, a large current account deficit and growing debt levels provide the government with less flexibility to fund longer-term growth,” it said.

Across the whole continent, on the other hand, inward FDI project numbers increased by seven per cent year on year, from 722 projects in 2014 to 771 projects in 2015.

But the capital value of those projects was down year on year to $71.3 billion in 2015 from $88.5 billion in 2014. Even after falling, the 2015 figure was still higher than the average of $68 billion between 2010 to 2014.

 

 

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Four players on trials with Azam

The former Sofapaka team striker Ndayisenga, joins three other players from West Africa, Niger duo of Mohamed Chicoto, Mossi Moussa Issa and Cote d’Ivoire’s Ibrahima Fofana.
Azam’s Spaniard coach Zeben Hernandez is assessing fitness and prowess of the above mentioned players before coming into decision to absorb them for utilisation in new season that kicks off next month.
With strong quest to win their second premiership title of the Mainland league, Azam, are busy recruiting players as they offload others to form a formidable squad.
The all-Spaniard technical staff with the exception of Dennis Kitambi, are now busy to shape up their team before embarking on title winning bid in the new season.
Foreign players are received at the club with wide arms as the club has lost interest in poaching from the domestic front.
Breeding their own players from the teenage inventories is Azam’s highly supported agenda before promoting them to the senior category.
The maximum number of foreign players a premiership side can deploy for a single season has been raised from five to seven during the previous season but Azam look well set to claim more.
Azam have already started pre-season trials after breezing past weak Ashanti United with 2-0 goals over the weekend in Dar es Salaam.
The ice-cream makers are expected to shift their training camp to Zanzibar next week to gear up for the Community Shield clash against Mainland champions Young Africans at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on August 17.
On several occasions Azam have been losing this match which is used as a curtain raiser of the Mainland premiership season.

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Now is not the time to stop Aids funding, donors told

Decline in funding risks the world plunging back to 16 years ago,UNAids Executive Director Michel Sidibe says.

A woman living with HIV/Aids takes her dosage of antiretroviral drugs. There are 900,000 Kenyans on treatment. 

Donors have been told it is not right time to withdraw their HIV/Aids funding which would see a “rebound in the epidemic.”
This is after HIV donor funding to support low and middle-income countries like Kenya decreased by over Sh100 billion.
The decrease, which fell for the first time in five years from USD8.6 billion to USD7.5billion, will specifically affect the plans to reach more patients with lifesaving medicine.
A high profile panel led by UNAids Executive Director Michel Sidibe said the decrease in funding comes in the back drop of new infections in adults and thus “going back will be a disaster.”
He pleaded: “If we don’t continue with global solidarity and shared responsibility, then millions of people will develop drug resistance. I do not see any country Zambia, Malawi, South Africa and Kenya managing alone.”
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He said the world will lose all the investment they have made in the fight, adding they will have to pay more later.
“We saw this with malaria, we reached a level where we were able to feel that we have defeated malaria. Today we have to pay more again because we stopped,” he said.
At least 2.5 million people have been infected in the past decade according to the Global Burden of Disease 2015 (GBD 2015) study, published today in The Lancet HIV journal.
“I am scared that today we are back in South Africa again in difficult times. The world is facing many other competing priorities like terrorism and migration,” said the executive director.
Mr Sidibe said more young girls are being infected and it is a major area of concern.
He further said the decline in funding would risk the world plunging back to 16 years ago where hospitals were full of people dying of HIV/Aids.
“We were called to ensure that treatment could be made available for the people, at the time less than one million people were on treatment. Today, 11 million people are on antiretroviral treatment, “he shared.
South Africa Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said despite the successes, the fight against HIV, Aids and TB is not over.
“Too many people living with HIV do not know their status. Too many do not have access to treatment. The rate of infection remains stubbornly high, particularly among the most vulnerable populations.”
He said there was need to ensure that the adolescents and young adults both male and female receive information and advice on how to access condoms and, pre-exposure prophylaxis (which prevents HIV infection) and this would be affected by the slashed budgets.

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Kenya mulls how to bridge trade gap with South Africa

Kenya is seeking to offset trade imbalance with South Africa by focusing on services where the East African country has a comparative advantage.

Kenya is seeking to offset trade imbalance with South Africa by focusing on services where the East African country has a comparative advantage.
Industrialisation secretary Adan Mohamed on Tuesday met South Africa’s minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies to discuss a framework for engagement before the end of the year.
According to the Export Promotion Council, Kenya’s imports from South Africa have increased from $287.7 million in 2003 to $ 477.4 million in 2007, a rise of about 66 per cent while exports have been decreasing from $51 million in 2004.
This means that the share of Kenya’s total exports in the South Africa’s global imports has remained below one per cent.
During bilateral talks with Mr Davies, Mr Mohamed agreed to hold match making meetings between business delegations from Kenya and South Africa during a state visit later in the year.
Mr Davies said South Africa was keen on building trade in services with its African counterparts which it has not explored.
“We want to have measurable and tangible progress because countries meet sign frameworks but have very little follow-up activity,” he said.
The South African minister said the country had come up with Trade Investment African arm to encourage the countries companies to expand trade into the continent.
Kenya is also seeking access into the South African market for mainly tea and avocado exports.
Mr Davies said this could happen if the countries speed up implementation of the tripartite free trade agreement that would bring together the East African Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and Southern African Development Community.
“I know Kenya wants a bilateral with us on tea and avocado but how do we do it, it will be addressed under the tripartite,” he said.
Mr Mohamed has also been holding sideline bilateral talks with governments to build networks for future engagements.
Yesterday, he was scheduled to meet Sri Lanka minister of Industry and Commerce Risad Badhiutheen and International Trade Centre chief executive Arancha Gonzalez and hosted a high level CEO matchmaking breakfast and textile sector.
Kenya is also backing African Union intra-African trade where President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the establishment of a Continental Free Trade Area.
The President said boosting intra-African trade would accelerate integration, develop larger markets and foster competition which will help in poverty reduction, growth and sustainable development.
“Equally, pooling economies and markets through regional integration will provide a sufficiently wide economic and market space to make new economies of scale,” said President Kenyatta.
He expressed concern that while 40 per cent of North American trade is with other North American countries and 63 per cent of trade by countries in Western Europe is with other Western European nations, only about 12 per cent of African trade is with other African nations.
State Department of Trade PS Chris Kiptoo also called on the wealthy commonwealth nations to increase investment in vital infrastructure that would make a substantial impact on exports and strengthen the resilience of Africa’s member countries’ economies to shocks.
He said increased trade partnerships with African member countries would boost their integration to the global economy as capital intensive infrastructure are a trade barrier between to increased trade between the partner nations.
“While the continent is spending over $131 billion on infrastructure-related construction which is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2015, there’s an existing  funding gap that needs to be addressed,” said Dr Kiptoo said during the Commonwealth ministerial meeting.

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My ups and downs as CCM secretary general - Kinana

Speaking to reporters here, Kinana said after having been a stolid CCM member for more than a quarter of a century, he never considered himself a candidate for the post of secretary general until he was approached by other distinguished party leaders including the chairman (then president Jakaya Kikwete) to accept the position and help build the party ahead of the 2015 general elections.
“I never liked the position but - by bad luck - I was called by respected countrymen and CCM leaders who convinced me to take it, as part of a bid to streamline the party. I accepted but with conditions,” the first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) said.
According to Kinana who was speaking after conducting a tour of the Dodoma Convention Centre where CCM is to hold its national congress this week, the agreement was that he helps strengthen the party, assists the chairman in getting the right successor candidate, helps in running the presidential election campaign…and then leaves after the elections.
He asserted that he has done what was asked of him, and now it is time for others - especially the young generation of CCM cadres - to lift the party up to another level.
But he was at pains to emphasize that his tenure as chief executive officer of one of the oldest ruling political parties in the continent has not been as smooth as people might think.
In his three and a half years as CCM secretary general, he said, he had to put up with much resistance from communities which were openly hostile to CCM.
He said he was even warned in some cases not to venture into certain areas of the country considered particularly dangerous ‘anti-CCM’ zones.
But he said he never shied away and pushed on – despite being called all sorts of rude names along the way - with the hard work of trying to promote a party that was increasingly losing popularity among wananchi.
According to Kinana, right from the beginning of his tenure he realized that the ruling party was tearing apart and its top leaders were no longer representative of the poor wananchi, no longer close to the electorate, and not really interested in implementing the CCM manifesto.
He described the task he was given as to restore unity among party leaders and members, and party dignity among voters. And according to him, he succeeded.
He mentioned other serious issues that he had to deal with as restoring accountability among CCM leaders and fighting corruption and embezzlement of party funds.
Kinana said he traversed the nation, held public meetings in all constituencies, and visited all regional and district party branches, as well as several ward offices.
It was during these tours that he said he encountered strong resistance from some local government and community leaders, some of whom reported him to the president for allegedly breaching security details.
“At one point the party chairman (then-President Kikwete) wrote a long text message warning me to heed local security warnings in my quest to bring revolution to the party,” he recalled.
According to Kinana, part of the message read: “A good revolutionist can only achieve his goals when he is alive”. This came after he apparently defied warnings from Coast regional leaders not to travel from Nyamisaki to Mafia by boat.
Another incident he recalled was when Mbeya regional authorities warned him against travelling from Nyasa to Kyela through Bamba Bay, saying the boat had developed a mechanical problem.
But he sought help from the then works minister, Harrison Mwakyembe, who reportedly sent experts to confirm that the boat was in fact in good condition.
Only strong-headed people could have overcome such obstacles, he said, praising his aides for their support during his tenure.
On party ‘rebels’ before and after last year’s general election, Kinana said some had been dealt with at district and regional levels, but those at national level would probably get their due punishment after the national congress.
Asked whether he would accept continuing as secretary general if requested by the next party chairman, he said there were still some conditions that would have to be met.
He said he has been quiet of late because the current government is already implementing most of the things he used to push for.

 

 

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Mbatia faults Magufuli’s recent ‘statements’

Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday, when giving out resolutions of the party’s central committee (CC) meeting held on July 6, this year, he said the fifth phase government was leading through the President’s statements, instead of observing the rule of law, national regulations and the Constitution.
He took issue with the Head of State’s remarks that ships that do not bring income should not dock at the Dar es Salaam port. He also faulted his statement that tourists that cannot pay newly-introduced VAT should not come to the country as well as how police officers should carry out their duties.
“President John Magufuli has flouted the country’s Constitution through his recent statements on different occasions. Some of his statements show that there is interference between one government organ and another, including his orders on law enforcers,” he said.
Giving an example, he said on May 5, this year, the President ordered judges to give judgments over tax evasion within five days in which about one trillion shillings would be earned.
He also challenged recent statements whereby he said the President ordered law enforcers to ensure they controlled culprits by taking away their guns immediately, and ensuring they forced such criminals to sleep in peace before causing any further harm.
Mbatia said his party through its CC discovered that there were statements and decisions which have been made by leaders that impacted the national economy, including a daily decrease of cargo ships at the port, inflation of prices on sugar and other commodities.
“The tourism sector is in a bad condition...we were receiving more than one million tourists in the country per year, and the aim of the government is to receive two million tourists by next year.
However, we’ve heard the President said even if the country received just 500,000 tourists they would be enough...this is not right as the number of tourists in the country has dropped and the country has declined to 110 among 133 countries with competitive tourism,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mbatia issued caution on the process to get a new constitution, saying the National Electoral Commission (NEC) should accept the second draft of the constitution which was prepared by Judge Joseph Warioba’s commission rather than the one proposed by a single party (CCM), which he said disregarded parties which form the Coalition of the Defenders of the People’s Constitution (Ukawa).
“As a party, we started the process of making the new constitution since early 1990s, through the establishment of the National Committee for Constitutional Reforms (NCCR). Our intentions are still alive, but we need a new constitution that will involve citizens’ views for their benefit,” he said.
In a related move, the NCCR-Mageuzi national chairman challenged the President to use his style on corruption issues, urging him to deal with graft scandals in the country starting with the biggest.
He called on the President to consider taking back all public properties that is illegally owned by individuals, including houses belonging to former leaders.

 

 

 

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Lowassa calls for mobilisation campaign in rural areas

Speaking to reporters at the party’s youth wing, Bavicha, meeting in Dar es Salaam yesterday, member of the central committee and former prime minister, Edward Lowassa said since the party did well in urban areas where it clinched several parliamentary seats, it was now time to direct energy and resources to rural areas.
He also expressed surprise by the police banning political rallies, saying that it is contrary to the country’s constitution.
Lowassa said that there is need to go to rural areas to hold discourse with people about development and establish new roots where none exists.
The meeting was held to assess the country’s security, rule of law, human and political rights that are being broken in the country.
“There are many democracy infringements occurring in the country and possible power abuse by appointed leaders,” he said.
The police prohibited Chadema youth meetings and rallies after President John Magufuli imposed a ban on all political activities for five years.
Lowassa commended Bavicha for what they did in Dodoma saying that the message was sent but also praised Chadema youth for not disrupting the peace.
“The people are wondering why Chadema is barred from holding its meetings but CCM is allowed,” he said.
He urged youth leaders to “respect their leaders because you do not want to take away the power you have handed to someone. We do not need to start internal wrangled, we must protect”.
He also criticised the president’s appointment of regional commissioners, district commissioners and district executive directors.
“If you are not a CCM supporter you do not get to be appointed. Public officials should be appointed due to partisan leanings, this is not good for the country, and it should be discouraged,” he said.
Lowassa outlined three key points that will make Chadema to take power in the 2020 election.
First he urged BAVICHA to establish the party in rural areas noting that during the last elections many youth won elections in rural areas.
He noted as an example James Milya from Simanjiro, Joseph Mkundi from Ukerewe, John Heche from Tarime Rural and Anthony Komu in Moshi Rural, just to name just a few.
“We must go where voters are, develop a schedule to visit rural areas where people face many challenges. It is important to strengthen the party and discuss about development,” he added.
Secondly he called on members to be united and ward off efforts to divide the party.“We must stick together to move forward without breaching the peace,” he said.
And the third point, he said, was for Ukawa to play an integral part in ensuring the opposition wins the coming elections.
“We must agree on a coalition if you need changes,” he observed.
For his part, BAVICHA director of protocol, communication and foreign affairs, John Mrema condemned the declaration of RC Makonda to do a house-to-house search to identify individuals who are idle.
“That is wrong, illegal, abuse of power and what would someone be charged with once he/she is arrested at home?” he questioned.

 

 

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Kenya overtakes SA as biggest investor in African countries

Kenya invested in 36 projects last year in other parts of the continent against                 South Africa’s 33.

Kenya overtook South Africa to become the biggest investor in other African countries in terms of the number of projects in 2015.

Kenya invested in 36 projects last year in other parts of the continent against South Africa’s 33, a new study by financial consulting firm Ernst & Young shows.

It noted that most of Kenya’s intra-Africa investments went into countries within the East African Community (EAC).

The study said Kenya’s global ranking as a source of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the African continent also improved strongly to seventh position in 2015 from 13th in 2014.

“Activity was largely concentrated in services, with financial and business services together accounting for nearly 78 per cent of FDI projects originating from Kenya,” said the report released Monday.

“Many Kenyan companies are playing the role initially adopted by South Africa’s corporate sector, who were the first to venture outside their home markets,” it adds.

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South Africa, however, beat Kenya in terms of the worth of the projects as it had Sh200 billion compared with Kenya’s Sh100 billion.

In the past decade, Kenyan banks and retail businesses, for example, have ventured into the region, including in the volatile South Sudan and Somalia.

“East Africa is the primary destination for Kenyan investors, in line with overall sub-regional integration plans,” said the study.

It further shows that Africa attracted FDI from a diverse and growing group of investors.

In 2015, the US retained its position as the largest investor on the continent, despite a four per cent fall in FDI projects.

Historical investors, including the UK, France, the UAE and India, expressed renewed interest in Africa.

Other notable investors in Africa were Italy and Luxembourg, which became among the largest 15 investors in 2015.

Overall, intra-African FDI projects rose 2.8 per cent in 2015, with capital investment up 6.2 per cent.

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In terms of inward FDI in 2015, the study shows that Kenya, touted as East Africa’s anchor economy, posted a resurgence, with projects standing at 95 compared with 62 the previous year, an increase of 53.2 per cent.

At the same time, South Africa had more inward FDI projects, numbering 130 in 2015 compared with 120 projects in 2014, an 8.3 per cent increase.

“Kenya and East Africa is shining bright and even brighter in the comparison with its peers. Kenya is very much the leader in this region and because of a good component of diversification is maintaining a strong rate of GDP expansion,” Rich Management CEO Aly Khan Satchu said of the report’s findings.

However, the report warned that potential investors are wary of downside risks to growth forecasts.

“For example, in Kenya’s case, a large current account deficit and growing debt levels provide the government with less flexibility to fund longer-term growth,” it said.

Across the whole continent, on the other hand, inward FDI project numbers increased by seven per cent year on year, from 722 projects in 2014 to 771 projects in 2015.

But the capital value of those projects was down year on year to $71.3 billion in 2015 from $88.5 billion in 2014. Even after falling, the 2015 figure was still higher than the average of $68 billion between 2010 to 2014.

 

 

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