DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Monday urged cashew nuts growers to process the crop locally in order to add value before they sell it to international markets.
Speaking in the Newala district in the Mtwara region on his official tour of the cashew nuts growing region, Majaliwa said growers of the cash crop will remain poor if they continued selling raw cashew nuts.
"Now is the time for change. We should use this opportunity to establish cashew nuts processing plants and sell the processed nuts to the international markets," said Majaliwa.
He said a kg of processed cashew nuts was selling at 13,000 Tanzanian shillings (about 5.22 U.S. dollars) while a kg of raw cashew nuts was selling at 2,000 shillings.
Majaliwa said by processing the cashew nuts locally, growers of the crop could also benefit from extracting oil from the shells of the crop.
Tanzania produced 400,000 metric tons of cashew nuts in the 2022/2023 period, but the Cashewnuts Board of Tanzania plans to increase production of the crop to 700,000 metric tons in the 2025/2026 period. - Xinhua
King Charles 111 is to visit Kenya this autumn. The King has not travelled a lot after he became the King and now he is set to visit Kenya.
Kenya has a lot of historical connections to the UK. The late Queen Elizabeth 11 became the Queen when she was in Kenya. Prince William son of King Charles proposed to his wife Kate Middleton when both were in Kenya.
Her father King George VI died and according to the royal rules of ascending to the throne, when in the incumbent Queen or King dies, the next to the throne takes over right away wherever he or she may be.
Queen Elizabeth 11 ascended to the throne while in Kenya. UK only enjoyed her coronation. King Charles became the King when her mother died as he was next on the throne.
Arua city based Muni University has denied reports that it will host the proposed inaugural memorial lecture for former Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada.
Early last week, a group of local leaders and stakeholders from the West Nile sub-region and those living in the diaspora announced the lecture and prayers to honour Amin's contribution to Uganda and the entire African continent.
According to the local organising committee, the memorial lecture which will be held under the theme; “The Way President Idi Amin is Remembered Should Be Re-examined Given the Negative Branding it Has.”
“Based on his social background, rise to power and work as some military personnel, President of Uganda and commander in Chief of the armed forces, Chairman OAU and his contributions to the development of Uganda, patriotism national,” reads the concept note for the memorial lecture.
The memorial lecture is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 1, 2023, at Muni University and the keynote speaker is expected to be Julius Sello Malema, the president of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in South Africa.
Jamal Mohammad Hassan Al-Madani, ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Uganda is expected to grace the event as the guest of honour. Dr Chris Baryomunsi, the minister for National Guidance and ICT will be the chief guest according to the organizers of the event.
However, associate Professor Simon Anguma Katrini, the acting vice Chancellor of Muni University said that nobody has requested the use of the university campus for the proposed memorial lecture. He further noted that the university has no official information about the proposed event.
“As an institution, nobody has requested us to use the Muni University campus as the venue for the event...Muni University has no official information about the organisation of the event,” reads part of the statement.
When contacted, Kaps Fungaroo Hassan, the public relations officer of the central organising committee of the lecture maintained that the university management was informed through Prof Epiphany Odubuker, the deputy vice-chancellor in charge of administration and finance.
“Muni University was informed and consulted through the deputy VC for administration and finance Prof Picho and if the issue raised by the VC Prof Anguma is genuinely limited to information and consultations with the university authorities, then it is already covered," Fungaroo said.
"I am still in touch with Prof Picho and we have agreed that we shall identify and close the communication gaps through a joint meeting involving Prof Picho, Prof Anguma and all the other key stakeholders in Muni University and West Nile.”
A native of Koboko in West Nile sub-region, Amin overthrew the government of Milton Obote and became Uganda's head of state in 1971. His expulsion of Asians in 1972 brought about considerable economic decline. In 1979 his reign came to an end as Ugandan exiles and Tanzanian troops took control of the capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee.
He originally sought refuge in Libya, and later moved to Saudi Arabia, where he lived until his death in 2003. He was buried there. By URN, The Obsever
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