Jinsi Tunavyonyonywa Tanzania!

Yaani nchi yetu inanyonywa dhahabu, almasi, Tanzanite, Uranium na vingine, huko bado kuna upungufu ya pesa! Ni vizuri  ile 'deficit' inapungua, lakini kwa nini nchi eneye utajiri kama wetu uwe na upungufu?  Inasikitisha, kuna watu wanakubali kuhongwa hela ndogo, huko nchi inanyonywa!  Mwalimu  Nyerere alikuwa na busara sana katika suala huu!

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Tanzania narrows current account gap in 2012 -cbank



DAR ES SALAAM Feb 7 (Reuters) - Tanzania's current account deficit narrowed 14 percent to $3.44 billion in 2012 helped by a strong jump in export revenues even though gold export volumes dipped, its central bank said on Thursday.

Total exports of goods and services rose 17 percent to $8.68 billion, while the country's import bill for goods and services rose 5.3 percent to $12.67 billion.

Export volumes rose for most of the traditional cash crops, manufactured goods and horticultural products, the Bank of Tanzania said in its latest monthly economic report.

Rvenues from tourism increased to $1.56 billion from $1.35 billion a year earlier as visitor numbers rose. Earnings from traditional exports - tobacco, cotton, coffee, cashew nuts and tea - jumped 40 percent to $956.7 million.

Gold exports, the country's top foreign exchange earner, edged down 2.4 percent to $2.17 billion. This was largely due to a fall in volumes although high prices on the world market underpinned revenues, the bank said.

Tanzania, with a population of around 45 million, is Africa's fourth-largest gold producer after South Africa, Ghana and Mali.

The value of oil imports rose 4.9 percent to $3.39 billion in the year to December, largely due to a rise in world market prices.

Gross official foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank rose to $4.07 billion in the year to December, or about four months of import cover, from $3.76 billion a year ago.

Management by Crisis at Mzumbe University: The Failure of Core Values [2]

Mzumbe University Mission Statement

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Comrades,


Last year in January, I wrote an article on "Management by Crisis at Mzumbe University: The Failure of Core Values". The article was centred on the "University Services Marketing" and depicted the deficiencies in the management of staff and the services so envisaged. Today, the 01st May, 2012 I am sending you an article on the same topic. However, this time mine observations have been derived with respect to the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) Audit Report 2010/2011 dated 28th March, 2012 that was tabled and discussed in House of Assembly (Dodoma, April, 2012). Mzumbe University was in the CAG Audit spotlight and where there are three audit queries and/or anomalies, namely:

1. Ghost workers payments = TZS 194.4 million for just four months;


2. Procurements outside Annual Procurement Plan [APP] = TZS 1.9 billion; and


3. Mis-information on number of staff between two departments of the University.

I therefore, as an internal cusotmer, do hereby convey my discussion, analysis and recommendations for your synthesis and reaction. My fundamental aim is to make the University (Mzumbe) the centre of academic excellence that could provide exemplary execution of the good governance principles. It is therefore our noble task in compliance with the core values - transparency, professionalism, integrity, fairness, ethical behaviour and in line with the requisites of corrupt free Tanzania in public services delivery systems.

I submit,

Bakari M Mohamed, BBA [PLM], CPSP [T], MSc (PSCM), Reg. PSP (AU 0005)

1. Lecturer in Procurement and Supply Chain Management
2. Procurement and Supply Chain Auditor
3. Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist, Consultant, Researcher and Trainer in Procurement Contracts Management
4. Doctor of Alternative Medicines [DAM] & Natural Healing Therapist

Department of Procurement and Logistics Management
Mzumbe University
Box 6
Tel (Office): + 255 23 2604381/3/4
Mobile : + 255 713 593347
MZUMBE, Tanzania.