Happy Birthday Hamis Mwinjuma (a.k.a Mwana FA)...with some Video Messages

Your dad would have  probably sang the following song for you.Now you can sing it for kijana wetu.As Big Will raps,I think sometime you wonder what our dogo will turn out to be when he grows up.."a general,a doctor,or may be an MC (like you his dad)..."

And we all gave some hard time to our moms.It's time to appreciate how they raised us and all the pain we gave them

And these are my special messages for your special day.First,we all have dreams...

And we all know we can be what we gonna be if we work hard at it...

And you know what,the stuff we frequently talk on Twitter makes us like the street radio for unsung heroes..WE DO FOR THE PEOPLE

And although it's hard knock life out there

But hey,it's you big day...we the last ones left...and life should go on

Any birthday is party

And in the evening...enjoy your big day as if it's FIESTA

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So funny: Ustaadh anusurika kipigo baada ya simu yake yenye ringtone ya kwaya kuita msikitini

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When was last time you saw RUSHWA? Well, Here it is,fresh from the oven

Time to reap what you didn't sow.Come elections,and had it been a husband,CCM could have easily let other men sleep with his wife simply to get their votes...what a useless party!

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The Next Kony: 6 More War Criminals Who Deserve an Internet-Wide Shaming

The Rajapaksa Brothers

The end of the Sri Lankan civil war in the spring and summer of 2009 included a massive genocide perpetrated by the government. About 200,000 Tamil civilians (along with a small number of Tamil Tiger terrorists) were backed into a plot of land about the size of Central Park with the Indian Ocean on one side and the military on the other. The government won the battle against the terrorists, but they killed as many as 40,000 civilians in the process. The two key leaders of the operation were Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, defense minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa. There have been no war crimes investigations, no truth commissions, and no reckoning for their heinous crimes. —Mark Leon Goldberg

Nuon Chea

"Brother Number Two" and chief ideologue Chea never achieved the same level of popular infamy as his friend and longtime associate Pol Pot. But as the Khmer Rouge's idea man and chief of the party's security committee, Chea was responsible for many of the offensives during the Cambodian communist revolution that killed more than 2.5 million by mass execution, starvation, and overwork.

Chea oversaw the infamous S-21 torture prison in Phnom Penh, from which only 14 of 14,000 alleged enemies of the administration came out alive. According to journalist Nate Thayer, Chea personally received information on every person who came through S-21, ordering them killed after extracting information from them. Now on trial as part of the lumbering Khmer Rouge War Tribunal, Chea has blamed Vietnam, party infiltrators, and others' mistakes for the bloodshed and misery of the Khmer Rouge era. —Faine Greenwood

Ahmed Haroun

His boss, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, takes most of the heat, but Haroun is the guy Bashir turned to when he needed to suppress a revolt in Darfur. As a government minister in charge of the "Darfur Security Desk" in 2003 and 2004, he masterminded a brutally effective effective strategy of counterinsurgency-by-genocide. These days he's the governor of the Sudanese state of South Kordofan. Guess what's happening there? —Mark Leon Goldberg

The Haqqani family

Dubbed the "Sopranos of the Afghanistan war" by The New York Times, the Haqqanis are a terrifying menace to Afghan civilians and aid workers. This hybrid mafia-insurgent group commands thousands of fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, controls a vast empire of thriving criminal enterprises, trains children to be suicide bombers, and masterminds many of the country's most appalling crimes against civilians. —Una Moore

Bosco Ntaganda

Ntaganda, a Rwandan Tutsi formerly of the Rwandan Patriotic Army, was chief of military operations for the Union of Congolese Patriots (see first slide) from the late 1990s until 2006, when he became military chief of staff of a different militant group, the National Congress for the Defense of the People. Ntaganda, who is known as "The Terminator," has been wanted by the International Criminal Court since 2006 for crimes committed while a commander in the armed wing of the UPC.

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

This Congolese militia leader is little-known, but he was the first-ever defendant at the International Criminal Court. He is accused of recruiting an army of child soldiers (sound familiar?), then unleashing them on civilian populations in the Ituri province of Eastern Congo. Video evidence presented in court shows him giving marching orders to kids that appeared to be no older than 13. The ICC is scheduled to hand down his verdict on March 14—he is expected to be convicted, but there's no guarantee due to prosecutorial mishaps in the case. —Mark Leon Goldberg

Source: GOOD: News

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Tamko la Mh John Mnyika: Mamlaka ya Urais yawezeshe uwajibikaji kumaliza mgogoro wa Serikali na Madaktari

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012

Mamlaka ya Urais yawezeshe uwajibikaji kumaliza mgogoro wa Serikali na Madaktari

Jana tarehe 8 Machi 2012 asubuhi nilitoa tamko kwa niaba ya CHADEMA la kutaka kauli ya haraka ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete ya kutengua uteuzi wa Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii Dk. Hadji Mponda na Naibu Waziri wa wizara husika Dk. Lucy Nkya kutokana na udhaifu wao mkubwa wa kiongozi waliouonyesha katika kushughulikia mgogoro wa madaktari ambao umedumu kwa muda wa takribani miezi miwili. 

Nilieleza kusitikitishwa na ukweli kwamba Rais Kikwete toka mgogoro utokee hajatumia ipasavyo mamlaka yake ya kikatiba kwa mujibu wa ibara ya 34 na 35 na tarehe 5 Februari 2012 aliahidi kwamba atazungumzia kwa kina suala la mgomo wa madaktari lakini badala yake akalizungumza kwa ufupi tarehe 29 Februari 2012 katika hotuba yake kwa taifa bila kuchukua hatua za msingi hali inayoashiria ombwe la uongozi. 

Nilieleza kuwa iwapo Rais Kikwete haitatoa kauli viongozi wakuu wa CHADEMA wataeleza hatua za ziada ambazo chama kitachukua kuiwajibisha serikali. Jioni Serikali ilieleza kuwa leo Rais angezungumza na wazee wa Dar es salaam, na leo imetolewa taarifa kuwa atazungumza nao kesho.

Jana usiku na leo asubuhi masuala kadhaa yameendelea kuhusu mgogoro huu, mosi; hukumu ya mahakama ya kazi, pili; uamuzi wa serikali na wadau wake kufanya propaganda dhidi ya madaktari tatu; uamuzi wa serikali kufanya mawasiliano na uongozi wa madaktari.

Mkakati wa kufanya propaganda hautaisaidia Serikali badala yake iwekeze katika mawasiliano na uongozi wa madaktari kabla ya Rais kuzungumza ili Rais atoe kauli baada ya kuchukua hatua za msingi ikiwemo za kuwezesha uwajibikaji wa viongozi waliotajwa na pia kuanza kushughulikia madai ya madaktari na yale yanayohitaji kuingizwa kwenye bajeti kuwe na makubaliano ya utekelezaji. 

Izingatiwe kwamba matatizo ya Wizara ya Afya pamoja na udhaifu wa kiutendaji yalichangiwa pia na ufinyu wa bajeti, na bajeti husika iliandaliwa na serikali na kupitia kwenye baraza la mawaziri ambalo Rais ni mwenyekiti wake kabla ya kuletwa bungeni na wengine tuliipinga tukitaka fedha zitoke kwenye matumizi mengine ya anasa na kuelekezwa kwenye huduma muhimu za kijamii. 

Pia; kutokana na matatizo katika serikali kwenye wizara mbalimbali yenye madhara ya kiuchumi, kisiasa na kijamii katika taifa tunasisitiza umuhimu wa Rais Kikwete kulivunja baraza la mawaziri ili kufanya mabadiliko ya kimsingi ya kuongeza uwajibikaji kama ilivyoazimiwa pia na kamati kuu ya CHADEMA katika mkutano wake wa tarehe 3 na 4 Machi 2012.

Tarehe 7 na 8 Machi 2012 Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda kwa mara nyingine tena alitoa taarifa kinyume na kauli za awali za tarehe 9 Februari 2012 ambazo badala ya kushughulikia vyanzo vya mgogoro vimeendeleza mgogoro na kusababisha mgomo mwingine wa madaktari wenye athari kubwa kwa wananchi.

Ndio maana nikatoa kauli ya kumtaka Waziri Mkuu kuweka wazi kwa umma taarifa ya uchunguzi uliofanywa na serikali kuhusu tuhuma dhidi ya viongozi wakuu na watendaji waandamizi wa Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, na kushughulikia madai ya msingi ya madaktari. 

Aidha, pamoja na kuunganisha nguvu za pamoja kuhakikisha mgomo unakwisha ili kuepusha athari zaidi kwa umma, ni muhimu hatimaye tathmini huru ikafanyika kuhusu matokeo ya mgogoro na mgomo toka ulipoanza mpaka sasa ikiwemo kueleza wazi idadi ya vifo vilivyotokea na madhara yaliyojitokeza katika hospitali za umma tofauti na kauli potofu iliyotolewa bungeni tarehe 3 Februari 2012 na Waziri husika.

Rais Kikwete alipaswa kabisa kuchukua hatua kuiongoza serikali kufanya maamuzi ya msingi mara baada ya matokeo ya kikao kati ya ujumbe wa Serikali ulioongozwa na Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda na wanataaluma wa kada ya afya sanjari na mkutano kati ya madaktari na wawakilishi wa kada nyingine za sekta ya afya katika utumishi wa umma vilivyofanyika tarehe 9 Februari 2012; kwa kuzingatia pia ushauri tuliotoa tarehe 10 Februari 2012.

Kwa upande mwingine, jana nilirudia kutoa mwito tuliotoa tarehe 30 Januari 2012 kwa TUGHE, MAT na kamati ya muda ya madaktari kuendelea kutoa ushirikiano unaostahili kwa chama, kambi rasmi ya upinzani na wadau wengine ili kuweza kuunganisha nguvu ya pamoja katika kushughulikia madai ya msingi ya madaktari yenye kuathiri sekta ya afya nchini na maisha ya wananchi kwa ujumla. 

Naendelea kuwashukuru wanaharakati kwa kuunganisha nguvu katika kutaka uwajibikaji wa viongozi wa serikali katika kushughulikia mgogoro na madaktari na kinaitaka Serikali kuacha vitisho na matumizi makubwa ya vyombo vya dola kwa madaktari na makundi mengine katika jamii yanapotumia uhuru wa kikatiba kwa kukusanyika, kujadiliana na kuhoji kuhusu uwajibikaji wa serikali na viongozi wake kwa kuzingatia ibara za 8, 18 na 20 za Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.

Rais Kikwete anapaswa baada ya mawasiliano yanayoendelea kutoa hotuba yenye kuleta matumaini badala ya kurudia tena maelezo yasiyoridhika kama yale yaliyotolewa na Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda tarehe 9 Februari 2012 na 7 na 8 Machi 2012 kuhusu namna ambavyo imeshughulikia mgogoro huu na madai ya madaktari, watumishi wengine wa umma katika sekta ya afya nchini pamoja na uboreshaji wa huduma katika hospitali, zahanati na vituo vya afya nchini.

Narudia kutoa rai kwa wananchi kuendelea kuunga mkono madai ya msingi ya madaktari ili kuhakikisha kwamba hospitali za umma nchini zinakuwa mahali salama kwenye huduma bora za kulinda maisha ya wananchi hususan wasio na uwezo wa kudumu gharama za matibabu katika hospitali binafsi za ndani na nje ya nchi. 

Pamoja na madai ya maslahi ya madaktari ambayo ni kwa maslahi ya umma, madaktari wanataka pia serikali ichukue hatua za kuboresha huduma za afya. Serikali inaingia gharama kubwa kupeleka baadhi ya watanzania wengi wao wakiwa viongozi kwenda kutibiwa nje ya nchi huduma katika hospitali za umma zinazidi kuzorota kutokana na ukosefu wa madawa, vifaa tiba na wataalamu wa kutosha katika hospitali za umma. 

Aidha, serikali inashindwa kuipa kipaumbele sekta ya afya kwa kisingizio cha kutokuwa na uwezo wakati ambapo inafanya matumizi mengine ya anasa kwa kiwango kikubwa kama ilivyokuwa katika maadhimisho ya miaka 50 ya uhuru. Serikali inachelewa kushughulikia madai ya posho za madaktari kama nyongeza ya posho ya kulala kazini (on call allowance) na posho ya kufanya kazi katika mazingira hatarishi (risk allowance) wakati huo huo serikali hiyo hiyo inazungumzia nyongeza ya fedha katika matumizi mengine ya serikali yasiyokuwa ya lazima. Serikali ishughulikie vyanzo vya migogoro ya kijamii badala ya matokeo.

MTEMBELEE MHESHIMIWA MNYIKA KATIKA BLOGU YAKE INAYOPATIKANA http://mnyika.blogspoti.com.PIA UNAWEZA KUMFUATA TWITTER www.twitter.com/jjmnyika NA UKURASA WAKE WA FACEBOOK NI http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Mnyika/113913842009362

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Infographic: Kenya Yaongoza Duniani kwa Ufisadi (Economic Crime)

CHANZO: GOOD/TRANSPARENCY

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Teh teh..Mtangazaji wa BBC afumwa akiuchapa usingizi laivu

BBC News presenter Simon McCoy 'caught sleeping at his desk live on air'

BBC breakfast news anchor Simon McCoy was apparently caught out living the dream today, as he slept at his desk while at work, prompting a few red faces at the BBC and some light-hearted jibes from co-host Martine Croxall.

Simon's co-anchor Martine looked uncomfortable as he apparently napped live on air (Picture: BBC)

McCoy, who has been a BBC News anchor since 2004, was seen napping on his desk during a live bulletin on the rolling digital news channel just before 8.30am.

The 50-year-old presenter was caught resting his head on his desk during the broadcast, while Martine Croxall appeared to look slightly uncomfortable in her upright position next to him.

MORE: Doug Luzader falls asleep at his desk during live broadcast

After realising cameras were trained on him and that he was live on air, the presenter quickly sat up, but he appeared tired and bleary-eyed as he did so. 

As viewers flocked to social media sites to share their thoughts on the amusing incident, Simon insisted that he hadn't been sleeping; merely joking around in the studio.

Martine and Simon are regular co-hosts on the morning programme on BBC News 24 (Picture: BBC)

He tweeted: 'It was a long desk head-banging that wasn't meant to be picked up in the BBC1 opt!!'

'I was not asleep! Had just been told The Queen wanted me to cover her NEXT visit...' he later wrote, apparently exasperated at the attention his 'nap' was receiving.

As he realised he had been caught out, McCoy quickly assumed a more vertical position (Picture: BBC)

But McCoy's co-host Martine later appeared to confirm that he had indeed been catching 40 winks, tweeting: 'Intravenous cafeine now being administered to @simonmccoy'.

She added: 'There's no such thing as an incident-free shift with @simonmccoy, have you noticed?! x'

And in a stunning act of clairvoyance, Martine had predicted yesterday that there would be some sort of incident during her shift with Simon the following day.

She tweeted: '@simonmccoy is only ever a step away from mischief.' 

SOURCE: Metro

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Utata watanda afya ya Lowassa

Wednesday, 07 March 2012 19:31

Waziri Mkuu aliyejiuzulu, Edward Lowassa ATHIBITISHA YUKO HOSPITALINI, ASEMA ASINGEPENDA KUELEZEA KWA UNDANI KUHUSU AFYA YAKE   Ramadhan Semtawa UTATA umegubika afya ya Waziri Mkuu aliyejiuzulu, Edward Lowassa baada ya taarifa mbalimbali kueleza kuwa yuko hospitalini nchini Ujerumani kwa matibabu.Takriban juma moja sasa kumekuwa na taarifa mbalimbali zikizungumzia afya ya Lowassa lakini hakukuwa na taarifa rasmi kutoka chanzo chochote kati ya Serikali, familia yake au Bunge kuzungumzia afya ya Mbunge huyo wa Monduli. Jana, Lowassa akizungumza na mwandishi wetu kwa simu alisema kwamba yuko hospitali, bila kufafanua kuwa ni nje au ndani ya nchi, wala kueleza kinachomsibu. Mahojiano hayo kati ya Lowassa na mwandishi wetu yalikuwa kama ifuatavyo: Swali: Asalaam alaykum Mheshimiwa Lowassa. Jibu: Waalaykum Salaam. Swali: Mimi naitwa... (jina la mwandishi) kutoka gazeti la Mwananchi. Kwanza pole kwa matatizo ya kiafya yanayokusumbua. Jibu: Ahsante. Swali: Nimekupigia pamoja na kukupa pole, nilitaka kujua unaendeleaje na matibabu? Jibu: Niko hospitalini kwa sasa naomba niache mambo mengine tutaongea baadaye. Swali: Lakini, ni matibabu gani hasa unayopata? Jibu: ... (akimtaja mwandishi) naomba niache niko hospitalini sasa hivi mambo mengine tuongee baadaye. Lowassa alitoa majibu hayo majira ya saa nane mchana na alipopigiwa tena saa 10.20 jioni, alijibu kama ifuatavyo: Swali: Naam, Mheshimiwa Lowassa nimekupigia tena mimi... (mwandishi akajitambulisha). Jibu: ... Unataka nikuambie nini tena? Nilishakwambia niko hospitalini niache! Swali: Sawa, natambua uko hospitalini, lakini wewe ni kiongozi ambaye umewahi kuwa Waziri Mkuu, hivyo Watanzania wangependa kujua maendeleo ya afya yako kutokana na utata ulioibuka na kama je, umelazwa hapo hospitalini au uko katika matibabu ya kawaida? Jibu Niache, ninachokwambia niko hospitalini sasa unataka nini tena? Nisingependa kuzungumzia afya yangu kwa undani. Bunge Akizungumzia suala hilo juzi, Katibu wa Bunge, Dk Thomas Kashillilah alisema ofisi hiyo haijapata maombi rasmi ya mbunge huyo kwenda nje kwa ajili ya matibabu. Dk Kashillilah alisema kwa utaratibu, Ofisi ya Bunge inashirikiana na Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii kwa ajili ya kuwapeleka wabunge wanaoumwa nje ya nchi baada ya kupata rufaa ambayo inatokana na ushauri wa kitaalamu wa madaktari wa ndani. Alisema hadi juzi, hakuwa akijua aliko Lowassa na kama ana matatizo ya kiafya kama inavyozungumzwa au la: “Mimi ndiyo Ofisi ya Bunge na ndiyo nakwambia hatujapata maombi ya kutaka mheshimiwa Lowassa apelekwe nje ya nchi.” Mtendaji huyo mkuu wa Bunge alisema wapo baadhi ya wabunge ambao huwa wanakwenda nje kwa vipindi maalumu kwa ajili ya kufanyiwa uchunguzi wa kawaida wa afya baada ya matibabu lakini, katika orodha hiyo Lowassa hayumo. “Tunao utaratibu wa baadhi ya waheshimiwa wabunge kwenda nje kwa mujibu wa ratiba zao kwa ajili ya kufanyiwa uangalizi wa kawaida wa afya zao. Lakini, hadi sasa (juzi) katika orodha hiyo mheshimiwa Lowassa hayumo,” alisema Dk Kashillilah. Hata hivyo, kwa mujibu wa nafasi yake ya utumishi serikalini aliyokuwa nayo, Lowassa anaweza kupata matibabu nje ya nchi kwa kupitia utaratibu wa Serikali bila ya kuhusisha Bunge. Juhudi za kupata Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, Dk Haji Mponda au Naibu wake, Dk Lucy Nkya zilishindikana kutokana na simu zao kufungwa na kutopatikana ofisini. CHANZO: Mwananchi

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Makala Yangu Ktk Gazeti la RAIA MWEMA: Tanzania nchi ya vituko na viporo vya utatuzi wa kero

Tanzania nchi ya vituko na viporo vya utatuzi wa kero

Evarist Chahali

Kitendawili bila majibu kwa mgomo wa madaktari

Arumeru wanausalama walinda ‘usalama wa rushwa’

MIONGONI mwa habari zilizogusa hisia za wengi wiki iliyopita ni tishio la madaktari kuwa ifikapo Jumatano hii (Machi 7)  watarejea kwenye mgomo iwapo viongozi wawili wa Wizara ya Afya, Waziri Dk. Haji Mponda na Naibu wake, Dk. Lucy Nkya hawatakuwa wameng’olewa kwenye nyadhifa hizo.

Ni vigumu kuelewa kwa nini Rais Jakaya Kikwete anaendelea kuwalinda Mponda na Nkya, lakini uzoefu unapaswa kutukumbusha kuwa ni nadra kwa watawala wetu kusikia vilio vya watawaliwa, isipokuwa nyakati za uchaguzi.

Kimsingi, kilichofanywa na Serikali hapo awali kuwashawishi madaktari kusitisha mgomo wao na kurejea kazini ni sawa na kuahirisha tatizo pasipo kujihangaisha namna ya kulikabili litaporejea tena.

Msimamo wa madaktari hao ulikuwa wazi kwa Serikali, ambapo pamoja na kutaka watimiziwe madai ya kutaka kuboreshewa maslahi na mazingira yao ya kazi, walitamka bayana viongozi wanne wa Wizara ya Afya waondolewe madarakani.

Lakini kabla ya Serikali kuamua kukaa chini na madaktari, ilishajichanganya kwa kujaribu kutumia ubabe kama njia ya kumaliza mgomo. Awali, Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda alitoa tishio kwamba daktari atakayegoma kurejea kazini, angekuwa amejifukuzisha kazi huku ikiahidiwa kwamba madaktari kutoka Jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania (JWTZ) wangeziba pengo kubwa lililojitokeza.

Pengine kwa kutambua kuwa katika siku za hivi karibuni kauli za Pinda zimekuwa kama za mtu anayesema kwa minajili ya kusikia tu sauti yake mwenyewe, madaktari walipuuza tishio hilo na nguvu kazi iliyoahidiwa kutoka jeshini ikiishia kuwa kituko kama si utani mbaya (bad joke).

Baada ya kugundua kuwa ‘imeshikwa pabaya’ ndipo Serikali kupitia Pinda ikajirudi na kuwaahidi madaktari kuwa ingetimiza matakwa yao. Na siku chache baadaye, ikatangaza kuwasimamisha kazi Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Afya, Blandina Nyoni na Mganga Mkuu wa Serikali, Deo Mtasiwa.

Japo uamuzi huo wa kuwasimamisha kazi Nyoni na Mtasiwa ulipokewa na kueleweka vizuri, bado inaniwia vigumu kuelewa kwa nini Mponda na Nkya walisalimika na wanaendelea kukumbatiwa hadi leo.

Kwa kiasi kikubwa, kusita kwa Serikali kuchukua hatua dhidi ya Waziri huyo na Naibu wake ndio kumesababisha kurejea tena kwa sakata hili la mgomo. Lakini kingine kinachokera zaidi ni ukweli kwamba japo Nyoni na Mutasiwa wamesimamishwa kazi, hakuna taarifa zozote kutoka serikalini kuhusu hatua zaidi dhidi yao.

Yayumkinika kuhisi inasubiriwa ‘upepo utulie’ kabla watendaji hao hawajapangiwa madaraka mengine. Ndio Tanzania yetu ilivyo.

Kilio cha madaktari na tishio lao la mgomo ni dalili tu ya tatizo kubwa linalohitaji dhamira ya dhati ya Serikali kulishughulikia. Asilimia kubwa ya watumishi wa umma wanakabiliwa na matatizo kama hayo yanayowasibu madaktari, kubwa zaidi likiwa maslahi na mazingira ya kazi duni.

Lakini kilio cha watumishi wa umma ni mithili ya ‘tone kwenye bahari’ ukilinganisha na hali ngumu ya maisha inayowakabili asilimia kubwa ya Watanzania. Cha kusikitisha zaidi ni kukosekana kwa dhamira ya dhati kwa upande wa Serikali kuboresha maisha ya Mtanzania, awe mtumishi wa umma au sekta binafsi, aliyejiajiri au mkulima, na kila kundi katika jamii.

Mara zote nimekuwa nikiamini kuwa kikwazo kikubwa cha maendeleo yetu si kukosekana kwa sera nzuri na mipango mizuri, au mawazo mazuri. Kinachotukwaza zaidi ni kutokuwapo nia ya kutekeleza sera, mipango au mawazo hayo, sambamba na usimamizi mbovu pale tunapojaribu kuitekeleza.

Rais Kikwete alipoingia madarakani mwaka 2005 sio tu aliahidi maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania bali pia alibainisha kuwa suala hilo (la maisha bora) linawezekana. Na hakuwa anatania (angalau kwenye ukweli wa mambo) kuwa maisha bora yanawezekana katika nchi iliyojaliwa kila aina ya utajiri japo tunaendelea kuwa masikini wa kutupa huku tukiwa nchi ya tatu kwa kupokea misaada mingi zaidi duniani (mbele ya Iraq na Afghanistan).

Rais Kikwete hajajihangaisha kupima ufanisi wa dhamira yake ya kuwaletea maisha bora Watanzania, lakini ninachokumbuka kuna wakati kauli mbiu hiyo ya maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania ‘ilikarabatiwa’ na kuongezwa vikorombwezo kama ‘maisha bora hayawezi kushuka kutoka mbinguni.’ Unaweza kujiuliza kwa nini kaulimbiu hiyo ilipotolewa mara ya kwanza haikuwa ‘maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania yanawezekana lakini hayawezi kushuka kutoka mbinguni.’

Kwa kutathmini dhamira hiyo ya Kikwete tangu aitangaze hadi leo hii, yayumkinika kuhitimisha kuwa ilikuwa ni porojo tu za kutaka kura za Watanzania. Ninasema hivyo kwa sababu ni rahisi kupata idadi ya safari za Rais kwenda nje ya nchi kuliko kuwa na takwimu sahihi za uboreshwaji wa maisha ya Mtanzania. Hapa ninazungumzia takwimu halisi za mtaani na sio kauli za kisiasa za akina (Waziri wa Fedha) Mustafa Mkulo kuwa uchumi unakua.

Hivi kuna ugumu gani kujifunza kutoka kwa majirani zetu wa Rwanda, taifa lililojitutumua na kutoka kwenye mauaji ya kimbari na kuibuka kuwa moja ya mifano adimu ya mafanikio ya kiuchumi barani Afrika.

Nchi hiyo ambayo sasa inafananishwa na economic tigers wa Kusini Mashariki mwa Asia (kwa mfano Malaysia) imepiga hatua kubwa katika kupunguza umasikini huku uchumi wake ukikua kwa kasi.

Rwanda imediriki kufika ilipo sasa kwa sababu Rais Paul Kagame yupo makini, sio kufanya safari za kuzunguka dunia, bali kuhakikisha kuwa nchi yake inapiga hatua kimaendeleo. Sidhani kama Wanyarwanda watakuwa na tatizo iwapo Kagame ataamua ‘kushindana na Kikwete kufanya safari za nje ya nchi’ kwa sababu uchumi unaokua nchini humo unaweza kumudu gharama kubwa zinazotokana na safari za aina hiyo.

Kwa bahati mbaya, shinikizo la madaktari kuitaka serikali iboreshe maslahi na mazingira yao ya kazi linakuja wakati tunaelekezea kwenye msimu mwingine wa kuteketeza fedha katika uchaguzi mdogo wa Jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki.

Na dalili za awali za uteketezaji fedha za umma ni taarifa za uwepo wa makachero wa Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (TAKUKURU) na wenzao wa Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa kwenye mchakato wa CCM kupata mgombea wake kwenye uchaguzi huo.

Licha ya ukweli kwamba taasisi hizo sio za kisiasa na hivyo hazikupaswa kuwepo kwenye shughuli hiyo ya ndani ya CCM, uwepo wao ambao umegharimiwa na fedha za umma haukuweza kuzuia utoaji na upokeaji wa rushwa.

Siwezi kuilaumu sana TAKUKURU kwa vile kuwepo au kutokuwepo kwake hakuna faida kwa Mtanzania zaidi ya kumwongezea hasira na mzigo wa kugharamia uendeshaji wa taasisi hiyo butu. Lakini nina swali au changamoto kwa Idara ya Usalama Taifa; hivi haioni kama inajidhalilisha inapotuma maofisa wake kwenda kwenye chaguzi za ndani za CCM, kisha rushwa ikamwagwa kana kwamba ni halali, na hatimaye maofisa hao wakarejea ofisini kuripoti tu jinsi rushwa ilivyotawala?

Zamani, sio tu kuwa uwepo wa maofisa Usalama wa Taifa ulitosha kuwatisha wahalifu (kwa mfano hao wanaomwaga rushwa kwenye michakato ya uchaguzi ya CCM) lakini ilikuwa sio rahisi kubaini uwepo wao (na hivyo kuwawezesha kutekeleza majukumu yao kwa ufanisi).

Lakini siku hizi imekuwa kama desturi kusikia wakijazana kwenye vinyang’anyiro vya kupata wagombea wa CCM lakini wakiishia kuwa watazamaji tu kwani rushwa imeendelea kuwa turufu muhimu kwa wanachama wa chama hicho tawala kumudu kupata kura za kutosha.

Fedha zinazotumika kugharimia uwepo wa wanausalama hawa zingeweza kuelekezwa kwenye maeneo mengine muhimu, na hilo licha ya kupunguza migongano kati ya serikali na watumishi wake na wananchi wengine kwa ujumla, ingesaidia pia kuepusha aibu ya wanausalama hao kuwa waangalizi wa namna rushwa inavyofanikisha ushindi wa wanaowania kuteuliwa.

Tutashuhudia katika kampeni za uchaguzi huo mdogo wa Arumeru Mashariki jinsi Serikali itakavyotapanya fedha za Watanzania (pasipo kujali ukweli si kila mlipakodi wa nchi yetu ni mwana-CCM) kuhakikisha inashinda uchaguzi huo. Tutashuhudia pia nyenzo za umma (kama magari) zikitumika kisiasa na kuwabebesha Watanzania mzigo wasiostahili. Chama kinachopata wagombea kwa njia ya rushwa hakina njia nyingine ya kuomba kura zaidi ya kutoa rushwa.

Ni mazingira haya ya serikali yetu kumudu gharama zisizo muhimu (kama safari mfululizo za Rais Kikwete nje ya nchi na matumizi makubwa ya fedha za umma kwenye shughuli za kisiasa za CCM), yanayofanya vilio vya madaktari (na watumishi wengine wa umma pamoja na wananchi kwa ujumla) kuwa sio tu vya msingi bali pia vya lazima.

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