On June 26, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Protase Rugambwa, who until then had been serving as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kigoma (based in Kigoma, Tanzania; he had been named bishop there on
Tabora also has its own airport, with flights on airline Fly540 to Kigoma everyday except Wednesdays and Sundays.
With financial support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, WLF has implemented an emergency maternal health obstetrics program in the Kigoma, Morogoro, and Pwani provinces of Tanzania.