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Last Updated: 6.3.2010

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Beer companies' deal sets stage for cut-throat rivalry.

The stage is set for cut-throat rivalry and competition in beer brewing and marketing in the local market following the conclusion of a deal to end a protracted court battle in London involving Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL). By agreeing to amicably settle a distribution dispute with its erstwhile partner, East Africa Breweries (EABL), the two giant brewing companies in the region are now expected to raise their respective stakes in beer distribution and marketing to woo more clients. TBL announced in a media advertisement yesterday that it had agreed to a cordial settlement of its disputes with Kenya�s EABL relating to the Tanzanian beer market.

Plans underway to launch fast trains.

Plans are underway to establish a speeding train as the move to improve railway service provision in the country.
The Minister for Infrastructure Dr. Shukuru Kawambwa told the parliament in Dodoma yesterday that the fast speed train would be travelling at 120 kilometres per hour. The current speed train travels at 35 kilometres per hour.
Responding to a question by the special seat MP Janeth Kahama, Dr. Kawambwa said the government is planning to upgrade the rail tract by expanding its gauge from 1000 metres to standard gauge of 1435 metres.

Use animal dung for power-call Concerted efforts should be made to turn waste from livestock into electric power, a government official has proposed. In this connection the Misungwi district commissioner, Ms Mariam Lugaila, has urged the East African Energy Business Promotion and Tanzania Rural Electrification Agency to lead the way. Officiating at a training seminar on solar energy technology for entrepreneurs from rural areas in Lake Zone regions, she said like other districts in the zone, Misungwi District had a big number of livestock for producing waste which could in turn produce enough electricity. "The number of livestock in Misungwi District is almost equal to the population of residents of the district,":she said. She stressed that the use of livestock waste to produce power could assist in conserving the environment as people would stop felling trees for use as firewood. The chairman of the energy business promotion project in the country, Mr Beny Mwenda, said the project targeted assisting 600 entrepreneurs to venture into the distribution of solar power as well as fixing of solar equipment and appliances in rural areas. Entrepreneurs from various areas were currently being trained on the installation of solar equipment and appliances, he said. They hail from Bunda District in Mara Region, Bariadi and Kahama districts in Shinyanga region as well as Ilemela, Magu and Misungwi districts in Mwanza Region, he said. The training also aimed at enabling the entrepreneurs maintain the solar equipment and appliances in rural areas, he added. The training and empowerment manager from the Tanzania Rural Electrification Agency, Ms Grace Matthew, observed that electricity consumption in Tanzania�s rural areas was extremely low. Hardly two per cent of rural dwellers had access to the energy, she said. The government had through the agency embarked on a sensitisation programme to enable as many rural dwellers as possible consume solar, wind and hydro energy or that from waste that could be easily accessible in their areas, she explained. Solar energy was an alternative source to hydro power for most rural areas in the Lake Zone regions, she added.

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