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Tukaone Projects News
Sad News from Mangula
We received some sad news from Johnny today: Sorry that I could not get back to you sooner on the farm progress. Amina’ s grandmother who has been living in Mangula village has passed away only three days ago and we attended burial ceremony. She had been killed by…
Tukaone Projects Update
From Johnny Mwakalinga Oct 24: We have made the TRA payment only we are waiting for updating process and one of the Director’s (Amina) is still finalizing issues with her National Identity card (passport) as she don’t have one, and Brela (the System) just needs National ID inputs. But…
Story of Mrs Kashinde Hembeti Farmer

An Interesting Story of Mrs. Kashinde, the farmer. by Johnny Mwakalinga Kashinde is a traditional Tanzanian name which can be translated in English language as “go have a victory”. Mr and Mrs Kashinde had lived together in this called “Hembeti”, since 1993. They were lucky to bring up three sons and…
Tanzania Regulations for Private Ownership of Land
The efforts to create a Tanzanian business and purchase and develop farm land has not always been simple or straightforward. The following is information regarding Tanzania – Right to Private Ownership and Establishment – derived from the State Department’s Office of Investment Affairs Investment Climate Statement: Tanzanian regulations allow foreign and domestic…
Tukaone Projects Update – April 2018

Tukaone Projects Manager, Johnny Mansur Mwakalinga, reports on company and farm status, April 7, 2018: Habari! The Annual company fees and Taxes are: S/N TYPE OF FEE PAY BY COST IN TSHS 1. Business License (Annual) 18TH /APRIL/2018 100,000.00 2. Register of Companies (Brela)(Annual) 01/JANUAR/2018 100,000.00 3. Postal box charges(Annual)…
Tukaone Projects Update – Winter 2017 – 2018

During the winter of 2017 – 2018, Tukaone Projects’ efforts continued to focus on securing two additional acres to complete the 15 acre farm and attending to other business matters, including acquiring ownership rights of the property. Below are Tukaone Projects Ltd. Manager, Johnny Mwakalinga’s, email reports from January &…
Tukaone Farms Update Fall 2017
During the fall of 2017, Tukaone Projects’ efforts focused on securing the two additional acres to complete the 15 acre farm and attending to other business matters, including getting a postal address. Below are Tukaone Projects Ltd. Manager, Johnny Mwakalinga’s, email reports from September through December 2017: 09/14/17 at 3:44…
Tukaone Projects Update – August 2017
Editor’s Note: after the purchase of the first property was thwarted due to a titling issue, the next few months primarily involved negotiating the boundaries of the new property. The following updates from Johnny Mwakalinga, Tukaone Projects Ltd. Manager, are presented here together. 08/02/17 at 1:27 PM We discovered some…