Two issues have returned to haunt President Jakaya Kikwete midway through his first five-year tenure. Both are grounded in his emphatically impressive inaugural speech to Parliament in December 2005, a few days after being elected the fourth President of the United Republic of Tanzania.

Tanzanians were on Monday treated with a rare admission by the Government.

Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Civic United Front did not reach any binding agreement during the 14 months of the Zanzibar Mwafaka negotiations, new details reveal.

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday ordered investigation on the sharp decline of Nile perch stocks in Lake Victoria.He said the study should be jointly undertaken by experts in the Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries and the Vice-President's Office (Environment).

As the war on grand corruption continues to intensify, stakeholders are now demanding the political funding Bill, which will set the rules on financing of all political activities in the country.

Air Uganda and Air Tanzania have signed the first code share agreement on the Entebbe-Dar-es-Salaam route. The partnership increases Air Uganda's flights between Entebbe and the Tanzanian capital to seven days a week, up from four.

Exim Bank will spend Sh250 million on community-based activities this year.

The executive commitee of Simba sports Club yesterday slapped an indefinite suspension on secretary general Mwina Kaduguda.

An Opposition legislator, who chairs the Parliamentary Local Authorities Accounting Committee, Mr John Cheyo, yesterday criticised leaders who organised elaborate functions for politicians implicated in corruption scandals.

The Tanzania Union of Press Clubs (UTPC) yesterday urged local government authorities to use the media in fostering the implementation of poverty reduction strategies.

Tempers flared during yesterday's Taifa cup match between Kagera and Ruvuma players at the national Stadium in Dar es Salaam as seen above. The teams tied at 2-2 in regulation time as the Lake side team sent Ruvuma packing by 4-2 in shootouts.

The Minister in the Vice-President's Office (Union Affairs), Mohammed Seif Khatib yesterday impressed on Taifa Stars players to put up the necessary effort to win Saturday's return leg tie against the Uganda Cranes at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Kampala.

A resident of Ilemela district was arrested after waving a placard just as President Jakaya Kikwete started addressing a rally at the Tanzania Fish Development Company (TFDC) yesterday.

About 100 hectares of maize farms belonging to the Wakira clan were destroyed by Wanchari warriors in Tarime District, Mara Region on Monday. The Wanchari attack comes as part of the revenge cycle on their rivals, conducted at midnight by armed militias, according an eye witness, Mr Anthony Manga.

Basketball Dar es Salaam (BD) has selected a provisional squad of 42 players who will represent Dar es Salaam in next month's Inter Cities championship.

Security officers yesterday arrested the 12 elders who last week demanded Pemba's separation from Zanzibar, eyewitnesses said.

There was drama at a roadblock near Glendale in Mashonaland central on Tuesday when police nearly caused a major diplomatic incident by holding various foreign ambassadors at a roadblock, delaying their convoy by over an hour.

A Catholic bishop has called for the speeding up of efforts to solve the political crisis in Zanzibar to reduce the pressure for secession by some elders in neighbouring Pemba Island.

The Government yesterday reaffirmed its promise that come 2010, motorists will be able to drive saloon cars from Mtwara to Sirari in Mara Region with ease.

Treasury permanent secretary Gray Mgonja, who authorised payments for the controversial Sh70 billion radar transaction, has finally broken his silence, claiming his innocence.

Tanzania is preparing a biofuel policy. That is happening at a time when eight investors have applied for licences to set up biofuel projects worth Sh131.7808 million and create 6,553 jobs.

During the past few weeks, parties to the Zanzibar peace accord have engaged themselves in a heated debate on what had been agreed upon between CCM and the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) teams during their 14-month of secret negotiations.

The second East African Community (EAC) Common Market negotiations that had been slated to begin today in Nairobi for the next 10 days have been postponed until the end of the month.

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has ordered the Registry to appoint a lawyer for an accused who is still at large, Fulgence Kayishema.

East Africa's leading sea ports have been fighting congestion, but the Port of Dar- es- Salaam seems to have come out worse off after Mombasa was able to get a way forward.