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Chart of the Week #3: Open or closed voting, via RaiaMwema newspaper
RaiaMwema published an interesting bit of data journalism today, on it’s front page: Open or closed? – From RaiaMwema 26/3/14 It’s the chart on the left that’s most interesting – it shows that just...
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Tanzania’s ongoing water sector mess
Twaweza has a new policy brief out*, on a subject that’s close to my heart: water supply in Tanzania. Money flows, water trickles is the title, and it’s hard to argue with that. A lot of money has been...
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Budget bling
With Tanzania’s parliamentary budget session in progress at the moment, Mwananchi newspaper’s resident cartoonist, Masoud Kipanya, has found a new theme – budget bling. I think it’s a powerful one, and...
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Chart of the week #15: Getting a good deal from natural gas?
Expectations: Kipanya in Mwananchi, June 2014 Natural gas is a game changer in Tanzania, both economically and politically. The latest reports suggest that there may be as much as 51 trillion cubic...
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The sound of silence, breaking?
The leaked Statoil contract (see here for background) is a big deal. Tanzania could well lose out on several hundred million dollars a year from just this contract (compared to the terms of the model...
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Statoil gas contract: Tanzania’s media picks up the story
For background on this post, see my previous posts on the topic: Chart of the week #15: Getting a good deal from natural gas? The sound of silence, breaking? – – – – Majira 7/7/14 Over the weekend, the...
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DFID turns to “Payment by Results” for rural water supply in Tanzania
Turning money into water has always been the goal of water sector donors. They have money, and they want to use it to improve access to clean and safe water. Sounds simple enough. But as my colleagues...
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The best of the gas cartoons
I’m claiming some credit for the first one, by Masoud Kipanya in todays Mwananchi: Kipanya in Mwananchi, 9/7/14 And here’s why I’m claiming that credit: Cartoon idea for @masoudkipanya / @wakudata1...
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Choose your metaphor: off the rails, broken down, off course?
Cartoonists work in metaphors, and today there is a clear theme in the Tanzanian press. It’s all about the Constituent Assembly, preparing another draft of what may become Tanzania’s next constitution,...
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Witchcraft in Tanzanian law
The Citizen, 24/8/14 Witchcraft is a huge issue in Tanzania at the moment. Levels of belief are extremely high, with horrific consequences for two groups in particular: older women (and others) who are...
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Is there a contractual obstacle preventing TPDC from providing gas contracts...
From The Citizen, 7/11/14 Prof Sospeter Muhongo, Tanzania’s Minister of Energy and Minerals, speaking in parliament last week, said that there was no way his ministry would submit gas contracts to the...
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Telling the Escrow / IPTL story through cartoons: Are we going to see...
It could be a very big day for Tanzania today. The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, under the determined leadership of its chair, Zitto Kabwe, promises to present its findings on the IPTL /...
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Looking closer at Tanzania’s witchcraft ban
The Citizen, 24/8/14 “Tanzania bans witchdoctors,” says the headline on The East African website. For those who speak the language, the BBC Swahili website puts it a little more elegantly: “Wapiga...
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Tanzania bans another newspaper
The Citizen, 27/01/15 Once again, the Tanzanian government has banned a newspaper. In late 2013, Mtanzania was suspended for 90 days and Mwananchi for 14. In June 2012 it was MwanaHalisi, which remains...
View ArticleBut how will CCM really make it’s choice?
A couple of weeks ago, I asked how CCM will choose it’s 2015 presidential candidate, and explained the key stages of the formal decision making process. But the same question could be answered a very...
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Is there still time for NEC to complete biometric voter registration for...
Nipashe, 11/3/15 The cartoon above highlights that we are rapidly running out of time for the official education process. But the bigger obstacle seems likely to be the voter registration process. Is...
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Alliance for Change and Transparency? Zitto and ACT Wazalendo in cartoons
The (Tz) Guardian, 29/3/15 The long-awaited launch of ACT Wazalendo as Tanzania’s newest political party finally took place on Sunday. As expected, Zitto Kabwe, whose long-running battle with his...
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Tanzania’s Statistics, Cybercrime, Media Services and Access to Information...
For context, see the following two posts: Four bills later: is blogging with statistics in Tanzania now only for adrenalin junkies? Three (government) statistics that could be illegal under Tanzania’s...
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What the cartoonists say: CCM presidential nomination race – part 1
CCM is in the midst of the presidential candidate nomination process. More than ten candidates have already declared and probably over 30 who will put themselves forward. I’ve gathered up some of the...
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What the cartoonists say: CCM presidential nomination race – part 2
Mwananchi, 23/6/15 Last month I posted an early selection of cartoons on the CCM presidential nomination process. Since then, there has been a mountain of new cartoons. For simplicity and space, I have...
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