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By Margaret
Sembeyu

Talking Gender
Empowering, not marrying off girls reduces poverty
RehemaRashid, a 17-year-old housewife in Dar es Salaam, has just celebrated her first wedding anniversary. She tied the knot last year with a 35-year-old man in a hastily arranged marriage.
By
Peter Muthamia
Candid Talk
For the love of \'Makhirikhiri\'
I don\'t speak Tswana – not even a single word. I also don\'t care one bit to comprehend what the dancers in novelty but pirated DVD sing themselves hoarse about anyway. Dance is danced whichever way one looks at it. I have even seen Maasai dancers do jumps until foam comes out of their mouths.

By
Abdulrah
man O.J.Kaniki

Family Law
Property ownership under Polygamy
The Law of Marriage Act recognises polygamous marriages. The Act states under section 10(1) that marriages shall be of two kinds, namely monogamous and polygamous.
By Munir Daya
Sunday Musing
The other side of Africa
During a farewell get together for a retiring director of our associate company in Zambia, some senior personnel in our organisation spent a weekend at a nice hotel in Livingstone, Zambia just near the Victoria Falls. We were pleased to see so many tourists because the Zambian economy needed a boost from tourism.
By
Evarist
Kagaruki
Hard Talk
Dual citizenship can\'t be decided by the minority
The dual citizenship debate has been going on in this country for quite some time now. But it has not been national in character in the sense that it has not involved a wider cross-section of the population. There has not been any organised system of taking the issue to the people and collecting their views.
By Karl
Lyimo
My Point of View
Takes more than words to revolutionise agriculture
Tanzania is currently undertaking what must be the legendary umpteenth attempt at revolutionising its agriculture. This time round, the clarion call is for all and sundry to rally round the banner of 'Kilimo Kwanza,' literally Agriculture First. The overall objective is to bring about a green revolution that'd ensure cornucopian satiety – and, therefore, 'a better life for every Tanzanian' – by the year 2015.
By
Abdi Sultani
Our Kind of English
Billions of MONEY? No, it is billions of SHILLINGS
Bongo's smaller weekend tabloid of January 23-24 ran a story on page 2 entitled "First Lady cautions female students", in which the scribbler said in his intro:
   
       
Sunday Magazine
Women selling sex in the art world
Social skills help children succeed
Social skills help children succeed
Sitting too much could be deadly
Protect your car from rust now
Daring and controversial is his other name
Chinese imitations hurt local curios
New rule: perfect health is a myth, stop worrying about
Editorial & Commentary
Of the media, Jerry Muro and Abdalla Zombe
Tanzania to revamp leather industry, improve products
Govt move to curb street begging must be supported
Tenure extension calls affront to Constitution
Have organizers of miss Tanzania pageantry run out of ideas?
 
 
 
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