Tanzania Newspapers Today

Today's mainstream newspapers extensively covered the 9 percent fuel prices cuts. In fact this was the lead story for most of the newspapers. Though it is good news especially to wananchi whose pockets have been strained for a long time by the ever rising cost of living. Another story, related to the main one, is that of 2,549 tonnes of imported fuel intercepted by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) at Dar Port after it failed to meet local standards. The petrol will be returned to the country of origin. There are, however, other stories such as the one on fish imported from Japan that made headlines recently as the authorities raised fears overs the consignment having exposed to possible radiation. This story also, was covered by many newspapers on their front pages. (See editorial for the lead story comment)