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Tz pips Kenya in tourism earnings

BY KENAN KALAGHO nDAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA-Tanzania tourism has continued to grow and is now ranked first in East Africa according to recent World Bank (WB) data.

Latest figures show the Tanzania tourism sector earned $1.56 billion as compared to Kenya, the second ranked tourist destination in the region which received $1.3 billion in the same period.

The report titled ‘Tourism in Africa: Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods’ states that Tanzania stands a better chance of transforming its economic growth and reducing overall poverty through the tourism sector.

The WB data also points out that this is the first time since 2008, Tanzania has surpassed Kenya for the number one spot in East Africa.

During that period and just after Kenya’s post- election violence, Tanzania earned $1.3 billion compared to the Kenyans who pocketed $752 million.

The report reveals that Tanzania now boasts of 31, 365 hotel rooms as compared to Kenya’s 24,354.

It forecasts employment in travel and tourism in 2021 to reach 463,800 for Tanzania and 273,500 for Kenya with TO PAGE 2

BY HUMPHREY LILOBA nNAIROBI, KENYA--Kenya plans to split its national tax collecting agency into two to boost collection while at the same time close loopholes for corruption and evasion.

According to the plan, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will be split into two semi-autonomous entities, namely the Domestic or Inland Tax Agency and the Customs and Border Control Agency.

“The aim is to make KRA more

Ethiopia hints stock exchange

BY DIAS NYESIGA nKIGALI, Rwanda-- Uth ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia— The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) announced recently it is studying the possibility of setting up a stock market in Ethiopia.

The announcement came after talks involving experts from the financial sector and representative of the central bank in Addis Ababa Hilton.

According to media reports, the NBE representatives said the central bank has finalized a study on the establishment of secondary market, “but we have gone back to our study and focus on a stock exchange that will include both the primary and secondary market,” an expert from NBE said.

A couple of years ago, an American investment consultant, Jonathan Auerbach, said Ethiopia's lack of a stock market was making it difficult to direct American institutional investors to put funds in the country's vibrant economy.

“You have got to make a decision on whether you need a capitalist or a socialist system. Ethiopia is the only country in the world with a big population that does not have a stock-market. You need to have a stock market,” he said.

Meanwhile according to the IMF Ethiopia’s economic expansion may continue through next year before “tapering off” TO PAGE 2

WELCOME: Tanzania has been carrying out an aggressive marketing campaign, especially in the UK, to get tourist numbers up. Photo By Kenan Kalagho

Rwanda pushes for high-speed internet links

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Kenya to spilt tax authority responsive, efficient and effective in revenue collection.

We are losing a lot due to duplication of roles, corruption and general inefficiency in the revenue collection system,” President Uhuru Kenyatta said last week while officially opening the annual Taxpayers Week.

He said the move is in line with East African Community agreements and will facilitate trade and improve security.

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Cut-price milk for Ugandan kids

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nKAMPALA, Uganda –A school milk scheme has been launched that will provide cut-priced milk to Ugandan school children at least thrice a week.

The scheme involves a partnership between the Ministry of Education , Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Limited and the Dairy Development Authority (DDA). It was launched last week at the Nangabo Vocational Training Institute in Wakiso near Kampala.

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nKIGALI, Rwanda--The government is courting internet service providers (ISPs) to look at ways of improving internet speed and give a big boost to online transactions. The government has pegged fast ICT development as a pillar of attaining middle income status.

The introduction of high-speed 4G broadband network is seen as paving a way for internet service providers to cut costs for internet users.

Again, the rollout the 3000 kilometres of cable countrywide that boosted the local is widening the bandwidth thus pushing access to internet services to rural areas.

For example, after the rollout, a megabyte of Internet costed went down to$125 TO PAGE 2

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Kenya to spilt tax authority into two FROM PAGE 1 “In this endeavour, we are partly informed by recent border security challenges, as well as the East African Community Common Market Protocol which requires the establishment of a Single Customs Territory.

The effect of that is free movement of goods in the region,” he said.

At the occasion mobile giant, Safaricom, yet again scooped the top taxpayer award for the third year in a row, followed by East African Breweries Limited (EABL) while the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) emerged third overall.

The event is used to celebrate institutions, individuals and organizations that contribute substantially to the national kitty.

Other reforms, the President said, include automation of the tax system to enable taxpayers to submit their returns from the comfort of their offices and homes.

“By March 2014, we will have rolled out production accounting under the excise

tax management system.

All firms dealing in products that attract excise duties will be covered under this roll-out,” he said.

The President said the government intends to make it cheaper, faster and easier for importers to lodge their import documentations.

The documents include ships notification of arrival list, ship-and air-cargo manifests, Import Declaration Form (IDF), pre-clearance licenses and permits issued

by Government agencies.

He said all required payments will be made through the planned single portal.

“The roll-out of the National Single Window system is scheduled for the end of this month, midnight of October, 31, 2013 and will commence with pre-clearance live of the documentations which I have mentioned earlier,” the President said.

The President said tax legislation, particularly excise and income tax regimes, will be reviewed and modernised, saying he expects an Excise

The Times Tower in Nairobi the Headquaters of Kenya Revenue Authority.

Management Bill to be submitted to the National

Assembly by December this year.

Tz pips Kenya in tourism earnings FROM PAGE 1 Tanzania topping the second top tourist destination by accommodation after South Africa with 61,417 hotel rooms.

According Tanzania tourism experts, these achievements haven’t come that easily because Tanzania started promoting itself on the CNN and BBC in 2007 when the President Jakaya Kikwete launched the first tourism campaign on CNN international television.

The launch of the campaign titled ’Tanzania: Land of Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and the Serengeti,’ on one of the major international television in the world has to the greater extent helped to sale Tanzania tourism attractions throughout the world and thereby emerging one of the most tourist attraction in the region.

Hassan Sanga, one of the hotel owners in Dar es Salaam said with the increase of tourists in the country, there has been a deliberate effort by the government to make sure that the availability of hotels and international conference centres and increased and meets to the international standards.

Sanga said both the world-class conference hall within the BOT twin towers buildings, the newly built Mwalimu Nyerere International Conference Center as well as the Mlimani International conference center backed with the five star hotels in Dar es salaam gives it a very privilege destination over other countries in the region.

He saidTanzania is blessed with many attractions including the Serengeti National park which is worldly known for its wildebeest migration, historical attractions like Kilwa Bagamoyo and Zanzibar including the lake and ocean beaches that gives a great advantage over other East African countries.

He also noted that Tanzania’s becoming number one in tourism in the region hasn’t come as a surprise because it is also involved in the promotion of its tourist attractions in the United Kingdom.

Last year a team of Tanzania delegation left for the UK with an aim of promoting Tanzania as a tourist destination in the world, showcase the potential of the country to UK tour op-

erators, journalists, visitors and travel professionals and have face-to-face discussions to lure tourists from that part of the world.

The World Bank says Tanzania’s tourism earnings had surpassed to the great extent the earnings from exported cash crops like cotton and coffee.

The report titled ‘Tourism in Africa: Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods’, says that Tanzania stands at a better chance of transforming its economic growth through tourism sector leading to poverty reduction.

It suggested for the improvement in infrastructure and tourism facilities such as hotels in most of African countries that will in turn boost the flow of tourist and lead to economic growth through tourism earnings.

The report however noted that there has been criticism about tourism in that the destination countries receive only a portion of the total cost of a tourist’s expenditure ignoring the inputs, entrepreneurship, and risks taken by businesses in the countries of tourist origin.

It notes that while there

are concerns that most hotel furniture used in tourist accommodation facilities are imported from China there were no trade link existing between local tourism enterprises and the local furniture industry.

Tanzania has in the recent years been overwhelmed by the number of passengers coming through the Julius Nyerere airport especially after the country harmonized landing fees in order to attract more airlines in the country.

Tanzania has been in the process of revamping its current international airport in order to meet the demands of the growing number of tourists visiting the country. The government of Tanzania through the ministry of natural resources and tourism there was an increase of 24 percent of tourist visiting Tanzania in the recent years making the country to receive one million tourists by the end of last year.According to the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Mr. Khamis Kagasheki there was an increase of tourist from 867,994 in 2011 to 1,077,058 tourist in 2012 an equivalent of 24 percent increase.

Cut-price milk for Ugandan kids

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Pamela Ejang, the Diary Development officer at DDA said the programme aims at ensuring that two to three million children drink milk.

“We applaud the Sameer for accepting to partner with us. As DDA, our mandate is to promote milk consumption in Uganda. By accepting to join hands, they (Sameer) are making a huge sacrifice because there is even a low supply of milk currently,” Ejang said.

She said the DDA negotiated a special price for the tetra packs with Sameer, makers of Fresh Dairy products. This was to make the packs affordable to parents.

The tetra packs that cost Ush1000 will be delivered to schools at a subsidized cost of Ush600 (about 25 US cents).

The DDA will provide technical support as the dairy industry regulator

while Tetrapak will provide the packaging at subsidized cost.Ejang added that DDA is in talks with other players in the dairy industry so as to ensure that there is adequate supply of milk to the schools.

Sudhir Mathulla, the Sameer Business Head, said the benefits of the programme will not only be felt by the school going children but also industry players like dairy farmers and manufacturers whose demand for milk will increase.

“As a milk processor, we acknowledge the nutritional challenges that the school going children commonly face, especially in developing nations. We believe the school milk program will be instrumental in ensuring that we are growing a healthy generation who will contribute to the development of this country,” he said.

Rwanda internet

FROM PAGE 1 (about Rwf83,125) up from Rwf1.3 million (about $2000) .

Jean Baptiste Mutabazi, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority’s head of communication and media regulation notes that there is need to protect consumers of internet services from slow and poor internet services.

“Consumers of Internet services should be in position to use the services more efficiently and effectively because they pay for it,” he said The government , together with the City of Kigali authorities, recently partnered with internet service providers to offer free Wi-Fi in selected areas of the city. to allow people have a taste of the broadband services introduced by Korea telecom in collaboration with the Government of Rwanda.

This is intended to popularize the internet and give people confidence in using it.

Rwanda is currently preparing to host an international high-level conference on ICT code named ‘Transform Africa’ that will be begin this week.

The summit under the theme ‘the Future Delivered Today’ will have heads of state meeting, a ministerial meeting, development partners roundtable, a technology exhibition, leaders’ forum , exhibition, Smart Africa conference and awards, youth innovation extravaganza.

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from 2015-16 because of funding gaps for public projects and foreign exchange shortages.

The IMF believes GDP is forecast to rise to 7.5 percent in the 12 months through July 7 and 2014-15.

The economy has expanded an annual average of 7 percent since 2001-02, cutting the poverty rate by half to 30.7 percent in 2011 from 60.5% in 2005, leading to a higher standards of living for many citizens and reducing the unemployment rate in urban areas, according to the IMF. While spending by the government and public enterprises has been “instrumental in delivering these results,” they’ve relied on local credit and squeezed out private borrowers, the IMF said.

Growth, which registered 7 percent in 2012-13, is being driven by farming, construction and service-related industries, according to the IMF. Inflation eased to 7 percent in June from a peak of 40 percent in July 2011, while the current account deficit widened to $3 billion in 2012-13 from $2.8 billion a year earlier, as prices for key exports declined, the IMF said. Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest grower of coffee.

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BRIEFLY Uganda premier reassures on graft nKAMPALA – Amama Mbabazi the Prime Minister of Uganda has said corruption in the country will be defeated and that there should be cause for people to worry. The elite minister was speaking at the Pearl of Africa Lifetime Achievements Awards (PALITA) 2013 prize giving ceremony recently.

“The fact that Uganda is in the news over corruption does not mean that it’s a bad thing, it means there is openness to talk about it,” Mbabazi said.

He said new measures are being put in place to reduce graft.

Two firms team up for Tanzanian gold nVANCOUVER Tanzania Minerals Corporation (TZM), a Canadian-based resource company, has announced having entered into a Letter of Intent with MDN Inc. to jointly explore and develop the Ikungu gold project in Tanzania.

Under the proposed deal, TZM can acquire up to a 50% interest in MDN’s interest in the project, which covers 17.9 square kilometres and lies 17 km southwest of Musoma and 135 km northeast of Mwanza, Tanzania’s second largest city.

Ikungu Gold Project is situated in northern Tanzania, nearly 1000km from Dar es Salaam.

Kenya on track for Eurobond loan nNAIROBI Kenya is in the final stages of appointing JP Morgan as lead manager for a debut Eurobond of up to $2 billion in size.

According to Reuters Finance Secretary, Henry Rotich said among the points being finalised with JP Morgan include coarrangers, an issue that the government has left to JP Morgan’s discretion.

“We are negotiating a mandate letter with JP Morgan with a view of course to sign a contract,” Rotich told Reuters.

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POWER SECTOR: With the money being invested by the Chinese TANESCO can do more expansion work.

Chinese win $1.7b in Tanzanian deals

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA nDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania-Chinese companies have lined up in preparation to investing in Tanzania’s power generation, aviation and construction sectors.

About seven contracts worth Tsh2.72 trillion ($1.7 billion) were signed last week.

Chinese companies have signed deald with the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) to generate electricity, the National Housing Corporation (NHC) to support construction industry and the National Development Corporation (NDC) to construct a Centre for Research and Training on Alternative Energy.

A statement from the Prime Minister’s office disclosed that the agreements were sealed by the Premier, Mizengo Pinda.

He was in China to officially open the Tanzania-China Business Forum in Guangzhou City. It was organized in partnership with Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)

$692.7 million

For Kinyerezi III power plant

$200 million

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400kv

New line to Arusha

and China Africa Business Council (CABC).

TANESCO and Tabiau Electric Apparatus Stock Company Limited are in cooperation to construct a power transmission line with a capacity of 400kv.

The 400kv line will be connected to the national grid from Dar es Salaam to the northeastern regions up to Arusha, in the country’s tourist circuit.

The utility’s acting Director General, Felchesmi Mramba signed the deal worth $692.7 million. He also signed another contract with Shanghai Electric Power Company for the construction of Kinyerezi III power plant.

The statement said another pact

was between TANESCO and China Gezhouba Group Corporation in which the company agreed to develop the Rumakali hydro- power project in the Northern Highlands regions.

However the feasibility study on the two projects is still in progress, Mramba said.

Mkonge Energy Systems Limited owned by a Tanzanian businessman Salum Shamte signed a deal with Sino Hydro Resources Limited for Masigira hydro-power project at a cost of $136 million.

The residential houses and commercial buildings deal was signed between NHC’s Director General, Nehemia Mchechu and the China Railway Jianchang Engineering (CRJE).

The deal will see CRJE inject $500 million as financial support.

Mchechu also signed another financial and technical cooperation agreement worth $200 million with Poly Technologies Company for the construction of residential and commercial houses at Masaki area in Dar es Salaam.

Germany gives $20m for Ugandan power

BY SAMUEL NABWIISO n KAMPALA, Uganda --Uganda through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has signed a loan for 15 million Euros (about $20.4 million) from the Kfw Development Bank of Germany.

The money is for the construction of a new 132KW transmission power line for Entebbe town The State Minister in-charge of General Duties Fred Omach signed for Uganda while Mrs. Stephanie Rieger, the Senior Project Manager Energy at the KFW signed on behalf of Kfw. Omach said the money has come when the government was experiencing the problem of power

transmission especially to the places of economic potential like Entebbe.

He said the current 33KVA line cannot cope with present rates of demand.

“As government we are delighted that the loan agreement is signed today the project will have tremendous effect on the electricity supply situation in Entebbe, especially on reducing losses and avoiding supply shortage due to insufficienttransmission capacity,” he said.

He said with the loan more investment, especially in the floriculture will be possible. There are three major flower farms along the highway between Kampala and Entebbe Mrs. Rieger said KFWs decision to grant Uganda

the money is as result of the good cooperation between the countries.

She said Uganda has the capacity to utilize the resources effectively because all the projects which they have been funding have been completed in time. “Uganda is among the few countries in Africa where KFW trust when it comes to value for money,” she said.

She said, “All the projects which we have been funding are functioning and we are seeing positive economic impact from these projects like the rural electrification projects. Many people in the rural areas have been connected on the national grid. This will drive economic development in those areas and we expect this project also to yield the same.”

n BUJUMBURA, Burundi-Tanzania--President Nkurunziza (pictured) was emphatic that a time had come to fully embrace the philosophy of ‘One People, One Destiny’ so that the integration agenda becomes fully realized.

He called on EALA Members last week to come up with bankable resolutions that make a difference to the People of the region.

The President said the Monetary Union Protocol was on the verge of been signed at the next Summit and further called on the Partner States to accelerate realization of the Political Federation.

“I do believe that we can accelerate the Political Federation to which the Burundian population and those from other Partner States have overwhelmingly responded positively to,” President Nkurunziza remarked.

The Head of State called for the full and speedy implementation of the Common Market Protocol to enable citizens to enjoy the mutual benefits. “ We should also ensure the best practices of the Partner States are shared”, he said, noting that Burundi had carried a wide sensitization programme in the entire country.

The President remarked that Burundi was honoured to host EALA once again, noting that - it provided an opportunity for citizens to closely follow up and comprehend on the activities of EALA. “I want to commend EALA for the decision to rotate the plenaries to enable citizens become more aware of the mandate of the Assembly”, he remarked.

The President hailed the EALA Members for the Community Initiative carried out in Cibitoke District when EALA visited Burundi last year. “The people of Cibitoke have sent me back to request you to visit the stadium which is on the verge of completion. I welcome you for a football time at an appropriate time” he said.

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BRIEFLY Tz uses movie to highlight financing nDAR ES SALAAM The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange recently introduced an educational movie shot by movie stars from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi to raise awareness on SMEs access to finance.

According to Sanctus Mtsimbe, Managing Director of ConsNet Group Limited, “One of the major constraints facing SMEs is access to finance. Therefore, an initiative to provide capital financing solution to SMEs is of utmost importance,” he said.

Tanzania bank enters Burundi market n BUJUMBURA Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza recently welcomed Tanazania’s CRDB into the financial market.

He said Burundi required more banks to help it become economically self-sufficient.

“Our target is to grow the bank into a financial giant in East and Central Africa. The Bank had recently opened a branch in Burundi in an attempt to continue to foster a relationship with neighbouring Tanzania,’’ CRDB’s Managing Director, Dr. Charles Kimei told a news conference.

Uganda encourages financial reporting KAMPALA The Capital Markets Authority, Uganda Securities Exchange and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants recently launched the 3rd Fire Awards 2013, aimed at improving the quality of financial and business reporting in Uganda.

This will be done by encouraging financial reporting standards as well as other best practices in financial reporting.

According to Fredrick Kibedi, the Chairman Fire Awards Committee, the awards will provide an opportunity to organisations, to benchmark their reports against the set criteria of good financial reports.

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Tanzania plans SME cash ties with Faidika

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA nDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania-The Tanzanian government is planning to link Faidika, the Botswana-based microfinance institution, with the Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO), with the objectiveof helping small businesses in Tanzania.

Faidika which is listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, has already disbursed over Tsh89 billion (about $55 million) to support government officials to grow their personal businesses since 2006.

Faidika is 85% owned by Letshego Holdings Botswana Limited.

Dr Consolata Ishebabi, the Director of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Ministry of Industry and Trade said last week, “We are planning to link Faidika and SIDO in order to help our SMEs, who are in serious need of loans.

He was speaking at the prize giving ceremony to five winners of the Faidika’s ‘I have a Dream Competition 2013’ held in Dar es Salaam las week.

First prize of Tsh5 million ($3,118), went to Vincent Tozzo from Iringa; the second to Ms Nisalaliie Mwaipasi from Tabora, with Tsh3 million ($1,871) and Consolata Choga from Morogoro, won Tsh2 million ($1,247).

Dr Ishebabi said Faidika’s loan scheme is different compared with other lenders such as commercial banks who are mostly concerned about repayments.

“But Faidika does something different. They reward their loyal customers who have used their loans wisely benefitting themselves, their families and the community at large,” she said.

Faidika’s Chief Executive Officer,Marion Moore told East African Business Week they are not just providing loans, but also empowering families financially as

EMPOWERING: Moore said they help people manage their loans

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well as educating them to enable them manage their loans wisely.

Moore said the contest was designed at encouraging consumers to use their loans productively in order to uplift the lives of their families and the community at large.

She said the competition which started on July 9 and ended on August 30, was open to all Faidika clients.

“We believe that empowering people

does not end by just giving them loans, but they must get professional guidance on how best to utilize their loans,” she said.

So far over 60,000 government employees have benefited from Faidika loans.

Moore said the funding which has been released on loan deal has enabled the micro-finance firm to pay Tsh16 billion ($9.88 million) cash in taxes to the government for the last seven years.

She said the success of the Tanzanian economy does not only depend on the size of the GDP but also on our (Faidika’s) ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart.

Uganda NSSF pats good deeds

BY BAZ WAISWA n KAMPALA, Uganda-National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has rewarded four outstanding not for profit community projects with a cash prize of Ush 50 million (about $18,867).

This is in appreciation of their contribution to well being of their communities.

The Torch Awards are part of the Fund’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.

To qualify, a project had to be on going, not for profit, no formally funded and serves the community with a notable positive impact.

Youth and Women Empowerment (YAWE) Foundation, that started in 2004 has community interventions in HIV positive women and Youth, emerged the overall winner, and received Ush 20 million from NSSF. Other winners included Mbale Maternity Home, Kisozi orphan support center – Gomba, and Children of Uganda- Mukono, they each took home Ush10m to help them sustain their initiatives.

The projects emerged winner in the categories of Youth, Disadvantaged and Education respectively.

The Queen of Buganda, Nnabagereka Sylvia Nagginda who presided over the awards ceremony encouraged the winners to continue helping people and shape the future generation.

“Let’s continue lighting the torch until more women and children are helped. I have committed much of my time to such causes through the Nnabagereka Development Foundation and it is gratifying to see the impact such support as this is having on people’s lives,” she said.

NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba said the prize money from the awards will support projects that are making a difference in the lives of underprivileged.

Kenyan PR firm sees future growth in East Africa

BY HUMPHREY LILOBA nNAIROBI, KENYA--Kenyan indigenous firms have maintained regional growth momentum cashing in on a relatively buoyant East African Community economy.

Last week, local integrated communications and public relations firm, Gina Din Corporate Communications (GDCC), announced a regional expansion strategy that will see it spread to Uganda and Rwanda after a successful foray in Kenya and Tanzania.

The company made the announcement during celebrations to market is 16th anniversary where it also rebranded and entered into a strategic partnership in a bid to address changing market dynamics.

The new arrangement will give rise to Gina Din Group (GDG), following a partnership with Imagine IMC, a fast growing regional integrated marketing communications agency.

According to marketing communications analysts, the rebranding puts GDG in a strategic position to offer 360-degrees brand and marketing communication solutions. And to also respond to rising industry challenges and market dynamics in the region.

The Group will offer a wide range of services, including PR, events management, government relations and lobbying.

Other services to be offered by the Group include experiential marketing, activations, media planning and buying, advertising and branding, as well as digital and social media marketing.

Gina Din is currently the most awarded and revered PR company in Kenya but currently facing increasing competition from peers such as Hill+Knowlton, Ogilvy and Mather, TellEm among others.

Speaking during the re-branding ceremony, attended by leading corporate and industry captains, Gina Din-Kariuki said the fast changing PR and Communications industry called

for alignment of strategies to address client needs. As Group Executive Chair, Gina will focus on building the brand across Africa.

“Sixteen years ago when we founded GDCC we were pioneers, and we have tried to keep that spirit with us, always.

We are also conscious that the market in which we operate today is not the same as the one that we started out in 16 years ago,” she said.

“It is no longer enough to talk only of Kenya one must talk of East Africa we must change with it. We realize that the boundaries between the different communication disciplines are blurring, that a press release or a press conference is no longer enough to solve our clients’ problems, and that we have to be able to order the full range of communication solutions if we are to do justice to our clients and their brands,” she said.

The Group will be headed by Eddie Ndegwa, the founder and Managing Director of Imagine IMC.

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BRIEFLY Spanish firm wins Kenya wind farm deal nNAIROBI A Spanish firm, Iberdrola, has won a $117 million contract to build a wind farm producing a total output of 61MW at Kinangop in Kenya.

The wind farm will involve nearly 40 turbines.

According to sources here, once constructed it will be owned by the African Infrastructure Investment Fund and the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries, Norfund.

Kenya is also developing its geothermal capacity as part of its renewable energy programme.

Ophir hints of sale for Tanzania gasfields nNEW YORK There is some excitement among investors here after upstream oil and gas exploration company, Ophir Energy Plc last week announced, it could sell part of its interest in three gas fields in Tanzania.

Recently the firm reported large gas finds with partner in the exploration block BG Group.

Reports speak of 15 trillion cubid feet.

Ophir however added that there is no certainty it will conclude successfully nor any certainty over the value of any deal.

Cooperative Bank of Kenya eyes East Africa nNAIROBI Cooperative Bank of Kenya is to join several of its counterparts by announcing plans to open branches in South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda.

According to Dr. Gideon Muriuki, Group Managing Director and CEO, “We have ambitious growth plans to increase our market share in Kenya and also expand into new territories such as South Sudan,” he said last week.

He was speaking on the completion of implementing the new Misys BankFusion system throughout the bank network.

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ENTERPRISE: All over Kigali, thousands of self-employed people still distrust the RRA. FILE PHOTO.

Rwanda moots new tax options for SMEs 72,000

BY DIAS NYESIGA nKIGALI, Rwanda--Several tax ation professionals have called for a tax policy tailored-made for the needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

“We need new innovations that will let tax bodies levy taxes from SMEs without affecting their growth,”George Blankson said last week.

He was in Kigali last week in his capacity as the Chairman of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA).

“Although taxes contribute greatly to the proper functioning of economies today, we need to design a tax system which promotes trade and helps SMEs build their capacity to grow,” Amb. Claver Gatete, the Rwanda Minister of Finance said.

Across the continent governments are trying to transform agririan-based economies into private sector led enterprises. It is being steadily accepted that tax-

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Convincing them to pay friendly reforms are also vital to SMEs growth.

Experts worry that relatively high taxation on SMEs would cripple their expansion and consequently lower the capacity for the private sector to lead economic growth.

The other problem is that against steadily declining official development assistance, developing countries have no choice but widen and deepen the local tax base.

However, it is also widely known that many small businesses are not willing to register for fear that payment will eat away most of their modest profit margins.

“So most businesses don’t want to come from their hiding in the informal sector, because they think they start to be chased by tax authorities,” Davis Mukiza, a business consultant told East African Business Week.

This therefore has seen only 25,000 out of an estimated 72,000 SMEs in Rwanda registered. This is according to a survey done by the country’s private sector umbrella, Private Sector Federation (PSF).

“There is need for tax reforms to develop systems that assist small businesses to grow into bigger companies,” Gatete said.

Ben Kagarama, the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) Commissioner General said they introduced the flat tax regime for the SMEs. “The challenge with SME taxing is how to tax without affecting their growth, but we have introduced a tax regime that can favour their growth as they contribute to the growth of the economy through taxation,” he said.

n MWANZA, Tanzania Widespread interest in Tanzania’s energy sector earned the country an invitation to attend the Ministerial Roundtable of the World Energy Council (WEC) recently.

The 22nd World Energy Council met in Daegu, South Korea between October 13th and 17th, 2013 and was attended by 100 countries.

According to Tanzania Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof. Sospeter Muhongo who also attended the meeting, the roundtable was one of the world’s largest energy platforms for world renown experts in the energy sector.

“Tanzania had been invited to attend this crucial meeting in the energy sector and was honored to be among key speakers,” he said. The country boasts of having the second biggest gas reserves after Mozambique.

Other speakers included South Korea, USA, Japan, China, Spain, Germany and Colombia while the United Kingdom was a moderator.

In an effort to balance regional participation of congress delegates and encourage representation from developing countries, the WEC Daegu 2013 Organizing Committee provided a special Developing Countries Program.

Prof Muhongo said during the event, delegates were able to actively engage with the global energy community, addressing key issues on the energy, energy access and development agenda.

Hosted by the World Energy Council (WEC) and the WEC Korean Member Committee, the event was organized by the WEC Daegu 2013 Organizing Committee.

Uganda in search for top employer

BY PAUL TENTENA

CHOOSING THE WINNER: Ssenabulya said next February.

nKAMPALA, Uganda - The Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) last week launched the 2014 Employer of the Year Awards aimed at promoting best human resources practices and supporting productivity.

The awards gala will be held in February 2014.

According to Mrs Rosemary Ssenabulya, the FUE Executive Director, the theme of this year’s award and survey is ‘Employee engagement a driver to Business Success.’

“This year, the EYA survey will benefit from public private partnership

between us, the Human Resources Association of Uganda and Makerere University Department of Educational Social and Organizational Psychology,” Ssenabulya said.

She said promotion of human resource practices has already gained momentum in Kenya, Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Canada and Barbados.

Ssenabulya said their PPP partnership is modeled on the vision of the Academia- Private Public Sectors Interface.

She said the objective of the survey is to conduct research in people management and organizational development, involve employers in reviewing the

curriculum and management of the internship programme for students of organizational psychology.

It will also involve writing and publishing a journal on people management and organizational development.

She said they will also write joint research proposals and seek funding for applied research in the areas of human resource management and organizational development.

Dr. Julius Kikoma, from Makerere University Department of Educational Social and Organizational Psychology said in companies, only 25% to 30% of the employees are fully engaged. This means the rest spend considerable time on less productive things.

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Ten years is good for EAC single currency

T

he East African Community Heads of State are expected to sign the Protocol for the monetary Union next month.

But it will be another 10 years before East Africans will be using a common currency.

According to the EAC Deputy Secretary General incharge of Infrastruture and Planning, Enos Bukuku, the transition period will see the creation of various institutions for purposes of surveillance, compliance and enforcement.

These will include an East African Monetary Institute to be created within two years of the signing of the Protocol and which will later become the East African Central Bank.

Sceptics are already saying the EAC is getting ahead of itself. The Customs Union is still beset by several problems, particularly numerous non-tariff barriers and uneven taxation. Most important of all, the issue of national sovereignty prevents the five member states from fully throwing themselves into the East African ideal.

The critics also point out that the tone of relations between the five member states these days is not conducive to signing the Protocol. Much is being said that Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are seemingly going their own way, especially in issues of infrastructure development.

On the other hand, in the absence of a common infrastruture fund, isn’t it logical for Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to tackle the problem of the Northern Corridor, even as Tanzania finds ways to improve the Central Corridor?

It would be unfortunate if the Protocol is not signed.

There are four main advantages to having a monetary union. Transaction costs are reduced because there are no commission payments to financial intermediaries.

Secondly, producers and tourists can more easily compare the prices of international goods, services and resources.

A common currency creates certainty, because firms can predict the cost of imported raw materials and can set the price of their exports, which means they can plan, and are more likely to invest. It means a fairer playing field across the region.

Fourthly, trade between members of a single currency area tends to increase because of the benefits of sharing a currency.

A fifth advantage is that increased trade is likely to generate jobs in those industries that experience increased exports.

Finally, a common currency creates a kind of discipline against inflation, because members cannot take the easy option (devaluation) to get out of economic difficulties.

Obviously the leading disadvantage of monetary union is loss of economic sovereignty. But this should only crop up if you are not fully committed to the East African ideal. Secondly, the conversion process (to align each country together like agreeing to keep their economies stable and keeping their budget deficits under control) can be painful for some and easier for others.

Thirdly, the temptation to break the rules will always hang over the union. National politics usually trumps regional economic integration. Greece is a classic example.

Ten years is a good lead in time for something like the monetary union. It gives everybody a chance pinch themselves more than once about joining.

NO FERTILIZERS PLEASE: There are about 900,000 hectares of certified organic agricultural land in Africa. FILE PHOTO.

Organic market beckons

BY WINNIE MADELA nKAMPALA, Uganda--Uganda has a chance to earn from the booming sales of organic agriculture products.

This was the underlying point made during a conference held last week in Kampala’ Legislator Kyewalabye Kabayo said Africa needs a Green Revolution, but one that will increase agricultural productivity by using practices that build soil fertility while minimizing harm to the environment.

“Organic farming or agriculture has been proven suitable for Africa and Uganda in particular because it is based on active management of the agricultural ecosystem rather than on external inputs” he said.

Not long ago, a Chinese venture announced plans to exploit the large phosphates deposits in eastern Uganda.

This would eventually make it easier for farmers to access cheaper fertilizers and raise productivity. The government has made agricultural productivity a keystone of its efforts to transform this mainstay of the economy.

However, the popularity of organic products is that no artificial additives are used during growth, processing and packaging.

National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU) executive director, Moses Kiggundu Muwanga, said, “The call for chemical fertilizers does not make sense: they emit greenhouse gasses, both through their production and their composition of mainly nitrous oxide, and so they contribute to climate change. Besides the cost of synthetic fertiliser is too expensive for most subsistence farmers.”

There about 900,000 hectares of certified organic agricultural land in sub-Saharan Africa which constitutes about three percent of the world’s organic agricultural land. Ironicaly at 300,000 hectares in 2007 Uganda is second to Sao Tome, but

developments in organic farming during recent years have been mixed.

Muwanga, also a board member of International Federation of Agricultural Movements said suggestions by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and others offer market-based solutions that could exploit an average subsistence farmer in Africa.

“The increase in demand for organic products offers Uganda a chance to return to global trade competitiveness since organic markets are the drivers for rural development in Uganda” he said.

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The global demand in 2012 topped $70 billion

Victoria Burke, an advisor on export of organic products in Uganda, also said that, “It is not just an increase in food that matters, but also freedom farmers have from buying inputs. And being able to rely on their locally developed and adapted varieties,” she said.

According to a recent report by Transparency Market Research, the demand for organic food and beverages was valued at $70 billion in 2012. This is expected to reach $187 billion by 2019. Africa’s share is less than 5%.

The global market has witnessed growth in recent times due to increasing consumer health awareness. In addition, widening distribution channels and increased government regulation and intervention are some of the other factors contributing towards the market growth.

However shorter shelf life of the organic products and high prices of the raw materials are the major growth barriers of the market. Nonetheless increased research and development efforts for new products development provides huge market opportunity for the market players.

In 2012, organic food dominated the global market and accounted for 80.6% share of the overall demand.

Organic fruits and vegetables led the food segment and accounted for 38.9% share of the market and are expected to maintain their dominance over the next six years.

Organic dairy products are expected to grow at a yearly average of of 14.1% from 2013 to 2019 due to advancement in technologies which provide products with an extended shelf life.

Organic meat, fish and poultry products occupied a very small share in the current market but are expected to increase their market share in future due to development of new and innovative products in this segment and is expected to exhibit the fastest growth rate of 14.6% from 2013 to 2019.

Organic beverages markets are witnessing growth due to increasing consumer awareness regarding health benefits associated with it. Moreover, due to their finished quality and better formulation flexibility, the market is witnessing a steady rise, which leads them to gain a significant position in the market.

The market for organics is growing fast in some products like cotton, processed fruits and natural ingredients.

These offer a premium price that smallholders organized into groups and export companies can benefit from.

Muwanga said organic farming will offer price income to exporters and smallholder farmers resulting into increased incomes and improved livelihoods.

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LETTERS & PERSPECTIVE East African Business Week I October 28-November 3, 2013

Refinery not worth saving

PERSPECTIVE Queries on Tz uranium

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Editor, I was not surprised to read how readily the Indians, (Essar Energy), were ready to pull out of the Kenya refinery venture for $5 million.

The cost of revamping the 50 year old facility may even cost almost as much as building a brand new one. And the fact that fuel retailers are not impressed by its efficiency could only lead to the Indians’ decision.

That however does not change the fact that Kenya needs a refinery.

But refineries come with a high price tag. They cost billions of dollars to build and millions to maintain. Therefore building a new one will require much thought and better yet should be done on a regional basis, since techincally it is a regional project.

This situation would not have arisen if some foresight had been in use rather than complecency.

INVESTING IN ATHLETICISM: A Golden State entertainer prepares to dunk the ball before the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors NBA Global Game 2013 tour game at the Wukesong Stadium in Beijing, China recently.

Dick Mbolo Nairobi, Kenya

EAC must agree agriculture matters Editor, Why is it that the EAC member states all seem to underfund agriculture?

It is true the Jubilee government has made some nice noises. But the trend has been decreasing cash for helping farmers.

Regional top officials say food security is important, but it just stops there! These are tricky times. We must

have a regional agriculture summit soon and look for remedies to stop this trend.

Climate change is upon us and the EAC has to develop coping mechanisms or face cases of food shortages.

According to one source, Africa’s population has been growing fifty percent (50%) faster than gains in food productivity. Without dramatic action, Africa’s food deficit is projected to increase to 60

million tons and $14 billion dollars by the year 2020.

Agriculture is not as sexy as say IT or some industries, but it is the backbone of our regional economies. We cannot afford to neglect it.

As far as I am concerned the national security of any country begins with how much food is in the grannary?

Not long ago, Mombasa was the top dog, serving much of the East African hinterland.

However in the past decade and because of complacency that saw Mombasa port become frequently associated with congestion and under investment, Dar es Salaam is being seen as acceptabale alternative.

Recent developments, like opening up Berth 19 reflect a change of heart by Kenyan

Editor,

government. Also reflected by the marketing teams we see in Kampala telling us Mombasa is much better.

All this is very good for us users of the port, who not so long ago were treated quite badly on many occasions. The Tanzanians have not been sleeping! We now have a rivalry that is sure to improve customer service all round.

As far as I am concerned, February 2014 when COMESA sugar is allowed into the Kenyan market cannot come soon enough!

Our sugar companies have had ample time to adjust to meet the challenge. What have they been doing?

During these times when the prices for many essentials are rising sharply, most of us will not complain to buy cheaper sugar.

The government should no longer be held hostage by these companies for their inefficiencies.

Since 2002 Kenyan sugar have been giving excuses while prices kept rising and supply has failed to meet demand.

Perhaps outside competition will do the trick?

Farouk Kasule Kampala, Uganda

Jane Wambui Nairobi, Kenya

Wilson Murgor Kitale, Kenya

Ports rivalry good for customer service Editor,

Cheap sugar is welcome!

Ugandan contractors need more than re-branding Editor, It was interesting to read that Uganda’s contractors have re-branded themselves.

My question is this, will this really change anything? As far as I am concerned, factors like quality and credibility have suf-

fered because our contractors have become very greedy and desperate for jobs.

Many times, they have to bribe in order to get contracts and this makes it easy for them to cut corners to make up for the ‘extra costs’ incurred.

This leads me to think that

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unless the whole tendering system is reviewed for the better, our contractors will not live up to the lofty goals they have given themselves in rebranding.

The pressure of making a decent profit for local contractors has also meant not employing

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qualified site engineers and managers. Hence the deaths that we often hear of.

My suggestion to the contractors is to first weed out their briefcase colleagues.

nDODOMA, Tanzania--Not far from Tanzania’s capital of Dodoma is the rural area of Bahi.

The small village in the heart of the country on Africa’s coast, though, is sitting on a proverbial “gold mine,” one that has raised eyebrows at both the national and international levels: uranium.

Tanzania has been carrying out exploratory drilling operations for a number of years so that it might soon begin the real business of uranium mining. People who live in Bahia, however, have reacted to the drilling with skepticism.

Uranium, a radioactive element, is sought after around the world over. It is used in nuclear medical treatments, is essential for the production of nuclear energy and is also used in nuclear weapons.

Though Tanzania’s government appears determined to take part in the lucrative mining business, German parliamentarian Ute Koczy has called for a worldwide ban of uranium mining. Her party, the Greens, has been promoting an end to nuclear power for decades, saying that nuclear energy carries incalculable risks. In Bahi, Koczy visited exploratory drilling sights back in 2010 and has been following the developments since then. “My view is that you should not mine uranium, and that you should just leave the material in the soil whenever possible,” she said.

Koczy recalled the risks of nuclear energy, pointing to the nuclear reactor catastrophes in Chernobyl and Fukushima.

But she also said there were potential safety risks in Tanzania, which are high during the mining of radioactive ore. Uranium’s utility for Tanzania itself is very limited, Koczy said. The German parliamentarian criticized the fact that the large majority of mining licenses have gone to foreign firms, with the public having no oversight on the profits made.

Tanzanian Minister of Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo views the future brightly, though. For workers, safety risks will not be an issue, he said.

“Through the advances made in nuclear technology, we can take care of ourselves and guarantee that people near the mine will not be affected by radioactivity from uranium,” he said. He said Tanzania already has a nuclear regulatory authority in place, the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission, which will ensure that international standards are maintained.

Further south, there are also uranium deposits.

There, the majority of the deposits reside in an area unpopulated by humans but well populated by animals. The Selous Game Reserve is one of Africa’s largest contiguous wildlife sanctuaries and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yet even here, a compromise was made: UNESCO allowed Tanzania to reduce the size of the park in order to preclude illegal mining and at the same time avoid losing UNESCO World Heritage status.

In southern Tanzania, the uranium is thick and close to the earth’s surface. That brings yet another danger: A gust of wind can blow uranium dust from surface mining operations and into the surrounding landscape.

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German Green MP says leave it underground

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BRIEFLY Ethiopian to start Singapore flights nADDIS ABABA Ethiopian Airlines plans to launch three weekly flights to Singapore via Bangkok, Thailand beginning December 3rd.

The airline said the new flights to Singapore will be operated with Ethiopian Boeing 767-300 aircraft with 24 seats in Ethiopian Cloud Nine Business Class and 211 seats in Economy class.

Ethiopian will be the first East African carrier to start services to Singapore, which will become the airline’s 78th international destination.

Kenya Airways gets Boeing 777-300ER n NAIROBI Last week Kenya Airways (KQ) were expecting delivery of a new Boeing 777300ER. The large plane will enter into service during November and fly nonstop to Guangzhou in China.

In recent years, China has become a popular destination country for regional business people.

CEO Titus Naikuni said the Boeing aircraft has a seating capacity of 400 and will soon be steadily joined by new Boeing 787 Dreamliners next year.

Fastjet first flight to Mbeya coming DAR ES SALAAM Barring any unforseen problems, Tanzaniabased low cost airline, Fastjet will launch a fourth domestic route between Dar es Salaam and Mbeya November 1st.

This follows seeing its inaugural international flight to Johannesburg making a safe landing recently.

The carrier currently has 41 weekly return flights in the domestic market.

As a result its three A319s have been utilised on average less than five hours per day. Mbeya as the airport was only recently upgraded to accommodate jet operations.

TRANSPORT

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Uganda master plan for civil aviation out

BY WINNIE MANDELA nKAMPALA, Uganda--Uganda Civil Aviation Authority(CAA) last week launched their 20year National Civil Aviation Master Plan that is expected to create a landmark in the air transport system as part of developing the country.

According to Eng. Abraham Byandala, the State Minister for Works and Transport, the plan is projected to steer growth and modernization of the country’s civil aviation.

“The air transport industry’s success requires great planning, judicious investments and continuous analysis of the steadily expanding demand for its service” Byandala said.

Being one of the drivers of the national economy, CAA plan is in alignment with Uganda’s Vision 2040 National Development Plan.

Eng. Byandala said in spite of the inadequacies in the aeronautical infrastructure, the industry has recorded significant growth over the last 10 years.

He said like most other sectors in the economy, the demands for the air transport service has not always been met with matching infrastructure development which is one of the major aims of the 20year development plan.

“Entebbe International Airport has not been met with matching infrastructure. An unprecedented pressure on its facilities and services which the Ministry and CAA are laying strategies to ensure a continued quality service provision,” he said.

He 60% of the international tourist and visitor inflows come by air, indicating the increasing demand for the transport.

Annual trafffic at the airport has gone up from about 800 in 1986 to 1.4 million today.

The Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi, suggested the national aviation industry to put more

BUSY: Scheduled flights are increasing with demand. FILE PHOTO.

1.4 million

Current passenger traffic

1991

The year CAA was set up

60%

Percentage using air

emphasis on key linkages with other transport modes so as to avoid service stagnation at the airport.

He said, “The country is placing a lot of efforts in modernization of the airport which has been identified as one of the

catalyst for the development of the economy.”

Officials said there is need for more reliable power, a larger arrival hall, departure handling systems, a new cargo center and passenger terminal building among others. There is a multimillion dollar plan to expand Entebbe International Airport in tandem with the regional trend.

Kigali is getting a new airport.

Kenya is also expanding JKIA and Tanzania is building a new international terminal.

Ethiopia tankers to ferry own oil

n ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia--Beginning next year, Ethiopia is expected to ferry most of its imported oil using its own tankers.

Abayneh Awol, a fuel supply manager at the Ethiopian Petroleum Enterprise was quoted last week saying, “We already informed our suppliers that we want to handle the transport ourselves.”

The sources of Ethiopia’s oil imports are presently Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Persian Gulf countries.

Petroleum suppliers have now been told not to include transportation costs in their tendering.

This follows plans by the Ethiopian Shipping Lines and Logistics Service Enterprise’s (ESLSE) and EPE to seal a deal making this possible before the year ends.

The oil will be carried in a pair of tankers ESLSE recently acquired.

The Export-Import Bank of China financed 80% of the cost of purchasing the Chinese built oil and multipurpose cargo vessels costing $293.5 million three years ago.

Meanwhile ESLSE chief executive offier, Ahmed Tusa, said recently “We will not buy RoRo vessels anytime soon but we are considering the private sector to involve on the transportation of vehicles.”

This will become more critical when the proposed 1,700 kilometre Lamu Port and Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) project begins to take shape.

Oil pipelines to South Sudan and Ethiopia are being planned, as well as an oil refinery. Other new facilities include building three airports, tourist resorts in northern Kenya on the shores of Lake Turkana.

Dar port efficiency can lift GDP

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA

SUCCESS. Pattersson makes the point.

nDAR ES SALAAM, TanzaniaTanzania and its East African neighbours could boost their annual GDP by up to $1.8 billion and $ 830 million respectively by improving the efficiency of Dar es Salaam port.

According to a World Bank report titled, ‘Tanzania Economic Update’ by taking some specific steps regional business can gain.

“The Port of Dar es Salaam has enormous potential to contribute to the transformation of the country as its impact cuts across all aspects of

life in Tanzania,” Philippe Dongier, the World Bank Country Director for Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi said.

He cited the importing of medicines as well as some of the food consumed in Tanzania. Any disruptions would have widespread impact and this is why efficient operations of the port should be a concern for everybody.

Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA)’s Principal Planning Officer, Makiri Ngangaji said during the World Maritime Day recently which was held for the first time in Mwanza, TPA is gearing up for improvement of its operations for cargo and container

traffic.

TPA which was established by the Ports Act No. 17 of 2004 as the ports landlord plays the role of developing, managing, promoting and operating ports in the country. It serves over nine countries including, Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Zimbabwe and Uganda. It also operates three major gateways ports, but Dar es Salaam handles over 90%.

Other ports are Tanga and Mtwara, seven minor coastal ports, 10 inland water way ports, six are on Lake Victoria, two on both Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika.

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AfDB puts up $28m for Kenya

BY PAUL TENTENA

KAMPALA, Uganda--The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved financing the construction of an temporary terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) costing $27.1 million as part of the emergency recovery measures undertaken by the Kenya government.

This follows the fire that destroyed most of the international terminal in August.

According to AfDB’s Regional Director for the Eastern Africa Resource Center, Gabriel Negatu, the financing is part of savings made from recently completed Bank-financed projects financed under the AfDB’s concessionary window, Africa Development Fund; it is not a new loan.

“The interim terminal will be a 10,000

square meters facility and will have a capacity to handle annual traffic of 2.5 million for international and domestic arriving and departing passengers. The total cost of the project is $27.6million. The Kenya Government will finance the difference. ” Negatu said in a press statement sent to East African Business Week.

In addition to the loan, AfDB also approved on September 30th a $1 million grant to im-

rprove security at the regional airport.

The grant, which will be used to purchase and install security screening equipment at the airport, has been provided as an emergency assistance support under the Bank’s Special Relief Fund.The grant will be disbursed in one tranche. The equipment to be acquired under this grant are: 8 Walk Through Metal Detectors, 8 Check in X-Ray Machines and 9 Cabin X-Ray Machines.

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE FOOD SECURITY AND COOPERATIVES

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Invitation for Bids (IFB) Name of Country: TANZANIA Name of Project: The Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) Project ID No. P125484-TF011170 IFB Title: SUPPLY OF PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND FARM MACHINERY TENDER No. ME 012/2012-13 /PHRD - HQ/G/15 1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business, issue no. 9th February, 2012.

2. The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has received a grant from the Japan Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Fund through the World Bank toward the cost of Agricultural Sector Development Program and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Grant to cover eligible payments under the Contract for Supply of Processing Equipment and Farm Machinery.

3. The Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the supply of Processing Equipment and Farm Machinery as follows: Lot No.

Description of Item

Quantity

1

Processing facilities: Milling, Grading and Packaging - 5 Tonnes (1), 10 Tonnes (8), 15 Tonnes (4) and 30 Tonnes (1)

14 units

2

Farm Machinery and Associated equipment (Igurusi) –Agricultural Tractor plus Accessories and Associated equipment

Various

3

On- Farm Processing Equipment - Medium Combine Harvester(37), Self Propelled Reaper(16) and Multicrop Thresher(16),

Various

Bidders may bid for ONE LOT or COMBINATION OF LOTS or ALL LOTS but in each case bidders must quote for all items and quantities specified in a LOT. Bids for incomplete LOT will be considered non-responsive and rejected 4. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans, IDA Credits and Grants is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.

5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, The Secretary, Ministerial Tender Board, KILIMO I, Ground floor Room 19 Nelson Mandela Express Way, Temeke Veterinary P.O. Box 9192, DAR ES SALAAM, from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm local hours, Mondays to Fridays inclusive, except on public holidays.

6. Qualifications requirements include: (a) Financial Capability The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that it meets the following financial requirement(s): i) Bidder must submit copies of certified bank statement covering the period of 12 months ending one month before the deadline for submission of bids. ii) Bidders must provide audited financial reports of the last recent three years. (a)Experience and Technical Capacity The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it meets the following experience requirement(s):

a. Experience of at least two (2) contracts of similar nature in the last recent five (5) years. b. If at the time of bidding, the bidder does not have adequate and proven after sales and technical support, then the bidder shall submit his plans for setting up such facilities in Tanzania in the event of award of contract, and explain as to how he proposes to carryout testing and provide after sales services until such facilities are set in Tanzania by the bidder.

7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee of Tshs 100,000.00 (Tanzania Shillings One Hundred Thousand Only) or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. The method of Payment will be either by Banker’s Draft, Cash or Banker’s Cheque, payable to The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, P.O. Box 9192, Dar es Salaam. Upon request the Bidding Documents will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery at interested bidder’s own cost(s).

8. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 10:00 hours local time on Friday 6th December, 2013. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives, who choose to attend in person at the address below immediately after the deadline of bids submission. All bids must be accompanied by a “Bid Security of at least 2.5% of bid price or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

The Bid Security shall be valid for 148 days after the bid submission deadline (ie.

28 days beyond the validity period of the bids).

9. The address (es) referred to above is (are): For Bid Submission: The Secretary, Ministerial Tender Board, Address: Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives Nelson Mandela Road Near, Temeke Veterinary P.O. Box 9192 Physical address; Kilimo Road, Kilimo House, 1 Floor/Room No. 19, City: DAR ES SALAAM, Country: TANZANIA. For Bid Opening: “The Secretary, Ministerial Tender Board, Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, KILIMO I Nelson Mandela Road Near, Temeke Veterinary, Kilimo Road, Kilimo House 1, Second Floor Conference Room P.O. Box 9192, DAR ES SALAAM”.

PERMANENT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE FOOD SECURITY AND COOPERATIVES

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Regional partners trade more outside NAIROBI, Kenya--More than 89% of the East African Community trade takes place between EAC partner states and other countries outside the region, reports Anne Kiruku.

The executive director of the East African Business Council (EABC), Andrew Luzze, made the remarks while welcoming guests who turned up last week for a cocktail hosted in honour of participants of the AcademiaPrivate Sector Partnership Forum and Exhibitions 2013 taking place from Thursday to Saturday at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre.

The cocktail was attended by private sector executives, university vice chancellors, Ugandan Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Tarsis Bazana Kabwegyere, and other invited guests.

It was held at Nairobi’s Laico Regency Hotel.

Speaking during the same event, the executive secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), Prof Mayunga Nkunya, said that the move to bring the academia and the private sector together through a public forum was for the common good of both sectors.

“For a long time, both parties were moving in a parallel direction without realizing that they should move together,” said Nkunya. The academia contributes immensely to industrialisation while the private sector creates wealth that contributes to development, he said.

It was a beehive of activities at KICC as various participating academic institutions and private sector firms prepared their stands to showcase their products. Registration for the various participants was also on-going.

More than 200 participants have confirmed attendance.

But even as the private sector complains about the lack of proper skills and poor attitude of university graduates, the students are optimistic a solution to unemployment will be found. Law students from Rwanda who spoke to the independent East African News Agency said that the major challenge they face is unemployment.

Uganda firm gets ISO kudos

BY BAZ WAISWA nKAMPALA, Uganda--Firms that are in the business of offering services to people have been told to conform to national and international standards to be able to compete globally.

Amelia Kyambadde Uganda’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives was speaking at a function where Lion Assurance (Uganda) announced they had received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 Certification.

“The public has become aware of services they deserve from companies.

Ugandans now are able to know if the services are below or above the required standards. So they demand for the best,” Kyambadde told Lion management and invited guests She congratulated Lion Assurance for the achievement and emphasized government commitment to provide support to all firms to acquire ISO status.

She said the Ministry has placed strengthening of standards as one of the priorities by putting in place a trade and standards policy.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS N0 :1 74 8 / S/ ICB/ TC/ RDB/ GoR/ 1 3 TITLE: CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO ASSESS THE RW ANDA TOURISM PRODUCTS VIS A VIS INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MARKETS FUNDING: ORDINARY BUDGET CLIENT: RDB Rwanda Development Board (RDB) hereby invites proposals from competent consultancy firms to ASSESS THE RW ANDA TOURISM PRODUCTS VIS- A- VIS INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MARKETS., as indicated in details in the terms of references included in the request for proposal (RFP).

Participation is open on equal conditions to all consultancy firms speciali ed in the field of the assignment through International Open Tender.

Proposal documents can be obtained from Rwanda Development Board building located at GISHUSHU NY ARUTARAMA Road P.O. Box: 6939 K igali-Rwanda from in rocurement ffice 4th oor.

The consultant shall be chosen through a selection method based on the quality and the cost based selection (Q CBS) according to prescribed procedures in the Request for Proposals document.

Technical and financial proposals must be presented in separate envelopes showing each the nature of the offer concerned the firm s name and both put in a third anonymous envelope marked as follow:

TO ASSESS THE RW ANDA TOURISM PRODUCTS VIS A VIS INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MARKETS” Well printed proposals, properly bound presented in four copies one of which is the original must be submitted in sealed envelopes not later than 12/ 12/ 2013 at 03:00 P.M local time (01:00 GMT) to the address below.

RW ANDA DEVELOPMENT BOARD PROCUREMENT DIVISION FOURTH FLOOR P.O. Box: 62 39 Email: procurement@ rdb.rw GISHUSHU NYARUTARAMA ROAD KIGALI/ RW ANDA The proposals will remain valid for 120 days starting from the deadline of their submission. Late proposals will be rejected. Electronic bidding is not permissible.

The opening of proposals will take place on the same day at 03:30 P.M local time (01 :30 GMT) at the Rwanda Development Board Procurement , 4 th floor.

Done at Kigali, on 2 4 th October 2 01 3

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS N0:1 74 8 / S/ ICB/ TC/ RDB/ GoR/ 1 3 TITLE: “CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Mark NKURUNZIZA Chief Financial Officer/RDB

CONGRATULATIONS: Kyambadde offically hands over ISO certification to Lion’s Jazire last week. PHOTO BY BAZ WAISWA

service delivery in our offers to the market,” he said.

Jazire said the streamlining of operational procedures to international standards, in which all departments started working as a team led Lion Assurance to attain excellence and conformity with the ISO Quality Management system and the eventual accreditation.

“The fact that we aligned our different departments to work together over the last one year must have caught the eye of the ISO certification awarding body to recognise us, and thus award us the certification that we now proud of,” he said.

“Companies that qualify for ISO standards like Lion Assurance are those that have absolutely consented to the required management systems of operations.

ISO management system standards include; ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 31000,” said Deepak Pandey the ISO consultant.

The Insurance Regulatory Authority Director for Legal and Compliance, Evelyn Nkalubo, said ISO certification of Lion Assurance meant that insurance in Uganda is on the right track. Lion is part of a regional insurance group.

Capacity is being built at the Uganda National Bureau of standards (UNBS), the statutory body, enforcing standards in the country.

The Minister said the service sector contributes above 50% to the GDP growth, a situation that requires the firms confirm to globally required standards.

Newton Jazire, the Lion Assurance Managing Director said ISO 9001 is a Quality Management System that the

insurance company has integrated into their business.

“It is focused on ensuring that our business delivers a consistent level of quality to our customers by having a well-defined and regularly reviewed processes and procedures. We are delighted for having been recognized for our excellent services,” Jazire said.

He added: “This means as a business, we are committed to a very high level of quality

Revenues drop in September

Gold tops exports in non-traditional

BY EMMA ONYANGO nKAMPALA, Uganda-- , Uganda’s revenue collection target for the first quarter (July – September 2013) was missed after Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected Ush26.65 billion less than Ush1.853 trillion target.

However, compared to the same period last year, the revenue collections registered a 17.4% growth or an additional Ush271.3 billion.

During the first quarter of the last financial year, URA had collected Ush1.555 trillion which is less than the Ush1.827t rillion collected this year.

Announcing the revenue performance report at the Customs Business Center in Kampala last week, Allen Kagina the URA Commissioner General said that a shortfall in VAT mainly from the local sugar industry as a result of the closure of some of the players’ plants for routine maintenance, exchange rate fluctuations as well as decline in CIF values on imports during the first quarter were responsible for the deficit.

Tax charged on bank interests also declined 6.27%.

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA

nDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania-- Gold is still a dominant non-traditional export followed by manufactured goods, despite a drop prices, the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has said last week.

The BoT said in its latest Monthly Economic Review of September that the decline was largely attributed to low export values of gold, manufactured goods, fish and fish products large.

“The value of gold exports declined following low export volume and price,” the BoT Governor, Prof Benno Ndulu said in the report availed to East African Business Week in Dar es Salaam last week.

He said, “Despite the decline in gold exports, its share as well as that of manufactured goods continued to dominate nontraditional exports.”

Prof Ndulu said the value of non-traditional exports amounted to $3.81 billion compared for August, this year compared to $4.18 billion recorded in the corresponding period in 2012.

In August this year, the value of exports of goods and services was $8.32 billion compared to $8.35 billion recorded in the corresponding period last year.

The report said the value of traditional exports declined by 3.8% to $816.5 million when compared to the level recorded in the year ending August 2012.

“This outturn was largely on account of a fall in export unit prices for most traditional exports, he said, adding that save for tea and tobacco, all other traditional exports recorded a fall in export unit prices, mainly associated with price movements in the world market,” he said.

He said during the period under review declines were recorded in export volumes for tobacco, cashew-nuts, sisal and cloves. Cloves are mostly grown in the Tanzania islands of Zanzibar and Pemba.

On the world market, the BoT report shows that the average world market prices for selected commodities in August this year increased with the exception of those for tea and coffee.

The prices of coffee and tea declined mainly due to supply factors.

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Uganda National Roads Authority Plot 5 Lourdel Road, Nakasero P.O.BOX 28487, Kampala, Uganda

OPEN INTERNATIONAL BIDDING INVITATION TO BID FOR Supply and Delivery of Trucks Lots 1 - 5 Procurement Reference number: UNRA/ SUPPLIES/ 2 01 3- 1 4 / 00003/ 01 / 01 - 05 1. The Uganda Government through Uganda National Roads Authority has allocated funds to be used for the acquisition of trucks.

2. The Entity invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply and Delivery of the of trucks (5 lots) as detailed below: Lot 1 -

Tippers (40 No.)

Lot 2 -

Water Trucks (16 No.)

Lot 3 -

Light Fuel Trucks (16 No.)

Lot 4 -

Cargo Crane Trucks (8 No.)

Lot 5 -

Self-Loader Trucks (8 No.)

3. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open Domestic bidding procedures contained in the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003, and are open to all bidders.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below at 8 (a) from 1 0.00 am. to 4 .00 p.m. during working days from Mondays to Fridays.

5. A bidder may bid for one or more lots. However, a bidder may be awarded more than one lot only if that bidder meets the aggregate financial capability and e perience requirements for the lots under consideration. The Aggregate requirement is the sum of the individual requirements for the individual lots under consideration.

6. The Bidding Document in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below at 8(b) and upon payment of a non refundable fee of UGX 50,000 (Uganda Shillings Fifty thousand Only) per lot. The method of payment will be cash to the Cashier on fourth oor oom o. 4Bl. It s upon the presentation of the original receipt and the letter that the bidder will be issued the bidding document.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below at 8 (c) at or before 1 8 th December 2 01 3. All bids must be accompanied by Ii bid security as indicated in the table below: Lot No.

Description

Bid security in Uganda shillings or its equivalent in any other freely convertible international currency

Lot 1

Tippers (40 No.)

Lot 2

Water Trucks (16 No.)

43,000,000.00

Lot 3

Light Fuel Trucks (16 No.)

21,000,000.00

110,000,000.00

Lot 4

Cargo Crane Trucks (8 No.)

24,000,000.00

Lot 5

Self-Loader Trucks (8 No.)

51,000,000.00

The sealed bids must be clearly marked with the above subject of procurement according to the Lots respectively and procurement reference number. Late bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below at (d) at 11:30 a.m. on 18th December 2013.

8. Documents may be inspected at: Procurement and Disposal Unit Uganda National Roads Authority Ground Floor, Room No. GA3 Plot 5 , Lourdel Road, Nakasero, Kampala, Uganda Email: procurement@ unra.go.ug (b Documents will be issued from: As in 8 (a) above (c) Address Bids must be delivered to: As in 8 (a) above (d) Address of Bid Opening: As in 8 (a) above but In PDU board Room Ground Floor, Room No. GA4 .

9. The entity will hold a pre-bid meeting on 1 1 th November 2 01 3 at 1 1 .00 am at UNRA PDU board Room Ground Floor, Room No. GA4 .

10. The planned procurement schedule (Subject to Changes) is as follows: Activity

Date

a

Publish bid notice

22nd October, 2013

b

Pre-bid meeting

11th November, 2013

c

Bid Closing date

18th December, 2013

d

Evaluation process

18th December, 2013 – 9th J anuary 2014

e

Display and communication of best bidder notice

31st J anuary 2014

f

Contract award and signature

14th March 2014

EX ECUTIVE DIRECTOR

FRAME W ORK CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF PRINTED STATIONERY FOR REVENUE COLLECTION. Procurement Reference number: KCCA/ SRVCS/ 1 3- 1 4 / 00371 1. The K ampala Capital City Authority has allocated funds to be used for the Supply of Printed Stationery for Revenue Collection under Frame work contract.

2. The K ampala Capital City Authority invites your sealed bids for Supply of Printed Stationery for Revenue Collection under Frame work contract.

3. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open Domestic Bidding procedures contained in the Government of ganda s ublic Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003.

4. More information regarding the said activities is obtainable from the Procurement and Disposal Unit at K ampala Capital City Authority (City Hall) and also Solicitation Documents Inspection does take place at the address given below in 8(a) from 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. daily during the working days in the course of the Bidding Period.

5. A complete set of the Bid Document in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below 8(b) and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of UGX 1 00,000/ = cash. Bidders will only be issued with the bidding documents upon presentation of an

original receipt of payment. The documents should be physically collected from the address in No. 8 (a) below effective 30th October 2013.

6. A pre–bid meeting will be held On November 22, 2013 7. Bids must be delivered and registered to the address in 8(a) at or before 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 3rd December 2013. Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 Working days after Bid opening. Late bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened at the address in 7(b) at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 3rd December 2013.

Details regarding bid closing date, bid opening and procurement activity schedule will be accessed in the bid documents and also at K CCA website: www@ kcca.go.ug.

Also visit our face book page on facebook.com/ kccaug and twitter on t@ kccaug.

KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ANY BID ACCOUNTING OFFICER

Uganda National Roads Authority

Uganda National Roads Authority

Plot 5 Lourdel Road, Nakasero P.O.BOX 28487, Kampala, Uganda

Plot 5 Lourdel Road, Nakasero P.O.BOX 28487, Kampala, Uganda

OPEN INTERNATIONAL BIDDING

OPEN INTERNATIONAL BIDDING

INVITATION TO BID FOR Supply and Delivery of Earth Moving Equipment Lots 1 - 6

INVITATION TO BID FOR Supply and Delivery of Light Construction Equipment Lots 1 - 6 Procurement Reference number: UNRA/ SUPPLIES/ 2 01 3- 1 4 / 00004 / 01 / 01 - 02

Procurement Reference number: UNRA/ SUPPLIES/ 2 01 3- 1 4 / 00002 / 01 / 01 - 06

1. The Uganda Government through Uganda National Roads Authority has allocated funds to be used for the acquisition of Light Construction Equipment.

2. The Entity invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply and Delivery of Earth Moving Equipment (6 lots) detailed below:

1. The Uganda Government through Uganda National Roads Authority has allocated funds to be used for the acquisition of Earth Moving Equipment.

2. The Entity invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply and Delivery of Earth Moving Equipment (6 lots) as detailed below.

Lot 1

Walk Behind Rollers (8 No.)

Lot 2

Tampers (8 No.)

3. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open International Bidding procedures contained in the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003, and are open to all bidders.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below at 8 (a) from 1 0.00 a.m. to 4 .00 p.m. during working days from Mondays to Fridays.

5. A bidder may-bid for one or more lots. However, a bidder may be awarded more than one lot only if that bidder meets the aggregate financial capability and e perience requirements the lots under consideration.

The Aggregate requirement sum of the individual requirements for the individual lots under consideration.

6. The Bidding Document in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below at 8 (b) and upon payment of a non refundable fee of UGX 5 0,000 (Uganda Shillings Fifty Thousand Only) per Lot. The method of payment will be cash to the Cashier on fourth oor Room No. 4B1. It is upon the presentation of the original receipt and the application letter that the bidder will be issued the bidding documents.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below at 8(c) at or before 1 1 :00 a.m. on 1 8 th December 2 01 3. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security as indicated in the table below: The sealed bids must be clearly marked with the above subject of procurement according to the Lots respectively and procurement reference number. Late bids shall be re ected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 8 (d) at 2 :30 p.m. on 1 8 th December 2 01 3.

Lot No.

Lot 1 Lot 2

Description

Bid security in Uganda shillings or its equivalent in any other freely convertible international currency

Walk Behind Rollers (8 No.)

4,000,000

Tampers (8 No.)

1,000,000

(b) Documents will be issued from: As in 8 (a) above (c) Address Bids must be delivered to: As in 8 (a) above (d) Address of Bid Opening: As in 8 (a) above but In PDU board Room Ground Floor, Room No.GA4 9. The entity will hold a pre-bid meeting on 12th November 2 01 3 at 1 1 :00 am at UNRA PDU board Room Ground Floor, Room No. GA4 .

10. The planned procurement schedule (subject to Changes) is as follows: Activity

Date

a

Publish bid notice

22nd October, 2013

b

Pre-bid meeting

12th November, 2013

c

Bid Closing date

18th December, 2013

d

Evaluation process

18th December, 2013 – 9th J anuary 2014

f

Motor Gardens (16 No.)

Lot 2 -

Truck Loaders (16 No.)

Lot 3 -

8. Documents may be inspected at: Procurement and Disposal Unit, Uganda National Roads Authority, Ground Floor, Room No. GA3 Plot 5 , Lourdel Road, Nakasero, Kampala, Uganda E: mail: procurement@ unra.go.ug

e

Lot 1 -

Display and communication of best bidder notice

31st J anuary 2014

Contract award and signature

31st March 2014

EX ECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lot 4 -

ydraulic Trac E cavators (

o.)

Vibratory Rollers (6 No.)

Lot 5 -

Super

Lot 6 -

Bulldozers (2 No.)

ong E cavators (4

o.)

3. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open International Bidding procedures contained in the Public 8. (a) Documents may be inspected at: Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003, and Procurement and Disposal Unit, are open to all bidders.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below at 8 (a) from 1 0.00 a.m. to 4 .00 p.m. during working days from Mondays to Fridays.

5. A bidder may bid for one or more lots. However, a bidder may be awarded more than one lot only if that bidder meets the aggregate financial capability and e perience requirements for the lots under consideration. The ggregate requirement is the sum of the individual requirements for the individual lots under consideration.

6. The Bidding Document in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below at 8 (b) and upon payment of a non refundable fee of UGX 5 0,000 (Uganda Shillings Fifty Thousand Only) per Lot. The method of payment will be cash to the Cashier on fourth oor oom o. 4Bl. It is upon the presentation of the original receipt and the application letter that the bidder will be issued the bidding documents.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below at 8 (c) at or before 1 1 :00 a.m on 1 7th December, 2 01 3. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security as indicated in the table below.

Lot No.

Description

Bid security in Uganda shillings or its equivalent in any other freely convertible international currency

Lot 1

Motor Gardens (16 No.)

110,000,000.00

Lot 2

Truck Loaders (16 No.)

90,000,000.00

Lot 3

ydraulic Trac E cavators (8 No.)

34,000,000.00

Lot 4

Vibratory Rollers (6 No.)

19,000,000.00

Lot 5

Super ong E cavators (4 No.)

23,000,000.00

Lot 6

Bulldozers (2 No.)

14,500,000.00

The sealed bids must be clearly marked with the above subject of procurement according to the Lots respectively and procurement reference number. Late bids shall be rejected.

Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 8 (d) at 1 1 :30 am on 1 7th December 2 01 3 8. (a)Documents may be inspected at: Procurement and Disposal Unit Uganda National Roads Authority Ground Floor, Room No. GA3 Plot 5 , Lourdel Road, Nakasero, Kampala, Uganda Email: procurement@ unra.go.ug (b) Documents will be issued from: As in 8 (a) above (c) Address Bids must be delivered to: As in 8 (a) above (d) Address of Bid Opening: As in 8 (a) above but in PDU board Room Ground Floor, Room No. GA4 9. The entity will hold a pre-bid meeting on 8 th November 2 01 3 at 1 1 .00 am at UNRA PDU board Room Ground Floor, Room No. GA4 .

10. The planned procurement schedule (Subject to Changes as follows; Activity

Date

a

Publish bid notice

22nd October, 2013

b

Pre-bid meeting

8th November, 2013

c

Bid Closing date

17th December, 2013

d

Evaluation process

17th December, 2013 – 8th J anuary 2014

e

Display and communication of best bidder notice

31st J anuary 2014

f

Contract award and signature

31st March 2014

Executive Director

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East African Business Week I October 28 - November 3, 2013

Nakumatt opens two in Uganda

BRIEFLY Uganda third for Indian boda boda sales

BY PAUL TENTENA

nMUMBAI Some 48% (or $204 million) of India’s total motorcycle exports to the continent went to Nigeria, followed by Angola ($59 million) and Uganda ($31million).

A decade ago India was Africa’s 12th largest source of vehicle imports. It has now moved into sixth position, ahead of France and the United Kingdom.

According to a recent Standard Bank report, Bajaj is the most popular Indian motorcycle export to Africa, making 40% of all its sales.

$400 billion market for African retailers nJO’BURG McKinsey, an international research group, predicts that Africa’s consumer industries will grow by more than $400-billion by 2020, because the number of households with discretionary incomes is expected to rise by 53%, from 85-million to 130-million, by then.

From its first, humble foray into Zambia in 1995, the Shoprite group now has operations in 16 African countries outside South Africa, with 152 shops as of June this year (19 more than in the previous year, and with 20 more planned for the next).

Burundi tea suffers price dip amid glut nLONDON Higher global output has weakened Burundi’s tea prices and led to a 14% cut in earnings for the first nine months of 2013, compared with the same period last year.

Burundi Tea Board, (l’Office du thé du Burundi (OTB), reported that the January-September earnings fell to $17.8 million from $20.7 million.

Tea is the second-largest cash crop after coffee and 80% of it comes from village plantations. It is harvested throughout the year and thus provides some 60,000 households with a stable and regular source of income.

FIELDING QUESTIONS: Prof. Muhongo with the media on the sidelines of the talks.

Photo BY KENAN KALAGHO

Tanzania wants no quarrels over oil

BY KENAN KALAGHO

nDAR ES SALAAM, TanzaniaThe Tanzania Vice President, Dr. Gharib Billal said there was need to closely supervise the oil and gas sector in order to gain as much as possible in terms of benefiting the country’s economic growth.

“We need the development of oil and gas in the country because this will industrialize our country and create job opportunities for Tanzania youth leading to poverty reduction,” Dr Billal said recently during an international oil and gas conference held in Dar es Salaam.

“Tanzania is growing rapidly and to ensure we have an enabling environment that supports sustainable economic growth, we need to have a reliable source of energy,” Dr Billal said Present estimates are that Tanzania has 45 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable natural gas reserves.

With the ongoing exploration, it is believed this figure will be adjusted

45 cubic feet

Proven gas field reserves

2025

Get mid-income status

600

Attended conference

sharply upwards.

More gas use in Tanzania can stabilize the current energy crisis facing the country.

The Minister for Energy and Minerals Prof. Sospeter Muhongo said the conference was an important way of finding out the way forward about oil and gas in the next 20 years.

“We have already passed the oil and gas policy which will to the greater extent woo a lot of investors in the country,” Prof Muhongo said. Referring to gas utility costs for consumers he said Tanzanians should expect to pay much lower.

Dr Billal said ordinary Tanzani-

ans must be given accurate information regarding the benefits of the oil and gas resources. He said will reduce the tensions and expectations amongst citizens especially at the locations where the oil and gas are being extracted.

Dr. Billal said the Tanzania government would allow foreign experts to participate fully in oil and gas drilling. In the meantime the country will acquire the technology needed to exploit these natural resources.

Dr Billal said that drilling of oil and gas is a very expensive business for a country like Tanzania due to the technology involved and therefore required partnership with international corporations in order to realize the country’s Vision 2025.

This years’ conference with the theme, “Towards growth of the oil and gas industry’ brought together 600 participants from across the world. Several international oil firms, like BG Group, Statoil and Dodsal also sent representatives.

n KAMPALA, UgandaRegional mass retailer Nakumatt Holdings has opened the doors to its 5th branch in Uganda.

As part of its strategic expansion programme Nakumatt Uganda has announced the formal opening of the $4.5 million Nakumatt Village Hypermarket at the New Village Mall in Bugolobi.

Nakumatt Holdings Managing Director Atul Shah said recently, “As part of our East Africa expansion plans, we are proud to be opening the doors to Nakumatt Village.

Once again attesting to our commitment to further deepen the regional retail market while promoting cross border investments,” he said.

Bugolobi is a mostly mid to high-income residential area.

Another outlet is to open at Katwe which is surrounded by mostly low-income earners.

Shah said plans are at an advanced stage to open two more branches in Uganda, at the lakeside town of Entebbe and Kisementi in coming weeks.

The Kisementi outlet is expected to be located in the high profile Acacia Mall, which when finished at year’s end will be the biggest in Uganda.

Shah repeated the firm’s commitment to the ideals of the East African Community.

“At Nakumatt Holdings, we are encouraged by the steps taken by the East Africa Community members and we shall continue to play our part to ensure that the current dream for a common market and community is realized.

The support extended by our Smart customers in Uganda and the respective Uganda Government agencies has also helped to inspire our continued expansion in the fast growing Pearl of Africa Market,” he said.

World Bank in additional enterprise study on Uganda

BY PAUL TENTENA nKAMPALA, Uganda - The World Bank Group last week launched an Innovation Follow-up Module to the Enterprise Survey in Uganda.

TNS-RMS Uganda, a leading research company, has been contracted to implement the survey.

The survey which starts this month will cover Jinja, Kampala, Lira, Mbale, Mbarara, and Wakiso. The data from the Innovation Follow-up Module will be available by April 2014.

To ensure reliability of the collected data and to protect the identity of the interviewed firms, the World Bank Group guarantees confidentiality of individual information of firms.

The data collection module is part of a broader project in Africa and South Asia that includes interviews with 450 manufacturing and services companies in Uganda, over 5,000 companies in several African countries, and over 4,000 companies in South Asia.

The data collection will cover data on innovative activities and innovation outcomes for manufacturing and services firms in several developing and emerging countries, including Uganda.

DfID, the British government’s international assistance agency is co-funding surveys in South Asia and 15 African countries. DFID’s interests include both enlarging the survey respondent samples to include more female-managed firms as well as expanding the topic of private sector innovation.

The aim is for the data collection is to provide a source of policy recommendations to governments in order to promote innovation, productivity and economic growth.

The project is led by the World Bank Group Enterprise Survey team. The team provides the world’s most comprehensive company-level data in emerging markets and developing economies.

The Uganda innovation project is linked to the Uganda Enterprise Survey launched by the World Bank Group Enter-

prise Survey team in 2012. The Uganda Enterprise Survey will provide data on 720 establishments in Uganda and will be completed before the end of the year.

Jorge Rodriguez Meza, Program Manager, Enterprise Analysis, World Bank Group said, “An innovative private sector is crucial for sustainable growth and may lead to increased employment opportunities, economic growth and prosperity.”

He said: “The results of this extensive data collection exercise will inform the government and policy makers of where things are working and what areas require improvements in Uganda.”

The World Bank Group regularly publishes aggregate measures of global survey data on its websitewww.enterprisesurveys.org where more than 100 indicators of the private sector are created on topics such as infrastructure, access to finance, and business government relations.

The data is easily comparable with similar indicators for different countries.

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From being one of the leading world exporters of cashew nuts, Tanzania now finds itself trying to prevent the total collapse of this once important agriculture sub-sector

Tanzania cashew sector cashless

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA nDAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Latest annual figures show Tanzania’s cashew sub-sector has recorded a massive loss of $110 million.

Some 45,000 people have been made jobless due to under investment and lack of a local processing plant.

Today Tanzania has fallen to fifth. The current top five world producers are Vietnam, India, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and Brazil. Neighbouring Kenya is ranked 15th according to the International Trade Centre. In 2012, Vietnam produced nearly 960,000 tons, which just over a million metric tonnes.

Cashewnuts have a well-established market in the United States. Retail prices range from about $9 to $23 per kilogramme depending on the size of nut and the packaging.

In a move aimed at turning around Tanzania’s cashew nut industry, four agriculture institutions have recently teamed up to organize a cashew nut investors’ conference that will be held next week from November 4th to November 5th.

The theme is, ‘Invest in Cashew Processing;

for job creation and economic growth.’

Agricultural Non State Actors Forum, Agricultural Council of Tanzania has partnered with the Cashew Board of Tanzania (CBT) and Tanzania Investment Centre to organize the conference.

All those interested in the Tanzania cashew nut industry have been invited. The common understanding is Tanzania has the potential of making considerable money out of this popular food item.

Cashewnuts are the seeds of the cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale). It is indigenous to Brazil, but it was the Portuguese who first saw the commercial potential of cashew and brought it to West and East Africa and Brazil in the 15th and 16th century.

To this day, there is large-scale production of cashew on all three continents. While the original usage of cashew tree was to prevent soil erosion, today the most valuable part of the tree is the nut (seed), which can be found in the tree’s apple.

The cashew apple, too, is edible and can be eaten raw, but is mostly processed for pulp of juice.

Other by-products are snacks as fried nuts and industrial use as brake fluid.

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Trend of cashew nut production in Tanzania

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Bidding to ressurect cashew nut sector FROM PAGE 13 “The cashewnut can also be eaten raw but is usually sold fried or sometimes salted or sweetened. To ensure no part of the cashew apple is wasted, the shell of the nut is also utilized to produce oil for industrial and medical purposes, for example to treat wood.

According to estimates from the World Bank, around 97 percent of the world cashew production comes from wild growth and small farms, while the remaining 3 percent come from planned plantations.

According to a statement last week the conference will bring together local and foreign investors, private sector actors, financial institutions, government officials, civil society and smallholder farmers to create sustainable partnership.

Participants will also be presented with the opportunities available in investing in the cashew sub-sector.

“Currently, the sub sector has had massive losses of at least $110 million per year and a total of 45,000 jobs.

Together we can recapture these losses by committing ourselves to 100 percent domestic processing of the cashew-nut produced in Tanzania. We must process cashew in the country and this is a start towards realizing this dream and ensuring that the sub sector potential is maximized,” the statement reads in part.

In a 2004 World Bank report on the sector, it was stated that one of major problems was defining a more constructive role for the CBT. There were also concerns about reversing the decline in export crop quality, assisting farmers with financing input costs, and reducing high taxes on exports. The World Bank report goes to state: ‘Beyond correcting these immediate problems, there is an opportunity for the industry to expand in several directions. Replanting with improved varieties would reduce costs and make Tanzania a more competitive exporter. Developing a competitive private sector processing industry would create jobs and reduce dependence on India as the market for raw nuts. These growth opportunities are unlikely to happen without public sector support, but the challenge is to

Eng. Christopher Chiza define the public-private partnership that will provide the needed changes to allow the private sector to grow.’

Statistics made available by the CBT show that the country used to produce over 20 percent of global cashew in the 1970s peaking at 145,000 tons in 1974, but then in 1980s collapsed to 3 percent before regaining to 158,000 tons in 2012.

The CBT says 90 percent of Tanzania raw cashew crop is exported to countries such as India as raw crop and only a small portion of less than 10% is processed locally.

Agriculture minister, Eng. Christopher Chiza said Tanzania has a substantial potential to extend production and increase the amount it exports by adding the value of domestically processed cashew-nut beyond the current 10 percent while making use of by-products.

Chiza said most of the large-scale cashew firms are export processors, with only few that are both processors and traders. The total installed cashew nut processing capacity for the large firms in Tanzania in 2012 was about 94,000 tons per season.

“The average capacity utilization rate for the large-scale cashew nut processing firms has been low at about 21percent last year. Failure to utilize full capacity is due to insufficient funds for purchasing raw cashew-nut and meet production costs, poor managements skill and product market uncertainty,” he said.

Earlier, the country had about 12 state factories for processing nuts, but

in the 1990s all were sold to private firms.

“The government saw it wise to look for investor in cashewnuts processing factories to help curb losing a lot of economic gains by exporting raw nuts in the world markets,” he noted.

The statistics on cashew production since independence shows that the trend of production was increasing since independence and peaked to 145,080 tons in 1972/73 then started to decrease gradually recording as low as 16,400 tons in 1986/87.

It was also revealed production started to again in mid 1980s and in 2000/2001 a total of 122,289 tons were recorded.

As for 2012/2013, he said, the quantity of cashewnut collected as of February 9 this year stood at 121,703 tons.

He said the increase of production was due to increased acreage, government subsidy on pesticides and adoption of good agricultural practices including weeding, pruning and spraying of pesticides.

Tanzania is also known to produce premium quality cashew nut fetching higher prices in the world markets compared to cashew from other countries in Africa. Such quality is at-

Currently, the sub sector has had massive losses of at least $110 million per year

tributed to favorable weather and soil conditions the country enjoys coupled with good agricultural practices exercised in the farms.

Trade data from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO-2012) shows that Tanzania now exports over 150,000 tons of nuts per year compared to 65,000 tons ten years ago.

The data further shows that Tanzania domestic consumption of cashew nuts also soared from an estimated 20,000 tons in 2010 to around 25,000 tons in 2012.

According to the World Bank commodities such as cashews are an attractive commodity for small scale farmers in Tanzania. They are one of the best opportunities Tanzania has to export agricultural commodities in the global economy. Few crops offer better demand growth prospects, and Tanzania has a revealed comparative advantage in production of cashews for export.

Last week, Rabobank published a new flagship report about the need for global food and agriculture (F&A) companies to help realize the significant untapped agricultural power of sub-Saharan Africa. In the report, titled ‘How global companies can help sub-Saharan Africa reach its F&A potential,’ Rabobank calls for F&A companies to increase their engagement with the region by acting as significant catalysts in sub-Saharan Africa’s F&A development.

Rabobank’s report comes at a time when the rampant increase in demand for agricultural commodities and stagnating supply growth have created an era of scarcity and higher

price volatility. At the same time, the bank says, the gap between Africa’s actual and potential agricultural output is widening.

“Given the recent developments and fewer growth opportunities in the global F&A sector,” Bill Cordingley, Head of Food and Agriculture Research for Rabobank in the Americas and report co-author said, “global companies will need to look to markets like Africa to sustain future growth rates. There are increasing numbers of global F&A companies engaging with Africa, as illustrated in our report, but they need to go beyond the initial investment and knowledge-building stage where many of them stop. The more challenging step is to identify specific value chain opportunities and credible local partners who can co-invest or become a supplier. Nothing works in Africa without partnerships or supply chain alignment. But for those companies that get it right, the rewards will be considerable.”

Rabobank believes many more F&A companies need to change their mindset and take steps now to commit to Africa on a long-term basis.

The opportunity for global F&A companies also lies in Africa’s domestic food market, which is expected to rise threefold from $313 billion today to $1 trillion by 2030 (source: the World Bank).

Over half of the demand will come from growing urban centers, where the rapidly increasing middle-class will require higher quality food and the infrastructure to support this.

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Registration of cashewnut growers and traders Every cashewnut dealer, being a buyer, processor, importer, exporter or warehouse owner or operator shall be required to register with the Board.

Application for registration shall be made to the Board in the form and manner prescribed in the regulations.

Upon registering cashewnut dealers, the Director General shall issue or cause to be issued a registration number to dealer.

Procedures for registration of cashewnut dealer shall be prescribed in the Regulations.

Maintenance of Register There shall be a register of cashewnuts dealer into which all

matters relating to cashewnuts industry referred to under this Act shall be entered.

The Board shall cause a register of all land on which cashewnut is planted, owners, occupiers and managers of such lands, all buildings used or intended to be used for grading cashewnuts, market centres, warehouses and cashewnuts processing factories to be kept and maintained.

The register shall be a public document and may be accessibleto the public upon request.

Any person shall have the right to demand and be given an extract from the register upon payment of fee as may be prescribed.

Contract farming A registered farmer may, for the purpose of facilitating farming activities, enter into contract for farming with any cashewnuts production financier, buyer, processor or any other person interested in sponsoring production and marketing of the farmer’s produce.

The contract farming shall be in the prescribed standard form approved by the Board and shall contain:(a) names and address and status of the registered farmer; (b) name address and status of the financier; (c) obligations of the parties; (d) type or kind of facilitation to be granted to the farmer;

(e) terms and conditions imposed on the farmer; and (f) such other information as may be necessary for the purpose of the contract for farming.

Every contract for farming made shall be submitted to the Board for perusal and registration.

The Board shall have the mandate to monitor the implementation of contract for farming in order to protect interest of both parties.

No person being a financier shall facilitate a registered fanner in any manner without a contract for farming made in accordance with the provisions of this Act. A person who contravenes this section commits an

offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not less than five million shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than six months and not more than two years or to both.

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Creating a better blog CONTACT US ABOUT US

Hope Wilson

Consider your brand, target audience, and message

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MARKETING MOXIE n KAMPALA, UGANDA“I would like to market my company products online and increase company sales,” a Ugandan businessman recently wrote to me in a LinkedIn message.

“I request your advice on how to create a blog.”

This reader brings up a very good topic. A blog can help to attract viewers to your website, educate them about your products and services, and ultimately, result in more sales.

This week, I’m going to address the common questions that I hear from clients who are interested in starting a blog.

What is a Blog? A Vlog?

The word blog is an abbreviation of “web log” and consists of a series of chronological posts that provide information, express observations or opinions, and/or inspire discussion or action. Blogs can be written by one person or by a group of people—such as several employees writing a company blog together.

Vlogs—video blogs—are a type of blog that have become very popular in recent years.

Some vlogs are integrated within a written blog, while others consist exclusively of a series of video posts that are shared on the Internet. If you want to integrate a vlog into your existing blog, you can simply record a video, upload it to the Internet, and then insert the link into your blog.

For example, if I want to write a blog about a trip I’m going to take, I might also record videos of my journey, upload them to YouTube, and insert the links into my blog for my viewers to watch.

Vlogs can be a nice way to add fun and creativity to a written blog. However, remember to pay attention to your target clients: If they have slow Internet speeds or high-cost data plans, they may avoid viewing vlogs.

How Can Blogs Help My Business?

Blogs can help to facilitate client interactions; educate target markets about products, industry news and

Consider 1) Business goals 2) Target audience

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End with a call to action

Keep your content new, interesting, and original.

recipes that include these foods as ingredients (along with some of your store’s non-discounted items). At the end of each post, you could remind customers that these items are on discount and encourage them to purchase these foods at your store before the discount is over.

Grocery store customers are likely to be interested in these topics, and providing them with recipes can make it easier for them to shop and to cook something new.

Now, this week, I will leave you with a call for action: Keep sending me your marketing questions! I appreciate all of your positive feedback, and I look forward to hearing more about your questions and concerns.

SUPPORT Review your posts for legal and liability risks

SERVICES Content of what you are writing is the most important component of your website/blog because it is how your audience finds you

BLOGS/WEB LOGS: These are basic guidelines created to help you write and structure your blog to be relevant

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A blog can help to attract viewers to your website, educate them about your products and services, and ultimately, result in more sales trends; establish expertise your field; and promote the organic (unpaid) visibility of your company in related Internet searches, which we refer to as search engine optimization.

How Can I Start a Blog?

There are several blogging services; two of the most popular free sites are Blogger (www.blogger.com) and Wordpress (www.wordpress.com).

Blogger, a Google service, is easier for beginners who do not have experience in website hosting and HTML coding; however, Wordpress offers better long-term customization and a wider variety of templates.

How Often Should I Blog?

Some experts believe that it’s important to blog 3-5 times each day for maximum impact. Others say it’s important to blog once a day, while others claim that twice a week is enough.

In my opinion, it’s best to start by considering 1) your business goals and 2) your target audience. If your intent is to sell products through the website, then posting at least once a day is probably a good idea. If your company provides services and wants to demonstrate your team’s level of expertise, less frequent posts are acceptable.

Also, consider how much time your audience has to read blogs, and when they do it. If your blog subscribers are busy, they may become frustrated and unsubscribe if you post too often. Be sure to track your blog analytics; they will help you to determine the optimal timing and frequency of your posts.

What Should I Write About?

Some blogging experts say that they write only for themselves; if they are inspired by something, that is what they write about. This may work for personal blogs, but I disagree with this approach for business blogs. When writing for business, it is important to consider your brand, target audience, and message.

As you get started with your blog, here are a few tips for successful writing: Pay respect to the Content King. A popular saying among marketers is that “content is king.” That is, the content of what you are writing is the most important component of your website/blog because it is how your audience finds you, and it’s the reason they

keep returning to your site.

Keep your content new, interesting, and original. If your target audience asks questions or expresses concern about something then blog about that topic, if possible.

Choose your writing style carefully. If you are writing a blog for your company, your writing style should fit the company’s personality. If your company is very formal, the blog’s style should also be formal. If your company is cutting-edge, the blog should reflect that as well.

Review your posts for legal and liability risks. Blogging can be a very helpful way to promote your company and build your reputation as an expert. But it is also important to make sure you are not

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The content of what you are writing is the most important component of your website/blog because it is how your audience finds you, and it’s the reason they keep returning to your site

violating any laws or creating potential complications for your company. Speak with your attorney and/or communications advisor before starting a blog to discuss your proposed topics and assess your level of risk.

End with a call to action.

If the goal of your blog is to increase sales, end with a call to action – ask your audience to take an immediate action related to the topic you addressed in your blog.

Examples of calls to action include asking our audience to: - purchase a product or service - contact us for more information - download free content (usually in exchange for their contact information) Now, let’s look at an example: Pretend that you own a grocery store, and that you are going to write a new blog. The target audience for your blog is people who live near the store and purchase and cook the food for their household. You want them to come and shop at your store, rather than the other stores in the area.

To encourage people to come to your store, you plan to discount the price of your plantains, tomatoes, and chicken this week. You could write blog posts about the health benefits of each of these foods; how to select the best, ripest plantains and tomatoes; how to make sure the chicken is fresh; and

Hope Wilson, CPSM, is President of Wilson Business Growth Consultants, a firm that provides business strategy and communications consulting services.

Specializing in infrastructure development. Hope has received eight international awards for her work. She joins East African Business Week as our new marketing columnist.

Have a question about marketing?

Email: hope@wilsonbgc.com

TIPS Try to write in a friendly and informal style. Use first person ‘I’ and try to include reference to your own context and teaching experience. Remember that the honest and open views of a novice teacher can be just as interesting and informative as those of an expert. Think about your readers and what they can learn from your experience.

Things to avoid Always try to avoid being negative. If there is something you don’t like, then it’s better just to not write about it.

It’s important to raise issues, but don’t try to impose your beliefs on others.

Don’t include links to commercial sites or resources.

Don’t include links to inappropriate materials.

Never give specific names, places, addresses or contact details.

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BIRDS: Part of the Uganda Wildlife Authority staff who participated in the Big Birding Day Race look out for birds in Kajjansi along Kampala-Entebbe Road. It was reported that keen Birders in Queen Elizabeth National Park counted 265 species on a single day.

The week in pictures

EAC MATTERS: Burundi President H.E Pierre Nkurunziza arrives to address EALA at the Bujumbura National Assembly Chambers.

President Nkurunziza was emphatic that a time had come to fully embrace the philosophy of ‘One People, One Destiny’ so that the integration agenda becomes fully realized.

YOU’RE MINE: It was all smiles as East African Business Week Senior Staff Patrick Nuwamanya (L) wedded her Fiancée Lydia Kumbaine at Kampala Bible Revelation Church. The two later served their guests at St Francis Students’ Centre in Makerere.

GREAT MOMENT: Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde (2nd L) and Newton Jazire(2nd R) MD Lion Assurance award a business partner during a dinner at which the insurer announced they had received ISO 9001:2008 certification.

GOOD LEARNING: Multichoice Uganda recently opened the Multichoice Resource Center (MRC) a project that aims at improving teaching and learning experience through equipping schools with audiovisual educational equipment as a vehicle to improve education and provide information to learners.

A MILESTONE: Uganda Wildlife Authority recently acquired specialized game viewing vehicles fitted with fridges and charging systems for digital cameras. This was done as the country is in high gear preparations for the Solar Eclipse Event due November 3 in Packwach Town.

EASY CONNECTION: Passengers board one of Proflight Zambia’s Jetstream 41 aircraft that will be used on its new route from Lusaka to Dar es Salaam.

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UGANDA W ILDLIFE AUTHORITY BIG BIRDING DAY: PROTECTED AREAS LEAD IN BIRD POPULATIONS

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total of 265 bird species was recorded in Queen Elizabeth National Park during this year’s Big Birding race on October 19th.The area conservation manager Mr. Nelson Guma said that was a good feat and an indication of species richness to be recorded on a single day.

Kidepo Valley National Park in north eastern Uganda also registered a number of unique birding species when the birding faithful combed the wilderness looking out for migratory and existing birds.

Several teams of birders armed with binoculars and bird check lists, visited different sites within and outside national parks on a bird counting spree.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority headquarter team visited Ziika forest and Kajjansi fish ponds area where they also counted well over 75 species among them pied Kingfisher, long tailed cormorant, the yellow weaver bird, white Egret and the black necked dove among others. The official results from all the sites were announced during the birding festival on October 26th at Kitante Primary School grounds.

majority of which are found in the national parks especially Queen Elizabeth, Semuliki, Bwindi, Kibale and Murchison Falls.

According to Dr. Robert Nabanyumya of Nature Uganda, Big Birding day which has become an annual activity since 2009,promotes birding as key tourism activity .Bird watching teams are dispatched to various sites in a form of a competition aimed at getting the longest list.

He said at the official launch at the museum that Birds and birding are important to our economic development if they linked to their tourism potential .He called on botanists in the country to consider botanical expeditions as a basis for birds since plants are known habitats for birds.

It has been estimated that birding contributes 20m$ to our economy while employing hundreds of Ugandans in various capacities. He urged the stake holders to ensure birding as a tourism product gets the visibility it deserves.

In a bid to popularize avian tourism, Uganda Wildlife Authority management plans to reduce the fees charged for birding expediUganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) staff who participated in the Big Birding Day Race.

Keen birders including UWA staff show their birding certificates.

Uganda currently boasts of over 1,067 recorded species of birds the

tions from US 100$ to US 30$ per day effective January 2014 when

The different bird species in Uganda.

the new conservation fees rates take effect.

UWA Director of Tourism Development and Business Services (DTBS) Mr. Raymond Engena, says the new rate will be the same as that charged for the nature walk.”There will be no difference in charges between birding and nature walk,” stated the director during the launch of the Big Birding Day at the Uganda Museum on Friday October 18th,2013.

Mr. Engena avers that that the future of avian tourism lies in the private guides and called upon the birding promoters to harmonize for the activity within and outside protected areas.

Addressing the theme of Big Birding Day 2013 “Connecting People to Birds and Nature,” Mr. Engena stated that Uganda now boasts of recorded 1,065 species with 60% of this population found in the national parks. He lamented however that birding was competing with agriculture as people cut down the natural habitats for birds and degrading wetlands, lack of appreciation for birds’ contribution to the livelihoods and called on the promotion strategies for birding to be streamlined.

Mr. Engena who the guest speaker at the launch ceremony argued that the tourism fraternity must get the destination marketing right and think of how best to share the benefits from the birding activity with the communities.

The birding race was marked by dispatching various groups to different birding sites including wetlands, semi-arid sites, forests, farmland, grasslands and the protected areas for a form of a competition to determine the group that would come up with the longest list of birds identified and counted.

Mrs Grace Mbabazi Aulo the director of Tourism at the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities(MTWA) who was the chief guest at the launch called for collective efforts in conservation arguing it was wrong to assume government is solely responsible .

She said the ministry was grateful to the Nature Uganda and other organizers for engaging Ugandans

in environment conservation and crusading for our mother nature.

She challenged the organisers to have the big birding day on a specific day so that the ministry designates and advertises it well in time.

Mrs Aulo said the birds are important culturally, ecologically, economically and politically with some used as national emblems, totems for different cultures and useful in dispersal of seeds hence multiplication of plants She called for capacity building efforts in birding skills for people familiar with birds and commended various people who had allowed their farms and premises to be used for the birding race.

Birds on shores of Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

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NEWS

East African Business Week I October 28-November 3 , 2013

Uganda water utility expands

BY BAZ WAISWA nKAMPALA, Uganda –Access to clean water in the south western town of Kisoro in Kisoro district has improved ever since National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) took over the management from Kisoro Water and Sewerage Operations in July this year. Kisoro borders Rwanda.

This development has played to the advantage of residents who have seen improved water supply reliability from 12 hours to 18 hours a day, a rise in connections from 1,795 accounts to 2,347 and an increase in the volumes of water sold from an average of 17,000 cubic meters per month to an average of 28,000 cubic meters per month.

The revenue for the corporation in Kisoro has also gone up with an average monthly billing increasing by 45% from Ush51 million to Ush74 million, the area has been able to collect 100 % of all billed revenue, paid outstanding electricity bills and refurbished office premises.

The Minister of Water and Environment, Ephraim Kamuntu, while speaking at the launch of NWSC operations in Kisoro town recently said water coverage in the

urban areas is estimated at about 65 per cent.

The situation in rural areas countrywide is worrying with dwellers depending on lakes, wells and swamps to access water for domestic use and to feed animals.

“Water is a driving force that underpins most social and economic activities within the country including sustainable health, agriculture, energy, industrialization and tourism,” Kamuntu said.

He added: “It is government’s target to ensure that by 2016, coverage within urban centers is 100 per cent. This is a toll order, which will require concerted efforts by all stakeholders including government, our development partners and the communities we serve,” Kamuntu said NWSC will in the next five years increase its operational jurisdiction from the current 28 towns to all large municipalities and town councils of Uganda.

The Minister applauded the administration of Kisoro for allowing NWSC in their area saying he was optimistic that there will be fundamental changes resulting from the increased coverage and supply of water.

The Managing Director of NWSC, Eng. Silver Mugisha, narrated that Kisoro still faces a number chal-

lenges like limited sewer network and inadequate operation of the sewerage ponds.

A bad smell from the sewerage treatment, undersized sections of the water main and distribution pipes and unreliable water supply due to low capacity the pumps and unreliable power supply in Nyarusiza, Chahi, Kyanika and Bunanaga are some of the other challenges.

The water body is currently undertaking an internal human resource capacity building initiative to effectively offer services to the public.Under the Step-Up 90 programme, which is derived from NWSC new five year strategic direction, seeks to improve employee service delivery.

It will bring cost minimization, service reliability; revive staff enthusiasm, customer complaint handling efficiency, water sales, revenue collection, leakage handling and optimization of network material.

“While the programme is to run to June 2014, it is believed the first 90 days are crucial and must be implemented successfully in order to generate the requisite momentum and to ensure downstream successes and achievements,” Mugisha said.

The staffs of NWSC in Kisoro,

Tanzania wants water for 23 million

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA nDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – The government has said the successful implementation of water projects under the newly initiative Big Results Now (BRN) will lead to the provision of clean water to over 23 million people in the rural areas in three years.

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Eng. Bashir Mrindoko told East African Business Week in Dar es Salaam last week the total number of residents in rural areas that currently enjoy clean water is 15.952 million.

“The ministry of water plans to implement a total 1,810 water projects and to open 2,728 Community Owned Water Supply Organisations across the country in the next three years,” Eng. Mrindoko said.

Eng. Mrindoko said the successful implementation of these projects will lead to the provision of clean water to 7,100,000 villagers.

“The successful implementation of these projects under the BRN programme will lead to the provision of clean water to 23 million people in the rural areas by June 2016,” he said.

He said his ministry in cooperation with the Prime Minister’s Office and Regional authorities have implemented projects under the BRN initiative that have provided 752,000

villagers with clean water in three months.

Mtandi, Rondo, Kineng’ene (Lindi Region), Engagile, Gedamar, Mtuka (Manyara Region) and Iwalanje and Maninga (Mbeya Region) are some of the villages whose residents now have clean water.

Under the BRN programme, the Ministry has delegated authority to regional agencies for planning and implementation of development projects.

One of the results that have been achieved is the reduction of procurement period from 265 days to 90 days.

According to Eng. Goyagoya Mbenna, the BRN initiative has enabled them to be more diligent and has facilitated improved performance in their work.

“In the previous years, a total of between 300,000 and 500,000 villagers would receive clean water per year. However, from 1st July to 30th September 2013, a total of 752,000 villagers were provided with clean water,” Eng Mbenna said.

That followed the completion of 3,008 new water service stations and the establishment of 200 Community Owned Water Supply Organisations.

The Big Results Now initiative is an adaptation of Big Fast Results that was adapted by Tanzanians for Tanzanians who subjected the National Key Areas to intense problem solving using lab methodology.

HUMAN RIGHT: The UN says it is the responsibility of governments to ensure that people can enjoy “sufficient, safe, accessible and affordable water, without discrimination Jinja, Entebbe, Soroti, Kampala and Fort Portal have been oriented to the project and have drafted their

action plans that will be facilitated by the corporation management to make sure the sync.

PUBLIC NOTICE Licensing of Film and Video- works Distributors and Exhibitors The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is the regulator of the communications sector in Uganda. UCC was established to monitor, inspect, license and regulate the provision of communication services in Uganda.

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Zanzibar alarms World Heritage

BY ANDREW ZABLON

ECLIPSE: The moons umbral shadow is only 29 miles wide when it makes landfall

30,000 for eclipse

BY PAUL TENTENA

nKAMPALA, UGANDA- Close to 30,000 international tourists are expected in Uganda’s West Nile town of Packwach to view the historical total solar eclipse on November 3.

According to Uganda’s State Finance Minister in Charge of General Duties Fred Omach, who is overseeing the Uganda solar eclipse day preparations, the country has spent over Ush500m to ensure a successful event.

“If we can collect at least $1000 per tourist, the country can reap up to $30m within a few days,” he said

in Kampala.

Grading of the road to Owiny Primary School in Nebbi district, where the key viewing point will be held is already underway. The event is expected to be graced by President Yoweri Museveni.

Aside from Uganda, in the East African region, northern Kenya (Turkana region) will experience the eclipse. However, the greatest point of eclipse (totality phase during 1 min 40 sec) lies in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.

Uganda has an advantage over the Gulf of Guinea because weather prospects indicate that the area will not be good at this time of the year (November) over the area crossed

by the eclipse path.

“Nevertheless there are quite a few interesting locations, particularly at the end of the path where the Baily’s beads display will be amazing (view the simulations) and where totality will last less than twenty seconds.

“To observe this short total solar eclipse, Kenya, Uganda and possibly Gabon will be other key points,” says an international travel advisory report.

Local Ugandan operators think the government should find out how ancestors used to celebrate this occasion since it has occurred through the centuries and emulate it to be a selling tool to foreign tourists.

Single EAC visa closer nNAIROBI, Kenya-- The third edition of the annual Magical Kenya Travel Expo, a high profile international tourism exhibition hosted by the Kenya Tourism Board, ended last week.

Many firms and individuals from both inside and outside Kenya attended the colourful event at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi.

On top of reassuring all concerned that Kenya is safe despite the tragic Westgate saga, President Uhuru Kenyatta also hinted that the proposed East African single visa may be available in 2014.

Kenyatta told participants: “We are already working on joint marketing strategy with other EAC members states in that when we market our Mara we also convince, the tourist to see the Gorillas in Rwanda,” he said.

WELCOME: When implemented visitors will save time and money.

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“We are already working on joint marketing strategy with other EAC members states in that when we market our Mara we also convince, the tourist to see the Gorillas in Rwanda,” he said

According to EAC Secretary General, Dr Richard. Sezibera, the tourism industry has for been struggling with the expensive image of East Africa when traveling to several countries, where visa fees for a family of four can run into $1,000 if visiting all five member states.

Such added costs are seen as a hurdle to promoting cross-region safari packages, and while Kenya permits the re-entry after obtaining an initial visa when visiting other countries like Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, or Tanzania, none of the other countries are offering the same option to tourists.

nMWANZA, Tanzania – The World Heritage Committee has expressed its concern about the state of conservation of the property at Zanzibar’s Stone Town ‘Mji Mkongwe’.

These concerns were raised last week by the Unesco’s Director of Culture, Ms Karalyin Monteal after reports that Zanzibar’s government would sell two old buildings by an international tender in Stone Town.

In a written reply from France to East African Business Week she wrote in part; ‘As a general practice, when the World Heritage Centre learns of this type of information, we send a letter to enquire with the State Party (Zanzibar government).’

She said during its 36th session in 2012, the Committee noted that the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) has been undertaken on the proposed hotel complex development at Mambo Msiige, Stone Town.

It also included the adjacent designated public open space, and that it has been submitted to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies.

The State party (Zanzibar government) is to complete and submit a comprehensive condition assessment of the property and identify priority measures for intervention, including required resources for implementation.

To establish an effective monitoring system to control and enforce sanctions on illegal construction and evaluate the adequacy of proposals for new construction and development, both at the inscribed property and within its buffer zone.

The Committee also requested the Zanzibar government to develop the tourism development plan to effectively contribute to poverty

alleviation and improvement of socioeconomic conditions of the local population.

Zanzibar was required to submit to the World Heritage Centre, February 1, 2014, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and its implementation-- the report will be examined by the Committee at its 38th Session in 2014 (15 to 25 June 2014 in Doha, Qatar).

“This report, together with the mission report prepared by ICOMOS will inform the Committee’s next decision concerning this World Heritage site,” she said.

An advisory mission was recently carried out from September 29 to 3 October by the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) to assess the situation in Stone Town.

HIA and Environmental Impact assessments were carried out by independent consultants to assess the potential impact of the proposed development project in Mambo Msiige.

The State party indicates that the results of the HIA will be provided to the World Heritage Centre before any design work starts. A report from the State Party is due to be submitted to the World Heritage Centre by February 1, 2014.

“Nevertheless it is the World Heritage Committee who makes decisions regarding World Heritage properties,” Ms Monteal insists.

The buildings number 292 situated at Kiponda and house number 27 situated at Shangani, both in Stone Town would be sold by international competitive tender (ICT).

Ms Fatuma Jaha, Secretary, Ministerial Tender Board, Zanzibar Ministry of Finance said Stone Town is listed in the World Heritage. “My role in this is just to implement. I have been instructed by my superiors to sell the building,” she said.

UWA enriches nature tours nKAMPALA, Uganda- The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has gone a notch higher by merging two key tourism products nature walk and bird watching into one product.

The two were merged in all their managed parks and game reserves.

This according to Raymond Engena, the UWA Tourism Director is aimed at reducing conflicts/friction between keen birders and nature tourists.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority, in their parks, has been charging different fees for the two products. For one to do birding in any of the parks, the UWA could charge $100. This was reduced to $30 recently.

“To improve the birding product, this confusion of having people going for nature walks and mistaken to be birders is no more,” said Engena during the Big Birding Day launch at the Uganda Museum in Kampala.

In tourism, Bird watching or birding is the observation of birds as a recreational activity. It can be done with the naked eye, through a visual enhancement device like binoculars and telescopes, or by listening for bird

sounds.

It often involves a significant auditory component, as many bird species are more easily detected and identified by ear than by eye.

Most birdwatchers pursue this activity mainly for recreational or social reasons, unlike ornithologists, who engage in the study of birds using formal scientific methods.

Engena also announced the two amalgamated activities will cost $30 to ensure that many birders can enjoy the activity.

“This is done to standardize the rates of the product in Uganda,” stressed Engena.

Grace Aulo, the Director Tourism at Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism urged organisers of the Big Birding Day to set a specific date known worldwide for the day. The Big Birding day has had changing dates and months.

She also urged Ugandans to conserve birds.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities is set to relocate from its Farmers House headquarters to Rwenzori House.

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Bebe cool to battle Protégés ON GOTV Radio and Weasel THIS WEEK

BY BAZ WAISWA

nSONY ENTERTAINMNET TV (GOtv Plus only) Sleepy Hollow:Tim Burton and Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands) team up for one of their many cinematic collaborations in this classy, creepy take on the tale of the Headless Horseman. Winner of an Oscar® for best art direction, as well as a BAFTA for best costumes and best production design.

Date: Thursday, 31 October at 20:00 on SET GOtv Plus channel 20.

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On E!, GOtv channel 25, Thursday, October 31st at 22:00

nKAMPALA, UGANDA –They don’t like each other for a number of reasons but come December 6 at Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Bebe Cool and Goodlife Crew duo of Mowzey Radio and Weasel will share the same stage at a concert.

The concert dubbed “Battle of Champions: Last man standing” will be used by the bickering camps to showcase their music prowess and the judges will be the fans who will unofficially declare which camp is better musically.

This will be the second highly rated stage battle, the first being the one between Bebe Cool and his old foe Bobi Wine that took place a few years ago.

Now Radio and Weasel riding on a BET Awards nomination have dared Bebe Cool to face off musically on the same stage. Bebe Cool has accepted the challenge and a date has been set, soon a stage will be erected.

As a build up to the concert, sharp and abusive words have been traded with each camp calling the other all sorts of annoying words at tactfully organized press conferences arranged by concert promoter BK Afrobeat.

The verbal artillery started on

Facebook and Twitter until, first, Radio and Weasel called for a press conference which they used to challenge Bebe to accept the battle and used the same press briefing to insult the Gagamel boss.

The following day Bebe didn’t sit back and swallow the insults, he called for a press conference and returned the favor in equal measure.

Radio and Weasel called Bebe Cool an old man who should resign from the music industry and Bebe called them old men with young brains.

Those kinds of words are expected to trend until the concert date with industry observers saying the abusive language being

Radio and in-

Weasel who in recent terviews admit to looking up to the Gagamel and East African Bashment crew boss is notice-

used BATTLE: The Goodlyfe duo Radio and Weazel. INSET: The Gagamel boss Bebe Cool will only deepen their grudges. able.

One thing for sure is that both Bebe Cool Bebe Cool alongside Chameleone is and Goodlife are gifted musically a thing highly regarded as godfather of Uganda’s that makes the battle worthwhile. modern music however the emergence of

Christening of Prince George

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he christening of Prince George has taken place in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace in London.

The prince, third in line to the throne, was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The christening was private, with only senior royals, four members of the Middleton family, the seven godparents and their spouses among the 22 guests.

Prince George, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, was born in London on 22 July.

The duchess carried her newly christened son out of the chapel after the ceremony, and the guests then left for tea hosted by the Prince of Wales at Clarence House.

Attending a reception at Buckingham Palace after the event, the Queen told guests how much she had enjoyed the ceremony.

“It was very nice though, wasn’t it?” she told the Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres, at the event for the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.

For three royals who represent the future of the British monarchy - and who will increasingly live much of their lives on a very public stage - this was a private and intimate affair.

Before it began, there was an opportunity to see Prince George for only the second time in his brief life.

He looked understandably plumper and peaceful. Prince William appeared relieved that his son, who in his words, has “a voice to match any lion’s roar” was in a docile mood.There were just 22 guests gathered inside the Chapel Royal including the godparents.

The choice of two of them is particularly striking.

Julia Samuel was a close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales. And William’s former aide Jamie LowtherPinkerton has played a pivotal role as the future king has developed as a senior royal.The godparents, announced earlier, are Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Earl Grosvenor, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Julia Samuel, William van Cutsem and Zara Tindall.

Bobi wine to stage a free concert

BY WINNIE MANDELA nKAMPALA, UGANDA-after scooping and registering a huge success at the Kampala Festival 2013, the self-proclaimed ghetto President H.E Robert Kyagulanyi a.k.a. Bobi Wine is set to stage a free concert open to all.

The show slated for November 8th is expected to feature Jamaican star Mr. G whom he recorded with a couple of songs this year.

According to him, the “Akalimu” concert is a tribute to the people of Bududa and Kasese located in the Western and Eastern part of Uganda for the many natural disasters specifically landslides and floods that have occurred in the area in the past years thus claiming lives and property of many people.

Through this he believes that the unlucky perished ones shall be remembered. All people who would like to access the concert will only be required to carry along donations such as clothes, scholastic materials, food materials and the like that will be donated to the victims.

Majority of the Ugandans are so proud of Bobi wine for having decided to make such a huge decision that will enable the victims of landslides and floods in Kasese and Bududa to also gain a few necessities from his concert.

Bobi Wine was born on 12 February 1982 in Mpigi District South West of Kampala District, who was baptized Robert Kyagulanyi in the Roman Catholic Church. He went to Makerere University in Kampala. He started making music in the early 2000s. He currently heads the Fire base crew.

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EALA hold plenary in Bujumbira

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nBUJUMBURA, BURUNDI he Republic of Burundi’s Head of State, H.E. Pierre Nkurunziza opened the 2nd Meeting of the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly in Bujumbura, Burundi. The opening of the 2nd Session took place on October 22nd.

President Nkurunziza was emphatic that time had come to fully embrace the philosophy of ‘One People, One Destiny’ so that the integration agenda becomes fully realized.

He called on East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Members to come up with bankable resolutions that make a difference to the People of the region.

The President said the Monetary Union Protocol was on the verge of being signed at the next Summit and called on the Partner States to accelerate realization of the Political Federation.

“I do believe we can accelerate the Political Federation to which the Burundian population and those from other Partner States have overwhelmingly responded positively to,” President Nkurunziza remarked.

He called for the full and speedy implementation of the Common Market Protocol to enable citizens to enjoy the mutual benefits. “We should also ensure the best practices of the Partner States are shared,” he said.

The President said Burundi had carried a wide sensitization programme in the entire country. Adding that Burundi was honoured to host EALA once again. It provided an opportunity for citizens to closely follow up and comprehend on the activities of EALA. He said: “I want to commend EALA for the decision to rotate the

H.E Pierre Nkurunziza joins EALA Speaker, Rt. Hon Margaret Zziwa for a drumming session plenaries to enable citizens become more aware of the mandate of the Assembly.”

The President hailed the EALA Members for the Community Initiative carried out in Cibitoke District when EALA visited Burundi last year.

“The people of Cibitoke have sent me back to request you to visit the stadium which is on the verge of completion. I welcome you for a football time at an appropriate time” he said.

In her welcome remarks, the Speaker of the EALA, Rt. Hon Margaret Nantongo Zziwa said the Assem-

bly was taking place at an irreversible time in the regional integration process. She noted the envisaged entry of the Monetary Union as key in the integration process.

Zziwa said: “We are pleased the Summit shall be signing the Monetary Union, the third tier in the process.

The people of East Africa have patiently waited. We remain confident that after years and months of complex negotiations and board room trade-ins, the people of East Africa look forward to a single currency.”

She urged Partner States to review

Uganda to host international agricultural symposium nARUSHA, TANZANIA Uganda is to host a 5-day International Symposium and Exhibition on Agricultural Development in the EAC. The symposium will be held from November 4th to 8th at the Serena Hotel.

The event is being collaboratively organized by the EAC Secretariat, Kilimo Trust, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Uganda’s Ministries of East African Community Affairs (MEACA- Uganda), and Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF- Uganda).

The theme is ‘Agricultural Development in the EAC: lessons from the past 50 years and prospects for the future.’ Participants will be engaged in dialogue designed to enhance EAC regional integration in the agricultural sector through

Jessica Eriyo five major events: Youth in Agriculture (YiA) Workshop, Technical Symposium, a High Level Executive Roundtable, Exhibitions, and Special Seminars.

The Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social sectors at the EAC Secretariat Hon. Jesca Eriyo said: “The events

of the week are designed to reflect on agriculture during the 50 years since all the EAC Partner States earned independence.”

She said the event is being held when the continent’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is marking ten years of implementation.

The symposium, the YiA workshop, the seminars and the executive roundtable will provide an opportunity to evaluate progress, lessons, and prospects for the future, the 10 years of CAADP principles and the international programmes driven by the MDGs.”The aim is to articulate an EAC Regional Vision of Agriculture for the future as a modern and vibrant sector that fully takes advantage of the region’s resources.

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their domestic laws to conform to the commitments and undertakings made in the Common Market Protocol.

She said: “We need to deliver on the promises we made to citizens including the machine readable cards, mobility of workers and harmonization of benefits.”

She hailed the Partner States for rolling out the National Implementation Committee in respect to a directive from the EAC Council of Ministers.

The Speaker further noted that the Customs Union had led to significant

increase in intra-regional trade. In 2011, intra-regional trade rose by 23 percent of the total values of exports according to the World Banks’ Doing Business Report of 2012.

Zziwa shared the scorecard of EALA so far to an attentive audience.

She cited, inter-alia, the passage of 4 key Bills (One Stop Border Post Bill, 2012, EAC Vehicle Load Control Bill, 2012, EAC Appropriation Bill, 2012 and the EAC Public Holidays Bill, 2013), 5 Reports and 8 Resolutions – all key to integration dispensation.

The Speaker of the Burundi National Assembly, Rt. Hon Pie Ntavyohanyuma underscored the need to address cross border crime and terrorism. “It is important for stakeholders to work together collectively to stem terrorism”, he remarked, while commiserating with the Republic of Kenya following the attack on the Nairobi Westgate Mall.

Rt. Hon Ntavyohanyuma called for closer collaboration between the EALA and the Burundi National Assembly in line with Article 49 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC. Moving the vote of thanks, Hon Dan Kidega noted that Burundi had progressed following the leadership of President Nkurunziza., President Nkurunziza is not only a leader par excellence, but a mediator who has brought Burundi from the precipice of war to a united country.

He said Burundi had a gallant army that was now serving in Somalia, Chad, Haiti and soon, Mali. The EALA Member further hailed the health care system which he noted provided free medical healthcare to expectant mothers.

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S.Sudan to join talks on EAC membership nARUSHA, TANZANIA The Secretary General of the EAC Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera says the meeting with South Sudan is scheduled to take place on November 7th and 8th in Arusha.

During the 27th meeting held on August 31st, the EAC Council of Ministers approved the proposed process of handling the negotiations with the Republic of South Sudan to join the EAC. The Council established a High Level Negotiation Team, directed the Partner States to nominate three Members to the High Level Negotiation Team by 30 September 2013 and directed the Secretariat to convene a meeting.

A visit of a High Level Mission of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan is also expected at the EAC Headquarters in November.

The negotiation process is expected

Amb. Richard Sezibera to be structured in three phases; technical negotiations involving technical experts from the EAC (i.e. the three nominees from each Partner State) and the Republic of South Sudan.

The second phase will involve Permanent/Principal Secretaries to consider recommendations from the technical phase and recommend to an appropriate Ministerial Negotiations.

The third phase will be at the Ministerial level. Each of these phased negotiations will systematically feed into each other.

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AGRICULTURE

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Bukwo in barley bumper harvest “

BY EMMA ONYANGO

nBUKWO, UGANDA Barley farmers in Bukwo District are upbeat as yields more than double this season. The surge in yields has been attributed to better agronomy practices like use of machinery and fertilizers.

Boniface Muneria a barley farmer in Bukwo ploughed 22 acres this year and harvested 240 bags of barley.

From this, he has earned Shs26 million (about $10,289) compared to the Shs11 million (about 4,353) he earned from 8 acres last year.

“Nile Breweries Limited helped me hire three combined harvesters and I was wise to harvest before the rains started. This helped me improve my yields significantly thus boosting my income,” Muneria said. “I planted on time, administered inputs on time and harvested on time.

This explains the bumper harvest.”

Muneria started growing barley in 2011. “I started with seven acres because I was not sure of the market for the product. I harvested 50 bags, which I harvested using rudimentary methods. My entire household would go to

NBL has promoted barley growing by providing free seeds, inputs and introduced he use of machinery like combined harvesters.

BARLEY BOOM: Farmers have opted for barley growing because of the ready market the fields with hoes, sickles and willows. We did not know about tractors and combined harvesters,” he said.

Farmers in Bukwo District have until recently been involved in smallholder farming thus limiting adoption to modern means of farming.

Due to increase in farming acreage, the famers have now adopted mechanized farming

thus improving yields and reducing post-harvest losses.

The district mainly engages in growing maize, wheat and barley as their main cash crops.

Farmers say they have opted for barley growing because of the ready market and stable prices. Barley is used as a main ingredient in the manufacture of beer.

“People here were growing

maize and wheat but the prices were so poor and unstable.

In 1992 a beer making firm introduced barley growing to Sebei people. That firm did not stay long because Bukwo is a hard to reach area. However, three years back, Nile Breweries Limited came on board and they have set up a barley nucleus farm here in Bukwo,” said Festus Juma Mukhwana,

the L3 Chairperson of Bukwo District and barley farmers.

“NBL has promoted barley growing through providing free seeds, inputs and they have also introduced to us the use of machinery like combined harvesters.”

Last year, Sebei region under the Greater Sebei combined harvester scheme produced about 550 metric tons of barley which was significantly low according to NBL the lead consumer of barley from this region.

This year, as of last week, 568 tonnes had been harvested from 584 tonnes with an estimated over 500 acres not harvested.

“We expect over 3,120 metric tonnes of barley from Bukwo District this year,” Mr Augustine Labu, the Assistant Farm Manager of Bukwo Barley Nucleus Farm said.

Asked to explain the bumper harvest, Mr Labu said: “NBL bought two tractors and we have hired about seven combined harvesters from Kenya. This means we have limited post-harvest losses.”

A kilogramme of barley currently goes for Shs1,100, Shs200 more than what it cost a year ago.

Greater use of machine labour at the farm level, in processing, and transportation has the potential to increase yields and decrease post-harvest loss.

The result will be improvements in the quality of life for farmers and communities in Uganda.

Tanzania tea farmers setup $4.19m plant

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA unit will be able to process 5,000 tons of tea annually.”

Smith said the construction nDAR ES SALAAM, of the first phase cost about Lupembe tea farmers in Tsh3.75 billion ($2.33 million) Njombe, in the southern with capacity to process 1,800 highland of Tanzania have tons of tea annually. partnered with local comHe added the ongoing pany, Ikanga Tea Co. Ltd construction of the second to set up a tea industrial phase which will be able to unit. The local farmers own process 3,500 tons of tea per 25 percent of the Tsh6.73 annually will cost Tsh1.48 billion ($4.19 million) Ikanga billion ($921,256).

Tea Factory.

The third phase will cost Ikanga Tea Company Ltd, Tsh1.5 billion ($933,707). was established by MuPresident Kikwete chalfindi Tea and Coffee Limited lenged the company to make (MTC). The MTC estabuse of the tea harvested by lished the tea company as a the farmers in Njombe. response to President Jakaya Kikwete said farmers have Kikwete’s call. The president to create special centers to implored MTC to establish enable the company’s trucks a tea plant to help farmers to collect the consignments process their tea within their easily. farming area and in so doing He said: “All tea must be save cost.

The Ikanga Tea Company’s bought from the centers and transported to the factory Managing Director, Mr. Noel ready for processing.”

Lindsay Smith told President According to the company’s Jakaya Kikwete during the CEO, the tea farmers will also factory launch last week that be given fertilizers and will the industrial unit will be be paid monthly. The price constructed in three phases. of the tea will be set by the Smith said: “What we are Tanzania Tea Board. launching now, is just the Tanzania which is bordered first phase of our industrial by two other major African unit. We are also expecting to tea-producing countries, Kefinish the second phase very nya and Malawi, is one of the soon and once we complete most important tea-producing the third phase, our industrial

TEA: Farmers will be able to process 5,000 tons of tea countries in Africa.

In 2008, Tanzania was the world’s 14th largest tea producer, producing about 0.73% of the global tea, placing it 4th in Africa.

Most of Tanzania’s tea is exported in bulk and sold at a

meagre price; one major tea company in Tanzania that has distinguished itself for the quality of its product is Chai Bora.

Tanzania has a warm, tropical climate, with seasonal patterns of precipitation. The

country has a single wet and dry season, whereas other regions have two distinct rainy seasons.

Tea was first planted in Tanzania in 1902, when German settlers introduced the crop. After the Second World War the British took over and increased the tea production.

Since the independence of Tanzania in 1961, the small scale farmers play an important role in the agricultural sector. During the early eighties they accounted for about a quarter of Tanzania’s tea production.

Around that period there were numerous signs of distress in the smallholder sector that lead to the decline in production because of low prices, late payments by the Tea Authority and old and inefficient processing factories.

The consequences of the decline became visible in the nineties. Small scale farmers share dropped below ten percent and by 1998 it fell to five percent. These bad circumstances led to a growing dissatisfaction among the farmers.

The government decided to take measures against the malaise in the industry. They encouraged the small scale

farmers to form associations and a governmental organization was set up to help them.

Eleven small scale tea growers associations were set up as a result. Together with the large scale farmers and big tea estates, the associations account for the production of 25,000 tons annually.

Next to Kenya, Uganda and Malawi this makes Tanzania one of the biggest tea producers in Africa.

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Kikwete said farmers have to create special centers to enable the company’s trucks to collect the consignments easily.

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TANZANIA PORTS AUTHORITY

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

OPEN DOMESTIC BIDDING Consultancy Services to Conduct Engineering Design and Environmental Impact Assessment for Grid Extensions to the proposed Bukerere National Housing Project Procurement Reference Number: REA/ SRVCS/ 1 3- 1 4 / 0005 0 . The ural Electrification gency of the inistry of Energy and ineral evelopment has allocated funds to be used Consultancy Services to Conduct Engineering Design and Environmental Impact ssessment for Grid E tensions to the proposed Bu erere ational ousing ro ect. . The ural Electrification gency invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for provision of Consultancy Services to Conduct Engineering Design and Environmental Impact Assessment for Grid E tensions to the proposed Bu erere ational ousing ro ect.

3. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open Domestic Bidding procedures contained in the Government of Uganda’s ublic rocurement and isposal of ublic ssets ct and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from The ural Electrification gency and inspect the bidding documents at the address given in (a) from : a.m. to 4: p.m. onday to riday. .

complete set of Bidding ocuments in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below at (b) and upon payment of a non refundable fee of ganda Shillings Two undred Thousand Only (UGX 2 00,000). The method of payment shall be by cash to the ural Electrification gency ccounts ffice and an official receipt issued.

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below at (a) at or before 1 1 :00 a.m. (local time) on November 2 8 , 2 01 3. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of Uganda Shillings Seven illion (UGX 7,000,000) only. Late bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below at (d) at 1 1 :1 5 a.m. (local time) on November 2 8 , 2 01 3.

. (a) ddress where documents may be inspected at: Rural Electrification Agency Offices Procurement & Disposal Unit Plot 10 Windsor Loop, Kololo 2nd Floor, House of Hope (b)Address where documents will be issued from: [Same as in 7(a) above] (c)Address where Bids must be delivered to: [Same as in 7(a) above] (d)Address of Bid Opening:Rural Electrification Agency Offices, Boardroom . The planned procurement schedule (sub ect to changes) is as follows:-

Activity

Dates

Publish Bid Notice

ctober

Bid Closing Date

ovember

Evaluation Process

ithin 4 or ing ays from Bid Closing Date

Display and Communication of Best Evaluated Bidder Notice

ithin or ing ays from Contracts Committee Approval of the Evaluation Report

Contract Award and Signature

fter e piry of the Best Evaluated Bidder Notice

The ural Electrification gency ( E ) is not bound to accept any bid.

EX ECUTIVE DIRECTOR

TENDER INVITATION 1. This invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for the year 2013/ 14 which appeared in the Daily Newspaper of 16th August 2013.

2. Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has set aside funds in its 2013/ 2014 budget to cover for Supply and Commissioning of 2No. Skid Steer Loader for Tanga.

3. TPA now invites sealed tenders under International Competitive Bidding procedures specified in the ublic rocurement (Goods or s on Consultant Service and isposal of ublic ssets by Tender) egulations Government otice o. .

4. A complete set of the tendering document may be obtained by interested tenderer’s from the ffice of S oom o 4 on the nd oor of T Q Building from to 6 S local time from onday to riday e cluding ublic olidays.

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AND: Upon payment of a non-refundable fee of TZS 1 00,000.00. Payment should be either by certified cheque ban er s draft ban er s cheque or cash. . Tan ania orts uthority will evaluate the tenders and award the contract to the most competitive Tenderer.

MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AGENCY

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

OPEN DOMESTIC BIDDING Construction of a 33kV/ 1 1 kV double circuit line between the Kaliro Sub- station and SAIL Co- generation Plant located in Kaliro District Procurement Reference: REA/ W RKS/ 1 3- 1 4 / 001 1 9 . The Government of ganda represented by the ural Electrification gency of the inistry of Energy and ineral evelopment has earmarked funds for Construction of a 33kV/ 11kV double circuit line between the K aliro substation and SAIL Co-generation Plant located in K aliro District. . The ural Electrification gency invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Construction of a 33kV/ 11kV double circuit line between the K aliro Sub-station and SAIL Co-generation Plant located in K aliro District.

3. Bidding will be conducted in accordance with the Open Domestic Bidding procedures contained in the Government of Uganda’s ublic rocurement and isposal of ublic ssets ct and are open to all bidders from eligible source countries.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the ural Electrification gency and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below at (a) from : a.m. to 4: p.m. (local time) onday to riday. . The ural Electrification gency shall hold a pre- bid meeting for potential bidders on November 8 , 2 01 3 at 1 0:00 a.m. (local time) in the Agency’ s Boardroom, Plot 1 0 W indsor Loop, Kololo, 2 nd Floor, House of Hope AND thereafter proceed to Kaliro for a site visit.

6. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below at (b) and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Uganda Shillings Two Hundred Thousand (UGX 2 00,000) only. The method of payment shall be by cash to E s cash office and an official receipt issued. . Bids must be delivered to the address below at (c) at or before 1 0:00 a.m. (local time) on November 2 9 , 2 01 3.

All bids must be accompanied by Irrevocable and Unconditional Bid Securities of:nited States ollars ive Thousand ( S ) nly or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

Late bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the

TENDER NO AE/ 01 6/ 2 01 2 - 1 3/ CTB/ G02 FOR SUPPLY FOR SUPPLY AND COMMISSIONING OF TW O (2 ) SKID STEER LOADERS FOR TANGA PORT

bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below in (d) at : a.m. (local time) on ovember . . (a) ddress documents may be inspected at: ural Electrification gency offices Procurement & Disposal Unit lot indsor oop ololo nd loor ouse of ope ampala ganda (b) ddress documents will be issued from: Same as in (a) above (c)Address Bids must be delivered to: [Same as in 8(a) above] (d)Address of Bid Opening: Rural Electrification Agency, Boardroom . The planned procurement schedule (sub ect to changes) is as follows:-

Activity

Dates

Publish Bid Notice

ctober

Pre-bid meeting

ovember

Bid Closing Date

ovember

Evaluation Process

ithin 4 ays from Bid Closing Date

Display and Communication of Best Evaluated Bidder Notice

ithin ays from Contracts Committee approval of the Evaluation Report

Contract Award and Signature

fter e piry of the Best Evaluated Bidder Notice and SG’s clearance

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is not bound to accept any bid THE EX ECUTIVE DIRECTOR

6. Tenders dully completed in one original plus two copies should be submitted in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked “TENDER FOR SUPPLY AND COMMISSIONING OF 2 NO. SKID STEER LOADERS FOR TANGA PORT and addressed to: The Secretary Central tender Board Tan ania orts uthority . . Bo 4 ES S T I r deposited in the Tender Bo which is in oom o. 4 on the nd loor of T eadquarters building ne Bandari oad before the deadline for submission of bids. . Tenders will close on 1 2 th December 2 01 3 at .

S local time and will be opened publicly soon thereafter in T conference oom on the nd oor. Bidders and/ or their Representatives who wish to witness the opening are welcome to attend. . The tender must be accompanied by a tender security of of the bid price in the form of an unconditional Bank Guarantee. Bid Securing Declaration and Insurance Bonds will not be acceptable. Tenders not accompanied by a tender security will be rejected. . Telephone Telefa and late bids will not be accepted. Bids not received and opened during the public opening ceremony shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstances.

10Note that Tanzania Ports Authority is not obliged to accept the lowest or any Bid. ffice of the irector General Tan ania orts uthority . . Bo 4 ES S TANZANIA. Tel o. a o: 6 E mail: dps tan aniaports.com

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East African Business Week I October 28-November 3, 2013

ILALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA ACCOUNTANT GENERAL’ S DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF FINANCE

RE- ADVERTISMENT

INVITATION FOR BIDS TENDER No. LGA/ 01 5 / IMC/ 2 01 3/ 2 01 4 / W / 02 For PERIODIC AND PROPOSED MAINTENANCE OF ROADS IN ILALA MUNICIPALITY 1. The ILALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (IMC) has set aside adequate funds through road fund.

It is intended that part of the proceeds of the fund will be used to cover eligible payments under the Contract for Periodic and Proposed maintenance of Roads in Ilala Municipality.

2. The Ilala Municipal Council now invites sealed bids from eligible National Contractors registered with Contractors Registration Board as Civil Contractors for Lot 4

NO. LOT 4

DESCRIPTION OF WORK Periodic maintenance of Mvumi Road (100m) to Tarmac Level in Ilala Municipality

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING TENDER NO. IE/ 031 / 2 01 3- 2 01 4 / HQ/ NC/ 03 FOR PROVISION OF NATIONAL DATA AND INTERNET BANDW IDTH SERVICES TO THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL’ S DEPARTMENT

INVITATION FOR BIDS

2 4 th October, 2 01 3

1. The Government of Tanzania has set aside funds for the operations of the Accountant General s epartment during the financial year 4. It is intended that part of the proceeds of the fund will be used to cover eligible payment under the contract for Provision of National Data and Internet Bandwidth Services to the Accountant General’s Department.

2. The Accountant General’s Department now invites sealed tenders from eligible Service Providers for the above mentioned services.

. Bidding will be conducted through the ational competitive tender procedures specified in the Public Procurement (Goods, Works, Non Consultant Service and Disposal of Public Assets by Tender) Regulations, 2005 – Government Notice No. 97 and is open to national Bidders only as defined in the egulations unless otherwise stated in the Bid Data Sheet.

. Bidders must quote according to bidding document as specified in the schedule of requirements. Partial bids will not be accepted. The Procuring Entity will evaluate the tenders and award the contract to the most competitive bidder.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding ocuments at the office of Secretary of the Council Tender Board Ilala unicipal epot situated along Nyerere road from 08:00 hours to 15:30 hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive except on public holidays.

4. Bidding will be conducted through International Competitive Bidding procedures specified in the ublic rocurement (Goods or s on Consultant Service and isposal of Public Assets by Tender) Regulations, 2005 – Government Notice No. 97 and are open to all Bidders as defined in the egulations.

5. A complete set of Bidding Document(s) in English and additional sets may be purchased by interested Bidders on the submission of a written application to the address given under paragraph 4 above and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Tshs.1 00,000.00 for Lot 4 , Payment should either be by Cash, Banker’s Draft, or Banker’s Cheque, payable to Ilala Municipal Council

. Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the Bidding ocuments at the office of the Secretary, Accountant General’s Tender Board, at New Pension Building, Madara a venue Shaaban obert Street uthuli Street . Bo ar Es Salaam from : am to . pm ondays to ridays inclusive e cept on ublic olidays

6. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid declaration in an acceptable form. . ll bids in one original plus three copies properly filled in and enclosed in plain sealed envelope must be delivered at the office of the Secretary to the Ilala unicipal Council Tender Board Depot along Nyerere road. The outer cover shall be clearly marked Bid No.LGA/ 01 5 / IMC/ 2 01 2 / 2 01 3/ W / 02 LOT 4 for Periodic maintenance of Mvumi Road (1 00m) to Tarmac Level in Ilala Municipality , must be delivered to the address below: MUNICIPAL DIRECTOR ILALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL P.O.BOX 2 09 5 0 DAR ER SALAAM at or before 2 .00 p.m on the 1 9 th November, 2 01 3. Bids will be opened promptly thereafter in public and in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in the opening at the Ilala Municipal Ilala Municipal Board room – Secondary Education ffice located at epot along yerere road at 1 4 :30hrs on 1 9 th November, 2 01 3.

8. Late bids, portion of bids, electronic bids, bids not received, bids not opened and not read out in public at the bid opening ceremony shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstance. . The employer will organi e a collective site visit that will commence at the office the ead of Work and Water Department located at Ilala Municipal council Depot along Nyerere road … … … … … hours on … … … … … .., 2 01 3.

MUNICIPAL DIRECTOR ILALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

6. A complete set of Bidding Document(s) in English and additional sets may be purchased by interested Bidder(s) upon submission of a written application to the address given at paragraph 5 above and upon payment of a non – refundable fee of Tshs 100,000.00 (Tanzania Shillings One hundred thousand Only) Payment should be by cash payable to The Accountant General Ministry of Finance.

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid security in acceptable form in the amount of 2.5% of the bid price, or freely convertible currencies in case of foreign bidders. . ll bids in one original plus two copies properly filled in and enclosed in plain envelopes must be delivered to the rocurement anagement nit ( ) ffice at ew ension Building adara a venue Shaaban obert Street uthuli Street . Bo 9111, Dar Es Salaam at or before 1 0.00am hour’ s local time on Friday 6th December, 2 01 3. Bids will be opened promptly thereafter in public and in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who will attend in the opening ceremony at the ew ension Building ffice of the inistry of inance adara a venue Shaaban obert Street uthuli Street ar es Salaam 9. Late Bids, Portion of Bids, Electronic Bids, Bids not received, Bids not opened and not read out in public at the bid opening ceremony shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstances.

ACCOUNTANT GENERAL

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East African Business Week I October 28 - November 4, 2013 DAR ES SALAAM - DSE Date Company Opening Closing price (Tshs) price (Tshs) 0 310 Oct 25 2013 TOL 5,000 5,000 Oct 25 2013 TBL 0 650 Oct 25 2013 TTP 8,220 8,220 Oct 25 2013 TCC 0 2,340 Oct 25 2013 SIMBA 2,640 2,640 Oct 25 2013 SWISS 2,700 2,700 Oct 25 2013 TWIGA 0 490 Oct 25 2013 DCB 2,300 2,300 Oct 25 2013 NMB 0 200 Oct 25 2013 KA 0 6,000 Oct 25 2013 EABL 0 5,200 Oct 25 2013 JHL 0 940 Oct 25 2013 KCB 280 280 Oct 25 2013 CRDB 0 6,020 Oct 25 2013 NMG 0 4,560 Oct 25 2013 ABG 0 475 Oct 25 2013 PAL

Weekly Trends (EA Stock Exchanges)

Financial markets Nairobi (NSE)

SECURITY

PRICES AS AT

24-Oct-13

23-Oct-13

22-Oct-13

18-Oct-13

25-Oct-13

24-Oct-13

23-Oct-13

22-Oct-13

21-Oct-13

20-Oct-13

19-Oct-13

18-Oct-13

25-Oct-13

24-Oct-13

23-Oct-13

22-Oct-13

21-Oct-13

20-Oct-13

1,560.00

19-Oct-13

1,570.00

1,680.00 18-Oct-13

1,700.00

130.2

RSE ALL SHARE INDEX

16-Oct-13

1,580.00

130.4 17-Oct-13

USE ALL SHARE INDEX

1,590.00

24-Oct-13

1,720.00

23-Oct-13

130.6

DSE ALL SHARE INDEX

21-Oct-13

1,600.00

1,740.00

22-Oct-13

NSE ALL SHARE INDEX

20-Oct-13

1,610.00

1,760.00

131 130.8

131.6 131.5 131.4 131.3 131.2 131.1 131 130.9 130.8 19-Oct-13

1,620.00

R S E A L L S H A R E IN D E X

17-Oct-13

1,630.00

1,780.00

21-Oct-13

131.2

1,640.00

1,800.00

20-Oct-13

131.4

1,820.00

19-Oct-13

131.6

U S E A L L S H A R E IN D E X

18-Oct-13

D S E A L L S H A R E IN D E X

N S E A L L S H A R E IN D E X

PREVIOUS PRICE

% CHANGE

23.25 86.00 118.00 500.00 27.25 14.00 233.00

24.50 87.00 120.00 500.00 27.50 14.20 230.00

-5.10 -1.15 -1.67 0.00 -0.91 -1.41 +1.30

24.00 13.50 12.00 5.45

23.50 13.50 12.00 5.20

+2.13 0.00 0.00 +4.81

18.55 77.00 177.00 35.00 26.25 103.00 49.50 20.25 59.00 304.00 17.30

18.50 77.50 180.00 35.00 26.25 104.00 49.50 20.50 59.00 304.00 17.30

+0.27 -0.65 -1.67 0.00 0.00 -0.96 0.00 -1.22 0.00 0.00 0.00

4.00 20.25 10.45 15.65 319.00 56.50 30.00 45.25 21.25

3.65 20.25 10.45 15.65 319.00 58.00 30.50 44.75 21.25

+9.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -2.59 -1.64 +1.12 0.00

76.50 214.00 69.00 16.50 66.50

76.00 210.00 69.00 16.65 65.50

+0.66 +1.90 0.00 -0.90 +1.53

16.95 9.30 14.30 26.75 13.00

16.95 9.35 14.20 28.00 13.00

0.00 -0.53 +0.70 -4.46 0.00

KAMPALA - USE Date Company Oct 25 2013 ALSI Oct 25 2013 BATU Oct 25 2013 BOBU Oct 25 2013 CENT Oct 25 2013 DFCU Oct 25 2013 EABL Oct 25 2013 EBL Oct 25 2013 JHL Oct 25 2013 KA Oct 25 2013 KCB Oct 25 2013 NIC Oct 25 2013 NMG Oct 25 2013 NVL Oct 25 2013 SBU Oct 25 2013 UCL Oct 25 2013 UMEME Oct 25 2013 USE LCI TOTALS

OCTOBER 24 2013 (KSH)

AGRICULTURAL Eaagads Ltd Ord 125 Kakuzi Ord 500 Kapchorwa Tea Co Ltd Ord 500 Limuru Tea Co Ltd Ord 2000 Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd Ord 500 Sasini Ltd Ord 100 Williamson Tea Kenya Ltd Ord 500 AUTOMOBILES AND ACCESSORIES Car and General (K) Ltd Ord 500 CMC Holdings Ltd Ord 500 Marshalls (EA) Ltd Ord 500 Sameer Africa Ltd Ord 500 BANKING Barclays Bank Ltd Ord 050 CFC Stanbic Holdings Ltd Ord 500 Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 400 Equity Bank Ltd Ord 050 Housing Finance Co Ltd Ord 500 I&M Holdings Ltd Ord 100 Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd Ord 100 National Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 500 NIC Bank Ltd Ord 500 Standard Chartered Bank Ltd Ord 500 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 100 COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES Express Ltd Ord 500 Hutchings Biemer Ltd Ord 500 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 500 Longhorn Kenya Ltd Nation Media Group Ord 250 Scangroup Ltd Ord 100 Standard Group Ltd Ord 500 TPS Eastern Africa (Serena) Ltd Ord 100 Uchumi Supermarket Ltd Ord 500 CONSTRUCTION AND ALLIED Athi River Mining Ord 500 Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 500 Crown Berger Ltd 0rd Ord 500 EACables Ltd Ord 500 EAPortland Cement Ltd Ord 500 ENERGY AND PETROLEUM KenGen Ltd Ord 250 KenolKobil Ltd Ord 005 Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd Total Kenya Ltd Ord 500 Umeme Ltd Ord 050 GROWTH ENTERPRISE MARKET SEGMENT Home Africa Ltd Ord 100 INSURANCE British-American Investments Company ( Kenya) Ltd Ord 010 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord 100 Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 500 Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd Ord 250 Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Ltd Ord 500 INVESTMENT Centum Investment Co Ltd Ord 500 Olympia Capital Holdings ltd Ord 500 Trans-Century Ltd Ord 500 MANUFACTURING AND ALLIED ABaumann CO Ltd Ord 500 BOC Kenya Ltd Ord 500 British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd Ord 1000 Carbacid Investments Ltd Ord 500 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 200 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord 100 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 500 Mumias Sugar Co Ltd Ord 200 Unga Group Ltd Ord 500 TELECOMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY AccessKenya Group Ltd Ord 100 Safaricom Ltd Ord 050 PREFERENCE SHARES Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 4% Pref 2000 Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 7% Pref 2000

7.85

7.95

-1.26

10.15 12.50 4.60 275.00 14.60 64.00

10.10 12.10 4.65 271.00 14.75 63.50

+0.50 +3.31 -1.08 +1.48 -1.02 +0.79

28.25 4.35 29.00

28.50 4.30 29.25

-0.88 +1.16 -0.85

11.10 116.00 574.00 215.00 319.00 2.80 3.00 3.65 17.95

11.10 116.00 571.00 230.00 319.00 2.95 3.00 3.65 17.85

0.00 0.00 +0.53 -6.52 0.00 -5.08 0.00 0.00 +0.56

9.55 9.05

9.55 9.05

0.00 0.00

8.00 5.50

8.00 5.50

0.00 0.00

Kenya

Nairobi Beans (Rosecoco)

- 90kg

Fish (Tilapia)

- 1 kg

Ground Nuts

Uganda

Eldoret

Kampala

Lira

No of Deals Shares Traded 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16,102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 20,870 0 0 11 36,972

0 0 5,000 320,000,000 0 0 8,220 8,220,000 0 0 2,640 6,721,440 2,700 2,970,000 0 0 2,280 275,891,840 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 65,800,000 0 0 0 0 0 0

High (Ushs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 365 0

Foreign Market Number Outstanding Outstanding No of holding of Deals share bids share offers shares Capital traded (Tsh) bln) % age 0 32,700 0 0 11.54 5.84% 3 45,000 0 64,000 1,474.64 67.63 0 0 0 0 11.61 47.60 2 1,000 1,200 1,000 822.00 75.00 0 6,800 12,000 0 148.99 62.50 9 13,100 0 2,546 95.04 72.00 2 0 150,000 1,100 485.79 69.25 0 0 6,600 0 33.24 0.07% 14 59,600 10,700 118,228 1,150.00 38.57 0 0 0 0 299.29 N/A 0 0 0 0 4,744.65 N/A 0 0 0 0 311.45 N/A 0 0 0 0 2,792.12 N/A 21 306,800 71,000 235,000 609.43 15.47 0 0 0 0 1,135.02 N/A 0 0 0 0 1,869.99 N/A 0 0 13,000 0 76.22 34.13 SOURCE - Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange

Low (Ushs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 365 0

Closing (Ushs) 1,633 4,050 130 843 1,035 9,519 1,044 8,206 312 1,477 35 9,519 630 30 30 365 262

Turnover (Ushs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 563,570 0 0 0 0 7,617,550 0 8,181,120 SOURCE - Uganda Stock Exchange

Total Shares Equity Turnover (Rwf) Total Deals Change Traded in Rwf Today Previous Today Previous Today Previous Today 23,800 390,000 440,400 74,100,000 5 4 +5 100 82,900 1 2,800 490,000 1 1,000 1,200,000 5 3,600 630,000 3 SOURCE - Rwanda Stock Exchange

Forex (Central Bank rates) US Dollar Pound Sterling US Dollar Pound Sterling Euro SA Rand KShs/UShs KShs/TShs KShs/RwF KShs/BiF UAE Dirham J Yen Indian Rupee Saudi Riyal Chinese Yuan US Dollar Pound Sterling Euro J Yen Indian Rupee SA Rand UAE Dirham Saudi Riyal Kenyan Shilling Uganda Shilling Burundi Franc US Dollar Pound Sterling J Yen Euro Kenyan Shilling Ethiopian Birr Rwanda Franc Burundi Franc Tanzania Shilling Sudanese Dinar SA Rand

Food market prices (wholesale) US$ Package

0 5,000 0 8,220 0 2,640 2,700 0 2,320 0 0 0 0 280 0 0 0

Turnover (Tshs)

KIGALI - RSE Date Security Last 12 Today’s Prices Months (Rwf) High Low High Low Closing Previous Oct 24,2013 BOK 200 118 195 190 195 190 Oct 24,2013 BLR 900 315 829 829 Oct 24,2013 KCB 175 135 175 175 Oct 24,2013 NMG 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 Oct 24,2013 USL 175 175 175 175

SOURCE - Nairobi Stock Exchange

Commodity

High Low

Tanzania

Rwanda

Burundi

Dar-es-salaam

Kigali

Bujumbura

6403

5454

8810

-

11205

6137

-

-

836

-

-

-

-

-

- 100kg

11435

10177

12530

12922

-

-

-

Irish Potatoes (White)

- 110kg

2859

1944

4307

6030

-

-

-

Maize Grain

- 90kg

3373

2687

2643

2185

4482

3137

4689

Millet Grain

- 90kg

6175

4574

4934

4581

7278

9424

-

Rice

- 90kg

6861

6289

9868

8810

7838

9152

7034

Sorghum Grain

- 90kg

5031

4117

2115

1410

7838

2728

5566

Soy Beans

- 100kg

5374

-

5482

5090

-

-

-

Sweet potatoes

- 98kg

1715

-

1804

2256

-

US Dollar Chinese Yuan Euro Pound Sterling J Yen Burundi Franc Ethiopian Birr Kenyan Shilling Tanzania Shilling Uganda Shilling UAE Dirham Indian Rupee Saudi Riyal SA Rand J Yen US Dollar Pound Sterling Euro Kenyan Shilling SA Rand Tanzania Shilling Uganda Shilling Rwanda Franc

ADDIS ABABA (Birr) Mean 19.0682 30.5434 NAIROBI (Ksh) 84.6556 137.3452 116.9873 8.6225 29.7652 18.8611 7.8392 18.1656 23.0474 0.8719 1.3732 22.5718 13.9177 DAR ES SALAAM (Tsh) 1,599.4924 2,582.3016 2,204.9806 16.4194 26.0063 163.5554 435.4730 426.4858 18.8954 0.6291 1.5296 KAMPALA (Ush) 2,529.4300 4,089.5850 26.0000 3,486.3100 29.8450 133.3650 3.7810 1.6310 1.5740 12.6140 258.8850 KIGALI (RwF) 661.1569 108.7054 912.6610 1,069.8841 6.7908 0.4348 35.2453 7.9306 0.4215 0.2654 178.3151 10.6637 174.6298 67.0848 BUJUMBURA (FBu) 15.8564 1,539.4200 2,498.3247 2,126.8627 18.1750 158.2138 0.9585 0.6086 2.3011

Buying 18.8794 30.2410

Selling 19.2570 30.8458

84.8306 137.6457 117.2525 8.6963 29.9449 19.0064 7.9499 18.4394 23.0963 0.8738 1.3767 22.6197 13.9473

84.7431 137.4950 117.1200 8.6594 29.8550 18.9338 7.8945 18.3025 23.0719 0.8728 1.3750 22.5957 13.9325

1,591.5347 2,569.2144 2,193.9305 16.3385 25.8811 162.7919 433.3183 424.3753 18.8125 0.6238 1.5238

1,607.4500 2,595.3888 2,216.0306 16.5002 26.1314 164.3189 437.6276 428.5962 18.9782 0.6344 1.5353

2,524.6200 4,081.8100 25.9500 3,479.6800 29.7900 133.1100 3.7740 1.6280 1.5710 12.5900 258.3900

2,534.2400 4,097.3600 26.0500 3,492.9400 29.9000 133.6200 3.7880 1.6340 1.5770 12.6380 259.3800

654.8759 107.6727 903.9907 1,059.7202 6.7263 0.4307 34.9105 7.8552 0.4175 0.2629 176.6211 10.5624 172.9708 66.4475

667.4379 109.7381 921.3312 1,080.0480 6.8554 0.4390 35.5802 8.0059 0.4255 0.2679 180.0091 10.7650 176.2888 67.7221

15.7296 1,527.1046 2,478.3381 2,109.8478 18.0296 156.9481 0.9509 0.6037 2.2827

15.9833 1,551.7354 2,518.3113 2,143.8776 18.3204 159.4795 0.9662 0.6135 2.3195

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East African Business Week I October 28-November 3, 2013

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

REQUEST FOR EX PRESSION OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY)

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE FIRST PHASE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOOGY HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT (STHEP) BID NO: ME-024/2012-13/HQ/C/11 COUNTRY: T A NZ A NI A PROJECT: S C I E NC E & T E C H NOLOG Y H I G H E R E D UC A T I ON S E RV I C E S : C ONS ULT A NC Y S E RV I C E S : I ND I V I D UA L C ONS ULT A NC Y F OR I ND E PE ND E NT T H E F I RS T PH A S E OF S C I E NC E A ND T E C H NOLOOG Y H I G H E R E D UC A T I ON PROJ E C T ( S T H E P) BI D NO M E - 0 24/ 20 1 2- 1 3 / H Q / C / 1 1 SECTOR: E D UC A T I ON CREDIT NO: I D A 44540 - T PROCUREMENT REFERENCE: M E - 0 24/ 20 1 2- 1 3 / H Q / C / 1 1 1.0 This request for expression of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for the project that appeared in UNDB issue no 751 of 31st May, 2009, and advertisement by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) in local Newspaper (Daily News) and East African Business Week of 26th and 28th February, 2013 respectively.

2.0 The Government of Tanzania has received a Credit from the International Development Association (IDA) toward the cost of the Science and Technology Higher Education Project (STHEP) and intends to apply part of the funds to cover eligible payments under the contract for provision of Individual consultancy services for independent review of the first phase of Science and Technology Higher Education Project (STHEP).

3.0 BACKGROUND The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) is undertaking a 5 year project called Science and Technology Higher Education Project (STHEP) Phase 1. The STHEP is being funded by the Government through a credit from the World Bank. The STHEP Phase 2 started in 2008 and will end in February 2014. The long term objective of the Project is to enhance Tanzania’s capacity to apply knowledge in all economic activities by building and strengthening higher education systems. To achieve this long objective, the Project intends to undertake short term interventions to increase the quantity and quality of higher education graduates with special emphasis on science, technology, mathematics, and management in an improved learning and working environment. The Project is being implemented in a total of 15 higher learning institutions, agencies and Ministries under four components namely: a) Investment in priority disciplines for economic growth aimed at improving capacities of selected few higher education institutions to increase access to quality education in science and technology priority fields b) Expanded capacity for teacher preparation and for graduate studies in education aimed at training degree holding secondary school teachers in mathematics, science and languages c) Strengthening key higher education Agencies and Institutions aimed at providing relevant equipment and software, training of staff and provision of technical assistance to key Ministries and Institutions offering services to higher education subsector and d) Investment in System- W ide ICT and libraries aimed at networking all research and Higher Education Institutions and use of ICT for decision making, management e learning and e library management.

4.0 OBJECTIVE The overall objective of this consultancy is to conduct independent review of STHEP Phase 1. The core objectives would be to carefully review and assess the overall impact of the operation with a particular focus on: ) The attainment of specific sector outcomes results ) esign and implementation of specific policy and program reforms 3) Capacity building, institutional strengthening, and sustainability of

reforms and 4) The consultancy will also present specific lessons learned from the program.

Findings of independent review will help MoEVT in the design of the second phase of STHEP, and the framework used in the review process will also be useful for the MoEVT in future periodic review of the higher education and science and technology sectors.

5.0 SPECIFIC TASKS Specifically the tas s of a consultant aim to address the following: 1. Review basic documents carefully to understand project design and project implementation.

2. Develop instruments and tools to review STHEP Phase 1.

3. Write and submit an Inception Report 2 weeks after the signing of the contract to MoEVT to agree on the approach being adopted.

4. Review STHEP Phase 1 from following perspectives (but not limited): ) The attainment of specific sector outcomes results hat is the achievement of the overall pro ect ob ectives hat is the impact of the overall pro ect hat is the achievement of the ob ectives of each implementation entity hat are the ey factors both positive and negative that have affected the pro ect outcomes results hat are the overall quality and relevance of the pro ect to higher education development in the country ) esign and implementation of specific policy and program reforms Evaluation of whether the pro ect design and concept were appropriate for achieving the pro ect development ob ectives ssessment of whether the implementation arrangement of the project was appropriate for achieving the project development ob ective ssessment of the process and efficiency of pro ect implementation ow well the governance and accountability functioned during the pro ect implementation ssessment of the ris s that the pro ect encountered for its successful implementation ssessment of whether the pro ect has a built in adequate monitoring and evaluation system to measure its results and outcomes and ssessment of the ey factors both positive and negative that have affected the project implementation.

3) Capacity building, institutional strengthening, and sustainability of reforms ssessment of whether pro ect contributed to capacity building and institutional strengthening ssessment of whether the results of the pro ect can be sustained 4) The consultancy will also present specific lessons learned from the program hat are the lessons learned from this pro ect 5. Conduct interviews with STHEP Phase 1 implementing institutions and other stakeholders as required.

6. rite a draft report and present findings to oE T and sta eholders at stakeholders’ meeting for feedback.

RE V I E W

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rite a final report of the Independent eview by incorporating comments at sta eholders meeting and submit a final report to MoEVT The MoEVT project team will provide relevant project documents and necessary information to a consultant.

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inistry of Education and ocational Training now invites qualified individual consultants to express their interest to carry out the assignment In order to ensure complementarities of skills , a consultant selected shall be the most qualified in the following specific qualifications and experience

a) A minimum of a Master Degree in Economics or Education with specialisation in higher education, science and technology or relevant field. h. . in one of these fields would be an added advantage b) At least 7 years relevant professional experience in higher education and science technology education in developing countries c) Experience of design and review of projects relevant to higher education and science and technology would be an advantage d) In depth nowledge of Tan ania higher education and science and technology sectors would be desirable e) Ability to work independently and organize and conduct stakeholders meetings and f) A good command of English, in particular good writing skills in English.

7.0Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address under paragraph . during office hours from . to . hours from Monday to Friday Inclusive except on Public Holidays and selection procedures will be in accordance with procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (May 2004 edition as revised in January 2011).

8.0Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below with the deadline for submission being Friday, 08 th November 2 01 3 at 1 0.30 local time. On submission the outer cover of the envelope shall clearly be mar ed Bid o E 4 QC FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES ON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE FIRST PHASE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGHER EDUCATION PROJ ECT (STHEP) DO NOT OPEN BEFORE FRIDAY, 08 TH NOVEMBER 2 01 3 AT 1 0.30 LOCAL TIME 9.0. The above expressions must be delivered to THE PERMANENT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & VOCATIONAL TRAINING P.O. BOX 9 1 2 1 , DAR ES SALAAM Physical address Magogoni UTS Building Room No.02

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MAGNIFICENT: The latest slim Huawei phones that have hit the market.

Huawei comes out with wonders

BY BAZ WAISWA nKAMPALA, Uganda –There is no doubt we are in a smartphone era with each day another set of gadgets hitting the market.

Uganda, like other parts of the world, is having its share of wares. The prominent ones coming from Samsung, Apple and HTC. However there is a new boy on the block namely, Huawei Technologies.

Huawei phones were received in Uganda with skeptism, considering that most phones that originated from China were substandard or counterfeits of world’s renowned brands.

Overtime, their gadgets have done the talking, coming out as the quality phone which can stand the test of time. Every time a Huawei phone was introduced on the market, it has been a hit.

In Uganda, through their franchise partnership with telecom service provider Orange Uganda, a company associated with quality, has played to their advantage.

Recently in a similar partnership they launched Huawei Ascend G526 a low end market which according to the officials has been neglected by the existing smartphone brands on the market.

The Huawei Ascend G526 is a 4G LTE internet enabled device coming at a price of Ush899, 000 in all Orange shops. It automatically

switches to 3G in areas outside Kampala which are not covered by the 4G LYE network.

The smartphone running on Android 4.1 operating system has download speeds of up to 100Mbps.

The device has a spectacular IPS LCD touchscreen, 5 MP, camera with autofocus and LED flash support, slim (133 x 67.5 x 9.9 mm) with a 1GB RAM and Internal Storage of 8GB. Other features include a microSD Card slot of up to 32 GB, the Li-Ion 1950 mAh battery gives you up to Up to 8 h 20 min (2G) / and 3 h 40 min (3G) of talk time It is joins a host of other 4G LTE enabled smartphone at Orange which is the only service provider in the country offering mobile LTE internet.

With a price tag of below a million shillings, Huewei Ascend G526 provides an option to low income earners who desire to own a smartphone but can’t. Similar devices prices are in the region of a million shillings and above.

Damien Sean Lacey, the chief marketing officer at Orange explained that the presence of such phones on the market will grow the usage of internet and mobile communication in the country to between 30 to 40 percent per year.

“People are going to ask for more because they can get quality services,” Lacey stated.

He revealed that as service providers they have prepared the network for the big explosion.

Microsoft completes Windows 8.1 version

BY PAUL TENTENA nKAMPALA, Uganda –Microsoft last week announced the global availability of Windows 8.1, a feature-rich update to its popular Windows 8 operating system, enabling customers to create experiences that keep pace with their lives—at work, at home or on the go.

Beginning October 17, consumers with a Windows 8 device in more than 230 markets and 37 languages began to download the free update via the online Windows Store.

Windows 8.1 will also be available on new devices and as boxed software starting Oct. 18 at retail locations around the world.

Windows 8.1 evolves the Windows vision for highly personalized computing while showcas-

ing Microsoft’s continued commitment to rapid and responsive development.

It marks a wave of new, innovative devices coming for consumers and businesses—from the convenience and mobility of tablets and 2-in-1s to the productive experience expected from laptops, all-in-ones and specialized industry devices.

Many of these new devices are touch-enabled and will deliver advancements in processing power, battery life and design, across a range of price points.

“With Windows 8, we introduced an era of highly mobile, touch-enabled, and alwaysconnected computing,” Eric Odipo, Country Manager Microsoft East and Southern Africa said last week..

an ibar orts Corporation has set aside funds during the financial year 4.

It is intended that part of the proceeds of the fund will be used to cover eligible payments under the contract for the supply of brand new TUG BOAT. . an ibar orts Corporation now invites sealed tenders from eligible Suppliers of goods. . Tendering will be conducted through International Competitive Tendering (ICT) procedures as specified in the ublic rocurement and isposal of public sset ct o of regulation no ( ). . Interested eligible Tenderers may obtain further information from and inspect the Tendering ocuments at the office of Secretary Tender Board the an ibar orts Corporation . . Bo 6 an ibar from : am to : pm on ondays to ridays inclusive e cept on public holidays.

4. complete set of Tendering ocument(s) in English and additional sets may be purchased by interested Tenderers on the submission of a written application to the address given under paragraph 4 above and upon payment of a non refundable fee of Tan ania shillings ne hundred thousand only (T S ). ayment should be By Cash. . ll Tenders must be accompanied by a Tender security in a percentage of an acceptable form in the amount quoted in the bid documents .

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6. ll tenders in one original plus four copies properly filled in and enclosed in plain envelopes must be delivered to the address below: The Office of Secretary of Tender Board Zanzibar Ports Corporation Finance Department Head Office Building Zanzibar. t or before : am on ednesday th ecember . Tenders will be opened promptly thereafter in public and in the presence of Tenderers representatives who choose to attend in the opening ceremony at G conference room an ibar orts Corporation ead ffice alindi an ibar. . ate Tenders ortion of Tenders Electronic Tenders Tenders not received Tenders not opened and not read out in public at the tender opening ceremony shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of the circumstances.

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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

REQUEST FOR EX PRESSION OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY) CONSULTANCY TO GUIDE COMPLIANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES UNDER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM (STHEP) BID NO: ME-024/2012-13/HQ/C/14 COUNTRY: T A NZ A NI A PROJECT: S C I E NC E & T E C H NOLOG Y H I G H E R E D UC A ND S OC I A L M A NA G E M E NT F RA M E W ORK ( E S M F ) F E D UC A T I ON PROG RA M ( S T H E P) BI D NO M E - 0 24/ 20 1 SECTOR: E D UC A T I ON CREDIT NO: I D A 44540 - T PROCUREMENT REFERENCE: M E - 0 24/ 20 1 2- 1 3 / H Q / C

1.0 This request for expression of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for the project that appeared in UNDB issue no 751 of 31st May, 2009 ,and advertisement by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) in local Newspaper “ (Daily News) and East African Business Week of 26th and 28th October ,2013 respectively.

2.0 The Government of Tanzania has received a Credit from the International Development Association (IDA) toward the cost of the Science and Technology Higher Education Project (STHEP) and intends to apply part of the funds to cover eligible payments under the contract for provision of Individual consultancy services for Consultancy to Guide Compliance to Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for Infrastructure Development in Public Universities under Science and Technology, Higher Education Program (STHEP).

3.0 Background In order to comply with relevant national policies and laws and World Bank environmental and social safeguard policies, MoEVT prepared an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ES ) for Infrastructure evelopment subpro ects financed under STHEP in September 2007. Since the exact technical details and location of the sub-projects were not known during STHEP appraisal, the purpose of the ESMF was to provide a strategic guidance for the integration of environmental and social considerations in the planning and implementation of infrastructure development subprojects activities fter nearly five years of implementation of the pro ect and following the observations and agreements reached during the last implementation support mission for the project in December 2012 (Aide Memoire, STHEP, December 2012), both the Government of Tanzania and the World Bank have felt the need to engage a consultant to undertake an environmental audit of the project to establish the e tent to which all beneficiary institutions have been adhering to the ESMF requirements and procedures. The audit report should include a generic ESMP and EMP to guide contractors and implementing entities to integrate environmental and social considerations appropriately during different stages of the project.

4.0 OBJECTIVE The main objective of this consultancy is to establish the extent compliance with ESMF requirements and procedures and provide a strategic guidance and capacity building for selected STHEP institutions (ARU, DUCE, MUCE, OUT, SUA and UDSM) to integrate environmental and social consideration in carrying out constructions and utilization of new teaching and learning physical infrastructures.

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5.0 SPECIFIC TASKS Specifically a consultant will underta e the following tas s: a) Review of all documentation for STHEP pertaining to compliance with ESMF for each institution; b) Assess how each of the institution has been adhering to the required environmental and social management procedures (including screening) outlined in the ESMF for civil works subprojects; c) Identify and analyse the actual environmental and social impacts resulting from the ongoing civil works within and around construction sites at each of the beneficiary institution d) Examine and seek views on health and safety issues from all relevant stakeholders (institution staff, contractor’s workers, construction supervision consultant, and surrounding communities); e) Assess contractor’s mechanisms in place to manage the observed impacts; f) Propose additional practical mitigation measures for the observed environmental and social impacts; g) From (e) and (f) above, prepare a generic Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and, where applicable, an Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) to be adopted by each of the beneficiary institution h) ssess the capacity of each beneficiary institution to monitor the implementation of ESMP and EMP by contractors and consultants; i) Propose an effective mechanism for implementing and monitoring the implementation of the ESMP and EMP; and j) Present guidance and capacity building seminar to each institution, MoEVT staff, contractors and consultant’s representatives (outlining the findings of (a h) above).

6.0 Ministry of Education and Vocational Training now invites qualified individual consultants to express their interest to carry out the assignment In order to ensure complementarities of s ills a consultant selected shall be the most qualified in the following specific qualifications and experience ;h egree in a relevant academic field such as Environment Resource Management, Botany or Geography At least 10 years’ experience of conducting Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIAs) of major construction projects.

Consultant with current or previous affiliation to igher education Institutions therefore ability to interact with HERI in Tanzania where the assignment will be carried out will be regarded as a special advantage Experience with assessment of / previous experience of EIAs to major civil works funded by IDA / World Bank, and hence knowledgeable with World Bank safeguards policies, regulations and procedures will be an added advantage.

Proven experience in report writing in English Experience in conducting EIAs to civil works outside the country will be a major advantage The Consultant should be registered with the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) of Tanzania as an environmental e pert certified to conduct environmental audits of ongoing development projects.

7.0 Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address under paragraph . during office hours from . to 15.30 hours from Monday to Friday Inclusive except on Public Holidays and selection procedures will be in accordance with procedures set out in the orld Ban s Guidelines: Selection and employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (May 2004 edition as revised in January 2011). . E pressions of interest must be delivered to : Secretary Ministerial Tender Board, Ministry of Education & Vocational Training, P.O Box 9121, DAR ES SALAAM, UTS Building, Room No. 02 on or before Friday 08 th November, 2 01 3 1 0:30 Local Time.

The outer envelope must be clearly marked.

CONSULTANCY TO GUIDE COMPLIANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEW ORK (ESMF) FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES UNDER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM (STHEP) BID NO: ME- 02 4 / 2 01 2 - 1 3/ HQ/ C/ 1 4 DO NOT OPEN BEFORE FRIDAY 08 TH NOVEMBER, 2 01 3 1 0:30 LOCAL TIME The above expressions must be delivered to THE PERMANENT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & VOCATIONAL TRAINING P.O. BOX 9 1 2 1 , DAR ES SALAAM Physical address Magogoni UTS Building Room No.02

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Lake Victoria waters turn bad

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA

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he survival of Tanzania’s wildlife is threatened due to the increase of wastes from the factories that pour into Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater by surface area.

Lake Victoria, also the Africa’s largest lake by area and the largest tropical lake in the world serves residents of Mwanza, Shinyanga in the north-west Tanzania. Mwanza is the country’s second largest city after Dar es Salaam.

Due to its significance, Lawyers Environment Action Team (LEAT) has advised Bunda, the most affected district located nearby the lake to take deliberate measures to stop the factories from dumping solid and liquid wastes.

In a recent study conducted by LEAT in the district it is shown that the factories were polluting the lake and rivers for several years but no measures were taken against them. A situation which poses high health risk to both human being and animals using the water.

The LEAT’s Project Coordinator, which is funded by the Friends of the Earth International (FOEI), Jamal Juma, said the water bodies in the lake, rivers, ponds and dams were not well managed and kept in environmentally sound condition which is dangerous to peoples lives.

Juma said the study revealed that factories and companies operating in Bunda were the source of pollution.

“Some companies have no sewerage treatment plant and thus have no legal mechanism of treating the waste products, as the result the companies dump all the wastes in lake water and causes death of aquatic organism and domestic animals” he said.

He said because of the continued water pollution, sometimes the nearby village communities such as Tairo and Guta village complain, because some have lost cattle but no action has been taken by the district council.

Citing an example, he said in 2009, NEMC announced to close some industries until it had in place the treatment plant but after eight weeks, the companies resumed operation although had not fixed the sewage treatment plant.

“Surprisingly within 8 weeks of closure one of the industries was ordered to resume its manufacturing activities without constructing a sewerage treatment plant instead it just dug a certain pit somewhere far where it is dumping such wastes” he said.

Assistant Project Coordinator, Musa Mnasizu said the pollution situation does not please the surrounding communities

Victoria Basin is 400,000 years old

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FADING TRANQUILITY: The lake is a centre of numerous activities but managing it sustainably remains a huge problem even as the fish catch decline. saying they need proper legal procedures of waste management to be observed and implemented.

Mnasizu said under the support of the Friends of the Earth International (FOEI), an international network that deals with sustainable environmental and natural resources management, LEAT intervened to make sure that communities are able to access safe, healthy and clean water.

“The intervention was aimed at educating communities on how they can collectively use their democratic space to stop companies from polluting water bodies” Mnasizu said.

He added, the intervention also aimed at advocating for sustainable environmental management especially water resources conservation through trainings, awareness raising, media campaign and stakeholders’ consultative meetings.

“We also conducted training on sustainable environmental management particularly on water resources management,” Mnasizu said.

The training was attended by more than 54 representatives from different villages

such as Guta, Tairo, kunzungu, Nyabeu, Nyatware, Bulamba and Kinyambwige.

He said LEAT managed to help communities to form groups that would be working together with other villagers in campaigning against water Pollution in the district.

Fortunately the already formed and registered Umoja Group, which deals with environmental management and forest conservation, was one of the best group that LEAT is currently liaising with to sustainably manage water resources and stop companies from polluting water bodies, he said.

Commenting on the achievements of the campaigns, he said about 100 people including village government leaders, members of village land and environmental committees, Members of Beach Management Units, members of socio-cultural groups were trained on their rights and duties to sustainably manage water resources.

Bunda is blessed and endowed with enough water resources such as lake, rivers, ponds, dams and wells.

These water bodies are essential for human life, livelihood, national growth and healthy natural ecosystem.

ake Victoria (also known as Victoria Nyanza, Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is the world’s second largest fresh water lake by area. It is located in eastern central Africa, straddling the equator, and is shared between the nations of Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. It is generally considered to be the source of the Nile River.

Lake Victoria is a relatively shallow lake lying in a depression of the plateau between two branches of the Great Rift System, the eastern Great Rift Valley and the western Albertine Rift.

Rather unusually, water inflow and outflow to lake Victoria is dominated by rainfall and evaporation rather than rivers. The lake is fed by several small streams, most notably the Kagera River that bring water from the lake’s basin (see image). However, it receives 85% of its inflow from rain over the lake itself. The only outlet for Lake Victoria is the Victoria Nile west of Jinja which is part of the complex White Nile system and is commonly viewed as the “source” of the Nile River.

The Victoria Nile however, accounts for just 15% of the outflow, while the remaining 85% occurs through evaporation from the surface of the lake. These facts, combined with the relative shallowness of the lake, makes it very sensitive to rainfall and climate fluctutations. The lake’s level has varied by up to three meters over the past century in response to rainfall, and more recently, managed outflows for generation of electricity. The residence time of water in Lake Victoria is 23 years.

Lake Victoria has numerous shallow bays and swamps, including extensive papyrus swamps. There are a number of small “satellite” lakes that connect to Lake Victoria, including lakes Kanyaboli, Sare, and Namboyo in Kenya; lakes Nabugabo, Gigati and Agu in Uganda; and, lakes Ikimba and Burigi in Tanzania.

Lake Victoria is relatively young; its current basin was formed only 400,000 years ago, when westward-flowing rivers were dammed by an upthrown crustal block. The lake’s shallowness, limited river inflow, and large surface area relative to its volume make it vulnerable to climate changes; cores taken from its bottom show that Lake Victoria has dried up completely three times since it formed. These drying cycles are probably related to past ice ages, which are times when precipitation declined globally. The lake last dried out 17,300 years ago, and filled again beginning 14,700 years ago.

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Three Tz towns in lake project

BY ANDREW ZABLON

nMWANZA, Tanzania – Three towns in Tanzania will take part in the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Program Phase II (LVWATSAN II).

LVWATSAN-II focuses on the improvement of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in towns around Lake Victoria.

The three towns are Nansio (Ukerewe District) and Sengerema (Sengerema District) both in Mwanza region. Also

included is Geita town in Geita region, home of the large gold mine.

The Mwanza Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (MWAUWASA) has invited bids, signaling the commencement of the project in the three towns.

The MWAUWASA, Managing Director, Anthony Sanga has said last week that the project would focus on water supply and sanitation.

The second phase of Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Program was

launched in Nairobi, Kenya in 2011.

The $110 million project targets 15 secondary towns in Tanzania, Rwanda Kenya, Burundi and Uganda.

The first phase was funded by The Netherlands for $16 million.

The project will include investments in water supply, environmental sanitation, urban drainage and capacity building.

All this is aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERALS

for water and sanitation and tackling pollution of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake.

This is a UN-HABITAT Program with partnership with the East African Community (EAC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The first phase started by the UN-HABITAT in 2006 is

said to have been successful—it was being run in partnership with the governments of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Part of the grant was assigned for training and capacity building activities to be implemented by UNHABITAT and is expected to be completed in December, 2014.

IFAD to fund Ugandan roads

BY SAMUEL NABWIISO

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MINERALS RESOURCES PROJECT [ SMMRP] – IDA CREDIT No.: 4 5 8 4 – TA PROPOSED REHABILITAION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TANZANIA LABORATORY BUILDING AT DODOMA (Bid No. .ME/ 008 / SMMRP/ W / 03 EX TENSION OF BID OPENING DATE

1.Reference is made to the advertisements that appeared in the “ Daily News” ; “ The Guardian” and “ Habari Leo” of Monday, 7th October, 2013 respectively regarding the above mentioned Bid. 2.Notice is given to the public that due to reasons beyond our control, the Bid opening date which was scheduled on 28th October, 2013 has been extended to Tuesday, 5 th Nov. 2 01 3 at 1 0.00 hours local time.

3.We further regret for inconveniences that have been caused as a result of extending the date of opening the Bid accordingly.

Secretary, Ministerial Tender Board, Ministry of Energy and Minerals, W ing “B” , Sixth Floor, Room No. 1 0, 75 4 / 33 Samora Avenue, P. O. Box 2 000, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel: 2 5 5 - 2 2 - 2 1 2 1 606/ 7 Fax: 2 5 5 - 2 2 - 2 1 2 1 606 E- mail: pm_ smmrp@ mem.go.tz PERMANENT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERALS

nKAMPALA- UGANDA - The government is to start constructing community access roads in the south west districts of Uganda to make it easier for marketing agriculture produce from the region.

The permanent Secretary Ministry of Local Government MrMutabwire told East African Business Week, the programme is to be implemented through Community Agriculture Infrastructure Improvement Programme ( CAIIP) phase III and it will be jointly funded between Uganda and the International Fund for Agriculture Development ( IFAD).

“The Ministry has negotiated with the development partner IFAD and they have promised Uganda the funds to embark on improving our community infrastructure in most parts of the country as we talk now we are in the bidding process after getting the successful contractors then renovation of those community and some District roads will kick off in those beneficially Districts” Mutabwire told EABW When asked if Government achieved in the previous CAIIP programmes especially in phase Iand II Mutabwire said all the phase the government has realized positive results because there is total value for money in all their projects which the ministry implemented in both phases “We managed to improve on community Access roads in most local Government s( Districts) particularly in Eastern Uganda farmers can now access to the market for their Agricultural produce apart from working on roads the ministry has also distributed Agricultural Value Addition Machines Like maize Mills Rice hauls we expect the same result in CAIIP Phase III “ Mutabwire promised South Western Uganda is one of the leading Agricultural producing Zones for Uganda the zone produces both crop and livestock products but being vital zone the place topographer is catastrophic one because its hilly place and when it rains the place becomes impassable that is why Government wants to improves on its infrastructures especially in the remote place such that the place can be accessible even during rainy season The main Goal of CAIIP phase II Was To increase agricultural productivity and hence rural household incomes through investment in infrastructure. And its main Objective was to increase agricultural productivity and hence rural household incomes through investment in infrastructure. Support to rural road improvement. Support to Sub county market structure improvement. Rural electrification of markets.

Under CAIIP II 15 Districts in Northern and Eastern Uganda benefited from the project and also about 65 sub counties in the same region slo benefited from CAIIP II project The permanent secretary noted that even in CAIIP phase III the Goals and the Objectives will remain the same although this time it will be mostly implemented in south western Districts part of the country When asked how much CAIIP III will cost both IFAD and the Government of Uganda, Mutabwire said Cost Evaluations is still going on but the actual amount will be released very soon to the media Although the Government of Uganda has done great Job in improving high way roads the country is still challenged with the problem of poor community roads in most remote parts of the country this hinders the easy movement of Agriculture produce from the farming places to the near market possibly in most town country wide as an alternative farmer resort to sell the produce to middle men who cheats them because they can’t transport their produce to the market places due to un accessible poor roads especially during rainy seasons.

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Kampala Marathon is back

BY EMMA ONYANGO

nKAMPALA, UGANDA-The Annual

MTN Kampala Marathon is back again on Sunday November 24th, 2013, setting off from the Kololo Airstrip in Kampala..

The annual event that has raised over Ush1b in its ten years, starting with about 1,500 participants to the 20,000 currently will be hold its 2013 edition under the theme ‘Run for Water.’

MTN Uganda will avail Ush400m from the marathon and will go towards providing clean water to communities in the Karamoja region in north Eastern Uganda.

Proceeds from previous editions have been used in a number of projects; in the early years towards the provision of

Mama Bags to mothers in Internally Displaced People’s camps in Gulu and most recently to different water and sanitation projects in Amuria and Kiryandongo.

In 2011, MTN announced that the focus of the Corporate Social Responsibility activities from the Marathon proceeds for the next five years would be towards the provision of clean and safe water to different communities in Uganda.

Announcing the theme for this year, the MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer Mazen Mroue said, “Whether you register to run for fun, or for fitness, you have an opportunity to contribute positively to someone’s life. With just one drop, you can change someone’s life”.

Dominic Otuchet, the Chairman of Uganda Athletics Federation told the press that they expect eight elite run-

Man Utd clinch £300m Nike Kid deal nKAMPALA-Manchester United have reportedly signed a huge £300M kit sponsorship deal with sportswear giants Nike.

The contract would equal the Premier League record deal signed between Chelsea and Adidas earlier this year.

The new United deal would potentially bolster the cash available to Red Devils’ boss David Moyes to rebuild his side - which has struggled for form this season.

If sufficient funds were made available to the manager so he could go after the star names he tried and failed to sign in the summer.

Moyes is already expected to go back in with a new bid for Everton and England left back Leighton Baines in the January transfer window.

But with tens of millions of pounds in the kitty, he could bid for some of the biggest stars in Europe, including Borussia Dortmund’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowsk.

ners from Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda and Eritrea to grace the annual event.

“The main product of the Uganda Athletics Federation is athletics. The marathon not only promotes a healthy way of life, it is also presents an opportunity to promote athletics outside stadia.

We would like to see many recreation runners turn into professional athletes.

It can happen because it has happened elsewhere.”

In a related development, Uganda is set to host the 2014 African Cross Country Championships slated for March 2014 in Kampala.

All the 53 African member countries are expected to participate in the championship that will use a similar route to that of the Kampala Marathon.

Fufa admit they’ve not paid Micho

BY EMMA ONYANGO

nKAMPALA-L ocal football body Fufa recently admitted they have not paid Uganda Cranes coach Micho Sredojevic for the last three months.

Micho replaced Scotsman Bobby Williamson in May and has since overseen the team’s qualification to next year’s African Nations Championship (Chan). But he has in the same period failed to guide the Cranes to the 2014 World Cup qualification play-offs.

But speaking at the weekly press briefing in Mengo on Wednesday, Fufa spokesman Rogers Mulindwa admitted that they are yet to pay Micho’s wages. ‘’It is true his payments are not up-to-date,” said Mulindwa, adding, “He is demanding one or two months but the situation is not alarming.

“We have been in a transitional process because of the change in leadership but everything is being sorted out.’’

Micho tried to play down the tale saying he is focused on defending the upcoming Cecafa and preparing for Chan.

He said: “It is true that I have not been paid but I am a professional who loves my job .”

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21h55

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Sat, 02 Nov

Rayo Vallecano vs. Real Madrid

20h55

SS5/SS5N

Sat, 02 Nov

Sevilla vs. Celta Vigo

22h55

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Sun, 03 Nov

Atletico Madrid vs. Athletic Bilbao

17h55

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Sun, 03 Nov

Malaga vs. Real Betis

21h55

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ITALIAN SERIE A Wed, 30 Oct

Juventus vs. Catania

21h40

SS4HD

Wed, 30 Oct

Fiorentina vs. Napoli

21h40

SS8

Thur, 31 Oct

Roma vs. Chievo

21h40

SS5/SS5N

Sat, 02 Nov

Parma vs. Juventus

18h55

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Sat, 02 Nov

Milan vs. Fiorentina

21h40

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Sun, 03 Nov

Udinese vs. Inter

15h55

SS5/SS5N

Sun, 03 Nov

Torino vs. Roma

21h40

SS5HD/SS5

GERMAN FOOTBALL – BUNDESLIGA Fri, 01 Nov

Borussia Dortmund vs. Stuttgart

21h00

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Sat, 02 Nov

Hoffenheim vs. Bayern Munich

16h25

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Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Wolfsburg

19h25

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Sun, 03 Nov

Werder Bremen vs. Hannover

18h25

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CAPITAL ONE CUP Tues, 29 Oct

Arsenal vs. Chelsea

21h40

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Man.United vs. Norwich City

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Wed, 30 Oct

Newcastle . vs. Manchester City

21h40

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Tottenham Hotspur vs. Hull City

21h40

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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION – NBA Thu, 31 Oct

S.Anton. Spurs vs. Memphis Grizzles

02h30

SS9/Maximo

Sat, 02 Nov

Brooklyn Nets vs. Miami Heat

02h00

SS6HD/SS9

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL – MLB Mon, 28 Oct

World Series Game 4

02h00

SS2HD/SS2

Tues, 29 Oct

World Series Game 5

02h00

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Thur, 31 Oct

World Series Game 6

02h00

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Fri, 01 Nov

World Series Game 6

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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Qualifying

14h55

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Sun, 03 Nov

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Main Race

14h30

SS6/Maximo

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Tanzania cashew sector in trouble

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Uhuru signs rail levy into law

BY HUMPHREY LILOBA nDAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta last week signed into law a new taxation Act that will go a long way in raising funds to finance key regional infrastructure projects, including a new railway line..

The new Act is expected to raise an estimated $176.4 million annually for the construction of the 1,300 kilometres standard gauge railway.

“The levy shall be at the rate of 1.5 percent of the customs value of the goods and shall be paid by the importer of such goods at the time of entering the goods for home use,” the Act reads in part.

The Finance Act 2013, that immediately becomes law, will among other things amend the Kenyan Customs and Excise Act by introducing the Development Levy. This is to be paid

President Uhuru Kenyatta on all goods imported into the country for home use.

This was one of the fundraising initiatives proposed by Kenya’s Finance

Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich during the presentation of the budget in June this year.

Traders in the region had initially opposed the move, claiming it will amount to double taxation. However, the Kenyan government stood its ground.

Apart from Kenyan importers, also affected by the new rail levy are regional business people who import goods through Mombasa port.

The infrastructure levy will specifically go towards financing the construction of a standard gauge railway network to facilitate transportation of goods in the East African region.

The railway is one of the priority infrastructure projects being pushed by Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. At least two meetings bringing together the heads of state of the three countries have been held on the project, the last of which was in Mombasa in August.

Kenya’s parliament discussed and

ratified the Act before it was passed onto President Uhuru Kenyatta for ascent into law.

The project also ties in well with Kenya’s development Vision 2030 as it falls well within the category of flagship projects.

To be prioritized is the construction of the line connecting Mombasa to Kisumu. The line will then be extended to cover the two other countries in efforts to boost trade in the region.

When completed, it is expected that most of the region bound cargo will be transported by the line easing pressure on highways in what will also drastically reduce accidents and wear and tear of the roads.

Currently a paltry 3 percent is transported via railway while the rest relies on road. The three governments have committed to reversing this trend to 70 percent rail and 30 percent road by 2018.

First Tanzania gas in 2018

BY LEONARD MAGOMBA nDAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIATanzania is expected to ship its first shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by 2018, a two years earlier than planned.

Tanzania is poised to become a major natural gas producer following a string of giant offshore discoveries. It has already discovered 45 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and there are possibilities of more finds.

The Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof. Sospeter Muhongo told East African Business Week, the improvements in modern technology would make this possible.

“This will be earlier by a few years before 2020. We would like to see exports by 2018,” Prof Muhongo said during the World Energy Congress. The congress took place in Daegu, about 300 kilometers South-East of South Korea’s capital.

Despite the potentially big future earnings, Tanzania and Mozambique are hamstrung by a lack of infrastructure, even as more gas comes onto the world market, making it imperative that any LNG development plans and export contracts are finalised as soon as possible.

However the Norwegian inter-

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Uganda to host major agriculture meeting

BY SAMUEL NABWIISO

OIL: The East African LNG terminal will well placed for exports to Asia national energy company Statoil said Tanzania may have to wait as long as seven to 10 years before the company can begin commercial production of natural gas.

This is likely to be much longer than people expect but Statoil said it would take years for such facilities to be built, because there is no infrastructure in the area which would allow production to take place.

The Statoil’s Head of Communi-

cations, Geneviene Kasanga said considerable technical expertise is required to set up these facilities.

She said it will take Statoil seven to 10 years to start commercial production.

The giant energy companies plan to build a $14 billion East African LNG terminal which will be well placed for exports to the fast-growing markets in Asia, after the Norwegian company made new discoveries.

The railway is one of the priority infrastructure projects being pushed by Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. At least two meetings bringing together the heads of state of the three countries have been held on the project, the last of which was in Mombasa in August.

nKAMPALA, UGANDA- Uganda is set to host the next ChinaAfrica dialogue that is scheduled for November 21st and 22nd at Muyonyo Commonwealth Speak Resort Kampala.

According to a press statement from the EAC Secretariat in Arusha, the aim of the conference is to articulate an EAC Regional Vision of Agriculture for the future as a modern and vibrant sector that fully takes advantage of the regions endowment with resources like youth and arable land.

Participants in the conference will bring together participating in the agriculture sector like including farmers, leaders of farmer organizations and agribusiness players along agricultural value chains; government ministries and departments; national agricultural research organizations; universities, and extension service providers; international and regional development organizations supporting agriculture in the EAC region The EAC Agriculture Development conference will run under the theme @Lessons from the

past 50 years and prospects for the future.’

Jessica Alupo the Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social sectors at the EAC Secretariat said the event is designed to reflect on agriculture during the 50 years since all the EAC Partner States won independence.

The symposium is also being held at a time when the continent’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is marking 10 years of implementation.

Agriculture budgets in many of the EAC countries are under pressure as funding remains inadequate for implementing key projects.

The East African Community Symposium on Agriculture Development is jointly organized

by EAC Secretariat, Kilimo Trust, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Uganda’s Ministries of East African Community Affairs (MEACAUganda), and that of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF- Uganda).”

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