NBS NEWS LETTER

Issue NO: 23 Date: MARCH, 2017

ISSUE NO: 23 DATE: MARCH, 2017

SDGS 2030: ENSURE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS
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 Issue NO: 23 Date: MARCH, 2017

NBS new headquarters to be completed as per schedule

NBS Director General, Dr. Albina Chuwa (first from right) following the instruction from the
Director of Y&P Company Limited which oversees the construction of NBS Headquarters building
in Dodoma during the visit of NBS Staff to the site. The event took place in March, 2017.

THE National Bureau of to complete the work as per headquarters will

Statistics (NBS) has said its
headquarters structure in
Dodoma will be completed in
time to allow its staff to shift
to the new Capital City early
next year.
This was revealed by the
Director General of NBS, Dr.
Albina Chuwa, in Dodoma
recently.
She said the Y&P Company
Limited, which is overseeing
the construction, has pledged-
the time-line shown in the
contract--completing the
building in 10 months.
Today, we visited the
construction site to monitor
progress. We also used the
opportunity to listen the
challenges the contractor is
facing, but we got their
assurance that the work will
be completed in time, said
Dr. Chuwa.
According to her, the-
accommodate all NBS
workers as well as having
conference halls and all the
other necessary amenities.
The NBS boss added that her
office will ensure it provides
maximum supervision over
the construction so that the
contract signed with the
contractor would be adhered
to.
For his part, the Managing
Director of Y&P Company,-

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 Issue NO: 23 Date: MARCH, 2017
Mr. Mringo Yassin, said his firm adjacent to the Dodoma Today, we visited
was committed to delivering Convection Centre (currently
quality work within the agreed known as Kikwete Hall), which the construction site
timeframe. is a property of Chama Cha to monitor progress.
Mapinduzi (CCM), and will
He said they have started the work also be close to the Ministry of We also used the
and they will work day and night Finance and Planning and opportunity to listen
to make sure they wont lose a Bank of Tanzania (BoT)
minute. Dodoma head offices. the challenges the
So, far all is good. We will abide
contractor is facing,
The Y&P Company but we got their
by our promise as per the
contract, said Mr. Yassin. Limited, which is
overseeing the assurance that the
Mr. Yassin thanked the NBS construction, has pledged work will be
Director General and management
for the cooperation his company is
to complete the work as completed in time,
enjoying in undertaking the
per the time-line shown said Dr. Chuwa.
project. in the contract--
completing the building
The NBS headquarters currently in 10 months.
under construction is located--

NBS management
and Y&P
Company leaders
in a meeting
during the tour of
NBS management
to the construction
site to see the
progress and the
challenges facing
the construction.
The meeting was
conducted in
Dodoma region
recently.

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World Bank, NBS host workshop on environmental statistics
for the east African community
THE World Bank (WB) and
the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) together
hosted a workshop on
Environmental Statistics for the
East African Community
(EAC) in order to discuss the
development of environmental
statistics including collection
and compilation in order to
measure the implementation of
the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and other
development programmes.
Addressing participants when
officially opening the
workshop, the Director General
of NBS, Dr. Albina Chuwa,
said the workshop was
expected to impart the
knowledge to statisticians who
had the task of ensuring they
produced official statistics in
environment that would
influence change in the
environmental degradation in
the EAC member states.
Dr. Chuwa said statisticians at
the EAC and globally had the
task ahead of ensuring that
there was data coherence and
comparability across the globe,
and that it was produced on
time and was of good quality.
We statisticians; we have to
produce data that will
influence change and ensure
that environmental
degradation in the EAC
Member States was stopped.
This is because in the past,
production of environmental
statistics in the developing
countries was not given much
attention like social statistics
due to the other competing
global development, said Dr.
Chuwa.
She said at the country level,
Tanzania has made great
efforts in mainstreaming
environmental concerns into
development policies, plans
and strategies even as there
were still challenges, adding
that there were also good
experiences gained.
Dr. Chuwa said some
mainstreaming processes
which have already been
undertaken in Tanzania
include formulation of the
National Environmental
Policy (1997) which is
currently under review; the
enactment of the
Environmental Management
Act No. 20 of 2004 which--
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provides for preparation of the
National Environmental Action
Plans (NEAP) in the interval of
every five years and mainstreaming
of environment issues into different
national and international
development programmes.
Dr. Chuwa said during the
workshop the member states were
expected to share their experiences
and the challenges they faced in the
course of implementation of the
Framework for Development of
Environment Statistics (FDES),
2013 and the Environment
Statistics Self-Assessment Tools
(ESSAT).
Furthermore, she said the workshop
was expected to provide an insight
into the environmentally related
SDGs indicators to support
countries on the best approach to
mainstream them in their national
development plans.
The workshop of Environmental
Statistics for the East African
Community (EAC) was conducted
in Arusha Region from March 27th
to 31st and was attended by WB
representatives; East African
member states statistical
stakeholders and NBS staff.
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NBS hosted national sampling and listing workshop

NBS Director General Dr. Albina Chuwa speaking with participants of the Demographic and
Health Survey Programme workshop based on National Sampling and Listing; the workshop was
conducted in Dar es Salaam in March, 2017.

THE National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS), in
collaboration with the Office of
the Chief Government
Statistician, Zanzibar (OCGS),
and USAID hosted a workshop
on the Demographic and
Health Survey Programme
based on National Sampling
and Listing which brought
together 17 participants from
both the NBS and OCGS.
The workshop 10-day--
workshop, which run from
March 20 to 31st, was
conducted in Dar es Salaam
at White Sand Hotel.
It was a competency-based
training and the main
purpose was to equip
participants with the
knowledge, tools, skills and
abilities to design a survey
sample, determine sample
size, select samples, develop
sampling weight, and--
calculate sampling errors, and
document the sample design
and survey implementation
results.
The participants gained skills
of describing the value and
methodologies for sample
surveys; approaches of
collecting information from
large-scale populations, and
determining appropriate
sample size and its allocation
for nationwide sample--

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NBS Director General Dr. Albina Chuwa speaking with participants of the Demographic
and Health Survey Programme workshop based on National Sampling and Listing; the
workshop was conducted in Dar es Salaam in March, 2017.

surveys or for surveys to be
conducted in a programme
area.
Not only that but also they were
trained on identifying a proper
sampling frame and select
primary sample points, update
the primary sample points and
select households for household
based surveys.
It was hoped that after the
workshop, the participants
should be able to calculate
sampling weight and correct for
non responses, calculate--
sampling errors and other
useful statistics and to present
and explain survey results
based on the given sample
design.
Apart from the above, the
participants also gained
knowledge of using small
tools to facilitate a number of
the sampling procedures used
in the probability sample
surveys.
The acquired knowledge will
be used in Demographic and
Health Survey and other types
of surveys which resemble
with DHS and alike.
It was a competency-
based training and the
main purpose was to
equip participants with
the knowledge, tools,
skills and abilities to
design a survey sample,
determine sample size,
select samples, develop
sampling weight, and
calculate sampling errors,
and document the sample
design and survey
implementation results.

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Issue NO: 23 Date: MARCH, 2017

NBS trains media practitioners on the statistics act of

2015

The Acting Director of Economic Statistics from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Ms.
Joy Sawe speaking during the training of editors and reporters on the new Statistical
Act 2015. The training was conducted in Morogoro region in March, 2017.

THE National Bureau of run the training so that statistics.

Statistics (NBS) recently
brought together editors and
reporters from various media
houses in the country and
trained them on the Statistics
Act of 2015.
The goal was to enable
media practitioners to adhere
to the requirements of the
law when reporting on issues
of the economy and related
matters.
The NBS decided to host and
news on statistical matters
would be communicated to
the public effectively
without distortions.
Speaking during the
training, the Acting
Director of Economic
Statistics, Ms. Joy Sawe,
said statistics was crucial
in development as the
government cannot plan,
implement or measure its
development programmes
in the absence of official--
Official statistics
produced by NBS is
crucial for our
development. In its
absence nothing can be
done efficiently.
Not only that, the media
practitioners have the duty
of communicating official
statistics to the public for
easy understanding and
utilisation, said Ms. Sawe.

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The Acting Director said if
journalists and editors fail to
report correctly on the released
statistics, which need mass
participation in its
implementation, then the
development goals would not
be realized.
For his part, the Director of
Tax Department, Mr. Fred
Matola, said because of the
importance of official statistics
in development, the media
practitioners should be trained
on how to report different
statistical reports for simplified
public consumption.
We are here today to train
you because you have the
role of disseminating
statistical results,
publications and others
survey results to the general
public. We need you to do
better in reporting statistics
without misleading our
customers and other
statistical stakeholders,
insisted Mr. Matola.
NBS hosted journalists and
editors for the training in
Morogoro Region in March,
2017. The sessions included
brainstorming on the new
Statistics Act of 2015.
We are here today to
train you because you
have the role of
disseminating statistical
results, publications
and others survey
results to the general
public. We need you to
do better in reporting
statistics without
misleading our
customers and other
statistical
stakeholders, insisted
Mr. Matola.

Some of
reporters and
editors who
attended the
workshop of
media
practitioners
hosted by
NBS in order
to brainstorm
them on the
new
Statistical
Act 2015; The
workshop
was
conducted
in March,
2017 in
Morogoro
region.

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Issue NO: 23 Date: MARCH, 2017

Inflation rate for March rises to 6.4 percent

Reporters from different media outlets listening to the conference of CPI

release for March, 2017 in Dar es Salaam at NBS Conference Hall. The CPI
release press conference was conducted in 10th April, 2017.

THE headline inflation rate
for March, 2017 has
increased to 6.4 percent from
5.5 percent recorded in the
previous month.
According to the report of
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
released by the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
through its website, the
speed of price increase for
commodities in March has
increased compared to the
speed of price increase
recorded in February.
The report showed that the--
increase in CPI for the
month under review was
attributed by the increase of
price of some food and
non-food items. Food items
that contributed to the
increase included rice
which increased by 4.7
percent, sugar by 3.9
percent, maize flour by 6.7
percent, sorghum grain by
4.1 percent, cooking banana
by 4.6 percent, fresh
cassava by 7.7 percent,
vegetables by 4.0 percent
and dried sardines by 3.2
percent.
The non-food items that
contributed to the increase
included cooking gas
which climbed by 11.9
percent, petrol by 4.6
percent and diesel by 3.2
percent while the overall
index increased to 108.44
in March, 2017 from
106.97 recorded in
February; 2017.
The report also showed
that, food and non-
alcoholic beverages
inflation rate for March
increased to 11.0 percent-

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Movement of National Consumer Price Indices (NCPI) and Inflation Rates
from March, 2016 March, 2017. (Dec, 2015 = 100)
from 8.7 percent recorded a
month earlier whereas
inflation rate for food
consumed at home and away
from home increased to 11.7
percent in the month from 9.3
percent a month earlier.
The inflation rate which
excludes food and energy for
March has stagnated at 2.2
percent as it was recorded in
February while the 12 month
index change for non-food
products has stagnated at 3.6
percent as it was recorded a
month earlier.
The purchasing power of 100
Tanzanian Shillings has
dropped to TZS 92 and 21
cents in March compared to
TZS 93 and 48 cents in
February, 2017.
Non-food items that increase included rice
contributed to the increase
included cooking gas which
climbed by 11.9 percent,
petrol by 4.6 percent and
diesel by 3.2 percent while
the overall index increased
to 108.44 in March, 2017
from 106.97 recorded in
February; 2017. percent and dried sardines
Date: MARCH, 2017
The report showed that
the increase in CPI for the
month under review was
attributed by the increase of
price of some food and
non-food items. Food items
that contributed to the
which increased by 4.7
percent, sugar by 3.9
percent, maize flour by 6.7
percent, sorghum grain by
4.1 percent, cooking
banana by 4.6 percent,
fresh cassava by 7.7
percent, vegetables by 4.0
by 3.2 percent.
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Why gender statistics is crucial in reducing inequality
STATISTICS on gender
produced through different
researches can help reduce the
existing inequalities between
men and women.
This was observed during a
meeting of statistical
stakeholders held in Sweden,
and which was aimed at
enabling member countries
develop a strategic project
through which understanding
on gender inequality can be
enhanced and which can
become the tool for bringing
about change.
For their part, Tanzanias
representatives to the meeting
hatched on the idea of starting a
book that would specifically
collect facts and figures
addressing the men to women
gender gap.
The book will compile data
from various sources, their
analyses and the resulting
statistics ready for stakeholders
to use in addressing the gender
gap challenge across the
sectors.
The book would highlight
inequality existing between--
men and women in the
sectors of Population and
Demography, Health,
Education, Labour and
employment, and Power and
Influence.
It is hoped that the statistics
would provide the
government and other
stakeholders a useful tool
that would effectively inform
policy formulation,
development,
implementation, monitoring
and evaluation.
This project conception came
about on the backdrop of the
fact that the Women and
Men Facts and Figures book
would include all the
information, currently,
scattered in documents
published by the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS),
MDAs, NGOs and research
institutions and researchers.
The fact that there is
statistics on the matter out
there but which cannot be
easily accessed for use, gives
the reasons to have the
compiled book.
The Sweden meeting also
highlighted on the--
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the importance of taking
bold actions to ensure that
the Agenda of 2030 of
Sustainable Development
Goal number 5, that is,
achieving gender equality
and empowerment of all
women and girls, succeeds.
SDG Goal 5 has a number
of targets including ending
all forms of discrimination
against women and girls
everywhere, eliminating all
forms of violence against
women and girls in the
public and private domains,
including human trafficking
and sexual abuse and other
types of exploitation;
Eliminating all harmful
practices, such as child
labour, early and forced
marriage and female genital
mutilation.
Tanzania and the world in
general cannot achieve all
these targets in the absence
of quality statistics clearing
highlighting the gender gap.
Therefore, the strategic
book project would help in
enabling the realization of
the goal and its targets.
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NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

NBS Director General Dr. Albina Chuwa (forth from right) in a group photo with NBS and OCGS
Staffs and other stakeholders after opening the workshop of National sampling and Listing of
Demographic and Health Survey Program. The workshop took place in March, 2017.

Some
reporters and
editors who
attended the
workshop of
media
practitioners
hosted by NBS
in order to
brainstorm
them on the
new Statistical
Act 2015; The
workshop was
conducted in
March, 2017 in
Morogoro
region.

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NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

Social and
Demographic
Statistical
Manager Ms.
Sylvia Meku
from National
Bureau of
Statistics (NBS)
speaking
during the
launching of
Gender
Statistics:
Women and
Men in
Tanzania facts
and figures
2017.

Some participants who attended the International training program (IPT) change program in
which the Gender Statistics: Women and Men in Tanzania facts and figures 2017 was
launched. The event took place in Dar es Salaam, March, 2017.

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