PRESIDENT John Magufuli has revoked the appointment of Managing Editor of Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN), Mr Gabriel Nderumaki, and appointed Ms Tuma Abdallah as Acting Managing Editor.
The Chief Secretary, Ambassador John
Kijazi, said in a statement issued by the Directorate of Presidential
Communications in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the president revoked the
appointment on March 18.
TSN publishes the ‘Daily News’, ‘Sunday
News’, ‘HabariLeo’, ‘HabariLeo Jumapili’ and ‘SpotiLeo’ in addition to
owning a printing firm, Standard Printers Limited.
Ms Abdallah has been Deputy Managing
Editor of the state-owned newspapers before she was appointed to acting
position as ME following suspension of Mr Nderumaki by the TSN Board of
Directors on February 22.
The TSN Board chaired by Professor Moses
Warioba, suspended Mr Nderumaki pending investigations by the
government into a number of administrative improprieties. It had also
revoked the appointment of Mr Madiya Magesa, who was the Acting Standard
Printers Manager, and Mr Felix Mushi, who was Acting Sales and
Marketing Manager. Both appointments were made by Mr Nderumaki.
The suspension followed the visit to TSN
Headquarters in Dar es Salaam by the Minister for Information, Culture,
Arts and Sports, Mr Nape Nnauye, who held a closed door meeting with
the management and the board.
Meanwhile, President John Magufuli is
tomorrow slated to lay a foundation stone for construction of a flyover
at Tazara as the government announced yesterday that pedestrians and
vehicles not exceeding 10 tonnes will be allowed to cross-over the
Kigamboni Bridge starting today before official launch next Tuesday.
Dr Magufuli is as well scheduled to
launch the 680-metres long Kigamboni Bridge next Tuesday, according to a
statement issued yesterday by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry
of Works, Transport and Communications, Engineer Joseph Nyamhanga.
The envisaged Tazara flyover at the
junction of the Nelson Mandela Expressway and Nyerere Road in Dar es
Salaam is expected to lessen traffic congestion along the busy highways.
Nelson Mandela Expressway is the main
road link from the hinterland to the Dar es Salaam Port while Nyerere
Road is the gateway to the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA).
Eng Nyamhanga said implementation of the
mega projects is part of efforts by the government to improve road
infrastructure to lessen traffic congestion in the city.
The Kigamboni Bridge, on the other hand,
connects the city’s business district to Kigamboni creek. It includes a
680-km viaduct over the Indian Ocean as well as 2.5-km approach roads
on both parts of the bridge in Kurasini and Kigamboni. The 240bn/-
project was funded jointly by the government and the National Social
Security Fund (NSSF). It was constructed by two Chinese companies namely
China Railway Group and China Bridge Engineering Group.
“As we wait for the official launch of
the Kigamboni Bridge next week, pedestrians and motor vehicles not
exceeding 10 tonnes will be allowed to cross over the bridge to enable
the general public understand how to use the infrastructure”, Eng.
Nyamhanga said in the statement.
Now that the bridge is completed, people
wishing to travel to the narrow gulf have two choices of either using
the over-pass or pontoons.
The social security schemes funded 60
per cent of the project, while the government of Tanzania contributed
the remaining 40 per cent.
The 32 metre-wide bridge has six lanes
-- three in each direction -- and two pedestrian and cyclist lanes with a
width of 2.5 metres, one on each side.
Pedestrians will pass for free but
vehicles will pay a fee. It is expected to boost the domestic tourism
sector in Tanzania since Kigamboni area in the city’s south beach is
rich in holiday beach spaces but they were not completely chosen by the
public due to the Kurasini Creek that separates it from the rest of the
city and lack of reliable ferry services.
In addition, it will promote the
establishment of a new city in Kigamboni which has a capacity to
accommodate 1.2 million residents and that is expected to be the next
tourist hub seeking to make longer the stay of international tourists in
Dar es Salaam that are currently using the city only as a gateway to
other tourism destinations in Central Africa
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