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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

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

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)

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

WIKI -LEAKS NA MARAIS WETU AFRICA

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

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

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

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

MATOKEO DARASA LA SABA - 47% WAMEFELI: INATISHA

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?

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

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?

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

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.