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President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

29Feb

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President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

Azimio leader Raila Odinga on Thursday revealed that Tanzanian President Suluhu Hassan has accepted to support his African Union job bid. There have been speculations that Tanzania could front former president Jakaya Kikwete to face Raila in the elections for the AU Commission chairperson elections. Speaking in Marani in Kisii, Raila said Suluhu had accepted to back his bid for the top continental job and that he is ready to lock the East African Community bloc. The opposition leader said that next week he will be travelling to Kigali to seek the support of Rwandan President Paul Kagame in his bid to consolidate the EAC. "Next week, I will be meeting Kagame to ask for his vote. Mam Suluhu has already said she is ready to vote for me,'' Raila said. However, Suluhu has ye...

Idris Elba In Talks To Open Film Studio In Tanzania

British actor Idris Elba is planning to open a film studio in Tanzania. The 50-year-old Hollywood star, whose filmography boasts of titles such as ‘The Wire’ and ‘Luther’, has already held initial talks with President Samia Suluhu Hassan, according to the president’s team. This is after Elba and his wife, Sabrina Elba, met President Suluhu on the side-lines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this month. “The president met with Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina, they are keen to invest in a film studio in Tanzania,” Tanzania’s director of presidential communications, Zuhura Yunus, was quoted by local media as telling journalists on Monday. She added that if the project goes through, it will be a hub for nurturing talent from not just Kenya’s south...

Tanzania Raises Minimum Wage By Nearly 25%

Tanzania's president on Saturday approved a nearly 25-percent increase in the minimum wage, marking a departure from the policies of her autocratic predecessor amid protests about the high cost of living. President Samia Suluhu Hassan decided on an increase of 23.3 percent, while also increasing the salaries of government workers for the first time since 2016, her office said in a statement. "The salary increment was approved considering the country's gross domestic product, domestic revenue and developments in both the local and global economies," the presidency said. Since coming to power last year following her predecessor John Magufuli's death, Hassan has attempted to break with some of his policies by reaching out to the opposition and reversing course on his approach to...