INDABA AFRICA

Boko Haram's threat letter to NLC/TUC; real or fake?

2012-01-25T22:10:00.000+03:00

According to the leadership of the NLC and TUC, they received a threat letter in their mail yesterday supposedly sent by Boko Haram. In the letter (above), the Islamic sect expressed their anger over the way the Labour leaders handled the fuel hike crisis. They asked the NLC president to resign and also threatened to bomb their HQ soon.

The letter reads 'I', 'AM' instead of 'WE'...probably a prank but the NLC people are taking it very seriously. They've handed the letter to security agencies. If this Boko Haram menace wasn't such a sad thing for Nigerians, I would have laughed at this letter. But....

Photos from Kanu Nwankwo's wife's 25th birthday and graduation

2012-01-25T06:23:00.000+03:00

This happened a while back (2011) but the photos only just hit the net. Kanu and Amara married in 2004 and have two boys together. Continue to see more photos...

MTOTO AVUNJA MLANGO NA KUMBAKA MAMA YAKE MZAZI AKIWA AMELALA

2012-01-25T06:20:00.001+03:00

Na Mwandishi Wetu, Songea ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JESHI la polisi Mkoani Ruvuma linamshikilia Frank Jota (26) mkazi wa kijiji cha Litisha Wilayani Songea kwa tuhuma za kumbaka mama yake mzazi mwenye umri miaka 54 ambaye jina lake limehifadhiwa wakati amelala nyumbani kwake majira ya saa za usiku. Kamanda wa Polisi Koa wa Ruvuma Michael Kamuhanda amesema kuwa tukio hilo limetokea januari mosi mwaka huu huko katika kijiji cha Litisha kilichopo nje ya mji mdogo wa Peramiho. Amesema kuwa siku hiyo ya tukio majira ya saa za usiku Jota alikwenda nyumbani kwao ambako alimkuta mama yake mzazi akiwa amelala na baadaye alianza kutafuta namna ya kuingia kwenye nyumba hiyo ambayo mlango wake ulifungwa na komeo kwa ndani. Amefafanua zaidi kuwa Jota baada ya kuona mlango umefungwa kwa komeo kwa ndani aliamua kuuvunja mlango wa nyumba hiyo kisha aliingia ndani na kwenda moja kwa moja kwenye chumba alicholala mama yake mzazi ambaye jina lake limehifadhiwa. Amesema kuwa Jota akiwa kwenye chumba ambacho mama yake alikuwa amelala alianza kumtishia kwa kisu alichokuwa ameshika mkononi na baadaye alimkaba shingo na kufanikiwa kumvua nguo ya ndani aliyokuwa amevaa kisha alianza kufanya naye mapenzi. Amebainisha zaidi kuwa wakati Jota akiendelea kufanya mapenzi na mama yake watu waliokuwa jilani na tukio walisikia kelele za mtu akipiga mayowe na walipofika kwenye eneo hilo la tukio waliingia ndani ya nyumba hiyo na kumkuta Jota akitokea kwenye chumba alicholala mama yake na baadaye alipowaona watu alijalibu kukimbia lakini majirani hao walifanikiwa kumkamata na kumpeleka kituo kidogo cha polisi cha peramiho. Hata hivyo kamanda wa polisi Mkoa wa Ruvuma Kamuhanda ameeleza kuwa polisi baada ya kumuhoji mtuhumiwa amekili kutenda kosa hilo na anatarajiwa kufikishwa mahakamani mara tu upelelezi utakapo kamilika. Mwisho.

MTOTO AVUNJA MLANGO NA KUMBAKA MAMA YAKE MZAZI AKIWA AMELALA

2012-01-25T06:20:00.000+03:00

WABUNGE WA TANZANIA WATEMBELEA UINGEREZA

2012-01-25T06:14:00.000+03:00

Mhe. Balozi Peter Kallaghe akiwakaribisha waheshimiwa wabunge

Katibu wa Chama cha wanawake UK (TAWA UK) Mariam Mungula akiwaeleza waheshimiwa machache kuhusu chama hicho

Afisa wa Bunge Justina Shauri, Mhe. Esther Matiku, Mhe. Beatrice Shelukindo na Mama Balozi Joyce Kallaghe wakiwa wanamsikiliza mhe. Balozi akitoa ukaribisho

Mwana blogger Jestina George akiwa katika picha ya pamoja na waheshimiwa Al-Shaymaa J. Kwegyir, Agripina Z Buyogera na Susan Lyimo

Picha ya pamoja na waheshimiwa baada ya chakula cha jioni

Wageni 11 wakiwemo Wabunge 11 na Afisa wa Bunge 1 waliotokea nyumbani Tanzania na kuja UK kwa Mualiko wa Commonwealth parliamentarians Group (CPA) walikaribisha chakula cha jioni na Mama Joyce Kallaghe Mke wa Balozi wa Uingereza akiwa na Viongozi wa Chama cha TA na TAWA nyumbani kwake.

Wabunge hao 11 wote wanawake na ambao miongoni mwao ni Viongozi wa wajumbe wa Tanzania Women Parliamentarians Group (TWPG) ,waliongozwa na Mwenyekiti wa TWPG Mheshimiwa Mama Anna Abdalla MP, na wakiwemo Mh.Susan Lyimo MP, Mh. Magdalena h. Sakaya (MP) , Mh. Angela Kairuki (MP), Mh. Esther matiko (MP, Mh. Beatrice Shelukindo (MP), Mh. Riziki Omari Juma (MP), Mh. Namalek Sokoine (MP), Mh . Faharia Hamisi (MP) ,Mh. Al-Shaymaa J. Kwegyir (MP), Mh. Agripina Z Buyogera (MP) na Afisa wa Bunge Mrs Justina Shauri.

Wageni walikaribishwa na Balozi Mheshimiwa Peter Kallaghe na Mama Balozi Joyce Kallaghe , Mheshimiwa Balozi aliongea machache ya Ukaribisho na kumpa nafasi Mh.Mama Anna Abdalla ambae alishukuru kwa mualiko huo na kuelezea kuhusu Umoja wa Wabunge Wanawake (TWPG) ambao kila Mbunge Mwanamke wa Bunge la Tanzania ni mwanachama wake na jinsi gani TWPG inavyofanya kazi kwa pamoja bila ya kujali itikadi za vyama vya kisiasa vya Waheshimiwa hao.

Usiku huo iliweza dhihirika kwa jinsi waheshiwa hao walivyokuja kujitambulisha kila mmoja alisimama na kujitambulisha na walilotilia msingi katika utambulisho wao ni kamati zao tofauti za Bunge ambazo wanahusika nazo na kuwa wnachama wa kikundi cha TWPG. Wageni waliokuwa pale walishuhudia zaidi ya nusu ya hawa wabunge waliongia na furaha bila ya kujali kuwa bado wana uchovu wa safari kutoka nyumbani wakisahau kutaja vyama vyao vya kisiasa. Mheshimiwa Mama Anna Abdalla alisisitiza kwamba ingawa vyama vya siasa ndio vilivyowapeleka wote bungeni lakini wakishaingia katika Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano ,wanawake bungeni hawaangalii vyama vyao vya siasa bali huwa wakiwa Bungeni kabla ya sera yeyote kupita Wanawake huwa wote kwa Umoja wanaangalia hii itamnufaisha vipi Mwanamke na Mtoto wa Kitanzania.

Maneno haya ya Mheshimiwa Mama Abdalla yalidhihirishwa na jinsi Waheshiwa wote walipokaa katika meza moja na kuongea na kucheka kwa pamoja na kwa furaha huku wakila chakula kitamu cha jioni bila ya kujali pale kwenye ile meza kuna CCM, NCCR, CUF wala CHADEMA.

Kitendo hiki kiliwavutia sana viongozi wa wanawake London ambao walikuwepo katika shuguli hii Bi. Nelly Msemwa (TA Taifa Deputy chair anaeshughulikia mambo ya wanwake ),Bi. Mariam Kilumanga(TAWA Chair ), BI Mariam Mungula (TAWA Secretary) , Bi Rose Kiondo (Afisa Ubalozi) na Bi Jestina George (TA London na Blogger), kiasi ambacho walipopewa nafasi ya kuongeza machache walimpa nafasi hii Bi Mariam Mungula ambae aliwashukuru sana Waheshimiwa Wabunge wa kitendo hicho na somo walilompa la kuwa hata Wakiwa Bungeni yeye akifikiri hakuna mashirikiano kati ya vyama tofauti kumbe sivyo kabisa wakiwa ndani na nje ya Bunge wanaweka wote ni kitu kimoja.

Bi Mariam Mungula vilevile alielezea kaazi za kikundi wa kina mama cha hapa UK ambacho yeye ni mmjoa wa viongozi wake Tanzania Women Association (TAWA) na kumalizia kwa kuwaomba waheshimiwa wabunge kupitia TWPG wasihau kuwa kuna wanawake wengine wa kitanzania hata kama ni nje ya nchi na ambao wako tayari kushirikiana nao kwa lolote katika kumuendeleza MWanamke wa KItanzania.

Kikundi hichi cha Waheshimwa kimekuja Uingereza kwa Mualiko wa CPA kwa siku chache katika majukumu yao ya kila siku ya kumpingania Mtanzania.

Mungu Ibariki Tanzania.

Na Jestina George wa www.jestina-george.com

BALOZI SEIF ALI IDDI AZUNGUMZA NA MABALOZI WAPYA WALIOTEULIWA HIVI KARIBUNI

2012-01-25T06:09:00.000+03:00

MAKAMU WA PILI WA RAIS WA ZANZIBAR BALOZI SEIF ALI IDDI AKIZUNGUMZA NA MABALOZI SITA WAPYA WALIOTEULIWA KUIWAKILISHA TANZANIA KATIKA MATAIFA MBALI MBALI DUNIANI.

MAKAMU WA PILI WA RAIS WA ZANZIBAR BALOZI SEIF ALI IDDI AKIWA KATIKA PICHA YA PAMOJA NA MABALOZI WAPYA WA TANZANIA WALIOTEULIWA HIVI KARIBUNI.

UTAFITI: WAKAZI WA NCHI ZA BARIDI WANA MACHO NA UBONGO MKUBWA KULIKO WAKAZI WA NCHI ZA JOTO

2012-01-25T06:07:00.000+03:00

Matokeo ya utafiti yaliyochapishwa mwaka jana yanaonyesha kwamba watu wanaoishi katika ukanda wa nchi za baridi juu ya mstari wa Ikweta wana macho na ubongo mkubwa zaidi kuliko wenzao wanaoishi karibu na mstari huo.

Kwa vile nchi nyingi za baridi mbali na mstari wa Ikweta zipo Ulaya, Urusi, Asia na Amerika ya Kaskazini, hii inamaanisha kwamba wakazi wa nchi hizi wana macho na ubongo mkubwa.

Na kwa vile sote tunajua kwamba ubongo mkubwa unahusianishwa moja kwa moja na akili nyingi, swali la muhimu linalozushwa na utafiti huu ni hili: Wakazi wa nchi za baridi (wengi wao ni weupe) wana akili kuliko wakazi wa sehemu zilizo karibu na Ikweta (weusi)?

Japo watafiti wamekwepa kufanya jumuisho hili, inavyoonekana wamefanya hivyo ili kukwepa mitafaruku tu. Je, ugunduzi huu mpya unaweza kueleza tofauti za kimaendeleo na kisayansi kati ya watu wa “kaskazini” na “kusini”?

Mgunduzi mwenza wa “DNA” mwenyewe alipata matatizo makubwa alipotoa dai kama hili mwaka 2007, dai ambalo lilimfanya afukuzwe au kujiuzulu nyadhifa zake zote za kisayansi na kiuongozi alizokuwa akizishikilia

Kwa maoni ya kutatanisha kuhusu mkondo huu wa mawazo tazama maoni ya binti machachari wa Kichaga aitwaye Aika HAPA. Maoni haya yaliwasha moto mkubwa sana huku wengine wakimshambulia na wengine wakimuunga mkono.

Wewe una maoni gani? Ni kweli watu weusi tuna akili “pungufu” tukilinganishwa na weupe?

The Happening: And I'm Back!

2012-01-25T06:00:00.000+03:00

Don't worry, chaps, I ain't dead! The blog was for quite some months, though, and for that, my sincerest apologies. For still checking it out when it was devoid of life, my warm thanks. I must admit my work took its toll on me for a minute there, but with this new year comes a new beginning filled with promises to do what I truly enjoy. In 2012, I'm gonna go H.A.M. with every post. If it's the end as we know it, then by god, let's go out in style!

You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum! - Written by Field Ruwe

2012-01-25T05:58:00.000+03:00

If you haven't read this article yet, do so...some serious stuff! Written by Field Ruwe, a Zambian journalist and author...

They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and innovations. Africa is the trailblazer. Some still call it “the dark continent” for the light that flickers under the tunnel is not that of hope, but an approaching train. And because countless keep waiting in the way of the train, millions die and many more remain decapitated by the day.

“It’s amazing how you all sit there and watch yourselves die,” the man next to me said. “Get up and do something about it.” Brawny, fully bald-headed, with intense, steely eyes, he was as cold as they come. When I first discovered I was going to spend my New Year’s Eve next to him on a non-stop JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to Boston I was angst-ridden. I associate marble-shaven Caucasians with iconoclastic skin-heads, most of who are racist. “My name is Walter,” he extended his hand as soon as I settled in my seat. I told him mine with a precautious smile. “Where are you from?” he asked. “Zambia.” “Zambia!” he exclaimed, “Kaunda’s country.” “Yes,” I said, “Now Sata’s.” “But of course,” he responded. “You just elected King Cobra as your president.” My face lit up at the mention of Sata’s moniker. Walter smiled, and in those cold eyes I saw an amenable fellow, one of those American highbrows who shuttle between Africa and the U.S. “I spent three years in Zambia in the 1980s,” he continued. “I wined and dined with Luke Mwananshiku, Willa Mungomba, Dr. Siteke Mwale, and many other highly intelligent Zambians.” He lowered his voice. “I was part of the IMF group that came to rip you guys off.” He smirked. “Your government put me in a million dollar mansion overlooking a shanty called Kalingalinga. From my patio I saw it all—the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead, and the healthy.” “Are you still with the IMF?” I asked. “I have since moved to yet another group with similar intentions. In the next few months my colleagues and I will be in Lusaka to hypnotize the cobra. I work for the broker that has acquired a chunk of your debt. Your government owes not the World Bank, but us millions of dollars. We’ll be in Lusaka to offer your president a couple of millions and fly back with a check twenty times greater.” “No, you won’t,” I said. “King Cobra is incorruptible. He is …” He was laughing. “Says who? Give me an African president, just one, who has not fallen for the carrot and stick.” Quett Masire’s name popped up. “Oh, him, well, we never got to him because he turned down the IMF and the World Bank. It was perhaps the smartest thing for him to do.” At midnight we were airborne. The captain wished us a happy 2012 and urged us to watch the fireworks across Los Angeles. “Isn’t that beautiful,” Walter said looking down. From my middle seat, I took a glance and nodded admirably. “That’s white man’s country,” he said. “We came here on Mayflower and turned Indian land into a paradise and now the most powerful nation on earth. We discovered the bulb, and built this aircraft to fly us to pleasure resorts like Lake Zambia.” I grinned. “There is no Lake Zambia.” He curled his lips into a smug smile. “That’s what we call your country. You guys are as stagnant as the water in the lake. We come in with our large boats and fish your minerals and your wildlife and leave morsels—crumbs. That’s your staple food, crumbs. That corn-meal you eat, that’s crumbs, the small Tilapia fish you call Kapenta is crumbs. We the Bwanas (whites) take the cat fish. I am the Bwana and you are the Muntu. I get what I want and you get what you deserve, crumbs. That’s what lazy people get—Zambians, Africans, the entire Third World.” The smile vanished from my face. “I see you are getting pissed off,” Walter said and lowered his voice. “You are thinking this Bwana is a racist. That’s how most Zambians respond when I tell them the truth. They go ballistic. Okay. Let’s for a moment put our skin pigmentations, this black and white crap, aside. Tell me, my friend, what is the difference between you and me?” “There’s no difference.” “Absolutely none,” he exclaimed. “Scientists in the Human Genome Project have proved that. It took them thirteen years to determine the complete sequence of the three billion DNA subunits. After they were all done it was clear that 99.9% nucleotide bases were exactly the same in you and me. We are the same people. All white, Asian, Latino, and black people on this aircraft are the same.” I gladly nodded. “And yet I feel superior,” he smiled fatalistically. “Every white person on this plane feels superior to a black person. The white guy who picks up garbage, the homeless white trash on drugs, feels superior to you no matter his status or education. I can pick up a nincompoop from the New York streets, clean him up, and take him to Lusaka and you all be crowding around him chanting muzungu, muzungu and yet he’s a riffraff. Tell me why my angry friend.” For a moment I was wordless. “Please don’t blame it on slavery like the African Americans do, or colonialism, or some psychological impact or some kind of stigmatization. And don’t give me the brainwash poppycock. Give me a better answer.” I was thinking. He continued. “Excuse what I am about to say. Please do not take offense.” I felt a slap of blood rush to my head and prepared for the worst. “You my friend flying with me and all your kind are lazy,” he said. “When you rest your head on the pillow you don’t dream big. You and other so-called African intellectuals are damn lazy, each one of you. It is you, and not those poor starving people, who is the reason Africa is in such a deplorable state.” “That’s not a nice thing to say,” I protested. He was implacable. “Oh yes it is and I will say it again, you are lazy. Poor and uneducated Africans are the most hardworking people on earth. I saw them in the Lusaka markets and on the street selling merchandise. I saw them in villages toiling away. I saw women on Kafue Road crushing stones for sell and I wept. I said to myself where are the Zambian intellectuals? Are the Zambian engineers so imperceptive they cannot invent a simple stone crusher, or a simple water filter to purify well water for those poor villagers? Are you telling me that after thirty-seven years of independence your university school of engineering has not produced a scientist or an engineer who can make simple small machines for mass use? What is the school there for?” I held my breath. “Do you know where I found your intellectuals? They were in bars quaffing. They were at the Lusaka Golf Club, Lusaka Central Club, Lusaka Playhouse, and Lusaka Flying Club. I saw with my own eyes a bunch of alcoholic graduates. Zambian intellectuals work from eight to five and spend the evening drinking. We don’t. We reserve the evening for brainstorming.” He looked me in the eye. “And you flying to Boston and all of you Zambians in the Diaspora are just as lazy and apathetic to your country. You don’t care about your country and yet your very own parents, brothers and sisters are in Mtendere, Chawama, and in villages, all of them living in squalor. Many have died or are dying of neglect by you. They are dying of AIDS because you cannot come up with your own cure. You are here calling yourselves graduates, researchers and scientists and are fast at articulating your credentials once asked—oh, I have a PhD in this and that—PhD my foot!” I was deflated. “Wake up you all!” he exclaimed, attracting the attention of nearby passengers. “You should be busy lifting ideas, formulae, recipes, and diagrams from American manufacturing factories and sending them to your own factories. All those research findings and dissertation papers you compile should be your country’s treasure. Why do you think the Asians are a force to reckon with? They stole our ideas and turned them into their own. Look at Japan, China, India, just look at them.” He paused. “The Bwana has spoken,” he said and grinned. “As long as you are dependent on my plane, I shall feel superior and you my friend shall remain inferior, how about that? The Chinese, Japanese, Indians, even Latinos are a notch better. You Africans are at the bottom of the totem pole.” He tempered his voice. “Get over this white skin syndrome and begin to feel confident. Become innovative and make your own stuff for god’s sake.” At 8 a.m. the plane touched down at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Walter reached for my hand. “I know I was too strong, but I don’t give it a damn. I have been to Zambia and have seen too much poverty.” He pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something. “Here, read this. It was written by a friend.” He had written only the title: “Lords of Poverty.” Thunderstruck, I had a sinking feeling. I watched Walter walk through the airport doors to a waiting car. He had left a huge dust devil twirling in my mind, stirring up sad memories of home. I could see Zambia’s literati—the cognoscente, intelligentsia, academics, highbrows, and scholars in the places he had mentioned guzzling and talking irrelevancies. I remembered some who have since passed—how they got the highest grades in mathematics and the sciences and attained the highest education on the planet. They had been to Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), only to leave us with not a single invention or discovery. I knew some by name and drunk with them at the Lusaka Playhouse and Central Sports. Walter is right. It is true that since independence we have failed to nurture creativity and collective orientations. We as a nation lack a workhorse mentality and behave like 13 million civil servants dependent on a government pay cheque. We believe that development is generated 8-to-5 behind a desk wearing a tie with our degrees hanging on the wall. Such a working environment does not offer the opportunity for fellowship, the excitement of competition, and the spectacle of innovative rituals. But the intelligentsia is not solely, or even mainly, to blame. The larger failure is due to political circumstances over which they have had little control. The past governments failed to create an environment of possibility that fosters camaraderie, rewards innovative ideas and encourages resilience. KK, Chiluba, Mwanawasa, and Banda embraced orthodox ideas and therefore failed to offer many opportunities for drawing outside the line. I believe King Cobra’s reset has been cast in the same faculties as those of his predecessors. If today I told him that we can build our own car, he would throw me out. “Naupena? Fuma apa.” (Are you mad? Get out of here) Knowing well that King Cobra will not embody innovation at Walter’s level let’s begin to look for a technologically active-positive leader who can succeed him after a term or two. That way we can make our own stone crushers, water filters, water pumps, razor blades, and harvesters. Let’s dream big and make tractors, cars, and planes, or, like Walter said, forever remain inferior. A fundamental transformation of our country from what is essentially non-innovative to a strategic superior African country requires a bold risk-taking educated leader with a triumphalist attitude and we have one in YOU. Don’t be highly strung and feel insulted by Walter. Take a moment and think about our country. Our journey from 1964 has been marked by tears. It has been an emotionally overwhelming experience. Each one of us has lost a loved one to poverty, hunger, and disease. The number of graves is catching up with the population. It’s time to change our political culture. It’s time for Zambian intellectuals to cultivate an active-positive progressive movement that will change our lives forever. Don’t be afraid or dispirited, rise to the challenge and salvage the remaining few of your beloved ones. Field Ruwe is a US-based Zambian media practitioner and author. He is a PhD candidate with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism, and an M.A. in History. Thoughts?

LALA UN0NO NA KITU KUTOKA ETHIOPIA TADESSE MAKETE

2012-01-24T20:45:00.002+03:00

Mkutano wa kujadili mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi

2012-01-24T19:51:00.000+03:00

Mkurugenzi msaidizi wa Idara ya Mazingira,Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais Bw. Richard Muyungi akizungumza na wadau wa mazingira kutoka Taasisi mbalimbali,wizara na wadau kutoka nchi wahisani wakati wa ufunguzi wa mkutano wa wadau hao unaojadili mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi na mkakati wa kitaifa kuhusu mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi leo jijini Dar es salaam.

Mshauri wa masuala ya mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi kutoka Idara ya Kimataifa ya Maendeleo (DFID) nchini Tanzania Bi. Magdalena Banasiak (kushoto) akizungumzia athari za mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi duniani na mchango wa wadau mbalimbali wa ndani na nje ya nchi katika kuhakikisha kuwa athari za mabadiliko ya tabia nchi zilizoanza kujitokeza zinadhibitiwa.

Mkurugenzi msaidizi wa Idara ya Mazingira,Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais Bw. Richard Muyungi akiwasilisha mada kuhusiana na mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi na ripoti ya tafiti ya athari za kimazingira iliyofanyika katika baadhi ya maeneo yakiwemo Zanzbar, Mbeya, Tanga, Manyara, Shinyanga na Mwanza leo jijini Dar es salaam.

Baadhi ya wadau wa Mazingira kutoka ndani na nje nchi wakifuatilia mada mbalimbali zilizokuwa zikiwasilishwa wakati wa mkutano wa wadau wa mazingira kuhusu mkakati wa kitaifa kuhusu mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi leo jijini Dar es salaam.

Wadau wa Mazingira kutoka, Taasisi mbalimbali,wizara na wadau wa mazingira kutoka nchi wahisani wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja mara baada ya ufunguzi wa mkutano unaojadili Mkakati wa Kitaifa kuhusu mabadiliko ya Tabia nchi leo jijini Dar es salaam.

Waziri wa Nishati na Madini William Ngeleja Atia Saini Mikataba Mitatu Ya Utafiti Wa Mafuta Nchini

2012-01-24T19:43:00.000+03:00

Waziri wa Nishati na Madini William Ngeleja (kushoto) akiwekeana saini na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa kampuni ya Motherland Industries Limited kutoka India Bw, V. K. Sood (Kulia) uwekaji saini wa mikataba mitatu ya utafiti wa mafuta nchini, umefanyika leo jijini Dar es Salaam,

Waziri wa Nishati na Madini William Ngeleja (katikati) akiweka saini mkataba wa utafiti wa mafuta nchini kwa kampuni tatu kutoka nje, (kushoto) ni Mkurugenzi mtendaji wa TPDC Bw, Yona Killagane na (kulia) Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa kampuni ya Matherland industries LTD kutoka India, Bw. V.K. Sood .(kulia). Mkataba huo umewekwa saini leo kwenye jingo la Wizara ya Nishati na Madini

Waziri wa Nishati na Madini William Ngeleja (kulia) akifafanua jambo wakati wa uwekaji saini wa mikataba mitatu ya uatafiti wa mafuta kutoka kampuni za nje jijini leo DSM (Kulia) ni Kamishna Msaidizi wa Nishati (Petroleum na Gas ) Bw, Prosper Victus

Waziri wa Nishati na Madini Wiliam Ngeleja (kushoto) akibadilisha hati za makubaliano ya utafiti wa mafuta nchini na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa kampun i ya Petrobras kutoka Brazil Bw, Samuel Bastos de Miranda (kulia) , hafla hiyo imefanyika leo jijini Dar es Slaam wakati wa hafla ya uwekaji saini wa mikataba mitatu ya utafiti wa mafuta wa kampuni kutoka nje

Kamishna Msaidizi wa Nishati kutoka Wizara ya Nishati na Madini Bw, Prosper Victus (alisimama mbele na Kabrasha) akitoa maelezo ya awali wakati wa uwekaji wa saini mikataba mitatu ya utafii wa mafuta kutoka kampuni za nje leo wakati wa hafla hiyo kwenye jengo la Wizara ya hiyo jijiji Dar es Salaam.Picha na Mwanakombo Jumaa-MAELEZO

Kasheshe ya FUNZA kanda ya Magharibi

2012-01-24T08:06:00.001+03:00

Binamu yangu karudi huku majuu kama wiki mbili zilizopita kutoka huko nyumbani, katika yote aliyoleta ni hii kasheshe ya Funza za miguu. Ingawa miguu yake haikuharibika kama inavyoonekana kwenye picha, lakini imemchukua muda kurudi kazini kutoka na kuvimba vidole vya miguu. Kwa kweli nilikuwa nimeishasahau hayo maradhi. Natoa pole sana kwa wananchi ambao bado wanasumbuliwa na hili tatizo. kwa kingereza inaitwa tungapenetrant!! funza bwana inaharibu hata mwendo na kuleta mikogo ya ajabu ajabu tena kwa step!!! pale morogoro undambani wanaita vidonda vya miiba!!!

HII HAIKUBALIKI!! NI UDHARIRISHAJI

2012-01-24T08:02:00.000+03:00

Mwanamme anampomfumania mkewe na kumtembeza hadharani hivi mbele ya vyombo vya usalama wa raia na vikaendelea kuchekelea hali hii ni nini?

BOKO HARAM WATUMIA MAKOPO YA SODA NA VINYWAJI VINGINE KUTENGENEZA MABOMU

2012-01-24T07:59:00.000+03:00

To kill people, Boko Haram members use various improvised explosive devices. Soldiers found these can drinks filled with explosives in an abandoned car belonging to members of the Islamic sect

God help us!

"MACHO YAKO MBONA HAYATULII MUME WANGU? WEWE LAZIMA UTAKUWA NA MWANAMKE WA NJE" !!!

2012-01-24T07:57:00.000+03:00

Katika tamaduni nyingi za makabila ya Kitanzania, kukaziana macho wakati wa mazungumzo ni jambo geni. Mara nyingi watoto hawaruhusiwi kuwatazama watu wazima usoni wakati wa mazungumzo. Kufanya hivyo ni ukosefu wa adabu. Hali kadhalika katika makabila mengi wanawake pia hawakupaswa kuwaangalia wanaume usoni wakati wa mazungumzo. Kufanya hivyo ilikuwa dalili ya uchakaramu.

Nakumbuka nilipofika hapa Marekani kuanza masomo swala hili lilinipa shida sana kwani nilikuwa siwezi kuongea na maprofesa, wanafunzi wenzangu na watu wengine huku nikiwa nimewakazia macho usoni. Nilizidi kuchanganyikiwa zaidi pale wasichana wa Kimarekani walipokuwa wakiongea nami huku wamenikazia macho usoni.

"Wasichana gani hawa wasio na aibu?" Nilikuwa nikijiuliza mara kwa mara.

Sikujua kuwa hili lilikuwa ni tatizo mpaka siku moja mshauri wangu aliponiita ofisini kwake na kuniambia kwamba watu walikuwa wakilalamika kwamba nilikuwa siwaangalii machoni wakati wa mazungumzo. Aliniambia kwamba kwa Wamarekani kuongea na mtu bila kumwangalia usoni ni jambo baya sana. Linaonyesha kwamba pengine unachokisema si cha kweli na kwamba wewe siyo mtu wa kuaminika.

Japo nilijibidisha sana kufanya mabadiliko na kuanza kuwakazia watu macho usoni wakati wa mazungumzo, ni lazima nikiri hapa kwamba hili halikuwa jambo rahisi. Na kusema kweli mpaka leo sijalizoea jambo hili na daima huwa sijisikii huru kufanya hivyo.

Ndiyo maana hii katuni kidogo imenishangaza. Pengine ni matokeo ya utandawazi na minyororo yake ya kitamaduni. Ni tangu lini mke na mume wa Kiswahili wakakaziana macho wakati wa mazungumzo? Pengine wanandoa wasomi wa mijini lakini siyo kule vijijini. Na simlaumu huyo baba kwenye katuni kwa kushindwa kwake kuhakikisha kwamba kunakuwa na "eye contact" kati yake na mkewe. Huu si utamaduni wetu na kwa sisi wazee hili ni jambo ambalo inabidi tujifunze kama kuna ulazima wa kufanya hivyo.

Kwa tofauti na mifano mbalimbali ya migongano ya kitamaduni kati ya Waafrika na Wazungu (hasa Wamarekani) jaribu sana kusoma kitabu mashuhuri cha Profesa Mbele kiitwacho Africans and Americans: Embracing Cultural Differences.

Dar to enforce cash limit law on travellers

2012-01-24T07:44:00.000+03:00

Tanzania is to introduce cash limits for people moving across its borders to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism and crime. Photo/REUTERS Posted Sunday, January 22 2012 at 16:16 Tanzania is to introduce cash limits for people moving across its borders to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism and crime. The government said the regulations require travellers entering and leaving the country to inform officials of cash or financial instruments in their possession — including travellers’ cheques, bonds, cheques or convertible securities. The Customs department will monitor cash declarations at all ports, airports, land, sea and air crossings as the country begins enforcing the anti-money laundering measure from this year. Laston Msongole, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, said Tanzania will have measures in place to detect physical cross-border transportation of currency and bearer negotiable instruments, including a declaration system or other disclosure obligation. Mr Msongole said the regulations would ensure that competent authorities have the legal powers to stop or restrain currency or bearer negotiable instruments that are suspected to be related to terrorist financing or money laundering, or that are falsely declared or disclosed. The government established the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in 2007 to tackle money-laundering activities. Deputy Commissioner of Police and also Commissioner for the FIU, Samson Kasalla, said that the regulations were still awaiting the signature Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Mustafa Mkullo before being made public. Money laundering is a worldwide problem, with approximately $300 billion being processed annually in the United States. According to Mr Kasalla, the government will also focus on real estate as part of a review of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations Act of 2007. “One of the areas to be examined during the review of the Act is real estate development, which has witnessed massive growth in Tanzania. It is an area that can easily be used by launderers to hide dirty money,” he said. FIU Assistant Commissioner Gilbert Nyombi said Tanzania was among countries faced with the problem of money laundering because many financial transactions were settled in cash. According to Mr Nyombi, the FIU faces many challenges in detecting money laundering. “FIU has no mandate to hold suspects after completion of investigations. There are seven cases so far that have been handed over to law enforcers for action,” he said. He said the regulation is going to make it tougher to move terrorist money across borders. In Tanzania, the Proceeds of Crime Act of 1991 criminalises narcotics-related money laundering. However, the Act does not adequately define money laundering, and it has only been used to prosecute corruption cases. The law obliges financial institutions to maintain records of financial transactions exceeding $109 (Tsh100,000) for a period of 10 years. The Bank of Tanzania has issued regulations requiring financial institutions to file suspicious transaction reports, but this requirement is not being enforced, and no mechanism currently exists for receiving and analysing the suspicious transaction. International standards requires travellers crossing national borders to carry an upper limit of $10,000

ICC NA MAANDALIZI YA MAAMUZI YA LEO

2012-01-23T20:02:00.004+03:00

FUATILIA CITIZEN TV JUU YA MATAMSHI YA WATUHUMIWA WA ICC

2012-01-23T20:00:00.002+03:00

MUTHAURA KUKATA RUFAA DHIDI YA UAMUZI WA ICC

2012-01-23T19:59:00.002+03:00

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The Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura has termed the ICC ruling Monday as a disappointment and said he intends to appeal against the decision. In a statement issued accompanied by his Lawyer Karim Khan, Muthaura reiterated that he was innocent of the charges leveled against him at the ICC.

Muthaura said in the statement that he is still innocent until proved guilty by the court. He expressed optimism that justice will eventually prevail and clear him of the charges. Muthaura congratulated the two suspects Henry Kosgey and Major General Mohamed Hussein Ali whose charges were not confirmed and wished all the best, the other three suspects whose cases have been confirmed. Speaking before Muthaura made his statement, the lawyer Karim Khan maintained that nothing had changed in the ruling. He added that his client was still innocent and wondered why the case was confirmed yet they had proved their case during confirmation hearing. Khan noted that the ICC cases had polarized the country along political and ethnic lines. Equating the ruling to half time in football, the lawyer said no one should start celebrating yet but wait until the last minute when justice is delivered.

VIONGOZI WASHIRIKA WA KENYA WATEMBELEANA KUPEANA POLE

2012-01-23T19:54:00.002+03:00

Footballer Boateng's girlfriend blames his numerous injuries on too much sex! Lol

2012-01-23T19:46:00.000+03:00

'He (Kevin Prince Boateng) is always injured because we have too much sex,' says his girlfriend, model/TV presenter, 25 year old Melissa Satta. Mellisa told Vanity Fair - 'we have sex seven to ten times a week. The amount of sex we have has contributed to his injuries', she believes. The AC Milan midfielder has been out of action for over a month now due to muscular problems. Lately, it's been one injury or the other with Boateng. Now at least we know why...:-) But biko, how is 7 to 10 times a week too much sex? Me that was hoping to get at least twice a day when I marry. That would be 14times a week. Only 7 times a week with a girlfriend like that? This Boateng is a slacker jor! lol.

Man Marries Dead Girlfriend in Joint Funeral & Wedding Ceremony

2012-01-23T19:45:00.000+03:00

A man from Thailand recently married his dead girlfriend in a bizarre wedding ceremony that also doubled as a funeral for the young bride. Chadil Deffy, placed a ring on the finger of Sarinya “Anne” Kamsook, his girlfriend of 10 years, during the ceremony in Thailand’s Surin province. The couple had planned to get married in the future, but Kamsook unexpectedly died in an accident before the couple could set a date. Deffy felt like he hadn’t treated his girlfriend well enough in life and wanted to make it up to her. So in front of friends and family, he placed a ring on Kamsook’s dead finger and vowed to love her the rest of his life. Kamsook was buried immediately after the wedding.

Mazishi Ya Aliyekua Mbunge Wa Arumeru(CCM)Jeremia Sumari

2012-01-23T19:40:00.000+03:00

Wananchi wa Arumeru kwa kushirikiana na vijana wa UVCCM taifa wakiufukia mwili wa aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumeru mashariki Mhe. Jeremia Sumari wakati wa mazishi yake yaliyofanyika kijijini kwao Akheri, Mkoani Arusha Leo. (KWA HISANI YA BLOG YA HAKI NGOWI)

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiweka shada la maua katika kaburi la aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumeru Mashariki Mhe. Jeremia Sumari baada ya mazishi yaliyofanyika kijijini kwao Akheri, Mkoani Arusha Leo

Waziri Mkuu Mhe. Mizengo Pinda akitoa heshima zake za mwisho kwa mwili wa aliyekuwa mbunge wa Arumeru Mashariki Mhe. Jeremia Sumari kabla ya kwenda kuzika kijijini kwao Akheri, Mkoani Arusha. Nyuma ni Spika wa Bunge Mhe. Anne Makinda na Spika mtaafu wa Bunge Mhe. Pius Msekwa

Spika wa Bunge Mhe. Anne Makinda akitoa heshima zake za mwisho kwa mwili wa aliyekuwa mbunge wa Arumeru Mashariki Mhe. Jeremia Sumari kabla ya kwenda kuzika kijijini kwao Akheri, Mkoani Arusha Leo

Spika wa Bunge Mhe. Anne Makinda akiweka shada la maua katika kaburi la aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumeru Mashariki Mhe. Jeremia Sumari baada ya mazishi yaliyofanyika kijijini kwao Akheri, Mkoani Arusha Leo

Spika wa Bunge Mhe. Anne Makinda akimfariji mke wa Marehemu Mweshimiwa Jeremia Sumari, Bi. Miriam Sumari kabla ya mazishi ya marehumu sumari kijijini kwao Akheri, Mkoani Arusha Leo.Picha Zote na Owen Daudi

RAISI KIWETE, MIZENGO PINDA WAONGOZA MAZISHI YA ALIYEKUWA MBUNGE WA ARUMERU MASHARIKI

2012-01-23T19:37:00.000+03:00

Rais Dk. Jakaya Kikwete akiweka shada la maua kwenye kaburi la aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumaru Marehemu Jeremiah Sumari katika mazishi yaliyofanyika mkoani Arusha leo huku rais Jakaya akiongoza mamia ya waombolezaji.

NA GLADNESS MUSHI WA FULLSHANGWE- ARUSHA

ALIYEKUWA Mbunge wa jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki Bw Jeremiah Sumari amezikwa jana kijijini kwake Akheri wilayani Meru Mkoani hapa na mazishi hayo kuongozwa na Raisi wa Jamhuri wa Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt Jakaya kikwete, pamoja na waziri mkuu Bw Mizengo Pinda.

Akiongea na waombolezaji waliofika katika eneo hilo la Akheri waziri Pinda alisema kuwa viongozi mbalimbali wa Serikali wanatakiwa kuwa mfano wa kuigwa kama alivyokuwa Bw Sumari

Bw Pinda alieleza kuwa kiongozi kama kiongozi anatakiwa kuwa na sifa ambazo zitamfanya jamii imlkumbuke mara zote na sifa hizo zinatakiwa kuwa ni miongoni mwa sifa nzuri na zenye kulijenga taifa.

“hii ni safari ya Bw Sumari lakini sote tunatakiwa kuhakikisha kuwa tunaweka hazina hapa duniani, na kuwa na sifa nzuri na zenye kupendeza, kwa kuwa kifo ni msingi wa kila mwanadamu hapa duniani”aliongeza bw Pinda.

Pia aliitaka familia ya Marehemu Sumari kuhakikisha kuwa haioni mzigo kwa kuondokewa na Baba yao na badala yake wahakikishe kuwa wanaendelea kumtegemea zaidi Mungu katika mambo yao ikiwa ni pamoja na kufuata Mambo mazuri ambayo yalikuwa yanafutwa na Bw Sumari.

Katika hatua nyingine viongozi mbalimbali ambao waliongoza ibada hiyo ya Mazishi walisema kuwa kwa sasa jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki limepoteza Mbunge wake kwa maana hiyo ni lazima taratibu za kumtafuta Mbunge huyo zifanyike wakati utakapofika lakini wagombe wanatakiwa kuwa makini na kuachana na tabia ya uchakachuaji wa matokeo

Walibanisha kuwa endapo kama zoedzi la uchakachuaji wa matokeo katika jimbo hilo ni wazi kuwa watakuwa wanaweka jimbo hilo mashakani kabisa hali ambayo itachangia matatizo mbalimbali juu ya jimbo hilo.

“tunatangaza rasmi kabisa kuwa hapa hamna masuala ya kuachakachua matokeo kwa maana hiyo uchaguzi utakaokuja ni lazima matokeo yawe ya halali kwa maslahi ya jimbo hili”waliongeza wachungaji hao.

Aidha nao viongozi wa chama cha mapinduzi (CCM) walisema kuwa wao kama chama kupitia kwa aliyekuwa mbunge wa jimbo hilo walikuwa na ahadi nyingi dhidi ya jimbo hilo ambapo ahadi hizo zilikuwa na lengo la kusaidia jamii.

Walisema kuwa ahadi za mbunge huyo kwa jimbo hilo ziko palepale na zitatekelezwa kwa mujibu wa sheria ya chama hicho kwa eneo hilo la Arumeru Mashariki ili kuweza kupambana na changamoto mbalimbali.

KITU KUTOKA ZENJI CHA FIMBO YA MUNGU

2012-01-23T19:34:00.002+03:00

HUKUMU YA ICC

2012-01-23T19:29:00.000+03:00

HE ICC RULING IN THE HAGUE AND KENYA’S POST ELECTION VIOLENCE LATEST: IMPACT AND REACTION

By admin, on January 23rd, 2012

ICC presiding judge Ekaterina Trendafilova

As you will almost certainly know by now, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have confirmed that four of the ‘Ocampo Six’ are to be tried as “indirect co-perpetrators”, or of having “contributed” to crimes committed during Kenya’s post-election violence in 2007-08 (and if you didn’t know, just scroll down to the link to the full judgment, or to the summary below). The Kenya Forum has been receiving reactions to the ruling and has a few ideas of its own as to what the impact of the ICC’s will be in Kenya and the ramifications in the run up to the country’s next election.
The ICC’s Presiding Judge, Justice Ekaterina Trendafilova, first outlined the “impact” the court’s decisions would have on those against whom charges have been confirmed – Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Francis Muthaura and Joshua arap Sang. They will now be “tried before a different Chamber [of the ICC] for the charges confirmed”.
For those for whom charges have not been confirmed – Henry Kosgey and Mohammed Hussein Ali – “the Chamber wishes to clarify that they are no longer suspects before the Court”, said Judge Trendafilova but continued, “However, the Chamber recalls article 61(8) of the Rome Statute, according to which the Prosecutor may present additional evidence requesting confirmation of charges against Mr Kosgey and Mr Ali”.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVED GUILTY?… THIS IS KENYA!
Of the four defendants against whom charges will be preferred by the ICC Judge Trendafilova said that, “the Chamber wishes to be unequivocal and state that Mr Ruto, Mr Sang, Mr Muthaura and Mr Kenyatta are merely accused by this Court”, and continued, “The Chamber would like to emphasise, for the purpose of clarity, that the presumption of innocence remains fully intact”. They will therefore remain at liberty “subject to their non-engagement in incitement of violence or hate speech”.
Fair enough says the Forum but this is Kenya, watch from now on as every utterance by the ICC four is interpreted as “incitement to violence” or the nearly indefinable “hate speech” by their political opponents, and if Judge Trendafilova thinks that sections of Kenya’s media, some of its commentators and not a few individuals from ‘civil society’ are going to refrain from, in effect, stating that the four are guilty before and during the trial, she’s got another think coming, as they say.
“CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY”? THE DISSENTING VIEW…
It was of great interest to the Kenya Forum that Justice Hans-Peter Kaul “appended a dissenting opinion in both cases”. Kaul argued that the ICC was not competent to try the case because the crimes committed, in his view, “were serious common crimes under Kenyan criminal law, but not crimes against humanity as codified in Article 7 of the Rome Statute”.
The Kenya Forum thinks Judge Kaul has a point. The crimes committed were horrendous, the death toll appalling, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people a vast human tragedy but they were crimes committed by individual humans, many of them and for many different reasons but whether they can be classified as “crimes against humanity” is a very debatable point.
Either way, it should be noted that only two of the three ICC judges have ruled against the defendants, and for two of those, it was found, there was not sufficient evidence to charge them with wrongdoing.
REACTION TO THE ICC’S RULING
One Nairobi-based lawyer who spoke to the Kenya Forum after the ICC’s announcement reacted positively to the ruling. “I’m very pleased overall”, she said, “the least culpable of the defendants have not been indicted and they are also the ones who have acted most honourably throughout the ICC’s hearings”.
She was less positive about what it would mean in the near future for Kenyan politics. “Quite what’s going to happen now that part of Kibaki’s ‘kitchen cabinet’ are going to be indicted, is a worry”, she said. “I think there’s going to be a huge campaign emphasising that they are innocent until proved guilty and the Public Office Act will be cited to support the argument that they should remain in office”.
The lady lawyer finished her comments on an interesting point: “You will also see a campaign to delay the next election for as long as possible so that Kenyatta can run. The tide seems to have turned against Raila Odinga but there’s no serious candidate to stand against him in the absence of Uhuru Kenyatta”.
Other comments made to the Forum included disdain for the ICC process as a “circus” and “amateurish” to surprise that Mathaura was to be charged on the basis that he was, if guilty at all, a “hired hand who did other people’s bidding rather than pulled the strings”.
KENYATTA, RUTO AND THE NEXT ELECTION
What everyone agreed was that Kenyatta and Ruto would stand in the next election despite the ICC’s decision: with this the Forum agrees. The two have stated that they would run in the election whatever the ICC said, and given the “presumption of innocence”, whatever your feelings about the individuals concerned, or political allegiance, they have every right to do so. Those citing Chapter 6 of the new constitution, arguing that it means they cannot stand in the election, are wrong and obviously haven’t read it.
However, that does leave the intriguing prospect, as a media consultant said to the Forum, of “the crazy case of a guy elected President of Kenya having to face the ICC”.
Certainly the ICC’s ruling will be used as a stick in Kenyan politics (no surprise there!) but quite how may not always be apparent. Don’t be surprised to see William Ruto implicate Raila Odinga if the going gets tough, and don’t be surprised if there isn’t an attempt to cut off Kenyatta’s funding of an election, whether it be his own or someone elses.
Let’s leave the last sobering comment at this stage to a Nairobi businessman. Asked by the Kenya Forum what he thought of the ICC’s ruling, he responded, “Bottom line is, it’s not going to change the price of bread. The common wananchi have far too much to worry about at the moment to care about four guys who may, or may not, have committed crimes after the last election”.

ICC Kenya case ruling and its consequences

2012-01-23T19:26:00.000+03:00

ICC Kenya case ruling and its consequences

January 23, 2012, 3:29 am
Filed under: africa | Tags: Francis Muthaura, Henry Kosgey, ICC, Joshua Sang, Kenya, Nairobi, Ocampo 6, Post-election violence, Rift Valley, Uhuru Kenyatta, william Ruto

That the ICC’s website crashed an hour before the ruling was given underscores the importance of today’s ICC ruling.
In the end it emerged that charges against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura, MP William Ruto and radio Presenter Joshua Sang were confirmed. Former police commissioner Husein Ali and MP Henry Kosgey will walk, at least for now.
The political implications of the decision will be huge.
Firstly, President Kibaki must decide whether or not to retain two of his most trusted lieutenants in the government (Messrs Kenyatta and Muthaura) even as they face charges with regard to the death of 1300 Kenyans and the displacement of hundreds of thousands. Should the president decide to stand with them I suspect that soon the courts will have to decide whether these two are fit to hold public office.
Remember that Kenya has a resurgent judiciary eager to stamp its authority as an independent institution. There will be intense political pressure from Civil Society groups to see the two step aside.
Equally interesting will be whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will allow Ruto and Kenyatta to run for president in light of these developments. Again, the case might go all the way to the Supreme Court. The Kenyan constitution has a clause banning those accused of certain crimes from holding public office. The vagueness of the wording in the constitution will give the courts discretion in reaching a verdict. I suspect some activism here was well.
Secondly, Ruto and Kenyatta will find it hard to sell their candidacy to Kenyans ahead of the general elections later this year. As the process continues, it will be hard for both (whether guilty or not) to hide from the gruesome crimes that were committed in 2007-08. I therefore doubt the viability of either one running for president at the top of a ticket. If they want to be on a winning team in this year’s election they must be part of a coalition.
But coalition building will be hard. For one, cracks are already appearing in either camp. Ruto recently got kicked out of a party he tried to commandeer after defecting from ODM. Mr. Kenyatta is also facing a simmering insurgency within his Central Kenya camp. The other thing is that the Kenyan economic and political upper class has revealed a willingness to throw the two under the bus if they become too much of a baggage. It is telling that a group of Central Kenyan tycoons have started warming up to Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the man to beat in this year’s general election.

JUMAPILI NJEMA WAPENDWA!!

2012-01-22T16:25:00.000+03:00

JUMAPILI NJEMA WAPENDWA!!: Napenda kuwatakieni wote mtakaopita hapa JUMAPILI njema sana . Nineona niwatakieni jumapili hii kwa wimbo huu ingawa sielewi nini kinasemwa ila nimeupenda tu...naamini wanaimba kumsifu Mungu.....

RIPOTI MAALUM KAPUNGA:(gazeti mwananchi tar 20 jan 2012)

2012-01-22T16:14:00.000+03:00

Ni gharama kubwa kubeba mimba Kapunga

Friday, 20 January 2012

Na Daniel Mbega, Mbarali

KATIKA daraja dogo lililowekwa magogo likiunganisha vijiji vya Kapunga na Mbalino, wilayani Mbarali, Yohana Siling’wa (38) anakokota baiskeli akiwa amembeba mkewe Mbuke Sena (32) ambaye ni mjamzito. Wanarejea kutoka kliniki ya kila mwezi katika Hospitali ya Misheni Chimala, yapata umbali wa kilometa 29 kutoka kijijini kwao Mbalino.

Ni jua la utosini na Siling’wa anatoka jasho kweli. Ni kazi ngumu kuendesha baiskeli kutoka Mbalino hadi Chimala na kurejea katika wakati huu wa jua kali, na hasa unapokuwa umembeba mtu mwenye hali kama ya Sena. Njia ni mbaya mno.

Msamaria mwema anawasaidia kuwasukuma hadi ng’ambo ya daraja la mfereji huu wa kumwagilia maji kwenye mashamba ya mpunga.

Walau nitapumzika kwa mwezi mmoja kabla ya kumrejesha tena kliniki kwa ajili ya kujifungua. Safari ya kuendesha baiskeli kwa kilometa 58 kila wakati aendapo kliniki inachosha mno. Nadhani huu utakuwa ujauzito wake wa mwisho, anasema Siling’wa.

Anaeleza kwamba ingawa wana watoto sita, huu ni ujauzito wake wa kumi. Sena amewahi kuharibu mimba mara mbili na mwaka jana, wawili hao walipoteza binti yao wa miaka mitanoi kutokana na malaria kali.

Ni kazi ngumu, lakini nimezowea kumpeleka mke wangu kliniki kila mwezi. Watoto wangu wanne walizaliwa katika Hospitali ya Misheni Chimala. Nimekuwa nikikabiliana na hali hii kila wakati mke wangu anapokuwa mjamzito na sasa nasema imetosha, anasema.

Ikiwa imejengwa Chimala kando ya barabara kuu ya Dar es Salaam – Mbeya, Hospitali hii ya Misheni, ambayo ilijengwa tangu mwaka 1962 na wamisionari wa Kanisa la Kristo la New York Arena, inatoa huduma kwa watu zaidi ya 25,000, kwa mujibu wa ofisa wa kituo hicho. Iko umbali wa kilometa 30 kutoka Hospitali ya Wilaya ya Mbarali mjini Rujewa.

Lakini Sena anakumbuka kwamba ameambiwa na daktari ni kwa sababu ya mtikisiko wa baiskeli ndiyo maana akaharibu mimba mara mbili.

Afadhali sasa, lakini wakati ule njia ilikuwa mbovu mno na hatuna namna yoyote ya usafiri kutoka kijijini kwetu, ambako ni kilometa 3 kutoka Kapunga, kwani njia hazipitiki kutokana na miundombinu duni. Kama kungekuwepo na zahanati Kapunga ingekuwa rahisi kwangu kutembea na kuhudhuria kliniki, anasema.

Hata hivyo, anasema hawana fedha za nauli ya daladala kutoka Kapunga hadi Chimala ambapo gharama yake ni Sh. 8,000 kwa watu wawili, hivyo ni rahisi kwao kutumia baiskeli japokuwa ni hatari kwa hali yake.

Kila ninaporejea nyumbani, mgongo na kiuno vinaniuma hadi nalazimika kumeza vidonge vya maumivu ili nilale, anaongeza.

Mtoto wao wa kwanza, Luhunga, ana miaka 14 na yuko darasa la sita, wakati mtoto wa mwisho, Stella, ana miaka miwili na nusu.

Kwa vile wanaishi mbali, daktari katika hospitali ya misheni amewashauri wakapange chumba Chimala wiki tatu kabla ya Sena kujifungua ili kupunguza usumbufu.

Hospitali hiyo inapangisha vyumba kwa Sh. 500 kwa mtu mmoja, kwa usiku mmoja, kiwango ambacho ni kikubwa sana kwa wakazi wengi wa Kapunga, ambao wanategemea zaidi kilimo kuendesha maisha yao.

Kiasi hiki hakihusishi chakula na gharama nyingine. Na ninalazimika kuongozana na mtu mwingine atakayenihudumia. Pia ninapaswa kulipa si chini ya Sh. 35,000 kama gharama za kujifungulia. Ni tabu mno kuwa mjamzito vijijini kwetu kwa kuwa huduma za uzazi hazipatikani,” anasema Sena.

Ni tabu sana pia kuugua ikiwa unaishi Kapunga. Wanakijiji wengi wanaitegemea Hosptali ya Misheni Chimala kwa huduma za afya, kwa kuwa hakuna zahanati katika maeneo ya jirani.

Zahanati ambayo zamani iliwahudumia wanakijiji wa Kapunga na vijiji jirani iliyokuwa katika eneo la Shamba la Mpunga Kapunga ilifungwa kitambo na mwekezaji. Sasa, hata kama unaumwa malaria unatakiwa kwenda Chimala, analalamika Sena.

Mwekezaji katika shamba hilo, Kapunga Rice Project Limited, aliifunga zahanati hiyo ya umma mwaka 2006 baada ya kununua shamba hilo kutoka serikalini, hivyo kuwanyima maelfu ya wananchi fursa ya huduma ya afya.

Mara ya mwisho kwa zahanati hiyo kuwa na mhudumu ilikuwa miaka minne iliyopita wakati Dk. Simbili alipowasili hapo lakini inaelezwa kwamba alikaa kwa mwezi mmoja tu na kuondoka kutokana na sababu ambazo hazijawekwa wazi hadi sasa.

Watu wanatembea zaidi ya kilometa 25 kufuata huduma ya afya na ni umbali mrefu mno, hasa kwa wanawake, watoto na wazee, anasema mwenyekiti wa kijiji cha Kapunga, Ramadhan Nyoni.

Kibaya zaidi, wakati wa masika, barabara ya kwenda Chimala huwa haipitiki. Njia nyingine mbadala ya mzunguko ina urefu wa kilometa 40.

Ugonjwa wa malaria ni hatari sana wakati wa masika. Na serikali kushindwa kutoa huduma muhimu kwa wajawazito ni ukiukaji wa haki ya kuishi, anaongeza Nyoni.

Kwa akina mama wengi wa Tanzania, suala la uzazi limeendelea kuwa la hatari zaidi na hata kusababisha vifo – kwa mama na mtoto na kwa mujibu wa ripoti ya pamoja ya Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO), Shirika la Kuhudumia Watoto (UNICEF) na Shirika la Idadi ya Watu (UNFPA) ya mwaka 2003, Tanzania ilikuwa na vifo vya uzazi 1,500 na ya sita duniani kwa idadi kubwa ya vifo ikiwa nyuma ya Sierra Leone (2,000), Afghanistan (1,900), Malawi (1,800), Angola (1,700) na Niger (1,600).

Mwanahamisi Ally (52) ni mama wa watoto wanne na mkazi wa Kapunga ambaye anasema wanawake wengi wanaamua kujifungulia nyumbani kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa huduma za afya kwenye eneo hilo na umaskini kwani wanapaswa kukodisha gari kwa Sh. 40,000 kila wanapohitaji kupelekwa hospitali kujifungua.

Sidhani kama kuna mwanamke anayeweza kukataa kujifungulia hospitali kama huduma zote zipo na zinatolewa bure. Wanawake wengi hawataki kwenda hospitali kwa sababu hakuna huduma. Na kama kuna dawa, wanatakiwa kulipia, anasema.

Kwa Nhibula Mwasamaki (43) mama wa watoto watano, Hospitali ya Misheni Chimala imekuwa mkombozi wa wengi kwani ndicho kituo pekee cha afya wanachokitegemea ingawa wanapaswa kulipia gharama ikilinganishwa na hospitali za serikali ambako huduma ni za bure.

Watoto wangu watatu nilijifungulia pale. Huduma ni nzuri kama si za kuridhisha, anaongeza.

Bernard Kulanga, Ofisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Hospitali ya Misheni Chimala, anasema ingawa kuna zahanati nyingine kwenye mji huo mdogo, kituo chao ndicho kinachotegemewa na wengi hasa kwa afya ya uzazi.

Tunapokea wagonjwa wengi kila mara, hata wanaoumwa malaria. Watu wanakuja hapa kutokana na ubora wa huduma zetu, na kama kituo cha misheni kilicho chini ya Kanisa la Kristo, wajibu wetu ni kuhudumia watu, hasa wanawake na watoto ambao ndio idadi kubwa ya wateja wetu, anasema.

Kulanga anasema, hospitali hiyo, ambayo inapokea pia wagonjwa kutoka Hospitali ya Wilaya ya Mbarali, ina watumishi 103 – Waganga watano, waganga wasaidizi wawili, Maofisa wauguzi wanne, Wauguzi 30 na watumishi wengine, japokuwa mahitaji bado makubwa.

Anasema wanapokea wastani wa wagonjwa 90 kwa siku wakiwemo wanaolazwa na wale wanaotibiwa na kuondoka. Magonjwa yanayosumbua zaidi ni malaria kali na kuhara kwa watoto.

Kwa sababu watumishi wetu wanapaswa kulipwa, tunatoza gharama kidogo ili kuongeza kipato. Kwa wanaojifungua, hatutozi chini ya Sh. 35,000 kama wanajifungua kwa njia ya kawaida na Sh. 150,000 kwa wanaofanyiwa upasuaji. Gharama hizi zinahusisha huduma zote za tiba ikiwa ni pamoja na dawa, anasema.

Kwa mujibu wa Kulanga, wagonjwa hulazwa kwanza na kupatiwa huduma zote bila malipo, hivyo kumwezesha kila mmoja kupata huduma za afya kwa wakati.

Hatuwatozi gharama kabla ya tiba, sivyo tunavyofanya kazi. Tunaamini kwamba mgonjwa anahitaji tiba na malipo yatafuata baadaye. Kwa wale ambao hawana fedha huwaruhusu waende kisha waje walipe baada ya kupata fedha. Lakini wengi wao hutokomea, na hatuwezi kwenda kuwasaka mitaani, anaongeza.

Sera ya Taifa ya Afya ya mwaka 1990 imelenga kuboresha huduma za afya kwa watu wote mahali walipo, mijini na vijijini, kwa kupunguza hatari na vifo na kuongeza matumaini ya maisha kwa sababu uimara wa mwili, akili na kijamii ni rasilimali kubwa kwa maendeleo ya uchumi.

Vilevile, sera hiyo imelenga kupunguza vifo vya watoto na vifo vya akina mama kabla, wakati na baada ya kujifungua kwa kuongeza huduma bora na muhimu za afya ya mama na mtoto, kuhamasisha lishe bora, kuzuia na kutibu magonjwa yanayotibika.

George Kagomba, Mkurugenzi wa Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Mbarali, anakiri kwamba eneo la Kapunga na vijiji vya jirani havijapata huduma bora za afya.

Anasema kufungwa kwa zahanati ya umma katika lililokuwa shamba la NAFCO ni mojawapo ya changamoto zinazoikabili idara la afya kwenye halmashauri yake.

Dira ya serikali ni kuona kila kijiji kinapata kituo cha afya na kilio cha watu hao (kutoka Kapunga) ni cha msingi sana ambacho halmashauri yangu itakishughulikia, anasema.www.mwananchi.co.tz BINAFSI NIMEFEELSTORY HII!!! HUMAN INTERESTING STORY NAIPA 90% KWASAABABU INAGUSA MAISHA YA MWANANCHI WA KAWAIDA KIJIJINI NA NAMNA ANAVYOKABILIWA NA HALI NGUMU YA HUDUMA ZA JAMII, TUMEZOEA KUONA PICHA ZA WAKUBWA WAKILA MIKUKU NA KUBADILISHANA MAWAZOMIJINI,LAKINI HII INAONYESHA HALI YA VIJIJINI, KWAKUWA NIMEISHI KAPUNGA NAFAHAMU VYEMA JUA LA MCHANA LINAVYOWAKA KWENYE MAZINGIRA YALE!!!! BRAVO DANNY WAJINA!!!!

Edward Lowassa na Zitto Kabwe

2012-01-22T16:10:00.000+03:00

Waziri Mkuu mstaafu, Edward Lowassa akisalimiana na Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini(CHADEMA), Zitto Kabwe kwenye msiba wa Mbunge wa Arumeru na Naibu Waziri wa Fedha Mstaafu Marehemu Jeremia Sumari jana.Picha na Mdau Richard Mwaikenda

Katibu wa NEC, Itikadi na Uenezi,(CCM) Nape Nnauye Ashiriki Kwenye Mahafali Ya Shule Aliyosoma Mkoani Mwanza

2012-01-22T16:07:00.000+03:00

Katibu wa NEC, Itikadi na Uenezi, Nape Nnauye akikaribishwa na Mkuu wa shule ya sekondari Nsumbi, Mwanza juzi alipowasili akiwa mgeni rasmi katika mahafali ya kidato cha sita ya shule hiyo.

Nape akiwa na viongozi wa shule wakiwa wamsimama kuwakumbuka wanafunzi wawili wa kidati cha sita waliofariki dunia hivi karibuni.

Katibu wa Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM, Itikadi na Uenezi Nape Nnauye akimkabidhi cheti mhitimu wa kidato cha sita, Burilo Busagi, katika mahafali ya kidato cha sita shule ya Sekondari Nsumba, Mwanza. Jumla ya wahitimu 374 wa kidato hicho walipewa vyeti. Kushoto ni Mkuu wa shule hiyo Josephat Zakeyo

Nape akiwasalimia wahitimu wa kidato cha sita waliokuwa wakimsubiri awatunuku vyeti katika mahafali ya shule ya sekondari ya Nsumbi, Mwanza. Kulia ni Mkuu wa shule hiyo, Jozephat Zakeo.

Katibu wa NEC, Itikadi na Uenezi Nape NNauye akikagua moja ya mabweni ya shule hiyo kabla ya kutunuku vyeti kwa wahitimu wa kidato cha sita shule ya sekondari Nsumbi, Mwanza juzi. Bweni hilo analokagua ndilo alitumia aliposoma kidato cha nne katika shule hiyo mwana 1994 hadi 97. Wapili kushoto ni Mkuu wa shule hiyo Josephat Zakeo.

Nape akikagua ujenzi wa jengo jipya katika shule hiyo.

Nape akikagua leo bweni alimokuwa akilala wakati anasoma kidato cha nne katika shule ya Nsumbi, Mwanza mwaka 1997.

Wahitimu wakishangilia hotuba ya Nape.

Wahitimu wa kidato cha sita wakiingia kwa wimbo maalum kwenye ukumbi wa sherehe za mahafali yao.

Katibu wa Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM, Itikadi na Uenezi Nape Nnauye akizungumza na mwanafunzi aliyesoma shule ya sekondari ya Nsumba, Mwanza, kati ya mwaka 1954 na 1957 (darasa la nane na kumi) Damas Ngoma, wakati wa mahafali ya kidato cha sita ya shule hiyo juzi. Nape ambaye alikuwa mgeni rasmi katika mahafali hayo alisoma pia katika shule hiyo hadi kidato cha nne ambacho alimaliza mwaka 97. Watatu ni Mkuu wa shule hiyo Josephat Zakeo.

John Fashanu's daughter reveals grim family secret: My father disowned his own brother for being gay

2012-01-22T16:02:00.000+03:00

John and Justin Fashanu Amal Fashanu

Trawling through film archives for a BBC documentary she was making about gay footballers, Amal Fashanu discovered the ‘dark secret’ that overshadowed her family for more than two decades. She learned that her uncle, Justin Fashanu – Britain’s first £1 million black player and the only professional footballer to ‘come out’ as homosexual – was devastated by the rejection of his own family. Amal, 23-year-old daughter of Justin’s brother, the former Wimbledon player-turned-TV presenter John Fashanu, has always believed football failed her uncle and that homophobia contributed to the fragile mental state that led him to take his life.

Justin John But she now also believes he was pushed over the edge by rejection by the people he loved the most. In the programme, Britain’s Gay Footballers, Amal tries to discover why no other player has ‘come out’ like Justin. She discovered the full extent of her uncle’s vilification after he revealed his sexuality in 1990 at 29. His once stellar career was dogged by sex scandals and he hanged himself eight years later, after being accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy in America. But it was Justin’s schism with John that appears to have left the deepest cut. John condemned him in a TV interview when Justin came out, saying he would have to ‘suffer the consequences’ for going public and adding he would ‘not want to play or even get changed’ with him. Desperate for money, his career waning, Justin sold stories to the tabloids – later proved false – about sexual liaisons with politicians and celebrities. At the time the details were kept from Amal. ‘It was very upsetting to see the old news reports of my father disowning his own brother,’ she says. ‘I was only ten when it happened and my parents wanted to protect me. After my parents split up, I grew up with my mother in Madrid and although I heard things, I never discussed it with my father. I knew he had not approved of Justin’s lifestyle, but the extent of his disloyalty was a shock. ‘Other members of the family have been reticent. It hurts me to think everyone abandoned him. I can’t help but think it would have taken just one supportive person to stand up for him.’ Amal graduated from Brunel University last year and is set on a modelling or TV career. When she confronted her father for her documentary, the former Gladiators host, now a businessman in Nigeria, insisted he had never been homophobic, but had been protecting the family name. He told her: ‘At the time, I was cross with my brother. It was the way it came out – cheap and dirty, horrible scandals day after day. Going on the front pages of the newspapers, saying you’d had sexual relationships with MPs. Justin was selfish. I did what I thought was right for our family and for myself.’ The brothers – former Barnardo’s Homes boys who were fostered in Norfolk – had once forged a bond in childhood adversity. Both started in professional football with Norwich City in 1978. Justin was signed for £1 million in 1981 by Nottingham Forest, where manager Brian Clough bluffly challenged Justin’s taste for ‘poof clubs’, ultimately driving him from the team. After playing for a string of clubs, injury and homophobia eventually forced Justin into coaching work in Canada, New Zealand and America, where, in 1998, he was accused of the sex assault. Returning to Britain, he hanged himself two days later in a back-street garage in London’s East End. It was then revealed that the assault accusation was unfounded and no arrest warrant existed. On the morning that news of his suicide broke, an interview was published giving John’s reaction to the assault claims. John had said: ‘I just pray the accusations are not true, but we lost contact years ago and, anyway, I’m past caring. I’ve washed my hands of him.’ Justin’s suicide note protested his innocence but added that he did not want to heap further embarrassment on his family. He said he had felt abandoned by those he cared about. ‘What I’ve learned about him since doing this documentary is that he really wanted to be true to himself,’ says Amal. ‘But society would not accept a gay top-flight sportsman. ‘In the 14 years since his death, no one has been brave enough to follow in his footsteps. There are about 5,000 professional footballers in the country, yet incredibly not a single one of them has come out as gay. I’m proud Justin was my uncle and that he was brave enough to say what he did. I think my dad now regrets the harsh way he responded. ‘The game needs more people like my uncle if homophobic barriers are to be removed.’ Culled from Daily Mail UK

From the archive, 21 January 1964: A last moment of glory for the Sultan?

2012-01-22T15:59:00.000+03:00

Sultan Seyyid of Zanzibar arrived at St Pancras Station, London, from Manchester yesterday afternoon for what was perhaps a last moment of glory in his public career. The photographers were there with lights and cameras, the reporters with their notebooks, the police with their strong arms, the stationmaster with his top hat, and the Duke of Devonshire with a welcoming handshake on behalf of the Commonwealth Relations Office. But there also were familiar attendants of disaster – the Red Cross ladies with bundles of old clothes for "kitting out" cold, impoverished refugees, and the Zanzibar Ambassador to Egypt, who had flown to London especially to meet the Sultan and was distributing copies of a petition he had sent to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights asking for "immediate interference to stop the widespread massacres in Zanzibar" and "nonrecognition of this new anarchist regime" there. The Sultan, his wife, his mother, his five children and 52 other refugees of all ages, stepped from two reserved carriages with no more luggage than a few brown paper parcels, and were driven to the St James's Court Hotel, round the corner from Buckingham Palace. It was barely a week since they had left the sunshine of Zanzibar. A CRO spokesman said that there were no plans at the moment for the Sultan to meet any British Ministers, but no doubt there would have to be talks soon with the Sultan's representatives on how best to wind up the British Government's obligations to the Sultan – with a word on the final bill for the chartered aircraft from Dar-es-Salaam, the train from Manchester to London, and the accommodation at the hotel, all being paid so far by the British Government. Before leaving Manchester, where his aircraft had been forced to land because of fog at London Airport on Sunday, the Sultan said he was sorry to hear of the trouble in Tanganyika and hoped the reports were not true. He emphasised his appreciation of British hospitality and said he hoped to stay in Britain for the time being. Mr A S Kharusi, private secretary to the Sultan, denied that the Sultan had come to England for financial aid. He wanted only British hospitality; friendship from old friends.

At Lion's head

2012-01-22T11:32:00.000+03:00

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On the air with Heli

2012-01-22T11:30:00.000+03:00

Mdau wetu kutoka Africa kusini Bwana Nchimbi ambaye ni mmiliki wa mtandao wa www.nchimbidigitalstudio.blogspot.com akiwa kwenye kikwangua anga kwenye majukumu yake nchini humo, kwa habari zaidi tembelea blog yake www.nchimbidigitalstudio.blogspot.com

Kano Multiple Bomb Blasts: Over 143 bodies discovered so far

2012-01-22T11:26:00.000+03:00

Hospital officials in Kano have put the death toll from yesterday's multiple bombings at over 143. They expect to find more bodies. Also, the Kano State Government has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state. Meanwhile two explosions shook the city of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last night. Do you think Nigeria is heading towards disintegration like the US predicted we will before 2015?

BASI LA NEW FORCE LAUA STENDI YA MABASI MBEYA

2012-01-22T11:22:00.000+03:00

ABIRIA aliyefahamika kwa jina moja la Amina mkazi wa wilaya ya Mbozi mkoani Mbeya alikufa papo hapo katika ajali iliyotokea juzi usiku katika Kituo cha Mabasi yaendayo Mikoani kutokea Mbeya baada ya basi la New Force kuparamia ukuta wa mgahawa uliopo mkabala na Ofisi za Mabasi ya Kampuni hilo.

Tukio hilo limetokea majira ya saa 5:00 usiku wa Ijumaa ya Januari 20 mwaka huu katika Kituo hicho cha Mabasi yakitokea mikoa mingine.

Mashuhuda wa tukio hilo wamesema kondakta wa basi hilo aliyejulikana kwa jina la Januari Kapinga aliingia ndani ya basi hilo lenye namba za usajili T 853 AVQ aina ya Yutong lililokuwa likitokea Dar es Salaam baada ya abiria wote kushuka ndipo alipolikurupua kwa nguvu na kumshinda hatimaye kuparamia ukuta.

Abiria aliyefariki alikuwa safarini kuelekea masomoni mkoani Tabora na wakati gari likiparamia ukuta wa mgahawa huo alikuwa akipata chakula cha jioni

Kwa mujibu wa taarifa iliyotolewa na Jeshi la Polisi imesema licha ya mmoja huyo kupoteza maisha, lakini watano wamejeruhiwa.

Aidha kondakta wa basi hilo alitoroka na kwenda kusikojulikana na juhudi za Jeshi la Polis kumtafuta zinaendelea na hadi sasa dereva wa basi hilo anashikiliwa na Polisi kwa mahojiano zaidi.

Kwa upande wake Noah Mwakatumbula Mwenyekiti wa Kituo cha Mabasi mkoani Mbeya yaendayo mikoani amewataka madereva waliopewa dhamana ya kuendesha vyombo hivyo na serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania waache mara moja tabia ya kuacha funguo za vyombo vyao vya usafiri. kutoka Mbeya yetu blog

WATAWALA WAKUMBUSHWA KUMCHA MUNGU

2012-01-22T11:20:00.000+03:00

ASKOFU KIONGOZI WA KANISA LA MORAVIAN TANZANIA JIMBO LA KUSINI MAGHARIBI ALINIKISA CHEYO

Na, Gordon Kalulunga, Mbeya

VIONGOZI katika jamii wamekumbushwa kumtegemea Mungu katika maamuzi yao kwa ajili ya kutenda haki badala ya kutegemea ushauri mwingi kutoka kwa watu wao wa karibu.

Akihuburi leo katika ibada ya kwanza ya kanisala la Moravian Tanzania Jimbo la kusini Magharibi usharika wa Ruanda uliopo Jijini Mbeya, mhubiri Anna Nandile alisema kuna watawala na watu waliofanikiwa katika maisha kuwabeza wenzao huku wakisahau kuwa hao wanaowadharau wamechangia kuwafikisha hapo walipo.

Amesema watu wengi wamekuwa wakitegemea mamlaka waliyonayo na kusahau kuwa mamlaka zote hutoka kwa Mungu na kwamba mamlka yeyote inayotenda haki kwa kumtegemea Mungu hudumu.

Akinukuu maandiko kutoka katika Biblia takatifu 1Samwel mlango wa 24;1-12 yanayosema kuwa Daud alimtegemea Mungu alipokuwa akiwindwa na Sauli ambapo alipomuomba Mungu alimpa maarifa na akamlaza usingizi mzito Sauli na hatimaye Daud alikata nguo yake kisha akamwambia asisikilize maneno ya watu.

''Daud alishinda vita kwasababu alimtegemea Mungu hivyo wakristo tunatakiwa kumtegemea Mungu kwa kila jambo na kuacha kuwacheka wale ambao hawana chakula bali tuwasaidie kwasababu hata mali ulizonazo ni kwa neema na tukimtegemea yeye atupaye nguvu tutakuwa huru'' amesema Mhubiri huyo.

Mhubiri huyo amewakumbusha Wakristo waliohudhuria ibada hiyo kuhusu umuhimu wa kumtegemea Mungu kwa kila jambo na kwamba wanatakiwa kujiuliza kuwa watamrudishia nini Mungu kwa kuwalinda na kuwapa amani katika nchi huku akinukuu maandiko kutoka katika kitabu cha Zaburi 116;12-13

''Kila wakati tujikumbushe kuwa tutamrudishia nini Mungu kwa kusoma maandiko katika Zaburi 116;12-13 yanayosema Nimrudishie Bwana nini kwa ukarimu wake wote alionitendea.Nitakipokea kikombe cha wokovu na kulitangaza jina la Bwana'' amesema Nandile.
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RAIS KIKWETE ANA KWA ANA NA DKT SLAA WAKATI CHADEMA WALIPOTINGA TENA IKULU USIKU HUU

2012-01-21T21:35:00.000+03:00

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akisalimiana na Katibu Mkuu wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA),Dkt. Wilbrod Slaa usiku huu Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam wakati Uongozi wa chama hicho ulipofika kukutana na Rais kwa muendelezo wa mazungumzo ya mchakato wa Katiba mpya.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akiukaribisha Uongozi wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) usiku huu Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam.

Katibu Mkuu wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA),Dkt. Wilbrod Slaa (kushoto) akifafanua jambo kwa Rais Jakaya Kikwete kuhusu mchakato wa Katiba Mpya ikulu Jijini Dar es Salaam leo.Katikati ni Mwenyekiti wa Chama hicho,Mh. Freeman Mbowe.

UZINDUZI WA ZUKU TV @GOLDEN TULIP

2012-01-21T21:28:00.000+03:00

TMK Wanaume Family kwa steji

AY kwa steji

Mtamboni ni mimi mwenyewe nilikuwa nawadj AY na Roma

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MADEREVA WA MALORI NA WAAJIRI WATAKA WAZIRI NUNDU NA NAIBU WAKE WAJIUZULU

2012-01-21T21:12:00.000+03:00

Waziri wa uchukuzi Omary Nundu Naibu waziri za uchukuzi Dkt Athuman Mfutakamba

WAKATI sakata la migomo isiyokwisha kwa madereva wa malori ya mizigo nchini ikiendelea kuchukua sura mpya kila kukicha ,madereva hao wa malori ya mizigo na waajiri wamemgeukia waziri wa uchukuzi Omary Nundu na naibu wake Dkt Athuman Mfutakamba wadai wameshindwa kusimamia maagizo yao wenyewe na hivyo kuwataka wajiuzulu nafasi zao mara moja . Wakizungumza na mwandishi wa habari hizi kwa nyakati tofauti madereva hao walisema kuwa sababu ya wao kuendelea kugoma mara kwa mara ni kutokana na ahadi za serikali iliyotolewa na wizara hiyo ya uchukuzi kushindwa kutekelezwa kwa wakati . Akizungumza kwa niaba ya wenzake Michael Sanga ambaye ni dereva wa lori linalofanya safari zake kati ya Malawi na Dar es Salaam alisema kuwa wakati wa mgomo wao wa kwanza ambao waziri wa uchukuzi alifika kuwasikiliza walikuwa na madai sita ambayo waliomba yatekelezwe ili wao kuweza kusitisha mgomo wao. Alisema kuwa kati ya madai hayo sita madai matano yalikuwa upande wa serikali na dai moja kwa waajiri wao ila wanashangazwa kuona serikali inaendelea kuchelewa kutekeleza ahadi zake katika madai hayo matano na kusimamia kwa nguvu zote utekelezaji wa dai moja la waajiri kutoa ajira kwa madeva hao. Sanga alisema kuwa mgomo huu wa mwaka huu ambao uliitishwa na madereva haukuwa ni mgomo wenye tija kwao kwani bado ulilenga suala hilo moja la madereva kuajiriwa na kufunika madai matano ya serikali na kuwa sehemu kubwa ya mgomo huo ulihamasishwa na baadhi ya viongozi wa serikali na madereva deiwaka (wasio na kazi) ambao wananyemelea kazi. Hivyo alisema kuwa ufike wakati watendaji wa serikali akiwemo waziri wa uchukuzi Omary Nundu na naibu wake Dkt Athuman Mfutakamba kuepuka kutoa ahadi ambazo kwao ni vigumu kutekelezwa na kuwa kufanya hivyo ni sawa na kuichafua serikali nzima chini ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete . "katika maazimio yetu tulianzimia mambo sita ambayo ni kuondoa usumbufu wa mizani kutoka mizani nane iliyopo hadi kufika mizani minne ama mitatu kutoka Dar es Salaam hadi Tunduma, Askari wa usalama barabara kupunguzwa kutoka vituo 20 vya sasa toka Dar es Salaam hadi Tunduma, vituo vya ukaguzi wa magari (Check Point ) kupungua zaidi ,Kucheleweshwa boda ya Tunduma kwa wiki 2-4 na TRA, kuchelewa kupakia mizigo bandarini kati ya siku 2-3 na waajiri kutoa ajira kwa madereva" Alisema kuwa hadi sasa mfano kwa upande wa askari wa usalama barabarani badala ya kupungua ndio wameongezeka katika mikoa yote kutoka Dar es Salaam hadi Tunduma . Aidha alisema wanawashukuru waajiri kwa upande wao wameanza kutoa ajira kwa madeva na sumatra imekuwa ikiwabana waajiri hao kwa nguvu zote huku serikali ikishindwa kutimiza hata ahadi yake moja kati ya madai matano yaliyoelekezwa kwa serikali. Kwa upande wake Ally Kalinga ambaye ni dereva wa Lori linalofanya safari zake kati ya Zambia na Dar es Salaam aliasema kuwa ili mawaziri hao na manaibu mawaziri waendelee kusimamia vema wizara zao ni vema waziri wa uchukuzi na naibu wake kujiuzulu kwa kushindwa kuiongoza wizara hiyo . Mmoja kati ya waajiri ambaye hakupenda kutajwa jina lake alisema kuwa madai ya madereva ni ya msingi na ndio sababu ya wao kama waajiri wameanza kutekeleza kwa nguvu zote dai lao kubwa la kutaka kupewa ajira na kuwa hadi sasa zaidi ya madereva 2700 kote nchini wamepatiwa ajira zao. Pia alisema serikali inao uwezo wa kutimiza madai ya madereva hao madai hayo matano haraka iwezekanavyo na kuwa iwapo waziri mwenye dhamana ya wizara hiyo na naibu wake wameonyesha kushindwa kusimamia ahadi zao wenyewe ni vema kutangaza kujiuzulu ili kumfanya Rais Kikwete asiendelee kuchafuliwa na utendaji mbovu wa baadhi ya mawaziri wake. Katika ahadi yake kwa madereva hao wakati wa mgomo wa kwanza uliofanyika mwaka jana mjini Tunduma mkoani Mbeya ,waziri Nundu aliwaahidi madereva hao kuwa madai yao yatafanyiwa kazi haraka zaidi na kuahidi baada ya miezi miwili mizani barabarani kupunguzwa na kubaki na mizani miwili pekee kutoka Dar es Salaam hadi Tunduma mkoani Mbeya,huku Trafiki alidai watakuwepo katika mizani pekee na ukaguzi ungefanyika katika mizani hiyo ila hadi sasa kimya

I Do :: Beth & Brian

2012-01-21T21:04:00.001+03:00

Beth & Brian had one of the most special weddings I have attended , with the small bits of it making it extra special. From the musical cup cakes I continuously munched(photographer benefit is that you get to have one of the brides maids passing by with cake for you to ‘taste’), to the quirky dance Beth and her line up did for her husband…it was really exciting and short. The wedding started at 2pm and ended at 6pm…I was done shooting by 7.30pm.
A great challenge was that all the places I had planned to shoot from were occupied due to a rain scare that changed the setting a bit. Te reception ended at 6.15pm or so…giving me about 15 minutes of beautiful light left. I decided to shoot the bride & groom first using the awesome golden sunlight and had to squeeze out 15 minutes of photography for them…scariest moments(thankfully I managed), you can see the photos and let me know whether I succeeded or not.
Enjoy their wedding..

This dance was hilarious. Brian was not expecting it at all. I cant remember the song well…but it had lyrics saying “…let’s do something dumb tonight, let’s get married tonight..” or something like that.

nimezipenda picha hizi, kazi nzuri ya bwana Mutua

To Beth & Brian…all happiness in the world. And friends who don’t want to pillow you to death.
Filed under: Photography, weddings Tagged: wedding photography

Kabwela

2012-01-21T20:57:00.000+03:00

Kabwela:

FM AKADEMIA WAFANYA MAMBO, WENGINE WAGONGA SUPU YA KONGORO UKUMBINI

2012-01-21T20:55:00.000+03:00

FM ACADEMIA WAWASHA MOTO DAR LIVE MBAGALA

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BENDI ya muziki wa dansi nchini ya FM Academia ‘Wazee wa Ngwasuma’, usiku wa kuamkia leo walifanya makamuzi ya kufa mtu ndani ya ukumbi wa kisasa wa Dar Live uliopo Mbagala Zakhem jijini Dar es Salaam.

Wanamuziki hao pia walisifia mandhari ya ukumbi na jukwaa la muziki na kuahidi watahakikisha wanafanya shoo katika ukumbi huo kila siku ya Alhamisi kutokana na wingi wa mashabiki waliohudhuria.

NNyoshi El-Saadat (kushoto), akibadilishana mawazo na baadhi ya wanenguaji wake.

Baadhi ya mashabiki waliohudhuria ukumbini hapo wakiserebuka.

Mmoja wa waimbaji wa bendi hiyo ‘akigonga’ kongoro ukumbini hapo.

M wanamuziki wa Bendi ya Msondo Ngoma, Hassani Moshi ‘TX Junior’ (katikati), akishuhudia shoo hiyo na rapa wa bendi hiyo, Toto Kalala (kushoto), na mratibu wa shoo hiyo Juma Mbizo

Wanenguaji wote wa bendi hiyo wakiwa kwenye pozi la pamoja

R Rais wa bendi hiyo, Nyoshi El- Saadat (wa pili kushoto), akiongoza safu ya waimbaji na mnenguaji machachari, Suzan Chubwa (Queen Suzi, katikati).

Warembo wakifuatilia shoo hiyo.

Baadhi ya wanenguaji wa kike wa bendi hiyo wakiwa katika pozi.

Rapa Toto Kalala akiwa majukumu yake.

WAZIRI KAWAMBWA AWATULIZA WANAFUNZI WA KIISLAMU WALIOANDAMANA JANA JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM KUPINGA WENZAO 20 KUTIMULIWA CHUONI

2012-01-21T20:48:00.000+03:00

Mwizi wa simu adandia maghorofa Dar na kutokomea kama Ninja

2012-01-21T20:43:00.000+03:00

Mtuhumiwa wa wizi wa simu, akiruka kutoka juu ya ghorofa, wakati akifukuzwa na wananchi wenye hasira baada ya kukamatwa akiwa ameiba simu na kuwazidi mbinu na kuwaponyoka, kwa kudandia maghorofa moja baada ya nyingine kama Ninja, kwenye Barabara ya Uhuru, Dar es Salaam leo, kama inavyoonesha katika picha hizi.

Hapa wananchi wenye hasira wakimpa mkongoto, baada ya kumkamata

Hapa baada ya kukamatwa na kuwekwa chini ya ulinzi baada ya kupata kipigo kutoka kwa wananchi wenye hasira kali waliomkamata

Hapa wnannchi wakiwa wamekata taamaa baada ya mwizi huyo kupita kwenye tundu hili na kuruka kutoka juu ya ghorofa na kutokomea kusikojulikana leo.

CHADEMA YATEUA MGOMBEA JIMBO LA UZINI

2012-01-21T20:39:00.000+03:00

Jan 21st 2012, 11:57

Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) kimemteua Ali Mbarouk Mshimba

kuwa mgombea wa Ujumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi Zanzibar kwa tiketi ya

CHADEMA katika Jimbo la Uzini.

Uteuzi huo umefanywa na Kamati Kuu ya chama taifa katika mkutano wake wa

kawaida uliofanyika Dar es salaam tarehe 20 Januari 2012 chini ya uenyekiti

wa Makamu Mwenyekiti Taifa (Bara) Said Amour Arfi (Mb) na Katibu Mkuu Dr.

Wilbroad Slaa.

Maamuzi hayo yalipitishwa kwa kauli moja na kamati kuu ya chama taifa baada

ya kupokea taarifa ya mchakato wa uteuzi wa awali uliofanywa na ngazi

husika za CHADEMA Jimbo la Uzini iliyowasilishwa na Naibu Katibu Mkuu

(Zanzibar) Hamad Musa Yusuph.

Katika taarifa hiyo Kamati Kuu ya Chama Taifa ilielezwa kwamba uchukuaji

fomu za uteuzi wa ndani ya chama ulianza tarehe 15 Disemba 2011 na

kuhitimishwa tarehe 15 Januari 2012. Jumla ya wanachama watatu walichukua

fomu za kugombea.

Kura za maoni za uteuzi wa mgombea zilifanywa tarehe 17 Januari 2012,

ambapo Ali Mbarouk Mshimba alikubaliwa kwa kura zote 126 za wajumbe

waliohudhuria mkutano mkuu wa jimbo, kati ya wajumbe 130 waliopaswa

kuhudhuria kutoka katika shehia zote 13 za Jimbo la Uzini.

Mapendekezo hayo ya jimbo la Uzini ya kumteua Ali Mbarouk Mshimba

yaliridhiwa na kikao cha Kamati ya Utendaji ya Wilaya ya Kati

kilichofanyika tarehe 18 Januari 2012.

Ali Mbarouk Mshimba alizaliwa tarehe 10 Aprili 1966 katika Kijiji cha

Tunduni, Jimbo la Uzini, Wilaya ya Kati, Mkoa wa Kusini Zanzibar. Ali

Mbarouk Mshimba ni Katibu wa CHADEMA wa Jimbo la Uzini na ni Mwalimu wa

Skuli Msingi Mchangani Chamba.

Ali Mbarouk Mshimba amesoma Shule ya Msingi Uzini mwaka 1977 mpaka 1984 na

Shule ya Sekondari ya Fidel Castro mwaka 1984 mpaka 1987 na baadaye kusoma

mafunzo ya ualimu ya miaka miwili katika ngazi na nyakati mbalimbali mwaka

2006 mpaka 2008 (Special Certificate in Teacher Education through Teachers

Advancement Program) yaliyoratibiwa na Wizara ya Elimu na Ufundi Stadi ya

Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar.

Imetolewa tarehe 21 Januari 2011 na:*

Dadi Kombo Maalim*

Afisa Mwandamizi wa Habari na Uenezi*

Ofisi ya Makao Makuu Zanzibar*

JK akutana na uongozi wa NCCR Mageuzi Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo

2012-01-21T20:38:00.000+03:00

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akipokea mapendekezo ya chama cha NCCR-MAGEUZI kuhusu mchakato wa Katiba toka kwa Mwenyekiti wa chama hicho Mh James Mbatia leo alipokutana na uongozi wa chama hicho Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akiongea na uongozi wa NCCR-MAGEUZI

Mkuu wa Idara ya Katiba na Sheria wa Chama cha NCCR - Mageuzi, Dk. Sengondo Mvungi akisoma mapendekezo ya chama hicho juu ya mchakato wa katiba.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akiongea na Mwenyekiti wa NCCR MAGEUZI Mh James Mbatia

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akiagana na Viongozi wa NCCR-MAGEUZI mara baada ya picha ya pamoja.Picha na Ikulu.

AFRICAN LYON Vs TFF:

2012-01-21T08:51:00.000+03:00

TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI

MAHUSIANO MABAYA SANA KATI Y A TFF NA AFRICAN LYON FC

Kwa masikitiko makubwa sana, uongozi wa timu ya African Lyon Fc inapenda kuwaeleza watanzania hususani wapenzi wa mpira wa miguu kuwa, katika jitihada zote za timu yetu ya kukuza na kuedeleza soka hapa nchini, Tumekuwa na mahusiani MABAYA SANA na chama cha mpira wa miguu yaani TFF. Napenda kuweka wazi bila kificho chochote kuwa TFF imekua ikitukandamiza na kutuchafua mbele ya jamii kwa makusudi. Tena ni kana kwamba si mtu mmoja ndani ya TFF bali ni kuwa agenda ya TFF nzima. Kuanzia kwa Rais wa shirikisho kamati ya mtendaji, kamati ndogondogo na pia sekretarieti cha kusikitisha kama si kufurahisha mpaka kwa walinzi wa milangoni siku za mechi. Napenda nitoe baadhi ya mifano michache ambayo tunakutana nayo katika jitihada zao za kutuyumbisha pamoja na vilio vyetu vya kila siku. RATIBA YA LIGI KUU. Timu zote ambazo zimekua zikienda kucheza mechi kanda ya ziwa zimekuwa zikicheza mechi zote mbili(yaani kucheza na Toto Fc na Kagera sugar). Kitu ambacho African Lyon Fc chini ya uongozi wetu hatujawahi kukutana nacho. Nakama hiyo haitoshi mechi yetu ya mwisho wanatupeleka Manungu Turiani kucheza dhidi ya JKT Ruvu na hali sisi na JKT uwanja wetu ni Chamazi alafu wenyeji wa Turiani (mwenye Uwanja wao) Mtibwa wanapelekwa Morogoro kucheza dhidi ya Moro United. Ni vigezo vipi vilivyowekwa kutupeleka sisi na si Simba wala Yanga. Je hii TFF ni ya Simba na Yanga tu.

MBWANA SAMATA

Ndugu watanzania, Tumeandika barua zaidi ya 15 kwa sekretarieti,kamati ya haki ya wachezaji, Raisi Tenga. Lakini hakuna yeyote aliyezungumzia jinsi ambavyo Simba imegushi uhamisho wa Mbwana Samatta kutoka African Lyon Fc. Cha kushangaza ndugu Alex Mgongolwa ambaye pamoja na kupelekewa barua yetu TFF ofisini kwake,kaibuka na timu ya Kimbangulila Fc na African Lyon tumeachwa bila hata kusikilizwa. Napenda kumlaumu kwa nguvu zote ndugu Alex Mgongolwa kwa makusudi yake kabisa tena kwa kukusudia ya kugoma kukaa na sisi na kutisikiliza. Na kwa dharau yake ya kushindwa hata kutujibu japo moja ya barua zetu. Na kwa kuonyesha chuki za wazi kwetu ni pale ambapo aligoma kukutana na WAFADHILI wetu aliokuja kutoka Marekani na Uarabuni kutaka kujua maswala haya hususani ya MBWANA SAMATTA. Hawa ni watu waliotumia fedha na mda wao kuja nchini kwetu alafu mtu anagoma. Na si yeye tu aliyegoma hata uongozi wa juu wa TFF uligoma kukutana nao ili hali hawa wote walipata taarifa wiki moja kabla juu ya ujio wa wageni hawa.

YUSUFU SOKA

TFF kupitia kwa kaimu Katibu mkuu wake bwana Sunday Kayuni na wakala waliamua kumpeleka Sweden mtaja hapo juu na tunasikia kuwa hivi sasa yupo Jela. Tunalaani na tunaomba vyombo vya dola viingilie kati na sheria ichukue mkondo wake vielelezo vya mchezaji alivyoondoka na wahusika wa safari yake tunavyo.

TIKETI ZA MILIONI 35

Mwaka 2009 TFF walituomba tuwaletee tiketi toka Marekani zenye thamani ya shilingi milioni 40 na wakaturudishia tiketi za shilingi milioni 5 zilizobakia baada ya kutumia katika mechi kadhaa hivyo kwa sasa tunawadi milioni 35. Tiketi zenyewe zilitumiwa kwa mechi mbalimbali zikiwemo za Kilimanjaro Taifa Cup na Kagame cup. TFF wamekuwa mara kwa mara wanatoa ahadi hewa juu ya malipo yetu. Hii inatufanya tuzidi kuamini kuwa TFF haina nia nzuri na timu yetu African Lyon Fc. Tunaomba tulipwe.

SWALA LA KASSIM DEWJI

TFF nathubutu kusema kuwa haiko makini kwa jambo lolote lile hapa nchini, baada ya sisi kununua timu 2009/2010. Timu yetu ilipata zawadi ya sh.milioni 5 kama timu yenye nidhamu bora cha kushangaza kaimu Katibu mkuu ndugu Sunday Kayuni alimuandikia hundi kwa jina la Kassim Dewji,huku akijuafika kuwa sisi ndio tunaomiliki timu, na hata kama angekuwa yeye ni mmiliki bado jina lingekuwa ni la timu na sio la mtu binafsi.

Kuna uwezekano mkubwa sana hela hizo viongozi wa juu kabisa wamegawana na ndio maana wanalikingia kifua. Tunataka hela zetu, hii ni haki ya wachezaji.Ni nidhamu gani aliyoonyesha uwanjani Kassim Dewji mpaka apewe yeye?

FEDHA ZA VODACOM 2010 – 2011

Jamani hadi leo hii tumepokea shilingi 3.5 milioni tu. Je wenzetu wote wamepewa hivyo? Vodacom wanajua? Halafu wanataka bado tuvae jezi za Vodacom ambao udhamini wao ni wa hela ya mboga. TFF wanajipaka matope na aibu iwakute kwa wizi wa mchana kweupe.

TAMKO LA AFRICAN LYON

African Lyon Fc kwa nguvu zetu zote na tunapenda tuelewe kuwa TFF ina mpango madhubuti wa kuishusha timu yetu daraja kama si kuiondoa kwenye ramani ya soka.

Hivyo basi tunatoa siku 30 kwa TFF kukutana nasi na kuzungumzia matatizo yetu na kama ikishindikana basi sisi tunajitoa kwenye ligi pasipo kujali chochote.

Asante sana.

Kwa maelezo zaidi wasiliana:

Sherally Abdallah Hammed

0759 302496

NONI ZONDI:MZALIWA WA AFRIKA KUSINI MWENYE…

2012-01-21T08:47:00.000+03:00

Anaitwa Noni Zondi.Ni msanii,model na muigizaji mzaliwa wa Afrika Kusini mwenye makazi ya kudumu nchini Uingereza.

Noni Zondi

Udder genius: Fellows Friday with Su Kahumbu

2012-01-21T08:44:00.000+03:00

Agriculturalist and social entrepreneur Su Kahumbu created iCow, a mobile app that supports farmers caring for livestock. Soon it will become an information-delivery platform that could help generate a whole new crop of young farmers.

What does iCow do? The iCow application essentially reminds small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya of important periods in gestation. This was information farmers previously had to acquire by contacting veterinary offices or artificial insemination providers. Now, via SMS, farmers register, inputting information about their livestock, and iCow pushes information and instructions to them, prompting them on what to do during vital gestation days. It also offers tips and information on feeding practices, disease control, and so on. Much of this information is delivered over SMS, but farmers may also speak to a live person in our customer care centre. Our farmers will never trust something that is absolutely virtual — they like to know there’s a voice at the other end of the phone if they need it!

But iCow has already grown from when we launched it in June 2011 with two features — the gestation calendar and a search directory to help farmers find nearby vets and artificial inseminators. Literally — within two days — farmers started asking for more features. So we started building them, such as the iCow marketplace.

A farmer registers with iCow. Click to see larger image. Photo: Su Kahumbu

How does the marketplace work? Many farmers in the dairy sector often upgrade or sell their animals. There’s as much interest in selling your in-calf heifers as there is in selling milk to processors. But while the processors have done a fairly good job of networking on developing milk-aggregating posts, not as much has been done where farmers can actually find other farmers who are selling animals. iCow allows farmers to post notices of animals for sale on the platform, and then farmers across the country can find them. If you’re looking for a specific breed within a particular distance, you can find out easily whether there’s one for sale.

Also, some products don’t have a very well-developed value chain — say, goat’s milk. iCow enables farmers who have only have few goats and therefore small amounts of milk to find each other and aggregate their product so that it can be taken to market. Farmers can post produce for direct sale on the platform as well, of course.

But the platform goes beyond serving farmers’ needs. iCow is the last mile to the farmer. And that is very, very powerful. For many organizations, government ministries, and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector, the only way to get out to the farm is either by vehicle or working in small projects with us around the country. iCow essentially networks farmers that would otherwise be very difficult to access. Right now, iCow has 80 percent geographical penetration across the country. This enables all of the other stakeholders access to those farmers. iCow is already becoming a tool that’s not only used by farmers, but also by government and other agricultural industry stakeholders.

For example, the platform allows farmers to alert the system immediately when there are disease outbreaks, allowing everyone react to it very quickly. The local authorities can then broadcast this news to all farmers on the platform in the affected region, telling them where and when to find vaccination services. Other stakeholders are using it to advertise agricultural field days or exhibitions in certain locations, or to offer financial services, for example.

iCow’s customer care staff. Click to see larger image. Photo: Su Kahumbu

You’ve said that one of the reasons you came up with the idea for iCow was to engage youth in agriculture. Why is this so important? iCow is actually a small part of a much larger original idea that’s still in development — mKulima, a voice-based agricultural encyclopedia accessible via mobile phone.

I originally got the idea because I realized it’s crucial to involve young people in farming. The average age of farmers all over the world is high — in Kenya, it’s 48; in the United States, it’s upwards of about 55 — and as farmers retire, there aren’t enough people interested in the industry to replace them. This is one of the reasons why food production is decreasing.

In Kenya, some of the younger farmers coming in don’t have the required knowledge, as they didn’t grow up in a farming environment. The original idea was to be able to disseminate information to young farmers to support their work. I figured that mobile phones were the most direct way of engaging youth, as it’s a technology they’re all familiar with.

We’re also developing agricultural education products in video, which you can see on the website. The general idea is to develop content using media formats that would engage any interested youth, taking the opportunity to deepen interest or educate. In the future, we may develop materials in print media. Comic strips could be used as well.

What’s the status of iCow now, and of mKulima? We’re about to enroll Africans in a very big way. So far, we’ve done lots of work on the ground with farmer groups, and internet networking. We hold events and hand out information — word of mouth is important. The farmers are very responsive, they’re very interested.

We have about 5,000 users across 34 counties, but we’re planning a mass rollout across mobile networks soon, and are raising funds for that. We plan to have more than 1 million farmers on the platform within two years. That may seem a lot, but Kenya is a nation of 40 million people, of which 70 percent of the country are involved in agriculture. The mKulima concept is still being developed — and will of course include information on vegetable crops as well as livestock — but it will all be rolled out under the iCow brand.

We’re thrilled with what we have now, but in terms of product development and features, there’s much, much more I want to add. It will take about five years to create a superb package of new features and expand the functionality of the ones already available.

Part of this is a usability issue. If a product comes onto the market with 70 features, there would be information overload and nobody would take it up. You have start simply and work your way up — especially as our initial target group was older. Youth pick things up much faster, but the older people on the farms at the moment need these services the most. We need to work at their pace.

Beth from customer care explains iCow to farmers at Ol Kalou Farmer Field Day. Click to see larger image. Photo: Su Kahumbu

What’s been your biggest challenge? It’s the pace of technology. I’m a very impatient person — so when I come up with an idea, I want it done tomorrow. With the pace of innovation and technology, it just doesn’t happen, especially where you’re blazing new frontiers. It just doesn’t happen. And that, for me, has got to be the most frustrating thing.

How has being a TED Fellow changed the way you work? Being a TED Fellow opened a lot of doors for me. If you’re a professional entrepreneur who’s very heavily involved in your work, there’s often not a lot of media focus on what you’re doing. And most entrepreneurs don’t make a lot of money — impact is what satisfies them, as well as results and scalability. Being a TED Fellow has generated a lot of media interest and general awareness, and boosted my confidence. It’s driven great partners in my direction, funding from people who just love the idea and want to support it.

The mentorship TED offers is really incredible, as well. They not only help us fine-tune our projects, but ourselves. They’ve helped me discover very clearly my weaknesses and strengths, and how to harness them to better support my vision. My coach spends a lot of time telling me to let go of some things, that I’m an obsessive person. She says, “You know what, if you’d let go of stuff, you can be more.” Half the time she’s just trying to ground me in a good way so that I can focus better on the big picture.

Then there are the other Fellows. I think there’s a competitive streak in all of us, and we are all just in awe of each other. That helps inspire and push us.

There are many aspiring social entrepreneurs out there who are trying to take their passion and ideas to the next level; what’s one piece of advice you would give them based on your own experience and successes?

If you’re developing a product, focus on getting a working prototype done. Getting people to believe in or even understand iCow was very difficult in the idea stage. The IT people didn’t understand agriculture, and the agriculture people didn’t understand IT. People in finance didn’t understand either! Sometimes you have to connect the dots just to explain what it is you’re doing. And the best way is to get a prototype out there and show people. And they’ll get it.

KWA WALE WALIOHITAJI KUJUA GHANA NILIENDA KUFANYA NINI NA NITAFANYA NINI,JIBU NDIO HILI....

2012-01-21T08:34:00.000+03:00

Bleeding Sunshine: A Hollywood Thriller on Human Trafficking

Female film makers from Africa have taken the continent’s movie industry a step further in recent times. Female directors, Chineze Anyaene in Nollywoods most successful film ,Ije and Leila Djansi’s-Sinking Sands from Ghana are few classic examples. We about to witness another landmark achievementes an US-based Ghanaian filmmaker, Yaa Boaa Aning, parts the curtains for Bleeding Sunshine; an international feature film on human trafficking.

Yaa has just wrapped up the Ghana shoot of the feature but would take shots from some other significant locations in Egypt, Dubai and Israel. Bleeding Sunshine sheds light on the intricacies of human trafficking with emphasis on African teenagers trafficked to other parts of the world especially to Europe for commercial sexual exploitation.It tackles some of the modus operandi of traffickers while sharing information on victim’s ordeal.

This brings to bare the nightmares of a young Ghanaian girl played by Suzzy Norbile who was adopted from her humble fishing village and thrust into the gritty world of international human trafficking.

Yaa Boaa Aning wrote the film’s script five years ago when she was doing a research on Interpol. Through the research, she came across an article, which inspired her to further investigate human trafficking cases.

Yaa Boaa, a University of North Carolina Alumni, has worked in Hollywood for the last decade, is fascinated by the beautiful locations in Ghana and said it was one of the factors that inspired the feature.

“I mean it is so beautiful out here. Part of the reasons to shoot was to show Ghana in a way, it has never been shown before to the world before. There is going to be photo-tourism. Everywhere we turned our camera there is richness of culture and we want people in abroad to see and remind people that leave here how special this place is and also inspire them to look after it,” she told Daily Guide.

“There were certainly some challenges. But the benefit is just how great the locations are here. We shot in Prampram in an abandoned Polo Club with the view of ocean & horses running in the background. We also did a number of sunrise shots with fishermen pushing their boats out into the ocean and the sun coming up behind them. There are incredible scenes out there that I don’t get to see in Hollywood. You know it is something so different. It is really great. The pictures have never been done before,” added Chase Bowman, Director of photography (DOP) of Bleeding Sunshine.

Chase is a top Hollywood DOP with feature film credits like the Warner Bros. release “Listen To Your Heart” featuring Cybil Shepherd; “In a Pickle” starring Jackie Mason, and “Cost of a Soul”, which was theatrically released nationwide at 50 AMC theaters in April 2011.

He started shooting professionally at the age of fourteen, refined his skills by studying art and photography in Rome, and ran his own production company for ten years.His involvement in Bleeding Sunshine is his first experience working in Ghana and second in Africa (Kenya was his first).

With heart-throbbing scenes, the story Bleeding Sunshine is told with a great cast from around world; one reason the movie is expected sells internationally aside its theme.

Although, Hollywood cast are to be made public, the film’s African cast will include Hotel Rwanda star Hakeem Kae-Kazim, “2011(AMAA) Best Actress - Ama K.”2011 Pan African best Actor- Chris Attoh, 2010 (AMAA) Best Actor–Adjetey Anang (Pusher), 1996 Oakland Black Film Achievement Winner - Amonobea Dodoo, 2011 Tanzania”s Best Actor -Steven Kanumba, 1998 USIS Award Winner-Omar Sheriff Captan, Amonobea Dodoo–1996 OakLand Black Film Achievement Winner with new-comer Suzzy Norbile, , Jasmine Baroudi, Lady Arafua, Afro-Soul sensation Katou whose single” Happy Endings” just set the R&B charts on fire & Lucy Kwao with other African casts.

“I played the character of Captain Addo, a fisherman, the father of Suzzy, the girl who was trafficked overseas.It is great production and very professional. I was always on my toes because I knew that I have to raise my level. It wasn’t a layback experience or like what we have back home. The director and crew were down to earth,” Adjetey Anang said about his role in the project.

Yaa Boaa began her career in advertising in NY. But boredom with the lack of creative expression, she decided to try her hand at fashion show production with some of the most famous houses in the world–Giorgio Armani, BCBG and Betsey Johnson etc.

Fashion Styling production lead her to film costuming, which ultimately exposed her to film making, working with such acclaimed directors as Michael Mann, Bill Condon and John Singleton. Never letting go of her passion for writing, between 2007 & 2010, Yaa Boaa completed her first 5 film scripts.

In 2009 she wrote and directed award winning short, The Prince of Venice. Other projects include Felix Triangle for President, which is currently in pre-production and Zahara in post-production.

Yaa is known for production roles in Hollywood movies and television series such asFast & Furious, ‘The Goods Live Hard, Sell Hard’, ‘xXx: State of the Union’, ‘Just Legal’, ‘Flight of the Phoenix’, ‘Out of Time’ and Private Practice.She costumed Jamie Foxx and Usher in ‘The Kingdom’, ‘Dream Girls’& ‘Miami Vice’’.

Richard Nwaobi-E project manager for the film says, “it’s been great working with such a talented and diverse African cast and crew on this film”. He assembled the great cast as the film producer, along with Dave Boapomg theproduction manager, Corey Geigner - Assistant Cameraman with Brian Angels.

LOVE ADVICE: 8 Ways to Drive Your Man Wild …

2012-01-21T08:31:00.000+03:00

Love Advice is important for every type of relationship ladies! When my mom and giving away all of the secrets of success and her love advice on how she kept her marriage alive for 30+ years, she let me know that books, reading and constantly having an open mind is the way to succeed. I’ve actually taken that to heart and that’s why I’ve come up with 8 ways that you can truly drive your man wild and how you can keep your relationship hot and steamy! After all ladies, who doesn’t love a little love advice that ends in sex? 1. Leave Sexy Notes Communication is always the secret weapon and the best way to let your spouse know that you’re thinking about him. So why not leave him a sexy note on his desk? Or maybe even tucked away into his lunch? It’s a sweet and hot little surprise and a way to keep him interested! 2. Passionate Kisses When you’ve been with your spouse for a while, you probably forget about the passion. Ladies, passion is what gets you through the good and the bad. That’s why giving your man a passionate kiss once a day or even a few times a day is absolutely worth it and will make you relationship that much better. I swear, I use this love advice tip everyday! 3. Learn New Sexual Moves There is a way that sex can get old and stale. You never want that to happen, so why not open up your mind a little and learn some new sexy moves or even try a new position? I promise, it’ll make all of the difference and it’s definitely a fun love advice tip to practice! 4. Play Hard to Get Although trying new moves in sex is fantastic and one of the love advice tips that you should follow, playing hard to get is another one! It’s a great little game that you can play with your spouse and truthfully, it’s a n awesome way to keep things really interesting and fun. So ladies, get a game of hard to get going, it’s so much fun! 5. Thong Panties When you’ve been with someone for a really long time, your panties seem to just end up being plain and nude right? Well ladies, why not spice it up a little bit and throw in a thong? Your boy will absolutely appreciate the change! 6. Make Out Remember the passionate kissing love advice tip? Well ladies, making out goes hand-in-hand with it. Making out with your spouse is a great way to show him that you love him and a sexy way to prove that you want to keep things hot. 7. Initiate Sex Most of the time, guys are the ones that initiate the sex. Well ladies, why don’t you try to do it? That way, he’ll know you’re in the mood and he may even be surprise that you’re the one that is initiating the sex! 8. Whisper What You Want And during that sex, why not whisper into his ear exactly what you want? Tell him how to grab and touch you. I promise that he’ll appreciate the tips and who knows, maybe he’ll even remember some of those wants! Learning to use some of these love advice tips and incorporating them into your relationship can only help ladies. I know that I’ve taken a lot of these love advice tips into my relationship and it changed it completely! So ladies, what types of love tips do you have to share?

MPIGA PICHA WA TV AUWAWA NA BOMU WAKATI AKIRIPOTI NIGERIA

2012-01-21T08:28:00.000+03:00

31 year old Channels TV reporter, Enenche Akogwu, was today killed during the Kano bomb blasts that rocked the city. Enenche was shot dead outside the Kano state government house while filming the attacks. The late reporter graduated from Benue State University in 2004 and joined Channels Television as a reporter in Abuja two years ago. He was later made the station’s correspondent in Kano. He was the winner of Channels Television’s 2011 Chairman’s award and was honoured at the station’s end of the year celebration. Akogwu had only returned to Kano two days ago after spending some time in Lagos. So so so sad! May his soul rest in peace...amen.

Wanawake sasa wanaweza tumia Men's Urinals...

2012-01-21T08:26:00.000+03:00

Dont panic when you see a lady in men's urinal....

MTUHUMIWA WA BOKO HARAM AMEKATATWA TENA

2012-01-20T23:06:00.000+03:00

Christmas day bomber suspect - Kabir Sokoto

These people must think Nigerians are stupid sha. SMH. Kabir Sokoto, the Christmas Day Boko Haram bomber who allegedly escaped while in police custody on Sunday January 15th has suddenly been re-arrested. Sokoto was supposedly arrested at the Nigeria-Chad border in Borno State today, just a few hours before the 24hr deadline given to the IG of police by the president, expired. Ghen ghen! Action film directed by Zakari Biu and produced by Ringim. Dem try!

GAUNI LA HARUSI HILO!!!! KWISHNEIIII

2012-01-20T23:05:00.000+03:00

Designer yi ti yawéré, I'm telling you. Berlin-based label Kaviar Gauche presented this revealing wedding dress during Berlin Fashion Week yesterday. Wedding outfit for the ceremony itself or for after the wedding alone with hubby? And you can bet some wéré woman will buy it...:-)

*TANZANIA YAWASILISHA UMOJA WA MATAIFA ANDIKO LA KUDAI NYONGEZA YA ENEO LA BAHARI

2012-01-19T19:52:00.000+03:00

Waziri wa Ardhi na Maendeleo ya Makazi, Anna Tibaijuka ( Mb) akimkabidhi kwa niaba ya Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mkurugenzi wa Idara ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya Masuala ya Bahari na Sheria ya Bahari, Sergei Tarassenko, kwa niaba ya Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa, Andiko la kudai nyongeza ya maili 61,000 nje ya eneo la maili 200 la Ukanda wa Kiuchumi wa Bahari wakati wa hafla fupi iliyofanyika jana jumatano katika ofisi za Idara hiyo zilizopo katika Umoja wa Mataifa, Jijini New York, Marekani

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NA MWANDISHI MAALUM

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Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, imewasilisha katika Umoja wa Mataifa, Andiko la kudai eneo la nyongeza lenye ukubwa wa maili 16,000 nje ya eneo la sasa la maili 200 za Ukanda wa Kiuchumi wa Bahari.

Waziri wa Ardhi na Maendeleo ya Makazi, Mhe. Anna Tibaijuka (Mb) ndiye aliyewasilisha Andiko hilo, kwa niaba ya serikali, katika hafla fupi na ya kihistoria iliyofanyika siku ya jumatano katika ofisi za Idara ya Umoja wa Mataifa inayoshughulikia masuala ya Bahari na Sheria ya Bahari.

Andiko hilo limepokelewa na Mkurugenzi wa Idara hiyo, Bw. Sergei Tarassenko kwa niaba ya Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa. ambaye aliipongeza Tanzania kwa hatua hiyo muhimu na kuahidi kwamba Idara yake kupitia, Kamisheni ya Umoja wa Mataifa inayohusika na mipaka ya baharí italifanyika kazi Andiko hili.

Aidha Mkurugenzi huyo ameielezea Tanzania, kama moja kati ya nchi inayoheshima sana na yenye historia nzuri katika Umoja wa Mataifa.

Akizungumza wakati wa kuwasilisha Andiko hilo, Waziri Anna Tibaijuka, amesema kwa kuwasilisha Andiko hilo, Tanzania si tu kwamba imefanya kazi ya uhakika ya maandalizi na hatimaye uwasilishaji lakini ni hatua kubwa kwa maendeleo ya kiuchumi na kijamii kwa Tanzania.

Akabanisha kwamba mchakato wa maandalizi ya Andiko hilo ambao umechukua miaka mitano, umewashirikisha wataalamu mbalimbali wakiwamo wa ndani na nje , ikiwa ni pamoja na kuzihusisha nchi ambazo zinapakana kibahari na Tanzania.

Akizungumza manufaa ya kudai nyongeza ya eneo hilo, Waziri Tibaijuka anasema. “ Tanzania itanufaika kwa kuongeza ukubwa wa eneo la mipaka ya nchi lakini la msingi zaidi ni unufaikaji wa rasilimali zikiwamo za mafuta na gesi na madini ambazo zitakuwamo katika eneo hilo jipya, rasilimali ambazo kwa sasa zinaelekea kutoweka katika eneo la maili 200”.

Eneo ambalo Tanzania inadai liongezwe la maili 61, 000 ukubwa wake ni sawa na eneo la mikoa mitatu ikiunganishwa kwa pamoja.

Aidha kuongezwa kwa eneo hilo kutaisaidia pia serikali katika masuala ya ulinzi na usalama hasa katika kipindi hiki ambacho vitendo vya uharamia wa baharini vikiwa vimeongeza katika eneo la bahari ya Hindi.

“ Pamoja na kuwasilisha Andiko hilo, lakini nchi yangu inapenda pia kutoa ombi la pekee kwa idara yako, kuangalia uwezekano wa kuharakisha mchakato wa kupitia nyaraka na vielelezo tulivyowasilisha katika Andiko letu, kwani itatusaidia sana katika ulinzi wa eneo la mipaka yetu dhidi ya uharamia” akasisitiza Waziri .

Na kuongeza kwamba Tanzania, kama ilivyo kwa nchi nyingine ambazo zinaendelea zinatajitaji msaada mkubwa kutoka kwa wadau mbalimbali ikiwamo Idara ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya masuala ya bahari na sheria ya bahari katika kuukabili uharamia.

Faida nyingine ukiacha za kiuchumi ni kwa wataalamu wa fani mbalimbali kuwa na fursa ya kufanya utafiti katika eneo hilo hapo litakapokuwa limeridhiwa rasmi na kuwa sehemu ya Tanzania.

Baada ya kuwasilisha Andiko hilo, hatua inayofuatia ni kwa Tanzania kupitia wataalamu wake, itatakiwa kulitetea Andiko hilo mbele ya Makamishna wa Kamisheni ya Umoja wa Mataifa inayohusika na Mipaka ya Bahari utetezi huo utafanyika mwezi Agosti mwaka huu.

Tanzania imewasilisha Andiko hilo kwa kuzingatia Sheria ya kimataifa ya Bahari namba 76 kifungu kidogo cha 4, sheria hiyo inaziruhusu nchi ambazo ziko kando kando ya bahari kudai eneo la nyongeza iwapo zitakidhi vigezo vilivyotolewa na Umoja wa Mataifa.

Mchakato wa kuanda Andiko hilo ulianza mwaka 2007 ukiwashirikisha wataalamu wa kada mbalimbali kutoka Wizara ya Ardhi na Maendeleo ya Makazi, Serikali ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar, Ofisi ya Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali, Chuo Kikuu cha Ardhi na Mazingira, Wizara ya Sayansi na Teknolojia na Shirika la Maendeleo ya Petroli ( TPDC).

Sehemu kubwa ya Mradi imefadhiliwa na Serikali Kuu na kwa kusaidiwa na Serikali ya Norway.

Hafla ya kuwasilisha Andiko hilo imehudhuriwa na Balozi wa Tanzania katika Umoja wa Mataifa, Mhe. Ombeni Sefue, na waheshimiwa wabunge, Zakhia Meghji na Abulrahman Hassan Shah ambao ni wajumbe wa Kamati ya Bunge ya Ardhi, Maliasili na Mazingira.

Wengine waliohudhuri hafla hiyo ni baadhi ya wataalamu waliohusika na maandalizi ya Andiko hilo ambao ni Dr. Sellasie Mayunga, Prof. Evelyne Mbende, Bw. Ayoub Mohamed Mahmoud kutoka Serikali ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar, Bw. Kelvin Komba na Bi. Verdiana Mashingia.

Tanzania inakuwa nchi ya 59 kuwasilisha Andiko la kudai nyongeza ya eneo la bahari na ikiwa ni nchi 10 kutoka Afrika kufanya hivyo.

*MAKAMU WA RAIS DKT. BILAL AAGANA NA BALOZI BATILDA BURIAN ANAYEKWENDA KUANZA KAZI NCHINI KENYA

2012-01-19T19:51:00.001+03:00

Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, akisalimiana na Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Kenya, Dkt. Batlda Burian, wakati Balozi huyo alipofika Ofisini kwa Makamu Ikulu Dar es Salaam leo, kwa ajili ya kumuaga rasmi kwenda kuanza kazi nchini Kenya baada ya uteuzi wake.

Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, akizungumza na Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Kenya, Dkt. Batlda Burian, wakati Balozi huyo alipofika Ofisini kwa Makamu Ikulu Dar es Salaam leo, kwa ajili ya kumuaga rasmi kwenda kuanza kazi nchini Kenya baada ya uteuzi wake.

*MAKAMU WA RAIS DKT. BILAL AAGANA NA BALOZI BATILDA BURIAN ANAYEKWENDA KUANZA KAZI NCHINI KENYA

2012-01-19T19:51:00.000+03:00

Diddy and Cameron Diaz dating?

2012-01-19T19:50:00.000+03:00

Diddy is rumoured to be dating newly single actress, and longtime friend, Cameron Diaz. According to eyewitnesses, during the Golden Globes after party, the rapper supposedly kept a tight leash on his new flame. Cassie and Kim Porter, move over! :-) From The NY Daily News

One partygoer was startled, for instance, by Diddy’s “controlling” treatment of Diaz, with whom he’s recently been linked.

The insider says Diddy and Diaz did not seem to arrive together. Diddy apparently got there solo, says our source, and after being warmly swarmed by Paris, Nicky and Kathy Hilton and posing for photos with them, headed to an elevated back room in a tent pitched in the bar’s parking lot. There, Diddy found Diaz sitting on a couch “talking to a guy,” says the source. “Let’s go,” Diddy told the “Bad Teacher” actress, who our source says quickly got up to follow him out a back exit where celebrities could call their cars, away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi. Before Diaz and Diddy could make their getaway, however, our source says they ran into three male party guests who wanted their pictures taken with Diaz. She happily obliged, says our source, until an impatient Diddy grabbed her hand, said “Let’s go” again, and pulled her to a waiting car. “I’ve never seen him so controlling,” says the source, who says Diaz “seemed to like the manly power thing.”

Rihanna's swimwear: Loves it!

2012-01-19T19:49:00.000+03:00

I want, I want, I want! But with all dem stretchmarks, when person go wear am?... :-)

MKUU WA JESHI LA NIGERIA APEWA MASAA 24 KUMKAMATA MLIPUAJI WA CHRISMAS

2012-01-19T19:48:00.000+03:00

Zakari Biu Hafiz Ringim President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday gave the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, 24 hours to produce Christmas Day bomber and Boko Haram member, Madala Kabiru Sokoto, who the police claim escaped while he was being led to his residence in Abaji, or face the consequences. The commissioner of police, Zakari Biu, was suspended by the IG following the escape and GEJ's 24hr deadline ends today. Let's wait and see what happens if the escapee is not found...#nothingdeyhappen!

MAKAMU WA RAIS DK GHARIB BILAL AOMBOLEZA KIFO CHA ALIYEKUWA MBUNGE NA NAIBU WAZIRI WA FEDHA, JEREMIA SUMARI

2012-01-19T19:45:00.000+03:00

Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, akiweka saini katika kitabu cha maombolezo ya aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumeru na Naibu Waziri wa Fedha, marehemu Jeremia Sumari, wakati alipofika nyumbani kwa marehemu Tang Bovu jijini Dar es Salaam leo Januari 19, 2012, kwa ajili ya kutoa pole kufuatia kifo cha mbunge huyo kilichotokea usiku wa kuamkia leo Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili alikokuwa amelazwa.

Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, akisalimiana na mke wa aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumeru na Naibu Waziri wa Fedha, marehemu Jeremia Sumari, Mama Miriam Sumari, wakati alipofika nyumbani kwa marehemu Tang Bovu jijini Dar es Salaam leo Januari 19, 2012, kwa ajili ya kutoa pole kufuatia kifo cha mbunge huyo kilichotokea usiku wa kuamkia leo Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili alikokuwa amelazwa.

Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, akizungumza na mke wa aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumeru na Naibu Waziri wa Fedha, marehemu Jeremia Sumari, Mama Miriam Sumari, wakati alipofika nyumbani kwa marehemu Tang Bovu jijini Dar es Salaam leo Januari 19, 2012, kwa ajili ya kutoa pole kufuatia kifo cha mbunge huyo kilichotokea usiku wa kuamkia leo Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili alikokuwa amelazwa.

Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, akisalimiana na watoto wa aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Arumeru na Naibu Waziri wa Fedha, marehemu Jeremia Sumari, wakati alipofika nyumbani kwa marehemu Tang Bovu jijini Dar es Salaam leo Januari 19, 2012, kwa ajili ya kutoa pole kufuatia kifo cha mbunge huyo kilichotokea usiku wa kuamkia leo Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili alikokuwa amelazwa.Picha na Muhidin Sufiani-Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais

SAFARI YA MWISHO YA MH.REGIA-2: MAZISHI

2012-01-19T19:42:00.000+03:00

Mh Rais Dk.Jakaya Kikwete akiwa ameketi wakati wa ibada ya maziko(jana) katika makaburi alikozikwa Mh.Regia Mtema.Katikati ni mkuu wa mkoa wa Morogoro Nd.Joel Bendera na kushoto ni Mh.Freeman Mbowe

Dk.Wilibrod Slaa akiwa makaburini kwa maziko

Baba askofu Mhashamu Agapiti Ndorobo Wa jimbo katoliki la ulanga mahenge akiendesha ibada ya makaburini

Nd.Estelatus Mtema baba wa Regia akiweka shada la maua kaburini

Mama yake Regia pia akiweka shada la maua

Mh.Rais akiweka shada la maua

Dk.Slaa akiweka maua

John Heche Mwenyekiti BAVICHA akiweka maua

KUTOKA MJENGWA BLOG

JAJI AKATAA KUKIMBIZA MCHAKAMCHAKA KESI YA HAMAD

2012-01-19T19:41:00.000+03:00

MAHAKAMA KUU Kanda ya Dar es Salaam imesema kwamba Bunge ni chombo makini haliwezi kuamua jambo wakati likijua jambo hilo liko mahakamani na halijatolewa maamuzi.

Jaji Agustino Shangwa alisema hayo katika kesi iliyofunguliwa na mbunge wa Wawi, Hamad Rashid dhidi ya wadhamini wa CUF akijaribu kuonyesha kwamba hakuna uharaka wowote katika kuendesha kesi hiyo bunge litasubiri maamuzi ya mahakama kwanza ndipo liendelee na hatua zake.

Kesi hiyo leo ilikuja mahakamani hapo kwaajili ya kusikilizwa maombi ya kina Hamad yaliyoiomba mahakama hiyo kuwataka kamati ya wadhamini ya CUF kujitetea kwanini wasitupwe jela kwa kukiuka maamuzi ya mahakama yaliyosimamisha kikao cha kamati kuu kilichowavua uanachama, ombi jingine ni kutaka mahakama itamke wao ni waanachama halali wa CUF.

Jaji Shangwa alitoa uamuzi Januari 4 mwaka huu Baraza Kuu la CUF lisitishe kuwafukuza uanachama Rashid na wenzake ikiwa ni pamoja na kuendelea kuwajadili wakati wa mkutano wake uliofanyika Zanzibar siku hiyo.

Uamuzi huo ulitoka kufuatia maombi ya Rashid na wenzake kuomba mahakama hiyo iamuru mkutano huo ambao ulikuwa na lengo la kuwafukuza uanachama usitishwe hadi kesi yao ya msingi itakaposikilizwa na kuamuliwa.

Wakili wa CUF, Twaha Taslima alidai kuwa, walipokea samasi ya maombi hayo Ijumaa ya tarehe 13 Januari mwaka huu mchana na kuanza kuifanyia kazi Januari 15, alidai ilibidi kutafuta mawakili jambo lililofanyika Juzi na jana hivyo wanaomba muda wa wiki mbili kujiandaa kwa majibu.

Wakili wa kina Hamad na wenzake 10, Augustino Kusalika akijibu hoja hiyo alidai kuwa hana pingamizi lakini anaomba isiwe muda mrefu kiasi hicho wapewe wiki mmoja inatosha ikizingatiwa maombi hayo yaliletwa chini ya hati ya dharula.

Jaji shangwa alisema, “Sio ugomvi wa kuamuliwa haraka haraka huu, huu ni ugomvi mkubwa ulivyoibuka sisi hatujui, sawa inahitaji haraka lakini si kiasi hicho cha kupata kiharusi!”

Alisema kama inavyoeleweka kazi ya mahakama ni kuamua migogoro ya watu anakubaliana na ombi la walalamikiwa waweze kuleta hati ya kiapo cha pingamizi ndani ya wiki mbili yaani Januari 27 na Januari 6 watajibu hoja walamikaji.

Alisema Februari 13 maombi yatasikilizwa hata hivyo alisema mahakama hiyo inapanga hadi kufikia Machi 13 maombi hayo yawe yamekamilika kutolewa maamuzi labda ibaki hatua ya mahakama ya Rufaa kama kutakuwa na watakaotaka kwenda huko.

Jaji huyo alisema hakuna haja ya umati kufurika mahakamani kama ilivyokua leo kwasababu haina haja, alisema hoja zitawasilishwa katika tarehe hizo kwa maandishi na ni mawakili tu ndio watakaoleta isipokuwa watakaotaka kuhudhuria iwe tarehe ya hukumu.

Baada ya kesi kumalizika mahakamani, Julias Ntatiro ambaye ni naibu katibu mkuu wa chama hicho alisema kuwa maamuzi ya mahakama yanaheshimiwa hivyo wanasubiri, hata hivyo chama chake hakina mpasuko ni imara yasisikilizwe maneno ambayo ni propaganda.

“Wachache walikosa maadili wakachukuliwa hatua kikatiba, katiba ya CUF itaendelea kufuatwa,” alisema Ntatiro.

Alisema Mahakama hata kama uamuzi itakaoutoa utakuwa kuwapokonya uanachama kina Hamad ilifanyika kimakosa, Hamad atabaki mbunge, atafanya majukumu ya ubunge lakini ndani ya chama mjadala umefungwa.

Wafuasi wa chama hicho waliokuwa mahakamani, halikuwa jambo la kufichika kuwa ni makundi mawili tofauti, moja likiwa kundi la Hamad ambalo lilikuwa likijigamba kuwa ikifikia Hamad anavuliwa uanachama na ubunge basi kadi zao wameshamkabidhi zinarudishwa CUF na wao kumfuata atakakokuwa.

“Nakwambia mwandishi tunachoma bendera hapa hapa mahakamani hapo nje na hatuna haja na CUF, CUF bila Hamad Rashid hakuna chama” alinukuliwa mwanachama mmoja aliyekuwa kajifunika bendera ya CUF.

Hoja zingine katika maombi hayo ni wadaiwa CUF iliwasilisha barua kwa Spika wa Bunge inayohusu kumvua uanachama Hamad maamuzi ya kikao chao ambacho ni batili kilichofanyika saa 9.05 alasiri januari 4 mwaka huu.

Aidha Januari 15 mwaka huu kamati ya uongozi wa Bunge itakutana Dar es Salaam kujadili Hamad kuhusiana na barua ya CUF ya kumvua uanachama hivyo hastahili kuwa mbunge na maamuzi ya kikao batili kilichofanywa hata baada ya kuzuiwa na koti.

Na kwamba wapigakura wa Wawi watakosa haki yao ya kuwakilishwa na mbunge wao huyo. Kwamba kilichofanywa na CUF ni mchezo mchafu.

Google na Wikipedia waendesha mgomo wa kupinga Miswada Mipya ya kudhibiti mitandao ya habari

2012-01-19T00:18:00.000+03:00

Kampuni kubwa zinazoendesha huduma za mitandao ya internet za Google na Wikipedia zimeaza leo kufanya mgomo wa kuishinikiza serekali kuzuwia muswada mpya ambao unatarajiwa kusomwa mwenzi Februari kwa ajili ya kudhibidi upatikanaji habari zinazopitia kwenye mitandao mbali mbali ya internet.

Miswada hiyo kulingana na kauli ya mkurugeni wa Wikipedia Jimmy Wales unaonyesha dhairi kabisa utaweka vikwanzo vikubwa sana kwa upatikanaji wa habari au usambazaji wa habari na utuaji huduma wa mitandao mbali mbali ya internet kwa watu duniani kote zikiwemo nchi masikini.

Miswada hiyo miwili inayojulikana kama SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) na PIPA (Protect IP Act) ndio miswada ambayo inapingwa na makampuni ya makubwa yanayotoa huduma za habari kupitia mtandao wa internet.

Kupitiswa kwa miswda hiyo kunaweza kusababisha watu wa nchi masikini hata nchi zilizo endelea kutopata habari mbali mbali kutokana na uhuru wa habari kudhibitiwa na kusababisha huduma mbalimbali zinazotolewa na makampuni makubwa kama GOOGLE ambayo hutoa huduma kama za blogs kupitia blogger.com kuwalazimu kuthibiti kila kinachoingizwa kupitia huduma blogs suala mbalo ni gumu sana na litateta athari za upatikanaji wa habari kupitia mitandao.

Miswada hiyo itakapopitishwa itawalazimu Google kuchuja habari ambazo zinaingizwa kupitia blogs zote, kutokana na sheria mpya. Pia upatikanaji habari kwa nchi masikini utakuwa hafifu kwa sababu wale wote wanaoendesha mitandao ambayo si mikubwa, kama vile blogs na website ambazo zinajiendesha kimasikini na malipo ya kima cha chini hazitoweza kuonekana tena kwenye mitandao ya Google.

MWENYEKITI WA CCM MBEYA AKIRI CHAMA CHAKE NI LEGELEGE KIMEZAA SERIKALI LEGELEGE

2012-01-18T17:27:00.000+03:00

MWENYEKITI WA CCM MBEYA AKIRI CHAMA CHAKE NI LEGELEGE KIMEZAA SERIKALI LEGELEGE:

WAZIRI WA KILIMO CHAKULA NA USHIRIKA PROF.JUMANNE MAGHEMBE AKIJIBU HOJA ZA WAKULIMA NA WAKUU WA WILAYA NA VIONGOZI WA HALMASHAURI ZA MBOZI, MBEYA VIJIJINI, ILEJE NA RUNGWE JANA ALIPOSHAMBULIA NA VIONGOZI WENZAKE WA SERIKALI WALIOKUWA WAMEGEUZA KIKAO HICHO KUWA CHA KWAO WAKATI WAKULIMA WA KAHAWA NDIYO WALITAKIWA KUTOA HOJA.

KATIKATI ANAYEONESHA MGONGO NI WAZIRI MAGHEMBE ALIPOZUILIWA NA WAKULIMA WA WILAYA YA MBOZI ASIINGIE UKUMBINI KWA MADAI KUWA WALIOKUWA WAMEANDALIWA NA HALMASHAURI YAO WALIKUWA NI WAFANYABIASHARA NA WALA SI WAKULIMA.

MMOJA WA WAKULIMA AKIWA ANAELEZA JAMBO KWA WAANDISHI WA HABARI WALIOKUWEPO MBOZI JANA NA KWAMBA WAO WANATAKA KUUZA KAHAWA MBIVU KATIKA SOKO HURIA ILI KULETA USHINDANI WA BEI KATIKA ZAO HILO LAKINI WANAZUILIWA NA HALMASHAURI HIYO HUKU IKIRUHUSU BAADHI YA VIKUNDI VYA WALANGUZI KWA MANUFAA YAO.

MKUU WA MKOA WA MBEYA ABBAS KANDORO ALITOA NENO LA BUSARA NA WAZIRI MAGHEMBE ALIINGIA KWENYE UKUMBI KUJIBU KERO YA KAHAWA

RC KANDORO ALITOA PENDEKEZO KWA WAKULIMA HAO ILI KURUHUSU WAINGIE 10 UKUMBINI HUMO.

· Waziri waghembe aambiwa Wizara imemshinda

· Serikali Mbeya yajitenga, yasema isiingiliwe

· Wakurugenzi wajitoa, wawaachia wanasiasa

MWENYEKITI wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) wilaya ya Mbozi mkoani hapa Aloyce Mdalavuma ambaye ni muhanga wa kura za maoni za Ubunge katika uchaguzi Mkuu 2010, amesema kuwa chama chake ni legelege ndiyo maana kimeunda Serikali legelege

Hayo aliyasema jana katika kikao cha pamoja kati ya Waziri huyo, Mkuu wa mkoa wa Mbeya Abbas Kandoro, wakuu na wakurugenzi wa wilaya za Mbozi, ileje, Mbeya Vijijini na Rungwe, wafanyabiashara na wakulima wa zao la Kahawa.

Mdalavuma alisema kuwa, wakulima wilayani Mbozi wamekosa pembejeo msimu wa mwaka 2010-2011 na Serikali imekaa kimya jambo ambalo linamkumbusha kauli ya kwamba chama legelege huunda Serikali legelege.

‘’Ndugu waziri, umekuja hapa tukifikiri kuwa utazungumzia mustakabali wa uuzaji na ununuzi wa kahawa mbivu na upatikanaji wa pembejeo lakini tunashangaa hakuna majibu ya namna hiyo na hii nakumbuka kauli isemayo chama legelege huzaa serikali legelege’’alisema Mdalavuma huku wadau wakiguna na Prof, Maghembe akishika tama.

Mwenyekiti wa Halmashauri hiyo ya Mbozi Erick Ambakisye alimtisha Waziri Maghembe kuwa endapo anguthubutu kutekeleza kanuni za wizara yake zinazoruhusu kununua kahawa mbivu wilayani humo ambayo wakulima wanaitaka wakati Halmashauri haihitaji atakuwa tayari kwenda kwa Rais Jakaya Kikwete ili waziri huyo achunguzwe.

Alisema kuwa anavyomfahamu Waziri huyo, anaamini kuwa wizara hiyo ya Kilimo chakula na Ushirika imemshinda na Jimbo lake pia limemshinda ndiyo maana wananchi wake hawana uchumi imara.

Kwa upande wao, wakulima zaidi ya 400 waliofika katika ukumbi wa Halmashauri hiyo ya Mbozi walimzuia Waziri Maghembe kuingia ukumbini hapo kwa madai kuwa waliokuwa ndani ya ukumbi walikuwa ni wafanyabiashara ya kahawa na wala si wakulima na ndiyo maana wao kama wakulima halisi walikataliwa na viongozi wa Halmashauri kuingia ukumbini.

Baada ya hali hiyo ya vuta nikuvute huku Afisa usalama wa wilaya hiyo akijaribu kuwasukuma wakulima hao ili Waziri aingie ndani na kuzungumza na ‘’wakulima maalum’’ waliokuwa wameandaliwa bila mafanikio huku asijue kuwa kulikuwa na wakubwa zake katika msafara huo, ndipo Mkuu wa mkoa wa Mbeya Abbas Kandoro alitumia busara ya kuwataka wateue wawakilishi.

Wakulima wengi walisema kuwa taarifa aliyokuwa amepewa na viongozi wa Mkoa wa Mbeya iliyosema kuwa uuzaji wa kahawa mbivu inawaingizia hasara siyo ya kweli bali ililenga kuwanufaisha watu wachache wakiwemo vigogo wa Halmashauri zinazolima zao la kahawa mkoani Mbeya.

Mkulima Abrahamu Nzowa alisema kuwa, wakati Serikali na baadhi ya watendaji wa Halmashauri hizo zikiwa zinaipiga vita biashara hiyo hasa kampuni ya Lima Ltd inayonunua zao hilo kwa bei kubwa kuliko vikundi ambavyo viongozi hao wanamanufaa navyo, vikundi vinaendelea kuwanyonya wakulima hali ambayo wamesema inaleta kutoelewana miongoni mwao.

Aidha walisema kuwa kwasababu kahawa ni mali yao hawataacha kuuza kahawa hiyo mbichi kwa kampuni ambayo itakuwa inanunua kwa bei nzuri licha ya wilaya na mkoa kukataza kuuza kahawa hiyo.

Mkuu wa mkoa wa Mbeya Abbas Kandoro alimweleza Waziri Maghembe kuwa msimamo wa Serikali ya mkoa wa Mbeya ni kwamba haitaki kusikia uuzaji na ununuzi wa kahawa mbivu mkoani hapa mpaka pale wakulima watakapoandikishwa na kutambulika.

‘’Sisi kama mkoa wa Mbeya tuliazimia katika vikao halali vya wadau wa mkoa na kwamba hatutaki biashara ya kahawa mbivu na kwasababu hapa hakuna wakulima walioandikishwa hawa wote si wakulima halali kisheria hivyo mpaka hapo tutakapokamilisha zoezi la kuwaadikisha ndipo tutakapochukua maoni yao’’ alisema Kandoro kwa kujichanganya.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari nje ya ukumbi huo baada ya kuogopa hoja za Wakuu wa wilaya, wenyeviti wa Halmashauri za wilaya hizo Nne huku wakurugenzi wote wakikataa kuzungumzia suala hilo lililochukuliwa kisiasa zaidi, Waziri Maghembe alisema kuwa hatengui kanuni zenye baraka za Wizara bali anachotaka bei ziboreshwe kwa wakulima.

‘’Mimi sijatengua kanuni za Wizara na Bodi ya kahawa juu ya ununuzi wa kahawa m,bivu bali nilichokuwa nasema ni kwamba lazima wilaya zisimamie sheria na kuhakikisha bei kwa wakulima wa kahawa zinasimamiwa na kulipwa vema lakini Serikali ya mkoa nyie mmeisikia haitaki biashara hiyo’’ alisema Waziri Maghembe.

Alisema licha ya hayo yote kila mfanyabiashara wa kahawa ama mnunuzi ni lazima awe na leseni ya biashara na haruhusiwi kununua kahawa kwa mkulima ambaye hajaandikishwa ili kudhibiti ukwepeji mapato ya Serikali kupitia biashara hiyo kama ilivyo sasa wilayani humo.

Kwa upande wake Mkurugenzi wa bodi ya kahawa nchini Adolph Kumbulu na mwanasheria wa Wizara ya kilimo walisema kuwa ununuzi wa kahawa mbivu umeongeza tija ya ubora wa kahawa Tanzania kutokana na ubora wa usindikaji wake tofauti na usindikaji unaofanywa na wakulima.

Hali hiyo ya mkanganyiko wa uuzaji na ununuzi wa kahawa mbivu (Cherry) imeleta utengano wa baadhi ya wakulima ambapo Serikali hasa vyombo vya usalama vinatakiwa kuliangalia kwa umakini kutokana na hali ilivyo ya wananchi kujengeana chuki ikiwa ni pamoja na kuijengea chuki Serikali.

Ubora wa kahawa upo katika ngazi nne ambazo ni P1,P2,P3 na Ponds, ambapo P1 inatoa madaraja Nane ambayo ni AA, A, B, PB, C, AF na F ambapo madaraja yanayouzwa nje ya nchi ni AA,A,B, PB na daraja C.

Habari na pastor kalulunga

2012-01-18T17:23:00.000+03:00

Housemate allegedly 'raped' on live TV on Big Brother Brazil

2012-01-18T08:01:00.000+03:00

Police investigation: Both Daniel Echaniz, above left, and Monique Amin, above right, have been removed from the Big Brother house in Brazil while police investigates claims that Monique was raped after a house party

Shocking scenes: Daniel (circled) can be seen in Monique's bed. Despite her barely moving, something is going on under the covers for more than seven minutes. A housemate on Brazil's version of Big Brother has been raped live on TV, it has been alleged. Police today confirmed they had begun an investigation and carried out a search of the studios in Rio de Janeiro, where the popular reality show is being filmed. Viewers were shocked in the early hours of Sunday to watch contestant Daniel Echaniz 31, apparently force himself on 23-year-old student Monique Amin, who had passed out drunk after a boozy party. The decision to remove the contestant, who if found guilty of rape faces between six and ten years' jail, was explained in a statement read out by the show's presenter Pedro Bial. He said: 'Since Sunday morning, the board had been evaluating the behaviour of Daniel, who is suspected of having infringed the rules of the programme. 'Big Brother examined his behaviour without jumping to conclusions and with the utmost care. The images showed a breach of the rules of the programme. 'After careful evaluation, the direction of the programme found that the behavior of the contestant on the night of the party was seriously inadequate.' Makers Endemol - which is known for encouraging outrageous behaviour among its contestants - today refused to comment on the latest scandal to rock the worldwide Big Brother format. Big Brother Brasil, which is in its 12th series, is watched by an average TV audience of eight million. In last year's final over 154 million votes were cast. Culled from DailyMail

Happy Birthday The 1st Lady Michelle Obama!

2012-01-18T07:58:00.000+03:00

Today the US 1st Lady Michelle Obama turns 48yrs old! She totally rocks!!!

TANGAZO KUTOKA WIZARA YA MALIASILI

2012-01-18T07:43:00.000+03:00

UTARATIBU WA KUVUNA MAZAO YA MISITU KATIKA MASHAMBA YA MITI NA MASHARTI YA KUFANYA BIASHARA YA MAZAO YA MISITU NCHINI MWAKA WA FEDHA 2012/2013:

1.0 UTARATIBU WA KUOMBA KIBALI CHA KUVUNA MITI

1.1 Watu binafsi

i. Mwombaji atajaza fomu maalum ambayo itaambatana na picha.

ii. Fomu hiyo itapatikana katika ofisi za mashamba ya miti na katika mtandao wa Wizara

ambao ni www.mnrt.go.tz

iii. Muda wa maombi ni kuanzia February hadi 30 April ya kila mwaka

1.2 Makampuni/Biashara zilizosajiliwa

i. -Mwombaji atajaza fomu maalum ambayo itaambatishwa na nakala ya hati ya usajili ya

kampuni na picha ya mmoja wa wakurugenzi wa kampuni.

ii. -fomu itaambatishwa na nakala ya hati ya makubaliano ya biashara ya kampuni (

Memorandum of the company)

iii. -Fomu itapatikana katika ofisi za mashamba ya miti na katika mtandao wa Wizara ambao

ni www. mnrt.go.tz

iv. -Muda wa maombi ni kuanzia February hadi 30 April ya kila mwaka.

1.3 Vijiji vinavyopakana na mashamba ya miti

Vijiji vinavyopakana na mashamba ya miti yanayovunwa vitaandaliwa utaratibu wa

kunufaika na mapato yatokanayo na uvunaji wa mashamba hayo. Utaratibu huo utakuwa na

mikataba itakayowekwa baina ya Vijiji na Wakala wa Huduma za Misitu.

2.0 SIFA ZA MWOMBAJI

2.1 Waombaji binafsi

i. -Awe raia mwema wa Tanzania mwenye umri wa miaka 18 au zaidi

ii. -Awe na ushahidi wa uzoefu katika biashara nyingine yoyote

iii. -Kwa waombaji wanaoendelea wawe na ushahidi wa kulipa kodi toka Mamlaka ya

Mapato Tanzania (TRA)

iv. -Mwombaji anayejishughulisha na upandaji miti atapewa kipaumbele

v. Awe na mchanganuo wa biashara

2.2 Makampuni na biashara zilizosajiliwa

i. -Kampuni iwe imesajiliwa na msajili wa makampuni Tanzania (BRELLA).

ii. -Iwe na uthibitisho wa ulipaji kodi kutoka Mamlaka ya Mapato Tanzania (TRA)

iii. -Kampuni ijulikane mahali ilipo Tanzania bara (Physical address)

iv. -Kampuni zinazojishughulisha na upandaji miti zitapewa kipaumbele

v. Iwe na mchanganuo wa biashara inayofanya (Bussiness plan)

3.0 MASHARTI YA KUFANYA BIASHARA YA MAZAO YA MISITU NDANI YA

NCHI

i. Hati ya usajili kwa ajili ya biashara ya mazao ya misitu husika.

ii. Leseni ya biashara ya mazao ya misitu kutoka wilaya husika.

iii. Uthibitisho wa mlipa kodi yaani Tax Payer Identification Number (TIN).

iv. Wafanyabiashara binafsi wawe na uthibitisho wa kulipa kodi (Tax clearance certificate)

v. Kampuni iwe na uthibitisho wa taarifa ya hesabu za fedha kwa ajili ya biashara hiyo ambayo

imekaguliwa na kugongwa muhuri na wakaguzi wa mahesabu (Audited Financial returns) za

mwaka uliopita (A Copy of Statement of Business Returns done during the previous year and

Certified by Auditors).

vi. Kampuni itakayopata kibali cha uvunaji itaruhusiwa kuendelea na taratibu nyingine za

uwekezaji kama kupata ‘certifícate of incentives”

4.0 MASHARTI YA KUFANYA BIASHARA YA MAZAO YA MISITU NJE YA NCHI

Wafanyabiashara wanaosafirisha mazao ya misitu nje ya nchi, ni lazima waonyeshe vitu

vifuatavyo:

i. Hati ya usajili kwa ajili ya biashara ya mazao ya misitu husika.

ii. Leseni ya biashara ya mazao ya misitu kutoka wilaya husika.

iii. Uthibitisho wa mlipa kodi yaani Tax Identification Number (TIN).

iv. Nakala ya cheti cha mlipa kodi (Copy of the Income Tax Clearing Certificate);

v. Nakala ya maombi ya kutaka kununua bidhaa hiyo toka kwa muhusika aliye nje ya nchi

ikionyesha makubaliano ya malipo katika fedha za kigeni kama US Dollar au fedha ya

kigeni yoyote inayokubalika kwa meta za jazo wa mbao (Copy of order of enquiry from your

importer indicating tentative prices agreed in USD or any other International Convertible

currency per unit volume or quantity).

vi. Taarifa ya hesabu za fedha kwa ajili ya biashara hiyo ambayo imedhibitishwa na kugongwa

muhuri na benki ya mhusika (A Copy of Statement of Export Returns done during the year

and Certified by your Bankers (This applies to applicants wishing to renew their export

permit))

vii.Mwombaji awe amejisali katika Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii kwa ajili ya biashara ya

mazao ya misitu husika (A copy of Certificate of Registration from The Ministry of Natural

Resources and Tourism to deal with or trade in forest produce).

viii. Wafanyabiashara wanaoingiza mbao za misitu toka nje ya nchi, watatakiwa kujisajili na

mbao zote zitakazoingizwa nchini toka nje ya nchi zitatozwa ushuru wa kuingiza mbao hizo

nchini kwa kila meta ishirini za ujazo wa mbao hizo.

5.0 SIFA ZA VIWANDA VYA KUCHAKATA MAGOGO

5.1 Mashine/viwanda vitakavyoruhusiwa ni vile vyenye ubora katika uzalishaji wa mbao

(recovery rate) kuanzia asilimia arobaini ( 40%). Mashine/viwanda hivyo viwe na sifa

zifuatazo.

i) Sehemu tatu ambazo ni “Breakdown, Resaw na Edger”

ii) Wataalam wa aina tatu ambao ni Fundi Misumeno (Saw Doctor), Fundi Mwendesha

Mashine ya kupasa mbao (Trained Operator) na Fundi wa Matengenezo ya Mitambo

(Maintenance Technician/Manager).

iii) Viwanda vyote vitasimikwa nje ya msitu wa hifadhi

iv) Kiwanda kiwe na miadi ya kisheria kati yake na Serikali (Legal commitments) katika

kukigawia malighafi.

Nb: Leseni ya kusimika na kuendesha viwanda vya kuchakata mazao ya misitu kutoka Wizara

ya Maliasili na Utalii. Mwombaji atalipia ada kwa ajili ya kusimika kiwanda hicho;

HOYCE TEMU KUONGOZA KIPINDI KIPYA CHA MIMI NA TANZANIA,CHANEL TEN

2012-01-18T07:40:00.000+03:00

USIKOSE KIPINDI CHAITWA MIMI NA TANZANIA,CHARUSHWA KATIKA LUNINGA YA CHANEL TEN, MTANGAZAJI NI HOYCE TEMU, KINARUKA KILA JUMAPILI SAA MOJA USIKU,

Miriam L. Mauki - wewe ni sababu

2012-01-17T21:15:00.000+03:00

kutoka hossanic ink

Brian Kalokola, Mkurugenzi Mpya wa Masoko ZANTEL

2012-01-17T20:29:00.000+03:00

Zantel ambayo ni kampuni Tanzu ya ya Etisalat Group na ambayo ni kampuni ya simu selula yenye ubunifu mkubwa nchini Tanzania inayofuraha kutangaza kuwa imemteua Bw. Brian Karokola kuwa Mkurugenzi wake mpya wa Masoko pamoja na Bw. Deo Kwivukwa kuwa Mkuu wa Idara ya Usambazaji na Mauzo kuanzia Januari 02, 2012.

Jukumu jipya la Bw. Karokola kama Mkurugenzi wa Masoko litakuwa ni kusimamia programu ya mikakati ya mipango ya masoko, mawasiliano ya kampuni kwa kuangalia mtiririko wa mapato ya rejareja na kubuni mipango mipya. Nafasi hiyo ni muhimu katika kuendelea kukua kwa bidhaa za Zantel pamoja na soko lake nchini Tanzania.

Ofisa Mkuu wa Biashara wa Zantel, Ahmed Mokhles akiidhinisha uteuzi huo alisema kwamba Zantel ni mwajiri wa kuchaguliwa na Watanzania na chimbuko la kukuza utaalamu wa ndani.

“Ninayo furaha kuwatangaza uteuzi wa Bw. Karokola kama Mkurugenzi wa Masoko na kuifanya Zantel kuongoza miongoni mwa waendeshaji wa mitandao ya simu selula kwa kuteua mzawa kuongoza kitengo chake cha masoko. Hili lipo kwenye majukumu ya Etisalat Group katika kuwekeza kwenye wataalamu wa ndani”, alisema Mokhles.

Brian Karokola ana Shahada ya Uzamili kwenye Masoko (MBA) na hivi karibuni alimaliza programu ya miezi 12 ya HiPo ambayo inajumuisha programu ya uongozi kibiashara kazini kwenye mawasiliano ya simu inayotolewa kwa ubia kati ya Etisalat Academy kwenye Falme za Kiarabu (UAE) na Skuli ya Biashara ya Harvard ya Marekani.

Deo Kwivukwa kwa upande wake kama Mkuu wa Kitengo na mauzo jukumu lake litakuwa ni kuangalia usambazaji, timu ya mauzo na kusimamia mwenendo wa usambazaji nchini hali kadhalika kuwezesha na kupanua bidhaa za Zantel zisambae nchini kote.

Kabla ya uteuzi wake alikuwa ni msimamizi wa kitengo cha Zantel Own Manager kinachoshughulikia maduka na vituo vya huduma kwa wateja . Ana Shahada ya Uzamili kwenye Masoko akiwa amejikita kwenye masuala yanayoliweka soko kwenye hali mbaya (MBA venturing in Marketing) .

7 Ways to Seduce a Man with Just One Touch …

2012-01-17T20:23:00.000+03:00

How to Seduce a Man with just one look, one touch and one feeling is easy if you know how to do it! Ladies, if you’re finding it hard to get your man behind closed doors, I have just the trick for you! Below, I’ve got the low-down on how to seduce a man with just a touch! I promise, after you start to put some of these how to seduce a man tips into practice, he’s going to constantly be after you! 1. Flirt When you’ve been with your man a while, you forget how much fun flirting used to be! Well ladies, why not turn up the heat on your flirting? Run your finger down his chest, detail out what you want, flirt with him the way you used to. I promise, it’ll make all of the difference! 2. Be Confident Confidence is always sexy, whether or not you’ve been with your man for a while. This is one of the surefire how to seduce a man tips that you can use all of the time! Just show him how confident you are and I promise, he’ll be falling all over you! 3. Pay Attention A man loves it when a girl pays attention to him. Think about it, how often to do demand their attention and yet, when they start to talk, we zone out? A great learn on how to seduce a man is to pay attention! Pay attention to what he likes, how he likes it and what turns him on. It’ll make all of the difference! 4. Be Up Front A man likes it when a girl is assertive in what she likes and what she doesn’t. If you are a girl into fetishes, why not share some of those? Bring up front with your man will truly make him trust you more and will deepen your connection. It’s also a great way on how to seduce a man, as most women hide what they like from their partner. 5. Give Teasing Kisses Just a brush of your lips against his can turn a guy on more than passionate kisses. It’s all about anticipation ladies and the more anticipation you build up, the better off you’ll be! You don’t always have to place the teasing kisses on his lips too, his neck, collarbones and even his ears are great places too! 6. Caress His Skin A single touch can really set a man off ladies! Something as simple as running your finger down his arm or even just scraping your nails over his palm can make all of the difference. So why not take that to the next level and sneak a hand under his shirt once in a while? He’ll love it! 7. Talk Dirty A lot of girls are shy when it comes to the dirty talk, but with a guy, it’s all about descriptions. When you’re behind closed doors, you should feel comfortable enough to release all of your inhibitions and just let loose. Talking dirty is also a great way to express what you like, that way he knows how to touch you! Learning the ins and outs of how to seduce a man easily and with just a few touches isn’t hard. Men like it when women know what they want, know how to touch them and pay attention to them. Do all of those and you’ll learn how to seduce a man in no time at all! So ladies, what seducing tricks do you use?

VIDEO; Kutoka OmbaOmba Mpaka Staa Hollywood..Watch This!

2012-01-17T20:18:00.000+03:00

Aisee daaah..yani kama ipo ipo tuu…Jamaa ombaomba alikua barabarani anaomba mara ripota wa Columbus Dispatch akawa anapita na gari yake mara akamuita omba omba huyo kwenye gari…Ombaomba alijua anaenda kupewa hela kumbe jamaa anamuita amzingue,akamwambia hebu aongee kitu kusifia kituo cha redio ambayo ripota huyo alikua anafnaya kazi…

Basi jamaa akaongea kama alivoambiwa huku wanam-shoot…Palepale maisha yake ndipo yalipobadilika..maana wale maripota waliipenda sauti yake,kesho yake wakaweka video youtube ambapo ina almost viewers milioni 18 na laki sita…then jamaa akala shavu na wakamchukua na sasa hivi ni radio presenter na anakula mashavu kibao ya matangazo na sauti yake ndiyo iliyomtoa kutoka kwenye Uomba Omba mpaka Hollywood..HEBU Cheki video hizi mbili ambazo zinaonesha TED akiwa ombaomba na sasa hivi ambapo ni star mkubwa,getting paid na ana apartment yake living katika maisha mazuri…

Haya na sasa hivii cheki alivyobadilika na anapoishi na kashapata DEMU…hahahah dah watu wako fastaaa!!! mtu hajali background ya mtu ilimradi saivi jamaa ana mkwanja watu poa tu..Life kwanza!mapenzi baadae sana!

Hiyo ndiyo USA….in one minute maisha yako yanaweza kubadilika….!!

Meet Agwambo Gal

2012-01-17T20:03:00.000+03:00

Agwambo Gal

Agwambo Gal wants to dance, harness as many dancers for peace as possible, and prepare for peaceful 2012 elections. Her intention is to bring all youths together to dance and vote for their preferred candidate in a peaceful way. Who would want a repeat of what happened in 2007? Kenya is a peaceful country, and yes, we can dance to that. And as Agwambo Gal dances to peace, she calls you all to join her to dance for peace. Unfortunately, Agwambo Gal also seems to be supporting one particular candidate. "Stop fighting, start dancing" and "Lets dance! Let’s engage, and let’s vote!" seem to be her mottos. That's fine with us, but is she hot? Probably not, and she can't even dance. So babe, get your act together, and make sure your next video is raunchy. And stop supporting a particular candidate.

Komong'we,mti wenye historia ya pekee kwa wananchi wa Ikizu

2012-01-17T19:57:00.000+03:00

Mti huu ndio wenye historia ya pekee kwa wananchi wa Kabila la Waikizu, ukiwa umepandwa karne iliyopita, mahali ambapo Chifu wa Ikizu Mohamed Makongoro alitumia kwa ajili ya mikutano ya wazi, Unalindwa sana na Waikizu, ukikata tawi lake faini yake ni Ng'ombe, lakini siku ukianguka eneo hili litakuwaje?. kutoka kwa Nyakasagani blog

Yes, you can stare

2012-01-17T19:54:00.000+03:00

Researchers found that nearly half – 47 per cent – of men first glance at a woman’s chest. A third of the so-called ‘first fixations’ are on the waist and hips, while fewer than 20 per cent look at the face. Not only are breasts often the first thing men look at, they also glance at them for longer than any other body part. While men spend longer than women observing a woman's boobies, women spend much longer looking at a wedding ring on a woman's finger. But WHY do we men find it so hard to avoid staring at a girl’s breasts? Why can’t we avoid taking a little inevitable sneak peek? This video offers the explanation. I will need to rehearse this guy's speech for myself, I may need it from time to time.

Hitler's Google - Mocality rant

2012-01-17T19:49:00.000+03:00

Kenyan social media fanatics - as well as traditional local and international media - have really enjoyed the Google-Mocality story so far. I am not going to add my two cents on the story here, since I think they could have just sorted out the issue between the two of them. I just wanted to share Hitler's thoughts on this. Subtitled parodies of Adolf Hitler's last days in the Berlin bunker, as depicted in the 2004 Second World War film Downfall, have become one of the web's most enduring memes. The Nazi dictator's rants have proved their remarkable versatility in hundreds of spoof clips, from sporting rages to economic polemics to video game reviews.

Jinsi ya Kupata Mapenzi Uyatakayo Katika Ndoa Yako

2012-01-17T19:44:00.000+03:00

Kila ndoa ina matatizo, na yanaweza kufumuka wakati wowote. La muhimu ni kwamba unapokuwa umeamua kujiingiza katika maisha ya ndoa unapaswa kujifunza jinsi ya kukabiliana na matatizo hayo ili yaweze kuisha salama na ndoa kuendelea kuwa salama. Bila kujali umeenda umbali gani katika barabara hii ya ndoa, zipo kanuni rahisi lakini za muhimu za usalama katika barabara hii. Si rahisi sana kuzitekeleza kanuni hizi, kwa wanandoa walio wengi, lakini ni lazima kuzitekeleza iwapo wahusika wanapenda ndoa yao iwe salama. Iwapo utazingatia kanuni hizi, utaifanya ndoa yako kuwa imara zaidi. Katika usalama huu utapata pia marupurupu – furaha, ngono, kuaminiana (kuaminiwa), mapenzi moto moto na kadhalika. Hebu sasa na tuziangalie kanuni zenyewe: -Endelea Kusoma

MASHABIKI WA ARSENAL NA MWAKA WA TABU, MSILIE SASA BADO NA MAN U

2012-01-17T19:40:00.000+03:00

Shabiki wa timu ya Arsenal, akibugujikwa na machozi baada ya timu yake hiyo kupokea kipigo cha mabao 3-2 kutoka kwa timu changa katika anga ya Soka katika mchezo uliochezwa juzi, timu iliyopanda daraja vijana wa Wales Swansea.

Je mapenzi ya ushabiki kama huu wabongo tunao hadi katika timu zetu za nyumbani? Moyo wa aina hii katika ushabiki wa kweli unahitajika sana katika timu zetu za nyumbani na hasa timu yetu ya Taifa na si wale mashabiki wanaozomea pindi timu inapofanya vibaya na kuanza kushangilia timu pinzani, lakini ukiwa na mapenzi ya kweli kama huyu jamaa mambo hayo yote kamwe hayawezi kutokea ila utakuwa na moyo wa subira tu na kuipa moyo timu yako. nimeipenda kutoka kwa Sufian Mafoto