The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
Zephania Ubwani
25 July 2008
A new policy on science and technology is underway, a senior official of the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology has said.
The new policy aims to uplift local researchers as well as reduce bureaucracy in issuing permits and research clearance to foreign scientists.
Mr Theophil Mlaki, Costech's director of Information Technology and Documentation, said the new policy was in the lfinal stages of preparation. The policy is being formulated by the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology.
Mr Mlaki said the Government was keen to invite renowned scholars from around the world to undertake research programmes in the country.
He added that facilities at Olduvai Gorge, where scientists from abroad normally stay during their field surveys, would be expanded with modern communication facilities.
Costech haf raised Sh10 million for the planned Zinj Golden Jubilee to be held in Arusha and Olduvai Gorge next year, Mr Mlaki said.
The event, slated for July and August next year, is expected to attract archaeological experts, researchers and allied scientists from all over the world.
A major exhibition, scientific conference and site visits to Olduvai Gorge and other areas where hominid bones have been found, would also take place.
Former Costech director general Prof Yadon Kohi was last year picked to chair the national organising committee assisted by Prof Fidelis Masao of the University of Dar es Salaam and Dr Jackson Njau, a curator at the Natural History Museum in Arusha.
Mr Ozias Kileo,the officer in charge of the Olduvai Museum, said the site last financial year attracted 72,000 visitors, many of them tourists and researchers from overseas.
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