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2011-02-17T06:33:00.000-08:00

UHUNI UTATUMALIZA WATANZANIA!

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Tukirejea mazungumzo yaliyofanywa na Jenerali Ulimwengu siku UDASA walipofanya kongamano la katiba pale mkurumah hall UDSM kinachoonekana kuisumbua Tanzania ni uhuni ambao kwa bahati mbaya (unfortunate) umelelewa katika ngazi za juu za serekali. Kwa mujibu wa kamusi ya Kiswahili kama ilivyonukuliwa tarehe 26 January 2011 katika tovuti (http://www.kamusiproject.org/en/lookup/sw?Word=uhuni) uhuni umepata majina mbalimbali kama vile vandalism (uharibifu), vagrancy, lawlessness+ disorderly conduct (kutofuata utaratibu), hooliganism, immorality (kutokuwa na maadili) moral decline (kuporomoka kwa maadili) na decadence (uovu).

Uongozi wa umma umekuwa ni ngazi ya watu kujipatia utajiri. Hii inajidhihirisha miongoni mwa maneno ya baadhi ya wanasiasa hao wakisema bila aibu kuwa walijitolea kuacha mambo mengi na kazi nzuri siku za nyuma ili watumikie vyama vyao. Ukiwatazama kwa matendo yao sasa hivi wakiwa kwenye madaraka utagundua kuwa walikuwa wanawekeza na kwamba sasa hivi wanapurura ili kufidia mapengo! Kuchuma kwa jasho ni jambo ya kawaida kwa maisha ya mwanadamu. Tunafanya kazi ili tuweze kumudu maisha yetu. Lakini kwa hawa wenzetu sio hivyo. Wanapurura kwa fujo hadi kujenga jamii ambayo sio endelevu. Unapopopoa embe changa unategemea kesho uje uzipate mbivu kweli? Je ina maana watoto tunaowazaa sasa hivi wasipate elimu bora? Wasipate huduma bora za afya kwa sababu wenye dhamana wameamua hivyo? Je waliotuachia nchi hii kweli pamoja na mazuri yoote walituambia tukitelekeze kizazi kipya? Baba yangu siku zote huwa ananiambia nimpe mtoto wangu malezi bora kama zawadi ya yeye kunilea mimi! Tunatakiwa tuwaachie watoto wetu zawadi na sio mateso!

Pale ambapo uongozi wa umma unamkataza mtu kufanya jambo moja, mfano wizi, na wote tunaelewa wizi ni mbaya, akaja mheshimiwa mmoja akafanya wizi, ilihali akijua kuwa anachofanya si sahihi huyo ni muhuni. Kama nafsi yako inakusuta wakati unatekeleza uhuni ambao kimsingi ukiukaji wa taratibu zilizopo au matarajio ya umma uliokuweka madarakani unakunja sura kidogo na unakuwa an awkward person. Hapa ndipo hata busara huyeyuka, na wananchi wako wakikuuliza basi wewe unawahi kuwasakizia polisi. Bahati mbaya sana hadi sasa hatujaweza kuwa na namna ya kuwabana wezi walio na vibali vya wapiga kura. Tuna TAKUKURU ambayo si huru. Changamoto iliyopo hapa sasa ni jinsi gani wahuni waliopewa dhamana waweza kuenguliwa katika dhamana walizonazo. Tumeona wahuni wakifanya mambo ya kihuni kasha wakapokelewa huko kwao kwa ngoma na sherehe!!

Kwa kiasi mkubwa mtaji wa wanasiasa watawala wetu umekuwa ni umasikini na ujinga uliokithiri miongoni mwa watanzania. Mazingira haya ambayo inawezekana kabisa kuwa yameundwa kwa makusudi na wakubwa zetu ndio yanawafanya wanyonge kuona samaki e wa leo ni bora kuliko wavu wa kuvulia kesho! Makusudi haya ni yanawafanya wakubwa hawa kuendelea kustahili heshima ya uhuni! Tatizo hili haliishi hapa tu na ni kubwa zaidi kwa wasomi ambao wengi wetu tuko kama fisi. Kwa wale waliosoma soma vihekaya hapo zamani watakumbuka hadithi ya mlevi mmoja aliyekuwa anatoka kilabuni. Kuna fisi mmoja alimwona mlevi huyu akitoka kilabuni akitembea akaanza kumfuata nyuma nyuma akitoka udenda ili mkono utakapoanguka tu basi auwahi akajipatie shibe yake. Fisi huyu alisikitika sana mlevi alipoingia ndani mwake na hakuna mkono ulioanguka. Wasomi wa sasa tuko hivyo. Tunajipendekeza kinafiki kwa wenye dhamana wan chi ili tuweze kupata upendeleo mmoja au mwingine. Hapa tumekuwa tayari kusema hata uongo ili tu mambo yetu yaende vyema. Tumesahau kuwa hata elimu tuliyo nayo imegharamiwa na wakulima na wafanyakazi wa nchi hii ambao wengi wao wanashindwa hata kugharamia matibabu yao. Tumewasaliti wakulima na wafanyakazi wa nchi hii. Tabia hii ya unafiki imejijenga sana miongoni mwetu na hata miongoni mwa maafisa wengi wa serekali ambao wako tayari kudanganya, kutumia taaluma zao kutoa ushauri potofu kwa sababu wanazozijua wao wenyewe na hata kukiuka taratibu za kazi alimradi tu wajipatie mradi wao na bwana mkubwa ajue na wao wamo. Jambo hili limejionyesha katika mikataba mbali mbali inayoitia taifa hasara, pale ambapo wataalamu tuliowapa heshima hiyo ya kutuwakilisha wanatugeuka na kukimbilia katika jukwaa mbali mbali kudai kuwa hasara hizi haziepukiki! Huu ni uhuni! Ni aibu kubwa sana unapoona pale wakuu wa polisi raia wanapokubali maagizo ya wanasiasa wahuni waliopoteza dira kwenda kujipa mamlaka ya kuingilia maandamano na kuua raia ambao hawana hatia! Polisi hapa hawawezi kujitakasa na kujiita kuwa sio wahuni! Mbaya zaidi ni pale polisi hawa hawa ambao wanalipwa na kununuliwa zana za kazi na raia wanyonge wa taifa hili wanapoacha kuomba msamaha walau hata kujuta na kujifunza kwa yaliyotokea, wakazana kuhariri mikanda ili kuuhadaa umaa kinyume cha hali halisi. Huu ni uhuni zaidi! Wanasahau kuwa kwa kufanya hivyo wameendelea kutumia rasilimali za taifa ambazo zingeweza kuleta faida zingetumika vinginevyo!

Wakati umefika sasa wasomi tuseme tusimame na tuseme ukweli ili kunusuru taifa letu linaloangamia kwa kasi. Je ni nani alifanya upembuzi wa hasara na faida (cost benefit analysis) akasema kubinafsisha shamba kule Mbarali kunalipa kuliko kuwakabidhi wananchi wajilimie mpunga wao? Je alitafakari kuwa inawezekana kuwa sehemu kubwa ya mpunga huo unapolimwa na mwananchi wa kawaida unapatikana zaidi kama chakula kwa wananchi wa kawaida? Je alitafakari kuwa masikini wakulima wale wakiwa na ardhi yao wanaweza kuwekeza nguvu zao wakajiuzia mchele wakala na ziada wakauza? Sasa wawekeze wapi? Waende kituo cha uwekezaji cha taifa (TIC) wakatafute pahala pa kuwekeza au soko la hisa la Dar es salaam (DSE) wakanunue hisa huko?. Je aliyefanya tathmini hii aliangalia utaifa au alijali maslahi binafsi zaidi? Matokeo yake ni moto wa wananchi kudai chao hadi kufikia pahala pa polisi wanadiriki kumpiga risasi mkulima anayetetea maslahi juu ya ardhi iliyozika vizazi na vizazi vya babu zake? Damu ya mwananchi huyu iko mikononi mwa nani? Mhuni mwanasiasa? Mhuni msomi au Mhuni polisi? Tumeona tena huko Rufiji. Mara hii wananchi wamekataa. Tunaowakabidhi rasilimali zetu ni wawekezaji au majambazi? Uhuni utatumaliza Watanzania!

Tazama tena, hili la shule za kata. Meneja kampeni wa mgombea mmoja wa uraisi alidiriki kusema kuwa suala la ada kwa wanafunzi sio tatizo kwani serekali inatoza shilingi ishirini elfu tu. Je wote tujiulize, je yeye mheshimiwa anapeleka mtoto kwenye shule ya shilingi ishirini elfu? Nini thamani halisi ya shilingi ishirini elfu inapokuja suala la elimu? Ni bora elimu au elimu bora? Leo hii tunaona watanzania walio wengi bila kujali unyonge tulionao tunakimbizana tutafute mamilioni kwenda kusomesha watoto ili angalau wanaporudi nyumbani uone matokeo. Ugharamiaji huu wa elimu unapelekea watu wengi kushindwa kukidhi mahitaji yao ya msingi na hata ya kimaendeleo. Je vijisenti vinavyochezewa chezewa na wakubwa haviwezi kuboresha mazingira hivyo kuwapunguzia makali wananchi. Je mheshimiwa wakati anaongea hilo la kuwa ada ya elimu ni inayowezekana kumudu alisema tu kwa sababu ana mdomo au aliona alilolizungumza ni halali? – je lilipata kibali cha ndani ya moyo wake au ilibidi aikane nafsi yake? Je huu nao sio uhuni? Tunapokazana kukimbilia kulipa DOWANS ambayo uwepo wake ni wa kihuni, na kuwaacha watoto wa wakulima na wafanyakazi kama msichana Salome Samburu wa Chuo Kikuu Makumira akizimia kwa kukosa mkopo wa masomo tunawezaje kujiita kuwa sisi sio wahuni? Je hatujui kuwa kodi inayolipwa na Mzee Samburu ndiyo inayetuwezesha kutimka huku na huko kwenye madhifa tukitumia maV8 tukipigwa na kiyoyozi? Tunasikia raha gani wanafunzi wa kike wanakiri hadharani kuwa bora wao wanajiuza na kufanya maisha lakini sio wenzao wa kiume ambao hawana pa kujiuza? Je vipaumbele vya taifa vinavyowekwa juu chini chini juu havitutunukii shahada za uhuni?

Kuna maswali ambayo hadi sasa ninajiuliza, na nina imani kizazi kipya kitahitaji majibu tu kama sio kwa wakubwa wa sasa basi itakuwa kwetu. Je ni nini kiliua mashirika mazuri aliyoyaanzisha mwalimu? Je ni nini kiliua vyama vya ushirika? Je tunayoyasikia kuhusu DOWANS na TANESCO ni mwendelezo wa yale yale? Hivi kariburi tumesikia kuwa vyama vya ushirika vitafufuliwa tena, tunajipanga vipi kutorudia tulikotoka? Je kwa mwendo huu uwekezaji wa taifa katika maeneo mbali mbali kama Kilimo Kwanza ni salama kiasi gani? Je Kilimo Kwanza na vyama vya ushirika sio DOWANS ya kesho na keshokutwa? Lahaula, kuna mradi wa vitambulisho vya taifa! Majengo na miundombinu inayoinuka hapa na pale, Je nayo haiko kwenye mtiririko huo huo? Mara zote historia hutumika kujifunza sijui kama tunafanya hivyo. Inavyooneka kabisa tukiendelea kwa mwendo huu Tanzania inaweza kuwekwa katika kundi la nchi zisizotaka kuendelea. Kimsingi tumefika mahali ambapo kila uwekezaji wa taifa unahisiwa kuleta maumivu kwa wananchi! Lakini hadi sasa hivi ni nani amewajibika kwa uhuni huu unaoendelea? Ni nani amewajibishwa kutokana na uuaji wa vyama vya ushirika? Mashirika ya umma? Ujambazi unaofanyika kwa kupitia kampuni zisizo na vichwa wala miguu mfano Meremeta, Tanpower na mengineyo? Tunasema majibu wa haya yote yanatakiwa!! Ukweli ni kwamba jamii ya kizazi kinachokuja ambacho kitakuwa kimepoteza fursa kadiri miaka inavyozidi kwenda kitakuja kufurusha watu na mawe. Ni kizazi kinachotaka majibu ya kueleweka kwa maswali watayoyauliza. Sio haya majibu ya kihuni kihuni!

Je dhana ya uwajibikaji kutokana na uhuni au yatokanayo na matendo ya uhuni ipo? Na kama haipo ni kwanini? Hebu tujiulize, tulisikia mahakama ikiomba mabilioni ya shilingi kwa ajili ya kusikiliza kesi za uchaguzi. Hili halipaswi kuishia hapo tu. Je wasimamizi wa chaguzi waliyehusika na kuharibu chaguzi mbalimbali wanafidia vipi hasara waliyosababisha? Kwa maslahi ya nani unamtaja kuwa Fulani kashinda na sio mshindi halisi? Tuje kwa hili la Arusha. Kuna kila aina ya dalili kuwa uchaguzi wa Meya ulifanywa bila kufuata utaratibu. Hii ina maana kuwa kila aliyeliwezesha na kulibariki zoezi hilo ni muhuni. Uhuni huu ndio umepelekea Geneva ya Africa kukumbwa na machafuko siku za karibuni. Aliyechukua madaraka ya umeya kwa njia sio stahili ni muhuni pia. Aliyeleta polisi kuua raia ni muhuni zaidi. Cha msingi hapa ni kwamba je, ni hatua gani zinachukuliwa dhini ya wahuni walioichafua Geneva ya Africa? Kimsingi hapa dhana nzima ya uongozi bora inakuwa imekiukwa. Utawala bora ambao ndio msingi wa maendeleo umekiukwa kwa kuweka kiongozi ambaye sio watu walimtaka. Hii ina maana kwamba kitendo cha bwana Gaudensia kula kiyoyozi kwa miaka mitano kinagharamiwa na kurudi nyuma kwa maendeleo ya jiji la Arusha. Kwa kuzingatia dhana ya kwamba Tanzania ni nchi isiyotaka kuendelea, hili lawezekana; tena mia kwa mia. Mzee Lowassa kama mkazi wa Arusha aliliona hilo mapema na athari zake, ila wenzake ambao hawafikirii kuwa dhana nzima ya kupeleka uongozi kwa watu (devolution by decentralization) ni chachu ya maendeleo wakaendeleza ubabe. Inashangaza sana kwani watu hawa ambao wanaielewa dhana nzima ya utawala bora wa watu kama chombo muhimu cha watu kujiletea maendeleo, walikuwa kwenye nafasi za uongozi wakati Mwalimu anaihubiri na kuitekeleza! Je watu hawa ambao wanakinzana na nafsi zao wanatushawishi vipi kuwa wao si wahuni?

Wamemfurusha Spika wa bunge la tisa la Jamhuri! Mzee Samuel Sitta ambaye rekodi yake ya uendeshaji bunge ilikuwa bora kabisa! Huyu alikuwa hazina kubwa ya CCM na watanzania kwa ujumla. Walimuacha achukue fomu, halafu wakasema wanaume hapana! Hatukatai kuwa wanawake wanaweza, na mara nyingine huwa wanayamudu majukumu yao vizuri zaidi kuliko sie wanaume! Kwa mtu yeyote mwenye akili timamu, huu ulikuwa uhuni wa hali ya juu!. Ukiukaji wa taratibu unaweza kuwa ni utaratibu unaokubalika kwa kundi lingine. Kwa hili lakini siwezi kulisemea sana kwani wanajua wanavyokubaliana kwenye chama chao! Na ndio maana pengine hata Mzee Sita bado yuko kwenye chama hicho! Hata hivyo alipokuwa Spika huwa anatuhusu watanzania wote hivyo hata sisi wengine tumeugua kwa hilo!

Tumesoma kwenye magazeti wakati wa dakika za lala salama kuelekea kwenye uchaguzi mkuu wa mwaka 2010, jinsi mtu aliyewahi kukiri kuwa hana imani ya dini na kuaminiwa kama mshauri wa siasa wa mkuu wa nchi akiwaangukia maimamu wa misikiti kule morogoro kuwa wamchague mgombea wake kwa sababu kuna ombwe na dini linatumika na wagombea wengine! Sisi tunaomfahamu Mzee Kingunge tangu utoto wetu, kufikia pahala tukamwita mtu yeyote aliyeiva na kuenea kisiasa kuwa ni kingunge tulishtushwa sana na hili! Tulipata wasiwasi kuwa pengine mzee wetu huyu ameanza kupoteza kumbukumbu kwani katika umri wake huu asingeweza kudiriki kuchafua historia yake aliyoijenga miaka mingi katika Nyanja za siasa! Na kama ana kumbukumbu kamili basi kuna hatari kubwa kuwa ameingia kwenye kundi la wahuni! Falsafa ya udini ambayo imewashwa, inazungumzwa na kupepelewa na viongozi tuliowakabidhi inchi yetu haionekani miongoni mwetu sisi raia wa kawaida! Ninachelea kutamka wazi kuwa kila anayehubiri kuwa Tanzania kuna udini ni mhuni mkubwa na anapaswa kuuomba radhi umma wa watanzania kwa kutaka kukifanya kizazi kipya kiwe wakimbizi ndani ya nchi yao wenyewe!

Je ni kwanini hadi leo hii mgombea binafsi hakubaliwi? Ni kwa nini mtu apate ridhaa ya chama ili aweze kugombea? Japo ni woga wa bure lakini upande mmoja kulikuwa na mantiki kuwa mtu awekwe na kikundi ambacho nia na madhumuni yake baada ya kukamata dola yawe bayana. Kuwepo na mkataba wa uongozi wa nchi. Kukataa kuungwa mkono na kundi mhimili la chama chako kuna maana gani? Ujumbe wa kukataa kura za wafanyakazi kina tafsiri gani? Je si kwa sababu gani ilionekana kuwa ni muhimu kuwa na chata ya jembe na nyundo kwenye chata ya chama chako? Tumevaa kofia hizi na kanga hizi! Lakini je si ni wakati wa kubadilisha chata hiyo na kuweka viashiria kuwa chama hiki sasa ni cha kundi tofauti na tulivyodhani hapo mwanzo? Je tupo kwa ajili ya mkulima na mfanyakazi wa taifa hili? Ambaye sasa anaelekea kushindwa kumudu hata mlo mmoja kwa siku? Ambaye ana mtoto mwenye akili lakini chuo kinapofunguliwa hawezi hata kupewa nauli ya kurudia chuo? Anayekosa shilingi mia tano ya kununua panado akipata homa? Lakini anayelilisha taifa hili chakula miaka nenda miaka rudi, tukijua fika kuwa kuwa hatununui mazao yake kwa bei stahili hivyo hatumtendei haki? Kwa nini tusichore picha za almasi, na maghorofa kwenye kofia badala ya jembe na nyundo? Je ndio mabadiliko ya kimuundo au bado ni mwendelezo wa dhana ya uhuni – kutenda kinyume cha makubaliano?

Tujitafakari, tuchukue hatua, tena sasa kabla hatujachelea uhuni utatumaliza waTanzania!

2006-07-19T00:53:00.000-07:00

KUMBE HATA TANZANIA IPO JAPO HAIVUMI!!

subakleri waungwana !!!

Baada ya kimya cha muda mrefu nikiangalia nyendo za Tanzania inayoonekana kukua kwa kasi huku kila siku majumba na mashoping mall yakijitokeza katika mita ya Dar es salaam, wananchi wake nao wakiwa na matumaini ya hali bora kimaisha kama ilivyoahidiwa na mheshimiwa Raisi na kuanza kutekelezwa japo katika maeneo fulani fulani ambayo si haba. wapo wenzangu ambao inawezekana wanayosema ni ya msingi kuwa mbona mweshimiwa akiibuka na uteuzi anajaza safu ya vibharghashea ....wachilia mbali kumpa kazi kubwa zaidi aliyeshindwa kazi ndogo zaidi mfano vile ....Mh. Adadi Rajabu.....wengine wanapiga kelele ooh kila siku mkuu yuko majukwaani hizo kazi anafanya lini.....ninacheka sana kwani kazi ya raisi sio homework ambayo huifanya mwenyewe labda zaidi maelekezo safi na yenye nia njema kwa watendaji aliowaamini (japo na wenyewe hufoji hata PhD zao).......n.k. nashindwa kufikiri....(kwa mujibu wa Marehemu mtoto wa Tanzania na Afrika Prof. Chchage Seity Chachage)......Napenda kuchukua nafasi hii kumlilia Prof. Chachage ambaye sijawahi hata kuonana naye uso kwa uso, lakini niliwahi kupendekeza siku moja kwenye blogi kuwa wapinzani wa Tanzania wangepaswa kumtafuta mtu kama huyu wamsimamishe uraisi....na wajiunge angalau kurudisha heshima ya bunge na nchi!!!! lahaula lakwata kweli wema hawana maisha!!! anyway, na sie tunafuata kwanza ni muhimu tupange safu vyema.....

mabadiliko ni mengi sana Tanzania na ukereketwa (wa maendeleo) umezidi kupanda chati. huko CCM Kikwete ndio kakamata jagipoti na kabadilisha kikosi chake chote cha ufundi.....wakati kanali Makamba kauvaa umang'ula (tunategemea hatakuwa dhulmati wa kura kwa jinsi anavyoipenda nchi yake!!!!! - mungu atusaidie kwa hili). juzi makamba alitoa mpya alivyokuwa akipokewa pale kwenye pori la kiluvya na wananchi wa dar na pwani aliposema wanaong'angania ubabe na makundi ndani ya chama waondoke wao sio tu peke yao na wawabebe wake zao wkaanzishe vyama vyao! siku chache zilizopita aliweka mambo hadharani kwa ma RC na ma DC akisema kuwa wao ni makada....na wana kibarua nzito ya kuhakikisha kuwa chama kinashinda kiulaniniiiii hapo 2010......akiwa na maaana ya kukamilisha ahadi za chama.........naogopa wasije wakasinzia na kuingiwa na shetani wa kuiba kura hapo 2010!!!!

Profesa Chachage nilifurahia kumwona alipotetea fani yake katika dakika takribani 45 nzima pale alipokuwa akihojiwa na bwana Ryoba pale TVT ........ ilikuwa ni tamu kwani bwana Ryoba alikuwa ameuza fani yake (proffession) na kumbana Profesa afagilie (apige muhuri) kuwa JK amefanya mavitus ndani ya siku 100!!! hakyanani panga pangua hadi kijasho kilimtoka Ryoba kumshawishi akubali na aweke mhuri wapi.... prof aliweka msimamo wake hadi kipindi kinaisha kuwa hakuna justification ya kusema kuwa Kikwete kaanza vyema kwani ...... hakuna alama yeyote iliisha wahi kuwekwa kabla ya Kikwete kulamba dume ambayo yeye ameisogeza mbele...hivyo kung'ang'ania ni unafiki mkubwa!!! na kingine alionya Tabia ya Watanzania kudhani kuwa kiongozi huja na maendeleo!!! Nilisisimkwa na damu kuona jinsi ambavyo wasomi tunatakiwa kuwa na kusimama na ukweli hadi siku ya mwisho!! aliongea ukweli kama mtu anayetegemewa na umma bila kumpendelea JK wala mwanasiasa mungine yoyote......Sina wasiwasi kuwa Prof. Chachage yuko pema peponi na fikra zake ni za kuendeleza!!!

Jamani kuwa uyaone ya dunia!! kuna mzee mmoja nilikuwa ninaongelea vitabu vyake kuwa ni sumu kwa kiasi fulani kutumika kwa karne hii lakini kumbe naye alikwenda na wakati!!! nilifarijika sana kumwona Mzee Yusuf Halimoja akikemea wazi wazi uovu uliondelea ndani ya chama tawala na mazingira ya siasa kwa ujumla!!! HONGERA SANA MZEE HALIMOJA!!!TUMEKUSIKIA NA TUNAENDELEA KUKUBALI -kumbe wewe hukukaririshwa!!! Mzee Halimoja huandika nadhani ni kwenye Rai hoja za nguvu sana na ukweli mwingi.....

pamoja na hayo yote ashakum sio matusi mie kama mtanzania mwenye nia njema na inji hii nikifuatilia kwa ukaribu utendaji wa JK nikipima anaposemwa kuchemsha na kufaulu....nadhani huyu bwana kaanza vyema.....nikilinganisha kasi yake ya uteuzi wa vibarghashea na jinsi labda hivyo vibarghashea vinavyofanya kazi labda vina manufaa zaidi kuliko kuteua Rozari zetu! kuna marejeo makubwa sana ya mikataba ya madini ambapo nilisoma mrahaba wa 30 % kutolewa, na migodi kupeleka hela halmashauri kuwa audited na kutumika kwa maendeleo!!!! wakuu wa mashirika makubwa mfano Paul Wolfwiz wa WB ametinga kinoma manzese wanaendeleza sijui makazi vile!!! serekali nayo inalipa umuhimu suala la kuja Dodoma ambapo JK ameng'amu kuwa kutokuwepo kwa makazi kunaliwekea usiku azimio la kuhamia dodoma na ameanza kulifanyia kazi, maajabu jamani huko ardhi kuna namba zina viwanja hadi 38 ambavyo vinafutwa na mengine mengi.....labda tutafika......wenzetu sijui mlijua JK alikabidhi jengo ya Chimwaga kwa chuo kikuu kipya ambacho pamoja na serekali kuwa na hela yake teyari, prince wa kisaudi na bill gates watatoa tafu!!!

Sera ya majimbo ya Mbowe bado inaweza kuwa ni ya maana na imejitokeza katika bunge hili linaloendelea hapa dodoma pale ambapo mawaziri wanavutia miradi kwao!!! watu wengine bwana wamekalia ubishi tu!!! nchi yenyewe kubwa rasilimali ndo hizo hizo!!! yangu macho!!

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Ripoti ya Tranparency International kuhusu rushwa ktk serikali ya Raisi Mkapa na Mwinyi. It is very long, but also very interesting.

THE POWER AND THE VAINGLORY: Anatomy of a $100 Million Malaysian IPP in Tanzania Brian COOKSEY*

Forty years ago, Malaysia had a more or less similar economic development profile to most of sub-Saharan Africa. Since then, Malaysia has risen to “middle income” status in the international pecking-order, radically reducing poverty in the process, while sub-Saharan Africa remains the poorest, least developed continent in the world. Corruption helps explain why. This chapter describes a Malaysian investment that may bleed Tanzania of hundreds of millions of dollars in bloated payments for electricity that the country neither needs nor can afford. Tanzania is not in the same class as Nigeria, Congo (former Zaïre) or Kenya as regards political corruption, but grand corruption in government is all too common. Major bribery in contracting and procurement, plus systematic petty corruption among government officials, constitute serious obstacles to foreign investment, economic growth, and social equity as well as undermining political legitimacy. Moreover, the complexity and unpredictability of the state bureaucracy make bribery an often self-defeating practice. Foreign direct investment into Tanzania was virtually non-existent from the late nineteen-seventies to the late nineties. Most social and economic infrastructure was built with loans and grants from aid agencies. One would imagine, therefore, that a multi-million dollar investment in private power generation would be a most welcome addition to Tanzania’s economic infrastructure. One would be wrong. As it stands, Tanzanian electricity consumers, taxpayers and donor agencies will be lining the pockets of Malaysian investors through corruptly earned rents for the next twenty years. How this project was hatched, resisted, and eventually commissioned is the subject of this chapter. Chronology of Main Events 1994 Drought leads to power shortages as hydro catchment areas run dry. State power utility Tanesco invites emergency solutions, eventually settling for two turbines financed by foreign aid. 1994 Joint venture set up between Mechmar Corporation of Malaysia (70%) and VIPEM of Tanzania (30%) known as Independent Power Tanzania Ltd (IPTL) August 1994 IPTL sign a Memorandum of Understanding to provide electricity under an Independent Power Project arrangement as a ‘fast track’ measure, but a ‘medium to long term solution’ is proposed in November. Nov 1994 – June 1995 IPTL starts negotiations with Tanesco through KTA Tenaga Sdn Bhd (Malaysia-engineering), Fieldstone Private Capital Group (USA-finance), and Long and Co. and Clyde and Co. (UK-legal affairs) May - June 1995 IPTL and Tanesco sign a 20 year Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) to build and run a 100 megawatt slow-speed diesel (SSD) power plant at Tegeta, Dar es Salaam at a cost of $163.5 million, including an Engineering Procurement and Construction contract (EPC) price of $126.39, and with a ‘reference tariff’ of $4.2 million per month plus 3.25 US cents per kWh of electricity actually produced. The final tariff will depend on actual costs incurred. February 1995 - January 1996 Without informing Tanesco, IPTL negotiates with Wärtsila to build a cheaper medium-speed diesel (MSD) plant. Wärtsilä’s EPC bid increases by 33%, from $85.7 million to $114.2 million, even though the scope of the project falls considerably. February 1997 EPC contract signed. May 1997 Mechmar/IPTL obtain $105 million loan from Sime Bank and Bank Bumiputra. September 1997 Tanesco requests full documentation on actual costs incurred in order to negotiate final power purchase tariffs. IPTL produces the EPC at the end of February 1998. April 1998 Tanesco issues Notice of Default to IPTL for unilateral substitution of MSD facility. April-October 1998 Tanesco attempts unsuccessfully to negotiate a lower tariff reflecting the ‘actual, verifiable and prudently incurred cost’ to IPTL of building an MSD plant — as opposed to the contracted SSD plant. November 1998 Tanesco requests arbitration before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) after IPTL fails to justify cost structure and payments, including $6.4 million payments to Omni Technical Management Establishment and Prime Consolidated Establishment. November 1999 IPTL takes Tanesco to court, claiming interim payments of $3.6 million a month. IPTL wins the case in March 1999, but execution of the ruling is stayed pending Tanesco’s appeal. May 2000 Two Tanzanian officials sign affidavits claiming they were offered bribes by IPTL director James Rugemalira. A third admits accepting a bribe. February 2001 ISCID finds that IPTL was overpriced by $23.5 million but that the contract still stands since TANESCO was aware of the switch from SSD to MSD. July 2001 Minister for Energy and Minerals announces that IPTL will start generating 100MW of electricity in October 2001, and that the SONGAS natural gas project will start in September. January 15 2002 IPTL starts supplying power to the national grid for 13 US cents per unit. March 1 2002 VIPEM petitions the Tanzanian High Court to wind up IPTL. Dar es Salaam, 6 October 1997 Board members of the local chapter of Transparency International (TI) meet with Robert McNamara and Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, respectively Co-Chairman and Executive Secretary of the Washington-based Global Coalition for Africa (GCA). GCA is a high-level policy forum linking African governments, their northern partners, and non-government groups working on African development issues. Michael Wiehen, former World Bank director and founder member of Transparency International, is the third member of the team. Their mission is to lobby selected African presidents, including Tanzania’s Benjamin Mkapa, to endorse a major anti-corruption statement and a practical initiative in cleaning up public procurement championed by TI. Mkapa, who became Tanzania’s third post-independence president in October 1995, ran on an anti-corruption ticket and in December 1996 published the report of the anti-corruption commission that he set up on coming to power. The former Mauritanian diplomat and senior UN official, Ould-Abdallah, expresses surprise at the extent of official corruption in Tanzania and the apparent impunity of the corrupt. ‘Even in my country, they would not have such an easy time of it!’ he tells us with feeling. (People are questioning whether Mkapa has the power or the will to deal decisively with corruption, including those named in the commission’s report. No senior official has been jailed for corruption to date). It is McNamara’s turn to speak. Already in his eighties, the former president of the Ford Motor Company, US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam war, and president of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981, is still driven by an obsessive sense of personal mission. ‘Have you people heard of this Malaysian power project?’ he asks without ceremony. ‘I saw things like this when I was President of the Bank! This stinks of grand corruption!’ He stabs the air with his right index finger. ‘I’m going to talk about this at the press conference tomorrow!’ We agree to monitor the IPTL project and to keep GCA informed of developments. The same day I start to find out more about this ‘Malaysian’ power project. About twenty-five journalists turn up at the press conference the following morning, including Nizar Fazal, bookkeeper turned investigative journalist, and fearless anti-corruption campaigner. McNamara fulminates about ‘this power project’ that will inflate electricity prices if it goes ahead, but stops short of naming IPTL. Fazal asks, somewhat tongue in cheek, whether the UN could not deploy a mobile military unit to help reinstate African presidents who are overthrown for attempting to fight corruption. McNamara replies that he does not think Tanzania has yet reached this point. Dar es Salaam, 1994 Let us go back to 1994. The presidency of Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzania’s second post-independence leader, is coming to a close. In terms of fiscal management, Mwinyi’s second term has been disastrous. Donor aid is frozen when a $200 million hole appears in an import support scheme plundered by private importers and public corporations in collusion with state-owned banks and government officials. Eventually, donor pressure obliges Mwinyi to sack the Minister of Finance, economics professor Kigoma Malima, who was at the centre of the scam and a related tax exemption racket. Mwinyi’s laissez-faire approach to governance has seen a quantum leap in levels of official corruption, fuelled by economic liberalisation that confers respectability on the formerly demonised, Asian dominated, private sector. There is a long dry spell and the water level in Tanzania’s main dam drops to crisis point. Hydro provides Tanzania with most of its power. Rationing begins. Industrial production slumps. The rich buy generators. Dar’s shopping centre sounds like an industrial estate: every other duka has a noisy little generator spewing diesel fumes at passers-by. The government decides there is need for emergency power. A number of local businessmen come up with proposals to solve the crisis. Reginald John Nolan, an Irish businessman, proposes a 109 megawatt turbine manufactured by General Electric. Nolan’s bid is based on a ludicrous tariff of 14 cents per unit of power, more than twice the current Tanzanian price and three or four times more expensive than electricity produced by modern diesel generators. Nevertheless, Nolan’s bid progresses well, with the support of some very senior politicians and a positive tender evaluation from Tom Gilette of Bankers Trust, New York. At the eleventh hour, World Bank Resident Representative Motoo Konishi rashly writes a private note to Raphael Mollel, Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Water, Energy and Minerals, advising against Nolan’s proposal. The note states that if the Nolan deal goes through, the Bank’s reaction ‘would not be pleasant.’ Read: the World Bank would pull out of the energy sector, and other donors would probably follow. Mollel shows the note to the Permanent Secretaries in the Treasury and the Ministry of Planning, and to Chief Secretary Paul Rupia, and it soon reaches Tom Callahan, Director of African Affairs on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Callahan promptly writes to Brady Anderson, the US Ambassador to Tanzania, accusing Konishi of libelling ‘an American (sic) businessman and casting doubt upon the integrity of Bankers Trust.’ Though the World Bank stands up for Konishi, he is later sacked for his (as it turns out, successful) attempt to block the Nolan deal. Finally, the World Bank finances two turbines, adding 75 megawatts to the generating capacity of Tanesco, Tanzania’s state-owned power utility. A month before the Nolan negotiations begin, Malaysian company Mechmar and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ‘n the spirit of solving the power load shedding problem as soon as possible under the IPP concept, encouraging private participation and in furtherance of South-South co-operation…’ Most MOU’s do not lead to projects. This one — the first major private investment in Tanzania’s energy sector — does. Nolan’s bid fails, despite significant local support and international lobbying on his behalf. Where Nolan failed , IPTL — with an even more outrageous project proposal — succeeds. Tanzania, 8 September 1997 There is another power crisis. Again, poor rains are blamed for the lack of water to run the hydro dams. Load shedding begins all over again. The power crisis goes on for months. Consumers are without power for up to five days a week. Usually hot and humid, Dar es Salaam swelters in its powerlessness. But the crisis is largely of the government’s own making. While the dams are running dry, the four turbines have been mostly idle. They are shut down from March to September 1996, through lack of cash to pay duty on the imported kerosene on which they run, and achieve only about 30% capacity utilisation from October 1996 to September 1997. TANESCO is broke. Customers owe $55 million. The biggest sinners are government departments and parastatal companies, and the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. Lack of maintenance of existing plant further reduces the country’s effective power generating capacity. Tanesco fails to respond to an offer from Finland to rehabilitate old diesel generators. While the Treasury refuses to waive the duty on fuel, it grants exemptions to an importer of cooking oil, leading local wags to speculate on whether the Ubungo turbines could be converted to run on cooking oil. Failure to fire up the turbines is the cause of the 1997 crisis, not the drought. Conspiracy theorists in Dar es Salaam are convinced that this example of gross mismanagement is not accidental, but orchestrated by IPTL and its local supporters to sell their proposal to the public. Although the project was initially launched as a short-term solution to the 1994 power crisis, IPTL quietly drop this idea and instead negotiate a long-term investment in diesel generators. IPTL and government officials cite the ‘unmet demand’ for power and the consequent urgent need to increase generating capacity as reasons for completing IPTL without further delay. The 1997 drought ‘proves’ the dangers of relying on hydropower. But the addition of 75 megawatts at Ubungo (October 1995) and a further 180 megawatts from the donor-funded Kihansi hydro scheme that is soon to be commissioned are more than adequate to meet projected demand and avoid another power crisis. By the end of 1997, the hydro catchments are full again. In other words, IPTL amounts to excess capacity using one of the most expensive power generating technologies. But by now, politics is already firmly in control of power policy and the local technocrats and their foreign advisors are ignored. Kuala Lumpur, 29 May 1997 IPTL is a joint venture between Mechmar Corporation (Malaysia) Bhd (70%) and VIPEM (30%). Mechmar’s largest shareholder HICOM (20%), is one of Malaysia’s largest industrial conglomerates. Mechmar, which is one of HICOM’s five listed associate companies, has a dozen subsidiaries of its own. IPTL becomes the thirteenth. Mechmar is a trading and marketing company. IPTL is its first big power project. Originally specialising in boilers and heaters, Mechmar branches out into men’s fashion wear (1990) and property development (1992). The company’s executive chairman is Tan Kean Wan. Datuk Baharuden Majid is Mechmar's managing director and Chairman of IPTL. IPTL’s proposed power station is to be financed with a US$105 million ten year loan facility jointly organised by Sime Bank and Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd (BBMB). The ‘lead managers’ are Sime International Bank (L) Ltd and BBMB Bhd International Bank (L) Ltd. Sime Bank Bhd of Singapore is the manager of the loan facility. Mechmar also issues RM88 million ($35 million then) worth of new shares to co-finance IPTL. With a market capitalisation of $120 million, Mechmar records $37 million in engineering sales in 1996. At over $160 million, the Tanzanian investment is worth more than Mechmar itself. After the loan signing ceremony, Tan tells a press conference that IPTL should turn over up to RM200 million in annual revenue (about US$80 million). The power station is expected to contribute more than 50 per cent of Mechmar’s profits from 1999 onwards (New Straits Times, 30 June 1997, p. 25). IPTL’s minority partner is VIPEM Ltd, a Dar es Salaam company founded by the late Bakr Somji, a Muslim of the Ishnasheri (Shia) sect, and now run by his son Riaz. Itinerant businessman Anis Mamdani is said to be the brains behind VIPEM. Ahmed Daya is another director. VIPEM specialises in brokering deals between foreign companies and the Tanzanian government, sometimes financed by foreign aid. The company is heavily involved in the Tanzania Harbours Authority (THA), one of the country’s richest and most corrupt public corporations. IPTL’s front man and ‘fixer’ is James Rugemalira, a former employee of the Bank of Tanzania (BOT). Rugemalira is a director of both VIPEM and IPTL. He is reportedly also the ‘fixer’ for Tritel, a company related to Mechmar and owned by tycoon Tajudin Ramli, a close associate of Daim Zainuddin, that enters the Tanzanian cell-phone market in 1998. James Burchard Rugemalira is from Kagera in the North West of Tanzania. He obtained his first degree at the University of Dar es Salaam as a mature student. After an undistinguished career at the Bank of Tanzania, Rugemalira takes early retirement and enters the private sector. He is taken on board by VIPEM because of his contacts in BOT and the government. As an up-and-coming indigenous businessman, he is a prominent member of various business associations and official advisory committees, and sometimes travels with presidential delegations as a private sector representative. Dar es Salaam, 10 October 1997 Jim McCardle is not happy. The World Bank is pressuring the government to sign off on Songas, a Canadian backed joint venture to develop Tanzania’s huge reserves of natural gas, and the government is dragging its feet. The Bank is ready to lend Tanzania $200 million towards Songas’ $350 million price tag. Songas, which McCardle manages, was conceived years before IPTL, yet no contract has been signed to date. The contrast with IPTL, which obtained government agreements, tax exemptions and other requirements in record time, is no accident. Without IPTL, Songas could have been up and running in time to help avoid the 1997 power crisis. Songas plans to build a pipeline to Dar es Salaam to fuel the existing four turbines that are currently running on expensive kerosene. IPTL say they will happily convert to natural gas when it comes on stream, but this is disingenuous on their part. Tanesco has a serious cash flow problem. If both IPTL and Songas are commissioned, Tanesco will be saddled with monthly bills for gas and electricity of $11 million that it could not possibly meet out of income from electricity sales. McCardle admits that Songas seriously underestimated IPTL. ‘Nolan was a joke. Nobody could take his project seriously. We thought nobody would take IPTL seriously either. We were wrong!’ When the cabinet hesitates to endorse IPTL because of the cost implications for electricity, James Rugemalira accuses the World Bank and Songas of mounting a joint conspiracy against him, with Patrick Rutabanzibwa, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, as their front man. At one point, he refers to Songas as ‘the stillborn child of the World Bank’ (February 1999). In a brilliant tactical move, the government announces final agreements with IPTL and Songas on the same day, as related below. Dar es Salaam, April 1998 Patrick Rutabanzibwa , briefs President Mkapa on IPTL. Like James Rugemalira, Rutabanzibwa is from Kagera, but there the similarity ends. Rutabanzibwa is from an aristocratic clan and is the son of a former ambassador. He studied in the US and the UK. He is a brilliant technocrat, dedicated to the development of Tanzania. Rutabanzibwa was Commissioner for Energy when the IPTL project was first launched. He knows there is no need for extra generating capacity and that even if there was, IPTL would be the most expensive, rather than the ‘least cost’ provider. But he is surrounded by pro-IPTL lobbyists in Tanesco, his Ministry, and the government, who are constantly trying to undermine him. He knows that when investment projects are taken over by politicians, technocrats like himself are sidelined, and only wheeled out to endorse decisions, however crazy, that have already been made. Rutabanzibwa tries to convince the President that IPTL ‘is a disaster waiting to happen.’ If the cost of IPTL is passed on to the consumer, Mkapa will not make many friends. Business and private consumers will face huge increases in electricity prices. Donors will be incensed. Their dismissive attitude towards IPTL is on record. On the other hand, many heavyweights in the party and cabinet are in favour of IPTL. They try to convince the President that Rutabanzibwa is in the pay of the Bank and Songas. There will be another power crisis if IPTL is not added to the national grid, they argue. What if the rains fail again? Demand for power is growing fast…. Rutabanzibwa puts his job on the line: ‘I promise you, Mr President, there will be no more power cuts between now and the next elections. If I’m wrong, I will resign.’ Rutabanzibwa has made his calculations. The ‘El Niño’ rains have struck East Africa. The dams are full to overflowing. An extra 180 megawatts of donor-financed hydro will come on stream in less than a year. Tanesco’s demand projections for electricity are way too high. The big mining companies are signing power supply agreements with Tanesco — and bringing in their own generators to run the mines. Benjamin William Mkapa does not know what to do. He is caught in a hugely difficult bind. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir had buttonholed him at a recent meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Edinburgh to ask why Mechmar’s project was not progressing faster. Rugemalira is publicly challenging the government to put up or shut up, as IPTL’s affairs become increasingly convoluted. Cancelling IPTL would look like capitulation to donor pressures, a point hammered home in the press by IPTL. Events conspire to force Mkapa’s hand. In December 1997, we learn that IPTL has ordered medium- — rather than slow-speed — engines. An ‘independent’ report commissioned by IPTL claims that Tanesco was consulted and agreed to the switch, a claim hotly denied by Tanesco’s Managing Director Baruany Luhanga. IPTL dismiss references to slow-speed engines in the PPA as a ‘typing error’. Moreover, IPTL stick to the original project cost of $163 million, and refuse to provide documentary evidence demonstrating that they exercised due diligence in developing their project . IPTL claim there was an open tender, but that the relevant documents are ‘lost’. The unauthorised switch from slow- to medium-speed engines , refusal to produce evidence of the actual project costs as a basis for calculating tariffs, and dams full to capacity, lead Rutabanzibwa to urge Mkapa to cancel the deal. Finally, reluctantly, he agrees to challenge the project costings. Box 1: Press Release When the Government approved the Power Purchase Agreement between IPTL and TANESCO in 1995, it did so based on the express understanding that prior to the commencement of commercial operations …, TANESCO and IPTL would negotiate a final tariff based on (1) actual, reasonable and verifiable capital costs incurred by IPTL …, (2) actual, reasonable and verifiable costs to operate the project, and (3) a fair return to IPTL’s investors. Without informing TANESCO, IPTL unilaterally decided to substitute medium-speed diesel engines for the slow-speed engines stipulated in the PPA. … on April 9, 1998, TANESCO issued a Notice of Default to IPTL… [In] meetings held on April 14-16, 1998 … IPTL denied that there was a default, … and steadfastly refused to discuss any matters related to the tariff unless and until TANESCO withdrew its Notice of Default. The Government will not … allow Tanzania’s electricity consumers and the economy to be burdened with extraordinarily high electricity tariffs. … As it now stands under the PPA, electricity tariffs … will need to be increased by nearly 50 percent … by the end of 1998 to enable TANESCO to meet its financial commitments to IPTL. The price of electricity is likely to be even higher in 1999 and the subsequent years. Source: State House, 22 April 1998 (excerpts). Tanesco’s Notice of Default is greeted with a mixture of jubilation and relief in the anti-IPTL camp. The International Monetary Fund’s representative in Tanzania, Festus Osunsade, tells Reuters that ‘the government’s handling of [the IPTL deal] has been a critical factor in resuming the talks on the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF). The ESAF review talks were suspended in March after the IMF expressed concern about the power-supply contract.’ (Daily Mail, 20 April 1998) Rugemalira seems to have seriously underestimated the impact IPTL’s unilateral switching of engines would have on informed opinion, and his robust refusal to negotiate a reasonable tariff with Tanesco until the Notice of Default is withdrawn further undermines his credibility. His arrogance and apparent disdain for the government — the State House Press release says that ‘IPTL should recognize that the Government represents a sovereign state, free to select internal and external experts, advisers and partners…’ — infuriate Mkapa, giving him perhaps the emotional impetus to finally bite the IPTL bullet after months of vacillating. By the time Rugemalira adopts a more conciliatory negotiating strategy, the damage is already done. By 1999, the Ministry of Energy and Minerals is negotiating directly with Mechmar to find possible solutions to the impasse. Dar es Salaam, 26 November 1998 After months of further wrangling and posturing, Rutabanzibwa persuades President Mkapa to go one step further and to refer the case for arbitration, as provided for in the PPA: ‘The wrangle between Tanesco and IPTL took a new twist yesterday when the Government ordered both sides to take the issue to the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes for arbitration.’(The African, 27 November 1998) This is a further blow for IPTL. Such cases may take years to settle. IPTL should have been commissioned in the second half of 1998. In a witness statement dated 8 May 2000, Rugemalira admits that after the 1997 rains, there was no longer any need for IPTL power: ‘The El-Nino rains that followed in December 1997 and changed the deficient hydropower energy supply scenario that had persisted since 1993 should not be allowed to penalize IPTL for relying on previous Government commitments and assurances and proceeding to build the Plant to completion under the PPA….’ In his favour, of course, is the government’s agreement to proceed with IPTL. Caveat emptor! Tendering Without Due Diligence IPTL’s investment consisted of ten state-of-the-art medium speed diesel generators, manufactured in the Netherlands by Wärtsilä, a Finnish company with a global reputation for quality engineering. There were problems, though. First, the PPA signed in 1995 specified slow-, not medium-speed generators, as explained above. Second, what IPTL claim to have paid for the plant and its installation was arguably anything up to twice its actual cost. There is nothing wrong with MSD generators, if oil-fuelled generators are the least cost choice. But there was never any attempt to establish which generators were the most appropriate in terms of construction and running costs, efficiency and expected life span. Typically, medium speed generators are significantly cheaper to build and install than slow speed. On the other hand, they are more costly to maintain and have a shorter working life. Although there are many companies that manufacture both types of generators, IPTL negotiated seriously with only two: Wärtsilä of Finland, who eventually got the contract, and Hyundai from South Korea. In October 1994, Hyundai had proposed IPTL an Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) cost of $99.7 million for five slow speed engines, and $109.3 million including provisional items (a jetty, fuel storage and other items). In November, they also submitted an alternative proposal for eight medium speed engines at a turnkey price of $91 million, excluding provisional items. Estimating provisional items at $12.69 million, in November 1994, IPTL proposed Tanesco a SSD plant for $112.4 million. On 19 October 1994, Wärtsilä proposed 11 MSD generators to produce 116 MW for $53 million, including auxiliary equipment. On 15 February 1995, Wärtsilä submitted an EPC bid for a 10 x 10 MSD plant at a turnkey price of $85.7 million. According to Tanesco’s submission to the ICSID (January 2000: 39): ‘Curiously, during the course of the procurement process for the EPC contract under IPTL’s stewardship, the project narrowed in scope while the bid prices, particularly that of Wärtsilä, increased.’ Gone from the EPC was a jetty ($5 million), the number of housing units to be built ($7.6 million) was reduced from 37 to 6, with no corresponding adjustment in the EPC price. More important, Wärtsilä’s turnkey bid increased by a third, from $85.7 million in February 1995 to $114.2 million in January 1996. Table 2: Price Increases In Wärtsilä’s EPC Bid (US$ million) Cost item February 1995 January 1996 Diesel engine generators and auxiliary systems 51.7 60.4 Main Fuel Oil & Standby Fuel Oil Storage Tanks and Handling System 3.6 5.7 Civil Works 5.6 10.0 Housing 3.2 7.6 Total 64.1 83.7 The original housing bid was for 37 units. This was reduced to ten, and the total price increased by over 130%. In fact, only six houses were actually built, prompting Tanesco’s lawyers to conclude laconically ‘One does not need to be a Tanzanian real estate appraiser to know that $7,566,000 for six single-storey duplex houses… is beyond exorbitant.’ (ICSID 2000: 41). Wärtsilä’s EPC bid for a MSD plant was nearly $1.0 million more than Hyundai’s bid for a SSD plant of the same capacity. Instead of proceeding with Hyundai, the only company offering the SSD plant specified in the PPA, IPTL, ‘without consulting Tanesco and in violation of the express requirements of the PPA, unilaterally decided to contract with Wärtsilä for a 10 x 10 MW MSD plant.’ (ICSID 2000: 41-2). Someone who clearly knows what he is talking about wrote to me after reading one of my articles to provide supplementary information. ‘I just want to make you aware that the Wärtsilä company is playing a role in the whole scam that is far from innocent.’ For example: … the EPC cost is extremely inflated. Wärtsilä has given offers for similar plants in other African countries for around USD 60 million. By doubling the price for the plant, Wärtsilä makes it possible for MechMar and itself to get the equity back before the project has hardly started. No risk here! … Wärtsilä was ‘chosen’ as EPC contractor not because of a competitive offer, but because they agreed to play along and fraudulently inflate prices. … If Wärtsilä had not agreed to inflate its prices there would have been no way for MechMar to present a project cost as exorbitant as the one that Tanzania now has to live with. There are a number of unanswered questions concerning the devious process described above. Was it simply Mechmar/IPTL’s plan to quietly switch from SSD to MSD in order to benefit from the large price difference between the two plants? Was the overpricing a way of creaming off some of the $105 million bank loan without the knowledge of Sime Bank and Bank Bumiputra? Or was this part of a more sophisticated crony conspiracy with a political dimension? Were Tanesco aware of the switch and just kept quiet about it? How did Wärtsilä come to replace Hyundai in Mechmar’s game plan, and how pro-active were Wärtsilä in the whole affair? Did they get a cut in exchange for their complicity? IPTL: Those In Favour … Those Against ‘Kama huu ndiyo ushirikiano wa nchi za kusini, bora ukoloni urudi.’ (‘If this is ‘South-South co-operation’, then colonialism is preferable.’) Julius K Nyerere commenting on IPTL Who supported IPTL, and who didn’t? Those actively opposing the project were a small minority. Rutabanzibwa was appointed Permanent Secretary (PS) by President Mkapa precisely because of his integrity and technical competence. On becoming PS, he found systematic corruption in the energy and minerals sector and in his ministry’s own finances. Fire fighting on three fronts at once, Rutabanzibwa had his work cut out. Many a lesser person would have succumbed to the temptations of corruption, the dangers of honesty, or to sheer exhaustion. Without Rutabanzibwa, IPTL would have been commissioned in 1998 rather than 2002, and at a tariff even more ruinous for Tanzania’s industrial prospects than that negotiated after the arbitration. Ruling party CCM Secretary General and Minister for Planning, Horace Kolimba (since deceased) was involved in the original brokering that led to IPTL. In July 1994, Kolimba visited Malaysia and raised the power-rationing problem with the Malaysian government. The latter advised Kolimba that Malaysia had solved similar problems by licensing and promoting independent power producers (IPPs). The Government of Malaysia arranged for Kolimba and his delegation to meet with potential Malaysian investors, who were then invited to visit Tanzania for an assessment of the situation. Datuk Baharuden Majid of Mechmar made his first visit to Tanzania in August 1994. Mechmar had already built a 2.75 megawatt wood-fuel plant for the Commonwealth Development Corporation in Tanzania (1993), and already knew Tanesco well. He held discussions with the Minister for Water, Energy and Minerals Jakaya Kikwete, Simon Mhaville of Tanesco, Esther Masunzu, Assistant Commissioner for Energy, and Juma Ngasongwa, Personal Assistant to President Mwinyi responsible for economic affairs, all of whom confirmed that Tanesco and the government welcomed the IPP solution. A month later, an MOU was signed and IPTL was launched. Tanesco’s Managing Director Simon Mhaville was heavily pro-IPTL, as was his PS at the time, Raphael Mollel. Mollel continued to support IPTL from the Treasury, where he was appointed Deputy PS. A friend of Mhaville told me that Mhaville claims to have been anti-IPTL, and Mollel claims he was ‘only following orders.’ Mhaville’s successor, Baruany Luhanga has distanced himself from IPTL. Minister of Energy and Minerals, William Shija, was pro. There is widespread agreement that President Mwinyi gave IPTL his tarnished imprimatur. It is precisely the Mwinyi heritage surrounding IPTL that Mkapa has struggled to contain since coming to power in 1995. A major player throughout was Andrew Chenge, the Attorney General and a personal friend of Mkapa. Chenge’s office reviewed the IPTL contract on behalf of the government, and found it acceptable to the letter. At the time, Tanesco advisors -- Acres (Canada) and Hunton and Williams (U.K.) -- had written damning reports pointing out that IPTL: (1) was a long term solution to a short-term problem; (2) did not constitute part of a ‘least cost’ power policy ; (3) constituted excess capacity ; and that (4) the project was highly overpriced. Both also criticised the proposed IPTL contract, which was generous to the supplier and passed all the risk to the government of Tanzania. IPTL was not time bound, and the final cost to Tanesco would be negotiated after the project was completed! The PPA was appraised for the government by Mary Ndosi, a State Attorney in Chenge’s office. Acknowledging that the Acres and Hunton and Williams comments on IPTL had been reviewed, Ndosi states, with magnificent insouciance: ‘Their advice should be treated as part of our advice on this proposal only to the extent it is not in contradiction to what is contained herein.’ There is an affidavit (see below) claiming that Mary Ndosi actively supported IPTL. Dr Abdallah Kigoda was appointed Minister of Energy and Minerals by President Mkapa in February 1997. Kigoda’s rise from a relatively junior post in the Planning Commission to high office was meteoric. On becoming Treasurer to CCM, he joined the inner circle of the ruling party. After one visit to Malaysia, he came home with a large cash contribution to finance an important CCM meeting, though the amount that was eventually used for this purpose is open to dispute. Until events forced him to fall in line behind the Mkapa/ Rutabanzibwa position, Kigoda was a staunch supporter of IPTL. He had stated that there was no contradiction between IPTL and Songas, and that both would be commissioned. After the 2000 presidential and parliamentary elections, Kigoda was replaced by Edgar Maokola-Majogo, a career politician who had consistently toed the pro-IPTL/anti-Rutabanzibwa line in Cabinet, arguing on at least one occasion for Rutabanzibwa to be sacked. Mkapa’s first Minister of Finance, Daniel Yona, another senior pro-IPTL figure, likewise declared nonchalantly that the government could always foot the bill if Tanesco ran out of cash. From early on, the Prevention of Corruption Bureau, which reports directly to the President, took a lively interest in IPTL. Edward Hoseah, Director of the Bureau and Co-ordinator of the government’s anti-corruption strategy, actively pursued the case, and at one point was ready to arrest Rugemalira on corruption charges. Hoseah was systematically thwarted by the Bureau’s Director General, Maj. Gen. A L Kamazima, who along with Chenge, repeatedly told the President that there was no evidence of corruption in IPTL. I was struck by the fact that there was very little adverse commentary from the business community or from the opposition parties concerning IPTL. Looking for a critical local voice, I approached John Cheyo, an opposition Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). We met in the lobby of the Dar es Salaam Sheraton. It was not a good choice. As we talked, none other than James Rugemalira came over to greet him in the warmest manner. I hastily turned over my pile of newspaper cuttings so that he could not see what we were talking about. But it was too late. The following day, Cheyo held a press conference in which he sang the praises of private investments in the power industry, telling the government not to meddle with them! I later heard that he was aggressively anti-Rutabanzibwa in meetings of the PAC. On other occasions, Cheyo has been a strong critic of official misuse of public funds. Much of the anti-IPTL commentary came from the donor community or from foreign journalists. The World Bank’s Resident Representative Ron Brigish was more guarded than his predecessor Motoo Konishi, but he did not hide the Bank’s concerns with the economic implications of IPTL. Just before becoming Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania, Sten Rylander also went on record criticising IPTL. The Swedish aid agency SIDA, heavily involved in supporting Tanesco over many years, had noted: Recent events, especially the IPTL affair, (an unsound contract … for capital costs, commercial arrangements, and security package resulting in a cost of procured energy to Tanesco significantly above its own selling price) have shown that in spite of support to least cost discrete infrastructure projects like Kihansi and Kidatu, the total cost structure for power production can be jeopardised by uninformed Government-private sector deals outside the agreed least cost project frame. … The IPTL contract and the energy policy review have highlighted the need for a proper regulatory regime, anchored in legislation, to ensure competition on fair and equitable conditions … to make the market in the energy sector work…’ (Swedish International Development Agency, Dar es Salaam, 1999) The IPTL issue was raised at the Consultative Group meeting between Tanzania and donor agencies in Dar es Salaam in December 1997 and again in May 2000. In an interview with Reuters, European Delegation Head Peter Christiansen gave voice to continued donor concerns: ‘The European Union was concerned that the government was silent in cases where top ruling party officials and senior government officers were implicated as in the case involving Malaysian-backed IPTL.’ (Guardian, 24 May 2000: 1) Reuters’ Mark Dodd left Tanzania in July 1998. He regretted that he had failed to get a final interview with President Mkapa ‘to ask about the role of the Attorney General and Minister for Minerals and Energy in the signing … of a contract … with IPTL … described by the IMF as “an unsustainable burden on the economy.”’ He continued: ‘The IPTL saga also raises the nagging question of whether a small group of Tanzanian elite are (sic) so devoid of moral scruples as to ruthlessly exploit the long suffering Wananchi [citizens] for short-term gain under the guise of South-South co-operation. … Tanzanians are possibly the worst exploiters of Tanzanians…’. (Daily Mail, 15 July 1998) The local press was used by both pro- and anti-IPTL groups. The state-owned Daily News and Sunday News regularly ran pro-IPTL pieces. Many of my articles and editorials were published in the Family Mirror and Business Times. Most of the time, the other English dailies and weeklies were prepared to carry my pieces. English and Kiswahili papers also carried pro-IPTL commentary, frequently ghosted, and during much of 1998, a healthy debate flourished. My files show that over 40 articles, letters and editorials on IPTL appeared in local English newspapers during the month of May 1998. Never has a single issue generated so much public controversy. When Tanesco finally issued its Notice of Default, the local Transparency International Chapter Chairman, PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ director Ibrahim Seushi, and I drafted a press release, which appeared in the Family Mirror, Business Times and the Sunday Observer (June 12 and 14, 1998) and in the launch edition of East African Alternatives (September 1998) (see Box 2). Box 2: Some Negative Tanzanian Comments on IPTL The Government remains committed to any and all legally binding agreements entered into with IPTL’s foreign and local investors. … negotiations are underway to ensure that the tariff is based on actual, reasonable and verifiable capital and operating costs, a fair return to IPTL’s investors, and an affordable tariff to TANESCO and the national economy. The Government cannot allow Tanzania’s electricity consumers and the economy to be burdened with extraordinarily high electricity tariffs. President Benjamin Mkapa, the Express, 28 May 1998 Ruta[banzibwa] has been opposed to this project for quite some time. Even his bosses know this, and some of them have not been thanking him for it. It is generally known that his views on the subject were consistently given short shrift. Nor was he alone in this, because Tanesco voiced its objections only to find that it did not matter. Jenerali Ulimwengu, former MP, media owner, the African, 24 April 1998. Had it not been for the donor agencies raising eyebrows, the whole controversial IPTL project would have been rammed down our throats with ugly consequences. Whilst the South-South cooperation in all matters is very much desired it should be only for the mutual benefit of South-South countries and not otherwise. Nizar Fazal, investigative journalist, Business Times, 8 May 1998 Look at the contract agreement of MBI and IPTL. It is indeed absurd. Those who sanctioned on the part of the government or Tanesco should be put to task for mishandling these contracts. Their zeal of accumulating financial support should not cripple the economy of this country. Brigadier General Joachim Burcard Ngonyani (Rtd), the African, 3 August 1998 In Tanzania we have a history of things going awry through negligence. Take the IPTL deal – those who signed on the dotted line and thus burdened the peasantry of this country with such a lop-sided deal, are probably sleeping quite soundly at night. Hashim Saggaf, CCM Member of Parliament, the East African, 26 April 1999 Like Tanzania, most African governments are trying to encourage foreign investment, and many are selling off state-owned corporations or entering into management contracts with private companies to supply power and other public goods. If these worthwhile processes are corrupted by opportunistic foreign and local investors in collusion with public officials, then the move towards a viable and competitive market economy will be severely, perhaps definitively compromised. Chairman and Board of Transparency International, Tanzania Chapter, June 1998 Finally, Tunku Abdul Aziz, board member of Transparency International and a major figure in the global integrity movement, lent his eloquent prose to the cause. He wrote: The cancellation of the Malaysian power project by the Tanzanian authorities … has been a matter of great rejoicing in Tanzania because, rightly or wrongly, the perception is that the award of this major contract has been made in indecent haste, and without the accompanying transparency and accountability normally expected in an exercise of this nature. Other Malaysian investments in Africa … have been savagely criticised as being “not in the interests” of the countries concerned, and in all of them, again, rightly or wrongly, the perception is that Malaysian companies have bribed and are bribing their way into lucrative, near monopolistic, niches. … such poor developing countries as Tanzania and Malawi … are already wrestling with massive problems of corruption, and the last thing they need are large doses of our “Made in Malaysia” grease to turn the wheels of their bureaucracy and help entrench what can quite easily become a way of life. (East African Alternatives, September 1998, p. 23) I soon ran foul of IPTL. In a long letter to the African (1 June 1998) titled ‘Brian’s phobia against South-South Commission’, I am dubbed a racist with a ‘pathological hatred of South-South cooperation’, with ‘derogatory tendencies towards African governments, leaders and its people.’ In a letter to Minister of Planning, Nassoro Malocho, IPTL copied an article that appeared in East African Alternatives, and accuse me of having vested interests in Songas. I am referred to as a ‘dangerous underground advisor,’ ‘an academic and business crook,’ with ‘prejudices against African and Asian leaders’. I am further described as a tax-evader, an unlicensed gemstone dealer, a frequenter of a disreputable Dar es Salaam dance hall, a ‘foreigner and a self-appointed energy expert.’ East African Alternatives promptly published excerpts from this five-page diatribe. Minister Malocho never got in touch, though he did circulate the letter among the pro-IPTL group of ministers. Getting The Bigger Picture The ideology of South-South cooperation that led to the establishment of the South Commission and its report Challenge to the South (1990) has been cynically manipulated to justify dubious South-South investments of all kinds, including many emanating from Malaysia. IPTL is one such investment. Colleagues from national chapters of Transparency International gave me examples of Malaysian investments in their countries bearing striking similarities to IPTL. John Githongo, Kenyan journalist and co-founder of TI-Kenya, gave me details of Sabah Shipyard’s involvement in the Kenya power industry, via subsidiary Westmont Power, brokered by the ubiquitous Nicholas Biwott, President Moi’s right hand man. William Nyarko of the Ghanaian Chronicle told me about the part purchase of Ghana Telecom by Telecom Malaysia and another deal involving TV3. John Makumbe of TI-Zimbabwe told me about the highly underpriced purchase of the ****ie power plant by YTL Corporation Bhd. Hudson Anika filled me in on the purchase of Uganda Commercial Bank by Westmont Land (Asia) Bhd. Examples of real estate deals in South Africa have been documented in this book by Vishnu Padayachee and Imraan Valodia of the University of Natal. In meetings in London and Kuala Lumpur, and via e-mail, Tunku Abdul Azizpulled me gently, but firmly, into line with invaluable advice on the subtleties of the relationship between the Malaysian state and the promotion of foreign investment. In the article cited above, he declared that: … the sight of the Prime Minister [Mahathir] herding a gaggle of assorted “businessmen” on his official overseas trips and bending over, ever so protectively, witnessing the signing of one grand MOU after another, has created the impression that the Prime Minister has a direct personal interest in all these deals. … we are dealing, very often, with people in places where corruption is so rampant that they cannot imagine that there are Malaysians who can win major overseas contracts without resorting to corruption. (East African Alternatives, September 1998, p. 24) Dr Johann Lambsdorff of Göttingen University, the brains behind TI’s annual Corruption Perception Index, engaged me in a lively exchange on the extent to which trade patterns do or do not implicate Malaysia in international corruption. His published research (Lambsdorff 1998) suggested that Malaysian exports to Africa were less than they would have been had corruption been driving trade and investment. In fact, his econometric analysis found Malaysia to be one of the cleanest major trading nations in the world. My more qualitative and journalistic approach led me to diametrically opposed conclusions. In 1999, TI and Gallup International surveyed nearly 800 senior executives, accountants, members of chambers of commerce, bankers and lawyers in fourteen emerging markets worldwide. The sampled countries — India, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea and Thailand in Asia; Argentina, Brazil and Columbia in South America; Hungary, Poland and Russia in Europe; and Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa in Africa — account for about 60 percent of all imports to emerging economies. The nineteen countries listed are the biggest global traders in good and services. The experts were asked to assess the propensity to pay bribes to get business among companies from the countries listed. The countries are ranked on a 1-10 scale, with low numbers indicating high levels of corruption. Table 1 summarises the results (Transparency International http://www.transparency.de). Table 3: Perceptions Of The World’s Major Bribe Givers Most corrupt countries: Score 3.1 to 3.9 Moderately corrupt countries Score 5.1 to 6.2 Least corrupt countries: Score 6.8 to 8.3 China/Hong Kong 3.1 South Korea 3.4 Taiwan 3.5 Italy 3.7 Malaysia 3.9 Japan 5.1 France 5.2 Spain 5.3 Singapore 5.7 United States 6.2 Germany 6.2 Belgium 6.8 United Kingdom 7.2 Netherlands 7.4 Switzerland 7.7 Austria 7.8 Canada 8.1 Australia 8.1 Sweden 8.3 The bribers’ index gave the lie to Prime Minister Mahathir’s rhetoric claiming that it is invariably companies from the North which bring corruption to the South, the argument he used to denounce TI’s corruption perception index in 1997. My own investigations led me to a number of simple conclusions on the pattern of Malaysian investments in Africa. First, the speed with which MOUs and contracts are signed suggests that Malaysian investors circumvent the lengthy procedures that DFI into poor countries normally involves. It is rare for a Malaysian company to lose a ‘competitive’ tender. This suggests, second, high level political support for the proposed investments, and, third, the likelihood that systematic bribery is involved. Fourth, sectors targeted by Malaysian companies are often those undergoing privatisation — with pressure and funding from the Bretton Woods institutions and the donor community — including power, telecommunications, and banking. In all these sectors, rents can be earned as long as the privatisation process and regulatory environment are non-transparent and open to manipulation. This was also true of Malaysia’s experience of privatisation, of course (Gomez and Jomo 1999). Another similarity, fifth, is the mobilisation of targeted political and diplomatic support for the proposed investments. Prime Minister Mahathir actively supports Malaysian investments in Africa and elsewhere, appealing to South-South solidarity as a means of ‘delinking’ from the hegemony of Northern multinationals in the global economy. Mahathir actively lobbies for Malaysian-backed projects when he meets with African heads of state at various international gatherings. There is no secret that Malaysia contributed to the ANC’s election campaign in 1994. Sixth, finding well-placed local middlemen to champion the cause is also a common characteristic. The best choice is a senior politician or retired government official with good access to the political leadership. This ‘comprador’ often advises on the best lobbying strategy, makes the key introductions, facilitates setting up joint ventures to manage the investment, fends off opposition that may arise from potential competitors or nosey donor agencies, and buys positive press coverage. Little or nothing distinguishes the above description from the manner in which certain British, French, Italian, US or other companies operate in similar contexts. Britain’s huge arms sales to the Saudis under Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government, with her son acting as broker, come readily to mind. In Malaysia, the appalling Pergau dam hydro project ($375 million) was implemented by a major British engineering company with the help of large export subsidies, in exchange for over $2 billion worth of British arms’ purchases. The project was illegal, overpriced and of economically questionable value (Moody-Stuart 1997: 45). It is difficult to imagine a better model for Malaysian investment abroad, where the bill for grand corruption is ultimately footed by the power consumer and the taxpayer. IPTL has been fraught with problems, and was the subject of lengthy and costly arbitration. This leads me to one final characteristic of the Malaysian investment strategy in Africa: it does not necessarily work. There is no argument that investing in Africa can be a high-risk venture, and that, therefore, the potential profits have to be very large. But the regularity with which Malaysian-backed projects turn sour suggests that the investors have overestimated the capacity of their local partners to deliver. Dar es Salaam, May 2000 Further evidence is brought to the London arbitrators to prove that IPTL involved systematic corruption. Patrick Rutabanzibwa has sworn an affidavit that James Rugemalira offered him $200,000 to support IPTL. Rugemalira left a package containing Shs 500,000 at Rutabanzibwa’s home during Christmas 1994. Rutabanzibwa says he returned the package, at the time worth eight and a half months’ salary, to Rugemalira. Rutabanzibwa’s former assistant, Prosper Victus, also testified that he was offered a similar amount to keep key information from Rutabanzibwa. Victus also implicates Mary Ndosi (later Maria Kejo), the state attorney who endorsed the IPTL contract on behalf of the government: ‘When she telephoned me, Mrs Ndosi said … that “we want you to help us get this power project approved” and then she reminded me that Mr Rugemalira would give me 100,000,000 Tanzanian Shillings if the IPTL project were approved. I was shocked to learn that Mrs Ndosi had apparently been corrupted by Mr. Rugemalira.’ (Witness Statement, 19 April 2000, p. 3). Another former assistant, Esther Mzunzu, testified to the Prevention of Corruption Bureau that she accepted a bribe from Rugemalira, albeit a rather small one. She alleges that Rugemalira came to her office sometime in December 1994 and said: “If our proposal goes through, I can give you money. How about $20,000?” She claims that she refused, but later accepted Shs100,000. Her generally pro-IPTL behaviour suggests that, if she only received Shs100,000, she was cheap at the price. In a long letter to Attorney General Andrew Chenge, Rugemalira defends himself against these accusations and claims, as he has done many times before, that there is a conspiracy between Songas and the World Bank to drive him out of the market. He also announces his intention to sue Rutabanzibwa, Victus and Masunzu for personal defamation. Unless IPTL wins the arbitration case, James Rugemalira’s days of unbridled hubris are behind him, and it would serve as an object lesson to like-minded international corrupters if the roles of Wärtsilä, Mechmar, Sime Bank, and Bank Bumiputra in this entirely unseemly saga were to be fully investigated. The list of senior Tanzanian politicians and officials implicated in IPTL is so long that I cannot imagine anyone being brought to justice for taking or offering bribes, even though the Prevention of Corruption Bureau has a file that thick on IPTL. London, 2 February 2001 The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes rules that Tanesco had enough information to challenge IPTL’s change from low- to medium-speed diesel generators well in advance of their installation. Tanesco should therefore proceed to negotiate terms with IPTL for the purchase of electric power. These negotiations will be based on an assumed project cost of $123.5 million, or $26.5 million less than the $150 million that IPTL had claimed as project costs. The tribunal finds that IPTL had indeed failed to act with due diligence in regard to the switch from SSD to MSD technology without challenging the significant price increase by the manufacturers Wärtsilä between their initial and their final bid. Another plus from Tanesco’s point of view is the tribunal’s refusal to award IPTL claims for lost income of over $50 million, as a result of failure to produce the relevant costing information to Tanesco and for their part in the unauthorised technology switch. In Dar es Salaam, the tribunal’s verdict is hailed as a ‘victory’ for Tanesco. I try to put the record straight by pointing out that any deal with IPTL represents an unnecessary burden on Tanzania’s power consumer, since the power that IPTL will generate is readily available from cheaper alternative sources. The London tribunal rejects Tanesco’s evidence concerning corruption, on the grounds that Tanesco had presented too little, too late. The additional evidence that Tanesco had planned to present to the tribunal was blocked in Dar es Salaam. Under Tanzanian law, proof of corruption is enough to invalidate a contract. Both the Prevention of Corruption Bureau and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have collected large amounts of information on the corruption dimension of IPTL, but President Mkapa has resisted all attempts to allow the case to be brought to court. On July 26, 2001, Minister of Energy and Minerals Edgar Maokola-Majogo announces to Parliament that IPTL will start generating at full capacity in October. In a subsequent press conference, the Minister announced that Tanesco will incur costs of around $2.8 million a month to meet IPTL’s ‘capacity charge’, that is, the project’s standby costs and capital repayments, before any power is generated. Tanesco can only meet these costs by increasing power tariffs, already high by African standards. If Tanesco cannot find the money, the Treasury will be called upon to honour the debt, since Tanesco’s contract with IPTL is guaranteed by the Tanzanian government. Basil Mramba, who replaced Minister of Finance Daniel Yona after the 2000 elections, is unsympathetic to IPTL. Even so, the 2001/2 national budget includes a provision of $20 million to bale out TANESCO in the (likely) event that it is unable to meet IPTL’s ‘capacity charge’ plus operating costs. As a result of the London tribunal findings, James Rugemalira tries to dissociate himself from involvement in the overpricing of IPTL, putting all the blame on Mechmar. He claims that VIPEM, the Tanzanian partner in IPTL, ‘was cheated by Mechmar on the issue of the true capital cost in the same way as TANESCO was cheated. The problems arose out of apparent business dishonesty by our Malaysian partners…’ Thus, the disallowed capital costs and the cost of delay in implementation should be picked up by Mechmar, not IPTL. For good measure, Rugemalira presents Mechmar with an invoice for nearly $800,000, including unspecified ‘miscellaneous expenses’ incurred between 1994-2001 worth $200,000. In an email to Mr Rugemalira, Mechmar’s financial advisor Willy Lim reacts to Rugemalira’s letter to Minister Majogo: ‘What were you thinking of? That you should absolve yourself of any blame …? That you could equate your perception of being “cheated” by Mechmar in the same way that you felt that TANESCO was “cheated” by Mechmar? You cannot say with a straight face that you have IPTL’s interests at heart.’ 15 January 2002 Seven and a half years after signing the MOU, IPTL finally starts supplying power to the Tanzanian grid. In an article in the East African on February 18, I estimate that, running at 50% capacity, IPTL will cost Tanesco $4.6 million a month, or $55 million a year. At nearly 13 cents a unit, IPTL power is twice as expensive as a similar plant run by Wärtsilä in Kenya. I refer to the extra six cents per unit as the ‘IPTL mark-up.’ Box 3 contains further quotes from the article: Box 3: And IPTL Said: Let There Be Light… But It’s Going to Cost You ‘IPTL will bankrupt Tanesco, force up the price of electricity to industrial and domestic users alike, and oblige the Treasury to introduce power subsidies. The consequences are likely to be catastrophic for the industrial sector, foreign investment prospects, and the planned privatisation of Tanesco. … In brief, by Tanzanian standards, IPTL is a rip-off of unprecedented proportions. … In the event that Tanesco runs short of cash, the Treasury will step in to foot the bill. The 2001 Finance Act contains a provision to that effect, although it did not figure in the Minister of Finance’s budget speech of 14th June. The Treasury have already held discussions with the International Monetary Fund on how to pay Tanesco a monthly cash subsidy to offset the cost of IPTL. … Without IPTL, the Ubungo turbines would now be running on natural gas. (The Songo Songo project was purposely held up by IPTL intrigue). Not that it matters: three of the Ubungo turbines have been ‘shut down and need a staggering (sic) 4bn/- for repairs, Tanesco engineers told the Daily News.’ (December 14th). … The current rains have raised water levels in the dams. Curious therefore that Tanesco should decide to shut down one of Kidatu’s 50 megawatt turbines - for ‘routine maintenance’ - just as water levels are rising. Why not wait for a few months until water levels begin to fall? … Tanesco may soon be forced to spill water from our dams in order to keep IPTL chugging along as planned.’ Source: East African, February 18, 2002 Hardly two months after IPTL start power production, its minority shareholders VIPEM file a suit in the Tanzanian High Court to wind up the company unless they receive thirty percent of IPTL equity. VIP are concerned that they may not receive their ‘fair share’ of the dividends from IPTL over the project’s twenty year life span. VIP estimate the net present value of their share of these dividends at $100 million. They enter into negotiations to sell their interests in IPTL to the National Social Security Fund for this amount. The commissioning of IPTL passes almost without comment. The pros and cons of the project are no longer an object for public discussion. The press, business associations, donors and ‘civil society’ are deafeningly silent over the catastrophe that is IPTL. This is a sure sign that, at least for the moment, the ‘system’ has won. One donor argues that for ‘Tanzania not to meet its external commitments’ would send the wrong signals to potential investors! But Tanzanian electricity is the most expensive in central and southern Africa. IPTL could help seal the fate of Tanzania’s already uncompetitive manufacturing industry. Epilogue The direct and opportunity costs of IPTL to the Tanzanian economy are extremely high. Without IPTL, the country would already be exploiting its huge resources of natural gas and saving on imported kerosene for the Ubungo turbines. The losses to the Tanzanian economy as a result of the power shortages of 1997 could have been avoided had Songas been implemented on time rather than sidelined by IPTL. Huge private investments in stand-by generators were another avoidable cost. The amount of time, energy and travel wasted by government officials in chasing after IPTL, including international arbitration, particularly by Patrick Rutabanzibwa, could have been put to much better use. Countries like Tanzania will never be able to aspire to the rates of economic growth and social development achieved by countries like Malaysia in the absence of ruling élites whose rent-seeking strategies contribute to rather than subtract from the public good. It is one thing for politicians and bureaucrats to take a cut from a valid investment that generates significant employment, turns out useful products, and contributes to government revenue.

2006-03-06T08:09:00.000-08:00

NAMNA HII TUTAFIKA KWELI?

Mwaka 2003 Raisi wa Jamhuri ya muungano wa Tanzania aliingiza timu jijini Rome kwenda kufungua afisi mpya ya ubalozi wa Tanzania. Kwa Tanzania, mojawapo ya nchi nchi masikini sana ulimwenguni ambayo iliamua kujitutumua angalau angalau kukombeleza kile kidogo kilichopo na kuanza kujitangaza walau hawa jamaa wafikirie kuja kuwekeza nchini kwetu maana kama njaa iliishaingia suala lililobaki ni kumuuliza dada mkubwa mkubwa ajitume angalau tuliobaki tusife njaa na yule mdogo kabisa aweze kwenda shule huwezi ukajua labda atakuwa Kikwete wa kesho na kuhakikisha kuwa watu wengi na familia nyingi kama za kwetu ambazo zimetumia na zinaendelea kutumia rasilimali zake kwa hali na mali kujenga taifa bila kudai malipo angalau hazilali na njaa kama sisi tunavyolala! walau wazazi sijui kama tutafika na haya magonjwa ya kisasa ndio kama desturi ya siku, lakini Inshallah, Mwenyeezi Mungu tunayemwamini atasaidia saidia watoto wetu wasibanikike bila sababu ya msingi, kwani kuna vijana wa hapa kijijini kwetu waliotoka chuo kikuu na wako hapa kwa ajili ya likizo walidai kuwa eti nchi yetu ina mali nyingi ila tatizo tu ni kama huna meno (kama mimi baba yao niliyekuwa narudisha ruzuku serekali kiasi cha watanzania wengine kudai nilikuwa nalaza damu). wakaongezea kusema kuwa eti nchi yetu inajengwa na wenye moyo / vibogoyo na kuliwa na wenye meno! LOH AJABU HII!!ETI MIMI NI KIBOGOYO!

Katika kuangaza huku na kule, Tanzania (moja ya nchi masikini sana ulimwenguni - na yenye maslahi duni sana kwa watendaji wake hata ikilinganisha na nchi nyingi sana hata zile zenye vita za afrika)ikajikakamua na kuona kuwa kuwa na ubalozi jijini Rome nchini Italia kule kule anakotoka Pope na kwenye vivutio vingi vya utalii ni njia moja wapo ya kuifanya Tanzania yetu kuibuka kidedea (si unakumbuka hata wazee wenye hela nyingi zisizo na kazi wanaotafuta kuwekeza wa Mafia ndio kwao? ). Ombi la mshiko wa shilingi bilioni 3 likatolewa ili kuifanya Tanzania kupanda chati na kuwa na jengo la ubalozi Italy! wazo lilionekana la maana na la msingi sana! wananchi na wauza nyanya chungu wakalipa kodi (usiulize ni katika mazingira gani walilipa hizo kodi - lakini ni kwa staili ile ile ya kufunga mkanda na kuminya minya maslahi ya watanzania waaminifu na wajinga wasiokuwa wanasiasa!). unajua bwana kitu cha 3 Bn kina uwezo wa kumfanya mwekezaji ashtuke na kuingiza timu haraka haraka! wazo lilikuwa zuri!

Katika watu muhimu kwa mujibu wa kaka michuzi ambao Tanzania iliwatuma wahakikishe kuwa Tanzania inapiga bao kisawasawa ni balozi wa Tanzania nchini italia Prof. Costa R. Mahalu (Profesa wa sheria). Akiwa kizito wizarani Profesa Mahalu alifanya kazi na Waziri Mkapa wakati huo Wizara ya sayansi na Elimu ya juu - kipindi hiko ukitaka kupata scholarship ya serekali kusoma nje hata kama ni China ni budi na lazima uwakilishe bahasha kwa memba wa mtandao fulani ! wachilia mbali zile fununu nilizozipata mtaani za kutuma allowances marekani kwa wanafunzi maruhani. LOH AJABU HII! HIVI INAWEZEKANAJE HAYA MAMBO??

BASI kama kawaida watanzania waliokuwa mitaa ya Rome na karibu karibu (unajua tena kule ni kwa Pope na watawa wetu wanaotumikia kanisa katoliki ni wengi)

wakahamasishwa kuja kuonana na Raisi Benjamin W. Mkapa wakati amekwenda kufungua jengo na pia kushuhudia ufunguzi huo! si unajua tena Wabongo japo wamechoka choka lakini hawakatishwi tamaa na siku zote huamini katika falsafa ya bwana Miruko kuwa siku itafika tu! wakajitokeza kwa wingi kuhudhuria ufunguzi huo!

Kama ilivyo kawaida ya mambo ya protokali baada ya mheshimiwa Raisi wa awamu ya tatu kutinga kwenye jengo alisaini kitabu cha wageni! hapa najua wengi mnajua kuwa huwa ana kurasa wake fresh na anasaini woote! kama anavyoonekana pichani ni mheshimiwa Raisi wa awamu ya tatu alimwaga wino wakati Balozi Prof. Costa R. Mahalu akiwa anashuhudia kwa heshima, nidhamu na taadhima ya hali ya juu huku ameshikilia kikohozi hata kama kilikuwepo! mambo ya uwazi na ukweli hayo!

Kama kawaida baada ya shughuli basi wabongo waliotinga eneo la tukio nao wakapata fursa ya kuongea na mzee mzima Ben wakimpa uptdate za Tanzania viwanja vikali naye akiwapa moja na lengine kuhusiana na mikakati yake ya kuhakikisha kuwa uchumi unapanda na ikibidi kwa asilimia 10 kwa mwaka. (mara nyingi huwa siyapendi sana maeneo haya kwani huwa yanaongelea na kuwakilisha mitindo ya wana network na ya vijana waliokulia O'bay na Masaki- na si watanzania at large! - na mara nyingi hayawahusu vijana wenye vipawa ambao wanashindwa kuendelea na masomo ughaibuni kwa kukosa ada).

Raisi wa awamu ya tatu kama mzazi, kiongozi wa nchi na rafiki wa familia ya Mheshimiwa balozi alipata muda wa kuwa na wanafamilia hiyo na hata kupiga picha pamoja nao! Kwa kweli shughuli ile ilikuwa ni jambo la kufurahiwa na kila mtu kwa nafasi yake, kama taifa na kama familia! na kwa vijana kama hawa wakiwa na uhakika kabisa na future yao sio yu kielimu bali pia kimaisha! Kufanikiwa kuwa na wa/mzazi ambaye amefanikiwa katika nyanja zote kuanzia Elimu hadi Siasa ni jambo la kujivunia hasa kwa nchi inayohitaji kuwa na copyright ili kuishi vyema! wachilia mbali kuondoa nuksi kwa kupozi na mkuu wa nchi! we unacheza nini?

Haya tena hayawi hayawi yamekuwa mkuu wa nchi ndio huyo amebariki ufunguzi wa jengo na hapo ndio anaongea na vibosile wetu walioko huko Italia! hapa ilikuwa mwaka 2003! cha ajabu ni kwamba leo hii 2006 kwa mujibu wa ripoti ya mkaguzi mkuu wa hesabu za serekali na Taasisi ya Kuzuia Rushwa (TAKURU) imeonyesha kuwa jengo lile la ubalozi lilinunuliwa kwa shilingi BILIONI MOJA TU! na sio BILIONI 3 kama ilivyodaiwa! uchunguzi ulifanywa hata kwa kumbana aliyeuza nyumba na kukiri hivyo, na kwamba hizo nyingine zimetafunwa na wataalamu! wengineo wakiwepo hapo chini na mheshimiwa Raisi wa awamu ya Tatu!. Je mheshimiwa raisi alilijua hilo? Je wale watanzania waliosafiri kuja kupiga makofi walilijua hilo? au miongoni mwa hao waheshimiwa waliopozi na Raisi ndio wahusika wenyewe? Je wale watoto waliopozi na Raisi wamekuwa wakifundishwa nini? Je ni yapi wanayarithi kwa wazazi wao? Je ni sahihi kuendelea na dhana ya kurithishana uongozi hata kama hakuna stahili? Je si wakati wa kuvunja dhana za kipumbafu ambazo hazina msaada kwa taifa letu?

Hadi makala hii inachapishwa, Balozi Profesa Costa R. Mahalu teyari ameonyesha mfano kwa kuwa balozi wa kwanza kusimamishwa kutokana na skendo hii noma la Mahalu. Heko raisi wetu JK tuko wengi nyuma yako! na hutaishiwa na watendaji! Hata ukifukuza 1,000 !! tumejua umedhamiria kujenga taifa la kisasa!

Swali lililobaki ni je! kusimamishwa inatosha? hizo bilioni mbili si bado tunazihitaji? sijui wanablogu mnasemaje? je tuzisare? Sasa kama maprofesa ndio wanaongoza kutia aibu, je kuna haja ya kuwa na PhD ili uwe mbunge au raisi? je tunasemaje kuhusu skendo ya PhD tatu zinazodaiwa kuwa ni feki zilivyoripotiwa na mwanablogu Miruko na wanakumekucha na teyari kwa kuaminiwa zimetinga katika wizara nyeti za serekali ya awamu ya nne? je mwaka huu atapona mtu kweli?

2006-02-28T06:18:00.000-08:00

Wakuu wa Afrika

Asalam Alaykum ndugu wapendwa. Pamoja na kupotea siku mbili tatu niliweza kukatiza mitaa hadi kwa ndugu zangu kuanzia hapa kwa bwana mwandani ambapo nilimkuta kidume Bob Robert Mukgabi kwa mujibu wa Tungaraza kang’aa bila miwani utadhani marumaru ya kiajemi bila mbao zake za kuonea usoni! Alikuwa amenyoosha mkono juu akiashiria urafiki na marehemu Joshua Nkomo. Lakini ukisoma na ukiiangalia habari ile utagundua kuwa bob alifurahi tu baada ya kuhakikishiwa kuwa ataendelea kukamata jackpot na si vinginevyo!

Afrika ni bara la ajabu sana ambapo watu hawajataka kuwa huru, uhuru mkubwa kabisa kimawazo na kuheshimu haki za raia wengine wa bara hili. Hii imefanya hata wenzetu wa magharibi kuendelea kuwa na wasiwasi kama vichwa vyetu vinafanya kazi sawasawa! Maana huonekana kama huwa tunaanza na mnazi badala ya chai asubuhi! Hii imefanya pia na wao kuanza kuchukua advantage kutupiga bao! Si mnajua asiyejua maana haambiwi maana? Wachilia mbali asiyetaka kujua maana!

Viongozi wengi wa Afrika toka zamani hadi sasa wametamani sana kuwa wafalme! Na hii ikawafanya wafikirie kuunda demokrasia ya mtindio ya Afrika! Ben Mkapa naye amekuwa ni muumini ya demokrasia ya kiafrika! Mara zote ni kosa kumpa wasaa Mzee Ben akiwa ni champion wa fasihi kwani ana uwezo wa kuwashawishi wale wa upande wa pili kuwa anachosema ni sahihi hata kama sio sahihi ! kuna vilivyo sahihi alivyowahi kuvisema lakini mara zote amekuwa akijizungumzia yeye na wale wanamaslahi waliomzunguka wengi wao wakiwa wametupwa huku na kule ulimwenguni wakila starahe 24/7!....nitatoa mfano Dr. Ben akiwa anapewa PhD ya heshima ya sheria katika chuo kikuu cha Lesotho Roma Campus aliongelea mengi moja wapo ni muundo wa demokrasia ya Afrika. (kiungo hakiunganishi lakini mkiitaka nitawatumia nakala yake, nimeihifadhi).

I also accepted the invitation because I have always wanted to come here and pay my respects and tribute to the glorious and heroic Basotho ancestry, the independence of this country and the innovativeness of its leaders and people in their PROCESS OF POLITICAL MODERNISATION. We in Tanzania followed with keen interest the evolutionary development of your constitution, the strengthening of your electoral machinery and processes, and the entrenchment of the system of democratic REPRESENTATION SUITABLE TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES (which circumstances? mbona hajazungumza? Kuhalalisha William na vizazi vyake wanatawala daima na sio Omari na vizazi vyake?). Je mheshimiwa raisi wa wakati huo ana uhakika kuwa alichosema hapa wana Lesotho walikifurahia? nadhani kuna haja ya kujifunza majority wanafikiria nini na wanajisikiaje badala ya kutukuza wakuu!

Democracy and good governance are universal values, but we do not have to copy, hook, line and sinker, Western democratic models developed by, and anchored in, societies that are different from ours. Universal values of democracy, human rights and good governance are not a cult; they have to be tailored to the society in question. Even in the old democracies, democratic governance systems and processes are not uniform. We can and we should have democracy and good governance with African characteristics (DEMOKRASIA YA AFRIKA INASISITIZA KUIBA KURA – AU INAKUWA IKITRANSFORM INTO MONARCHY – UFALME? Mfano Swaziland? Gabon, Uganda? Perhaps Tanzania? ).

Alipokuwa chuoni miaka ya 1960 Bwana Harry Raid alijadiliana na Marehemu lord acton “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely.” gonga hapa huyu bwana alikuja kuelewa somo baadaye sana baada ya kumaliza shule ni nini maana ya ujumbe huu!! – ni kwa namna hiyo hiyo hata bwana Githogo ambaye amejiuliza kila kukicha kabla ya kupata cheo kilichomweka kwenye nafasi ya kuibua kimbembe cha Anglo leasing huko Kenya "I have always been fascinated by the connection between corruption and politics," Githongo natumaini kama anagalikuwa kwenye darasa moja na bwana Harry Raid angenufaika zaidi! …nadhani ni zaidi ya hapo, najua alielewa kabisa labda swali la mana zaidi la kujiuliza kuwa “ni kwa nini imekupasa kuendelea kung’ang’ania madaraka – ikibidi kwa rushwa?” je kiongozi anayepatikana katika mazingira ya rushwa anatufaa? ndio suala la msingi la kujua ili kujua jinsi rushwa inavyopaliliwa! Mwanablogu Tungaraza alituibua na kimbembe cha dola milioni 3.7 (ambazo kimsingi zingekuza ufanisi katika jeshi la polisi kama sio kukabiliana na njaa au hata upungufu wa umeme) zilizopotea katika jeshi la polisi !. Kwa wakati huo huo tunamuona muhishimiwa sana mbunge na waziri mtarajiwa wa wizara nyeti ya Tanzania siku si nyingi, Bwana Omari Ali Mahita akiendelea kujihakikishia kuwa yeye ni mungu mtu ndani ya sayari Tanzania! Kwa kuuhakikishia uma kuwa kama alivyosema ataondoka kwa kustafu polisi anastaafu huyooo ndivyo itavyokuwa na kutangaza kustaafu wiki hii mwishoni. Teyari tunaona wakubwa (sio wadogo) katika jeshi la polisi teyari kama ilivyo utaratibu wa serekali zinazoongozwa na mkumborasia (sio demokrasia) kama alivyoziita bwana Nkya wameanza kumsifia kuwa amefanya mengi kwa taifa na ni mfano wa kuigwa!. Polisi wadogo wamelia kuwa jeshi limeendeswa kama idara binafsi kilio cha polisi wadogo .

Naye pia akawaasa waache kusikiliza uzabina ambao unataka kuligawa Jeshi la polisi “sijui katika makundi yapi na yapi yaliishakuwapo na yapi ambayo hayajawahi kuwepo kabla” ! Sijui kama wanajua kuwa saa yeyote anaweza kutinga The Hague, au wanataka kutuambia kuwa wao damu za watu ambazo Mahita amezimwaga bila sababu yoyote ya msingi ni jambo la kuchekewa! Mahita ni IGP ambaye amechemsha kuliko wote na ameongoza kuvunja sheria na haki za demokrasia na binadamu. Wachilia mbali tuhuma zinazomkabili za kujipatia “utajiri mchafu!” Wakati CCM ikiendelea kuwa katika njia panda juu ya njia mbadala ya “kuepusha shari” kama ilivyonukuliwa na bwana Mpinganjira shari tupu CCM hadi ikafikia kipindi bwana Chitalilo kushindwa kuvumilia na kupania kuwafukuza wabunge wa CUF kwa kuanzisha kimbembe cha Mahita Bungeni mchemsho wa Chitalilo. nadhani mkabala umekuwa ni yeye kutangaza kuwa aliomba kitambo kustaafu na raisi JK aliishalikubali hilo! ..hivyo yanayoendelea sasa ni maneno ya inzi ambayo hayamyimi simba kula windo lake. Wakati bwana Mahita akiachia ngazi kwa minyato “cut walk” na maringo mithili ya dume la twiga, hivi tunavyoongea teyari amemuaga waziri kiongozi wa Zanzibar byebye Shamsi
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Wakati Mkuu Mahita anayoyoma kwa “cut walk” ni siku chache kwa mujibu wa bwana Michuzi raisi akihutubia wakati akifungua semina ya TAKURU alizumgumzia eneo la nne lililogubikwa na rushwa na la kufanyia kazi.....kuwa ni SIASA na akaomba TAKURU walishughulikie severely!! - SUALA HAPA NI JE ALICHOFANYA MAHITA SI SI RUSHWA? . Hapa amemwacha Mh. Raisi Kikwete na swali gumu la kujibu kuwa je anaungana na bwana Ben kuhusu matumizi mabaya ya polisi kuvunja haki za wananchi wake? Je yuko tayari kuchafua CV yake, charisma na uwezo wake kama mwanasiasa kukiri kuwa, asilimia 80 % ya wapiga kura kumpa yeye kura ni matokeo ya juhudi ya bosi wa polisi? Na pia kuona kuwa maendeleo, upendo na imani ya wananchi kwake inafunikwa kama giza?. Kwa kweli jinsi mh. Raisi atavyoujibu mtihani huu ndio dira pekee ya kuuonyesha umma kuwa amedhamiria kupambana na makunyanzi la sivyo historia itajirudia kuwa Fupa lililomshinda fisi yeye atalimudu vipi? kama alivyoandika bwana Karl Lyimo mwaka jana natafuta ukuu wamwalimu . Wakati tukiendelea na kutafakari hii je mauaji ya Sinza na uundwaji wa tume yanaweza kabisa kuwa Drama ya kufunika hili suala? Mie siongezi hapa – majibu mnayo wenyewe!

Katika hotuba yake Mheshimiwa Mkapa alivishambulia pia vyuo vikuu vya hapa nyumbani kuwa havifanyi kazi inavyotakiwa!

The oldest and biggest university in Tanzania, the University of Dar es Salaam, is situated on top of a hill overlooking the city, hence its nickname “The Hill”. This fits and reinforces the notion of intellectual aloofness that is often, rightly or wrongly, ascribed to university dons and graduates in their fancy hoods and gowns. My apprehension in addressing university communities derives from the belief that, in Africa, town and gown do not often see eye to eye.

So, I thought that since I am about to leave office, I could afford to venture into the delicate arena of relations between the town and gown in Africa. After all the people who run and manage the town were once in hoods and gowns too. – KWA NINI ANAFANYA AKITOKA IKULU? SWALI HILI PIA LINAENDA KWA DR. SALMIN AMOUR AMBAYE ANAUJADILI MUUNGANO KAMA MTAZAMAJI WA MPIRA AMBAYE HANA UWEZO WA KUFUNGA GOLI!

And I am sorry to say that most African universities, upon which we depend to produce the next generation of African leaders, do not sufficiently internalise these challenges into their curricula, research programmes and general disposition. In general terms, our academics evince the greatest inertia in this regard. In my work with the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation, and later in the Commission for Africa, and since then, I have bought and read many books and research papers on these subjects. Believe me, the contribution of African scholars, academics and researchers to such debates and literature is negligible. It is us Africans who are most adversely affected by the status quo; yet we leave it to scholars, academics and researchers from rich industrialised countries to analyse our predicament for us, and determine the agenda ahead for us. – JE ALIFANYA JUHUDI GANI KUHAKIKISHA KUWA VYUO VRETU VINAFANYA KAZI INAVYOTAKIWA? JE KWANINI ALIRUHUSU VYURA WA KIHANSI KUPELEKWA MAREKANI KUTUNZWA NA KUFANYIWA UTAFITI KITU KINACHOIGHARIMU SEREKALI HELA NYINGI? JE HATUNA WATALAMU MAPROFESA NA MAPROFESA WA ZOOLOGY HAPO UD? Hivi karibuni Raisi JK ameamrisha kurejeshwa kwa vyura wetu! chura wetu warudi

Sio kwamba nimepanda jukwaani kumshambulia Ben la hasha, ila nimekuwa na wasiwasi na miwani anayotumia kuona mambo kwenye baadhi ya maeneo. Lakini labda imetokana na kulelewa katika mfumo ambao haujawahi kumtenda ovu kama bwana Lyimo alivyofafanua, au kwa kifupi ameshinda akila mema ya nchi “Apparently, Mkapa had been in a class taught by Nyerere at Pugu Secondary School in the 1950s. Later in life, he had served in the Nyerere Administration in ROLES THAT MANY WOULD ENVY, but would FIND DIFFICULT TO LAND under the austere Mwalimu”. Mfano kama yeye akiwa serekalini hakuwahi kuulizwa kuhusu rushwa je kwanini yeye ahoji watendaji wake? Tunakumbuka alisisitiza aletewe evidence na kwa upande wa pili maana yake ni kusisitiza wafanyakazi wake wale rushwa kisayanzi zaidi? Labda wimbi hili la lawama katika maeneo Fulani Fulani ndilo limemfanya hata JK apande jukwaani na kuitetea miwani na utendaji ya serekali iliyopita kong'oli hapa.

Kupanda kwangu jukwaani ni kuja kuangalia je ni aina gain ya demokrasi tunayoitaka Afrika? Je demokrasia hukamilika pale tu shemeji anapoupata ubunge au uwaziri ? viongozi wa Afrika wakiongozwa na mwanafasihi Ben wamekuwa mbele kuwashutumu wale wa magharibi kuwa ‘wale wa magharibi huona demokrasia imekamilika pale tu upinzani ukishinda’ ! binafsi sioni mantiki ya usemi huu zaidi ya kwamba una lengo la kujitafutia legitimacy ya kupata ushindi hata pale ambapo hakukuwa na ushindi ! usemi huu una mantiki ya kusisitiza kuwa mtawala aendelee kuwa mtawala hata kama hafanyi mema kwa watu wake ! lakini tukirudi kwa hao wenzetu wa magharibi, je hatuoni mabadiliko ya mara kwa mara katika uongozi ? je hatukiri kuwa mabadiliko hayo yana maana kwa watu wake ? siko kwenye kampeni ya kudai legitimacy ya JK au AK kuwepo madarakani ila nina maana ya kuwa je kwanini ilifikia mahali utashi wa binadamu ukaonekana kuwa ndio chombo cha kufanya maamuzi ya uongozi ? na je kama utashi huo hautaenziwa kuna haja gani ya kufanya maigizo na kupoteza mamilioni ya fedha badala ya kuzipeleka katika shughuli nyengine za maendeleo ? je Mheshimiwa Mkapa alikuwa anamnyooshea kidole nani alipokuwa anasema haya ? je tunakumbuka jinsi mwanataaluma mwandishi Mheshimiwa Mkapa aliposhindwa kusubstantiate maoni yake haya katika kipindi cha hard talk na kuanza kufoka ? ni vyema tukajifunza kuwa na arguments ambazo zimelala ilipo haki – kamwe hatutawaona waandishi wa wenzetu wabaya !

Watawala wa afrika wamekuwa wakiendelea kukumbatia uchafu kwa labda kuogopa kucross line « kutoingilia mambo ya ndani ya nchi nyengine » au "kumfagilia mtawala mwovu "! kuna kina Omari Bongo mmoja wa viongozi aliyetawala Gabon kwa muda mrefu tu akiwa mtu mwenye mali nyingi sana na kuongoza moja ya nchi masikini sana afrika ! Labda hapa niweke mtihani « je Julius Nyerere aling’atuka au alipaswa kuachia jukwaa ? » "je ni nani anaweza akaongelea umaarufu wa mwalimu ambao angekuwa nao sasa hivi kama angeendelea kung’ang’ania madaraka ? " « je angeweza kuwa raisi bora wa wakati ule kuliko alivyokuwa Ali Mwinyi ? ». Binafsi pamoja na kufikiria kuingia kwenye jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki bado sioni ni kwa nini viongozi wameendelea kumkumbatia Museveni (pamoja na demokrasia wanayoona inayowafaa Waganda), Wamemtukuza Bakili Muluzi ambaye ameifikisha Malawi kwenye matatizo kwa kuwa mla rushwa namba moja. Miaka takribani miwili raisi mpya wa Malawi amekuwa akipigana kufa na kupona kupambana na nguvu za Muluzi ambaye alifika mahala akajipa kila chanzo cha uchumi cha malawi wachilia mbali kusajili mali zote na magari yote ya chama chake kwa jina lake, hivyo kutoa pale tu anapoabudiwa ! ni Muluzi huyo huyo ambaye aliuza « alipiga dili » mahindi ya akiba ya taifa na hivyo kuitumbukiza Malawi kwenye baa la taifa la njaa ! na baada ya hapo kama kawaida ya viongozi wetu "wanapoharibu" akarusha shutuma kwa IMF ! Lakini kwa namna ya ajabu waMalawi wakashangaa kumwona Waziri John Komba na TOT yake wakiingiza timu kumpigia kampeni kwenye kipindi chake chga pili ! yeye alipania kuwa raisi wa maisha wa Malawi !. tumemsikia Museveni akitaja taja Nyerere na CCM akiwa kwenye kujifagilia maana imedaiwa kuwa CCM ni chama imara kuliko vyote Afrika ! « mimi ninaona kuwa katiba ya AU ina haja kubadilishwa na kuainishwa waziwazi kuwa kuingilia mambo nchi ya mwezio ni ruksa ikiwa tu unatetea maslahi ya wazee- watawala na sio fukara, wanyonge, na hohe hahe wapiga kura kama kina sie ambao tuko wengi ! »

Viongozi wanaoingia ikulu kwa mazingira ya rushwa hujisahau kwani wamekuwa katika ulimwengu tofauti kabisa na wa wapiga kura wao, na ni biashara ambayo iliishaisha ! rushwa ya kisiasa nayo ina matatizo mengi sana mara nyingine hupelekea matatizo kama yaliyomkuta Bob Robert Mugabe ambaye kwangu mimi ndiye kiini cha mjadala ! labda kabla sijaendelea na mjadala huu nitanukuu mambo machache. Nitajitahidi kuangalia pande zote ili kuepuka ile dhana ya kutupa shutuma kwa «vyombo vya magharibi kuwa vinawaonea waheshimiwa sana watawala wa afrika , wao pamoja na wapendwa wao » na « pengine havitekelezi haki kwa walio wengi » !. tumeona ni jinsi gani watu wamekarabatiwa na polisi katika uchaguzi ulizopita wakati « vyombo vyetu vikikaa kimya na kupamba taarifa za uchaguzi sina uhakika ni kwa ajili ya walio wengi ? » na vyombo vya magharibi vikilaumiwa kwa « kusema ukweli pengine pia kwa manufaa ya walio wengi ?» - kwa hili sisemi sana maana kila mtanzania siku hizi amegeuka mpiga dili kwa kizungu « misheni tauni » – kutibu njaa ya muda huo na kumwachia mungu ya kesho !. kwa wasomaji wa blogu basi tusome blogu nadhani Zimbabwe inaongoza (tafuta tu kwenye blogu), ili kuacha kudai hii ni CNN na hii ni BBC, pia tuwatafute wa Zimbabwe popote walipo ili tujue ni nini hasa kinachoendelea !

Binafsi nikiwa Mtanzania niliyekuwa ndani ya yai muda mrefu nikileweshwa na historia za ukombozi wa mtu mweusi sikuwa tayari kukusolewa kwa wapigania uhuru wetu ! labda nilimwona Mukgabi kuwa ni mtu wa maana hadi nilipojua ya kwake ! umaana wa Mugabe ulikuwepo kwenye kudai uhuru na kusomesha watu wake Zimbabwe ikiwa na asilimia 85 % wasomi fanikio na kutafsiriwa ndio imekuwa pia ni hatari kwake kwani viongozi weni wa afrika hawapendi wasomi kwani wanageuka mbu na kuwanyima usingizi !

kwa taarifa tu kuhusu habari ya wakimbizi , zaidi ya robo ya wazimbabwe waliishatoroka nchini kwao na katika hao asilimia 70 % ya wasomi waliishaishia ! wakimbizi Zimbabwe . hadi mwaka jana katikati Mugabe aliisha tengeneza wakimbizi milioni 3 kwa afrika kusini peke yake!.... Hapa nilipo SA kuna wazimbabwe wengi tu kwani hadi kufika mwaka jana kati kati teyari waliishakuwepo milioni tatu ! wanakuja kuongeza namba yetu MAKWEREKWERE!

Jamani kwa wenzetu ambao labda mpo popote ulimwenguni tujitahidi kuangalia hili suala kwa undani zaidi ya kusema wazungu versus waafrika! Mmesahau Ben aliwahi kutuambia kuwa « paka ni paka tu halijali rangi? » kabla hatujafika mbali labda tusome huu uchambuzi wa Profesa Moyo ambaye naye amewahi kuwa mshauri wa Raisi Mugabe wa masuala ya adhi ambayo aliitoa pale Ethiopia. uchambuzi wa Prof.Moyo ambapo na mimi nilihudhuria. yeye bado yuko Zimbabwe na ndani ya hiyo makala amekiri kuwa kuna udhaifu katika utekelezaji wa land reforms ! alikiri kuwa kamba ilikatika katikati pale wakina Toni Blea waliposita kuendelea kufadhili mpango huo ! huu ni ukweli ! ni kwa nini lakini ? kina Blea waliwahi kusema kuwa Mugabe alikuwa anakula hela za program !! kitu ambacho mimi nakubaliana nacho ! kimsingi Mugabe alikimbilia kuwaachia watu kujigawia ardhi bada ya kugundua kuwa ilikuwa ndio agenda ya MDC kumuuliza wakati wa uchaguzi ! sawa amebakia madarakani – fact ! lakini kajenga au kabomoa ? nilitoka machozi baada ya Mheshimiwa Ben kutoa kile kilichoitwa « chilling speech » katika mkutano wa SADC na kujichukulia ujiko kama shabiki namba moja wa Mugabe !soma hapa hotuba ya Mkapa

President Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania is an outspoken fan of Mr Mugabe and entertains the curious belief that this dictator is a "champion of democracy". In fact, if he is a "champion" of anything, it is misery, as illustrated by yesterday's figures showing that life expectancy in Zimbabwe has fallen to just 33, compared with 63 in 1988.

Kwanini nilitoka machozi? Alikuja Mzimbabwe mmoja akaniuliza “does honourable Ben Mkapa your president have children?” nikamjibu "yes indeed"! Akaniuliza tena “does he know what suffering might be?” nikamjibu “probably yes” lakini safari hii kwa woga woga nikuendelea kutafakari picha mbili za Ben, kama kiongozi wa Afrika ambapo upande mmoja anapigania maslahi ya mtu mweusi kwa kusite mfano wa Mugabe, lakini kwa wakati huo huo huficha uchafu kwenye kucha zake

Ninawajua wazimbabwe, ninaishi nao! Ninajua jinsi walivyo na mizigo ya kubeba nyumbani walipotoka! Kila mwezi wanakuja ndugu zao kutafuta dawa za mishwaki na bidhaa za matumizi nyumbani!! Ninafanya nao kazi ninawaambia siku moja ninarudi kwetu! Wananiangalia kwa macho ya huruma! Wananiuliza kama ninaweza kuja nao Tanzania! Jirani wao wazambia nao wanacheka chini chini! Eti kwacha imepanda chati – maana kuna wakati kuingia Zimbabwe ilibidi kuwa na visa! Sio sasa tena, hawana jeuri yoyote! – Je ndipo tulitaka kufika huko? Je ndio spirit ya Afrika kuunga mkono mtawala MHARIBIFU at any cost? Kama SA inaunga mkono iweje wao wanafanya land reforms kwa kufuata taratibu na wasifanye kama Mukgabi (serekali ya SA hununua ardhi kwa wakulima wa kizungu walio tayari kuuza na kuwagawia weusi – hata hivyo taarifa za kushangaza ambazo niliziona kwenye TV ni kuwa waliopewa mashamba hayo wameishaanza kukiri kushindwa kuyaendesha, na serekali ikihisi kuwa imekula wa chuya) Mimi nadhani kama nia ni kuona watu wanateseka, dhana ya Africanising the democracy si sahihi ! Hebu tufuatilie habari hii kiundani ili kujua kama wanaohusika na sakata hili la wazimbabwe ni mamisheni tauni wa mjini au raia wengi! Tujue pia Mukgabi anaishije ishije, na ni katika mazingira gani hufanya kazi zake! Kwa uchache wa muda nitaweka machache mengi mtaendelea kutafuta wenyewe! Yako mengi tu tena toka kwa wasema lolote wa MAGAZETI TANDO KAMA SISI – si lazima uende kwa wanaoitwa wasema uwongo CNN au BBC! Teyari ameibatizwa kuwa ni mfalme mugabe ni mfalme

kama Mugabe ni mwana wa Afrika, kwa nini basi ilimpasa kuwa na mali nje ya Afrika ? hii inaonyesha kuwa uwezo wake kuwa na mali nje ulienda sambamba na kufa kwa programu ya kugawa ardhi? Kwanini nasema hivyo? Mara baada ya kuanza operesheni ninayoiita “operesheni rudi ikulu” waheshimiwa wakaseeze asset zake zilizopo ulaya! wamechukua wameweka

Mugabe’s akitumia ndege ya umma kula raha “Air Zimbabwe” alifanya safari zilizoifanya Air Zimbabwe ikodi ndege nyingine na kuiingizia hasara ya zaidi ya ola milioni moja ufujaji kwa jina la raisi. katika nchi yenye njaa (watu milioni 6 wakihitaji msaada wa chakula) watu walichanganyikiwa sana kuona mhishimiwa akirudi na wapendwa wake wakiwa na makontena ya nguo na zawadi!. Mugabe hula raha za namna hii kila mara ughaibuni!

Kama viongozi wengine wa Afrika, amepuliza hela nyingi sana kwenye kujenga usalama wa taifa, kwa sasa CIO inatumia bilioni 3 zaidi! Kwa namna hiyo ameweza kuwavuruga kina Tshivangrai na kutumia mbinu za midani “kuua upinzani” kwenye MDC soma hapalakini watu bado wameshika bango kulikoni?.

Akishauriwa na mshauri wake mchemshaji Mengistu Haile Marimu ambaye ni kinara wa udikteta katika afrika (hajawahi kuwa na historia iliyompatanisha na ubinadamu) alienda kuvuruga vibanda vya watu 700,000 ka kuwaacha hao wakiwa hawana makazi! Watu hawa ilibidi wahamie karibu na penye riziki (kubanana hapo hapo). Mukgabi alikuwa ni mtu wa kwanza na pekee kunyoosha mkono kumkubali Mengistu alipozidiwa nchini kwake! Mengistu ambaye alijiita mwana wa Afrika kupinga ubepari ni Bepari mkubwa tu Zimbabwe akila raha kupitia majasho ya walipa kodi wa Zimbabwe! wasemacho ndicho watendacho?ukienda pale chini utaona stori nyingi tu kuhusu Mugabe! Picha zaidi hapa picha bloguni .

Bila aibu alijifanya kuua soo alipotembelewa na mama Profesa Tibaijuka ambaye ni mwenyekiti wa shirika la makazi la UN (HABITAT). alichokuwa anatamka ni tafauti na kilichokuwa usoni mwake kwani alikuwa anaangalia chini « Kama ni wewe sawa wewe umetumwa na Koffi Annan na sio mjinga Blair ». Kwani hajui kuwa hata Blair yumo ndani ya UN ?

Cha ajabu ni kwamba UN katika jitihadi za kuwanusuru wakazi laki saba wasio na makazi iliwapelekea mahema ! kidume huyu akaja tena akidai kuwa « Wazimbabwe hawaamini katika mahema bali nyumba » na kuutkata msaada ule akili yake iko sawa kweli?

7. Tunapoongelea sasa theluthi tatu ya wazimbabwe ni masikini kupindukia ! lakini utashangaa kuwa chakula cha misaada hutolewa kwa wanachama wa ZANU PF tu wote si ni walewale tu?

Wakati wazimbabwe wakiendelea kuteseka, bwana Mugabe ameendelea kutesa kwenye 82 na akijiita yeye ni kijana katika wazee kijana wa wazee wakati ambapo teyari ameishaanza kupoteza kumbukumbu. Alitoa kali zaidi alipomwita ofisa toka ng’ambo aje ampe kazi mpya na alipomwona ikulu akamuuliza kafuata nini ! ilibidi dada wa watu ajikaushe arudi Australia. Iliwashtua sana mawaziri ! bila aibu aliagiza majuzi kila provinve watu wachange amgalau dola za marekani elfu kumi na tano kwa ajili ya bathidei yake ! na wakati huo huo kuwa mzigo kwa wannchi kupaka rangi nyumba zao wakati hawana chochote ! huyu kawahi kuzaa kweli?

Watu mbali mabli ndani na nje ya Zimbabwe wamuishaanza kumwambia akae kushoto angalau mambo yaende kong'oli hapa . viongozi wa Afrika nao wakamtolea uvivu kuwa anachemsha gonga uonenaye akawajibu kuwa ni wajinga mugabe ajibu na akanukuliwa na mjadala na Tungaraza na akaongeza mnikome ! mnikome mwana wa mwenzenu

Hayo ni yale niliyopata nafasi kuchambua kama nukuu ndani ya siku hii baada ya kuona mjadala kwa bwana Mwandani. Miongoni mwa yasiyoandikwa hapo ni

huwa anaenda benki kuu ta zimbabwe na kuwaamuru wataalamu wacheze na figa kuonyesha kuwa uchumi hauanguki. 2003 Alifanikiwa kushusha inflation toka 600 % hadi 0 % na sasa umerudi pale pale. – sijui kwa faida ya naini ! Tunayo aina hii ya viongozi kila mahali !

alipoona mabo yanakuwa mabaya kimaisha hadi kwa jamaa zake, akanzisha Senate ili waweze kuishi ! tunavyoongea sasa hivi ni kuwa ni wale tu ambao wako kwennye circle yake wanaweza kuishi ! gari likiisha mafuta linasimama hapo hapo !

ugawaji wa mashamba haukuenda kwa walengwa, ilikuwa mbadilishani wa wakubwa weupe kwa wakubwa weusi ! watu wakafukua mabomba ya kumwagilia wakauza kama scrap ! wakachinja ng’ombe za maziwa wakala nyama, wakaendesha matrekta kwenda bar ! je tushabikie hii ilivyotokea kwa kuwa na sisi ilitukuta kama ilivyokuwa azimio la Arusha na kushabikiwa kama kawaida na mheshimiwa Mkapa ?

Fourth, we now hear a lot of stories about Zimbabwe. I am convinced that the root cause of the vilification and demonization of Zimbabwean leaders – and I am sad that some African media echo the line of the Western media – is land. You can agree with me, or you may disagree with me. But, I am convinced that all the “sins” of Zimbabwe would have been easily forgiven if they would not have dared to speedily redress the historical injustices related to land ownership in that country. And if this makes Zimbabwe a “failed state”, we have to ask why. Is Tanzania also a failed state because we want to protect the people’s basic, God-given, asset – Land? Or is it because of how we do this? Is it a question of intent or of methodology? African universities should analyse these issues and create more awareness about them among our youth, especially as to them the indignity and the injustices of colonial rule seem so distant and so unreal.

Je tunapaswa kushabikia maanguko ya wenzetu ili kuonekana sisi tulikuwa sahihi? tangu mwaka 1961 hadi leo ni kwamba Mugabe alikuwa hajajifunza japo toka kwtu? mbona wenzie wameweza?

Je kama utawala wa Mugabe usingekuwa fisadi, ukafanya kazi yake inavyotakiwa kuwa, kugawa ardhi kwa wakati mwafaka, je wasingejikuta wanafuata mode ya Afrika Kusini na kuliko vamia vamia ambayo imeigiza hasara zaidi kupitia “operesheni rudi ikulu?”

Tunavyoongea kwa sasa amechukua wanajeshi wake na kuwapeleka kulima mashamba ili watu wale!!!

Kuna waheshimiwa wakiwa ndani ya chama chake na wafuasi wake waklitunga sheria za kuufagilia utawala wake, e.g. kufungia vyombo vya habari! Mmojawapo ni Prof. Jonathan Moyo. Leo hii analia kwani naye amebanika baada ya kuwa kinyume chake! JAMANI SHERIA NI MSUMENO NA HUWEKWA NA WATU!

SITAONGEZA ZAIDI LAKINI NINADHANI UMEFIKA WAKATI JEMBE LIITWE JEMBE NA SIO LEBESHI! JE TUNATAKA KUFIKIRIA KUWA NA VYOMBO VYA HABARI AMBAVYO HUFICHA MAOVU? SAWA HATA KAMA NI KWA FAIDA YA NANI? – JE WEWE UNGEKUWA NI MWANAZIMBABWE UNGEFANYA NINI? JE TSVANGIRAI NA WENZIE WAKIMBILIE WAPI IKIWA MFALME MUGABE AMEBANA PANDE ZOTE? JE NA SIE TUSHABIKIE KUWA TSIVANGIRAI NI KIBARAKA WA BLAIR HALI TUNAJUA KUWA NI MAZINGIRA YANALAZIMISHA KUWA HIVYO ? NA JE ATAKIMBILIA WAPI IKIWA MIMI NA WEWE TUMEPANDISHA TINTED ZETU HADI JUU?? – JE SISI NI MASHABIKI WA MAANGUKO YA ZIMBABWE NA MATESO WA RAIA ZAKE?? JE TUENDELEE NA DHANA POTOFU YA KUKUMBATIA VIONGOZI WABOVU NA WALIOJAA UBINAFSI KWA KUWA TU TULIWAPATA KWA KUTUMIA MTINDIO WA MKUMBORASIA YA AFRIKA? - JE TUTAFIKA KWELI?

n:b kimsingi kwa kipindi kidogo cha maisha yangu, nimeiona demokrasia ya kweli ikifanya kazi Afrika ya Kusini! labda inaweza kuwa tofauti na nchi nyingi za Afrika! - kesho ni siku ya mapumziko kwa ajili ya uchaguzi wa local goverment!

ALAMSIKI!

2006-02-23T08:46:00.000-08:00

HAYA SASA KUMEKUCHA! I MEAN IT!

Ndugu wasomaji wa blogu! leo hii nikiwa ninajiandaa kurejesha timu maskani nikakuta ujumbe huu ukiwa kwenye sanduku langu la barua pepe! nilipousoma nikaunganisha mambo yaliyotokea na kujadiliwa humu globuni tangu kale ya sasa na hasa hivi majuzi cheche alizowasha bwana Tungaraza na Jeff Msangi kuhusu suala la nani anamiliki uchumi wetu na ilikuwaje kuwaje tukafika hapa tulipo! kimsingi yale maswali mengi ambayo hata raisi alijiuliza siku chache akiwahutubia waliokamata uchumi wetu kuwa mbona kawapa kila kitu lakini miezi tisa ndo hiyoo imeisha na kurudia na kurudia lakini bado ndoa haitaki kujibu (hakijaeleweka ) ambayo niliyaweka hapa bloguni kama makala iliyopita - rejea maswali nane!

ujumbe huu ni majibu ya zile tetesi kuwa wabunge wastaafu wameanzisha chombo cha ujasiriamali! wameniomba niwe mwanachama na wameniomba pia niwatafute na wengine na wengine na wengine!! kwamba kila mtu arudi na watu wasiopungua mia!! sijui waliipata wapi anwani hii lakini nahisi ndio mambo ya blogu hayo!! - kweli ukiilisusia teke linalokujia na wewe litakususia!! - barua yenyewe ndio hiyo hapo naomba tuisome basi na sie tuitikie wito! mimi nimekubali ombi la Mzee wetu Iddi Simba kwa heshima na taadhima kubwa. hilo halina mjadala!! - Wanablogu pengine sasa ni muda wa kuingia kiwanjani kusababisha kwa bidii!! wasaalamu!

N:B Barua hii imesainiwa na Bwana Iddi Simba. anayetaka original ambayo inaonyesha saini basi na aniletee anuani pepe yake niifoward!

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Kwa kupitia vyombo vya habari inawezekana ukawa umeona kuna kundi dogo la wabunge wa kipindi kilichopita waliokutana Dodoma tarehe 27 Desemba 2005 na kuamua kuunda Taasisi walioipa jina la “TANZANIA ECONOMIC FORUM”.

Kwa heshima, napenda kukuarifu rasmi kwamba jambo hilo lilitokea, na kwamba Taasisi hiyo inakusudiwa iwe ya kuwaunganisha wananchi wa kila aina wataohamasika kujiunga nayo.

Madhumuni ya barua hii ni kujaribu kukushwawishi, kwa namna ya peke kwako, uwe mmoja ya waasisi wa chombo hiki, ambacho kitashugulikia zaidi masuala ya kiuchumi kwa jinsi yanavyogusa maisha ya Mtanzania wa kawaida.

Katika kipindi cha miaka kumi ya awamu wa tatu ya utawala wa Mheshimiwa Rais Benjamin Mkapa, nchi yetu ilishuhudia mambo makubwa matatu yaliyoathiri hali ya maisha ya Mtanzania.

Mabadiliko ya mfumo wa kisiasa na kiuchumi ambayo yalileta demokrasia ya vyama vingi pamoja na utekelezaji wa sera za uchumi.

Ndani na muongo huu nchi ilikabiliwa na misukosuko ya kisiasa baina ya vyama tofauti na ndani ya vyama vyenyewe. Kadhalika kipindi hiki kilionyesha dhamira ya serikali kujitoa katika umilikaji wa rasilimali za Taifa na udendeshaji wa uchumi. Sekta binafsi ilipewa fursa ya kushika hatamu na kununua mashirika yaliyokuwa ya umma

Juhudi za kufufua Ushirikiano wa Africa ya Mashariki pamoja na kubadilisha mfumo wa ushirikiano na nchi za kanda ya kusini mwa Afrika.

Ni Katika kipindi hiki hatua za kisheria zilifikiwa na kuielekeza nchi yetu kwenye soko la pamoja na nchi za kanda ya Africa Mashariki (EAC) na nchi za kusini (SADC).

Utandawazi ulipamba moto kwa kasi kubwa zaidi katika kipidi hiki cha utawala wa awamu ya tatu.

Athari za mtindo wa biashara huria ya kimataifa zilijitokeza kwa nguvu sana wakati huu. Kushiriki kwa Rais Mkapa katika tume ya kongamano mbalimbali za kimataifa sio tu kuliipatia heshima nchi yetu, lakini pia kuliwafungua macho baadhi ya Watanzania juu ya ushindani mkali wa kibiashara na kiuchumi unaotukabili na nchi zingine.

Haya Mambo matatu hayakuwa mapya kabisa. Yote yalikuwapo siku zilizopita kwa kiwango Fulani, lakini yalipata nguvu sana kuitekelezaji katika muongo huo.
Athari iliyojitokeza zaidi kwa maisha ya Tanzania, Juu ya mambo haya matatu, ilikuwa ni kiuchumi. Serikali za awamu zilizopita kwa vipindi mbalimbali zlijaribu kubuni na kutekeleza mbinu za kusaidia.
Pamoja na juhudi za serikali zetu zilizopita, wabia wetu wa kimataifa nao walitoa fursa mbalimbali ambazo zilikusudia kutuwezesha kukuza uchumi na kuboresha maisha ya wananchi. Mifano michache itafaa kuiangalia :-

“Open General License” – OGL ( Tangu awamu ya Kwanza)
“Commodity Import Support” CIS
“Debt Conversion Programme”
“Microfinance Policy”
“Economic Empowerment Policy”
“MKUKUTA, MKURABITA, AGOA, EBA N.K”

Sambamba na hayo, awamu ya tatu ya Rais Mkapa ilijitahidi sana kujenga misingi imara ya uchumi wa Jumla (Macro-economy). Baada ya kuimarishwa utaratibu na tabia ya kulipia madeni, kuongeza ukusanyaji wa kodi, kudhibiti mfumuko wa bei na thamani ya sarafu ya Taifa, kuboresha miundo mbinu ya usafiri na mawasiliano, na baada ya kuonyesha dhamira ya kuipa nguvu sekta binafsi na kuitambua kama mtambo wa kuzalisha mali na kukuza pato la Taifa, wawekezaji walivutiwa na kuanza kuwekeza katika sekta mbali mbali za uchumi.
Serikali ya awamu ya tatu ilifanya marekebisho makubwa katika sekta ya fedha na kuvutia mabenki ya nje kuingia nchini. Huduma za aina hii zilisisimua kwa kiasi kikubwa biashara ya kimataifa katika sekta hasa za madini, Utalii na uchuuzi wa bidhaa na nje na ndani.
Haya yote ni mazuri na lazima yaendelezwe kama ambavyo Mheshimiwa Ras Kikwete ameahidi kuyaendeleza katika awamu ya nne. Lakini ni vema tutambue kwamba mafanikio haya kwa kiasi kikubwa sana yamewagusa Wananchi wachache waliomo katika sekta rasmi ya uchumi.
Watanzania wengi bado wana hali duni ya kimaisha na hawajaguswa na faida zilizopatikana katika sekta ya uchumi wa kisasa. Rais Kikwete ameahidi juhudi za kuinua hali ya maisha ya Watanzania kwa kuwaingiza kwenye njia kuu za Uchumi wa kisasa.
Tunaamini kwamba, kwa misingi iliyokwishawekwa katika awamu zilizopita, hasa awamu ya tatu kiuchumi na tukizingatia neema za maliasili ambazo tunazo nchini, awamu ya nne imekuja na ari ambayo inaweza kabisa kutimiza matarajio ya wananchi. Lakini uwezekano wa kutimiza matarajio hayo utategemea sana juhudi za tawala katika ngazi za serikali kuu, Tawala za Mikoa, Mamlaka mbalimbali za dola, Taasisi mbalimbali za kiraia (Civil society) na hasa juhudi za wananchi kwa jumla wao.
Tukienda pamoja na kushirikiana na kwa kueleweshana juu ya vita vya kiuchumi inavyoikabili nchi yetu, ni dhahiri Serikali ya awamu ya nne itaweza kutimiza ahadi zilizotolewa kwa wananchi. Neema za maliasili tunazokusudia hapa ni pamoja na watu wenye fani mbalimbali, na wenye moyo wa uzalendo unaowahurumia Wananchi masikini wanaotafuta riziki zao katika sekta ya uchumi isiyotambulika.
Ili tutambue uzito wa tatizo la maendeleo ya wananchi wa Tanzania, ni vema tuchambue jinsi tulivyo!Katika Wananchi takriban milioni 35, nusu yetu ni wazee wenye umri wa miaka 65 na zaidi, pamoja na watoto na Vijana mpaka umri wa miaka 18. Waliobaki ni wananchi milioni 17.5 wa umri kati ya miaka 18 na 65 ambao ndio nguvu kazi wanaobeba mzigo wa kuwatunza watoto, Vijana na wazee.
Takwimu na taarifa rasmi zilizofikishwa katika kamati ya Fedha na Uchumi ya bunge mwaka jana zilionyesha kwamba wananchi wanaotambulika katika sekta rasmi ya uchumi ni milioni mbili tuu.. Hawa ndio wanaofanya kazi za Kuajiriwa na ujiajiri. Ndio wanaolipa kodi kwa utambulisho rasmi, pamoja na kutumia huduma za kibenki na fursa mbalimbali zilizoandaliwa na dola kwa ajili ya maendeleo ya sekta binafsiWananchi milioni 15.5 wanafanya kazi za kila aina, katika sekta zote za uchumi bila kujulikana na vyombo vya dola. Hii ndiyo sekta kuu ya pili ya uchumi usiojulikana kwanjia sahihi na rasmi.
Wananchi hawa wana rasilimali zao ambazo hazitambuliki na kwa hiyo haziwasaidi katika maendelo ya kisasa. Hawakopesheki, hawalipi kodi na hawawezi kutumia fursa nyingi zilizoandaliwa na serikali kwa ajili ya maendeleo yao. Hata hivyo wanaona jinsi nchi ilivyobadilika sura kwa maana ya majengo mapya, mabarabara, magari, umeme, usafiri na mawasiliano.
Wananchi hawa milioni 15.5 wanatambua faida zinazopatikana katika sekta rasmi. Wachache wanaojaonja anasa za utandawazi kwa matumizi ya simu za mkono, TV, na radio. Lakini wengi wao bado wako mbali sana na faida za uchumiwa kisasa ambazo kama tunavyoona zinawagusa wananchi milioni mbili tuu. Na hata hao milioni mbili, ni wachache miongoni mwao ambao ni wachezaji wa kweli katika shuguli za uchumi wa sekta rasmi.
Katika Kipindi cha mwaka uliopita wa fedha 2004/2004, idadi ya akaunti katika mabenki yote nchini ilikadiriwa kama laki tatu tuu (300,000). Sehemu kubwa sana ya hata wao wananchi milioni mbili waliomo katika sekta rasmi ya uchumi hawapati faida ya huduma za benki. Nao pia hawakopesheki katika mazingira yaliyopo hivi sasa.Suala la mzingi, ambalo ni lazima tulipatie jawabu haraka, ni jinsi tutavyoweza kuvuta nguvu zetu za kitaifa ili nchi yetu ikabiliane na ushindani wa kibiashara na kiuchumi katika mazingira haya ya utandawazi.
Tanzania imo vitani. Ni vita ya kiuchumi inayolazimisha tufungue mipaka yetu, siyo tu kwa jili ya bidhaa za kutoka nje lakini pia kwa ajili ya wafanyakazi na wawekezaji ambao wanavutiwa na fursa nyingi za kujitajirisha zilizomo nchini mwetu.Hii ni hali ambayo haiepukiki na wala si busara kujaribu kujiepusha nayo. Tunachotakiwa kufanya haraka sana ni kuwashitua wananchi wetu, kuwasisimua na kuwaanda kwa vita kali ya kiuchumi. Mahindano yetu na nchi zingine yanatutaka tuzalishe mali katika sekta zetu zote za uchumi zitazoongeza pato la Taifa kwa kasi kubwa zaidi.
Tanzania ina nafasi na fursa ya kufikisha katika masoko ya Dunia bidhaa zinazotakiwa duniani. Tusipozalisha bidhaa hizo sisi wenywe pamoja na kushirikiana na tuwatakao kwa mtindo utaolinda maslahi ya taifa letu hivi sasa, baadaye (na baadaye hii ni miaka kama kumi na tano hivyi) Dunia itatulazimisha tufanye kama Dunia inavyotaka.
Kazi ya kuwatayarisha wananchi kwa mapambano haya ya kiuchumi, na kazi ya kuvuta nguvu zote za Taifa kwa ajili ya vita hii, haiwezi kufanywa na Serikali peke yake, Bunge peke yake, Vyombo vya wafanyabiashara au kundi lolote peke yao.Tunadhani ni bora tuunde chombo kitachowajumuisha watu wa fani mbali mbali, makundi ya kila aina, viongozi wa Taasisi za kisiasa, Kibiashara, kiroho na taaluma, Chombo ambacho kitachambua kwa undani mipango yote na fursa zilizoandaliwa na serikali kwa ajili ya kuwawezesha wananchi kujiendeleza.
Kwa mfano, ni watu wachache mno wanaojuwa habari za MKUKUTA, MKURABITA na mifuko mbali mbali yenye malengo ya kuwasaidia wananchi. Chombo hiki kitatafiti taratibu zote na fursa zote zilizowekwa na serikali yetu, na hata Taasisi za kimataifa, ambazo zinakusudia kutuwezesha kukuza uchumi na kuboresha maisha ya wananchi.
Taarifa sahihi juu ya yote haya itakuwa inatolewa kwa namna ya kuwaelimisha watu ili waweze kuchacharika katika sekta zote za Uchumi.
Tunakusudia kuwashwawishi wananchi wanaharakati wa maendeleo, wajiunge na chombo hichi ambacho madhumuni ya msingi ni kuhimiza maendeleo ya wananci kwa kujenga taratibu sahihi za ushirikiano endelevu baina ya serikali na watu.
Tarehe 18 Machi 2006, Jumamosi saa nne asubuhi tutakutana katika ukumbi wa hoteli ya Royal Palm Movenpick, Dar es salaam.Ni maombi na matumaini yangu kwamba utakubali kujiunga na chombo hiki cha kiraia ambacho azma kuu ni kujenga ushirikiano wa dhati na vyombo vya dola ili kwapamoja tupigane vita vya kuondoa umasikini na kujenga uwezo wa nchi yetu kwa mashindano ya kiuchumi na mataifa mengine.
Kujiunga kwako nacho kutakipatia chombo hiki heshima na kutuwezesha tuaminike na tuwe msaada mkubwa kwa serikali katika juhudi za kuwaletea wananchi maendeleo.
Tunamini kwamba, pamoja na wewe, idadi kubwa ya wananchi wasiopungua mia moja watakuwa amejiunga na kulipia ada za uanzilishi wa Taasisi hii.

Rasimu za katiba inandaliwa ili baada ya kukubaliwa na kikao, ambacho kitachagua uongozi, tutachukuwa hatua za usajili na kuanza shuguli zitazokusudiwa.

IMESAINIWA NA IDDI SIMBA

(Mwenyekiti wa Muda)

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2006-02-19T03:44:00.000-08:00

Maswali nane yenye hatima ya Tanzania kiuchumi!

Pichani - Raisi Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (kulia) wa Tanzania akisalimiana na Gaudensia Temu, katikati ni Bwana Elvis Musiba (Mwenyekiti TPSF)alipokutana nao kwenye maakuli yaliyoandaliwa na Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF).

subhakhleri waungwana!

Wasomaji wapendwa, natumaini ilikuwa ni wiki yenye pilasi pilasi (pilika) nyingi huko na kule ilimradio tu kujitahidi kuwa raia mwema na mwenye wajibu kwa ulimwengu huu maana ni dhambi ikiwa watu wengine watakuhudumia na wewe usijitahidi kuwahudumia pia...haina maana kuwa kwa sababu ulimlipa daktari alipaswa awepo akutibu kwa sababu tu ni wito...inabidi tukumbuke kuwa alipoamua kukaa mbali na mapenzi wakati akisoma kama wazee walivyotuasa, alipoamua kuweka michezo kando, alipoenda chuo kikuu na kufukuzwa mara nane, alipocheleweshewa kialowance, alipokosa usingizi ili asome na kufaulu, alipotakiwa kupasua maiti, .......sisi tulijichanganya kwenye starehe, michezo ikawa dira, walipofukuzwa tuliwaita wenye utovu wa nidhamu, tulianzisha biashara mtaani, tulilala si chini ya masaa 8 ambayo hushauriwa kiafya, na hospitali huenda inapobidi....tofauti ni kuwa sisi tulioanza mapema hatuna shaka sana kwani biashara ndio zimeishachanganya, na watoto ndio hao wanakaribia maliza shule sembuse huyu daktari ambaye tulianza nae la kwanza, kukaachana alipoenda kidato cha kwanza na leo eti anakuja akitaka mchango wa harusi!!!! hivi atafika kweli?

duniani kuna migongano mingi sana ambayo imejengeka katika misingi ya siasa uchumi na yote hiyo ni kuleta maendeleo. hivi majuzi wenzetu (wanaoona mbali???) wameongeza neno umasikini katika defenition ya Uhuru...kuwa huwezi kuwa masikini ukajiita uko huru ....hili nakubaliana nalo!!hii inamana nchi karibu zote za Afrika si huru!!

ubepari umejengwa katika dhana ya kutumia mazingira yaliyopo kwa manufaa ya jamii - wahusika. ni kweli wakati wanatuletea sera za kuhifadhi mazingira wao sijui kama wanahifadhi kweli? nimesikia huko ulaya wenye viwanda ili wapewe vibali vya kufanya kazi imebidi wawe na eka kadhaa za misitu popote pale ulimwenguni na ikibidi Afrika kunyonya uchafu wanaoupuliza hewani! mahesabu ya uwezo wa kunyonya uchafu hufanywa kushirikiana na Taasisi zetu za utafiti...siku hizi pia wanatumia remote sensing...wanaangalia toka juu kwenye satelittee hawahitaji sana kuwasiliana na sie! wanangalia Leaf Area kama ina uwezo wa kunyonya carbon dioxide...ndicho tu wanahitaji...sana sana watatumia watunga sheria wa nchi husika na taasisi zake kuhakikisha misitu inatunzwa...watatoa land cruiser moja na mishahara ya kulipa watafiti kwa mwaka ....yaani watafadhili!!

wote tunakumbuka jinsi Joji Kichaka (George Bush kwa mujibu wa Ndesanjo nadhani ni mwaka juzi alitoa ruhusa kuvamia milima ya ??? (nimesahau jina - mtanikumbusha hapo) kuchimba makaa ya mawe. alifanya hivyo akijua wazi anaharibu misitu iliyokuwa ya hifadhi...lengo lake lilikuwa ni kutoa ajira kwa raia wake ambao walikuwa wanaandamana kila siku kutaka ajira....nadhani ilibidi kuwa na kipaumbele! ajira zikaishinda uhifadhi maliasili...hata hivyo hakuna haja ya kuogopa kwani kuna misitu mingi afrika!! wote tunakumbuka jinsi Joji Kichaka alivyovuruga uungaji mkono wa Kyoto protocal ulioanzishwa na raisi aliyetangulia Clinton..... alikataa kuunga mkono mkataba huo akisema "the energy demands of the United States are Un negotiable" - ulimwengu ukagwaya, lakini wote tunakumbuka jinsi Joji alivyopata madaraka - aliungwa mkono na CIA na watu wanaojua jinsi ya kurekebisha mambo kwa manufaa ya taifa, waliona kabisa kuwa Clinton alikuwa anawapeleka kusiko....wote mtamkumbuka jinsi Joji Kichaka alivyokashifiu sera za Clinton kuwa anazunguka duniani kuhubiri amani!!! amani ya baba yake wakati watu wametengeneza cluster bombs na zikawa zinaozea ndani? hiyo mikopo iliyotolewa na benki nani angerudisha?? hapo nikamuunga mkono jamaa yangu Professor Toongolay (kutoka Zimbabwe - sio Sri lanka) kuwa Afrika itakaa sawa pale tu kutakapokuwa na Taasisi zisizofuata upepo wa kisiasa! rejea jinsi taasisi za marekani zilipoamua kuwa Kichaka atawafaa zaidi ya Gore!

wote tunajua duniani kote kuna mgogoro! mgogoro wa nishati! kumbuka mzozo wa Korea Kaskazini na Marekani! Marekani waliahidi kuisambazia nishati kwa njia ya mafuta Korea Kaskazini ili iachane na mpango wa kuzalisha nishati hiyo! hivyo kufanya eneo lile lililokuwa na mzozo wa kivita (korea kaskazini na Kusini) kwa ajili ya umashariki na umagharibi ......Marekani hawakuwa na nia njema kwa Korea Kaskazini kwani walianza kuwatosa Wakorea Kaskazini kwa kuacha kuwapelekea nishati...walisema kwani sisi baba yao? - Korea kaskazini wakijua umuhimu wa nishati kwao, wakarudia mpango wao wa nishati ya nuclear!

Leo hii tunaona Iran nao wanaitwa kuwa ni magaidi kwani tu wameliona hilo la nishati kuwa ni la msingi na wameanza kampango kao ka kutengeneza nishati!! serekali ya Iran imejitahidi sana kuuelimisha umma wa dunia kuwa kazi yao haina chembe cha ugaidi, na ni kwa ajili ya nishati tu! tunaona jinsi kiongozi wa Iran anavyojitahidi kupeleka matabu yake kwa Mohamed Baradou (mkuu wa shirika la UN la kudhibiti mionzi) lakini Marekani hawataki kuelewa somo....wakisisitiza azma yao ya kuitwanga Iran. Iran nayo imekuwa ikiomba umoja toka kwa nchi zinazoendelea ikiwepo nyingi za Afrika...nakumbuka juzi wakati Marekani ikiishutumu Iran, Kiongozi wa Iran alikuwa hapa SA akijaribu kutafuta uungwaji mkono!

Utandawazi uwepo, haki nayo pia ni msingi iwepo! je hawa wenzetu wa magharibi wanaogopa nini kwa sisi kuwa na nishati za namna hizo? labda wanajua tutatoa ushindani halisi katika utandawazi? maana wao wenzetu wanafanya kazi usiku na mchana hivyo wakati sie tunamaliza mwaka, wenzetu wamemaliza miaka miwili. Kakobe alimpa changamoto JK kuhakikisha kuwa watu wapige mzigo masaa 24!! nadhani wanajua pia kuwa teke linalokujia ndio njia pekee ya kujenga misingi imara ya unyonyaji - hapa labda tufananishe kuuza gunia moja la mahindi ili kununua air time ya dola kumi ambayo pia inaexpire mwisho wa mwezi!!! - basi kuna haja gani ya sisi kuendelea kulima mahindi au kahawa ambayo kila siku inashuka bei kwenye soko la dunia? kwa nini na sie tusifikirie kuanza kutengeneza kompyuta badala ya mabadilishano haya??

ninrudi kwenye hili la rasilimali. niliwahi kusema kuna shule mbili za rasilimali. ya kwanza inaamini kuwa kuna siku rasilimali/madini yataisha (ikiwepo mchanga) na hivyo dunia kuishiwa. kwa namna hii shule hii huamini kuwa madini yanapopotea basi yale machache hupanda bei!! Shule ya pili huamini kuwa kwa kutambua kuwa binadamu ni mambo zooose (ultimatum resourse) - mwisho wa dini / rasilimali moja ni mwanzo wa lingine!

Katika hizi shule mbili ninaliona hili la pili ni la ukweli zaidi. kwani nani alijua kuwa tunaweza kuacha kutumia mbao kutengeneza fanicha? nani aliwahi kudhani kuwa unaweza kuwa na viatu vimetengenezwa kwa plastic na sio ngozi? nani aliweza kujua kuwa dhahabu itashuka chati na risasi kupanda chati? nani alijua nani alijua? wote tunajua kabisa kuwa teyari wenye makampuni ya magari wameishatengeneza magari ya solar. ya umeme teyari hata pikipiki nimeziona hapa afrika kusini! je tunakumbuka wakati Kichaka akijiandaa kumtwanga Sadam alipata upinzani toka kwa Ujerumani na Ulaya? je tunakumbuka jinsi mara pale pale Joji Kichaka akatenga mabilioni ya dola kufanya utafiti wa hydrogen car? alijua kabisa kuwa waarabu wanataka kushikamana na wazungu wa ulaya hivyo akawa anawatafutia dawa kwa kuua mtaji wa mafuta yao!!

kwa kuwa sijapata muda lakini kwa miaka takriban miwili nikiwa hapa Afrika Kusini nimekuwa nilifuatilia jinsi uchumi wao unavyozunguka....dola hupanda chati nadhani kuanzia kati ya mwaka hadi pale mwanzoni huanza kushushwa tena....kwa mzunguko huo huo ....utakuta thamani ya dola kwa rand inacheza kati ya 1:5.99
hadi 1:6.7.....haingooki zaidi ya hapo. juhudi za kutunza rand yenye nguvu hufanywa na serekali na gavana wa bank kuu!! wanachofanya ni kuongeza uzalishaji kutumia rasilimali zao ili kukabiliana na mawimbi...hakuna asiyejua nadasi ya madini mfano mafuta na dhahabu sijui gavana wa Tanzania hufanya nini zaidi ya kutia saini kwenye noti!!! huyu gavana Tito Mboweni ana nguvu pengine kuliko hata raisi...labda na ndio maana husemwa Gavana ana mshahara mkubwa kuliko raisi......ndio husema kuwa nchi inahitaji wataalamu wa kukodi ikibidi tanzania, huongelea kilaaaaa kituuuuuu!!! huongelea masoko ya ajira, huongelea uzalishaji, akiba kila kitu! !! kuna namna wanacheza na maliasili zao kupambana na mifumuko...huongeza uzalishaji wa madini yao kama vile mafuta na madini mengine..... na kila kitu kupambana na mfumuko......hivyo maisha kuendelea kuwa murwa kwa wananchi wake na uchumi wake! wanachimba mafuta na pia wana mitambo ya nishati ya nuclear! kong'oli hapa- ninavyoandika makala hii kesho wenyeji wa Western Cape wameandaa maandamano kupinga kukatiwa umeme kutokana na matengenezo wa plant ya umeme!!

turudi kwa Tanzania yetu! tuna kila kitu cha kufanya watu waishi vizuri, pavutie kuwekeza, na kupambana na mifumuko ya bei, kutoa ajira n.k. kila kitu ni swafiiiiii!!! sio siri iko wazi kuwa hata wengi wetu nyumba zetu zimejengwa juu ya migodi, nilisikia pale mt uluguru pia kuna uranium ya kutosha(uranium ni madini ya kinuclear ambayo yanatumika kutengenezea nishati - nchi nyingi huagiza madini haya ili kutengenezea nishati . hutoa nguvu yanapomwagiwa maji kwenye planter na kufumuka na nguvu inayofanya umeme usikosekane nchi za wenzetu)!! ni nini basi kinatufanya nasi tusijitahidi kuwa taifa la kisasa? lenye kutumia maliasili na rasilimali zake kunyanyua hali za maisha za wananchi wake? tunasubiri yaishe kwa wenzetu ili tuanze kuuza kwa bei kubwa? manadhani hiyo itatokea? nani alijua kuwa leo hii dhahabu itakuwa haina dili?? tuna uhakika kuwa yale mafuta yaliyopo Tanzania yatakuwa na msaada ikiwa hydrogen car itaingia mtaani?? je sasa na vijana tunaoshindwa kuwapeleka shule kwani nchi haina uwezo wanaweza kufanya lolote tukianza chimba mafuta yetu?? - mimi msimamo ni pambana na matatizo sasa hivi, yatabebesha neema kwa kizazi kijacho!! - naamini katika shule ya pili ya wanarasilimali asili...

kwa namna hiyo hiyo, juzi mheshimiwa kiongozi wetu mkuu Raisi Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete alitoa hotuba moja yenye mguso sana.....ilivyoonyesha kuwa yeye kamna mwanasiasa anahitaji nini kutoka kwa sekta binafsi...na hivyo kuonyesha umuhimu ushirikiano na sekta binafsi kuboresha maisha ya watanzania wote! - aliomba wasisite kumfahamisha mahala rushwa inapokwamisha mambo ili aikarabati once and for all!!! - hala hala lakini kumbe hata na yeye amekuwa akilala usiku kucha kuwaza tatizo la Tanzania ni nini hasa inapokuja kwenye matumizi ya maliasili? hotuba ya Kikwete

ninatumaini wote tulikuwa pale kwa bwana Mwaipopo tukaona jinsi kikaratasi chake kilichodai maji ya nile ambavyo kikatupiwa kapuni, licha ya afrika kuitwa nchi moja ilhali Luxembourg ambayo imezidiwa ukubwa na baadhi ya mikoa yetu ya Tanzania ikaitwa kwa majina! tunaona jinsi kiongozi wa Ethiopia anavyoyalaumu mashirika haya haya ya UN yanavyomkatili kumsaidia akiomba miradi ya umwagiliaji
Nile ni ya nani?

Pamoja na kuwaomba wote kuisoma hotuba inayotia uchungu ya raisi pia tusaidiane jinsi ya kuyajibu........ninakumbusha kuwa kuandika habari hii ni moja ya mchakato wa kuijenga Tanzania ya ndotoni Jeff Msangi Maswali ambayo mheshimiwa raisi Jakaya Kikwete aliyauliza ni haya yafuatayo!!!

Allow me to leave with you some few questions to ponder as you prepare for the first TNBC meeting and IRT meetings. I am doing this to stimulate a healthy discussion during those meetings hoping that at the end of such a discussion, you will come up with solutions to the challenges:

1. Tanzania is renowned for abundance of natural resources - such as arable land, mineral deposits, and natural attractions - that are mostly under-utilised. There are also opportunities in infrastructure, utilities, transit trade, and aviation. It is a fact that very few African countries can claim to supersede Tanzania on this score. However, we need a fresh look at what is it that impedes speedy exploitation of these resources and opportunities to the benefit of the country. We know that full utilisation of these resources would enable Tanzania achieve higher growth rate which we need badly for eradicating income poverty and overcome underdevelopment? What can business do to deliver on this front tangibly and in a sustained manner?

2. Few countries in Africa can claim to enjoy the kind of political stability that Tanzania has. The issue at hand is how can we, together, make use of our political stability as a resource and foundation for growth and poverty eradication?

3. The benefits of the correct economic and fiscal policies that have been applauded by many are yet to reach the ordinary Tanzanian. We have in place the right macro-economic fundamentals for promoting growth, investments and trade. The challenge before us is how to speedily and consistently send the gains to the micro-economic level and to rural Tanzania. Failure to do that, the macroeconomic gains will remain meaningless and illusive to the majority of Tanzanians. How do we, together, you and us, ensure that gains reach the micro-economic level?

4. Tanzania is widely acknowledged as having one of the most favourable investment incentives regimes worldwide. Transfer of capital and profits is allowed, and currency is freely convertible. Repatriation of profits, dividends, royalties, and such other payments are freely allowed. Investments are protected against arbitrary nationalisation and expropriation. A commercial court has been established, and international arbitration is provided for. Inspite of all these achievements, we are yet to witness a commensurate flow of investments. Can we know why? And, more importantly, what else needs to be done for us to witness an investment flow deserving a country like ours? Can you also suggest a regime of incentives to revolutionise the agricultural sector and ensure empowerment.

5. While the Tanzania Investment Centre has now been strengthened to be a truly one-stop centre, assisting investors in all issues, are we confident that ample assistance is given to locals and in establishment of indigenous enterprises? What can Corporates contribute in this front?

6. The other important matter that is more or less related to the previous one is that of creating a sizeable Tanzania middle class. Is it there? Not really! You will agree with me that the existence of a large middle class is critical for business and growth. How do we create it? What can the corporate sector and government do? We have to have answers to this pertinent question.

7. Tanzania qualifies for preferential trade access to the European market, under the EBA - “Everything But Arms” - arrangement provided unilaterally by EU to ACP countries. Tanzania has access to similar facilities for the US market, through AGOA, as well as Japan, China and Canada through more or less similar arrangements. So far, we have not utilised these facilities as some of our neighbours have been. The questions are why not and what do we do? We need to have answers quickly because these are very important facilities in propelling faster economic growth and development. Besides, these facilities are not there forever, they have a limited life span. We better utilise these opportunities before doors close. How do we catch up?

8. Finally, Tanzania is well-positioned geographically. It is a gateway to six neighbouring countries, five of whom are landlocked. Tanzania enjoys a larger market within the regional economic groupings to which we belong - the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community – which together provide a market of almost 250 million people. Given this enviable position, the challenge and the question is how is the Tanzanian Private Sector poised to take advantage of this niche and exploit the geographical location to turn Tanzania to a lead economy within the region? And, what is it that is needed in order for you and us to rise to the challenge in a sustained manner? As businesses, have you really positioned yourselves well enough to take advantage of the EAC and SADC common markets? If not, why? Let’s put our act together to benefit from these lofty opportunities.

hawa wenzetu walikuwapo eneo la tukio.....je tuwaachie wenyewe kututafutia ufumbuzi wa matatizo yetu?? kwa kuwa hatukupata kadi ya dina?

karibuni kwa mjadala - muhimu sana

namtakieni nyote mwisho mwema wa wiki!

alamsiki!

2006-02-11T06:59:00.000-08:00

UKISHINDWA KUWAJIBIKA MSINGIZIE ANAYEKUHOJI KUWA NI MPINZANI, UMEMALIZA MCHEZO - IZE !!!- TENA RAHISI SAAANA !

Katika hotuba ya Rais Kikwete hivi karibuni alisema wanaoshindwa kuwajibika wakiulizwa wanaweza kuja kusema wanaowahoji ni wapinzani kumbe ¨sio ni kada wa CCM. - KIINI CHA MJADALA!

Asalamu alykum wanablogu wote popote pale mlipo ndani au nje ya Tanzania. basi ni kajioni haka ka leo mzee mzima nishajisweka ndani ya msuli taratibu nakodolea macho tarakilishi yangu nione kama ninaweza kuchangamsha safu japo kwa mwisho huu wa wiki. Tanzania ya kikwete naifurahia sana kwani kuna kila dalili kuwa tumepata kiongozi mkuu (Jeff alituomba inapobidi tusifie - www.harakati.blogspot.com) ambaye huongoza na kutangulia kwenye kero wakati wengine wakifuata. hii imesifiwa kuwa ni njia njema ya kuwawajibisha walio chini. juzi nikiuwa ninasoma kupitia wenzetu http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/4048/1/Kikwete-atoa-mpya,aibukia-masoko-ya-uswahilini kuwa utaratibu wa kutembelea masoko na maeneo husika umewafanya viongozi kuwa makini saa zote kwani hawajui siku wala saa..na mara nyingi wamewasiliana kwa viselula kuwa anakuja mchana ...utaratibu huu teyari umeishaanza kujibu kwa kazi kuonekana na kero kutafutwa..rejea habari ya pasipoti..hii imenfanya hata mkuu wa the Full Gospel Bibke Fellowship Askofu Kakobe miongoni mwa watanzania wengine kummiminia sifa...
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/alasiri/2006/02/11/59876.html penye kusifia na tusifie. hongera Askofu Kakobe

kwa namna hiyo hiyo wakati akiapisha wakuu wa mikoa wapya aliwaomba wafuate namna yake ya utendaji kazi (kwa kutokukaa ofisi kuachia watendaji wa chini wafanye kazi)..http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/02/11/59822.html
pia wakati huo huo amelaumu jinsi ushikwaji wa pesa za halmashauri umekuwa mbovu (rejea hizi kulipia madeni na hizi kulipia madeni mengine kwenye makala iliyoitangulia hii). nadhani kwa mwendo huu tunaweza kufikiria mara mbili hisia zetu kuwa serekali za majimbo zitakuwa na majibu ya matatizo yetu zaidi ya ilivyo sasa. pia itasaidia kutowaona wakuu wa mikoa na wilaya mizigo. tunawaomba basi wakuu wa wilaya na mikoa wajishughulishe zaidi na kutekeleza ilani zilizomweka raisi wao madarakani badala ya kujipigia kampeni binafsi au za vyama na kukandamiza mawazo hai. kampeni ni kutekeleza sera kwa faida ya maendeleo ya umma.

wiki hii nzima ilopita kumekuwa na mjadala motomoto kuhusu wimbi jipya la ujambazi kutisha. wimbi la ujambazi lilimfanya JK aunde wizara malumu ya kushughulika nao. na kutokana na uzito wa suala hilo, ilibidi iwe ni wizara ya mwanzo mwanzo katika mpango wake wa kuzungukia wizara. Kama kawaida yake Raisi JK hakuanza kufakamia vibanzi vilivyopo kwenye macho ya wenzie BALI ALIANZIA KWAKE akisisitiza kuwa kuna haja ya jeshi hilo kujisafisha kwani wapiga kura wamekuwa wakilalamika kuwa limekuwa likiwauza katika juhudi za kukabili ujambazi. http://allafrica.com/stories/200601230271.html Mheshimiwa JK alifuatiliwa na waziri wake Mh. Bakari Mwapachu aliyelitaka pia jeshi hilo lijisafishe http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/02/03/59223.html
Jeshi la polisi tanzania kwa karibu muongo mmoja linaongozwa na Ndugu Inspekta Jenerali Omari Iddi Mahita ambaye CV yake niliifuma mahali http://www.theiacp.org/div_sec_com/div/MahitaBio.pdf japo siwezi kuhakikisha kuwa iko sahihi au la. lakini hata hivyo tunaweza kukipima cheti kwa jinsi mtu anavyotenda au kuongea nawaachia hilo wasomaji.

kwa wafuatiliaji wa mambo ya ndani ya nchi ni kweli kumekuwa na malalamiko kutoka kwa wananchi kuhusu jeshi hilo na kufikia kipindi watu wakasema kuwa kuna haja ya jeshi hilo kuundwa rasmi, na ikibidi kiatu cha kigogo wake kivaliwe na mwanajeshi kutoka nje ya jeshi hilo na labda JWTZ kwani ndiye atakayeweza kusafisha uozo ndani yake http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/4046/1/IGP-ateuliwe-kutoka-JWTZ ...yote hii ni kutafuta suluhisho la tatizo....

pia habari kutoka ndani ya jeshi hilo zinaonyesha kuwa hata askari wadogo wamechoka na kuamua kukiri ukweli kuwa wanakwamishwa kazi kutoka maafisa wa juu. wanadai wakishika wahalifu wanaishia kunyanyaswa, na mara nyingine hupewa lita kumi kufanya patrol siku nzima. kwa namna hiyo na mambo mengine mengi walimuandikia waziri wa mambo ya ndani wakimsihi kuwa wanalo tatizo la jeshi na kuomba kuonana naye bila kuwepo uongozi wa juu wa jeshi hilo...yote ni kutafuta suluhisho la tatizo.......

wabunge wa bunge letu tukufu pia waliweka bayana kuwa kuna tatizo ndani ya jeshi, ambapo walitupa lawama za moja kwa moja kwa mkuu wa jeshi la polisi kuwa hafanyi kazi zake kama polisi bali mwanasiasa mkereketwa, na hivyo kutoka nje ya maadili ya kiutendaji. walimuomba ajifunze kufanya kazi kama wakuu wengine waliokuwapo kabla yake wakati wa Nyerere....yote ni kutafuta suluhisho la tatizo.......maoni ya wananchi, hoja za wabunge na kilio cha polisi wa chini vilipelekea karata ya kibarua cha Mahita kuwa mkononi mwa raisi JK http://www.ipp.co.tz/ipp/alasiri/2006/02/08/59642.html ......yote ni kutaka kutafuta suluhisho la tatizo...........

Mkuu wa polisi naye bila simile akirudia kusa la kukabiliana uso kwa uso na wabunge wa Jamhuri ya Muungano Tanzania kwa mara ya pili (mara ya kwanza alihusisha utendaji mbovu wa jeshi na mishahara midogo - ikabidi aangukie). kwa kweli kwa mtu wa kawaida ni kitu cha kushangaza kuwa aling'aa kwenye ukurasa wa juu wa http://www.skyfm.co.tz/ipp/nipashe/2006/02/10/59752.html ameshika MAJIBIVISU YA KUTISHA YENYE RANGI NYEKUNDU...habari hiyo pia ipo hapa http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/4091/1/Singatuki-Mahita kuwa kuandaa ujambazi imekuwa ni kazi ya CUF wakimalizia hasira za kushindwa uchaguzi kwake. alikiru kuwa amekuwa ni mwiba katika kasi ya kwenda ikulu na atahakikisha kuwa CUF hawaingii ikulu.....labda kabla ya kuendelea tuujadili umungu mtu alionao huyu bwana na labda pia uwezo wake kwa nafasi alionao(graduate wa ontario police college - Canada - rejea CV)halafu tuendelee.

1. hii ni mara ya pili Mahita kutukana wabunge - mara ya kwanza aliwaangukia wakamsamehe

2. Mahita anaonekana hajui mipaka ya kazi yake (kashindwa kutofautisha mbunge ndani ya bunge na nafasi yake katika uongozi wa chama)..mbunge ndani ya bunge yuko haijali ni CUF au CCM ni juu ya Mahita kisheria na si vinginevyo.

3. kashindwa kutofautisha wakati wa kampeni na wakati wa kazi kwa mbunge

4. kajitaja wazi kuwa alihakikisha kuwa CUF haishindi na ataendelea na msimamo huo

5. ni aina ya viongozi wasiotakiwa sasa..miaka mingi tulizoea kuona viongozi wabovu wanabebwa kwa kujigundisha na CCM...wakidai kuwa wale wanaotufaa ni wapinzani, wana ukabila n.k. amesahau kuwa hata CCM ya wanamtandao imepania kusafisha makunyanzi.. Katika hotuba ya Rais Kikwete hivi karibuni alisema wanaoshindwa kuwajibika wakiulizwa wanaweza kuja kusema wanaowahoji ni wapinzani kumbe ¨sio ni kada wa CCM.

6. anaikumbusha CCM kuwa wakati umewadia kulipwa fidia..ina maana anamtishia JK kuwa bila yeye hakukuwa na kitu ?????? ni kweli????(mtihani)

7. amekataa kukiri udhaifu wake uliomwagwa bungeni (kuchanganya siasa na upolisi) na sasa hivi kajikita kwenye siasa rasmi.

8. kawahakikishia watanzania yeye ni IGP wao hadi kustaafu watake wasitake (mungu kamuhakikishia)

9. kawatishia maisha watanzania wanaolikosoa jeshi (majina anayo).....

10. amekaidi kauli ya waziri wake kuwa jeshi linatakiwa kujisafisha....pia kamuaibisha/ kapingana na raisi wake kuwa kuna tatizo ndani ya jeshi....

12. amedai kuwa CUF inataka kuleta machafuko kwa kumtaka astaafu...hii ni hatari sana, wakati watu wanavunja mgawanyiko wa uchaguzi wakitaka JK afanye mpango kumrudisha mrema kwenye kitengo yeye anavunja zaidi....

13. amefananisha dhamana aliyopewa na umma wa watanzania wote (bila kuhoji chama) kuwa sana na mchezo wa kupokezana kijiti....na ikifika muda wake basi mngine atapokea - amedhalilisha umuhimu wa dhamana yake rejea kwa www.issamichuzi.blogspot.com aliitwa mtu muhimu. ina maana ufanisi kwake sio jambo la msingi bali ni ajira kama nyengine!

14. alisema alizaliwa siku moja na siku moja atakufa..hivyo hana wasiwasi wowote.

kwa kweli umma wa watanzania umeshtushwa sana na kauli ya muheshimiwa waziri mtarajiwa (akiishaupata ubunge)..http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/nipashe/2006/02/11/59834.html wakishangaa kuwa kumbe alikuwa anawajua majambazi halafu anakaa kimya....na wakati huo huo hivyo kuufanya urejee maneno ya mheshimiwa raisi.....badhi ya kumbi za mijadala zinasema ifuatavyo http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/maoni/15517.html
wananchi na vyama vya siasa navyo vikijianda kumkarabati
http://ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/02/11/59821.html

http://ippmedia.com/ipp/nipashe/2006/02/11/59847.html

cha ajabu waziri wa usalama alititoa kumtetea japo si kwa nguvu kuwa yu safi, labda ndio tofauti ya wanasiasa na waropokaji kama sie!!
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/alasiri/2006/02/11/59877.html

siku moja tu baada ya kauli ya IGP tunasikia habari kuwa polisi wamekabiliana na majambazi waliojikita pemba

http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/02/11/59819.html

hii inanifanya sasa kuwa na wasiwasi na jeshi hili ukizingatia hata yale matukio ya milipuko miaka ya nyuma ambapo Mkuu huyu amekuwa anawarukia tu CUF ambao nao husema watamshtaki

http://ipp.co.tz/ipp/nipashe/2004/04/07/8460.html

mwalimu wangu wa historia kidato cha kwanza alinifundisha kuwa historia hutufundisha yaliyopita ili tuweze kuganga yajayo. sasa hivi kutokana na tukio hili la utendaji wa polisi (kuua raia wema wakisingizia kufanya kazi, wakidai walitupiana risasi ilhali inadaiwa sio hivyo, na jinsi lawama za siku za nyuma kwa chama cha CUF toka kwa IGP, kushindwa kudhibitisha kuwa CUF wanahusika na milipuko, na hizi mambo za sasa)... bungeni kuna kila haja ya kuamini kuwa mchawi wa Tanzania yenye demokrasia changa ni huyu mhitimu wa chuo cha polisi Ontario!!!

inawezekana matukio yote ya kutia vinyesi kwenye visima, milipuko ya visiwani, majibivisu aliyoyakumbatia, yalipandikizwa na hivyo kuwa propaganda dhidi ya CUF. kuna haja kamili ya kuamini hivyo kwani mbona hatuoni Lipumba au Hamad washtakiwe kwa makosa hayo? mbona tunaona visu na hatuoni majina ya watu waliokamatwa nayo??

1. amekuwa ni mtu wa kwanza kuhakikisha kauli iliyozoeleka kutafuta kimbilio la kutowajibika kuwa wale ni wapinzani.....wale wapinzani wale wakabila wale maadui wa muungano...... wapo wengi tu....huu ni mwanzo tu...... JK hakukosea.......

2. anataka kulitumbukiza taifa katika janga kuu kwa kutowajibika kwake

3. role conflict, ameshindwa kukiri kuwa umma ndio mwajiri wake na amesisitiza kuwa vigogo wanamuunga mkono..... amesahau UGOGO hautokei juu bali ni maamuzi ya umma..... amesahau kuwa bosi wake - mkuu wa nchi yuko ofisini kwa ridhaa ya 80 % ya wapiga kura na sio yeye binafsi!

4. ni mharibifu wa demokrasia changa pia amani na utulivu wa taifa letu. anadiriki kupeleka askari kupiga kura visiwani, na kuadhibu wannchi wanaohoji uhalali wa kupiga kura.....ngunguri...sijui aliombwa au alijipendekeza??????? matukio mengi yanayoonekana yanapitia kwenye vyombo malimbali (bahati mbaya vya si vya nyumbani)...CUF wao wameendelea kuonyesha msimamo wao wa amani na mapatano http://www.cuftz.com/news/ siku chache zilizopita kiongozi wa kambi ya upinzani bungeni Mheshimiwa Hamad Rashid Mohamed alizitaja sababu tatu zinazodidimiza demokrasia Tanzania kuwa ni VYOMBO VYA HABARI, TUME ZA UCHAGUZI na VYOMBO VYA DOLA akitolea mfano vyombo vya ulinzi "http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/4069/1/Lowassa-atoa-miezi-mitatu-waliofaulu-la-saba-wasome/print/4069.

5. anaharibu pia misingi ya utaifa wetu. kitendo cha kuua raia wengi wa pemba, na kuvuruga chaguzi na amani za wenyeji wa tanzania na hasa visiwani, ndio vimepelekea kwa kiasi kikubwa wananchi kuanza kuhoji juu ya uhalali wa muungano!!!!! kwani umekuwa hauwatendei haki - ukifuatilia historia kilio cha ndugu zetu wa visiwani kwa kiasi kikubwa kimechochewa na mhitimu huyu wa chuo cha polisi Ontario...hivyo kuchochea UFA katika taifa. http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/observer/2006/01/01/56956.html http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=58&par=3672

...sipingi madai haya na wanachosema, ila juhudi za kuziba ufa zisivurugwe kwa makusudi....au kwa kuleana "u-mwenzetu syndrome" - rejea barua kwa raisi mpya wa Jamhuri.

6. lakini wanasema mwana humranda babaye. wote tunakumbuka jinsi serekali ya Bw.BWM ilivokuwa haitaki kusikia kitu kinachoitwa kukosolewa na hivyo kulea uzembe miongoni mwa watendaji serekalini na kukuza rushwa. bwana Omari kama mtoto basi anafanya alivyoelekezwa na babaye BWM! - kumbuka marufuku ya HAKIELIMU.

ndugu wanablogu na watanzania wenzangu...hiki ndio kilio changu cha kila mara!! je FAHARI UMOJA AMANI NA UTULIVU WETU KAMA WATANZANIA IPOTEE KWA AJILI YA MASLAHI YA MTU MMOJA au kwa ajili ya U - MWENZETU SYNDROMME?

tatizo ni kuwa siku zote matatizo yataishia kwa wananchi masikini ambao ni wengi na wa kawaida ambao riziki zao ziko pale wanapokanyaga na hawawezi kujilipia chakula sembuse ulinzi....viongozi wao huendelea kuwa salama na hujilinda http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/nipashe/2006/01/12/57640.html

alamsiki!

2006-02-04T09:08:00.000-08:00

tunahitaji kuwa wazi na wenye nia moja!

subhakleri waungwana. ni majuzi tu nilikuwa jamvini kwa bwana mwandani nikwa ninajaribu kumshawishi kuwa kuna haja kubwa kushughulikia vibanzi ndani ya macho yetu kabla ya kuanza kushambulia ya wenzetu. nia ya usemi huu ilikuwa ni kuwa sehemu kubwa ya matatizo yetu tunayasababisha sisi wenyewe. ...

Mpendwa raisi wetu Mh. JK juzi alikuwa kwenye safari zake za kawaida kutembelea mawizara. akiwa pale TRA alisisitiza umuhimu wa TRA kujibidiisha kukusanya kodi na kuziba mianya. Ukweli unabakia kuwa hata hivyo, haitajali kuwa ni kiasi gani cha mapato ya taifa yatakusanywa ikiwa pia upotezaji na matumizi mabaya ya fedha hizo hayatadhibitiwa. leo hii nikisoma http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/02/04/59284.html tunaona jinsi ambavyo sekta hii ya habari ikihusu both print and electronic media ikisisitizwa kusaidia vita dhidi ya mdudu rushwa na zoezi zima la usafishaji wa serekali....tunashukuru kuwa sasa waandishi mawepata meno (Baraka kutoka juu). tunaomba mungu zoezi liende vyema. pia labda kina ndesanjo mtasaidia hapo...nadhani hata sisi tunahusika kupitia jimbo la wahariri / waandishi wa electronic media..........kama ni hivyo basi, kwa kifupi raisi anahitaji msaada wetu! kwani Ulimwengu amekiri kuwa kipindi cha mbabe Ben rushwa na ten percent zilipaliliwa na kulindwa kwa nguvu zote, http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/Habari/2006/02/04/15181.html wachilia mbali kutotaka kuelezwa madhaifu ya serekali e.g. Mungai na HAKIELIMU.

ni kweli mafanikio makubwa yapo kupitia maoni yetu. ni juzi tu passport zilikuwa ni kero, leo hii nasikia wanapiga simu kukuita kuwa pasipoti yako i tayari? http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/alasiri/2006/02/04/59334.html IPP na DHW waliendesha utafiti ambao uliibua kero hii!! wachilia mbali vilio vyetu kuhusu vifo vya mazingira ya biashara na mashirika yetu http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/3998/1/Aiagiza-TRA-kuzidisha-kasi-ya-ukusanyaji-kodi

sasa basi sina nia ya kufanya risala bali ni kuibua kimbembe cha matumizi ya fedha za serekali. Ni majuzi tu tulipata habari ya kusikitisha toka kule Shinyanga ambapo milioni 700 za watoto wa shule zilipotea bila maelezo kumsababisha Waziri mkuu kutaka maelezohttp://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/3980/1/Lowassa-atoa-siku-21-kupewa-maelezo-ya-sh.-milioni-700-Shinyanga ...kwa kweli ambao ulitolewa hata sisi ambao sio wahasibu kitaaluma tunashanga ufafanuzi utaona eti kulikuwa na kulipa madeni kwa kifupi mchanganuo ni; Sh. milioni 24. 9 zilitumika kulipa madeni ya NSSF, Sh milioni 73.8 kulipa madeni mbalimbali ambayo hakuyataja. Sh. milioni 54.7 zilitumika kuwalipa wadai washauri, Sh. milioni 8.7 walilipa kama viiunua mgongo, sh. 47.9 zilitumika kulipia saa za kazi za ziada na sh. milioni 215.8 kulipa madeni mengine mbalimbali. Alisema Sh. milioni 103.4 zilitumika kwa ajili ya uendeshaji na sh. milioni 696 zilitumika kwa shughuli za maendeleo. HEBU FIKIRIA KUNA KULIPA MADENI 73.8 MIL NA MIL 215.8 KULIPA MADENI MENGINE MBALIMBALI!!!! - tofauti ni nini hapo?

lengo langu kutokea hewani ni kusisitiza kuwa mapato ya taifa kama hayatadhibitiwa basi maendeleo ni kwenye radio na luninga za wenzetu. japokuwa serekali ya Ben, japo ilisifika kwa ukusanyaji mkuu wa kodi lakini pia maendeleo hayakuonekana. lakini naye si alianza kwa kazi? mnakumbuka ile mambo ya milioni 900 zilizopotea akianza uongozi tu? pia serekali yetu na wananchi kama tusipojiwekea vipaumbele basi hela hata siku moja haitatosha. nakumbuka mwalimu wangu wa uchumi mwaka wa kwanza chuo kikuu alinifundisha kuwa uchumi ni kupanga rasilimali chache tulizonazo katika vipaumbele tulivyonavyo. si mwepesi kusahau mimi. je leo hii kufyatua dege http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/maoni/15002.html kwenda kutambika ni kitendo cha kushabikia kweli? suala lingine ni kuwa mbona hatupendi kuwajibika mambo kama haya yanapotokea? je kutambika ni kipaumbele cha taifa hadi ndege itumike? je zaidi ya darhotwire, mbona magazeti mengine hatuyasikii? tunamsaidia raisi kweli?

sasa hivi hapa makamu wa raisi wa afrika kusini yuko kwenye kiti moto kizito kuchukua ndege ya serekali kwenda UAE kwa mapumziko mwisho wa mwaka, na ni ya visiku vichache...mbaya zaidi alikuwa na mumewe pia ambaye alienda kufanya biashara ya macrane ambayo mama anadai kuwa ni kwa ajili ya taifa........kwa kweli sasa amebanwa na mjadala uko hapa http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=261660&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/ kwa kweli jana asubuhi niliuona kwenye TV mjadala mkali na wenye maana wa tume ya bunge Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) ukihusisha wanasiasa wa ndani na nje ya ANC wakimjadili huyu mama na safari yake. Public protector amekubali kuwa teyari ameishapata dili la kucheza naye....habari zaidi ziko mtandaoni.......

tunazungumzia Afrika kusini nchi yenye kipato kikubwa...inapata homa kwa hivyo vicenti....je tanzania ambayo hatuna kitu tuna haki gani ya kukaa kimya tukiambiwa mlitaka nikapande baiskeli???milioni kumi na laki sita (madawati ya shule nzima?) zinapotumika kutambika just like that??

mwandani samahani, huu sio mwendelezo wa ule mjadala wetu....bado nimebanwa lakini zilinipanda kidogo kuhusiana na vipaumbele!

alhamsiki!

2006-01-24T05:10:00.000-08:00

tunahitaji kumuunga mkono!

Asalym alaikhuma ndugu waswahili woote popote pali mlipo. samahanini kidogo wale samaki walipotea potea hapa kwenye kibwawa changu lakini naomba sana mnisamehe kwani si kupenda kwangu lakini ni kale kashughuli kangu ka full time kamenibana kabisa mimacho yangu yote i nje utadhani mjusi aliyebanwa na mlango..na hapa nilipo ninatweta mithili ya chura aliyekoswa koswa na tairi ni gari gani hilo haijalishi sana inaweza kuwa ni zile 109 za mwalimu au VX kama za waheshimiwa mbona hata baiskeli ni hatari kwa chura?

kwa waliopitia pitia makala zangu hapo nyuma (siku zilopita) watagundua kuna kitu kimoja huwa ninakiandika mara kwa mara kwa namna moja au nyengine...ninaamini kabisa hata uwe na madini kiasi gani au rasilimali kiasi gani au wanavyosema siku hizi eti ni mambo ya fweza zote hizo ni porojo tupu katika kuendeleza taifa na watu wake kama hakuna kitu kinachoitwa uzalendo!

kwa kifupi nikirejea miaka ya nyuma enzi za wazzi wetu kupigania uhuru wa inji (ki mrema mrema) yetu uzalendo ulikuwa uko juu. hii ilitokana na ukweli kuwa wananchi wa tanzania wa wakati huo waliona kabisa kuwa ni wadau katika uhuru wao na hatma yao ya kujiletea maendelea kuwa pia mikononi mwao. jitihahada zao basi kama taifa jipya wakiongozawa na mwalimu (wote ni binadamu) wakajikokota hivyo hivyo na taifa likafika lilipofika.....rafiki yangu bwana John Pacheng (capt) comrade kutoka SPLM aliwahi kunidokeza kuhusu uchambuzi mkubwa uliofanyika na wenzetu wa magharibi ili kubomoa mafanikio ya mfumo au ndoto za mwalimu kuwaletea watu wake maendeleo kwa njia ambayo ilifanafanana na ujamaa... pia ukombozi wa bara la afrika uliokuwa unashikiwa kidedea na mwalimu wenzetu hawakuufurahia sana.. hata hivyo kama nilivyosema hapo awali na ambavyo ndio kazi ya blogu zetu, basi tusiishie kujisifu tu (kwani hata kama ni tembo pia hutiwa maji) na pia tusikazanie kupangua vibanzi kwenye macho ya wenzetu tukasahau ya kwetu. kwamba tunaposhindwa, basi tuanze kujikarabati sisi na kujilaumu wenyewe kabla ya kumlaumu yule aliye mbali na upeo wa macho yetu (japokuwa wanatuchungulia kwa satelite siku hizi).

uzalendo wa mataifa yetu na hasa Tanzania ulipotea pale tu ambapo kikundi fulani cha watu kilijifanya kina hatimiliki ya kuongoza na kula mema ya nchi na kuwashurutisha waliobaki kwenda kutafuta nchi zao za kutumikia na kula matunda. tukaona watu wakilipwa mishahara ya ajabu, wezi wanasifiwa, wachapakazi wanakufa njaa, na wanaojitolea kufanya kazi kwa mapenzi yote ya nchi wakaitwa majuha. si mbali tu tumeona jinsi madaktari wetu walivyokuwa wakitendwa na wanamawazo mgando kama kwamba kazi wanayoifanya ni ya starehe sana, na kuwa wakubali kufa kazini wakiwa na WITO wakati wenyewe mara ya mwisho kufanya kazi kwa wito haikumbukwi. yaani ilifikia kipindi nguruwe waliiongoza mapinduzi kuwapatia wanyama wenzao uhuru wakawa watawala wabaya kuliko hata mwenye shamba mwenyewe ( rejea kitabu shamba la wanyama ambacho mwalimu alikipiga marufuku)...japokuwa mwandishi wa kitabu hichi alituachia mahala ambapo wanyama walifanya mapinduzi na wakati huo huo wale kunguru waliokuwa wanatoka nchi zenye maziwa na asali wakimwaga propaganda zao kwa wanyama pale shambani. kwa maoni ya haraka haraka mwandishi wa kitabu hiki angechukuliwa amefeli lakini si kweli kwani, afrika ambayo ndiyo mlengwa wa riwaya?? hii bado hajafika mwisho...inawezekana kabisa yule kondoo na wenzie ambao walipanga na kuongoza mapinduzi ndio wanamtandao ambao hawakulala usiku na mchana hadi wakakamata usukani wa kupeleka mbele gurudumu la taifa letu..hatujajua lakini kuwa itakuwaje baada ya hapo kwani riwaya ya shamba la wanyama bado haijaisha!!

ilikuwaje basi mpaka mtakatifu mtarajiwa (Mwalimu) aliwazungusha viongozi wabovu kila kukicha badala ya kuwaadabisha mimi bado sijaelewa. mwalimu alikuja kumzimia sokoine labda kwa kuwa alikuwa na gut ambayo yeye hakuwa nayo kwa sababu ya utakatifu??? sijui...

turudi kwenye shamba letu la wanyama. ni mapinduzi..yatadumu kwa muda gani hilo sijui..lakini kuna mapinduzi...je mfumo uliowekwa madarakani utakomaa na kuzoea jinsi ya kupenya penya sijui...ninachojua tu ni kuwa kwa muda wa mwezi usiozidi mmoja yteyari watanzania walio nje na ndani ya nchi yao wameonekana kuwa na imani kubwa sana kwa raisi waliyemchagua mwendo mzuri.....

raisi akimteua mwenyekiti wa bandari naye akakaa akiangalia bandari inakufa wewe na mimi tutafanya nini? hujui kuwa kinyume cha hapo unahatarisha maisha yako na ya familia yako???

turudi sasa tuangalie mafanikio ya wenzetu...wenzetu wachina waliunganishwa na umoja wao wa kitaifa, na kumtambua adui yao ni nani..wakaelekezwa kupambana naye...viongozi na wananchi wakashirikiana na adui amekwenda chini. tunapoongea sasa hivi ni nchi nyingi tu wamelia kutokana na jinsi wachina wanavyotengeneza bidhaa za unafuu na kulazimisha viwanda vya nchi nyingine kufungwa....tunajua ni jinsi gani marekani wamejaribu kupambana naye kidiplomasia kijeshi, kisayansi na kiuchumi wameshindwa...juzi juzi wamefanikiwa kutua mwezini kitu ambacho kilipigiwa kampeni ya hali ya juu na marekani kisifaniliwe. marekani walifikia kusema kuwa chombo chochote kichotengenezwa na marekani au washirika wake popote pale ulimwenguni kisihusike katika mpango wa china.....ina maana walianzia sifuri na walifanikiwa.....siku hiyo uchina hawakulala wakisherekea kuwa juu ya dunia...... mchumi mmoja rafiki yangu alinieleza jinsi ambapo uchina kwa kupitia mlango Taiwan, wameweza kushika 30 % ya reserve za marekani, ndio agenda ya kutaka kumyang'anya Taiwan.....juzi juzi balozi wa China hapa afrika kusini alieleza kiufasaha pale alipotakiwa kutoa maelezo yake kuhusu msimamo wa nchi yake na bidhaa rahiai aliposema "china ilipoingia kwenye utandawazi iliona ni nini kinahitajika, wakaingia kwa gia hiyo, na hivyo wengine nao wana uhuru wa kufanya hivyo" ----ni hivi majuzi nilikuwa kwenye kongamano kule limpopo bwana mmoja akitoa mada kuwa afrika tubadilike alisema China sasa hivi wanapanda miti biliono moja na nusu ya machungwa ili wakamate soko la dunia miaka michache ijayo!!! tupo hapo??? hakuna kugandamana mawazo tena hapo!!!

raisi tumempata na anaonekana ni mzalendo na mwenye kujua matatizo ya watu. anatupa hamasa watanzania wote kushirikiana ili kujenga nchi. haya sasa ndugu wapendwa raisi wetu ndio huyo. ndoto zake tumezisikia. lakini pia tumesikia akikiri kuwa uwezo wa serekali si mkubwa ila angependa yote yafanyike kwa pamoja. tumemsikia. nia yake ni njema. na sidhani watanzania ni watu ambao wanataka tu wamuangushe ili muda wa uchaguzi ufike ili wachaguie kiongozi mmgine. hilo halipo. vyama vya upinzani vitaendelea kuwepo kuhakikisha hatupati raisi mbovu ajaye, demokrasia itaendelea lakini ujenzi wa nchi hautavurugwa!! wote tuna adui mmoja. kizuri kiongozi wetu mkuu naye anamwona kuwa ni adui.

uwezo wa serekali ni mdogo. lakini wa wananchi ni mkubwa. serekali iweke sera zitazoruhusu wananchi kurudi kuchangia maendeleo yao. isife na tai shingoni. lakini hatutaelewa tena wakiendelea kuagiza mashangingi ya wabunge halafu waje wakombe visenti vyetu mfukoni kuchangia maendeleo. kama kuchangia tutachangia wote.....tumemsikia JK akisema ambavyo ni sahihi kuwa ni vyema kila kata ikawa na hospitali yake. ni ukweli kabisa. hivyo basi, kwa kuwa hii nchi ni yetu, sisi wananchi hatutakaa pembeni tukiangalia maanguko ya kushindwa kutimiza ndoto hizo. fedha tunazo, nguvu tunazo, akili tunazo.....tunachanga kwa harusi milioni 20 itakuwa hizo za kujenga hospitali kila kata?

mfano mwingine labda kwenye haya mambo ya nishati. pengine ni akili kidogo tu inatakiwa. je nchi yetu haijabarikiwa kuwa na jua la kutosha? ni vema basi kumshauri raisi kuondoa kodi ya vifaa kama hivyo ili kila mtu awe na umeme, na kupunguza matumizai mabaya au yasiyo endelevu kwa rasilimali zetu!!

ninasema hiviii kila kitu kinawezekana raisi akitaka, wananchi tukakubali, hakuna kitachoshindikanaaa!!!! alamsik!

2006-01-18T02:52:00.000-08:00

kizuri na tule wote

jamani muwaone wahabeshi!

One of the credits we hail our mother in church - The virgin Mary is the way she humbled and innocently accepted to be the mother of God. till Today Habeshi are amongst the innocent citizens of this world. they speak ahmaraikh = the language Jesus spoke. they aremainly members of Othorodox church - the acient churchand usually do not follow pope Gregory calender...theycelebtrate Christmass during 6 January...which is exactly the date Jesus was born!if you are determining having a Habeshi wife, as I amguaranteeing you happiness! go to this page!!http://www.afilipinabride.com/gen/least.html then in category Ethiopia you will see numbers click any to search for your running mate!when you are satisfied with the reception (facial expression) click the picture to open her page. read the description and see how honest she is.....then see if you are decided!!

for old guys like us, just appreciate and drink water!others who have got provision to add up to four -goodluck!

natumaini huu ni ujumbe murwa kwa ndugu zetu kina Mwaipopo, Makene, Nyembo na hata yule bwana Semfue! kazi na dawa tujitahidi kupunguza namba ya masela kwa kasi na ari mpya !! ndio kujenga afrika mpya!

cheers

mark

2006-01-14T04:55:00.000-08:00

Sitavinyapanyapa vyama vya upinzani : Kikwete

Pamoja na kushindwa kuchambua hotuba ya muheshimiwa katika kuzindua bunge sitaacha kusisitiza kuwa ndugu wanablogu ni vyema tukaipata podikasiti ya hotuba ile ili tumwelewe charismatic ya kiongozi wetu - (ninajisikia kumuita kiongozi mkuu). aliongea mengi akitoka nje ya hotuba kuelezea mifano kwa hisia za moja kwa moja za wapiga kura. mfano akiongelea habari ya mazingira aliwaomba wahishimiwa kila mmoja akumbuke kijito alichokuwa akioga akiwa mdogo kama kina maji hadi leo! nilipita hapa na kuona wenzetu wameanza kutengeneza ufupisho wa hotuba hiyo kuielewa kwa haraka haraka
http://allafrica.com/stories/200601120676.html wachilia mbali zile kuwa wengine mungu alituumba hatujui kununa lakini haina maana hatuko serious!

kitu ambacho ninamsifu mheshimiwa ni kuonyesha kuwa yeye hayuko tayari kuongoza JAMHURI YA MAWE YA TANZANIA bali JAMHURI YA WATU WA TANZANIA. nitanukuu sentensi moja alizungumzia kuhusu hali ya siasa. "kama mtu ameamua kwenda CHADEMA mwache aende, lakini tusipigane mawe". ukiisoma sentensi hii ina maana mbili. kwanza akiondoka CCM atanyimwa raha hadi kufikia kurusha mawe, au maana ya moja kwa moja iliyokusudiwa hapo. mimi niliyemsikiliza nilisikia hii kuwa ni kauli ya dhati kutoka moyoni. juzi akiongea na mabalozi alisisitiza kuwa hatavinyapanyapa vyama vya upinzani.

http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/01/11/57581.html

katika hotuba yake pia aliongea bila kuangalia makunyanzi kuwa sasa umefika wakati wa kurejea na kuangalia sheria zisizo na umuhimu ambazo zinaua hata uraia. aliendelea kusema sasa kama mtu anaweza kuvaa bendera ya marekani kwa nini umzuie ya Tanzania? kama mama amependa avae azungushe kitenge chake na bendera ya Tanzania. - hapa ninahisi alikumbuka kwa uchungu jinsi bwana Freeman alivyonyanyaswa na bendera ya taifa. alimalizia akisema "natumaini kwa hili bwana kingunge hatachukia!" Mh. Kikwete alisema nia yake ya dhati
kuunda wizara ya kushughulikia uhusiano wa vyama na akamkabidhi huyo huyo mzee Kingunge. nadhani hapa alitumia akili sana kwani transformation ya siasa pia inataka link inayooainisha nia njema sio tu ya chama bali serekali mpya kwa ile iliyo madarakani http://allafrica.com/stories/200601090081.html . mzee kama huyu kwa ushawishi aliyonao ndani ya chama chake ni rahisi kuwahakikishia CCM wenzie kuwa hata CHADEMA na CUF ni salama na kuondoa ile dhana kuwa wapinzani wataleta vita. Mh. JK pia aliahidi kurudia mikataba iliyowekwa na waliomtangulia akijua kabisa kumekuwa na utapeli mkubwa na usiojali maslahi ya watanzania ndani yake http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/Biashara/2006/01/06/14146.html tunaamini kabisa mze Kingunge ataifikisha nchi mahali ambapo mahala pazuri pa kuongelea siasa hapatakuwa kwenye nyumba za ibada kama ambavyo wapinzani wanalazimika kufanya sasa hivi. pia nadhani atatusaidia wengine wetu tuliokuwa teyari kurudisha kadi za chama tawala kuhofia kutengwa na jamii kutofanya hivyo.

kwa kweli mheshimiwa Kikwete ana kila dalili ya kuwa kiongozi mkuu. pia ni bingwa wa kutambua kero na kila siku amekuwa akijibu na kutoa maelekezo yake kufuatia malalamiko mengi hata haya yetu wana blogu. hebu tembelea hapo
http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/3573/1/Rais-Kikwete-awaeleza-mawaziri-matarajio-yake

utaona jinsi ambavyo serekali yake ilivyo na nia ya kuwa na mahusiano mazuri na nchi nyingine, kupambana kujenga uchumi, na pia jinsi ambavyo amepania kufufua mashirika yetu yanayokufa vifo vya mende na vya kujitakia mfano bandari. utaona jinsi ambayo mawizara yamewekwa kimtindo wa kuwa na ushirikiano wa karibu kufikia lengo la taifa. nimeona pale mama Meghji naye kaguswa na hilo la bandari tena http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/3654/1/Niliziba-mianya-ya-rushwa-Maliasili-Meghji kwamba kwa nini hasa mizigo ya watu ikae sana bandarini?? Mh. Kikwete

sera ya Kikwete ya nchi za nje ni safi - kwamba itajali uchumi kuliko siasa. hapa sasa iko wazi kuwa Mugabe hana chake tena na nadhani alifikiri Kikwete angemshabikia kama alivyofanya kaka yake Mkapa! alitoa hotuba yake http://allafrica.com/stories/200512220497.html akiongelea ongelea CCM akidhani anajifagilia. nimona sasa kumbe vinara wa siasa za kibabe za afrika wanaitumia CCM kama kichaka cha kujificha. Bakili Muluzi (alipelekewa TOT kupiga kampeni), na Museveni anasema eti bila CCM Uganda isingekuwa ilipo. mimi sielewi ni kwa nini raisi wa nchi moja aende aongelee kwa levels za vyama vya nchi nyingine??? inakuhusu nini? hivi inaingia akilini kweli?? kwani hajui kuwa kila mtu hata upinzani kwa kipindi fulani ulikuwa CCM? haya si ndio yale yaliyowafanya kina Kingunge wambinafsishe Nyerere kwenye CCM wakati wa kampeni??? pamoja na blanda zote na kutokukubalika nyumbani, Museveni anataka kuwa raisi wa kwanza wa afrika mashariki akisite kutotaka kuwaangusha nyerere na kenyata http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/Habari/2006/01/13/14271.html na waandishi wakamjadili
http://allafrica.com/stories/200601120744.html nadhani huyu hana habari kuwa hata nyerere pia tunamjadili kama raia wengine kwa sasa.

kuna bwana mmoja wa zimbabwe ambaye tunafanya naye hapa na amezunguka nchi nyingi za afrika alisema kuwa AFRIKA ITATENGEMAA PALE AMBAPO KUTAKUWA NA TAASISI IMARA ZISIZOTEGEMEA UPEPO WA KISIASA. kwa maoni yake huyu bwana ni kuwa hata kama CUF watachukua nchi haina maana kuwa mambo hayataenda . kwa kifupi mafanikio ya nchi yasiwe tegemezi kwa ni kiongozi gani aliye madarakani. mimi ninakubali kabisa, je mna maoni gani?

namtakieni nyoote mwisho mzuri wa wiki!

2006-01-09T10:42:00.000-08:00

mlolongo wa Tanzanite.

wandugu wapendwa kata kama ni kuwekeza! kwa nini hawa jama wasije moja kwa moja? kama tanzanite inatokea TZ, kwa nini hata SA ikae juu yetu kimlolongo? wanavyosema kuwa SA ni exporter namba 1 wa tanzanite duniani wakifuatiwa na kenya watakuwa wanakosea?

http://www.tanzaniteone.com/tanzaniteone-about-org.asp

uhuru!

2006-01-02T02:06:00.000-08:00

jamani kaka ndesanjo aliniuliza kuhusu kujua radio inayoweza kukupa updates za nyumbani

nenda pale
http://www.radiomariatanzania.co.tz

ni mtandao wa radio maria za katoliki duniani mwote.
ukiwa pale utaona pale juu listen live. click!
hawa wanaunganishw na rtd saa zote za matukio muhimu. na taarifa ya saa mbili usiku kila siku utaipata!

kuna na ratiba zao nzuri tu utaziona pale mfano mambo ya jamii na maisha wachilia mbali mchana watu wanapodai wanakula wali kwa samaki mkubwa wakati ni nguruka!! inatosha kudondoshesha mate mdomoni na kukumbuka nyumbani japo bro michuzi anadai tunatanua!

tafakuri: jamani kwanini RTD wasiwe na radio kwenye web?

cheers

2006-01-01T08:38:00.000-08:00

HESHIMAAAAAZZZZ TOA ! - SALUTATION - HATS OFF!

Kama mwananchi menye mapenzi makubwa kwa Tanzania, sina budi kuendelea kusema na kuwajibika kwa kuchangia mawazo yangu pale mambo yanapoharibika (kurekebisha) na pia kusifia pale yanapoenda vyema (kukazia). kwa kipindi cha mwezi mmoja nimekuwa kama mwanamama mwenye mimba mwezi wa tisa na akisubiri kujifungua! sijui atazaa nazi au majani au mtoto. Je mtoto mwenyewe atakuwa hai, kama hai timamu? au ndio hivyo tena!. sawa, kuna mambo yalitukia katika mchakato mzima wa uchaguzi wa viongozi. haya tusiache kuyahubiri ili siku zijazo yatuokoe na dhahma katika taifa letu. inabidi tufanye hivi kupitia blogu kwa sababu yale magaseti yetu hayataki wala kusikia habari za kurekebisha, wao wanatakaa usifie tuu hata kama ni soo!. kwa leo nimekuja kuwavulia kofia raisi wetu na kwa mara ya kwanza namuita MPENDWA MHESHIMIWA ndugu Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Spika wa Bunge Mh. Samuel Sitta, na waziri mkuu Mh. Edward Lowassa. kwa nini basi? nitaanza na jinsi walivyokuwa wanatoka bombani lakini rais atakuja baadae kwani binafsi nimemfahamu juzi nilipokuwa ninafuatilia hotuba ya ufumbuzi wa bunge.

Kofiaaaaaaaaaas toa kwa Mh. Sitta.

japokuwa ni mtu mzima watu wanaweza sema ni mvinyo wa zamani kwenye chupa mpya lakini pia pengine isingekuwa busara kumpa uspika yule mwanafunzi wa mwaka wa tatu chuo kikuu bwana Mnyeti (27). kwa sasa. huyu aliingia bungeni kwa mara ya kwanza na pengine ana mengi mmno anayokabiliana nayo kwa sasa. hata hivyo tunamshukuru sasa kwanza kuwaonyesha vijana kuwa hatima ya nchi iko mikononi mwetu, na tunaweza tena leo sio kesho! Tunamshukuru sana bwana Akukweti na wale wenzake waliogombea uspika na baadae kukiri kabla ya upigaji kura kuwa BUNGE LA TANZANIA LINAENDESHWA KIZAMANI UKILINGANISHA NA MABUNGE MENGI KATIKA NCHI WALIZOTEMBELEA. WALIKIRI KUWA MABADILIKO NI MHUHIMU NA MTU WA KULETA MABADILIKO HAYO NI MH. SITTA. hiyo ndiyo siri ya ushindi - mabadiliko yakapatikana. kukiri udhaifu ni nusu ya suluhisho!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/3366/1/Spika-mpya-atoa-ole-kwa-mawaziri tunashukuru sana akina Akukweti na wenzako kwa uzalendo kujitoa na kumpisha maana hata zile kura zenu zikaelekezwa kwake na kuwasaidia wenzenu kuamua vizuri dhidi ya ule mbuyu. lakini ili kutojilaani nadhani akukweti alijipigia kura moja.

kwa ujumla ukiangalia chaguzi za mawaka huu baada ya kupatikana raisi zimekuwa za kidemokrasia! kwa nini nasema hivyo? ni kwa sababu wamechaguliwa watu kutokana na umaarufu wao kiutendaji katika jamii (popularity ), kuliko zile zama za kina mchonga ambazo kiongozi ni kufahamiana tuu!! na hakukuwa na popular vote. Mh. kikwete kuonyesha anajua anachokifanya hakucheza kamari zile za kizamani kuwa kwa kuwa iliishahisiwa Mh. Lowassa kuwa PM ambadilishe na kuwanyima watanzania haki zao. DARhotwire waliconduct survey iliyompiga chini msekwa http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/maoni/13743.html na walipiga survey iliyompa bog up lowassa http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/maoni/13864.html . niliwachokoza darhot wire kwanini wasipige kura ya maoni ya waziri mkuu Ukisoma http://www.darhotwire.com/dar/maoni/13738.html utaona. walikubali na kufanya hivyo. nilichombeza kuwa kwanini wanahabari hawatupi nafasi ya kupiga popularity vote kwa uongozi? kuna baadhi ya wanamaoni walidai tuache kimbelembele kumvurugia raisi kazi yake kwani ataghairi ikileak, lakini hawakujua zama hizo ziliishapita. DHW imekuwa ikiwa gateway ya info tanzania, na imesaidia kurekebisha sehemu nyiiiingi sana!. nina toa maoni kuwa kuna haja ya magazeti kuchukua jukumu hilo kwa bidii ili kusaidia uteuzi wa viongozi bora na si bora viongozi. east african strandard na the daily nations ya kenya teyari yanafanya popular voting ya raisi ajaye na kalonzao musyoka teyari yuko juu ya kibaki. na ndio raisi ajaye, sio hawa wa kushushwa kama mana!

Ninampa credits zifuatazo bwana Sitta

Ni mwanasheria mwenye shahada yake ya chuo kikuu. mrejesho nyuma wake japo siujui sana uko katika kundi la watu ambao hupambana ili kuboresha maisha yao na yanaowazunguka kihalali na kwa bidii. Mkewe huyu ni Rais wa chama cha walimu Tanzania. amekuwa mpiganianaji mzuri wa mambo ya walimu. hata hivyo sijapata muda kumpima kimafanikio. ninaamini familia ina nafasi kubwa sana katika utulivu na usahihi wa mamuzi mara zote!

alipoteza ubunge ambao ameupata tena. inaweza kuonyesha kuwa wananchi walimrudia baada ya kugundua ni sahihi zaidi! pia ameonyesha sio mkata tamaa.

waliofanya naye kazi naye wanasema ni hakuna kulala mpaka kieleweke. amekuwa ni mwenyekiti wa kituo cha uwekezaji Tanzania. wanaomfahamu wanasena hufanya kazi zake siku zote kulenga mafanikio yafike - result oriented. nimesoma kwenye mitandao mingine wenzake katika level zake kidunia amemsifia pia kuwa ni hodari.

kauli mbiu yake ni bunge lenye viwango vinavyokubalika. ukisoma pale amewachimba mkwala mawaziri wanaotoa majibu ya juu juu ambayo hayana msaada kwa wananchi. ninadhani amegundua kuwa hapo ndio wabunge huoneklana wabaya. - ninadhani hii ndio kazi ya spika.

nafasi yake katika kituo cha uwekezaji inampa uwezo mkubwa sana kujua mwekezaji anataka nini na jinsi gani atawasaidia wawekezaji wa ndani na wa nje! haya ana uwezo wa kuyadhughulikia ipasavyo kwenye utungaji wa sheria huyko bungeni. siku moja hapa SA nilikuwa nangalia kwenye TV wakasema ni nchi ya 27 kwa kuvutia ulimwenguni. sio siri hata kaka michuzi akitua hapa na kampuni yake na ile kombi. itamchukua at most wiki kupata kibali na kuanza kazi. serekali husaidia kwa makusudi kabisa watu wanaojitahidi na kuajiri wengine!! Serekali ya SA hupenda sana watu kutoka nje ya nchi yao wakifungua biashara hata kama ni Saloon ya nywele, na inakuona kwa kukusaidia jinsi unavyoajiri watu wao, kwani kwao ni kuongeza ajira na kufundisha ujasiriamali ambao hawa wenzetu weusi hawana. nilichoshangaa huku tofauti na nyumbani ni kuwa serekali hujua na ina rekodi ya hata kibarua unayemuajiri kwenye kipoint chako (serekali ya wakereketwa). jinsi hela inavyozunguka haitamchukua mwaka kutundika kitu cha nguvu mbezi beach! - kwa wanyonge Mh. Sitaa ana kazi ya kufuta viprotokali vinavyosumbua wanyonge kupata leseni, mikopo na franchise za multination corporation! TUNATAKA TUWE NA NCHI INAYOKALIKA! kwa wakubwa kuwaalika waje kwa kasi!

Labda katika utandawazi niongelee kitu kimoja. nikumbushe hapo nyuma enzi za ujima, watu walikuwa wanasafiri na kuhamahama. kijana rijali mwenye nguvu ukifika ugenini, ukalima kwa bidii na kuwa shujaa, jumuia ile hukutaka uwe mmoja wao. wazee hukaa chini na kukutafutia binti mmoja mtukuka kabisa mrembo mtanashati tena ikibidi bado ana manailoni aliyopewa na mama yake ili umuoe, kwani baada ya hapo utakuwa mwenzao. hutafikiria kuhama na watakutumia kwa manufaa ya wote. basi tena utaenda wapi wakati umeheshimiwa namuna hiyo? wewe utakuwa proudly part of that community! turudi kwa Topic yetu! Tunachoona sasa hivi duniani ni kwamba mataifa yanahubiri utandawazi wakati yanaoanisha uwekezaji na utaifa. kwa mfano, makampuni ya afrika kusini yakija kuwekeza tanzania, yana agenda za kujenga nyumbani afrika kusini na sio tanzania- proudly South African. kampuni ya bia SAB ilipokuja kuwekeza ikasema ngano ya arusha haiwafai, wakarudi kuchukua ya nyumbani SA. hii ni kulinda ajira zao na mashamba yao kule nyumbani. sio hilo tuu, kuna ripoti nilisoma (ya siri lakini) kuhusu food pricing behaviour inasema kuwa kuuza kwao nje hushindanisha bei na soko la ndani hivyo kupandisha bei za vyakula mle ndani kwa faida ya mkulima - na ajira anazotoa. kwa ajili ya hilo serekali nayo hutoa mishahara mizuuuuriii tu ambayo inawawezesha watu kula. uchumi unakuwa namna hiyo. katika ripoti hiyo walitamba jinsi wanavyoungisha nyumbani na jinsi wanavyogonga nchi za jirani. nilisoma wanasema mfano shoprite checkers wana stoo 13 zambia peke yake, ambapo bei za vyakula kutoka kwao huuzwa mara tatu juu zaidi ya nchini kwao!!! - tunahitaji viongozi wanaoweza kubadili mfumo huu usitulalie ili tupate maslahi. Nilivyosema hapo awali ni kuwa ukatili wa utandawazi ni kuoanisha uwekezaji na utaifa. sasa basi tunataka aina ya uongozi ambao humkabidhi mwekezaji mke ili asiondoke tena na akifa tumzike pale pale kwetu. hii inaweza kufanyika kwa aidha kumyanyua mwekezaji toka sifuri. au kumpa mazingira mazuri yatayofanya asahau mke kule alikotoka!!! wawekezaji toka afrika kusini ni vigumu sana kugeuka kwani serekali yao ndio inawapa mitaji, inawatafutia masoko - juhudi za afrika kusini kuleta suluhisho afrika si lolote zaidi ya kutafuta tenda kwa wafanyabiashara wake! je hawa tutafanyaje kuwaonyesha kuwa mke mpya (Tanzania) ni bora kuliko yule wa zamani (Afrika kusini)? kingine nirudie, ni lazima afrika kusini??? mbona uarabuni kuna hela nyingi na matajiri wengi tu? mimi ni mtu mdogo sana mithili ya tone maji katika bahari kufanya uamuzi huu! KAZI KICHWANI MH. SPIKA.

Kitendo cha mh. spika kumpisha msaidizi wake mama makinda kwenye kiti atangaze matokeo ya waziri mkuu akisema "mimi si mrasimu" kinaonyesha jinsi gani anachukizwa na silabi hii!! tanzania inahitaji kupiga vita kwa bidii urasimu. inaonyesha pia mh. anajua ni kitu gani watanzania wanachokitaka! mh. spika aliomba tena kupigwa kura kwa ubunge wa afrika uangalie uzalendo na maslahi ya taifa (akimaanisha kumpa nafasi Mh. Mongela kurudi kuendelea kuongoza bunge la afrika). sikupata matokea ila nadhani wote waliitikia kama walivyoitikia kwenye uchaguzi wa waziri mkuu. - Tukirudi kwa kina Philip Mangula hili ni fundisho kuwa haihitaji kupata madaraka hata kwa nguvi kwani wapinzani pia ni wazalendo!

tunapokwenda kwenye shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki mwaka 2010, tunahitaji spika makini kama huyu ambaye si mrasimu, msomi,mzazi, mwenye busara atayeshirikisha kada zote (professional) kuamua hatima ya tanzania.

Kofiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas toa Lowassa.

huyu aliongoza kwenye popular vote akifuatiliwa na john Magufuli.mimi mwenyewe nitoa vote yangu hivyo pale dhw. nilifanya hivyo kwa ajili ya uzalendo. Mh. Lowassa kwa namna moja au nyingine namfahamu. nawafahamu na jamaa zake wanaomzunguka, nawafahamu baadhi ya ndugu zake, nawafahamu wafanyakazi wenzake pale wizara ya maji, nawafahamu maadui zake. labda niongelee ninachojua.

huyu bwana ni positive. hakuna kulala hadi kieleweke (watanzania wanachotaka). kuna wakati hulala masaa mawili kwa siku ili akamilishe kazi kikamilifu. alipopata ile wizara huyu bwana kuna aliomba anunuliwe gari mahususi la kupambana na wasomali mbugani kwani alijua fika ofisini sio kwake. hii iko wazi hashindi ofisini huyu ni mbugani tu! wote tumeona jinsi alivyopambana na CITY WATER na KUWEZA KUWASHAWISHI WORLD BANK KUIPIGA CHINI CITY WATER, NA KUCHUKULIWA NA WAZALENDO - kitu ambacho kuwashawishi world bank si rahisi sana. ni wiki moja tuu baadae ufanisi ukaonekana, na sasa hivi bili zinalipwa kwa AT M. bosi wa DAWASA mpya aliomba siku 100 aitengeneze. hii inawezekana kabisa mfano Mustafa Mkulo na mifuko ya hifadhi. SUALA HAPA NI COMMITMENT YA MTOA UTEUZI KUMUWEKA MTU SAHIHI KWENYE NAFASI na kumpa maelezo sahihi yenye ULTIMATUM. HAPA Mh. Lowassa kwa kiasi kikubwa amewawezesha wazalendo!

Mrejesho nyuma wa mh. Lowassa ni kwamba alibahatika kuzaliwa kwenye mali nikiwa na maana ya mifugo. alitumia elimu yake na kidogo alichokuwa nacho kupigania maisha yake kuwa bora! kwa kifupi huyu ni mjasiriamali pia. Mwalimu nyerere mara nyingi akiwa na ile falsafa yake ya kuchukia matajiri mara nyingi aliishia kumpiga madongo lakini bila kumtaja jina (kidole kilikuwa kinapinda) akijua kuwa hana ushahidi wowote wa huyu bwana kuiba au kula rushwa. alikuwa anasema "hawa vijana juzi tu leo hii!!!!!". kwa ujumla mimi nimaamini kuwa kiongozi anatakiwa kuwa ni mtu responsible na ambaye ana uwezo wa kutatua matatizo yake kiuhalali na pia ana uwezo wa kuona mbele. mtu kama Lowasa ni sahihi kabisa. muda wa kuongoza watu wanaoponea kwenye siasa uliishapitwa. sasa kama mwenzio halali anafanya kazi unategemea mlingane? jamaa yangu Chikira pale chuo kikuu alikuwa tukiwa kwenye zoezi la kula miwa alikuwa anasisitiza tusikosee kama mwalimu tukaanza na UJAMAA (kula miwa waliyonunua wenzio ikakatwa katwa mkaila mkiizunguka) halafu KUJITEGEMEA (kununua muwa), akisema ni budi kujitegemea kwanza (kununua muwa) halafu ujamaa (kula kwa pamoja na wenzio).......

kuna matatizo mengi tu kiutendaji ambayo ndiyo kuchelewesha maendeleo kwa umma kama sio kutesa wanyonge. haya yanahitaji mtu stahili kushughulikia. swali la kwanza ni KWA NINI SEREKALI HAIONI UMUHIMU WA KUTOA MISHAHARA MIZURI KWA WAFANYAKAZI WAKE? niliishasema na nitasema tena kuwa mishahara mizuri ni chanzo cha mapato kwa wananchi. hii hufufua sekta nyingi sana na kuwawezesha wananchi kuishi kwa shughuli halali! je ni wangapi wanatamani kununua bidhaa lakini wanashindwa? je mchonga fenicha atakulaje? hii kama ilivyo kwenye shairi moja niliweka hufanya watu warudi kununua vyakula kwa bei ya kutupa!! ninalaani kitendo cha hii OTTU kubehave kama jumuiya ya chama miaka mingi baada ya kufutwa kwa JUWATA. kwa nini wao hawaongelei mambo ya maslahi kwa wafanyakazi wake? jumuia hizi ndizo husema kwa mustakabali wa taifa! ninadhani kuna haja ya kugeukia huko kukwangua makunyanzi yaliyopo kule. kuna mambo ambayo serekali hufanya kwa kuwepo madai. kuna mahali niliandika kuwa wafuga kuku waliipeleka serekali mahakamani kuzuia uagizaji wa kuku hapa Afrika kusini. serekali inabanwa na utandawazi, hivyo walishirikiana hivyo ili kutetea maslahi ya wafuga kuku wa afrika kusini..........maana yangu hapa ni kuwa ninahisi hii jumuiya ya wafanyakazi ina makunyanzi kama sio makupepe!!!. mh.
lowassa ameweza kusuluhisha matatizo mengi tu ya wafanyakazi wake pale maji, nina uhakika hili la mishahara bora atalifungia kibwebwe hata kama hii jumuiya iliyokufa ya wafanyakazi haijasema. tunazungumzia wafanyakazi woooteee kuanzia walimu wetu wapendwa. hii itasaidia kuongeza uwezo wa wananchi.

jamani kabla sijaendelea mbele kuna challenge. maisha yanapanda kila mwaka, mishahara haikidhi mahitaji? lakini cha ajabu watu mjini -0wafanyakazi hawalalamiki. kwanini? 1. karibu wote ni wezi/wadokozi hivyo wanajikimu kwa njia hiyo! 2. chakula ni bure na huishuka bei kila mwaka (HAPA NINACHOSEMA NI KUWA SEREKALI NA WAFANYAKAZI WAMEKUWA WANASHIRIKIANA - CONSPIRACY, KUWAIBIA WAKULIMA). jamani wote tunajua jinsi wakati wa mavuno watu wanakatiza vijijini bila aibu kusomba mazao ya kula mwaka mzima kwa bei ya kutupa, bila kujali kuwa mkulima ana watoto wa kusomesha, anapanda magari hayo hayo , ana gharama za uwekezaji n.k. maana yangu hapa ni kuwa anakumbwa kila kitu kama sisi wa mjini (ananunua dawa, ananunua petroli, analipa ada) ambavyo vyote havimuangalii kama mpangiwa bei wa huduma anayotoa. wanablogu, wakulima ambao ni 80 % ya tanzania wataacha kuwa masikini mwaka hadi mwaka? asilimia 80 % wakiwa masikini si nchi ishakuwa masikini? tatizo ni kuwa katika tanzania, utasalimika ukiwa mjanja au uko kwenye kundi la wajanja kwani mtalalia kule ambako hakuna wa kuwasemelea. jibu la swali hili lipo na nadhani mh. lowassa analo. inakuwaje basi kama hapa SA kilo ya ng'ombe ni shilingi 6000? kilo ya kondoo ni shilingi 8000? kilo ya maharagwe ni shilingi 2000? kilo ya nyanya ni shilingi 1500? bei ya petroli hapa hucheza kama ilivyo TZ, ni rand 5.18 kama shilingi 932.4. je tuwalalie na kuendelea kuwaibia wakulima wetu kwa kisingizio kuwa hawajatuletea malalamiko? au kwa kuwa hawana wa kuwasemelea?

nitarejea kwenye hili suala la kumwaga hela ndani ya nchi kwa makusudi. ni muhimu sana. niliangalia wakati mataifa yetu ya afrika yanajitahidi kuwa na current account ambay0 ni chanya (ina hela za ziada)+ marekani ilikuwa na hasi. mwaka jusi walikuwa wana - 500 billion $ na ilikuwa inakadiriwa mwaka huu uloisha wawe na - 700 billion $. tafsiri rahisi ni kuwa wakati mataifa yetu yanapambana kuwa na balance, ya wenzetu yanapambana kuhakikisha wanatumia kila kitu. yaani, badala ya kukimbiza nje (+ account hukimbiza fedha nje kwa wengine) unatakiwa sasa kurudisha ndani. hii ni pamoja na kutumia kama serekali, kulipa mishahara, kusaidia wakulima, huduma za jamii n.k.. habari hizi kama unazipenda tembelea kule www.networkideas.org
udhaifu wa serekali zetu hulewa kuonekana zina hela ambazo zilikosa matumizi wakati watu wake wanaumia. labda tujiulize, kwanini daktari anayeanza kazi alipwe 900 $, 600 $ msumbiji na zambia wakati kwetu hata 200 $ hazifiki? kwa nini mwalimu chuo kikuu kenya wenye shahada ya uzamili alipwe 1800 $ take home wakati tanzania akijitahidi ana 400 $? kwa nini mwalimu wa shule ya msingi zambia alipwe 200 $ wakati kwetu hafiki 80 $? kwa nini hata manesi wetu huponea kukimbilia zambia? taifa ambalo wataalamu wake hukimbia hufilisika na hata wawekezaji huliogopa. je tuajua siri ya uingereza kutoa ajira dunia nzima? tunajua siri ya green card lotto ya kupata uraia marekani? nchi inapokuwa na watumishi wengi, huwa salama, na hela huzunguka. mfano tulizungumza habari ya kuita watu tuwape wake. je tunafahamu kuwa tanzania inaongoza katika nchi zisizokalika (countries not worth living). hata watalii wakija wanacheza kamari ya kurudi maiti kwani wanajua kuna malaria na inaonekana kabisa kuwa madaktari hawatoshi, vitanda hosipitali havitoshi, kina mama kufa wajawazito ni kawaida e.t.c. je serekali kuendelea kutimua wataalamu wake na kufurahia kuona wanakwenda nche ya nchi (wanawapunguzia usumbufu) ni jambo la kushangiliwa kweli? je madaktari walisoma ili wakafanye kazi uingereza au botswana? ------ ni uchumi gani unajengwa kwa figa moja? kwanini serekali isijitahidi ili wafanyakazi na watanzania wooote walio nje ya nchi wafunge virago na warudi nyumbani? NDIO MAANA TUNASEMA KUWA NCHI YETU TUKUFU IMEGEUZWA KUWA PANGO LA WANYANG'ANYI! - mheshimiwa waziri mkuu utusaidie hapo!! tunajua unaweza tenda! haya mawazo chakavu ya kina mama Anna Abdalah kuwa madaktari wawe na wito, wakati wao hawana hata chembe ya wito sasa tuwe tusiyaache yapite bila kutemewa mate! mimi daktari kwangu ni wa muhimu mara mia kuliko hata huyu mama waziri. nashangaa kwanini huyu mama alipwe vizuri madaktari wanyanyaswe! halafu unajua tena huko chamani, wakasema ilikuwa ni kampeni ya wapinzani. wakati ni mwanafunzi nimeishawahi kuona mgogoro wa maslahi ya wanafunzi chuo kikuu kitaaluma kudaiwa na vingunge wa chuo kuwa ni matatizo ya kabila fulani likinyemelea to positions za chuo!!! hili likafika hivyo mpaka kule bungeni!!! shame!

kama ni interview, lowasa alifaulu kwenye jitihada zake za usiku na mchana kusambaza maji safi nchini, na pia kuweza kupambana na waarabu ili avute maji ya ziwa victoria. inasemekana pia ni yeye alishawishi nchi za jirani kuangalia upya maslahi ya nchi husika katika matumizi ya maji ya ziwa victoria. kuna wakati nilisoma kuwa waziri wa misri alisema nchi yake itatoa kichapo kwa nchi itayodhubutu kugusa ziwa victoria. unaweza kusoma mwenyewe jinsi mgogoro huu ulivyowahi kupanda chati hapa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/international/watershortage_20050203.shtml

huyu bwana alianzisha muvu na akawaka mradi mkuwa sana wa maji kutoka ziwa victoria. watanzania, tuanataka nini tena baada yahapo?

kofia toaaaaaaaa kwa Kikwete!

Mh. Kikwete nimemvulia kofia baada ya kusikiliza hotuba yake ya bunge, na kuona jinsi ambavyo haangalii makunyanzi kwenye utendaji. haraka haraka nimemuona mh. Raisi kuwa ni liberal leader. nitasema machache kwani nina kazi kama tulivyopeana wanablogu kuchambua hotuba yake ya kwanza bungeni.

1. mh. kikwete ni liberal thinker. anajua ni nini kimemuweka madarakani, na anajua ni nini kero za wananchi. kwa hotuba yake ya juzi nina uhakika anajua japo kuna dhuluma zilifanyika kwa uchaguzi, yeye angependa zaidi kuwa na ushindi usio na doa. anaamini ushindi wake haukuwa na doa, na anataka kucheza uwanja uliosawazishwa zaidi ya ilivyokuwa.

2. tofauti na maraisi waliopita ukiacha mzee Mwinyi, kikwete ni raisi mguswa, na anajua achotakiwa kufanya. ndio maana kuna waziri mkuu na raisi. waziri mkuu atahakikisha kuwa ndoto za raisi zinafikiwa kwa kufuata kanuni. Mh. Mkapa na Nyerere walikuwa wanasoma vitabuni na kutaka kukopi. naamini mzee Mwinyi aliliona hilo ndio akamleta huyu bwana kwenye medani nzito za kisiasa. nimesikitika tu kusoma mahali mzee mwinyi alisema hata watu 21,000 wakifa zanzibar ni sawa bora wachukue ushindi.tusingetegemea kusikia kauli hii kutoka kwa mzee kama huyu.

3.Kuna uwezekano mkubwa kuwa Mh. Kikwete amegundua kuigeuza Tanzania kutoka kanisa hadi nchi huru ni hatua kubwa sana kwa maendeleo ya wananchi wake! Naamini kabisa kuwa umri umekuwa na nafasi yake katika kuona uhalisi wa mambo. mh. Kikwete alisoma wakati mmoja na Maalim Seif. hawa wote wana akili nzuri sana. Seif alikuwa amejiandaa kumpa uwaziri kiongozi mwanaCCM kama wasingevuruga uchaguzi (angepata haki yake ya kuongoza). Zanzibar ingekuwa peponi. Kikwete alihojiwa itakuwaje zanzibar wakapata uongozi ambao si wa CCM? akajibu, ikitokea hivyo, atayepata na aongoze kwa maslahi ya taifa!!! very good. nadhani huko ndio tunapokwenda. tunashukuru sana Mh. Kikwete tumekusikia ukisisitiza azma zako bungeni! tunadhani Tanzania itakalika na sisi pia watoto zetu. Leo sisemi mengi kuhusu kikwete kwani kama wanablogu wengine nitaandika makala za kuchambua hotuba yake ya kuzindua bunge, ila muhtasari ni kwamba tunahisi tunaelekea kwenye kuwa taifa huru. kikwete anaonyesha anataka kugeuza sura nzima ya siasa mfu za tanzania.

tunamshukuru sana kwani umejibu mambo mengi tu ya wanablogu na hata ile barua ya wazi kwako kama raisi mpya ameijibu vizuri sana kwa ahadi - pamoja na mengine. Mh. Kikwete ana dalili zote za kutokuwa mhaini. Tunamshauri Mh. Kikwete kutovurugwa sana na magazeti ya nyumbani na hasa yale ya chama ambalo yenyewe yana wahariri wanaojua kusifia tu bila kukutonya panapoharibika. tunaendelea kukukaribisha kwenye globu zetu kama ambavyo unasoma kama anonymous na mungu akikusaidia kupata muda basi na wewe ufungue ya kwako kama mh. Mbowe.

tunamshukuru sana bw. Kikwete kwa kusikiliza kilio chetu cha elimu ya uraia ambapo amesema ataanzisha wizara kushughulikia hilo. natumaini makamishna wako tayari kabisa hapa kwa kazi hiyo. kuna kina kaka jeff, makene, materu na wanablogu wengine wengi ambao wamekuwa wakipigania hilo bila hata kulipwa. usitafute makamishna wa kuponea ajira watakupotezea muda. chukua makamishna kutoka bloguni!

ninaposema sifa hizi haina maana kuwa Mh. Mbowe au Lipumba hakufaa, lakini ngoma imeangukia kwako. na umeonyesha kuwa unaweza kuucheza mpira vyema. ni kitendo cha kumshukuru mungu.

kwa leo naishia hapo lakini niwaachie link muwaone hawa vijana wawili wakijiandaa kupiga mzigo. kama wanayosema ndio kwa kweli mungu awape afya!

http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/new/articles/3399/1/Monduli-yalipuka-kwa-nderemo-na-vifijo

swali la leo: hivi inspekta jenerali wa polisi wa Tanzania ni mjumbe wa kamati kuu ya chama (NEC) kutokana na wadhifa wake?

karibuni ukumbini!

cheers

2005-12-27T07:27:00.000-08:00

wandugu wapendwa

hebu piteni hapo

http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/radio1/2005/12/27/56655.html

msome hii habari

Wabunge waanzisha chombo cha kuwaunganisha

je mna maoni gani?

2005-12-27T07:24:00.000-08:00

ndugu wanablogu,

hebu pita hapo

http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/radio1/2005/12/27/56655.html

uone hii habari

Wabunge waanzisha chombo cha kuwaunganisha

je mna maoni gani?

2005-12-27T00:35:00.000-08:00

UGENINI AU NYUMBANI
MJINI AU NYIKANI
SWALI KWA MWINYITANDI
WAPI KWA KUGHANI

NIMEISHI NYUMBANI
PIA UGHAIBUNI
NYUMBANI NI NYUMBANI
LAKINI HURU SI NYUMBANI

NIKIKUMBUKA KITIMOTO
KACHUMBARI KWA MATANGO
WACHILIA MBALI MAWAZO
KWA MAMA NA MTOTO

UGHAIBUNI SIO KWANGU
NYUMBANI NDIO KWANGU
JAPOKUWA MAISHA NI MACHUNGU
MIE SIWEZI ELEZA SABABU

UJANGILI UMEONGEZEKA
UMASIKINI UMEKUWA
RIZIKI KUCHAKUA
KUKOSA NI MAUA

NIMEBUNI BIASHARA
WAKAJA THANASHARA
WAKASEMA BIDHAA MARIDHAWA
WAKAISHIA MACHO KUNAWA

WAKAJA WALE WA VIBANDA
KUNAWA KUTAKA KULA
WAKAISHIA KUNAWA
SIJUI NINI MARIDHAWA

NIKAJIKALIA ZANGU KIBARAZANI
NIKAWAZA NA KUFIKIRI
MWANANCHI NALIPA KODI
WAKATI BIASHARA HAILIPI

NIKAJARIBU BONGO FLAVA
TUKATENGENEZA PIA NA MAGITAA
NAKALA KOPI KADHAA
WADOSI WAKACHIKICHIA!

ZAMANI NILICHEZA MPIRA
KABLA YA SANDE MANARA
ILIKUWA NI USHUJAA
KUBURUDISHA SI KUTAFUTA!

WAMESEMA NIKALIME
TAIFA NILILISHE
UCHUMI NIUJENGE
MAISHA BORA NIPANIE

WAKATOKA WALE MJINI
WAMEKUJA NA GARI YA OFISI
MAHINDI WAKAYATAMANI
BEI YAKE HAWAKUTAMANI

WAKALILIA NISHUSHE BEI
ILI WAIMUDU BEI
NIKAWAPA KWA ILE BEI
WAKAFURAHI KAMA SI KUNIKEBEHI

SASA MTOTO AMERUDI
SHULE ILE YA JIONI
WALIMU HAWAMUONI
AMESHINDWA KULIPA MONI

SASA MIMI NIFANYAJE
KULIMA NIMELIMA
KIPAJI NIMETUMIA
BIASHARA NIMEFANYA
MALIPO SIJAYAPATA

NYIE HUKO MJINI
AJIRA ZA SEREKALI
DOLA IMEPANDA CHATI
MSHAHARA HAUPANDI
MATATIZO NIBEBE MIMI?

KAMA MBOLEA NINANUNUA
PEMBEJEO PIA NANUNUA
USAFIRI NATUMIA
MBONA MAHITAJI KAMA YENU?

AKAJA BWANA KIKWETE
LABDA ATANIONA MIMI KIWETE
MATATIZO ANIFUMBULIE
KURA NIMEMPA YEYE
ALISEMA UPINZANI UTAONGEZA KASHESHE

WANANAFASIHI MUNISAIDIE
NINI CHANZO CHA KASHESHE
UPINZANI HULETA KASHESHE
AU KASHESHE HUSEMA KAPINGANE ?

ACHA KASHESHE NINAISHI KWA KASHISHI
NASTAHILI KUBWA BAKSHISHI
LAKINI SWALI NATABARUKI
KASHESHE LANGU HADI LINI ?

KIKWETE NILIMUUNGA MKONO
ALINIJIBU NILIPOMPUNGIA MKONO
NAAMINI ATANIUNGA MKONO
HATA KAMA KUNA CHOKOCHOKO ?

2005-12-20T02:06:00.000-08:00

Kwa kuanza ndugu wanablogu, kina Jeff kwa kwenda mbele! mtanisamehe kwani hapa nilitumia kiswakinge! Makala hii niliandika kitambo (mwezi wa 11) na sijapata muda wa kuirudia!

Since I am a Tanzanian while in South Africa, I can start by explaining my little knowledge on these guys with regards to investment out their country. Already I have heard some complaints that they had done away with wheat supply from Arusha, yesterday I read that they are doing away with local suppliers in Kilombero "Illovo sugar", not providing expected returns in sector of mining - e.g. Bukoba, non progress for TANESCO, and may be the death of ATCL. While Tanzania is the best market rated by Joburg, I am not sure if Dar es salaam is most favoured by Joburg. cha ajabu still SA is a big exporter wa TAnzanite kuliko Tanzania yenyewe! I am also worried kuwa uhusiano mkubwa wa kibiashara kati ya SA na Tanzania either ni matokeo ya kutokujua tunachokifanya, nguvu ya utandawazi, au labda huyu balozi wetu aliyekuwa huku Bw. Ami Mpungwe kuwa PRO ACTIVE as compared to ALL OTHER AMBASSADORS WA TANZANIA ULIMWENGUNI KOTE!- wataalamu wa fani hiyo mtatusaidia hapo!

Tusidharau pia kuwa inawezekana wenzetu hapa bondeni ni mahodari wa kukata cha juu!! kwa ufahamisho yule tai tunayemwona kwenye emblem ya South Africa yuko described as a sign of seeing resources from far like as an eagle hence going for it and capture it! however, si mnamjua tai? hurudi kiotani kwake na windo kwa ajili ya family! My tiny knowledge on south african, is tha fact that they have a spirit of "proudly south african". NA NIWAJERUMANI - HUCAPITALISE COMPLETELY LOOP HOLE IKITOKEA ...these guysnever separated their business by the proudly south africans missionsent by their government...what they always think of is how are theycreating jobs and wealth back home at the expense of the foreignnations. What I am sure of is that even tomatoes sold in their minisupermarkets in Dar are coming from SA, for the benefit of SAfarmers...however, they are investors, and may be at this particularpoint what matters is the market force! agreeing on that, are ourfarmers capable to supply and compete in the market? if so, does thegovernment to speak and act on the local farmers behalf? - I am gladthat the presidential candidate for CCM at one time noted that evendrinking water in the hotel is exported!, I am sure if he got furtherhe could explore that even beef and onions were also imported!.

Restricting exportation is important although, not very easy. however, who does it? the GVT which exsisting under globalasation era? is it not possible? our experience tells us that with support of gvts such move can be done by producers. IMAGINE experience of the sugar saga which ended up with Iddi simba out of the ring, gave protection of sugar industry in the country! it ended up restricting importation of sugar, and offering more market power to sugar producers. however, this was the battle at one end (the government) and the other (Illovo sugar - the GIANT WORLD SUGAR producer). I am not sure if the mafinga milk producers could take it to this height! (mH. IDDI SIMBA ALIKUWA ANA INTEREST GANI NA SUKARI YA KUAGIZA? JE MH. SIMBA ALIKUWA AMETUMWA NA WANANCHI WA JIMBO AU ALIKUWA NI MBUNGE WA KUTEULIWA? ALITOKEA CHAMA GANI ? WATANZANIA WATAFANYAJE KAMA VIONGOZI WAO HUGEUKA NA KUWA VIONGOZI WA MATAIFA YA KIGENI?- The SA poultry producers sent gvt in court to restrict importation from US and other countries (this was rather an organised move). South Africa therefore imports just to cover the deficit "using quarters". Another method they are using is taxation, If you are in SA and you want to buy something from out of the country by order you will pay taxes to heights never experienced. They are therefore protecting their markets. If US wants to export turkey to SA, they will drop the price to the level that although the tax is there they become free takeaways to poor south africans. was it necessary to kill Kibo matches?

let me talk on this of South African Airways (SAA). in news of yesterday, on one hand ATCL was complaining on its natural death, throwing claims to SAA for cheating them and on the other SAA openingtrip to Zanzibar once a week using one of its new airbus!. ATCL complains that in their contract, SAA promised to add and improve inner network by adding more jets to fly incountry! - if that is the case, what is the problem? why dont ATCL + GVT squize them to fulfill their promise? is it becoming hard, since they are the same people who owns EVERTHING IN TZ? I am quite sure things became tough for Tanzania soon after her releasing of NBC to the same guys ABSA. MTAALAMU mmoja wa macro economics alimention that capturing financial capital of the country is the long timed strategy of the investor for him to start dictating terms. recently, ABSA wameingia terms na kuuza share zao kwa Barclays bank ya Uingereza. I am not sure on how Tanzania have been affected on this. kwa experience yangu finyu ninaweza kusema SAA imekuwa ikiihujumu ATCL. I have been following booking air tickets for Joburg - Dar trip. everyday, there is a go and return flight for both ATCL and SAA. what I have experienced in that, when I want to book for ATCL flight, from time to time there have been obstructions in the netwok, the thing not experienced while booking for SAA flight "all are underwww.flysaa.com". Then I realised that although, both are operatingunder SAA, SAA still wants ATCL dead! - hivyo utakuta ndege ya SAAinajaa as compared to ATCL. lakini swali langu ni kwamba, hawa watendaji wa ATCL hawayajui hayo? au wameleweshwa na rushwa? au ni yale yale ya kubebana (MWENZETU?) may be they dont know what are they supposed to do? where are the UD / Mzumbe /tumaini Bcom distinctions? "to be true, when they advertise for CEO positions down here, they look for people who can make things move rather than age/friendship or been - the mwenzetu" YOU CAN FIND A FRESH GRADUATE AT THE CEO POSITION!!. Kenya airways wanatisha. wao waliingia patnership long ago na KLM. Wana website yao ya kuuza ticket on line, and on top of that, when a Kenyan board on it, he/she gets gets incredible discount! - this is an ordinary business strategy! for a kenyan to fly SAA to nairobi, she/he should have missed Kenya airways!

Now, who should be A CHECK putting limitations to investors? who is responsible as a check for trade agreements? South African Breweriesmanaged to take over the profit making TBL. when they wanted to getinto agreement with the Kenyans they were told that for them to get in platform, East African Breweries will be selling in SA, as in quarters as SA wishes to sell in Kenya!! they knew things are tough, and so far they backed off!. so far There has been a huge Economic and Industrious disparity between Tz and Kenya the earlier beingdisperate!. is the solution for IMPROVING tANZANIANS wealth lyingbetween hating Kenyans? hating East African community? or just lay our hopes in the hands of South African? going back to COMESA? AU TUNASUMBULIWA NA UBINAFSI? KIASI KUWA ILE DHANA YA UZALENDO UMETUSHINGA IMETUSHINDA?

Not only hilo la ndege. kuna la bandari pia. our services like Tanzania Harbours Authority (THA) for SO LONG have been COMMITING SUICIDE. I hope may of us are aware of the UDOKOZI wa kitoto unaoendelea mzigo wako ukija. mara wameiba radio ya gari, mara bulb, mara sijui wamefumua power windows e.t.c. Also there have been unnecessary protocals hivyo magari ya watu hutake so long kutoka. this have been pushing most of the traders/imported wa Tanzania na majirani zake kufanya MASSIVE IMPORTATION through Mombasa na even Durban Port in south africa! je ni nani asiyejua kuwa if your consignment ikitua mombasa au durban you have it safely in your hands just the next day? As long as THA has decided to commit its only suicide who are you or me to stop it? Am I a Tanzanian enough for that? - Currently, two months ago, the SA government has capitalised on this to create more jobs in SA. kwa sasa gari yako ikifikia kwenye port za SA, kesho yake wanapakiza kwenye fleet itayolileta gari hadi boarder yao ya kutokea! ambayo utalipa 1000 Rands! - port fee alone is 500 R only! - still, pamoja na yote hayo watanzania na majirani zake wasio na bahari wanaona ni bora kupitia chanel hii kuliko kurisk na THA dar! ni aibu lakini kwani tuna bandari! - HAPA TUFANYAJE WANA MDAHALO? TUMLAUMU NANI KWA KIFO CHA MAREHEMU MASHIRIKA YETU?

The other thing that I have sensed down here is that the government of SA is very sensitive. time lapsing between a cry and providing solution is EXTREMELY SHORT! this may show the sign of efficiency in the gvt! does it require the gvt to be rich or just commitment? may be that is the spirit behind Ari Mpya Kasi Mpya motto of JK? - who knows, I am still in the egg shell!

One of my friend www.munishi.com posed a challenge that JKT ilikuwa na side effect yakuua intelligentsia ya watu kufikiri /kuargue and instead kucopy fikra pia kutekeleza matakwa za wanasiasa. this therefore made technocrats obey orders and implement in a militant way! this made much of parastatals including ATCL dying! how do you argue about profitability of the corporation while your boss has ordered free go and return family tickets to UK for holidays? Je Bongo Flava Technocrats (BFT) - wasomi ambao hawakupitia JKT hawaonekani kuwa smart, daring na efficient zaidi ya wale ambao walipitia hatua hiyo?

last but not least is I am posing the challenge! who is having thedestiny of our Tanzania? should we just look and adjust ourselves forthe order of the day and not decide for our own fate? why there havebeen always cheating somewhere? why are the blunderers just shiftedfrom office to office and not made responsible? - Jomo Kenyattawalipopata uhuru aliwambia wakenya - "wewe kama ukikuta mtu amelalanyonya yeye!!" - at least they were alert, leaving alone sisi ambaoMwalimu pekee alikuwa anasikiliza TV, ANAFILTER ANAVYOTAKA YEYE, HALAFU ANATULETEA THESIS YAKE, akianza na ile kauli muundo mbinu "zidumu fikra za mwenyekiti"!!. Mwalimu wangu wa siasa akawa ananidanganya eti "MASKINI WA KENYA AKHERI WA TANZANIA" UMASIKINI NI JAMBO LA KUFURAHIA? is this true? tangu wakati huo, Kenya inagraduate 4 times students than TZ,nenda popote ulimwenguni, in any field utakutana na excellent expartiets from kenya! - we have Kenyans even buying farms and farm here in South Africans! Kenyans have equally resisted pressures za utandawazi all over!!we are fearing Kenyans in EAC, - Kenyans politicians were intelligents to reduce utitiri wa vyama kufanya necessary bloc kuongoza nchi, - juzi wakenya wameonyesha uelewa wa hali ya juu kwa kuchagua chungwa - Watanzaniakwanini tusiwachape viboko wana upinzani wakija kila mtu na idea yake? kwanini tusiwafukuze wakajiunge? kwa nini watu wageuze political parties kuwa NGO? kwa nini msajili wa vyama anawaangalia tu? kazi yake ni nini kama in a way or another hawezi kuwaelekeza cha kufanya? Je watanzania TUMEISHAWAHI KUWA SERIOUS NA CHOCHOTE TUNACHOFANYA? what is the best way to coop in utandawazi? ni kuwachapa vibokowanaoqualify na kuwarudisha kwao au kutrain proper personel? nikufukuza bidhaa wakati watu wanazihitaji au kutengeneza bidhaa zenyeviwango za kwetu? - I see this as one of the hottest debate in EAC bythis time!

attached is the reading I would like to share for those interested tosee 1. how investors find Tanzania, and how they can influence investmentin Tanzania using even political emotions! ASSESSING SOUTH AFRICA'S ECONOMIC ROLE IN AFRICAEngine of Growth and/ or Emerging Regional RoleSpeech by Shabanji Opukah, Corporate Social Accountability Manager ofBritish American Tobacco, London (disclaimer: views expressed in thispaper are not those of British American Tobacco) http://www.riia.org/pdf/research/africa/Csa-so.doc

2. Je mahusiano ya kiuwekezaji na south africa ni mwangwi ulioanzishwana mwalimu kwa sababu ya uhusiano wake na madiba au ndio hali halisi?Address by Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere Chairman of South centre,at the International Conference, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:15th December 1997REFLECTIONS1http://www.southcentre.org/mwalimu/speeches/written/reflections.htm

2005-12-20T01:04:00.000-08:00

wanamdahalo

ndani ya chama kilichokumbatia utamu kuna kundi la wazee, hili liliajiriwa na siasa na kuwa viongozi wa kulipwa, hili halitaki hasa na kabisa kusikia mabadiliko! hili hadi leo linaota ukombozi wa afrika na dunia kwa ujumla! baada ya kuikomboa afrika kusini wakahamia zimbabwe kutengeneza mamilioni ya wakimbizi duniani mwote! kama kawaida yao hawa hawajali kabisa mateso au athari ya maamuzi yao kwa mtu wa chini!! mugabe leo hana shida, anaomba hela kila kona ya dunia kwa ajili yake na ya wateule wake, amewapa ardhi ndugu zake na wala sio walengwa! juzi ameongeza ajira za wajomba zake wa karibu kwa kuanzisha senate! kama kawaida shangingi jipya na marupurupu mengi pia nyumba! anawalazimisha wachumi wake kutengeneza numerali za ajabu kuwa uchumi wake unapeta! kanuni mpya ilishusha kushuka kwa thamani ya hela yake toka 600% hadi 0 %. leo hii kanuni hiyio hiyo imeshindwa na imerudi pale pale kwa 600%!!. wazimbabwe hawana mafuta, hawana chakula, hawana dawa za mswaki, hawana mazao, hawana kitu!! watanzania tuwaoneeni huruma jamani!

kuna kundi lingini lililoonja matamu ya chama. limekulia ndani ya chama na kwa hakika linaona kabisa linaweza kuwa ndio ma bill gates wa kesho! ndoto yao ni kurengeneza marepublican aou maconservative! chama cha wafanyakazi na wakulima kitakuja tu chenyewe baadae! katika hili kundi msamiati kukosea kwao halipo! linatumia kibali cha nyerere miongoni mwa wananchi waliovuta moshi wa kutosha kuwaburuta wapiga kura na kukamata utamu hatamu - lakini hili halijui kabisa kinachoendelea miongoni mwa wananchi!

kuna kundi lengine ambalo baada ya mchango wao kutotambuliwa katika taifa, waliamua kuutafuta utamu ulipo! kwao ni bora waache kufanyia operesheni wagonjwa ili wawe wahishimiwa! wakiwa kwenye uhishimiwa hawawakumbuki hata kuwaongezea mshahara wale waliowaacha kwenye fani! kwani wana kazi gani ikiwa wao watatibiwa ulaya? hawa huhimiza wenzao wafanye kazi kwa wito wakati wao wameacha wito wao! wakiwa bungeni husahau wito na kusinzia au kuwahi mnadani kula nyama choma! pia huendelea na ujenzi wa nyumba zao! jinsi walivyo na wito, hujiongezea marupurupu na kiinua mgongo ambacho ni muhimu kwa ajili ya kampeni! yangu macho hivi sasa ndio wamejaa bungeni, agenda ya kwanza baada ya kumuapisha spika mteule wa bunge, wataomba waongezewe hadi milioni 100 ya kiinua mgongo! hakika itakuwa ni agenda ya kwanza! na hii itapita kwani lengo ni kuwafanya walio wengi ambao ndio wamekamata utamu, waweze kuukamata tena kwa mara nyingine! nilisoma kwenye haya magazeti yaliyoenda shule, wachana na hayo ya mamluki nyumbani, nation walisema, bunge la Tanzania ni mahala pa kupoteza muda, jambo ambalo kwao si kawaida, mbunge na umma hukaa upande mmoja, serekali upande wa pili, mara nyingine hata makonde huchapwa! lakini ninadhani kinachofanyika tanzania ndio wito!

kuna kundi la nnme , ambalo pamoja na mchango wao mwingi bado haujatambulika na kuonekana kuwa wao sio mbegu bora kukamata utamu! - ni lazima uwe na macho ya kijani mchanganyiko na zambarau ili ukamate utamu! Naam macho meusi ni bora lakini macho ya kijani mchanganyiko na zambarau ni bora zaidi!

kuna kundi lingine, wanaopenda kufanya mambo sahihi mara zote na wanaamini katika kanuni na utendaji! wana mawazo mazuri tu, lakini ni taabu nyingi kuelewana na mtoaji ufalme (king maker) mfano g55, kwasababu mtoaji ufalme anajua hatima yake. hayuko tayari kuuhamishia ufalme mikononi mwa watu wasio na macho yenye rangi isiyotakiwa!

kundi lengine ni hili ambalo wako wengi wanaoshangaa kwa nini matumizi makubwa ya dola na kupotea kwa haki za watu kuhusishwe na kukamata dola! hawa siku zote huenda kuandamana na wale wenye haki! ninaamini kwa mara ya kwanza katika historia, kuna watu wakatatiza sakafu kutoka kutamu kwenda kuchungu kwa ajili ya kulinda haki za binadamu na kutetea demokrasia! watashangaa sana kwani mara zote watanzania wamekuwa wakimshabikia mwenye nguvu lakini kwa sasa itakuwa tofauti!

kundi lamwisho lakini si dogo! wale wanaokufa kwa kukosa 500 ya matibabu ya malaria! na kula mlo mmoja kwa siku! hawa japo wengine vikongwe ukiwachanja wanatoka damu za kijani na moshi wa mwenge! hawa hutafuta picha au chama cha nyerere ili wapige kura, hawa hupewa kanuni ya kuchagua hawa huelekezwa kuchagua raisi, mbunge na diwani toka chama kimoja hata kama muhishimiwa sana amecheza rafu nyingi kwa maendeleo ya mahala pale! haya huenda kwenye mikutano ya uchaguzi kuangalia jinsi shangingi linavyongaa au kama bwana Idya alivyosema kusikiliza spika zilivyo na nguvu! hawa hawajui ni jinsi gani maisha yao yalivyounganishwa kwenye siasa! hawajui ni jinsi gani chama na serekali vinavyohusiana! hawa waliogopa sana walipoambia polisi ni mali ya chama kilichoshikilia utamu!! walishangilia sana walipoambiwa kuwa utajiri wetu tunawapa waafrika kusini ambao ni weusi kina mbeki na sio makaburu wale weupe!!! katika kundi hili kuna vijana, ambao hawajui watokee mlango gani kimaisha hawa hufanya lolote ili wamfurahishe muhishimiwa huwezi jua riziki ya mtu iko njiani! kundi hili ndio huamua hatima ya uongozi wa nchi!

yangu macho! wanamdahalo, ni kundi gani lipi ambalo ni kubwa katika hayo niliyoyataja? ni lipi lina uwezo wa kufanya mabadiliko?

cheers!

2005-12-14T01:42:00.000-08:00

Barua kwa raisi mpya wa Jamhuri ya muungano wa Tanzania!

Ni kweli kwamba Tanzania inaingia katika uchaguzi wa raisi na wabunge leo 14/ dec/2005. ni hatua kubwa kidemokrasia kwani uongozi unabadilika kutoka awamu ya tatu, upinzani ukiwa umeshiriki katika awamu mbili! Kila la kheri Tanzania!

Ninatumaini kuwa tunaingia kwenye uchaguzi wote tukiwa tunafahamu dhahama za kiuchumi na kisiaSA aambazao zimesababisha maendeleo ya Tanzania kuwa arrested na limited kuwafikia wananchi! Wote tunajua falsafa za the mwenzetu na kurecycle viongozi wabovu zilivyotuathiri! Tunafahamu question ya utaifa na uzalendo ilivyopotea miongoni wa watanzania wa ngazi zote! Tunaona jinsi pamoja na uchumi wa taifa kukua jinsi ambavyo maisha ya mtanzania wa kawaida yamezidi kuwa mabaya! Tunaona jinsi ajira zilivyokuwa za manati na hata kama zikipatikana mishahara bado sio mizuri ikilinganishwa na ushukaji wa thamani ya shilingi. Leo mjadala huu kwa kiasi kikubwa utatawaliwa na patriotism “uzalendo”. Uzalendo hata hivyo unatakiwa kuwepo katika ngazi zote za utendaji wa serekali kuanzia kwa raisi hadi kwa mwananchi mmoja mmoja. Hata hivyo ni ngumu kwa mtu mmoja mmoja kuwa patriot kama raisi si patriot. Tunategemea tutampata raisi ambaye ni patriot !. Kuna mifano mingi ambayo imepelekea maendeleo na uchumi wa taifa kuwa arrested kwa sababu ya kukosa patriotism. Labda tuchambue ni nini huua patriotism na ni jinsi gani patriotism inaweza kujengwa kwa wananchi ! tutaanza kwa wananchi halafu viongozi. Kwa ufupi mtu ambaye si patriot awe kiongozi au raia ni MHAINI !

Wananchi

Hawa wanapaswa kuona kuwa nchi ni yao ! mwananchi wa kawaida kama pamoja na kulipa kodi bado hajui nini matokeo ya kodi yake na pia kukosa returns anazozitegemea kutoka kwa serekali yake! Mfano hadi leo hii watendaji wa serekali hawaonekani kama ni watumishi wa umma bali wao ndio mabosi wa umma ! Tanzania ni nchi ambaye raia huogopa polisi. Kumbe polisi wanalipwa na raia ili kuwalinda ! wafanyakazi wa serekali hawafananii na utumishi wao kwa umma ! lakini hii yote inawezekana ni matokeo ya wananchi wa kawaida kutopewa elimu proper ya uraia (hatumanishi ile elimu ya mazungumzo baada ya habari). Tunaona hadi leo hii wahishimiwa wakati wa kampeni zao wanadai polisi ni mali ya Chama fulani – hawa wanapaswa kufikishwa mbele ya sheria kujibu tuhuma ya udanganyifu ! Wananchi pia hawajui uhusiano kati ya state na chama ! hawajui haki zao za msingi – mbaya kabisa sijaona effort yoyote ya kuwafundisha watanzania haki zao za uraia ! Tatizo pia la wananchi wengi wa Tanzania waaamni katika kujipatia maisha kwa njia za panya. Ndio maana utakuta kila mtu ni mwizi/mdokozi for the way or another! sasa basi wote tuko aware na brain damage inapaswa tuwe tayari kuwasaidia watanzania wenzetu kurepair the brain damage! Tatizo sasa utakuta kutokana na kuviolate haki za binadamu, au ubinafsi, suala la educating the mass wameachiwa kina Mbowe peke yao! Utakuta mtu anahofia kuwa akiwa patriot, pengine biashara yake au kibarua chake kitaota nyasi! Hivyo watu wako busy kuchunga hamadi iliyo kibindoni! Mie ninadhani suala la mtu anayejua jinsi ya kuwasaidia wananchi na asifanye hivyo ni MHAINI! MTU atasubiri akusanye maoni ili aandike kitabu wakati muda unaenda! Mtu atasema labda mpaka nikigombea ndio nitasema! Kuna mwana maoni mwezetu pale Darhotwire nadhani ni bw. John msemo alisema kuna hatari ya VIJUKUU VYETU KUJA KUFUKUA MAKABURI YETU ILI KUCHUNGUZA KAMNA KWELI TULIKUWA NA UBONGO NDANI YA MAFUVU YETU!

Viongozi !

Nitatumia muda kidogo kuushambulia uongozi wa mwalimu kwani umekuwa responsible na kudumaa kwetu ! pia kuna mabaki ya miundo zake ambazo inabidi kufanyiwa kazi with time ili mambo yasiendelee kuharibika. labda kwanza nitanukuu sentensi mbili au tatu !

1. kutoka kwa Pope Benedictus X I wakati akimpokea balozi mpya wa TZ siku chache zilizopita alisema demokrasia na kuheshimiwa kwa haki za binadamu ni msingi kwa maendeleo ya Tanzania. Hii ilikuwa ni bada ya uchaguzi wa Zanzibar. Kimsingi pope anapoongea ni message ambayo ni clear na ya moja kwa moja ! si ndoto ya nchana !

2. Mengi alitamka kuwa watanzania kila mtu kwa nafasi yake, apiganie na kulinda haki za binadamu.

3. Vijana wa chuo kikuu juzi kwenye mdahalo walisema kuwa wanasikitika sana kuwa baada ya miaka 44 ya uhuru Tanzania bado wanatawaliwa kiakili na kifikra !

Kwangu mimi unapozungumzia haki za binadamu katika ulimwengu huu mpya wa utandawazi ina maana ya kuwa usinyime kwa makusudi na umwezeshe raia wako kuwa na negotiation power ya maisha yake katika ulimwengu huu ! hii na pamoja na kufurahia citizenship yake kama raia wa kijiji alichopo ! – wote tunatambua kuwa sasa ulimwengu ni kijiji na kinaongozwa na economics zaidi kuliko siasa ! siasa is all about matumizi na mipango ya resources available for the country efficiently for the country people ! – pia sikifagilii kitendo cha serekali yetu kuunga mkono mambo yaliyotokea zimbabwe ! imeumiza sana wananchi wa kawaida wa zimbabwe na pia inaweza kuwa imepunguza monkari wa wawekezaji kuja bongo !

Tanzania wakati inapata uhuru ilikuwa na patriots wa nguvu, ambao with time walikuja kukata tamaa baada ya kuona system from the top was not patriot! My self I remember my daddy ambaye aliogopa hata kufuga kuku kwani nyerere alisema usiwe na mishahara miwili. Colleagues wengi wa wazazi wangu were emmbarased immeadiately after retirement kutokana na kugundua kuwa their patriotism was NOT recognised and applauded! Back in the days my daddy was very excited with complements from mwalimu – mwalimu alikuwa anawaambia wafanye kazi kwa uaminifu na uadilifu na baada ya kustaafu atawatunza! – aliwaacha kwenye mataa! However si entertain wizi kwa kauli hii!

Kuna experience nyingi za kuviolate patriotism ambazo hata mwalimu alizifanya! Kama uhuru si ulipiganiwa na wote? Kwa nini aliwanyanyapaa kina Mzee Kambona na Mzee Mtei hadi wakalazimika kuwa wakimbizi kutoka nchi iliyokuwa inaitwa huru? Kama angekubali kuwasikiliza na wakarekebishana for a certain extent, je si ni Tanzania ndio wangekuwa wanaenda kuwekeza south Africa sasa hivi na si vinginevyo? Je imetupasa kuomba wawekezaji waje kimchekea sasa hivi kwa sababu za interest ya mtu mmoja ? Ilikuwa ni miaka karibu 30 tulikaa tukisubiri tu!! – raisi wa sasa wa Tanzania tunamtaka awe patriotic na liberal kwa kuheshimu mawazo ya watu! – vitu kama detention vilikuwapo! Serekali ijayo ya Tanzania inapaswa ijue kuwa japo ya kale hayanuki we are aware of what happened so far! We don’t want repetition of time as a wastage in the future!

Kumekuwa na matumizi ya nguvu na vitisho using state tools dhidi ya thinking minds na hivyo kudumaza uwezo wa kufikiri wa waTanzania. The rest of the segment ikaundwa kuwaogopa serekali na state tools badala ya kuwa marafiki! Usalama wa taifa, polisi na majeshi mengine yanatakiwa kuwepo kutumikia umma na si vinginevyo! It is true that nation security ni muhimu kwa taifa, lakini matumizi mazurina sahihi ya vyombo hivi vya dola ni muhimu! Tunategemea raisi ajaye atatumia vizuri state tools “hatakuwa abusive”. Pia atawaelimisha wananchi uhusiano wao na state tools!

May be bw. Kikwete alipokuwa anaaongelea kasi mpya ari mpya alikuwa ameona suala la watendaji wa serekali kuwa na syndrome ya UBOSILE! Viongozi wengi wamekuwa ni mamangi meza na wasiotaka kujishughulisha na matatizo ya watu! Mimi sioni kwanini waziri asubiri kuletewa malalamiko yaliyo channelled wakati ameisha soma habari kwenye gazeti? Kama kuna event au kilio mahali tunategemea waziri akiamkia hapo, serekali (watendaji wake) watahakikisha hakuna kulala hadi kieleweke! – nilidhani hii ndiyo ilikuwa proper definition ya para troopers! Ikiwa raisi ajaye atadhubutu kuvunja hii beaurocracy kwa kufika eneo la tukio kabla ya waziri au hata mkuu wa kata, serekali itakuwa efficient - tunataka raisi wa namna hii. Kuna mawaziri wamefanya vyema kwa namna hii ya utendaji mungu awabariki bwana Mrema na Lowassa. Mh. Mrema amewahi hata kujifanya anaulizia maiti kwenye mochwari kufuatilia malalamiko ya wananchi. Pia amewahi kupanda vidala dala kujua kero za barabarani! Tanzania tunataka raisi ambaye si BEAUROCRAT!

Tunataka raisi ambaye hatakuwa confined na chama chake! Chama kimekupa tiketi ya kugombea uraisi, well and good! Lakini kura umepigiwa na watanzania wote – fact! Tunataka raisi ajaye aweze kuwashikisha adabu hata wanachama wenzake pale watakapokiuka maadili ya utendaji katika serekali. Raisi anapaswa atambue kuwa hata kama si yeye mungine angependekezwa na chama hicho hicho kugombea! Nahata kama chama chake hakikuteua mgombeas vyama vingine vingefanya hivyo! Raisi afanye kazi yake bila kuangalia makunyanzi! Labda pia raisi asiwe ambitious sana kuwa mwenyekiti wa chama! Achia wenzako chama we tumikia wananchi serekalini!

Tunataka raisi ambaye atabadilisha mfumo wa viongozi wake kutoka wale wenye “automated response” kuwa wale ambao hufikiri with respect to each circumstance! Ninasikitika hadi leo utakuta vibosile wa serekali wanapiga kelele kuwa michezo iendelezwe ili kujenga afya za watanzania! Swali ni kwamba, mambo ya afya yalikwa ni wakati ule wa nyerere kabla mambo kuharibika! Je si ni kweli kuwa watu wenye uwezo wa kufanya mazoezi kwa ajili ya afya wanaishi upanga oysterbay na mikocheni tu? Mtu anayekula mlo mmoja anaweza hilo? TUNATAKA RAISI ANAYEJUA KUWA MICHEZO NA SANAA NI SHUGHULI HALALI YA KUMPATIA MTU RIZIKI, NA SIO KUJENGA AFYA NA APIGANIE HILO!

Tunamtaka raisi ambaye atanunua majimbo aliyoyapoteza kwa ubunge na udiwani kwa kuonyesha upendo kwa wananchi wale na kufacilitate kuwaletea maendeleo na sio kuwakwamisha ili next time iwe ni agenda kuwa “maendeleo hayakuja sababu mlichagua upinzani!”

KILA section katika social system yetu inatakiwa kudeliver kwa jinsi serekali inavyopour hela zake katika setion hiyo! Maana yangu ni kuwa kusiwe na sections ambazo pato la taifa litakuwa just damped! Kama basi there are not enough assignments katika section hiyo, mimi kama raisi nijaye, nitawaongezea majukumu kwa manufaa ya taifa! Kwa mfano nitaongelea section ya jeshi la PCB (kuzuia rushwa) na jinsi mimi kama raisi ningewaongezea kazi ili wasibaki kuwinda wazee wa mahakama ya mwanzo wakipokea rushwa ya shilingi 15,000! Nitakuchekesha hapa kuna mzee mmoja ambaye ni mratibu wa kata ambaye alikuwa amebakiza mwaka kustafu! Hawa vijana walimfuata wakamwambia mzee hebu tueleze nyumba yako umejengaje jengaje!! Mzee wa watu karibu alie akamtazama yule kijana na kumjibu “hivi kijana wangu mie ninastaafu mwakani, hivi ni kweli nitakuwa nimeshindwa jujenga? – je sistahili kuwa na mahali pa kufia?” kijana akaondoka na hakurudi teeena! Leave alone incidences kwenda na bastola kenye vikao vya bia! Mimi kama ningekuwa raisi nijaye, hawa jamaa nisingevunja jeshi lao ila ningewaongezea kazi zifuatazo na mshahara mnono!

1. since postulate 1 = rushwa ni adui wa haki, na postulate 2 = rushwa ni agui wa maendeleo, hawa jamaa ningewapa assignment kuangalia nini kinafanya serekali kutokuwa efficient in delivery ‘wangekuwa watch dogs’ good enough wana wasomi wa kutosha tu kuweza kujua kufanya kazi hiyo!

2. jambo la kwanza ambalo ningewaagiza PCB ni kutoa masomo ya uraia kwa watanzania wooote mijini na vijijini! Hili litawawezesha wananchi kuwa alert na kazi zao na haki zao! Lazima wananchi wafundishwe umuhimu wa kura zao na haki yao kufuatilia kodi wanazochanga kwa halmashauri. Pia wajue jinsi ya kupanga maendeleo yao!

3. Mgombea wa uraisi wa CCM alisema akiappoint ministers atawapa barua! Jambo jema, lakini sijui hizo barua zitakuwa na urefu wa namna gain kuwaelekeza majukumu yao na jinsi ya ufanyaji kazi! Siko hapa kujadili modus operandor ya bw. Kikwete, lakini labda kila wizara iagizwe kuweka strategies ambazo pia zitawekwa public kwa umma. Hizi strategies, zitafuatiliwa na both PCB na umma kwa ujumla. Kama sera ya wizara ni kuweka maji by june, na june imefika maji hayajafika ni suala la PCB kufuatilia na kupinpoint weaknesses kwa PUBLIC. Kama wananchi unatakiwa kupata kiwanja miezi mitatu baada ya kuandikisha na iwe hivyo la sivyo, PCB waingie mtamboni! – wasisubiri malalamiko ya mtu mmoja mmoja ofisini na hii itawezesha government machinery kufanya kazi vyema! We want the government which will work like a well oiled machine!

4. kuna mambo mengi ambayo hayajawekwa kimfumo wa kuendeleza maisha ya watanzania. Sawa, wagombea wote wa uraisi wamekuwa wakizumgumzia kufacilitate mikopo ili kuwawezesha wananchi na SMEs! Jambo jema, lakini mimi nadhani ni zaidi ya hapo! Wananchi wanatakiwa kulindwa na kuwekewa mazingira mazuri ya utendaji kazi/biashara! Mfano nakumbuka tulikuwa na akina Mzee Mapili kwenye ofisi za chamudata pale jangwani na kwa uchungu walieleza jinsi walivyogeuzwa vyomba vya kuentartain wahishimiwa badala ya kutengeneza maisha yao! Ni mambo kama haya yalimkimbiza mbaraka mwinishehe kwenda kurekodi muziki Kenya umauti ulipomkuta- mungu amlaze pema! Ni mambo haya haya yaliyomfanya tshala mwana kufaidika na wimbo dezo dezo na kasheba kuishia maskini! Ni kitu gani kinafanya copyright isifanye kazi kuprotect wasanii, wanamichezo na wabunifu? HIYO NDIYO KAZI YA PCB! Je serekali haitambui effort ya vijana wake kutaka kubadili maisha na wasiwasumbue usiku wanapolala kwa kuwaibia? Je serekali haijui kuwa kwa kulinda haki za wasanii, pia itaokoa mabilioni wa fedha yanayoishia mifukoni mwa wahindi na wajanja wachache ndani ya serekali? Je haijulikanai hata TRA wataingiza hela nyingi sana baada ya hapo? Kuna haja sasa na kwa kuwa tumekubaliana kuwa ni enzi ya utandawazi, kila mtu apewe rehusa ya kufanya atakacho bora to “in a social acceptable way”, kujitengenezea mapato, na wakati huo huo SEREKALI IMLINDE! Kama ningechaguliwa kuwa raisi keshokutwa ndani ya siku 100 ningewaagiza TRA, Chamudata, PCB na wadau wengine wa sanaa na michezo kutengeneza mode ya kuhakikisha mapato ya watanzania haaibiwi! Pia mazingira mazuri ya utendaji wa kazi yao yanawekwa! Huu ni mfano wa muziki na sanaa kuna mengi tu! Jerry Rawlings wa ghana alipoingia ikulu kwa mara ya kwanza alipeleka maearth novers kubomoa maduka yote ya musiki na kuorder kil akitu kuanza afresh ! – tunataka rais iwa namna hii pia – kama ni unyonyaji wameishawafanyia watu wetu sana ! natena washtakiwe kwa kukwepa kodi ! tunaona serekali leo inajitoa kudhamini wanafunzi wa vyuo vikuu- sawa - lakini kwa wenzetu, wasanii ambao soko lao ni vijana na wanafunzi wamefanya mengi sana kusponsor wenzao walioamua kuendelea na shule ili kupata wataalamu !!

5. Raisi anaweza kabisa kuitilt system na hivyo kutekeleza matakwa ya wapiga kura wake ! Inawezekana kabisa ! however, hili ni gumu kidogo kwa bwana Kikwete kwani kuna mambo mawili hapa! La kwanza ni kuwa system anayofanya nayo kazi sijui kama ina uwezo na nia ya kukubali kukimbizwa kimbizwa kwa ari na kasi mpya ! LAKINI ANAWEZA KABISA KAMA ASIPOANGALIA MAKUNYANZI YA WATU NA CHAMA KWENYE APPOINTMENT ZAKE NA UTEKELEZAJI WA KAZI ZAKE ! another strategy ni KUADOPT WOMEN NA YOUNG MINISTERS KWA BIDII ! ambao hawawezi kumwita ni mwenzao ! kwa vyama vya upinzani ni rahisi kidogo kwani wao wanaanza afresh ! kama kuna mtu atashidwa ku coorporate kwa mode ya iliyompa raisi raisi kura eg. AMKM basi na PCB washughulike na watueleze ! ‘lakini si kwa namna ya vitisho’

6. la mwisho lakini si la kipuuzi, ni kuwa raisi ajaye anapaswa kuhakikisha kuwa finance system inafanya kazi efficientnly na inadeliver ! mfano mikopo na bima. Nia ya raisi kwa kikubwa iwe ni ECONOMIC EMPOWERNMENT kwa raia wake ! mishahara mizuri ni mojawapo ya njia sio tuu kucreate wealth, bali pia ku control mapato ya taifa yasitorokee nje bali yarudi ndani! Sababu za mtu kushindwa kuafford meals ziko wazi, kama pesa haizunguki ? kuna kazi zitafanyika ? je watu wanaweza kuoffer bei nzuri za chakula kwa wakulima ? inakuwa ni nchi iliyojaa watu wanaolia lia ! nina imani kuwa raisi ajaye atachunga vyema ‘striking a balance’ between maisha bora na yasiyo ya ufukara ya watu wake, and ukuaji wa uchumi ! nadhani area hii pia ni ya kufanyiwa tafiti na PCB na kutekelezwa bila kupoteza muda ! wana wasomi wazuri tu kule si kama ile tradition usalama wa taifa !

7. PCB tangu tulipokubaliana kuwa ndio watafanya mafunzo ya uraia, pia wanatakiwa wachunge kauli ambazo zinapotosha haki za uraia. Mfano, mgombea ubunge wa chama aliposema kuwa polisi ni mali ya chama alipaswa aulizwe na jeshi hili na pengine kuwajibishwa ! PCB pia wawabane wanaosema uwongo kwa manufaa binafsi ! nina imani wananchi tukitimiza wajibu wao na raisi/viongozi wakatimiza wajibu wao pia – wote TUTAKUWA TUMEEPUKA KUITWA WAHAINI !

Namtakia raisi aliyekuwa madarakani Mh. Mkapa pole kwa kazi nyingi alizofanya (pia sio kuwa hakufanya kazi, alifanya kazi nzuri tu) – japokuwa pengine sasa tunapambana zaidi kuganga yajayo ! nawatakia watanzania wenzangu uchaguzi mwema wa utulivu, na pia kufanya uchaguzi kwa busara wakiangalia uwezo wa mtu ! na zaidi mwenye uwezo wa kupambana na UHAINI !

Tunaamini raisi ajaye atawaacha watanzania wenye matumaini na waliokomboka kifikra na kiakili ! Kwakweli mabadiliko tunayahitaji !

Watanzania Tupeni mwali ! Mungu ibariki Tanzania !