Katare Mbashiru

3 weeks ago | dailynews.co.tz | Lydia Shekighenda |Katare Mbashiru

DODOMA: RESIDENTS of Bahi District in Dodoma Region have expressed their gratitude to the government for implementing various development projects that have significantly improved their lives and resolved many long-standing challenges.

3 weeks ago | dailynews.co.tz | Lydia Shekighenda |Katare Mbashiru

DODOMA: MORE than 5.5bn/- has been allocated in the 2025/26 financial year for the rehabilitation of 15 small- and medium-sized dams, as part of the implementation of the Five-Year Rainwater Harvesting Strategy (2022–2026). Through the budget the government will also promote rainwater harvesting from rooftops particularly in public institutions such as schools, dispensaries, health centres, hospitals and various government offices.

3 weeks ago | dailynews.co.tz | Lydia Shekighenda |Katare Mbashiru

DODOMA: THE government has announced that a total of 5,311 secondary schools and 20,509 primary schools across the country now have access to reliable water sources. Deputy Minister in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government – PORALG), Dr Festo Dugange, made the statement in the Parliament while responding to a question from Special Seats MP Stella Fiyao (CCM), who had asked when the government would begin installing rainwater harvesting systems in schools nationwide.

3 weeks ago | dailynews.co.tz | Lydia Shekighenda |Katare Mbashiru

DODOMA: THE government plans to drill 67,000 irrigation wells for smallholder farmers across the country to boost agricultural productivity. Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Mr David Silinde, said implementation will begin soon, and the government has already secured vehicles for the drilling exercise.

3 weeks ago | dailynews.co.tz | Katare Mbashiru

DODOMA: THE National Assembly yesterday endorsed the 2025/2026 Ministry of Finance ambitious budget, highlighting how the ministry will implement five key national priorities, among them, a projected plan to seek and collect a total of 50.17tri/-. Moving the budget estimates in the august House yesterday, Minister for Finance Dr Mwigulu Nchemba said that out of the projected amount, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is expected to collect tax and non tax revenue totalling 34.1tri/-.