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Private sector credit falls further
CREDIT to private sector declined in October last year due rise in risk premium associated with increase in non-performing loans and banks’ preference to low risk government securities.
Bank of Tanzania (BoT) monthly economic review for November last year states that stock of outstanding credit to private sector decreased by 254.6bn/-in the year ending October to 16.39tri/- compared with a contraction of 266.6bn/- in the preceding month.
Despite the general decline in annual growth of credit to private sector, credit to fishing; hotel and restaurant; manufacturing; hunting; building and construction activities improved. Credit to trade and personal activities remained strong accounting for 20.9 percent and 19.4 percent, respectively.
In the meantime, the annual growth of domestic credit contracted by 7.9 percent in October, nearly the same rate as in the preceding month but a turnaround from a growth rate of 7.9 percent in the year to October 2016.
The contraction was mainly driven by shrinkage in net credit to the central government. According to the report, net credit to the government by the banking system contracted by 30.1 percent compared to an increase of 0.3 percent in October 2016.
This was largely on account of a decline in the Bank of Tanzania’s advances to the government, following a strong buildup of government deposits at the Bank. By contrast, central government borrowing from banks increased, reflected in the holdings of government securities sold for fiscal operations.
Net foreign assets (NFA) of the banking system grew by 40 per cent in the month under review compared to the contraction of 10.2 per cent in the corresponding period thus offsetting the impact of the slow growth of domestic credit on money supply.
The increase in foreign exchange holdings by the Bank of Tanzania through purchases from the government and interbank foreign exchange market was the factor behind the growth of NFA.
Licence fees review attracts women in tourism business
REVIEW of annual tourism licence fees will greatly allow small local tourism practitioners particularly women to participate in operating tours, the Chairperson of the Association of Women in Tourism Tanzania (AWOTTA) Ms Mary Kalikawe has said.
She told the ‘Daily News’ here yesterday that she was optimistic that the revision of the annual fees would allow more small local tourism practitioners including women to participate in operating tours. “Revision of the annual fees will greatly allow small local tourism practitioners including the women to take active role in operating tours,” said Ms Kalikawe, an entrepreneur, businesswoman and longtime stakeholder in the tourism industry.
She said Tanzania was predicted to register more impressive landmark in the tourism sector in the near future if it remains focused and investing in the number of diversified products rather than largely focusing on wildlife tourism.
Rich and rare mineral resources such as Tanzanite and others, forests and large inland lakes, enormous long beaches and cultures have not so far being promoted enough to attract tourists’ attention calling for bodies like the Tanzania Tourists Board (TTB) to unearth more concealed attractions for more economical gains.
“Tanzania tourism sector is doing relatively well but suffers from a strong lack of diversified products. We are largely focusing on wildlife as the only form of serious tourism but we can equally perform wonders if turn to other attractions,” she said.
The new rates have already been confirmed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Major General Gaudence Milanzi saying the changes have been gazetted since last December ready for implementation.
Ms Kalikawe, also the Managing Director of Kiroyera Tours Limited said challenges facing the sector and the poor involvement of women as equal partners in tourism were debated during the Association of Women in Tourism Tanzania(AWOTTA) annual general meeting.
She said a lot has to be done for women take key roles in the tourism sector as many were still found in the lower service cadre such as housekeeping, waiters, secretaries and the likes. Previously, Tanzania had been charging a tourism operator flat rate fee of 5,000 US Dollars for foreign owned tour companies and 2,000 US Dollars for local operators.
But following the revisions, now local companies with one to three tourist vans will pay a licence fee of 500 US Dollars, four to 10 vans (2,000 US Dollars), 11 to 50 vans (3,000US Dollars) and 51vans and above (5,000 US Dollars) annually.
“The former flat rate of 2000 US Dollars annual licence fee was prohibitive to many local players while the sector still suffers from a very high cost of doing business with too many fees to being paid to a variety of regulators and authorities,” she noted.
Danish firm sues Yono
A DANISH company, which deals with importation and distribution of agricultural equipment, Dabs Limited, has filed a suit before the Kinondoni District Court in Dar es Salaam against Yono Auction Mart Co.Limited, demanding about 200m/-for alleged illegal confiscation of its properties.
In the suit, Dabs Limited, the plaintiff is seeking orders requiring Yono Auction Mart, the defendant, to return all the products or equipment taken from the premises or in the alternative to pay 150m/- being the sale price of the products in question.
The plaintiff company further requests the court to order the defendant to pay them 20m/- being special damages suffered and a further 30m/- being general damages and anguish caused.
Through Alpha and Associates Attorneys (Advocates), the plaintiff in the suit, states that on September 20, 2017, the defendant company trespassed into the company’s premises located at Wazo Hill Tegeta in Kinondoni District.
It is alleged that the defendant unlawfully, unreasonable and without any colour of rights invaded the company’s premises and forcefully took away all equipment, which were for sale and were imported from Denmark in the name of the company and were cleared according to the relevant laws.
Such equipmentse included Hard Boom Sprayers, Subsoil Maschio, ADF 4 disc discplaug Maschio, Sauro 400 GCP 3 ways, Boom Sprayer Maschio, Zeno Fertiliser Maschio Gasprado, Tractors Massey Ferguson, Vejhovle Fransgaard GT, Fronloader, Kongskilde Cultivator and Seed Machine Sugar Beet Seeder.
It is stated that officers of the company notified the defendant on the trespass and the effect thereof, but the defendant to the reasons best known to him allegedly ignored the plaintiff and proceeded to take all the said equipments.
Due to the defendant’s acts, the plaintiff’s business has been badly affected due to the fact that the customers were total discouraged. This resulted in the company’s closure of business as all the products are in the defendant’s hands and there is no business circulation.
In its written statement of defence, however, the defendant company, through Upright Attorneys, has raised five grounds of objection, seeking dismissal of the suit. Among such grounds include that the plaintiff has no cause of action against the defendant.
It is stated that the court has no jurisdiction to determine tax matters and the suit is defective for non-joinder of the disclosed principal.
The defendant further states that the plaint has been lodged in contravention of some provisions under the Civil Procedure
Charcoal maker to cut pollution
A NEWLY made charcoal machine has been introduced to help curb problems related to unemployment, environmental pollution and conservation in the country.
The Inventor of the machine, Mr Petro Mwamlima, said this at a capacity building training on Production of Charcoal and Biogas from waste issued to over 20 entrepreneurs from Bagamoyo District Council held at Ardhi University (ARU) in Dar es Salaam, yesterday.
Mr Mwamlima identified the machine as Peyam Screw Press (PSP) which is mainly used to produce charcoal briquettes, pointing out that it does not require electricity to carry out production.
“Considering the amount of waste produced every day waste management is becoming a critical problem in the country which requires immediate solutions...a factor that pushed me to come up with the machine,” said Mwamlima.
He pointed out that the raw materials to make the charcoal are farm produce including coffee husks, rice husks, saw dust, waste papers and falling leaves. He further observed that the charcoal could easily be made from a home setting for income generation and personal use.
“People should not underestimate the harm and wealth that waste can generate in the societies that we are living in...the charcoal can therefore creates jobs, reduce pollution as well as help conserve the environment,” he noted.
The Coordinator of the Land Administration Unit at ARU, Ms Agnes Mwasumbi, noted that the unit has received a funding of about 230,000 NOK which is equivalent to over 60m/- from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
Ms Mwasumbi pointed out that part of the funding has gone to the community service programme and another part has been placed on the land laws awareness raising programme undertaken in Kisarawe and Mkuranga.
“As experts we have been touched by the waste problem. That is why we are implementing resource recovery from waste in Bagamoyo,” pointed out the coordinator.
Ardhi University Acting Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs), Prof Charles Kihampa, observed that the initiative to conduct the training is among the roles of the institution to reach the people through community services.
Prof Kihampa said it was time that the country shuns shelving the various researches conducted by experts and instead put the findings into practice for developmental purposes.
“The programme was earlier piloted into a small scale project but it’s currently full operational after one of our students had invented a machine to carry through the plan,”
Mineral processor ‘abandoned
THE Deputy Minister for Minerals Mr Dotto Biteko has given two weeks to the Mineral Resources Institute (MRI) to finalise installing an abandoned minerals processing machine and compressor at a workshop in its main campus.
Mr Biteko issued the directive here during his first visit to the Dodoma-based institute on Monday evening, saying the machines, which were donated by one of the donor countries six months ago, should be installed to enable students to carry out practical training.
“I’ve been disappointed by your performance. I don’t want to see the same situation when I come back here,” said the Deputy Minister during his familiarisation tour to institutions under the minerals portfolio.
Mr Biteko said MRI should also come up with strategies to promote local experts in mining sector, pointing out that the public institute can recommend at least two graduates for employment when the government issues mining licences to new mining firms.
Earlier while briefing the Deputy Minister, the MRI acting Principal, Mr Vincent Pazzia, pointed out that the shortage of teachers in Environmental Engineering and Management in Mines , Oil and Gas Science programme as well as cross cutting subjects was posing a challenge to MRI.
He mentioned other challenges that afflict MRI as shortage of lecture theatres, conference halls and staff rooms. Mr Pazzia said MRI was determined to conduct a number of research projects in order to create new sources of earnings to address challenges facing the institute.
He said that saying presently MRI in collaboration with Francebased Montpelier University was conducting a research project. “The two-year project is being conducted at Ngorongoro, Lake Natron and Mount Meru in Arusha region,” he added.
Mr Pazzia noted that MRI had registered achievements in offering short courses to mining workers during the 2017/2018 fiscal year and that the institute had entered a oneyear agreement with Acacia North Mara to offer training to its workers in mineral processing.
Tourism earnings up by 4.2 per cent
EARNINGS from tourism rose by 4.2 per cent in the year ending in October last year to 2,148.9 million US dollars compared to 2,061.8million US dollars in the corresponding period 2016, due to increase in the number of tourist arrivals.
According to the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) monthly economic review for November last year services account improved to a surplus of 1,773.5 million US dollars from 1,248.8 million US dollars in the corresponding period in 2016, following a decline in services payments.
Earnings from services grew by 4.2 percent to 3,688.0 million US dollars largely on account of an increase in travel and transport receipts. Moreover, increase in transit goods to and from neighbouring countries was 1,078.4 million US dollars from 1,051.3 million US dollars in the similar period in 2016.
Service payments fell by 16.9 percent to 1,914.5 million US dollars during the year ended October owing to a decline in transportation payments, particularly freight and travel payments. Transportation payments, which accounted for more than 40 per cent of external services payment, dropped by 14.9 per cent over the year, largely associated with a decline in goods import.
Meanwhile, the overall balance of payments significantly improved to a surplus of 1,601.6 million US dollars in the period under review compared with a surplus 82.6 million US dollars in 2016 due to an increase in official current transfers.
Gross official foreign reserves increased to 5,573.3 million US dollars at the end of October from 4,050.9 million US dollars at the end of October 2016. The reserves were sufficient to cover 5.4 months of projected import of goods and services.
Meanwhile, gross foreign assets of banks amounted to 811.0 million US dollars.
Jangwani club inks 2bn/- kit sponsorship deal
YOUNG Africans yesterday signed a historic three-year kit sponsorship agreement worth 2bn/- with the Italian based Macron Company. With the partnership, Macron will be the main suppliers of all Yanga football gear for the prescribed duration.
Speaking to members of press at the team’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam, Director of Galaka Sport and Training (Macron Tanzania), Suleiman Karim, said they have opted to partner with Yanga because they are a big club in the country.
“What we are doing is simply to help in the development of football standard in the country and we hope that both of us will benefit from this partnership,” Karim said. In his words, General Secretary of the club, Boniface Mkwasa hailed the Italian company for coming up with such lucrative deal and warned vendors who sell fake Yanga jerseys that they will be taken to task once found.
“For a longtime, we have seen fake football gear being sold everywhere in the country, and this costs us dearly because as the club, we get nothing in return,” Mkwasa said. He then cautioned vendors that anyone who will be found selling the club kits bearing Macron logo without their consent will be punished severely.
In another development, Mkwasa expressed the club’s dissatisfaction over the late three-match ban imposed on their striker Obrey Chirwa by the Tanzania Football Federation’s 72 hour committee. He also said it was unfair for their today’s game against Mwadui FC to be played at Uhuru Stadium while their traditional rivals Simba are scheduled to play their league match against Singida United at the newly renovated National Stadium.
“I do not see any reason why our opponents should play at the good stadium unlike us while we both come from the same region and compete in the same league. We demand fairness from TFF,” Mkwasa narrated.
However, Yanga will miss services of four stars in today’s game namely Thabani Kamusoko, Donald Ngoma, Geoffrey Mwashiuya and Abdalla Shaibu (Ninja).
According to Yanga’s Communications Officer, Dismas Ten, the four are unfit while Amis Tambwe trained with his colleagues yesterday and it’s up to the technical bench to see whether he can play or not.
Govt clarifies on Simbu’s Australian Games snub
THE government has officially confirmed that the IAAF World Championship Bronze medalist Alphonce Felix Simbu will not be part of the Tanzanian team to participate in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
The statement was unveiled yesterday by the National Sports Council (NSC) in Dar es Salaam confirming the athlete will not travel with the team to Australia so as to give him a break and more preparation time for other coming international events.
The clarification on whether Simbu will be part of the country’s team in the Gold Coast Games or not came after the government, the Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC) and Athletics Tanzania (AT) met for a discussion and decided to accept the runner’s pledge of being left out from the event.
As the break for the runner is part of technical strategy meant to give him an opportunity to prepare well for other international events, including the popular London Marathon to be held in April this year. This clarification has come following conflicting opinions and reports from various stakeholders on the matter.
The Commonwealth Games are also scheduled to be held in April, the month when London Marathon will be staged. As report that Simbu will not be part of the team was seen a sabotage or boycott of the runner and that is why the government requested athletic stakeholders to understand that there is no such an intention and that people should have confidence with the team which is expected to represent the country in the games.
The Club Games athletes, according to AT, are promising, talented and have met the qualifying standards. Meanwhile, Simbu has failed to excel in the recently held Arusha City Cross- Country series after finishing fourth in the third round of the series.
According to the Arusha City Cross – Country organising committee spokesman, Denis Male, IAAF Championship bronze medalist finished the 10 kilometre race in the fourth position after having 28:55 running time. The winner of the 10 km race was Simbu’s team colleague, Emmanuel Giniki who clocked 28:02 followed by Joseph Panga who spent 28:34.
While in women discipline in six kilometre event, Magdalena Shauri from JKT emerged the winner after spending 20:05 followed by Maycelina Issa also from JKT team who clocked 21:31. Despite Simbu failed to shine in the individual race, his team JKT emerged the overall winners in both men and women disciplines.
And apart from the two main races the 6 and 10 km events, there was also a 2km event for children. In girls event Glory Patrick from St. Jude school who clocked 08:01 won the race whereas the Boys’ side was won by Kelvin Mathias from Maranatha school who penned 6:54.
Arusha City Cross-Country race is facilitated by several stakeholders. They are the Posso International Promotions (Derek Froude), Sunrise Radio & Aspire Media via Maximilian Iranqe, African Ambassadors Athletics Club via Denis Malle and Arusha Training Sports Centre via Francis John.
Pamba eye to relegate Toto Africans
PAMBA FC Head Coach Venance Kazungu has declared to wage an all out war to the neighbours Toto Africans in their First Division match this weekend.
The eagerly awaited Mwanza derby will be staged at the refurbished Nyamagana Stadium. Speaking here yesterday during the team’s training session at Saba Saba ground in Ilemela District, Kazungu said he was confident to win the derby after correcting mistakes that cost them a double loss in the two past encounters.
The former Pamba FC and Coop United player, said his team has resumed training since Monday and there is no any player nursing injuries. Pamba FC are still licking wounds after losing two consecutive matches against Biashara Mara 2-0 at Karume stadium, Transit Camp who clobbered them 2-1.
The former Premier League and Union champion, Pamba are glued second from bottom with 12 points after twelve outings. Pamba have won three matches against JKT Oljoro, Rhino Rangers and Dodoma FC. They have lost five and drawn three matches.
Pamba have netted eight and conceded eleven goals. Toto Africans are now languishing in the relegation zone with seven points. They have won one match against Transit camp. Toto Africans have drawn four and lost six games. They have netted eight and conceded sixteen goals.
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