IN THE NEWS: A SCANDAL AT BOT, EAC DITHERING

• The Controller and Auditor General, Ludovick Utouh, finds evidence of inflated insurance payments and other suspicious irregularities in the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) accounts.

• The East African Community (EAC)-Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda- again fail to reach a consensus on the regional common market. Sukhdev Chhatbar lays out the challenges facing the EAC at their upcoming meeting in Arusha.

• Via The New Yorker Book Bench, Canadian women would rather read a book than have sex with their partners. (I wonder if Tanzanian women hold similar views).

• According to The New York Times Barack Obama's presidency is having a profound impact on the way Americans view race relations.

• Over at Louder Than Swahili, Ms. Pernille Baerendtsen relays some useful advice.