Tuesday, 31 January 2012


Rais Jakaya Kikwete amekiri kuwepo kwa mkanganyiko uliojitokeza kufuatia kauli ya Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda kuwa Rais ameridhiria nyongeza ya posho za Wabunge.Rais alisema hayo katika majadiliano kati yangu na yeye kupitia mtandao wa Twitter kama inavyoonyesha picha hapa juu na hapa chini


Awali,Rais Kikwete alifafanua kuwa ni kweli alitoa maelekezo kuhusu suala la posho hizo lakini maelekezo hayo hayakuwa kuridhia jambo hilo.Kadhalika,Rais alibainisha kwamba alikubali haja ya kuangalia upya posho za wabunge na aliwataka wabunge kutumia hekima na busara katika kutafakari.Vilevile aliwataka wabunge kutumia Kikao cha Februari cha Bunge kulizungumzia upya suala hili,na kusistiza ni muhimu.Picha ifuatayo inaonyesha maelezo hayo ya Rais Kikwete kwenye mtandao wa Twitter.


Jana,gazeti la Mwananchi lilikuwa na habari iliyobeba kichwa 'JK ABARIKI POSHO MPYA ZA WABUNGE' ambapo pamoja na mambo mengine habari hiyo ilieleza kuwa Waziri Mkuu Pinda amesema kuwa tayari Rais Kikwete amesaini kuridhia ongezeko la posho za vikao (sitting alllowances) kwa wabunge kutoka shilingi 70,000 hadi shilingi 200,000 kwa siku.Picha ifuatayo inaonyesha sehemu ya habari hiyo:


Hata hivyo,mapema leo Kurugenzi ya Mawasiliano ya Ikulu ilitoa taarifa ya maandishi kukanusha habari hizo, kama inavyosomeka hapa chini

Taarifa Ya Ikulu

Blogu hii inaendelea kufatilia kwa karibu kuhusu suala hilo.

Monday, 30 January 2012

JK abariki posho mpya za wabunge 
Monday, 30 January 2012 20:54
Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
KILA MMOJA KULIPWA 330,000 KWA SIKU, ZITTO, MAKAMBA, KIGWANGALA WASULUBISHWA KWA KUZIPINGA
Waandishi Wetu, Dodoma  
WAZIRI Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda amesema tayari Rais Jakaya Kikwete amesaini kuidhinisha ongezeko la posho za vikao (sitting allowance) kwa wabunge kutoka Sh70,000 hadi Sh200,000 kwa siku.  Kupitishwa kwa posho hizo ambazo ziliandikwa kwa mara ya kwanza na gazeti hili, kunafanya sasa mbunge kupokea Sh330,000 kwa siku; Sh200,000 zikiwa ni posho ya kikao, Sh80,000 posho ya kujikimu na Sh50,000 nauli.  

Taarifa za uhakika kutoka ndani ya kikao cha utanguzi cha wabunge jana, zilidai kuwa baada ya Pinda kutoa taarifa hiyo, wabunge walishangilia huku Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini (Chadema), Zitto Kabwe, akisimama na kudai kuwa taarifa alizonazo ni kwamba Rais Kikwete alikuwa hajasaini kuidhinisha posho hizo.  

Hatua hiyo ilisababisha Mbunge wa Kondoa Kaskazini, Juma Nkamia (CCM), kusimama na kuhoji iwapo Zitto ni miongoni mwa wasemaji wa Rais kabla ya Pinda kusimama na kuthibitisha kusainiwa kwa posho hizo akisema siyo ajabu kwani hata watumishi wa Serikali wanalipwa kati ya Sh150,000 na Sh200,000.  Hata hivyo, Zitto alitetea msimamo wake kwamba alitarajia baada ya kusainiwa kwa posho hizo na Rais, angepewa masharti mapya ya kazi za ubunge.  

Katika kikao hicho baadhi ya wabunge wanadaiwa kuwashambulia Zitto, Mbunge wa Bumbuli (CCM), January Makamba na Mbunge wa Nzega (CCM), Dk Khamis Kigwangwala kwamba wamekuwa mstari wa mbele kupinga posho hizo hadharani.  Spika wa Bunge, Anne Makinda ambaye anadaiwa kwamba aliungana na Pinda kuthibitisha kwamba Rais Kikwete ameidhinisha posho hizo mpya, pia aliwashambulia wabunge wanaozipinga akisema kwamba wanafuta umaarufu wa kisiasa.

“Wanachotafuta ni umaarufu wa kisiasa tu, mimi ninavyojua umaarufu wa kisiasa unakuja kwa kufanya kazi za kibunge za wananchi lakini siyo kupinga posho,” chanzo chetu cha habari kilimnukuu Makinda.

Mbunge wa Gando (CUF), Khalifa Suleiman Khalifa anadaiwa kwamba alitumia mafumbo  kuwashambulia wabunge hao ambao wamejitokeza kupinga nyongeza hiyo ya posho.  Kauli hiyo inadaiwa kuungwa mkono na Mbunge wa Sikonge (CCM), Said Nkumba ambaye alidai kuwa hawezi kumsemea Zitto kwa sababu ni kawaida yake kupinga, lakini akaelekeza shutuma zake kwa Makamba kwamba ameanza kupinga baada ya kugharamiwa na CCM. “Januari anapinga posho hizo kutokana na CCM kumpa gari, nyumba na analipwa na chama,” kilisema chanzo chetu kikimkariri Nkumba.

 Pia, Mbunge wa Kilindi, Beatrice Shelukindo (CCM), anadaiwa kumshambulia Zitto kuwa lazima apinge posho hizo kwa sababu, anapewa fedha na wafadhili kutoka nchi za nje.  “Shelukindo anasema amefanya ziara nje na kuhakikisha kuna wahisani wanamfadhili Zitto kwa hiyo ana haki ya kupinga posho hizo,” chanzo chetu hicho kilimkariri Shelukindo.
 
Hata hivyo, inadaiwa kuwa baada ya mashambulizi hayo, Dk Kigwangwala alisimama kutetea msimamo wake kwamba ongezeko hilo halina ‘mashiko’ na haliwezi kuelezwa mbele ya umma likaeleweka, lakini alizomewa na wabunge wengi huku wakimtaka kukaa chini.  

Hatua hiyo ilisababisha Zitto kusimama na kueleza kuwa tatizo la wabunge kwamba wana fikra finyu, kauli ambayo alitakiwa na wenzake kuwaomba radhi kuwa amewatukana.  “Zitto ametumia Kiingereza kuwa tatizo la wabunge ‘we think small’,  Shelukindo na (John) Komba wakaja juu wakitaka kuwaomba radhi kwa kuwatukana,” chanzo chetu kilieleza.  Zitto anadaiwa kusema wabunge walitakiwa kujenga hoja ya kuongeza fedha za mafuta ya gari wanayolipwa hivi sasa Sh2.5 milioni kwa mwezi, kutokana na kupanda kwa nishati hiyo, lakini siyo posho.  

Mbunge wa Ubungo (Chadema), John Mnyika alinukuliwa akisema matatizo ya posho yamefikia hapo baada ya kuonekana ni ya watu binafsi siyo mfumo hivyo, wanaopinga wanaonekana kama wanatafuta umaarufu na wana vipato vya fedha, akaitaka kamati ya uongozi ijadili na kupata mwafaka badala ya wajumbe kutofautiana mbele ya umma.  Wabunge wengine wanaodaiwa kutetea posho hizo ni Mbunge wa Rombo (Chadema), Joseph Selasini na Jenister Mhagama (Peramiho CCM).

 Msimamo wa January
Alipoulizwa kuhusu suala hilo, Makamba alijibu: “Si sahihi kwangu kutoa taarifa za kikao cha ndani. Lakini msimamo wangu kwenye suala hilo unajulikana na haujabadilika.  Msimamo wa CCM ulishawekwa wazi na sote tunaujua. Nitalizungumzia suala hili kwa kirefu katika siku zijazo.”

Kuhusu taarifa kwamba anagharamiwa na CCM, alisema hawezi kuzungumzia suala hilo na badala yake kutaka kiulizwe chama hicho.

Katibu wa Itikadi na Uenezi wa CCM, Nape Nnauye alipoulizwa kuhusu taratibu za kuwagharamia viongozi wa chama chake ambao ni wabunge alisema: “Mbunge au kiongozi yeyote wa chama mwenye nafasi nyingine anagharamiwa na chama pale anapokwenda kufanya shughuli za chama tu na si vinginevyo.”

“Kwa hiyo kama ni mbunge suala la mafuta, dereva, mahali pa kulala na mahitaji mengine anagharamiwa na taasisi anayoifanyia kazi na siyo chama.”

“Kwa mfano, mimi kwenye sekretarieti hata posho za vikao huwa sichukui, nadhani na mwenzangu January naye sidhani kama huwa anachukua posho, kwa sababu tukifanya hivyo ni kama tunakiumiza chama, huo ndiyo msimamo wetu na uko wazi wala siyo kificho.”

Kwa upande wake, Zitto alisema jana kwamba hakuwa katika nafasi ya kuzungumzia suala hilo na badala yake kuahidi kwamba atalizungumza leo atakapokutana na waandishi wa habari.

Wabunge walia njaa
Taarifa kutoka ndani ya kikao hicho zilisema wabunge hao walilalamikia kucheleweshwa kulipwa posho zao za wiki mbili walizokaa Dar es Salaam wakati wa vikao vya kamati.

Walidai hivi sasa wanaishi kwa shida huku wakihoji sababu za kucheleweshewa.

Imeelezwa kwamba Spika Makinda alidai kuwa fedha hizo zipo na kwamba  kilichochelewesha ni uhakiki wa wabunge waliohudhuria vikao.

Makinda alisema baadhi ya wabunge wamekuwa wakilipwa posho za vikao bila kuhudhuria, hatua ambayo imesababisha Mkaguzi na Mdhibiti Mkuu wa Serikali (CAG), kuhoji maswali mengi.

CHANZO: Mwananchi

Blandina Nyoni

Lucy Nkya

Default Kituko Wizara ya Afya, Blandina Nyoni haivi na Lucy Nkya. Hawasalimiani hata wakikutana kwenye kordo

Ndugu zangu hii taarifa nimeipata kutoka kwa wandani wangu aliopo pale Wizara ya Afya. Kwamba Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara Bi Brandina Nyoni haivi na Naibu Waziri wake, Bi Lucy Nkya. Na inadaiwa kuwa hata wakikutana kwenye kordo huwa hawasalimiani. Kinachowazungumzisha ni Madokezo tu. 


Taarifa inasema kwamba ugomvi wao ulitokana na kitendo cha Katibu Mkuu kutaka kumlazimishia kumpa Dereva (Elias Mkumbo) ambae ni Informer wake. Mama Nkya alipotonywa na watumishi wa pale akamkataa huyo Dereva na ali command alitewe dereva aliyekuwa nae kutoka Wizara aliyokuwepo kabla kama sivyo abadilishiwe. Tangu wakati huo Wakuu hawa wa Wizara wamesusiana (Kama wanavyosema watu wa Pwani). 


Blandina Nyoni amekumbwa na matukio mengi ya kususiana na Wakubwa wenzako toka alipokuwa Katibu Mkuu Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii ambapo alikuwa haivi na hasalimiani na Waziri wake Bi Shamsi Mwangunga. Alipohamishiwa Afya mwishoni mwa 2008 pia akagombana na Naibu Waziri wa wakati huo Bi Aisha Kigoda na hadi anaondoka Wizarani hapo bado walikuwa hawaivi. Sijui huyu Mama ni Mtu gani? Maana hata watumishi wake kuazia alipokuwa Hazina, Maliasili na Sasa Afya wamekuwa wamkimkataa kutokana na Uongozi wake Mbovu wa kutojali maslahi halali ya watumishi wake mfano malipo ya likizo, uhamisho, extra duty allowances, etc!
CHANZO: Jamii Forums 


Kwa hisani ya  King Kinya na Global Publishers

Sunday, 29 January 2012

Hello to everyone, first and foremost thank you to the blogging community for supporting my family though the past couple of years. 
Growing Up African Season II is coming up bigger & better than ever before. As you know sponsorship takes a while so we are working through it. 

Sema Ukweri is a New Blog created by myself Johnson Lujwangana. It's presents my LIFE and my viewpoint living in both Tanzania & America.
The Blog will take you from a street corner in the Bronx to a busy restaurant in Sinza. From a party in las Vegas to a mellow dinner at Sea Cliff. 
Depending on my location and it changes everyday, you'll always get to read a mind scratching article. 
Is Man City the best team? Is college even worth it anymore? Who's the sexiest celeb in Bongo? What's the best trends in the industry?
What hairstyles workout for men? When should a man think about proposing? Is it okay to have a child out of wedlock? Am I my father's MIRROR! 

The BLOG is different and presents a real perceptive on today's issues. We all have issues, so I hope by being truthful it can help some of my readers in theirs.
CLICK ON the LINK BELOW, you thank me for it. 


PS: I decided to spell Ukweri instead of UKWELI just out of respect. 


Problem Solving Flowchart
CHADEMA ndio wamesababisha mgomo wa madaktari

Wanabidii
TAARIFA za kiintelijensia zimebaini kuwa CHADEMA ndio wamesababisha mgomo wa madaktari, mgomo ambao umeendelea kwa siku kadhaa sasa na umehatarisha maisha ya wagonjwa wengi na umesababisha hata madaktari kuvuana uanachama kwenye chama chao cha madaktari.

CHADEMA ndio hao hao wamekuwa wanaratibu migomo mingi kwenye vyuo vikuu, ndio haohao wameratibu mgomo wa madereva wa malori kule Mbeya lakini pia ni CHADEMA walio hakikisha Naibu Waziri wa Afya anagoma kwenda kuonana na madaktari pale kwenye ule ukumbi walioandaa wao maana protokali na
usalama wake ulikuwa hatarini.

Hawa CHADEMA hawafai, maana wanataka nchi isitawalike, Wanafanya haya wakijua kuwa Rais Kikwete yuko kwenye mkutano wa uchumi duniani na kule anakutana na kuongea ikiwa ni pamoja na kupiga picha na Bill Gates na matajiri wengine wa dunia ili watusaidie kujikwamua kutoka kwenye mkwamo wa njaa na uchumi mbovu.

CHADEMA ndio hawa hawa wamesababisha sasa hivi shilingi yetu imeshuka thamani maana muda mwingi wanautumia kuwasumbua watu waliokuwa wanajua matumizi ya shilingi na sasa wamekasirika na matokeo yake shilingi imeshuka thamani.

CHADEMA ni watu wabaya sana, maana baada ya mgomo huu wa madaktari wataandaa mgomo mwingine waliouahirisha na walimu mwaka jana, wanachowaza CHADEMA ni migomo tu ili serikali idorore na nchi isitawalike, CHADEMA ni chama cha fujo na maandamano.

Chama hicho kimewezesha mgomo mpaka ndani ya Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) na kusababisha wale makada wenye magamba kugoma kuvua magamba yao! Hiki chama ni kibaya sana kinawanyima usingizi viongozi na makada wa chama cha magamba.

Watanzania mtambue kuwa CHADEMA ni chama kibaya sana maana ndicho kimesababisha minong’ono, eti Dk. Harrison Mwakyembe amewekewa SUMU! Nani amuue kiongozi huyo?

Mwakyembe hana tatizo kubwa anaugua tu mafua na hata ripoti yake ni CHADEMA hao hao ndio wameizua, maana wanajua kuwa ikiwekwa hadharani italeta tena mambo yake yenye harufu ya ki - Richmond.

CHADEMA ni watu wabaya sana, maana wamesababisha maisha magumu kwa kila Mtanzania, tofauti na ahadi za CCM kutaka kuwapa maisha bora kila Mtanzania, chama hicho kimesababisha mpaka umeme unatolewa kwa mgawo na unakatika katika mara kwa mara.

Tusiwaamini watu hawa, maana wanataka kuiondoa serikali iliyoko madarakani kwa maandamano kwa madai kuwa imeshindwa kuboresha huduma za msingi kwa Watanzania.

Nadhani sasa ni wakati muafaka kwa CHADEMA kimsababishe Rais Jakaya Kikwete agome kuingia IKULU, ili nchi iingie kwenye uchaguzi kabla ya mwaka 2015, kwakuwa huko kote kutakuwa mbali sana.

Hii ni siri yako! Hata yale mafuriko yaliyotokea jijini Dar es Salaam na kusababisha ndugu zetu kuhamia kwenye majumba ya nguvu kule Mabwepande, ni jamaa hawahawa wakiongozwa na makamanda wao. Hawa jamaa ni nuksi!


CHANZO: Tanzania Daima

Saturday, 28 January 2012



Although this guy claims "I know anytime you sing for god [sic] it doesn't matter how you sound..." this kind of singing could very well annoy God




Kwa niaba ya wasomaji wa blogu hii naomba kukutakia heri kwa siku yako ya kuzaliwa.Ni matumaini yangu kuwa utaendelea kuwa accessible na kudumisha dhana ya uongozi ni pamoja na kuwa karibu na wananchi.Ninatumaini pia kuwa tutaendeleza mijadala mbalimbali kwenye 'kijiwe chetu' cha Twitter.

Enjoy your big day!

Friday, 27 January 2012


Rais Barack Obama akiwa na wageni wake,Rais Mstaafu George H.W. Bush  na mwanae Gavana wa zamani wa Florida  Jeb Bush,walipomtembelea Ikulu ya Marekani Ijumaa iliyopita

CHANZO (na kwa habari kamili): Politico

Wednesday, 25 January 2012


Rais Kikwete amefungua milango

Rais Kikwete msibani kwa Marehemu Mbunge Regia
Rais Kikwete msibani kwa Marehemu Mbunge Regia
KWA mara ya pili ndani ya takriban kipindi cha wiki moja, Tanzania imepoteza wabunge wawili. Kabla majonzi hayajatuisha kutokana na kifo cha aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Viti Maalumu kupitia CHADEMA, Regia Mtema, taifa likapatwa na msiba mwingine wa Mbunge wa Arumeru Mashariki kwa tiketi ya CCM, Jeremiah Sumari.
Kila kifo kinaacha pengo lakini kifo cha kiongozi (awe wa familia kama mzazi au wa jamii) kinaacha pengo linalowagusa na kuwaathiri wengi. Japokuwa yayumkinika kuhisi kuwa katika zama hizi za siasa za kuendekeza maslahi kuna wanaofurahi vifo vya viongozi kwa vile vitatoa nafasi ya wao kugombea, ukweli unabaki kuwa ni vigumu kupata mrithi atakayelingana kwa kila kitu na marehemu (hasa katika utekelezaji wa majukumu).
Kama nilivyoandika katika makala ya wiki iliyopita kuhusu kifo cha Regia, njia bora ya kumuenzi marehemu Sumari ni kudumisha mema yote aliyofanya wakati wa uhai wake. Kwa wanaofikiria kumrithi nafasi yake (na kwa atakayeteuliwa kumrithi nafasi ya Marehemu Regia) changamoto kubwa itakuwa kwenye kuwaenzi viongozi hao kwa kuwajibika ipasavyo. Japo utendaji kazi bora wa kiongozi anayerithi madaraka kutoka kwa kiongozi marehemu hauwezi kurejesha uhai, kwa kiasi fulani unasaidia kupunguza machungu ya wananchi walioathiriwa na pengo lililotokana na kifo husika.
Katika mila na desturi za kiafrika, shughuli ya msiba inatawaliwa na majonzi na kwa kiasi kikubwa ni kumbukumbu kwa kila aliyehai kuwa sote “tulitoka kwenye udongo na tutarejea kwenye udongo.” Misiba inapaswa kutukumbusha kuwa sote ni wasafiri na kila nafsi ya mmoja wetu itaonja mauti.
Moja ya matukio yaliyotawala msiba wa Regia ni habari kwamba Katibu Mkuu wa CHADEMA, Dk. Willbroad Slaa, alikwepa kusalimiana na Rais Jakaya Kikwete. Habari hiyo ilichukua uzito mkubwa kiasi cha kukaribia kufunika tukio la huzuni lililowakutanisha viongozi hao huko Ifakara.
Kwa sababu anazozijua mwenyewe, jamaa mmoja aliamua kusambaza waraka katika blogu kadhaa ndani na nje ya nchi kukemea kitendo hicho cha Dk.  Slaa. Mtu huyo ambaye hakufanya jitihada za kuficha itikadi yake ya siasa, akaenda mbali zaidi na kudai kuwa kilichosababisha Katibu Mkuu huyo wa CHADEMA kutosalimiana na Rais ni amri iliyotolewa na mwenza wa Dk. Slaa (Josephine).
Pengine kwa kuelewa kuwa kukalia kimya jambo hilo kungeibua maneno zaidi, hatimaye Dk. Slaa alieleza kilichomfanya ashindwe kusalimiana na Rais Kikwete. Kwa wanaojua protokali, mtu hakurupuki tu na kwenda kusalimiana na kiongozi mkuu wa nchi hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa kumkaribia kiongozi huyo (hata kama ni kwa nia nzuri) kunawafanya walinzi wake watafsiri kama tishio la usalama kwake.
Kadhalika, Dk. Slaa alieleza bayana kuwa kilichompeleka Ifakara ni kumzika Regia na si vinginevyo. Kwa lugha nyingine, alimaanisha kuwa isingehitaji kutokea kifo cha mbunge au kiongozi wa chama ndipo “mahasimu wawili” (kama ‘wazushi’ wa habari hiyo walivyojaribu kutuaminisha) wakutane na kupeana mikono.
Lakini kama kuwasuta wanaokuza matukio madogo, siku chache baadaye vyombo vya habari vilitawaliwa na picha inayomwonyesha Rais Kikwete na Dk. Slaa wakipeana mikono baada ya mazungumzo kati ya Rais na viongozi wa CHADEMA yaliyofanyika Ikulu ya Magogoni, Dar es Salaam.
Sijui waliozusha kuwa Josephine alimkataza Dk. Slaa wanasemaje kuhusu hilo. Labda watazusha kuwa alimtoroka mwenza wake kama sio kuzusha kuwa kiongozi huyo wa CHADEMA aliamua kuambatana na viongozi wenzie Ikulu ili kujisafisha kutokana na tukio la Ifakara.
Inasikitisha kuona mambo ya msingi yakigubikwa na porojo zisizo na mashiko. Binafsi, moja ya mambo ya msingi yaliyonigusa na kunipa matumaini mapya ni jinsi Rais Kikwete na takriban uongozi wake mzima (serikalini na huko CCM) walivyoweza kuweka kando tofauti za kiitikadi na kumzika Regia kama kiongozi wa Watanzania na si mbunge wa CHADEMA pekee.
Mara kadhaa nimekuwa nikishutumiwa kwa kumkosoa au kumlaumu Rais Kikwete. Lakini siku zote nimejitahidi kusisitiza kuwa lawama hizo na kukosoa hakumaanishi chuki au husuda bali ni kwa minajili ya ustawi wa taifa letu.
Natambua kuna uwezekano wa baadhi ya wasomaji kuhisi nimefikia hatua ya kumpongeza Rais Kikwete kwa vile tukio husika linaihusu CHADEMA (ambayo nimekuwa nikituhumiwa kuipendelea na baadhi ya watu, huku wengine wakidai mimi ni mwanachama wa chama hicho.)
Yeyote aliyesoma salamu za rambirambi zilizotolewa na Rais Kikwete kwenda kwa familia ya marehemu Regia na CHADEMA hatoshindwa kubaini kuwa zilikuwa zimetoka moyoni kwa dhati. Hakukuwa na hata chembe ya tofauti za kiitikadi bali hisia za kibinadamu pindi zinapopatikana habari za kifo.
Naomba nisisitize kuwa tukio hilo sio pekee au la kwanza kwa Rais Kikwete kuonyesha kile wanachokiita Waingereza ‘human side’ (ubinadamu wake, kwa tafsiri isiyo rasmi). Mara nyingi mkuu huyo wa nchi ameonyesha kuguswa kwa dhati kila anapokuwa kwenye matukio ya huzuni.
Japo wakati mwingine huishia kulaumiwa kuwa ‘haisaidii kuonyesha uchungu ilhali janga husika lingeweza kuzuilika’ (kwa mfano kwenye matukio ya milipuko ya mabomu huko Mbagala na Gongo la Mboto), hiyo haindoi ukweli kuwa ameguswa na matukio hayo.
Lakini pamoja na pongezi hizi kwa Kikwete na CCM kwa ujumla pengine ni muhimu kukumbushana kuwa kama tunaweza kushikamana wakati wa misiba kwa nini basi iwe vigumu kufanya hivyo nyakati nyingine?
Kwa lugha nyingine, kwa nini tusubiri hadi kiongozi wa chama cha upinzani afariki ndipo tuonyeshe kuwa tofauti za kiitikadi haziondoi ukweli kuwa sote ni Watanzania tunaoweza kutofautiana kimtizamo au kiitikadi pasipo umuhimu wa ‘kuong’oana’ macho.
Japo Kikwete si mahiri katika kuendekeza siasa za uhasama (aidha kwa vile si muumini wa dhana hiyo au anatumia wasaidizi wake kukwepa lawama zinazoweza kuelekezwa kwake), kiujumla chama anachoongoza, yaani CCM, kimekuwa kikifanya jitihada kubwa kuuaminisha umma kuwa vyama vya upinzani ni mithili ya mikusanyiko ya maharamia wasioitakia mema nchi yetu.
Ukisikiliza hotuba za baadhi ya viongozi wa CCM wanapovizungumzia vyama vya upinzani unaweza kabisa kutamani kwenda Idara ya Uhamiaji kuhoji iwapo viongozi hao wa upinzani ni raia halisi wa nchi hii. Hivi haiwezekani kukosoana pasipo kupandikiza chuki ya uadui miongoni mwetu?
Katika tafiti za kitaaluma, kuna hatua ambapo mtafiti huwezi kubashiri matokeo ya utafiti husika kwa kuzingatia dhana alizotengeneza (hypothesis). Japo makala hii si sehemu ya utafiti lakini ningependa kutengeneza dhana kuu mbili zinazoweza kubashiri matokeo fulani.
Ya kwanza, kwa vile Rais Kikwete na CCM wameweza kututhibitishia kuwa tofauti zao za kiitikadi na CHADEMA si za kiadui, na ndio maana wameshiriki kikamilifu katika msiba wa marehemu Regia, Tanzania inaingia kwenye zama mpya za siasa za upendo na kukosoana kistaarabu.
Ya pili, kwa vile siku chache baada ya msiba wa mbunge wa CHADEMA, Rais Kikwete aliwaalika viongozi wa CHADEMA kufanya majadiliano nao, tunaanza kushuhudia ukurasa mpya wa ushirikiano kati ya Rais (na pengine CCM kwa ujumla) katika uongozi wa nchi.
Matokeo yanayotarajiwa ni kwamba badala ya muda mwingi wa ujenzi wa taifa letu kutumika kunyoosheana vidole, kuitana majina ya ajabu ajabu na upuuzi mwingine, sasa tunaweza kuona uongozi wa nchi ukifanya kazi bega kwa bega kwa lengo la kuikomboa Tanzania yetu kutoka katika lindi la umasikini (licha ya rasilimali lukuki tulizojaliwa) na kuunganisha nguvu kukabiliana na kundi la maharamia walioigeuza nchi yetu kuwa ‘shamba la bibi’ kwa ufisadi.
Unaweza kudhani labda aya tatu za hapo juu nimeziandika nikiwa ndotoni. La hasha. Kila nililoandika linawezekana kwani sababu (ya kushirikiana) ipo, na uwezo wa kufanya hivyo upo (kama ilivyothibitika katika tukio hilo la msiba wa marehemu Regia), ila kinachokosekana ni nia tu.
Ni matarajio ya safu hii kuwa Rais Kikwete (ambaye naamini anasoma makala hizi au anasimuliwa na wasaidizi wake) hatorudi nyuma katika kufungua sura mpya ya siasa za maelewano na ushirikiano kwa manufaa na ustawi wa Tanzania yetu. Penye nia pana njia.




Tim Gunn reveals he hasn't had sex in 29 years, but doesn't feel like 'less of a person' for it 

The 'Revolution' host says he's been celibate since the end of a 'very intense relationship'

Wednesday, January 25 2012, 12:10 PM
  Fashion consulant Tim Gunn arrives for the finale of the Bravo TV reality show "Project Runway" at the Tribeca Grand Hotel.

JAMES KEIVOM/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Tim Gunn revealed his celibacy Tuesday, but added, 'I don't know what's around the corner.'

Tim Gunn made it very clear Tuesday that nothing will be off limits on his new daytime talk show, "The Revolution" — including himself.
The "Project Runway" mentor opened up about his nearly 30-year sexual dry spell on the show, but said he had nothing to be ashamed of.
"I haven't had sex in 29 years," he revealed. "Do I feel like less of a person for it? No. Not even remotely."
Gunn, 58, explained that a former lover had so scarred him in all matters intimate that he just hasn't had a sexual relationship since.
"I was in a very intense relationship for a long time and my partner ended it, saying quite frankly that he was impatient with my sexual performance," he said. "It was at the cusp of AIDS, and I think a lot of people simply retreated because they were concerned about their health.
"I'm a perfectly fulfilled person ... but it's very psychological," he said.
Gunn, who is openly gay, added that just because he has gone nearly three decades without sex doesn't mean he isn't open to possibilities down the line, however.
"I have feelings. It's not as though I am some barren forest," he said. "I don't want to imply to anyone that I have a mandate that says no sex. I don't know what's around the corner.
"I'm happy to be healthy and alive, quite frankly."
SOURCE: NYDaily News



Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden rescue of 2 hostages in Somalia: report

Nine pirates were killed in raid; American Jessica Buchanan and Danish man Poul Hagen saved, officials say

Published: Wednesday, January 25 2012, 2:20 AM
Updated: Wednesday, January 25 2012, 9:52 AM
  Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted, kidnapped aid workers with the Danish Demining Group.

DANISH DEMINING GROUP VIA SOMALIA REPORT

Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted were freed 'during an operation in Somalia.'

  U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, right, visiting with members of Marine Corps' 4th Light-Armoured Reconnaisance Battalion at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti., Friday, Sept. 1, 2006.  Camp Lemonier serves  an anti-terrorism base in the strategic Horn of Africa region where more than 1,700 servicemen from America's four military branches work on regional maritime security and humanitarian projects throughout the sub region.

LES NEUHAUS/AP

President Obama, a senator at the time, talks with members of the Marine Corps' 4th Light-Armoured Reconnaisance Battalion during a visit to Camp Lemonier in Djibouti in 2006.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Navy SEALs that took down Osama bin Laden were behind the daring raid in Somalia that rescued to people kidnapped by pirates, an official confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The team parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage. Soon, nine kidnappers were dead and both hostages were freed.
President Barack Obama himself authorized the mission two days earlier, and minutes after he gave his State of the Union address to Congress he was on the phone with the American’s father to tell him his daughter was safe.
“As Commander-in-Chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts,” Obama said in a statement released by the White House.
The Danish Refugee Council confirmed that the two aid workers, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted, were “on their way to be reunited with their families.”
Buchanan, 32, and Thisted, 60, were working with a de-mining unit of the Danish Refugee Council when gunmen kidnapped the two in October.
A pirate who gave his name as Bile Hussein told The Associated Press he had spoken to pirates at the scene of the raid and they reported that nine pirates had been killed and three were “taken away,” which could mean they were captured by U.S. troops. He said the raid caught the guards as they were sleeping after having chewed the narcotic leaf qat for much of the evening.
A U.S. official confirmed local media reports that the SEALs parachuted into the area, before moving on foot to the target. The raid happened near the Somali town of Adado.
New intelligence emerged last week that Buchanan’s health was “deteriorating rapidly,” so Obama directed his security team to develop a rescue plan, according to a senior administration official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
On Monday, after a top-level security meeting to review rescue options, U.S. national security adviser Tom Donilon briefed Obama on a possible plan that the president authorized, the official said.
“Jessica Buchanan was selflessly serving her fellow human beings when she was taken hostage by criminals and pirates who showed no regard for her health and well-being,” Obama said. “The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people, and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice.”
A Western official said the helicopters and the freed hostages flew to a U.S. military base called Camp Lemonnier in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti after the raid. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not been released publicly.
The timing of the raid may have been made more urgent by a medical condition. The Danish Refugee Council had been trying to work with Somali elders to win the hostages’ freedom but had found little success.
“One of the hostages has a disease that was very serious and that had to be solved,” Danish Foreign Minister Villy Soevndal told Denmark’s TV2 channel. Soevndal did not provide any more details.
Soevndal congratulated the Americans for the raid and said he had been informed of the action.
Panetta visited Camp Lemonnier just over a month ago. A key U.S. ally in this region, Djibouti has the only U.S. base in sub-Saharan Africa. It hosts the military’s Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
The Danish Refugee Council said both freed hostages are unharmed “and at a safe location.” The group said in a separate statement that the two “are on their way to be reunited with their families.”
Ann Mary Olsen, head of the Danish Refugee Council’s international department, was the one who informed the family of Hagen Thisted of the successful military operation.
“They (the family) were very happy and incredibly relieved that it is over,” she said.
The two aid workers appear to have been kidnapped by criminals — sometimes referred to as pirates — and not by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab. As large ships at sea have increased their defenses against pirate attacks, gangs have looked for other money making opportunities like land-based kidnappings.
The Danish Refugee Council had earlier enlisted traditional Somali elders and members of civil society to seek the release of the two hostages.
“We are really happy with the successful release of the innocents kidnapped by evildoers,” said Mohamud Sahal, an elder in Galkayo town, by phone. “They were guests who were treated brutally. That was against Islam and our culture ... These men (pirates) have spoiled our good customs and culture, so Somalis should fight back.”
Buchanan and Hagen Thisted were seized in October from the portion of Galkayo town under the control of a government-allied clan militia. The aid agency has said that Somalis held demonstrations demanding the pair’s quick release.
Their Somali colleague was detained by police on suspicion of being involved in their kidnapping.
The two hostages were working in northern Somalia for the Danish Demining Group, whose experts have been clearing mines and unexploded ordnance in conflict zones in Africa and the Middle East.
Several hostages are still being held in Somalia, including a British tourist, two Spanish doctors seized from neighboring Kenya, and an American journalist kidnapped on Saturday.

A Western official said the helicopters and the freed hostages flew to a U.S. military base called Camp Lemonnier in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti after the raid. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not been released publicly.
The timing of the raid may have been made more urgent by a medical condition. The Danish Refugee Council had been trying to work with Somali elders to win the hostages’ freedom but had found little success.
“One of the hostages has a disease that was very serious and that had to be solved,” Danish Foreign Minister Villy Soevndal told Denmark’s TV2 channel. Soevndal did not provide any more details.
Soevndal congratulated the Americans for the raid and said he had been informed of the action.
Panetta visited Camp Lemonnier just over a month ago. A key U.S. ally in this region, Djibouti has the only U.S. base in sub-Saharan Africa. It hosts the military’s Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
The Danish Refugee Council said both freed hostages are unharmed “and at a safe location.” The group said in a separate statement that the two “are on their way to be reunited with their families.”
Ann Mary Olsen, head of the Danish Refugee Council’s international department, was the one who informed the family of Hagen Thisted of the successful military operation.
“They (the family) were very happy and incredibly relieved that it is over,” she said.
The two aid workers appear to have been kidnapped by criminals — sometimes referred to as pirates — and not by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab. As large ships at sea have increased their defenses against pirate attacks, gangs have looked for other money making opportunities like land-based kidnappings.
The Danish Refugee Council had earlier enlisted traditional Somali elders and members of civil society to seek the release of the two hostages.
“We are really happy with the successful release of the innocents kidnapped by evildoers,” said Mohamud Sahal, an elder in Galkayo town, by phone. “They were guests who were treated brutally. That was against Islam and our culture ... These men (pirates) have spoiled our good customs and culture, so Somalis should fight back.”
Buchanan and Hagen Thisted were seized in October from the portion of Galkayo town under the control of a government-allied clan militia. The aid agency has said that Somalis held demonstrations demanding the pair’s quick release.
Their Somali colleague was detained by police on suspicion of being involved in their kidnapping.
The two hostages were working in northern Somalia for the Danish Demining Group, whose experts have been clearing mines and unexploded ordnance in conflict zones in Africa and the Middle East.
Several hostages are still being held in Somalia, including a British tourist, two Spanish doctors seized from neighboring Kenya, and an American journalist kidnapped on Saturday.







SOURCE: NYDaily.com

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