NBS NEWS LETTER

ISSUE NO: 17

DATE: SEPTEMBER, 2016

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Issue NO: 17

Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

TANZANIA'S ECONOMY ADVANCES 7.9 PERCENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2016

NBS Director General, Dr. Albina Chuwa briefs member of the press about the country Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) on the second quarter of April- June, 2016 in Dar es Salaam in
September, 2016. Left side is Ag. Director of Economic Statistics Joy Sawe

TANZANIA'S
Gross
Domestic Product (GDP)
advanced 7.9 percent year-onyear in the second quarter
(April - June) of 2016
compared to the growth of 5.8
percent recorded in the
corresponding period a year
before.

the National Bureau of

Statistics (NBS), Dr. Albina
Chuwa, said the growth was
attributed to increased
economic activities in key
sectors such as agriculture,
mining and quarrying,
manufacturing,
and
electricity.

Addressing reporters in Dar es

Salaam when releasing the
GDP accumulations, the
Director General of the--

The economy of our

country was in good position
as we witness today that the
second quarter of GDP of
April to June 2016 has
recorded the growth of 7.9--

percent compared to the

growth of 5.8 percent
recorded in the same period
last year.
The growth was attributed to
increased
economic
activities which put the
countrys GDP at constant
prices in absolute terms for
the period at Tsh11.7 trillion
compared to Tsh10.9 trillion
of last year, said Dr.
Chuwa.
Dr. Chuwa said the projected
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annual GDP at constant prices is
estimated at Tsh47.2 trillion in
2016, up from the actual Tsh44.1
trillion in 2015 while the second
quarter GDP at current prices for
2016 in absolute terms was
Tsh26.7 trillion compared to
Tsh23 trillion attained in the
same quarter last year.
Dr. Chuwa noted that the annual
GDP at current prices is
estimated at Tsh104.4 trillion
compared to Tsh90.8 trillion in
2015.
Sectors which contributed to the
growth included agriculture,
which includes the production of
crops, livestock keeping, forestry
and fishing, recording the growth
of 3.2 percent in the period under
review compared to a 1.9 percent
recorded in the same period last
year.

Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

growth was mainly due to an
increase in production of
natural
gas,
diamond,
Tanzanite, salt, gold, copper
and silver.
The review also indicates that
manufacturing grew 9.1
percent compared to 5.2
percent last year due to the
expansion of production of
food, beverage, tobacco,
textiles, cement, printing,
chemicals
and
pharmaceuticals, basic metals
and furniture products.

Growth in the agriculture sector

was due to favourable rainfall for
crop production in most areas
and improvement of extension
services provided to farmers
during the period under review.

Furthermore, GDP growth was

attributed to expansion in the
electricity
sector
which
advanced
7.1
percent,
construction grew 9 percent,
wholesale and retail trade,
repair of motor vehicles,
motorcycles, personal and
household goods grew 5.2
percent, transportation and
storage 30.6 percent and
accommodation and food
services advanced 2.5 percent
during the period under
review.

Not only that but also mining and

quarrying activities expanded to
20.5 percent in the second
quarter of 2016 compared to 11.2
percent recorded in the similar
period a year before; and the --

Other sectors boosting GDP

growth
were
financial
intermediation and insurance
which grew 12.5 percent,
public administration and
defence advanced 7.3 percent,

education grew 8 percent,

health upped 5.7 percent,
recreation 6.9 percent as well
as activities of households as
employer which grew 3.1
percent.
The quarterly GDP is
measured as the value of goods
and services produced by
residents in three-month
periods of January-March,
April-June, July-September
and October-December.

The economy of our

country was in good
position as we witness
today that the second
quarter of GDP of April to
June 2016 has recorded
the growth of 7.9 percent
compared to the growth of
5.8 percent recorded in the
same period last year.
The growth was attributed
to increased economic
activities which put the
countrys GDP at constant
prices in absolute terms
for the period at Tsh11.7
trillion compared to
Tsh10.9 trillion of last
year, said Dr. Chuwa.

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Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

Data Collectors advised to abide by Code of Conduct during HIV, AIDS

survey

Interviews of 2016 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey (2016THIS) clapping hands to the guest of honor
(not in picture) when closing their training which was conducted in Dodoma at the Benjamini
Mkapa Hospital located under University of Dodoma. The event was held in Dodoma recently.

INTERVIEWS during the 2016

Tanzania HIV Impact Survey
(2016THIS) must be conducted
in a manner that abides by the
set Code of Conduct in order to
enable successful collection of
official statistics that will aid
the Government in planning
and implementing its health
programmes.

This was said by the

Minister
of
Health,
Community Development,
Gender, Elderly, and
Children, Hon. Ummy
Mwalimu (MP), as she was
closing training on the
2016THIS in Dodoma. She
emphasized that the survey
and interviews must be
conducted well because the
laws and regulations must--

be observed.
The success of this survey
depends very much on the
quality of your interviews.
Remember that you are
representing the Government
in gathering this crucial data. It
doesnt matter whether youre
from either the Government or
private hospital, you must
abide by professional--

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requirements,
Minister.

Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

said

the

of programmes related to
health services.

strictly for statistical purposes,

said Dr. Chuwa.

She said the findings would

enhance
Governments
initiatives geared towards
bringing HIV related services
including free testing for HIV
in public health centres,
providing education aimed at
reducing from mother to child
(PMTCT) transmission and
the provision of anti-retroviral
drugs (ARVs) to people with
HIV.

For her part the Director

General of the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS),
Dr. Albina Chuwa, said the
study will involve all members
of
households
selected
countrywide.
A total of 16,000 households
would be involved including
40,000 adults while children
would be covered 8,000.

Among other things,

the survey will estimate
the burden caused by
HIV
disease
in
Tanzania, examine the
uptake of preventive
and
care/treatment
related services at the
population level, and
estimate the prevalence
of HIV-related risk
factors, HIV incidence
at the national level,
HIV prevalence, CD4
counts,
syphilis
prevalence, uptake of
HIV-related services,
(especially prevention
of
mother-to-child
transmission
(PMTCT)-related
services) and exposure
to HIV interventions.

Hon. Mwalimu reiterated that

the study was unique
compared to other studies
conducted in Tanzania on HIV
and AIDS as the current one
also included testing for
hepatitis B and C which are
increasingly becoming a threat
to African countries, Tanzania
included.
She urged all citizens to
cooperate with enumerators
whenever
the
latter
approached them for an
interview and testing in a bid
to obtain data for crucial
approaching
them
for
interview and testing in order
to enable the country to get
quality statistics which will
help in planning and
implementation of --

Dr. Chuwa challenged the

enumerators to be faithful in
implementing their tasks
during the survey. She said it
was crucial that they collect
data by strictly observing the
Statistical Act, 2015 which
require citizens to provide
correct information. At the
same time, the enumerators
must treat the information they
collect with the highest degree
of confidentiality.
NBS is responsible in
producing official statistics in
the country. We are
empowered by the Statistical
Act, 2015 which requires all
citizens to provide correct
information to enumerators,
while the latter must treat this
information with the highest
level of confidentiality as it is

Issue NO: 17

Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

NBS to build its headquarters in Dodoma

NBS Director General Dr. Albina Chuwa briefs member of the press about the
construction of NBS headquarter building in Dodoma during her visit to the site in
Dodoma region in September, 2016.

THE National Bureau of

Statistics (NBS) has started
preparations to build its
headquarters in Dodoma in line
with the Government decision
to move to the designate
capital in the next four years.
Speaking in Dodoma during
her visit to the site where the
building will stand, the
Director General of NBS, --

Dr. Albina Chuwa, said the

structure was previously
planned to be built in Dar es
Salaam and that all key
preparations had been
completed, but this would
now be relocated to the
designate capital.

following the Government

decision that its seat would
shift to Dodoma. Our plans
now are such that construction
would
commence
in
November and extend into the
next financial year, said Dr.
Chuwa.

NBS
had
started
preparations of building its
headquarters in Dar es
Salaam, but we have
suspended this plan --

Explaining further, Dr. Chuwa

said the building will consist
of six storeys and will
accommodate
all
NBS
workers and will be ready in--

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time because the money, which
was secured as a loan from the
World Bank, was already there.
She added that, her office will
ensure it provides maximum
supervision over the construction
in order to make sure that it is
completed within the timeline.
For his part, an engineer with
Norplan Tanzania Magesa Juma,
who oversaw the environmental
impact assessment, said his
company was committed to make
sure they met the deadline
provided for in the contract.
We are here to first make the
environmental impact assessment.
We are checking soil qualities to
ensure that the structure well put
up will cause no effect on the
environment, but ensure that it
lasts long enough. Well deliver
within the specified time-frame,
said Mr. Magesa.
The NBS headquarters to be built
in Dodoma will be located
adjacent to the Dodoma
Convection Centre, which is
property of Chama Cha
Mapinduzi (CCM), and will also
be close to the Ministry of
Finance and Planning and Bank
of Tanzania (BOT) Dodoma head
offices.

Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

NBS
had
started
preparations of building
its headquarters in Dar es
Salaam, but we have
suspended this plan
following
the
Government decision that
its seat would shift to
Dodoma. Our plans now
are
such
that
construction
would
commence in November
and extend into the next
financial year, said Dr.
Chuwa.

We are here to first

make
the
environmental impact
assessment. We are
checking soil qualities
to ensure that the
structure well put up
will cause no effect on
the environment, but
ensure that it lasts long
enough. Well deliver
within the specified
time-frame, said Mr.
Magesa.

NBS Director General Dr. Albina Chuwa and other NBS Staff, receive
explanations on the map of NBS head quarter building from Engineer
Magesa Juma of Norplan Tanzania who supervised the process of
environmental impact assessments during their visit to the site in
Dodoma region recently.

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Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

NBS interviewers donate Tsh. 1.6 million to victims of the kagera quake
THE National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) has donated a
total of Tsh1.6 million aimed at
giving relief to victims of the
September earthquake that hit
parts of Kagera Region killing at
least 19, wounding hundreds
others as well as leaving
thousands homeless.
The donation was handed Prime
Minister Kassim Majaliwa--

in order to enable the

Government
to
extend
provision
of
basic
humanitarian services to the
victims.
The donation came from
contributions made by the
team of interviewers of the
2016 Tanzania HIV Impact
Survey (2016THIS) who were
undergoing
training
in
Dodoma.

Their
training
included
methodologies on how to run
the survey and use laboratory
equipment.
Speaking on behalf of the
interviewers, the Desk Officer
of the 2016THIS survey, Ms.
Mariam
Kitembe,
said
following the earthquake, they
were touched by the disaster
and how it had affected fellow
Tanzanians; therefore they
decided to join other wellwishers who were donating in a
bid to bring some relief to the
victims.
Honorable Prime Minister, we
hand you a total of Tsh.1.6
million. The money came from
contributions
made
by
interviewers of the 2016
Tanzania HIV Impacts Survey
who are undergoing training in
Dodoma.

Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon.

Kassim Majaliwa (MP) shakes hand with NBS Director
General Dr. Albina Chuwa after NBS to submit the
donation of 1.6m to earthquake survivors of Kagera
region in Dodoma recently.

We have all been touched by

the tragedy and would like to
participate in bringing some
relief to the victims. The
incident killed, injured and
destroyed countless number of
houses, said Ms. Kitembe.

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Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Kassim Majaliwa (MP) receive
the donation of 1.6m from Desk Officer of 2016 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey (2016THIS)
Mariam Kitembe in order to help victims of Kagera Earth quakes. The event was
held in Dodoma in September, 2016.

The earthquake hit parts of

Kagera Region on September
10. It measured 5.7
magnitudes on the Richter
scale. Thousands of houses
were completely destroyed
while many others were left
partly damaged.

The donation was

handed Prime Minister
Kassim Majaliwa in
order to enable the
Government to extend
provision of basic
humanitarian services to
the victims.

Honorable
Prime
Minister, we hand you a
total of Tsh.1.6 million.
The money came from
contributions made by
interviewers of the 2016
Tanzania HIV Impacts
Survey who are undergoing
training in Dodoma.
We have all been touched
by the tragedy and would
like to participate in
bringing some relief to the
victims. The incident killed,
injured and destroyed
countless number of
houses, said Ms. Kitembe.

The earthquake hit

parts of Kagera
Region
on
September 10. It
measured
5.7
magnitudes on the
Richter
scale.
Thousands
of
houses
were
completely destroyed
while many others
were left partly
damaged.
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Issue NO: 17

Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

Inflation rate for September shrinks to 4.5 percent

Movement of National Consumer Price Indices (NCPI) and Inflation
Rates from September, 2015 September, 2016. (Dec., 2015 = 100)

THE headline inflation rate for the

month of September has
decreased to 4.5 percent from 4.9
percent recorded in August, 2016.
Addressing reporters in Dar es
Salaam when releasing the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) for
September 2016, the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Director of Population Census and
Social Statistics, Mr. Ephraim
Kwesigabo, said the shrink was
attributed to the decrease of price
of food and non-food items--

compared to the speed of price

increase recorded in August,
2016.
The decrease of September
inflation rate was attributed to
price decrease of food and nonfood items; Some food items that
contributed to the decrease were
rice which decreased 2.6 percent,
maize flour 1.0 percent, sardines
3.0 percent and vegetables 4.3
percent, said Mr. Kwesigabo.
He said non-food items that--

attributed to price decrease

include diesel which decreased
by 2.9 percent, petrol by 2.8
percent and kerosene by 2.9
percent.
Mr. Kwesigabo said inflation
rate for food consumed at home
and away from home decreased
to 6.1 percent in September
from 7.0 percent recorded a
month earlier, while inflation
rate which excludes food and
energy slightly decreased to 2.4
percent in-10

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Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

Price Movements of Different Groups of CPI from September,

2015 September, 2016 (Dec., 2015 = 100)

September from 2.6 percent

recorded in August.
The inflation rate for September
decreased by 0.2 percent the
same change as it was recorded
in August while the overall index
decreased to 103.05 in
September from 103.28 recorded
in August.
Mr. Kwesigabo added that, food
and non Alcoholic beverages
inflation rate for September,
2016 decreased to 6.0 percent
from 7.0 percent recorded in
August while the 12 month index

change for non food products

slightly decreased to 2.7 percent
in September from 3.0 percent
recorded in August, 2016.
The purchasing power of 100
Tanzanian Shillings reached
TZS 97 and 04 cents in
September,
2016
from
December, 2015.
The shrink was attributed to
the decrease of price of food
and non-food items compared
to the speed of price increase
recorded in August, 2016.

The
decrease
of
September inflation rate
was attributed to price
decrease of food and
non-food items; Some
food
items
that
contributed to the
decrease were rice which
decreased 2.6 percent,
maize flour 1.0 percent,
sardines 3.0 percent and
vegetables 4.3 percent,
said Mr. Kwesigabo.

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Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

Engineers
from
Norplan
Tanzania
Company
limited,
working on
NBS site to
measure
environme
ntal impact
assessment
before they
build
the
NBS
headquarte
r building in
Dodoma
region
in
September,
2016.
The Minister of
Health,
Community
Development,
Gender, Elderly,
and
Children,
Hon.
Ummy
Mwalimu
(MP),
(third from left) in
a group photo
with NBS Staff and
interviews of 2016
Tanzania
HIV
Impacts
Survey
(2016THIS) when
closing
their
training
in
Dodoma
in
September, 2016.
The second from
left is NBS Director
General
Dr.
Albina Chuwa.

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Date: SEPTEMBER, 2016

NBS PICTORIAL NEWS

Media
reporter
listening
carefully to
NBS Director
General Dr.
Albina
Chuwa (not
in picture)
during the
release of
Gross
Domestic
Product
(GDP) of the
second
quarter
(April - June)
of 2016 in
Dar es
Salaam
recently.

Participants of
Dodoma regional
stakeholders
meeting about
2016 Tanzania
HIV Impact
Survey (2016THIS)
listen to the
presentation from
Community
Mobilization
Coordinator (not
in picture) during
the meeting to
introduce the
survey in the
regional level.
The meeting was
held in Dodoma
recently.

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