WATALII WABAMBWA WAKIJAMIIANA KTK UWANJA WA MALKIA

Zaidi kuhusu kioja hiki,BONYEZA HAPA.

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SCOTLAND'S 1st TRANSGENDER POLICE OFFICER

A paratrooper who underwent a sex-change operation has been accepted by the police as a trainee woman constable.Jan Hamilton, formerly Captain Ian Hamilton, quit the Army in 2007 after 20 years’ decorated service and embarked on a full gender reassignment programme...continue

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OH DEAR...DEAR...!!!

A woman who twisted her knee while playing the children's game of 'stuck in the mud' has been left in constant pain and paralysed for life. Devastated Hannah Boyle, 20, thought she had suffered only a minor injury when she jarred her knee while 'messing around' with youngsters at a martial arts class...continue

A man who slept with his gun may have to rethink that particular life strategy, after he shot himself while sleeping. The 24-year man, of Northport, Alabama, told police that he must have accidentally let off the .40-caliber pistol by knocking it with his hand.

The gun discharged, hitting the man in the shoulder. (Source)

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BLACKS IN UK 8 TIMES AS LIKELY AS WHITES TO BE STOPPED AND SEARCHED

Richard Ford and Sean O’Neill

Black people are almost eight times as likely as whites to be stopped and searched a decade after the Stephen Lawrence inquiry branded the police “institutionally racist”.

Use of ordinary stop and search tactics in England and Wales rose sharply to more than one million in 2007-08, the highest figure since 1998.

The rise has had a disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities. When Stephen Lawrence was murdered in 1993 black people were six times as likely to be stopped and searched as whites. By 2006/7, that had risen to seven times.

Figures published by the Ministry of Justice yesterday for stops and searches in 2007/08 under Section 44 counter-terror laws were even starker. The number of people stopped and searched tripled in a year to 117,000 but fewer than1 per cent were arrested for alleged terrorism-related offences.

There was a 322 per cent rise in black people stopped and searched, 277 per cent in Asians and 185 per cent in white people under anti-terror laws.

Civil liberty campaigners and politicians accused police of heavy-handedness and said that vastly increased use of their powers threatened to alienate large sections of the community.

Cindy Butts, who is leading the Metropolitan Police Authority’s race and faith inquiry, said that she was concerned about the “huge disproportionality” revealed by the figures.

She said: “One could argue there is a pressure-cooker situation developing. There is a sense of a number of issues that all have the potential to impact on the same groups in our community, young males from black and Asian communities — the very people who we cannot afford to switch off from the police, the very people we need to feel confident in the police.”

Stephen Lawrence’s mother, Doreen, said that she would rate progress since the inquiry report a decade ago as “work in progress, five out of ten”. She told MPs this week: “Officers do not understand the powers they have and misuse them. I don’t feel there is much accountability.”

The report comes as police struggle to retain public confidence after the G20 protests, the Damian Green affair and the resignation of the anti-terror chief Bob Quick. Last night the Independent Police Complaints Commission announced a fourth investigation linked to the G20 protests — a woman alleging that she was assaulted by officers. The commission has received 256 complaints, including 121 about the use of force by officers.

The official figures on race and the criminal justice system revealed increases in police stops and searches in relation to both ordinary and terrorist crimes. Black people were nearly eight times as likely to be stopped and searched per head of population as whites. Asians were twice as likely to be searched.

Nearly 90 per cent of the searches under counter-terror powers were carried out in London by the Metropolitan Police. Vernon Coaker, the Police Minister, said that the increase in anti-terror stops and searches was in part linked to the failed bombings in Haymarket. London, in 2007.

Civil liberties campaigners accused the police of abusing the counter- terror law because they do not need to have “reasonable suspicion” before stopping a person.

Corinna Ferguson, a barrister with the campaign group Liberty, said: “A threefold increase in anti-terror stop and search is the clearest signal that these powers are being misused.”

Keith Vaz, the chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, said that the figures accent- uated concerns that the powers disproportionately affect members of the minority ethnic community.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said that the use of Section 44 was under review and stressed that people from ethnic minority groups were not a focus of stop and search operations. “Terrorists can come from all backgrounds,” he said.

SOURCE: The Times

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5 PEOPLE KILLED AS DUTCH QUEEN ESCAPES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

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ELISE,THE "2-YR-OLD EINSTEIN" BECOMES YOUNGEST EVER MENSA MEMBER

The front door has barely opened before she comes running towards me beaming.

'What's this?' she asks, forming fingers and thumbs into a pointy shape and peering through the gap. Before I can answer she declares: 'Equilateral triangle. Three sides the same.'

Of course it is. I should have known. But then I'm not a child genius with a startlingly high IQ.
And Elise Tan-Roberts - aged two years, four months and two weeks - is. She has just become the youngest member of Mensa, with an estimated IQ of 156. That puts her two points higher on the scoreboard than Carol Vorderman, and comfortably in the top 0.2 per cent of children her age.

Here's the best bit, though. She seems to be a sweet little girl with charming parents who simply want her to be happy. Elise was little more than five months when she looked her father Edward in the eyes and called him Dada.

She was walking three months later and running two months after that.

Before her first birthday she could recognise her written name and by 16 months she could count to ten. Yesterday she did it again - in Spanish. 'What's the capital of Russia?' asks her mother Louise, 28. 'Moscow!' comes the instant reply. Indonesia? 'Jakarta!' It is tempting for outsiders to speculate whether this is a well-rehearsed performance instilled by pushy parents to show off their daughter's extraordinary talent.

But it seems to have taken Louise and Edward, from North London, as much by surprise as anyone else. Until she started to communicate, all they noticed was a tendency for her to stare at things and at people, as if soaking up information.

Later, at her playgroup, a mother gave her a toy animal and told her it was a rhinoceros. 'That's not a rhinoceros,' said Elise. It's a triceratops.' Other parents convinced Louise and Edward they should have Elise's intelligence assessed. Inspired by the story of Georgia Brown, who also joined Mensa when she was two, they took her last month to see Professor Joan Freeman, a specialist education psychologist.

After subjecting her to a complex, 45-minute IQ test, she concluded in a written report that Elise was 'more than very bright and capable - she is gifted'. She was recommended for Mensa and accepted. Only those with an IQ of 148 and above - the top two percent - qualify. The average IQ is 100.

Professor Freeman concluded that Elise's 'superb memory' was the source for her 'excellent learning and progress'. Reassuringly for mum and dad, she added that they were doing everything right.

Yesterday as Elise danced happily in the sunshine at her local park, Edward, a 34-year-old motor consultant and car-buyer, told me: 'Our main aim is to make sure she keeps learning at an advanced pace.

'We don't want to make her have to dumb down and stop learning just to fit in. But she's still my baby. I just want her to be happy and enjoy herself.'


So what's next - quantum physics maybe? 'Give her another couple of weeks.'

Elise was born in London in December 2006 and can boast influences from England, Malaysia, China, Nigeria and Sierra Leone in her background. There are doctors and lawyers in the couple's extended family but none was a child genius, as far as anyone knows.

Louise works part time as an account manager for Pickfords removals. Elise's love of music and dance has encouraged the couple to put her name down for education in that area.

They have added her to the long waiting list for the Young Actors' Theatre, formerly the Anna Scher school, which produced a string of celebrated actors; and for Chickenshed, which specialises in music, ballet, mime and dance.

Their major disappointment has been that none of the local state schools they contacted wanted anything to do with Elise until she reaches four and a half.

So what might the future hold? Carol Vorderman told me: 'If she's lucky enough to go to a school where she's encouraged and stretched, she'll continue to enjoy learning and she'll have a fantastic time.

SOURCE: The Daily Mail

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SITTA: SERIKALI ISIJE KUNILAUMU....

Spika wa Bunge, Samuel Sitta amesema kuna maazimio mengi ya Bunge ambayo serikali imekuwa inasuasua kuyatekeleza. Kutokana na hali hiyo, amesema katika mkutano ujao wa Bunge wa bajeti, atatekeleza wajibu wake na serikali isije kumlaumu atakapoanza kutekeleza wajibu huo.

Kauli hiyo ya Spika aliitoa kutokana na majibu yaliyotolewa na serikali kupitia Naibu Waziri wa Miundombinu, Hezekiah Chibulunje, alipokuwa akijibu swali la nyongeza la Mbunge wa Vunjo, Aloyce Kimaro (CCM). Mbunge huyo alitaka serikali kuunda kamati huru ambayo itachunguza na kushughulikia waliohusika kuuza nyumba za serikali na kusababisha hasara. Naibu Waziri huyo alisema serikali inatekeleza maazimio ya Bunge ambayo yalitokana na Mbunge huyo kuwasilisha hoja binafsi bungeni....ENDELEA

HII HAIJATULIA.INA MAANA AWALI SPIKA ALIKUWA HATEKELEZI WAJIBU WAKE IPASAVYO NA NDIO MAANA HALAUMIWI AU...?HALAFU HAYA MAMBO YA LAWAMA YANATOKA WAPI WAKATI SPIKA (NA BUNGE) NA SERIKALI HAWAFANYI MAMBO KWA AJILI YAO BINAFSI BALI UMMA WA WATANZANIA?

HIVI BUNGE LETU LIMEGEUKA KUWA MALI YA SPIKA AU SPIKA NI KIONGOZI TU WA BUNGE?MAANA KAMA KUTAKUWA NA LAWAMA (KAMA ANAVYOTAHADHARISHA SPIKA) BASI ZITAELEKEZWA KWA BUNGE NA SIO SPIKA (AMBAYE PIA NI MBUNGE).

OK,TUWEKE HILO KANDO.JE KUNA HAJA YA KUTAHADHARISHANA KWAMBA MSIPOFANYA HIVI MIE NTAFANYA VILE?KWANI HAKUNA UTARATIBU MAALUM WA KUFUATWA PINDI HALI KAMA HIYO ANAYOZUNGUMZIA SPIKA IKITOKEA?

KUBINAFSISHA-IN THE SENSE KWAMBA NIKISEMA INYESHE ITANYESHA OR VICE VERSA- TAASISI KAMA BUNGE NI HATARI.

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OBAMA'S FIRST 100 DAYS (INTERACTIVE)

CLICK EITHER HERE OR HERE (THEY ARE BOTH INTERACTIVE ANYWAY)

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A PARATROOPER N THE 'HOOD

Ex paratrooper 'waged guerrilla war and spied on neighbours'

A former paratrooper waged a back garden guerrilla war against his neighbours when a petty dispute got out of hand, a court heard yesterday.

Rod Scott, 64, set up a 16ft viewing platform draped in camouflage netting in his garden to observe Tony and Janet Durkin 'morning, noon and night.'

The retired teacher and his wife felt 'under siege' from his never-ending 'surveillance' and became prisoners in their own home.

He kept flood lights trained on their house and they were forced to fit reflective film on their patio windows to stop him peering inside, Sheffield magistrates were told.

Other tactics he was blamed for included poisoning trees, throwing a dead rat into their garden, lighting fires and blasting out opera music.

The eight-year long suburban feud culminated in Scott being taken to court charged with threatening behaviour against Mr Durkin on August 9 last year and harassing the couple between September 8 and 29 at their £300,000 home in Millhouses, Sheffield.

Mr Durkin said the dispute began when Scott cut down brambles in their garden to reveal an 'eyesore' in his garden, which backed on to their property.

Scott refused to paint green an assortment of door frames and old timber panels that he used to screen his garden sheds and this led to relations between them deteriorating rapidly.
Mr Durkin planted a row of trees but Scott poisoned them with diesel, the court heard. Scott left noisy rotivators running for hours to disturb their peace and played Pavarotti opera music so loudly the whole neighbourhood could hear it.

He said Scott's viewing platform was erected on top of a shed. 'He had found a point from which he could look into all our rooms at the back of the house. We are regularly surveyed from that platform.

'At one point he put what looked like a bivouac shelter or a sniper's hide up there. He could see out but we couldn't see in - our privacy was more or less non-existent by that time.'

Asked if he had ever tried to speak to Scott about the problems, Mr Durkin replied:'It's difficult to discuss anything with a psychopath who is intent on this course of action.

'We tried to talk to him at the start of this. All that did was invite a seven year war of attrition - his words - which is still going on. The whole purpose of a war of attrition is to wear people down drip by drip, day by day. I find it difficult to sleep.'

At 1.30am on August 9 Mr Durkin went to investigate after seeing Scott carrying out one of his regular patrols of the area in his car. He said Scott pulled up, wound down the window, and swore at him.

'He issued a torrent of verbal abuse and threats in a high pitched, threatening voice as I was walking along the pavement.'

Mrs Durkin, 68, who has lived there for 35 years, told the court of her fear of the 'trained killer' watching from next door.

She said: 'He is an ex para who has been dehumanised and has no sensitivity to anybody else. He has been taught about surveillance and gadgets and stuff that we have no knowledge of.

'This man has three guns in the house and admits to being a trained killer. How do you think that makes me feel? You can't imagine that fear and distress it has caused me.

'I did try to overcome my fear and distress over this man but I gave up and I don't go in the garden any more. I have developed a heart condition brought on by the stress.

'I just want him to leave us alone. He doesn't seem to care about the damage , he doesn't care. It's like being under siege. I have not been in my garden since November.There's never any peace in the garden.'

Scott was a serviceman for 38 years and told the court he was in 'special forces' before working as a freeelance helicopter pilot. He retired five years ago after suffering serious injuries in a helicopter crash.

Scott said the dispute with his neighbours began after Mr Durkin had killed 10 of his beech trees by tying chicken wire around them.

There had been a disagreement about building a fence between their gardens, he said. He denied threatening the Durkins and described Mr Durkin's behaviour towards him as 'obnoxious.'
The trial continues.

SOURCE: The Daily Mail

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MABOMU DAR: WAZIRI ATANGAZA KUUNDWA TUME (SIO KUJIUZULU)

Wingu la moshi jijini Dar kufuatia mlipuko wa mabomu maeneo ya Mbagala.Picha kwa hisani ya MICHUZI

Na Mussa Juma, Arusha

WIZARA ya Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, imeunda Tume ya Wataalam wa Jeshi la Wananchi Tanzania (JWTZ), kuchunguza chanzo cha kulipuka silaha za aina mbali mbali katika ghala la kambi ya jeshi iliyopo eneo la Mbagala, jijini Dar es salaam.

Naibu Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, Dk Emanuel Nchimbi alitangaza uamuzi huo jana, wakati akizungumza na waandishi wa habari katika Hoteli ya Ngurdoto, jijini Arusha.

Nchimbi alisema Baraza hilo, litafanya kazi ya kuchunguza chanzo cha ajali hiyo na athari zote ambazo zimetokana na mlipuko huo.

Alisema vilivyokuwepo katika ghala hilo ni mabomu na risasi za aina mbali mbali na silaha nyingine ndogo.

Naibu Waziri huyo, alitoa wito kwa wakazi wote wanaoishi jirani na kambi hiyo kutookota kitu chochote cha chuma na wanapokiona watoe taarifa katika kambi ya JWTZ iliyokaribu nao.

"Endapo wataona au kutilia shaka aina yoyote ya chuma , watoe taarifa haraka katika kambi ya jeshi iliyo karibu nao au katika timu ya wataalam wa jeshi hilo ambayo imeanza uchunguzi," alisema Nchimbi.

Hata hivyo, kwa niaba ya Amiri Jeshi Mkuu, Rais Jakaya Kikwete na Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, Dk Hussein Mwinyi, alitoa pole kwa wote walioathirika na tukio hilo.

"Amiri jeshi mkuu anawapa pole wananchi wote wa Dar es Salaam na Pwani kwa usumbufu ambao wameupata kutokana na tukio hilo," alisema Nchimbi.

Alifahamisha bado chanzo cha ajali hakijajulikana na pia kutokana na sababu za kiusalama haitakuwa rahisi kutangaza athari za kijeshi zilizopatikana kutokana na tukio hilo.

CHANZO: Mwananchi

HIZI TUME HADI LINI?ILE YA AJALI YA CHENGE HAIJATOA TAARIFA YAKE JAPO TUKIO LENYEWE LILIHUSISHA WATU WANNE TU!JE TUKIO KUBWA KAMA HILI TAARIFA SI ITAKUWA MWAKA 2050!?

HIYO WIZARA YA NCHIMBI INA REKODI ISIYOPENDEZA KUHUSIANA NA TUME.HIVI IMESHATUAMBIA MATOKEO YA TUME ILIYOUNDWA KUCHUNGUZA AJALI YA HELIKOPTA YA JWTZ?

LAITI TUNGEKUWA NA UTAMADUNI WA KUWAJIBIKA,BASI MUDA HUU NCHIMBI NA WAZIRI WAKE DR MWINYI WANGEKUWA WAMESHAJIUZULU.LAKINI KWA VILE UWAJIBIKAJI NI MSAMIATI UNAOELEKEA KUTOLETA MAAN KWETU,BASI TUTARAJIE TUME MOJA BAADA YA NYINGINE...NA KWA VILE WATANZANIA WANAONGOZA KWA REKODI YA USAHAULIFU,AT THE END OF THE DAY WAHUSIKA WATAISHIA "KUUCHUNA" TU.

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PINDA: MISHAHARA YA WABUNGE (MILIONI 7 KWA MWEZI) HAITOSHI

na Ratifa Baranyikwa, Dodoma

WAKATI Bunge zima likimwandama Mbunge wa Karatu, Dk. Wilibrod Slaa (CHADEMA), kutokana na msimamo wake kuwa posho za wabunge ni kubwa na kutaka zipunguzwe, Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda ameungana na wabunge wengine kwa kusema kuwa posho hizo ni ndogo na kutaka ziongezwe.

Ingawa hakutaja jina, lakini kauli hiyo ya Waziri Mkuu imeonekana dhahiri kumjibu Dk. Slaa anayetaka mishahara na posho za wabunge zipunguzwe, kwamba ni kubwa mno ukilinganisha na watumishi wengine wa umma.

Pinda aliyasema hayo jana mjini hapa wakati akizindua mpango mkakati wa Bunge wa miaka mitano, wenye nia ya kulifikisha Bunge katika kiwango cha juu cha ufanisi.

Katika uzinduzi huo uliofanyika katika Ukumbi wa Pius Msekwa mjini hapa, Pinda alitumia mwanya huo kuchomeka suala la posho za wabunge, ambalo limekuwa agenda kubwa katika mkutano wa 15 wa Bunge unaomalizika leo.

Akielezea hatua ambazo serikali imekuwa ikizifanya kwa upande wa Bunge, Pinda ambaye aliorodhesha hatua kadhaa za kuboresha maslahi ya Bunge, alisema lengo la serikali ni kuboresha maslahi na posho za wabunge ambazo kwa sasa bado ni ndogo.

“Lengo la serikali kwa Bunge ni kuboresha maslahi na posho za wabunge ambazo kwa kweli kwa sasa hazifikii stahiki, lengo ni kuhakikisha Bunge linaboreshewa maslahi ili liweze kufanya kazi yake stahiki na kwa kiwango cha kuridhisha,” alisema Pinda.

Awali, akizungumzia malengo makubwa saba ya mpango mkakati huo, alisema moja ya malengo hayo ni kuboresha maslahi na stahiki za wabunge ili kuliwezesha Bunge kutekeleza majukumu yake ya kikatiba ipasavyo.

Mbali na malengo hayo, mengine ya mkakati huo ni kuboresha muundo na utendaji wa ofisi za Bunge ili kuongeza ufanisi na uwajibikaji, pia kuboresha mazingira ya utendaji kazi ya sekretarieti ya Bunge.

Limo pia suala la kukuza na kuimarisha ushiriki wa Bunge kuwafikia wadau mbalimbali kupitia mikutano, machapisho, vyombo vya habari na njia nyingine ya mawasiliano, pamoja na kukuza na kuinua vipaji vya wabunge.

Kwa upande wa serikali, mbali na malengo ya kuboresha maslahi na posho za wabunge kwa kuzingatia mazingira ya utendaji wao wa kazi, na hali ya uchumi, Pinda pia aliyataja malengo mengine kuwa ni kuwezesha Bunge kuwa na ukumbi mzuri wa kisasa unaotosheleza mahitaji, lengo ambalo kwa sasa tayari limekwishatekelezwa.

Kwa mujibu wa Pinda, lengo lingine ni kuanzishwa kwa mfuko maalumu wa Bunge ambao ulianza kutumika mwaka 2007/08, kuwashirikisha katika ziara za nje za viongozi wa kitaifa, lakini pia kuharakisha ujenzi wa ofisi za wabunge katika majimbo yao.

Tangu alipotoa kauli hiyo akiwa kwenye moja ya mikutano ya chama chake cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Dk. Slaa ambaye pia ni Katibu Mkuu wa chama hicho, amekuwa akiandamwa na wabunge wenzake katika mkutano huu wa 15, wakipinga hoja hiyo kwa madai kuwa inawachonganisha wabunge na jamii.

Hali hiyo ilisababisha Dk. Slaa afikie hatua ya kuzomewa mara kadhaa kila jina lake linapotajwa kwenye vikao vya ndani na nje.

Mbunge huyo, hata hivyo, alisisitiza kwamba anasimama katika hoja zake, ikiwamo ya posho za wabunge kutaka kutazamwa upya.

Alisema ataendelea kuisimamia hoja hiyo kwa sababu anataka kuwapo kwa uwazi katika mishahara wanayolipwa viongozi mbalimbali wakiwamo wabunge.

CHANZO: Tanzania Daima

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NKWAZI: LET THE POWERS THAT BE TAKE A LEAF FROM MENGI'S STANCE

NKWAZI MHANGO
St John’s NL, Canada

AT last names are openly named! When Hon. Harrison Mwakyembe named Rostam Aziz as a suspect behind Kagoda profligacy, many scratched their heads. Some thought it was just politics. Others said: there must be something truly fishy. Others thought the government would wake up and bring him to book. Mwakyembe is a lawyer and an MP who knows what he is doing.

Before long, Reginald Mengi, the Executive Chairman of IPP, massively and openly weighed in with more damning allegations. He minced no words. He averred: Rostam, Yusuf Manji, Jayantkumar Chandubhai Patel (Jeetu Patel) who is facing EPA charges, Tanil Somaiya, and Subash Patel are the most corrupt people in Tanzania.

Today I’ll specifically look at two -Rostam and Manji. They’ve been stealing thunder when it comes to corruption save the government has pretended not to hear or see!
No doubt. The two are CCM bigwigs just like Mengi himself.

What makes things worse is the fact that the duo has been mentioned, though not openly, in almost all multi-million scams. I still remember how Manji was alleged to have swindled wananchi’s money, thanks to his business connections with NSSF. Though this was swept under the carpet, we still have more questions than answers.

Manji also tried hand in politics when he vied for Kigamboni Constituency backed by Yusuf Makamba - CCM’s secretary general who is said to have thick but suspicious bond with the duo.

As for Rostam, it’s an open secret. �He has been cowering before allegations connecting him with EPA theft thanks to being the mind behind Kagoda. Refer to the recent revelations by Bhyidinka Michael Sanze, a lawyer who presided over EPA authorization by Benjamin Mkapa - former president engrossed in many scams.

Also Rostam was linked with Richmond, thanks to his Caspian Company’s address being used by Richmond. He too was named by Ibrahim Msabaha as PM Edward Lowassa’s Arab in Richmond scam.

What damns so as to create doubts is the fact that, the duo, despite being mentioned in many scandals, still has much influence in CCM. They are awarded many lucrative tenders and other projects. They, too, are CCM’s financiers or donors. And this is the reason that forced the Father of the Nation Mwl. Julius Nyerere to sarcastically aver that CCM has been taken by corrupt business people. Who can step in Nyerere’s shoes.

Given that the government has been dragging feet in dealing with the buggers behind Kagoda, now it is aware who those buggers are. Will it go on keeping mum and acting indifferently as it sits on the same.

Silence is gold. But sometimes, it is admission of guilt. When Rostam was confronted by the media to shed light onto Mengi’s allegations, he’s quoted as thus. ’’Mengi is full of jealousy, hatred and what not. There is no way I can help him except to pray God and ignore all, for it is enough a punishment for him. Due to how I was brought up, I cannot quarrel with an old man.’’

Do such gimmicks address the allegations really. Let’s call shorts to white washing and be serious especially when allegations are damningly serious like these.

Though it can be lightly and wrongly perceived as racism and hatred for Mengi to name five Tanzanians of Asian decent as the most corrupt in the country, there is truth in this. Why should it be racism or hatred to aver they are corrupt but not when it comes to owning our economy Why not when they’re given tenders and other preferential treatments.

As Rostam once said that those alleging he is corrupt are labouring under racism, petty jealousy and hatred, but again, is it racism really or corruption.

Suspects should mount reasonable defence in lieu of taking camouflage under the colour of their skin. For example, if someone says Indians own a big chunk of national housing, will this be referred to as racism? If one avers that Indians own over 75% of commerce in the country, will it be branded hatred. If one avers that Indian and Chinese illegal immigrants and hawkers are favoured by authorities, will this be jealousy.

Indians own almost every lucrative business. And now they’ve already penetrated into politics, thanks to rotten takrima law. They live in government houses whilst its workers make do on the outskirts of the city. They’ve remained holier than us since they were brought in by colonialists.

We well know. Indian business moguls are almost behind every stinking lucrative government tender. Refer to the radar, presidential jet purchase, NSSF, Richmond, EPA and what not.

Many will wonder why. It is simple. Corrupt government officials prefer to do dirty business with Indians. They can not divulge their secrets. They’re easy to intimidate and repatriate when things go wrong as it happened in Chavda scam. So indigenous ’fisadis’ are left out of the big picture.

And if you look at whom Tanzania prefers to award citizenship to, you’ll find that Indians outsmart others. They still do the same- being middlemen-the job for which colonialists brought them. When white colonialists left and black ones took over, the role of Indians remained the same almost everywhere in Africa. Go to Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and elsewhere. Indians are still doing the same job-weakening the indigenous for the good of corrupt rulers.

So to avert wasting time, if Kikwete could take a leaf from Mengi, our war on corruption would make more sense than it is today when it is but white washing.

In other words, corruption in Tanzania is like ’mduara’ dance. It’s conspiracy between venal rulers and their corrupt guests. It’s time to rally behind Mengi to see to it that those ’fisadis’ are not harming him. Shall they, Mtikila’s gabacholi era will be latched onto. And the government must stop its indifference. The ’isadis’ it has been asking for are now given pro bono.

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HABARI MOJA,MITIZAMO TOFAUTI

YAH,WANASEMA NI SUALA LA MTIZAMO: KUSEMA GLASI IKO HALF EMPTY AU HALF FULL.HABARI MBILI ZIFUATAZO ZINADHIHIRISHA MANTIKI YA MSEMO HUO.

Na Boniface Meena

UMAARUFU wa Rais Jakaya Kikwete unaonyesha kuendelea kuporomoka, kwa mujibu wa ripoti ya matokeo ya utafiti uliofanywa na taasisi ya Mpango wa Utafiti wa Elimu ya Demokrasia nchini (Redet).

Ripoti hiyo pia inaonyesha kuwa utendaji kazi wa Rais Kikwete, ambaye aliingia madarakani mwaka 2005 kuongoza serikali ya awamu ya nne, umeshuka kwa asilimia 28 mwaka jana ukilinganisha na matokeo ya utafiti ya mwaka 2006.

Pamoja na kushuka kwa asilimia hiyo, utafiti huo umeonyesha kuwa wananchi waliohojiwa wanaridhika zaidi na utendaji wa Rais Kikwete, kuliko wanavyoridhishwa na utendaji kazi wa baraza lake la mawaziri ambalo utendaji wake umekubaliwa na asilimia 18 tu.

Kwa mujibu wa utafiti huo, watu wanaoridhika sana na utendaji kazi wa Kikwete ni asilimia 39.5 tu kulinganisha na asilimia 69 iliyoonyesha kuridhika naye sana mwaka 2006.

Akitoa taarifa ya utafiti huo jana kwa waandishi wa habari, mtafiti mkuu wa Redet, Dk Benadetha Killian alisema kuwa ukilinganisha takwimu za Oktoba 2006 na Oktoba 2007, asilimia ya wale wahojiwa ambao wanasema wanaridhika sana na utendaji kazi wa Rais Kikwete imepungua kutoka asilimia 69 Oktoba 2006 hadi asilimia 44 mwezi Oktoba 2007 na sasa imefikia asilimia 39.5 hadi Novemba mwaka jana.

Dk. Killian alisema kuwa ukichambua undani wa mwenendo huo utaona kwamba wakati idadi ya wanaosema wanaridhika sana iliteremka kwa tofauti ya asilimia 23, kati ya mwaka 2006 na 2007, kasi ya kutoridhika sana imepungua ukilinganisha na matokeo ya mwaka 2007/08 wakati idadi ya wahojiwa ambao walisema wanaridhika sana ilipungua kwa tofauti ya asilimia 4.5 tu.

Kwa mujibu wa Dk. Killian, ukusanyaji wa maoni kwa ajili ya utafiti huo ulifanyika katika mikoa yote ya Tanzania Bara na Visiwani na sampuli ilichaguliwa katika ngazi tatu ambazo ni wilaya na vijiji/mitaa na katika kila ngazi sampuli ilipatikana kwa kutumia mtindo wa sampuli nasibu.

"Katika kila wilaya, watafiti walitakiwa kuchagua vijiji viwili (kwa maeneo ya shamba) au mitaa miwili (kwa maeneo ya mjini) kwa kutumia njia ya sampuli nasibu. Katika kila wilaya, jumla ya watu 50 walichaguliwa kwa ajili ya kuhojiwa, 25 kutoka kila kijiji/mtaa," alisema.

"Na kati ya watu 50 waliohojiwa katika kila wilaya, 25 walitakiwa wawe wanawake na wengine 25 wawe wanaume na uchaguzi wote wa wahojiwa ulifanyika kwa kutumia njia ya sampuli nasibu."

Alisema ukiacha masuala mengine ya utendaji wa mawaziri, waliohojiwa walitakiwa kutoa tathimini yao kuhusu utendaji kazi wa Rais Kikwete katika kipindi cha takriban miaka mitatu ya utawala wake kwa kutoa maoni yao kama wanaridhika sana, wanaridhika kiasi au hawaridhiki.

Dk. Killian alisema kati ya wote waliohojiwa, asilimia 39.5 walisema wanaridhishwa sana na utendaji wa Rais Kikwete, asilimia 39.0 walisema wanaridhika kiasi na asilimia 19.3 walisema hawaridhiki na utendaji kazi wa mkuu huyo wa nchi.

Alisema hata hivyo kwa ujumla, matokeo ya utafiti wa Novemba mwaka jana yanaashiria kwamba, utendaji kazi wa Rais Kikwete bado unaonekana kuridhisha idadi kubwa ya watu pale ambapo makundi mawili ya wahojiwa yanapojumlishwa pamoja yaani wale wanaosema wanaridhika sana asilimia 39.5 na wale wanaosema wanaridhika kiasi asilimia 39 ikiwa inafanya idadi hiyo ya wahojiwa wote kufikia asilimia 78.5.

Dk Killian alisema sababu za kuridhika au kutoridhika na utendaji kazi wa serikali ya Rais Kikwete ni kutoridhishwa na ahadi yake ya kuboresha hali ya maisha. Asilimia 31.0 ya waliohojiwa walisema ameshindwa kuboresha hali ya maisha, wakati asilimia 24 walisema hajatimiza ahadi na asilimia 12.2 walisema hafuatilii utekelezaji wa ahadi zake.

"Sababu nyingine zilizotolewa na wahojiwa ni kuchagua viongozi wasiofaa asilimia 10.8, ameshindwa kupambana na rushwa asilimia 8.0, lakini pamoja na kwamba utafiti huu ulifanywa kipindi ambacho "vigogo" walikuwa wanapelekwa mahakamani kuhusiana na tuhuma za matumizi mabaya ya ofisi na wengine kutuhumiwa na wizi wa fedha za akaunti ya madeni ya nje (EPA), ni asilimia 6 tu ndiyo waliotaja moja kwa moja suala hili kama sababu ya kutoridhishwa au kuridhishwa kiasi na utendaji kazi wa rais," alisema.

Alisema sababu za wananchi kutoridhika na utendaji wa serikali iliyo madarakani ni kutofuatilia utekelezaji asilimia 30.7, serikali kujihusisha na rushwa asilimia 29 na inapitisha mikataba mibovu asilimia 10.0.

Utafiti huo pia unaonyesha kuwa bunge ndio linaongoza kwa kutoridhisha wananchi baada ya asilimia kubwa ya waliohojiwa kueleza kuwa hawaridhishwi na taasisi hiyo ya kutunga sheria.

Bunge limeonekana kutoridhisha wengi tofauti na taasisi za serikali kama polisi, taasisi ya kuzuia na kupambana na rushwa nchini, serikali za mitaa na kadhalika.

Dk. Killian alisema bunge linaongoza kwa kuwa na asilimia kubwa ya kiwango cha kutoridhika ambacho ni asilimia 77.4, ikifuatiwa na serikali za mitaa asilimia 75.6 wakati baraza la mawaziri linashika nafasi ya tatu kwa asilimia 63.

Kwa upande wa utendaji kazi wa Rais Amani Abeid Karume wa Zanzibar, utafiti unaonyesha kuwa asilimia 44 tu ya wote waliohojiwa wanaridhika sana, wakati asilimia 24 wanaridhika kiasi na asilimia 26 walisema hawaridhiki.

Alisema kiwango cha utendaji wa Rais Karume kimeonekana kupanda kwa asilimia 9 ukilinganisha na utafiti wa Oktoba 2007 wakati asilimia 35.5 tu ilimkubali baada ya kuporomoka kutoka asilimia 47.8 aliyopata kipindi cha hadi Oktoba 2006 na baadaye kupanda kutoka asilimia 35.5 Oktoba 2007.

CHANZO: Mwananchi

Nyota ya Kikwete Bado Yang'ara

na mwandishi Wetu

Watanzania walio wengi, zaidi ya asilimia 80, bado wana imani na Rais Jakaya Kikwete, kuliko miaka minne iliyopita alipochaguliwa kuwa Rais. Pia asilimia kubwa ya Watanzania inaridhishwa na utendaji kazi wa Rais na Serikali yake.

Kura ya maoni iliyoendeshwa na taasisi ya uchunguzi inayojitegemea ya REDET kuhusu utendaji wa Serikali ya Kikwete katika miaka mitatu iliyopita ya uongozi wake, inaonyesha kuwa asilimia 83.7 ya Watanzania wana imani naye.

Kundi hilo la Watanzania wanaothibitisha kuwa na imani na Rais Kikwete likigawanywa katika makundi ya ulinganisho wa imani, asilimia 50 inasema ina imani sana kwa kiongozi huyo, asilimia 33.7 inasema ina imani kiasi cha kutosha kwake.

Asilimia hiyo ni kubwa kuliko ile ya ushindi wa urais mwaka 2005, alipochaguliwa kwa kishindo ambapo alichaguliwa kwa asilimia 82. Hakuna mwanataaluma yeyote wa REDET ambaye alikubali kuzungumza na gazeti hili kuhusu kura hiyo ya maoni licha ya kupatikana kwa nakala ya matokeo ya utafiti huo.

Lakini habari zinasema matokeo kamili ya kura hiyo yanatarajiwa kutangazwa rasmi wiki ijayo na uongozi wa REDET. Kubwa zaidi katika ripoti hiyo, ni ukweli kuwa asilimia ya Watanzania wenye kuridhishwa na utendaji kazi wa Rais Kikwete bado iko juu.

Utafiti huo wa kisayansi na wa kina uliofanyika katika sehemu mbalimbali za nchi mijini na vijijini unaonyesha kuwa asilimia 78 ya Watanzania wanaridhishwa na utendaji kazi wake. Matokeo ya kura hizo yamethibisha kwa mara nyingine, ukweli ambao umebakia bila kubadilika kuhusu imani ya wananchi kwa Rais Kikwete na utendaji wake tangu alipoingia madarakani.

Kura zote za maoni ambazo zimefanyika tangu wakati huo, zimekuwa zikionyesha kuwa kiwango cha imani ya wananchi wake na kwa utendaji kazi wake kimebakia kwenye eneo la asilimia 80. Kura hizo pia zinaonyesha kuwa imani ya wananchi kwa wasaidizi wake wakuu ni ya juu.

Zinaonyesha pia kuwa asilimia 82.7 wana imani na Makamu wa Rais, Dk. Ali Mohammed Shein akiwa nyuma ya Rais kwa asilimia moja, wakati Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda anavutia asilimia 84. Utafiti huo pia unathibitisha kuwa wananchi kiasi cha asilimia 70 wana imani na Baraza la Mawaziri, wakati asilimia 66 wana imani na wakuu wa mikoa. Imani ya wananchi inashuka kidogo kwa Bunge ambalo lina asilimia 65.

Katika namna ambayo pia itakipa nguvu na kuifurahisha CCM, asilimia ya Watanzania ambao wanasema wanaridhishwa na utendaji kazi wa chama hicho ni 72.8 wakati asilimia 75.6 wanasema wana imani na chama hicho. Matokeo hayo yatakifurahisha chama hicho kwa sababu asilimia hiyo kubwa ya kukubaliwa na Watanzania imebakia ya kiwango hicho hicho kwa karibu miaka 17 tangu kuanzishwa kwa vyama vya upinzani nchini.

Mwaka 1992 wakati CCM na serikali zilipoongoza mageuzi ya kuingia katika mfumo wa vyama vingi, ilikuwa baada ya uchunguzi uliothibitisha kuwa ni asilimia 20 tu ya Watanzania waliokuwa wanataka mfumo wa vyama vingi. Kwa namna moja au nyingine, asilimia hiyo imebakia na kujithibitisha mara nyingi kupitia njia mbalimbali ikiwa ni pamoja na kupitia uchaguzi mkuu ambao umefanyika tangu wakati huo na hasa uliopita uliomwingiza Rais Kikwete madarakani mwaka 2005. Kwa upande wa vyama vya upinzani, asilimia ya Watanzania ambayo inasema haina imani na vyama hivyo inabakia juu kwa asilimia zaidi ya 31.

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KUNA MAMBO YANAYOTOKEA HUKO NYUMBANI YANAKERA KUPITA MFANO.HIVI HAWA WATANZANIA WENZETU WALIOKABIDHIWA DHAMANA YA KUTUONGOZA (TUKIAMINI KABISA KUWA WANA UPEO MZURI TU WA KUTAFAKARI MAMBO) WANAWEZAJE KUONGEA MAMBO YA AJABU NAMNA HII?ANYWAY,HEBU SOMA KWANZA HABARI HUSIKA KISHA TUENDELEE KUJADILI

* Waziri Sophia Simba asema Mengi kachemsha
*Mkuchika naye asema wanamchunguza

Ramadhan Semtawa na Leon Bahati

MAWAZIRI wawili, Sophia Simba na George Mkuchika jana walimshambulia mfanyabiashara maarufu nchini, Reginald Mengi ambaye wiki iliyopita alitangaza majina ya wafanyabiashara watano wenye asili ya Kiasia, akisema ni mafisadi waliokubuhu.

Simba, ambaye ni Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Rais (Utawala Bora) na Mkuchika, Waziri wa Habari, Utamaduni na Michezo walisema mfanyabiashara huyo wa jijini Dar es salaam "amechemsha".

Mengi alitangaza majina ya wafanyabiashara hao Alhamisi iliyopita akisema ni kati ya watu wasiozidi 10 ambao alidai wanaifilisi nchi na kutaka wadhibitiwe mapema kabla hawajaitingisha na kuiyumbisha nchi. Hata hivyo, Mengi, ambaye alidai katika taarifa yake kuwa juhudi za Rais Jakaya Kikwete zinakwamishwa na watu hao, hakueleza jinsi watano hao wanavyoitafuna nchi zaidi ya kusema kuwa wanatorosha fedha wanazozipata 'kifisadi'.

Jana, kwa nyakati tofauti jijini Dar es Salaam mawaziri hao wawili walitoa kauli za kumshambulia mwenyekiti huyo mtendaji wa makampuni ya IPP, kauli ambazo zinadokeza mtazamo wa serikali katika mjadala unaoendelea wa vita dhidi ya ufisadi na vinara wake.

Waziri Simba, ambaye wizara yake pia inawajibika katika vita dhidi ya ufisadi, alisema: "Kakosea... watoto wa mjini wanasema kachemsha." Simba alitoa msimamo huo jijini Dar es Salaam jana muda mfupi baada ya kufungua semina ya wadau wa vyama vya siasa kuhusu namna ya kuiboresha Sheria ya Sekretarieti ya Maadili ya Viongozi wa Umma ya mwaka 1995.

Simba alisema Mengi hana mamlaka hayo ya kutaja watu wanaotuhumiwa kwa ufisadi.

Kabla ya kujibu swali kuhusu kitendo cha Mengi, ambaye anamiliki televisheni ya ITV na kituo cha redio cha Radio One Stereo, kutaja majina ya watu hao aliowaita
mafisadi papa, Simba alihoji: " Hapa kuna mtu wa ITV?." Baadaye alisema: "Sikilizeni, kwanza kitendo alichokifanya Mengi si sahihi, kakosea hawezi kuhukumu watu, mamlaka hayo anatoa wapi?"

Simba, huku akionekana kama mtu ambaye alikuwa akitafuta jukwaa kuzungumzia suala hilo, alisema Mengi amekosea kwa kuwa baadhi ya watu aliowataja wana kesi mahakamani."Anahukumu watu," alisema. "Kuna mtu kama Jeetu (Patel) ana kesi mahakamani (EPA), sasa unapokuja kusema ni fisadi wakati mahakama haijathibitisha, unakuwa na maana gani.

"Kwanza kwanini awatuhumu wafanyabiashara wenzake tu, ina maana si ana nia mbaya nao."

Alisema Mengi amechukua uamuzi huo kama vile serikali, wakati serikali ipo siku zote na imekuwa ikifanya kazi zake kwa umakini kwa kufuata misingi ya sheria.

"Serikali ipo na inafanya kazi kwa misingi ya sheria, sasa yeye kukaa na kutangaza watu nasema si sahihi kabisa. Mahakama pekee ndiyo inaweza kumtia mtu hatiani, lakini huwezi kuhukumu watu kama hakuna mamlaka."

Waziri Simba, ambaye pia ni mwenyekiti wa Umoja wa Wanawake wa CCM (UWT), alisema Mengi hapaswi kutumia vyombo vyake vibaya. "Asitumie vyombo vyake kufanya atakavyo yeye. Huwezi kukaa katika chombo chako na kuanza kuhukumu watu. Kila mtu akifanya hivyo itakuaje," alihoji.

Akiongea na Mwananchi baada ya kupata taarifa za kauli ya Simba, Mengi alisema: "Namuombea kwa Mwenyezi Mungu na kwa maskini wa Tanzania ili wamsamehe kwa sababu hajui anenalo." Mengi hakutaka kuzungumza zaidi kuhusu hatua hiyo ya Mama Simba.

Naye Waziri wa Habari, Utamaduni na Michezo, George Mkuchika aliwaambia waandishi wa habari kuwa serikali itamchukulia hatua za kisheria Mengi iwapo itabainika alikiuka taratibu na kanuni za nchi kwa kutangaza majina ya watu anaowatuhumu kwa ufisadi.

Mkuchika alisema jijini Dar es Salaam jana kwa sasa serikali inafanya uchunguzi juu ya suala hilo na itatumia mikanda ya video pamoja na maelezo ya kimaandishi aliyoyatoa Mengi siku alipokutana na waandishi wa habari.

"Tumekusudia kupata ule mkanda wa video, pia tusome maelezo yake ya kimaandishi... tukigundua kuna mahala ambapo sheria haikuzingatiwa, (Mengi) atachukuliwa hatua," alisema Mkuchika.

Mkuchika alisema serikali imepokea malalamiko mengi kutoka kwa watu wengi, wakishutumu hatua iliyochukuliwa na Mengi, ambaye pia anamiliki viwanda vya vinywaji.

Bila kutaka kuwataja majina, Mkuchika alisema miongoni mwa walalamikaji, wapo walioeleza kuwa vyombo vya habari vya mfanyabiashara huyo havikuwatendea haki watuhumiwa waliotajwa kuwa ni mafisadi wakuu.

Alisema ni kutokana na vyombo hivyo kuwataja majina watuhumiwa bila ya kuwapa fursa ya kujibu madai dhidi yao. Waziri Mkuchika alipotakiwa kueleza siku ambayo uchunguzi huo utakamilika, alijibu wananchi wanapaswa kuwa watulivu kwa sababu serikali ikimaliza kuchunguza, itawatangazia yale waliyobaini.

Hii ni mara ya pili katika kipindi cha miezi takribani mitatu kwa Mengi kuingia katika mvutano na serikali baada ya kuvutana mapema mwaka huu na Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani, Lawrence Masha kutokana na kutangaza kuwa kuna mipango ya kumfilisi na kumuua.

Mengi pia amewahi kujikuta katika malumbano na watendaji wa serikali hasa na waziri wa zamani wa nchi, ofisi ya rais (utawala bora), Wilson Masilingi alipotoa tuhuma kuwa suala la utoaji zabuni ya ununuzi wa hoteli ya Kilimanjaro, hivi sasa inajulikana kama Kilimanjaro Kempiski, kulikuwa na kitu alichokiita "mchezo mchafu". Suala hilo liliamsha malumbano makali, lakini liliishia hewani.

Katika tuhuma za wiki iliyopita, Mengi aliwahusisha wafanyabiashara hao watano na kashfa za wizi wa fedha kwenye Akaunti ya Malipo ya Madeni ya Nje (EPA), utoaji zabuni ya ufuaji umeme wa dharura kwa kampuni ya Richmond Development (LLC) na uuzwaji wa jengo la Mfuko wa Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Jamii (NSSF).

Mengi, ambaye kituo chake cha televisheni cha ITV kiliwahi kuendesha mchezo mkubwa wa bahati nasibu ya Jackpot Bingo, pia aliitaja Bahati Nasibu kuwa katika tuhuma hizo, pamoja na mradi wa makaa ya mawe wa Mchuchuma.

CHANZO: Mwananchi

HALAFU TUKISEMA UFISADI NI MIONGONI MWA SERA ZA CCM TUTAITWA WACHOCHEZI?CHADEMA WALIPOTOA LIST OF SHAME CCM,KAMA KAWAIDA YAKE,IKAJA JUU KUDAI HIZO NI POROJO ZA KISIASA.WENGINE WAKAENDA MBALI ZAIDI NA KUTISHIA KUWAPELEKA AKINA SLAA MAHAKAMANI KWA MADAI YA "KASHFA".HADI LEO HAKUNA HATA MMOJA WAO ALIYEKWENDA MAHAKAMANI,NA SANASANA BAADHI YA WATUHUMIWA HAO KWA SASA WAKO MAHAKAMANI WAKITUHUMIWA KUHUSU YALEYALE YALOTAJWA KWENYE LIST OF SHAME.

TATIZO LA MAWAZIRI WOTE WAWILI SIO MANJI AU THE PATELS.NI MR UNTOUCHABLE.HUYU AKIGUSWA BASI NDIO KAMA UMEPIGA LUMUMBA,HQ YA CCM.HAIHITAJI UPEO WA JUU KUBAINI KUWA WANACHOONGEA MAWAZIRI HAO WAWILI NI SAWA NA SELF-DENIAL.YAANI TUKIMJUA MWIZI TUSIMUITE MWIZI MPAKA AFIKISHWE MAHAKAMANI?TUTAMFIKISHAJE HUKO PASIPO KUMTUHUMU IN THE FIRST PLACE?

NA KWANINI ALALAMIKE WAZIRI SIMBA NA MKUCHIKA NA SIO HAO WALIOTAJWA NA MENGI?WAMETUMWA AU WANATUMIWA?WASITUFANYE WATOTO KUHUSU HABARI ZA HAO MAPAPA WA UFISADI KUFIKISHWA MAHAKAMANI KWA VILE HILO HALIWEZEKANI.KWANI KUNA SABABU NYINGINE INAYOSABABISHA KUSUASUA KUWATAJA WAMILIKI WA KAGODA ZAIDI YA UKWELI KUWA AMONG THE WAMILIKI NI MR UNTOUCHABLE?

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MOJA YA MAENEO KOROFI KATIKA BARABARA KUU WILAYANI KILOMBERO.UNGETEGEMEA VIONGOZI WA WILAYA HIYO WAELEKEZE NGUVU ZAO KWENYE KU-ADDRESS SHIDA ZA WANANCHI (KAMA HIYO YA BARABARA) BADALA YA KUTAKA KUUZA ARDHI YAO.HUU NI UNYAMA USIOKUBALIKA HATA CHEMBE.ANYWAY,2010 IS COMING.I HOPE UKATILI HUU WA VIONGOZI WABABAISHAJI UTAKUWA SABABU TOSHA YA KUWAPIGA CHINI KWENYE UCHAGUZI.

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KIJIJI cha Namwawala, kilichopo Kata ya Idete, Tarafa ya Ifakara, Wilaya ya Kilombero mkoani Morogoro, kiko hatarini kuuzwa kwa mwekezaji, huku viongozi wanaosimamia mpango huo wakidai ni agizo kutoka kwa Rais Jakaya Kikwete.

Habari za uhakika ambazo Tanzania Daima imezipata kutoka katika kijiji hicho, zilidai kuwa baadhi ya viongozi wa wilaya na mkoa, wanasimamia uuzaji wa ekari zaidi ya 3,384, sawa na asilimia 95 ya ardhi ya kijiji chote, kwa ajili ya mwekezaji anayetarajia kuanzisha mashamba ya miwa na kiwanda cha sukari.

Hivi sasa, kijiji hicho kimeunda kamati kufuatilia mambo manne ya msingi ambayo ni kuthibitisha kauli ya viongozi wao kwamba Rais Kikwete ameamuakuchukua ardhi hiyo, na kama ardhi inayochukuliwa ni asilimia 95 ya eneo lote la
kijiji.

Mambo mengine ni, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji Kilombero kuanza kuthaminisha mali zao bila taarifa rasmi na kutaka wasomewe waraka unaoelekeza Rais Kikwete kutoa agizo la kuchukua ardhi na kumpa mwekezaji.

Kamati hiyo ambayo inadaiwa kuishi kwa kutishiwa na baadhi ya viongozi wilayani humo, inaundwa na Mwenyekiti Zuberi Kapindijega, Kenani Haule (Katibu), wakati wajumbe ni Johson Msuya na Godfrey Lwema.

Akizungumza na Tanzania Daima kutoka mjini Ifakara jana, Kapindijega, alisema baada ya viongozi wa wilaya na kata kupita kwa wananchi na kuwataka waanze kufanya tathimini ya mali zao na kujiandaa kuhama, walifikisha barua yao kwa Rais Kikwete jijini Dar es Salaam wakitaka ufafanuzi wa mpango huo.

“Januari 31 kwenye mkutano wa mapato na matumizi ya kijiji, iliibuka hoja ya wanakijiji kutaka kujua hatma ya ardhi yetu, ndipo mwenyekiti wa kijiji alitusomea waraka aliodai wa rais, ambao umetumika katika kuchukua asilimi 95 ya ardhi hiyo. Kutokana na mazingira na mfumo uliotumika kufikisha waraka huo wa rais kwetu, tunahisi kuna mchezo
mchafu.

“Kwa hofu hiyo na kwa kuwa kila tunaloliuliza jibu ni moja tu la rais kaamua kuchukua ardhi yake, ndiyo maana tumeamua kuja kuonana na wewe mwenyewe Mheshimiwa Rais,” ilisomeka sehemu ya barua hiyo kwenda kwa rais iliyoandikwa Februari 13 na Tanzania Daima kupata nakala yake.

Hata hivyo, katika majibu ya rais kwa viongozi hao wa tume yalitolewa kwa barua iliyosainiwa na Kaimu Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi, F. Mwaipaja, Februari 16, viongozi hao walitakiwa kuwasiliana na Ofisi ya Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Kilombero, na Mkuu wa Mkoa na kama hawataridhishwa, wanaweza kuonana na rais.

Kutokana na barua hiyo kutoka kwa rais, viongozi wa tume hiyo walibisha hodi katika Ofisi ya Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Kilombero kwa barua waliyoiandika Februari 20 nakufuatiwa na nyingine ya Februari 27, ambazo pia Tanzania Daima nakala zake inazo.

Hata hivyo, ofisi hiyo ya mkuu wa wilaya, ilijibu barua hiyo kupitia kwa Katibu Tawala, E Mmbaga, akidai kuwa ameagizwa na DC Evarist Evarist Ndikilo awajulishe wajumbe hao wa tume kwamba amepokea barua hizo.

“Aidha mnafahamishwa kuwa Ofisi ya Mkuu wa Wilaya itawasiliana na SUDECO, Bodi ya Sukari Tanzania (SBT), Serikali ya Kijiji (Namwawala) pamoja na ofisi ya Mkurugenzi Mtendaji (W), wanafanya tathmini ya fidia. Mnaombwa mvute subira kwani matokeo ya mawasiliano hayo, mtajulishwa,” ilisema barua hiyo.

Baada ya majibu hayo, tume hiyo pia ilifika katika Ofisi ya Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Morogoro, na kuwasilisha barua yao Machi 6, mwaka huu kutaka kupata ufafanuzi wa kuuzwa kwa ardhi ya kijiji chao.

Ofisi ya mkoa kupitia kwa Kaimu Katibu Tawala, L. Msuya, iliahidi katika barua yenye kumb namba CD/148/06/87, kwamba italishughulikia suala hili kwa makini.

“Kumbukeni kwamba mmeshafikisha malalamiko yenu kwenye ofisi ya rais na sasa mmerudishwa kwa Mkuu wa Mkoa, kwa hiyo suala hili linatakiwa lishughulikiwe kwa umakini sana.
Mnatakiwa mvute subira wakati mkuu wa mkoa anafanya uchunguzi wa kina ili kupata ufumbuzi wa kudumu,” ilisema barua hiyo.

Hata hivyo, akizungumzia malalamiko ya tume hiyo, DC wa Kilombero, jana alikaririwa na moja ya vyombo vya habari vya kila siku kwamba wajumbe wa tume hiyo ni wachochezi na kutoa amri wakamatwe mara moja.

Uchunguzi wa Tanzania Daima umebaini kuwa, hali ya kijiji hicho si shwari kwani wananchi wanashindwa kuendelea kufanya shughuli za maendeleo kwa hofu ya kuhamishwa, huku baadhi ya viongozi wakitofautiana kuhusu mpango huo unaodaiwa kuendeshwa kiujanja ujanja kwa kutumia jina la rais.

CHANZO: Tanzania Daima

THIS IS BECOMING PERSONAL!TATIZO LA WILAYA YETU (NA JIMBO LA KILOMBERO KWA UJUMLA) NI KAMA HATUNA MBUNGE.KUNA JAMAA ANAITWA LIGALAMA.I JUST CANT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS GUY HAS BEEN DOING!BADALA YA VIONGOZI KUWEKEZA NGUVU ZAO KUWALETEA WANANCHI MAENDELEO WAO WANAENDEKEZA USHKAJI NA WAWEKEZAJI....NA HAIHITAJI UTAFITI KUFAHAMU KUWA KICHOCHEO KIKUBWA HAPO NI RUSHWA NA UFISADI KWA UJUMLA.

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"TAIFA LAFIKA PABAYA"

KUNA kila dalili kuwa taifa halielekei pazuri hasa baada ya siku za hivi karibuni kuibuka matukio kadhaa ambayo kwa kiasi kikubwa yameishtua jamii kiasi cha kuhoji taifa linakoelekea.

Matukio ya kiongozi wa nchi kudhalilishwa kwenye mtandao wa kompyuta, malumbano ya wabunge juu ya kuvuja kwa siri za serikali na kuanikwa kwa mishahara yao pamoja na hatua ya Mwenyekiti wa Makampuni ya IPP, Reginald Mengi, kutaja majina ya watu anaowatuhumu kuwa mafisadi ‘papa’ hadharani.

Kutokea kwa matukio hayo katika kipindi hiki ambacho taifa linaelekea katika uchaguzi wa serikali za mitaa na uchaguzi mkuu unaotarajia kufanyika mwakani kumeelezwa ni mambo ambayo kwa kiasi kikubwa yanaweza kuliyumbisha taifa.

Baadhi ya wachambuzi wa masuala ya kisiasa na kijamii wanayaona matukio hayo kama ni mapambano ya hatari yanayowahusisha baadhi ya wafanyabiashara na vigogo wa siasa ambao katika siku za hivi karibuni wamekuwa wakitumia njia mbalimbali kuhakikisha wanafanikisha mikakati ya kuongoza.

Tukio la Mwenyekiti wa Makampuni ya IPP, Reginald Mengi, kuwataja baadhi ya wafanyabiashara na wanasiasa maarufu hapa nchini kuhusika na kashfa za ufisadi limezua mtafaruku miongoni mwa jamii ambapo baadhi ya watu wanaiona hatua hiyo ni mapambano ya hadharani baina ya pande hizo mbili.

Mapambano hayo ambayo katika siku za hivi karibuni yamefikia hatua mbaya kiasi cha kuanza kuhusisha uandishi wa habari usiozingatia maadili ya fani ya habari umeonekana kutumika kwa ajili ya kukashfu na kudhalilisha utu wa baadhi ya walengwa.

Vita ya pande hizo mbili vinaonekana kuanza kushika kasi na kuna habari kuwa baadhi ya wafanyabiashara waliotajwa na Mengi wamejipanga kujibu mashambulizi hayo kwa gharama zozote zile.

Wakati mapambano hayo yakionekana ni ya pande mbili wanasiasa, wafanyabiashara na wananchi mbalimbali wamejikuta ama wanaunga mkono upande mmoja au mwingine hali inayozidisha utete wa vita hivyo.

Baadhi ya wachambuzi wa masuala ya kisiasa na kijamii wamebainisha kuwa hali hii ya sasa imekuja hasa baada ya ufisadi wa EPA, Meremeta, Richmond na kadhalika ambao ulisababisha baadhi ya viongozi akiwemo aliyekuwa Waziri Mkuu, Edward Lowasa kujiuzulu.

Kujiuzulu kwa viongozi hao na kufikishwa mahakamani kwa baadhi ya watuhumiwa walioshiriki katika kashfa hizo na za matumizi mabaya ya madaraka kumechochea vita dhidi ya ufisadi huku baadhi ya wananchi wakitaka pia Rais wa mstaafu, Benjamini Mkapa, naye aondolewe kinga ili aweze kujibu tuhuma za matumizi mabaya ya madaraka.

Hatua ya Mengi kujitokeza hadharani na kutaka majina ya watu anaowatuhumu kwa kashfa za ufisadi na baadhi ya wabunge kuwachachamalia watu wanaotuhumiwa kwa ufisadi nako kumezidisha joto na hofu ya mapambano hayo.

Wakati mawazo ya watu yakiwa bado katika mzozo huo, limetokea tukio jingine la kusikitisha katika mtandao ambapo kiongozi wa nchi amejikuta akidhalilishwa kwa picha zisizofaa mbele ya jamii.

Tukio hilo kwa kiasi kikubwa linaonyesha ukosefu wa ustaarabu na maadili kwa baadhi ya watu ambao wameamua kutumia vibaya teknolojia ya kisasa hususan upashanaji habari kwa kutumia mtandao.

Jambo hilo kwa kiasi kikubwa limekuwa likihusishwa na mbinu za kuchafuliana majina hasa katika kipindi hiki cha uchaguzi na kubainishwa kuwa kama hatua za haraka za kuwakamata wanaohusika na mitandao hiyo zisipochukuliwa kuna hatari ya viongozi wengi zaidi kudhalilishwa kupitia mambo mbalimbali.

Moja kati ya tukio la udhalilishaji wa viongozi ni hatua ya kijana mmoja kuamua kumpiga kofi Rais mstaafu wa awamu ya pili, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, katika sherehe za Maulid zilizofanyika kwenye Ukumbi wa Daimond Jubilee, Dar es salaam.

Sakata jingine ambalo limeonekana kuwagawa zaidi Watanzania na wanasiasa ni kauli ya Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais, Utumishi wa Umma, kuwa kuanzia sasa wabunge na watendaji wote watakaovujisha siri za serikali watashughulikiwa ipasavyo.

Kauli hiyo ambayo ilionekana kumlenga Mbunge wa Karatu Dk. Wilbrod Slaa (CHADEMA) na baadhi ya wabunge ambao wamekuwa wakitumia nyaraka mbalimbali zinazodaiwa kuwa za siri kuiumbua serikali sasa watakumbana na mikono ya sheria endapo watakutwa na nyaraka hizo.

Kauli hiyo imeonekana kupingwa na wananchi wengi kwa madai kuwa sasa serikali inataka kuwa ya kidikteta hasa kwa kuficha nyaraka za ufisadi uliofanywa au unaofanywa na viongozi waliopo na waliomaliza muda wao madarakani.

Baadhi ya wananchi wamekuwa wakiihusisha kauli hiyo kama ni njama za kuficha uovu ambao umekuwa ukipoteza fedha nyingi za Watanzania kupitia rasilimali mbalimbali.

Mshangao huo wa wananchi uliongezeka zaidi pale baadhi ya wabunge walimshutumu hadharani Dk. Slaa kwa kubainisha vipato wanavyovipata wabunge na kutaka fedha hizo zipunguzwe ili zitumike kwa maendeleo ya wananchi.

Baadhi ya wabunge walimtuhumu Dk. Slaa kwa kutaka kujitafutia umaarufu hasa katika kipindi hiki cha kuelekea katika uchaguzi mkuu ujao jambo ambalo limepingwa vikali na wananchi wanaoonekana kukubaliana na ushauri wa Dk. Slaa.

Matukio haya kwa kiasi kikubwa kwa namna moja au nyingine yanaonyesha kuliweka taifa katika sehemu mbaya na iwapo kama hatua za kurekebisha baadhi ya mambo hazitachukuliwa kuna kila dalili za kutokea mpasuko mkubwa miongoni mwa jamii.

Naye Rahel Chizoza anaripoti kutoka Dodoma kuwa sakata la wizi wa nyaraka za serikali na kuwekwa hadharani kwa mishahara minono na marupurupu wanayopata wabunge kulikoibuliwa na Mbunge wa Karatu Dk. Wilbrod Slaa (CHADEMA), hivi karibuni limechukua sura mpya baada ya baadhi ya wabunge kuonyesha kumchukia mbunge huyo.

Hali hiyo imejitokeza jana kwenye semina ya maboresho ya Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma iliyoendeshwa kwa wabunge ambao baadhi yao walionyesha hali ya kumbeza mbunge huyo aliposimama kwa ajili ya kuchangia hoja.

Hali hiyo ilisababisha mwenyekiti wa semina hiyo ambaye pia ni Mbunge wa Mpwapwa, George Lubeleje, kuingilia kati na kuwasihi wabunge kupunguza minong’ono.

“Hivi hizi nyaraka zinazodaiwa kuwa ni za siri, kwa nini zinawekwa kwenye makabati ya serikali, naomba Katibu Mkuu aniambie kama ni halali kwa nyaraka za wizi kuwepo katika kabati za serikali,” alihoji Dk. Slaa

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DECI...DECI...DECI

DECI....DECI...DECI.NDIO GUMZO HUKO NYUMBANI.LAKINI KUNA MENGI YANAYOHITAJI TAFAKURI PANA KUHUSU SUALA HILO.TRULY YOURS NIMEJARIBU KUCHANGANUA SUALA HILO KWA UNDANI KIDOGO.ANGALIA HAPO JUU KULIA KWENYE SECTION YA AUDIO USIKIE UCHAMBUZI HUO.NIRUSHIE BARUA-PEPE TUENDELEZE MJADALA KWA MANUFAA YA TAIFA.NA KAMA NIMECHEMSHA,USISITE KUNIKOSOA.

KARIBUNI SANA!!!

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HUJUMA DHIDI YA MENGI.NAOMBA KUWASILISHA

MZALENDO MMOJA AMENITUMIA UJUMBE UFUATO KWENYE E-MAIL,NAMI NAOMBA KUUWASILISHA KAMA ULIVYO:

Kuna habari kwamba mmoja wa wafanyabiashara aliyetajwa na Mkurugenzi wa IPP Bwana Reginald Mengi amenunua hisa nyingi za umiliki wa kituo cha kurusha matangazo ya Television.

Mfanya biashara huyo inasemekana ni yule aliyetumia mtindo huohuo kununua hisa za kampuni iliyokuwa inatoa gazeti lilikuwa maarufu kabla ya mwaka 2005 na sasa si maarufu tena.

Mfanyabiashara huyo ambaye ana hisa kwenye kampuni moja ya simu za mikononi inasemekana ana mpango wa kutumia minara ya kampuni hiyo ya simu ili kusambaza matangazo ya kituo hicho nchi nzima kwa urahisi na bila gharama kubwa.

Kwa vile kampuni yake ndiyo yenye mtandao mkubwa hapa nchini basi itakuwa ni rahisi kwake kusikika nchi nzima kuzidi vyombo vyote vya habari.

Iwapo mpango huo utatekelezwa basi mfanyabiashara huyo atakuwa anaongoza kusikika eneo kubwa nchini.

Bwana Mengi ina ITV na Redio zake tabidi avute bidii ya kasi kwa sababu yeye hataweza kuwa na mtandao mkubwa kama hiyo TV.

Wenu mtafuta habari

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