10 Oct 2008

Gordon Brown declared diplomatic war on Iceland last night. 

He launched a furious attack on the 'illegal' refusal to pay back billions owed to British investors in the country's failed banks. 

The Prime Minister invoked rarely-used anti-terrorism powers to freeze Icelandic assets here as fears grew that vast sums of British cash could be lost. 

Private savers, companies, town halls, police authorities and charities have seen up to £20billion frozen after Iceland nationalised its three top banks. 

Most private savers should be compensated under UK government guarantees. 

But these do not apply to public sector bodies and charities, and it emerged yesterday that more than 100 councils had invested up to £1billion of taxpayers' money in Icelandic banks, lured by high interest rates. 

Financial experts said that if the cash is lost for good, council taxes could rise every year for the next 25 years. 

The crisis has also hit dozens of charities, which had investments of £230million. 

Whitehall sources fear Iceland is now effectively a bankrupt state. It owes the world an astonishing £35billion – £116,000 for every man, woman and child. 

Britain's relations with the North Atlantic island were rapidly deteriorating to the hostility of the 1970s 'cod wars' over fishing rights. 

One unnamed minister said last night: 'It's not Cod War, it's Wad War'. 

Scotland Yard is one of the big losers, with £20million invested in Iceland. 

On another day of financial upheaval: 

  • Labour's £500billion bank rescue gamble appeared to be having little impact on the markets; 
  • The International Monetary Fund made available 'hundreds of billions of dollars' in emergency aid for countries hit by the credit crunch; 
  • Mr Brown and David Cameron stepped up their attacks on irresponsible City fat cats; 
  • Labour MPs boasted that the financial crisis could prove to be Mr Brown's 'Falklands moment'; 
  • In New York the Dow Jones fell 678 points, 7.3 per cent, to close below 9,000 for the first time in five years; 
  • House prices plummeted further, losing an average of £27,000 a year. 

But it was the turmoil in Iceland that was causing the most immediate concern. The country suspended trading on its stock exchange in a bid to prevent further market panic. 

The Treasury plans to send a team of senior officials to Reykjavik to thrash out concerns about the impact on Britain. Chancellor Alistair Darling said last night: 'The Icelandic government, believe it or not, told me yesterday they have no intention of honouring their obligations here.' 

Mr Brown said the attitude was 'totally unacceptable'. He said: 'I have been in touch with Iceland's prime minister. I have said that this is effectively illegal action.

'We are freezing the assets of Icelandic companies in the UK where we can. We will take further action against Icelandic authorities wherever necessary to recover the money.' 

In an extraordinary move, the Prime Minister used powers under the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act to freeze British assets of Landsbanki, one of the collapsed banks and the operator of the popular internet account Icesave. 

'I don't apologise for it,' Mr Brown said. 'This is a very unusual situation, where a

Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde

Voiced disappointment: Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde

country has effectively defaulted.' 

Iceland's prime minister Geir Haarde voiced disappointment at the lack of assistance he has received from Western countries and threatened to find 'new friends'. 

That was seen as a clear reference to Russia, which has offered a four billion euro loan. 

There are claims – denied by Reykjavik – that the Kremlin wants the use of a former U.S. military base in return. 

Mr Haarde said he told Mr Darling he considered the use of anti-terrorism powers a 'completely unfriendly act'. 

The Icelandic disaster could have even wider effects on Britain. Its banks and finance companies are significant shareholders or backers of household-name firms from House of Fraser to Hamleys and the frozen food store Iceland. 

Iceland's president has been admitted to hospital for heart surgery, it emerged yesterday. 

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson had an angioplasty operation earlier this week as the devastating extent of Iceland's economic meltdown became clear. 

Aides were unable to say when he would resume his duties. Although his post is largely ceremonial, his absence will add to the country's gloom.

SOURCE:Daily Mail


9 Oct 2008

Kwa makala na habari zilizokwenda shule BONYEZA HAPA kusoma toleo la wiki hii la gazeti hili mahiri.

By Christopher Kidanka and Agencies 

As former South Africa Defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota announced plans to lead a breakaway ANC faction yesterday, a respected Dar es Salaam-based political scientist said parallels could be drawn in Tanzania. 

Prof Mwesiga Baregu of the University of Dar es Salaam said the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) was showing signs of an internal struggle similar to the one that was threatening to split ANC down the middle. 

But CCM publicity secretary John Chiligati scoffed at the comparison, saying the party remained united. 

Yesterday, Mr Lekota was quoted as saying they were serving �divorce papers", complaining about what he called "undemocratic tendencies" in the ANC, which he said had betrayed its own principles. 

In Dar es Salaam, Prof Baregu told The Citizen that what was happening in South Africa was a clash between conservatives and modernists. 

He said an ANC split was inevitable after Mr Thabo Mbeki was ousted from the party's presidency last December before he was forced to step down as South African president last month, a year before completing his second and final term. 

"There have always been clashes within ANC, and this reached a crescendo when workers, youth and women dropped Mbeki in favour of Zuma," he said. 

Prof Baregu said that the same fate could befall CCM which was facing similar challenges as its South African counterpart. 

"There are two ANCs�one that is pro-Freedom Charter and the other which embraces market economy. These two are in constant struggle. The same can be said of CCM which is ideologically split into one group which is pro-Arusha Declaration and socialism and the other which can be said to be pro-corruption. We can say that what has happened in South Africa will inevitably happen in Tanzania," he said. 

Prof Baregu said there was a struggle within CCM pitting traditionalists who wanted to maintain socialist attitudes and leadership ethics as preached by Mwalimu Nyerere and those who had deviated from the party's original ideals. 

But Mr Chiligati said ANC president Jacob Zuma had assured CCM that ANC would remain strong despite the turmoil it was going through. 

"Two weeks ago Zuma was here and we talked at length about the problems within his party, and he assured us that ANC would never split. 

"We voiced our concern about the conflict pitting factions aligned to Mbeki and Zuma and he told us that what was happening was part of democracy and that there was nothing to worry about," Mr Chiligati. 

South African President Kgalema Motlanthe has downplayed reports of a split within ANC, saying a splinter group could not pose a serious threat. 

Mr Lekota did not announce a new grouping yesterday as had earlier been predicted although he said the ANC was close to splitting. 

"This is probably the parting of the ways ... We hope that sense may still prevail in us... If not there's no going back," he said. 

He called for a congress of forces opposed to the ANC 's current policies and direction within four weeks but said he had not spoken to opposition parties. 

Flanked by another ANC dissident, former deputy defence minister Mluleki George, he added: "Logically it seems that this is the end of it." It was not clear how much support Mr Lekota, a former ANC chairman, had although he said hundreds of local party supporters had resigned and regional and provincial ANC branches were contemplating leaving. 

Most analysts played down the impact of any breakaway party unless it was joined by ANC heavyweights including Mr Mbeki. They said the party leadership might welcome the departure of dissidents to restore unity. 

Mr Mbeki was forced out last month and replaced by Motlanthe after a judge accused the former president of meddling in a graft case against Mr Zuma. Mr Motlanthe is expected to step down after elections expected around April 2009.

Mr Lekota said those opposing the present leadership of the party would need to be in some kind of organisation but said there must be consultation first on the way forward. He said he was living with an "uneasy sense that the African National Congress has started moving away from the cause that attracted us." 

Mr Mbeki sacked Mr Zuma from the deputy presidency in 2005 after Mf Zuma was implicated in a corruption trial. Mr Zuma was elected ANC leader on December 18, 2007 after defeating Mr Mbeki. 

Mr Robert Sobukwe formed the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) in 1959, breaking away from the ANC. The split took place as Mr Sobukwe pressed for South Africa to be returned to its indigenous people. He accused the ANC of being contaminated by non-African values. 

The South African Native National Congress was formed in January 1912 in Bloemfontein, in response to legislation denying political rights to the black population. It changed its name to the African National Congress in 1923. Its early leaders wanted a gradual extension of the electoral franchise on the British model. The party failed to moderate the race policies of successive white governments

SOURCE: The Citizen

Hii haijatulia,labda mizimu ilikuwa na beef na anayetambika.Hebu imagine,mnakwenda mtoni au baharini kufanya tambiko halafu mwenzetu anazama wakati wa shughuli hiyo!Haitashangaza baadhi ya watu wakikimbilia kudai kuwa huenda kuna miiko ilikiukwa ndio maana mwenzenu kazama na si ajabu wengine wakihitimisha kuwa "aah wapi,yule alikuwa kigagula ndio maana kasombwa na mkondo wa maji wakati wa tambiko."Kifo ni kifo,na siku zote kinahuzunisha.Lakini kuna wakati waombolezaji wanashindwa kujizuia kucheka kwenye matukio kama ya mtu anayekufa kwa kutumbukia kwenye pipa la chimpumu wakati anapima alcoholic content au  mtu aliekutwa na mauti huko kijijini baada ya kuanguka juu ya ukuta wakati anamchungulia mrembo aliyekuwa anaoga kwenye bafu lenye uwa wa makuti (kozimani,peeping tom au mpiga chabo).Anyway,Bwana hutoa Bwana hutwaa,Jina Lake Lihimidiwe milele.Zaidi BONYEZA HAPA

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Tukiweka kando usemi kwamba beauty is in the eye of the beholder,mtu mwenye sura mbaya au asiye na mvuto anaweza kujua ukweli huo sio kwa kujiangalia kwenye kioo tu bali hata pia kusikia kutoka kwa watu ambao hawana interest na uzuri au ubaya wa mtu huyo.Mwanamke au mwanaume akikupenda lazima atakuvisha kilemba cha ukoka.Kwa mantiki hiyo,the most reliable source katika kufahamu uzuri au ubaya wa mtu sio yule ampendaye (au anaye-pretend kumpenda).It goes without saying kwamba mpenzi wako akikwambia kwamba wewe ni mbaya,na hasa pale ambapo ushasikia tetesi kama hizo,inamaanisha kwamba mapenzi hayo yanaelekea ukingoni.Wajuzi wa mambo hayo wanasema kwamba too much honesty kwenye mapenzi ni hatari.

Lakini kuna habari moja njema kwa wenye sura mbaya na wasio na mvuto.Mtu anayesaka mapenzi ya dhati anahitaji mwenza ambaye hatayumba katika mapenzi.Yaani,sio habari za "usiponitaka wewe wenzio kibao wananitamani."Inaaminika kwamba watu wenye sura mbaya na wasio na mvuto wana tabia moja kuu: imani kwamba wanapopendwa ni sawa na bahati ya mtende ambayo wakiipoteza hawataipata tena.Kwa mantiki hiyo,watajitahidi kila wawezavyo kuhakikisha hawaipotezi bahati hiyo,which directly translates into kudumu kwa mapenzi.

Kuna kanuni (theory) nyingine isiyo rasmi kuhusu watu wenye mapungufu (kwa mfano wabaya,wasio kamilifu kimwili,nk).Kwamba,wanajitahidi kadri wawezavyo kufidia mapungufu hayo kwa kuwa na tabia au matendo yatakayowavutia wale ambao otherwise wangewapuuza kwa kigezo cha mapungufu hayo.Angalia watu wafupi,kwa mfano.Wengi wao ni waongeaji sana,wachangamfu na machachari.Tabia hiyo huwasaidia sana hadharani kwani husababisha ufupi wao kuwa sio ishu muhimu.

Nilisoma mahala flani kuhusu kwanini wanawake warembo sana huwa na wakati mgumu kudumu na mpenzi mmoja.Kwa upande mmoja sababu inaweza kuwa kutojiamini kwa wapenzi wao,yaani wazo kwamba siku yoyote wataporwa.Kwa upande mwingine ni tabia iliyozoeleka kwa warembo sana kwamba "ukifanya hivi nakubwaga" (hata kama sio suala la kubwagwa) kwa vile wanajiamini kwamba wana soko kubwa la wanaowatamani.Ni hadi umri unapoyoyoma ndipo wanawake wa aina hiyo huanza kushtuka kwamba "eh kumbe bado sijaolewa!"

Tatizo kubwa linalowakabili wenye sura mbaya na wasio na mvuto ni jinsi ya kuonekana ili wakutane na wapenzi-watarajiwa wao.Sio siri kwamba mwonekano wa nje umeendelea kuwa factor kubwa ya kupata au kukosa umpendaye.Upendo,huruma, "ufundi kwenye mahaba", na mambo mengine mazuri hujulikana baada ya ku-win heart ya umpendaye,havionekani kwa nje.Hata hivyo,mapenzi kama starehe ndio hujali zaidi mwonekano wa nje.Mtafuta mke au mume wa kudumu naye lazima atajitahidi kwenda mbali zaidi ya mwonekano wa nje.Kwa maana hiyo,japo inaweza kuchukua muda mrefu kwa mwenye sura mbaya na asiye na mvuto,lakini mwenye tabia maridhawa,kuonekana au kumpata wa kudmu naye,la muhimu ni kwamba uwezekano huo upo.

For all you ugly and unattractive guys and ladies out there,most important thing is never giving up hope in finding your true love and sticking to your good characters.Someone out there is looking for,not how you look,but those outstanding characters of yours.

Hawa TANESCO vipi?Kwanza walitangaza mgao wa umeme wa takriban masaa matano kwa siku kabla ya kuongeza muda na kuwa takriban masaa kumi kwa siku.Siku chache baadaye wakatangaza kuisha kwa mgao huo,lakini kwa mujibu wa gazeti la Tanzania Daima,mgao umerejea tena.Ubabaishaji wa aina hii utaendelea hadi lini?


Inapotokea pundits wa Fox News,Mort Condracke,Bill Kristal,Nina Easton na Fred Barnes, wanakubaliana kitu kimoja "kummaliza" John McCain basi hapo huhitaji kwenda mbali kuhitimisha kwamba mgombea huyo kachemsha.And that's exactly what happened mara baada ya mdahalo kati ya Obama na McCain ambao ulichukua format ya town hall meeting.Kadhalika,mtizamo wa undecided voters kwa mujibu wa Frank Luntz ni kwamba Obama ameshinda tena mdahalo huo ambao ni wa pili kati ya midahalo mitatu iliyokubaliwa na wagombea hao.

Kwa mujibu wa wachambuzi wa uchaguzi huo,McCain alihitaji a kcock-out punch,yaani ilikuwa ni lazima afanye vizuri katika mdahalo huo ili kujiweka vizuri katika jitihada zake za kushinda uchaguzi hapo Novemba 4.Kura nyingi za maoni zinaonyesha mgombea huyo wa Republican akiwa nyuma ya Obama,na ilitarajiwa kwamba kufanya kwake vizuri katika mdahalo huo kungemsaidia kupunguza gap hiyo.Kilichokuwa kinawapa matumaini wafuasi wa McCain ni uzoefu wake katika town hall meetings.Hata hivyo,uzoefu huo unaonekana kutomsaidia mgombea huyo,na pengine fursa yake pekee ni aidha kitoke kitu kisichotarajiwa (hata kama hakihusiani na uchaguzi huo) ambacho kitabadili kabisa landscape ya uchaguzi huo au afanye vizuri kupita kiasi katika mdahalo wa mwisho (na wakati huohuo Obama afanye vibaya).

Moja ya kauli ambazo zinaweza kumgharimu McCain ni ile ya kumuita Obama "that one",na kinyume na mdahalo uliopita ambapo wagombea hao walishikana mikono kabla na baada,safari hii hilo halikutokea baada ya shughuli hiyo pevu ambapo McCain alikuwa wa kwanza kuondoka kitini (pengine kukwepa handshake na Obama).

Kwa uchambuzi na habari zaidi bofya HAPA na HAPA na HAPA




Mitihani zaidi kidato cha nne yavuja Necta iko njia panda
BARAZA la Mitihani Tanzania (Necta) bado liko njia panda kuhusu hatua za kuchukua baada ya mtihani mwingine wa kuhitimu kidato cha nne mwaka huu kuthibitika kuwa umevuja.

Uchunguzi uliofanywa na Mwananchi kwa siku kadhaa sasa unaonyesha kwamba, wanafunzi wa kidato cha nne tayari walishakuwa na mitihani hiyo, hivyo wamekuwa wakijibu maswali katika maeneo mbalimbali ya nchi kabla ya kuingia kwenye chumba cha mtihani.

Juzi Baraza lilitangaza kuufuta mtihani wa somo la Hisabati ambao ulikuwa uanze kufanywa kwa kile kilichoelezwa kuwa umevuja na kwamba, vyombo vya usalama vinafanya uchunguzi zaidi kwa mitihani mingine ya Kiswahili, Kiingereza, Fizikia na Uraia inayodaiwa kuvuja.

Lakini jana Kamanda wa Polisi Kanda Maalum ya Dar es Salaam, Suleiman Kova aliwaambia waandishi wa habari kuwa jeshi lake linawashikilia wanafunzi wawili kutoka kituo cha Perfect Vision, mmoja kwa tuhuma za kukutwa na majibu ya mtihani wa somo la Civics (Uraia) na mwingine kwa kumfanyia mwenzake.

Kamanda Kova alisema watuhumiwa hao, walikamatwa juzi saa 11:00 jioni wakiwa katika kituo hicho kilichopo maeneo ya Ubungo karibu na nyumba za Shirika la Nyumba nchini.

Kwa mujibu wa Kamanda Kova, mwanafunzi wa kwanza kukamatwa ni mtahiniwa wa kujitegemea Rhoda Juma Mombora (37) ambaye alikamatwa na majibu ya mtihani wa somo hilo uliofanywa juzi mchana. Mtuhumiwa wa pili, Clara Haule (20) mkazi wa Makumbusho alikamatwa akimfanyia mtihani Anjela Maganga mwenye namba P1475/0023.

Kova alisema watuhumiwa hao, wanashikiliwa na polisi na uchunguzi ukikamilika watafikishwa mahakamani kujibu tuhuma zinazowakabili. Idadi ya watuhumiwa inafikiriwa kuongezeka.

Japokuwa ni watahiniwa hao tu walionaswa, wanafunzi mbalimbali waliozungumza na Mwananchi katika maeneo mbalimbali nchini na jijini Dar es Salaam walidai kuwa wana mitihani yote na kwamba hata waliyofanya juzi walikuwa nayo. Walisema baada ya kuingia katika chumba cha mtihani walibaini kuwa ndiyo yenyewe.

"Mitihani yote tunayo hata ule wa jana (juzi) wa somo la Uraia (Civics), tulikuwa nao na baada ya kuingia katika chumba cha mtihani tulibaini kuwa ndiyo wenyewe, swali mpaka swali," alidai mwanafunzi mmoja wa jijini Dar es Salaam (jina tunalo).

Mwanafunzi huyo alidai kuwa walipata mitihani hiyo kutoka kwa watu walio karibu na Baraza baada ya kuchanga fedha na kuwapatia watu hao.

Mazingira ya kuvuja kwa mitihani hiyo yanaonyesha kuwa iliibwa kutokana na mpango wa ndani uliosukwa na baadhi ya watumishi wasio waaminifu kwa lengo la kujipatia kipato.

Kwa mujibu wa uchunguzi huo baada ya kupata mitihani wanafunzi hao wamekuwa wakitumia simu za mikononi kupeana maswali au majibu kabla ya kuingia katika chumba cha mitihani.

Katika hatua nyingine Umoja wa Wanafunzi wa Taasisi za Elimu ya juu nchini (Tahliso) umetaka mtihani wote wa kidato cha nne ufutwe na kisha Waziri wa Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi, Profesa Jumanne Maghembe na watendaji wakuu wa Baraza kujiuzulu kutokana na kashfa hiyo ambayo mara ya mwisho ilitokea mwaka 1998.

Katibu Mkuu wa Tahliso, Mtatiro Julius alisema jana jijini kuwa, kashfa ya kuvuja kwa mitihani hiyo inawahusu viongozi hao moja kwa moja na hivyo hawapaswi kukwepa kuwajibika.

"Waziri anapaswa kuwajibika mwenyewe kwa kulinda heshima yake, lakini zaidi kwa manufaa ya umma kwani ameshindwa kuwasimamia vema watendaji wa chini yake," alisema Mtatiro na kuongeza:

"Kitendo cha mitihani kuvuja na serikali kuufuta mmoja na kuacha mingine iendelee kitazalisha wasomi wasiokuwa na uwezo,".

Kwa mujibu wa Mtatiro, inasikitisha kuona serikali inakiri kuvuja kwa mtihani wa Hisabati kwani kauli hii inaleta uwezekano wa mitihani yote kuwa imevuja kwa kuwa mitihani hiyo iliandaliwa pamoja na kusambazwa pamoja.

"Hali ya kuvuja kwa mitihani nchini imekuwa ya kawaida sana ingawa miaka mingine serikali inakanusha tuhuma hizo. Katika hili la mwaka huu, ni lazima Rais Jakaya Kikwete atumie nafasi yake kuwawajibisha watendaji wake," alisema.

Mtatiro alibainisha kuwa tatizo la kuvuja kwa mitihani nchini linatokana pamoja na mambo mengine tamaa ya fedha na walimu kutolipwa mishahara mizuri.

Aliitaja sababu nyingine ya kuvuja kwa mitihani kuwa ni ubinafsi na uzembe unaofanywa na baadhi ya watendaji wakuu katika kusimamia mitihani na upole wa Rais Kikwete katika kuwachukulia hatua watendaji wake wanaoboronga kazini.

"Upole wa Rais Kikwete ndiyo unaosababisha watendaji wa chini wajione kuwa wako huru na hakuna wa kuwawajibisha," alisema.

Juzi Baraza lilifuta mtihani wa Hisabati baada ya kubainika umevuja. Hata hivyo Baraza halikuwa tayari kutaja sehemu wala watu waliokamatwa na mtihani ambao sasa utatungwa mwingine na kufanywa Oktoba 27, mwaka huu.

Mwaka 1998, Baraza hilo lilifuta mitihani yote baada ya kubaini kuwa mingi ilivuja na hivyo kulazimika kusogeza mbele tarehe ya kuanza kwa mitihani na hali inaonekana inaweza kujirudia mwaka huu kutokana na mitihani hiyo kuzagaa kama njugu.

Awali Katibu Mtendaji wa Baraza la Mitihani Tanzania, Dk Joyce Ndalichako alisema baraza hilo limeanza kufanya uchunguzi wa uvujaji wa mitihani mingine nchi nzima baada ya kupata taarifa juu ya kuwepo kwa mitihani zaidi kwenye mikono ya watahiniwa ikiwemo Kingereza, Kiswahili, Fizikia na Uraia.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari juzi kuhusu kuvuja kwa mitihani, Dk Ndalichako alisema vyombo vya usalama vimekamata mitihani ya Kiswahili, Kiingereza, Uraia, Fizikia pamoja na Historia na kwamba, uchunguzi zaidi unafanyika, lakini hakutaja sehemu ambazo mitihani hiyo ilikamatwa kwa kile alichoeleza kuhofia kuharibu uchunguzi unaoendelea.

Kashfa ya kuvuja kwa mitihani ni mwendelezo wa kashfa mbalimbali zinazoendelea kulikumba Baraza hilo baada ya hivi karibuni kuripotiwa kuibwa vyeti 4,000 vikiwa na namba bila ya majina.

SOURCE: Mwananchi

MBONA HII INATOKEA KILA MWAKA LABDA TATIZO KWA MITIHANI YA MWAKA HUU NI HIYO MEDIA ATTENTION.KUNA WATU WENYE JUKUMU LA KUHAKIKISHA MITIHANI HAIVUJI,NA WANALIPWA KWA KAZI HIYO LAKINI MWAKA HADI MWAKA MAMBO YANAENDELEA KUWA YALEYALE.NA SIJUI KWANINI HADI MUDA HUU UONGOZI WA NECTA HAUJAWAJIBIKA.ANYWAY,WANAJUA KWA UTAMADUNI WETU KUBORONGA SIO SABABU TOSHA YA KUJIUZULU MAJUKUMU WALIYOKABIDHIWA.


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