4 Feb 2012



A phone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard has been intercepted by hacking group Anonymous, revealing a conversation about cybercrime.
The call, broadcast on the internet, records UK officers admitting to their US counterparts that they have "cocked things up in the past" and joking about a cybercrime conference in Sheffield.
Anonymous hackers said they hacked into an FBI agent's email account, giving details of when and where the call was to take place.
The email has also been posted online, with Anonymous supporters tweeting links to sites where the call can be listened to and downloaded.
"A conference call is planned for next Tuesday (January 17, 2012) to discuss the on-going investigations related to Anonymous, Lulzsec, Antisec, and other associated splinter groups." the email says.
Anonymous tweeted:
 
AnonymousIRC
The  might be curious how we're able to continuously read their internal comms for some time now. 
The 17-minute-phone call discusses a young member of another hacking group who was talking to the police in the UK.
The agents also deliberate dates of planned arrests and the evidence they have against various suspected hackers.
Two British men, Ryan Cleary and Jake Davis, who were arrested on charges of carrying out online attacks on behalf of Anonymous and LulzSec last year, were also discussed.
However some of the names of suspected hackers appear to have been bleeped out by Anonymous for legal reasons.
The conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard also reveals the relationship between the two security giants.
Joking about a conference on cyber-crime in Sheffield, an English officer tells the FBI that they had not missed much by not having visited the city, adding it was "not exactly a jewel in England's crown".
After the FBI expresses gratitude to the British officer, he also sheds light on previous mistakes, responding "We're here to help. We've cocked things up in the past, we know that... It's not that much of a hardship."
The FBI has confirmed that the audio footage was obtained illegally and they are hunting those responsible. They also said that despite the phone call being hacked, their computer security has not been compromised.
Scotland Yard said in a statement:
"We are aware of the video which relates to an FBI conference call involving a PCeU [Met Police] representative.
"The matter is being investigated by the FBI.
"At this stage no operational risks to the MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] have been identified; however we continue to carry out a full assessment.
"We are not prepared to discuss further."
Anonymous is a loosely-organised group of hackers which has claimed responsibility for attacks against corporate and government websites all over the world.
The group also claimed to have disrupted the websites of Visa and MasterCard in December 2010 when the credit card companies stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange.


Are you sitting on just a handful of followers? Have you never had a re-tweet? Do people tweet at you with the hashtag #pleasestoptweetingyoumakemewanttostabmyeyes out?
Well you need the sweet tweet tips from US researchers, who have scanned 1500 Twitter users to deliver their top nine ideas for effective tweeting.
Their research, reported by The Telegraph, says that the majority of Tweets go unread or irritate people.
The research, by University of Southampton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Georgia Institute of Technology asked Twitter users to anonymously rate their friends' tweets.
Michael Bernstein, PhD student at MIT, said in a statement: "Analysing the negatively rated tweets, and the consensus that forms around them, will help us understand the emerging approved or accepted norms in these new forms of online communication."
In layperson's speak, that means, see what others do badly, and avoid it.
Some of these tips are plain common social media sense, but someone people just need telling in a sciencey way to get the point across.
The researchers' top nine tips for Twitter are:
1.Old news is no news. Twitter is fast moving so information gets stale quickly so don't repeat links that have already been repeated several times.
2.Contribute to a story rather than just comment on it. Which means add your own opinion or a new fact or don't bother.
3.Keep it short. Even 140 characters can be too long for some people's rambling comments.
4. Limit the syntax. Do not overuse hashtags, @mentions and abbreviations.
5.Don't tell everyone where you are all the time. Twitter users particular hate Foursquare check-ins
6.Don't just link to a blog or a photo without giving readers a reason why they should click on it.
7.Don't whine. Negative sentiments and complaints were disliked.
8.Be a tease. If you want someone to go onto your website, don't give away the whole story in a tweet but use it as a way of hooking the reader.
9.Celebrities - the tiniest detail of your daily routine is not any more interesting because you are famous. People want your professional insights, not to know what you like in a sandwich.

2 Feb 2012


Racism Iq
The Huffington Post    First Posted: 02/ 1/2012 8:52 am Updated: 02/ 1/2012 7:21 pm
Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes.
The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs and socially conservative politics in adulthood.
I.Q., or intelligence quotient, is a score determined by standardized tests, but whether the tests truly reveal intelligence remains a topic of hot debate among psychologists.
Dr. Gordon Hodson, a professor of psychology at the university and the study's lead author, said the finding represented evidence of a vicious cycle: People of low intelligence gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, which stress resistance to change and, in turn, prejudice, he told LiveScience.
Why might less intelligent people be drawn to conservative ideologies? Because such ideologies feature "structure and order" that make it easier to comprehend a complicated world, Dodson said. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice," he added.
Dr. Brian Nosek, a University of Virginia psychologist, echoed those sentiments.
"Reality is complicated and messy," he told The Huffington Post in an email. "Ideologies get rid of the messiness and impose a simpler solution. So, it may not be surprising that people with less cognitive capacity will be attracted to simplifying ideologies."
But Nosek said less intelligent types might be attracted to liberal "simplifying ideologies" as well as conservative ones.
In any case, the study has taken the Internet by storm, with some outspoken liberals saying that it validates their suspicions about conservatives and conservatives arguing that the research has been misinterpreted.
What do you think? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent? Or is this just political opinion masquerading as science?
SOURCE: Huffington Post


Tumeuona wa madaktari, lakini mingi yaja

NI sababu zipi zinazomsukuma mwanafunzi kuchagua mchepuo fulani wa masomo anapopewa nafasi ya kufanya hivyo?
Pengine kwa wanafunzi wengi sababu ya msingi ni jinsi mchepuo huo unavyoweza kupelekea kufikia malengo ya taaluma au ajira tarajiwa.
Lakini kwa wengine, sababu inaweza kuwa uwezo wao kimasomo, yaani kama wanaweza kumudu mchepuo husika au la. Binafsi, nilikuwa na ndoto za kuwa tabibu (daktari). Nilipokuwa kidato cha kwanza hadi cha nne niliwekeza nguvu kubwa kwenye masomo ya elimu ya viumbe na kemia. Na niliyamudu vema masomo hayo ambayo niliamini yangeweza kufanikisha dhamira yangu ya kuwa tabibu.
Hata hivyo, ndoto yangu ilipata pigo kubwa baada ya mtihani wa kuhitimu kidato cha nne, ambapo japo nilipata alama A katika kemia na C katika baiolojia, nilifeli katika fizikia kwa kupata alama F, huku nikaambulia D kwenye hisabati.
Kwa maana hiyo, japo nilipata daraja la kwanza na kuchaguliwa kuingia kidato cha tano, uwezekano wa kusoma mchepuo “wa udaktari” wa PCB (Fizikia, Kemia na Baiolojia) ulikuwa hafifu.
Kabla ya kuanza masomo ya kidato cha tano nilipewa ushauri kuwa licha ya kushindikana kuchukua mchepuo wa PCB kuna uwezekano wa kuchukua mchepuo mwingine (unaoikwepa fizikia) wa CBG unaojumuisha Kemia, Baiolojia na Jiografia.
Lakini katika kile nilichokitafsiri kama haikuwa majaliwa yangu kuwa tabibu, licha ya shule kuwa na uhaba wa mwalimu wa jiografia nilipoangalia mtaala wa kemia niligundua ina mada kadhaa zilizojumuisha hisabati na maeneo mengine yenye ugumu kama wa fizikia, hususan katika physical chemistry.
Kufupisha maelezo, nilifikia uamuzi wa kuchukua mchepuo wa HGL (Historia, Jiografia na Lugha ya Kiingereza), ambao niliumudu na miaka kadhaa baadaye ulinisaidia kuchukua michepuo ya Elimu ya Jamii (Sosholojia) na Stadi za Siasa katika ngazi ya chuo kikuu.
Miongoni mwa mada za mwanzo kabisa za Elimu ya Jamii kuna mada ya kanuni za sosholojia (sociological theories).Na moja ya kanuni hizo ni ile inayoiangalia jamii kama mfumo kulingana na kazi za kanuni, desturi, mila na vikundi katika jamii. Kanuni hiyo ijulikanayo kama functionalism inaviangalia vipengele hivyo kama namna mwili unavyofanya kazi kwa ushirikiano wa viungo mbalimbali. Katika miili yetu, moyo unaletewa damu na mapafu na mapafu yanategemea damu inayosukumwa kwake na moyo.
Kadhalika, mfumo wa fahamu unaletewa ujumbe na viungo kama macho, ngozi, pua, nk lakini ili viungo hivyo viweze kupelekea ujumbe husika vinategemea ufanisi wa ubongo.
Kwa kifupi, ni vigumu-na pengine haiwezekani kabisa-kudai kiungo fulani katika mwili ni muhimu zaidi ya kingine. Vyote ni muhimu na kila kimoja kinakitegemea kingine katika utendaji kazi wake. Ni ushirikiano wa viungo mbalimbali ulikuwezesha wewe msomaji kuwa unasoma makala hii muda huu. Macho yaliona gazeti kwa muuzaji na kupelekea ujumbe kwenye ubongo ambako maamuzi yalifanyika ulinunue. Ubongo pia ulitumia maelekezo kwa mkono kutoa fedha mahali ilipowekwa (baada ya kukumbuka mahali husika), sambamba na kutofautisha kati ya fedha (ya kunulia gazeti) na funguo za ofisini au nyumbani.
Na pengine muda huu unatabasamu kwa ‘kukumbushwa jinsi mwili unavyofanya kazi na ufanisi wa ushirikiano wa viungo mbalimbali’, tabasamu hilo ni ushirikiano wa viungo mbalimbali mwilini.
Pengine hadi kufikia hapa nimekuchanganya na huelewi makala hii inaelekea wapi. Lengo la makala hii ni kuzungumzia mgogoro unaoendelea kati ya madaktari na serikali huko nyumbani.
Hadi wakati ninaandika makala hii, kulikuwa na taarifa kwamba mgomo huo unaelekea kusambaa katika hospitali mbalimbali. Kadhalika, kuna taarifa kwamba manesi nao wametoa tishio la kugoma iwapo serikali haitayapatia ufumbuzi matatizo ya madaktari yaliyosababisha mgomo huo.
Inawezekana wakati unasoma makala hii mgomo huo utakuwa umeshamalizika lakini kuna kila dalili kuwa hata kama madaktari watamaliza mgomo wao au/na manesi hawatogoma, kitakachokuwa kimemalizwa ni dalili tu za tatizo na wala si kupatikana kwa tiba yake.
Nilipotoa maelezo ya kanuni ya functionalism kwenye Sosholojia nililenga kuonyesha jinsi taaluma/ajira mbalimbali katika jamii zilivyo na umuhimu sawa na jinsi ushirikiano kati ya fani ya taaluma/ajira hizo unavyoleta ufanisi kwa manufaa ya jamii husika.
Je, wabunge ambao taarifa zinaeleza kuwa wameongezewa posho kutoka shilingi 75,000 kwa siku ni muhimu zaidi kuliko madaktari? Jibu la wazi ni hapana, kama ambavyo madaktari si muhimu zaidi ya walimu au viongozi wa dini si muhimu zaidi ya wanausalama.
Wote hawa ni muhimu kwa jamii na kwa namna moja au nyingine, ushirikiano wao (wa moja kwa moja au vinginevyo) ndio unaotuwezesha Watanzania kuwa hai.
Labda nifafanue. Ili tuwe salama, tunawategemea wanausalama. Lakini ili wanausalama waweze kutimiza majukumu yao ipasavyo wanapaswa kuwa na afya salama pia, na hapo unaona umuhimu wa watumishi wa afya (madaktari, manesi, nk).
Lakini ili mtu awe daktari au nesi ni lazima afundishwe, na hapo tunaona umuhimu wa walimu. Lakini mwalimu nae akiugua ni lazima aende kwa daktari. Hata hivyo, ili daktari aweze kufanya kazi zake ipasavyo ni lazima mazingira ya hospitali (na nchi kwa ujumla) yawe salama, na hapo tunarejea kwenye umuhimu wa wanausalama wetu.
Kadhalika, ingekuwa vurugu isiyoelezeka kama kila daktari, mwalimu, mwanausalama, nk angeenda bungeni kuwakilisha maslahi ya jamii yake au kuwa waziri au kiongozi serikalini. Na ndiyo maana licha ya kuepusha vurugu ya aina hiyo na pengine kuepusha uhaba wa wanataaluma kwenye fani husika, unakuwa na mtu mmoja kama waziri au mbunge mwenye jukumu la kuongoza na kuwakilisha makundi mbalimbali katika jamii.
Lakini viongozi au wawakilishi hao si muhimu zaidi ya wanaowaongoza au kuwawakilisha. Waziri hawezi kabisa kutimiza wajibu wake iwapo yeye mwenyewe ni mgonjwa na hakuna daktari wa kumtibu, au kuwa na wasaidizi ambao hawajatia mguu shuleni kwa vile hakuna walimu. Kadhalika, ili waziri atie mguu ofisini sharti nchi iwe salama, na hapo anatambua umuhimu wa wanausalama.
Kwa wabunge wetu pia, kuwa kwao bungeni kunategemea sana taaluma na nyanja nyingine katika jamii, achilia mbali nani waliowapigia kura kuingia bungeni. Japo picha inayojengeka baada ya ongezeko la posho za wabunge ni kama wapo kwa maslahi yao binafsi, ukweli unabaki kuwa hawawezi kuwa wawakilishi wa hewa. Wanawakilisha wananchi ambao wanaojumuisha watu wenye taaluma na majukumu mbalimbali katika jamii.
Kama daktari ni muhimu kama mbunge, kwanini basi kundi hili dogo (lakini linalosaka kila aina ya nguvu katika jamii ikiwa ni pamoja na kuitwa ‘waheshimiwa’) lipendelewe kwa marupurupu yasiyoendana kabisa na hali ngumu ya uchumi wetu? Kama waheshimiwa wabunge ni muhimu kama madaktari, manesi, walimu na watumishi wengine, kwanini basi wapewe shilingi 200,000 kwa siku huku watumishi wengine wakiwa na mahitaji lukuki ambayo yamekuwa yakipuuzwa na serikali?
Hivi kuwaongezea posho wabunge kutasaidiaje afya za Watanzania? Je, ongezeko hilo la posho litasaidiaje kuinusuru sekta ya elimu inayokwazwa na mishahara kiduchu ya walimu, uhaba wa nyumba na vitendea kazi huku wanafunzi wakisoma katika mazingira magumu?
Je, ni vipi ongezeko hilo la posho za wabunge litawasaidia askari polisi kuepuka vishawishi vya rushwa ambavyo kwa kiasi kikubwa vinachangiwa na maslahi duni?
Lakini tatizo kubwa zaidi linalosababishwa na ongezeko la posho za wabunge ni hili: kama serikali ina uwezo wa kutoa nyongeza ya posho kwa wabunge inamaanisha kuwa fedha si tatizo kwake.
Ninaandika hivi kwa sababu sidhani kama kuna mtu yeyote (ukiondoa wabunge wetu) anaamini kuwa maslahi ya wabunge wetu ni duni. Hatujawahi kusikia kuna mbunge ametishia kujiuzulu au kugoma kwa vile kipato chake cha mamilioni hakitoshelezi mahitaji yake, na wala hakuna mbunge aliyekonda kwa vile mshahara wake haumwezeshi kumudu gharama za chakula. Sana sana tunashuhudia vitambi vya baadhi ya waheshimiwa wetu vikizidi kuongezeka sambamba na kasi ileile ya malalamiko kuwa “maslahi ya wabunge ni duni.”
Hakuna anayependa kuona madaktari wakigoma hasa kwa vile wahanga wakubwa wa migomo ya aina hiyo ni walalahoi wasioweza kwenda India (au kwingineko) kupata matibabu. Na tungependa sana kuiunga mkono serikali katika maelezo yake ya kila siku kuwa haina fedha za kuboresha maslahi ya watumishi wake lakini tutaonekana wendawazimu tukifanya hivyo wakati serikali hiyohiyo inayodai iko hoi kifedha inamudu matumizi makubwa yasiyo ya lazima kwa kuwaongezea posho wabunge.
Sipendi kubashiri hili lakini kuna uwezekano mgomo wa madaktari ni mwanzo tu wa mlolongo wa migomo mingine ya watumishi katika sekta mbalimbali za umma huko mbele. Japo sina hakika serikali itamudu vipi mzigo wa posho za wabunge, kilicho wazi ni kwamba kelele za makundi mbalimbali ya jamii pamoja na wananchi kwa ujumla kupinga ongezeko hilo la posho kimepuuzwa na serikali, na kwa kuzingatia uzoefu itakuwa miujiza kama serikali itabadilisha uamuzi huo usiozingatia hali halisi ya nchi yetu (hasa kwa vile ilikuwa na fursa ya kukataa maombi ya wabunge lakini ikaamua kuyaendekeza).
Nihitimishe makala hii kwa kuitahadharisha serikali kuwa ‘imefungua kopo la minyoo’ kwa kutoa nyongeza ya posho kwa wabunge katika kipindi ambacho watumishi wa sekta mbalimbali za umma wanaelekea kuishiwa na uvumilivu wa kusubiri ahadi hewa za kuboreshewa maslahi yao.
Wakati nyongeza hiyo ya posho kwa wabunge inaweza kuwaongezea nguvu ya kuiunga mkono serikali (hata pale maslahi ya wanaowakilishwa na wabunge hao yanapowekwa shakani) hali itakuwa mbaya pindi harakati za watumishi wa umma kudai maslahi bora zinatakapomaanisha migomo zaidi.




Mkulo ‘amgomea’ Spika kujibu swali bungeni
 
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:07
Habel Chidawali, Dodoma
WAZIRI wa Fedha na Uchumi, Mustafa Mkulo jana ‘alimgomea’ Spika wa Bunge, Anne Makinda kujibu swali lililomtaka aeleze kama chenji iliyorejeshwa na Uingereza kutoka kwenye ununuzi ya rada, ingetumika kununua madawati kwa ajili ya wanafunzi shuleni.

Hata hivyo, baadaye Mkulo alisema hakufanya hivyo makusudi, bali alikuwa hajasikia akiitwa na Spika kujibu swali hilo na kuahidi kuwa makini zaidi katika siku zijazo.

Ilikuwa kichekesho bungeni baada ya Spika kumwita Waziri Mkulo kwa takriban mara nne, akimtaka ajibu swali hilo lililoulizwa na Mbunge wa Viti Maalumu (CCM), Martha Mlata lakini hakusimama kujibu.

Kitendo hicho kiliwafanya baadhi ya wabunge waduwae huku waziri huyo akiendelea kuwa kimya.
Tukio hilo lilitokea baada ya Mlata kuuliza swali hilo la nyongeza lililotokana na swali na msingi ambalo liliulizwa na Mbunge wa Musoma Mjini (Chadema), Vicent Nyerere.

Katika swali hilo, Mlata alitaka kujua namna Serikali ilivyojipanga katika matumizi ya fedha hizo za rada na kama kuna mpango wowote wa kuzitumika katika kupunguza tatizo la uhaba wa madawati shuleni.
Swali la msingi la Nyerere lilijibiwa na Naibu Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa (Elimu), Kassim Majaliwa.

“Swali hilo naomba Waziri wa fedha ujibu, waziri tafadhali jibu swali hilo. Waziri wa Fedha… namtaka waziri ajibu si yupo?” alisema Spika Makinda lakini, Mkulo hakusimama.

Makinda alisisitiza: “ Hilo swali anatakiwa kujibu waziri mwenyewe na asijibu naibu wake. Jamani Waziri wa Fedha hayupo? Vipi mbona kimya kuna nini? Haya endelea naibu waziri.’’

Wakati wote ambao Spika Makinda alikuwa akimtaka Mkulo kusimama na kutoa majibu, waziri huyo alikuwa akiteta jambo na Waziri wa Tamisemi, George Mkuchika ambaye alisimama pia kutaka kutoa majibu lakini, Makinda alimzuia awali kabla ya kumruhusu kutolea ufafanuzi jambo hilo. 

Baada ya kuona hali hiyo, Majaliwa alilazimika kusimama na kusogelea kipaza sauti na kulieleza Bunge kuwa zaidi ya Sh18 bilioni zitapelekwa huko kwa ajili ya kununulia madawati. 

Alipotafutwa baadaye na gazeti hili ili aeleze kwa nini hakutii amri ya Spika ya kusimama na kujibu swali hilo, Mkulo alisema: “Sikumsikia na kwa kuwa maswali yanaulizwa bungeni basi subiri kesho (leo) nitajibu ili irekodiwe.”
Makinda alishawahi kutangaza bungeni kuwa Mawaziri wanatakiwa kuwa makini kwa kila swali au jibu linalotolewa ndani ya ukumbi kwani wakati wowote anaweza kumtaka yeyote kujibu swali au kutoa ufafanuzi.

Serikali ya Uingereza ilikubali kuilipa Tanzania Pauni 29.5 milioni wastani wa Sh75bilioni, ambazo zilizidi katika biashara ya rada kati ya Serikali ya Tanzania na Kampuni ya BAE Systems.

BAE Systems ilikiri mahakamani kwamba pamoja na kupoteza kumbukumbu, lakini rada hiyo iliuzwa kwa bei kubwa ikilinganishwa na thamani halisi.

Fedha hizo ziliwahi kuibua mvutano kati ya Serikali ya Tanzania na Uingereza, baada ya kutaka fedha hizo zipelekwe kwa asasi za zisizo za kiserikali nchini.

Baadaye Uingereza ilikubali kuzikabidhi fedha hizo zifikie mikononi mwa Serikali ya Tanzania na kuelekezwa katika sekta ya elimu, ikiwa ni pamoja na kununulia vitabu na vifaa vingine ikiwemo madawati.

Sakata hilo la rada bado linaendelea kuitikisa nchi baada ya uchunguzi wa Taasisi ya Makosa Makubwa ya Jinai ya Uingereza (SFO), kuchunguza baadhi ya vigogo wa Serikali ya Awamu ya Tatu akiwemo aliyekuwa Mwanasheria Mkuu, Andrew Chenge ambaye anadaiwa kukutwa na kiasi cha Dola za Marekani 1.2 milioni katika Kisiwa cha Jersey.  

CHANZO: Mwananchi


1 Feb 2012


Moja ya mambo ambayo ninajitahidi sana kuepukana nayo ni malumbano.Hata hivyo,kwa vile kila binadamu ana mtizamo wake na sote tuna uwezo wa akili unaotofautiana,kuna nyakati nalazimika kuingia kwenye malumbano hususan unapotokea upotoshaji wa makusudi dhidi yangu au kazi yangu.

Jana niliweka makala moja fupi yenye kichwa cha habari "EXCLUSIVE TO KULIKONI UGHAIBUNI: Rais Kikwete Azungumzia Kauli ya Pinda Kuhusu Posho za Wabunge." Katika makala hiyo niliambatanisha picha za mazungumzo (yasiyo rasmi) kati yangu na Rais Kikwete kupitia mtandao wa kijamii wa Twitter.

Sasa jamaa mmoja huko Twitter anayetumia 'handle' ya @majaliwa68 ameamua kushikia bangu makala hiyo,hususan matumizi ya neno 'Exclusive.' Alianza kwa kuandika 


Sasa sijui tatizo la ndugu yangu huyu lilikuwa nini hadi hapo.Lakini ukidhani kuwa aliishia hapo,subiri usome hukumu yake zaidi kuhusu makala hiyo,kama picha zifuatazo zinavyoonyesha (pamoja na majibu yangu)



Sijui kama muungwana huyu anajua lolote kuhusu uandishi,uwe ni wa makala au wa kuandika kwa minajili ya kujifurahisha tu.Ninaandika hivyo kwa sababu laiti angejihangaisha kutafuta maana ya habari ambayo ni 'Exclusive' angemaizi kuwa ni "habari ambayo awali imetolewa kwa chapisho moja tu." Ninaamini nilikuwa na kila sababu ya kuiita habari hiyo 'Exclusive' kwa sababu chanzo chake kilikuwa mazungumzo yangu (yasiyo rasmi na Rais kwenye Twitter.Lakini kwenye elimu ya maneno (Semantics), 'Exclusive' pia inamaanisha "kwa ajili ya mtu/kundi au kitu/vitu fulani tu,pasipo kuwa kimefanywa na watu mtu mwingine au kundi jingine/kitu kingine/vitu vingine."

Kwa upande mmoja,kama mwandishi niliona mazungumzo hayo yasiyo rasmi na Rais kuhusu jambo linalotawala akilini mwa Watanzania wengi (kauli ya Pinda kuwa Rais ameridhia ongezeko la posho za wabunge lakini Rais kupitia Ikulu amekanusha hilo) ni habari yenye umuhimu wa kipekee (na katika Semantics,upekee pia ni exclusive kwa Kiingereza).

Kwa upande mwingine,habari hiyo ilikuwa maalum kwa wasomaji wa blogu hii na ndio maana kichwa cha habari kilikuwa "EXCLUSIVE TO KULIKONI UGHAIBUNI..." Kwa kuwajali na kuwathamini wasomaji wa blogu hii niliona habari hiyo inaweza kuwa yenye interest kwao,hasa ikizingatiwa si kila aliyepo Twitter anadiriki kumuuliza Rais maswali mbalimbali (na si kila anayeuliza anajibiwa).Sasa sijui ndugu yangu @majaliwa68-ambaye ninaamini si mosmaji wa blogu hii-alikerwa na nini baada ya mie kufanya jitihada hizo za kuwapatia wasomaji wa blogu hii kile ambacho laiti kingekuwa kwenye vyombo vya habari 'conventional' kingeitwa SCOOP.

Ndio.Hiyo ni mithili ya Scoop kwani Rais kutolea ufafanuzi kukinzana kwa msimamo wake na Waziri Mkuu wake si jambo dogo.Na habari husika haikubeba 'tweets' zangu na Rais tu bali nilijaribu kuwasilisha 'background' ya tukio zima-kuanzia habari iliyochapishwa na gazeti la Mwananchi na tamko la Ikulu.

Kabla sijaendelea zaidi,naomba niwasilishe shutuma zaidi kutoka kwa Ndugu @majaliwa68


Sasa sijui kama 'EXCLUSIVE' maana yake ni "kuongea na mtu kwa kina" neno la Kiingereza 'INDEPTH' litakuwa na maana gani!Na sijui by "kuongea kwa kina" Ndugu @majaliwa68 alitaka niandike makala ndefu kama thesis ya PhD au alitamani iwe na maneno mengi kama makala zangu kwenye jarida la Raia Mwema!

Hakujihangaisha kutambua kuwa lengo la makala yangu halikuwa kutoa hukumu,kukosoa,kurekebisha au kuchangia 'tweets' za Rais.Nilichofanya ni kuwasilisha kauli zake kama zilivyo (na nilifanya hivyo kwa kutumia picha ili isionekane nimepandikiza maneno yangu mdomoni mwa kiongozi mkuu wa nchi.)

Bwana @majaliwa68 akaendelea na 'busara' zake kama ifuatavyo:

Well,ameshasema hapo juu kwamba kwa uelewa wake, 'EXCLUSIVE' ni 'kuongea kwa kina.' Ukimuuliza 'kina' ni urefu wa kiasi gani sidhani kama atakuwa na jibu la maana.

Akazidi kuchambua


Sijui amehesabu mara ngapi kuona kila 'tweet' ya Rais Kikwete imewekwa bloguni hapa kama 'EXCLUSIVE'!!!Halafu,ni upuuzi wa hali ya juu kudai "kila aliyejibiwa na Rais wakimbilie exclusiveness." Ni upuuzi kwa sababu,kwanza,si kila anayejibiwa na Rais ni mwandishi au bloga,na pili,suala la kuandika au kutoandika ni uamuzi wa mtu binafsi.Lakini pengine hoja ya msingi zaidi ni kwamba mtu ataandika vipi kama HWEZI KUANDIKA?Ninasema hivyo kwa sababu kuna wanaodhani uandishi ni suala la kukurupuka tu.Hii ni fani na ina utaalamu wake.Na licha ya kuwa fani yenye utaalamu wake,si kila anayeweza kuandika atamudu kuandika kitu cha msingi.Kwa lugha nyingine,uandishi ni kipaji kwani japo takriban kila anayejua A,B,C...Z  anaweza kuandika lakini kuandika makala yenye hoja za msingi ni kunahitaji zaidi ya uwezo wa kuandika tu.

Hakuishia hapo,akaendelea

Ndio maana nilisema huyu mtu si msomaji wa blogu hii na wala hana idea yoyote kuhusu uandishi.Kadhalika,nadhani Bwana @majaliwa68 bado ana mtizamo mithili ya ule wa Zama za Mawe (Stone Age) ambapo 'kuzungumza' lazima iwe 'mdomo kwa mdomo.' Yaani kwake,uki-tweet chat na mtu au ukiibua mjadala huko Facebook basi huko sio kuzungumza.Kwa faida yake ninapenda kumfundisha kuwa chanzo cha habari kinaweza kuwa chochote kile alimradi kinaaminika na habari husika ni ya kweli.Sasa sijui mtu huyu alitaka mpaka Rais aongee nami kwa simu au ana kwa ana ndipo niwe na haki ya kuandika "Rais amezungumza..." Jamani fani nyingine si zenu na ni vema kuwaachia wanaojaribu kuzimudu au wanaozimudu kabisa.

Kwa leo amemalizia na 'tweet'  ifuatayo

 Mdau Kelvin Manaseh (@kmanaseh) akachangia hoja hii


Nami nimehitimisha mjadala kwa 'tweets zifuatazo




Kama nilivyotanabaisha hapo mwanzo,sipendelea malumbano lakini nimelazimika kukabiliana na upotoshaji wa Bwana @majaliwa68 ambao kimsingi ninaamini ni matokeo ya kukurupukia jambo asilolielewa.Hajui 'EXCLUSIVE TO...' inamaanisha nini,na kwa uelewa wake fyongo,mazungumzo yanayotokana na vyombo vipya vya mawasiliano kama Twitter hayana sifa ya kuitwa mazungumzo.

Hizi ni baadhi ya changamoto tunazokumbana nazo mabloga na wengineo tulioamua kutumia muda wetu kuuhudumia umma kwa njia ya uandishi.

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