The next Vice President of the United States,John McCain!?(Tena kwenye mkutano wa kampeni kwa ajili ya Joe Biden!?) Pengine sio kosa lake kwani huyo jamaa,Jim Pacillo, aliyechemsha katika kum-introduce Biden,amepata ridandansi kazini kwake hivi karibuni (pengine kichwa hakijatulia vizuri),na pia ni ,mfuasi wa Republican lakini anayewasapoti Obama na Biden ( ukibadili dini inachukua muda kutofautisha padri au shehe).
11 Oct 2008
10 Oct 2008
10.10.08
Evarist Chahali
INFIDELITY, SARKOZY
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President Sarkozy had an affair with the wife of one of his present Cabinet members about four years ago, when he was serving as Interior Minister, according to the former head of French police intelligence.
The alleged episode was one of a multitude of damaging secrets reported yesterday from the private notebooks of Yves Bertrand, who was central director of the powerful Renseignements Généraux (RG) spy agency for 12 years until 2004.
The police chief, whose shadowy service had long been a political tool for French rulers, also recorded in 2003: “Chirac has been for a facelift in Canada.”
The diaries, packed with potentially explosive accounts of drug-taking, illicit sex, blackmail and corruption among French leaders, were seized by judges recently as part of an investigation into dirty tricks. They were leaked to Le Point, a news magazine
Mr Bertrand, 63, also recorded intimate details of the private life and family of Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister and candidate against President Chirac in the election in 2002.
His regular informants included journalists who were paid, said Le Point. “These notebooks are a terrifying journey under the skirts of the Republic,” said the magazine, which quoted only edited excerpts.
“One could laugh if this exercise in underhand police work had not sometimes broken careers, thwarted democracy and sometimes destroyed lives,” it said.
Key names were omitted by Le Point, but its summary of the notebooks appeared to confirm an assumption that after 2002 the RG was working for President Chirac to undermine Mr Sarkozy when he took over the Gaullist movement and made a bid for the presidency.
One of the unconfirmed reports then was that Cécilia Sarkozy, is wife, had been tipped off by the RG of his alleged infidelity.
Since their divorce the former Mrs Sarkozy, whom Mr Bertrand described as a party animal, has complained about her ex-husband's affairs.
Mr Sarkozy had Mr Bertrand removed from his post in 2004, suspecting that he was involved in an attempt by Dominique de Villepin, his Cabinet rival, to blacken his name. Prosecutors this week called for Mr de Villepin, who later became Prime Minister, to be brought to trial for complicity in Clearstream, a plot to smear public figures.
After winning the presidency Mr Sarkozy dismantled the police spy service. Internal spying is supposed to be supervised more closely under a new domestic intelligence agency, but there has already been a row about a database that was to include information on the sexual habits of public figures. Mr Sarkozy imposed limits to the database last month.
Mr Bertrand told Le Point that his notes were raw information that he had kept for his own use.
“It is normal that the boss of the RG should be kept informed at an early stage of events,” he said. “I did not write much about private lives and if I did so, it was to protect members of the government.”
SOURCE: The Times
- 10.10.08
- Evarist Chahali
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A gardener who fenced off his allotment with barbed wire after being targeted by thieves has been ordered to take it down – in case intruders scratch themselves.
Bill Malcolm erected the 3ft fence after thieves struck three times in just four months, stealing tools worth around £300 from his shed and ransacking his vegetable patch.
But Bromsgrove district council has ordered the 61-year-old to remove the waist-high fence on health and safety grounds.
Demoralised: Bill Malcolm and his fence
Mr Malcolm, who has grown potatoes, onions, beetroot and asparagus on two patches at the Round Hill allotments in Marlbrook, Worcestershire, for the past eight years, said: 'It's an absolutely ridiculous situation.
'All I wanted was to protect my property but the wire had to go in case a thief scratched himself.
'The fence was just a single strand and ringing my property. It was only 3ft high – it wasn't as though I'd dug a moat filled with piranha fish and erected 6ft iron railings.
'The council said they were unhappy about the precautions I had made but my response was to tell them that only someone climbing over on to my allotment could possibly hurt themselves.
Security battle: Intruders have struck Bill's allotments three times in four months
'They shouldn't be trespassing in the first place but the council apologised and said they didn't want to be sued by a wounded thief.
'I told them to let the thief sue me so at least that way I would know who was breaking into my allotment but everything I said fell on deaf ears. It seems as though they are so wrapped up in red tape, they are unable to help me.'
Mr Malcolm said he had been robbed three times since June, along with around 16 of the 50 allotment keepers on the site.
'About £300 worth of tools were taken, including everything from a stainless steel border spade and pitchforks to screwdrivers and hammers,' he added. 'The thieves cut through steel locks on the shed, or broke in through the windows. I caught one lad of about 16 red-handed.
'He dropped the bag of tools and fled, but although the police took a description and finger prints, I heard nothing. Another time yobs broke in and completely trashed my potato and vegetable patches.
'A lot of people, myself included, are growing our own veg to beat the credit crunch. But what's the point if they are going to be ripped up by mindless idiots?
'I take care of this allotment but it's very demoralising to have your belongings stolen and your hard work ruined.'
A spokesman for Bromsgrove council said: 'With regard to the barbed wire, when this is identified on site, we are obliged to request its removal or remove it on health and safety grounds.'
Sergeant Nick Husbands, of West Mercia Police, said: 'We can confirm that five thefts from Round Hill allotments have been reported in the past year.
'These have mainly been from sheds and our advice to allotment holders is not to leave anything of value there.'
Mr Malcolm's plight comes just weeks after Bristol council angered allotment holders by urging them not to lock their sheds in case burglars damaged them breaking in.
SOURCE: DAILY MAIL
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
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
- 9.10.08
- Evarist Chahali
- RAIA MWEMA
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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
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
- 9.10.08
- Evarist Chahali
- ODD STUFFS
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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
8 Oct 2008
- 8.10.08
- Evarist Chahali
- MAPENZI
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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.
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