tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90531265894894005962024-02-07T18:53:06.835-08:00TANZANIA CONSUMER ADVOCACY SOCIETYTanzania Consumer Advocacy Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455120943086925983noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053126589489400596.post-83998137260423355262014-07-11T06:26:00.001-07:002014-07-11T06:26:35.934-07:00TANZANIA CONSUMER ADVOCACY SOCIETY: SIM card monthly charge to go, at last<a href="http://tanzaniaconsumer.blogspot.com/2014/07/sim-card-monthly-charge-to-go-at-last.html">TANZANIA CONSUMER ADVOCACY SOCIETY: SIM card monthly charge to go, at last</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, is a non governmental organization work on supplementing government efforts on protecting, promotion of consumer's rights in Tanzania.</div>Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455120943086925983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053126589489400596.post-64807167530619491122014-07-11T05:28:00.000-07:002014-07-16T00:03:56.982-07:00TCAS is now seven years old ....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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today on 11<sup>th</sup>.July.2014 has turned SEVEN years old since its
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<b> </b>By Frank Kimboy, The Citizen Reporter<br />
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<b>Dar es Salaam.</b> President Jakaya Kikwete has
signed a certificate of emergency to amend the 2013 Finance Act,
specially repealing provisions establishing SIM card tax. In the 2013/2014 National Budget, the government
introduced a Sh1,000 SIM Card monthly tax as one of the measures to
increase government revenue collections. Despite public outcry and
concerns from MPs, the Finance Act was passed by the Parliament and
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However, according to Communication, Science and
Technology deputy minister January Makamba, the President signed a
certificate of emergency to have the Act amended immediately.“The President has just signed a Certificate of
Emergency for amending the 2013 Finance Bill to repeal the SIM Card
tax,” posted Mr Makamba in his twitter account.</div>
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“I confirm that the President has signed the
Certificate of Emergency to amend the 2013/2014 Finance Act in order to
scrap the SIM Card registration tax,” said the deputy minister in a
telephone interview in the city yesterday.</div>
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The latest development comes just a few days after
leading mobile phone companies and 37 banks suffered a big blow after
the The Tax Revenue Appeals Board dismissed their appeal challenging the
Sh1,000 monthly Sim Card tax and a 0.15 per cent deduction on money
transfer services.</div>
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Source; <a href="http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/SIM-card-monthly-charge-to-go--at-last/-/1840392/2119258/-/r26r2b/-/index.html">The Citizen </a></div>
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As the reality of the proposed monthly
excise SIM Card tax bites in, the telecommunications sector and Tanzanians at
large are set to face a hard time in future. The Tshs 1,000 excise tax, imposed by
the 2013/2014 Finance Act, was to be implemented on 1st July 2013.<br />
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To what extend will the damage hit the
market? According to a statement released by Mobile Operators Association of
Tanzania (MOAT) recently, Tanzania has a mobile penetration of about 48
percent, translating to approximately 22 million users. <br />
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<a href="http://corporate-digest.com/images/news/__800x800_524a5ceb767b5.jpg" rel="lightbox[_default]" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" height="224" src="http://corporate-digest.com/images/news/__320x320_524a5ceb767b5.jpg" width="320" /></a>Out of this, 40-45 percent of Tanzania
telecom users will be cut off, meaning that the Tshs 1,000 excise tax on all
SIM Cards will affect 8 million of the current customers in the country, whose
usage on mobile communication is less than Tshs 1,000 a month, and deter them
from using the service. <br />
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The statement goes on to say that the
Tshs 1,000 excise tax will hamper the progress made in the mobile communication
sector where we have seen services becoming increasingly affordable for
all. This will further put at risk all the
rural expansion initiatives, as those championed by the Universal
Communications Services Access Fund (UCSAF), because the very same people who
spend less than Tshs 1,000
per month, and are the beneficiaries of this fund, will not be able to afford
our services in such areas. <br />
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The Tshs 1,000 charge per month will
also hamper the progress made in the mobile communication sector to date, which
has seen services becoming increasingly affordable for all, the statement read.<br />
It is clear that President Jakaya
Kikwete rejected this tax, and has been on the forefront to have it suspended. <br />
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Among the actions the president took
was to constitute a constitutional committee to discuss this. The committee,
which included the Ministry of Finance, Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and
representatives from telecom companies, compiled a proposal that was later
submitted to the Deputy Minister for Communications, Hon. Janet Mbene. It is
evident that after the submission, no steps have been taken to date. <br />
At the same, the SIM Card Bill was not
presented at the first reading of the budget, but rather was sneaked in by the
budget committee led by Hon. Andrew Chenge, Chairman Parliamentary Budget
Committee. <br />
The tax man on September 12 gave
telecommunications, Vodacom, Tigo, Airtel, Zantel and TTCL<a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?q=TTCL&f=slc&p=wtiffrwa" style="border-bottom: medium dotted; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink"></a>, companies a 14-day
ultimatum to remit the tax, which was due on July 1, or face penalties. <br />
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But on Friday last week, the companies
separately moved to court and lodged injunctions with the Tax Revenue Appeals
Boards, a move that aimed at stopping TRA from collecting the Tshs 1,000 excise
duty charge. Should they agree to pay the tax, the citizens will be
charged Tshs 3,000 for the three months that have so far lapsed. <br />
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“It should be noted that penalizing the
companies means penalizing the customers. Failure to pay the tax is a criminal
offense. But will the government file criminal charges against the citizens who
are unable to pay the tax every month? Companies will also not be able to
rollout network services since our target customers will be disconnected,” MOAT
said in a statement.<br />
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Source; <a href="http://corporate-digest.com/index.php/sim-card-tax-what-it-means-to-tanzanians">Corporate Digest</a></div>
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Mahakama Kuu ya Tanzania, Kanda ya Dar es Salaam,
imekubali kampuni za simu nchini kujiunga pamoja na Chama cha Kutetea
Walaji kwenye kesi ya kupinga tozo ya kadi ya simu ya Sh. 1,000 kwa kila
laini na mtumiaji kwa kila mwezi dhidi ya Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali
na Wizara ya Fedha baada ya kutupilia mbali pingamizi la awali la upande
wa walalamikiwa.<br />
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Uamuzi huo ulitolewa jana na jopo la majaji watatu wakiongozwa na
Mwenyekiti, Jaji Aloysius Mujuluzi, akisaidiana na Lawrence Kaduri na
Salvatory Bongole.<br />
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Jaji Mujuluzi alisema baada ya kupitia hoja zilizotolewa na pande zote
mbili kuhusu pingamizi hilo, mahakama imeona upande wa walalamikiwa
hauna sababu za msingi za kupinga kampuni za simu kujiunga kwenye kesi
hiyo na kwamba inazitupilia mbali.<br />
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Aidha, baada ya uamuzi huo mahakama iliziamuru pande zote mbili
kubadilishana nyaraka za majibishano ya kisheria kwa njia ya maandishi
na kesi ya msingi itasikilizwa Oktoba 21, mwaka. <br />
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Kampuni zilizojiunga kwenye kesi hiyo ni, Vodacom, Airtel, Mic Tanzania Ltd, <a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?q=TTCL&f=slc&p=wtiffrwa" style="border-bottom: medium dotted; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink">TTCL</a>
na Zantel Tanzania. Jumatatu iliyopita, upande wa walalamikiwa
ukiongozwa na Naibu Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali, George Masaju,
akisaidiana na Wakili wa Serikali Mkuu, Edson Mweyunge, Alisia Mbuya na
Sara Mwaipopo, walipinga ombi la mawakili wa kampuni za simu la kutaka
kujiunga kwenye kesi hiyo kwa kuwa hati ya kiapo ilikosewa kisheria.<br />
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Mweyunge alidai kuwa hati ya kiapo iliyowasilishwa mahakamani
imeonyesha kutolewa na Tumaini Shija ambaye anawawakilisha walalamikiwa
wengine zikiwamo makampuni za simu.<br />
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Hata hivyo, wakili wa kampuni za simu, Fatuma Karume, alidai kuwa
pingamizi la jamhuri halina sababu za msingi kwa sababu siyo kila
mlalamikaji anatakiwa kuwasilisha kiapo chake katika kesi moja kwamba
mahakama itupilie mbali pingamizi la jamhuri halina msingi kisheria.<br />
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Katika kesi ya msingi Chama cha Kutetea Walaji kimewaburuza mahakamani
Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali na Wizara ya Fedha kikitaka wapewe amri ya
kusimamisha tozo ya kadi ya simu ya Sh. 1,000 kwa kila laini kwa
watumiaji wa simu kila mwezi, baada ya kupitishwa na Bunge miezi
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carriers to join as claimants a consumer lawsuit against the dreaded SIM
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<b>Dar es Salaam. </b>The High Court yesterday agreed
to an application by mobile phone companies to be joined in a petition
lodged by the Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society opposing the Sh 1,000
SIM card tax.</div>
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The court reached the decision yesterday after
overruling a preliminary objection by the government, which was opposing
the application by phone companies asking to be joined in the case
against SIM card tax.</div>
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Giving the ruling, Judge Aloyisius Mujuluzi who
led a panel of three judges said the reason for preliminary objection
raised by the government did not have a legal basis because the law did
not require each applicant to file an affidavit.</div>
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Five applicants, MIC Tanzania Limited, Vodacom,
Airtel, Zanzibar Telecom Limited and the Tanzania Telecommunications
Company (TTCL) are each seeking to be joined as petitioners.</div>
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Their application were submitted to the court on Monday through an affidavit sworn by Tumaini Shija, representing MIC Tanzania.</div>
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But the government, through deputy Attorney
General George Masaju and Principal State Attorney Edson Mweyunge,
alleged that the application by mobile phone firms was improper because
the applicant did not ask the court leave to represent other parties.</div>
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According to Mr Mweyunge, a person wishing to
represent several parties is required to ask the court leave to do so or
each applicant should file an affidavit.However, the judge said the circumstances of the case were different and did not require the applicant to ask for court leave.</div>
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The deputy AG and Mweyuge who are representing the ministry of Finance and the Attorney General are respondents in the case.</div>
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In the main case, the Tanzania Consumers Advocacy
Society allege that some sections in 2013 Finance Act that give legal
duty to the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to collect a Sh1,000 tax on
each SIM card is unconstitutional.</div>
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According to them, their clients who are normal
Tanzania cannot afford Sh100 reduction there for will reprieve their
right to communication.Mobile phone companies are representing by advocate Fatuma Karume and Beatus Malima.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Dar-telcos-join-consumers-in-lawsuit-over-SIM-card-tax/-/1840392/2026062/-/o4nbm4z/-/index.html">SOURCE </a>The Citizen</div>
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The High Court, Dar es Salaam Zone yesterday allowed mobile phone companies
to join the Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society (TCAS) in a petition lodged
against the 1,000 simcard tax imposed by the government.<br />
<br />
The mobile phone companies are MIC Tanzania Limited, Vodacom, Airtel, Zanzibar
Telecom Limited and Tanzania Telecommunications Company (<a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?q=TTCL&f=slc&p=wtiffrwa" target="scSearchLink"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span></a>TTCL<a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?q=TTCL&f=slc&p=wtiffrwa" target="scSearchLink"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span></a>).
<br />
<br />
The companies requested to be part of petitioners in the case through an
affidavit avowed by advocate Tumaini Shija which the court said it would allow
on condition that it is submitted by October 15, next week.<br />
<br />
Judge Mujuluzi maintained that the state has no good reasons to object the
mobile phone companies’ request to join the petition filed by TCAS noting that
the preliminary objection will now be amended so as to recognize them as a part
of petitioners.<br />
<br />
He made it clear that he wants both sides to find an amicable solution
acknowledging on one hand that the government needs revenue but on the other
hand ‘consumers’ rights must be observed.’<br />
<br />
“After the mobile phone companies complete and submit their affidavits, the
High Court will meet on October 21, this year to rule whether the 1,000 simcard
tax should stay or not,’ Judge Mujuluzi ruled.<br />
<br />
In filing the case, TCAS asked the court to nullify the legislation passed by
the parliament requiring every mobile user to be deducted 1000/- monthly as
simcard tax, claiming that the majority of simcard users in the country cannot
afford the expense.<br />
<br />
According to the petition, the legislation goes against the country’s mother
law especially on right to information. <br />
<br />
Furthermore, the petitioners requested the court to order the Minister of
Finance and Economic Affairs through the Tanzania Revenue Authorities (TRA) not
to implement the law until the ruling of the petition.<br />
<br />
Deputy Attorney General George Masaju and Principal State Attorney Edson
Mweyunge objected to the application which was submitted on Monday by Advocate
Fatuma Karume and Beatus Malima who represent the companies.<br />
<br />
According to Advocate Mweyunge, the application is before the court but the
applicant did not ask for leave of court to represent other parties.<br />
<br />
“According to the law, an applicant who wishes to represent many parties is to
ask for leave of court first,” established Advocate Mweyunge.<br />
<br />
The Deputy Attorney General and Mweyuge are the representatives of the Ministry
of Finance and Economic Affairs while the Attorney General is the respondent in
the case.<br />
<br />
Source; <a href="http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/?l=60222">The Guardian</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Lizzie+Parry">Lizzie
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Published: 07:58 GMT, 8 July 2014 | Updated:
14:22 GMT, 8 July 2014 </span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Warning
over 175 dangerous chemicals found in food packaging: Substances are linked to
cancer, fertility and birth defects</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Toxic substances linked to cancer, sperm
production, genital malformations as well as disrupting hormone production
in the body</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></li>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They warned the toxic substances, which
were found to cause cancer and inflict changes on genes, could end up in the
food they contain. But the Food Standards Agency moved
to reassure consumers, explaining all food packaging falls within European
standards and the presence of the chemicals are of no concern if they are used
within the 'limits or restrictions' set for their use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The study, published in the journal
Food Additives and Contaminants, discovered around 175 chemicals with varying
affects. They found the substances interfered
with sperm production, caused genital malformations and disrupted hormone
production in the body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doctor Jane Muncke, managing
director of the Food Packaging Forum, which conducted the study, said: 'From a
consumer perspective, it is certainly undesirable and also unexpected to find
chemicals of concern being intentionally used in food contact materials.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The list of chemicals found in the
packaging, includes those that accumulate in the environment and the human
body can be viewed are the following . . ………. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2684256/Dangerous-chemicals-food-packaging-linked-cancer-fertility-birth-defects-study-finds.html#ixzz3799xdiDB">Read
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For more details about the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/1%20Credit%20Reporting%20&%20Financial%20L%20iteracy%20:%20A%20Pilot%20Project%20in%20Tanzania">project</a> kindly follow the following <a href="http://www.google.co.tz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CE0QFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.consumersinternational.org%2Fmedia%2F1326703%2Fproject_description_credit_reporting_in_tanzania.pdf&ei=dLC-U5e_J5TM0AWG7oDwAw&usg=AFQjCNHcu_oyVjCYsUoscI0fkV_poSeHuw">link</a></div>
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<strong>Guardian<br />
December 16th, 2012</strong><br />
<br />
The Bank of Tanzania has selected Creditinfo
International GmbH of Germany and US business information firm Dun and
Bradstreet to bring the country‘s banking and credit system to the
next level.<br />
The two firms were picked as a result of a tender
process organised by the Bank of Tanzania with the support of the World
Bank, with Creditinfo selected to set up a Credit Reference Databank
System.<br />
“This important step will help the Bank of Tanzania
ensure financial stability and enable lenders to assess the credit risk
of potential customers,“ a senior central bank official said.<br />
<br />
For years, Creditinfo has provided solutions for
credit bureaus and central banks the world over. The company uses
official and customer information sources to facilitate best practice
decision making in credit risk management.<br />
Currently operating in 16 countries, Creditinfo has
already acquired extensive experience in emerging markets, the company
says in an internet entry.<br />
“We are currently working on two projects in Africa,” says Hakon Stefansson, senior manager of Creditinfo International GmbH. <br />
“One with the Central Bank in Sudan, implementing a
credit bureau software, and the other in Cape Verde, where we are
setting up a credit bureau with the local banks and the Chamber of
Commerce.In Tanzania we have a different approach as the Bank of
Tanzania will not be running a credit bureau. We believe this can be a
good precedent for other countries and are looking forward to this
challenging project, convinced that it will be successful. Our partner,
the Bank of Tanzania, has already done an excellent job in the
preparation process,” he stated.<br />
Dun & Bradstreet, a global business information firm, was licensed for a credit reference bureau.<br />
It is given in an internet entry as Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc., a public company headquartered in Short Hills, a
community in Millburn, New Jersey, in the United States that licenses
information on businesses and corporations for use in credit decisions,
business-to-business marketing and supply chain management. Often
referred to as D&B, the company maintains information on more than
205 million companies worldwide, the entry noted.<br />
<br />
The BoT director of banking supervision, Agapiti
Kobelo said the task of the two companies would be to provide customer
credit reporting services recorded in the system by financial
institutions.<br />
A one day stakeholders’ workshop on credit
information sharing was held yesterday in Dar es Salaam, organized by
the Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society (TCAS) in collaboration with
Consumers’ International, to discuss consumer educational awareness.<br />
<br />
He said BoT has licensed the two companies in order
to ensure fruitful operations of the credit reference system in
Tanzania, to effectively supervise the operations of the reference
databank to ensure that the information collected is managed securely
and responsibly at all times and in accordance with provisions of the
law and regulations.<br />
<br />
“Through the system, the borrowers’ information would
now be easily acquired by other banks from the companies if needed to
see if they might have other loans taken from other financial
institutions,” clarified Abubakar Ukhotya, a central bank official.
Students who take educational loans will also be more easily traced to
their eventual employers, he said. <br />
<br />
The credit reference system is designed to collect
and provide information on the payment record of clients of lending
banks and other financial institutions, along with savings and credit
schemes and other entities engaged regularly in the extension of credit
facilities.<br />
<br />
During the workshop some stakeholders from invited
financial institutions expressed their concern on the awareness of the
system saying that bank customers need to be educated on the importance
of the system before going to an institution to seek for loans.<br />
<br />
Contributing to discussion on customers’ awareness,
TCAS executive director Benard Kihiyo noted that while the benefits of a
sound credit information sharing system are evident, it is critical to
educate borrowers (consumers) on how to use their credit reports and
manage their level of debt.<br />
<br />
He also insisted on consumer education, noting that
it is an important part of the process of awareness and understanding
for borrowers. “This is a basic consumer right that must be insisted
upon the general public for comprehensive records,” he elaborated.<br />
<br />
Financial education is therefore an important pillar
which complements enhancing credit information sharing, he said,
affirming that the consumer awareness program on information is equally
important.<br />
Onica Makwakwa of Consumer International noted that
information on customers is needed by loan givers to determine the
background of the borrower, with other institutions. The workshop
brought stakeholders from BoT, CSOs, banks, credit reference firms,
SACCOS, VICOBA and various other financial sector institutions.</div>
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adjourned the case filed by the Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society (TCAS) and
mobile operator against the TZS 1,000 Sim tax imposed by the government to 31
October. On 09 October, the court allowed mobile operators to join TCAS in a
petition lodged against the tax, the Daily News reported. </span></div>
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nullify the legislation passed by the parliament requiring every mobile user to
pay a TZS 1,000 monthly tax, claiming that the majority of phone users in the
country cannot afford the amount. According to the petition, the legislation
goes against the country's mother law and especially the right to information. </span></div>
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<i>By Hudson Kazonta, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania</i><br />
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Entrepreneurs
in Dar es Salaam have been given training on financial services and
investment, aimed at helping them increase their investment and proper
management of finance in their daily activities.<br />
The event, run
over four days, was held at Mnazi Mmoja’s grounds. Zantel, through its
EzyPesa brand, partnered with Neubrand Event Company to make sure the
campaign succeeded.<br />
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The event was organized jointly by Nuebrand
Events Limited, the Centre for Microfinance Enterprise Development,
Tanzania Private Sector Foundation, Tanzania Consumers Advocacy Society
(TCAS) and Tanzania Microfinance Association.<br />
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Speaking at the
launch of the event, Zantel Chief Commercial Officer, Sajid Khan, said
his company recognized how innovative telecommunications solutions have
the power to transform communities.<br />
“Employment is a rare
commodity in the country-leading majority of Tanzanians opting to become
entrepreneurs to make ends meet, thus Zantel has taken keen interest in
this group” he said.<br />
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Ezano Mabonde, Deputy Director at Prime
Minister’s Office, said the government commends all the organizers of
the event as business training is very important to entrepreneurs, and
many studies suggest they are denied these rare opportunities.<br />
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He
said all players in the financial sector, including banks, insurance
firms, social security institutions and mobile money operators as well
as supporting institutions such as regulators, stock brokers, investment
promoters and many others, are involved, offering free financial
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Dar
es Salaam: Consumers want authorities to probe monopolistic tendencies
in the sugar supply in the country, which keep prices higher than
normal, hurting the low income earners the most. The Executive Director
of the Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, Mr Bernard Kihiyo, said the
possibility of a cartel is high because the sugar supply business is
controlled by a few powerful, food trading firms.<br />
“There are only five major dealers allowed to purchase sugar in bulk
and distribute it to wholesale traders. These dealers, according to
allegations, collude to fix prices. Now this issue needs to be probed,”
he said.<br />
Despite the government efforts to allow duty-free importation of
sugar to bridge the supply gap sugar prices keep on increasing. Retail
sugar prices in the major urban centres in the country currently range
between Sh1,800 and Sh2,000 and could reach Sh2,500 per kilo in remote
areas. Wholesale prices range between Sh85,000 and Sh90,000 for a 50kg
bag.<br />
Consumers say this is still too high and should have had a bigger
difference margin than that of Sh2,000 for retail and Sh5,000 for
wholesale had the prices been free-float .The Fair Competition
Commission (FCC) also agrees that a cartel in sugar business in the
country is a possibility but it cannot intervene.<br />
A senior official who requested for anonymity because he is not the
spokesperson of the Commission said price fixing could be a result of
inadequate laws that guide the sector, and which vest the Sugar Board of
Tanzania (SBT) with too much powers to appoint suppliers.<br />
As the SBT is the regulator in the sector the FCC has no mandate
whatsoever to intervene. Efforts to find the director general of FCC to
clarify the issue proved futile. But in a prompt response the SBT said
the problem is inadequate sugar production in the country, which cannot
meet demands.<br />
“In simple economics sugar prices cannot decline in a situation where
demand exceeds production, and hence, supply. And to make matters
worse, our neighbours face chronic sugar deficits that have fuelled
smuggling across the borders. It is too early to speak of cartels,” said
SBT project manager Mr Abdul Mwankemwa.<br />
The annual sugar demand is about 480,000 tonnes against production of
about 300,000 tonnes. Sugar factories, on the other hand, complain that
the collusion in the supply business has most often created artificial
shortages and dictated how much sugar the factories can sell in the
local market. <br />
The factories say they cannot sell their stock because the market is
oversaturated with cheap, imported sugar, which, unfortunately does not
retail below Sh1,800 and Sh2,500 a kilo.<br />
According to FCC the Sugar Industry Act No 26 of 2001, which
established the Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT) as an autonomous
regulatory authority under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security
and Cooperatives provided loopholes that lead to monopolistic tendencies
within the sugar market.<br />
This is because the law gives the powers only to SBT to appoint main
sugar distributors and importers, but lack of capacity to oversee their
activities oblige them to deal with only a few players. Mr Kihiyo urges
the government to look at the law to ensure it helps in boosting
competition in the sector.<br />
Tabling the 2012/13 budget in Parliament last week the minister for
Agriculture, Food Security and Co-operatives, Mr Christopher Chiza said
in the 2011/12 financial year the country had a shortage of 117,945
tonnes of sugar forcing the prices to rise up to an average of Sh2,500
per kg until June this year. Despite the government’s directive to
dealers to import 200,000 tonnes of sugar still the retail prices of
sugar ranged between Sh1,800 and Sh2,500 in the country.<br />
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According to him, the major solution is to encourage more investments
in the sugar sub-sector for guaranteeing fair prices. The executive
secretary of Tanzania Sugarcane Growers Association (Tasga), Sam
Msimbira on his part blames spiraling inflation and power problems for
higher sugar prices. Tanzania has four sugar production companies –
Kilombero, Mtibwa, TPC and Kagera.<br />
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<a href="http://www.trademarksa.org/news/sugar-cartel-blamed-abnormally-high-prices">SOURCE</a> Bernard Kihiyo Executive Director - TCAS <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On September 10 -12, 2013, agencies responsible for
enforcing consumer protection and related laws in 20 countries, having worked
together in connection with the African Consumer Protection Dialogue (“African
Dialogue”), met in Livingstone, Zambia, to address enforcement cooperation on
consumer protection matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Misleading advertising, fraud, illegal spam, and
other unfair and deceptive commercial practices undermine the integrity of both
domestic and global markets, to the detriment of businesses and consumers, and
undermine consumer confidence in those markets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The enforcement challenges that exist go beyond
national frontiers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cooperation between
public authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws
is essential to fight such practices. Moreover, cooperation between consumer
agencies and criminal enforcement agencies on matters of mutual concern, such
as fraud, also helps protect consumers against such practices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A. Representatives of the participating agencies listed
below are government or public agencies with investigative and/or enforcement
authority, whether civil, criminal, or administrative, to enforce some or all
consumer protection laws in their respective countries.Consumer protection laws
here means laws against misleading advertising, fraud, spam, and other unfair
and deceptive commercial practices affecting consumers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The participating agencies may also have
enforcement authority in other areas, such as competition, product safety, and
food safety.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">B. The participating agencies recognize that with
respect to the enforcement of consumer protection laws, it is in their common
interest:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To have
the authority and discretion to cooperate on appropriate investigations and
cases, both those involving domestic practices targeting foreign consumers and
those involving foreign practices targeting domestic consumers;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To encourage
communication, coordination, and reciprocal exchange of information and
expertise among the participating agencies;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To have
amongst the authorities in each country the ability to obtain evidence to
investigate and take action in a timely manner against consumer protection law
violations;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To
each examine their respective laws to identify obstacles to effective
cross-border co-operation;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To promote
a better understanding by all participating agencies of economic and legal issues
relevant to such enforcement; and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To inform
each other of developments in their respective countries that relate to these
Principles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">C. In furtherance of these common interests, the
participating agencies further recognize the value of working together:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to prioritize
the most serious problems for coordinated action;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to exchange
information and evidence, including complaint information, with other
participating agencies in appropriate particular investigations and enforcement
matters;</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to
provide investigative assistance in appropriate cases, including obtaining
evidence under the Participants’ respective legal authorities, on behalf of
another participating agency;</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to
designate a contact point within each participating agency to further
enforcement communication as part of an African Dialogue joint enforcement
committee;</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to
identify a contact point for a criminal enforcement authority within each
country with a participating agency, if such authority is not already itself a
participating agency;</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to
participate in periodic teleconferences of the joint enforcement committee to
discuss ongoing and future opportunities for cooperation, capacity building, training,
staff exchanges, and best practices for consumer protection enforcement;</span></div>
<div class="MsoHeader" style="tab-stops: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to
explore systematic complaint and trend sharing;</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">to periodically
review of the impact of these Principles, and when appropriate, consider additions
and modifications.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">D. In connection with the sharing of information
and evidence, participating agencies cooperating with each other recognize the
value, to the fullest extent possible and consistent with applicable laws, of:</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">maintaining
the confidentiality of information shared , and the existence of any
investigation to which the shared information relates, when requested to do so
by the other agency;</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">using
the information only for official purposes, and for the purposes agreed to with
the other agency;</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">retaining
the information shared only for so long as is reasonably required to fulfill
the purpose for which it was shared, or is required by the laws of the country of
the participating agency receiving the information; and</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">communicating
to a participating agency with which they are cooperating any limits placed on
their ability to cooperate in accordance with these Principles.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">F. Participating agencies are expected to give at
least 30 days prior written notice to the other agencies if they no longer intend
to work towards cooperation consistent with these Principles. Other authorities
are also invited to endorse these Principles.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">G. The participating agencies recognize that nothing
in these Principles is intended to:</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Create
binding obligations, or affect existing obligations, under international or
domestic law.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Prevent
a participating agency from seeking assistance from or providing assistance to
the other participating agencies pursuant to other agreements, arrangements, or
practices.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Affect
any right of a participating agency to seek information on a lawful basis from
a Person located in the territory of another participating agency's country, or
preclude any individual or entity from voluntarily providing legally obtained
information to a participating agency.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Create
a commitment that conflicts with any participating agency’s national laws,
court orders, or any applicable international legal instruments.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Create
expectations of cooperation beyond a participating agency's jurisdiction, or suggest
that each participating agency already has the legal authority to act in
accordance with every Principle above. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Participating agencies (List to be updated and
modified):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Angola National Institute of Consumer Protection</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Botswana Competition Authority </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Botswana Department of Trade and Consumer Affairs,
Ministry of Trade and Industry</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cape Verde Consumer Defense<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>
Association</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ChadAssociation
pour la Défense des Droits des Consommateurs </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">COMESA<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Egypt Consumer Protection Agency</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Egypt National Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gabon
Ministere De L'Economie, De L'Emploi, and Du Development Durable</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gambia Consumer Protection Association of the
Gambia </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ghana Ministry of Trade and Industry</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">INTERPOL</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Kenya Competition Authority </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Malawi Competition and Fair Trading Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Namibia Department of Trade and Industry - Office
of Consumer Protection</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Namibia
Competition Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Namibian
Consumers' Association </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Niger
Association des Consommateurs du Niger</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Nigeria Consumer Protection Council </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Nigeria Consumer Protection Organization of Nigeria
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Nigeria Economic and Financial Crimes Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rwanda Ad Unguem Consultancies</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rwanda Consumers' Rights Protection Agency</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Senegal
Association pour la Défense de l'Environnement et des Consommateurs</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Seychelles Fair Trading Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">South Africa National Consumer Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">South Africa National Consumer Forum</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">South Africa National Credit Regulator</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">South Africa Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">South Africa RBB Economics</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">South Africa National Consumer Tribunal</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Swaziland Competition Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">UNCTAD</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tanzania Department of Consumer Education</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tanzania Energy and Water Regulatory Authority -
Consumer Consultative Council</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tanzania Fair Competition Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tanzania Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority
- Consumer Consultative Council</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority - Consumer
Consultative Council</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority -
Consumer Consultative Council</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.tcas-tz.org/">Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society</a> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Togolese Consumer Association - Association Togolaise
des Consommateurs </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Uganda Consumer Education Trust </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Uganda <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Communications Commission </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">United States Federal Trade Commission </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zambia<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Competition
and Consumer Protection Commission</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zambia Centre for Trade Policy</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zambia Consumer Unity Trust Society </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zambia<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Zambia
Consumer Association </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zambia<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Zambia
Information & Communication Technology Authority </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 52.55pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zimbabwe<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Competition
and Tariff Commission</span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, is a non governmental organization work on supplementing government efforts on protecting, promotion of consumer's rights in Tanzania.</div>Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455120943086925983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053126589489400596.post-20011897503987513762014-07-10T07:22:00.001-07:002014-07-10T07:22:02.413-07:00Tanzanian networks join consumers in SIM card tax battle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Susan Mwenesi; 10th.October.2013 <br />
The High Court of Tanzania has allowed five
major network operators to join the constitutional case brought by the
the Tanzania Consumers Advocacy Society (TCAS) petitioning against the
law requiring monthly deductions of TZS1,000 (US$0.62) from subscribers.<br />
</div>
<br />
<a href="http://www.humanipo.com/news/7404/monthly-sim-card-tax-introduced-in-tanzania/">HumanIPO reported</a> in July the Tanzanian government had approved the new monthly tax on SIM card users. The <a href="http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/23241-5-phone-firms-in-1-000-row-case">Daily News</a>
now reports a panel of judges were in favour of Vodacom Tanzania,
Airtel Tanzania, MIC Tanzania, Zanzibar Telecommunications and Tanzania
Telecommunications Company being included in the case already lodged by
TCAS.<br />
<br />
The decision overruled the previous objection over their inclusion by the attorney general.<br />
“We overrule the preliminary objection and hereby order the
applicants (five companies) be added in the petition as prayed,” judges
Aloycius Mujulizi, Lawrence Kaduri and Salvatory Bongole ruled.<br />
TCAS is challenging the 2013 Finance Act, which requires subscribers
to pay the monthly fee for services, with the group saying the law is
unconstitutional. The attorney general and the minister for finance are
the respondents in the case.<br />
Following the court’s ruling, the judges adjourned the matter until October 21.2013<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE
Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society (TCAS) says that it is expected to collect
enough evidence to sue the Government in Dar for intercepting customers data and
voice in the mobile telecommunications sub-sector.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
TCAS executive director, Bernard Kihiyo, told Business Times that the Society
is preparing to issue a 90-day notice of the intended legal proceedings to the
Government accordingly, while it proceeds to collect evidence from at least 30
victims of the alleged interceptions.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kihiyo
was responding to a recent report by the UK-based Vodafone which revealed that
Tanzania was fourth in the number of 'phone interceptions among the reported
countries with many data and voice interceptions!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The British company said wires had been connected
directly to its networks and those of other telecoms groups, thereby enabling
agencies to listen to and/or record live conversations – and, in certain cases,
track the whereabouts of a customer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the event, British privacy campaigners said the
revelations were a "nightmare scenario" that confirmed their worst
fears on the extent of snooping. “For governments to access phone calls at the flick
of a switch is unprecedented and terrifying,” they said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In about six of the countries in which Vodafone
operates, local laws either oblige telecoms operators to install direct access
pipes, or allow governments to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The company – which owns mobile and fixed broadband
networks, including the former Cable & Wireless business – has not named
the countries involved because certain regimes could retaliate by imprisoning
its staff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“However, in every country in which we operate, we
have to abide by the laws of those countries requiring us to disclose
information about our customers to law enforcement agencies or other government
authorities, or to block or restrict access to certain <a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?q=ict%20services&f=slc&p=wtiffrwa" style="border-bottom: medium dotted; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink">services</a>,” says
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Published
earlier this month, the Vodafone report further reveals that, during last year
alone, Tanzania reported 75,938 interceptions of contents, which included both
voice and data communications!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We
are expecting to serve the 90-day notice and invite victims of interception
before proceeding to the Attorney-General (AG),” TCAS's Kihiyo<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>told Business Times in a telephone interview.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“If
the 90-day period will pass without the Government giving out clear reasons why
it is violating the (national) Constitution, we will log our demands at the
High Court” of Tanzania, he said.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kihiyo
further stated that data and voice interception was against Article 16,
Sections 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the United Republic and, as such, this
was of great concern to consumers.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article 16 provides that 'every
person is entitled to respect and protection of his person, the privacy of his
own person, his family and of his matrimonial life, and respect and protection
of his residence and private communications.’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This protection of private
communications would include emails, short-message services (SMSs), mail and
telephone conversations.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“This is the ticking time-bomb
expected to explode,” Kihiyo stresses.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, Tanzania is allowed to
intercept customers’ data and voice communications in accordance with the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The National Security Act;</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and the Criminal Procedure Act.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“All of these laws have been enacted
against Article 16 of the Constitution, which protects personal privacy, and we
need to look on the other side of the coin,” he stated.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Surprisingly, though, the Electronic
& Postal Communications Act (EPoCA-2010) does not specifically make
provision for interception of customer communications.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, the existence of
interception powers can be implied from Section 120 of the Act which states
that 'no person, <b><i>without lawful authority under the EPOCA or any other
written law,</i></b> can intercept, attempt to intercept, or procure any other
person to intercept or attempt to intercept any communications.' </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'An application must be made under
‘any other law’ to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for authorization
to intercept or listen to any customer communication transmitted or received,'
the EPOCA elaborates. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Only public officers, or an officer
appointed by the Tanzania Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and authorized by the Ministry of Science & Technology, as well as the Ministry
of Home Affairs, may be permitted to intercept such communications.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The EPOCA stipulates that subscriber information be kept within
the TCRA. The TCRA shall take charge of the monitoring and supervising of the
information so stored.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Tanzania Intelligence &
Security Services Act [Cap 406 of the Laws of Tanzania, Revised Edition 2002]
charges the Tanzania Intelligence & Security Service with the duty to
collect information by investigation or otherwise, to the extent that it is
strictly necessary, and analyze and retain, information and intelligence in
respect of activities that may on reasonable grounds be suspected of
constituting a threat to the security of Tanzania, or any part of it. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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The 1977 Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania as amended from time
to time provides the Parliament with the power to enact and enable measures to
be taken during a state of emergency or in normal times in relation to persons who
are believed to engage in activities which endanger or prejudice the security
of the nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">However,
Vodafone has admitted that these laws are designed to protect national security
and public safety; to prevent or investigate crime and terrorism. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
any case, the agencies and authorities that invoke those laws insist that the
information demanded from communications operators such as Vodafone is
essential to their work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Refusal
to comply with a country’s laws is not an option. If we do not comply with a
lawful demand for assistance, Governments can revoke our license to operate,
thus preventing us from providing services to our customers,” Vodafone says in
its report.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Our
employees who live and work in the country concerned may also be at risk of criminal
sanctions, including imprisonment. We, therefore, have to balance our
responsibilities between respecting our customers’ right to privacy against our
legal obligation to respond to the authorities’ lawful demands... As well as
our duty of care to our employees – recognizing throughout our broader
responsibilities as a corporate citizen to protect the public and prevent
harm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SOURCE; @ The <a href="http://www.businesstimes.co.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3588:phone-interceptions-tanzania-to-land-in-court&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=57">Business Times</a> </span></div>
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The government has said it is set to review regulations that govern
consumer standard forms contracts in order to protect the rights of its
people. <br />
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Speaking to this paper at the 38th Dar es Salaam International Trade
Fair (DITF) Joshua Msoma, Senior Consumer Protection Officer at the Fair
Competition Commission (FCC) said the exercise will be carried out soon
after the Industry and Trade minister has endorsed the regulations. <br />
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He said once reviewed, the forms would protect the consumers against the
violations they encounter when purchasing goods and services. “There
are some businessmen who tell their consumers that goods once sold they
are not returnable. This is absolutely not fair," he said. <br />
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According to him, consumers have the right to question or get from the
seller anything they purchase without any restrictions. Consumer
protection is derived from articles 11, 14 and 18 of the Constitution of
Tanzania, 1977 which recognize consumers’ rights and their protection
roles. <br />
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There are legislation enacted to serve various matters but also protect
the consumers, he said. He mentioned them as the Fair Competition Act
2003, Merchandise Marks Act 1963, Standards Act 1975, Weights and
Measures Act 1982, Occupational Health and Safety and the Food, Drugs
and <a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?q=Cosmetics&f=slc&p=wtiffrwa" style="border-bottom: medium dotted; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink">Cosmetics</a>
Act 2003. The FCC official said the consumer is obliged to understand
the Fair Competition Act and how it can help him in pursuing their
rights and remedies. <br />
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He urged consumers to be alert and question the price and quality of
goods and services availed to ensure that they are fairly treated in
business transactions. <br />
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Msoma said consumers need to search and use available information before
any purchase to ensure they always make informed and responsible
decisions pertaining to their choice of goods and services. He added
that they have to fight for quality through effective complaints and
refuse to accept shoddy workmanship. <br />
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According to him, there are a number of consumer protections provision
in the Fair Completion Act which need to be adhered to. Some of them are
protection against price fixing, output restrictions and collective
boycotts between competitors, which might affect their rights. <br />
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According to Benard Elia Kihiyo, a consumer activist, the government in
collaboration with consumer advocacy organizations must educate the
public on consumers’ rights which are awfully low. He said such a
campaign should be conducted in primary and secondary schools because
students are rightly placed to deliver the message to other people on
the rights of consumers, including policy makers. <br />
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Kihiyo, who is also the executive director of Tanzania Consumer Advocacy
Society (TCAS) said few years ago the organization conducted a survey
in five regions which showed that the level of awareness of consumers’
rights in Tanzania was very low. Dar es Salaam, which is the most
populous urban area, he said, is leading in lack of the consumers’
rights awareness. <br />
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“We believe these campaigns, will increase consumers’ understanding of
their rights and will build their ability to claim for them,” he noted.
“On the other hand, their efforts will make their voices to be heard,
and because there will be high awareness among them, this would attract
responsiveness on their needs and interests,” he said.<br />
Source; The Guardian http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=69773 <br />
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Barclays Bank (NYSE: BCS-PA - news) has trebled the potential fines that around a million of its poorest customers will pay if they try to withdraw money they do not have.<br />
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Under changes that will come into force next March, holders of Barclays’ most basic Cash Card bank accounts will be charged up to £24 a day if they have insufficient funds to cover direct debit withdrawals from their account. The maximum daily fine is currently £8.<br />
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Consumer groups said that the new rules could put people off opening bank accounts and mark a “backward step” for hard-pressed savers.<br />
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The bank’s Cash Card account is a no-frills account designed for savers on low incomes. The accounts do not have an overdraft facility. Although Barclays does not disclose how many Cash Card customers it has, industry experts estimate the figure to be around 1 million.<br />
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Under current rules, a customer is charged £8 a day if there are insufficient funds to cover direct debit payments going out of his or her account. This £8 is the daily maximum fine, no matter how many direct debit withdrawal attempts are made on the account.<br />
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From the spring, Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) will lift the cap so that customers are charged £8 every time that a withdrawal is attempted, up to a maximum of three times. This takes the total possible daily fine to £24.<br />
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In other changes, Barclays will stop sending out monthly paper statements and replace them with statements four times a year. However at the same time it will stop charging for text message alerts telling customers when they are running out of money. At the moment these cost £2 a month.<br />
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Oliver Morgans, financial services expert at Consumer Focus, the watchdog, said that the changes are a “backward step” that could increase financial exclusion among the poorest people in society.<br />
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“The Government already faces an uphill struggle to persuade customers to sign up to a bank account when many people distrust banks and the charges they make. These changes will make that hill even harder to climb,” said Mr Morgans.<br />
“Living without a bank account can make it hard to live in the twenty-first century and can create financial penalties for the households who can least afford it,” he said.<br />
Consumer Focus said that banks need to introduce minimum standards on their basic accounts to stop the UK’s poorest savers being hit by further changes. Recently Royal Bank of Scotland changed its policy so that its 1.1 million basic bank account customers can only withdraw cash at RBS’s cashpoints and not those of other banks.<br />
A Barclays spokesman said that the changes have been made so that running the accounts remain “financially sustainable” from a business point of view.<br />
The spokesman said: “Barclays Cash Card account is and remains the leading basic bank account in the market across the range of features it offers and levels of charging. We want to ensure this product remains financially sustainable so that we can continue to help those at risk of financial exclusion gain access to banking.” <br />
He added that the changes it is making are based on “solid research of our customer base and Citizens Advice Bureau clients”.<br />
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I Bernard Elia Kihiyo, the Executive Director of Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society (TCAS); would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the CI, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hong Kong Consumer Council (HKCC) for paving the way for my organization to attend the 19th CI World Congress (CIWC) in Hong Kong. Personally I felt honored to have been selected for this sponsorship and profoundly humbled to meet Consumer leaders from over 700 delegates from more than 60 countries. <br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23cBvlGTlLdvaORKCeWT5Fxx7qlH3bMHVEujkAguhN-iDBzHKzoW_tFOTlyWkAlW524SE5s7YeQV9GnFuX17uEMRhS31RrmATMvzh3FgvEcyh5qYeT0ulvdVIe3nO-ArtpX8lPHE4oYZ5/s1600/S5030646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23cBvlGTlLdvaORKCeWT5Fxx7qlH3bMHVEujkAguhN-iDBzHKzoW_tFOTlyWkAlW524SE5s7YeQV9GnFuX17uEMRhS31RrmATMvzh3FgvEcyh5qYeT0ulvdVIe3nO-ArtpX8lPHE4oYZ5/s400/S5030646.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The generosity of the host (HKCC) and the dedication to train, support and empower professionals in the field of “Empowering Tomorrow’s Consumers’’ by all facilitators were beyond compare, to me the experience at CIWC is fantastic!, so powerful, so growthful in-me, in a way it is indescribable and hard to compare to other experiences I had on consumer movement since TCAS was established in July.2007. <br />
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For instance I attended various hot topics/fringe sessions/key addresses/ plenary/sub plenary; and I learned so much from observing and being a part of a wide variety of discussions as per below;- <br />
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1. Empowering consumers in the green economy<br />
2. Sustainable Consumption - Time for action<br />
3. National campaigning workshop on junk food<br />
4. Should all roads lead to Rio 2012?<br />
5. Consumer rights and corporate responsibility<br />
6. Safe and nutritious food for all<br />
7. Food safety: defining our campaign targets<br />
8. The role of standards in providing consumer protection<br />
9. How ISO 26000 can be used by consumer groups<br />
10. The fight for fair financial services<br />
11. Consumer over-indebtedness: the search for effective solutions<br />
12. Consumer rights in the digital world: privacy, access and activism<br />
13. CIWC Gala dinner<br />
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Since this was my first CIWC I thought I didn’t know more of what to expect, but maybe I should have guessed because CIWC defies expectation and that is “Empowering Tomorrow’s Consumers’’ and truly, It proved to be a learning experience I could have never predicted, with this I can proudly say I have been empowered hence I will transform/share the same to TCAS’s staff, put the same into day to day engagements and campaigns; definitely tomorrow consumers in Tanzania will be empowered too. <br />
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Throughout the CIWC-Hong Kong I met unique individuals from all over the world with various perspectives and ideas different than my own, pushing me to think and feel in ways unforeseen. For instance the unforgotten keynote addresses from the former CI’s president Samuel Ochieng, the current CI President Jim Guest, and CEO of Consumers Union of USA, M/s Connie Lau the CEO of Hong Kong Consumer Council (HKCC), Acting Director General – M/S Helen McCallum, speech by Anthony Cheung - HKCC Chairman, speech by Chief Executive Hon Donald Tsang of HK SAR, the video address by the French Finance Minister and chair of the G20 finance ministers in 2011, Christine Lagarde, Susan L. Rutledge-Consumer Protection WB, Norma McCormick, Chair of COPOLCO, Gerd Leonhard, CEO of The Futures Agency, Former CI President Anwar Fazal, and many others the list is too long.<br />
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The price of the CIWC is quantifiable, yet my time in Hong Kong could not be so well defined, I believe the value is beyond the time and the dollars that were typically associated with the Congress. The former CI President Anwar Fazal said "train new people or you will have no future," Thank you for sharing your experience at Congress; this does not go unnoticed or unappreciated; because of this opportunity I will look back upon my adulthood as an old man grateful to you for making me the person I wanted to become a better consumer activist in Tanzania and the world at large.<br />
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While CI, Consumers Union of USA, and CHOICE -Australia are 50years and beyond, SNNC – Sweden is 100 years old while TCAS is approaching 5 years old in 12th.July.2011 in TCAS, we still have a feeling that we will never get these types of opportunity in Tanzania, Africa, Europe, America or elsewhere than under the parasol of CI; please accept our utmost gratitude for the opportunity given and for accepting TCAS into CI affiliate membership; TCAS management is working so hard to qualify for a full CI’s membership. <br />
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Kindly continue to be essential partners and supporters for TCAS for years to come hopeful, ‘’Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society’’ will celebrate 50 years in consumer movement in year 2057.<br />
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Regards<br />
Bernard E. Kihiyo<br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, is a non governmental organization work on supplementing government efforts on protecting, promotion of consumer's rights in Tanzania.</div>Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455120943086925983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053126589489400596.post-35519601637394630602011-04-24T02:34:00.000-07:002011-04-24T02:34:33.481-07:00TANZANIA CONSUMER ADVOCACY SOCIETY: £1 Stores Can Cost You More<a href="http://tanzaniaconsumer.blogspot.com/2011/04/1-stores-can-cost-you-more.html">TANZANIA CONSUMER ADVOCACY SOCIETY: £1 Stores Can Cost You More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, is a non governmental organization work on supplementing government efforts on protecting, promotion of consumer's rights in Tanzania.</div>Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455120943086925983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053126589489400596.post-11932737863714587762011-04-24T02:27:00.000-07:002011-04-24T02:36:50.815-07:00£1 Stores Can Cost You More<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">By; Amanda Hall-Davis, 14:14, Thursday 21 April 2011 <br />
Yahoo News<br />
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More than 700 £1 shops have appeared on the high streets in the UK, but are you really getting value for your coin? These shops are getting plenty of publicity: High-profile footballers like Frank Lampard have been spotted browsing £1 shop aisles; Wag Alex Gerrard wants to work in one and the Feltham branch even has an alcohol licence.<br />
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But are consumers just being mislead with inferior products and poor-quality imported brands? Are they even getting value for money? A look at current prices shows a string of products — including Carex hand wash and Radox shower gel — are cheaper at Tescos than Poundland, thanks to discounts at the supermarket. While that's temporary reduction at Tesco, supermarkets always have something discount — and you can check offers online.<br />
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So we took 10 top everyday grocery products and compared their value (on both quality and price) in the £1 shops to the major high-street supermarkets.<br />
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[See also <a href="http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/17-things-pay-1-yahoofinanceuk-3078039917.html">17 things you should never spend more than £1 on</a>]<br />
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£1 shop price comparisons<br />
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The price of groceries is soaring at an alarming pace, and this may be part of what's sending consumers to discount stores. As pound stores continue to expand their selection of goods, battle lines are drawn against the high street supermarkets.<br />
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Shoppers at Poundland noted good bargains on items like washing powder and branded shampoo, but many were unconvinced about buying fresh food, produce and clothing.<br />
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We compared 10 everyday grocery items in both branded and non-branded products at Poundland against a major high street supermarket. We also compared the quantity, the branding, the sourcing and use-by dates for products at each store.<br />
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Selection<br />
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In shopping at Poundland for staple products like milk, eggs, bacon, bread and cheese, we found selection to be a problem; it was limited to only two choices of semi-skimmed and full fat two litre milk, compared with 49 varieties in the major supermarket.<br />
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In Poundland, one non-branded type of egg was sold as nine in a box compared with 21 varieties and the minimum being six in a box at the supermarket. In the supermarket aisles, there was a selection of 38 types of bacon whereas only one type was on the shelves in Poundland - although it cost only about third of what you would pay at the supermarket.<br />
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Similarly, more than 300 types of cheese and 200 kinds of bread are on sale in the supermarket. There is one type on offer in Poundland. Sugar and tea bags come in one variety at Poundland - although the teabags are branded. On the supermarket shelves there are 44 types of sugar and more than 70 choices of teabags.<br />
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Any major supermarket offers much more variety than Poundland; however, this level of selection may be more than most people need.<br />
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[See also: <a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Aow.6Zy4kCK_FBgAydX0U2EYyrFG;_ylu=X3oDMTE2Z3QyNGUxBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNuZXdzYXJzdGFydARzbGsDMTB3YXlzdG9zYXZl/SIG=10qihtri1/**http%3A//yhoo.it/fE1RRG">10 ways to save at the supermarket</a>]<br />
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Branding<br />
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In addition, all the staple products in Poundland come from lesser-known UK — you won't see many of the major brands that are advertised on TV or found in the supermarket.<br />
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Use-by dates<br />
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In addition to limited variety, the use by dates were slightly shorter at Poundland, although the goods were fresh and the eggs marked with the British Lion Quality stamp, ensuring the highest standards of food safety. Because Poundland tends to put more emphasis on packaged goods, these dates are less of an issue for shoppers.<br />
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Price<br />
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Assuming that shoppers bought weekly staple items including two litres of milk, one box of eggs, bacon, bread, cheese and teabags, the total difference in price for staple items between the average supermarket and Poundland was around £3.77.<br />
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This means that if you were to swap your weekly supermarket staples for Poundland goods you would save more than £190 a year.<br />
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Household products from toilet rolls, toothpaste and washing powder were comparable, although the branded toothpaste was over twice the price in the major supermarket.<br />
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Better value?<br />
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If you aren't too picky about what you buy, Poundland can definitely provide value on grocery items. This comes at the cost of selection and branding, but for budget shoppers who are looking to buy their staples at the lowest possible price, this should not be an issue, as items at store were still of comparable quality and freshness to supermarket items.<br />
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David Coxon, trading director of Poundland said that the store "offers its customers value for just £1, on over 10,000 products", including everyday essentials and seasonal products, along with some top brands.<br />
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He also noted that Poundland would be opening at least 50 more stores in 2011 to 2012. This suggests that consumers are finding value at these stores as well.<br />
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The bottom line<br />
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Don't just assume that prices are cheaper at the pound stores. In some cases, it could pay to shop around for supermarket reductions and special offers to compare with pound store items — particularly if you are looking for a specific product or brand.<br />
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Pound stores may be a new addition to a budget-conscious shopper's arsenal, but not every item was cheaper or of comparable quality to what you would find at a supermarket, so you still need to keep your wits about you.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/-1-stores-cost-yahoofinanceuk-1810927014.html">http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/-1-stores-cost-yahoofinanceuk-1810927014.html</a> <br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, is a non governmental organization work on supplementing government efforts on protecting, promotion of consumer's rights in Tanzania.</div>Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455120943086925983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9053126589489400596.post-65644091963700777492011-03-09T06:46:00.000-08:002011-03-09T06:46:31.438-08:00Petrol prices surpass £6 per gallon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">YAHOO NEWS<br />
<a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/pa/SIG=113i5evue/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa.press.net%2F" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Press Assoc." height="30" src="http://l.yimg.com/i/i/uk/ne/press.jpg" width="102" /></a><br />
Average petrol prices have gone past the 132p a litre mark, meaning that for the first time the cost has reached £6 a gallon in UK, the AA president Edmund King said.<br />
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The average price of petrol at the pumps is now 132.12p a litre, while diesel has also hit a new record at 137.92p a litre. The cost of petrol has risen 6.93p a litre since the start of the year, and 1.68p a litre in the past week, said the AA.<br />
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A year ago, a litre of petrol on average cost 114.30p and diesel was 115.31p. For a family with two petrol cars, the monthly cost of fuel has risen from £242.70 in March 2010 to £280.54 now. In the same period, the price of oil has risen from around 85 US dollars (£52.4) a barrel to 113 US dollars (£69.7).<br />
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AA president Edmund King said: "£6 a gallon is not just another milestone along the road to higher fuel prices; it marks the point at which the wheels start to come off mobility in 21st-century UK.”Lower-income drivers, poorer rural residents, volunteer drivers, youngsters looking to their first jobs are some of the vulnerable groups struggling to stay on the road.<br />
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"The Government must act urgently to reduce the burden of high fuel duty and VAT. In the meantime, drivers are going to have to manage as best as they can, by cutting out journeys, driving more economically and hoping that a stronger pound will cushion some of the blow.<br />
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"But these high prices are already leaving casualties among drivers, consumers and business."<br />
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Source:<br />
<a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20110309/tuk-petrol-prices-surpass-6-per-gallon-6323e80.html">http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20110309/tuk-petrol-prices-surpass-6-per-gallon-6323e80.html</a><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, is a non governmental organization work on supplementing government efforts on protecting, promotion of consumer's rights in Tanzania.</div>Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455120943086925983noreply@blogger.com0