DIRA YANGU.

AJALI YAUA MBUNGE

2012-01-14T23:21:00.000-08:00

Imekuwa desturi sasa kila kunapokaribia kipindi cha bunge, lazima afe mbunge. Hii nyingine tena.

UGANDA PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL

2011-11-16T05:26:00.000-08:00

Kuna wakati Rais Yoweri Museveni aliwahi kusema kuwa huyu ndiye "Presidential Material". Sasa na yeye kanena kuwa anaweza akawa Rais wa Uganda.

UTAWALA WA MUSEVENI UMECHOKA SASA

2011-11-14T03:18:00.000-08:00

Ni wazi baada ya kutawala kwa miongo kadhaa kwa sasa Uganda inahitaji kiongozi mpya, mwenye mawazo mapya na mtizamo mpya. Museveni kwa vyovyote vile kwa sasa si vyema akaendelea kuitawala nchi ni mzee. Kwa sasa utawala wake haupendezi kama enzi zake akionekana kama mtawala wa enzi mpya Africa.

KAGAME ANAVYOWAZA JUU YA JUMUIYA YA AFRIKA MASHARIKI NA NCHI YAKE

2011-11-14T03:14:00.000-08:00

Rais Paul Kagame, ni kiongozi wa aina yake katika Bara la Afrika kwa sasa. Ni mtu ambaye hata nchi yetu Tanzania tunamhitaji sana kama kweli tunataka kuendesha nchi kisasa. Msome hapa uone anafanyaje kazi zake?

OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP

2011-11-14T03:12:00.000-08:00

Je serikali ya Tanzania iko katika kundi la OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP? Nahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif je hii inamaanisha nini?

GHADAFI NI MWISHO WA ZAMA - END OF AN ERA

2011-10-20T08:33:00.000-07:00

Bila kujali alileta maendeleo gani nchini mwake, lakini ni dhahiri ukitawala kwa upanga utaishia kwa upanga. Ghadafi hatunaye tena.

MAKAMU WA RAIS WA ZAMANI UGANDA ATIWA NDANI KWA UFISADI

2011-10-04T15:41:00.000-07:00

HAPA JAMAA ANAPANDA GARI KWENDA SERO

Dr. Gilbert Bukenya alikuwa Makamu wa Rais asiye mwoga akijulikana kama "mahogany" ule mti mnene ambao unahimili vishindo, wiki hii katiwa ndani kwa ufisadi miezi michache baada ya Rais Museveni kumweka benchi.
Amenukuliwa akidai kkuwa haogopi kwenda jela.Ukiisoma hii utaona mtitiriko wa matukio ambayo yamemfikisha hapa alipo leo. Akiwa kama mtu mwenye nguvu nchini Uganda na Kigogo haswa, wengi wanajiuliza je ndio mwisho wake? hasa baada ya yeye kkuwahi kunukuliwa akisema kuwa serikali ya Uganda ilikuwa inatawaliwa na "MAFIA" fulani, hapa akimaanisha Museveni na watu wake. Tangu wakati huo kisiasa ameanza kuyumba hadi amefikia hatua ya kulala sero.

POLISI IGUNGA

2011-10-04T14:33:00.000-07:00

HUYU MWANAMKE ALITUPWA KWENYE GARI KAMA MZIGO

RAIS MPYA ZAMBIA AKARIBISHWA IKULU

2011-09-28T13:37:00.001-07:00

Rais mpya wa Zambia bw Sata amekaribishwa Ikulu na kukabidhiwa rasmi mjengo na Rais wa zamani Banda. Hawa jamaa wamepiga hatua sana kidemokrasia.
Serikali mpya tayari imeanza kazi kwa kudhibiti matumizi mabaya ya mali za umma. Kwa mfano, kumbe chama tawala MMD kilikuwa kinatumia magari ya jeshi kwa kampeni. Magari hayo yamekamatwa yote.

DIKTETA IDD AMIN ALIKUWA KIONGOZI BORA

2011-09-28T13:22:00.000-07:00

Hivi una habari kuwa Iddi Amin, yule dicteta wa Uganda alikuwa kiongozi bora kuliko Museveni? Soma hii ucheke.

MAMBO YA THE HAGUE

2011-09-28T12:58:00.000-07:00

Hawa ni mawaziri wawili wa Kenya. Mmoja ni mtuhumiwa wa mauaji wakati wa uchaguzi, UHURU KENYATA ambaye anashtakiwa huko The Hague ingawa mambo yanaonekana yana mwelekeo mzuri kwake. Anayembusu ni Beth Mugo, waziri wa Afya wa Kenya. Wote ni Wakikuyu, ukabila bila shaka ndio unaowaunganisha.

WANGARI MAATHAI KUPEWA MAZIKO YA KITAIFA

2011-09-28T11:14:00.000-07:00

Naamini huyu ndiye mwanamke ambaye alikuwa makini kwa kile alichokiamini. Lakini kama kawaida yetu wanadamu, kifo kimemfika na sasa serikali imeamua itampa maziko ya kitaifa. Profesa Wangari, aliweka wosia kuwa akifa asizikwe na jeneza la mbao kwani ni kuharibu misitu.
Alikuwa ni mwanamke mwanaharakati haswa wala si hawa wanaharakati wa kijinsia ambao uswahiba wao na mafisadi ndio mtindo. Huyu alisimamia alichokiamini akiboresha mazingira na wanawake wa kawaida vijijini na sio hawa wanawake wasomi ambao kwao kutetea wenzao si jambo la msingi sana.
Kifo cha mama huyu kina maana nyingi sana mojawapo ikiwa ni hii hapa na pia alikuwa anajituma kwa alichokipambania. Hii ilimfanya awe tofauti na wengine na pia kwa kiasi kikubwa wengi waliomjua siku zile, wanadai alikuwa mbele yetu sana kiuelewa.

WAZIRI MWANDOSYA ANAENDELEA VIZURI

2011-09-27T17:22:00.000-07:00

Ona hapa Waziri Mwandosya akiwa hospitali India.

RAIS BANDA AKUBALI MATOKEO YA UCHAGUZIKISTAARABU

2011-09-23T16:01:00.000-07:00

MANENO YA MWISHO YA RAIS BANDA AKIWAAGA WANANCHI BAADA YA KUSHINDWA UCHAGUZI

Haya ni maneno ambayo naamini ni viongozi wachache sana tulionao leo hii ambao wataweza kuyasema na kukubali yaishe kwa amani. Hebu yasome alafu utaniambia.

I HAVE CALLED THIS PRESS CONFERENCE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF 2011 IS OVER. THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA HAVE SPOKEN AND WE MUST ALL LISTEN. SOME WILL BE HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE HEARD, OTHERS WILL NOT.

THE TIME NOW IS FOR MATURITY, FOR COMPOSURE AND FOR COMPASSION. TO THE VICTORS, I SAY THIS: YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CELEBRATE BUT DO SO WITH A MAGNANIMOUS HEART. ENJOY THE HOUR BUT REMEMBER THAT A TERM OF GOVERNMENT IS FOR YEARS.

REMEMBER THAT THE NEXT ELECTION WILL JUDGE YOU ALSO.
TREAT THOSE WHO YOU HAVE VANQUISHED WITH THE RESPECT AND HUMILITY THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN YOUR OWN HOUR OF DEFEAT.

I KNOW THAT ALL ZAMBIANS WILL EXPECT SUCH BEHAVIOUR AND I HOPE IT WILL BE DELIVERED. SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND MY PARTY, WE WILL ACCEPT THE RESULTS. WE ARE A DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WE KNOW NO OTHER WAY.

IT IS NOT FOR US TO DENY THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE. WE NEVER RIGGED, WE NEVER CHEATED, WE NEVER KNOWINGLY ABUSED STATE FUNDS. WE SIMPLY DID WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS BEST FOR ZAMBIA. I HOPE THE NEXT GOVERNMENT WILL ACT LIKEWISE IN YEARS TO COME.

ZAMBIA DESERVES A DECENT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. INDEED, ZAMBIA MUST BUILD ON HER PAST VICTORIES. OUR INDEPENDENCE WAS HARD WON, OUR DEMOCRACY SECURED WITH BLOOD.

ZAMBIA MUST NOT GO BACKWARDS, WE MUST ALL FACE THE FUTURE AND GO FORWARD AS ONE NATION. NOT TO DO SO WOULD DISHONOUR OUR HISTORY.

TO MY PARTY, TO THE MMD CANDIDATES WHO DID NOT WIN, THE LESSON IS SIMPLE. NEXT TIME WE MUST TRY HARDER.
WE FOUGHT A GOOD CAMPAIGN. IT WAS DISCIPLINED. I STILL BELIEVE WE HAD A GOOD MESSAGE AND WE REACHED EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY.

WE TRAVELLED TO ALL NINE PROVINCES AND WE SPOKE TO ALL ZAMBIANS. TO THOSE WHO WORKED EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY, I SAY ‘THANK YOU’. YOU HAVE DONE YOUR BEST. BUT, SADLY, SOMETIMES OUR BEST IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

DO NOT BE DISHEARTENED. THE MMD WILL BE BACK. WE MUST ALL FACE THE REALITY THAT SOMETIMES IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE. SINCE 1991, THE MMD HAS BEEN IN POWER. I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ON BEHALF OF ALL ZAMBIANS.

FREDERICK CHILUBA LED US TO A GENUINE MULTI-PARTY STATE AND INTRODUCED THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO OUR KEY INDUSTRIES. ZAMBIA WAS LIBERATED BY AN MMD IDEAL BUT MAYBE WE BECAME COMPLACENT WITH OUR IDEALS. MAYBE WE DID NOT LISTEN, MAYBE WE DID NOT HEAR.

DID WE BECOME GREY AND LACKING IN IDEAS? DID WE LOSE MOMENTUM? OUR DUTY NOW IS TO GO AWAY AND REFLECT ON ANY MISTAKES WE MAY HAVE MADE AND LEARN FROM THEM. IF WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT DESERVE TO CONTEST POWER AGAIN.

THE ZAMBIA WE KNOW TODAY WAS BUILT BY AN MMD GOVERNMENT. WE KNOW OUR PLACE IN HISTORY AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO LEAD AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. A NEW LEADERSHIP WILL BE CHOSEN, AND THAT LEADERSHIP WILL BE FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

MY GENERATION… THE GENERATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE– MUST NOW GIVE WAY TO NEW IDEAS; IDEAS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. FROM THIS DEFEAT, A NEW, YOUNGER MMD WILL BE RE-BORN. IF I CAN SERVE THAT RE-BUILDING, THEN I WILL.

I MUST THANK MY CABINET FOR DELIVERING ON OUR PROMISES. WE DID A LOT OF GOOD FOR ZAMBIA. MANY OF OUR PROJECTS WILL BLOSSOM INTO BRIGHT FLOWERS. SOME OF YOU WILL BE BACK TO SERVE ZAMBIA AGAIN – I KNOW YOU WILL DO YOUR BEST FOR YOUR PARTY AND FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
TO THE CIVIL SERVANTS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU. WE HAVE WORKED MANY LONG HOURS TOGETHER. WE DID IT NOT FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR ZAMBIA. SERVE YOUR NEXT MASTERS AS YOU DID ME, AND ZAMBIA WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS.

I MUST THANK MY FAMILY AND MY WIFE. THEY HAVE STOOD BY ME AND I CANNOT ASK FOR MORE LOYALTY THAN THAT WHICH THEY HAVE DISPLAYED. I LOVE YOU ALL DEARLY AND I WILL ALWAYS BE IN YOUR DEBT.

BEING PRESIDENT IS HARD WORK, IT TAKES LONG HOURS OF WORK. AND BECAUSE OF IT, I HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR YOU. YET, STILL YOU WERE THERE FOR ME.

WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS THE DEPTH OF MY LOVE FOR YOU ALL. ALL I ASK IS THAT MY FAMILY CONTINUES TO SERVE ZAMBIA AS I HAVE SOUGHT TO DO.

BUT MY GREATEST THANKS MUST GO TO THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE. WE MAY BE A SMALL COUNTRY ON THE MIDDLE OF AFRICA BUT WE ARE A GREAT NATION. SERVING YOU HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOUR. I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE MORE, I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO GIVE.

OUR POTENTIAL IS GREAT. OUR RESOURCES ARE IMPRESSIVE.
I URGE YOU ALL NOW TO RALLY BEHIND YOUR NEW PRESIDENT.
YES, WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS BUT WE BOTH WANT THE SAME THING – A BETTER ZAMBIA.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR VIOLENCE AND RETRIBUTION.
NOW IS THE TIME TO UNITE AND BUILD TOMORROW’S ZAMBIA TOGETHER. ONLY BY WORKING TOGETHER CAN WE ACHIEVE A MORE PROSPEROUS ZAMBIA.

IN MY YEARS OF RETIREMENT, I HOPE TO WATCH ZAMBIA GROW. I GENUINELY WANT ZAMBIA TO FLOURISH. WE SHOULD ALL WANT ZAMBIA TO FLOURISH. SO, I CONGRATULATE MICHAEL SATA ON HIS VICTORY.

I HAVE NO ILL FEELING IN MY HEART, THERE IS NO MALICE IN MY WORDS. I WISH HIM WELL IN HIS YEARS AS PRESIDENT.
I PRAY HIS POLICIES WILL BEAR FRUIT.

BUT NOW IT IS TIME FOR ME TO STEP ASIDE. NOW IS THE TIME FOR A NEW LEADER. MY TIME IS DONE. IT IS TIME FOR ME TO SAY ‘GOOD BYE’.

MAY GOD WATCH OVER THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE AND MAY HE BLESS OUR BEAUTIFUL NATION.

I THANK YOU.

KUMBE TANZANIA INAITAMBUA SERIKALI MPYA LIBYA?

2011-09-23T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hapo Juu: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, akitambulisha na kusalimiana na mwenyekiti wa NTC, serikali mpya ya Libya. Sasa najiuliza, ile kadhia ya kumwita balozi wa Libya eti kapandisha bendera kumbe ilikuwa danganya toto tu.

HUYU ANAOMBA KURA NA BASTOLA KIUNONI

2011-09-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

Sitaki kuweka maelezo sana ila Ismail Aden Rage ni Mbunge wa Tabora Mjini. Hapa anaomba kura katika kampeni huko Igunga. Unaionaje hiyo? Kwa mtindo huu, ushindi lazima tu, sijui sheria za uchaguzi zinasemaje juu ya hili.

UCHAGUZI ZAMBIA NA VIMBWANGA VYA UCHAKACHUAJI

2011-09-22T09:50:00.001-07:00

Uchaguzi umemalizika Zambia, lakini kama kawaida, Afrika, hakuna uchaguzi msafi. Kuna kila dalili za uchakachuaji na amani tayari umeanza kuleta dalili za kuvurugika kwa amani. Bofya hapa, upate habari kamili.
Hivi si inawezekana Afrika tunahitaji democrasia ya kiafrika na si hii ya vyama vingi kupiga kura. Naona watawala wanapenda chama kimoja. Wadau mnaonaje?

PIKIPIKI (BODABODA) INANITISHA KUIENDESHA

2011-09-22T02:53:00.000-07:00

HAPA NAJIVINJARI SIJUI NIACHE USAFIRI HUU?
Kwa mtanzania wa kawaida kama mie, usafiri ninaomudu ni bodaboda. Mie naendesha ya kwangu lakini hali ya usalama huko barabarani ni mbaya sana. Kwa miezi nane tu iliyopita tayari wamekufa watu 53 kwa ajali za pikipiki.
Najiuliza sijui niache kuendesha au vipi manake ukiacha hivyo vifo, majeruhi ndio usiseme. Angalia taarifa hii ya polisi Tanzania uniambie nifanyeje, hivi kwani nini hasa chanzo cha ajali hizi nyingi hivi? Binafsi huu ni mwaka wa nne naendesha pikipiki, nimepata ajali mara moja tu, na siku hiyo ilinibidi niache kuendesha kwa wiki hivi manake nilipatwa na kiwewe, Mungu alisaidia sikuumia ingawa nilichubuka magotini tu na mtambo haukudhurika. Mwendesha baskeli mmoja mlevi aliingia barabarani nikiwa kwenye spidi, katika kujaribu kumkwepa ndipo nikamgonga na nikaruka mtaroni. Ni Mungu alisaidia tu.
Kwa takwimu hizi za polisi, nimebaki sina majibu kwa usalama wangu, nifanyeje jamani?

UGANDA - WEAKLEAKS HAIKANUSHWI ILA YANAFAFANULIWA

2011-09-20T07:42:00.000-07:00

Uganda ni nchi ambayo imekuwa chini ya utawala wa Rais Museveni kwa miongo kadhaa sasa. Rais huyo inasemekana sasa ameanza kuwa dikteta na anamuandaa mwanae kumrithi kama ilivyo kawaida kwa viongozi wa kiafrika. Ndani ya chama chake wako watu ambao wamethubutu kuweka wazi juu ya kupinga baadhi ya mambo ambayo anayafanya.
Yuko bwana mmoja, Kapteni Mike Mukula, ambaye ni Makamu Mwenyekiti wa NRM kutoka ukanda wa Mashariki na aliyewahi kuwa waziri wa Afya, amenukuliwa na Wiki Leakes akisema kuwa hakubaliani na mambo ya Museveni na alipohojiwa hakupinga mambo ambayo aliongea na Balozi wa Marekani. Huyu bwana jasiri kwelikweli, tungekuwa na viongozi wa aina hii wanamzunguka Rais wa Tanzania, mbona ingekuwa raha!

GAIDI LA UGANDA

2011-09-15T01:45:00.000-07:00

Kijana wa Kiafrika ni kwanini anaamua kuwa "gaidi" na kuamua kuteketeza maisha ya wenzake? Soma hii uone huko Uganda mfuasi wa magaidi wa somalia.

TUMEANZA NA MELI BADO NDEGE

2011-09-13T02:51:00.000-07:00

Ajali haina Kinga - Wahenga walisema. Sijui wenzangu mtasemaje ila hizi ajali mbili zilizotokea moja, Zanzibar ambapo meli imezama na ya pile kule Kenya ambapo bomba la mafuta limepasuka na likaua wakazi wengi masikini ambao waliamua kujenga nyumba juu ya bomba la mafuta linadhihirisha kuwa "Ajali ina kinga bwana".
Hebu ona hili: Meli ina uwezo wa kubeba abiria idadi fulani; lakini kwa tamaa na utamaduni wa kuvunja sheria abiria wanashindiliwa kwenye meli mpaka inaelemewa na kuzama. Kama Sheria ya Sumatra juu ya udhibiti wa usalama vyombo vya majini ingesimamiwa, je ajali ingetokea? Tujiulize.
Jambo lingine, jana wakati wa hitma ya kkuwakumbuka marehemu hawa wa meli, Rais JK alieleza jinsi uokozi ulivyofanyika nikashangaa sana. Eti meli imezama saa 7 usiku, yeye kapewa taarifa saa 9. Alafu vyombo vya uokozi vya jeshi na polisi vilishindwa kuiona meli ilipo hadi saa 11 alfajiri, karibu masaa 5, pale helkopta ilivyofanikiwa. Hivi kweli ni sahihi kutumia helkopta moja kutafuta meli? Kwanini hazikutumika helkopta nyingi?
Inashangaza sana, wakati wa Kampeni za Siasa, Raisi anatumia takriban helkopta nne zilizokodiwa kwa mahela lukuki; lakini inaonekana jeshi halina helkopta au hakuna utaratibu wa helkopta sijui nini.
Naamini haswa, kuwa ajali hii ya meli ingeepukika ama pasingetokea kifo hata kimoja.
Maadam watanzania tumekubali kuishi kwa kutozingatia usalama wa maisha yetu; basi sitashangaa hata tukaanza kushuhudia ajali za ndege, kwani sasa hivi, usafiri wa ndege umekuwa sana, na ninaamini kwa tabia yetu ya kutojali usalama, sitashangaa ajali za ndege zikianza.

GHADAFI KWISHA HABARI YAKE

2011-08-22T04:04:00.000-07:00

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Wengi wataona kuwa hii ni kuingiliwa kwa mambo ya ndani ya Afrika, ni ubeberu mambo leo, na ni ukoloni. Lakini, binafsi naamini si mara zote ukoloni una hasara tu. Ninaamini viongozi kama Ghadafi hawana tija sana kwa jamii kubwa; zaidi wanatumikia "uswahiba". Naamini hata maendeleo yote ya Libya hayajawafaidisha walibya kwa wingi wao,ukiacha marafiki na ndugu wa dikteta huyu.
Pamoja na madhara yote yatakayojitokeza baada ya utawawala wa Ghadafi kuondoshwa, naamini ni bora kuliko kubakiwa na kiongozi wa aina yake katika dunia ya kileo.
Usiku wa leo waasi wameingia Tripoli.

ADHA ZA KUWA MWANASIASA UNAYEHOJI AFRIKA

2011-08-18T04:19:00.000-07:00

Ili uwe mwanasiasa, hasa wa upande wa upinzani, basi ujiandae kwa mambo kama haya ya kuaibishwa na dola. Hiyo picha inahusu habari hii hapa.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

TANZANIA INATIA RAHA BWANA - HASA HILI LA MAFUTA NA JAIRO!

2011-08-18T04:02:00.000-07:00

Serikali inaweza kutishwa na wafanyabiashara, na kuonesha nguvu ya wafanyabiashara Taifa zima laweza kukumbwa na tatizo la nishati ya mafuta na mambo yatakwenda murua na burudani kabisa. Hii ndio nchi inaitwa Tanzania, kisiwa cha amani, nchi ya wapendanao, watu tusiopenda madhila katika maisha yetu. Ndio nchi pekee ambayo watuhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif whttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifake wanajua 'kujiadjust na hali yoyote inayojitokeza'. Soma hii stori juu ya mafuta, utafurahi mwenyewe. Ukiacha la mafuta, Tanzania ni nchi nadhani kati ya chache ambazo kuna mahusiano mazuri sana kati ya wanasiasa na wataalam. Kwa mfano, ili wataalam mambo yao yaende vyema, basi kule bungeni, wabunge wanakatiwa chao kidogo tu, alafu wanapitisha. Kama unajua systemic corruption, soma hili ucheke alafu utajisikia faraja kuzaliwa katika Taifa la Amani.

MKATABA WA EAC - UJADILIWE UPYA

2011-08-18T03:23:00.000-07:00

Katika kuwezesha jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki iweze kuendana na mabadiliko ya Katiba Mpya ya Kenya na hata ile mpya inayotarajiwa Tanzania, kama itatokea kweli, imeelezwa kuwa Mkataba wa sasa wa EAC haufai. Soma habari hii.http://www.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifblogger.com/img/blank.gif
HALI YA UCHUMI TANZANIA NI NGUMU: JE NINI ATHARI ZAKE NA TUFANYEJE?
Pia ikiwa kwa sasa hivi ambavyo maisha ya Tanzania yamekuwa juu sana, zingatia hali ya bei ya mafuta inavyosababisha kila kitu kupanda bei. Hivi umeshajiuliza ni kwanini bei zinakwenda juu? Tunaambiwa eti ni shilingi ya Tanzania imeshuka na pia eti soko la dunia mambo ndiyo yanayoongoza soko letu la ndani. Je, unajua kupanda huuku kwa bei kunamfaidisha nani? Anayefaidi ni huyu hapa, bonyeza hapa. si tu kwa wanaofaidi, lakini pia ningependa msomaji wangu, utambue kuwa kutokana na hali ngumu ya maisha, ni vyema kujua jinsi ya kuishi katika ugumu wa maisha.

ASALAAM ALAIKUM

2011-08-18T03:13:00.000-07:00

Ni mwezi mtukufu wa Ramadhani, na baada ya kimya kingi naamua kurejea ili wasomaji wangu tuendelee kushirikiana. Watu tumezoea tu kushuhudia mashindano ya urembo kwa kufuata mitindo ya kimagharibi. Leo nawaletea mashindano kwa mahadhi ya kiarabuni, mambo ya kiislamu.

MATAJIRI, WAKUBWA NA KASHFA ZA NGONO

2011-05-19T15:35:00.000-07:00

Kwa mfuatiliaji wa mambo yanayotokea duniani, mwezi wa May 2011 umenigusa kwa Kuvunjika kwa ndoa ya Arnold Schwarzeneger, aliyekuwa gavana wa California ambaye amemaliza kipindi chake majuzi. Pia haswa kumenigusa zaidi baada ya huyu jamaa mkubwa wa Benki ya Dunia, Dominick Straus Khan kukamatwa nchini Marekani baada ya kujaribu kufanya ubakaji.
Hawa wote wawili yaliyowatokea ni kwa sababu wameendekeza sana ngono; Arnold yeye hatimaye imegundulika kuwa alikuwa amezaa na mfanyakazi wake kama gavana na kwa miaka kumi (10) alikuwa amemficha mkewe. Naye Straus Khan yeye ni mtu ambaye na kashfa za ngono ni marafiki. Kule Ufaransa wanamwita "hot rabbit" yaani sungura wa moto kwa mabibi, akimpania mtu lazima ampate. Ni kwa hali hiyo ya historia yake lililomtokea na kumsababishia aibu na kupoteza cheo chake cha Ukurugenzi wa IMF ni uzumbukuku wa vigogo na matajiri mbele ya vimwana. Ukisoma historia hii utaona ni jinsi gani hawa mabwana wamedhalilika. Lakini pia kwa marafiki zangu wengi nimewasikia wakibishana sana eti yule mwanadada alitegeshwa na CIA. Jamani, nasema, tuache hisia potofu, binafsi ninaelewa wazungu hawana simile kwenye makosa ya kuingilia maisha ya hasa mwanamke.

YOWERI MUSEVENI AAPISHWA LEO KWA MUHULA WA TANO KAMA RAISI UGANDA

2011-05-12T07:40:00.000-07:00

ONA HOTUBA YAKE BAADA YA KUAPA
Speech by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President-Elect of the Republic of Uganda
At the SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
At Kololo, Kampala
Kololo-12th May 2011

Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government who have come to be with us today;

Your Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda;

Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda;

Your Lordship, The Hon. The Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda;

Rt. Hon. Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly;

Your Excellencies Heads of Delegations;

Rt. Hon. Deputy Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda;

Your Ladyship, the Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda;

Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda;

Your Royal Highnesses, the Traditional Leaders;

The Religious Leaders;

Hon. Ministers;

Your Excellencies High Commissioners and Ambassadors;

Hon. Members of Parliament;

The NRM fraternity in the whole Country;

Ladies and Gentlemen.

First of all, I congratulate all the Ugandans for the peaceful elections held on the 18th of February, 2011 and other elections held since that date.

Secondly, I thank the Ugandans for overwhelmingly voting for me with 68.3%, the NRM Members of Parliament with 73%, District Leaders (LCV) with 79% Sub-County leaders (LCIII) with 71%. I also congratulate the opposition parties on the seats they got in Parliament, the District Council seats they got and the Sub-County positions they won.

The landslide win by the NRM should inform all and sundry that the people of Uganda are, politically, mature people. They are able to disregard lies put out by opportunists and stand on the truth.

In the last 45 years, the NRM position is well known. We reject reactionary ideology and stand for progressive ideas. We reject sectarianism as well as parochialism and stand for nationalism. We reject puppetry and stand for the genuine independence of Uganda and other African countries. We reject stagnation of the Ugandan society and stand for its rapid transformation into a modern society.

In spite of the initial scarce resources, we have made huge advances in the last 25 years. We now have 8 million children in the primary schools, 1.5 million children in the secondary schools, 120,000 students in the universities and 53,729 in tertiary institutions. In 1986, the comparable figures were: 2.5 million children in the primary schools, 190,000 children in the secondary schools, 5,000 students in the university and 27,205 in tertiary institutions. We only had one university. We now have 28 universities (both public and private). In a period of almost 90 years, between 1894 when the British colonized Uganda and 1986 when the NRM took over Government, we had only 28,000 telephone lines. We now have over 14 million telephone lines. I can continue to bring out the NRM achievements in every sector. However, these examples suffice to highlight this point.

The NRM stands for Pan-Africanism, which translates into economic and political integration. We are very happy with the market of 130 million people of the East African Community. We are happy with the COMESA market of over 400 million people. We are also working for the political integration of East Africa together with our partners of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

The massive victory by the NRM in the February 2011 elections, therefore, was a triumph of progress and even revolutionary ideology over reactionary ideology. It was a triumph of Uganda’s patriotism over sectarianism and opportunism. We won overwhelming victory in all the regions of Uganda. Since creation, this is the first time Ugandans have coalesced into such a consensus. I would, therefore, call upon those who have been pushing sectarian ideas and pushing opportunism to join the national consensus instead of being desperate and embarking on disruptive schemes. Those disruptive schemes will be defeated just like the previous opportunistic schemes have been defeated.

Uganda is now on the verge of take-off to become a middle income country by 2016. In order for Uganda to accelerate her speed to a middle income status, we need to resolve one issue. Just as you cannot build a house without a foundation (musingyi, oruhazo), you cannot build a modern economy without modern infrastructure. By this, we mean: electricity, roads, the railway, piped water, telephones, ICT network, media, as well as social infrastructure in the form of schools, colleges, health units, etc. The importance of these elements of infrastructure is two fold. Social infrastructure produces healthy, educated and skilled human resource. The economic infrastructure, on the other hand, is very useful for the economy because it lowers the costs of doing business in the economy and, therefore, enterprises become more profitable. This, in turn, attracts more enterprises to Uganda which create more jobs, widens the tax base, etc.
The area of telephone infrastructure has been catered for by the private sector as already indicated above. In the area of piped water, at least, all the major towns are properly served now. We need to expand piped water to the trading centres and the villages. Using a Chinese loan, we have built the fibre optic cable for ICT network. The private sector and, to some extent the Government, are handling well the issue of media infrastructure. The Government has long handled the issue of the education infrastructure. We now have 148,720 classrooms, built with permanent materials, compared to 21,959 classrooms in 1986. Similarly, the Government has been handling the issue of health infrastructure. There are now, for instance, 166 Health Centre IVs compared to1986 when there was nothing.

It is, therefore, the main cost pushers in the economy that need to be addressed. These are electricity, roads and the railways. These have been badly addressed, not only here in Uganda, but also in other African countries. There is a useful measurement I have been using to highlight the big mistake Africa has been finding itself in. This is kilo watt hour (kWh) per capita. Countries like the USA have got a kWh per capita of 12,500. Uganda, on the other hand, has got a kWh per capita of only 70. In 1986, it was 21 kWh per capita. Many African countries have, similarly, very low kWh per capita, even those that have been peaceful all the time since independence. I blame the technocratic staff for this mistake. I also blame the 6th Parliament for part of this mistake. Since I discovered this mistake, I have pushed for fast movement on this issue. By next year, when Bujagali and other mini-hydro stations are finished, Uganda’s kWh per capita will be 100. By 2016, when Karuma, Ayago and Isimba are ready, our kWh per capita will be 500. To be sure that we do not waste any more time, we are going to use our own money for much of this work. If private capital is available on terms that will ensure low tariffs for consumers and there will be no delays in the execution of projects, then, we shall welcome it.

You can see what a big struggle we have to make up for lost time. Using largely our own money, we shall also work on the roads, on the railway, on A’ level free education, university student loans as well as on scientific innovations and research as per our manifesto.

To achieve these goals we need discipline and the rule of law.

Regarding the current short term problems of increased fuel prices and increased food prices, we are looking at the option of buying in fuel bulk and also the option of approaching the Government of Southern Sudan. I am told that buying in bulk lowers prices. I am also told that fuel in Juba is cheaper. In fact, some of our people from West Nile are already using that fuel, especially diesel. I intend to approach the Government of Southern Sudan to see the possibilities. In the next 3 years, we shall be using our own fuel after the building of the Refinery is finished. We are also analyzing the price of fuel up to Eldoret. Is it all justified?

On the issue of food, predictions are showing that this is a temporary problem. We are likely to have a bumper harvest. The prices will normalize. In the short run we are going to encourage micro-irrigation based on individual farms. The Ministry of Finance will encourage the importation of the necessary equipment for micro-irrigation – sprinklers, hoses, etc., or making them here, locally. Farmers can, however, use very simple methods, such as the plastic water bottles. You fill a bottle with water, make a small hole in the bottle and put it next to the plant. The plant will grow very well. We also need to emphasize the use of fertilizers. All these harvests we achieve, we attain without the use of fertilizers – 10 million metric tones of bananas, 4 million bags of coffee, etc. With fertilizers, we are going to produce much more. I am, however, told that fertilizers should be used carefully because they can also spoil the soils. The increased demand for food in the world and the region is good for the farmers of Uganda and for the economy of our country. We, however, need to work out mechanism of stabilizing food prices for the urban-dwellers and salary-earners in towns. All this should be done without interfering with the foundation projects I have talked about above – electricity, roads, the railway, education and health.

Our research scientists are struggling with solutions for the banana and coffee wilt. I demand that the scientists put out a programme of action through the Ministry of Agriculture. On the issue of mega-irrigations in Karamoja, the Mount Elgon area, the Rwenzori area, the plan is that the programmes will be handled in the 3rd or 4th year of this Government. Our emphasis, for the first two years, will be on electricity, roads, the railway, scientific research and innovation, A’ level education for free and the student loans for universities. The Minister of Finance is also working on the question of the issue of silos for storage. In all these projects, we are going to use our own money. If we can secure a soft loan from the funding Agencies, we would start on the mega-irrigation schemes soon.

On the health, we are continuing to crack down on the theft of drugs from health centres by health workers. In the medium term, we shall look at the question of salaries for doctors and health workers. Again, without interfering with the foundation activities, we will be happy to raise the salaries of health workers and other scientists.

I thank all the Ugandans who supported us in the last elections. Continue to support the NRM. My Government will, however, serve all Ugandans as always including those who did not support us.

I thank you very much.

Kololo -12th May 2011

Hotuba inasomeka kwelikweli. Haya yote amefanya lakini bado kuna vijana na watu kibao mitaani wanatembea eti maisha magumu. Sasa hivi demokrasia ya Afrika ina shida gani? Au ametudanganya? Au haelewi mahitaji ya wananchi wa kawaida?
Wajameni, Mnamsomaje huyu mzee Museveni?

YOWERI MUSEVENI NA UTAWALA WA MIAKA 25

2011-05-12T07:34:00.000-07:00

25 years after Museveni rule
As President Museveni swears in today, admirers and critics alike will be looking to answer how the next five years will impact on his legacy.

Twenty five years in power, political observers believe it is too early to write Mr Museveni’s political epitaph. However, what is clear is that Mr Museveni has made, unmade, remade and again unmade whatever political historians will write of his contribution to the politics of the country.

For a man who as early as 1973 made powerful speeches on the vexed questions of unity, freedoms, security and approaches to not just economic transformation but empowerment of individuals, many contradictions now appear in his character.
The army
Dr Frederick Golooba Mutebi of the Makerere University Institute for Social Research says politically, were Museveni to leave after this term, he would leave a country more divided than he found it in 1986.
“The North-South divide is still alive and well. And then there is the West versus the rest dimension. Having said that, politically, the country has changed a great deal for the better. I cannot imagine another Idi Amin or Milton Obote coming up,” he says.

Politics
Mwambutsya Ndebesa a political historian also at Makerere, says whether Museveni were to leave power now or after five years, any discussion of his legacy will not be complete without examining the critical role he has played in “militarising the political space.”

While his predecessors, Dr Milton Obote failed to manage the military, Idi Amin was a soldier and therefore ruled by decree and knew nothing about politics, Museveni who came promising to send the army back to the barracks and make it subservient to civilian authority has instead succeeded beyond the imagination of his predecessors, in “militarising the political space.”

Prof. Ndebesa says this has helped build the most negative political competition under Museveni as the military clearly sides with the incumbent with the police walking in lock-step.

Dr Golooba-Mutebi says, “despite the broad agreement that the army has been more tame in the last 25 years than it has ever been since the 1960s, it is also true that a fairly large number of Ugandans look at it with a fair degree of mistrust, contempt, and fear.

“I am now convinced that if there broke out a war on the scale of the NRA’s insurgency, the UPDF would commit atrocities in the same way that the UNLA did.”
The biggest test to the military has come especially as Mr Museveni counts more years in power, and the aura of invincibility disappears with former admirers jumping ship.

Peaceful political demonstrations have become almost outlawed as the military and the police marshal all the armour they can to confront unarmed but determined demonstrators.

The police and military are forced to act more harshly. The columns especially of the military sent to keep peace in the night, communicate less and less with those they meet.

Ndebesa says, “Obote failed to manage his military, Museveni has managed but in the long run they might merge.” Mr Museveni’s legacy on the economy also seems to have turned on its head. A significant portion of the population remains stuck in the abyss of poverty.

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics says at least seven million have remained stuck in a vicious cycle of poverty from which they are unlikely to break anytime soon.
A smaller portion of Ugandans are swimming in obscene wealth – some of them beneficiaries to the corruption which characterised the cannibalisation of state parastatals when the NRM launched into an erratic privatisation of the economy.

Persisting poverty
The number of grass thatched houses in the countryside might have reduced but abject poverty remains. Mr Ndebesa says Mr Museveni will leave a legacy of an economy that has registered growth without achieving development.

Dr Golooba-Mutebi says: “The economy is much larger, the country more prosperous than 25 years ago. We would have done much better if there was more order, probity and accountability than there is. It is also fair to ask what happened to Museveni’s aspirations of getting Uganda to manufacture its own safety pins.
Instead, we manufacture bullets. The potential is very high. Shame about the quality of government.”

Hii makala nimeona ikae hapa. Shukrani kwa gazeti la Monitor la Uganda la jana 12/5/2011. Baadhi ya watu wametoa maoni yao hapo chini:
1."No African head of state should be in power for more than 10 years!" Don't forget, this is a qotation of a certain Mr. Museveni, made 1986, the biggest liar in Uganda.
2. One of the worst offences Museveni has committed against Uganda, is “militarising the political space” as academic Ndebesa has rightly pointed out. Democracy will never take root in Uganda until the rulers derive thier authority from the people/public rather than from the military..This is why I have some doubt whether Besigye is able to deliver the change we need given the fact that he too has similar background as Museveni. Among the major parties, probaly it is only DP which has never had any connection with the military.
3. Honestly I find no difference between these dictatorships. In fact the current one eroded all the good they ever did; public services,national pride etc... Not many from Uganda want to carry that identity anymore. Of course Uganda now more looks up to other nations than. Now we saw the oil wells, yea! there we see the mad man. No change,Kampala is where it has always been. What you call growth is just a difference in times;more computers and cars on the face of the earth - we can all get.

WAKUBWA WANAVYOUTIZAMA ULAJI RUSHWA

2011-05-12T07:24:00.000-07:00

Ni siku kibao nimepotea sijaweza kuanika mambo hapa kwenye dira. Kwa kweli mambo ya maisha yamenibana sana. Ok, kwanza nimefurahi sana Osama bin Laden kuuawa. Nategemea kuweka makala siku zijazo. Leo nimekunwa na hisia za jaji mmoja huko Kenya ambaye anajaribu bahati yake kuwania nafasi ya kuwa jaji mkuu wa Kenya.
Katiba mpya ya Kenya imeweka mambo wazi sasa, unapogombea nafasi kubwa kama hiyo, mambo yote ya interview yanakuwa wazi. Hebu soma makala hii uone mama anavyojikakamua.

BABU WA LOLIONDO NA TIBA FEKI

2011-03-24T01:23:00.000-07:00

Kwa takriban mwezi mmoja sasa mchungaji mstaafu Babu Mwaisapile amefanya eneo la Loliondo lijulikane sana kwa kipindi kifupi hasa baada ya kuja na madai kuwa anatibu magonjwa ambayo kwa muda sasa yamedhihirisha hayatibiki kwa njia za kitabibu za kawaida za kisayansi. Babu wa Loliondo ametujia na madai kuwa ameoteshwa ndoto na Mungu na kupewa uwezo wa kutibu maradhi ya kisukari, shinikizo la damu, saratani na ukimwi.

Binafsi sikubaliani kabisa na madai ya babu huyu licha ya yeye kupendwa na watu wengi. Mafuriko ya wananchi kutoka kila upande wa nchi yetu na hata mataifa kadhaa ya jirani yamenishangaza sana na kwa undani nimetafakari sana juu ya hili na nikadhani ni hatari kwa mustakabali wa nchi yetu. Tumefika hatua sasa mambo yanaendeshwa kwa kubahatisha bila kujali tuko katika dunia ambayo kila jambo tunalofanya ni vyema liendeshwe kwa kuzingatia mashiko ya kimantiki ambayo yanaendana na ustaarabu wa dunia ya karne tuliyonayo ya kufikiri kwa kina katika kila jambo.

Mashiko haya ya kimantiki yanachagizwa kwa kina na kufanya mambo kwa kujiuliza kabla ya kutenda kwa kuzingatia madhara au faida ya kila jambo tunalofanya. Hii si dunia ya kutegemea mambo kutokea kwa miujiza ama unabii wa enzi za agano la kale au kipindi cha mwanzo cha kazi za Yesu Kristu.Hiki ni kipindi ambacho mwanadamu tayari amepiga hatua kubwa sana kisayansi na ana uwezo mkubwa wa kutumia akili (critical thinking) katika kupima uwezekano ama kutokuwezekana kutokea kwa jambo. Siamini kabisa katika dunia ya kileo bado ni sahihi kukubali kudanganywa kuwa Mungu atamtumia Mzee huyu huko Loliondo atupe dawa ya mitishamba tupone magonjwa kama Ukimwi.

Si kwamba siamini kuwa Mungu hafanyi kazi yake katika Dunia ya leo, la hasha. Ila maadam tunasema kuwa dawa ya mzee huyu inatibu kupitia kuoteshwa na Mungu; swali langu ni kuwa: Je tunatumia kigezo gani au tuna hakika gani kuwa hiyo ndoto ya Mzee Mwasapile ilikuwa ni ya kweli kutoka kwa Mungu au inatokana na nguvu za Kishetani? Ikiwa ndoto hiyo ilimtokea yeye tu bila ushuhuda mwingine, nani anaweza kuthibitisha kweli kuwa ndoto hiyo ilikuwa ya Mungu au Shetani? Mimi ninaamini kuwa kama tutakubaliana na Mzee Mwasapile basi tunajenga “Precedent” mbaya kwa mustakabali wa jamii nzima ya watanzania na hata kizazi kijacho. Kutokana na changamoto nyingi za maisha ya sasa, ni wazi kabisa kuwa tutegemee kutokewa na watanzania wengi tu kwa kisingizio cha “kuoteshwa” na watatudai chochote tuwape au tuwachague kwenye nafasi kadhaa za kiuongozi na wananchi watawasikiliza kwa kisingizio cha agizo la Mungu. Ni hatari sana kwa jamii.

Jambo lingine ni kuwa kama tukikubali kirahisi hivi na serikali ikawa rahisi kutoa ushirikiano kwa kufuata maelekezo ya Babu kumwekea ulinzi na huduma zingine huku viongozi wenye ushawishi kwenye jamii kama maaskofu, mawaziri na wasomi kadhaa wakienda kupata kikombe, ni wazi inatia wasiwasi sana kama kweli hivi serikali yetu inajua kuwa kuna tofauti kati ya “theocracy na democracy”?

Napenda nisema tu kuwa sipingi tiba mbadala kabisa; ila naamini nchi yetu inao utaratibu wa tiba mbadala ambao kwa huduma kama hizi za Babu Mwaisapile, ni lazima zingefuatwa tu. Hizi ni huduma za dawa za mitishamba lakini zinakwenda mbali zaidi kwa kumhusisha Mwenyezi Mungu. Kwa ujumla hii ni huduma ya matibabu ya kiroho ambayo naamini kiutaratibu inaangukia katika fungu moja sawa na huduma za kiroho za watu kama Kakobe, Mwakasege na Mzee wa Upako. Sijawahi kuwaona hawa niliowataja wanapotoa huduma zao wanaiamrisha au kuisukuma serikali watakavyo. Hapa sisemi kuwa Babu Mwaisapile ameisukuma serikali, lakini kwa kuamua kusisitiza kuwa dawa yake ni lazima itolewe tu kijijini Samunge, kimantiki ameikamata serikali na kuiendesha. Nimeshuhudia wananchi wagonjwa wakilalamika serikali ifanye hili na lile ili waweze kupata huduma bora za Babu utadhani ni wajibu wa serikali kusimamia taratibu za tiba ya Babu.

Naamini Babu alipaswa kuandaa mazingira ya kazi yake na ikibidi abuni njia bora za kuwafikia walengwa wake katika sehemu mbalimbali za Tanzania. Hili halikuwezekana kwani Mungu aliagiza ndotoni kuwa tiba ni pale kijijini tu. Je serikali hapa ina uhakika gani kuwa tiba ni palepale? Na je utaratibu wa tiba mbadala wa mitishamba au ule wa kiroho si unao utaratibu wa kisheria ambao ungepaswa kufuatwa? Ni nini kiliizuia serikali kushindwa kuhakikisha huyu Babu anafuata utaratibu? Kwani naamini huyu Babu hajasajiliwa kisheria. Ni wazi licha ya Babu pia serikali ilishindwa kuhimili shinikizo (pressure) ya wananchi ambao walikuwa ni wengi kila kukicha. Kushindwa huku ilikuwa ni kuonesha kuwa hakuna mtu ndani ya serikali ambaye alikuwa yuko tayari kuthubutu hata kusema kuwa dawa ile bado haijathibitishwa kisayansi na kwa mujibu wa taratibu za kiafya. Sielewi mara tutakapoanza kuona watu hawaponi matatizo yao, je serikali itasema nini? Je itamchukulia Babu Mwaisapile hatua?

Kwa yaliyokwishatokea Loliondo, serikali yetu imedhihirisha udhaifu sana. Ninaiona hatari kuwa sasa tumefika hali ya hatari ambapo maadam wananchi wengi wanataka jambo fulani kwa wingi wao litekelezwe watakavyo hata kama ni kinyume na utaratibu, serikali yetu inakosa nguvu za kuweka mwongozo wa utaratibu unaojali sheria uzingatiwe. Si sahihi kabisa kwa viongozi na watendaji wa serikali kutoa matamko ambayo hayana mashiko katika jambo la msingi. Ninaamini hili jambo lilikuwa ni la kiroho na kiimani, lakini kwa kuzingatia kuwa serikali yetu ni “secular state”, inaweza kutoa mwongozo kwenye jambo lolote linalowahusu wananchi wake bila kujali ni la kiserikali, kidini au kichawi. Wazungu wana msemo: “Where the bucks stop”, serikali ndio mwisho wa yote. Hapa Loliondo serikali ilinywea kwa dawa ya mchungaji hadi hata kuruhusu wagonjwa kutolewa mahospitalini. Hili lingetokea tu kama serikali ilikuwa na uhakika kuwa dawa ya Babu Mwaisapile inatibu; na ingetoa ushauri wagonjwa mahututi wahamishwe. Maadam kulikuwa hakuna uthibitisho wa dhati wa kutibu kutokana na dawa hiyo, basi serikali isingelizuia wagonjwa kutoka hospitali bali ingetangazia umma kuwa dawa hiyo haijathibitishwa kuwa inatibu na hivyo wagonjwa wako huru kuamua kuifuata ama kubakia hospitalini. Lakini serikali haikuwa na tamko la wazi kabisa kuwafahamisha wananchi wake kuwa dawa inatibu au la.

Binafsi ninaamini Mungu yuko; dhana yangu ya Mungu inatokana na imani yangu ya dini ninayoifuata. Katika hili la Babu wa Loliondo, watu wanasema ni tiba ya imani. Nina mashaka sana na huyu Mungu wa kuotesha watu ni yupi? Kwa kuzingatia kuwa Mungu wa karne hii tuliyonayo ni yule yule wa siku zote, ninaamini kuwa katika dunia ya karne tuliyonayo leo hii, changamoto za dunia zimebadilika sana kutoka zile za enzi za miujiza kabla na wakati wa Yesu Kristu. Katika vitabu vitakatifu tumeshuhudia Mungu akifanya kazi zake kupambana na changamoto za zama hizo za kale kabla ya Yesu na kipindi cha Yesu. Changamoto hizo ni tofauti kabisa na enzi tuliyonayo kipindi cha sasa. Enzi hizo ilikuwa ni dunia isiyokuwa ya kufikiri (critical thinking) kama ilivyo dunia ya kisasa. Kwa hili, ni wazi kuwa si mara zote yale yaliyofanywa enzi za kabla na kipindi cha Yesu Kristu yanaweza kabisa kuhalalisha matukio yote na changamoto zote za maisha ya kileo. Ni vigumu sana mtu akajitokeza leo na kudai eti katumwa na Mungu au kaoteshwa na watu wenye akili timamu wakamwamini kirahisi rahisi tu kwa kuzingatia eti kwasababu watu wengi wanamkubali.

Tuko katika dunia ambayo kufikiri kwa kina ni silaha muhimu sana kwa kila mwanadamu ili aweze kushinda changamoto za dunia. Kuishi kwa kufuata upepo tu, hasa kwa masuala yanayohusu Mungu au imani inaweza ikawa ni kiama kwa nchi yetu. Nasema hivi kwani ni hivi majuzi tu kule Nigeria wameibuka watu huko Kaskazini wakiwashawishi vijana wasiokuwa na kazi wajiunge na kikundi chenye imani ya kidini ya kiislamu wanajiita “Bokoharam” wakiwaua na kuchoma makanisa ya wakristu wakiamini watapata thawabu. Yapo pia makanisa na hata watu wamefikia mahali wanajiita eti ni manabii hata hapa Tanzania na watu wengi wanawaamini kuwa wana uwezo wa unabii. Haya yote yanachangiwa na kukuwa kwa tatizo la ujinga ‘ignorance’ na inasikitisha ujinga umeenea hata kwa wasomi na taaluma mbalimbali.

Binafsi naamini kabisa kama jamii tuna kazi ya kung’amua dhana ya Mungu - God’s concept, kwani watanzania wa leo wana dhana nyingi sana za Mungu. Kila mtu ana Mungu wake na hii inapelekea sasa kuamini kila anayekuja na miujiza akituambia ni ya Mungu. Ni lazima tuwe makini katika kujiuliza kwa kufikiri kwa dhati juu ya uhalisia wa kazi na utendaji wa Mungu katika dunia yetu leo hii. Binafsi naamini kuwa Mungu yupo, miujiza ya kimungu ipo, tiba mbadala za mitishamba na hata za kiroho zipo. Tatizo langu ni kuwa ingawa huwa ninasikia sana kuwa tiba za kiimani (kiroho) zinatibu ambapo vilema wanatembea, vipofu wanaona na viziwi wanasikia lakini katika umri wangu sijawahi kumwona huyo mtu aliyewahi kutembea, kuona au kusikia. Kwangu, naamini tiba ya kiroho inakuzwa sana, kinachowezekana tu ni pale ambapo nguvu ya kiroho inapopambana na mapepo. Hapa naamini kabisa inafanya kazi lakini si katika kutibu magonjwa ambayo yanapaswa yatibiwe hospitalini. Sanasana inasaidia tu ikiwa ni kama therapy na ni kwa baadhi ya magonjwa. Si yote yanahitaji therapy, mtu hawezi pona kidonda kwa nguvu ya imani, ni lazima apate dawa.

Wako wengine wanategemea tiba za kupiga ramli. Hizi zipo na ni kielelezo cha watu walivyo na dhana mbalimbali za Kiroho. Hizi kidini zinapingwa na ni ushirikina kwani hazielezeki na zinavuka zile taratibu takatifu za kimungu huku mara nyingi zikitumika kuwadhuru wengine. Kimsingi upigaji ramli hauna furaha ya kweli kwa mtumiaji, ila gagari tu ya watu katika kuishi (superfircial).

Hivyo basi, kama dawa ya Babu Mwaisapile inatibu basi itakuwa ni dawa ya mitishamba ambayo kama zilivyo dawa zingine za kisayansi mahospitalini zimepatikana kutokana na baraka za Mwenyezi Mungu. Kufurika kwa wananchi wengi huko Loliondo na kushindwa kwa serikali kutekeleza wajibu wa kuwafahamisha wananchi kama kweli dawa hiyo ni salama au muafaka inaleta walakini sana kama kweli wataalam wetu wa afya wanasomea kazi zao na wanafuzu kufikia kiwango cha kujiamini. Kigugumizi cha wataalam wa afya na kauli za tahadhari za wataalam wa afya na hata watawala wa serikali ni kielelezo kuwa elimu wanayoipata baadhi ya watanzania haiwajengei kujiamini kwa kile wanachokiamini.

Mwisho huku nikibakia kutoamini hata kidogo juu ya uwezo wa Babu Mwaisapile kutibu magonjwa anayodai, nadhani ni kipindi muafaka kwa watanzania tujikumbushe na tuchukue tahadhari juu ya mambo ya uzushi yanapoibuka. Hili la Babu wa Loliondo ni sawa kabisa na mazingaumbwe (superstition). Hili ni jambo ambalo linaegemea ukweli au imani ambayo haiwezi kuthibitishwa kisayansi. Katika dunia ya leo, kila jambo linahitaji maelezo yanayoonesha “cause and effect”, yaani chanzo na matokeo. Enzi tulizonazo si zile za kuambiwa kitu kisichohitaji kuhojiwa kama ambavyo masuala ya imani yanataka. Kama wananchi wengi tutakubali tu kuwa kila mtu aje na madai ya kuoteshwa, basi tutakuwa ni jamii kuamini mambo yasioelezeka na hatutakuwa tofauti na jamii ya washirikina ambao kwa kawaida ni watu waliokata tama ambao kwao wako tayari kujaribu chochote ili kujisaidia bila kujali usahihi wa njia za kutatua matatizo yao.

Naamini kuwa kwa dunia tuliyofikia leo, tutumie elimu yetu katika kuzingatia kanuni za kujikinga na maradhi mbalimbali. Aina ya maisha tunayoishi, vyakula na vinywaji tunavyotumia ndio chanzo cha maradhi mbalimbali. Tukiweza kuyashinda matamanio yetu itasaidia kupunguza maradhi haya. Si kusubiri watu kuoteshwa ndoto na Mungu ndio itakuwa kinga yetu.

RAISI YOWERI MUSEVENI NA JINSI ANAVYOMUONA GADAFI NA UTAWALA WAKE

2011-03-22T05:27:00.000-07:00

Rais Yoweri Museveni kaandika makala juu ya kasheshe la Libya. Amemchambua raisi mwenzake kwa undani. Amekataa kabisa waasi wa Libya kusaidiwa na nguvu kutoka nje lakini akanishangaza kuwa hata yeye aliingia madarakani kwa nguvu kutoka nje, hasa Tanzania.
HII NDIYO MAKALA YAKE
By the time Muammar Gaddaffi came to power in 1969, I was a third year university student at Dar-es-Salaam. We welcomed him because he was in the tradition of Col. Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt who had a nationalist and pan-Arabist position.

Soon, however, problems cropped up with Col. Gaddafi as far as Uganda and Black Africa were concerned:

1. Idi Amin came to power with the support of Britain and Israel because they thought he was uneducated enough to be used by them. Amin, however, turned against his sponsors when they refused to sell him guns to fight Tanzania. Unfortunately, Col. Muammar Gaddafi, without getting enough information about Uganda, jumped in to support Idi Amin.

This was because Amin was a ‘Moslem’ and Uganda was a ‘Moslem country’ where Moslems were being ‘oppressed’ by Christians. Amin killed a lot of people extra-judicially and Gaddafi was identified with these mistakes. In 1972 and 1979, Gaddafi sent Libyan troops to defend Idi Amin when we attacked him. I remember a Libyan Tupolev 22 bomber trying to bomb us in Mbarara in 1979.

The bomb ended up in Nyarubanga because the pilots were scared. They could not come close to bomb properly. We had already shot-down many Amin MIGs using surface-to-air missiles.

The Tanzanian brothers and sisters were doing much of this fighting. Many Libyan militias were captured and repatriated to Libya by Tanzania. This was a big mistake by Gaddafi and a direct aggression against the people of Uganda and East Africa.

2. The second big mistake by Gaddafi was his position vis-à-vis the African Union (AU) Continental Government “now”. Since 1999, he has been pushing this position. Black people are always polite. They, normally, do not want to offend other people. This is called: ‘obufura’ in Runyankore, mwolo in Luo – handling, especially strangers, with care and respect. It seems some of the non-African cultures do not have ‘obufura’.

You can witness a person talking to a mature person as if he/she is talking to a kindergarten child. “You should do this; you should do that; etc.” We tried to politely point out to Col. Gaddafi that this was difficult in the short and medium term. We should, instead, aim at the Economic Community of Africa and, where possible, also aim at Regional Federations.

Col. Gaddafi would not relent. He would not respect the rules of the AU. Something that has been covered by previous meetings would be resurrected by Gaddafi. He would ‘overrule’ a decision taken by all other African Heads of State. Some of us were forced to come out and oppose his wrong position and, working with others, we repeatedly defeated his illogical position.

3. The third mistake has been the tendency by Col. Gaddafi to interfere in the internal affairs of many African countries using the little money Libya has compared to those countries. One blatant example was his involvement with cultural leaders of Black Africa – kings, chiefs, etc.

Since the political leaders of Africa had refused to back his project of an African Government, Gaddafi, incredibly, thought that he could by-pass them and work with these kings to implement his wishes. I warned Gaddafi in Addis Ababa that action would be taken against any Ugandan king that involved himself in politics because it was against our Constitution.

I moved a motion in Addis Ababa to expunge from the records of the AU all references to kings (cultural leaders) who had made speeches in our forum because they had been invited there illegally by Col. Gaddafi.

4. The fourth big mistake was by most of the Arab leaders, including Gaddafi to some extent. This was in connection with the long suffering people of Southern Sudan. Many of the Arab leaders either supported or ignored the suffering of the Black people in that country.

This unfairness always created tension and friction between us and the Arabs, including Gaddafi to some extent. However, I must salute H.E. Gaddafi and H.E. Hosni Mubarak for travelling to Khartoum just before the Referendum in Sudan and advised H.E. Bashir to respect the results of that exercise.

5. Sometimes Gaddafi and other Middle Eastern radicals do not distance themselves sufficiently from terrorism even when they are fighting for a just cause. Terrorism is the use of indiscriminate violence – not distinguishing between military and non-military targets. The Middle Eastern radicals, quite different from the revolutionaries of Black Africa, seem to say that any means is acceptable as long as you are fighting the enemy.

That is why they hijack planes, use assassinations, plant bombs in bars, etc. Why bomb bars? People who go to bars are normally merry-makers, not politically minded people. We were together with the Arabs in the anti-colonial struggle. The Black African liberation movements, however, developed differently from the Arab ones. Where we used arms, we fought soldiers or sabotaged infrastructure but never targeted non-combatants.

These indiscriminate methods tend to isolate the struggles of the Middle East and the Arab world. It would be good if the radicals in these areas could streamline their work methods in this area of using violence indiscriminately.

These five points above are some of the negative points in connection to Col. Gaddafi as far as Uganda’s patriots have been concerned over the years. These positions of Col. Gaddafi have been unfortunate and unnecessary.

Nevertheless, Gaddafi has also had many positive points objectively speaking. These positive points have been in favour of Africa, Libya and the Third World. I will deal with them point by point:

1. Col. Gaddafi has been having an independent foreign policy and, of course, also independent internal policies. I am not able to understand the position of Western countries which appear to resent independent-minded leaders and seem to prefer puppets.

Puppets are not good for any country. Most of the countries that have transitioned from Third World to First World status since 1945 have had independent-minded leaders: South Korea (Park Chung-hee), Singapore (Lee Kuan Yew), China People’s Republic (Mao Tse Tung, Chou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Marshal Yang Shangkun, Li Peng, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jing Tao, etc), Malaysia (Dr. Mahthir Mohamad), Brazil (Lula Da Silva), Iran (the Ayatollahs), etc.

Between the First World War and the Second World War, the Soviet Union transitioned into an Industrial country propelled by the dictatorial but independent-minded Joseph Stalin. In Africa we have benefited from a number of independent-minded leaders: Col. Nasser of Egypt, Mwalimu Nyerere of Tanzania, Samora Machel of Mozambique, etc.

That is how Southern Africa was liberated. That is how we got rid of Idi Amin. The stopping of genocide in Rwanda and the overthrow of Mobutu, etc., were as a result of efforts of independent-minded African leaders. Muammar Gaddafi, whatever his faults, is a true nationalist. I prefer nationalists to puppets of foreign interests.

Where have the puppets caused the transformation of countries? I need some assistance with information on this from those who are familiar with puppetry.

Therefore, the independent-minded Gaddafi had some positive contribution to Libya, I believe, as well as Africa and the Third World. I will take one little example.

At the time we were fighting the criminal dictatorships here in Uganda, we had a problem arising of a complication caused by our failure to capture enough guns at Kabamba on the 6th of February, 1981.

Gaddafi gave us a small consignment of 96 rifles, 100 anti-tank mines, etc., that was very useful. He did not consult Washington or Moscow before he did this.

This was good for Libya, for Africa and for the Middle East. We should also remember as part of that independent-mindedness he expelled British and American military bases from Libya, etc.

2. Before Gaddafi came to power in 1969, a barrel of oil was 40 American cents. He launched a campaign to withhold Arab oil unless the West paid more for it. I think the price went up to US$ 20 per barrel.

When the Arab-Israel war of 1973 broke out, the barrel of oil went to US$ 40. I am, therefore, surprised to hear that many oil producers in the world, including the Gulf countries, do not appreciate the historical role played by Gaddafi on this issue.

The huge wealth many of these oil producers are enjoying was, at least in part, due to Gaddafi’s efforts. The Western countries have continued to develop in spite of paying more for oil. It, therefore, means that the pre-Gaddafi oil situation was characterized by super exploitation in favour of the Western countries.

3. I have never taken time to investigate socio-economic conditions within Libya. When I was last there, I could see good roads even from the air. From the TV pictures, you can even see the rebels zooming up and down in pick-up vehicles on very good roads accompanied by Western journalists.

Who built these good roads? Who built the oil refineries in Brega and those other places where the fighting has been taking place recently? Were these facilities built during the time of the king and his American as well as British allies or were they built by Gaddafi?

In Tunisia and Egypt, some youths immolated (burnt) themselves because they had failed to get jobs. Are the Libyans without jobs also? If so, why, then, are there hundreds of thousands of foreign workers? Is Libya’s policy of providing so many jobs to Third World workers bad? Are all the children going to school in Libya? Was that the case in the past – before Gaddafi?

Is the conflict in Libya economic or purely political? Possibly Libya could have transitioned more if they encouraged the private sector more. However, this is something the Libyans are better placed to judge.

As it is, Libya is a middle income country with GDP standing at US$ 89.03 billion. This is about the same as the GDP of South Africa at the time Mandela took over leadership in 1994 and it about 155 times the current size of GDP of Spain.

4. Gaddafi is one of the few secular leaders in the Arab world. He does not believe in Islamic fundamentalism that is why women have been able to go to school, to join the Army, etc. This is a positive point on Gaddafi’s side.

Coming to the present crisis, therefore, we need to point out some issues:

1. The first issue is to distinguish between demonstrations and insurrections. Peaceful demonstrations should not be fired on with live bullets. Of course, even peaceful demonstrations should coordinate with the Police to ensure that they do not interfere with the rights of other citizens.

When rioters are, however, attacking Police stations and Army barracks with the aim of taking power, then, they are no longer demonstrators; they are insurrectionists. They will have to be treated as such.

A responsible Government would have to use reasonable force to neutralize them. Of course, the ideal responsible Government should also be an elected one by the people at periodic intervals. If there is a doubt about the legitimacy of a Government and the people decide to launch an insurrection, that should be the decision of the internal forces.

It should not be for external forces to arrogate themselves that role, often, they do not have enough knowledge to decide rightly.

Excessive external involvement always brings terrible distortions. Why should external forces involve themselves? That is a vote of no confidence in the people themselves.

A legitimate internal insurrection, if that is the strategy chosen by the leaders of that effort, can succeed. The Shah of Iran was defeated by an internal insurrection; the Russian Revolution in 1917 was an internal insurrection; the Revolution in Zanzibar in 1964 was an internal insurrection; the changes in Ukraine, Georgia, etc., all were internal insurrections.

It should be for the leaders of the Resistance in that country to decide their strategy, not for foreigners to sponsor insurrection groups in sovereign countries.

I am totally allergic to foreign, political and military involvement in sovereign countries, especially the African countries. If foreign intervention is good, then, African countries should be the most prosperous countries in the world because we have had the greatest dosages of that: slave trade, colonialism, neo-colonialism, imperialism, etc.

All those foreign imposed phenomena have, however, been disastrous. It is only recently that Africa is beginning to come up partly because of rejecting external meddling. External meddling and the acquiescence by Africans into that meddling have been responsible for the stagnation in Africa.

The wrong definition of priorities in many of the African countries is, in many cases, imposed by external groups. Failure to prioritize infrastructure, for instance, especially energy, is, in part, due to some of these pressures. Instead, consumption is promoted. I have witnessed this wrong definition of priorities even here in Uganda.

External interests linked up, for instance, with internal bogus groups to oppose energy projects for false reasons. How will an economy develop without energy? Quislings and their external backers do not care about all this.

2. If you promote foreign backed insurrections in small countries like Libya, what will you do with the big ones like China which has got a different system from the Western systems? Are you going to impose a no-fly-zone over China in case of some internal insurrections as happened in Tiananmen Square, in Tibet or in Urumqi?

3. The Western countries always use double standards. In Libya, they are very eager to impose a no-fly-zone. In Bahrain and other areas where there are pro-Western regimes, they turn a blind eye to the very same conditions or even worse conditions.

We have been appealing to the UN to impose a no-fly-zone over Somalia so as to impede the free movement of terrorists, linked to Al-Qaeda, that killed Americans on September 11th, killed Ugandans last July and have caused so much damage to the Somalis, without success. Why? Are there no human beings in Somalia similar to the ones in Benghazi? Or is it because Somalia does not have oil which is not fully controlled by the western oil companies on account of Gaddafi’s nationalist posture?

4. The Western countries are always very prompt in commenting on every problem in the Third World – Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, etc. Yet, some of these very countries were the ones impeding growth in those countries.

There was a military coup d'état that slowly became a Revolution in backward Egypt in 1952. The new leader, Nasser, had ambition to cause transformation in Egypt.

He wanted to build a dam not only to generate electricity but also to help with the ancient irrigation system of Egypt. He was denied money by the West because they did not believe that Egyptians needed electricity. Nasser decided to raise that money by nationalizing the Suez Canal.

He was attacked by Israel, France and Britain. To be fair to the USA, President Eisenhower opposed that aggression that time. Of course, there was also the firm stand of the Soviet Union at that time. How much electricity was this dam supposed to produce? Just 2000 mgws for a country like Egypt!! What moral right, then, do such people have to comment on the affairs of these countries?

5. Another negative point is going to arise out of the by now habit of the Western countries over-using their superiority in technology to impose war on less developed societies without impeachable logic. This will be the igniting of an arms race in the world.

The actions of the Western countries in Iraq and now Libya are emphasizing that might is “right.” I am quite sure that many countries that are able will scale up their military research and in a few decades we may have a more armed world.

This weapons science is not magic. A small country like Israel is now a super power in terms of military technology. Yet 60 years ago, Israel had to buy second-hand fouga magister planes from France.

There are many countries that can become small Israels if this trend of overusing military means by the Western countries continues.

6. All this notwithstanding, Col. Gaddafi should be ready to sit down with the opposition, through the mediation of the AU, with the opposition cluster of groups which now includes individuals well known to us – Ambassador Abdalla, Dr. Zubeda, etc.

I know Gaddafi has his system of elected committees that end up in a National People’s Conference. Actually Gaddafi thinks this is superior to our multi-party systems. Of course, I have never had time to know how truly competitive this system is.

Anyway, even if it is competitive, there is now, apparently, a significant number of Libyans that think that there is a problem in Libya in terms of governance.

Since there has not been internationally observed elections in Libya, not even by the AU, we cannot know what is correct and what is wrong. Therefore, a dialogue is the correct way forward.

7. The AU mission could not get to Libya because the Western countries started bombing Libya the day before they were supposed to arrive.

However, the mission will continue. My opinion is that, in addition, to what the AU mission is doing, it may be important to call an extra-ordinary Summit of the AU in Addis Ababa to discuss this grave situation.

8. Regarding the Libyan opposition, I would feel embarrassed to be backed by Western war planes because quislings of foreign interests have never helped Africa.

We have had a copious supply of them in the last 50 years – Mobutu, Houphouet Boigny, Kamuzu Banda, etc. The West made a lot of mistakes in Africa and in the Middle East in the past.

Apart from the slave trade and colonialism, they participated in the killing of Lumumba, until recently, the only elected leader of Congo, the killing of Felix Moummie of Cameroon, Bartholomew Boganda of Central African Republic, the support for UNITA in Angola, the support for Idi Amin at the beginning of his regime, the counter-revolution in Iran in 1953, etc.

Recently, there has been some improvement in the arrogant attitudes of some of these Western countries. Certainly, with Black Africa and, particularly, Uganda, the relations are good following their fair stand on the Black people of Southern Sudan.

With the democratization of South Africa and the freedom of the Black people in Southern Sudan, the difference between the patriots of Uganda and the Western Governments had disappeared. Unfortunately, these rush actions on Libya are beginning to raise new problems. They should be resolved quickly.

Therefore, if the Libyan opposition groups are patriots, they should fight their war by themselves and conduct their affairs by themselves. After all, they easily captured so much equipment from the Libyan Army, why do they need foreign military support? I only had 27 rifles. To be puppets is not good.

9. The African members of the Security Council voted for this Resolution of the Security Council. This was contrary to what the Africa Peace and Security Council had decided in Addis Ababa recently. This is something that only the extra-ordinary summit can resolve.

10. It was good that certain big countries in the Security Council abstained on this Resolution. These were: Russia, China, Brazil, India, etc. This shows that there are balanced forces in the world that will, with more consultations, evolve more correct positions.

11. Being members of the UN, we are bound by the Resolution that was passed, however rush the process. Nevertheless, there is a mechanism for review. The Western countries, which are most active in these rush actions, should look at that route.

It may be one way of extricating all of us from possible nasty complications. What if the Libyans loyal to Gaddafi decide to fight on? Using tanks and planes that are easily targeted by Mr. Sarkozy’s planes is not the only way of fighting. Who will be responsible for such a protracted war? It is high time we did more careful thinking.

Yoweri K. Museveni
PRESIDENT

GADAFI KUKIONA CHA MOTO

2011-03-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

Ni vita inayochochewa na Uingereza na Ufaransa wakijaribu kumsapoti Mmarekani.
Gadafi mwenyewe kajificha kwenye handaki, je atapona?

MEYA KIJANA WA JIJI LA KAMPALA

2011-03-19T03:27:00.000-07:00

Huyu bwana ana kazi kubwa kuongoza jiji la Kampala.
Hebu soma mipango ya meya huyu:

GHADAFI SASA ANAHANGAIKA

2011-03-02T05:26:00.000-08:00

Nimekuwa nikimtizama Moumar Gadafi akihutubia hadhara fulani mchana huu jijini Tripoli. Analaumu UN kuweka vikwazo na pia anasema eti Libya hakkuna watu wanaompinga ila kkuna uvamizi wa Al Quida tu.
Kama mtu ulifuatilia wakati Sadam Hussein alipokuwa anakaribia kufikia kilele cha utawala wake ni mfanano na jinsi ambavyo Gadafi anajaribu kufanya. Ninaamini kabisa, pindi ambapo Marekani na washirika wake wakiingia Libya basi tutairejea ile Movie ya Sadam Hussein. Pamoja na kwamba kuingia kwa Marekani kutaambatana na maslahi yake kiuchumi, lakini ni vyema waingilie ili madikteta wa Afrika wafunzwe adabu.

SABABU ZA MUSEVENI KUSHINDA UCHAGUZI TENA

2011-02-26T11:04:00.000-08:00

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ameshinda urais wiki iliyopita na hii inathibitisha ataitawala Uganda kwa kipindi cha miaka mitano ijayo kufanya awe ametawala kwa miaka 30. Katiba ya Uganda ambayo ilibadilishwa na kuondoa ukomo wa utawala kwa kura nyingi za wabunge wa chama tawala ndio inayoruhusu hali hii.
Hata hivyo wananchi nao wanaonekana wanampenda huyu mzee kwani amewatoa mbali sana. Lakini pia ameweza kuwa mwanasiasa anayezungumza mambo yenye mashiko kwa wananchi wa kawaida tofauti na mpinzani wake Kizza Besigye. Hii ndio nguzo yake kuu. Ukisoma makala ifuatayo utaona ni kwanini hasa huyu mzee inakuwa vigumu wananchi wamwache?
Pia wengine wameona kuwa kitendo cha kutojiunga wapinzani kwa pamoja kimewaua ingawa pia hii ingekuwa ni kuua umaarufu wa chama cha FDC.

MUSEVENI ASHINDA URAISI TENA

2011-02-20T09:59:00.000-08:00

Rais Yoweri Museveni ameshinda kipindi cha tano cha urais nchini Uganda.

ETI CABINET LA JK NI KUBWA?

2011-02-10T01:04:00.002-08:00

CABINET LA MUSEVENI NI BALAA
Soma stori hii.

ETI CABINET LA JK NI KUBWA?

2011-02-10T01:04:00.001-08:00

CABINET LA MUSEVENI NI BALAA
Soma stori hii.

MAUAJI YA ARUSHA

2011-01-07T00:59:00.000-08:00

Tukio lililotokea Arusha naamini linaweza kuwa ni kielelezo muhimu katika kujenga msingi wa demokrasia katika Tanzania ya kisasa. Kama tuna uelewa wa kileo naamini katika tukio hili basi kuna haja ya mambo yafuatayo kutokea:
i)Ni sawa kabisa kwa viongozi wa Chadema kufikishwa mahakamani lakini mahakama hiyo iwe huru. Na wahukumiwe kama wana hatia.
ii)Yaanzishwe mashtaka katika mahakama kuu juu ya maisha ya watu waliouawa, jeruhiwa, na hata kuvunjiwa haki za binadamu. Mashtaka haya yawe dhidi ya jeshi la polisi na kwa yeyote ambaye alihusika katika kusababisha hasara au hata kushambulia polisi.
iii)Naamini, ikiwa haya yatafanyika, basi IGP, ARUSHA RPC,WAZIRI WA MAMBO YA NDANI lazima wawajibike na tukio hili.
Kama kweli tunataka mabadiliko ya kweli basi kuna haja ya kampeni maalum za kuwalazimisha watendaji wakuu wa Polisi wawajibike. Vyombo vya habari visilale.

TOP AFRICAN DICTATORS 2011

2011-01-01T13:07:00.000-08:00

Story: Courtesy of East African Newspaper
The problems of corruption, violence, poverty and elections that make a mockery of democracy continue to be a monkey on Africa’s back.Increasingly, though, they are now becoming the lesser problem, not the primary one.

There is now a new narrative, which no longer sounds overly optimistic — that Africa is on the course to being “the most happening” continent in the world.

In 2010, Africa’s population surpassed one billion people — close on the heels of China and India.

And something else — just over 40 per cent of Africans live in cities — a proportion close to China’s and India’s.

This is important because it is cities that drive modern economies.

And, for good measure, statistics show that 59 million African households earn at least $5,000 per year and that number is forecast to reach 106 million by 2014.

The world’s richest corporations are booking a ringside seat at the Africa party.

Walmart — America’s and the world’s largest supermarket chain — recently offered more than $4 billion to buy a South African retail chain.

Coca-Cola has announced it will spend $12 billion over the next 10 years to improve its production and sales network across the continent.

Increasingly, many people argue that Africa has one big problem to solve — leadership; especially political leadership.

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, thinking along the same lines, in 2007 launched its African Leadership Prize.

At $5 million, it is the world’s richest prize. The prize was to encourage good leadership and democracy, and was given to a just-retired leader to enable them keep their inspiring example alive through selected public projects.

After two awards, it ran out of candidates. Apart from the Mo Ibrahim Prize, there is no other significant effort to put the spotlight on African leaders.

At Nation Media Group, we decided to offer some thought on this matter, and our Africa Project staffers SAMANTHA SPOONER and JEFFREY DAVIS spent the year tracking reports of the political actions of all of Africa’s leaders and measuring them against the impact their governments had. The result is our first Annual African Leaders Scorecard.It is a first stab, a throwing of the stone in the bush to see what comes out.
We rely on various indexes; The Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance; the Democracy Index; Freedom House’s Press Freedom Index; Transparency International’s Corruption Index; and the UN’s Human Development Index.

We then developed a Nation Media Group (NMG) Index to complement the others we chose.

The final score on which the political leaders are judged is an average of the scores from all these indexes.

This is, by no means, an iron-clad scientific approach, and should be considered as the beginning of an exploration and measurement of the continent’s leaders that, we hope, we shall only be able to perfect in the years to come.

HERI YA MWAKA MPYA 2011

2011-01-01T13:04:00.000-08:00

HERI YA MWAKA MPYA 2011

2010-12-31T14:22:00.000-08:00

SALAM ZA MWAKA MPYA ZA RAIS WA JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA MHESHIMIWA DKT. JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE KWA WATANZANIA, TAREHE 31 DESEMBA, 2010

Ndugu Wananchi;

Habari za jioni.

Leo tunauaga Mwaka 2010 na kuukaribisha Mwaka 2011. Kama ilivyo ada, hatuna budi kumshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu mwingi wa rehema, kwa kutujaalia uhai na kutuwezesha kuifikia siku hii adhimu. Wapo ndugu, jamaa na marafiki zetu wengi ambao hawakujaaliwa bahati hii kwa kuwa wametutangulia mbele ya haki. Tuzidi kuwaombea kwa Mwenyezi Mungu awape mapumziko mema.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Kwa namna ya kipekee mimi binafsi, namshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kunijaalia uzima na kuniwezesha kuendelea kuitumikia nchi yangu na ninyi wananchi wenzangu. Nawashukuruni sana wananchi wenzangu kwa kuendelea kuniunga mkono mimi na kuiunga mkono Serikali yetu ninayoiongoza. Mmefanya hivyo mwaka huu tunaoumaliza leo na tangu tuingie madarakani miaka mitano iliyopita mpaka sasa. Imani na upendo mliyotuonesha vimetupa faraja na ari ya kuendelea kuwatumikia kwa bidii zaidi. Nawaomba muendelee na moyo huo katika mwaka mpya tunaoukaribisha usiku wa leo. Mimi nawaahidi kuendelea kutumia vipaji vyangu vyote nilivyojaaliwa na Mwenyezi Mungu kuwatumikia wakati wote na kwa hali yoyote kama nilivyofanya mwaka huu tunaoumaliza leo na miaka ya nyuma.

Ndugu wananchi;

Mwaka 2010 ulikuwa na shughuli nyingi na mafanikio mengi licha ya kuwepo changamoto mbalimbali zilizojitokeza. Kwa ajili hiyo tunaingia mwaka 2011 tukiwa na matumaini makubwa ya kufanya vizuri zaidi.

Hali ya Usalama Nchini

Ndugu Wananchi;

Hali ya usalama wa nchi yetu ni mzuri, mipaka iko salama na hakuna tishio lolote kutoka mahali popote au watu wowote linalotia mashaka. Uhalifu umeendelea kudhibitiwa na mafanikio yamekuwa yanapatikana. Taarifa ya Jeshi la Polisi ya hivi karibuni inaonyesha kuwa matukio ya uhalifu yamepungua mwaka huu ukilinganisha na mwaka uliopita.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Ni jambo la kujivunia kwamba tumemaliza mchakato wa uchaguzi mkuu kwa amani na salama. Tulikuwa na siku 70 za kampeni, moja ya kupiga kura na siku 6 za kusubiri matokeo bila ya kuwepo matukio ya uvunjifu wa amani yanayostahili kuzungumzwa. Sehemu zetu zote mbili za Muungano kulikuwa salama na Zanzibar ndiko kulikuwa na utulivu mkubwa zaidi kuliko miaka ya nyuma.

Hakika Tanzania tumeendelea kudumisha sifa yetu ya kuwa kisiwa cha amani na utulivu. Naomba sote tujipongeze, lakini tutoe pongezi maalum kwa vyombo vyetu vya ulinzi na usalama kwa kazi kubwa na nzuri waliyoifanya mwaka huu ya kuhakikisha kuwa nchi yetu na watu wake wako salama.

Demokrasia Inazidi Kuimarika

Ndugu Wananchi, Watanzania Wenzangu;

Mwaka huu tumeshuhudia demokrasia ilivyozidi kuota mizizi, kukomaa, kustawi na kuimarika. Tumefanya Uchaguzi Mkuu wa nne chini ya mfumo wa vyama vingi kwa mafanikio makubwa. Sisi wenyewe ni mashahidi na dunia nzima ni mashahidi wa ukweli huo. Wakati tukitambua na kujipongeza kwa mafanikio haya, hatuna budi kujiwekea dhima ya kufanya mambo yetu vizuri zaidi katika chaguzi zijazo. Tufanye tathmini ya uchaguzi wetu uliopita ili tuimarishe na kudumisha yaliyo mazuri na kurekebisha yenye mapungufu.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Uchaguzi wa mwaka huu ulikuwa na ushindani mkali na nguvu ya vyama vya upinzani imeongezeka. Hili ni jambo jema kwa utawala bora na uwajibikaji nchini. Bila ya shaka Bunge litachangamka kama tunavyotarajia sote. Nimewakumbusha Mawaziri wajibu wao wa kuwa makini na kutekeleza majukumu yao kwa ufanisi zaidi Bungeni. Kwa upande wa Chama tawala hatuna budi kujipanga na kujijenga upya kwa kuzingatia mazingira mapya ya kisiasa nchini.

Ndugu Zangu, Watanzania Wenzangu;

Naomba kurudia kukumbusha kuwa uchaguzi ulishaisha Oktoba 31, 2010 na malumbano ya kampeni za uchaguzi yalimalizika wakati ule. Sasa ni wakati wa kuendelea kufanya shughuli zetu za kawaida za kujiletea maendeleo yetu wenyewe na ya nchi yetu. Kuendeleza malumbano na kuendelea kuishi kama vile kampeni za uchaguzi bado zinaendelea siyo sahihi hata kidogo.

Najua wapo baadhi ya wanasiasa na vyama vya siasa ambavyo vimepanga mikakati ya kuendeleza malumbano ya uchaguzi na kutaka Watanzania waishi kama vile nchi ipo kwenye kampeni za uchaguzi. Wamepanga wakati wote kutafuta jambo au hata kuzua jambo ili kuwachochea wananchi waichukie Serikali. Wamepanga kuchochea migomo vyuoni na maandamano ya wananchi mara kwa mara. Kwao wao huo ndiyo mkakati wa kujijenga kisiasa ili kujiandalia ushindi kwenye uchaguzi wa mwaka 2015.

Nawatanabaisha ndugu zangu myajue hayo ili msipoteze muda wenu muhimu wa kujiendeleza na kugeuzwa kuwa mbuzi wa kafara kwa ajili ya kuendeleza maslahi ya kisiasa ya watu fulani. Kwa jinsi watu hao walivyokuwa wabinafsi na wasivyokuwa na huruma na wenzao, wako tayari kuchochea ghasia bila kujali madhara yatakayowakuta watu watakaoshiriki. Wao hasa wanachotaka ni ghasia kutokea na vyombo vya dola kuingilia ati waiambie jumuiya ya kimataifa jinsi Serikali yetu ilivyo katili. Nawasihi ndugu zangu msiwasikilize wala kuwafuata wanasiasa hawa.

Nawaomba, wakiwafuata wakumbusheni kuwa wao wanazo fursa nyingi za kusema wayatakayo Bungeni na kwingineko, waache kuwatumia kama chambo au wahanga wa maslahi yao.

Uwajibikaji wa Mawaziri

Ndugu wananchi;

Tunaumaliza mwaka 2010 na kuukaribisha mwaka 2011 tukiwa na Serikali mpya yenye damu mpya nyingi na changa katika Baraza la Mawaziri. Nimejitahidi kuwapanga Mawaziri hao kwa namna ambayo wanaweza kutumia vyema maarifa yao na uzoefu wao kulisukuma kwa kasi, ari na nguvu zaidi, gurudumu la maendeleo ya nchi yetu. Nimeshakutana na kuzungumza nao wote kuhusu majukumu yao na wajibu wao.

Nimewasisitizia matumaini yangu kwao ya kuwa wachapa kazi hodari na kupiga vita rushwa, uzembe na ubabaishaji bila ya ajizi. Wawe watu waaminifu na waadilifu, watakaochukia maovu na kuyapiga vita kwa nguvu zao zote katika maeneo yao ya kazi. Wawe ni watu wenye moyo wa kuipenda nchi yetu na watu waliotayari kuitumikia kwa moyo na uwezo wao wote. Wawe karibu na watu wawasikilize na wawe wepesi kutatua shida zao. Aidha, nimewakumbusha kutambua kuwa ahadi kubwa ya CCM kwa Watanzania ni Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya mwaka 2010, hivyo wahakikishe kuwa malengo ya Ilani kuhusu maeneo yao ya uongozi wanayatambua vizuri na kuyapangia mipango thabiti ya utekelezaji na kufuatilia kwa dhati utekelezaje wake. Nafurahi kwamba Mawaziri tayari wameanza kazi kwa kasi nzuri na wengine kwa kishindo. Naomba tuendelee kuwaunga mkono na kuwasaidia.

Nidhamu ya Matumizi

Ndugu Wananchi;

Miongoni mwa mambo ambayo nimesisitiza kwa Mawaziri ni kuhakikisha kuwa wanasimamia vizuri ukusanyaji wa mapato ya Serikali na hasa nidhamu ya matumizi ya fedha na mali za umma. Tunapata mafanikio ya kutia moyo kwa upande wa ukusanya mapato. Ndugu zetu wa TRA wanastahili pongezi zetu kwa kazi waifanyayo. Pamoja na hayo hatuna budi kuongeza mapato ya Serikali maradufu juhudi zetu za kukusanya mapato, kwani mahitaji yanazidi kuongezeka wakati uwezo wa mapato hauongezeki kwa kasi hiyo hiyo.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Kwa upande wa nidhamu ya matumizi bado hatujapiga hatua ya kunifanya nipoe moyo, ingawaje kuna mafanikio yanayoendelea kupatikana. Niliwakumbusha Mawaziri kuhusu kuwepo Kamati za Matumizi ya Fedha katika kila Wizara, Idara za Serikali na Halmashauri za Wilaya na Miji ambazo niliagiza ziundwe miaka mitatu iliyopita. Niliwakumbusha kuwa, wakuu wa taasisi hizo ndio wanaoongoza Kamati hizo na hivyo wao ndiyo wanaoongoza Kamati za Wizara zao. Nimewataka wahakikishe kuwa Kamati hizo zinatekeleza ipasavyo majukumu yake ili rasilimali za taifa zifanye kazi iliyokusudiwa. Halikadhalika, niliwataka wahakikishe kuwa Kamati za Idara na Mashirika chini ya Wizara zao zinafanya kazi kwa ukamilifu.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Kwa upande wa Halmashauri za Wilaya na Miji, mwaka huu tuliendelea kuziimarisha Idara za Uhasibu na Ukaguzi wa Ndani. Tutaendelea kuhakikisha kuwa kila Halmashauri ina Wahasibu na Wakaguzi wa Ndani wenye ujuzi na sifa zinazostahili za kitaaluma, uaminifu na uadilifu.

Siku za nyuma tulishafanya uamuzi wa kumfanya Mhasibu Mkuu wa Serikali kuwa na mamlaka ya kuangalia utendaji wa shughuli za fedha katika Halmashauri za Wilaya na Miji kama aliyonayo kwa Wizara na Idara za Serikali Kuu. Mwaka huu tumeamua kuwaunganisha Wakaguzi wote wa Ndani wa Wizara na Idara za Serikali chini ya Uongozi mmoja. Aidha, tumeunda nafasi ya Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Ndani ambaye Wakaguzi wa Ndani wote wa Wizara na Idara za Serikali watakuwa chini yake na kuwajibika kwake. Yeye atahusika na uteuzi wao na kuwapangia vituo. Tumeamua, pia, kuwa Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Ndani atakuwa na mamlaka kwa Wakaguzi wa Ndani wa Halmashauri za Wilaya na Miji. Bila ya shaka hatua hii itasaidia kuimarisha uwajibikaji, nidhamu na uaminifu katika matumizi ya pesa na mali za umma.

Hali ya Uchumi

Ndugu Wananchi;

Tunaumaliza mwaka 2010 hali ya uchumi wa nchi ikiwa ni ya kuridhisha. Inaelekea athari za miaka mitatu iliyopita zilizosababishwa na misukosuko mbalimbali ya uchumi wa dunia sasa zinanza kutoweka. Tunatarajia kuwa mwaka huu uchumi utakua kwa asilimia 7 ukilinganisha na asilimia 6 ya mwaka 2009. Matumaini yetu ni kuwa mwaka 2011 uchumi utakua kwa asilimia 7.2 kama mambo yatakwenda kama tunavyotarajia.

Mfumuko wa bei nao umeshuka sana kutoka wastani wa asilimia 12.1 mwaka 2009 hadi asilimia 5.5 Novemba, 2010. Ni dhamira yetu na matarajio yetu kuwa mfumuko wa bei utaendelea kuwa chini ya hapo. Kwa ajili hiyo hatuna budi kuhakikisha kuwa hali ya ipatikanaji wa chakula nchini inaendelea kuwa nzuri.

Kilimo na Chakula

Ndugu wananchi;

Hali ya upatikanaji wa chakula nchini ilikuwa nzuri katika mwaka 2010 lakini hatuna hakika hali itakuwaje katika mwaka 2011. Tunazo sababu za kutia shaka kwa sababu ya hali ya mvua kutokuwa nzuri katika maeneo mengi hapa nchini. Maeneo mengi yanayopata mvua za vuli katika mikoa ya Pwani, Tanga, Kilimanjaro, Arusha na Manyara hali ilikuwa mbaya. Mvua zimekuwa pungufu sana na wakulima wengi hawakudiriki hata kupanda mazao. Kwa mikoa hii matumaini yetu tunayaweka kwa mvua za masika zinazotarajiwa kuanza kunyesha mwezi Machi. Tuombe kwa Mola mvua zipatikane za kutosha tunusurike na baa la njaa.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Kwa upande wa Mikoa ya Kusini Nyanda za Juu na mingineyo inayopata mvua moja kuanzia mwezi Novemba au Desemba, mvua zilichelewa kuanza kunyesha. Hivi sasa zimeanza na zinaendelea vizuri. Tuzidi kumuomba Mungu ziendelee vizuri ili taifa liwe na hakika ya akiba ya kutosha ya chakula ambayo huchangiwa kwa zaidi ya asilimia 85 na mikoa ya ukanda huu.

Wataalamu wetu wa Idara ya Hali ya Hewa wametahadharisha kuwa hata maeneo haya huenda yakapata mvua chini ya kiwango cha kawaida. Kwa ajili hiyo, niwaombe ndugu zangu wa mikoa ya Iringa, Ruvuma, Mbeya na Rukwa kuhakikisha kuwa wanazitumia vizuri mvua zinazonyesha sasa. Tukifanya hivyo athari za upungufu wa mvua tutazipunguza. Na, kwa wananchi wote kwa jumla nawaomba tuwe waangalifu katika matumizi ya akiba yetu ya chakula tuliyonayo. Wahenga walisema “tahadhari kabla ya hatari”. Tuzingatie maneno hayo ya hekima.

Hifadhi ya Chakula

Ndugu Wananchi;

Mwaka 2010 tumeamua kuongeza akiba yetu ya chakula katika Hifadhi ya Taifa ili ifikie tani 400,000 ifikapo mwaka 2015. Tumeanza safari hiyo kwa dhati. Mwaka huu tumenunua tani 200,000 na kuzihifadhi. Kwa sababu hiyo tuliongeza fedha za kununulia chakula kutoka shilingi bilioni 18.2 hadi shilingi bilioni 60.26. Tutaendelea kukuza uwezo huo mpaka tufikie lengo letu.

Pembejeo za Kilimo

Ndugu Wananchi;

Mwaka huu tumeongeza mbolea ya ruzuku na wakulima wengi zaidi watapata mbolea hiyo. Tutaendelea kufanya hivyo katika miaka ijayo kwa lengo la kuwafikia wakulima milioni 3.5 mpaka 4 miaka mitano ijayo. Aidha, tutaendelea kufuatilia na kuyatafutia ufumbuzi matatizo ya upatikanaji na hasa usambazaji wa pembejeo kwa wakulima na wafugaji. Nasikitishwa sana na taarifa za vitendo vya wizi na udanganyifu vinavyofanywa na baadhi ya mawakala wa mbolea, mbegu na dawa za kilimo na mifugo wakishirikiana na baadhi ya watumishi wa umma wa ngazi mbalimbali.

Nimewataka Mawaziri husika na hasa Wakuu wa Mikoa na Wakuu wa Wilaya na vyombo vya dola yaani Polisi na TAKUKURU kufuatilia mwenendo mzima wa usambazaji na upatikanaji wa mbolea, mbegu na dawa za ruzuku kwa wakulima na wafugaji. Wawatafute na kuwabaini wale wote wanaofanya vitendo viovu kinyume na taratibu zilizowekwa na kuwachukulia hatua za kisheria na kinidhamu. Watu hawa ni wahujumu wa uchumi, ni adui wa wakulima, wafugaji na taifa zima kwa jumla. Hawastahili na wala wasionewe huruma hata chembe.

Ndugu wananchi;

Pamoja na mikakati tuliyojiwekea ya kuboresha kilimo, tutaendelea kuwekeza na kuhamasisha uwekezaji katika sekta nyingine ambazo tunazitegemea zisaidie kukuza uchumi na kupunguza umaskini kama vile viwanda, utalii, biashara, miundombinu ya barabara, reli, bandari, umeme, maji n.k. Kwa upande wa huduma ya fedha, Serikali itaendelea kuongeza mtaji kwenye Benki ya Rasilimali Tanzania (TIB) ili irudie kuwa benki ya maendeleo na kutoa mikopo ya muda wa kati na mrefu kwa wawekezaji wetu. Ni dhamira yetu kuwa mwaka 2011 tuongeze kasi ya kuanzisha Benki ya Kilimo ili ikiwezekana ianze au matayarisho yafikie hatua nzuri ya kuweza kuanza mwaka unaofuata.

Matatizo ya Umeme

Ndugu wananchi;

Mwaka 2010 haukuwa na utulivu wa kutosha kwa upatikanaji wa umeme. Mara kadhaa kumekuwepo na matukio ya kukatika na mgao wa umeme kutokana na uharibifu wa mitambo ya kuzalisha umeme hasa katika kituo cha Songas na vituo vya TANESCO. Pamoja na hayo tatizo la msingi ni uwezo wa uzalishaji wa umeme kuwa mdogo kuliko mahitaji. Hivyo basi, hitilafu katika mtambo mmoja au kituo kimoja cha kuzalisha umeme huzua tatizo kubwa la upatikanaji wa umeme kwa nchi nzima.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Katika kukabiliana na tatizo hilo miaka mitano iliyopita, TANESCO kwa msaada wa Serikali, imeongeza uwezo wa kuzalisha umeme kwa MW 145 (MW 100 Ubungo na MW 45 Tegeta) kwa kutumia gesi asilia. Bahati mbaya mpango wa kuzalisha MW 300 kule Mtwara kwa kushirikiana na sekta binafsi, haukufanikiwa baada ya mwekezaji kushindwa kupata fedha kwa sababu ya mgogoro wa masoko ya fedha ya kimataifa. Kama tatizo hilo lisingekuwepo umeme huo ungekuwa unakamilika au kukaribia kutumika hivi sasa.

Kwa sasa TANESCO ina mipango kadhaa inayoendelea nayo ya kuongeza uzalishaji wa umeme nchini. Kwa msaada wa Serikali ndani ya miezi 12 ijayo, TANESCO itaongeza uzalishaji wa umeme kwa MW 160, (MW 100 Ubungo kwa kutumia gesi asilia na MW 60 Mwanza kwa kutumia dizeli nzito). Kwa kushirikiana na sekta binafsi pia, ndani ya miezi 36 ijayo TANESCO wanatarajia kukamilisha ujenzi wa vituo vya umeme huko Kinyerezi (MW 240) Somanga Fungu (MW 230) na Mtwara (MW 300). Inatarajiwa pia kwamba katika kipindi hicho mradi wa kuzalisha MW 200 pale Kiwira utakamilika.

Bei ya Umeme

Ndugu Wananchi;

Natambua kuwepo kwa mazungumzo, katika jamii kuhusu uamuzi wa EWURA wa kukubali ombi la Shirika la Umeme (TANESCO) kuongeza bei ya umeme. Wakati mwingine mazungumzo yamekuwa na hisia kali na hata jazba kutawala. Wizara, TANESCO na EWURA wameeleza kwa ufasaha misingi iliyotumika mpaka kufikia uamuzi huo. Sina maelezo mazuri zaidi ya hayo. Ninachotaka kusema mimi ni kuwaomba Watanzania wenzangu kutokukubali suala hili la kibiashara na kiuchumi kugeuzwa kuwa la kisiasa na kutafutiwa majawabu ya kisiasa.

Naomba tuamini na kukubali maelezo ya TANESCO na EWURA kwamba katika miaka minne hii gharama za uendeshaji, uzalishaji, usafirishaji na usambazaji wa umeme zimepanda kama zilivyopanda katika shughuli nyingine. Hivyo basi, kutaka bei ya umeme ibaki kama ilivyokuwa miaka minne iliyopita hautokuwa uamuzi sahihi kiuchumi na kibiashara kwa TANESCO. EWURA imefanya kazi nzuri ya kuchambua maombi ya TANESCO na kuyakubali yanayostahili na kuyakataa yasiyostahili kuwa sehemu ya bei. Kwa kufanya hivyo, watumiaji wa umeme wamelindwa wasibebeshwe mzigo usiostahili na Shirila la Umeme limewezeshwa ili lisiendeshe shughuli zake kwa hasara.

Mahusiano ya Kimataifa

Ndugu Wananchi;

Katika mwaka 2010 Serikali iliendelea na jitihada za kupigania na kuendeleza maslahi ya Tanzania miongoni mwa mataifa duniani na mashirika ya kimataifa na kikanda. Kazi hiyo tumeifanya kwa mafanikio na faida zake tunaziona. Tumeshuhudia kuongezeka kwa misaada ya maendeleo, kupatiwa misamaha ya madeni, kuongezeka kwa wawekezaji na mitaji kutoka nje na kuzidi kuongezeka kwa watalii. Aidha, mauzo yetu nje pamoja na mapato na akiba yetu ya fedha za kigeni navyo vimeendelea kuongezeka.

Jina la nchi yetu limeendelea kung’ara katika medani za kimataifa. Tanzania imeendelea kushirikishwa katika masuala muhimu ya kikanda na kimataifa. Kwa mfano, Rais Mstaafu, Mheshimiwa Benjamin W. Mkapa aliteuliwa na Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa kuongoza Tume ya kuangalia mchakato wa kura ya maoni ya Sudan ya Kusini itakayofanyika tarehe 9 Januari, 2011.

Katika kura hiyo, wananchi wa Sudan ya Kusini wataamua iwapo wawe taifa huru au waendelee kuwa sehemu ya Sudan kama ilivyo sasa na Wananchi wa Jimbo la Abyei watapiga kura ya kuamua wawe upande upi: Sudan Kusini au Sudan Kaskazini. Tunamtakia heri Rais Mstaafu Benjamin Mkapa ili akamilishe jukumu hilo kwa mafanikio. Wakati huo huo tunawatakia wananchi wa Sudan ya Kusini na Sudan, kwa jumla, kuendesha zoezi hilo kwa amani na salama ili watu wapate fursa ya kuamua matakwa yao kwa uhuru.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Katika mwaka huu tunaoumaliza leo Umoja wa Mataifa umetupatia heshima nyingine kubwa. Shirika la Afya Duniani limeniteua mimi na Waziri Mkuu wa Canada Mheshimiwa Stephen Harper kuwa Wenyeviti Wenza wa kuongoza Tume ya Kimataifa kuhusu Afya ya Akina Mama na Watoto. Lengo kuu la Tume hiyo ni kuzisaidia nchi zinazoendelea ziweze kutekeleza Malengo ya Milenia kuhusu kupunguza vifo vya akina mama na watoto.

Tume yetu ina kazi ya kupendekeza mfumo wa kutoa taarifa juu ya maendeleo ya afya za akina mama na watoto na kufuatilia utekelezaji wa ahadi za nchi tajiri kuzisaidia nchi masikini kukabiliana na changamoto za afya za akina mama na watoto. Aidha, tunalo jukumu la kupendekeza mfumo wa kufuatilia jinsi fedha zinazotolewa, zinavyotumika kwa malengo yaliyokusudiwa. Tunatarajia kuanza kazi Januari 2011 na kuwasilisha Ripoti yetu kwa Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa kunako Mei 2011.

Michezo

Ndugu Wananchi;

Nafurahi kama tunavyofurahi wote kuwa kwa upande wa michezo, mwaka huu tumeumaliza vizuri. Timu ya Taifa ya Soka ya Tanzania Bara, Kilimanjaro Stars, imefanikiwa kushinda Kombe la Challenge kwa nchi za Afrika Mashariki na Kati baada ya kufanya hivyo mara ya mwisho miaka 16 iliyopita yaani mwaka 1993. Timu yetu ya Soka ya Wanawake, Twiga Stars, nayo kwa mara ya kwanza, iliweza kufikia fainali ya Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika kwa Wanawake.

Hatuna budi kuyatambua na kuyaenzi mafanikio hayo tuliyoyapata. Wakati huo huo tuwatake wanamichezo wetu kuwa na ari ya kufanya vizuri zaidi. Nimetoa changamoto kwa TFF na timu yetu ya taifa kujiwekea lengo la kushiriki fainali za Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika mwaka 2012. Wakiamua hivyo, itabidi waanze sasa kufikiria na kufanya maandalizi ya namna ya kufanikisha lengo hilo.

Napenda kutumia nafasi hii kuwahakikishia wanamichezo wote na Watanzania wenzangu, kuwa nitaendelea kuziunga mkono kwa hali na mali timu zetu zinazoshiriki michezo mbali mbali. Mwaka huu nitakuwa na mazungumzo na viongozi wa riadha ili tuelewane kuhusu namna ya kufufua michezo hiyo ambayo miaka ya nyuma ilililetea taifa letu sifa kubwa.

Maadhimisho ya Miaka 50 ya Uhuru

Ndugu Wananchi;

Mwaka mpya tunaouanza usiku wa leo una umuhimu wa kipekee katika uhai na historia ya nchi yetu. Tarehe 9 Desemba 2011 nchi yetu itatimiza miaka hamsini ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara. Haya si mafanikio madogo hata kidogo. Ni mafanikio makubwa sana ambayo hatuna budi kuyafurahia na kuyasherekea kwa uzito unaostahili.

Katika miaka 50 ya Uhuru wetu tumefanya mambo mengi mazuri ya kujivunia katika nyanja mbalimbali. Tumedumisha uhuru na umoja wa nchi yetu. Kwa hakika hali yetu ilivyo leo kisiasa, kiutamaduni, kiuchumi, kijamii, kiusalama na kimaendeleo kwa jumla, ni tofauti sana na hali ilivyokuwa wakati Tanzania Bara inapata uhuru wake tarehe 9 Desemba, 1961. Natambua pia kwamba katika miaka 50 hii, nchi yetu na watu wake wamekumbana na kukabili changamoto nyingi. Zipo nyingi tulizoziweza na zipo ambazo tunaendelea kuzikabili na tunayo mipango thabiti ya kuhakikisha tunafanikiwa.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Kwa kutambua umuhimu wa aina yake wa maadhimisho ya mwaka huu ya siku ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara tarehe 9 Desemba, 2011, tumekubaliana na viongozi wenzangu Serikalini kuwa tusherehekee siku hiyo kwa uzito unaostahili.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Tumekubaliana pia, tufanye mambo manne muhimu katika maadhimisho hayo. Kwanza, nautangaza mwaka 2011 kuwa ni Mwaka wa Maadhimisho ya Miaka Hamsini ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara. Kilele chake kitakuwa tarehe 9 Desemba, 2011 ambapo kutafanyika sherehe kubwa na za aina yake nchi nzima ambapo wananchi watashirikishwa kwa ukamilifu.

Pili, tufanye tathmini ya kina ya mafanikio tuliyoyapata, katika juhudi zetu za kujiletea maendeleo katika miaka hamsini hii. Kila Wizara, idara na taasisi za Serikali na hata sekta binafsi zifanye tathmini ya eneo lake. Tathmini hizo ziandikwe katika vitabu ili kuhifadhi kumbukumbu hizo muhimu kwetu na kwa vizazi vijavyo. Vitabu na nyaraka hizo vitakuwa kumbukumbu zenye manufaa makubwa kwa wenzetu watakaokuwepo mwaka 2061 wakati wa kusherehekea miaka 100 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara. Itarahisisha kazi yao ya kufanya tathmini wakati huo.

Tatu, kwamba yafanyike maonyesho maalum katika Uwanja wa Maonyesho wa Julius Nyerere hapa Dar es Salaam na kote mikoani kwenye viwanja vya maonyesho, kuelezea mafanikio yaliyopatikana katika nyanja mbalimbali katika miaka 50 tangu Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Jambo la nne ambalo tulilokubaliana kufanya ni kuanzisha mchakato wa kuitazama upya Katiba ya Nchi yetu kwa lengo la kuihuisha ili hatimaye tuwe na Katiba inayoendana na taifa lenye umri wa nusu karne. Katiba yetu ya sasa tuliyoachiwa na waasisi wa taifa letu, imeifanyia nchi yetu mambo mengi mazuri na kuifikisha Tanzania na Watanzania hapa tulipo. Tunayo nchi moja huru, ya kidemokrasia na inayoendesha mambo yake kwa kuzingatia utawala wa sheria, kuheshimu haki za binadamu na mgawanyo wa madaraka miongoni mwa mihimili mikuu ya dola. Nchi yenye amani, utulivu na watu wake ni wamoja, wanaopendana na kushirikiana na maendeleo yanazidi kupatikana.

Pamoja na hayo, mwaka 2011, nchi yetu inatimiza miaka 50 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara, miaka 47 ya Mapinduzi matukufu ya Zanzibar na miaka 47 ya Muungano wa nchi zetu mbili. Yapo mabadiliko mengi yaliyotokea katika nyanja mbalimbali za maisha ya nchi yetu na watu wake katika kipindi hiki. Kwa ajili hiyo ni vyema kuwa na Katiba inayoendana na mabadiliko na matakwa na hali ya sasa. Katiba ambayo italipeleka taifa letu miaka 50 ijayo kwa salama, amani, umoja na kuwepo maendeleo makubwa zaidi.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Ndiyo maana tukaamua kuanzisha mchakato huu na kwa ajili hiyo, nimeamua kuunda Tume maalum ya Katiba, yaani Constitutional Review Commission. Tume hiyo itakayoongozwa na Mwanasheria aliyebobea, itakuwa na wajumbe wanaowakilisha makundi mbalimbali katika jamii yetu kutoka pande zetu mbili za Muungano. Jukumu la msingi la Tume hiyo litakuwa ni kuongoza na kuratibu mchakato utakaowashirikisha wananchi wote bila kubagua, vyama vya siasa, wanasiasa, wafanyabiashara, asasi za kiraia, mashirika ya dini, wanataaluma na makundi mbalimbali ya watu wa nchi yetu kote nchini, katika kutoa maoni yao juu ya wayatakayo kuhusu Katiba ya nchi yao.

Baada ya kukamilisha kukusanya maoni, Tume itatoa mapendekezo yake yatakayofikishwa kwenye vyombo stahiki vya Kikatiba kwa kufanyiwa maamuzi. Baada ya makubaliano kufikiwa, taifa letu litapata Katiba mpya kwa siku itakayoamuliwa ianze kutumika.

Ndugu Wananchi;

Ni matumaini yangu kuwa mchakato huo utaendeshwa vizuri, kwa amani na utulivu kama ilivyo sifa ya nchi yetu na mazoea yetu ya kujadiliana bila kugombana. Wananchi watapewa fursa ya kutosha ya kutoa maoni yao kwa uhuru na pawepo kuvumiliana kwa hali ya juu pale watu wanapotufautiana kwa mawazo. Pasiwepo kutukanana, kudharauliana, kushutumiana, kubezana, kuzomeana wala kushinikizana. Naomba washiriki waongozwe kwa hoja badala ya jazba. Tukiwa na jazba, hasira na kushinikizana kamwe hatutaweza kutengeneza jambo jema. Na inapohusu Katiba ya Nchi itakuwa hasara tupu. Haitakuwa endelevu na kulazimika kufanyiwa marekebisho mengi mwanzoni tu baada ya kutungwa.

Nawaomba Watanzania wenzangu wenye maoni yao wajiandae kushiriki kwa ukamilifu katika mchakato huu. Katoeni maoni yenu mazuri yatakayowezesha nchi yetu kuwa na Katiba itakayokidhi matakwa yetu ya sasa na ya miaka 50 ijayo.

Hitimisho

Ndugu Wananchi, Watanzania Wenzangu;

Napenda kumalizia salamu zangu za Mwaka mpya kwa kumshukuru tena Mwenyezi Mungu kwa rehema zake alizotujaalia mwaka 2010. Tuendelee kumuomba atujaalie baraka tele katika Mwaka ujao wa 2011: Tumuombe nchi yetu iendelee kuwa ya amani na utulivu, watu wake waendelee kuwa wamoja, wanaopenda na kushirikiana, uchumi wetu uendelee kustawi, tupate mvua za kutosha na neema ziwe tele kila mahali.

Kwa furaha na matumaini makubwa nawatakia heri na fanaka katika mwaka mpya 2011. Namtakia kila mmoja wetu mafanikio mema katika shughuli zake za kujiletea maendeleo na kuendeleza hali yake ya maisha.

Mwisho, kabisa nawaomba tuukaribishe na kuusherehekea Mwaka mpya kwa usalama na amani. Heri ya Mwaka Mpya!! Happy New Year!!

Mungu Ibariki Afrika!

Mungu Ibariki Tanzania!

Ahsanteni kwa kunisikiliza.

CHENGE AHUKUMIWA JELA MIAKA MITATU (3)

2010-12-29T23:09:00.000-08:00

Pichani ni Mheshimiwa Chenge akifurahia baada ya kuhukumiwa. Picha nyingine ni ndugu wa Mheshimiwa wakihesabu mahela kulipa faini ya kiasi cha shilingi 700,000/= za kitanzania ili kuepuka kwenda lupango miaka mitatu baada ya kukutwa na kosa la: 1.KUENDESHA GARI BILA UANGALIFU
2.KUENDESHA GARI LENYE BIMA YA KUGUSHI(iliyokwisha muda wake)
3.KUSABABISHA VIFO VYA WATU WAWILI.
Utawala wa sheria na haki umetimiza wajibu wake. Mungu Ibariki Tanzania

RASIMU YA KATIBA - CUF

2010-12-29T23:03:00.001-08:00

Chama cha Cuf kimekuja na rasimu yake ya katiba. Hivi kama kila mtu ataandaa rasimu, sasa si ina maana tunahitaji tu kufanya tu "comparative analysis" alafu tuweke viraka hii ya sasa ya 1977?

UJUMBE WA LEO

2010-12-29T09:29:00.001-08:00

there are four types of leaders in our country:
1. Those who have no knowlewdge but went to school to gain some.
2. those who have wisdom but no knowledge
3. those who have no knowledge or wisdom
4. those who have knowledge and wisdom
Our country has plenty of type one and three. No wonder the country is in such a mess

KATIBA MPYA AU TUWEKE VIRAKA?

2010-12-28T08:08:00.000-08:00

NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW TANZANIA CHIEF JUSTICE

2010-12-28T07:58:00.000-08:00

AN UPHILL TASKS FOR THE NEW CJ
At last President Jakaya Kikwete has appointed Mr Justice Mohamed Chande Othman the new Chief Justice. He succeeds Mr Justice Augustino Ramadhani, who is stepping down after attaining the compulsory retirement age of 65 this month.

The new CJ assumes office at a time when the Judiciary is facing many challenges. Not that there have not been any challenges before, but his predecessor tried as much as possible to solve some of them.

For instance, the outgoing CJ tried to bridge the gap between the legislature, executive and judiciary because these three arms of government should work together for the benefit of all Tanzanians.

He also improved the remuneration of judges, magistrates and other court staff. These improvements are besides the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) for efficient dispensation of justice. As the new CJ steps into the shoes of his predecessor, we hope that he will complete the work the latter started but could not accomplish fully.

The challenges currently facing the judiciary include the environment in which magistrates work. Court buildings, including remand rooms, are old and dilapidated and lack adequate facilities such as toilets for staff members and remandees.

But perhaps the most challenging task the new CJ will face is the delay of cases, which has been an endemic problem in the judicial system for a long time.

Although the delays cannot be blamed exclusively on the judiciary, as a result of the involvement of other players such as the police and hospitals, it shoulders most of it.

The new CJ will have to ensure that roles played by such institutions are facilitated and that there are no undue delays in dispensation of justice. For, as it is well known, justice delayed is justice denied.

We welcome Mr Justice Othman’s appointment and wish him the best as he faces these challenges.

CJ CHANDE - AAPISHWA JANA - AHAIDI "EFFICIENT COURT"

2010-12-28T03:13:00.000-08:00

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete (second right) swears-in Mr Mohamed Chande Othman as the new Chief Justice at the State House in Dar es Salaam on Monday. Right is outgoing Chief Justice, Mr Augustino Ramadhani, while second left is the Chief Secretary, Mr Philemon Luhanjo.
HABARI ZAIDI:
STRENGTHENING primary courts is new Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman’s priority because such institutions attend to thousands of people seeking justice from culprits.

Justice Othman said soon after his swearing-in ceremony which was presided over by President Jakaya Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam on Monday, that primary courts are a reflection of the country’s justice system hence the need to improve them.

“As leader of the justice system, my priority is to ensure that justice is delivered on time,” Justice Othman pointed out. He noted that primary courts are ill furnished and lack personnel including qualified magistrates to deliver quality justice to people.

Justice Othman, who was until his latest appointment Appeal Court Judge, faces an uphill task of pushing the executive to give the judiciary a separate vote in the annual national budget which lags far behind other organs of the state in sums allocated.

Because of poor budget allocation, primary courts are badly equipped with both manpower and equipment which has led to delays in disposing of cases and widespread corruption among poorly paid court officials.

“We want to strengthen the primary courts by providing qualified magistrates and infrastructure,” CJ Othman noted.

He paid tribute to his predecessor for having strengthened relations between the judiciary and other two pillars of the state, the executive and parliament.

Vice-President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal, House Speaker Anne Makinda and Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda attended the brief colourful ceremony held at Ikulu. Retired CJ Augustino Ramadhani said the High Court has significantly improved in both the number of judges and their remuneration over the past five years.

Justice Ramadhani gave an example of the Court of Appeal which had 11 judges when he took over in 2007 but now has 15 judges including the new CJ.

Justice Ramadhani, however, pointed out that Othman has his job portion allocated because the judiciary is under staffed, ill equipped and struggling at all levels from primary courts to Appeal Court of Tanzania in dispensing justice.

“We are on the right track but the new Chief Justice has a lot of work to improve the judiciary,” Ramdhani who is the shortest reigning Tanzanian CJ to stay in office, said.

Ramadhani’s predecessor, Justice Barnabas Samatta also attended Othman’s swearing-in ceremony.

The 58 year old Othman becomes the fifth Tanzanian national to serve as CJ after Augustino Saidi (1970/77), Francis Nyalali (1977/2000), Barnabas Samatta (2000/7) and Augustino Ramdhani (2007/10). Between 1961 and 1970, two foreigners occupied the position.

UTAWALA WA SHERIA

2010-12-28T03:04:00.001-08:00

HAPA NI BUGURUNI JANA - PICHA KWA HISANI YA DAILY NEWS LEO

CHEMSHA BONGO JUU YA TUHUMA ZA WIKILEAKS TANZANIA

2010-12-21T07:49:00.001-08:00

Nataka tujadili kauli za Dr. Hosea akikanusha aliyowahi kusema na kunukuliwa kwenye "Wikileaks", na leo amenukuliwa akisema:

1. Soma kauli hii alafu unipe ina maana gani au unaielewaje?

Dr Hoseah added that what he said was that the President was not willing to allow prosecutions of key government officials or anybody basing on hearsay or weak evidence, because in so doing, the government would risk paying a heavily in damages if the accused persons would win the cases before the court of law.

2.Je una imani na maneno haya?
“My record as the head of PCCB is very clear; whenever we had enough evidence against suspects accused of corruption, we didn’t fear, but moved to take the accused persons to court regardless of their power or affluent,” he said.

3. Je ni kweli amenukuliwa vibaya?
Reacting to the leaked US Embassy cables, Dr Hoseah said: “While it is true that the named US official visited my office in July, 2007, his report which, he then filed back to his country is misleading, was written out of context.”

WAFANYABIASHARA KUKAMUA WANYONGE

2010-12-20T18:26:00.000-08:00

Maskini wafanyabiashara kila kukicha wanahangaika kujua wapi watapata fedha. Sasa wagonjwa wa Ukimwi wanatarajia kushindwa kumudu dawa zao kwani kuna makubaliano ya kibiasha kati ya India na Jumuiya ya Ulaya yanakuja kudhibiti uuzaji kiholela wa dawa hizo. Inatarajiwa dawa hizo zitauzwa ghali, tuombe Mungu aepushe mbali.

Lingine juu ya wafanyabiasha, eti Tanesco imeruhusiwa kuongeza bei ya umeme. Bado umeme ni wa wasiwasi, sasa tujue hii nyongeza ya bei ya umeme ni kwa ajili ya tumbo za vigogo wa Tanesco, au kuhudumia matumizi ya kisiasa ya chama fulani au nini? Mimi nashindwa kumuelewa huyu jamaa wa Ewura hivi katika kupokea maombi ya Tanesco aliwahoji juu ya huduma zao? Kwanini nchi hii tumefika hapa? Yaani hatujali unyonge wa wananchi wengi wa nchi hii? Kwanini jamani? Is this fair?

Hili lingine, hebu angalia wanavyoiibia nchi hii alafu wakisemwa wanachukia.

GAIDI MTANZANIA ALBERT JOHN ORLANDO ALIPUA BOMU NAIROBI

2010-12-20T17:54:00.000-08:00

BASI LA KAMPALA COACH BAADA YA KULIPULIWA NA GURUNETI
Usiku kuamkia leo wale wanaoaminika kuwa magaidi wa Al Shabab wamefanya shambulizi la guruneti jijini Nairobi. Aliyelipua bomu ni msafiri ambaye alikuwa akisafiri kwenda Kampala na alitokea Tanzania, "KISIWA CHA AMANI" kupitia mpaka wa "Laiktoktok" huko Rombo Mtu mmoja alikufa hapohapo. Habari zaidi kwa hisani ya The Standard la Kenya:
By CYRUS OMBATI

A suspected grenade blast tore into the side of a Kampala-bound bus in the heart of Nairobi Monday, killing three people and injuring over 30.

A man, suspected to have been carrying the explosive device was pronounced dead at Kenyatta National Hospital while two other people died while undergoing treatment at MP Shah Hospital, by the time of going to press.

A Dr Peter Wanyoike told The Standard that 37 people were admitted and three had been discharged. The incident occurred shortly before 8pm at the junction of Nduruma and River roads in Nairobi, as the bus prepared to leave for Uganda’s capital city, Kampala.

The brand new bus is part of a fleet belonging to Kampala Coach. A witness at the scene claimed the source of the explosion was a carton carried by one of the passengers that was being inspected before it was loaded onto the bus.

The blast occurred as passengers were lining up to board the bus. The company’s buses are popular with Kenyan students and traders travelling to Kampala because of their efficiency. At the time of going to press, it was not clear whether Kenyans were among those injured, but one person was confirmed dead by police.

Police said the dead man who was wearing blue jeans was believed to be carrying the suspected grenade that exploded while security officers at the entrance to the bus was screening him. His body was later preserved as investigations over his identity were launched.

While a terrorist link was not confirmed, the blast came on the back of a warning by Uganda’s police force Monday urging the public to be vigilant after militants believed to be linked to Al Shabaab of Somalia said they would carry out terror attacks in Kampala and Burundi’s capital Bujumbura. No mention was made of Kenya.

It was therefore not clear whether the blast was linked to the threat, or if indeed it was a terrorist attack. The Al Shabaab is a Somalia Islamist group linked to terror group Al Qaeda, and claimed responsibility for the July 11 bombings in Kampala that left 80 people dead and others injured. Those attacked then were revellers watching a Fifa World Cup finals match.

At the time, Al Shabaab said the attack was in revenge for Uganda’s decision to deploy its troops as part of an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia known as AMISON. Burundi troops are also part of AMISON.

Monday’s warning was issued by Mr Idi Sekumbi, spokesman for the Kampala Metropolitan Police who was quoted as saying: "I would like to inform the public that these warnings are becoming constant and that it is incumbent upon all of us to take serious measures to make sure that these people do not have a lee way of penetrating us again." According to the bus conductor, Mr Hussein Abdulaziz, the bus was supposed to leave at 7.30 pm, but was delayed.

"The bus had arrived late and the passengers were scrambling to get in as we screened them. In the confusion, there was an explosion before I saw at least six people lying here," said Abdulaziz.

The conductor added that the dead man is believed to have been carrying the explosive that went off because his stomach was completely ripped off.

Abdulaziz said there were about 20 passengers who had boarded by then and others were still being screened when the explosion went off. The bus had booked 45 passengers including the crew. Commissioner of police Mathew Iteere, director general of NSIS Michael Gichangi, GSU commandant William Saiaya were among the first senior police officers who arrived at the scene minutes after the explosive went off. Iteere later told the media that the dead man is the one who was carrying the explosive, but added that he was yet to know the nature.

"We can confirm that one person died and we believe he is the one who was carrying the explosive. Our experts are working on the scene to know more," said Iteere.

The man’s fingerprints were immediately taken and rushed to the Registrar of Persons to confirm his identity, which was expected by midnight.

Iteere said the damage could have been more serious and devastating had the bomber managed to detonate the suspected grenade after boarding. Among those seriously injured was a woman whose legs were badly cut in the incident.

ULINZI WA RAIA NI KAZI YA POLISI AU JESHI LA ULINZI?

2010-12-19T08:28:00.000-08:00

Huko Ivory Coast uchaguzi ni fujo tu, juzi hapa kwetu Tanzania tulishuhudia vitisho vikitolewa na jenerali mmoja wa jeshi la ulinzi kabla ya uchaguzi.Wengi tulishangaa hivi ilikuwa ni kazi ya jeshi kuzungumzia usalama wa raia ama Polisi?
Jirani zetu Uganda wanajiandaa kwa uchaguzi, kwao, Ulinzi wakati wa uchaguzi si kazi ya jeshi, soma zaidi juu ya hili kwa mujibu wa kamanda hapo juu.

UNAPOKUWA NA MADARAKA MAKUBWA - CHUKUA SOMO HAPA

2010-12-17T05:33:00.000-08:00

KATIBU MKUU KIONGOZI AKABWA KOO NA MORENO OCAMPO
Kwa Moreno Ocampo anajua kabisa kupata chanzo cha umafia nchini Kenya anza kwa mtu ndani ya Ikulu ambaye inavyoonekana Katibu Mkuu wa Raisi Kenya alikuwa anadhani yeye ni untouchable. Hebu soma alivyojisikia baada ya kuwa miongoni mwa watuhumiwa sita wa ICC:
Courtesy of The Standard la Kenya:
Ocampo's blot on Muthaura’s enviable public service career
By MUTINDA MWANZIA

Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura is one man who knows all that goes down or up within Government.

He is the nerve centre of the Public Service and acts as the link between President Kibaki and the rest of the Government.

And he goes by many titles: Head of Civil Service, Secretary to the Cabinet, and Secretary to the Presidency.

For all the powers he has enjoyed even during the 2007/2008 post-election crisis period, few expected his name would be on the list of suspects the International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo wants tried for crimes against humanity.

Ambassador Muthaura must have been at a loss when he heard Mr Moreno-Ocampo read out his name on Wednesday."The suggestion that I have done anything to warrant criminal investigation is manifest nonsense. It amounts to an unwarranted slur on my reputation and is both unfair and unjustified," was how he reacted to the news.But what was Moreno-Ocampo after by naming Muthaura? That is the million-dollar question, and the first answer that comes to mind is that the Chief Prosecutor was basically trying to hit at the nerve centre of the Government.

But what powers does Muthaura hold in his hands? Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura has had an illustrious career in Government beginning as a DO and rising up the ranks including serving as country representative in foreign countries.
As Head of Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet, Muthaura is at the top of the administrative hierarchy, and all senior public servants including State House officials, Police and Provincial Administration chiefs report to him.

He also chairs meetings for Permanent Secretaries and thus wields a lot of influence in all Government ministries. Muthaura chairs the National Security Advisory Committee and this is the organ Moreno-Ocampo claims the Head of the Civil Service used to play a role during the violence. The committee acts as a central intelligence-sharing unit, whose role is to advise and co-ordinate security measures within the country.

Its membership is drawn from intelligence committees, Provincial Administration as well as other security agencies.Muthaura is one person who has access to the President at will.He has enjoyed an illustrious career and his inclusion in the list of ICC suspects must be one of the saddest moments: if the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II judges do summon him to The Hague, it has the potential of ending an enviable career with a bad send-off.Calls premature President Kibaki has already put his foot down and said the ICC case has not yet begun, and thus calls for Muthaura and other officials to leave office were premature.

According to the prosecutor, Muthaura as chairman and member of the National Security Committee was responsible for ensuring the implementation of decisions of the committee, and directing the provincial and district security committees on strategic and operational matters.

"By virtue of his position in the security committee, Muthaura exercised additional authority over (former Police Commissioner Hussein) Ali and the Kenyan Police Forces," alleged Moreno-Ocampo.He added that in their positions as chairman and member of the committee, Muthaura and Mr Ali had formal access to intelligence gathered through a vertical structure organised from the ground level (district and provincial levels) all the way up to the central level.

The Cabinet Secretary is not new to controversy, and in 2008 caused a stir in the newly formed Grand Coalition Government when he sent out a memo asserting that the Vice-President was the principal assistant to the President.The memo dated August 15, and copied to the PM, also put the running of some ministries, including hiring and firing function, in the hands of PSs. Ministers from ODM, who wanted the PM to have more say in the running of ministries, protested at the memo, which they said attempted to put control of ministries in the hands of Permanent Secretaries. Some read this as an attempt to clip the wings of the PM and to slow his duties as enshrined in the Constitution.

Humble officer

Muthaura, a career civil servant and diplomat in the Kanu regime, was appointed to head the civil service in 2003 and soon emerged as one of the powerful faces around the President.For a man who rose from a humble DO and served in various positions both in the country and abroad, Moreno-Ocampo’s move to list him as one of the suspects of the post-election violence is certainly not the best Christmas gift the 64-year-old wished for.

MTUHUMIWA WA ICC AJITETEA

2010-12-17T05:22:00.000-08:00

Maj Gen (Rtd) Hussein Ali learnt from the media he was among the six men accused of masterminding and perpetrating post election violence.He denied claims that he developed and executed a plan to attack perceived ODM supporters.

“This appointment is particularly surprising because I have not been invited by the said prosecutor to provide any details relating to these matters as one would expect of a professional prosecutor,” he said in a statement.
The former police boss said he acted professionally, diligently and in accordance with the law.He also defended officers who served under him, saying they protected lives and property against those who wanted to cause destruction “for ethnic and political motives.”
He added: “I’ve no doubt whatsoever that when the facts are presented to any competent court, these allegations will be found to have no basis in fact at all.”
The former police boss is currently the Postmaster-General, and was the first outsider to run the police.

KUKUMBUSHIA TU HUYU JAMAA WALA HAKUSTAHILI KUWA IGP, YEYE NI MWANAJESHI SASA INA MAANA KENYA ILIKOSA KABISA MTU MWENYE TAALUMA YA POLISI? ONA SASA ETI NI POSTA - MASTER WA KENYA NZIMA. HIVI WAPI NA WAPI MWANAJESHI KUFANYA KAZI ZA KUSAFIRISHA VIFURUSHI?
AFRIKA INA VITUKO BWANA!

UNAZIJUA - Guerrilla Trucks: The Toyota Hilux?

2010-12-17T05:06:00.000-08:00

ASKARI WA MSITUNI WANAPENDA SANA MAGARI YA TOYOTA

Ni gari zinazosifiwa sana hapa Afrika kwa kupiga mzigo. Lakini kwa wengine zina kazi nyingi katika kumaliza roho za wenzao. Jamaa mmoja kafanya uchunguzi kwanini hizi gari zinapendwa sana?

WATUHUMIWA SITA WA MAUAJI KENYA HAWA HAPA

2010-12-15T20:26:00.000-08:00

HAPO JUU NDIYO WATUHUMIWA SITA WA MAKOSA YA UHALIFU DHIDI YA UBINADAMU KATIKA UCHAGUZI WA KENYA 2007.
Yumo aliyekuwa IGP wa Kenya Generali Hussein Ally, alafu kubwa zaidi yuko KATIBU MKUU KIONGOZI, Francis Muthaura, hawa wawili ni kutokana na kutumia madaraka vibaya. Je walifanya nini? Walitumikia matakwa ya wanasiasa au walitumikia sheria iliyokuwa inawapa madaraka? Kwa watu wote walio madarakani hii ni tahadhari tunapofanya jambo lenye msukumo wa kisiasa, mara nyingi inatutokea puani wakati wanasiasa wanabakia huru. Hii inanikumbusha zile kelele za Generali Shimbo wakati tukielekea kwenye uchaguzi.
Lakini pia wanahabari ni miongoni mwa watuhumiwa.
Hebu fuatilia habari kamili:
Francis Muthaura

As the head of the civil service, Muthaura has been the nerve center of Kenya’s public service. He has held several senior positions in government before finally rising to the pinnacle of the public service.

He has worked as District Officer (DO) in Mombasa district, Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya’s diplomatic missions in New York and Brussels, Under Secretary and Head of Economic division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He has also been the Kenya’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxemburg and European Community, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), New York, Secretary General and East African Cooperation.

He has served as the PS in the Ministry of Transport and Communication, Environment and Natural Resources, Provincial Administration and National Security in the Office of the President (OP).

He is one of those who received regular intelligence briefs on the possible violence that would break out. He is also accused of having attended a meeting at State House that planned retaliation in Naivasha.

William Ruto

His political history can be described as meteoric, having risen from relative obscurity in the 1990’s to a position of significance within a short period.

Enjoying a near fanatic following among supporters from his ethnic Kalenjin community, Ruto, 44, considers himself fit to be president.

The deputy ODM leader is remembered for his vehement opposition to the plan by the chairman of the disbanded Electoral Commission of Kenya Samuel Kivuitu to announce the results for the presidential election in 2007 because ODM believed they were not true. one point during Kivuitu’s attempt to announce the final result at a media briefing at KICC’s Aberdare room, Ruto, who had got hold of a microphone, told Kivuitu: "We have a different tally of the results from Molo other than the one you have read. You cannot continue reading results which are not real!"

Ruto’s name was linked to the post election violence by a report that was prepared by the Kenya National Human Rights Commission.

The suspended Higher Education Minister has been fighting to exonerate himself from the accusations in the report.

Uhuru Kenyatta

Before 1997, Uhuru only claim to fame rested on the fact that he is the son of Kenya’s founding President, Jomo Kenyatta.

Uhuru’s entry into national politics began in 1997 as the chairman of the Gatundu branch of Kanu, with the tacit approval of former president Moi,

In the General Election held in December of the same year, Uhuru contested the Gatundu parliamentary seat, which he lost to little known Nairobi architect, Moses Mwihia. Uhuru then quit politics and retreated to obscurity.

In 1999, Moi appointed Uhuru as the chairman of the Kenya Tourist Board, and in 2001 he was nominated to Parliament. He was subsequently made a Cabinet Minister, and later elected vice chairman of Kanu.

In the 2002 elections, Moi saw to it that Uhuru became the presidential candidate for Kanu. However, Kanu lost the elections. In the 2007 elections, he chose to support President Kibaki.

Central Kenya politicians have been fronting the Finance Minister as a successor to President Kibaki when his term comes to an end in 2012.

Maj-Gen (Rtd) Hussein Ali

He is a former military commander who was moved to head the police force in 2004 while at the rank of brigadier.

Born in Eldoret in 1956, Ali joined the Kenya Army in 1977 finally rising to the rank of Brigadier in 2003, a year before he was appointed to head the Kenya Police force.

During his military career he served as a military attachÈ in Zimbabwe and Uganda, and was commanding officer of the Western Brigade. He also at various times headed the Kenya Army Paratrooper Battalion, and the Air Cavalry regiment in Embakasi. He is also a former chairman of the Ulinzi Stars football club.

He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 2005 and finally Major General in 2005.

It was during his tenure that the post election violence occurred resulting in the death of more than 1000 people. The police force is accused of killing at least 400 people out of the total number of those who died during the chaos.

He has never spoken publicly about the ICC investigations but those close to him reveal that he has been closely monitoring the process.

Henry Kosgey

Kosgey is like the dinosaur of Kenyan politics. He has spent most of his adult life serving as a Cabinet Minister. From1979 when he was appointed as a minister, it was only for less than ten years that Kosgey has stayed out of Cabinet-between 1988-1992 and between 2002 and 2007.

He is one of the longest serving political leaders in the country having won six successive parliamentary elections.

The Tinderet MP has only spent one term out of Parliament after he was tossed out in the infamous 1988 mlolongo election.

He succeeded powerful and fiery Nandi politicians Jean Marie Seroney and former Senator Gerald Nathaniel Kalya after he rode on the whims of the then power brokers let by former nominated MP Ezekiel Barngetuny to become MP for Tinderet.

Despite the smooth ride he has enjoyed as an influential leader in local politics, Kosgey’s influence in Rift valley has been waning since suspended Higher Education Minister William Ruto came on to the scene. And as if by chance, both Kosgey and Ruto have now been named as suspects by Ocampo.

Joshua arap Sang

Kass FM presenter Joshua arap Sang honed his journalistic skills in Eldoret. He first joined and worked for Christian Radio and Television network Sauti Ya Rehema (Sayare RTV) based in Eldoret for five years.

After Sayare, Sang then moved to Bibilia Husema Broadcasting from 2003 to 2005 before joining the newly established Kass FM media station in Nairobi. Apart from being presenter, Sang was appointed head of studio.

Sang, who hails from Cherangany constituency, attended Kitale Academy Secondary School and later joined the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC).

In the 2007 General Elections, Sang had expressed interest to vie for the Cherangany constituency’s parliamentary seat currently held by Joshua Kutuny.

Sang, who made inroads into the constituency prior to the polls is said to have been prevailed upon to drop his bid for a later date.

It is his morning show dubbed lene met (what is the world saying) that has earned him the wrath of people and institutions who accuse him of rubbing them the wrong way.

MORENO OCAMPO - KIBOKO YA MAMAFIA

2010-12-15T20:20:00.000-08:00

WHO IS MORENO OCAMPO?
Read about how he rose from a poor family up to the level that all the African despots apart from President Khama of Botswana fear him and they don't like to hear him. His story goes like this:

The lover of horses who spots a graying beard and Groucho Marx eyebrows has been variously described as prosecutor without borders, the world’s law man and crimes fighter.

International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo rose from a carpenter to probably the most powerful prosecutor in the world.

As a young man, he funded his legal studies by working as a carpenter after his family faced financial difficulties.

The former carpenter is now at the centre of a judicial battle that might end the careers of key politicians in Kenya, mark a dramatic turning point in the war against impunity and ensure justice for victims of the 2008 post-election violence.

As a young lawyer, he made a name — and fortune — by taking up corruption cases, extensively making use of secret cameras.

During the time, Mr Moreno-Ocampo represented some of Argentina’s wealthiest women in family disputes before he became “the lawyer of the powerful”.

When elected ICC prosecutor in 2003, he promised a “sexy court” that would dispense “swift and telegenic justice”.

Indeed, he cuts the image of a resolute prosecutor and ebullient, but calculating optimistic, ready to bring down the untouchable in his effort to slay impunity.

“When I was elected, some people told me I would only be able to bring frivolous cases,” he said in a Newsweek interview.

In support of his battle against the high and mighty, Mr Moreno-Ocampo has consistently stated that he does not have the “luxury to look away”.

Though he does not have a policeman to enforce his decisions or those of the judges, he has expressed a rare zeal to succeed in his mission.

“I’m a stateless prosecutor — I have more than 100 states under my jurisdiction and zero policemen,” he once told The New York Times.

A former aide says that while not travelling across the world to convince governments to enforce the Rome Statute, the prosecutor stays late in his office “tearing up and re-working texts.”

He has already vowed to use Kenya as a world example on how to fight impunity. And if his record is anything to go by, there is certainly convincing evidence that the violence barons will have their day at the International Criminal Court.

Mr Moreno Ocampo has always been enthusiastic to take on the rich and powerful. But his detractors paint him as an arrogant, ill-informed publicity seeker and high-handed administrator.

“The prosecutor is erratic, so irrational. He uses his charisma in a negative way,” says a former ICC investigator.

MWANZILISHI WA FACEBOOK - MAN OF THE YEAR (2010)

2010-12-15T19:50:00.000-08:00

MARK ZUCKERBERG

Huyu bwana ndiye mvumbuzi wa FACEBOOK - USOKITABU.Naamini karibu kila mtu anayejua maisha ya kisasa na mabadiliko ya kiteknolojia anajua matumizi ya teknolojia hii. Jarida la kila wiki la TIME nchini Marekani limemtangaza kuwa ndiye mtu bora wa mwaka kwa kugusa maisha ya watu ulimwenguni

Mimi naamini ni kweli kagusa maisha ya watu na mimi pia.
Mhariri wa TIME anasema ni kwanini amemchagua huyu dogo kuwa mtu bora wa mwaka na kuwaacha watu maarufu kama vile JULIAN ASANGE yule jamaa aliyewaweka uchi wanadiplomasia kwa kuweka wazi mambo yao ya kijasusi katika nchi mbalimbali.
Katika jarida la wiki hii la jana kwa nje lina picha kubwa ya Mark Zuckerberg

KWANINI AWE MTU BORA WA MWAKA?
On the afternoon of Nov. 16, 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was leading a meeting in the Aquarium, one of Facebook's conference rooms, so named because it's in the middle of a huge work space and has glass walls on three sides so everybody can see in. Conference rooms are a big deal at Facebook because they're the only places anybody has any privacy at all, even the bare minimum of privacy the Aquarium gets you. Otherwise the space is open plan: no cubicles, no offices, no walls, just a rolling tundra of office furniture. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, who used to be Lawrence Summers' chief of staff at the Treasury Department, doesn't have an office. Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and co-founder and presiding visionary, doesn't have an office.

The team was going over the launch of Facebook's revamped Messages service, which had happened the day before and gone off without a hitch or rather without more than the usual number of hitches. Zuckerberg kept the meeting on track, pushing briskly through his points — no notes or whiteboard, just talking with his hands — but the tone was relaxed. Much has been made of Zuckerberg's legendarily awkward social manner, but in a room like this, he's the Silicon Valley equivalent of George Plimpton. He bantered with Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, a director of engineering who ran the project. (Boz was Zuckerberg's instructor in a course on artificial intelligence when they were at Harvard. He says his future boss didn't do very well. Though, in fairness, Zuckerberg did invent Facebook that semester.) Apart from a journalist sitting in the corner, no one in the room looked over 30, and apart from the journalist's public relations escort, it was boys only. (See pictures inside Mark Zuckerberg's inner circle.)

The door opened, and a distinguished-looking gray-haired man burst in — it's the only way to describe his entrance — trailed by a couple of deputies. He was both the oldest person in the room by 20 years and the only one wearing a suit. He was in the building, he explained with the delighted air of a man about to secure ironclad bragging rights forever, and he just had to stop in and introduce himself to Zuckerberg: Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, pleased to meet you.

They shook hands and chatted about nothing for a couple of minutes, and then Mueller left. There was a giddy silence while everybody just looked at one another as if to say, What the hell just happened?

It's a fair question. Almost seven years ago, in February 2004, when Zuckerberg was a 19-year-old sophomore at Harvard, he started a Web service from his dorm. It was called Thefacebook.com, and it was billed as "an online directory that connects people through social networks at colleges." This year, Facebook — now minus the the — added its 550 millionth member. One out of every dozen people on the planet has a Facebook account. They speak 75 languages and collectively lavish more than 700 billion minutes on Facebook every month. Last month the site accounted for 1 out of 4 American page views. Its membership is currently growing at a rate of about 700,000 people a day. (See a Zuckerberg family photo album.)

What just happened? In less than seven years, Zuckerberg wired together a twelfth of humanity into a single network, thereby creating a social entity almost twice as large as the U.S. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest, behind only China and India. It started out as a lark, a diversion, but it has turned into something real, something that has changed the way human beings relate to one another on a species-wide scale. We are now running our social lives through a for-profit network that, on paper at least, has made Zuckerberg a billionaire six times over.

Facebook has merged with the social fabric of American life, and not just American but human life: nearly half of all Americans have a Facebook account, but 70% of Facebook users live outside the U.S. It's a permanent fact of our global social reality. We have entered the Facebook age, and Mark Zuckerberg is the man who brought us here. (See pictures of Facebook's overseas offices.)

Zuckerberg is part of the last generation of human beings who will remember life before the Internet, though only just. He was born in 1984 and grew up in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., the son of a dentist — Painless Dr. Z's slogan was, and is, "We cater to cowards." Mark has three sisters, the eldest of whom, Randi, is now Facebook's head of consumer marketing and social-good initiatives. It was a supportive household that produced confident children. The young Mark was "strong-willed and relentless," according to his father Ed. "For some kids, their questions could be answered with a simple yes or no," he says. "For Mark, if he asked for something, yes by itself would work, but no required much more. If you were going to say no to him, you had better be prepared with a strong argument backed by facts, experiences, logic, reasons. We envisioned him becoming a lawyer one day, with a near 100% success rate of convincing juries."

Person of the Year 2010
For connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them; for creating a new system of exchanging information; and for changing how we all live our lives, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is TIME's 2010 Person of the Year.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2036683_2037183_2037185,00.html #ixzz18FDoArKG

MORENO OCAMPO ALIVYOCHIMBA MKWARA

2010-12-15T06:36:00.000-08:00

Kosgey ni Mfuasi wa Odinga. Huyu naye ni waziri katika serikali ya Kibaki. Anatoka eneo la Bonde la Ufa anakotoka rais wa zamani Moi. Ninatarajia watu wa huko watachachamaa sana.

Hapa nimalizie kwa kuonesha ni yapi MORENO OCAMPO aliyasema alipokuwa anatangaza majina ya watuhumiwa sita.Huwezi amini, katika kuwakumbusha wale walio na madaraka makubwa Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi na Aliyekuwa IGP wa Kenya nao ni miongoni mwa watuhumiwa. Rais Kibaki na Odinga hawajatuhumiwa.

In Summary

Next steps

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The six expected to inform the Pre-Trial Chamber II their readiness to appear before the ICC judges.
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The three-judge bench will weigh the merits of Mr Moreno-Ocampo’s application and could reject the request to issue a summons to appear, approve it or transform it into an arrest warrant. The Prosecutor expects this to happen in the first part of 2011.
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If the chamber agrees with Mr Moreno-Ocampo’s request, the individuals identified will be expected to go to The Hague to make their initial appearance before the judges.
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A public hearing to confirm the charges will be held.
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It is at this stage where the judges review the evidence and decide whether it is enough to proceed to trial. The six individuals can be represented by their lawyers. The prosecutor expects this will happen in the second part of 2011 or the beginning of 2012.
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The Pre-Trial Chamber II consisting of judges Hans-Peter Kaul, Ekaterina Trendafilova and Cuno Tarfusser will make a decision to confirm the charges and send the case to trial, amend or reject the charges.
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Mr Moreno-Ocampo expects that the trial of the six would begin in the second part of 2012 or early 2013.

The names of suspected masterminds of Kenya's post election violence have finally been revealed.

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The six include senior politicians in the Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the main parties that battled it out for the presidency in the disputed 2007 elections.

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday that the prominent leaders bore "the greatest responsibility" for the violence that left 1,133 people dead and 650,000 displaced.

Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta, his Industrialisation counterpart Henry Kosgey, Eldoret North MP William Ruto, the head of the civil service Francis Muthaura, former Police Commissioner Hussein Ali and journalist Joshua arap Sang will now receive summons to appear before The Hague- based court.

Mr Moreno-Ocampo was addressing a news conference after presenting before the ICC judges two cases, each involving three individuals.

"The post election period of 2007-2008 was one of the most violent periods of the nation’s history,” said the Prosecutor.

"These were not just crimes against innocent Kenyans," he said.

“They were crimes against humanity as a whole. By breaking the cycle of impunity for massive crimes, victims and their families can have justice. And Kenyans can pave the way to peaceful elections in 2012.”

Mr Moreno Ocampo said he considered Mr Ruto, Mr Kosgey and Mr arap Sang as the "principal planners and organisers of crimes against PNU supporters".

He said Mr Muthaura used his position as the chairman of the National Security Advisory Committee to "authorise the police to use excessive force against ODM supporters and to facilitate attacks against ODM supporters". Major General Ali also faces the same charges.

Mr Kenyatta is accused of mobilising the outlawed sect Mungiki to attack ODM supporters.

Mr Sang used "his radio program to collect supporters and provide signals to members of the plan on when and where to attack," said the Prosecutor.

He said that “perpetrators” cultivated by Mr Ruto, Mr Kosgey and Mr Sang began to execute their plan by attacking PNU supporters immediately after the results were announced.

"On 30-31 December 2007, they began attacks in target locations including Turbo town, the greater Eldoret area (Huruma, Kimumu, Langas, and Yamumbi), Kapsabet town, and Nandi Hills town. They approached each location from all directions, burning down PNU supporters’ homes and businesses, killing civilians, and systematically driving them from their homes.

"On 1 January 2008, the church located on the Kiambaa farm cooperative was attacked and burned with more than hundred people inside. At least 17 people died. The brunt of the attacks continued into the first week of January 2008."

Mr Moreno-Ocampo accused government officials: Mr Kenyatta, Mr Muthaura and Major General Ali of planning and executing well coordinated retaliatory attacks.

"On or about 3 January 2008, KENYATTA, as the focal point between the PNU and the criminal organization the Mungiki, facilitated a meeting with MUTHAURA, a senior Government of Kenya official, and Mungiki leaders to organize retaliatory attacks against civilian supporters of the ODM.

"Thereafter, MUTHAURA, in his capacity as Chairman of the National Security Advisory Committee (“NSAC”), telephoned ALI, his subordinate as head of the Kenya Police, and instructed ALI not to interfere with the movement of pro-PNU youth, including the Mungiki.

"KENYATTA additionally instructed the Mungiki leaders to attend a second meeting on the same day to finalise logistical and financial arrangements for the retaliatory attacks," he said.

The ICC prosecutor said he had no evidence linking President Kibaki or Mr Odinga to the violence.We follow the evidence where it takes us. We are not taking into account political responsibilities ... there are political debates, but it is not my responsibility," Moreno-Ocampo said.
But three of the six suspects immediately protested their innocence led by Mr Kenyatta.

"My record is clear and it remains very clear that I have never committed any crime," Mr Kenyatta told reporters at a press conference.

"The ICC prosecutor has done his work, we wait for the outcome of the judges," he said.

"I now find myself to be a suspect, I am ready to respond to any allegations made against me."

Mr Ruto also countered Mr Moreno-Ocampo's accusations saying he was not surprised to be named.

"The issues I have raised have now come to pass. It did not come as a surprise to me,” Mr Ruto said at a press conference at Parliament Buildings.

“All along I knew that there was a deliberate scheme, hatched and executed by people who were not interested in justice,” he said..

Flanked by scores of MPs, Mr Ruto said he was ready to face Mr Ocampo at the Hague.

“I am ready, willing and available to face the prosecutor with his witnesses in court as and when i am required to do so. My conscience is clear, I neither participated, organised or had anything to do with the violence.

"It is just a question of time and the truth will come out and shame the devil,” he said while declining to answer any questions from reporters.

On his part, Mr Muthaura said he had not done anything to warrant criminal prosecution.

"The suggestion that I have done anything to warrant criminal investigation is manifest nonsense. It amounts to an unwarranted slur on my reputation and is both unfair and unjustified,” Mr Muthaura told a hurriedly convened press conference at his Harambee House office.

“To issue summons for a person to appear, the pre-trial Chamber of the ICC needs to be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person for whom the summons is requested committed the crime alleged. No such judicial determination has been made. None,” Mr Muthaura added, flanked by government spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua, President Kibaki’s advisor on the constitution Prof Kivutha Kibwana and a Senior Secretary at the cabinet office, Sam Mwale.

“I wait to see what the judiciary of the ICC make of the Prosecutor’s application. Hopefully they will dismiss his application,” he stated.

“In the event that they do decide to issue summons, I will voluntarily attend The Hague and respect any request the judges of the ICC have for me."

The documents he gave the court included the names of the six, the crimes they are alleged to have committed and the penalty that he will be asking for.

A three-judge bench will now evaluate the two 80-page bundles of documents and decide whether he can proceed and file the charges he has identified.

Two weeks ago, Mr Moreno-Ocampo had promised to name the suspects during an address to a meeting of the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation, convened by the Panel of Eminent African Personalities chaired by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Upper Hill, Nairobi.

The prosecutor said the cases had been strengthened by new evidence his team had gathered, in addition to the leads contained in the Waki Commission and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reports.“Since last March, when the judges issued an authorisation, my office has been investigating post electoral violence. We collected new evidence, including testimonies, videos and documents. We are not going to discuss our evidence in the media. We will do it in court,” he said.He said the Waki Commission and the KNCHR reports were key in the investigations into the post election chaos but they only provided the background on which his team based its inquiries.

MKWARA MZITO WA MORENO OCAMPO
He warned that will seek arrest warrants from the Pre-Trial Chamber if the conditions, which range from the suspects frequently informing the ICC judges of their movements to an assurance of not interfering with the witnesses, were flouted.

“These conditions are strict. They are in accordance with the Rome Statute (that established The Hague Court) and ICC rules.

"Let me be clear. If the suspects do not comply with the conditions set by the chamber, I will request arrest warrants. If there is any indication of bribes, intimidation or threats, I will request arrest warrants,” he said in a statement that was issued by the ICC.

Mr Moreno-Ocampo has chosen to seek summons for the six suspects that he will name Wednesday, a move that guarantees them freedom instead of requesting for arrest warrants that will required them to be carted to the holding cells at The Hague.

Once a suspect appears at The Hague following a summon, he or she is granted a bond to allow him to go on with normal life.

“I believe summonses are sufficient to ensure the appearance of all six suspects. But as ICC Prosecutor, I am requesting that clear conditions be imposed on them,” he said.

He listed the conditions are: updating the ICC of of their personal contacts and movements; not to contact other suspects unless through their lawyers in preparation of their defences; not to approach any victims or witness; not to influence or interfere with the testimonies of victims and witnesses; to keep off the investigations and not to engage in other crimes.”

“In addition, they must respond to all requests by ICC judges; they must attend all hearings when required, and post bond if the judges so instruct them,” he said.

The suspects will be required to inform the ICC judges of their readiness to appear a few hours after the announcement of their names

WILIUM RUTO

2010-12-15T06:30:00.000-08:00

HUYU NI MWANASIASA MACHACHARI SANA WA CHAMA CHA ODM. KWA SIKU ZA KARIBUNI ALISIMAMISHWA UWAZIRI KWA TUHUMA FULANI ZA FEDHA. ANATOKA KATIKA BONDE LA UFA AMBAKO NI SEHEMU YENYE WAPIGA KURA WENGI NA MUHIMU KWA MGOMBEA URAIS YEYOTE.
NI MWANASIASA WA AINA YAKE, ALIKUWA CHAMA CHA KANU WAKATI WA MOI NA AKAKIAMA KANU AKAJIUNGA NA ODINGA - ODM NA SIKU ZA KARIBUNI YUKO KAMA HAYUKO ODM. ALIKUWA ANAJIANDAA KUANZISHA VUGUVUGU JIPYA KUGOMBEA URAIS. KATIKA KURA YA MAONI YA KATIBA MPYA ALIKUWA KAMMBI ILIYOPINGA KATIBA HIYO.
HUYU NI MFUASI WA SIASA ZISIZOPENDA MABADILIKO NA ALIPAMBANA SANA WAKATI WA UCHAGUZI KUMTETEA ODINGA. HAELEWEKI SANA KWANI NI MTATA SANA LAKINI MJENGA HOJA MZURI. NIONAVYO SIDHANI KAMA ATAHUSISHWA NA TUHUMA HIZI MOJA KWA MOJA BASI HATA RAILA ODINGA HATAPONA. KWA WAKATI HUO WALIKUWA PAMOJA SANA.

UHURU KENYATA KIKAANGONI ICC

2010-12-15T06:22:00.000-08:00

ANATUHUMIWA KUPANGA VIJANA WA KIKUNDI CHA "MUNGIKI" KUWASHAMBULIA WAFUASI WA CHAMA CHA ODM WAKATI WA FUJO BAADA YA UCHAGUZI KUIBIWA. ALIKUWA ANA NDOTO ZA KUMRITHI RAIS KIBAKI KWA KUZINGATIA KUWA KENYA ITAONGOZWA NA WAKIKUYU TU. NDOTO YAKE KWA SASA NADHANI IMEKWISHA.
INASHANGAZA HIVI INAKUWAJE RAIS KIBAKI ALIMCHAGUA KATIKA KABINETI YAKE MTU MTUHUMIWA WA UHALIFU?

2010-12-15T05:56:00.000-08:00

HUYU JAMAA MORENO OCAMPO NDIYE MTU WA KUWAFUNZA ADABU WANASIASA WETU VICHWA NGUMU NA WAIBA KURA WOTE. VING'ANG'ANIZI WA KUPENDA MADARAKA HADI KUFA. WAO KWAO UCHAGUZI NI AFADHALI KUUWA WATU ILI WASALIE MADARAKANI.

MORENO OCAMPO AONESHA CHECHE ZAKE KENYA

2010-12-15T05:51:00.000-08:00

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura and former Higher Education Minister William Ruto tops list of six Kenyans allegedly most wanted for the 2007 post-election violence, that claimed lives of over 1,200 Kenyans.

Former Police Commissioner Hussein Ali, Minister for Industrialisation Henry Kosgey and a journaist Joshua Sang complete the list of the big six Ocampo wants indicted.

In a swift rejoinder, President Mwai Kibaki called for calm and urged those named not to resign from government until the allegations against them are proven by the court.

The six were named on Wednesday by ICC Chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo in a live televised forum from ICC offices in The Hague, Netherlands.

"I wish to state that the people who have been mentioned have not yet been fully investigated as the pre-trial process in The Hague has only but began. They therefore cannot be judged as guilty until the charges are confirmed by the court," reads Kibaki's satement in part.

Kibaki said calls for action against the named six are prejudicial, preemptive and against the rules of natural justice.

"In the meantime I wish to state that the government is fully committed to the establishment of a local tribunal to deal with those behind the post election violence, in accordance with stipulations of the new constitution," Kibaki said.

The president called for patience sayong security has been beefed up across the country.

He said: "As a nation we must also focus on the need for national healing and reconciliation. This is paramount as we move forward on the path of national peace and unity.I also wish to assure Kenyans that the government has intensified security around the country.The government is providing full support to our security forces to enable them perform their duties of protecting the lives of all citizens and their property."

With the naming political careers are at risk especialyy bearing in mind that the trial process may drag past 2012, the year kenya will hold a general election.

Uhuru kenyatta, akey ally and possible heir of President Kibaki, and William Ruto, have expressed presidential ambitions.

For Raila Odinga too, the naming of Henry Kosgey among the 'wanted' six has dealt a major blow to his hold in Riftvalley. Kosgey has been an astute supporter of Odinga in the Riftvalley, a vote-rich province, especilaly the premier faell ot with Ruto.

Kenyans will definitely be treated to a flurry of political activities as alliances shift and politicians devise new survival tactics ahaed of 2012.

REMMY ONGALA ATANGULIA

2010-12-13T12:39:00.000-08:00

One of Tanzania’s most colourful musicians, “Dr” Remmy Ongala, has left a legacy that will probably never be matched.

Ongala, who, in his very characteristic style, gave himself the nickname “Sura Mbaya” (the ugly one) in his heyday, was a burly guitarist, composer and singer — a man who struggled against many odds to make a name in Tanzania and beyond.

Ongala, in his 60s, succumbed to a long bout of diabetes and kidney failure on Sunday night, but will remain the “champion of the poor”, inspired by the songs he composed.

At the time of his death, though, he had switched to gospel music and occasionally preached in Dar es Salaam.

Jean Bosco Mwenda

When the music studios in this part of Africa excelled in nurturing talent, we had Kenyans, Ugandans, Zambians and some Congolese playing and recording music together and influencing Congolese music. Names that readily come to mind include Nashil Pichen, Jean Bosco Mwenda (from Katanga), Daudi Kabaka, George Ramogi, Charles Sonko (from Uganda).

But Ongala was among the musicians from Eastern Congo, who journeyed east in search of greener pastures from the early 1970s. He was in the league that made up the famous Orchestra Makassy, a band that shook Dar es Salaam in the 1970s into the 1980s.

The group was led by Mzee Makassy who brought Ongala to Dar es Salaam.

Speaking to the Nation yesterday, veteran musician Tshimanga Assosa said Ongala was in the forefront of guitar work and vocals in the band.

“He was very inspiring to all of us who had the chance to interact with him,” he said.

Similarly Orchestra Marquis members, including their leader King Kiki, who is still active in Dar es Salaam, leading is own group, La Capitale, Wazee Sugu, were adept at composing and singing in Kiswahili.

But Ongala excelled in Kiswahili lyrics, penning the hit song, ‘Kifo’ (Death), which announced his entry in music in this region. His other popular songs include ‘Mnyonge Hana Haki’ and ‘Marram’.

Among the Congolese musicians in Tanzania, it was Ongala’s Orchestra Super Matimila that incorporated Tanzanians and composed mainly in Kiswahili.

Ongala’s lowest moment in his career was when he had to fight hard to remain in Tanzania after he was declared a foreigner. He fought hard to get an official reprieve, and after the bid to deport him was reversed, Ongala continued to record music.

Most Tanzanian radio stations yesterday morning paid tribute to him with one inevitably started with the presenter playing ‘Kifo’.

Ongala may be finally dead, but the Sura Mbaya will live on for ages in the minds of many people in East and Central Africa, including his original homeland, DRC

JAMAA AMENIKUNA, SIJUI MNAMWONAJE?

2010-12-12T10:45:00.000-08:00

TUNGEKUWA NA WATU KAMA HAWA TANZANIA INGEKUWA RAHA SANA. MAFISADI WASINGEPUMUA.

WIKI -LEAKS NA MARAIS WETU AFRICA

2010-12-10T13:21:00.000-08:00

Leaked US diplomatic memos sent to Washington say Kenyan politicians have a weak backbone, always bending to international pressure.

The memos which reflect diplomats’ candid views on their host nations, shows America’s hand in key decisions made by President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Cables on other African countries had a lot to say about the leaders and their leadership. We sample some of them:

President Yoweri Museveni: Uganda

The US diplomat in Uganda describes President Museveni as autocratic and warns of violence if the February 2011 presidential elections will not be free and fair.

A diplomatic cable accuses Mr Museveni of protecting corrupt ministers but commends him for his support of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

“But the President’s autocratic tendencies, as well as Uganda’s pervasive corruption, sharpening ethnic divisions, and explosive population growth are eroding Uganda’s status as an African success story,” says the brief by ambassador Jerry Lanier.

The cable also depicts a president living in constant fear of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. At one time, Mr Museveni requested US protection for fear that the Libyan leader would shoot down his plane. The two leaders have disagreed over the political and economic future of Africa.

While President Gaddafi has been at the forefront campaigning for a United States of Africa, his Ugandan counterpart thinks otherwise, the cables say. President Museveni said he and former South African leader Thabo Mbeki, whom he blames for not offering an alternative to Libya’s approach, were then working together to counter the union proposal.

A cable written on June 18, 2008 discloses it was after a meeting five days earlier between President Museveni and former US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer that the Ugandan leader expressed growing tensions with the Arab state and fears for his life.

Arising out of their conflicting standpoints on the political unity of Africa, President Museveni feared an attack on his aircraft on President Gaddafi’s instructions. “(President) Museveni noted that tensions with Gaddafi are growing as a result, and he worries that Gaddafi will attack his plane while flying over international airspace.

“Museveni requested that the US and Uganda governments co-ordinate to provide additional air radar information when he flies over international airspace,” the June 18 cable states.

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President Jacob Zuma: South Africa

The US considers South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, a smart politician who has weathered many storms.

A cable by a US ambassador in South Africa, says Mr Mr Zuma used several tactics of political survival that give clues to his personality and leadership style. According to the diplomat, Mr Zuma is a highly persuasive, clever strategist, grassroots mobiliser who knows when to play victim for political gain.

A US diplomatic memo says that Mr Zuma’s rise to the pinnacle of South African politics at the same time that serious questions about his character were headline news “is an astonishing political achievement in itself.”

The diplomat observed that despite former President Thabo Mbeki’s intellect and experience as well as his apparent success as a leader, politician, and diplomat, Mr Zuma out-maneuvered him by manipulating the party base and portraying himself as the victim using the ANC image-making machinery.

“Pundits thought Mbeki was the smartest and most effective political leader of his generation, but on December 17, 2007 the ANC declared Mr Zuma the clear favourite, beginning Mr Mbeki’s surprising slide into political obscurity.”

And the US is optimistic about Mr Zuma’s success as President. “With a relatively weak opposition but respected courts and activist civil society, there is optimism that a Zuma administration will, at worst, muddle through,” says the cable.
His supporters’ adoration only grew as his detractors characterised him as an unlettered and corrupt buffoon surrounded by crass and intimidating socialist.

Throughout the political crisis he faced after President Mbeki fired him as VP, Mr Zuma focused on his oft-repeated assertion that he was innocent and that he was the victim of a systematic abuse of power.

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Hosni Mubarak: Egypt

US diplomatic memos on Egypt describe President Mubarak as an “indispensable ally” in the Arab World and supporter of a united Sudan. It says that at 81 years, Mr Mubarak is old but in reasonably good health.

However, the most notable problem is a “hearing deficit in his left ear.” According to the cable, the Egyptian leader responds well to respect for position, but is not swayed by personal flattery. “Mr Mubarak peppers his observations with anecdotes that demonstrate both his long experience and his sense of humour.”

However, the death of his grandson Mohammad affected him deeply and dampened his spirits. The brief says that if Mubarak is still alive it is likely he will run next year’s general elections again, and, inevitably, win.

“Despite incessant whispered discussions, no one in Egypt has any certainty about who will eventually succeed Mr Mubarak nor under what circumstances. He seems to be trusting God and the ubiquitous military and civilian security services to ensure an orderly transition.”

The Egyptian leader is also a firm supporter of unity of the Sudan which is scheduled to hold a referendum next month, says the cable. “Egypt views the stability and unity of Sudan as essential to its national security because of concern over its access to Nile waters and the potential for increased Sudanese refugee flow.”

The memo says that Egypt has been using development assistance in South Sudan to encourage unity. “But the Egyptians are jealous and sensitive to the Qatari foray into resolving Darfur, a crisis squarely in Egypt’s backyard.”

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President Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe

To the US, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is physically frail but intellectually alert.

A US diplomatic cable describes Mr Mugabe as a ruthless dictator but brilliant tactician with a lopsided sense of economics despite his many degrees.

“He is fixated on land reform and sanctions, and is almost trance-like (monologue, soft voice) in discussing these subjects,” wrote a US diplomat after meeting him at his Harare office.

“He is generally alert and can keep up with a conversation. But physically, Mr Mugabe is frail,” observes the diplomat.

“He appears uncomfortable when seated -- he slouches and frequently turns his body as if to find a better position, and then sits straight up and speaks in a louder voice for a few seconds before lapsing back into the barely audible soft voice.”

The ambassador relays Mr Mugabe’s consisted calls for the West to keep off Zimbabwe’s affairs. Says Mr Mugabe in a cable:

“The countries of Europe and America want to dictate which way our politics should go and they talk about regime change. They want us to go down on our knees and beg. One day we should think about fighting them in the international courts.”

His supporters’ adoration only grew as his detractors characterised him as an unlettered and corrupt buffoon surrounded by crass and intimidating socialist.

Throughout the political crisis he faced after President Mbeki fired him as VP, Mr Zuma focused on his oft-repeated assertion that he was innocent and that he was the victim of a systematic abuse of power.

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Hosni Mubarak: Egypt

US diplomatic memos on Egypt describe President Mubarak as an “indispensable ally” in the Arab World and supporter of a united Sudan. It says that at 81 years, Mr Mubarak is old but in reasonably good health.

However, the most notable problem is a “hearing deficit in his left ear.” According to the cable, the Egyptian leader responds well to respect for position, but is not swayed by personal flattery. “Mr Mubarak peppers his observations with anecdotes that demonstrate both his long experience and his sense of humour.”

However, the death of his grandson Mohammad affected him deeply and dampened his spirits. The brief says that if Mubarak is still alive it is likely he will run next year’s general elections again, and, inevitably, win.

“Despite incessant whispered discussions, no one in Egypt has any certainty about who will eventually succeed Mr Mubarak nor under what circumstances. He seems to be trusting God and the ubiquitous military and civilian security services to ensure an orderly transition.”

The Egyptian leader is also a firm supporter of unity of the Sudan which is scheduled to hold a referendum next month, says the cable. “Egypt views the stability and unity of Sudan as essential to its national security because of concern over its access to Nile waters and the potential for increased Sudanese refugee flow.”

The memo says that Egypt has been using development assistance in South Sudan to encourage unity. “But the Egyptians are jealous and sensitive to the Qatari foray into resolving Darfur, a crisis squarely in Egypt’s backyard.”

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President Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe

To the US, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is physically frail but intellectually alert.

A US diplomatic cable describes Mr Mugabe as a ruthless dictator but brilliant tactician with a lopsided sense of economics despite his many degrees.

“He is fixated on land reform and sanctions, and is almost trance-like (monologue, soft voice) in discussing these subjects,” wrote a US diplomat after meeting him at his Harare office.

“He is generally alert and can keep up with a conversation. But physically, Mr Mugabe is frail,” observes the diplomat.

“He appears uncomfortable when seated -- he slouches and frequently turns his body as if to find a better position, and then sits straight up and speaks in a louder voice for a few seconds before lapsing back into the barely audible soft voice.”

The ambassador relays Mr Mugabe’s consisted calls for the West to keep off Zimbabwe’s affairs. Says Mr Mugabe in a cable:

“The countries of Europe and America want to dictate which way our politics should go and they talk about regime change. They want us to go down on our knees and beg. One day we should think about fighting them in the international courts.”

HATARI: UFISADI WAONGEZEKA TANZANIA MIAKA MITATU ILIYOPITA

2010-12-10T13:19:00.000-08:00

Thursday, 09 December 2010 22:50
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By The Citizen Reporter
Dar es Salaam. Corruption has increased during the past three years, according to the 2010 Global Corruption Barometer released yesterday to coincide with the International Anti-Corruption Day.
Most worrying, according to the report, bribes to police have almost doubled since 2006, and more people reported paying bribes to the judiciary and for registry and permit services than they did five years ago.

The report prepared by Transparency International (TI) and released in Berlin, Germany, says six out of 10 people around the world reported the increase of corruption incidents. On the other hand, one in four people reported paying bribes last year.

Views on corruption trends are most negative in Europe and North America, where 73 per cent and 67 per cent of people, respectively, think corruption has increased during the past three years.
Despite the results, the survey also found that seven out of 10 people would be willing to report corruption incidents.
“The fall-out of the financial crises continues to affect people’s opinion of corruption, particular in Europe and North America. Institutions everywhere must stand resolute in efforts to restore trust and good governance,” said Huguette Labelle, chair of Transparency International.
“It is heartening that many people are ready to take a stand against corruption. This willingness must be mobilised,” Labelle noted.

The 2010 Global Corruption Barometer surveyed more than 91,000 people in 86 countries and territories. It focuses on petty bribery, perceptions of public institutions and views of who people trust to combat corruption.
The survey showed that in the past 12 months, one in four people paid a bribe to one of nine institutions and services providers from health to education to tax authorities. The police are named as the most frequent recipients of bribes, according to those surveyed, with 29 per cent of them reporting to the police that they had paid a bribe.

In sub-Sahara African, the report says one in two people reported paying a bribe during the past 12 months. This compares to 36 per cent of people surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa, 32 per cent in the newly independent states, 23 per cent in Latin America, 19 per cent in western Balkans and Turkey, 11 per cent in Asia Pacific and just 5 per cent in the European Union countries and North America.

More than 20 countries reported an increase in petty bribery than in 2006, when the same question was asked by the Barometer. The biggest number of reported bribery payments in 2010 is in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cameroon, India, Iraq, Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda where more than 50 per cent of people surveyed paid a bribe during the last 12 months.
Almost half of all respondents say they paid bribes to avoid problems with the authorities and a quarter of them say it was to speed up processes.

Sadly, few people trust their governments or politicians. Eight out of 10 say political parties are corrupt or extremely corrupt. The civil service and parliament are considered the next most corrupt institutions.
Half the people questioned say their government’s action to stop corruption is ineffective. This reflects little change over time. However, opinion have worsened slightly since 2007 in Asia Pacific, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa – while they have improved in the newly independent states and North America.

HATARI - TANZANIA YA KESHO BILA WANASAYANSI

2010-12-10T13:17:00.000-08:00

Over 2,600 candidates get zero in math

Thursday, 09 December 2010 22:31
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By Fatuma Mwampepo
The Citizen Correspondent

Morogoro. A total of 2,629 out of 46,308 pupils who sat for the 2010 Standard Seven national examination in Morogoro Region in September scored zero in mathematics, it has been revealed.

Some 33 of the 774 schools that had candidates in the exam did not have a single pupil who passed the subject.
This was revealed here recently by the acting regional education officer, Ms Meryrose Lyimo, when releasing a report on the examination results.
She said 746 pupils – 354 and boys and 392 girls – scored zero in mathematics in Kilosa District, the worst record in the region.

It is followed by Morogoro Rural District where 680 pupils – 369 boys and 311 girls – got zero.
Mvomero District had 544 pupils who scored zero in the subject, followed by Kilombero (395), Ulanga (170) and Morogoro Urban (94).

Ms Lyimo said most of the schools that did not have any pupil who passed the subject were located in hilly areas, and faced an acute shortage of teachers.
She asked respective district councils to find ways of improving performance such as motivating teachers.
“They can come up with arrangements that will see teachers in their areas get some motivation that would encourage them to stay in the areas, which have few teachers,” she said

MAUAJI YA KIMBARI NYUMA YA MOBILE PHONE YAKO

2010-12-09T01:45:00.000-08:00

We furahia tu kutumia smart phone yako, lakini hujui ni matokeo ya damu inayomwagika kkule Congo DRC.

MATOKEO DARASA LA SABA - 47% WAMEFELI: INATISHA

2010-12-05T13:54:00.000-08:00

Matokeo ya mtihani wa darasa la saba mwaka huu kwa Tanzania ni sikitiko kwa mtu yeyote makini. Yaani asilimia 47% wamefeli? Hii ni aibu. Hili lingine la kudhoofisha vita dhidi ya madawa ya kulevya ama kuna nia nzuri nyuma ya pazia?

Nchi yetu inakoelekea ni kubaya kimaadili, hapa Tanesco inatumika kwa maslahi ya mafisadi au ni halali kwa yanayotokea juu ya Dowans?

HIVI SISI WAAFRIKA TUNA MATATIZO GANI NA WIZI WA KURA?

2010-12-04T12:36:00.000-08:00

Mwaka huu tumekkuwa na matukio ya ajabu sana ambayo yameonesha ni jinsi gani sisi waafrika bado tuna safari ndefu sana katika ustaarabu wa kuchagua kupata viongozi. Hebu angalia kinachotokea huko Ivory Coast, yaani uchaguzi unaitishwa wa kidemokrasia, unafanyika, Tume ya Uchaguzi inamtangaza fulani ndiye mshindi lakini wanatokea kikundi cha watu wenye nguvu wanamtangaza mtu aliyeshindwa ndiye mshindi na wanamwapisha haraka sana.

Ukiitizama Ivory Coast inanikumbusha wakati ikiwa chini ya Houpheit Boingy,baba wa Taifa ikiwa na maendeleo ya juu sana. Mzee wa watu akafariki, kama alivyotutoka Nyerere hapa kwetu, nchi ikageuka shamba la bibi. Labda nikumbushe tu, alipofariki mzee yule, Henry Konan Bedie aliyekuwa waziri mkuu wa Boingy alikaa madarakani kwa muda hadi uchaguzi ulipoitishwa.

Uchaguzi ulikuwa na kimbembe cha aina yake. Unajua Ivory Coast ilikuwa imeendelea sana eneo la kusini anakotoka Boingy na Kaskazini kulitengwa kabisa. Ila watu wa Kaskazini ni wasomi sana. Kilichotokea, katika uchaguzi ule aliyekuwa anatarajiwa kushinda alikuwa ni Alasane Watara, msomi ambaye alizaliwa Kaskazini mwa Ivory Coast na familia ya wahamiaji, wakata mpira katika mashamba ya mpira kutoka Burkinafaso (Upper Volta). Upande wa kaskazini kumejaa wahamiaji wengi lakini hawa wote ni mababu zao ndio waliohamia ila walizaliwa hapo lakini wanachukuliwa kama wageni na hawastahili kkupewa nafasi za juu za uongozi. Unyanyapaa wa hali ya juu. Inafanana na hali ya Pemba anayofanyiwa Maalim Seif au Raila Odinga huko Kenya ama Kiiza Besigye huko Uganda. Hawa wote watausikia uraisi kwenye bomba kutokana na unyanyapaa wa wapinzani wao.

Katika uchaguzi ule wa Ivory Coast, waligombea watu watatu: Alassane Watara ambaye alikuwa ametoka kufanya kazi IMF and World Bank na alikuwa ndiye aliyeonekana angeweza kuiongoza nchi hiyo. Wagombea wengine walikuwa ni raisi aliyejitangaza leo na kujiapisha Laurent Bagbo ambaye alikuwa ni kiongozi wa upinzani kwa muda mrefu kipindi cha Boingy. Mgombea mwingine alikuwa ni aliyekuwa waziri mkuu na raisi wa muda, Henry Konan Bedie ambaye uchaguzi wa juzi alikuwa mshindi wa tatu na aliwasihi wafuasi wake kumuunga mkono Watara katika ngwe ya pili.

Uchaguzi ule wa miaka kama nane iliyopita haukutangazwa matokeo yake kwani ikiwa ni wazi Allasane Watara alikuwa anakwenda kushinda, jeshi lilichukua madaraka na kutangaza hali ya hatari. Mkuu wa majeshi, Generali Robert Guei alichukua madaraka na yakatokea machafuko makubwa kati ya wenyeji dhidi ya wafuasi wa Watara ambao wanachukuliwa kama "wakuja". Hii inaitwa chuki dhidi ya wageni "xenophobia". Machafuko yaliendelea hadi pale wanajeshi walipomuua Generali Guei na nchi ikachafuka na watu wakafa kibao.

Umoja wa mataifa ukaingilia na uchaguzi ukaitishwa na Bagbo akashinda kiutata. Maadam watu wa Kaskazini waliona wanaonewa, waliamua kuanzisha uasi na nchi ikagawanyika ambapo kijana afisa wa jeshi anayejulikana kama SORRO aliongoza uasi huo.Nchi haikutawalika tena ingawa Bagbo amekuwa akiongoza nchi kwa kipande cha kkusini zaidi hadi pale walipofanya maridhiano na kuunda serikali ya umoja wa kitaifa ambayo imepelekea uchaguzi huu ambao Bagbo ameuvuruga.

Ni wazi kwa hali hii, nchi za Afrika zimeanzisha kasumba ya kutumia hila katika chaguzi ili kung'ang'ania madarakani. Ilianzia Kenya raisi Kibaki aliapishwa kinyemela tena usiku. Ikaenda nchi kama Guinea tumeona yametokea nini kule na hata hapa kwetu Tanzania, uchaguzi uliopita umeondoa heshima ya Kikwete kwa kiasi fulani miongoni mwa watu makini.

Hivi sisi waafrika tuna nini? Sasa raisi wa Ivory Coast ni nani kati ya aliyetangazwa na tume ya uchaguzi au huyo aliyejiapisha?

HII KUTOKA FACEBOOK KWA RAFIKI YANGU JUU YA MASHOGA

2010-12-03T12:49:00.000-08:00

On Homosexuality and Bestiality
by Kitioni Wekesa on Friday, 03 December 2010 at 09:26

I choose to pray before I present my views on homosexuality and bestiality. Dear Lord, my desire has been for truth and nothing but the truth. Along the line, I learnt that to have found truth is to have found beauty, goodness, perfection, and above all justice. However, beautiful as truth may be, I have learnt that naturally knowledge is very elusive. It is not that knowledge is impossible but rather that given angularity, historicity of knowledge as limited by our faculties, we are not able to be conclusive enough in our assertions. Therefore dear Lord, for my oversights I am remorseful and for whatsoever insight, I can only be grateful to you.

I have been sympathetic towards homosexuals in most of my arguments with any anti-gay campaigners. I am grateful that I count myself heterosexual and thus homosexuality naturally is absurd and in a way inconceivable. However, considering my own sexual journey and the ups and downs of learning and discovering the sexual self, I would not be surprised that individuals may learn to become homosexuals. Whether learnt or naturally acquired, I wish not to judge anyone. Like Jesus, I look down as I write all this on the ground.

A dissection of sexual acts engaged in by homosexuals and heterosexuals could help in dismissing some pretense at disdain. I am privy to the understanding that whatsoever people do during sexual intercourse if reflected upon is to a large extent disgusting, and nauseating. Take courage to look at literature on sex and you notice that, as practiced, it is more than just normal i.e. the proper way. Often than not, there are those that enjoy anal, oral and even object aided sex. If heterosexuals enjoy all these forms of sex in the privacy of their rooms, how are they very different from what homosexuals do in the privacy of their rooms. I believe that de-stigmatizing homosexuality will help towards holding them accountable.
A good friend has often challenged me by pointing out that if we become this liberal, we shall soon start tolerating bestiality or men sleeping around with chicken, goats and animals. To this I wish to respond as follows.

1. a man sleeping with a man and a man sleeping with a goat are two different cases2. the only similarity is the associated absurdity3. However, the difference is that i...n the first instance both make rational choices while in the latter case one is imposing something upon a hapless creature.4. to the extend that the two exercise their freedom in a way that they are neither hurting each other or society in any way, why would i have a problem with that?5. In the same way we would protect a 15 year old minor given we argue that they are not of rational capacity to exercise free will or not to yield to undue influence, so should we extend our care to animals and all creatures or things in the world

Therefore, do not be dismissive with regard to the issue of gay and lesbian relationships. What we should guard against is any maneuvers that would lead to such people having undue influence on our young brothers and sisters. Just as we should guard that heterosexuals through such acts as nudism or porn do not unduly influence our young people.
Again, to God be the glory that all men shall respect the natural way. Further, to God be the glory that all men and women will seek more to understand towards compassionately helping each other rather than reacting and thus seeking to condemn or vilify. Over to you my friends!!!

HUYU JAMAA WA NAIROBI JAMAA ANA WAZO MBADALA

UNATAKA KUJUA KUIBA KURA?

2010-12-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

Kama tunafuatilia mambo hatusshangai bara la Africa linaongoza kwa kasumba ya kuchakachua kila jambo. Kura kwao ndio mchezo wa kusalia madarakani. Hebu tizama katika siku si chini ya miezi miwili wizi wa kura imekuwa gumzo Afrika ya Mashariki,na Magharibi: Tanzania, Guinea na Ivory Coast.
Tizama mbinu zitumikazo.

Alafu huwa wanafanyaga hivi.

Huko Zimbabwe nako Mugabe kashindwa kazi nyumbani wakati mkongwe mwenzake Museveni ana raha wakati wa kampeni kaamua kupiga na kuimba mziki wa Rap.

WAJUE MAWAZIRI WALIOAPISHWA

2010-11-28T00:11:00.000-08:00

Baada ya baraza la mawaziri kuapishwa hapo jana, sasa ni wakati wa kujua sifa au wajihi wa wateule hawa maalum wa serikali yetu tukufu.Inasemekana wengi ni majeruhi na wanaodai hivyo wanayo mengi ya kusema juu ya mapungufu ya baadhi yao.Mtizamo wa mapungufu unatolewa zaidi na wale ambao ni wapinzani wa CCM.
Naye Lowasa ameamua kutoa tamko juu ya tuhuma kumzidia.

MAONI YA WANANCHI JUU YA CABINET LA JK

2010-11-25T04:54:00.000-08:00

Nilipofuatilia vyombo vya habari leo, kuna maoni tofauti juu ya cabinet ya Jk.
Baadhi wana tafsiri zao tata na wengine ndio hivyo tena. Pia wengine walitaka hata baadhi ya wateule waachwe sijui kwanini.

BARAZA LA MAWAZIRI LATANGAZWA

2010-11-24T07:31:00.000-08:00

Hatimaye Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano Dr.Jakaya Kikwete amelitangaza baraza lake la mawaziri. Taarifa kutoka Mawasiliano Ikulu imesomeka kama ilivyo hapo chini.

Katika Muundo wa Serikali hakuna mabadiliko makubwa isipokuwa yafuatayo:

1. Idara ya Umwagiliaji tumeiunganisha na Kilimo ambako ndipo ilipokuwa zamani.

a. Imeonekana upangaji wa maendeleo ya kilimo unakuwa hauna hakika bila ya umwagiliaji kuwa sehemu ya kilimo. Tuliihamishia maji kurahisisha pia upangaji na hasa kwa vile maji ndiyo wanaotoa haki ya matumizi ya maji.

b. Kwa kuwa tatizo la uhaba wa maji ya binadamu ni kubwa sana na tunataka tuongeze kasi ya kukabiliana na tatizo hilo tumeona tuiondolee wizara hii mzigo wa umwagiliaji ili ibaki na kazi moja tu ya kuhakikisha kuwa watu wanapata maji safi na salama mita 400 kutoka wanapoishi.

2. Idara ya Vijana tumeihamisha kutoka Wizara ya Kazi na kuihamishia Wizara ya Habari kwa sababu kuu 2.

a. Kwanza inashabihiana na michezo na utamaduni.

b. Tunataka Wizara ya Kazi ipate muda wa kutosha wa kushughulikia masuala ya ajira na wafanyakazi ambayo sasa yamepanuka.

3. Shughuli za Uwezeshaji wa Wananchi zilizokuwa Wizara ya Fedha na Wizara ya Kazi zitahamishiwa Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu.

4. Marekebisho mengine ni madogo:

a. Katika Ofisi ya Rais tunairudisha shughuli ya mahusiano na jamii hivyo tunaongeza Waziri wa Nchi ambaye pia atashughulikia shughuli zilizopanuka za Tume ya Mipango, MKURABITA na TASAF.

b. Katika Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu tutakuwa na Waziri wa Nchi wa kushughulikia Uwekezaji na Uwezeshaji wa Wananchi.

c. Katika Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu Wizara ya TAMISEMI tumeongeza Naibu Waziri wa kushughulikia masuala ya Elimu.

Baada ya kusema hayo nitangaze orodha yetu:

MAWAZIRI NA NAIBU MAWAZIRI

Ofisi ya Rais

1. WN – OR – Utawala Bora
Mathias Chikawe
2. WN – OR – Mahusiano na Uratibu
Stephen Wassira
Ofisi ya Rais, Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma
Hawa Ghasia
Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais
1. Muungano
Samia Suluhu
2. Mazingira
Dr. Terezya Luoga Hovisa
Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu
1. Sera, Uratibu na Bunge
William Lukuvi
2. Uwekezaji na Uwezeshaji
Dr. Mary Nagu

Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa (TAMISEMI)
George Huruma Mkuchika
1.Aggrey Mwanri
2. Kassim Majaliwa

Wizara ya Fedha
Mustapha Mkulo
1. Gregory Teu
2. Pereira Ame Silima
Wizara ya Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi
Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
1. Balozi Khamis Suedi Kagasheki
Wizara ya Katiba na Sheria
Celina Kombani
Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa
Bernard K. Membe
1. Mahadhi Juma Mahadhi
Wizara ya Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa
Dr. Hussein Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Wizara ya Maendeleo ya Mifugo na Uvuvi
Dr. Mathayo David Mathayo
1. Benedict Ole Nangoro
Wizara ya Mawasiliano, Sayansi na Teknolojia
Prof. Makame Mnyaa Mbarawa
1. Charles Kitwanga
Wizara ya Ardhi, Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi

Prof. Anna Tibaijuka
Goodluck Ole Madeye

Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii
Ezekiel Maige

Wizara ya Nishati na Madini
William Mganga Ngeleja
1. Adam Kigoma Malima

Wizara ya Ujenzi
Dr. John Pombe Magufuli
1. Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe
Wizara ya Uchukuzi
Omari Nundu
1. Athumani Mfutakamba

Wizara ya Viwanda na Biashara
Dr. Cyril Chami
Lazaro Nyalandu

Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi
Dr. Shukuru Kawambwa
1. Philipo Mulugo

Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii
Dr. Haji Hussein Mpanda
1. Dr. Lucy Nkya

Wizara ya Kazi na Ajira
Gaudensia Kabaka
Makongoro Mahanga

Wizara ya Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia na Watoto
Sophia Simba
Umi Ali Mwalimu

Wizara ya Habari, Vijana na Michezo
Emmanuel John Nchimbi
1. Dr. Fenella Mukangara

Wizara ya Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki
Samuel John Sitta
Dr. Abdallah Juma Abdallah

Wizara ya Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika
Prof. Jumanne Maghembe
1. Christopher Chiza

Wizara ya Maji
Prof. Mark James Mwandosya
Eng. Gerson Lwinge

Nitawaapisha Jumamosi tarehe 27 Novemba, 2010 saa 05:00 asubuhi

VITI MAALUM - ITAFUTWE FOMULA NYINGINE

2010-11-21T03:03:00.000-08:00

Binafsi sipendi kabisa kusikia mtu anatambulishwa kama Mbunge wa Viti maalum. Sidhani kna manufaa yoyote ya umma kutoka kwa wabunge hawa. Hii ni upotezaji wa fedha za umma kwa wabunge ambao sijaona wana tija gani bungeni.
Naomba nipewe jina la mbunge wa viti maalum ambaye amewahi kuwa agitative enough kuonesha anawakilisha kundi fulani la jamii. Itafutwe fomula nyingine ya kupata wabunge hawa, kwa mfano kuwe kuna uchaguzi wa mbunge mwanamke kila mkoa kwa kushindanisha kila chama kutoa mgombea wakati wa uchaguzi.Hii itasaidia kupunguza matumizi yasiyo na tija.

Ndio maana nashangaa kwa nini wako zaidi ya 100 sasa bungeni, je hii ni nzuri kwa mwanamke wa kawaida ama ni mradi wa kifisadi?

DU! CHADEMA AU CCM, NANI YUKO SAHIHI?

2010-11-21T02:33:00.000-08:00

Eti Jakaya Kikwete alichaguliwa kwa udini au siasa? Je ni kweli kuna udini Tanzania? Kuna jamaa kajadili hapa, kasheshe kwelikweli. Hii demokrasia yetu bwana, ina vituko sana,yaani kama ni kweli Raisi anajiandaa kufanya uteuzi huku baadhhi ya wabunge wanamshinikiza ni wizara ipi awape. Hapa Rais wa nchi ni yupi? Anayejichagulia cheo au anayetoa cheo? Jiulizeni.

Kuna madai kuwa wabunge wa chadema wamegawanyika wengine wakiona kuwa walikosea. Huu ni wakati wabunge waelewe kuwa in order to prevent the country not been thrown to the dogs completely, ni wakati wa ujasiri. Kama ni kweli Chadema wako makini na wana dhamira basi tutarajie kuwa tanaweza shuhudia maandamano na hata mikutano ya hadhara tena siku si nyingi. Nchi imefika mahali panapohitaji mkombozi na ni vyema wajiandae, kwani kuwa upinzani si kupiga makofi tu mjengoni bali ni kazi haswa.

Kitendo cha Chadema kina asili ya kihistoria.

CHADEMA WANA KAZI KUITHIBITISHIA JAMII JUU YA UHALALI WA KUSUSA BUNGE

2010-11-20T12:29:00.000-08:00

Watu wameendelea kuilamu Chadema kumgomea Raisi Kikwete Bungeni.
Inaelekea CCM watazua hoja binafsi Bungeni kuwaadhibu wabunge wa Chadema. Hapa napo ni utata mtupu, kwani yatatokea yaleyale ya Zitto Kabwe.
Mtizamo wangu ni kuwa nadhani ni vyema Chadema watoe maelezo ya kina kwanini waliamua kufanya vile. Manaake watanzania wengi wanalitizama tukio lile kama vile kukosa adabu.Inashangaza sana kuwa watanzania wengi hawaelewi njia mbalimbali ambazo ni sehemu ya kuwasilisha ujumbe kuwa kuna tatizo linahitaji ufumbuzi.
Inaonekana nchi imejaa "laymen" wengi sana ambao kwao wanaaona nchi yetu inatawaliwa vizuri. Ukisoma makala hii katika "The Citizen" la leo ni wazi hata wasomi wengi wanahimiza eti kuwe na dialogue, maridhiano. Hivi kweli tunahitaji maridhiano hapo ama ni Katiba ibadilishwe?

KATIBA MPYA NDIO SULUHISHO
Watu kadhaa wanatoa maoni na mitizamo yao kuwa Katiba kama
sheria mama, ni wakati wa kutengenezwa upya.

SPIKA MWANAMKE - ILIKUWA SAHIHI?
Unajua wengi wamesema na hata mimi naamini kilichotokea ni ubaguzi wa kijinsia. Kinachobakia ni mama kuhakikisha she has to prove wrong that she's an agents of the mafisadi. Ningependa tumsome huyu mzee hapo chini ana mtizamo wake juu ya hili:

Is the procedure to elect House Speaker fundamentally flawed?

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By Karl Lyimo
Last Friday, Tanzania came into a newly constituted National Assembly – ‘Bunge’ – and a new Speaker, Anna Makinda. The significance of this is three-fold… One: almost a third of the 339-seat House is from Opposition political parties. Two: a goodly proportion of the new MPs are youngish…

But, perhaps the most important aspect of the whole shebang is that, for the first time in the country’s 49-year Independence History, the Speaker is a woman. This has thrown a spanner in the gender-inequality works.
At long last, the Legislature – one of the three statutory Estates of the Realm… Or four, if you take into account the de facto the Independent Press Estate – is headed by a daughter of the soil.

For better or for worse, this – taken together with the fact that nearly a third of the august House is also ‘manned’ by Lady Members – is another major step in the way forward to entrenching gender equality in Tanzania.
Of course, the Lady Speaker didn’t fall like manna from Heaven. She was tactically maneouvred into the scoring position by her ‘Nambari Wan’ patron, the veteran ruling party CCM. The top party caucus axed ten of its members who’d come forward to contest the post, leaving three aspirants – all women, as it ‘conveniently’ happened!
The field included Samuel Sitta, the immediate past Speaker, and Andrew Chenge – a decoy if I ever saw one! But, that’s another story…

Considering that gender equality’s a fashionable clarion call, there was no better vehicle to convey one of the three into the Wool Sack (House-of-Lords pardon!). In the event, Ms Makinda easily won the post with 265 votes against 53 for his formal rival from the Opposition, Mabere Marando.
This wasn’t surprising – especially considering that her party already had 251 MPs as of November 12, compared with a combined total of 82 ‘Opposition’ MPs… as well as scores of fellow women MPs!

However, what’s surprising – if that’s the correct word – is that Marando could only muster 53 of the votes… One would’ve naturally expected him to garner all the ‘Opposition’ votes! What happened to the other 29?
Of course, the easy answer’s that ‘they virtually crossed the floor,’ going to their political rivals who were already heavily fortified, anyways! But, this wasn’t necessarily the case – or she’d have won by 280 votes (251-CCM-plus-29 Opposition ‘defectors’).
Equally interesting is that some CCM MPs may’ve also voted for the Opposition candidate – thereby reducing Makinda’s ideal total from 280 to 265.

That’s if only because among them must be ‘male chauvinist pigs’ (Angela Davis pardon); disappointed Sitta-supporters, Opposition Camp followers-at-heart…
(Would you believe it? Nine ballots were spoiled!)
Confused? Let’s leave that and move on! Ideally, such crucial voting shouldn’t be secret… MPs should’ve the courage of their convictions, stand up and be counted as supporting who – and may the best candidate win!
(Indeed, the best candidate, Samuel Sitta, was jettisoned via caucus fiat. In my view, Sitta did much to put Tanzania in the good books of the comity of nations than most any other person – bar Mwalimu Nyerere… But, again, that’s another story).

Finally, regardless of what the Constitution says in the rider to Article 68, the Speaker wasn’t elected by MPs in the real sense of the term.
One really doesn’t become an MP unless and until one formally takes and subscribes the Oath of Allegiance…

Only then can we nail them to the masts if, say, it is found that they had sold their vote for a mess of pottage!
Then there’s the small matter of the Public Leaders Ethics Code… Is the Speaker (Article 84(5) and her MPs (Article 70(1) able, willing and ready to publish formal statements regarding their property… Sorry. Cheers!
[ Israellyimo@yahoo.com

Ukishaisoma hiyo makala nataka uniambie unaonaje? Mie nampa shavu mzee kwa kujenga hoja.

JK AFUNGUA BUNGE LA 10 - CHADEMA WAMSUSIA

2010-11-18T19:35:00.000-08:00

Nimemtizama Raisi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akihutubia Bunge mjini Dodoma. Lilikuwa ni tukio la aina yake kwani serikali ya CCM ilijitahidi kuonesha kuwa kwa sasa ni wazi kule Zanzibar CCM na CUF ni kitu kimoja. Maridhiano yamekuwa ni machungu kwa kambi ya upinzani kwani kwa sasa itapata wakati mgumu kwa idadi kinyume na watu walivyofikiri awali kuwa upinzani Bungeni ungekuwa umeimarika kumbe wapi.
Kuhudhuria kwa Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar, Seif Sharif Hamad, kumeonesha wazi kuwa kwa sasa CUF kama mshirika mkuu wa CCM Zanzibar ni wazi kuwa serikali ya CCM imefanikiwa kuleta amani Zanzibar na hapo hapo kudumaza nguvu ya upinzani katika Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano.

1. CHADEMA WAMSUSA RAISI
Baada ya Raisi kukaribishwa na Spika wakati akianza kumshukuru Spika, nilimwona mbunge wa Hai, na mwenyekiti wa Chadema, Freeman Mbowe akitizamana na mwenzake na mara moja wabunge wote wa Chadema ambao wanaunda Kambi ya Upinzani bungeni walisimama na kutoka nje huku wakizomewa na wenzao wa CCM kwa makofi ya kejeli. Rais alibakia akitabasamu; Rais wa Zanzibar alionesha uso wenye kutaharuki na kuwaza sana wakati huo. Nilitegemea rais Kikwete azungumzie hali iliyojitokeza lakini alijifanya hajali na akamaliza hotuba yake bila kusema lolote lakini hakuacha kupiga mkwara kuwa wapinzani watambue kuwa yeye ndiye Rais wao.

Hili la utambuzi nadhani Raisi bado hajalielewa; hapa kuna swala la kupinga utaratibu mzima wa uchaguzi wa Raisi na hasa muundo na utendaji wa Tume ya Uchaguzi kama kiini cha hali tata na kasoro ambazo hazielezeki kimantiki kwa mtu yeyote mwenye akili ya kufikiri kimakini. Tatizo ambalo limejitokeza nadhani ni “legitimacy” ya uraisi wa Kikwete. Ni kweli tayari ameapishwa lakini suala wabunge kumgomea si la mzaha ni suala lenye kuhitaji kujiuliza hivi tumefikaje katika hali hiyo?

2. UTAWALA BORA – UFA WA KIDINI
Raisi katika hotuba yake ya ufunguzi wa bunge la tisa miaka mitano iliyopita alidhamiria kuimarisha taasisi za kidemokrasia ili zifanye kazi kisasa. Hadi leo unapoona kuna mapungufu mengi sana katika suala zima la uchaguzi ni wazi raisi kashindwa kutimiza ahadi yake. Taasisi zote za kidemokrasia kuanzia msajili wa vyama hadi Takukuru, haziko huru na zinaendeshwa kama vile bado tuko katika nchi za kikomunisti. Huo kwa Rais Kikwete ndio usasa anaoutaka alafu anashangazwa na aibu hii ya wabunge kumsusa.

Nimefuatilia hotuba ya Rais Kikwete anasema eti nchi ina ufa wa kidini ambao unatishia mgawanyiko wa kitaifa. Kila hili linaposemwa na viongozi wetu tangu wakati wa Kampeni linanishangaza sana. Ikumbukwe kuwa uchaguzi wa mwaka huu umekuja kipindi ambacho demokrasia imekuwa hadi asasi na viongozi wa kidini tayari wameanza kushiriki katika kushawishi masuala ya kisiasa. Hali hii haikwepeki katika maendeleo ya kidemokrasia na kwa wahafidhina “conservatives”, kwao wanadhani viongozi wa dini wameamua kumpigia chapuo mgombea Fulani. Ni vyema Raisi pamoja na wanaomshauri wafuatilie maendeleo ya demokrasia kule Amerika ya Kusini ambapo pamewahi kuwa na udikteta sana hapo nyuma. Lakini tangu kuibuka kwa wimbi la “ Theolojia ya Ukombozi” viongozi wa dini waliamua kuungana na waumini wao kupigia chapua katika kutoa elimu ya uraia wakibainisha sifa za kiongozi bora. Matokeo yake walichaguliwa viongozi bora na leo uchumi wa nchi hizo umeimarika na utawala bora ndio usiseme.
Kipindi chote cha kampeni sikuwahi kusikia viongozi wa kidini wakiendesha kampeni au mahubiri dhidi ya mgombea Fulani kwa kuvutia watu wao wachague muumini wao. Ila viongozi wa dini wengi wa kikristo walikazia sana sifa za kiongozi bora ambazo kwa kiasi Fulani ziliwagusa wagombea Fulani bila kujali dini zao. Huu ndio ulikuwa msisitizo na ni wazi kwa mtanzania yeyote mwenye akili timamu atakubaliana na mimi kuwa, katika sifa za kiongozi bora ambazo ziliainishwa na viongozi wa dini hasahasa zilikuwa zikitaja kiongozi atakayechaguliwa awe na sifa ambazo zitasaidia Taifa kuepukana na changamoto ambazo serikali ya Kikwete iliyopita ilikuwa imeshindwa kuzishughulikia.

Ni wazi viongozi wengi wa dini walionesha kuwa hawakuwa wanaridhishwa na utendaji kazi wa serikali ya awamu iliyopita. Bahati mbaya sana viongozi wengi wa aina hiyo walikuwa wa dini za kikristo. Hali hii ya kuelezwa hisia za ukweli ndizo zinamfanya Raisi Kikwete na wapambe wake kutafsiri hali ile kama vile kuna ufa wa kidini. Ninaamini kwa viongozi wengi wa kidini wa kikristo ambao naamini wamekwenda shule vizuri, hata kama leo hii Tanzania ingekuwa chini ya raisi mkristu, na uongozi kuwa wenye mapungufu kama ya awamu iliyopita bado wangepiga kampeni katika mwelekeo ambao ulijitokeza. Siamini kabisa kuwa kuna ufa wa kidini Tanzania wala hakuna chuki dhidi ya kiongozi wa Taifa ambaye ni muislamu bali tatizo ni aina ya uongozi uliokuwepo.

4. AHADI
Kama kawaida yake Raisi Kikwete ametoa ahadi lukuki kupitia mpango wa Maendeleo 2025. Kazungumza mengi matamu masikioni juu ya ndoto yake kichwani juu ya Taifa hili. Kwa mazoea na rais Kikwete sidhani kama ni kweli ana dhamira ya dhati kwani ili tuifikie ndoto hiyo, ni wazi inambidi abadili staili yake ya utawala.

Huku tukisubiri Baraza la Mawaziri kutangazwa, ni wazi tayari serikali atakayoiunda imeshaonesha kuwa haina dhamira ya kupambana na ufisadi kwani uchaguzi wa Spika mpya wa Bunge kwa kumuengua Spika aliyekuwepo umeonesha kuwa Bunge limetekwa nyara na Chama tawala. Serikali yake inataka Spika ambaye ataminya haki ya Wabunge kuhoji serikali katika baadhi ya mambo ambayo yana maslahi ya Chama. Bunge kwa kutumia kisingizio cha “ni wakati wa mwanamke kuongoza mhimili mmoja wa dola” limeonesha wazi halitaki Spika ambaye ataruhusu kila jambo lenye maslahi ya umma kujadiliwa kwa undani. Majadiliano ya aina hii tayari yamewaumbua baadhi ya vigogo wenye fedha ndani ya chama katika Bunge lililopita. Hali hii inaonekana imeleta migawanyiko na hivyo ni afadhali wezi wa mali za umma wasizungumzwe kwani Chama kitachafuka.

5. SERIKALI NA WOGA ISIOUJUA “PARANOIA”
Maadam serikali itakayoundwa itaendeshwa kwa kuhakikisha mambo yote ya kifisadi yanafichwa basi ile “moral authority” mamlaka ya kimaadili ya Raisi Kikwete kuahidi kkuwa atapambana na ufisadi inakuwa haina mashiko kabisa. Nchi imefika hatua inaendeshwa kwa staili ya “Kleptocracy” badala ya “Democracy” alafu watu wanafanya mzaha kwa kusingizia kuna ufa wa kidini au waziri Mkuu Pinda anaonya kuwa kuna Chama Fulani kinatishia amani na umoja wa kitaifa. Hivi hata Pinda haoni ilivvyo vigumu kutumika katika serikali ambayo maslahi ya umma yanashika nafasi ya tatu? Ya kwanza ikiwa ni maslahi ya makundi Fulani ya wakwasi, la pili ni chama na mwisho wananchi. Maadam viongozi wengi wameamua kuchagua “unafiki” kutumika, basi sitashangaa hata yule Spika aliyechinjiwa baharini atapewa zawadi ya uwaziri na atakubali kutumika kwa kufuata misingi ambayo haiamini bali ili mradi mkono unaenda kinywani. Aina hii ya viongozi ndio ambao wamelifikisha Taifa hili kwa sasa halina viwango katika kila kitu ni usanii tu “mediocrity”.

Ukitizama elimu inazalisha wahitimu mediocrity kuanzia ngazi zote hadi vyuo vikuu. Asilimia kubwa ya watanzania hawana uwezo wa kufikiri kwa kina katika mambo mbalimbali. Tumefika mahali sasa Bunge linakuwa na wawakilishi karibu mia mbili wa viti maalum ambao hawana tija kwa Taifa zaidi ya kula fedha za bure tu. Yako mengi nikiyatizama naogopa hivi watoto wangu wataishi Tanzania ya aina gani? Waama! Mungu aepushe mbali, kwa kweli sioni kama tunaelekea kuzuri huko mbele kama Raisi Kikwete asipobadilisha namna ya kuongoza Taifa hili.

HAYA NI MAFANIKIO
Hotuba ya Raisi imedhihirisha mafanikio katika ukusanyaji kodi kumeongezeka, utegemezi wa wafadhili kumeshuka hadi 28% kutoka 42% nadhani. Si haba hapa serikali imejitahidi. Lakini napo pananishangaza sana; hebu fikiria mbona hali za maisha ya watu wa chini ziko hoi bado? Ile “trickle down effect” mbona haipo? Hapa sitasita kusema ufisadi, anasa na matumizi holela ni tatizo ambalo linaondoa ile umaana wa makusanyo lukuki.

Si hilo la makusanyo tu, bali kkuna hili la “mfumuko wa bei umeshuka”, Raisi Kikwete katoa sababu nyingi sana kuhusu misukosuko ya kiuchumi iliyoikumba nchi yetu. Juhudi zilifanyika na tukamudu lakini pia amesema eti mauzo ya nje yameongezeka sana hasa kupitia sekta ya madini. Mimi mwenyewe wakati namsikiliza nilipitia bei ya dhahabu nikaona imeongezeka zaidi sokoni lakini nikashangaa kama wazalishaji mbona bado mfumuko wa bei ni tatizo kwetu ilihali “export” ni kubwa? Kuna nini hapa? Hayo madola ya madini yanaingia serikalini au yapo mifukoni mwa mafisadi? Anajua mwenyewe, lakini sikuona mantiki katika kutetea mfumuko wa bei.

Raisi anadai eti kwa sasa Tanzania inauza zaidi bidhaa nchini Kenya kuliko Kenya inavyouza Tanzania. Imenishawishi nifuatilie mauzo ya Kenya na Tanzania nione inawezekanaje hili litokee kwa nchi ambayo bado tunaona karibu kila kitu kina chapa ya Kenya madukani? Viwanda vyetu bado vimelala, kilimo chetu anajua mungu, utendaji kazi wetu ndio huo ambapo watanzania wengi starehe ndio jambo la mbele zaidi.

6. MICHEZO
Mwisho, Raisi kagusia kuhusu michezo. Hapa alinikuna kiasi Fulani kwa kueleza jinsi ambavyo zamani wakati akiwa shuleni alivyokuwa akifundishwa michezo na mwalimu wa michezo. Ana mawazo mazuri kuhusu kuimarishwa kwa sekta ya michezo hapa nchini na anajua ni nini chanzo cha kudorora kwa michezo. Ila kuna kitu ambacho bado kama watanzania hatujakitilia maanani kama kweli tunataka maandalizi ya michezo na hata sanaa kwa ujumla.

Hapo awali nimeeleza masikitiko yangu juu ya hali mbaya Taifa lilipofikia na nikasema kuwa kwa sasa kwenye elimu hatujali viwango “quality” sisi tumebakia bora liende. “mediocrity”. Michezo na utamaduni ni kielelezo cha jambo hili pia. Ningedhani Raisi Kikwete angepaswa kuelewa kuwa sekta ya michezo imekuwa ni aibu ya Taifa kwa sasa. Michezo haizingatii elimu; na ningedhani kuna haja ya fani ya michezo katika vyuo vikuu na vile vya ualiimu ianzishwe kwa kasi ya hali ya juu. Ukitizama wawakilishi wetu kwenye michezo kama “Olimpiki, Jumuiya ya Madola na hata Soka” pamoja na kuwa na makocha ambao serikali inawalipa bado ni vituko tu. Mediocrity, hali inayosababishwa na wanamichezo wasio na uelewa wa michezo kama fani ya kielimu. Michezo imebakia kkuchezwa na wengi wa vijana walioshindwa kusoma kabisa, wahuni, wavuta bangi, watukutu na watu mbalimbali ambao ni “ant – social katika jamii.

Matokeo yake kuanzia viongozi hadi wachezaji wote hawana maono “vision” wala mtizamo wa mbali ukiacha fedha kama posho za kusafiri tu. Bahati mbaya sana kwa kuzingatia hii hali ya “mediocrity” katika fani mbalimbali hapa nchini, hata wataalamu lukuki pale wizara husika na michezo wamebakia wasindikizaji wa wanamichezo katika matamasha makubwa ya kimataifa ya michezo. Hawana jipya katika kubuni mbinu za kuendeleza michezo nchini. Raisi Kikwete anapaswa aone uendelezaji michezo katika jicho la mtizamo ninaoujadili. Kuna haja ya michezo kuanzia mashuleni na shule ndio ziwe kisima cha kuandaa vijana katika michezo mbalimbali.

Hata kwenye sanaa za maonesho, Raisi amedai kuna mafanikio. Lakini mimi nadhani yapo ya kuboresha zaidi. Ingawa mimi si mtizamaji sana wa filamu za kibongo, lakini nadiriki kusema inanishangaza kila nikitizama filamu, mada ni mapenzi tu. Mtu atasema eti ndio inayouza. Naamini kuna haja ya kuhimiza mada zingine kwenye mambo kama ufisadi, kilimo, siasa na mambo yote yanayoikumba jamii.

HITIMISHO
Taifa limepoteza tunu ya utendaji kazi wa kizalendo na uwajibikaji. Mambo yanafanywa kiujanjaujanja sana. Katika kila fani wataalam kuanzia kilimo hadi michezo wao ni kufukuzia mapato ambayo hawajayafanyia kazi. Utashangaa utawaona wataalamu wa elimu, kilimo hadi michezo wakinawiri kimaisha lakini mambo wanayoyasimamia yako hoi bin taabani. Ripoti zao ziko safi sana ila kimatendo ni bure sana.

Raisi Kikwete hajui kuwa Taifa kwa sasa ni mediocrity kila pahala. Uelewa wa mambo na kuzingatia kanuni za utendaji kazi kwa tija ya maslahi ya umma unapotea. Mfumo wa siasa na utawala una matatizo, watanzania wengi ni wagonjwa kisaikolojia. Their psyche is in disarray. Sina hakika kama hujachelewa; lakini naamini sasa tumefika point of no return. Kama Raisi wetu mpendwa hutabadilika kwa kuanza kuwawajibisha na hata kukaa mbali na mafisadi, hakika kiama cha nchi yetu kitaanza sasa. Na ndipo hapo tutajua legacy ya Kikwete. Nabakia nikisubiri Baraza la mawaziri na nitaweka waraka mwingine.

PINDA - MTOTO WA MKULIMA WAZIRI MKUU TENA

2010-11-16T11:32:00.000-08:00

MWELEKEO WA SIASA ZA TANZANIA BAADA YA UCHAGUZI MKUU 2010

2010-11-13T22:20:00.000-08:00

Ukizitizama siasa za kiafrika, UKABILA, haukwepeki. Tangu juzi nimetizama wabunge wakiapishwa huku wakiwa wamesindikizwa na ndugu na hata vikundi vya kikabila utadhani mwisho wa siku matokeo ya utendaji wao yatawafikia wanakabila wenzao. Yuko bwana mmoja amejadili jinsi siasa zetu zilivyojaa ukabila.
Huku tukiwa tumemaliza uchaguzi, ni wazi kuwa CCM imethibitisha kuwa ni chama ambacho ni nguva wa kisiasa. Pamoja na kutotegemea tena hekima za Nyerere lakini bado CCM inapeta.
Kudhihirisha kuwa CCM itaendelea kutawala kwa miongo kadhaa, hebu ona jinsi ambavyo itakavyoweza kutawala siasa za Tanzania hadi 2030.

JAKAYA KIKWETE AAPISHWA

2010-11-06T02:32:00.000-07:00

Nilichokiona leo uwanja wa Uhuru ni maombi ambayo yalikuwa yanaashiria mawazo na mitizamo ya viongozi wa dini.
Kwa mfano huyu shehe wa waislamu, yeye alikazia kwa ufupi sana juu ya:

Ee Mola wetu, tunaomba wakinge viongozi wetu na fitna ya uongozi

Uiepushe na siasa za kidini *3

2.Mtu wa pili alikuwa Askofu Valentino Mokiwa akiwakilisha Umoja wa Makanisa Tanzania. Yeye alisisitiza katika sala yake yafuatayo:

Eti Raisi JK apewe na kujaliwa Nguvu katika kuongoza na hekima kutawala
Eti Mungu atuepushe na Tofauti za kisiasa na za itikadi, kidini,
Mungu aepushe dhidi ya Machafuko, pia Mungu ampe JK nguvu za akili, roho, mwili, hekima, busara, na uwezo wa kutafakari mbele.

3. Maombi ya tatu yalitoka kwa kanisa mama: Baraza la maaskofu Tanzania , Askofu Michael

Akiwa na karatasi alisoma sala yake kama ifuatavyo:
Aliamua kuitumia sala ya Nabii Suleiman akimuomba Mungu amtie JK yafuatayo:
Moyo wa hekima na akili, uwajibikaji, baraza la mawaziri, bunge na mahakama na vyombo vya ulinzi waweze kuongoza kuleta heri ya milele mbinguni.

4. Baadaye ikafuata hotuba ya shukrani ya JK na hakusema mengi kwani ameahidi atasema sana siku ya uzinduzi wa Bunge.rais amesema tutembee kwa kifua mbele kwani bado watanzania wengi wanakipenda chama cha mapinduzi.Amewashukuru watu wawili: Dr. Gharib Billali na Mke wake mpendwa Salma Kikwete kkusaida kutafuta ushindi CCM.
Mama Ngangari kutafuta ushindi, lakini pia amewashukuru wagombea wenzake waliowania uongozi na akakiri changamoto zao na ni lazima CCM igangamale kwani huko mbele kutakuwa kugumu.

5. Ameahidi kutibu majeraha ya kampeni ambayo yamegawa watu na jamii za nchi yetu kidini, rangi, jinsia na umaeneo. Amewaomba vyama vya upinzani visaidiane naye kudumisha amani na kuondoa nchi kugawanyika. Hapa atawategemea viongozi wa dini na wanahabari wasaidie kuifanya Tanzania kuendelea kuwa kisiwa cha amani.

6. Jk hakuisahau Tume ya Uchaguzi kwa kazi bora iliyofanya. Ila kazi kubwa iliyo mbele yetu ni kufanya tathmini kujua ni yapi yaimarishwe kuleta chaguzi zijazo zenye ufanisi zaidi.

7. Watu wa ulinzi na usalama nao hawakubaki nyuma kushukuriwa na amewaomba waendelee kusimamia utulivu na pia kwa gwaride zuri ambalo walilifanya mbele ya umati wake.

8. Pia ameshukuru UNDP kwa msaada wao katika kufanikisha uchaguzi, Katibu Mkuu kiongozi kwa kuandaa sherehe na pia viongozi wa dini kwa dua zao.

UCHAGUZI MKUU KWISHA KWA HASIRA ZA BAADHI YA WANANCHI WA MIJINI

2010-11-01T05:26:00.001-07:00

Uchaguzi mkuu ndio leo na ninaamini watanzania watapiga kura kumchagua kiongozi wanayemhitaji katika wakati tulionao kama Taifa. Ni wazi kama kuna haja ya mabadiliko basi wapiga kura hawatasita kutumia wasaa mfupi katika chumba cha kkupigia kura na kuhakikiksha kuwa ile karatasi ya kupigia kura haitumiki vibaya. Binafsi sipigi kura leo kwa sababu za msingi kabisa kwangu ingawa ni wazi ninapoteza haki yangu ya kiraia. Nitaeleza baadaye kwanini sipigi kura.

Katika uchaguzi huu watanzania watahitaji kupiga picha ya miaka mitano iliyopita na wajionee wenyewe kama kweli Taifa la Tanzania linahitaji mtu mbadala na vilevile chama mbadala. Ni kipindi kigumu kuamua kwani si rahisi kwa watanzania wengi kuamua kutaka mabadiliko na wala si rahisi pia kwa watanzania wengi kuchukua uamuzi kuendelea na aina ya uongozi ambao umemaliza muda wake. Nitajadili mambo haya mawili kuona ni kwanini wapiga kura leo wako njia panda?

Moja, wapiga kura wengi leo hii watapenda kuendelea na chama pamoja na viongozi wa chama kilekile ambacho wamekizoea kwa miaka nenda rudi. Ni chama ambacho kwao kimekuwa ndio kinachohakikisha uwepo na upatikanaji wa mahitaji yao. Nitatoa mifano kadhaa kuonesha uzuri wa chama hiki kikongwe: Hebu fikiria mfanyakazi wa serikali, mtumishi wa umma ambaye anafika kazini muda anaotaka kama vile yeye ndiye mwenye mali. Haulizwi kwanini amechelewa na mara nyingine hata asipofika kazini haulizwi.

Mwingine anafika kazini lakini hafanyi kazi yeyote na mwisho wa mwezi analipwa mshahara na pia anapandishwa cheo. Si hili tu, pia hebu fikiria wako watanzania kibao ambao kitaaluma ni sawa na bure kabisa, mbumbumbu kabisa, yaani hata kuandika vizuri hawawezi kabisa, mtu hajui hata kuandika barua au taarifa yoyote ikaeleweka na kupeleka ujumbe. Aliajiriwaje? Ni mfumo wa chama na serikali iliyopo. Pakitokea mabadiliko mtu huyu atakuwa hatarini sana.

Si hayo ya wafanyakazi wengi wa kada za chini. Nenda kada za juu. Hapo napo ni kasheshe tu. Wako wengi wamegawiwa vyeo na nafasi walizonazo katika ngazi mbalimbali. Kwao urafiki na uswahiba wao kwa wenye chama ndio njia pekee ya kufaidika na nafasi na vyeo katika taasisi mbalimbali. Hawa ni wengi sana na sidhani kama watakubali kupiga kura kukiondoa chama cha ccm madarakani. Hawa wote, ni kutetea maslahi yao kibinafsi zaidi pamoja na tabaka tawala na kuendeleza hali iliyopo “status quo”.

Kwa upande mwingine kuna watanzania wengine ambao kwao kura yao itataka mabadiliko. Kwao kuendelea na utawala uliopo si hatua muafaka. Kwao wanataka Tanzania mpya wakiamini yako mambo mengi ambayo yanapaswa kubadilika. Kwa mfano, habari ya ufisadi iliyokithiri hapa nchini kwa takriban katika serikali inayomaliza muda wake ni hadithi ambayo kwao ni chungu ambayo haivumiliki. Kwa mfano, wizi wa fedha za EPA, Kashfa za Meremeta, Richmond, na nyingine nyingi hazina majibu.

Kwa wapenda mabadiliko wanashangaa jinsi ambavyo chama kilichopo madarakani kilivyoshindwa kutoa majibu ya msingi juu ya hatua madhubuti kuondoa ufisadi nchini. Wanakasirishwa zaidi na hatua ya chama kuwapiga marufuku wagombea wake wote kushiriki midahalo ambayo ingeruhusu wahojiwe na watoe maelezo kwa wananchi juu ya mapungufu yanayoonekana katika utendaji wao kwa miaka mitano iliyopita.

Wanaopenda mabadiliko wanashangazwa na jeuri iliyooneshwa na chama kilichopo madarakani wakati wa kampeni. Hii ni jeuri ya fedha katika matumizi ya vifaa vya kampeni wakati wananchi wengi wakipata shida juu ya huduma mbovu na kupanda sana kwa gharama za maisha kunakosababishwa na kushuka kwa thamani ya shilingi. Wanapotaka majibu hawapewi na wanapoleta majukwaa kama vile midahalo pia wenye nchi hawako tayari kutoa ushirikiano. Hali hii ni wazi kuwa watawala hawataki kuwa “accountable” na kwa wapenda mabadiliko hili si jambo la enzi hizi.

Kwa ufupi makundi haya mawili ya wapiga kura: Lile la kuendeleza hali iliyokuwepo “statua quo”, na lingine la mabadiliko yaani kuhimiza “accountability” ndiyo yanayoshindana leo. Litakaloshinda litakuwa na wajibu wa kuhakikisha jamii ya watanzania inaendeshwa kwa kufuata matakwa yake. Nitaendelea kumsubiri mwenyekiti wa tume ya taifa ya uchaguzi amtangaze mshindi na ndipo tutajua hatima ya nchi yetu. Hapo tutajua tutajua nchi itaenda kwa staili ipi kati ya kifisadi fisadi ama ile ambayo tunaahidiwa tu lakini hatuna hakika kwa dhati kama kweli itatimizwa ama inatekelezeka.

Mwisho niseme tu kwanini sijapiga kura leo: kwanza kabisa sijawahi kujiandikisha kwa makusudi kabisa kwa kuzingatia kuwa siamini kuwa kwa muundo wa Tume ya uchaguzi tuliyonayo haiwezi kuwa huru katika utendaji wake wa kusimamia zoezi la uchaguzi. Mpaka hapo Tume huru kwa kuzingatia matakwa ya demokrasia itakapokuwa imeundwa ndipo nitakaposhawishika kupiga kura.

KAMPENI ZA UCHAGUZI TANZANIA

2010-09-19T06:45:00.000-07:00

Nilikuwa kimya sana kwa muda mrefu, sasa nitajaribu kuwalisha watu juu ya yanayojiri juu ya Kampeni za uchaguzi mwaka huu 2010. Tayari Moshi tumeshuhudia bonge la kampeni la kitajiri na vimbwanga vya kila aina vya mgombea uraisi ambaye pia ni raisi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano JK. Hiyo ilikuwa ni wiki hii. Sidhani kama kutakuwa bonge lingine la mkutano kama ule kwa habari nilizozipata.
Wacha hayo, sasa hivi stori kuu ambayo ni ya msingi ni hii kuendelea kukamatwa pembe za ndovu kule Hong Kong kutokea Tanzania. Jamani, mimi nataka niulize, hivi, si ndio sisi tulikuwa tunataka turuhusiwe kuziuza pembe tukawekewa uzibe na majirani zetu majuzi tu, sasa kwa jeuri tumeamua tunaziuza kinyemela au ndio nisemeje?

Pili, kuna hili la Mke wa Raisi jamaa hawataki ampigie mumewe kampeni, mimi naona kama vile kuna ka wivu hivi, hivi ina maana mke wa raisi kutumia mali za serikali dhambi? kwani si ndio mama namba moja eti? Sasa kama yeye ndiye namba moja kwanini makelele wajameji? Hebu someni wake wengine wa maraisi wanavyofanyaga alafu tujiulize hivi kwani mama yetu ana shida gani, si tumuache atumbue kanchi haka masikini?

Wadau nawasikilizia kwa haya mawili.

DEMOCRASIA NI MBAYA AU NZURI?

2010-08-02T23:02:00.000-07:00

Tukiwa tunaelekea kwenye uchaguzi, jiulize swali hili: Je tunahitaji democrasia au la?

KWAHERI MAXIMO

2010-06-08T01:11:00.000-07:00

MAXIMO NA WABRAZIL NA KIELELEZO CHA UCHANGA WA SOKA LA BONGO

Nimeitizama mechi ya Taifa Stars dhidi ya Brazil iliyochezwa tarehe 7/06/2010 siku ya jumatatu na ikanifurahisha sana. Furaha yangu si kufungwa bao 5 – 1 kwani tangu awali nilitarajia tungefungwa 3 – 0 lakini matarajio yangu hayakuwa hivyo. Ilikuwa ni mechi ya mwisho kwa Marcio Maximo na zawadi nzuri ya kocha huyo kuonesha kielelezo cha kazi aliyoifanya takriban kwa miaka isiyopungua mitatu na ushehe.

Marcio Maximo alianza kazi yake kwa kupokea timu ambayo ilikuwa haina misingi yeyote ya soka la kisasa. Ni timu iliyokuwa inaendeshwa kienyeji sana, timu ambayo nina hakika ilikuwa haina tofauti na timu za vijijini hapa Tanzania. Kimsingi timu hii kwa kipindi chote cha Maximo imekuwa katika kujengwa ingawa wadau wengi wa soka wamekuwa wakimlaumu kocha huyo mbrazili kuwa hana mafanikio yeyote. Kimsingi hawajui kuwa kujenga timu yenye wachezaji wa kiwango cha chini kama ya kwetu inahitaji kizazi “generation” kuandaliwa tangu utotoni katika timu za makundi tofauti ya umri ili kufikia timu kamili ya kisasa.

Wadau wengi walisahau kuwa Maximo amekuta timu ya kuokoteza mitaani ya wachezaji wasiojua kuwa kwenye mpira kuna nidhamu ya mpira ili uweze kufanikiwa. Wadau wetu wa soka hawakuzingatia mambo mengi ya msingi ambayo Maximo kailetea nchi yetu lakini ukweli utabakia pale pale kuwa huyu bwana kwa kiasi kikubwa kawafumbua macho watanzani na TFF juu ya jinsi ya kuendesha timu ya soka kisasa. Lililobakia ni kazi hiyo kuendelezwa na mrithi wake kutoka Dernmak ambaye ametangazwa hapo jana.

Kilichoonekana katika kipigo cha jana ni kielelezo tosha kuwa wachezaji wetu bado sana. Ni wachezaji ambao kimpira bado wako chini sana, uwezo wao kiufundi ni mdogo sana. Ni wachezaji ambao naweza kusema kuwa hawafundishiki kirahisi na wala hawajifunzi. Inashangaza kuwa pamoja na kuwa na kocha wa hadhi ya Maximo, bado wachezaji hawa wanapata fursa nyingi za kutizama mechi kupitia runinga lakini sidhani kama wanajifunza kitu. Ndio maana nasema Tanzania inahitaji kizazi kipya cha soka kiandaliwe ili kuweza kufikia angalau mafanikio ya timu kama Ivory Coast.

Kama watanzania tutaendelea kutaka kushawishi na kuwapangia makocha wachezaji wa kuita kambini kamwe hatutafika popote. Umefika wakati tuheshimu kazi kitaalamu badala tu ya kufuata hisia zetu mioyoni mwetu. Kama tutafanya hivyo ni lazima tu soka letu litapiga hatua.

Jambo pekee ambalo ningetaka kumshauri kocha mpya ni kuwa kuna haja ya kuibua vipaji vya soka kutoka mikoani. Ninaamini kuna vipaji vya soka vimejificha mikoani na haviibuliwi kwani soka letu limebakia ni la Dar es salaam tu. Makocha wa mikoani wanatakiwa kuwatambulisha vipaji vilivyopo huko mikoani.

Mwisho, naamini soka ya Tanzania inaelekea kuzuri, nimshukuru Maximo kwa kututoa tongotongo.

Blogger Buzz: Blogger integrates with Amazon Associates

2010-05-15T02:11:00.000-07:00

Blogger Buzz: Blogger integrates with Amazon Associates

TUNAJENGA TAIFA; KISIA NIKO WAPI HAPA?

2010-05-15T01:29:00.000-07:00

DU! RAIS JK AMEKASIRIKA KWA HOJA NYEPESI

2010-05-04T05:49:00.000-07:00

Hatimaye Raisi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania aliamua kuhutubia Taifa mwisho wa mwezi wa Aprili kwa kutumia mtindo tofauti na mazoea. Hapa alibadili hadhira, badala ya kuhutubia Taifa, Raisi Jakaya Kikwete aliamua kuwahutubia wazee wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam. Wengi wao walionekana ni wanachama wa CCM kwa mavazi yao hali ambayo sidhani kama iliwakilisha taswira ya utaifa kwa mtu yeyote makini.

Raisi wa nchi anapoamua kubadili hadhira, ni wazi anazo sababu za msingi na ndio hapa binafsi nadhani ukakazi unakoanzia kwa kuzingatia yote aliyoyasema katika hotuba ile huku akishangiliwa kwa kelele na makofi lukuki. Ushangiliaji huu wa kishabiki hata katika mambo ya msingi kabisa unatia shaka dhamira ya dhati ya raisi pamoja na watu wake wa karibu kwa ustawi wa Taifa letu. Ninasema hivi kwa maono yangu kwani kuna kila sababu ya kufikiri kwa kina ambayo imenifanya niione hotuba ile kama lengo lake kuu ilikuwa ni kuwajibu TUKTA dhidi ya azma yao ya kuwahamasisha wafanyakazi kugoma.

Moja ya wasiwasi wangu kuhusu dhamira ya kiongozi wetu mkuu ni ile hali iliyojitokeza kwa yeye kutumia muda mrefu kuponda na kukebehi madai ya TUKTA kutaka kima cha chini kiwe ni shilingi laki tatu. Binafsi kwa serikali yetu ninayoifahamu ni kweli haiwezi kulipa kiwango hicho kamwe lakini naamini inaweze kulipa kiwango cha juu zaidi ingawa chini ya hapo kama kima cha chini. Raisi hawatendei haki TUKTA kwa kuwaponda ilihali wamejaribu kumuamsha kutoka lindi la udhaifu wa serikali yake katika kukusanya kodi. Naamini kama kweli nchi hii kodi itakusanywa kwa dhati ni wazi serikali yetu ina uwezo wa kulipa wafanyakazi wake kwa mujibu madai ya TUKTA.

Serikali yetu haikusanyi kodi kuendana na rasilimali na biashara zilizopo; serikali yetu inasamehe sana kodi, mtu makini arejee taarifa ya CAG iliyotolewa hivi majuzi, angalia misamaha ya kodi inavyoathiri mapato ya serikali yetu. Raisi anapotuambia kuwa mapato ya serikali ni madogo sana nashindwa kumuelewa kabisa. Angalia viongozi wa ngazi za juu wanavyoikwangua hazina ya nchi yetu kupitia wabunge, mawaziri, makatibu wakuu, wakuu wa mikoa na wilaya kwa malipo lukuki ya posho mbalimbali ambazo hazilipwi kodi lakini mfanyakazi wan chi hii anakatwa kodi katika kila apatacho. Hapa nadhani Raisi wa Jamhuri angekuwa anapaona na ana dhamira ya dhati ya kupagusa ili kuleta haki na usawa wa kugawana keki ya Taifa basi asingelithubutu kung’aka kama alivyokuwa katika hotuba yake.

Raisi ameonesha kung’ang’ania sana mambo madogo katika kutia nguvu hoja yake na akaacha mambo makubwa ambayo ndiyo msingi wa wafanyakazi wa nchi hii kudai haki yao. Kwa mfano, sidhani kama ni sahihi sana kwa raisi kuongelea kuwa TUKTA inadai kima cha chini cha laki tatu kwa wafanyakazi wa majumbani (house girls) au kwenye mabaa (bar maids). Hivi kwa kazi wafanyakazi hawa wazifanyazo, ina maana hawastahili kulipwa malipo stahili kuliko wanayolipwa sasa? Sioni mantiki kama mtu ni tajiri, anakwenda kijijini anamchukua mtoto wa masikini ambaye ameshindwa kupelekwa shule alafu anakuja kumfanyisha kazi kwa kipato ambacho si haki kibinadamu. Hapa raisi ameonekana kuwatetea sana matajiri; kwake wenye viwanda kwa mfano alionekana kusisitiza kiwanda cha Maji, hapa nachukulia mtu kama Mengi, eti ukimlazimisha alipe kima cha chini cha juu hatapata faida. Inatia shaka inawezekana raisi ana ubia na watengeneza maji mpaka anajua faida yao, kwani mie naamini biashara ya Maji kwa sasa ina faida kubwa sana.

Raisi ameonekana kutowajali wafanyakazi wa Tanzania kabisa kwa kuwatisha eti kama mtu hataki kazi aache kuna wengine watajiunga. Hapa imeonesha jinsi gani raisi kama mwajiri mkuu asivyojua kabisa misingi ya utawala wa wafanyakazi. Ukiwa kama meneja mkuu, Raisi hapaswi kutumia kauli kama ile kwani moja kwa moja raisi analazimisha kuwa na wafanyakazi wa umma wanaofanya kazi bila msukumo chanya, waliokatishwa tamaa, wanafanya kazi bora liende. Ni katika mfumo huo, sitegemei maendeleo ya kweli kufikiwa katika kipindi tunaongozwa na sera za vitisho na kutojali. Ina maana raisi wetu haelewi madhara ya kisaikolojia watakayoyapata wafanyakazi ambao kwa ukweli wanafanya kazi kwa vipato vidogo sana lakini wanaona serikali yao ikisema haina fedha huku ikiruhusu mabilioni ya fedha kuliwa na vijikundi vidogovidogo vya mafisadi kupitia kashfa kama “Richmond, Meremeta, IPTL, mikataba ya Rites na vijimambo vingi ambavyo kamwe watanzania wamebaki gizani huku fedha zikipotea alafu watu wanaambiwa hatuna uwezo wa kulipa mnachotaka.

Raisi alizungumza jambo zuri sana kuwa kama serikali italipa kwa mujibu wa madai ya TUKTA, basi ina maana wafanyakazi 355,000 wa serikali watakuwa wanawanyonya wananchi wapatao milioni 39. Raisi anafikiri ukilipa wafanyakazi hao aliowataja basi inaishia hapo, kiuchumi hapa kuna “domino effect”, naamini kwa idadi ya wafanyakazi wa serikali wanategemewa sana na watu wengi. Malipo yao yanakwenda mpaka kwa watoto, wajukuu na hata wazee wa wafanyakazi hawa. Hapa naona raisi alighafilika kidogo lakini hapaswi kubeza idadi ya wafanyakazi eti ni ndogo. Kama kweli ana dhamira ya kuondoa unyonyaji basi asitumie wafanyakazi wa serikali bali atumie kundi dogo tu ambalo ndilo msingi wa unyonyaji hapa nchini. Nitaeleza:

Kundi hili ambalo naamini linatumia fedha nyingi sana ambayo kama ikidhibitiwa kwa utaratibu mzuri unaojali haki sawa katika jamii ya kitanzania ni kundi la wateule wachache wa nyadhifa mbalimbali za kitaifa pamoja na wawakilishi wa wananchi. Hapa naongelea wabunge takriban mia tatu na ushehe, nina hakika hawa ni mzigo kwa Taifa letu. Wengi wao hawana chochote wanachochangia bungeni ni kupiga usingizi, ama kukaa kimya na kila siku kujichukuliwa posho ambazo nadhani hazikatwi kodi. Nina wasiwasi hata kama mbunge hajahudhuria kikao bado analipwa. Siamini katika kipindi tunaelekea katika uchaguzi ni vyema wabunge wanaomaliza muda wao wakalipwa mafedha lukuki ya Mfuko wa Jimbo (CDF) kama si matumizi mabaya? Busara ingekuwa kuwasubiri wachaguliwa wapya, je kwa nini tusiamini kuwa hii itakuwa fedha ya uchaguzi? Bado tena mbunge huyuhuyu atalipwa mafao yake ya miaka mitano, mamilioni ya shilingi ambayo yanazidi kabisa mafao ya mfanyakazi wa serikali aliyeitumikia nchi hii kwa miaka zaidi ya thelathini. Hivi Mheshimiwa Raisi anajua vipaumbele vyetu halisi ni vipi?

Orodha ya wanyonyaji ni ndefu ikijumuisha waheshimiwa mbalimbali wa ngazi za kitaifa, wizara, mikoa hadi wilayani. Mtindo ni mmoja tu, kazi kidogo mapato ni makubwa tena bila kodi. Kama kweli Raisi angelikuwa ni muungwana basi angelijadili hili tuone mtizamo wake badala ya kutuletea mambo madogo kama ya “mahouse girls na mabar maids”. Nasema hivi nikitambua kuwa kama hili tabaka la viongozi ambalo ni mzigo kwa hazina yetu “parasitic class” kama litaangaliwa na serikali basi angalau itasaidia kuwezesha serikali kuwalipa wafanyakazi wake mshahara wenye heshima na utu. Hapa lazima niseme wazi kuwa sidhani kama mshahara wa laki tatu na kumi na tano ndio ulipwe kwani hata mie nadhani kwa maisha ya Kitanzania hii inaweza chochea mfumoko wa bei kama wa Zimbabwe. Naamimi panahitajika kiasi zaidi ya kinacholipwa kwa sasa.

Hapa lazima nimkumbushe Raisi kuwa alijisahau na hili angelizungumzia basi wafanyakazi wangeliridhika. Hakuwa na haja ya vitisho kwani mwisho wake Raisi anakuwa ndio chanzo cha tabaka la wafanyakazi wa umma ambao hawana tija kwani wanafanya bila kupenda wakifanyacho. Kwa maana nyingine, Raisi kupitia hotuba yake amedhoofisha ari ya wafanyakazi wake.

Nilipokuwa ninamsikiliza mheshimiwa Raisi JK, nilijikuta nikitafuta nakala ya magazeti ya nyuma ambayo iligusa ripoti ya Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Serikali (CAG) ya mwaka 2009 nakwambia nilijiuliza hivi raisi anapoongea na wananchi kweli anakuwa anatafakari mapungufu ya serikali yake katika kuhakikisha fedha za serikali zinatunzwa na kutumiwa vizuri ambapo kwa kiasi fulani ingesaidia kuboresha maslahi ya wafanyakazi? Kwa mfano ripoti hiyo inaonesha kuwa kwa mwaka 2009, serikali kupitia TRA ilitoa misamaha ya kodi shilingi 752.4 bilioni. Hii ni sawa na asilimia 18% ya mapato ya serikali yalisamehewa. Hapo hapo taarifa inaonesha kuwa TRA ilishindwa kukusanya kodi kwa kutimiza lengo kwa shilingi bilioni 426.4. Hapa ni wazi uwezo wa kukusanya kodi una walakini na ukiongeza na misamaha kuna kama takriban shilingi Bilioni moja inaachwa tu kupotea. Kwa ufupi taarifa hiyo naweza nikainyumbulisha kama ifuatavyo:

i) Matumizi ya hovyo kununua magari: 4 bilioni.
ii) Upotevu wa fedha katika manunuzi (procurements):12.9 bilioni
iii) Fedha zilizotumika nje ya bajeti iliyokusudiwa: 67. 4 bilioni
Ukitazama mashirika ya umma ndio hatari pia:
i) Bodi ya mikopo Elimu ya Juu (HESLB) imegeuka kuwa chombo cha kutoa zawadi kwa watanzania. Kwa mfano, taarifa inaonesha kuwa kutoka 1994 – 2004/05, imekopesha wanafunzi 113,240 lakini haijaweza kufuatilia fedha zake kwa wengi ni wachache sana wameanza ama wamerudisha mikopo. Bodi imetumia shilingi 51.1 bilioni ambazo kinadharia zinakuwa kama zawadi kwa walengwa, hakuna ufuatiliaji.
ii) Kuna hili la wafanyakazi hewa ambapo kutokana na udhaifu katika usimamizi wa malipo, shilingi bilioni 3 zilipotea mwaka 2009.

Kwa mtizamo wa haraka, kuna kama shilingi 890.8 bilioni, karibu Trilioni moja zimepotea katika kipindi cha mwa ka wa 2009. Kwa mantiki hii, nilipomsikiliza rais akilalama kama vile serikali yake ni masikini sana, ripoti ilinijia nikajiuliza labda ingelikuwa vyema kwa raisi kuwapa picha halisi ya changamoto zinazoikabili serikali yake na angeliwaomba wafanyakazi wajitoe mhanga ili kuepusha upotevu wa mapato ili serikali iboreshe makusanyo ndipo TUKTA ifikirie suala la kuomba maslahi. Badala ya kuwalaumu akina Mgaya, angeliwaomba wamsaidie kuwafunda wafanyakazi juu ya kujali kazi zao kwani upotevu mkubwa wa mafedha hayo au kutofikiwa kwa lengo la makusanyo ni matokeo ya wafanyakazi kuzembea majukumu yao. Ndio maana naamini kabisa raisi Kikwete pamoja na hotuba yake ndefu bado hakuwa na mantiki kabisa siku ile. Ile si hotuba ya Kitaifa, kama ni kwa wazee tu basi ilikuwa muafaka lakini kwa wafanyakazi ambao wengi wao wana akili na wanaona mapungufu kibao serikalini, rais hakututendea haki wafanyakazi.

Pamoja na mapungufu yote ya hotuba ile ya Raisi, lakini lazima nikiri kuwa, ni wajibu wa kiongozi wa serikali kama raisi kuhakikisha nchi haikumbani na migomo. Serikali haina budi kuwazoesha watu wake na masuala ya migomo kama njia ya kutatua matatizo yao. Katika kutimiza hili, raisi amefanikiwa kwani naamini kabisa hakuna mtu atakayegoma kama TUKTA wataendelea kuitisha mgomo mwingine baada ya kusitisha huu wa sasa. Hakuna mtanzania ambaye yuko tayari kufukuzwa kazi au kuandamana akumbane na rungu la dola. Kufanikiwa huko kuepusha mgomo ni ushindi kwa raisi lakini tija na weledi miongoni mwa wafanyakazi vitabakia vikishuka badala ya kuboreka.

Mwisho nimalizie kwa kusema tu kuwa Raisi alipoamua kuzungumza na wazee labda kwa kuwa wote wale enzi zao zimepita labda aliamua aongee katika lugha watakayoilewa ndio maana akaamua kujadili hoja kwa kutumia dhana nyepesi ambazo kimsingi hazikuwa madai makuu ya TUKTA. Naamini kama niliwasikiliza vizuri viongozi wa TUKTA, yapo mambo matatu ya msingi ambayo sikuona Raisi akiyagusa. Mambo hayo ni: Kodi kubwa kwa Makato ya Mishahara, Mishahara midogo sana, Mazingira bora ya Kazi. Hebu fikiria, kuna wafanyakazi lukuki wa serikali wanalazimika kufanya kazi zaidi ya muda wa saa za kazi lakini hawalipwi stahili zao kwa mujibu wa utaratibu.

Na ndipo hapa pamenifanya nijiulize: “Hivi kweli, Raisi wetu anajua athari za kisaikolojia za kauli zake hasi dhidi ya wafanyakazi na viongozi wake katika kuifanya Tanzania kuwa nchi yenye mafanikio kutoka kwa wafanyakazi wake? Naachia hapa lakini niseme tu hii ni “ Food for Thought”.

NAREJEA NA YALIYOTOKEA

2010-05-01T00:50:00.000-07:00

Huko Uganda, Museveni anabanwa kwa kutumia milioni 300 kwa siku.

MNYIKA ANAGOMBEA UBUNGE

2010-03-23T06:27:00.000-07:00

Mara nyingi nawaona watu hasa vijana wakionesha dhamira hasa ya kuwa viongozi wa umma. Leo nimekutana na kijana mwenzangu, wa Chama cha Chadema, anatangaza rasmi kugombea ubunge.
Kwa mazingira ya Tanzania, sina hakika kweli kama dhamira yake itafanikiwa iwapo atachaguliwa. Bado mindset/mawazo mtizamo ya watanzania vijana kwa wazee haitamruhusu mtu wa haiba yake kuweza kufanikisha azma yake kirahisi. Kizazi kipya cha vijana wa Tanzania ya leo kimeamua kurithi mtizamo wa wazazi wao: yaani kufanya mambo kwa kufuata hisia zaidi kuliko kwa kufanya uchambuzi wa kina katika kila jambo. Kwa maana nyingine, kama mtu unafikiri sana katika kila jambo unalofanya kama ninavyomfahamu Bwana Mnyika, sidhani kama kweli Bw. Mnyika ataweza Bunge la Tanzania. Watanzania wa leo ni wavivu sana kutumia ubongo, mara nyingi tunatumia mioyo katika kufikiri. Ni jambo la hatari sana na ndio maana watu kama Mnyika wanaonekana na baadhi ya watu kama vile ni vichaa.

Si kwamba ninamchukia ama sipendi Mnyika awe mbunge, ila nataka ajue tu kuwa itakuwa vigumu sana kufikia malengo yake ya kuleta mabadiliko katika Taifa hili changa la Tanzania. Ninamtakia harakati njema.

ONA MAMBO YA SERIKALI ZA MITAA MANISPAA YA MOSHI

2010-02-23T05:15:00.000-08:00

Baada ya kukaa muda mrefu, leo nataka niwaombe mwanajamii yeyote anayefuatilia globu hii aweze kujaribu kupitia globu hizi mbili ambazo ni kielelezo cha kazi za jamii ninazojihusisha nazo kwa sasa.
Globu ya kwanza ni juu ya shughuli za Kata ya Kaloleni katika Manispaa ya Moshi ambayo mie nafanya kazi hapo katika Manispaa ya Moshi. Hapa utaona kila kinachofanyika hapo. Ipo pia globu nyingine ya lugha ya kiingereza yenye kuonesha mambo hayo hayo. Napenda msome na muweke maoni.

MTANZANIA AWA MWANAFUNZI BORA MAKERERE

2010-02-21T00:58:00.000-08:00

Ni msichana wa Kitanzania ambaye amekuwa miongoni mwa wanafunzi bora kabisa waliohitimu katika Chuo kikuu cha Makerere. Jamani huyu naye ni shujaa wa kuipeperusha bendera ya Taifa letu.

Anaitwa, JOSEPHINE SERUHERE, ni vyema msome hapa na muone ni vipi katutoa kimasomaso.

MPIRA AFRICA ROBO FAINALI ZINAFURAHISHA

2010-01-25T03:20:00.000-08:00

Jana yamepigwa mapambano ya kukata shoka. Algeria imeiondoa timu ya Ivory Coast mashindanoni. Ni wazi kwa mchezo wa Ivory Coast, Kombe la dunia Bara la Africa tumelamba garasha.Sioni ni vipi itaweza kuvuka raundi ya Kwanza.

Huko Uganda nataka tujikumbushe enzi za Sadik Wassa aliyekuwa golikipa ambaye hajawahi kutokea.

WAZIRI WA SERIKALI NA KUJALI WENGINE, NINI MAONI YAKO?

2010-01-08T22:08:00.000-08:00

Mwaka huu nataka niwe napata maoni ya watu juu ya vikasumba kadhaa ambavyo vinafanywa na wakubwa ama watu wa heshima katika jamii. Leo naanza na hili la waziri mmoja wa serikali ambaye kaingia katika mzozo wa kiaina na mlinzi mmoja wa ATM katika kile nachokiona ni kuendelea kwa tabia ya watanzania kutojua maana ya kuwajali wengine katika huduma ya umma.

Mimi nina swali, hebu soma hiyo habari hapo chini na uniambie je waziri alikuwa sahihi kupokea simu katika wakati aliofanya tendo hilo? Na hata kama kulikuwa hakuna watu, je alikuwa sahihi? Na je ni sahihi kwa mlinzi kumuamuru awapishe wengine wakati yeye ni bwana mkubwa?

Tatu je ni sawa kwa mlinzi kuomba msamaha baada ya kugundua huyu ni mteule wa rais na pia mchaguliwa wa wananchi?

SOMA STORI HII:

WAZIRI WA SERIKALI NA USTAARABU
Sadick Mtulya

WAZIRI wa Nishati na Madini, William Ngeleja amesema mlinzi wa kampuni ya Ultimate Security, Pascal Mnaku kwenye mashine za kuchukulia fedha, ATM, alikuwa chanzo cha mtafaruku uliotokea juzi baina ya wawili hao.

Mwananchi iliripoti jana kuwa waziri huyo alikaribia kuzichapa na mlinzi huyo kwenye mashine hiyo ya ATM iliyo kwenye jengo la Harbour View (zamani J.Mall) baada ya Ngeleja kuombwa asogee pembeni kupisha wateja wengine baada ya kumaliza shida zake, lakini akakataa na kuanza kubwatukiana naye.

Jana, akizungumza na Mwananchi kwenye ofisi yake iliyo Barabara ya Samora jijini Dar es Salaam, Ngeleja alisema ni kweli mtafaruku huo ulitokea wakati akichukua fedha kutoka kwenye ATM hiyo ya benki ya Standard Chartered.

Ngeleja alisema alipowasili hakukuwa na mteja mwingine bali aliwakuta watu watatu wakiwa karibu na ATM nyingine ya Barclays iliyo karibu na akaingia kuchukua fedha.

"Katika ATM za Standard Chartered mteja anaweza kuchukua hadi shilingi milioni moja, lakini mteja anaweza kuchukua Sh 400,000 kwa mkupuo mmoja nami nilikuwa nimeshachukua mikupuo miwili wakati nasubiri kuchukua mkupuo wa tatu, simu yangu ikaita nikaipokea huku nikisubiri fedha zitoke," alisema Waziri Ngeleja.

Alisema wakati anasubiri ATM hiyo itoe fedha mkupuo wa tatu huku akisikiliza simu, mlinzi huyo aliingia ndani na kumtaka atoke nje ili kuwapisha wengine waliokuwa wakisubiri huduma hiyo.

Ngeleja alizidi kueleza kuwa baada ya kumaliza kuzungumza kwenye simu huku akisubiri fedha, alimsihi mlinzi huyo kutoka kwenye kibanda hicho ili ampishe aendelee kupata huduma na mlinzi huyo akaanza kupandisha hasira na kusema maneno mengi huku akipiga ukuta kuonyesha hasira zake.

"Nina uhakika yule mlinzi wakati wote huo alikuwa hanijui mimi ni nani kwani wakati akiendelea kutoa maneno makali mteja mmoja alimsihi kuwa aliyekuwa akizungumza naye ni waziri, lakini mlinzi huyo aliendelea kufoka," alisema.

Ngeleja alisema baada ya kupata fedha zake za mkupuo wa tatu aliondoka kwenye eneo hilo na kurejea ofisini kuendelea na kazi zake ndipo walipokuja watu watatu waliojitambulisha kuwa ni kutoka kampuni ya Ultimate Security ambao walikwenda ofisini kwake kuomba radhi kwa tukio lililomhusisha mlinzi wao katika jengo la JM Mall.

"Sikuwaita kuja ofisini kwangu kwa sababu tukio hilo nililichukulia kama ni la kibinadamu na kwamba maelezo yaliyotolewa na mlinzi huyo kuwa siwezi kumsamehe mpaka atakapopewa adhabu kali si kweli," alisema.

Alisema kimsingi mtafaruku huo kati yake na mlinzi huyo uliisha alipoletwa ofisini kwake na mabosi wa Ultimate Security na hasa baada ya mlinzi huyo kumwomba radhi mbele ya wakuu wake wa kazi.

Wakati huohuo, Mnaku ameliambia gazeti hili jana kwamba baada kuchukuliwa na uongozi wa kampuni hiyo na kupelekwa ofisini kwa Ngeleja majira ya saa 9:30 jioni, waziri huyo alilisisitiza apewe adhabu kali.

"Nilipofikishwa tu kwa waziri Ngeleja alisema siwezi kudhalilishwa kwa kuwa nimechaguliwa na watu wengi na pia Rais (Jakaya) Kikwete. Nitakusamehe tu hadi hapo utakapopewa adhabu kali, ili iwe fundisho kwa wengine," alidai Mnaku.

Mnaku alidai kuwa amedokezwa na mmoja wa wapelelezi wanaochunguza sakata hilo kuwa wamepanga kumfungulia mashtaka ya kumtukana Waziri Ngeleja.

"Kwanza nimetakiwa na uongozi wa Ultimate kuwepo ofisini bila kutoka ndani ya saa nane kila siku na pia nimedokezwa kuwa ninaandaliwa mashtaka ya kumtukana waziri," alidai Mnaku.

Kwa mujibu wa mashuhuda wa tukio hilo, sakata hilo lilijitokeza baada ya Mnaku kuwahamishia wateja kutoka katika mashine ya ATM ya Barclays iliyoko katika jengo hilo baada ya kuishiwa fedha.

"Baada ya Mnaku kuona mashine ya ATM ya Barclays kuwa haina fedha, ndipo akalazimika kuwaambia wateja wakatumie ATM ya Standard Chartered ambayo wakati huo Waziri Ngeleja alikuwa anaitumia na huku akizungumza na simu," alisema shuhuda mmoja ambaye hakutaka jina lake liandikwe.

Shuhuda huyo alisema baada ya Mnaku kumtaka waziri kuwapisha wengine, ghafla na huku akiwa na hasira, Waziri Ngeleja alisema: "Ina maana hunijui mimi, hujui nafasi yangu, halafu...tusi," alisema shuhuda huyo

Shuhuda huyo aliongeza kusema: "Kutokana na maneno hayo, Mnaku akamjibu kwa kujitetea kwamba mimi nimekuomba uwapishe wateja wengine, sikuwa na jingine". Juhudi za kuupata uongozi wa Ultimate Security kuzungumzia suala hilo zilishindikana.

HERI YA MWAKA MPYA -2010

2009-12-30T23:36:00.000-08:00

Mwaka Mpya 2010 ndio huo unakaribia, yamebaki masaa

CHRISTMAS NA ZAWADI

2009-12-26T05:59:00.000-08:00

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Returning Gifts

If you weren’t busy telling everyone exactly what you wanted this holiday season, you may find yourself on the receiving end of a couple of gifts you’d rather not keep. No one wants to hurt anyone’s feelings or get into a heated conversation with a sales associate at the store, so here are a few tried and true tricks to make the process of returning gifts as smooth as possible.

Research Return Policies
Check in with each store you need to return gifts to before you begin the process to learn their return parameters. You may have limited time (if any) to receive cash back before you may only opt for credit, or there may be a no-returns policy in place. Banana Republic, for example, will allow you to return for cash (or other method of payment) for only 30 days even if you bought the product yourself. After 30 days you will only receive a store credit—if they allow you to return at all. You may also want to know stores’ policies for returning gifts without a receipt. Generally, you will only get the current selling price, so it may not be worth returning something at all if the item’s price has recently been deeply discounted.

Get Receipts, If Possible
If you don’t know where a gift came from, don’t have a receipt, and have learned you can’t return or exchange it without one, you can always ask the gift-giver for a receipt. However, consider whether it’s worth it before inquiring. If the gift is inexpensive (like these awesome gifts under $25) and you’re worried about offending the giver, you might want to let it go. But, if it’s right up there with the most expensive gifts ever and you know the giver won’t be offended, or you can use a solid excuse like the need for a different size or color, pull the person aside, after all the presents have been unwrapped, and gingerly request the proof of purchase.

Make a Plan
Don’t hit the shops blindly. If you’ve got a bunch of stuff to offload, create an itinerary for hitting all the stores in an order that allows you the least amount of backtracking and the most timesaving. Also, try to show up right when the stores open or when they are about to close to avoid the midday returns rush.

Be Nice
While waiting in customer service lines can be a hassle and there is the occasional surly salesperson, most folks who work retail are more than accustomed to customers making returns. Be polite, honest, and matter-of-fact and be willing to accept the store’s policy and you shouldn’t have any problems returning or exchanging your item—even without a receipt.

Make the Best of Things
Don’t sweat what you can’t return. There are other worthy uses for even the most unwanted gifts. You can re-gift an item (but only if it’s in brand new condition!), donate it to charity, or save it in a special place and show it off the next time the gift-giver comes over to visit (which will make him or her feel extra special).