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Siasa ya Kenya na Kibaki: Election to be held this year

2012-03-09T09:12:00.000-05:00

President Kibaki addresses leaders from Nyeri county at Sagana State Lodge, Nyeri March 9, 2012. He said the General Election will held this year easing anxiety among Kenyans. JOSEPH KANYI

By NATION Reporter

Kenyans were left confused as to the exact date of the next General Election after President Kibaki sent mixed signals Friday.

The President took to the podium twice during a meeting with Nyeri County leaders at the Sagana State Lodge.

In the first instance, the President said those who want to seek elective posts should prepare for the ballot this year. "Tutachanguana baa....mwisho wa mwaka huu. The New Year. Mwaka ujao. Sindio?" he had said in Kiswahili.

But the Head of State later stood up to say he had been misquoted. The President said he could not alter a court's ruling even if he wished to do so. "It is important to restate that the court ruled the elections will be held in 2013. I cannot change the date because this is the court's decision." Raed more>>

Testimony wraps up in Rwanda genocide case

2012-03-09T08:57:00.000-05:00

Beatrice Munyenyezi

Testimony has ended in the case of a New Hampshire woman who prosecutors say committed acts of violence during the Rwanda genocide then denied it on applications to enter the United States and obtain citizenship.

Beatrice Munyenyezi (moon-yehn-YEH’-zee) did not testify. Lawyers will make final arguments to the jury Friday in federal court in Concord, after 11 days of testimony.

Prosecution witnesses testified they saw Munyenyezi direct rapes and killings, and one said he saw her shoot a nun at the edge of a killing pit next to a Butare (buh-TAR’-ee) hotel owned by her husband’s family.

The Concord Monitor reports (http://bit.ly/xXJkOH) her relatives testified they never saw her carry a gun and that she was pregnant with twins and remained inside the hotel during the 1994 genocide. AP

Source: in2eastafrica.net

MAUAJI YA KUTISHA MKOANI MBEYA!!

2012-03-09T08:20:00.002-05:00

Na Ezekiel Kamanga, Mbeya.

Watu watatu wamefariki dunia mkoani Mbeya kwa matukio matatu tofauti yaliyotokea Machi 7, mwaka huu likiwemo tukio la mtu kipigwa risasi, kukatwakatwa na mapanga na jingine la kuchomwa kisu tumboni.

Tukio la kwanza limetokea Kijiji cha Kongoro Mswisi, Kata ya Mswisi ambapo mwananchi mmoja aitwaye Adam Jason Mwajeka (25), ameuawa kwa kupigwa risasi tumboni na watu watatu wanaodhaniwa kuwa ni majambazi Februari 7, mwaka huu majira ya saa mbili usiku baada ya majambazi hao kuvamia baadhi ya maduka na kupora pesa za mauzo katika maduka kadhaa.

Majambazi hao waliokuwa na silaha walianza kwa kumzuia mwanamke anayefahamika kwa jina la Tumpale Ally (32), ambaye ni mke wa Milele Kaponda kisha kumpora pesa za mauzo shilingi milioni 2 za kitanzania, mita chache kabla ya kuingia nyumbani kwake. Wakati wakibishana mwanamke huyo alimuita mumewe na alipojaribu kutoka kumsaidia, majambazi hao walifyatua risasi mbili hewani Tumpale aliachia pesa hizo kunusuru uhai wake.

Haikuishia hapo majambazi hao walivamia duka la Leonard Edwin Mwampyate (34), na kupora pesa shilingi milioni tatu na laki tano, pamoja na simu ya mkononi aina ya Nokia yenye thamani ya shilingi elfu themanini na tano, pia dukani alikuwepo nduguye Goliath Mwangonji ambaye walimwamuru kutoa pesa kutoka mfukoni ambapo walimpora shilingi lakini mbili na elfu ishirini.

Aidha waliingia duka jingine linalomilikiwa na Bwaba Luka Mwasamaki na kupora shilingi elfu sabini na walipokuwa wakitoka, walimfyatulia risasi Adam Mwajeka tumboni na kufariki papohapo na katika harakati za kujiokoa Elimu Konga (32), alipigwa risasi ya mguu na majambazi hao wakapata nafasi ya kutokomea gizani.

Miongoni mwa watu walionusurika katika tukio hilo ni pamoja na Diwani wa Kata hiyo Bwana Furgence Mhegele na Askari wa usalama wa barabarani aliyetayetambuliwa kwa jina moja la Salehe, na mazishi ya Adam yamefanyika kijijini hapo huku Bwana Eliamu amelwanzwa katika Hospitali ya Chimala Mission.

Tukio la pili limetokea Kijiji cha Malamba wilaya ya Mbarali mkoani hapa, Mwanamke mmoja aliyefahamika kwa jina la Tabu Bakari Mwangela (58) ameuawa kwa kukatwakatwa na mapanga na mtu au watu wasiofahamika.

Mwili wa marehemu umegunduliwa baada ya watu waliokuwa na ahadi ya kuuziana shamba kumsubiri kwa muda mrefu shambani kwake, ndipo walipoamua kumfuata nyumbani kwake na kukuta mlango ukiwa wazi, wakijua marehemu hayupo mbali ndipo walipomuuliza jirani yake aitwaye Devotha Jeremia, na kudai hafahamu alipo.

Watu hao waliamua kugonga dirisha bila mafanikio yoyote na ndipo waligusa mwili wa marehemu kwa kwa kupitisha mkono dirishani na kuamua kumuita nduguye aitwaye Matrida Matiya (59), alipoingia nadni alikuta marehemu akiwa juu ya kitanda chake ndani ya chandarua na alipopenyeza mkono alikutana na damu kwenye kiganja na ndipo alipogungua kuwa nduguye kauawa.

Bi Matrida alitoa taarifa kwa Mwenyekiti wa Balaza la Kata Bwana Peter Elias Sankala, ambaye naye alitoa taarifa kwa mwenyekiti wa Kijiji Ngumbushe Mwalyego na kutoa taarifa katika Kituo cha Polisi cha Igurusi ambao walifika eneo la tukio na kufanya uchunguzi wa mwili wa marehemu kwa kumtumia Daktari na kuukabidhi kwa ndugu na mazishi kufanyika kijijini hapo.

Hata hivyi hakuna mtu yeyote aliyekamatwa kuhusika na matukio yote mawili na Jeshi la Polisi bado linaendelea kufanya uchunguzi ili kuweza kuwabaini wahusika.

Wakati huohuo Mwakingili Mwakaji anashikiliwa na Jeshi la Polisi, baada ya kutuhumiwa kusababisha kifo cha Elias Mwalyego (37), baada ya kumchoma kisu tumboni na kufariki papo hapo katika Kijiji cha Itimba wilaya ya Chunya mkoani Mbeya.

Chanzo cha kifo hicho ni marehemu kwenda nyumbani kwa mtuhumiwa kudai rediuo yake aina ya Rising yenye thamni ya shilingi 16,000 za kitanzania, ndipo mtuhumiwa aliingia ndani huku marehemu akidhani mtuhumiwa kaenda kumchukulia redio yake badala yake alitoka na kisu na kumchoma marehemu tumboni na kufariki.

Diwani wa Kata ya Itimba Bwana Michael Zanzi amesema marehemu amesafirishwa kuzikwa eneo la Mbalizi.

Kwa upande wa Kamanda wa Polisi wa mkoa wa Mbeya Advocate Nyombi amethibisha matukio yote matatu.

Kwa uhakika wa habari hii tembelea chimbukoletu.blog

Habari na DW: EURO bilioni 130 kwa Ugiriki

2012-03-09T07:28:00.000-05:00

Hatimaye ugiriki imefanikiwa kushawishi sehemu kubwa ya wakopeshaji wake binafsi kukubali kupata hasara kubwa kwenye hati zao za mikopo, na hivyo kusafisha njia ya kupatiwa dhamana ya pili

Wizara ya fedha ya Ugiriki imesema asilimia 83.5 ya wakopeshaji binafsi nchini humo, wamekubali kubadilishana hati za mkopo kwa hasara. Hii ni zaidi ya kiwango cha asilimia 75 serikali ya Ugiriki ilichokuwa imepanga kama sharti la kuendelea na mazungumzo ya kupatiwa mkopo wa pili.

Hasara asilimia 74

Sasa, wenye hati za mikopo watakubali kupata hasara ya karibu asilimia 74 ya thamani ya hati zao katika makubaliano yanayotizamiwa kupunguza zaidi ya euro bilioni 100 katika deni la Ugiriki.

Serikali ya Ugiriki ilikuwa imesema ingewalaazimisha wenye hati za mikopo nchini humo kukubaliana na matakwa hayo, kwa kutumia vifungu vya uwajibikaji wa pamoja kwenye hati zenye thamani ya euro bilioni 177 zinazodhibitiwa chini ya sheria ya nchi hiyo.

Umoja wa Ulaya na Shirika la Fedha la Kimataifa (IMF) waliitaka Ugiriki ifanikishe makubaliano ya kubadilishana hati za mikopo kama sharti la muhimu la kupatiwa udhamini wa mwingine wa euro bilioni 130 zilizokubaliwa mwezi uliyopita.

Wakopeshaji kupata hati mpya

Kutokana na makubaliano hayo wadeni wote wa Ugiriki sasa watapata hati mpya za mikopo zenye thamani ya asilimia 31.5 ya mikopo iliyobadilishwa, pamoja na noti za miezi 24 kutoka mfuko wa kuokoa uchumi wa Umoaja wa Ulaya (ESF).

Dhamana hizi mpya zinakuja na riba ya asilimia 2.0 hadi mwaka 2015, asilimia 3.0 hadi mwaka 2020 na asilimia 4.3 kila mwaka baada ya muda huo, mpaka kipindi cha mwisho ambacho ni mwaka 2042.

Kwa makubaliano hayo, Ugiriki itapata mikopo yenye thamani ya euro bilioni 130 hadi mwaka 2014, ambapo bilioni 30 kati ya hizo zitakuwa kama dhamana kwa benki binafsi nchini humo kuendelea kushiriki katika mchakato wa kupunguza deni, kwa kusaidia kufidia hasara watakazozipata.

Mkopo huu unafuatia ule wa euro bilioni 110 uliyotolewa mwezi Mei mwaka 2010. Kiwango cha riba kwa mikopo ambayo imeshatolewa kw Ugiriki kitapunguzwa na hivyo kuisaidia nchi hiyo kuokoa kiasi cha euro bilioni 1.4.

Benki ya Ulaya yaonesha njia

Benki ya Umoja wa Ulaya, tayari imeshabadilishana na Athens, hati ya mkopo za mkopo iliyonunua kwa punguzo kubwa katika wakati mgogoro huu wa madeni ulipofikia hatua mbaya zaidi.

Faida ya thamani ya juu iliyopatikana kutoka kwenye mabadalishano hayo inaelekezwa kwenye nchi za kanda ya Euro ili itumike kama msaada kwa ugiriki. Kiasi hiki kinaaminika kuwa mamilioni ya euro.

Ugiriki kubana zaidi matumizi

Bunge la ugiriki nalo limekubali kuchukua hatua zaidi za kubana matumizi zinazotizamiwa kuokoa euro bilioni 3.3 mwaka 2012, hasa kutokana na kupunguza viwango vya chini vya mishahara na pia viwango vya akiba za uzeeni.

Mwandishi: Iddi Ismail Ssessanga\AFPE

Mhariri: Mohamed Abdul Rahman

Lecturer expels students over wearing veils

2012-03-09T07:18:00.001-05:00

The school says Ministry of Education’s policy is that students should not wear anything other than

By Ali Mambule

A lecturer at Masaka School of Comprehensive Nursing recently sent out two female Muslim students for wearing veils while in class.

Olivia Kyere reportedly ousted Shamim Nakitende and Hanisha Nangoye, saying the school was not an Islamic training centre.

The students reported the matter to the school administrators, who referred them to Masaka district Muslim leaders.

“Kyere must apoligise to us within one month. If not, we shall declare her among the Muslim enemies,” Masaka district deputy kadhi Sheik Hamidu Mugera told Muslims in Masaka Mosque.

However, a school official, who preferred anonymity, told New Vision that the Ministry of Education’s policy is that students should not wear anything other than the school uniform.

“We held a crisis meeting with the ministry’s officials and James Mugerwa, the principle education officer, said if they were not part of the school uniform, veils should not be allowed in lecture rooms,” the official said.

Makerere bans veils from exam rooms

Makerere University in 2008 banned students wearing head gear from entering examination rooms.

The move, which authorities at the time said was intended to prevent cheating, mostly targeted female Muslim students who wear veils.

The controversial ban was reportedly enforced at the school of education and faculties of social sciences, arts and economics and management.

Hundreds of Muslim students at the country's biggest university demonstrated against the policy, which they said was an attack on the Muslim faith.

Source. newvision.co.ug/news

An Ignored human tragedy known to us for too long finally coming to light.

2012-03-08T21:18:00.003-05:00

Wanted man: Kony was indicted by the International Criminal Court on 12 counts of crimes against humanity and 21 counts of war crimes is accused of killing thousands and displacing up to 2 million people

A video targeting Ugandan warlord Josef Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has gone viral on the internet and gained more than 40 million views on YouTube.

The video is part of the San Francisco-based NGO Invisible Children’s “Kony 2012” campaign, which seeks the capture of the leader of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Christian extremist group known for atrocities including war crimes, forcible enlistment of children under the age of 15, sexual slavery and rape.

Invisible Children said on its website that the video campaign was meant to “make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.”

But the organization has been criticized for alleged cooperation with the Ugandan government and for encouraging Western military intervention in Africa.

“Military intervention may or may not be the right idea, but people supporting Kony 2012 probably don’t realize they’re supporting the Ugandan military who are themselves raping and looting away,” writes one critic in a Tumblr page that collects criticism of the campaign.

Invisible Children has responded to critics with a statement posted on its website, invisiblechildren.com, and denied claims that it supports the Ugandan government and allegations that its “Kony 2012” campaign was encouraging foreign intervention. Read more>>

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Order Acknowledgement's for three (3) Orders Tunahitaji Michango yenu ( Michango yenu )‏

2012-03-08T20:12:00.005-05:00

Mama mjamzito akifanyiwa matibabu

Tuna furaha nyingi mbele yenu kutuma maelezo yanayojionesha hapo juu

Tunapenda kutoa tarifa hizi za kujaaliwa kupata mafanikio ya mashine tatu za ultrasound kupitia kampuni maarufu hapa marekani Sonosite Machine hizo Re Manufactured by Sonosite, kama maelezo yalivyoweza Kuonyeshwa katika kiambatanisho hapo chini

Kujua zaidi huduma ya masine hii Bofya hapa

Kutokana na huduma Hafifu katika sekta ya afya katika hospital zetu machine zote zinakwenda kutumika katika hospital zetu Wete, Machui Clinic na Zanzibar Outreach Program.

Machui Clinics wako tayari kufanya Malipo yao moja kwa moja kupitia sonosite na machine zilizobakia zinatakiwa kulipwa na Wazanzibar na Watanzania kwa ujumla, tunawaomba ndugu wote bila ya kujali itikadi zetu kutoa michango yenu ya hiari katika kusaidia kutuma machine mbili huko Tanzania Zanzibar gharama zimeoneshwa katika attachments shipping pia inatakiwa kufanyika baina seatlle hadi Zanzibar.

Nipo tayari kutoka account yangu kwa wale wote walio tayari kusaidia kutoa michango yao kama ifuatavyo.

Jina: Amin ibrahim ally, Bank of America, Account 32000473, State Washington

Address 13932 NE 14th st apt 8 Bellevue WA 98005

Pay pal account Aminallybts161@live.com

Napenda kumalizia ombi hili kwa kutoa changamoto kwa wazanzibar na watanzania kwa ujumla jukumu la maendeleo ya nchi lipo pia katika mikono yetu siyo serikali pekee tumia nafasi yako kusaidia taifa Lako na wananchi wote na sonosite iko tayari kutizama Matumizi ya Mashine hizi na kutoa missada mengine zaidi hapo baadaye.

Kwa maelezo zaidi wasiliana na Amin Ibrahim, Number ya simu 425 943-0074

Napenda kutanguliza shurkani zangu za dhati kwenu na pia naomba michango yenu
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Combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Benin

2012-03-08T18:45:00.001-05:00

UNICEF/NYHQ2007-1578/Asselin,A nurse draws
blood from a pregnant woman for an HIV
test in Adja-Ouere, Benin.

By Alex Duval Smith

ABOMEY, Benin, 8 March 2012 – “Shh! Please, there should be no mention of 'it' in the street,” said 20-year-old Leonie Sossou* as she lead visitors to her home.

In this West African country, the silence around HIV is as stifling as the Harmattan wind blowing from the desert.

At 1.2 per cent, HIV prevalence in Benin is one of the lowest in African but entrenched stigma against people living with HIV have forced UNICEF and the Government of Benin to find innovative ways to combat the disease and support those affected by it.

A disproportional burden

Today, 8 March, is International Women’s Day, which promotes gender equality and celebrates the achievements of girls and women. Below is a story illustrating some of the challenges confronting women around the world, as well as their strength in overcoming these challenges. Read more>>

Balozi Seif Akutana na Ujumbe wa Kampuni ya Ujenzi wa Reli Nchini China {CRCG}

2012-03-08T18:22:00.000-05:00

Na Othman Khamis Ame

Jamuhuri ya Watu wa China itaendelea kuwa Mshirika mkubwa wa Zanzibar katika harakati za Uimarishaji wa Maendeleo ya Kiuchumi Kibiashara, Miundombinu na Ustawi wa jamii.

Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi amesema hayo hapo Ofisini kwake Vuga Mjini Zanzibar wakati alipofanya mazungumzo na Ujumbe wa Kampuni ya Ujenzi wa Reli Nchini China

{CRCG} ukiongozwa na Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Kampuni hiyo Bwana Liu Rongyao.

Balozi Seif alisema jamii imeshuhudia juhudi za China zinavyozidi kuongezeka katika kuona Zanzibar inajikwamua katika wimbi la umasikini kupitia kasi za uimarishaji miundo mbinu.

Aliyapongeza Makampuni mbali mbali ya China yanayotowa huduma zake hapa Zanzibar hasa yale ya Ujenzi ambayo kwa kiasi kikubwa yanaendelea kuchangia mabadiliko ya haiba ya Mji wa Zanzibar katika kipindi kifupi.

Alisisitiza kwamba ukamini wao katika kutoa huduma hizo ndio unaopelekea kuchaguliwa baada ya kushinda tenda dhidi ya Makampuni mengine Duniani na zaidi Barani Afrika.

“ Ujenzi wa baadhi ya Majengo ya Taasisi za Serikali , Mashirika ya Umma na hata miradi ya Jamii ni ushahidi uliowazi wa juhudi za Makampuni hayo”. Alisisitiza Balozi Seif.

Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi aliyahakikishia Makampuni yote yanayotowa huduma hapa Zanzibar kwamba Serikali itashirikiana nayo kwa lengo la kuhakikisha yanakamilisha miradi yao kwa wakati uliopangwa.

Kwa upande wake Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Kampuni hiyo ya Ujenzi wa Reli Nchini China Bwa Liu Rongyao alisema kwamba Ujumbe wao upo Nchini kukagua Miradi ya Ujenzi inayosimamiwa na Kampuni hiyo ikiwemo ile ya Makaazi ya Nyumba za Viongozi na Ofisi za Serikali .

Ujenzi huo unafanywa kwa njia ya Mkopo kutoka Serikali ya Jamuhuri ya Watu wa China.

Mapema asubuhi Balozi Seif alikutana na Ujumbe wa Jumuiya inayojishughulisha na Miradi ya Maendeleo ya Kijamii kutoka Nchini Marekani ya Rosenthall Group.

Mwakilishi wa Jumuiya hiyo Bwana Robert Rosenthall alimueleza Balozi Seif kwamba Taasisi yao inaangalia taratibu za namna gani wanaweza kuelekeza nguvu zao katika Miradi ya Kijamii ndani ya Bara la Afrika.

Bw. Robert alisema mbali ya ujenzi wa nyumba katika kipindi kifupi unaofanywa na Taasisi yao lakini pia hutoa Taaluma ya huduma ya kwanza na Biashara mafunzo ambayo huchukua takriban Wanafunzi 150.

Naye Balozi Seif aliuomba Ujumbe huo kuangalia zaidi maeneo ambayo wanaweza kuwekeza hapa Zanzibar kwa nia ya kusaidia Uchumi wa Taifa.

Balozi Seif alisema yapo maeneo mengi yaliyopewa kipau mbele katika kuongeza kasi ya maendeleo akiyataja kuwa ni pamoja na Utalii, Kilimo, Huduma za Umme na Miundo mbinu.

Wakati huo huo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif alikuwa na Maungumzo na Balozi wa Shirikisho la Ujerumani Nchini Tanzania Bwana Klaus Peter Brandes.

Bwana Peter alifika Ofisini kwa Balozi Seif Vuga Mjini Zanzibar kumtambulisha rasmi Balozi Mdogo wa Shirikisho la Ujerumani atakayefanya kazi hapa Zanzibar Bwana Hans Dieter Allgaier.

Balozi Seif amemuahidi Bwana Allgaier kwamba Serikali itajitahidi kumpa mashirikiano zaidi ili kuona jukumu alilokabidhiwa na Nchi yake linafikiwa.

Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi akiwa katika picha ya pamoja na Ujumbe wa Jumuiya inayojishughulisha na Miradi ya Maendeleo ya Kijamii kutoka Nchini Marekani ya Rosenthall Group pamoja na Washirika wao hapa Tanzania

WAINGEREZA WASHANGAZWA NA JIKO NA CHOO VINAVYOTUMIWA NA WALIMU WA SHULE YA MSINGI MIGUGU JIMBO LA SINGIDA KASKAZINI.

2012-03-08T13:30:00.001-05:00

Raia wa nchini Uingereza wakionyeshwa choo kinachotumiwa na familia tatu za walimu wa shule ya msingi ya kijiji cha Migugu jimbo la Singida Kaskazini.

Jiko linalotumiwa na familia tatu za walimu wa shule ya msingi ya kijiji cha Migugu jimbo la Singida Kaskazini.(Picha na Nathaniel Limu). Habari kwa hisani ya dewjiblog.com

Sr. Donald M. Payne Wamarekani Afariki Dunia!

2012-03-08T11:45:00.003-05:00

Sr. Donald M. Payne

Mbunge wa kwanza mweusi kuchaguliwa katika bunge la Marekani kutoka katika jimbo la New Jersey ameaga dunia kutokana na saratani ya utumbo akiwa na umri wa miaka 77.

Wabunge wenzake na wanaharakati walimwelezea marehemu Payne wa chama cha Democratic aliyeaga dunia Jumanne kama mbunge aliyefanya jitihada kuwasaidia watu wa eneo alilowakilisha na wengine wengi waliokabiliwa na matatizo nje ya Marekani.

Kama mbunge katika baraza la wawakilishi la Marekani, Payne alitaniwa kuwa balozi wa Afrika.

Alitetea mfuko wa fedha wa dola milioni mia moja kusaidia kuzuia na kudhibiti Ukimwi, Kifua kikuu na Malaria hususan katika nchini za Afrika Kusini mwa jangwa la Sahara.

Darius Mans , Rais wa shirika la Africare jijini Washington, alimweleza marehemu Payne kama mbunge aliyejali sana matatizo yanayokumba bara la Afrika.

Mbunge Donald Payne alichaguliwa katika baraza la wawakilishi la bunge la Marekani mwaka wa 1988 akiwa mbunge wa kwanza Mmarekani mweusi kuchaguliwa katika jimbo la New Jersey.

Wabunge walielezea jinsi marehemu Payne alivyopigania misaada ya kibinadamu ipelekwe Darfur magharibi mwa Sudan ambapo kulikuwa na vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe.

Mnamo mwaka wa 2009, Payne alinusurika shambulizi la kombora katika uwanja wa ndege mjini Mogadishu, Somalia. Ndege yake iliweza kuondoka bila tatizo.

Alikuwa amemaliza ziara yake nchini humo baada ya kuzungumzia maswala ya kiulinzi na viongozi wa Somalia. Donald Payne atakumbukwa kama mtetezi wa haki kwa wote . Habari na magangaone.Blog

LEO NI SIKU YA KUZALIWA KWA CATHERINE MUKAMI, AMBAYO VILE VILE NI SIKU YA WANAWAKE DUNIANI

2012-03-08T10:14:00.004-05:00

Happy Birtrhday Catherine Mukami kwa siku ya kuzaliwa kwako.

Kama kawaida yetu kwanza kabisa hatuna budi kumshukuru, Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kutujalia uzima na afya njeema.

Pia tumshukuru kwa siku hii muhimu sana kwako, Catherine Mukami kwa siku ya kuzalia kwako, wadau wote wa swahilivilla wanakutakia maisha marefu, kheri na baraka tele, katika siku hii adhimu ya kuzaliwa kwako wewe pamoja na mdhamini wa penzi lako, Happy Birthday Catherine Mukami.

Vile vile tumepata mda wa kuongea nae kusu siku ya wanawake Duniani Msikilize!

Jessica Sanchez Awaliza Wamarekani kwa nyimbo ya Hayati Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You Ndani ya American Idol 2012 (Top 13)

2012-03-08T09:15:00.002-05:00

By AMELIA PROUD

Tonight's American Idol offered up an almost poisoned chalice for the last remaining contestants to sup from, as song choices were limited to Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston hits.

It was a straight gender divide but predictably, not many hopefuls got anywhere near the effortless vocals made famous by Wonder and the late Houston.

But Jessica Sanchez created shock and awe in equal measure when she brought the house down with Whitney's greatest hit, I Will Always Love You.

Cream of the cream: Jessica Sanchez tackled I Will Always Love You tonight and managed to do it justice

On their feet: The judges were in total agreement about Jessica's performance tonight

Joshua Ledet did kick off the show with an incredible performance of I Wish but Elise Testone brought the mood down when she failed horribly with I'm Your Baby Tonight.

'Whitney's a beast,' Jennifer Lopez stated oddly, though it was clear to understand what she meant despite the odd choice of metaphor.

The late singer's vocals seemed insurmountable to the spirited young girls struggling desperately to emulate her.

A similar fate befell Shannon Magrane, who was understandably having trouble catching her breath throughout I Have Nothing.

Insurmountable: 'Whitney's a beast' J-Lo told the girls as they struggled to interpret the late singer's hits tonight

Putting her own spin on things: Skylar Laine got an easy pass with Where Do Broken Hearts Go? but impressed by putting her own country lilt on the song Read more>>

Na BBC YETU:. Kusini waandamana kupinga ushuru

2012-03-08T08:40:00.000-05:00

Uchumi mkubwa barani Afrika unatarajiwa kuathirika kufuatia maandamano makubwa yatakayoshirikisha mamiya ya wanachama wa mashirika ya wafanyakazi kote nchini Afrika ya kusini, wakipinga kuanzishwa kwa kodi ya barabara pamoja na mpango wa ajira kupitia mikataba ya mda mfupi.

Vyama vya wafanyakazi vya Afrika ya kusini vimekua na migongano na mpango wa serikali wa vituo vinavyotumia mitambo ya electroniki kukusanya pesa kutoka kwa watumiaji wa barabara. Shirika la Cosatu lilitarajia kua maandamano hayo yatahudhuriwa na maelfu ya watu kupinga mfumo huu mpya pamoja na mawakala wa ajira.

Maandamano hayo pia yanalenga kuondoa tabia ya kupanga ajira ambapo mashirika huajiri watu kwa mkataba wa mda mfupi. Maandamano hayo yaliyoandaliwa na Chama cha wafanyakazi COSATU, ilipangwa kufanyika katika miji 32 kote Afrika kusini. Chama cha Cosatu kilisema kua kilitarajia hadi watu 100,000 kushiriki maandamano hayo.

Mwandishi wa BBC Milton Nkosi akiwa mjini Johannesburg anasema kua mitaa ya Johannesburg imetanda rangi nyrekundu ya Chama cha COSATU. Chama hicho kinaonyesha uwezo wake na kuongezea kua ni kukionyesha Chama tawala cha ANC (African National Congress) kua ingawa ni washirika, muungano wa vyama vya ushirika vina uhuru wa kuwaunga mkono wafanyakazi wa Afrika kusini. "vituo vya kodi ya barabara ni mzigo kwa wananchi wasiojiweza,"

Alisema katibu mkuu Zwelinzima Vavi. "tunaiomba serikali na tutakua wazi kwa majadiliano. Tutaitikia wito wa serikali kutafuta suluhu, aliongezea Katibu mkuu huyo.

Serikali imeimarisha barabara kuu zilizokuepo ndani na zilizouzunguka mji wa Johannesburg kwa ajili ya mashindano ya Kombe la Dunia ya mwaka 2010. Inasema kua gharama zilizojitokeza hazikutokana na hisani, na sasa inapanga vituo vyenye mitambo ya electroniki iweze kutumiwa ili kulipia gharama na vilevile kuendelea kuhifadhi ubora wa barabara hizi.

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Msekilize kwa Makini Obama Protesting at Harvard in 1991

2012-03-08T08:25:00.003-05:00

SERIKALI YATANGAZA RASMI MIKOA MIPYA MINNE NA WILAYA 19

2012-03-08T08:06:00.000-05:00

Waziri mkuu Mizengo Pinda

SERIKALI imetoa matangazo rasmi ya Serikali (Government Notices) kuhusu uanzishaji wa mikoa mipya minne na wilaya mpya 19 ambayo yamechapishwa tangu Machi 2, mwaka huu.

Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda amesema matangazo hayo ambayo yalisainiwa na Rais Jakaya Kikwete tangu Machi mosi, 2012, yanabainisha mikoa mipya kuwa ni Geita, Katavi, Njombe na Simiyu.

Mikoa hii imechapishwa katika Tangazo la Serikali Na. 72.

Wilaya 19 ambazo zimeanzishwa na kuchapishwa katika Tangazo la Serikali Na.73 ni Buhigwe, Busega, Butiama, Chemba, Gairo, Ikungi na Itilima.

Wilaya nyingine ni Kakonko, Kalambo, Kaliua, Kyerwa, Mbogwe, Mkalama na Mlele. Nyingine ni Momba, Nyang’hwale, Nyasa, Uvinza na Wanging’ombe.

Kwa mujibu wa matangazo hayo makao makuu ya mikoa hiyo

mipya minne yatakuwa kama ifuatavyo: Geita (Geita), Simiyu (Bariadi) Njombe (Njombe) na Katavi (Mpanda). Mikoa hiyo itakuwa na wilaya zifuatazo; Geita utakuwa na wilaya tano za Bukombe, Chato, Geita, Mbongwe na Nyang’hwale.

Mkoa wa Katavi utakuwa na wilaya mbili za Mlele na Mpanda. Mkoa waNjombe utakuwa na wilaya nne za Makete, Njombe, Ludewa na Wanging’ombe wakati mkoa wa Simiyuutakuwa na wilaya tano za Bariadi, Busega, Maswa, Meatu na Itilima.

Makao makuu ya wilaya mpya zilizoanzishwa ni kama ifuatavyo: Buhigwe (Buhigwe); Busega (Nyashimo); Butiama (Butiama); Chemba (Chemba); Gairo (Gairo); Ikungi (Ikungi) Itilima (Lagangabilili); Kakonko (Kakonko); Kalambo (Matai) na Kaliua (Kaliua).

Nyingine ni Kyerwa (Rubwera); Mbogwe (Mbogwe); Mkalama (Nduguti); Mlele (Inyonga); Momba (Chitete); Nyang’hwale (Kharumwa); Nyasa (Mbamba Bay); Uvinza (Lugufu) na Igwachanya (Wanging’ombe).

Julai 2010, kabla Rais Kikwete hajatoa hotuba ya kulivunja Bunge, Serikali ilitoa uamuzi wa kuunda mikoa mipya minne na wilaya mpya 21. Hata hivyo, baada ya kuhakiki mipaka ya maeneo hayo yote na kuandaa maelezo ya mipaka hiyo vizuri (boundary descriptions), wilaya zilipunguzwa na kubakia 19.

METOLEWA NA: OFISI YA WAZIRI MKUU, S. L. P. 3021, DAR ES SALAAM. ALHAMISI, MACHI 8, 2012.

County governments Bill, 2012: Gross errors introduced by Kenyan MP’s

2012-03-08T07:06:00.000-05:00

NAIROBI, March. 8th, 2012—There is an urgent need for the removal of gross errors introduced into the County Governments Bill, 2012 by Members of Parliament.

When Kenyans voted for a new Constitution on the 4th of August they voted for the entire Constitution including provisions on devolved government. As civil societies and as Kenyans, we come together to express our concern over the manner in which the implementation of the amendments to bills is proceeding in the National Assembly.

Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki (Center), PM Raila Odinga

(L) and vice-president Kalonzo Musyoka release doves

during the constitutional campaign REUTERS

We The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA) on behalf of civil society partners, and members of the Public, would like to draw your attention to the gross error introduced into the County Governments Bill, 2012.

Despite intense debate and negotiation, they have succeeded in passing four out of the required six devolution bills.

These have for the most part remained faithful to the Constitution in creating a professional, accountable and participatory county framework which places vital checks on the Governor.

We are however, deeply concerned about the gross error introduced into the County Governments Bill by the National Assembly. The errors that we have noted are as follows: Read more>>

WANAFUNZI WA KIISLAM KUGOMA NCHI NZIMA TAREHE 9 KISA KUSHINIKIZA SERIKALI KUJENGA MISIKITI

2012-03-08T07:01:00.000-05:00

TAARIFA za uhakika zilizoufikia mtandao huu wa kalulunga.blogspot.com zimesema kuwa kesho tarehe 9.03.2012 wanafunzi wa kiislam wanatarajia kugoma wakiishinikiza serikali kujenga misikiti katika kila shule za sekondari za serikali.

Maandalizi yamgomo huo yameelezwa kukamilika ambapo mwendelezo wa sakata hilo ni kutoka Ndanda ambapo kwa mkoa wa Mbeya shule moja ya wavulana ndiko kumeelezwa kuwa na makao makuu ya maandalizi hayo.

Shule hiyo mwaka jana 2011 Kiranja mkuu wa shule hiyo ambaye ni Mkristo alinusurika kuchinjwa kwa kile kilichoelezwa kuwa alikashifu dini ya wenzake.

Habari hii kwa hisani ya Kalulunga.Blog

Iranian supreme leader hails Obama’s damping down of war talk

2012-03-08T06:56:00.000-05:00

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed U.S. President Barack Obama for damping down talk of war against Tehran. (Reuters)

By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday welcomed comments by U.S. President Barack Obama damping down talk of war against Tehran over its controversial nuclear drive.

“This talk is good talk and shows an exit from illusion,” Khamenei’s website quoted the leader as telling clerics from the Assembly of Experts.

Obama on Tuesday said that Iran’s nuclear program was not an immediate threat, arguing a “window” for diplomacy could forestall an Iranian bomb, while slamming Republican candidates for their hawkish statements demanding military action on the Islamic republic.

Shortage of gas in Israel

Meanwhile, an Israeli MP in charge of home front preparations has told AFP that Israel’s leaders are “wantonly disregarding” the country’s ability to cope with a war as tensions rise over a possible confrontation with Iran.

Zeev Bielsky, who heads the parliamentary committee for home front preparedness, said there was a dire shortage of gas masks ready for use in the event of a war.

“Today, only 60 percent of Israelis ̶ 4.5-5 million people ̶ have gas masks,” he said.

“We must be prepared at any moment for any possible scenario, and today we are completely unprepared,” said Bielsky, who is an MP with Kadima, the center-right opposition party.

The shortage of masks was the result of the government failing to allocate sufficient funds to the two Israeli factories that produce the masks, he charged.

With the current state of turmoil in the region, it was no less than “wanton disregard” that the government was “not providing this basic product, which every citizen should have,” he said.

A spokeswoman for the Israel Postal Company, which is responsible for distributing the masks, told AFP earlier this week that so far, they had distributed approximately four million gas masks, and currently had less than 100,000 left.

“This is all we have. It is not enough for all Israeli citizens. When we have more, we'll distribute more,” said Meirav Lapidot, admitting she had no indication if and when they would receive additional masks.

Meanwhile, six world powers that are poised to restart talks with Iran look set to agree on Thursday a unified stance voicing concern over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, diplomats at the United Nations’ nuclear agency said.

Western envoys said a joint statement had been agreed that expressed concern about Iran’s refusal to grant U.N. nuclear inspectors access to sites they want to see as part of their investigation into fears Tehran is seeking weapons capability.

No specific site is mentioned in the draft statement by the six powers - the United States, China, Russia, France, Germany, and Britain - but the text appears to be a reference to the Parchin military facility, southeast of Tehran.

Source: english.alarabiya.net

Leo (08.03.2012) ni siku ya wanawake duniani

2012-03-08T06:25:00.002-05:00

Haki ya wanawake kushiriki katika maisha ya kisiasa imesisitizwa katika mikataba kadhaa ya kimataifa, lakini kuibadilisha haki kutoka kwa maandiko hadi kwenye vitendo kunahitaji jitihada zaidi miongoni mwa wahusika.

Kulingana na ripoti mpya ya utafiti iliyochapishwa kwa ushirikiano wa Shirika la Mpango wa Maendeleo la Umoja wa Mataifa – UNDP na Taasisi ya Taifa ya Demokrasia kwa Masuala ya Kimataifa, ni kwamba ijapokuwa asilimia 40 hadi 50 ya wanachama wa vyama vya kisasa kote ulimwenguni ni wanawake, asilimia 10 pekee ndio inashikilia nyadhifa za uongozi.

Msimamizi wa UNDP Helen Clark anasema kuwa huku kukiwa na chini ya asilimia 20 ya viti vya bunge ulimwenguni vinavyokaliwa na wanawake, ni wazi kwamba vyama vya kisiasa vinahitaji kupiga hatua zaidi na vinahitaji kusaidiwa katika juhudi hizo, za kuwasaidia wanawake katika kujiimarisha kisiasa.

Ushiriki wa vyama vya siasa ni muhimu kwa wanawake

Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa UN Asha-Rose Migiro,

Mkurugenzi wa Kikundi cha Jinsia cha Shirika la UNDP Winnie Byanyima ameliambia shirika la habari la IPS kuwa ikiwa tunataka kueneza demokrasia na kuwapa uwezo wanawake kisiasa, ni sharti tushirikiane na vyama vya kisiasa.

Byanyima ambaye ni mbunge wa zamani wa Uganda na pia mwanadiplomasia aliongeza kuwa Ikiwa wanawake hawapewa uongozi wa vyama vya kisiasa, basi hawawezi kuziongoza serikali.

Kimataifa, idadi ya mawaziri wanawake serikalini iko chini ikiwa ni kiwango cha wastani cha asilimia 16. Na idadi ya viongozi wanawake wa nchi na serikali bado iko chini, na imepungua katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, ikiwa nini chini ya asilimia tano katika mwaka wa 2011.

Utafiti huo unasema idadi hiyo ya chini imeendelea kushuhudiwa katika miongo mitatu iliyopita ya uhamasisho na juhudi za jamii ya kimataifa kuangamiza ubaguzi na kuwapa uwezo wanawake.

Umoja wa Mataifa watambua jukumu la wanawake

Waziri Mambo ya Nchi za Nje wa Marekani Hillary Clinton

Na hili linafanyika licha ya ukweli kuwa Umoja wa Mataifa ulilitambua jukumu muhimu la wanawake katika maendeleo ikiwemo kuwapa uwezo wanawake kama mojawapo ya malengo manane ya Maendeleo ya Milenia katika mwaka wa 2000. Lakini kwa mujibu wa utafiti huo, hakuna eneo lolote ulimwenguni ambalo liko katika harakati za kufikia asilimia 30 ya wanawake katika nafasi za kufanya maamuzi.

Ijapokuwa kunayo maeneo yanayojaribu kujizatiti na kutimiza lengo hilo, vizingiti kadhaa vingali njiani mwa juhudi za wanawake kushiriki kikamilifu kama wagombea.

Kulingana na takwimu za hivi punde za Chama cha Kimataifa cha Wabunge IPU na Wanawake wa Umoja wa Mataifa, idadi ya wanawake kama viongozi wa nchi au serikali ni 18 kati ya nchi 193.

Utafiti huo wa UNDP na NDI unataja baadhi ya mikakati inayoweza kutumiwa wakati wa uchaguzi, kama vile kuwapa mafunzo na kuwahimiza wagombea wa kike na kuhakikisha wanawake wanaonekana kwa wingi katika kampeni.

Wanawake na wanaume wawe katika uwiano sawa kimaendeleo

Mkuu wa Kamisheni ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya Haki za

Binadamu Navi Pillay

Shirika la NDI linasema limefanya kazi na zaidi ya vyama 720 vya kisiasa na mashirika katika zaidi ya nchi 80 ili kuweka mazingira bora na ya wazi ambapo wanaume na wanawake wanaweza kushiriki kikamilifu katika mchakato wa demokrasia.

Katika awamu ya kabla ya uchaguzi, usajili na uteuzi wa wagombea ni shughuli muhimu zaidi ya kuhakikisha kuwa wanawake wanashiriki siasa. Lakini pengo la jinsia hupanuka kwa kiwango kikubwa wakati wagombea wa nyadhifa za kisiasa wakisonga kutoka hatua ya kuwa halali na kuwa wagombea, na kisha kuteuliwa na chama kuwa wagombea wa nyadhifa hizo.

Utafiti huo unataja mifano kadhaa ya usawa wa kijinsia chama kimoja cha kisiasa nchini Canada kina kamati ya kuwasajili wagombea ili kuhakikisha mchanganyiko katika uteuzi wa wagombea. Nchini Costa Rica, moja ya vyama vya kisiasa hubadilisha wagombea wa kiume na kike kwenye orodha ya uchaguzi.

Nchini Afrika Kusini, wanachama wa kike katika vyama walishinikiza mabadiliko katika ratiba ya bunge ili kuwajumuisha wabunge wenye familia, na pia wakashinikiza mijadala kumalizika mapema jioni ili kuwapa nafasi wabunge walio na familia na kwa vifaa vya malezi ya watoto kuwekwa.

Nchini Ujerumani, chama cha Christian Democratic Union (CDU) kiliidhinisha asilimia 33 ya viti maalum vya maafisa wa chama katika mwaka wa 1996. Na ikiwa viti hivyo maalum havitapatikana, uchaguzi wa ndani sharti urudiwe.

Mwandishi: Bruce Amani/IPS

Mhariri: Josephat Charo

23 dead as truck plunges into Arua river, retrieving of bodies continues

2012-03-07T19:20:00.000-05:00

Police and residents look at the wreckage of a truck that plunged in a river. Photo by Kingi Franco

By Asuman Draga and Steven Candia

TWENTY three people have been confirmed dead and many others injured after a lorry they were travelling on plunged into a river in Arua district Tuesday evening.

Police Spokesperson for West Nile Josephine Angucia told New Vision on Wednesday morning that they were retrieving more bodies.

Police said Tuesday that 18 bodies had been retrieved and transferred to Arua referral and Kuluva hospitals, amid fears that some victims could still be trapped under the wreckage on the bed of the river.

Angucia said the accident occurred at about 7:00pm on Ala bridge on River Ala in Vuura Sub County, close to a mini hydro power dam that supplies Kuluva hospital, about six miles from Arua town.

Police said at the time of the accident the Isuzu lorry registration number UAP 014Z loaded with merchandise and had 34 passengers, raising fears that the death toll could be higher. Police basing on preliminary investigation blamed the accident on the poor state of the bridge.

“The truck passed on some rotten timber on the bridge which gave way and the lorry tipped and plunged into the river,” Angucia said adding that details of victims would be availed later.

The police and other sources Tuesday said the victims, many of them traders were returning to Arua from a market in Zeu, Sub County in Zombo district when the accident occurred.

Angucia said eight other victims who sustained injuries were rushed to various health centers for treatment, three off them to Kuluva hospital.

By 9:00pm, she said, five bodies had been transferred to Arua referral hospital while others had been taken to the nearby Kuluva hospital.

Source newvision.co.ug/news

NCHINI TANZANIA : TAARIFA KUTOKA ITV KUHUSU MGOMO WA MADAKTARI TZ...!!!

2012-03-07T18:55:00.002-05:00

BAADHI YA MATUKIO MBALIMBALI YA MOTO KATIKA SOKO LA BLACK - TUNDUMA LILILOTEKETEA KWA MOTO.

2012-03-07T18:41:00.002-05:00

Baadhi ya bidhaa zikiteketea baada ya kuzuka moot katika soko la Black liliopo mji mdogo wa Tunduma Wilaya ya Mbozi Mkoa wa Mbeya.

Baadhi ya wananchi wakigombea mabaki ya bidhaa katika maduka yaliyoteketea kwa moto jana katika mji wa Tunduma.

Baadhi ya wananachi wakishuhudia na kuondoa mabakiya bidhaa zilizoteketea kwa moto ndani ya vibanda 9 vya biashara katika Soko la Black lililopo mji mdogo wa Tunduma.

Picha yapili baadhi ya wananachi wakishuhudia na kuondoa mabaki ya bidhaa zilizoteketea kwa moto ndani ya vibanda 9 vya biashara katika Soko la Black lililopo mji mdogo wa Tunduma.

Pichani Fundi akifumua paa la mojawapo ya maduka yaliyoungua baada ya moto kuteketeza soko la Black mjini Tunduma (picha na Ezekiel Kamanga)

Kwa picha nyengine tembelea Chimbukoletu.Blog

Msimu allergy (Pollen) unakaribia! Je, Umejianda rasmi?

2012-03-07T11:20:00.001-05:00

Msimu ndio unakaribia dalili na ishaara zimeshaanza kuonekana kama tulivyokuwa tunafuatilia miaka iliyopita, katika usumbufu huu wa allergy unaotokana na (Pollen) zinazotokana na uchanuawaji wa maua katika miti kama, inavyotokea kila mwaka mwishoni mwa mwenzi wa March, katika Wamarekani milioni 60 unaweza kuwa mmoja wa wanaosumbuliwa na tatizo hili la Allergy.

Ni matumaini yetu kuwakumbusha ya kwamba msimu allergy (Pollen) unakaribia kwa hiyo tunawaomba mchukuwe tahadhari, msimu huu ambayo ni miongoni mwa allergener ya kawaida ambayo kupalilia, mti na majani yanayosababisha poleni.

Vile vile unaweza kusababisha safu ya maradhi kama vile majibu au uchovu, kuumwa kichwa, macho, michuruziko ya maji pua,(Mafua) maambukizi ya Sinus, mapafu, pumu au matatizo hata ngozi kama vile eczema, unapotokea moja katika tatizo hilo kimbilia kumuona daktari .

Watch Rick Santorum's Full Super Tuesday Speech: 'We're Going to Win a Few, Lose a Few'

2012-03-07T10:41:00.000-05:00

EU pledges Sh11bn Amisom funding

2012-03-07T10:34:00.003-05:00

Prime Minister Raila Odinga (left) and the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy (right) during a press briefing at the Council’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2012. The EU agreed to strengthen its military presence in the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean waters up to 2014 to help contain the threats posed by terror and piracy. PMPS

By PMPS

The European Union has pledged to increase its funding for African Union mission in Somalia (Amisom) by 100 million euros (Sh11 bn) until 2013.

The EU also agreed to strengthen its military presence in the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean waters up to 2014 to help contain the threats posed by terror and piracy.

This came to the fore during a meeting between Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga and the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy at the Council’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr Odinga had appealed to the EU and other international blocks to stay committed to the cause of restoring stability in Somalia.

The PM said there was “light at the end of the long tunnel” over the Somalia crisis and the international community “must not let the opportunity slip by”.

Mr Odinga said stabilisation of Somalia must include investment in improving livelihoods in the Horn of Africa, including northern Kenya which has paid steep price for Somalia chaos.

He thanked the EU for its consistency in seeking a lasting solution to the instability in Somalia.

Mr Odinga appealed to the international community to follow through the declaration of the Nairobi Initiative on drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. Read more>>

Serikali yakataa masharti ya madaktari

2012-03-07T08:38:00.001-05:00

Waziri Mkuu,Mh. Mizengo Pinda.

WAZIRI Mkuu Mizengo Pinda amesema masharti ya madaktari ya kutaka Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, Dk . Hadji Mponda na Naibu wake, Dk. Lucy Nkya waondolewe nyadhifa zao ndipo majadiliano mengine yaendelee, hayakubaliki.

Pia amewasihi madaktari hao kutoendelea na mgomo leo na badala yake waiachie Serikali iendelee kushughulikia madai yao, likiwamo suala la kubadili uongozi wa wizara hiyo na iwapo wataendelea na mgomo, watambue kuwa maisha ya Watanzania yako mikononi mwao.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari Dar es Salaam jana, Pinda alieleza kushangazwa na kitendo cha madaktari hao kung’ang’ania hoja ya kufukuzwa kwa Dk Mponda na Dk Nkya, wakati waliwasilisha mbele ya Serikali madai mengi na yanayoendelea kushughulikiwa na kutoa mapendekezo ya nini kifanyike.

Alisema alipokutana na madaktari hao aliunda Kamati iliyojumuisha sekta mbalimbali wakiwamo wajumbe wawili wa Chama cha Madaktari Tanzania (MAT), wauguzi na wafamasia, kwa ajili ya kushughulikia madai ya madaktari hao na kamati hiyo ilishakamilisha kazi yake.

Hata hivyo, alisema katika mkutano wao wa mwisho na Serikali ulioongozwa kwa upande wa Serikali na Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma, George Yambesi, madaktari hao wakiongozwa na Mwenyekiti wa MAT, Dk Namala Mkopi, waligoma kuendelea na mazungumzo wakitaka viongozi hao wasimamishwe.

“Niliambiwa kuwa wakati kikao hicho kinaanza, madaktari waliweka masharti ya kutaka viongozi hawa wasimamishwe ndipo majadiliano mengine yaendelee, nikajiuliza kwa nini wang’ang’anie masharti haya wakati tayari Serikali ilishasema yanashughulikiwa?” Alihoji. Alisema anachofahamu ni kwamba viongozi hao wawili nafasi zao ni za kisiasa na mwenye mamlaka ya kuwateua ni Rais.

“Hivyo kitendo cha Mkuu wa Nchi kupewa saa 72 awe amewasimamisha kazi, kwanza mimi sikubaliani nacho na ninajua hata Rais mwenyewe hatakubaliana nacho,” alisema.

Alisema inafahamika wazi kuwa madai waliyotoa madaktari hao kwake yanafanyiwa kazi na mengi kama vile nyongeza ya posho, posho za mazingira hatarishi, mishahara, posho za usafiri na bima, yanazungumzika na kwamba utaratibu wa kuyafanyia kazi ulikuwa unaendelea.

Alitoa mfano kuwa madaktari hao walitaka posho ya sasa kwa kima cha juu kwa madaktari ya Sh 25,000 kwa siku iongezwe na kufikia Sh 50,000 huku wengine wakitaka ifikie Sh 80,000, jambo ambalo linaweza kushughulikiwa ingawa kwa kupitia kwanza bajeti na hali ya uchumi wa nchi.

“Ndiyo maana nashangaa wenzetu hawa kulileta suala hili leo, wakati tulishatoka nao mbali hadi kufikia kusimamisha kwanza Katibu Mkuu (Blandina Nyoni) na Mganga Mkuu (Deo Mtasiwa), ili kupisha uchunguzi huku madai mengine yakishughulikiwa, kwa masharti haya mapya labda kama wenzetu wana jambo lingine,” alisema.

Aliwaomba madaktari hao waiachie Serikali kazi ya kushughulikia madai yao na kuendelea na kazi leo, lakini wakiendelea na mgomo huo kwa kisingizio cha kuwasimamisha Dk Mponda na Dk Nkya haitaleta picha nzuri kwa Watanzania, kwa kuwa wao ndio waathirika wakuu.

“Kwanza jamani huyu Dk Mponda ndiyo kwanza ana mwaka mmoja na miezi kadhaa tangu awe Waziri wa Afya na mengi ya madai ya madaktari hawa yanaonekana wazi ni matatizo ya muda mrefu, hali ambayo kweli Serikali imeona na kuamua kuijenga sekta hiyo ya afya ili iwe na meno,” alisema.

Alisema amesikia na kupokea ujumbe mwingi kuwa madaktari hao wamepanga kugoma leo huku wakidai kuwa wataikomesha Serikali.

“Naomba watambue kuwa wanachofanya si kuikomesha Serikali, bali kuwakomesha wagonjwa, kwani wao ndio waathirika wakuu, naomba watumie busara na hekima na kurejea kazini, ili kuwalinda Watanzania wasio na hatia.” Alisema ni jambo linalosikitisha kuona madaktari hao ambao wanatambua umuhimu wao kwa Taifa hasa suala la afya, kutumia fursa hiyo ya maisha ya Watanzania kuibana Serikali, kwa kuwa wanafahamu wanaweza kufanya lolote wanalotaka.

Alisema kimsingi, zipo sheria za nchi ambazo zinaweka bayana masharti kwa sekta zinazogusa watu, ikiwamo ya afya wafanyakazi wake kutogoma, kwa kuwa waathirika zaidi wa migomo hiyo ni wananchi ambao hawana hatia. Aliwataka madaktari kutambua kuwa sheria katika eneo hilo iko makini na kuwasihi iwapo wanataka kugoma basi wagome kwa misingi ya kisheria.

“Ila jamani ninawaomba sana madaktari wasigome na kuacha watu wakifa kwa kisingizio cha watu wawili, watambue kuwa huwezi kumpa Rais masharti, hili halikubaliki si hapa tu hata nchi zingine.” Kuhusu Serikali imejipangaje iwapo madaktari hao watagoma leo, Pinda alisema haijajiandaa na lolote kwa kuwa inaamini wataalamu hao watatumia hekima na kuiachia Serikali ishughulikie madai yao na wao kuendelea na kazi.

“Lakini jamani tujipange kwa lipi, kwa kuwa Mponda hajaondoka? Basi kama ni hivyo kuna tatizo kubwa kuliko inavyodhaniwa.” Aidha Pinda alisema mpaka sasa hajafahamu athari za mgomo wa madaktari uliopita na kutaka swali hilo, waulizwe wahusika wenyewe wa sekta ya afya, kwa kuwa wao ndio wanaofahamu jinsi Watanzania walivyoumia.

Car bomb and suicide attack in northern Iraq kill at least 12 people

2012-03-07T08:01:00.002-05:00

By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES

A car bomb followed by an attack by a bomber wearing an explosive vest killed 12 people in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar on Wednesday, police said.

A local official in Tal Afar said: “A parked car bomb exploded near a restaurant in central Tal Afar. Minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd.”

Police and the official said 12 people had been killed and 15 were wounded in the attack. Tal Afar is near the border with Syria, about 420 km (260 miles) north of Baghdad and just west of the volatile northern city of Mosul.

Baghdad

In Baghdad, Iraqi officials said a car bomb has killed two and wounded seven people in western Baghdad.

A police official said the bomb exploded Wednesday in a car parked in a commercial area full of shops and clinics in the Sunni-dominated Mansour neighborhood.

A hospital official confirmed the death toll. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Violence has dropped considerably since the height of Iraq’s insurgency just a few years ago, but deadly attacks still happen almost every day.

Arrests

Meanwhile, Iraqi authorities arrested at least 13 alleged Al-Qaeda fighters on Tuesday in connection with a shooting spree that left 27 policemen dead, including two officers killed execution-style.

The men, apparently led by an ex-officer in the late Saddam Hussein’s elite Republican Guards, were arrested in Salaheddin and Anbar provinces, north and west of Baghdad, defense ministry spokesman Major General Mohammed al-Askari told AFP.

Another man blew himself up when cornered by security forces, and three were killed in clashes, Askari said.

“We intensified our operations on instruction from the operations commands of Salaheddin and Anbar, and we arrested 13 members of Al-Qaeda,” he said.

“Three others were killed during the operation, and a fourth one blew himself up.”

The interior ministry earlier said that police in Salaheddin arrested four suspects, and a fifth blew himself up. It was unclear if the four men the interior ministry spoke of were among the 13 Askari said were detained.

On Monday morning, suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen, some wearing army uniforms, raged through the western city of Haditha, in Anbar province, in a pre-dawn shooting spree that killed 27 policemen.

The assault, launched at about 2:00 am (2300 GMT on Sunday), saw insurgents dressed in military uniforms simultaneously attacking two checkpoints in the east and west of Haditha before storming other security posts and raiding the homes of two officers.

Authorities sacked Lieutenant General Abdulaziz Mohammed Jassim, head of Anbar province's security command center, in the aftermath of the attack.

Haditha was one of several towns along the Euphrates valley that became Al-Qaeda strongholds after the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

However, in 2006, local Sunni tribes sided with the US military and unrest dwindled in Anbar as rebel fighters were ejected from the region.

Violence across the country is down from its peaks in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common. A total of 150 Iraqis were killed in February, according to official figures.

Souce english.alarabiya.net

Romney aongoza katika chaguzi za awali

2012-03-07T07:34:00.001-05:00

Mitt Romney ambaye ni mgombea mwenye matumaini ya kuwania kiti cha urais nchini Marekani kwa tiketi ya chama cha Republican, katika chaguzi za awali zilizofanyika jana, alijipatia ushindi muhimu katika majimbo sita.

Jana ilikuwa siku ya muhimu kisiasa kwa Marekani kwani chaguzi za awali za kumtafuta mgombea wa urais wa chama cha Republican zilifanyika katika majimbo kumi. Kutokana na umuhimu wake, siku hiyo inapewa jina la Super Tuesday. Gavana wa zamani wa jimbo la Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, aliweza kujipatia ushindi katika jimbo lake la Massachusetts na pia katika majimbo ya Virginia, Idaho, Wyoming na Alaska na pia katika jimbo la Ohio ambalo linapewa umuhimu zaidi.

Katika uchaguzi uliofanyika jana, Mitt Romney alipata asilimia 38 ya kura zilizopigwa katika jimbo la Ohio na hivyo kumshinda mpinzani wake wa karibu Rick Santorum aliyepata asilimia 37 ya kura.

Ushindi katika jimbo la Ohio unapewa umuhimu mkubwa kwani wachambuzi wanaamini kwamba anayeshinda uchaguzi katika jimbo hilo ndiye mwenye nafasi kubwa ya kuwa mshindi wa jumla wa chaguzi za awali na hivyo kuwa mgombea wa urais wa chama cha Republican.

Rick Santorum aendelea kuwa mpinzani wa karibu
wa Romney

Santorum bado ni mpinzani wa karibu

Rick Santourm pia alifanikiwa kupata ushindi katika baadhi ya majimbo. Miongoni mwao ni majimbo ya Tennessee na Oklahoma ambayo wakaazi wake ni wahafidhina.

Matokeo hayo yanampa moyo Santorum kwamba ataweza kushinda chaguzi zijazo katika majimbo mengine kama vile Kentucky na West Virginia. Wachambuzi wanasema kwamba Mitt Romney hakubaliki sana katika majimbo hayo.

Watu wengi wanamwona kama tajiri mkubwa wa tabaka la juu anayetoka katika eneo la Marekani Mashariki linalochukiwa na wengi. Wengi hawaamini kwamba Romney ataweza kuiliongoza taifa la Marekani kuwa taifa lenye nguvu na linalofuata maadili ya kikristo.

Rick Santorum anakubalika zaidi. Usiku wa jana alikazia msingi wa kile anachokiamini: "Marekani imekuwa taifa kubwa," alisema Santorum. "Tumeweza kujenga taifa jipya.

Sasa tunahitaji watu watakaompinga rais Obama na maono yake juu ya udhibiti wa serikali katika sekta ya afya, nishati, huduma za kifedha na mambo mengine."

Newt Gingrich apata ushindi nyumbani

Newt Gingrich akiwa na mke wake Callista

Newt Gingrich aliyekuwa mwenyekiti wa kambi ya wanachama wa Republican katika bunge la Marekani jana alijipatia ushindi katika jimbo lake la Georgia.

Mke wake, Callista Gingrich, alisema kwamba ushindi huo unamtosha mumewe kubakia katika kinyang'anyiro cha kiti cha urais.

Alipokuwa akizungumza na wapiga kura, alimtambulisha mumewe kama rais mtarajiwa wa Marekani.

Jambo hilo linaonekana kama kichekesho kwani Gingrich amepata kura chache sana katika uchaguzi wa jana na hivyo hana nafasi ya kuwa mgombea wa urais wa chama cha Republican, au hata kuwa rais. Ron Paul mwenye umri wa miaka 72 pia hatarajiwi kuwa mshindi wa jumla wa chaguzi za awali.

Mwanasiasa huyo kutoka jimbo la Texas mara kwa mara anaonekana kama mtu anayetoa matamko yanayofurahisha lakini jana hakushinda uchaguzi hata katika jimbo moja. Wapo wanachama wenzake wengi wanaomshauri ajiondoe katika kinyang'anyiro hiki.

Mwandishi: Silke Hasselmann/Elizabeth Shoo

Mhariri: Josephat Charo

Don't step on my blue suede shoes: Party Prince Harry gets down to Bob Marley in Jamaica wearing brightly-coloured desert boots

2012-03-07T00:04:00.001-05:00

By REBECCA ENGLISH

Prince Harry danced his socks off in blue suede shoes yesterday.

The prince was visiting the Rise Life project in downtown Kingston when he was pulled to his feet by attractive Chantol Dormer.

The 27-year-old royal proved that, unlike most men, he had remarkably good rhythm as he gyrated to a rendition of reggae legend Bob Marley's One Love.

Harry was wearing an eye-wincingly bright pair of £115 Russell and Bromley desert boots.

The reluctant rhumba: The prince looks unsure at first when he is invited to dance... but he soon warms up

Showing him the moves: After a tentative start, the young royal soon gets to grips with the routine

Rhythm and blue shoes: Harry the party prince takes to the floor with Chantol Dormer as the pair dance to Bob Marley

As the Mail revealed on Tuesday there has already been a rush to snap up the identical light brown pair he has been wearing all week.

Rise Life is an inspirational project for young people in one of the more deprived districts of Kingston, providing learning facilities and a safe haven for young people aged from about 10 years old upwards.

Harry met children and staff participating in a counselling session and viewed some of the centre’s facilities including an IT workshop, before attending a Rise Life party in the courtyard with scores of young people and staff. Raed more>>

UN YAENDESHA WARSHA KWA MAAFISA MAWASILIANO WA SERIKALI YA ZANZIBAR.

2012-03-06T22:56:00.000-05:00

Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa Tanzania kupitia kundi la maafisa mawasiliano linalojulikana kama United Nations Communication Group (UNCG), limeendesha warsha ya siku moja mjini Zanzibar kwa maafisa mawasiliano wa serikali ya Zanzibar wanaofanya kazi katika wizara zote za Zanzibar.

Warsha hiyo ilihudhuriwa na maafisa 40 wa wizara husika na ilihusu jinsi gani ya kuwawezesha wanamawasiliano wa serikali ya Zanzibar na UN kuimarisha mawasiliano yanayohusu maendeleo ya Jamii, hususan ya Zanzibar.

Mheshimiwa Dr. Mwinyihaji Makame, waziri wa nchi ofisi ya Rais na mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi Zanzibar alifungua warsha hiyo. Julai 2011, UN pamoja na serikali ya Tanzania ilisaini Mpango wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa Msaada wa Maendeleo wa miaka minne (UNDAP).

Mpango huu umelenga kufanya kazi kwa pamoja na serikali ya Tanzania. Utoaji wa warsha kwa maafisa Mawasiliano wa serikali ni moja ya mikakati ya kuimarisha utoaji taarifa wa maendeleo ya programu zinazofanywa kwa pamoja ambapo kundi la Mawasiliano la UN litakutana na wanamawasiliano wa bara mwezi ujao.

Benghazi yajitangazia utawala wake

2012-03-06T22:01:00.000-05:00

Viongozi wa wapiganaji na wa makabila katika mji wa Benghazi nchini Libya wamejitangazia utawala wao katika eneo la mashariki mwa nchi kama jimbo lenye uhuru.

Wanasema wanarejea makubaliano ya tangu miaka ya 1950 ya jimbo hilo, likijulikana kama Cyrenaica, lilivyoendeshwa kwa asilimia kubwa ya utawala.

Wengi wa watu wa Benghazi wamekuwa wakilalamika kuachwa nyuma na kubaguliwa kwa jimbo lao ambalo lina utajiri mkubwa wa mafuta Hatua hiyo inaleta wasiwasi kwa utawala wa muda mjini Tripoli.

Mwandshi wa BBC Gabriel Gatehouse aliyeko mjini Benghazi katika sherehe hizo amlisema mamia ya watu walikusanyika katika eneo la kuegeshea ndege katika kitongoji kimoja cha jiji la Benghazi.

Walicheza ngoma huku wakitoa kauli za kuunga mkono mfumo wa shirikisho.

Msemaji wa Baraza la wananchi wa Cyrenica aliiambia BBC kwamba makabila na wanajeshi wanaliunga mkono azimio linalohimiza eneo la Mashariki ya Libya lijitawale wenyewe.

Cyrenaica ina utajiri mkubwa wa mafuta na hatua hii itachochea taharuki ya ugomvi katika Tripoli na kwingineko kuwania udhibiti wa mali asili za Libya.

Lakini watu wake wanasema wanachokitaka ni kugawana sawasawa utajiri huo.

Azimio lao halina mashiko ya kisheria .

Kwa sasa Libya iko katika hali ya taharuki za kisiasa lakini baada ya miongo kadhaa ya kutengwa,hatua hii inaungwa mkono na wengi katika mji huu wa pili kwa ukubwa nchini Libya.

Obama pushes back on imminent military decision on Iran, slams Republican ‘bluster’

2012-03-06T20:54:00.002-05:00

U.S. President Barack Obama said that American politicians ‘beating the drums of war’ had a responsibility to explain the costs and benefits of military action. (Reuters)

By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES

U.S. President Barack Obama lashed out Tuesday at criticism from Republican rivals over his Iran policy, saying “bluster” is not helping resolve the nuclear standoff.

Amid mounting speculation that Israel could attack Iran’s nuclear sites in coming months, Obama said that American politicians ‘beating the drums of war’ had a responsibility to explain the costs and benefits of military action.

“This is not a game, and there’s nothing casual about it,” Obama told a news conference. “When I see some of these folks who had a lot of bluster and a lot of big talk, but when you actually ask them, specifically, what they would do, it turns out they repeat the things that we’ve been doing over the last three years.”

Speaking after Republican campaign hopefuls pledged a tougher stand on Iran, Obama dismissed the comments as political.

“What’s said on the campaign trail... those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities. They’re not commander in chief,” Obama told reporters.

“And when I see the casualness with which some of these folks talk about war, I’m reminded of the costs involved in war. I’m reminded of the decision that I have to make, in terms of sending our young men and women into battle. And the impacts that has on their lives, the impact it has on our national security, the impact it has on our economy.” Read more>>

NA MAPISHI YA KINYUMBANI UPAKAJI WA HINA PAMOJA BABYSITTER SASA TUPO KARIBU YAKO

2012-03-06T09:41:00.007-05:00

Bi Moza Binty Khamis akiwa na sahani wa samaki wa kupaka na kachumbari ya mchanganyiko wa masala flani. (Picha na Abou Shary)

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Highlight Of The Night

2012-03-06T08:20:00.000-05:00

JK: Actions needed to end violence against women

2012-03-06T08:18:00.000-05:00

By PATRICK KISEMBO

President Jakaya Kikwete has said time has come for the adoption of concrete actions in the efforts to end violence against women.

President Jakaya Kikwete pictured at Marangu in Moshi yesterday listening to one of the women from 36 African countries preparing to climb Mt Kilimanjaro.

The president made the remarks yesterday when flagging off “The Africa UNITE Climb to End Violence against Women and Girls’ in Moshi yesterday, where women from 36 African countries set out to climb to the top of the continent’s highest mountain.

The campaign whose slogan is Climb Up, Speak Out has brought together the women representatives signifying Africa’s commitment to ending violence against women and girls in the continent.

In addressing gender based violence, Kikwete said policies and legal instruments meant very little without commensurate implementation measures and actions.

“Governments have to walk the talk. We must ensure that our actions speak louder than words. It is required of us to adequately reflect on our national plans, programmes and budget measures to promote gender parity and fight against gender based violence,” he stated.

He said Tanzania strongly supports the Secretary General’s Campaign on “Say No – UNiTE to End Violence against Women and Girls.”

“Violence against women is a pervasive scourge which has been with us for ages,” he said, adding that it knows no colour, creed, age, status or nation.

“What brought us here is the fact that we should not allow this cruel and worthless scourge to continue. It is a violation of women’s rights of a very high degree. It demeans their personality and humanity,” he stressed.

The president said violence against women prevents them from enjoying life and above all their fundamental rights and freedoms. It also prevents them from realising their fullest potentials and possible contributions and benefiting equitably from development of their families and societies.

“In many ways violence against women retards their efforts for personal advancement and impedes efforts towards poverty reduction because women’s potential is not utilised optimally,” he said.

He pointed out that violence against women was undermining efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa.

“We know for a fact that some African countries will not achieve the MDGs that have key indicators on gender matters and others partly because of gender based violence,” Kikwete said, adding: “The objective of reducing poverty, ending hunger, deprivation and promoting socio-economic development for all peoples on all continents will not be realised if violence against women and girls continues.”

“We cannot achieve our objectives if young girls are being abducted on their way to or from school,” he noted.

The president said in many of the countries girls are forcefully married off at a very tender age, putting them at risk of getting pregnant at too young an age and at risk of contracting HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases.

“Shamefully there are over 14.1 million girls in Sub-Saharan Africa who are child brides, married before the age of 18,” he said.

The president however was pleased that African Heads of State and Government have taken a positive stand by enshrining in Article 4 (L) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union the inclusion of the gender parity principle.

“This provides for a moral obligation for all member states to enshrine this principle in their national constitutions, legislations and socio-economic development policies and programmes,” he said.

He assured the gathering that Tanzania remained committed to the pursuit of gender parity and fighting violence against women.

“We will not falter in this endeavour. I am ready to work with my colleagues in other countries to promote this noble cause in the African continent,” he stressed.

Other measures according to him included, ground breaking Protocol on African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa which was adopted by the African Union on 11 July 2003 at its second summit in Maputo, Mozambique.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), up to 70 per cent of women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.

Among women aged between 15 and 44, acts of violence cause more death and disability than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and wars combined.

WHO said in Sub-Saharan Africa, between 13 per cent and 45 per cent of women suffer assault by their intimate partners during their lifetime and as we speak over 3 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation.

Source The Guadian

ACHINJWA NA KUTENGWANISHWA KICHWA NA KIWILIWILI CHAKE

2012-03-06T08:00:00.001-05:00

Mkoa wa Mbeya

Habari na Ezekiel Kamanga, Mbeya

Mtu mmoja aliyefahamika kwa jina la Whyson James Swilla (70), ameuawa kwa kutenganishwa kichwa na kiwili wili chake mita chache kutoka nyumbani kwake februari 5 mwaka huu.

Hata hivyo awali marehemu alifuatwa nyumbani kwake katika mtaa wa Londoni, Vwawa wilaya ya Mbozi na watu wasiofahamika lakini bila mafanikio walimkosa, na kumkuta mwanawe mwenye umri wa miaka 14 na kisha watu hao waliamua kuvunja mlango na kuiba kuku.

Kwa upande wake mkazi mmoja Bi Nesi Mwambalo aliukuta mwili wa marehemu barabarani ukiwa umetapakaa damu na kutoa taarifa kwa Mwenyekiti wa mtaa huo Bwana Jaston Wega ambaye alitoa taarifa katika Kituo cha Polisi Vwawa na kuuchukua mwili wa marehemu katika Hospitali ya Wilaya ya Mbozi kwa uchunguzi na kisha mwili kukabidhiwa kwa ndugu wa marehemu.

Mazishi yamefanyika majira ya saa 8 mchana na hakuna mtu yeyote aliyekamatwa kuhusika na mauaji hayo na chanzo chake hakijaweza kufahamika mara moja na Jeshi la polisi linaendelea na uchunguzi.

Habari hii kwa hisani ya Chimbukoletu.Blog

Floods alert in Tanzania as heavy rains loom

2012-03-06T07:53:00.000-05:00

By PIUS RUGONZIBWA

The Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) has said that the seasonal rains (masika) are around the corner and above normal rains will prevail in most regions, cautioning authorities to take preventive measures. Generally, above normal rainfall results in flashfloods and outbreaks of communicable diseases, including cholera.

Director General of the Tanzania Meteorological Agency, Dr Agnes Kijazi

Addressing reporters in Dar es Salaam on Monday, TMA’s Director General Dr Agness Kijazi said the northern coast including Tanga, Unguja and Pemba, as well as Mwanza, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Mara and Kagera regions will receive normal to above normal rains which will fall throughout March to May.

She appealed to Local Government Authorities (LGAs), particularly disaster management teams and other stakeholders to ensure preparedness, response and mitigation of any negative impact resulting from the expected adverse weather conditions.

“The outlook for March to May rainfall season indicates that most parts of the northern regions will receive normal to above normal rainfall except for Shinyanga Region which is expected to receive only normal rainfall,” she said.

However, she said the ongoing seasonal rains over the southern regions are expected to be mainly normal for most areas except for Southern Iringa, Lindi, Ruvuma and Mtwara regions that are expected to get normal to below normal rains.

Dr Kijazi said the climate outlook was based on a review of the current and expected state of global climate systems and its likely impacts on the upcoming March to May rainy season.

“The observed and projected cooling over central equatorial and Eastern Atlantic Ocean coupled with slight warming over the South-Western Indian Ocean is expected to contribute and enhance westerly wind towards Tanzania leading to increased rainfall particularly over the western parts,” she explained.

She also said where above normal rains are expected, municipalities should improve their infrastructure, including opening up and clearing drainage systems to avoid water accumulation. According to Dr Kijazi, people living in lowlands should consider moving to safer places.

On the other side, she said water levels over the lakes, dams and rivers are expected to improve over the areas where normal and above normal rains are expected, hence benefit the energy and water sectors. The DG predicted, however, that the situation will be good news to pastoralists where pastures and water availability for livestock and wildlife over most parts of the country is likely to be good.

‘Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists are advised to harvest and conserve pasture for use during dry periods, although they are strongly advised to seek more advice from livestock extension officers,” she added.

Source Tanzania Daily News

MAUAJI YA KIMBARI YA RWANDA: RUFAA ZA NTABAKUZE NA HATEGEKIMANA KUTOLEWA MEI 8

2012-03-06T07:44:00.000-05:00

Aloys Ntabakuze

Na Shirika la Habari la Hirondelle,Arusha

Mahakama ya Rufaa ya Mahakama ya Kimataifa ya Mauaji ya Kimbari ya Rwanda (ICTR) itatoa hukumu za kesi mbili za rufaa zinazowahusu maafisa wawili wa zamani wa jeshi la Rwanda, Meja Aloys Ntabakuze na Luteni Ildephonse Hategekimana, Mei 8, 2012.

Kwa mujibu wa ratiba zilizotolewa Februari 29 na Machi 2, mwaka huu, Ntabakuza atakuwa wa kwanza kupokea hukumu yake akifuatiwa na Hategekimana. Maafisa hawa wanapinga adhabu za vifungo vya maisha walizopewa kutokana na kuhusika kwao katika mauaji ya kimbari ya mwaka 1994 nchini mwao.

Meja Ntabakuze ambaye alikuwa Kamanda wa Bataliani ya Makomando alitiwa hatiani kwa mauaji ya kimbari, uhalifu dhidi ya binadamu na uhalifu wa kivita Desemba 18,2008, kutokana na askari waliokuwa chini ya mamlaka yake kushiriki kwenye mauaji yaliyofanyika maeneo ya Kabeza, Nyanza Hill na Chuo cha Takwimu (IAMSEA) mjini Kigali.

Kwa upande wake Luteni Hategekimana ambaye alikuwa Kamanda wa Kambi ndogo ya Kijeshi ya Ngoma mkoani Butare, Kusini mwa Rwanda alihukumiwa kifungo cha maisha jela Desemba 6, 2010 baada ya kutiwa hatiani kwa mauaji ya kimbari na uhalifu dhidi ya binadamu kwa ushiriki wake katika mauaji ya watu kadhaa na kuamuru maauji ya kimbari dhidi ya Watutsi waliokuwa wanapata hifadhi katika kanisa la Ngoma.

Wakati wa kusikiliza rufaa ya Ntabakuze Septemba 27, 2011 na Hategekimana Desemba 6, 2011 upande wa utetezi kwa wote wawili waliomba wateja wao wachiwe huru kwa madai kwamba upande wa mashitaka umeshindwa kudhibitisha tuhuma pasipo kuacha mashaka.

Wakili Kiongzi wa Ntabakuze, Andre Tremblay, alieleza kwamba ‘’ushahidi uliotolewa na mwendesha mashitaka ni dhaifu mno kuweza kumtia hatiani na mrufani hakupata taarifa za kutosha kuhusiana na mashitaka aliyotiwa nayo hatiani.’’

Naye wakili Kiongozi wa Hategekimana, Jean de Dieu Momo alidai kwamba ushahidi uliotolewa na upande wa mashitaka kuunga mkono mashitaka dhidi ya mteja wake haukutoka kwa mashahidi walioshuhudia kwa macho yao uhalifu huo na badala yake ulikuwa ni ushahidi wa kusimuliwa tu na kwamba ulijaa uongo.

Kwa upande wake, mwendesha mashitaka aliiomba mahakama kuyatupilia mbali maelezo hayo ya mawakili wa utetezi kwa kile alichosema yamekosa uthabiti.

VP Ssekandi meets city taxi drivers

2012-03-06T07:33:00.000-05:00

Old Taxi Park

By Brian Mayanja

Vice - President Edward Ssekandi Tuesday convened a meeting of taxi drivers to solve their grievances.

The meeting is taking place at his office in Kampala.

This after over 50 drivers on Monday stormed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) headquarters after tip off that the authority officials were in a closed door meeting with some UTODA officials.

The storming of KCCA offices was masterminded by leaders of Drivers and Conductors Central Association (DACCA) and the National Union of Taxi Operators (NUTO).

The drivers found their way into the internal audit and revenue collection committee in the afternoon, paralyzing business.

The angry drivers accused KCCA officials of trying to reinstate UTODA to manage taxi business in the city without their consent.

“We rather pay the sh120, 000 to KCCA than being governed by UTODA officials. I suffered during their tenure,” said Joseph Ssemati, a driver at Muyenga stage, Old Taxi Park.

After verbal exchange with committee members, Apollo Mugume the committee chairman allowed the drivers to air out their grievances.

Drivers reiterated their position to the proposal of a joint committee with UTODA, in revenue collection and management of the taxi parks and stages.

Source: newvision.co.ug/news

Na Gazeti la mwananchi: Chadema: JK vunja Baraza la Mawaziri

2012-03-06T07:22:00.002-05:00

Baraza la Mawaziri

NI MAAZIMIO YA KAMATI KUU, YASEMA KUYUMBA KWA UCHUMI KUNATOKANA NA RAIS KUWA NA WASHAURI WABOVU

Boniface Meena

CHAMA cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), kimemtaka Rais Jakaya Kikwete kulivunja Baraza la Mawaziri kwa maelezo kwamba limeshindwa kumshauri hivyo kusababisha hali ngumu ya maisha na kuyumba kwa uchumi wa nchi huku, migogoro ikiendelea kushamiri.Tamko hilo la Chadema linakuja kipindi ambacho tayari madaktari wametoa siku tatu kwa Serikali wakitaka kung'olewa kwa Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, Dk Hadji Mponda na naibu wake, Dk Lucy Nkya kutokana na kushindwa kusimamia sekta ya afya nchini.

Akisoma maazimio ya kikao cha Kamati Kuu (CC) ya chama hicho iliyoketi juzi jijini Arusha, Mkurugenzi wa Habari na Uenezi wa chama hicho, John Mnyika, alisema Chadema pia kinamtaka Rais Kikwete kufumua maeneo mengine ya Serikali yake kwa kuwa mfumo wake ni mbovu usiokidhi haja ya kutekelezwa kwa majukumu yake.

Mnyika akisoma maazimio hayo jijini Dar es Salaam jana alisema, "Kamati Kuu haijaridhishwa na jinsi Serikali inavyoshughulikia suala la uchumi na hali tete ya kisiasa ikiwa ni pamoja na migogoro mbalimbali na hiyo inatokana na uwezo mdogo wa mawaziri wa JK."

Alisema CC ya Chadema haijaridhishwa na jinsi Serikali ya Rais Kikwete inavyoshughulikia mambo mbalimbali nchini na hilo linatokana na mkuu huyo wa nchi kukosa washauri wazuri katika baraza lake la mawaziri.

Mnyika ambaye pia ni mbunge wa Ubungo alisisitiza, "Rais aanze na baraza lake la mawaziri kwa kulivunja kisha aende kwenye ngazi mbalimbali ambazo ameteua viongozi wabovu, awaondoe." Alisisitiza, "Na hii inatokana na katiba tuliyonayo kumpa nafasi ya kuchagua watu kadri anavyotaka."

Mnyika alifafanua kwamba ili kupunguza makali na machungu kwa wananchi yanayosababishwa na uongozi huo mbovu, ni lazima Rais aanzie kwenye chombo chake kinachomshauri ili aweze kurekebisha mfumo mbovu uliopo.

"CC imezungumzia suala la migogoro inayotokea nchini na kuona kuwa Serikali inashindwa kushughulikia vyanzo vya migogoro hiyo. Hivyo ni lazima ishughulikie vyanzo vya migogoro na kuacha masihara kwenye hilo,"alisema Mnyika.

Mnyika alisema kutokana na hali ya uchumi na siasa kuwa tete CC imeamua kuwa Baraza Kuu la Chadema litakalokaa Aprili mwaka huu lijadili hali hiyo na kutoa mapendekezo kwa Serikali jinsi ya kurekebisha mambo kama Rais hatalivunja baraza hilo ambalo limekuwa mzigo kwa nchi.

Kuhusu Katiba

Akizungumzia msimamo wa CC kuhusu utoaji wa maoni ya marekebisho ya Katiba, Mnyika alisema wametambua kuwa marekebisho yaliyofanyika kwenye mkutano wa Bunge wa ulioisha Februari 10 mwaka huu kama ni ya awali hivyo CC inataka Serikali kuendelea na awamu ya pili ya mchakato huo.

"Taarifa kuhusu suala la katiba CC inatambua kuwa marekebisho yaliyofanyika kwenye mkutano wa Bunge ni ya awali hivyo inataka Serikali kuendelea na awamu ya pili na marekebisho yake kufanyika Bunge lijalo la Aprili mwaka huu,"alisema Mnyika.

Alisema CC imeamua kuwa Chadema itaendelea kutoa elimu ya marekebisho ya katiba kwenye mikutano yake, ili kuwafungua wananchi waweze kutoa maoni kikamilifu katika mchakato wa kupata Katiba mpya.

Mnyika alisema kutokana na wito wa Rais Kikwete kutaka majina kutoka kwa vyama ya watu watakaoingia katika tume ya mchakato wa katiba, Chadema imekaribisha maombi na mapendekezo ya watakaotaka kuingia kwenye tume hiyo.

"Kama Serikali ilivyotamgaza kuanza kwa tume hiyo kila chama kimetakiwa kuwa na wawakilishi watatu, Chadema inakaribisha maombi na mapendekezo na mwisho wa kupokea maombi hayo ni Machi 11 mwaka huu ili tuweze kufanya utaratibu,"alisema Mnyika.

Uchaguzi wa chama, Arumeru

Mnyika alisema Baraza Kuu la Chadema litakaa Aprili 29 mwaka huu na kutangaza tarehe za kufanyika kwa uchaguzi wa ndani wa chama kuanzia ngazi ya chini hadi taifa.

Alisema pia Baraza Kuu litapitisha bajeti ya mpango mkakati wa muda mrefu wa chama hivyo viongozi wote wa chama walioko katika ngazi mbalimbali wajiandae kuwasilisha maoni yao.

"Kuhusu uchaguzi wa ndani ya chama CC imeamua Baraza Kuu lifanyike Aprili 29 mwaka huu na kwamba nafasi mbalimbali za uongozi kuanzia ngazi ya mtaa, kijiji, kitongoji, kata kwenda juu zitawaniwa,"alisema Mnyika.

Kuhusu bajeti ya uchanguzi mdogo wa ubunge jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki, Mnyika alisema chama kimeamua kuwa kampeni za uchaguzi huo ziendeshwe kwa nguvu ya umma bila kutegemea ruzuku za chama.

Alisema chama kimejipanga kupata misaada kutoka kwa wananchi wa Arumeru na wananchi wengine nchini katika kuhakikisha hakitumii ruzuku ya chama kwenye uchaguzi huo.

"Kampeni za Arumeru zitaendeshwa kwa nguvu ya umma ikiwa ni pamoja na kupata fedha za wananchi kote nchini na si kutegemea ruzuku za chama bali za wananchi kwa ujumla na hasa Arumeru,"alisema Mnyika.

Alisema chama kimeteua watu kadhaa wa kuangalia jinsi gani ya kupata fedha hizo za nguvu ya umma na kile kiasi ambacho kitahitajika kuongezeka chama kitatangaza kiasi gani kitatumika.

Romney and Santorum in Ohio dead heat going into 'Super Tuesday'

2012-03-06T07:18:00.004-05:00

By TOBY HARNDEN

Hoping to land a virtual knockout blow on the chin of his main rival Rick Santorum in Ohio today, Mitt Romney made a closing argument of being the only candidate who could fix the economy 'because I’ve actually been in it'.

Speaking in Zanesville on the eve of Super Tuesday, a pivotal day in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination when 10 states vote, the former Massachusetts governor made a determined push for blue-collar voters.

Victories in more than five states, combined with more than half of the 419 delegates at stake, could give Mr Romney an almost unassailable lead in the quest to secure the 1,144 delegates needed to be crown nominee at the party convention in Tampa in late August.

Battle: Mitt Romney speaks in Ohio - an important battleground for the campaign of Republican presidential candidates, with the state carrying 66 delegates to the Republican National Convention

Mr Romney, who is worth more than $200 million and has at times struggled to connect with ordinary people, said that the 2012 election centred around 'whether the stresses on families are going to be alleviated, where you’ve got a mom working the day shift and a dad working a night shift and the kids not sure who’s home when'.

He unveiled a new slogan of 'more jobs, less debt, smaller government' that is as much aimed at President Barack Obama as Mr Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, the other three remaining contestants in the Republican stakes.

Mr Romney and Mr Santorum, the two leading contenders, were locked in a dead heat in polls in Ohio. The former Massachusetts governor suggested that victory in the state, certain to be a key battleground in November, would all but guarantee him the nomination.

Favourite: Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, stand with a puppet of President Barack Obama outside a Romney campaign rally

Campaign: Republican presidential candidate and former US Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign rally at an American Legion in Ohio ahead of Super Tuesday

'I hope that I get the support of people here in Ohio tomorrow, and in other states across the country,' he said in Youngstown. 'I believe if I do, I’ll get the nomination. And then we can start organising our effort to make sure that we replace President Obama.'

Buoyed by endorsements from conservative favourites like Representative Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader, and Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Mr Romney has been campaigning as frontrunner after a string of five victories in Maine, Michigan, Arizona, Wyoming and Washington state.

In recent days, he has opened up a double-digit lead in national polls and is the clear favourite to win Virginia, where Mr Santorum is not on the ballot, Massachusetts, Vermont and Idaho on Super Tuesday.

Mr Gingrich is likely to take his native state of Georgia and also show strongly in Tennessee and Oklahoma. Mr Paul, the libertarian Texas congressman, hopes to secure his first win of the campaign in Alaska and perhaps another in North Dakota.

But without any wins outside the South there would be pressure on Mr Gingrich to drop out. Mr Paul, whose uncompromising anti-war stances have meant he never had a realistic chance of the nomination is likely to stay in the race for the long haul. Read more>>

Obama, Netanyahu Show Unity, Yet Signal Differences, Over Iran Strategy

2012-03-06T07:17:00.000-05:00

Netanyahu amaliza ziara yake Marekani

2012-03-06T06:46:00.001-05:00

Waziri Mkuu wa Israel Benjamin Netanyahu leo anahitimisha ziara yake nchini Marekani huku akionya kuwa Israel haitaendelea kukaa kimya huku Iran inaendelea kutekeleza mpango mpango wake sila za nyuklia.

Baada ya mazungumzo yaliyofuatiliwa kwa karibu sana kati yake na Rais Barack Obama wa Marekani, Netanyahu alisema yeye kama Waziri Mkuu wa Israel, kamwe hatokubali kuona raia wake wanaishi katika hali ya khofu na kuongeza kuwa, Wakati Israel ikisubiri njia za amani zitumike, Iran imeendelea kusonga mbele na mpango wake wa kutengeneza silaha za nyuklia.

Rais Barack Obama katika mazungumzo na Waziri Mkuu wa Israel Benjamin Netanyahu

Lakini Rais Obama alisema siku ya Jumatatu kuwa, Marekani na Israel zinakubaliana juu ya matumizi ya diplomasia kama njia bora zaidi ya kumaliza mgogoro wa Iran wa nyuklia, ingawa Waziri Mkuu Netanyahu hakuonesha kukubaliana na msimamo huu waziwazi "Bado tunaamini kwamba dirisha linalowezesha kumaliza mgogoro huu kwa njia za kidiplomasia bado liko wazi.

Lakini mwisho wa siku, utawala nchini Irani laazima ufanye uamuzi kuelekea katika njia hiyo. Uamuzi huu bado hawajaufanya," alisema Rais Obama.

Netanyahu Aungwa mkono na wabunge wote

Ingawa Waziri wa mambo ya Nje wa Marekani Hillary Clinton, amekuwa akikosoa uamuzi wa Isarael kuendelea kujenga makazi ya walowezi katika ukanda wa Gaza chini ya utawala wa Netanyahu, lakini Waziri Mkuu huyo bado anapata kuungwa mkono na wabunge wa pande zote nchini Marakani.

Netanyahu alisema nchi yake laazima itafanya kila njia kuhakikisha inalinda usalama wake pamoja na wa raia wake. "Israel laazima iwe na uwezo kila wakati kujilinda yenyewe dhidi ya vitisho vyovyote na linapokuja suala la usalama, Israel ina kila haki ya kufanya maamuzi inayoona yanastahili."

Katika mazungumzo yao ya faragha, Rais Obama alisema hataki kuingia vitani na Irani wakati huu, lakini akaongeza kuwa, kama hakutakuwa na njia mbadala ya kuilaazimisha Iran kusitisha mpango wake, basi atalaazimika kufanya hivyo.

Rais wa Israel, Shimon Perez, ambaye alikutana na Rais Obama siku ya Jumapili, alisema alitoka na hisia kwamba Rais Obama sasa alikuwa na nia ya dhati ya kuilaazimisha Iran kuachana na mpango wake wa nyuklia.

Ingawa Israel inasema bado haijaamua kuanza mashambulizi, dalili zinaonesha utayari wake wa kufanya hivyo katika miezi kadhaa ijayo.

Lakini akosolewa nyumbani

Mbunge wa Bunge la Israel na mwenyekiti w kamati ya Bunge y a mambo ya nje na usalama, Shaul Mofaz, aliikosoa taarifa ya Waziri Mkuu wake kuwa Iran ni tishio kwa Israel, na kuongeza kuwa Iran haiitishii Israel pekee, bali inatishia dunia nzima na hivyo inatakiwa kushugulikiwa na dunia nzima na Israel peke yake.

Mkuu wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la nguvu za atomiki, Yukiya Amano alisema siku ya jumatatu kuwa shirika lake lina wasiwasi Irani ilikuwa inaficha kazi za siri za atomiki baada ya kushindwa kupata ushirikiano kutoka kwa maafisa wa Iran hivi karibuni.

Wakati huo huo, Mgombea anayeongoza katika kura za maoni kuptia chama cha Republican, Mitt Romney, amekejeli jitihada za Rais Obama juu ya kusimamisha mpango wa Iran wa Nyuklia na kusema kuwa yeye akichaguliwa kuwa Rais wa marekani mwezi November mwaka huu, sera zake madhubuti zitamuezesha kuisimamisha Iran, ingawa wachambuzi wanasema sera zake juu ya suala hili hazitofautiani na za Obama.

Mwandishi: Iddi Ismail Ssessanga\APE\

Mhariri:Mohamed Abdul Rahman.

Moi: I did not endorse Uhuru for presidency

2012-03-06T00:30:00.000-05:00

Anan ready for ‘mission impossible’ in Syria as shelling forces hundreds into Lebanon

2012-03-06T00:12:00.001-05:00

Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan will hold talks with Arab League leaders in Cairo before he heads to Damascus. (Photo by Amarjit Sidhu)

By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES

Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan on Wednesday will launch a diplomatic ‘mission impossible’ aiming to convince Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to silence the guns blamed for thousands of deaths in the past year, as hundreds of Syrians crossed into Lebanon in the past 24 hours to escape the heaviest shelling of their border towns.

Annan will hold talks with Arab League leaders in Cairo in a last chance to send a signal of his intentions before he heads to Damascus on Saturday as joint special envoy for the United Nations and the 22-nation Arab bloc.

Few hold out any chance that he will be able to halt the conflict, which will be one year old on March 15.

The International Crisis Group think tank said it is offering “very long odds.” The chances for diplomacy in Syria are “slim,” added Richard Gowan of New York University’s Center on International Cooperation.

Annan himself called it “a tough challenge” last week when he was named, according to AFP.

But the Nobel Peace Prize winner is seen as one of the few international figures with the diplomatic muscle to pull off such a coup.

Annan had regular contacts with Assad when he was secretary general though he admitted they have not spoken for some time. His criticism of NATO’s action in Libya last year could also give him credibility with Syria and its dwindling band of supporters.

The immediate aim of the first Damascus talks, however, will be to secure a humanitarian pause in the fighting and access to the protest cities where the U.N. says more than 7,500 people have been killed.

Then, Annan said, he would “work with the Syrians in coming up with a peaceful solution which respects their aspirations and eventually stabilizes the country.”

Annan has insisted that he must be the only international mediator dealing with Assad, a message backed by current U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon who highlighted the “immense challenges” and said his predecessor “needs the full and undivided support of the international community.”

He will in particular need the backing of Russia and China, which vetoed two U.N. Security Council resolutions on Syria. Both have their own envoys in the region.

Li Huaxin, China’s former ambassador to Syria, will be in Damascus on Wednesday. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in Cairo on Saturday to meet Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi.

With Arab opinion turning against Assad, pressure is growing on them to condemn the violence that Ban called “atrocious” and “grisly.”

The U.N., and diplomats, say they do not expect to see Russia or China launch initiatives that go against Annan.

“I suspect there will be cooperation with Mr Annan. Mr Annan will probably take into account what they are doing and he will be discussing the situation with them," said deputy U.N. spokesman Eduardo del Buey. Read more>>

Miripuko yaua zaidi ya watu 200 Congo Brazzaville

2012-03-06T00:00:00.003-05:00

Miripuko mikubwa ilitokea jana jijini Brazzaville, mji mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Congo, na kuua zaidi ya watu 200 huku zaidi ya 1,500 wakijeruhiwa.

Miripuko hiyo ilitokea katika ghala ya kuhifadhia silaha na kubomoa nyumba nyingi jijini Brazaville, likiwemo kanisa kuu la Brazzaville ambapo misa ilikuwa ikiendelea. Katika maeneo mengine majengo yalitikiswa au vioo kupasuka.

Athari za milipuko hiyo zilifika hadi Kinshasa, mji mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Kidemomkrasi ya Congo.

Bienvenue Okyemi, msemaji wa serikali ya Congo Brazzaville, ameeleza kwamba shoti ya umeme ndiyo iliyosababisha milipuko hiyo.

wa nchi hiyo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, alizitembelea hospital zilnazowahudumia majeruhi wa milipuko hiyo na kusema kwamba serikali yake inafanya kila liwezekanalo ili kuokoa maisha ya majeruhi hao. Rais Okyemi aliongeza kuwa kambi zote za jeshi zilizomo jijini Brazzaville zitahamishiwa nje ya mji huo mkuu.

Maelfu kubaki bila maakazi

Msemaji wa shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu nchini Congo, Delphin Kibakidi, alieleza kwamba shirika lake limetengeneza kambi mbili katika makanisa yaliyopo jijini Brazzaville kwa ajili ya kuwahudumia majeruhi wapatao 600.

"Tunakadiria kwamba mamia kwa maelfu ya watu wameachwa bila makaazi kutokana na nyumba zao kuharibiwa na miripuko," alisema Kibadiki. "Hivi sasa wapo wataalamu kutoka Urusi, Ufaransa na kutoka Congo wanaojaribu kuuzima moto uliozuka kutokana na miripuko. Lengo ni kuuzuia moto huo ili usiifikie ghala nyingine ambayo ni kubwa zaidi."

Shirika la habari la China, Xinhua News Agency, limeripoti kwamba miongoni mwa waliouwawa katika miripuko ya Brazzaville ni raia sita wa China waliokuwa wafanyakazi wa kampuni moja ya ujenzi. Wafanyakazi wengine wa shirika hilo walijeruhiwa

Nchi mbalimbali zaahidi msaada

Serikali ya Congo imepokea salamu za rambirambi pamoja na ahadi ya kupewa misaada kutoka kwa nchi mbalimbali. Waziri wa mambo ya kigeni wa Uingereza, William Hague, alisema kwamba amesikitishwa sana na habari za maafa hayo. Nao ubalozi wa Marekani katika Jamhuri ya Congo umetoa tamko linalosema kwamba Marekani iko tayari kuisaidia Jamhuri ya Congo katika kuwasaidia wahanga wa maafa haya.

Mabalozi wa nchi mbalmbali, akiwemo balozi wa Ufaransa na wa Marekani, leo walikutana na maafisa wa serikali ya Jamhuri ya Congo kwa ajili ya kujadili namna ya kuendesha shughuli za uokozi. Juhudi hizo zilikwamishwa na miripuko iliyokuwa ikiendelea ambayo ilisababisha moto kutokea katika maeneo mbalimbali.

Sudi Mnette alizungumza na mwandishi wetu Saleh Mwanamilongo wa Congo Kinshasa ili kufahamu hali ilivyo jijini humo na huko Brazzaville. Mwanamilongo ameeleza kwamba miongoni mwa wale walioathirika na milipuko hiyo ni wanajeshi na vijana waliokuwa wakipewa mafunzo ya kijeshi.

(Bonyeza alama ya spika ya masikioni kusikiliza mahojiano baina ya Sudi Mnette na Saleh Mwanamilongo)

Mwandishi: Elizabeth Shoo/APE

Mhariri: Mohammed Abdul-Rahman

Alex from Tanzania presents Commando.

2012-03-05T20:45:00.001-05:00

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY LEBA a.k.a. LIL MISS "DMK"‏

2012-03-05T13:45:00.004-05:00

Cake nzuri na yenye kupendeza Pinky, Njano na Kijani cha ndimu, juu picha ya Little Princess Leba DMK wakati anatimiza rasmi miaka hii 3 tangu kuzaliwa kwake, Picha na Dickson Mkama (DMK)

Mzee wa mavumbuzi Dickson Mkama akimpa mapenzi mtoto wake mpendwa Little Princess Leba Dmk.

Dmk akipata flash kwenye Birthday ya mwanawe mpendwa Little Princess Leba, akuli na rafiki yake upande wa kushoto

Kama kawaida yetu hatuna budi kumshukuru sana Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kutujalia uzima na afya njeema. Pia tumshukuru kwa siku hii muhimu sana kwa Little Princess Leba a.k.a kwa siku ya kuzalia kwake, wadau wote wa swahilivilla wanamtakia siku na mafanikio meema, afya njeema pamoja na maisha marefu, Baba D akuliee kama alivyo liliwa, kila la kheri, and much love for you and our Little Princess LEBA A.K.A
Happy Birthday LEBA

GOOD LUCK KWA CELTICS MCHEZA KWAO HUTUNZWA

2012-03-05T11:59:00.002-05:00

Kama kawaida yake mchezaji wa Celtics Paul Pierce alijivuna kwa mchezo wa jana Jumapili Feb 4, kwa kufunga mchezo huo -high pointi 34, ikiwa pamoja na tatu alizojaribu katika sekunde za mwisho na kuifanya timu yake Celtics kuibuka mikono juu, dhidi ya ushindani mkali na New York Knicks, hadi mwisho wa mpambano huo Celtics iliibuka ushindi wa points 115-111, katika mchezo wa NBA ndani ya uwanja wa Boston Celtics.

Hongereni sana wapenzi wa Celtics ndani ya Bostoni kwa kuja na kasi zaajabu Khamis Mash Cholo Red Sea nadhani hii imewapa nguvu zaajabu ila kumbuka mcheza kwao hutunzwa! angalia Highlights

SAMSON MBEGA AAGA DUNIA

2012-03-05T11:32:00.000-05:00

Na Dina Ismail

MWANDISHI mwandamizi wa habari za michezo nchini, Samson Mbega amefariki dunia asubuhi ya leo- kwa mujibu wa taarifa iliyotolewa na Chama cha Waandishi wa Habari za Michezo Tanzania (TASWA).

Kwa mujibu wa rafiki wa karibu wa marehemu, Mawazo Lusonzo ni kwamba msiba upo nyumbani kwa marehemu, nyuma ya kota za Temeke mwisho eneo la Pile Bar.

Mbega alikuwa mpole, daima ni kaka ni kiongozi, hakuwa na makuu. Ni aina ya watu adimu na kifo chake ni pigo. Huo ni ukweli usiofichika. Mungu aiweke pema peponi roho ya marehemu.

Amin. Endeelea kufuatilia mamapipiro kwa taarifa zaidi za msiba huo.

NAGAZETI LA NIPASHE: ZANZIBAR KUNA MAFUTA MACHAFU

2012-03-05T11:20:00.002-05:00

Kumeibuka wimbi kubwa la vyombo vya moto kuharibika yakiwemo magari na pikipiki kutokana na wamiliki kuuziwa mafuta machafu katika Manspaa ya mji wa Zanzibar.

Tatizo hilo limeanza kujitokeza siku moja tangu kumalizika kwa uhaba wa mafuta ya petroli na dizeli uliyokuwa umeikumba kwa muda wa wiki mbili na kuathiri harakati za kiuchumi na kijamii kwa wananchi wa Zanzibar.

Uchunguzi wa NIPASHE umebaini baadhi ya vituo vya mafuta vimekuwa vikiuza mafuta machafu yakiwemo yaliyochaganywa na maji na mafuta ya taa.

Wakizungunza kwa nyakati tofauti mafundi katika gereji ya Mkunazini na Mombasa Vikokotoni walisema kwamba kumekuwepo na wimbi kubwa la magari kuharibika kutokana na matumizi ya mafuta machafu.

Fundi Mohammed Iddi wa gereji ya Mkunazini alisema gari nyingi na pikipiki wanazopokea zimeharibika sehemu ya injini kutokana na matumizi ya mafuta machafu na kusababisha hasara kwa wahusika.

Alisema serikali lazima iwe na utaratibu wa kuchunguza viwango vya ubora wa mafuta kabla ya kuingizwa katika soko la ndani ili kuhepusha athari za kiuchumi kwa wananchi wake.

“Wafanyabiashra wao wanajali zaidi biashara hawaangali maslahi ya wananchi wanaoumia na tatizo la mafuta machafu,” alisema Fundi Iddi.

Naye Fundi Juma Ali wa Mombasa alisema kwamba Serikali ifanye uchunguzi kuhusu tatizo hilo na wamiliki wa vituo vya mafuta wachukuliwe hatua za kisheria.

Dereva teksi katika kituo cha Mkunazini Abdulsamad Omar Salum, alisema kwamba kilio kikubwa katika kituo hicho ni gari nyingi kuharibika kutokana na tatizo la kuuziwa mafuta machafu.

“Mafuta tunayouziwa katika vituo ni machafu tunaomba serikali kufanya uchunguzi na kuchukuwa hatua za kisheria kwa wahusika,” alisema Abdulsamad.

Alisema kwamba yeye binafsi ameuziwa mafuta machafu katika kituo cha mafuta kimoja huko Kiembesamaki na kusababisha chombo chake kuharibika.

Dereva teksi Mzee Abdalla mkazi wa Vikokotoni Zanzibar alisema hajafanyakazi siku sita baada ya kuuziwa mafuta machafu ambayo yamesababisha gari yake kuharibika na kulazimika kutumia Shilingi 300,000.

“Mpaka sasa gari yangu ipo katika gereji ya Vikokotoni kwa kweli nimepata hasara kubwa ni tatizo la mafuta.”alisema Abdalla.

Hata hivyo, Kamishina wa Bodi ya Mapato Zanzibar (ZRB), Mohamed Hashim Ismail alisema kazi yake kubwa kukusanya kodi ya mafuta na siyo kusimamia viwango vya ubora wa mafuta.

Alisema kwamba jukumu la kusimamia viwango vya ubora wa mafuta kabla ya kuingizwa katika soko la Zanzibar ni la Wizara ya Nishati.

“Kazi yetu ZRB kukusanya Mapato suala la kupima viwango vya ubora wa mafuta jukumu la Wizara dhamana ya nishati waulizeni wao,” alisema Kamishina Hashim

Upande wake Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Ardhi, Makaazi Maji na Nishati, Zanzibar Mwalim Ali Mwalim alisema kwamba Wizara yake haihusiki suala la kupima viwango vya ubora wa mafuta.

Alisema kwamba jukumu hilo ni la ZRB kwa vile wao ndiyo wanaotoa lesseni za biashara ya mafuta na kukusanya mapato kupitia sekta hiyo.

“Kwa mujibu wa Sheria Bodi ya Mapato ndiyo wanaotoa lesseni za biashara ya mafuta jukumu lao pamoja na kusimamia viwango vya ubora wa mafuta,” alisema Katibu Mkuu huyo.

Zanzibar kwa mwezi imekuwa ikitumia lita Milioni sita za mafuta ya aina mbalimbali lakini upatikanaji wake umekuwa wa mashaka kwa muda wa miaka 10 tangu SMZ ilipoifukuza kampuni ya Kimataifa ya Mafuta ya ECOTEC kutoka Nchini Uingereza.

Angalia Video Teary-eyed Putin addresses 110,000 crowd near Kremlin

2012-03-05T10:08:00.000-05:00

Show of unity masks ANC Youth League divisions over Malema fate

2012-03-05T10:04:00.000-05:00

Julius Malema

A day after a top leadership meeting to map out a way forward following last Wednesday’s expulsion of its president Julius Malema, the Youth League of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress today came out to project a united front.

But according to media reports in South Africa, the show of support for Mr Malema at today’s press conference masked deep-seated divisions during Sunday’s meeting, which saw threats of disciplinary action against some leaders for allegedly plotting to overthrow their controversial president.

During the press conference at the party’s headquarters in Johannesburg, a member of the ANC Youth League National Executive Committee, Kenetswe Mosenogi, told journalists that Mr Malema had offered to resign but his colleagues declined to accept it.

“Comrade Malema offered to resign but we told him this is not even about him. This is about our resolutions – that is all,” Mr Mosenogi said, according to a report in the Mail & Guardian newspaper, at an event in which nearly all member of the league’s NEC and senior provincial leaders were present.

Nearly all the Youth League leaders present spoke, with each of them expressing their support for Mr Malema, who was present but did not speak. The first to speak was Treasurer General Pule Mabe who – the Mail & Guardian says – read out a statement seeking to dispel reports that he had his eye on Mr Malema’s job.

“We are one and remain one, comrades!” Mr Mabe reportedly said. “The press must cease and desist from using my name to try and create divisions within the ANC Youth League.”

Other accounts however say Mr Mabe was in fact compelled to make that statement after a unanimous vote of no-confidence was passed against him during the Sunday meeting. Quoting sources who attended the meeting in Johannesburg, the Dispatch Online said the Youth League NEC reined in Mr Mabe and recommended that he faces disciplinary action for allegedly plotting to succeed Mr Malema before the latter’s fate is sealed.

Mr Malema has until March 14 to appeal his expulsion but analysts have said that move is unlikely to get save the controversial leader, who celebrated his 31st birthday over the weekend. Mr Malema, who told the ANC Women’s League in Polokwane over the weekend that he intends to remain in ANC despite the expulsion, has instead called on the party to strip him of the Youth League presidency but let him retain his party card.

The Youth League NEC also reportedly discussed – amidst sharp divisions – lodging an appeal on behalf of Mr Malema, in which they plan to highlight discrepancies in dealing with discipline among ANC members – including Party leader and President Jacob Zuma.

According to the Dispatch Online, the Youth League intends to show how Zuma has on embarrassed the party many times and got off scot free, including when he father an illegitimate child with the daughter of soccer boss Irvin Khoza. The magazine quotes a NEC member saying that while Mr Zuma has not been punished for personal indiscretions, Mr Malema is being expelled for speaking on behalf of the league.

By BENON HERBERT OLUKA, Daily Monitor

Merck Yatoa Msaada wa Wadawa Visiwani Zanzibar

2012-03-05T09:59:00.000-05:00

Naibu Waziri wa Afya wa Zanzibar,Dk. Sira Ubwa Mwamboga (kulia) akipokea msaada wa madawa ya kupambana na ugonjwa wa kipindupindu kutoka kwa Mwenyekiti Mtendaji wa kampuni ya madawa ya kijerumani iitwayo Merck Dr. Karl Ludwig Kley

Mwanafunzi wa Skuli ya Ngwachani iliyopo Zanzibar,Selemani Sareh akinywa dawa ya kichocho kuashiria uzinduzi wa kampeni ya kupambana na ugonjwa huo iliyozinduliwa na Naibu Waziri wa Afya wa Zanzibar,Dk. Sira Ubwa Mwamboga (mwenye kiremba).kushoto kwake ni Mwenyekiti Mtendaji wa kampuni ya madawa ya kijerumani iitwayo Merck Dr. Karl Ludwig KleyNa Mwandishi Wetu

NA GAZETI LA MWANANCHI: RUNGU LA KIKWETE LILIMWOKOA SIYOI...!!!

2012-03-05T09:15:00.003-05:00

Rais Jakaya Kikwete

NAPE, WASSIRA WADAIWA KUSIMAMA KIDETE ATOSWE, JK AKATUMIA 'RUNGU' KUZIMA HOJA,WABUNGE WOTE CHADEMA KUHAMIA ARUMERU

Joseph Zablon, Dar na Moses Mashalla, Arusha

USHINDI wa Siyoi Sumari kupeperusha bendera ya CCM katika uchaguzi mdogo wa Jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki, unadaiwa kuitesa Kamati Kuu (CC) ya chama hicho, baada ya baadhi ya wajumbe kukuna vichwa kuhusu mbinu na mikakati ya kutengua ushindi alioupata katika duru ya pili dhidi ya William Sarakikya.

Katika Mkutano Mkuu wa jimbo hilo uliofanyika, Februari 20 ulimchagua Siyoi ambaye ni mtoto wa aliyekuwa Mbunge wa jimbo hilo, marehemu Jeremiah Sumari kwa kura 361, akifuatiwa na Sarakikya aliyepata kura 259. Hata hivyo, CC ya CCM iliyoketi Februari 27, iliagiza kurejewa kwa upigaji kura kati ya wagombea hao.

Katika duru hilo la pili la uchaguzi uliofanyika Machi Mosi mwaka huu, Siyoi alipata ushindi wa kishindo wa kura 761 na kumtupa mbali mpinzani wake, Sarakikya aliyepata kura 361.

Juzi katika kikao hicho cha CC, ushindi huo wa mara ya pili wa Siyoi uliipasua tena kamati hiyo kuu yenye mamlaka ya juu ya uamuzi ndani ya chama hicho, baada ya baadhi ya wajumbe kudaiwa kutaka atoswe na apitishwe Sarakikya kutokana na tuhuma za matumizi makubwa ya fedha wakati wa kampeni.

Vyanzo vya habari vya kuaminika kutoka katika kikao hicho cha CC, vilifafanua kwamba waliosimama kidete kutaka Siyoi atoswe ni Katibu wa Itikadi na Uenezi, Nape Nnauye na Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais (Uhusiano na Uratibu), Stephen Wassira.

Kwa mujibu wa vyanzo hivyo, Nape alipinga Siyoi kurejeshwa akizingatia matukio mbalimbali ya tuhuma za matumizi makubwa ya fedha yaliyokuwa yakifanywa na baadhi ya watu ili wamchague mgombea huyo, kitu ambacho hakikupaswa kuvumiliwa.

Hoja hiyo ya Nape iliungwa mkono na Wassira ambaye naye alitaka Siyoi atoswe kutokana na tuhuma hizo za matumizi makubwa ya fedha kutoka kwa baadhi ya wapambe wake waliotaka mgombea huyo achaguliwe.

Lakini inadaiwa kuwa Mwenyekiti wa CCM, Rais Jakaya Kikwete alisema kikao hicho kisingeweza kumkata Sumari kwa sababu tu ya tuhuma hizo za rushwa zilitolewa na Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (Takukuru), mkoani humo.

Chanzo kingine kilimnukuu mwenyekiti huyo akisema kwamba, Arusha ni mkoa wenye siasa za aina yake hivyo ni muhimu kuwa makini kwani siku za nyuma kuliwahi kuibuka tuhuma za rushwa kwa wabunge wa CCM kukamatwa lakini, mahakama ikawaachia huru.

Chanzo hicho kiliongeza kwamba, Rais Kikwete alisisitiza kuwa hata tuhuma za rushwa zilizotolewa zilikuwa zikigusa wengine kwani iliwahi kupendekezwa kwamba Elishalia Kaaya ambaye ni Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Kituo cha Mikutano cha Kimataifa Arusha (AICC), ndiye apitishwe na wengine wang'olewe.

Katika kikao hicho, Rais Kikwete pia alinukuliwa akihoji kuwa endapo Siyoi angekatwa jina kungekuwa na uhakika wa chama kushinda kwa kumsimamisha Sarakikya? Hakupata jibu kama mgombea huyo wa pili angeweza kushinda kiti hicho.

Hata hivyo, chanzo hicho kilisema baada ya mwenyekiti kutumia rungu kumpitisha Siyoi alimpa angalizo: “Basi na wewe usiende kutamba huko mitaani kwamba umeangusha watu, fanya kampeni, ushinde jimbo tuangalie mambo mengine mbele.”

Ilielezwa zaidi kwamba Rais Kikwete aliungwa mkono na Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu (Sera, Uratibu na Bunge), William Lukuvi, aliyeeleza kuwa haoni sababu ya kumwondoa Siyoi katika kinyang'anyiro hicho kwani ushindi wake ulikuwa mkubwa.

Waziri Wassira jana alikataa kuzungumzia suala hilo akasema: “Hili linahusu chama na mambo ya chama mwulize Nape.”

Hata hivyo, Nape alipoulizwa alisema: “Si kweli kwamba kulikuwa na mpango wa kumtosa Sumari na sijui mambo hayo umeyapata wapi?” Mambo hayo ni fitna, majungu na uzushi ambavyo vinapandikizwa ndani ya chama chetu. Nakuhakikishia hakuna jambo hilo kabisa.”

Kikao cha Sekretarieti

Awali, katika kikao cha Sekretarieti Katibu Mkuu, Wilson Mukama aliwanyooshea vidole wajumbe wengine waliokuwa wakitaka kukatwa kwa jina la Siyoi akiwaambia kwamba hakuna ambaye yumo katika chombo hicho bila kuwa na kambi yake.

Mukama alinukuliwa akisema katika sekretarieti hiyo, kila mjumbe ana kambi na zinajulikana hivyo akataka wajumbe kufanya uamuzi ambao utakuwa na maslahi kwa chama na si ya kambi.

Kunusuru mpasuko

Wakati huohuo, CCM mkoani Arusha kimesema kitayapatanisha makundi yote yaliyotofautiana wakati wa mchakato wa kura za maoni za kumpata mgombea wa kupeperusha bendera ya chama hicho huku kikisisitiza kwamba kazi ya kuyapatanisha makundi hayo ni ndogo tofauti na inavyodaiwa.

Katibu wa CCM Mkoa wa Arusha, Mary Chatanda alisema jana kwamba mkakati uliopo kwa sasa ni kuyapatanisha makundi ya wafuasi hao kwa kuyaweka chini na kuyafanya kuwa kitu kimoja ili kunyakua ushindi .

Alitamba kwamba CCM kina uhakika na ushindi katika jimbo hilo kwa kuwa lilikuwa likishikiliwa na chama hicho.

Bila kutaja mbinu za ushindi, alisema wamejipanga kushirikiana na kamati ya kampeni ya chama hicho itakayoongozwa na Rais mstaafu, Benjamin Mkapa ambayo itashirikiana na kamati za kampeni kuanzia mashina, matawi hadi kata kuhakikisha ushindi unapatikana.

Mbowe na kampeni tulivu

Kwa upande wake, Chadema kimeahidi kufanya kampeni tulivu katika uchaguzi huo kikiliomba jeshi la polisi kuhakikisha unakuwepo utulivu wakati wa kampeni na siku ya kupiga kura.

Mwenyekiti wa Chadema, Freeman Mbowe aliwaambia waandishi wa habari juzi mjini hapa kabla ya kukamilika kikao cha Kamati Kuu ya chama hicho, alisema wamejipanga kufanya kampeni tulivu na watashinda bila kuiba kura wala kupiga mtu.

“Chadema tunawaahidi wakazi wa Arumeru kushuhudia kampeni tulivu kabisa, hatutamtukana mtu wala kupiga mtu na hivyo tunaomba vyombo vya dola vihakikishe uchaguzi huu unakuwa tulivu” alisema Mbowe.

Alisema imani kubwa waliyonayo wananchi wa Jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki kwa chama hicho, inawapa nguvu kujiamini kuwa watashinda uchaguzi huo bila ya hofu yoyote.

Mbowe pamoja na wajumbe wa kamati kuu ya chadema, ambao waliwasili mjini hapa juzi na kupata mapokezi makubwa, alisema mgombea wa chama hicho, Joshua Nassari anakubalika zaidi katika jimbo hilo na hivyo anawapa imani kubwa ya ushindi.

Katika kuhakikisha ushindi, wabunge wote wa Chadema, wanatarajiwa kushiriki katika kampeni za nyumba kwa nyumba katika uchaguzi huo na wamepangwa katika kata zote 17 za jimbo hilo.

Habari za uhakika kutoka katika timu ya kampeni ya Chadema, ambayo katika hatua za awali, iliratibiwa na Mkurugenzi wa Bunge na Halmashauri, John Mrema zimeeleza kuwa mara baada kuzinduliwa kwa kampeni Machi 10, wabunge hao watatawanyika katika maeneo yao.

Natse na Nyerere

Mbunge wa Karatu, Mchungaji Israel Natse na Mbunge wa Msoma Mjini, Vicent Nyerere wameteuliwa na Kamati Kuu ya Chadema kuongoza timu ya kampeni ya chama hicho.

Habari za uhakika kutoka ndani ya kikao hicho, zimebainisha kuwa wabunge hao wataongoza timu za kampeni katika kata mbalimbali ili kuhakikisha Chadema inashinda.

Mrema alithibitisha jana akisema: “Ni kweli kwa sasa Mchungaji Natse na Nyerere wataongoza timu ya kampeni na tunatarajia ushindi mkubwa katika jimbo hili kwani tumejipanga kuhamasisha wapiga kura wengi na kulinda kura zetu.”  Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema, Dk Willbrod Slaa amewataka viongozi wa chama hicho wa vijiji vyote kuwa na fomu maalumu za kujua wanachama wao.

Wagombea watamba

Wakati Siyoi akiwataka wana CCM wa jimbo hilo kusahau yaliyopita na kusonga mbele, mgombea ubunge kwa tiketi ya Chadema,Joshua Nassari ametamba kwamba anasubiri kuapishwa ifikapo Aprili mosi.

Wakizungumza kwa nyakati tofauti kuhusu kuteuliwa na kamati kuu za vyama vyao mgombea ubunge kwa tiketi ya CCM, Siyoi alisema kwamba ameshukuru uamuzi uliofanywa na kamati za CCM wilaya, mkoa hadi taifa huku akiwataka wanaCCM kusahau yaliyopita ili wasonge mbele.

Siyoi alisema pamoja na kufurahishwa na uamuzi wa CC ya CCM kupitisha jina lake kupeperusha bendera ya chama hicho, chama hicho kinapaswa kutoa ushirikiano wa dhati katika kuhakikisha wanalitetea jimbo hilo.

Hata hivyo, alisisitiza kwamba changamoto zote alizozipitia katika hekaheka za uchaguzi wa kuteua jina lake zikiwemo tuhuma mbalimbali za rushwa ni misukosuko ya kisiasa ambayo haiwezi kuepukwa zaidi ya kukabiliana nayo.

Uongozi wa Radio 5

Katika hatua nyingine, uongozi wa Radio 5 umeeleza kusikitishwa na kitendo cha maofisa wa Takukuru Arusha kuvamia jengo lao na kumchukua kwa nguvu Meneja wake, Jimmy Mtemi Machi 2, mwaka huu.

Taarifa iliyotolewa jana kwa vyombo vya habari na Mkurugenzi wa Redio hiyo, Robert Francis ilieleza kuwa maofisa hao waliwatisha na kuwanyanyasa wafanyakazi wa kampuni jambo ambalo limesababisha wafanye kazi kwa wasiwasi mkubwa.

Buganda riot suspects not brought to Court

2012-03-05T09:09:00.001-05:00

Lawyers representing the suspects talking to the Press outside court. Photo by Ayiga Ondoga

By Jeff Lule and Patience Kengoro

Relatives of the 23 Buganda riots suspects facing treason charges Monday broke down in tears as Prison authorities failed to produce the suspects to court.

The 28 relatives who reached court at about 7:00am Monday morning were angered when the Prisons bus arrived without the suspects. Only five prisoners facing other charges disembarked from the bus.

The relatives, who were waiting at the court room’s entrance, broke down in tears while yelling curses at government for denying their relatives a right to justice for now three years.

The suspects who face treason charges have been on remand since September 2009.

The riots broke out after the Police stopped the Buganda Katikkiro, J.B. Walusimbi, from visiting Kayunga in preparation for Kabaka Ronald Mutebi’s visit to mark the annual youth day.

Over 25 people died in the riots and about 80 sustained injuries. Property, including Natete Police Station, was destroyed in the riots.

The angry relatives assembled and sang songs in praise of Buganda Kingdom including the anthem.

As a result, Police has to step up deployment, inside and around court premises. The Kampala Metropolitan Police, Andrew Kaweesi also arrived at the scene with other police officers to oversee the situation.

Everybody was subjected to a thorough check up to enter the court premises and police barred many from entering court premises due to lack of identification cards.

Relatives and friends of Buganda Terror suspects (R-L); Councillor LC5 Rubaga South, Angella Kyigwa, Maria Gorrette Nalubega and Councillor Evelyn Nakiryowa waiting for the suspects to appear at the Kampala High Court on Monday March 5, 2012.PHOTO BY AYIGA ONDOGA.

Medard Segona (MP Busiro East), asked the suspects’ relatives and sympathizers to settle in the compound.

Justice Lamek Mukasa who is supposed to preside over the case postponed the hearing to May.

Segona said they have agreed with the judge because of the tight schedules of the backlog cases they still have at hand.

"The session has been scheduled for May 2012. The judge said they still have a backlog of cases to make judgments and needs enough time to start on the case because it involves many people," he said.

Segona asked the furious relatives to be patient and allow the law to take its course, saying that it is a matter of time.

He asked the relatives to frequently visit the suspects to restore hope to them.

The 25 suspects include; Robert Sekabira, Nsubuga Kamada, Jethro Livingstone, Bashir Tyaba, Kassim Ntanzi, Salim Magoba, Paul Kikulwe, Gerald Kagga, Musa Ssengendo, Hakim Lwanga, Muzafaru Mugisha, Richard Kijjambu, Juma Sekyanzi and Adaadi Kibuuka.

Others are Sam Ssemambo, Sadat Luswata Buyungo, John Gafumba, Rogers Zinda, Joseph Katamba, Bob Kakembo (minor), Elisa Mujuni, Mohammed Sekatawa, Meddie Nsubuga, Emmanuel Muteesaasira and Kandada Nsubuga. Source: newvision.co.ug/news

PINDA ASIKITISHWA NA MADAI YA MADAKTARI

2012-03-05T09:02:00.000-05:00

Waandishi Wetu

SIKU moja baada ya madaktari kutishia kuanza mgomo mwingine, Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda amesema amesikitishwa na tishio hilo akisema kwa sasa Serikali ipo katika mchakato wa utekelezaji wa makubaliano mbalimbali na wanataaluma hao.

Pinda alitoa kauli hiyo jana aliokuwa akizungumzana katika mahojiano maalumu na Gazeti dada la Mwananchi, The Citizen na kusema hatua hiyo mpya ya madaktari inamsikitisha kwa kuwa Serikali ndiyo kwanza inaendelea na vikao kwa ajili ya kuangalia namna ya kutekeleza madai yao hayo.

“Siwezi kuzungumza chochote sasa wakati Serikali inaendelea kushughulikia mgogoro huo. Niseme tu kwa kweli wananisikitisha (madaktari). Ninasikitika kuona kwamba wakati bado tuko kwenye mazungumzo, wenzetu wanafanya vikao vingine,” alisema Pinda.

Akilihutubia taifa Februari 29 mwaka huu, Rais Jakaya Kikwete alieleza kufurahishwa na hatua ambayo suala hilo limefikia akisema:“Nashukuru mgomo huo umekwisha lakini makovu yake yatabaki maisha katika kumbukumbu za historia ya taaluma ya tiba hapa nchini.”

“Leo (Februari 29), Mheshimiwa Waziri Mkuu amenipa taarifa kuwa kamati aliyounda kushughulikia madai ya madaktari imekamilisha kazi yake na kuwasilisha taarifa yake kwake. Kuanzia kesho (Machi, Mosi), Serikali itaifanyia kazi taarifa hiyo na kuamua ipasavyo kulingana na uwezo uliopo. Ninawaomba ndugu zetu madaktari kuwa na moyo wa subira.”

Rais Kikwete alisema Serikali inatambua, inajali na kuthamini kazi za madaktari na watumishi wengine wa sekta ya afya katika kulinda na kudumisha afya za Watanzania hivyo itajitahidi kuona kuwa inafanya kila liwezekanalo kuhakikisha kuwa mgomo haujirudii tena.

Hata hivyo, wakati Pinda akieleza kusikitishwa na hatua hiyo mpya ya madaktari, Naibu Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, Dk Lucy Nkya alisema hawezi kujiuzulu kama madaktari hao wanavyotaka kwa kuwa suala hilo liko nje ya uwezo wake.“Hivi sasa siwezi kuzungumza chochote kwa kuwa suala hilo liko juu yangu na siwezi kujiuzulu,” alisema Dk Nkya.

Tishio la madaktari

Juzi, madaktari hao waliipa Serikali siku tatu kuanzia jana hadi Jumatano wiki hii kuhakikisha inawatimua kazi Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, Dk Hadji Mponda na Naibu wake, Dk Nkya vinginevyo watatangaza mgomo mwingine waliouita wa kihistoria.

Pia, madaktari hao kupitia kwa wawakilishi wao waliopo katika kamati iliyoundwa na Pinda kujadili madai yao, wamekubaliana kutoendelea na majadiliano hadi hapo mawaziri hao watakapoondolewa kwenye nyadhifa zao.

Hatua hiyo imekuja zikiwa zimepita siku chache baada ya kikao kilichoitishwa na Serikali kujadili suala hilo kuvunjika huku kila upande ukituhumu mwingine kuhusika.

Akizungumza mara baada ya kumalizika kwa mkutano wa madaktari hao ulifanyika Dar es Salaam juzi, Rais wa Chama cha Madaktari Tanzania (MAT), Dk Namala Mkopi alisema kama mawaziri hao wataendelea na nyadhifa zao hadi Jumatano, madaktari hawatakuwa tayari kuendelea na kazi.

“Madaktari wameona isingekuwa jambo jema kuendelea kujadiliana na kufikia uamuzi na Serikali huku Waziri na Naibu wake wakiendelea kushikilia nyadhifa zao, watu hao wanawajibika kwa kila kilichotokea? Nani asiyejua kuwa vifo vilitokea wakati wa mgomo?” alisema Dk Mkopi na kuongeza:

“Wananchi na makundi mbalimbali wanawataka wajiuzulu hata madaktari hawatajisikia vizuri kufanya kazi huku wakiendelea kuongozwa na mawaziri hao.”

Dk Mkopi alifafanua kuwa kamati iliyoteuliwa na Waziri Mkuu kushughulikia suala hilo, imeonyesha utayari wa kuwasikiliza na kufikia makubaliano, lakini kuendelea kuwepo mawaziri hao ambao ni sehemu ya watuhumiwa, ni kikwazo katika utekelezaji.

Akizungumzia suala hilo, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Tamwa, Ananilea Nkya alisema kitendo cha mawaziri hao wawili kushindwa kujiuzulu ni majaribu.

“Tangu watu walivyoanza kufa kutokana na mgomo wa madaktari uliotokea na wao kuendelea kung'ang'ania madaraka inashangaza nafikiri ni wakati sasa wajiuzulu,” alisema Nkya.

Obama seeks to calm Netanyahu’s fears over nuclear Iran during Washington meeting

2012-03-05T08:49:00.000-05:00

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are deeply at odds over how fast the clock is ticking toward possible military action against Iran. (Illustration by Amarjit Sidhu)By AL

ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the U.S. capital early Monday for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on Iran’s nuclear ambitions and how to deal with them.

Netanyahu will meet with Obama at the White House later Monday, before addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) later in the day, according to AFP.

Obama and Netanyahu are deeply at odds over how fast the clock is ticking toward possible military action against Iran’s nuclear program.

While Obama does not rule out the use of U.S. military force against the Islamic republic as a last resort, if diplomatic and economic pressure fails, Israel fears that time is running out before it is too late to take out its nuclear facilities.

Israeli officials reserve the right for their country to stage its own attack on Iran if they see no alternative, although Israeli analysts say a strong assurance of U.S. readiness to act would encourage restraint, at least in the short-term.

Even though Obama has offered assurances of stiffened U.S. resolve against Iran before the White House meeting, the two allies are still far apart on explicit nuclear “red lines” that Tehran must not be allowed to cross, and they have yet to agree on a time frame for when military action may be necessary.

Obama wants Israel to hold off on attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, insisting there is still time for sanctions and diplomacy to work. But he also vowed in a speech on Sunday to the largest U.S. pro-Israel lobby that he would be ready to act militarily -- with all “elements of American power” -- to prevent the Islamic republic from building an atomic bomb, according to Reuters.

Israeli leaders, who see Iran’s nuclear advances as a looming existential threat and reserve the right to act alone in self-defense, have made clear they are operating on a far shorter, more urgent timeline.

Their most immediate concern is that Iran be prevented from reaching nuclear weapons capability, not just from developing an actual device, and they worry that time is running out for an effective Israeli attack as Tehran buries its nuclear facilities deeper underground.

While Obama and Netanyahu -- who have had a strained relationship -- will share intelligence information on Monday, a source close to the administration said there was little reason to believe they would make significant progress toward bridging key differences on a common threshold for military action.

“They’ll be looking for mutual understandings and may find a few, but the biggest problem is they're working on different clocks," the source said.

While Obama in his address criticized “loose talk of war” he also gave a strong nod to Israel’s refusal to contemplate a nuclear-armed Iran.

“No Israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies the Holocaust, threatens to wipe Israel off the map, and sponsors terrorist groups committed to Israel's destruction,” he said, to applause from members of the AIPAC.

Obama also acknowledged “Israel’s sovereign right to make its own decisions about what is required to meet its security needs,” drawing a swift vote of thanks from Netanyahu.

“I appreciated the fact that he said that Israel must be able to defend itself, by itself, against any threat,” he told reporters in Ottawa on Sunday, during a weekend stopover in Canada on his way to Washington.

“I very much appreciated the fact that President Obama reiterated his position that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons and that all options are on the table,” Netanyahu added.

Analysts believe that Netanyahu will be seeking more precise guarantees in his private talks with Obama, while the president will want to retain room to maneuver.

“Obama doesn't want to wake up one morning and to hear that Israeli attack planes are hovering over Iran,” top-selling Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot wrote on Sunday.

“He... will explain that if the day arrives and there is no longer any choice, he will prefer to send the U.S. army to fight against Iran over the options of allowing the Iranians to have nuclear weapons.”

The issue has pushed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict far into the background, although U.S. efforts to revive stalled peace talks are sure to be discussed in the Oval Office.

In January, five rounds of “exploratory talks” between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators ended without a deal to continue discussions or return to direct negotiations.

Obama’s speech to AIPAC acknowledged the hurdles.

“Of course, peace is hard to achieve. There’s a reason why it’s remained elusive for six decades,” he said. “But as hard as it may be, we should not, and cannot, give in to cynicism or despair. The changes taking place in the region make peace more important, not less.”

IAEA seeks new ideas over Iran

Meanwhile, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog called Monday for fresh guidance from member states on how to jumpstart its stalled probe into Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons drive.

The International Atomic Energy Agency “will continue to address the Iran issue through dialogue and in a constructive spirit,” Yukiya Amano told a closed-doors regular meeting of its 35-nation board of governors in Vienna.

“The basic objective is to resolve all outstanding issues, in particular those related to possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program ... The views of member states are of vital importance in finding a solution.”

In a report sent to IAEA member states ahead of this week’s meeting, Amano said that after two fruitless trips to Iran by chief inspector Herman Nackaerts, on Jan. 29-31 and Feb. 20-21, “major differences” with Tehran remained.

Iran turned down IAEA requests for the team to visit the Parchin military site near Tehran where a November agency report said suspicious high-explosives tests consistent with developing nuclear warheads were carried out, Amano said Monday.

Maiti ajali ya Kibaha watambuliwa

2012-03-05T08:44:00.002-05:00

MAITI za abiria waliopoteza maisha katika ajali ya mabasi mawili madogo wilayani Kibaha wametambuliwa na baadhi wameanza kuchukuliwa na ndugu zao kwa ajili ya mazishi.

Akizungumza kwa niaba ya Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoani Pwani, Mkuu wa Upelelezi mkoani humo Evance Mwijage alisema kuwa majeruhi wanne kati ya 42 wamehamishiwa katika hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili Dar es Salaam kwa matibabu zaidi.

Mwijage aliwataja marehemu waliotambuliwa kuwa ni James Senga, (49) mkazi wa Mkuza kwa Mfipa ambaye ni fundi mchundo, Hadija Abdulrhaman(25), mkazi wa Miembesaba na mtoto wake wa miaka mitatu na nusu Abdallah Juma.Wengine ni Siwema Ally (28) mkazi wa Tandika Dar es Salaam na mtoto wake Mariam Ally aliyekuwa na umri wa miaka mitatu.

Alisema majeruhi waliohamishiwa MNH hali zao zimebadilika na kuwa mbaya hivyo kuhitaji kupatiwa vipimo na matibabu zaidi.Mganga Mkuu wa Hospitali ya Tumbi, Izaack Lwali amethibitisha kuhamishwa kwa majeruhi hao wanne aliowataja kuwa ni Kelvin Pius (23), mkulima wa eneo la Mwendapole Kibaha, Josephat Lukio (39), mkazi wa Picha ya ndege, Muhsin Sonaga (34), mkazi wa Picha wa ndege na Alex Masawe (27), mkazi wa Mbezi Dar es Salaam.

Dk Lwali alisema majeruhi wengine wanaendelea kupatiwa matibabu katika Hospitali Teule ya Tumbi ambao ni Majaliwa John, (33), Mwanaharusi Adam (20), Talha Zarau na Mwanahamisi Ally( 29).Wengine ni Saidi Alfa (12), Mussa Fadhili (22), Jonas Nyasika (27) na Anita Iromo (37) wakiwamo pia Amina Zarau (13), Mohamed Twaha (24), John Dastan (31) na Sara Iromo (30).

Athumani Hamisi (2), Amina Rashid (39), Abdallah Dihila, Hamisi Rajabu (19) na Rehema Hamisi (32).Wengine ni Mstapha Adamu – mtoto mdogo, Hidaya Salumu (24), Adamu Ally (63) Beatrice Nyangi (29), Emmanuel Zabron (17) na Magdalena Maiko (26).

Kuruthumu Azizi (21), Salvina Gerald (18), Obadia Mandembwe (44), Jackson Peter (20), Mwajuma Mapunda (15), Iddi Selemani (17) na Masoud Ally (31).

Wametajwa pia Jumanne Ramadhani (36), Hanita Obadia (37), Masoud Masoud (31) Askari JWTZ kikosi cha 36 KJ, Salumu Omari (35), Peter Ndiu (59) pamoja na Halifa Kigomba (50).Ajali hiyo ilitokea Machi 3 katika eneo la Kwa Mbonde Kibaha ikihusisha gari aina ya Toyota Coaster lililoendeshwa na dereva aliyejulikana kwa jina moja la Babu ambaye ni marehemu lililotokea Dar es Salaam kwenda Mlandizi ambapo liligongana uso kwa uso na Isuzu Journey iliyokuwa ikitokea Mlandizi kwenda Dar es Salaam

Afisa habari wa polisi Pwani alisema chanzo cha ajali hiyo ni dereva wa Coaster kuyapita magari mengine kwa mwendo kasi bila kuchukua tahadhari.

'I have Israel's back': Obama insists he is prepared to attack Iran over nuclear plans

2012-03-05T00:49:00.001-05:00

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama said Sunday that United States will not hesitate to attack Iran with military force to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but he cautioned that 'too much loose talk of war' recently has only helped Tehran and driven up the price of oil.

Speaking to a powerful pro-Israel lobby, Obama appealed to Israel for more time to let sanctions further isolate Iran. He sought to halt a drumbeat to war with Iran and hold off a unilateral Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.

And he insisted, 'There should not be a shred of doubt by now: when the chips are down, I have Israel’s back.'

Strong words: President Obama appealed to Israel for more time to let sanctions further isolate Iran. He said 'too much loose talk of war' recently has only helped Tehran and driven up the price of oil

'For the sake of Israel's security, America's security and the peace and security of the world, now is not the time for bluster,' Obama told thousands at the annual American-Israel Public Affairs Committee's policy conference.

'Now is the time to let our increased pressure sink in, and to sustain the broad international coalition that we have built.'

Quoting Theodore Roosevelt, Obama said he would 'speak softly, but carry a big stick' — and warned Iran not to test U.S. resolve.

Obama's widely anticipated speech came one day before he meets at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who planned to address AIPAC late Monday.

Three GOP presidential candidates - Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich - were scheduled to speak to the conference via satellite on Tuesday, a critical day in the campaign when 10 states vote.

To Israel and to Jewish voters in this country, Obama promoted his administration's commitment to the Mideast ally.

Evoking Teddy: Quoting Theodore Roosevelt, Obama said he would 'speak softly, but carry a big stick' - and warned Iran not to test U.S. resolve

'You don't have to count on my words. You can look at my deeds,' Obama said. He defended his record of rallying to Israel's security and political sovereignty, saying: 'We have been there for Israel. Every single time.'

Obama's comments were heavily laced with the politics of the campaign. He blamed distortions of his record on partisan politics.

The Israeli president, Shimon Peres, spoke before Obama and said that a nuclear Iran would be a menace to the world, not just to Israel's security.

Peres, whose country sees its existence threatened by the potential development of nuclear arms, said: 'Iran is an evil, cruel, morally corrupt regime. Read more>>

In Kenya: Health workers' strike called off

2012-03-05T00:36:00.000-05:00

Museveni commends Muslims on tolerance

2012-03-05T00:31:00.000-05:00

By Taddeo Bwambale and Saudha Nakandha

President Yoweri Museveni has commended the Muslim community in Uganda for their spirit of tolerance, co-operation and their contribution to the country’s development.

He described Muslims who comprise over 12.5% of Uganda’s population as ‘a formidable force in nation building.’

He also hailed the Muslim community for shunning extremism, saying such behaviour had no place in today’s society.

Museveni made the remarks on Friday at a symposium to commemorate 170 years since Islam was first introduced in Uganda. The event held at Hotel Africana in Kampala, was organised by the Muslim Centre for Justice and Law, and the Uganda Muslim Network (UMNet), a conglomerate of Muslim civil society organisations.

The President, who was represented by the Vice President, Edward Sekandi, congratulated Muslims for the milestone and urged them to take advantage of the opportunities before them.

He explained that previous governments did not encourage Muslims to advance in society, and used them to serve selfish political ends.

“It is surprising that a community that is held together by pillars of Islam was so divided for flimsy reasons of leadership. A conflict was created amongst Muslims that was so intense and yet unprincipled,” Museveni said.

He said under the National Resistance Movement (NRM), the Government has made efforts empower the Muslim community by bringing Muslims to the centre of Uganda’s social-economic and political structure.

“The NRM government aided the reconciliation process and took some bold steps to empower the Muslim community in the country. Among the things we have done was to give the title of the Old Kampala land to the Supreme Council,” he said.

Museveni observed that there has been an increasing understanding of the needs of the different religious communities. He said Muslims and non-Muslims have learnt to tolerate each other, as seen through admission of Muslims in secular schools and vice versa.

The President called for unity beyond religious and ethnic differences, saying this helped Africa to get rid of colonialists on the continent.

He said the co-operation among Africa’s pre-colonial leaders was based on legitimate interest, which helped Africa to attain freedom.

Museveni attributed the underrepresentation of Muslims in national issues to disunity, which organised groups had manipulated.

He encouraged Ugandans to shun extremism and promote unity, which he said existed in Uganda even before the establishment of new religions.

“While Ugandans have embraced these new religions, we still have to learn from the inherent progressive values of our old religions, especially unity. Extremism, egocentrism and chauvinism have no place in modern day society. Co-operation and symbiosis are paramount,” he said.

He warned the public against using religion to promote selfish political ends.

“Religion should not be used as a political tool because this is a private matter between an individual and God.”

Dr Salim Simba, the head of the political science department in the school of social sciences at Makerere University, said Muslims were grossly underrepresented in several government departments.

Of the 19 heads of departments in the foreign affairs ministry, none is a Muslim, Simba disclosed. Out of the 29 cabinet ministers, only one is a Muslim, while only 13 of the 277 employees of the finance ministry are Muslims, Seven of whom are drivers.

Sekandi promised that the Government would examine the proposals of the Muslim community to guide future recruitments.

Muimbaji wa kizazi kipya Linah U.S.A Tour 2012

2012-03-04T23:29:00.005-05:00

Kwa wale wasiomjua mwanamuziki wa kizazi kipya anaejulikana kwa jina la "Linah ndilo jina lake analotumia katika kazi zake za sanaa.

Yupo ndani ya Jiji amewasili siku chache tu zilizopita, Msanii Linah atakuwa nchini Marekani mpaka mwenzi wa May 30, katika ziara yake ya muziki na amejianda rasmi kutumbuiza, hapa Washington DC na kama majimbo 9 ya hapa Nchini Marekani.

Kwa kushirikiana na waimbaji wetu kimuziki tunawaomba tu wana DMV na vitongoji vyake kujitokeza kwa wengi ili kumuunga mkono rasmi muimbaji huyu wa kizazi kipya kama tunavyo waunga waimbaji wengine wanapowasili ndani ya DMV .

Linah atatumbuiza rasmi siku na wakati tutawajulisha, usikose vibwagizo na vipande mwanana vitakavyokupa burudani na mkaburudika.

Vile vile Linah alibahatika kukutana na mwana harakati wa blog ya changamotoyetu, Anko Mubelwa Bandio kwa mahojiano mafupi na msanii huyo, alipozungumzia kuhusu historia yake kimuziki na maendeleo katika muziki wa kizazi kipya pamoja na ziara yake rasmi kwa burudani.

Mahojiano hayo yalifanyika siku jumamosi March 3, 2012 ndani ya Hampton Inn College Park Jijini Maryland hapa Marekani.

WAPANDA MAPIKIPIKI WA CCM WATAKIWA KUHAKIKISHA KUWA WANACHAGUA VIONGOZI BORA KATIKA UMOJA WAO

2012-03-04T08:48:00.001-05:00

Na Othman Khamis Ame

Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM Balozi Seif Ali Iddi amewataka Wanachama wa Umoja wa Wapanda Mapiki Piki wa CCM kufanya maamuzi Magumu lakini ya Busara katika kuhakikisha wanachagua Viongozi bora kwa ajili ya kujenga safu ya Ushindi wa chama hicho kuelekea uchaguzi Mkuu wa mwaka 2015.

Ametoa wito huo katika Mkutano Mkuu wa Umoja huo uliokutana kufanya Uchaguizi wa Viongozi wake watakaoongoza Umoja huo katika kipindi cha Miaka mitano ijayo hapo katika Ukumbi wa CCM Mkoa Amani Mjini Zanzibar.

Balozi Seif ambae pia ni Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar alisema CCM iliwahi kupata uvamizi ndani ya Jumuiya na Baadhi ya Taasisi zake na hatimaye kupelekea Matatizo hasa katika chaguzi zilizopita.

Alitahadharisha kwamba wakati umefika kwa Wanachama wa Chama hicho kuwa makini na watu kama hao hasa katika kipindi hichi kinachoingia cha chaguzi mbali mbali za Viongozi wa Chama hicho.

“ CCM haioni shida kupoteza wanachama watatu, watano ambao wana tabia na njama za kukidhoofisha Chama kwa maslahi yao binafsi”. Alisema Balozi Seif.

Balozi Seif amewaomba Vijana hao kujisaidia katika kuachana na mifarakano kwa lengo la kutengeneza safu nzuri ya muelekeo bora wa Uongozi makin.

Akiwapongeza Vijana hao Balozi Seif aliwaomba kuendelea kukiimarisha Chama chao kwani wao ndio nguvu ya Chama wakati wote.

Balozi Seif ameahidi kwamba kwa kushirikiana na mlezi wa Umoja huo ataangalia hatua za namna ya kuisaidia Taasisi hiyo muhimu kwa CCM katika masuala ya uhamasishaji Wanachama.

Katika Taarifa yao iliyosomwa na Katibu wa Umoja huo wa wapanda Mapiki Piki Mkoa Mjini Magharibi Nd. Amour Ali Mwinyi amesema Umoja huo umepata mafanikio makubwa tokea kuanzishwa kwake.

Hata hivyo Nd. Amour alisema Taasisi yao bado inakabiliwa na baadhi ya changamoto zinazokwaza utendaji wao ikiwa ni pamoja na msingi wa kianzio cha kuelekea katika uzalishaji mali.

Mapema Mlezi wa Umoja wa Wapanda Mapiki Piki Mama Asha Suleiman Iddi amempongeza Mke wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mama Mwanamwema Sheni kwa jitihada zake za kuunga mkono umoja huo.

Mama Asha ameziasa Taasisi za CCM zinazoingia kwenye uchaguzi kuwachagua Viongozi wao kwa kigezo cha Uwezo na kuachana na tabia ya kuangalia udugu au rafiki.

Alisema tabia hiyo ikiendekezwa inaweza kukijengea mazingira mabovu Chama katika utekelezaji wa Sera na Majukumu iliyojipangia ndani ya Ilani yake.

Msikilize kwa makini Joel Osteen na, Amazing Motivational Speech by Joel Osteen Live With Confidence.flv

2012-03-04T08:17:00.003-05:00

JESHI LA POLISI MKOANI MBEYA LATUHUMIWA KUFANYA MAUAJI YA MWANAFUNZI.

2012-03-04T08:10:00.002-05:00

Habari na Ezekiel Kamanga, Chunya.

Jeshi la polisi mkoani Mbeya limeendelea kujisiriba matope kwa kuendesha mauaji ya kiholela kwa raia ambapo jana askari wa jeshi hilo wamemuua mwanafunzi Said Msabaha wa shule ya Sekondari Lupa iliyopo wilayani Chunya mkoani hapa.

Mwenyekiti wa Kijiji cha Lupa wilayani humo William Patrick Mbawala, ameuambia mtandao wa huu kuwa mwanafunzi huyo kabla ya kifo chake alikamatwa na askari hao akiwa na wenzake watatu kwa tuhuma za wizi wa simu Februari 29, mwaka huu na baadaye waliachiwa kwa dhamana.

Amesema baada ya kutolewa katika kituo kidogo cha Lupa, Marehemu alionekana kuwa hali yake imedhoofika na alipoulizwa alieleza kuwa alipokuwa kituoni hapo alipigwa na askari polisi jambo ambalo liliwalazimu kumpeleka katika zahanati ya kijiji hicho chini ya Mganga aliyemtaja kwa jina la Dr. Solomon.

Amesema Baada ya kuona hali yake inaendelea kuwa mbaya ndipo lilipochukuliwa jukumu la kumpeleka Hospitali ya wilaya na bahati mbaya akafia njiani hata kabla ya kumfikisha katika Hospitali hiyo.

Naye Baba mzazi wa marehemu, Msabaha Hussein, amesema kuwa baada ya kufariki mtoto wake akachukua jukumu la kupeleka maiti kituo cha polisi ili wahusike katika kuuzika mwili wa marehemu kwa kile aichodai kuwa kifo cha mwanae ni matokeo ya kipigo walichokitoa alipokuwa mikononi mwao.

Nao baadhi ya wananchi waliohojiwa kwa masharti ya kuhifadhi majina yao wamesema kuwa baada ya kuona hali hiyo na kwasababu askari wanaodaiwa kuhusika wanawafahamu ndipo walipochukua jukumu la kuwatafuta askari hao ambao tayari walikuwa wametokomea kusikojulikana.

Wamesema kuwa baada ya kuwakosa katika makazi yao, waliamua kuzichoma moto nyumba za askari hao ambao ni Copl. Maxmillian, PC Mjuni na PC Hery ambapo hawakuishia hapo walimtafuta PC Fadhil bila mafanikio na kuharibu samani zake za ndani huku wakishinikiza Jeshi la polisi kuuzika mwili wa marehemu huyo.

Afisa upepelezi wa Jeshi hilo mkoani Mbeya (RCO) Elias Mwita alipotakiwa kuzungumzia sakata hilo alisema kuwa ni mapema mno.

Mwenyekiti wa kamati ya ulinzi na usalama wilayani Chunya Deodatus Kinawiro ambaye ni Mkuu wa wilaya hiyo alipotafutwa ili aweze kuzungumzia tukio hilo hajaweza kupatikana kupitia simu yake ya kiganjani.

Awali askari hao walidaiwa kutorokea Jijini Mbeya lakini taarifa kutoka ndani ya vyanzo vya kikosi kazi cha mtandao huu jeshi la Polisi mkoani Mbeya vimesema kuwa askari hao walikuwa bado hawajakamatwa wala kuonekana katika viunga vya Jiji la Mbeya.

Tukio hilo la kinyama limetokea siku chache baada ya askari wa jeshi hilo PC Maduhu kuhusika kumuua aliyekuwa Mwanafunzi wa chuo kikuu cha TEKU kilichopo jijini mbeya Daniel Godluck Mwakyusa (31) February 14, mwaka huu.

Habari hii kwa hisani ya Chimbuko letu.Blog

MELI YA GRACIA DEL MAR YAKATALIWA KUTIA NANGA MISRI

2012-03-04T07:23:00.016-05:00

Watetea haki za wanyama wameiomba Misri au Djibouti zikubali meli yenye matatizo na iliyosheheni maelfu ya ng'ombe itie nanga bandarini.

Shirika liitwalo "Huruma kwa Wanyama" linasema kuwa limepata taarifa kuwa ng'ombe karibu 3000, kwenye meli iitwayo Gracia del Mar, wameshakufa.

Meli hiyo imetia nanga kwenye Bahari ya Sham, tangu ilipopata matatizo kwenye mitambo na imekataliwa kushusha mali katika nchi iliyokuwa ikielekea, yaani Misri.

Meli hiyo ilianza safari yake Brazil, majuma kadha yaliyopita. Haijulikani kwanini ilizuwiliwa kuingia bandarini, nchini Misri.

USIKU WA SHEREHE YA WANAWAKE NDANI YA SERENA JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM

2012-03-04T06:27:00.003-05:00

Mgeni rasmi wa Sherehe ya Wanawake Ummy Mwalim ambaye ni Naibu Waziri wa Wanawake Jinsia na Watoto kulia akiwa katika picha ya pamoja na Mbunge wa viti maalum CCM Arusha Catherine Magige, kushoto, wakati wa Sherehe hiyo iliyofanyika kwenye hoteli ya Serena Dar es salaam jana ikiwa ni sehemu ya maadhimisho ya siku ya wanawake Duniani, inayotarajiwa kufanyika Machi 8,2012 duniani kote, aliyesimama nyuma katika picha ni Shamimu Mwasha wandaaji wa sherehe hiyo na a mwendeshaji wa blog ya 8020fashions.Blog.

Mbunifu Farha akipita na kivazi jukwaani kulia, Sinta naye hakuwa nyuma katika kuonyesha mavazi

Shamimu Mwasha katikati kulia ni Mwamvita Makamba Ofisa Mkuu wa Masoko na Mahusiano wa Vodacom Tanzania na Mwamvua Mlangwa Meneja wa mradi wa Mwei Vodacom Tanzania.

Mrembo na vazi lake la khanga na Asia Idarous akiwana mbunifu anayetumia nembo a EVE akionyesha vazili lililobuniwa na mbunifu huyo. Picha zote kwa hisani ya Full Shangwe.Blog angalia picha zaidi

Museveni begs MPs to spare Mutebile

2012-03-04T05:57:00.000-05:00

Museveni says dismissing Mutebile would affect the economy severely.

By Cyprian Musoke and Joyce Namutebi

President Yoweri Museveni has pleaded with Ugandan lawmakers to spare the Central Bank governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile in the sh142b Hassan Basajjabalaba compensation saga.

In a meeting with NRM members who sit on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) he convened at State House Entebbe on Friday, Museveni argued that while Mutebile erred in not consulting, he technically committed no offence, sources said.

“The President also said that whereas Mutebile never consulted him [Museveni] before making the commitments, for the sake of the economy, given the fact that he has for a long time been without blemish he should be spared,” sources said.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) caucus on Thursday failed to agree on Mutebile’s fate when they received the Cabinet position on an earlier subcommittee report that recommended that Mutebile be absolved because he worked on assurances from the Minister of Finance.

PAC in its report on the compensation for city markets presented to Parliament last month indicts Mutebile, together with former ministers Khiddu Makubuya (general duties) and Syda Bbumba (finance) for over-paying businessman Basajjabalala.

The two ministers have since resigned.

The President, sources added, said Mutebile is the man at the centre of the economy and dismissing him or forcing him to resign would not augur very well for the country and will send bad signals to the market.

“The President pointed out that there is cost of error and that if one errs, you evaluate the error,” the sources said.

‘Mistake not to consult’

According to one of the PAC members Eddie Kwizera, Museveni said he had not talked to Mutebile, but noted that the mistake the governor made was that he did not consult.

“Museveni said he would look at what to do for the governor as to whether to sack him or reprimand him. He said that for a parliament committee, there can be additions or subtractions of its recommendations,” Kwizera explained.

Other sources quoted the President as saying that he had already taken a position to dismiss the three State House officials implicated in the report because people should not hide under him or misuse his directives.

Inadequate info

On reports that PAC was compiling a report on loss of billions of shillings to Dura Cement Ltd, Museveni said the committee has not had enough information on Dura and asked them to go further and look for more information.

He said he is willing to interface with the committee on the matter and furnish them with more information.

“He also assured that he was willing to meet all PAC members as long as it is in line of fighting corruption,” Kwizera said, referring to the President.

On the meeting, Kwizera said the Museveni wanted to meet NRM members on PAC to thank them for the work they are doing in fighting corruption.

He said the Ugandan leader commended the committee for a good report and that the issue of fighting corruption was a concerted effort by everybody.

Museveni also said PAC members are like judges and urged them to seek more information, do research and be fair to all.

The meeting, which started at about 11am ended at 5pm. It was attended by about 20 legislators.

Source: newvision.co.ug/news

Uchaguzi umeanza Urusi

2012-03-04T05:24:00.002-05:00

Vladmir Putin anaonekana kuwa na hakika ya kurejea tena Kremlin kutokana na uchaguzi wa rais unaofanyika nchini Urusi ,lakini atajikuta akiongoza nchi ambayo iko tayari zaidi kumpa changamoto.

Wimbi kubwa la maandamano limeonyesha sehemu kubwa ya raia nchini humo wamechoshwa na hatua zinazotengenezwa na Putin za kujikita madarakani tangu alipoingia kwanza madarakani na kuwa rais mwaka 2000, na poilisi wanajiweka tayari kwa uwezekano wa ghasia za baada ya uchaguzi mjini Moscow.

Jeshi la polisi limewekwa tayari dhidi ya ghasia za
baada ya uchaguzi

Mfumo wa Putin wa kile kinachoitwa demokrasia yakutengenezwa, imeyaweka makundi ya kiliberali ya upande wa upinzani katika mbinyo unaoendelea , na kuwapa ruhusa ya nadra kufanya mikutano na kutuma vikosi vya polisi ambavyo vimekuwa vikivunja kwa ukandamizaji mikusanyiko ambayo haikuidhinishwa.

Serikali ya Urusi imepata udhibiti wa televisheni zote kubwa na ripoti zao za habari zimegeuka kuwa takrima ya kutokosolewa mipango ya Putin, na mara nyingi huonyeshwa picha za Putin zinazovutia akiwa amepanda farasi, akiogelea na kupiga mbizi ama akicheza na wanyama wa mwituni .

Changamoto ya maandamano

Lakini maandamano , yaliyozushwa na madai ya udanganyifu uliopindukia katika uchaguzi wa bunge mwezi Desemba , umemazimisha mabadiliko kadha.

Maafisa wametoa ruhusa , hata hivyo kwa shingo upande, kwa upinzani kufanya mikutano ambayo imekusanya watu wengi , hadi kiasi ya watu 50,000 mjini Moscow. Televisheni ya taifa imetangaza mikutano hiyo kwa kutoa maelezo yasiyopendelea upande wowote.

Iwapo uvumilivu huo utaendelea kwa upande wa serikali hilo haliko wazi bado.Kwa mujibu wa uchunguzi wa hivi karibuni kabisa wa maoni , uliofanywa na shirika la uchambuzi wa maoni la kibinafsi la Levada , Putin anaelekea kushinda uchaguzi huo kwa kiasi ya theluthi mbili ya kura dhidi ya wagombea wanne, ikiwa inatosha kuweza kukanusha madai ya waandamanaji kuwa ni kundi dogo la watu wanaotumiwa.

Vibaraka wa Marekani.

Putin mara kwa mara amedai kuwa waandamanaji ni vibaraka wa Marekani na mataifa ya magharibi ambao wanataka kuidhoofisha Urusi na amewatusi , kwa kusema kwa mfano kuwa nembo yao ya utepe mweupe inaonekana kama kondomu.

Katika wiki zilizopita , matamshi hayo yamekuwa makali zaidi wakati Putin aliposema hadharani kuwa upinzani uko tayari kumuua mtu wao ili kuweza kuzusha hasira dhidi yake. Madai hayo yamekuja huku kukiwa na ripoti za televisheni kuwa njama zilizopangwa na waasi wa Chechnya kumuua Putin mara baada ya uchaguzi zimezuiwa.

Mwandishi : Sekione Kitojo /ape

Mhariri: Pendo Ndovie

Romney sets up Super Tuesday showdown with Santorum after winning Washington GOP caucuses

2012-03-04T05:18:00.000-05:00

By TOBY HARNDEN, IN WASHINGTON

Mitt Romney has chalked up his fifth consecutive victory in the battle for the Republican nomination, cruising to an easy win in the Washington state caucuses that could give him crucial momentum on Super Tuesday, when 10 states vote.

The former Massachusetts governor was expected to carry the state by a double-digit margin, with his chief rival Rick Santorum struggling to achieve second place in a tussle with libertarian Texas congressman Ron Paul.

With 92 per cent of the votes counted, Romney led 37 per cent with Paul on 25 per cent, Santorum on 24 and Newt Gingrich on 11.

Frontrunner: Mitt Romney watches his wife Ann speak at a campaign event in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday

Romney is now the undisputed frontrunner going into Super Tuesday this week, when 419 of the 1,144 delegates needed will be up for grabs.

Santorum, who won three states on February 7th but had faded since, badly needs to win the battleground state of Ohio if he is to remain in contention.

After two months of turbulence with Romney, Santorum and Gingrich all winning states, Republican party elders are now beginning to rest more easily in the knowledge that Romney, their anointed pick, will face President Barack Obama in November. Read more>>

Hatimae Wizards Kumbamiza Cavaliers 101 kwa 98 Points Ndani ya Verizon Center

2012-03-04T05:11:00.001-05:00

Timu ya USA Itapambana na Brazil May 30 Hapa FedExField Md

2012-03-04T04:47:00.005-05:00

Tunapenda kuwatarifu wadau wetu wote wanaoishi DMV na vitongoji vyake kwa wale wanaopenda mchezo wa kandanda, timu ya taifa ya Marekani itakuwa mwenyeji wa Brazil katika mechi ya kirafiki itakayochezwa, Mei 30 mida ya 8 p.m. ET, hapa hapa FedExField Landover, Maryland.

US itatakuwa nimara ya pili kukutana na Brazil tangu kusimamuwa na kocha mzowefu kutoka Ujerumani Jurgen Klinsmann siku hiyo ya Mei 30.

"Unapozungumzia kuhusu Brazil, unazungumza kuhusu kandanda na wengi wenye vipaji kucheza katika taifa ambalo linajulikana duniani," alisema kocha mkuu wa Marekani Jurgen Klinsmann kwenye ussoccer.com. "Ni lengo letu kuwa na tuna uwezo wa mechi za juu dhidi ya timu kama Brazil ndani ya msingi imara, na hii ni nafasi ya kujimarisha zaidi.

Hii ni kuwakumbusha tu wadau wanaotembelea blog hii, wahi tiketi yako mapema, kwa sasa zinapatikana bei nafuu online, kabla hazijapandishwa bei wakati pale hamu imeshakujia ya kwenda kuwaona mabingwa wenye vipaji duniani katika janga la soccer timu ya Brazil, ambayo mechi hiyo utachezwa hapa FedExField Landover, Maryland.

Kwa habari zaidi ya mpambano huu bofya hapa

NDANI YA PREMIER LEAGUE: Robin Van Aimaliza Liverpool

2012-03-03T09:46:00.003-05:00

Kama tulivyoshuhudia mechi kati ya Liverpool na Arsenal mchezo uliokuwa ukisubiriwa kwa hamu Jumamosi ya leo Feb,3 ndani ya uwanja wa Liverpor na hatimae timu hiyo ya bwawa la maini (LIVERPOOL) kupata kipigo cha bao 2-1 nyumbani kwao, mabao yote 2 yaliyofungwa na Robin Van na kuwafanya wapenzi wa Liverpool kutoka njee ya uwanja kabla game kumaliza.

Juu ya uzowivu aliokuwanao mchezaji wa Liverpool Dirk Kuyt kukosa penalti ambayo imewakusesha guvu walizotegemea kushinda mchezo huo nyumbani kwako, hadi kipenga cha mwisho timu ya Arsenal yatoka migono juu kwa kuibamiza Liverpool bao 2-1 nyumbani kwao. Poleni sana Bwawa la maini ( Liverpool) Na hongera sana kaka Uwesu pamoja kwa ushindi wa leo...tutakutana kwenye kumkokesha mtoto!

KUMBUKA SASA TUNA MTU WA KUTATUA TATIZOLA LAKO LA COMPUTER

2012-03-03T07:17:00.002-05:00

Tunapenda kutoa tangazo hili kwa watanzania wote wanaoishi hapa DMV ya kwamba tuna fix Computer za aina mbalimbali desktop pamoja na laptop na bei yetu ni $ 30 tu, kwa tatizo lolote lile la kiufundi wasiliana nasi kupitia hapa hapa swahilivilla.blog namba ni (301)728-3977 Tupigie simu tutatatua tatizo lako

Kibaki, Zenawi and Kiir launch Lamu port construction

2012-03-03T07:14:00.001-05:00

Freed journalists speak of pain in Syria, say reporters being targeted by regime

2012-03-03T07:10:00.000-05:00

Medics carry wounded French journalist of Le Figaro Daily, Edith Bouvier, after she arrived at the Villacoublay military airport outside Paris along with the photographer William Daniels. Bouvier and Deniels said they were under the “impression” that reporters and journalists were targeted in Syria. (Reuters)

By AL ARABIYA WITH AFP

Syrian forces seemed to be directly targeting journalists in Homs, wounded French reporter Edith Bouvier and photographer William Daniels said Saturday, after escaping the besieged city.

“There were at least five successive explosions, very near. We really had the impression that we were directly targeted,” the Figaro daily quoted the pair as saying after their return to Paris Friday.

The rocket attack on February 22 in the flashpoint Baba Amr area of Homs killed French photographer Remi Ochlik as well as veteran Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin, and wounded Bouvier and British photographer Paul Conroy.

Paris prosecutors on Friday opened a murder probe into the attack. The bodies of Ochlik and Colvin were meanwhile formally identified in Damascus by the French and Polish ambassadors.

Le Figaro reporter Bouvier sustained multiple fractures to her leg from the rocket attack on a makeshift media centre in Baba Amr.

Bouvier, 31 and Daniels, 34, were smuggled out of Syria to Beirut by activists and were greeted by relatives and French President Nicolas Sarkozy when they arrived Friday at a French airbase near Paris.

The two Figaro journalists recounted their harrowing experience from the time on February 22 when Syrian rockets began hitting the “press center.”

“The Syrian activists who were with us, were used to these bombardments and understood the danger immediately. They told us that we must leave right away,” the paper quoted the Bouvier and Daniels as saying.

Colvin and Ochlik were the first to leave. A missile landed in front of the press center.

“The explosion was massive, Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik were practically at the point of impact. They were killed on the spot,” the Figaro reported.

The injured Bouvier couldn’t move her leg. “I screamed” and Syrian insurgent fighters took the journalists to a field hospital in a nearby house.

The International Committee of the Red Cross made some attempt at evacuating those remaining, but were unable to get the Western journalists out as the Syrian regime forces carried out the assault that eventually led to the rebels’ withdrawal.

The two French journalists were trapped for days, even after members of the rebel Free Syrian Army managed to get the wounded Conroy and Spanish journalist Javier Espinosa out of the country and into Lebanon.

“We didn’t know anything... was the way blocked? Were the Syrian troops coming? I really wanted to flee, before remembering that I was immobilized,” said Bouvier who was eventually moved out on a stretcher.

Their exact route out remains a secret, though the two French journalists recounted how they were sheltered by locals along the way “despite the risks.”

Their rescuers also braved rain and snow along the mountain roads, changing vehicles several times.

“They really put themselves in danger for us, they did everything for us,” said Bouvier.

They eventually reached Lebanon late Thursday ̶ the day Baba Amr was retaken by government forces -- and were repatriated to France the following day.

Sarkozy, who announced Friday that Paris would close its embassy in Damascus to denounce President Bashar al-Assad’s “scandalous” repression, paid homage to the journalists on their arrival.

He praised a “chivalrous” Daniels for staying with Bouvier in the Homs suburb of Baba Amr during days of heavy regime bombardment.

Upon his arrival in Paris, Daniels hailed the people of Homs, saying: “All of Baba Amr supported us. They treated us like kings. We were in one of the most protected houses. These people are heroes who are being massacred.”

His eyes welling up with tears, Daniels added: “Those who saved our lives are surely dead, although I don’t know. ... It was nine days of non-stop nightmare with our hopes crashing over a silly detail just about every day.”

An ambulance parked on the tarmac took Bouvier under police escort to a military hospital for treatment for the broken leg she suffered during the deadly bombardment.

British reporter speaks of pain

The Sunday Times photographer, Paul Conroy, who was rescued after spending days injured and stranded in Homs spoke to Sky News from his hospital bed in the UK.

Conroy said he feared for what would happen in Syria with no cameras or journalists there to report.

He said: “It’s an attempt to massacre. It’s horrifying to think that this is the part we’re seeing. Once the cameras are gone, as they are now, God knows what’s happening. Any talking now is too late.”

Conroy said that despite reports that many people have fled Homs, there are still thousands of people there, living in “bombed out wrecks” and “waiting to die.” He said: “It’s more than a catastrophe. It’s snowing there now, people can’t light fires. It’s complete failure. In years to come, we’re going to sit and we’re going to go ‘how did we let this happen under our nose?’”

When asked what he thought the people of Homs and Syria would want him to say on their behalf, Conroy added: “I would say ‘somebody please forget the geo-politics, forget the meetings, forget all of that, do something,; because as I’m talking to you now they’re dying.

Paul Conroy, who was speaking from his hospital bed in London, said that those who got him out of Syria were heroes. He said: “Those people laid their lives down for us and I must honor that level of commitment by doing and saying what I can. I salute them.”

Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin died doing something she was “completely passionate” about, according to the photographer injured alongside her.

Paul Conroy told Sky News that Colvin was one of the bravest people he knew, adding that working with her was an “absolute privilege.”

Speaking of Colvin, he said: “Marie was a unique person. To work with her was just an absolute privilege. She was tenacious - one of the bravest people I know and to be quite honest, we never get the choice of how we die, but Marie died doing something she was completely passionate about.

“She was in one of the most dangerous situations in the world at this current time and she just wanted to tell the truth. She was horrified. That’s why I feel I don’t want to talk about me. What was happening to them, people, we’re going to look back with shame at sitting back and watching once again.”

Na Gazeti la mwananchi: CCM kusuka au kunyoa

2012-03-03T06:56:00.001-05:00

Mgombea ubunge jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki kupitia

Chama Cha Mapinduzi,Sioi Sumari(kulia) akisalimiana

na wajumbe wa mkutano mkuu wa jimbo hilo eneo l

a Usa River,wilayani Arumeru kabla ya upigaji kura

za maoni za chama hicho juzi.

Picha na Filbert Rweyemamu

KAMATI KUU YAKUTANA LEO ARUSHA, SIYOI AFUGASHIWA TUHUMA ZA RUSHWA, TAKUKURU WATINGA RADIO YA LOWASSA

Waandishi Wetu

MVUTANO mkali umeripotiwa kutokea ndani ya kikao cha Kamati ya Siasa ya CCM, Mkoa wa Arusha kuhusu ni mapendekezo yapi yapelekwe mbele ya Kamati Kuu (CC) ya chama hicho baada ya matokeo ya kura za maoni kwa wanaowania kupitishwa na chama hicho kuwania ubunge katika uchaguzi mdogo Jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki.

Habari kutoka ndani ya kikao hicho zinasema mvutano huo ulisababishwa na baadhi ya wajumbe wa kutaka kuondolewa kwa jina la mshindi katika kura hizo, Sioyi Sumari kwa madai kwamba ushindi wake wa kura 761 uliambatana na vitendo vya rushwa hivyo hafai kuwa mgombea wa CCM.

Katika matokeo ya uchaguzi uliorudiwa juzi, Siyoi aliibuka mshindi kwa kupata kura 761 ambazo ni sawa na asilimia 67.8 ya kura halali 1,122 zilizopigwa, dhidi ya asilimia 32.2 za mpinzani wake, William Sarakikya ambaye anadaiwa kwamba anapigiwa chapuo na viongozi wa CCM na Serikali katika ngazi za wilaya, mkoa na taifa.

Katika uchaguzi wa awali wa kura za maoni uliofanyika Februari 20 mwaka huu, Siyoi ambaye ni mtoto wa aliyekuwa Mbunge wa jimbo hilo, Jeremia Sumari aliyefariki hivi karibuni, aliongoza kwa kupata kura 361 akifuatiwa na Sarakikya aliyejinyakulia kura 259.

Habari zinasema wakati kikao kikiendelea jana, mmoja wa vigogo wa Serikali ambaye ni mjumbe wa kikao hicho anadaiwa kuomba kwenda kufuata ripoti ya tuhuma za rushwa katika Ofisi za Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupamba na Rushwa (Takukuru), mkoani Arusha.

Baada ya muda inadaiwa kwamba alirejea na kile kilichodaiwa kuwa ni ripoti hiyo kisha kuiwasilisha mbele ya kikao akiwaonyesha wajumbe vielelezo mbalimbali vilivyopo ndani yake.

Taarifa hiyo ndiyo inayodaiwa kusababisha vuta nikuvute kutokana na baadhi kuipinga huku wengine wakiiunga mkono. Katibu wa CCM Mkoa wa Arusha, Mary Chatanda alipoulizwa juu ya taarifa hizo alikanusha akisisitiza kwamba kikao hicho kilikuwa ni cha siri na taarifa zake haziwezi kuzungumzwa hadharani.

Imeelezwa kwamba kutokana na mvutano huo ndani ya Kamati ya Siasa ya Mkoa wa Arusha, wajumbe waliamua kwamba majina yote mawili, ya Sioi na Sarakikya yapelekwe mbele ya CC kama matokeo ya kura za maoni yanavyoonyesha yakiambatanishwa na maelezo na kile kilichodaiwa kuwa ni vithibitisho vya rushwa.

Kamati Kuu leo

Kutokana na hali hiyo ni dhahiri kwamba kikao cha Kamati Kuu kinachokutana Arusha leo chini ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete kufanya uteuzi wa mwisho wa mgombea atakayebeba bendera katika uchaguzi huo, kitakuwa na wakati mgumu kufikia uamuzi kwa kuzingatia mambo makubwa mawili.

Kwanza kuamua kumweka pambeni Sumari kutokana na tuhuma hizo za rushwa zinazomwandama baada ya wanaodaiwa kuwa wafuasi wake kukamatwa na Takukuru lakini pili kumpitisha mgombea huyo kwa kuzingatia ushindi wa kura nyingi alizopata kwa wana CCM wenzake wa Arumeru.

Akichambua mwenendo wa kumpata mgombea wa CCM katika jimbo hilo, Mhadhiri wa Sayansi ya Siasa katika Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, Profesa Gaudence Mpangala alisema uamuzi wa wapiga kura unapaswa uheshimiwe.

“Tatizo letu Watanzania hatufuati misingi kamili ya demokrasia. Tunafuata tu matakwa ya watu binafsi. Kama kwenye kura za maoni za kwanza, Siyoi alishinda na kwa mara ya pili ameshinda, kuna haja gani tena ya kujadili jinsi ya kumpata mgombea?” alisema Profesa Mpangala na kuongeza:

“Kule tu kurudia kura za maoni ni ukiukwaji wa demokrasia. Hakukuwa na sababu za msingi za kurudia kwani mshindi alishapatikana. Hizi ni siasa za kizamani za chama kimoja. Kama wanafuata matakwa ya wakubwa kwa nini kuwe na uchaguzi? Kwa nini kampeni zipigwe kwa miezi miwili na zaidi? CCM inapaswa kubadilika na kusikiliza uamuzi wa wananchi.”

Huku akimnukuu Katibu wa Itikadi na Uenezi wa chama hicho, Nape Nnauye, Profesa Mpangala alisema utaratibu wa kurudia kura za maoni haupo hata kwenye Katiba ya CCM isipokuwa hutokea tu kwa matakwa ya watu fulani.

“Nape alisema japo utaratibu huo haupo, lakini hutokea tu kwa nyakati fulani. Alitoa mfano wa kinyang’anyiro cha urais ndani ya CCM mwaka 1995 ambapo Rais Kikwete alishinda, lakini ikaamuliwa kuwa kura zirudiwe na ndipo aliposhinda Mkapa.

Kimsingi kura za maoni huwa hazirudiwi. Mimi sijui kwa nini zimerudiwa huko Arumeru. Kama Sioyi alishinda na sasa ameshinda, basi hiyo ni dalili ya kukubalika kwa wananchi. Ikiwa kikao cha Kamati Kuu kitamwengua, basi tutajua kuwa CCM hakifuati misingi ya demokrasia.”

Wafanyakazi wa Lowassa

Wakati hayo yakijiri, kamatakamata ya Takukuru iliendelea na safari hii ilianza kuwakumba pia wanahabari.

Miongoni mwa wanahabari waliothibitika kutiwa mbaroni jana ni Meneja wa Kituo cha Redio 5, Jimmy Mtemi. Kituo hicho kinamilikiwa na Waziri Mkuu aliyejiuzulu, Edward Lowassa

Wana CCM wengine watatu walikamatwa kwenye msako huo wa Takukuru. Chanzo cha habari kutoka kwenye Redio hiyo kilieleza kwamba maofisa hao walitumia siku nzima ya jana kumtafuta Ofisa mmoja wa Redio hiyo, Pili Sirikwa.

“Hawa jamaa baada ya kumkosa Pili walikuja huku Njiro kilipo kituo cha redio wakamwulizia, walipoambiwa hayupo wakaondoka. Baada ya muda kupita walirudi tena sasa hapo ilionekana kuwa ni kwa ugomvi kwani mlinzi aliyekuwa getini walimsukuma na kuvamia ndani kisha kwenda moja kwa moja ofisini kwa Meneja.

“Baada ya kufika hapo walimweleza kuwa wanahitaji kuondoka naye hadi ofisini kwao kwa ajili ya mahojiano. Lakini kabla ya kuondokana naye walimpora simu zake za mkononi na kuzizima,” alidai mtoa taarifa wetu.

Kamanda wa Takukuru Mkoa wa Arusha, Mbengwa Kasomambuto alipoulizwa kama ana taarifa zozote za kukamatwa kwa Meneja wa Redio 5, alisema bado hajapata taarifa hizo kwani alikuwa nje ya ofisi.

“Nipo nje ya ofisi nadhani kesho nitakuwa na taarifa sahihi,” alisema Kasomambuto.

Chadema nao leo

Kwa upande wake, Kamati Kuu ya Chadema leo pia inatarajia kufanya kikao hapa Arusha kutangaza jina la mgombea wao, Joshua Nassari kuwania kitu hicho.Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema, Dk Willbrod Slaa alisema juzi kuwa kikao hicho kitafanyika wilayani Arumeru na tayari wajumbe kadhaa wamewasili Arusha.

“Wanachama wa Arumeru na viongozi wao wamekwishaamua juu ya mgombea wao na wametuletea mapendekezo yao na sisi tutatangaza mgombea,” alisema Dk Slaa.

Matokeo ya kura za maoni ndani ya chama hicho zilizopigwa Jumatano iliyopita yanaonyesha kwamba Nasari aliibuka na ushindi wa kishindo wa kura 805, sawa na asilima 90.6 ya kura zote 888 zilizopigwa akifuatiwa kwamba mbali na Anna Mghiwa aliyepata kura 23. Wagombea wengine na kura zao kwenye mabano ni pamoja na Samuel Kimutho (10), Yahane Shami (6), Antthon Musami (8), Rebecca Magwisha (12) na Goodlove Temba aliyepata kura 18.

Imeandaliwa na Elias Msuya Dar na Mosses Mashalla, Peter Saramba na Mussa Juma, Arusha.

Govt work requires commitment - Museveni 2222\]777777774

2012-03-03T06:51:00.002-05:00

President Yoweri Museveni addressing a Government retreat

By Apollo Mubiru

President Yoweri Museveni has urged all people serving in government to offer service to their nation diligently.

The President made the appeal Thursday while addressing a one-day retreat on Government half-annual performance during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, held at Kampala Serena Hotel.

Museveni, who said that some government officials are like the Biblical “hired hand” who don’t look at government work with commitment but rather as secondary and as a result this affects service delivery and national development.

The President also asked cabinet ministers to always endeavor to monitor, supervise and prevail over the activities of their respective ministries making good use of the much elaborate structures that exist in every government ministry.

He attributed poor service delivery by government departments more to lack of patriotism as opposed to lack of funds.

Museveni appealed to government officials to always emphasize timelines and the avoidance of unnecessary bureaucracy that harm service delivery.

The President appealed to Permanent Secretaries, Chief Administrative Officers, Town Clerks and Sub-County Chiefs, who are the custodians of people’s funds, contracts and personnel to guard against corruption.

He advised them to resist political influence from politicians, and always ask politicians “to put into writing all the directives they give to you as accounting officers” and strongly stressed that they should follow policies and guidelines set by the elected leaders.

Museveni also said that the elected leaders should also undertake the monitoring and supervisory role to ensure that the accounting officers implement very well the policies passed.

He urged them to always be firm while implementing government programmes and curtail resource waste.

The President asked the Ministry of Education to offer career guidance to students on the relevant courses that are on demand on the labour market.

Addressing himself to the agricultural sector, President Museveni emphasized the need for increased production using right varieties and focusing on agro-processing in order to add value to agro-products.

Source newvision.co.ug/news

Govt work requires commitment - Museveni

2012-03-03T06:36:00.000-05:00

President Yoweri Museveni addressing a Government retreat

By Apollo Mubiru

President Yoweri Museveni has urged all people serving in government to offer service to their nation diligently.

The President made the appeal Thursday while addressing a one-day retreat on Government half-annual performance during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, held at Kampala Serena Hotel.

He attributed poor service delivery by government departments more to lack of patriotism as opposed to lack of funds.

Museveni appealed to government officials to always emphasize timelines and the avoidance of unnecessary bureaucracy that harm service delivery.

Museveni also said that the elected leaders should also undertake the monitoring and supervisory role to ensure that the accounting officers implement very well the policies passed.

He urged them to always be firm while implementing government programmes and curtail resource waste.

The President asked the Ministry of Education to offer career guidance to students on the relevant courses that are on demand on the labour market.

Source newvision.co.ug/news

Ban Ki-moon aitaka Syria kuruhusu misaada ya kiutu

2012-03-03T06:32:00.001-05:00

Umoja wa mataifa umedai siku ya Ijumaa kuwa Syria iruhusu misaada ya kiutu baada ya ujumbe wa kutoa misaada wa shirika la msalaba mwekundu uliokwenda katika mji uliozingirwa na majeshi ya nchi hiyo wa Homs kuzuiwa.

Wakati dunia ikiendelea kukasirishwa na utawala wa Syria, kundi linaloangalia hali nchini humo limeripoti kuwa kiasi ya watu 38 wameuwawa siku ya Ijumaa, ikiwa ni pamoja na watu 10 waliopigwa risasi na kufariki katika eneo la Baba Amr,wilaya ambayo ni ngome kuu ya waasi katika mji wa Homs, ambayo inadhibitiwa sasa na majeshi ya serikali kuanzia siku ya Alhamis.

Waandishi washambuliwa

Wakati huo huo mpiga picha raia wa Uingereza Paul Conroy , ambaye alitolewa kwa njia za siri kutoka Homs kupitia Lebanon , amesema wakati akiwa hospitalini nchini Uingereza kuwa mashambulio ya makombora yaliyofanywa na majeshi ya serikali kwa muda wa mwezi mmoja dhidi ya mji huo yalikuwa ni mauaji ya kiholela , na kuna maelfu ya watu ambao wanasubiri tu kufa.

Mwandishi habari kutoka Ufaransa Edith Bouvier , mwenye umri wa miaka 31 na mpiga picha William Daniels , mwenye umri wa miaka 34, ambao wamewasili mjini Paris siku ya Ijumaa baada ya kutolewa kwa njia za siri nao kutoka Syria, wamesema kuwa utawala wa nchi hiyo unaonekana kulenga vyombo vya habari vya kigeni katika eneo la Baba Amr katika wimbi la mashambulio ambayo yameuwa waandishi wawili.

Waandamanaji waomba msaada

Hata hivyo maelfu ya watu walimiminika mitaani mjini Damascus na mji wa pwani wa Aleppo siku ya Ijumaa wakihimiza mataifa ya magharibi kuwapa waasi silaha, na kusababisha majeshi ya serikali kufyatua risasi, wameeleza wanaharakati na wachunguzi nchini humo.

Mjini New York , katibu mkuu wa umoja wa mataifa Ban Ki-moon ameitaka Syria bila masharti kuruhusu misaada ya kiutu. Maafisa wa Syria ni lazima wafungue njia bila ya kuweka masharti ili jamii zipatiwe misaada, amesema Ban katika mkutano na waandishi wa habari katika makao makuu ya umoja wa mataifa.

Haikubaliki kabisa, na haivumiliki. Ni kwa vipi binadamu anaweza kuvumilia hali hii, amesema. Lakini Balozi wa Syria katika Umoja wa Mataifa Bashar Ja'afari amemshutumu Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa kwa kile alichokiita kuitusi serikali ya Rais Bashar al-Assad kutokana na matamshi yake ya kuwakandamiza kinyama waandamanaji wa upinzani.

Marekani yamuonya Assad

Marekani imezitaka nchi zote kushutumu unyama wa kutisha unatokea nchini Syria wakati Rais Barack Obama ametangaza kuwa siku za Assad zinahesabika.

Kwa upande wake Rais Nicolas Sarkozy wa Ufaransa amesema kuwa kile kinachoendelea nchini Syria ni kashfa kubwa. Kuna zaidi ya watu 8,000 waliouwawa, mamia ya watoto waliouwawa, na mji wa Homs unakabiliwa na hatari ya kufutwa kabisa katika ramani.

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Mhariri: Bruce Amani.

Tornadoes ravage the South and Midwest - wiping entire Indiana town off the map and claiming at least 16 lives

2012-03-02T22:48:00.000-05:00

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Tornadoes have ravaged the South and Midwest, destroying homes, claiming lives, tearing roofs from schools, damaging a maximum security prison and wiping one Indiana town entirely off the map.

Authorities reported a total of 16 deaths, including nine in Indiana, where the town Henryville suffered extensive damage including felled trees, wrecked homes and a destroyed high school.

The nearby town of Marysville - home to 1,900 residents - is 'completely gone', according to Clark County Sheriff’s Department Major Chuck Adams, and multiple injuries have been reported.

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Destroyed: Tornadoes have ravaged towns in Southern Indiana, including Henryville, pictured, and nearby Marysville, which is 'completely gone'. Homes, schools and vehicles have been destroyed

Havoc: Aerial shots show the devastating storm damage between Henryville and Marysville, Indiana

Wasteland: Officials confirmed nine deaths in Indiana and five in Kentucky - two days after 13 died across the Midwest and South. Above, what is left of Henryville High School, Indiana

In Henryville, helicopter images show debris-littered homes, uprooted trees and cars dented by baseball-sized hail. Scores of people are still unaccounted for across the state.

As night fell, residents shuffled through the town, some searching for relatives, while rescue workers trawled rubble for survivors. Without power, the only light came from cars crawling along the streets.

There have also been five deaths in Kentucky, authorities reported. Video footage captured by WLKY in Louisville shows a mangled school bus protruding from the side of a one-story building and dozens of overturned trucks.

A school bus is crushed into a business on the east side of U.S. 31 in Henryville, Indiana

'Hopefully they can at least get a tarp on it before it starts again,' he said. An apparent tornado also damaged a state maximum-security prison about 10 miles from Huntsville, but none of the facility's approximately 2,100 inmates escaped.

Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbette said there were no reports of injuries, but the roof was damaged on two large prison dormitories that each hold about 250 men

Part of the perimeter fence was knocked down, but the prison was secure. 'It was reported you could see the sky through the roof of one of them,' Mr Corbette said. Read more>>

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B.S. Report - President Obama Talks Jeremy Lin and the Bulls title chances with Bill Simmons

2012-03-02T10:30:00.002-05:00

BALOZI SEIF AKAGUA ENEO LILILOKATWA MINAZI NA KUATHARISHA MAZINGIRAYA TABIA YA KUCHIMBA MCHANGA KATIKA MAENEO YENYE RUTBA

2012-03-02T08:51:00.001-05:00

Balozi Seif Ali Iddi akilitembelea eneo lililokatwa Minazi kwa dhamira ya kutaka kuchimbwa mchanga kinyume na Sheria katika Kijiji cha Bumbwini Wilaya ya Kaskazini B. Kulia yake ni mwenyekiti wa CCM Mkoa Kaskazini Unguja Nd. Haji Juma Haji, Kushoto ya Balozi ni Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Kaskazini B Nd. Vuai Ali Vuai na Pembeni yake ni Mkuu wa Mkoa Kaskazini Unguja Mh. Pembe Juma Khamis

Viongozi na Watendaji wa Serikali wanapaswa kuendelea kushajiisha Jamii ili kuepuka athari za Mazingira zinazotokana na Baadhi ya Watu kuwa na tabia ya kuchimba Mchanga katika maeneo yenye rutba inayoweza kuotesha mazao mbali mbali.

Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi ametoa kauli hiyo baada ya kulikagua eneo lililokatwa Minazi kwa dhamira ya kutaka kuchimbwa Mchanga katika Kijiji cha Bumbwini akiwa katika ziara yake ya kukagua miradi ya Maendeleo na ile ya Kijamii ndani ya Mkoa wa Kaskazini Unguja.

Zipo dalili zinazoonyesha baadhi ya Watu wanajiandaa na mpango wa kutaka kuendesha zoezi la Uchimbaji wa Mchanga licha ya amri iliyotolewa na Waziri Kiongozi Mstaafu kuzuia kabisa uchimbaji huo miaka michache iliyopita.

Balozi Seif alisema Maafisa wa Misitu lazima wawe wakali wakati wote vyengine Taifa linaweza kuangamia kutokana na baadhi ya watu kuharibu mazingira kwa kisingizio cha kujitafutia Maisha.

Aliwapongeza Wananchi wa Kijiji cha Bumbwini kwa msimamo wao wa kuzuia zoezi la uchimbaji mchanga kwenye eneo hilo ambalo bado linaonekana kuwa na rutba ya kuendelezwa shughuli za Kilimo.

“ Lengo la Serikali ni kugawa Eka tatu tatu ili Wananchi wapate fursa ya kuendesha Maisha yao katika masuala ya Kilimo na tabia ya kuuzwa Eka hizo ni kwenda kinyume la lengo hilo”. Alitahadharisha Balozi Seif.

Mapema Afisa Misitu anayeshughulikia Mapato na Mashamba yote ya Serikali Nd. Mwinjuma Muharami alisema kibali cha kuruhusu uchimbwaji wa mchanga hutolewa baada ya uhakiki wa kuliona eneo husika kama halina uwezo wa uzalishaji wa mazao unaofanywa kwa pamoja na wawakilishi kutoka Taasisi za Misitu, Mazingira, Masheha, Halmashauri, pamoja na Wilaya husika.

Nd. Mwinjuma pia alisema Mpango Maalum umeandaliwa wa kuoteshwa Miti ya kudumu katika Maeneo yote yaliyochimbwa Mchanga kwa lengo la kuhifadhi Mazingira na kurejesha haiba ya Maeneo hayo.

Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar alielezea furaha yake kutokana na kazi nzuri inayofanywa na wana Mazingira wa Jumuiya ya Mabwana na Mabibi Misitu wa Vijiji Saba vinavyojumuisha Hifadhi ya Mikoko ya Ghuba ya Bumbwini Mkokotoni.

Balozi Seif alielezea furaha hiyo baada ya kuweka jiwe la Msingi la Jengo jipya la Hifadhi ya Mikoko katika Ghuba hiyo kwenye kijiji cha Mafufuni Bumbwini.

Alisema shughuli za mazingira hivi sasa ni muhimu Duniani kutokana na athari zilizojitokeza ambazo zinaashiria kuleta balaa katika baadhi ya Mataifa Duniani.

Aliwaeleza Wana Mazingira hao kwamba Serikali itaangalia uwezekano wa kuwasiliana na Taasisi na Washirika wa Maendeleo ndani na Nje ya Nchi kuona changa moto zinazowakabiliWana Mazingira hao zinapatiwa ufumbuzi.

Balozi Seif aliweka jiwe la Msingi la Jengo Jipya la Skuli ya Upenja na kuipongeza Kamati ya Skuli hiyo kwa juhudi zake za kuipa thamani kubwa Elimu kwa kuwajengea mazingira Bora Watoto wao.

Aliwaasa Wanafunzi wa Skuli hiyo kuzitumia vyema juhudi za Wazazi wao huku Serikali ikijipanga kuunganisha nguvu na Kamati za Maskuli katika jitihada za kuyakamilisha Majengo mapya ya Skuli.

Mapema wakitoa Taarifa fupi ya Skuli hiyo iliyosomwa na Mwalimu Mtumwa Rashid walisema ifunyu wa Maabara, Maji safi na Uhaba wa Madarasa ni miongoni mwa Changamoto zinazoikabili Skuli hiyo iliyopo ndani ya Wilaya ya Kaskazini “B”.

Balozi Seif akiwa pia ni Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM alilitembelea Tawi la CCM Mafufuni Bumbwini na kuahidi kutoa Mabati yote ya kuezekea.

Akisalimiana na Wana CCM wa Tawi hilo Balozi Seif alisema haoni fahari kuona shughuli za chama cha Mapinduzi zinafanyiwa chini ya Miembe.

Balozi Seif aliangalia ujenzi wa Jengo la Umoja wa Wanawake Tanzania {UWT } Wilaya ya Kaskazini “B” liliopo Mahonda , akakagua Jengo la Afisi Kuu ya CCM Mkoa wa Kaskazini Unguja liliopo javascript:void(0)Mahonda.

Baadaye aliweka Jiwe la Msingi la Tawi la CCM Donge Kitaluni na kumaliza ziara yake kwa kulifungua Tawi Jipya la CCM Kirombero lililojengwa kwa nguvu za Wanachama wenyewe, Viongozi na Wahisani wa Chama hicho.

Akizungumza katika Mikutano hiyo tofauti Balozi Seif aliahidi kutoa mchango wa Shilingi Milioni Moja kusaidia umaliziaji wa Tawi la Kitaluni na Matofali 1000 kwa ajili ya Kituo cha Malezi cha Kijiji hicho cha Donge Kitaluni.

Pia aliahidi kutekeleza ahadi yake ya mbao za madirisha yote pamoja na gharama za Huduma ya umeme kwa Tawi la CCM la kirombero.

Balozi Seif alisema na kusisitiza kwamba Matawi ya Chama cha Mapinduzi lazima yawe na Vianzio vya Mapato kwa dhamira ya kuwepuka tegemezi ambayo inawezan kudhoofisha nguvu za Chama.

Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif alimaliza ziara yake kwa kukagua eneo linalotarajiwa kuoteshwa Miti ya Matunda na Kilimo mchanganyiko la Bwana Ahmed Talib liliopo Kirombero Wilaya ya Kaskazini “B”.

Balozi Seif alimuagiza Mmiliki huyo kushirikiana kwa karibu na Uongozi wa Wilaya ya Kaskazini “B” na Mkoa wa Kaskazini Unguja katika kuona Mradi huo unafanikiwa na kutoa ajira kwa Vijana.

Na Othman Khamis Ame, Zanzibar

Maya Azucena arrives in Tanzania to promote awareness bout sexual abuse and domestic violence

2012-03-02T08:15:00.001-05:00

Musician Maya Azucena (centre) Speaking to the press. Left is the Public Relation Officer to Us Embassy in Tanzania Roberto Quiroz and right is Mama C.

By ABDULWAKIL SAIBOKO

Tanzania is making significant progress in curbing domestic violence and abuse, an American activist, Ms Maya Azucena, has said. The Brooklyn singer, Ms Azucena said this during a press briefing in Dar es Salaam on Thursday while announcing her mission in the country.

While in the country, she toured Arusha and Dar es Salaam on a charity mission. “I came here last year and held several sensitization dialogues where people especially youths came out confidently and told the stories of their lives in Arusha and Dar es Salaam, a year later I see things changing to the better very rapidly,” she said.

“Most of us are victims of domestic violence, I happened to be in abusive relations but I came out of it and now I am free. Through my music I am trying to compose songs that will help others know that there is a safe place for those who are being treated badly,” she added. Ms Azucena called on local artists to learn how to be creative and sing songs that will send a strong message to people by selecting topics that address critical challenges facing societies.

She noted that during her visit last year she did a song for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with some local and Kenyan artists titled-‘Mama Creator’, that advocated for safe motherhood.

“My desire is to inspire my audience, I want to affect people in a way that will make them stand firm to change their own lives, I am happy with what I am doing and I enjoy it,” she said. Ms Azuzana whose tour is sponsored by American Embassy, will on Saturday night hold a live performance on stage at the National Museum theatre where several local artists are expected to perform.

Source Tanzania Daily News

LEO NI SIKU YA KUZALIWA KWA DJ LUKE MZEE WA VIJIMAMBO

2012-03-02T08:10:00.012-05:00

Kwa siku hii ya leo Ijumaa Feb 2, 2012 tunamshukuru sana Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kutujalia uzima guvu na afya njeema kwa wote wanaotembelea blog hii na kuwatakia ijumma kareem ndani ya siku njeema ya leo.

Vile vile tumshukuru kwa siku hii muhimu sana kwako Mzee wa VIJIMAMBO DJ LUKE ( MPWA) Kwa siku ya kuzalia kwako, wadau wote wa swahilivilla wanakutakia siku njeema, maisha marefu ya kujidai na kujitanafasi wewe pamoja na mdhamini wa pendo lako, kila la kheri inshaallah. 'Amin.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DJ LUKE

UZINDUZI WA BANDARI YA LAMU

2012-03-02T08:05:00.001-05:00

Mradi wa ujenzi wa bandari mpya katika kisiwa cha Lamu nchini Kenya unaanza rasmi baada ya sherehe za kuweka jiwe la msingi hivi leo. (02.03.2012)

Mradi huu unaokusudiwa kugharimu zaidi ya dola bilioni 30, ndio mradi mkubwa zaidi kutekelezwa kwa ushirikiano wa mataifa matatu, Kenya, Ethiopia na Sudan Kusini kwa alengo la kuyaunganisha kibiashara mataifa haya.

Lakini kama anavyotuarifu mwandishi wetu aliyeko kisiwani Lamu, mradi huu unakumbwa na pingamizi kubwa kutoka kwa wakaazi wa kisiwa hicho walioandamana kwa amani kwa kile wanachokidai kubaguliwa na serikali ya Kenya katika utekelezaji wake.

Katika muda wa siku nne zilizopita, mji wa Lamu umekuwa ukipokea idadi kubwa ya wageni wa tabaka mbalimbali ambayo haijawahi kushuhudiwa katika siku za hivi karibuni.

Rais Mwai Kibaki wa Kenya, hii leo anatarajiwa kuwaongoza viongozi wa nchi na serekali, akiwemo rais wa Sudan ya Kusini Salva Kiir, na waziri mkuu wa Ethiopia Meles Zenawi katika kuzindua rasmi mradi huu wa ujenzi wa bandari hii mpya kisiwani Lamu.

Bandari hii inayokusudiwa kufungua eneo zima la kaskazini mwa Kenya, hadi nchini Ethiopia na Sudan Kusini ndio itakayokuwa ya pili kwa ukubwa katika kanda hii ya Afrika Mashariki hadi kusini baada ya ya ile ya Durban nchini Afrika Kusini.

Pia mradi huu unaojumuisha ujenzi wa reli, barabara ya kisasa, bomba la mafuta kutoka kisiwani Lamu hadi Sudan Kusini, pamoja na kiwanda cha kusafishia mafua ya petroli, unakusudiwa kupanua biashara baina ya nchi hizi tatu hadi eneo la maziwa makuu.

Wakaazi wa Lamu wapinga

Hata hivyo, wakaazi wa kisiwa cha Lamu tayari wamefika mahakamani kutaka kusimamisha mradi huu, wakidai kuwa serikali ya Kenya imewapuuza katika hoja zao, kwamba huenda mradi huu utakuwa na athari kubwa za kimazingira, mbali na kubaguliwa kwa jamii hiyo katika maswala ya kitaifa ya uchumi na maendeleo.

Wakaazi hao waliandamana baada ya kufanya maombi na kuelezea hoja zao. "Kuanzia ukoloni mpaka kufikia serekali huru za awamu tatu, haijatumilikisha ardhi zetu, bali imewamilikisha wageni kutoka bara, wengi wao wakitoka jimbo la kusini. Mambo ya mazingira, wazee wetu walikuwa wakikata mikoko na kupanda. Leo ukienda kutembea sehemu ya bandari, tayari watu wakata mikoko kupitia misumeno ya umeme. Mnyama aitwae kasa, huenda kizazi kijacho kisimjue...".

Mwenyekiti wa shirika la kiislamu la kutetea haki za binadamu, Khalid Hassan, anasema kuwa "serikali haijaonesha juhudi zozote za kutatua matatizo hayo yanayowakumba wakaazi wa Lamu ambao wamebakia nyuma kimaendeleo tangu Kenya kujipatia uhuru.

"Tunaambiwa kuwa watu wa Lamu watapewaa kazi, na hio si kweli. Tunaona hivi sasa tayari vile wameanza, wakaazi wenyewe wa Lamu hawajapewa zile nafasi chache ambazo hivi sasa zinasaidia katika kuanzisha huo mradi".

Serikali yajitetea

Kupitia katibu mkuu wa wizara ya Uchukuzi nchini Kenya Sairas Njiru, ambae alikuwa na wakati mgumu kuutuliza umma, alisema kuwa serikali haina nia yoyote ya kumdhulumu mkaazi asilia wa eneo hili, akiongeza kuwa hoja zote zinzotolewa na wakaazi hao ni za msingi na tayari zinalindwa chini ya katiba mpya ya Kenya.

"Ukiongea kwamba mradi utajengwa na watafaidi wengine, ni kana kwamba hatujui kwamba katiba ya siku hizi hairuhusu kuajiriwa kwa mtu yoyote bila kutoa nafasi sawa kwa kila mtu. Pili, ukiangalia sheria iliyopitishwa na bunge wiki jana, imetoa masharti kwamba huwezi kuajiri zaidi ya asilimia sabini kutoka nje ya nchi".

Hali ya usalama imedumishwa katika visiwa vyote vya Lamu, vinavyopakana na nchi jirani ya Somalia, ambako jeshi la Kenya linaendeeza vita dhidi ya wafuasi wa kundi la kigaidi la Alshabab.

Mwandishi: Eric Ponda

Mhariri: Josephat Charo

NHIF yatakiwa kuboresha huduma za afya vijijini

2012-03-02T07:55:00.002-05:00

Mheshimiwa Gaudence Kayombo mbunge wa mbinga mashariki akifuatilia kwa makini mada kuhusu utekelezaji wa mfuko wa afya ya jamii katika siku ya wadau wa mfuko huo iliyofanyika mjini songea leo katika ukumbi wa songea club mjini hapa.

Revocatus A. Kassimba Information Officer Regional Commissioner's Office-Ruvum.

Mfuko wa Taifa wa Bima ya Afya(NHIF) nchini umeshauriwa kutafuta ufumbuzi wa kuviondolea vituo vya Afya mkoani Ruvuma uhaba wa watoa huduma wenye sifa hasa vijijini ili utendaji kazi wa mfuko upate mafanikio yaliyokusudiwa.

Rai hiyo imetolewa leo mjini Songea na Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Ruvuma Said Thabit Mwambungu wakati akifungua mikutano wa wadau wa mfuko wa Bima ya Afya mkoa wa Ruvuma katika ukumbi wa Songea club.

Mkuu wa Mkoa aliongeza kusema kuwa ukosefu wa watoa Huduma za afya wenye sifa unasababisha utoaji Huduma hafifu zisizokidhi kiwango kinachotakiwa kwa wanachama na wananchi.

Mwambungu alisisitiza na kutahadhalisha kuwa kutoa Huduma za afya bila utaalam ni maafa makubwa kwa maisha ya wananchi . “Hii ni hatari kubwa kubahatisha kutoa Huduma za tiba” alisema Mkuu wa Mkoa.

Aidha akijibu maombi yalitolewa na Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mfuko Hamis Mdee alisema kuwa anasikitishwa na kitendo cha mkoa wa Ruvuma kuwa na asilima 0.3 ya wanachama wa mfuko wa Afya ya Jamii(CHF) Mwambungu aliwaagiza wakurugenzi wote wa Halmasahauri za wilaya na Manispaa kuhamasisha wananchi katika maeneo yao ili wanufaike na mfuko kwa kuhamasisha kaya kujiunga na mfuko wa afya ya Jamii.

Aliongeza kuwaagiza wakurugenzi kuwa waifannye CHF kuwa agenda muhimu katika mikutano yote ili wananchi waelimishwe na kufahamu manufaa ya kujiunga, Kuhusu matatizo wanayopata wanufaika wa mifuko hii mkuu wa mkoa aliwaasa watoa huduma afya kufanya kazi kwa uadilifu mkubwa na kuitumia vyema mifuko hii wakijua kuwa mifuko hii inaingiza fedha nyingi inasaidia Kuboresha miundombinu ,vifaa tiba na hata kuajili watoa huduma wengi.

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In Kenya: Striking KBC staff put on notice

2012-03-02T07:50:00.001-05:00

Information minister Samuel Poghisio has ordered striking Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) employees to resume duty or face the sack March 2, 2012. FILE

By AGGREY MUTAMBO

Posted Friday, March 2 2012 at 12:18

Striking Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) employees have been ordered to resume duty or face the sack.

Information minister Samuel Poghisio said Friday the strike was illegal and in bad faith. He gave the staff a 2pm deadline to report to work.

KBC staff went on strike Wednesday over what they termed as poor pay and non-payment of salary arrears.

The strike has affected normal programming including the Africa Cup of Nations pre-qualifying match between Kenya's Harambee Stars and Togo at the Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday.

However, live broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings, transmitted by KBC, was not affected. The staff are demanding a pay raise they claim the management promised them on February 10.

The State broadcaster undertook a restructuring programme in which it promoted employees to new grades as reflected in the Code of Regulations.

However, they say it continued to pay its staff using the old grades and the new pay structure only benefited “a few selected managers.”

The matter came before Parliament yesterday when Yatta MP Charles Kilonzo demanded an urgent statement from the government on the looming crisis that could shut down Channel 1 TV and radio stations run by the broadcaster.

“The minister should explain why employees of KBC are the most poorly paid in comparison to workers of other State corporations,” Mr Kilonzo said. Read more. nation.co.ke/News

NA GAZETI LA MWANANCHI: KAMBI YA LOWASSA YAUMIZA VIGOGO CCM

2012-03-02T07:44:00.001-05:00

Waziri Mkuu aliyejiuzulu, Edward Lowassa

SIYOI AMBWAGA TENA SARAKIKYA

Waandishi Wetu, Arusha

KWA mara ya pili, wana CCM Jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki wamedhihirisha kuwa chaguo lao ni Siyoi Sumari baada ya kumchagua kwa kura 761 na kumtupa mbali mpinzani wake, William Sarakikya aliyepata kura 361 katika uchaguzi wa marudio uliofanyika jana.Matokeo hayo ni kama ushindi kwa mojawapo ya kambi ndani ya CCM inayohusishwa na Waziri Mkuu aliyejiuzulu, Edward Lowassa dhidi ya wanachama waliopo katika makundi mengine, ambayo yalikuwa yakipinga kwa nguvu zote kupitishwa kwa jina la Siyoi.

Vyombo mbalimbali vya habari kwa wiki nzima sasa, vimekuwa vikiripoti kuhusu mgawanyiko ndani ya chama hicho tawala kutokana kuwa na misimamo inayokinza kuhusu nani atakayepeperusha bendera ya CCM katika uchaguzi huo mdogo.

Siyoi alianza kuzua mtafaruku ndani ya CCM pale suala la uraia wake lilipozua utata ndani ya kikao cha Sekretarieti ya chama hicho, hivyo kusababisha kutolewa kwa mapendekezo kwamba aenguliwe katika kinyang’anyiro hicho.

Kundi linalomtetea limekuwa likilalamikia kile linachodai kwamba ni kuwapo kwa njama za kumtosa mshindi huyo kwa sababu kadhaa za kimakundi.

Hata hivyo, Kikao cha Kamati Kuu ya CCM kilichokutana chini ya Mwenyekiti, Rais Jakaya Kikwete kiliamuru kurudiwa kwa uchaguzi baina ya Siyoi na Sarakikya, kwa maelezo kwamba katika wagombea wote sita hakuna aliyekuwa amepata zaidi ya nusu ya kura zilizopigwa.

Habari zaidi zilidai kuwa, hata baada ya kutolewa kwa uamuzi wa kurudiwa kwa uchaguzi huo, mmoja wa vigogo wa CCM alituma mmoja wa wajumbe wa Kamati Kuu kwenda kumshawishi Siyoi ajitoe kwenye kinyang’anyiro hicho, jitihada ambazo hazikufanikiwa kwani alikataa.

Matokeo ya kura

Matokeo ya uchaguzi huo yaliyotangazwa Saa 11:30 jioni na Makamu Mwenyekiti wa CCM, Pius Msekwa, Sumari aliibuka na ushindi huo wa silimia 67.8 kati ya kura halali 1,122 zilizopigwa, dhidi ya asilimia 32.2 za mpinzani wake anayedaiwa kupigiwa chapuo na viongozi wa chama na Serikali kuanzia ngazi ya Wilaya, Mkoa hadi taifa.

Jumla ya kura 1,124 zilipigwa ambapo mbili ziliharibika na kura halali kubakia 1,122.

Akitangaza matokeo hayo, Msekwa alilazimika kuanza kwa kumtangaza mshindi hali iliyofanya ukumbi kukosa usikivu kwa wapenzi, mashabiki na wafuasi wa Siyoi kuanza kushangilia.

Msekwa alisema ameridhishwa na upigaji kura na matokeo hayo yameonyesha imani kubwa waliyonayo wana Arumeru kwa mgombea huyo.

Baadhi ya wana CCM walidai kuwa kauli tata za Msekwa na Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa CCM (Bara), John Chiligati katika ufunguzi wa mkutano mkuu maalum wa Wilaya ya Arumeru jana zilimponza, Sarakikya baada ya wajumbe kuamua kupiga kura za hasira wakipinga kile walichodai kushinikizwa kumchagua mtu aliyeelezwa anatakiwa na mfumo (system), wa Serikali na uongozi wa chama.

Awali wakizungumza kwa nyakati tofauti wakati wa ufunguzi wa mkutano huo uliohudhuriwa na idadi kubwa ya maofisa wa Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (Takukuru), maofisa usalama wa taifa na askari kanzu kutoka Jeshi la Polisi, Msekwa na Chiligati waliwataka wajumbe kutumia vyema kura yao kumchagua mtu atakayemudu na kuhimili vishindo vya upinzani kutoka vyama vingine vitakavyosimamisha wagombea.

“Ndugu wajumbe napenda kuwakumbusha jambo moja muhimu kabla ya kupiga kura, leo hatuchagui mbunge, mnachofanya ni kupiga kura za maoni. Mgombea atateuliwa na kikao cha Kamati Kuu Machi 3, mwaka huu,” alisema Chiligati.

Wakati Chiligati akisititiza hoja hiyo, Msekwa alikuwa akitikisa kichwa kuonyesha kukubaliana na maneno aliyokuwa akiyasema Naibu Katibu Mkuu huyo huku baadhi ya wajumbe wakiguna.

Msekwa aliyetumia muda mwingi kuzungumzia historia yake ya uongozi ndani ya chama kuanzia TANU hadi CCM aliwataka wajumbe kutoangalia uswahiba wala ushawishi wa aina yoyote katika maamuzi yao bali wahakikishe wanayemchagua anastahili kupeperusha bendera ya chama hicho tawala na kukiletea ushindi.

Katika uchaguzi wa awali wa kura za maoni uliofanyika Februari 20, mwaka huu, Siyoi ambaye ni mtoto wa aliyekuwa mbunge wa jimbo hilo, Jeremia Sumari aliyefariki hivi karibuni aliongoza kwa kupata kura 361 akifuatiwa na Sarakikya alijinyakulia kura 259.

Wagombea wengine na kura walizopata katika uchaguzi wa awali kwenye mabano ni pamoja na Elirehema Kaaya (205), Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Kituo cha Mikutano cha Kimataifa Arusha (AICC), Elishilia Kaaya (176), Antony Msami (22) na Elishiankira Urio aliyeambulia kura 11.

Siyoi Sumari akiwa amebebwa na wafuasi wa CCM

baada ya kuibuka mshindi wa kura za maoni za

mgombea Ubunge wa Jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki

kupitia chama hicho, jana.

Picha na Filbert Rweyemamu

Msami tayari amehamia Chadema alikochukua fomu kuomba uteuzi wa kupeperusha bendera ya chama hicho na kuambulia kura 8 katika uchaguzi wa kura za maoni ndani ya chama hicho zilizopigwa juzi eneo la Maji ya Chai wilayani Arumeru.

Kamatakamata ya Takukuru

Katika hatua nyingine, kitendo cha kuwakamata baadhi ya viongozi na makada wa chama hicho juzi kwa tuhuma za kujihusisha na vitendo vya rushwa kwa lengo la kumsaidia mmoja wa wagombea jana kilibadilisha upepo miongoni mwa wapiga kura ambao wengi walidai kitendo hicho kililenga kumnufaisha mmoja wa wagombea na hivyo kuazimia kuonyesha hasira yao kwenye sanduku la kura.

Miongoni mwa viongozi na makada wa CCM aliyekamatwa kwa kudaiwa kujihusisha isivyo halali katika kampeni za Siyoi ni pamoja na Diwani wa Kata ya Mbuguni, Thomas Mollel maarufu kwa jina la ‘Askofu’ aliyesema baada ya kutiwa mbaroni kwa maagizo ya watu aliowaita wakubwa, alihojiwa kwanini anamfanyia kampeni mgombea huyo na aliyemtuma kufanya hivyo.

Ingawa kamanda wa Takukuru Mkoa wa Arusha, Mbengwa Kasomambuto alikataa kuwataja viongozi wengine walioshikiliwa juzi kwa mahojiano, waandishi wetu waliofika ofisi za taasisi hiyo walimshuhudia mmoja wa waliogombea katika awamu ya kwanza ya kura za maoni pamoja katibu wa UVCCM katika moja za Wilaya za Mkoa wa Arusha wakihojiwa na maafisa wa idara hiyo ya dola.

Katika orodha hiyo pia walikuwapo madiwani wawili wa Kata za Arumeru na jana eneo lote la mkutano ulijaa maafisa wa Takukuru, na askari kanzu waliokuwa wakiranda kila kona na kujisogeza kwenye kila kundi la watu zaidi ya wawili walioonekana kuzungumza kwa lengo la kunasa mazungumzo yao.

Maofisa wa Takukuru jana waliendela na kamatakamata hadi muda mfupi kabla ya matokeo ambapo mmoja wa kada maarufu wa vijana wa CCM wilayani Arumeru, Ally Majeshi alitiwa mbaroni kwa mahojiano baada ya kudaiwa kutajwa na baadhi ya watuhumiwa waliokamatwa juzi.

Shamrashamra

Baada ya matokeo, Siyoi alitoka ukumbini akiwa amebebwa juu juu na wafuasi wake kwa umbali wa zaidi ya kilomita mbili huku watu wanaoaminika kuwa wafuasi wa Sarakikya wakiwa wamebaki eneo la ukumbi wa mkutano katika makundi wakijadiliana.

Akizungumzia matokeo hayo, Sarakikya alikubali kushindwa na kumpongeza mgombea mwenzake akimtakia kila la kheri katika uchaguzi ujao wakati mshindi akiwashukuru wajumbe kwa imani waliyoonyesha kwake akiwataka kuanza kampeni za kutafuta ushindi wa CCM.

Imeandaliwa na Mussa Juma, Peter Saramba na Moses mashallah, Arusha

Uganda convicts South African film producer over cocaine

2012-03-02T07:29:00.000-05:00

Catherine Fuller is helped to ascend to Court in Kampala. Photo by Kennedy Oryema

By Edward Anyoli and Steven Candia

A South African movie producer, Kathryne Fuller, was Thursday convicted and sentenced to a fine after pleading guilty to consuming cocaine, a drug restricted internationally.

Kathryne Fuller 29, Fuller consumed the drug with an American television producer, Rich Jeffrey in a room at Serena Hotel, Kampala. Jeffrey was later found dead in the room and Fuller unconscious. Although she recovered consciousness after treatment, she is still paralysed.

Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Sylvia Nabaggala sentenced Fuller to a fine of sh1m which she paid.

Kathryne was brought to court in an ambulance and taken to the Magistrate's Chambers in a wheelchair accompanied by her father Fuller Stuart.

Paul Rutisya, the lawyer who represented the Fuller asked court for a lenient sentence saying she did not waste court's time and that she should be given another chance to reform.

Moses Kalanzi, 23, the co - accused who was charged with unlawful possession of narcotic drug, supplying and dispensing of restricted drugs, manslaughter and neglect to cause death, denied the charges. Kalanzi allegedly committed the offence on February 17, 2012.

Kalanzi, who was accompanied by his lawyer Moses Kiiza, was denied bail and remanded to Luzira prison until March 15 after he failed to produce sureties to stand for him.

Kalanzi is accused of supplying the drugs to Fuller and Rich Jeffrey.

Fuller and Jeffrey came to Uganda as an advanced team to film a documentary in Uganda in conjunction with Hope Medical clinics and Sterley Foundation based in Minesota.

On February 18, at about 11:00pm Rich Jeffrey David was found at the balcony while Kathryne was found unconscious and was rushed to Surgery clinics in Kampala in a critical condition.

Police investigation revealed that deceased and Kathyrne had consumed cocaine.

Prosecution led by Resident State Attorney Martin Rukondo had asked court for a stringent sentence saying it would deter other would-be consumers.

The Magistrate concurred with Rutisya that the convict need a medical attention which she would not adequately access in prison.

"Court has taken note of the convict who is in need for treatment and a custodial sentence would serve no purpose as punishment," Nabaggala said.

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2012-03-02T07:24:00.000-05:00

WANANCHI WA JIMBO LA MBEYA MJINI WATAKIWA KUCHANGIA MFUKO MAALUMU WA ELIMU

2012-03-01T19:11:00.000-05:00

Mbunge wa Jimbo la Mbeya Mjini(CHADEMA),

mheshimiwa Joseph Mbilinyi

Na Angelica Sullusi, Mbeya

Mbunge wa Jimbo la Mbeya Mjini Joseph Mbilinyi amewataka wananchi na wadau mbalimbali wa maendeleo ya Elimu Jimboni humo kuchangia mfuko maalumu wa elimu ambao utatumika kuwasaidia wanafunzi wanaoshindwa kuendelea na masomo kwa kukosa fedha za kulipa ada.

Ameyasema hayo katika mkutano wa hadhara na wakazi wa Kata ya Isanga uliofanyika kwenye viwanja vya Ilolo ambapo amesema uamuzi wa kuanzishwa kwa mfuko huo umetokana na wananchi wengi kufika ofisini kwake kuomba msaada wa kusomeshewa watoto wao.

Ametaja jina la mfuko huo kuwa ni Mbeya Educational Trust Fund na ulianzishwa mwaka jana na tangu uanzishwe zaidi ya shilingi laki nne na elfu themanini ambazo zimepaikana huku wadau wakiaidi zaidi ya shilingi milioni nane.

Aidha,amewataharisha wazazi kuwa kukosekana kwa ada kwa baadhi ya wanafunzi kunawakosesha viongozi bora kwa kuwa viongozi waadilifu siku zote hutokea katika familia masikini ambao wakipewa elimu ndio wenye uwezo mkubwa.

Pia,Mbunge huyo amesema kuwa mfuko huo ameuanzisha yeye kwa manufaa ya wananchi wa Jimbo zima na utasimamiwa na viongozi watakaochaguliwa na wananchi wenyewe hivyo hautakuwa na itikadi yoyote ya chama bali kwa ustawi na maendeleo ya jimbo hilo.

Mbunge huyo amesema kuwa mfuko huo uliozindulia mwishoni mwa mwaka jana una shilingi 480,000 pamoja na shilingi 8,000,000 zilizoahidiwa na wadau mbalimbali,unatarajiwa kuanza kufanya kazi mapema mwezi aprili mwaka huu mara baada ya usajili kukamilika.

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