MAMBO YETU

LOCAL tour operators have written to President John Magufuli asking for a meeting with him to discuss the controversial 18 per cent value added tax (VAT) introduced by the government on tourism services.
According to Willy Chambullo, founder and managing director of the Kibo Guides tour operating company in Arusha, the office of the president has yet to respond to the letter sent last week....

THE Ugandan government has sent an irrigation study team to learn more about the country’s irrigation development.
A statement sent to The Guardian yesterday said that Uganda in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) decided to send the team to Tanzania to learn and get knowledge from their counterparts....

A tiles manufacturing factory worth $100 million that is expected to create about 4,500 formal and informal jobs upon completion is under construction in the country
The factory dubbed Goodwill Ceramic and located in Mkiu village, Mkuranga district, Coast region is set to generate about 30 billion/- as revenue to the government every year, according to its managing director Frank Yang....

ABOUT 5,000 Tanzanians will benefit from jobs at the new Terminal III of the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA), which is expected to be operational by the end of next year
According to the Minister for Works, Transport and Communication, Prof Makame Mbarawa, the new terminal will include shopping malls and several other business outlets offering plenty of job opportunities....