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		<title>Dowans owner in Dar</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/dowans-owner-in-dar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE owner of majority shares in the Dowans Holding SA and Dowans Tanzania Ltd, Brigadier General (rtd) Sulaiman Mohammed Yahya Al-Adawi, flew from Oman (where he resides) to Dar es Salaam Tanzania for an emergency meeting with the media and the government concerning his multimillion power project currently involved in political and legal controversies. He met selected media at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=251&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Kikwete collapses again in public</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tanzania&#8217;s president, Jakaya Kikwete, collapsed today at a public rally when launching his presidential campaigns in search for a second term in office. This incident took place at Jangwani grounds in Dar es Salaam, as the incumbent cut short his speech and fell in the hands of his aides behind him. The crowd stood still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=243&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All heroes are dead? Excuse me!</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/all-heroes-are-dead-excuse-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[harassing journalists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something is seriously wrong with the government of Tanzania, in the way it regards and treats journalism. It is becoming increasingly bitter with critical journalists; and this time around, as we prepare for the 2010 general election, I have become a victim of the government&#8217;s threats. A few days ago, I received secret information about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=238&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Slaa turns phenomenal</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/tanzanias-political-phenomenon-in-opposition-candidate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ngurumo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TANZANIA&#8217;s most vibrant opposition legislator, Dr Willibrod Slaa, has become a political phenomenon since his party, Chadema, appointed him presidential candidate for the 2010 general election. An eloquent speaker, he is a crowd-puller, a smart orator, an enigmatic politician, a composed personality and, now people call him, the country&#8217;s &#8216;redemptor.&#8217; He will be competing with five other contenders  for the country&#8217;s top-most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=214&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who is next for coalition after Zanzibar?</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/who-is-next-for-coalition-after-zanzibar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ngurumo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power-sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHEN I wrote about coalition governments last year and suggested it would happen in Zanzibar, few people paid attention. Now it has happened &#8211; not through prediction but from political analysis. Zanzibaris have voted in a referendum to pave way for a government of national unity involving two major parties, CCM and CUF,  that have practised [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=208&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collapsing coalition governments</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/kenyas-non-functioning-coalition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was said earlier on on this blog that Africa&#8217;s new trend of coalition governments from rigged elections would fail the continent&#8217;s politics. What is happening in Kenya this week, with Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki clashing over who has powers to discipline or sack ministers, is setting another precedent. The point [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=199&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Someone seeking to kill us on the job</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/someone-trying-to-kill-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Freedom of speech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This news story is 18 months old, but it has had no space in mainstream media. That&#8217;s how it found its way to the blogosphere, where sifted stories can be published without fear or favour. Yes, Tanzanian journalists are trying to do their job but someone is seeking to savagely silence them. This story, old [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=189&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why should heads of state collapse in public?</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/should-heads-of-state-collapse-in-public/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ngurumo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collapse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AS a norm, heads of state never allow themselves to collapse or fall down in public, because it is a sign of weakness. But in the last few months, two of them &#8211; one in Europe, another in Africa &#8211; have been a rare exception.  President Nicolas Sarkozy of France collapsed when jogging in late [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=168&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tanzania&#8217;s oppostion party tries e-politics</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/tanzanias-oppostion-party-tries-e-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ngurumo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AT a time when almost everybody and everything is going electronic, a major opposition party in Tanzania has ventured to lead the way for the rest of Africa in e-politics by introducing a new way of recruiting members and raising funds. From this week, Tanzanians wishing to join Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=162&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zanzibar politics: You win, we rule</title>
		<link>http://ngurumo.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/zanzibar-politics-you-win-we-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ngurumo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amani Karume]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seif Sharrif Hamad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What ZANU-PF has been doing in Zimbabwe, CCM is doing in Zanzibar. And if anything, Zanzibar is deliberately turning into an ugly face of Tanzania, characterized by the politics of terror, outright vote rigging, and police and military intervention in elections since 1995. Proud of systematic vote rigging and shamelessly vowing to ‘never let’ the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ngurumo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6456543&amp;post=146&amp;subd=ngurumo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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