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Makala Yangu Ktk RAIA MWEMA Machi 28 "Zitto na urais: Haki binafsi isiyokidhi alama za nyakati "

Zitto na urais: Haki binafsi isiyokidhi alama za nyakati

Evarist Chahali

Uskochi

Zitto Kabwe

MAKALA yangu katika gazeti hili toleo la Novemba 2, mwaka jana ilihusu nafasi za vyama vya siasa huko nyumbani, katika Uchaguzi Mkuu ujao.

Katika makala hiyo nilichambua changamoto zinazoikabili CCM kuelekea Uchaguzi Mkuu ujao, nikagusia nafasi na vikwazo dhidi ya CHADEMA na CUF ambavyo kimsingi, angalau vina nafasi (hata kama haba) ya kutoa upinzani kwa CCM, na hata kuing’oa madarakani.

Nilihitimisha makala hiyo iliyobeba kichwa ‘CCM dhaifu mtaji imara wa urais CHADEMA, CUF’ kwa ahadi ya kuendeleza uchambuzi huo. Leo nitaitupia jicho CHADEMA.

CHADEMA imekuwa ikipanda chati kwa kasi kiasi cha kuweza kubashiriwa kushika hatamu za uongozi baada ya Uchaguzi Mkuu, 2015.

Lakini, uwezekano wa CHADEMA kuingia Ikulu unategemea mazingira ya ndani na nje ya chama hicho. Tuanze na mazingira ya nje, ambayo pengine ni magumu zaidi si kwa CHADEMA pekee bali chama kingine chochote kile cha upinzani kumudu kuing’oa CCM madarakani.

Ukichambua kwa undani mageuzi ya kisiasa huko nyumbani utabaini bado tuna safari ndefu ya kimfumo na kisaikolojia.

Pamoja na uwepo wa vyama kadhaa vya siasa, mazingira ya kisiasa bado yanashabihiana kwa kiasi kikubwa na yale ya mfumo wa chama kimoja. Na tatizo hili limejikita zaidi kwenye vyombo vya dola. Kama kuna eneo moja ambalo mageuzi ya kisiasa yameshindwa kulibadili ni suala la kuvitenganisha vyombo hivyo na siasa.

Jeshi la Polisi limeendelea kuwa mithili ya kitengo cha usalama cha CCM. Tatizo sugu zaidi katika jeshi hilo linachangiwa na maslahi binafsi ya baadhi ya viongozi wake. Na tatizo hilo halipo Tanzania pekee bali ni mbinu inayopendelewa na watawala wengi wenye dhamira ya kuhodhi madaraka, kukandamiza demokrasia na kujitengenezea kinga dhidi ya maovu yao.

Sasa kwa vile utendaji kazi katika vyombo vya dola unaongozwa na kanuni ya ‘kidikteta’ ya kutekeleza amri bila kuhoji, mtawala akimteua shemeji yake kuongoza taasisi kama Jeshi la Polisi, ni wazi chombo hicho kitafanya kazi bila weledi wa kutosha.

Na japo wahusika watang’aka kwa nguvu zote, Idara yetu ya Usalama wa Taifa imeendelea kuwa nguzo muhimu ya mafanikio ya CCM kwenye chaguzi na hakuna uwezekano kwa chama kukamata uongozi wa nchi iwapo idara ya usalama ya nchi husika ‘haitaki’ (iwe kwa sababu za msingi au za kipuuzi).

Kwa vile utendaji kazi wao ni wa siri, chama kinachohujumiwa huishia kushangaa tu jinsi ‘kura zilivyoyeyuka’ pasipo kuwa na ushahidi wa jinsi hujuma husika ilivyofanyika.

Kwa hiyo-na hapa nisiume maneno- ili CHADEMA iweze kutimiza ndoto zake za kuingia Ikulu ni lazima mashushushu wetu waafiki iwe hivyo. Habari njema kidogo kwa chama hicho ni kwamba sio kwamba haiwezekani kabisa kwa Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa kuamua ‘sanduku la kura liamue mshindi halali wa uchaguzi.’

Tofauti na taasisi nyingine za dola, Idara hiyo haiendeshwi kama jeshi kamili bali ni nusu-jeshi (paramilitary). Hii inaweza kutoa mwanya kwa baadhi ya watendaji wa taasisi kama hiyo ‘kupambana’ na ile kanuni inayowabana polisi ya ‘kutekeleza amri bila kuhoji.’

Katika mazingira ya kinadharia, kama ikionekana ni wazi mwelekeo wa CCM ni tishio kwa usalama wa taifa, baadhi ya wazalendo ndani ya Idara hiyo wanaweza kuhakikisha si tu wanahujumu matakwa ya viongozi wanaotaka kuibeba CCM bali pia wanatumia ‘nguvu za giza kwenye chaguzi’ kukisaidia chama cha upinzani.

Kisaikolojia, vyama vya upinzani vinakabiliwa na vikwazo vikuu vitatu. Kwanza, uoga wa ‘Tanzania haiwezekani bila CCM’ na pili ni hofu ya ‘yale yale tuliyoshuhudia yakitokea Kenya,’ yaani machafuko. Sababu zote hizi ni mtaji mkubwa kwa CCM nyakati za uchaguzi.

Kikwazo cha tatu cha kisaikolojia ni hofu ya ‘je watu hawa ambao kimsingi asili yao ni CCM hiyo hiyo wanayotaka kuing’oa hawawezi kweli kugeuka wakipata madaraka na kuwa sawa au wabaya zaidi ya CCM?’

Ahueni kwa CHADEMA ni kwamba, kama mwelekeo wa wake utaendelea kuleta matumaini kwa Watanzania, na wakati huo huo CCM inazidi kugeuka uwanja wa mapambano ya wenyewe kwa wenyewe, basi wapiga kura wanaweza kuamua kuongozwa na chama tofauti.

Kwa bahati mbaya (au makusudi)-na haya ni mazingira ya ndani ya CHADEMA- tayari zimeanza dalili za mgogoro wa kuwania kuteuliwa kuwa mgombea urais.

Wiki iliyopita, Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini kupitia chama hicho, Zitto Kabwe, alitangaza kuwa kuutamani urais. Pengine hoja nzito kabisa katika waraka huo uliobeba kichwa cha habari ‘Ndio, nataka kuwa Rais’ ni kauli ya Zitto kuwa (namnukuu); "Sasa kama wananchi watasema huyu Zitto anapaswa kubeba jukumu hili mwaka 2015 tuache iwe. Kama watasema hapana wewe bado mpaka mwaka 2020 au hata 2025 tuache iwe hivyo. Pia Kama hawataki kabisa tuache iwe hivyo.”

Naomba ieleweke kuwa Zitto ana haki si tu kutaka urais, bali pia kutangaza dhamira hiyo katika wakati anaotaka. Lakini kimantiki, kama ambavyo mwanasiasa huyo alivyowahi kulishutumu gazeti moja kwa kuzungumzia ilichokiita ‘zimwi la urais CHADEMA’ wakati inaomboleza kifo cha mbunge wa chama hicho, Regia Mtema, ndivyo inavyoshangaza kwa Zitto kutangaza nia ya urais ilhali chama chake kikiwa katika mapambano makali dhidi ya CCM, Arumeru Mashariki

Japo msiba wa Regia hauwezi kulinganishwa na kampeni hizo za uchaguzi, lakini matarajio ya wengi ni kuona viongozi wote wa chama hicho wakielekeza nguvu zao Arumeru Mashariki ili kushinda kiti cha ubunge. Hoja ya msingi hapa si kauli ya Zitto bali timing yake.

Na japo hakuna dalili kuwa mwanasiasa huyo machachari ‘amesusia’ kampeni za Arumeru Mashariki, uamuzi wake wa wa kutangaza nia ya urais kwa wakati huu sio tu unazua mkanganyiko usiohitajika, lakini pia unaathiri nafasi ya chama hicho kufanya vizuri mwaka 2015, hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa amana kubwa ya chama hicho bado ipo kwa Dk. Willbrod Slaa.

Naishauri CHADEMA kuwekeza nguvu kukabili vikwazo vizito vya nje ya chama hicho, badala ya kuanza ndoto za nani awe mgombea.

Wakati kila mwanachama wa CHADEMA ana haki ya kutaka nafasi yoyote ile ikiwa pamoja na urais, ni muhimu kwa chama hicho kutambua kuwa, baadhi ya Watanzania wanakiangalia kwa umakini iwapo si tu kinaweza kuwa mbadala wa CCM bali kumudu kuwakwamua kutoka lindi la ufisadi, umasikini na kudumaa kwa maendeleo.

Na kama alivyoandika Zitto, sauti ya Watanzania-wana CHADEMA na wasio wanachama wa chama hicho- iwe kigezo muhimu cha kuamua nani apewe dhamana ya kuwa mgombea wake hapo 2015 kwa kuzingatia muda mwafaka, kukubalika kwake kwa umma na uadilifu wake binafsi.

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Mzazi mmoja huko Denver nchini Marekani aliamua kumpa mwanae adhabu ya kutembea na bango linalotamka bayana kuwa "Mie ni mwizi, nimeiibia familia yangu." Angalia picha hapo juu pamoja na video hapo chini, kisha bonyeza kiungo kusoma habari kamili

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Boom time for Mozambique, once the basket case of Africa

As African lions outpace Asian tigers, one of the world's poorest states is moving from civil war bust to boom – but who will gain?

The shells of stylish colonial-era buildings, like shipwrecks on the ocean floor, still give Maputo a distinct character. But the capital of Mozambique no longer feels like an urban museum. Amid the crumbling grandeur rumble cranes and mechanical diggers, carving out a different skyline.

A construction boom is under way here, concrete proof of the economic revolution in Mozambique. Growth hit 7.1% last year, accelerating to 8.1% in the final quarter. The country, riven by civil war for 15 years, is poised to become the world's biggest coalexporter within the next decade, while the recent discovery of two massive gas fields in its waters has turned the region into an energy hotspot, promising a £250bn bonanza.

The national currency was the best performing in the world against the dollar.Investment is pouring in on an unprecedented scale; as if to prove that history has a sense of irony, Portuguese feeling Europe's economic pain are flocking back to the former colony, scenting better prospects than at home. Increasingly this is the rule, not the exception in Africa, which has boasted six of the world's 10 fastest-growing economies in the past decade. The first oil discovery in Kenya was confirmed on Monday, while the British firm BG Group announced that one of its gas fields off the Tanzanian coast was bigger than expected and could lead to billions of pounds of investment. Bankers, analysts and politicians have never been so bullish about the continent, which barely 10 years ago was regarded as a basket case.

From Cape Town to Cairo, there are signs of a continent on the move: giant infrastructure projects, an expanding middle class, foreign equity scrambling for opportunities in telecoms, financial services and products aimed at a billion consumers. Growth is no magic bullet for reducing inequality or fostering democracy, but the stubborn truth that it is still the world's poorest continent has done little to dull the confidence and hype about the African renaissance.

Africa has 16 billionaires, topped by Nigerian cement tycoon Aliko Dangote with an estimated fortune of $10.1bn (£6.5bn), according to Forbes magazine. Economic growth across the continent will be 5.3% this year and 5.6% in 2013, the World Bank predicts, with some countries hitting double digits. "Africa could be on the brink of an economic take-off, much like China was 30 years ago and India 20 years ago," the bank says. Many of the African lions are already outpacing the Asian tigers.

Africa exports its natural resources with the price and demand for them determined by growth in China, whose bilateral trade with Africa has grown tenfold in a decade, eclipsing that of the United States.

In return, Chinese loans are funding many of the infrastructure projects changing the face of the continent.

There are an estimated 1 million Chinese in Africa: trading, investing, building, labouring, running micro-businesses and, critics say, exploiting its wealth of natural resources.

On a recent afternoon at the Southern Sun hotel in Maputo, overlooking the Indian Ocean, the arrival of a delegation of Chinese businessmen in smart suits surprised no one. Mozambique is now an immensely attractive prospect as it emerges from a traumatic past of colonialism and civil war.

When the Portuguese pulled out hastily in the mid-1970s, they did so with spite, sabotaging vehicles and pouring concrete down wells, lift shafts and toilets, leaving the country in disarray. The civil war claimed about a million lives. Devastated by famine and economic mismanagement, it was only in 1994 that the first democratic election paved the way for a long, hard recovery.

Today there is a growing middle class, as seen in the opening of shopping centres and, in 2010, a private hospital offering the country's first cosmetic surgery. And now Mozambique's long-untapped energy resources are coming into play. The remote Tete province boasts possibly the last big coking coal mine in the world. The giant Brazilian mining firm Vale, which began shipping from there last September, is spending billions on operations including a coal terminal and railways. It aims to double capacity from 11m tonnes a year to 22m by 2014.

Jackpot

But it is the recent discovery of a gas field off the northern coast that is already being described as a "jackpot" with the potential to transform this impoverished, donor-dependent country's fortunes – and which has turned east Africa into the most exciting prime target for energy multinationals.

Last year the US oil group Anadarko found an estimated 850bn cubic metres of natural gas in Rovuma basin – more than three times the reserves left in the North Sea. The Italian energy group ENI also made two big discoveries nearby.

Mozambique's time has come partly thanks to location: Asia, especially energy-hungry India, is eager to acquire liquefied natural gas. The discovery triggered a bidding war for the London-listed Cove Energy, which has an 8.5% stake in the Rovuma gas field.

There is competition from Shell and the Thai state-owned PTT Exploration, while two Indian firms are also considering offers.

"Economically this will be of huge benefit [to east Africa]," John Craven, Cove's chief executive, told the Sunday Times last year. "For the economy of Mozambique, this is a huge project. They will have the ability to transform their country if they play their cards right."

Shell, BP and Total are also reportedly vying to acquire a 20% stake in Eni's gas field. Local analysts estimate that the gas could bring Mozambique revenue of $200bn to $400bn over 40 years. This would be a huge windfall in a country where, despite the impressive recent growth, GDP stands at a modest $1,100 a head and government spending at $6bn.

And where there is gas, there is usually lucrative oil. Mateus Zimba, country manager for the South African energy company Sasol, said: "Looking at the size of the gas in place, I think this country can't be the same any more. This has to change the nature of what Mozambique does. I'm looking at it as a Mozambican and saying we will be a world player.

"I hope coal and gas will give us enough independence to take control of our own destiny, and looking at foreign investment rather than foreign donations. I can only hope we are on the right track to avoid polarisation in this country, because that is the biggest issue we face."

The lack of wealth trickling down has cast a shadow over Africa's success stories. This is the case in Mozambique, which ranks fourth from bottom of the UN's human development index behind the likes of Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Liberia. About 54% of people remain poor, according to a 2008-09 survey, and poverty reduction has slowed down. This is despite anti-poverty government budgets that allocate a fifth of spending to education.

Will coal and gas change anything? Africa's history is littered with broken promises of spectacular finds that enrich greedy despots and giant corporations but leave the people worse off than ever. The so-called "resource curse" is a constant threat, although today's governments and campaigners alike are more alive to it. Shell admits that Mozambique offers a chance to rehabilitate its image after the PR debacle of its oil business in Nigeria.

Gabriel Fossati-Bellani, an Italian-born entrepreneur whose ventures provide services for the energy industry, is optimistic. "It's a huge jackpot of gas," he said. "Mozambique has tremendous potential through this opportunity and is already showing it wants to take the right approach to equitable distribution of wealth. The local business environment is ready for a larger participation in the profits of the sector."

"I would bet not only on short-term business growth in Mozambique but the long term, including a business-minded government trying to deliver equity."

He believes the country can steadily replace dependency on foreign aid with its burgeoning private sector. "The hype is real. It's going to happen. The country is in the middle of its logarithmic curve of compounded growth," he said.

"People are expecting a lot from Mozambique – and they should. Business is growing, the middle class is growing, the level of professionalism and service delivery has gone up in leaps and bounds. Maputo is a metropolis now. It functions like a city should in this day and age."

That means new shopping centres and hotels struggling to keep up with demand, restaurants where pre-booking is now a must and lengthening traffic jams of expensive cars. Almost every week brings a fresh business delegation from countries such as Australia, Brazil, Britain, India, Norway, Turkey and China, which is making its mark here as in the rest of Africa.

Most ambitious of all is a planned $1bn waterside complex in Maputo with 300,000 square metres of office, residential, retail and hotel buildings, which is expected to take 15 years to construct. José Pinheiro, chief executive of property developers CR Holdings, said: "It will be a new rebirth of the city. It is probably the most important development since the beginning of the 20th century.

"I came here from Portugal in 1997 and the differences are huge. Back then, a director in the government probably had a salary of about $400-$500; now it's $2,000-$3,000. The development in the social tissue of the country is amazing. There is still a long road but it has evolved really well."

He added: "You see more investment coming from the UK, Germany, Spain.

There is growing awareness that the road to development is in Africa. They understand the same thing that China did 10 years ago. They want to be on the same road."

Alongside its other projects in Mozambique, CR Holdings is spending $50m to build a hotel, housing and Portuguese-designed shopping centre in Tete, a hot and isolated town dubbed "the new Johannesburg" because of the coal rush expected to attract 3,000 foreign workers. But this phenomenon is also raising grave concerns over local price inflation and its effects on the poor, including malnourished children.

Expats

"Natural resources have positive and negative impacts," Pinheiro conceded. "Rentals are suffering from coal mines bringing expats to the city. But it's also driving the building of new housing. It will bring investment and income to the country and benefit small companies. For example, a catering company in Maputo got work in Tete, producing 14,000 meals a day."

The role of donors, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund should help insulate the Mozambican economy against the most pernicious effects of the resource curse, Pinheiro believes. But it will require patience and planning – accessing the gas will take the best part of a decade, and require tens of billions of dollars of investment.

Even then, some remain sceptical of what it will mean for Mozambique's 23 million people. They question whether the government will direct enough of its new revenue towards infrastructure, which is still sorely lacking, and improving agricultural productivity – the biggest single tool for reducing poverty.

Erik Charas, director of @Verdade (the Truth), Mozambique's biggest circulation newspaper, warned: "There is a lack of transparency in these deals. They're making deals for generations to come and I have no idea about them. The lack of transparency is a major flaw.

"The people in power are negotiating on their own behalf. We might end up with 50 billionaires who own private planes and the rest of the population impoverished. That is our biggest fear."

"Coal and gas have the potential to trickle down," he added. "There is enough time for things to be done right. The government should prioritise the people instead of impoverishing the communities where these things sit.

"The potential is there and it's not messed up yet. The country is definitely wealthy. We have no right to complain because we have this opportunity. But if we don't do it right, we could be poorer than we are now."

Adrian Frey, director of an estate agency, Pam Golding Properties Mozambique, summed up the mixed mood: "Gas changes everything. It changes our thinking. The investment expected in the next 10 years is $30bn. There is a huge demand for building and water and restaurants and banking facilities. We are on the right track and everything is getting better."

SOURCE: The Guardian

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Are You a Victim of Cyber-Bullying and/or Cyber Defamation? Here's How You Can Deal With It

  I have been sent the following article by Da Subi.I hope you will find it quite useful in dealing with Cyberbullying 

I was once a victim of cyber attack. It came from a person who never introduced him/herself, and I never bothered to ask him/her to reveal his/her real identity. Nevertheless, it was my first encounter and, being new to the world of blogging, I didn't know what to do. It went on like this for two weeks until one day I decided to ignore his/her emails and report him/her to Google. S/He had made it easier for me when s/he dedcided to copy, paste and publish exact materials from my old blog. I was thrilled when Google yanked out his/her blog. It is this experience that I want to share with you here today.

In many countries, it is permissible and you may not be required to seek consent or approval before sharing information about any individual as long as the information shared is truthful and can be substantiated.

However, publishing and sharing cooked, falsified information, assumptions, and/or outright lies about a person with the intent to defame or injure the reputation of another person is considered illegal. Such act may be subject  to punishment by the governing state laws. You have the right to free speech but you don’t have the right to slander and libel someone unless you have the proof to back it up. Therefore, if you do not possess any hard evidence that may be used in a court of law and that article libels someone, then you are better off removing the post immediately. The only exception is satire, thoughthis too has limitations to how far you can go.

When a person finds out that another person or a website/blog has published false information and, if the information shared is so bad that it can't be ignored or forgiven, then the defamed person may file a lawsuit in the court against the defamer or web/blog owner. Lawsuits can be heavy with resultant hefty fines, however, there are less expensive ways to try to solve and find amicable solution to the problem, worth pursuing as follows:

1. Ask (via email, phone or social media accounts) the person or blog/web owner to remove your information from wherever they posted because they have access to the information. Point out why what they published about you is not true or how the involvement of others (like children, parents, friends, relatives etc) is not relevant to the published materials. It is a human nature for most of us to communicate angrily when we are upset, however, you need to be calm and collect at this point before you send your message or call the phone. Take a deep breath, think it through, imagine how you would have preferred to be addressed if it were you - obviously a calm manner will gain more credits than shouting obscenities - I suggest you start out calmly. If the argument gets heated, excuse yourself by asking for another time to discuss this, you can say for example, "I am overwhelmed right now, I can't talk sense, please let me calm down first and we'll continue later" or if it's an email, when you are done replying it, do not hit the 'send' button, instead, put it in the drafts folder, go ahead and do something else, after some time, re-read what you wrote and see if you really want to send it the way it is bearing in mind that it may go public, and would you feel comfortable seeing it being read by the whole world? If not, edit it. Instead of calling the publisher a liar or disgusting and such strong negative words, go to the facts and points instead. Don't waste your time writing nonsense because it will irritate and stir up more anger in you and the intended recipient. Note that this information (email messages or recorded telephone conversations - if permissible) may be used in the court of law as evidence. Therefore be sure if you will really like to see and hear this information shared in public. Be as professional as possible.
2. If the above didn't work because the person you are dealing with is unreasonable, rude and uncooperative, take another step. Report them to their hosts and file a complaints report to Google so they can take down the page that has offensive information about you. Google will block that page and remove it from it's index list so it will not be searchable and won't appear in any of Google search results pages. You start this process by finding and identifying the name and contact information of the person who registered the website and the place I prefer for fetching that information is networksolutions.com or  dnsstuff.com or whois.domaintools.com in which you will see "Admin or Webmaster Email." If the web/blog has Terms and Conditions, read it carefully and use them to back up your case in case they're violated.
3. Report to Google about the privacy and/or copyright infringement using the request remove tool "google.com/webmasters/tools/removals". This is very useful if any media such as photos (especially with watermark denoting who the copyright owner is) or texts with your name in it is used. It is very sensitive if a picture of a minor (under the age of 18 years) is used, this can be very lethal. Use it as your strong point. Once Google receive this information, they will de-list that page making it impossible to find unless a person knows the direct URL link to the offending material.
4. If there are any threats, verbal or physical, report and open a case at your local police station so that necessary measured can be taken to protect you and anyone else involved. If your local police station won't be able to pursue the case, the information can be transferred or used in an appropriate station in the same country or abroad (if possible) equipped with  experts assigned to deal with cyber bullying, defamation, impersonation and such crimes.

Finally, seek an advise from an attorney or a law firm which has practical experience and has dealt with these cases.

The 5 DON'T (don't do this trying to clean your reputation, because you'll be ruining it even further). Don't:

• Threaten to sue (Even if you know you're right and they're wrong, be civil, show it by asking removal first).
• Respond or rebut claims in comments under the negative postings (it incites and fires them even more)
• Click offending pages from search results as it raises that page rankings
• Be too defensive in your statements (it raises bystanders eyebrows)
• Attack others online (because when you are calm, you will regret it. Yes, you will regret it later, heavily!)

Finally, you can search online for tips on how to protect your online reputation. There are firms that can help you (free or with a fee) get unwanted information about yourself off the internet if you think it is going to ruin your future chances of a better career, employment, marriage e.t.c. 

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Source: WAVUTI

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Zitto Kabwe: "Ndio,Nataka Kuwa Rais..."

 

Ndio nataka kuwa rais

Kwanza niseme wazi kabisa kabisa kuwa Urais ninautaka.

Ninaamini ninao uwezo wa kuwa Rais. Ninaamini nina uzalendo wa kutosha na utashi wa kuleta mabadiliko stahili wa namna nchi yetu inavyoongozwa. Ninajua kuwa nchi yetu imesahau maendeleo ya watu na kujikita katika maendeleo ya vitu. Ninajua kuwa hivi sasa viongozi wetu wengi wanaangalia zaidi mitindo (styles) badala ya mambo ya msingi (content). Ninajua kuwa maendeleo vijijini yamesahaulika. Ninajua nchi yetu inahitaji Uongozi wa kufanya mabadiliko makubwa (transformation) badala ya mabadiliko ya juu juu (cosmetic change). Ninajua ‘transformation’ inahitaji maamuzi magumu yatakayoudhi wengi na hasa mabwana wakubwa wa nchi za magharibi mfano kuzuia nchi yetu kuuza malighafi tu. Ninajua rushwa, ufisadi na ubadhirifu wa Mali ya Umma ni kikwazo kikubwa cha maendeleo yetu na kwamba lazima hatua madhubuti zichukuliwe kuzuia na kutokomeza ufisadi. Ninajua rasilimali kama Madini, Mafuta na Gesi, Ardhi n.k. ni lazima zifaidishe wananchi wa nchi yetu.

Hivyo, nchi inahitaji Kiongozi wa juu atakayekabili changamoto hizi. Ninaamini ninaweza kuwaongoza Watanzania wenzangu kukabili changamoto hizi. Sio kazi rahisi lakini ni kazi ambayo lazima Mtanzania mmoja aifanye. Mimi nataka kuifanya. Nina uwezo wa kuifanya.

Hata hivyo kazi hii hata kama naitaka ni lazima wenye nchi waamue kunipa kazi hii. Ni lazima kwanza Chama changu kiseme wewe ndio mwanachama unaestahili kuifanya kazi hii. Ni lazima Watanzania wengi waseme wewe ndio mwananchi mwenzetu unayeweza kuchukua jukumu hili. Kuitaka tu haitoshi. Ni lazima wananchi wakuamini na kukupa jukumu hili.

Sasa kama wananchi watasema huyu Zitto anapaswa kubeba jukumu hili mwaka 2015 tuache iwe. Kama watasema hapana wewe bado mpaka mwaka 2020 au hata 2025 tuache iwe hivyo. Pia Kama hawataki kabisa tuache iwe hivyo.

Mjadala wa umri wa kugombea Urais imekuwa mjadala mkali sasa. Mjadala huu baadhi ya watu kwa sababu wanazojua wao wameamua kuita ni mjadala wa Zitto na January. Kwamba ni mjadala unaobagua Wazee. Mjadala unaopandikiza chuki na sumu za kibaguzi. Kwamba ni mjadala wa Kitabaka na kuwa Zitto na January sio tabaka stahili la vijana walio wengi. Sitamsemea January, nitajibu baadhi ya hoja za mwandishi wa makala mojawapo kama Zitto. January akitaka atamjibu naye kivyake.

Mwandishi anasema yeye hapingi hoja ya umri, bali anapinga aina ya watu wanaoshadidia hoja hiyo. Anaipenda hoja ila hapendi watoa hoja. Hoja nzuri lakini Zitto na January wabaya. Amelisema hilo mwanzo kabisa wa makala yake. Kwa hiyo kwake yeye hoja ingeletwa na vijana wengine asingekuwa na shida wala isingekuwa hoja hatari. Kwa kuwa hoja imeletwa na Zitto na January (ingawa sisi sio waanzilishi wa hoja hii) ni hoja ya kibaguzi. Nawashangaa sana wasomi wa siku hizi. Wasomi wanaojadili watu badala ya masuala.

Mwandishi anasema kwamba vyama vya siasa haviandai vijana kuwa viongozi. Nitamweleza.

Chama changu kinalea na kukuza vijana kuwa viongozi. Mimi binafsi nimejiunga na chama changu nikiwa na umri wa miaka 16, mtoto. Nimekulia ndani ya chama. Nimepewa majukumu ya kawaida kabisa ya chama kama kusimika miti ya bendera, kupokea viongozi na kuandaa mikutano. Nikiwa Chuo Kikuu Mwenyekiti wa sasa wa Chadema ndugu Mbowe alikuja kuniomba sasa nishiriki kikamilifu kukijenga upya chama. Yeye alikuwa Mbunge wa Hai akitaka chama kiwe imara zaidi, akaambiwa kuna mwanachama wenu kule Mlimani. Wakati huo CHADEMA kilikuwa chama ambacho watu wanakikimbia isipokuwa watu wa Kigoma na Kilimanjaro, Shinyanga, Karatu na Ukerewe. Vijana walikuwa wanajipambanua na CCM zaidi ama CUF au TLP kuliko hiki chama cha mabwanyenye. Huu ni mwaka 2001, muongo mmoja tu uliopita. Mimi na Freeman Mbowe ndio tumefanya mabadiliko yote yanayoonekana CHADEMA. Tumeingiza watu wapya, tumeandika Katiba upya. Ilipofika mwaka 2005 tukasema Freeman Mbowe nenda kwenye Urais, tulijuwa tunashindwa lakini tulitaka kujenga chama chetu. Tukapata Wabunge. Wabunge Wakafanya kazi. Tukaingia mwaka 2010 katika uchaguzi kama chama imara tunachokwenda kuchukua dola.

Katika mchakato huu tukaingiza vijana kwenye chama na kuwalea. John Mnyika hakuwa CHADEMA, tena alikuwa mgumu sana kuingia kwenye chama chetu. Tukampa moyo. Tukampa majukumu. Leo ni mmoja wa rasilimali watu kubwa sana katika siasa za nchi yetu. Halima Mdee hakuwa mwanasiasa kabisa. Tukampa moyo. Tukampa majukumu. Leo ni Mbunge mahiri kabisa.

Baadhi ya watu wazima waliingia CHADEMA kufuata vijana. Vijana tulifyeka pori kwanza. Nani anasema hatulei vijana kuwa viongozi wazuri? Nani haoni hazina ya viongozi vijana hivi sasa ndani ya Bunge kutoka vyama vyote? Kuna namna bora ya kulea viongozi zaidi ya kuwapa majukumu?

Mbowe alikuwa ananifuata pale Hall 1, tunakwenda kufanya kazi za chama usiku kucha, kusoma na kuchambua makabrasha ya kisera na mikakati. Ninarudi chuo usiku wa manane wakati wanafunzi wengine ama wapo wanajisomea au wamelala. Kazi ya kujenga taasisi inayoitwa chama cha siasa.

Lakini kujengwa kuwa kiongozi sio kazi ya chama pekee. Ni kazi ya jamii kwa ujumla. Wakati wanafunzi wenzangu walikuwa wanaomba kufanya kazi za mafunzo kwenye taasisi kubwa Kama Benki Kuu, nikiwa mwaka wa pili Chuo Kikuu nilikwenda kufanya internship TGNP. Kujifunza Bajeti ya kijinsia na kuipa hoja za kiuchumi. Kina mama wa TGNP wakanijenga na kunipika kiuongozi.

Chuo Kikuu sikuwa nasoma Sosholojia, lakini rafiki yangu mkubwa alikuwa Chachage. Sikuwa nasoma lugha, lakini mshauri wangu alikuwa Lwaitama. Sikuwa nasoma sheria lakini nilikuwa namwakilisha Shivji na kusoma mada zake alizopasa kuwakilisha kwenye semina kadhaa kuhusu haki za binadamu. Nimefunzwa na makundi ya watu mbalimbali na sio chama changu pekee. Jamii ndio yenye jukumu la kufunda vijana kuwa viongozi. Jamii inafanya kazi hiyo?

Inasemwa mjadala huu ni hatari kwa namna ulivyopenyezwa. Kupenyezwa? Huu mjadala wa umri umeanza kuzungumzwa mimi nikiwa nipo Chuo Kikuu. Vijana kupitia National Youth Forum Kama Taasisi ya vijana wamekuwa wakisema jambo hili toka miaka ya katikati ya tisini. Jukwaa hili la Vijana chini ya viongozi wake kina Hebron Mwakagenda wamekuwa wakitoa Maazimio na Maazimio kwamba umri wa kugombea Urais upo juu sana toka miaka ya tisini. Taasisi ya TYVA imekuwa ikijenga hoja hii toka miaka ya 2000. Hii sio hoja mpya hata kidogo. Hoja hii haijapenyezwa. Hii ni hoja ya vijana ya miaka mingi sana. Lakini sishangai kuona inaonekana ni hoja mpya kwani watanzania uwezo wetu wa kutunza kumbukumbu ni mdogo sana. Pia tunapenda kujadili mtoa hoja na sio hoja yenyewe. Mfuatiliaji yeyote makini wa siasa za vijana wa Tanzania kupitia makongamano ya vijana anajua hii sio hoja iliyopenyezwa na Zitto au January. Kuijadili kwa kumwangalia Zitto na January ni kuchoka kufikiri.

Hoja hii haina hatari yeyote inayosemwa na mwandishi. Hoja hii ni hoja kama hoja nyingine yeyote na inaweza kupita au kukataliwa. Hii sio hoja ya watu fulani. Ni hoja ya vijana ya siku nyingi sana. Vijana hawa wanajiona kupitia vijana wengine walio kwenye nafasi mbalimbali kisiasa au hata katika sekta binafsi. Mfano vijana wa Kigoma ninakotoka wakiniangalia wanajiona. Ndio wanaona tuko sawa. Wanaona mimi ni mwenzao. Nimekua miongoni mwao. Nimesoma nao. Nimecheza nao. Nimehangaika nao. Wanaona Ubunge nilionao ni Dhamana tu na hawanizungumzishi kama mtu kutoka tabaka fulani, bali kama mwenzao.

Ninaishi maisha ninayoishi. Siishi Manzese kwa Mfuga Mbwa. Siishi Masaki pia. Naishi Tabata, kwenye nyumba ya kupanga. Tabata wanaishi vijana wote wale wa tabaka la chini kama asemalo mwandishi na pia tabaka la kati na labda tabaka la juu. Najua na kusikia machungu ya vijana wasio na ajira na ndio maana nahangaika kwa kutumia nafasi ya Ubunge kujaribu kuisukuma Serikali iweke sera zinazotekelezeka za kutatua tatizo la ajira kwa vijana. Ndio maana nahangaika kila siku kujenga hoja kwamba Serikali iingilie kati ukuaji wa uchumi ili pia wanyonge wafaidike. Ninasikia machungu ya vijana wasio na ajira maana ndio walionipigia kura kuwa Mbunge. Zaidi ya hayo nakutana nao sana kuzungumza namna ya kusaidiana.

Nakutana nao mitaani kwa mijini na vijijini ninakokwenda kila wakati. Nakutana nao kwenye mitandao ya kijamii, wananiandikia na mimi ninawajibu. Nagawana nao kidogo nilichonacho ili nao waweze kijikwamua. Nawasaidia vijana wenye vipaji kukuza vipawa vyao na kupata kipato. Mwandishi anapata wapi haki ya kusema sentensi rahisi rahisi kwamba mimi sisikii machungu ya vijana wenzangu?

Ninashinda na vijana wa aina zote, ndio kazi kubwa ya Mwakilishi anayefanya kazi yake. Nina marafiki wavuvi, mafundi seremala, waimbaji wa Bongo Flava, machinga na hata wasio na ajira. Nina marafiki wenye makampuni yao, wafanyakazi wa mashirika ya Umma, wasomi wa Vyuo Vikuu na wafanyabiashara wakubwa. Mwakilishi yeyote wa wananchi lazima asikie machungu ya jamii nzima vinginevyo hatoshi.

Kijana mwenye umri wangu ana mambo mengi anayofanana nami. Ana mambo mengi ya kujifunza kutoka kwangu. Hapa katikati ilikuwa ni kama jambo lisilowezekana kijana wa aina yangu kutoka familia masikini kabisa kuwa Mbunge. Baada ya Zitto kuwa Mbunge na kutokana na kazi niliyofanya Bungeni katika Bunge la Tisa, vijana wengi walihamasika na kusema wanaweza. Leo tuna vijana wadogo kabisa kutoka familia za kawaida kabisa ni Wabunge na wanafanya vizuri. Kina Kafulila, kina Mkosamali, kina Silinde hawa ni watoto wa kimasikinj kabisa ambao ni wa kwanza kupata shahada kwenye familia zao. Hii ni nguvu ya ‘inspiration’ kutoka kwa rika linalofanana. Sugu ni mkubwa kwangu kiumri, lakini kuingia kwake siasa kumechangiwa sana na kazi zangu pamoja na wenzangu kwenye Bunge.

Kuna vijana wengi zaidi nchini kwetu wanasema ninataka niwe kama Zitto, kama January, kama Halima Mdee. Tunazungumza nao. Tunaishi nao. Ni ndugu zetu. Ni rafiki zetu. Tunaishi nao mtaani. Tunakwenda nao kwa kinyozi mmoja. Tunakwenda muziki pamoja. Ninajua machungu ya vijana. Ninafanyia kazi machungu ya vijana. Ndio kazi yangu ya kila siku kama Mbunge, kama Mwakilishi wao.

Mwandishi anasema mjadala unalenga kuleta ubaguzi. Sioni hoja yake. Wanaosema umri wa kugombea Urais ushushwe chini ya miaka 40 hawasemi wazee wasigombee. Wanasema tupanue wigo wa haki hii ya kugombea. Wanaozungumza ubaguzi ndio wenye kupenyeza mbegu za kibaguzi. Kwa kuwa wanawaza kibaguzibaguzi basi kila jambo huliangalia kibaguzi. Kama Katiba inasema yeyote mwenye haki ya kupiga kura ana haki ya kugombea nafasi yeyote ya uongozi, ubaguzi unatoka wapi? Hoja zote zinazotolewa na mtoa hoja kuhusu ubaguzi zinasambaza mbegu ya ubaguzi.

Mwandishi sasa anawaambia Watanzania waanze kufikiri sasa zamu ya nani. Mimi binafsi sijawahi kusema hii ni zamu ya vijana. Ila nimesema changamoto za sasa za nchi zinahitaji mtu mwenye uwezo wa kuzikabili, ninaamini mtu huyo ni kijana. Ninaamini kuwa kila kizazi kina ajenda zake. Kizazi chetu kina kazi ya kuhakikisha uhuru wa kiuchumi wa nchi yetu. Kizazi cha kina Mwalimu kilikuwa cha ukombozi na kujenga Taifa moja. Mwandishi hamwamini Frantz Fanon?

Hoja ya kwamba mjadala huu unataka kununua hisia za wanyonge ni hoja isiyo na [mashiko] kabisa. Mimi nimechaguliwa na wanyonge mara mbili kuwa Mbunge wao. Wanyonge wamenipa Ubunge bila kutoa rushwa. Wamenipa Ubunge kwa kuniamini. Sasa kwa nini sasa ninunue hisia zao? Hii hoja ina misingi gani? Hii ni hoja ya kubandika. Hii ni hoja ya kubumba maneno ili mwandishi aonekane kwamba anafanya uchunguzi wa kitabaka. Hakuna dhana ya tabaka katika hoja hii kama ilivyo kuwa hakuna dhana ya tabaka kwa wazee au hata wanawake. Hoja hii haizuii kwa namna yeyote ile wananchi kuhoji chanzo cha ufukara wao. Kwanza wanaosemwa kwenye hoja hii ndio wapo mstari wa mbele kuhakikisha Mali ya Nchi inatumika wa maendeleo ya wananchi. Mimi binafsi nimeanzisha mjadala wa rasilimali Madini nchini mpaka kutungwa kwa sheria mpya inayoweka misingi ya nchi kufaidika na Madini. Mimi binafsi na wenzangu tumekuwa mstari wa mbele kuhakikisha serikali inatekeleza sheria mpya.

Mwandishi amesahau Buzwagi? Mwandishi amesahau hoja ya Mkonge inayotaka wanyonge wapewe mashamba ya Mkonge na wawezeshwe na Serikali kulima Katani? Mwandishi amesahau hoja ya kusimamia sekta ya nyumba ili wanyonge wasinyonywe na wenye nyumba ambayo imetolewa na mmoja wa wanaotetea hoja ya umri kushushwa? Ama mwandishi ana wanyonge wake anaowasemea? Sio hawa manamba kwenye Mkonge. Sio hawa vijana wachimbaji wadogo. Sio hawa vijana wanaoshindwa kulipa kodi ya nyumba mwaka mzima? Wanyonge wa mwandishi ni wanazuoni wanaoishi kwa fedha za walipa kodi ambao hawana shida ya kujiuliza kama watakula au watalala maana Serikali au wafadhili wa masomo yao wanawalipia malazi na chakula. Kama wanyonge wake ni hawa waliotupigia kura sisi ili kuwawakilisha Bungeni, basi mwandishi hajui asemalo.

Hoja ya umri wa kugombea Urais, kwa kuweka pa kuanzia ama kuweka kikomo inapaswa kujadiliwa bila kuangalia majina ya wanaotetea hoja hii. Ijadiliwe kwa faida na hasara zake. Kujenga hoja kwa misingi ya kitabaka ni kuchochea ubaguzi na kunyweshea mbegu za kibaguzi. Nani ana uhakika kuwa Zitto atakuwa anaishi ifikapo mwaka 2015? Kwamba tusiandike Katiba yenye kupanua wigo wa kutoa haki ya kugombea Urais kwa sababu ya Zitto?

Huu woga dhidi ya Zitto unatoka wapi?

CHANZO:Zitto na Demokrasia

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Mtembelee Bloga Matiya katika uwanja wake wa SAUTI YA MNYONGE unaopatikana katika anuani hii http://www.malkiory.com/

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Michango kwa ajili ya Barabara ya Maziwa-External Mandela, kifusi sasa; lami itafuata

Kwa watumiaji wa Barabara ya Mkato ya Maziwa mpaka External Barabara ya Mandela; tuunganishe nguvu ya pamoja kuwezesha matengenezo ya dharura ya kuweka kifusi wakati tukiendelea kufuatilia barabara husika ijengwe kwa kiwango cha lami.

Watendaji wa Manispaa ya Kinondoni wametueleza kuwa barabara ya External haiwezi kupitishwa grader kusawazishwa kwa kuwa ina mabaki ya lami; hivyo suluhisho ya muda mfupi linapaswa kuwa ni kuweka kifusi.

Manispaa imekubali kutoa malori kwa ajili ya kubeba kifusi; hata hivyo wameeleza kuwa hakuna bajeti ya kununua na kusambaza kifusi kwa haraka. Jana tarehe 20 Machi 2012 nilimjulisha Diwani wa Kata ya Ubungo Boniface Jacob akutane na kamati ya wananchi iliyoanza jitihada mbalimbali kuangalia nini tunachoweza kufanya kwa kuunganisha nguvu ya umma.

Diwani amenijulisha kwamba gharama zinazohitajika kuweka na kusambaza kifusi ni milioni moja; nimeshampatia 10% ambayo ni sawa na laki moja kazi iendelee. Nawaandikia kuwaomba watumiaji wa Barabara hiyo ambayo ni ya mkato na yenye kupunguza foleni, tuunganishe nguvu za pamoja kukamilisha matengenezo yanayoendelea.

Wasiliana na Diwani 0712239595 kwa ajili ya maelezo na maelekezo ya kuwasilisha mchango wako; ukishaunganisha nguvu yako tafadhali tujulishe kupitia mbungeubungo@gmail.com ili kuhakikisha uwajibikaji.

Mtakumbuka kuwa gazeti la Habari leo la tarehe 18 Machi 2012 katika ukurasa 5 lilikuwa na habari “Wataka Ubungo-Mandela kutengenezwa”, Habari hiyo imeeleza kuwa “Wakazi wa Ubungo katika Manispaa ya Kinondoni, wamemuomba mbunge wa Jimbo hilo John Mnyika, kushughulikia tatizo la Ubovu wa Barabara inayounganisha eneo la Ubungo Maziwa na Barabara ya Mandela ambayo kwa kipindi kirefu imekuwa kero”.

Kufuatia habari hiyo kwa kazi waliyonipa wananchi ya kuwawakilisha na kuisimamia serikali na vyombo vyake katika kuwezesha maendeleo nilitoa wiki moja kwa halmashauri ya Manispaa ya Kinondoni kutimiza wajibu wa kushughulikia ubovu wa barabara husika.

Nikaeleza kuwa iwapo baada ya wiki moja Manispaa itakuwa haijaanza kuifanyia matengenezo barabara iliyolalamikiwa basi nitachukua hatua za kuunganisha nguvu ya umma kuwezesha matengenezo yanayohitajika.

Kwa mujibu wa Katiba na sheria za nchi kazi za utekelezaji ziko chini ya vyombo vya serikali kuu na serikali za mitaa; kazi ya mbunge ni kuvisimamia vyombo husika kuwezesha maendeleo.

Wananchi wa kata ya Ubungo na maeneo mengine ya Manispaa ya Kinondoni wanalipa kodi na kwenye bajeti ya mwaka wa fedha 2011/2012 kumetengwa fedha za matengenezo ya barabara hivyo ni wajibu wa Manispaa kutumia mafungu hayo kwa haraka kufanya ukarabati au kama Manispaa haina fedha itangaze kufilisika ili vyanzo vingine viweze kutumika.

Hivyo, kama katika kipindi hicho cha wiki moja nilieleza iwapo Manispaa itakuwa haijatoa kauli ya lini matengenezo ya barabara husika yataanza nitawajibika kwa kutumia nafasi yangu ya ubunge kuunganisha wananchi na wadau wa maendeleo katika eneo husika kuweza kuanza kushughulikia ubovu wa barabara husika kwa dharura kwa kutumia vyanzo vingine vya fedha nje ya kodi.

Aidha, wakati tukichukua hatua za dharura za kufanya matengenezo ili kupunguza kero , suluhisho muhimu zaidi ni kupanua daraja la External katika Eneo la Ubungo Kisiwani ili kupunguza msongamano wa magari na kujenga barabara husika kwa kiwango cha lami.

Kwa kutambua umuhimu wa suala hili nilichukua hatua mbalimbali za kibunge kuanzia mwanzoni mwa mwaka 2011 ili barabara husika iweze kupandishwa hadhi na kujengwa kwa kiwango cha lami kwa haraka zaidi kwenye mwaka wa fedha 2011/2012 kuliko ilivyopangwa awali.

Niliziandikia mamlaka husika hususan Wizara ya Ujenzi na TANROADS kuzingatia barabara tajwa katika bajeti kwa lengo la kuchangia katika kupunguza msongamano, Wizara ya Ujenzi awali ilisema serikali kuu haiwezi kushughulikia barabara hiyo kwa kuwa iko chini ya Manispaa ya Kinondoni. Lakini, nikaendelea kuchukua hatua zaidi kwa njia za kibunge na za uwakilishi wa wananchi na hatimaye TANROADS ikaingiza barabara hiyo katika vipaumbele vyake na sasa imetengewa fedha za ujenzi wa kiwango cha lami kiasi cha shilingi bilioni 1.2.

Hivyo, nichukue fursa hii pia kutoa mwito kwa TANROADS kutoa taarifa kwa umma kuhusu hatua iliyofikiwa katika kuanza ujenzi wa barabara hiyo kwa kiwango cha lami kuanzia mwaka huu wa 2012 ili kupata suluhisho la kudumu zaidi la kuondoa kero ya ubovu wa barabara husika na kuchangia katika kupunguza msongamano katika Jimbo la Ubungo.

Aidha, pamoja na kiwango hicho cha fedha kilichotengwa na TANROADS, tarehe 5 Machi 2012 Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es salaam alieleza kuwa amewasilisha maombi mengine kupitia Mfuko wa Barabara (Road Fund) kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa daraja kubwa zaidi katika barabara hiyo kwenye eneo la Ubungo Kisiwani/External.

Hivyo, ni muhimu watendaji wa Mfuko wa Barabara (Road Fund) nao wakaeleza hatua ambayo imefikiwa katika kushughulikia maombi hayo kwa lengo la kuchangia katika kupunguza msongamano wa magari jijini Dar es Salaam.

Nitumie nafasi hii pia kurudia kutoa mwito kwa Wizara ya Ujenzi kueleza kwa wananchi hatua iliyofikiwa katika kupandisha hadhi barabara za Dar es salaam za kupunguza msongamano na kutumia nyongeza ya mapato iliyopatikana kwenye ushuru wa barabara kuanza kujenga barabara hizo kwa kiwango cha lami mwaka huu wa 2012. Maslahi ya Umma Kwanza.

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HUKO nyuma niliwahi kuandika makala ambayo ilijaribu kuangalia upande wa pili utawala wa Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu, Julius Nyerere. Katika makala hiyo ambayo baadhi ya wasomaji waliitafsiri visivyo kuwa ni kumkosea heshima Mwalimu, nilitanabaisha kuwa licha ya mazuri mengi ya Nyerere, kwa namna fulani alichangia kutufikisha katika mazingira hovyo ya sasa.

Kati ya mifano niliyotumia kuthibitisha hoja yangu ni baadhi ya viongozi walioaminiwa na Mwalimu wakati wa utawala wake lakini mara baada ya yeye kutoka madarakani na hatimaye kufariki waligeuka viumbe tofauti kabisa, huku baadhi wakijitahidi kubomoa kila msingi aliojenga Nyerere kwa manufaa ya Watanzania.

Nilitolea mfano wa mwanasiasa mkongwe na aliyekuwa rafiki wa karibu wa Mwalimu, Kingunge Ngombale Mwiru, ambaye mara kadhaa katika miaka ya hivi karibuni ameonekana kuwaunga mkono baadhi ya wanasiasa ambao ‘walikataliwa na Nyerere’ kutokana na wasifu wao usiopendeza.

Lakini pengine mfano hai na ‘mbichi’ kabisa ni wasifu wa Rais mstaafu, Benjamin Mkapa, ambaye siku chache zilizopita alizungumza mambo ya ajabu wakati akizindua kampeni za CCM, katika uchaguzi mdogo Jimbo la Arumeru Mashariki.

Hata kabla ya kauli zake huko Arusha, Mkapa ameendelea kuonekana kama msaliti kwa Watanzania baada ya umma kufahamishwa mambo aliyokuwa akifanya ‘nyuma ya pazia’ wakati akiwa Ikulu.

Wakati Mkapa alikuwa akiwaaminisha Watanzania kuhusu umuhimu wa maadili bora na siasa za ukweli na uwazi, taarifa zilizopatikana baada ya kustaafu kwake ni tuhuma kwamba aliigeuza Ikulu kama kijiwe cha biashara.

Yayumkinika kuhisi kuwa laiti nchi yetu ingekuwa inazingatia utawala wa sheria, ni wazi muda huu Mkapa angekuwa matatizoni angalau kwa kuundiwa tume ya kuchunguza tuhuma kadhaa dhidi yake. Lakini kwa vile sheria zinazotawala Tanzania zipo katika makundi mawili - kwa vigogo na kwa walalahoi - Rais huyo mstaafu anaendelea kula pensheni yake nono kwa amani na utulivu, hasa baada ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete kuweka wazi msimamo wake kuwa mtangulizi wake huyo aachwe apumzike kwa amani.

Turejee Arumeru Mashariki. Katika uzinduzi huo wa kampeni za CCM, bila aibu na pasipo jitihada zozote za kutumia busara ya kumkumbusha kuwa pamoja na tuhuma za kuitumia vibaya Ikulu bado baadhi ya Watanzania wanamheshimu kama Rais wao mstaafu aliyewaongoza kwa miaka 10 mfululizo, Mkapa alizungumza maneno yaliyoshangaza wengi.

La kipuuzi zaidi ni kuingiza porojo za mtaani kwenye mambo ya msingi. Huku akitambua bayana kuwa uongozi ni haki ya kila Mtanzania bila kujali ametoka ukoo gani. Mkapa alitoa tuhuma nzito dhidi ya Mbunge wa Musoma Mjini (CHADEMA), Vincent Nyerere, kuwa hatoki katika ukoo wa Nyerere.

Ni kuzeeka vibaya au uthibitisho kuwa Nyerere alifanya kosa kubwa kumpigia debe apate urais mwaka 1995? Ukaribu wa Mkapa na Mwalimu hauwezi kuwa kigezo cha yeye kumfahamu kila mwana-ukoo wa Baba wa Taifa. Lakini hata kama angekuwa anafahamu kuwa Mbunge Vincent hatoki ukoo wa Nyerere, hilo linawasaidia vipi wapiga kura wa Arumeru?

Ni kwa nini Mkapa hajatoa ushirikiano kwa mamlaka husika iwapo alikuwa anafahamu kuwa Mbunge huyo wa Musoma Vijijini amedanganya kwa ‘kujipachika’ undugu na Baba wa Taifa?

Japo ninaamini kuwa sababu kubwa ya wapiga kura wa Jimbo la Musoma Mjini kumchagua Vincent ni imani yao katika uwezo wake kuwatumikia, lakini ukweli kwamba anatoka ukoo wa Nyerere unaweza kuwa ulimwongezea kura kadhaa (hasa kwa kuzingatia ‘siasa zetu za haiba ya mgombea’).

Kwa Rais mstaafu ‘kufahamu’ kuwa kuna mbunge anadanganya kuhusu wasifu wake lakini akakaa kimya hadi kwenye kampeni za uchaguzi ambapo Vincent ni mmoja wa waratibu wake kwa upande wa CHADEMA, inatueleza mengi kuhusu ubabaishaji wa Mkapa.

Lakini kubwa zaidi, kitendo cha mwenyekiti huyo mstaafu wa CCM kutokukifahamisha chama chake kuwa mgombea ubunge wa chama pinzani amedanganya kuhusu wasifu wake na hatimaye akafanikiwa kupata ubunge kinaweza kutafsiriwa kama usaliti dhidi ya chama alichokiongoza kwa mwongo mzima.

Sijui Mkapa alijisikiaje baada ya mmoja wa watoto wa Baba wa Taifa, Madaraka Nyerere kuwathibitishia Watanzania kuwa Vincent Nyerere anatoka ukoo wa Nyerere (kinyume cha uongo wa hadharani wa Mkapa).

Kilicho wazi ni kuwa upuuzi huo umeongeza sifa nyingine mbaya kwenye wasifu wake usiopendeza. Ni Mkapa pekee anayejua kwa nini alikurupuka kusema uongo hadharani lakini sote tunajua kuwa kitendo cha Rais mstaafu kusema uongo kwenye kadamnasi (tena pasipo hata haja ya kufanya hivyo) kimezidi kushusha hadhi ya kiongozi huyo.

Lakini kana kwamba  kasoro hiyo ya Mkapa kujifanya mwana-ukoo wa Nyerere na kumkana hadharani Vincent Nyerere, haitoshi kutueleza yeye ni binadamu wa aina gani, baadhi ya ahadi alizotoa kwa wapiga kura wa Arumeru Mashariki zinazua swali gumu, ilikuwaje yeye binafsi alifanikiwa kuwa Rais wetu kwa awamu mbili mfululizo.

Katika uzinduzi huo wa kampeni za chama tawala, Mkapa aliwaeleza wananchi kuwa amepokea taarifa za kuwapo kwa migogoro mikubwa ya ardhi inayosababishwa na baadhi ya wawekezaji kuhodhi maeneo makubwa na kusema atalifikisha kwa Mwenyekiti wa CCM, Rais Jakaya Kikwete na kumshauri achukue hatua kwa kuwawajibisha watendaji wa Serikali ambao wameshindwa kuwajibika na kuchukua hatua kwa wawekezaji waliokiuka masharti.

Hivi kweli Mkapa ameshasahau alikuwa Rais wetu kwa miaka 10 mfululizo na utawala wake ulifungua milango kwa kila mgeni kuja kuwekeza hata pale uwekezaji huo ulimaanisha uporaji wa rasilimali za nchi yetu?

Kama amesahau hilo lililojiri miaka michache tu iliyopita, kwa nini basi ajifanye kukumbuka kila kilichomhusu Baba wa Taifa kwa vile tu alikuwa msaidizi wake miaka mingi iliyopita?

Ni kwa vile tu CCM yenyewe inaendeshwa kimzaha ndio maana hadi sasa hakuna kiongozi yeyote wa chama hicho aliyediriki kumkemea Mkapa asimfarakanishe Kikwete na wananchi kwa ahadi za kumshauri Rais ashughulikie makosa yaliyofanywa na mtangulizi wake.

Na ni kwa sababu tu Kikwete ana huruma sana kwa viongozi wenye makosa ya wazi, ndio maana anaweza kuruhusu Mkapa ajipe wadhifa wa “mshauri” wa Rais katika kuwashughulikia wawekezaji feki waliokaribishwa wakati wa utawala wake. Vinginevyo, Kikwete asingeruhusu mtu aliyeshindwa kujishauri mwenyewe kuongoza nchi kwa maslahi ya umma atamke kuwa atambebesha Rais wa sasa mzigo wa kusafisha ‘uozo’ aliotenda.

Na kama CCM imekumbwa na virusi vinavyowafanya baadhi ya viongozi wake kuingilia mambo ya koo na familia za wanasiasa wa upinzani, mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya CCM, Steven Wassira ameiga mfano wa Mkapa na kudai kuwa mgombea ubunge wa CHADEMA, Joshua Nassari hafai kuwa mbunge wa jimbo hilo kwa kuwa ni kijana mkorofi na mara kwa mara, baba yake mzazi amekuwa akimsihi kuachana na ukorofi tangu wakati akiwa Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam.

Maneno haya yanatamkwa na mtu ambaye licha ya kuwa na wadhifa mkubwa ndani ya CCM pia ni waziri katika Ofisi ya Rais. Lakini tutegemee nini kwa mwanasiasa ambaye pengine ni maarufu zaidi kwa picha iliyosambaa mtandaoni akiwa kauchapa usingizi bungeni kuliko busara kutoka kinywani mwake!

Kama alimudu kusinzia wakati kikao cha Bunge kikiendelea, basi yayumkinika kuhisi hata huo wadhifa aliojipachika kuwa msemaji wa familia ya Nassari ni sehemu tu ya ndoto zake usingizini.

Lakini wito wa safu hii kwa familia ya Nassari ni huu, bila kujali matokeo ya uchaguzi wa Arumeru Mashariki ni muhimu kumfungulia Wassira kesi ya madai, awathibitishie Watanzania tuhuma alizotoa dhidi ya mgombea huyo. Ushauri kama huo unaelekezwa pia kwa Vincent Nyerere kwani kufanya hivyo kutatoa fundisho muhimu dhidi ya wanasiasa waropokaji.

Na kama tuhuma zake dhidi ya Nassari hazitoshi (na tayari baba wa mgombea huyo amezikanusha hadharani), Wassira amekaririwa akiendeleza matamshi yake tata kwa kudai kuwa Vincent Nyerere hawezi kutoka ukoo wa Nyerere eti kwa vile haiungi mkono CCM.

Huu ni uvivu wa kufikiri, kwa sababu hakuna sheria inayomlazimisha Mtanzania kufuata itikadi inayofuatwa na ndugu zake.

Kadhalika, Wassira ameendeleza kauli tata kwa kudai Katibu Mkuu wa CHADEMA, Dk. Willibroad Slaa alifanya ufisadi wa fedha za ziara ya Baba Mtakatifu John Paul wa Pili, alipozuru Tanzania mwaka 1990.

Japo Dk. Slaa hana tabia ya kufungua kesi za madai dhidi ya ‘wazushi’ wake, safari hii anapaswa kuangalia upya msimamo wake huo kwani njia pekee ya kuwafundisha ushirikiano kati ya ubongo na mdomo kwa watu aina ya Wassira ni kuwaburuza mahakamani.

Nimalizie kwa kutoa wito kwa Mwenyekiti wa CCM Taifa Rais Kikwete kuwakumbusha wana-CCM wenzake kama Mkapa, Wassira na wengineo kuwa kampeni za uchaguzi Arumeru Mashariki ni za kupata mwakilishi bora bungeni na sio referendum (kura ya maoni) kuhusu ukoo wa Nyerere, familia ya Nassari au ziara ya Baba Mtakatifu mwaka 1990.

Na wito wangu kwa wana-Arumeru Mashariki ni huu, kiongozi yeyote anayeweza kuwadanganya hadharani hatosita kuwahujumu faraghani. Njia pekee ya kuwaadhibu wanasiasa kama Mkapa na Wassira ambao wanawafanya ninyi wapiga kura kuwa watu msiojua mnachotaka bali ni masuala kuhusu ukoo na familia ya fulani ni kumnyima kura mgombea wanayempigia kampeni.

Pengine kushindwa kwa mgombea wao kutawafanya wanasiasa hao kuwa makini kabla hawajaropoka chochote kile hadharani.

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