‘Kufa kufaana’ is a Kiswahili saying which could loosely be translated into ‘one man’s poison is another man’s meat’, or vice versa, and this could be an old adage, which I think, is relevant in the current situation concerning our doctors’ strike. How succulent the strike is only the striking doctors can tell us, but I am 100 per cent sure the strike is a bitter and deadly poison to many ordinary citizens who are the majority in this country.
The United States is committed to supporting programs that both support Africa’s long-term goals and short-term needs. These remarks were made recently by the Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns to regional journalists on margins of African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.
TODAY, David Ernest Kyungu among few professional television producer in the country, who makes documentary films and TV sports pieces for different stations here at home, in Europe and the United States of America.
KWIMBA district council is experiencing acute shortage of wood fuel. The estimated sustainable supply of wood fuel by end of 2010 was 51,823 m3 while consumption of biomass fuels in 2010 was estimated to be 410,692 m3 consequently making use of wood fuel in Kwimba district non-renewable and with pronounced environmental degradation. 
DESPITE their health status, Maliwaza Mdoe and Sabina Augustino residents of Korogwe township in Tanga region are happy with life. Having found out six years ago that they had been infected with HIV virus, both women (now in their 30s) plus fifteen others from the same neighbourhood, pulled together resources and formed a group that advances their lives socially and economically.
Francis Mcharo thought that he knew all about studying abroad and that perhaps never needed any consultancy services, he knew it would not come that easy. After all, he had read a lot of information on the internet about studying abroad. Yet, this was far from truth. It was only after getting advice from his parents and friends that he decided to try some experts on ‘schooling abroad’.
THE fight to secure food and income for millions of small holder farmers in eastern Africa, a region that experiences severe food shortages from time to time, is poised to get additional ammunition with the construction of a science research block by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Popularly elected leaders are highly respected people and, no doubt, they have a lot of influence in society too. However, it is hard at times for one to believe whether what they say is what genuinely issues from their hearts.
THE issue of the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is not as contentious as some people would like to paint a gloomy picture about it.
