Kuwanasa Wauji wa Albino, Mbinu za Kivita Zinatumika!

Mwandishi wa makala haya na mmiliki wa blogu ya MaendeleoVijijini, Bw. Daniel Mbega (mwenye jezi nyekundu) akiwa sambamba na wanausalama katika tukio la kukatwa kiganja mtoto Baraka Cosmas Songoloka. Hapa ni kwenye tukio katika Kitongoji cha Kaoze, Kilyamatundu wilayani Sumbawanga.

Na Daniel Mbega, MaendeleoVijijini

Tabora: KWA wakazi wa Kitongoji cha Kona Nne, Kijiji cha Ugembe II, Kata ya Mwakashanhala wilayani Nzega katika Mkoa wa Tabora, takriban kilometa 90 kutoka Nzega mjini, saa 3:00 ni usiku mkubwa na wengi wamelala baada ya shughuli za ujenzi wa taifa.

Tyler Perry Asaidia Watoto Albino Kutoka Tanzania Walioko Marekani Kwa Ajili ya Matibabu

Heko kwa msanii maarufu Tyler Perry kwa kusaidia watoto albino kutoka Tanzania, ambao wanapata matibabu kwa ajili ya majeraha waliopata kutokana na  kukatwa vingo vyao.   Watoto hao albino wako nchini Marekani na watapewa viungo bandia kwa ajili ya kuwasaidia katika maisha yao.  Perry ametoa dola $200,000 kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa nyumba huko New Jersey ambao watoto albino wataweza kufikia wakiwa Marekani.   

Na Tanzania tuko karne gani hadi tunaamini eti ukinywa supu iliyotengenezwa na kiungo cha albino itakufanya uwe tajiri au ushinde nafasi ya uongozi? Aibu sana. Bora dunia ione ushenzi wa Tanzania.  Albino ni bindamu ila amekosa rangi (pigmentation) kwenye ngozi.  Sasa tumekuwa soko kuu ya kuuza viungo vya albino Afrika nzima! Acheni ushenzi na mawazo finyu jamani.  Unaweza kuwa binadamu mwenzio kweli?

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Tyler Perry na watoto Albino kutoka Tanzania walioko Marekani kwa jali ya matibabu ya kukatwa viungo vyao.

ATLANTA (AP) - Tyler Perry recently met with a group of Tanzanian children with albinism who are living in a home the filmmaker helped fund.

   Perry's representative said Monday he donated $200,000 three years ago to help build a four-bedroom house in New Jersey for a group of children who had been mutilated for their body parts. The children attended Perry's "Madea on the Run" play Thursday night at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre, where they met him backstage.

   The children will stay there while they receive medical treatment in the United States.

   Perry donated after watching a special featuring Elissa Montanti, a Staten Island woman who runs the nonprofit Global Medical Relief Fund for children affected by war and natural disasters.

   Montanti recently brought the children with albinism to the U.S. from Tanzania.

Kwa habari zaidi BOFYA HAPA:

Waganga wa Kienyeji 32 wakamatwa Tanzania - Mauaji ya Albino

Siku ya Alhamisi ,watu wanne walihukumiwa kifo kwa mauaji ya mwanamke albino mwaka wa 2008 katika jimbo hilo.

Serikali iliwapiga marufuku waganga wa kienyeji mwezi Januari kama mojawapo ya kampeni ya kusitisha mauaji hayo.

Kwa habari Kamili BOFYA HAPA: 

Albino Children in Tanzania

Albino wazusha vurugu Ikulu ya Dar es Salaam Magogoni

Vurugu zilizofanywa na baadhi ya walemavu wa ngozi Albino katika Ikulu ya Tanzania zimesababisha kuahirishwa kwa kikao kati ya viongozi wao na Rais Jakaya Kikwete.

Rais Kikwete alikuwa akitarajiwa kufanya mkutano na viongozi wa Albino Tanzania TAS aliowaalika kuzungumzia hoja zao kutokana na mauaji ya walemavu hao yanayoendelea nchini humo.

Lakini heka heka iliyotokea katika eneo la mapokezi iliwalazimu maafisa wa Ikulu kuwatawanya walemavu hao.

Ni muda mfupi baada ya ukaguzi kuanza kufanyika katika moja ya lango la kuingilia Ikulu, kundi moja la walemavu hao waliokuwa katika moja ya chumba wakaanzisha malalamiko kwa sauti huku viongozi wao wakiwa wanajiandaa kuruhusiwa na kuingia ndani.

Kelele hizo na mabishano hayo miongoni mwa walemavu hao kwa mbali ikaanza kuonekana ni dosari namba moja hasa baada ya kupandisha mori na kila mtu kuanza kusema lake kupinga ushiriki wa viongozi hao.

Kutokana na vurugu hizo maafisa wa Ikulu waliwatawanya Walemavu hao kutoka nje ya Geti, na hapo ikawa mwanzo wa sakata jipya baada ya kuanza kulumbana na viongozi wao na hatimaye kuanza kupigana na mambo yakawa hivi.

Baada ya kutulizwa ugomvi kilichofuata ni nyimbo za kupinga uhalali wa viongozi wao. Hata hivyi vurugu hizi zinatazamwa tofauti na baadhi ya walemavu hao, ambao wanasema ni vurugu hizo zimepoteza fursa ya kuwasilisha matatizo yao kwa Rais

Chanzo: BBC swahili

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Rais Kikwete Akutana na Uongozi wa Chama cha Albino

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiongea na viongozi wa Chama Cha Albino Tanzania Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo. Walioketi kushoto ni Waziri wa Sheria na Katiba Dkt Asha Rose Migiro, Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani Mhe Mathias Chikawe na Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali Mhe George Mcheche Masaju Kamishna wa Ustawi wa Jamii Bw. Rabirika Mushi na Kaimu Katibu Mkuu Wizara ya Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia na Watoto Bw. Emmanuel Achayo 

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akifafanua jambo wakati akiongea na viongozi Wa Chama Cha Albino Tanzania Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo.

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete katika picha ya pamoja na viongozi Wa Chama Cha Albino Tanzania baad ya kukutana nao pamoja na Waziri wa Sheria na Katiba Dkt Asha Rose Migiro, Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani Mhe Mathias Chikawe na Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali Mhe George Mcheche Masaju Kamishna wa Ustawi wa Jamii Bw. Rabirika Mushi na Kaimu Katibu Mkuu Wizara ya Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia na Watoto Bw. Emmanuel Achayo Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo. PICHA NA IKULU

UVCCM Mkoa wa Lindi Walaani Mauji ya Albino na Kumpongeza Rais Kwa Uteuzi wa Wakuu wa Wilaya

TAARIFA KWA UMMA

Baraza Kuu la Jumuiya ya Umoja wa Vijana wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (UVCCM) Mkoa wa Lindi chini ya Mwenyekiti wake Ndugu Amir M. Mkalipa, wamefanya kikao cha kikanuni leo tarehe 21 feb 2018, katika ukumbi wa mikutano wa ofisi kuu ya CCM Mkoa wa Lindi, iliyopo Wailes, Lindi mjini.

Pamoja na kujadili hoja zingine zinazohusu uimara wa jumuiya mkoani Lindi, changamoto za Vijana na Walimu, suala la migomo ya wafanyabiashara, na kuwataka watendaji wa Serikali kutimiza wajibu na majukumu yao kikamilifu ili kuongeza ufanisi wa Serikali katika kutatua kero za wananchi na kuleta maendeleo ya jamii, lakini pia kikao hicho kimeazimia:-

a} Baraza kuu la UVCCM Mkoa wa Lindi imeitaka Serikali kuendelea kuchukua hatua kali kwa watakaobainika kuhusika na mauaji ya Albino. Ni lazima Serikali kushirikiana na wananchi wahakikishe ndugu zetu Albino wanaishi maisha yenye usalama, amani na furaha kwani ni haki yao kikatiba.

b}Pia, Baraza Kuu la UVCCM Mkoa wa Lindi linampongeza Mhe. Rais na Mwenyekiti wa CCM ndugu Jakaya Kikwete kwa utekelezaji wa Ilani ya CCM (2010-2015) kwa kukamilisha ujenzi wa barabara ya Kibiti-Mingoyo,

Pia inampongeza Mhe Rais Jakaya Kikwete kwa kuteuliwa kuwa Mwenyekiti mpya wa jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki.

Lakini pia, UVCCM inampongeza na kumuunga mkono Mhe Rais kwa uteuzi wa wakuu wa wilaya wapya 27 ambapo baadhi ya wateule hao wanatoka kwenye jumuiya hiyo, jambo ambalo ni heshima kubwa kwa UVCCM, na kudhihirisha kuwa jumuiya hiyo inatimiza wajibu wake wa kuwa tanuru la kuoka viongozi wenye uwezo, waadilifu na wenye kuaminika katika jamii. Pia UVCCM imewapongeza ndugu Mboni Mhita na ndugu Paul Makonda kwa kuteuliwa kuwa wakuu wa wilaya na kuwataka wakatimize wajibu kwa kuwatumikia wananchi kwa uadilifu na ufanisi.

Pia, UVCCM Lindi inampongeza Kamanda wa Vijana Mkoa Mhe Bernard Membe-Mbunge wa Mtama na Waziri wa Mambo ya nje na ushirikiano wa kimataifa kwa kuwa karibu na Vijana na kuiwezesha jumuiya kutimiza majukumu yake.

C} Mwisho, UVCCM Mkoa wa Lindi inahimiza Halmashauri za wilaya kutenga asilimia 10% ya Mapato yake kwa ajili ya maendeleo ya Vijana na Wanawake, ili vijana wanufaike kwa mikopo na waweze kujiajiri ili kukabiliana na tatizo la ajira na umasikini. Jambo hili lipo kisheria sio ombi, hivyo watendaji husika wa Serikali wahakikishe wanatimiza wajibu wao ipasavyo ama UVCCM itawalazimisha kutimiza wajibu huo.

Jumuiya ya Umoja wa Vijana wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi Mkoa wa Lindi, wamepitisha ratiba ya shughuli zao kwa Mwaka 2015 na wataanza ziara ya kutembelea Vijana katika wilaya zote sita (6) za Mkoa wa Lindi.

Imetolewa na:-

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SAID Y. GOHA

KATIBU WA UVCCM MKOA, LINDI

Protect People with Albinism

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Thursday for increased protection for people with albinism, after the barbaric murder of a 40-year-old woman with albinism in north-western Tanzania on 12 May.

“This killing and the terrible circumstances surrounding it sadly demonstrate that the human rights situation of people with albinism in Tanzania and other countries, remains dire,” Pillay said.

According to police reports, Munghu Lugata was brutally murdered Monday night at her home in Mwachalala, a village in Simiyu region, north-western Tanzania. Her attackers chopped off her left leg above the knee, two of her fingers and the upper part of her left thumb, apparently while she was still alive.

These attacks, which are often motivated by the use of body parts for ritual purposes, have claimed the lives of at least 73 people with albinism in Tanzania since 2000. Ms Lugata’s murder is the first reported killing of someone with albinism in Tanzania in 2014.

Pillay welcomed the rapid response of the police, who arrested two local witchdoctors on 13 May.

“The fight against impunity is a key component for prevention and deterrence of the crimes targeting this exceptionally vulnerable community,” Pillay said, while noting that victims often face significant difficulties in bringing their cases to justice, fearing retaliatory attacks or further stigmatization. Without effective and affordable access to justice, many cannot claim their rights.

The High Commissioner stressed that States’ obligation to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of such crimes is particularly critical due to the vulnerability of people with albinism. States must also ensure access to effective remedies, redress and rehabilitation, including medical and psychological care for survivors and victims’ families.

“All over the world, people with albinism continue to face attacks or suffer terrible discrimination, stigma and social exclusion,” said the High Commissioner. The UN Human Rights Office has received reports of more than 200 cases of attacks against people with albinism in 15 countries between 2000 and 2013, but it is believed the actual number could be much higher.

The High Commissioner also expressed concern about the appalling living conditions in at least of Tanzania’s 13 centres for displaced children and adults with special needs. These centres host hundreds of children with albinism who have been abandoned by their families or have fled their homes out of fear of being attacked or killed. Some are administrated by the Government while others are run by faith-based organizations.

The 13 shelters are overcrowded, with very poor health and hygiene conditions. Many of the children with albinism living there reportedly suffer from skin cancer, partly due to the lack of awareness of the staff about a number of simple steps that can be taken to prevent this disease. Cases of sexual abuse have also been reported in some of these centres. Due to the very limited human and financial resources, teaching and learning materials are reported to be almost non-existent in most of them.

“I urge the Tanzanian authorities to take urgent measures to assess and address the situation in these centres, including allegations of sexual harassment and abuse, and the poor living conditions. The staff working with people with albinism should be trained on their special needs, in particular with regard to basic preventive measures to avoid skin cancer,” Pillay said.

The High Commissioner also called upon the Tanzanian authorities to take urgent concrete measures to protect people with albinism, and to actively engage in the fight against stigma attached to albinism through education and awareness-raising campaigns.

Unyama Wanofanyikwa Zeruzeru Tanzania Katika Taarifa Ya Habari USA

By JACQUELYN MARTIN
Associated Press

   KABANGA, Tanzania (AP) - As an infant in rural Tanzania, Angel Salvatory was unusual. Snow white skin, blond hair, and blue eyes set her apart from others in her village. Those unique looks have also made her a target.

   "Her father thought she was a gift from God," says Salvatory's mother, Bestida Simon. "One that he could use to get riches."

   Since surviving an attack led by her father, Salvatory has spent the past four years living in the Kabanga Protectorate Center, a government safe house for people living with albinism.

   "Angel's father led a group to attack her. He had wanted to attack her since she was 3 months old. He thought if they'd take Angel to a witch doctor as a sacrifice that they could get rich," Simon said.

   Burning in the daylight and hunted in the shadows, having albinism is often a death sentence in East Africa. In Tanzania, one out of every 1,400 people has albinism, a genetic condition characterized by a lack of pigment in the body. That compares to a global average of one in 20,000 people according to Under the Same Sun, a Canada-based albinism advocacy group.

   The group says that more than 100 people with albinism have been physically attacked in Tanzania since 2006, including 71 who died. Albinos are widely seen as a source of magic in Tanzania's traditional communities.

   Long in danger and neglected in their own country, albinos in Tanzania now have a bit of hope for increased government assistance.

   In April members of Parliament heard emotional testimony that moved some to suggest making sun screen tax free, and Parliament voted to donate part of their salary to the cause.

   Severin Edward, a program officer with the Tanzania Albino Society, noted that parliament promised to set aside funds for the special needs of people with albinism and that the country's prime minister said the government has agreed to grant special priority to court cases involving albinos, to bring about justice faster.

   "This is the good point to start," Edward said by email last month.

   A government census done in 2012 could reveal the exact numbers of albinos in Tanzania. The portion of the census regarding people with disabilities, including albinos, is expected to be released in 2014.

   In Tanzania, albinos are often referred to as ghosts, or zero zero, which in Swahili signifies someone who is less than human. Legends here suggest that that even when an albinos is killed, he or she never really dies.

   Brutal attacks against albinos are often led by witch doctors who use albino body parts in potions they claim bring riches. In response, the government began placing children and adults with albinism into safe houses. Although they may be physically protected in the centers, many there feel imprisoned.

   In 2008 the government of Tanzania suffered a rash of negative stories by Western journalists about the killings of albinos, said Peter Ash, founder of Under The Same Sun.

   "These centers came in response to the killings. It's how the government has chosen to respond. The government has basically abandoned these kids," he said. "There is no long-term plan."

   Holding her 2-month-old baby Jessica on her back in a traditional kanga cloth, Helen Sekalima, 40, sorts dry beans. The dark-skinned mother came to live at the Kabanga Protectorate Center after her newborn infant was threatened.

   "The people in the village said that the children are not normal people, that they are like devils," Sekalima said.

   Her husband, Anderson Naimoni, doesn't agree with the idea of centers where, "our people are being turned into refugees," he says.

   Ash said his group discovered that in some centers emotional and even sexual abuse "was rampant." His group has informed the government "but they'll probably do nothing about it," Ash said.

   Experts say staving off attacks from witch doctors is just one of many issues that Tanzania's albino population must address. Low vision problems complicate schooling, and with little cultural precedent for skin protection rates of skin cancer are high. More than 80 percent will die by age 40 due to skin cancer, Ash said.

   In rural northwest Tanzania dried corn stalks sway gently in a field sheltering a concrete slab that protects the grave of 3-year-old Naimana Daudi from grave-robbers. The albino toddler was kidnapped at night and found in pieces in the morning.

   A tear slips down the dark cheek of her mother, 30-year-old Angelista Ngarama. After her daughter was killed, Ngarama took her youngest child, Ferister, to the Kabanga Protectorate Center. No one knows when it will be safe enough for the 2-year-old to return home.

Zeruzeru aliyekatwa Mikono Bongo apata Mikono Mipya

Tanzania tuna idadi ya zeruzeru (albino) kubwa kuliko nchi yoyote Afrika. Sasa kuna biashara ya kuwaua na kuuza viungo vyao kwa ajili ya mambo ya ushikirina/uchawi! Huyo dada Mariamu Staford aliletwa USA na timu ya madaktari kutoka Virginia. Amepata mikono bandia. Alikatwa mikono akiwa amelala kijijini kwake. Habari zinasema kuwa Mariamu hivi sasa amekwisha rudi Tanzania.

Tanzanian Woman With Albinism Gets New Arms

Specialist Builds Prosthetic Limbs for Mariamu Staford Who Has Albinism; Was Target of Brutal Attack

By JOSEPH DIAZ

FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 27, 2010

Ona cold winter evening, a soft-spoken, 28-year-old single mother from rural Tanzania stepped off a plane at Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C., with high hopes. The goal of her trip: a shot at life.

It was 28-year-old Mariamu Staford's first time outside of Tanzania; but as she approached customs, an agent wouldn't let her through, claiming she refused to be fingerprinted. It wasn't that she wouldn't, but that she couldn't.

A year ago, both of Staford's arms were chopped off -- part of a brutal campaign of death in her native country. Men armed with machetes stormed Staford's hut while she was sleeping, she told ABC News, and began cutting at her arms in a gruesome attempt to amputate them.

Click here to find out how to help Tanzanians with albinism

Persons with albinism, like Staford, are being hunted down and murdered; their bodies sold on the black market and used in witchdoctor potions, all because of a superstitious belief that the limbs of albinos possess special powers. Nearly 60 albinos have been murdered in the last three years.

The attack rendered Staford an invalid. Unable to feed or clothe herself, or care for her young son, she yearned for independence.

"I'm a grown person, but I can't do anything," she told "20/20." "I used to be able to rely on myself, but now my mother must tend to my every need."

Staford thought her future was bleak. After meeting her last year, "20/20" helped mobilize a group of volunteers, who affectionately became known as "Team Mariamu," to bring Staford to the U.S. Leading the team was Vicky Ntetema, a Tanzanian journalist-turned-advocate, who bravely first exposed Staford's tragedy.

Eventually, a customs manager, who saw "20/20's" initial report about the grotesque phenomenon of albino killings, allowed Staford into the country.

Staford's first stop was an appointment with Elliot Weintrob, the president of the Orthotic Prosthetic Center in Virginia, who would build a custom set of prosthetic limbs for Staford -- free of charge.

"You can't turn the other way when you see something like [Staford's gruesome attack]. You got to say, 'What can I do here to help?'" Weintrob said. "I don't think I had a choice. I see and hear a lot of things, but this went right to the top."

Mnaweza kusoma habari kamili kwa KUBOFYA HAPA:

Takwimu Zetu

Asante Da Subi
na TEDxDar (thx to VijanaFM.com for the alert) kwa kuleta habari hizi.

Serikali Yafuta Leseni za Waganga wa Kienyeji

Wadau, nasema WAZIRI PINDA NI SHUJAA!!!!

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Waziri Mkuu Pionda afuta leseni za waganga wa kienyeji

SERIKALI imetangaza kufuta leseni zote za waganga wa jadi kuanzia jana (Ijumaa Jan. 23, 2009) ikiwa ni sehemu ya mapambano dhidi ya mauaji ya Albino na Vikongwe nchini.

Amri hiyo ilitangazwa na Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda katika mkutano wa hadhara mjini Shinyanga jana mwishoni mwa ziara yake ya mikoa ya Kanda ya Ziwa kuhamasisha mapambano ya Serikali dhidi ya mauaji hayo.

Waziri Mkuu alisema kuwa aliwasiliana na Mwanasheria Mkuu kuhusu uamuzi wa kuchukua hatua hiyo ya kufuta leseni hizo na Mwanasheria Mkuu akasema jambo hilo linawezekana.

"Kuanzia leo leseni zote za waganga wa jadi futa… Mtu yeyote akiendelea na kazi hiyo mfuatilieni," aliwaagiza Wakuu wa Mikoa, Wilaya na Wakuu wa Halmashauri zote za Jiji, Miji na Wilaya nchini.

Waganga wa jadi wamekuwa wakituhumiwa kuwa ndiyo chimbuko la mauaji hayo kwa vile wao ndiyo hupiga ramli za kuelekeza hivyo.

Katika mikutano na viongozi wa mikoa ya Kagera, Mwanza, Mara, Tabora na Shinyanga, wachangiaji wengi waliitaka serikali kufuta leseni hizo. Hata baadhi ya waganga wa jadi waliochangia walikiri.

Waganga wa jadi husajiliwa na kupewa leseni za kufanya kazi zao na Halmashari kwa utaratibu wa kiutawala. Ipo sheria ya mwaka 2002 kuhusu Tiba Asilia na Tiba Mbadala (Traditional and Alterntive Medicine Act), lakini Kanuni za utekelezaji wake zilikuwa hazijatengenezwa.

Waziri Mkuu alisema mganga wa jadi ambaye anaweza kuruhusiwa baadaye ni yule ambaye dawa zake za mitishamba au za asili zitakuwa zimethibitishwa na Kitengo cha Uchunguzi wa Tiba Asili cha Hospitali ya Taifa ya Muhimbili kuwa kweli zinatibu. Mgonjwa naye atatakiwa awe na cheti kutoka hospitali kitakachothitisha maradhi yake na kuwa tiba yake hopitali imeshindikana.

"Waganga hawa ni waongo wakubwa…Siyo lazima kuwa nao. Wangekuwa waganga wa kweli magonjwa mengi yangepungua nchini, lakini magonjwa yapo na sasa wanapiga ramli na kuwa kichocheo cha mauaji.

Mkoa wa Shinyanga unasemekana unaongoza kwa idadi ya waganga wa jadi waliosajiliwa na wako 1,104 na 94 ambao hawakusajiliwa. Wilaya ya Kahama peke yake ina 763.

Waziri Mkuu aliuambia umati uliofurika kwenye uwanja wa Chuo cha Biahshara cha Shinyanga (Shycom) huku akishangiliwa kuwa mapambano dhidi ya mauaji ya Abino ni vita na ndiyo maana anataka ulinzi wa jadi wa Sungusungu urejeshwe kusaidiana na vyombo vya dola kukabiliana na hali hiyo.

Aliwataka Wakuu wa Mikoa na Wilaya pamoja na Jeshi la Polisi na Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa kufnya kazi zao kwa ufanisi zaidi na "kujipanga upya na kuteremka hadi ngazi ya chini" kusimamia mapambano dhidi ya mauaji ya Albino na Vikongwe.

"Inapotokea kuwa Albino au Kikongwe anauawa katika eneo fulani, mimi nitamshukia Mkuu wa Mkoa na kumuuliza kwa nini aliacha hali itokee hivyo. Mkuu wa Mkoa naye atamshukia Mkuu wa Wilaya na vivyo hivyo," alisema.

Aliongeza: "Tukijumuika wote kwa pamoja tutashinda vita hii kama tulivyoshinda vita dhidi ya nduli Idi Amin wa Uganda".

Waziri Mkuu pia alisema atamwomba Jaji Mkuu kuwa zile kesi za mauaji ya Albino ambazo ziko tayari zinapangiwa majaji maalum ili zikamilike na hatima yake ijulikane haraka.


Tangu Juni mwaka 2007 mpaka Novemba mwaka 2008 jumla ya Albino 34 wameuawa nchini kwa imani za ushirikina kuwa eti viungo vyao vinasaidia kupata utajiri. Idadi yao kimkoa kwenye mabano ni Mwanza (19) Mara (4) Kigoma (3) Shinyanga (4), Kagera (3) na Mbeya (1). Mwaka huu tayari wameuawa watatu.

Jumla ya vikongwe waliouawa nao kwa kushukiwa wachawi ni 2583 ambapo idadi yao kimkoa kwenye mabano ni Mwanza (696), Shinaynga (522), Tabora (508), Iringa (256), Mbeya (192) Kagera (186), Singida (120) na Rukwa (103).

Ziara ya Waziri Mkuu Pinda katika mikoa ya Kanda ya Ziwa inamalizika leo kwa majumuisho yatakayowahusisha viongozi wa mikoa hiyo. Alianzia Kagera na badaye kutembelea mikoa ya Mwanza, Tabora na Shinyanga. Mkoa wa Mara ulijumuishwa kwa viongozi wake kuhudhuria mkutano wa viongozi Mwanza.
(mwisho)
Imetolewa na:
Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu,
S.L.P. 3021,
DAR ES SALAAM

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Pinda ataka jino kwa jino
Na Victor Kinambile, Tabora

KATIKA hali ya isiyo ya kawaida, Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda jana aliwaambia wananchi kuwa wanaoua watu wenye ulemavu wa ngozi (albino) pamoja vikongwe ni hawana budi kuuawa kwa kuwa wakisubiri mahakama kuwahukumu, watakuwa wanakosea.

Waziri Pinda, ambaye ameanza ziara katika mikoa ya Kanda ya Ziwa yenye lengo la kuhamasisha vita dhidi ya mauaji ya vikongwe na albino, aliutaka Umoja wa Vijana wa CCM kuongoza vita hiyo, akisema lina jeshi zuri.

Mauaji ya albino yamekuwa ni tatizo kubwa nchini na hasa katika mikoa ya Kanda ya Ziwa.

Pamoja na serikali kutangaza hatua kadhaa za kupambana na wauaji hao, bado matukio ya kuuawa kwa watu hao wenye ulemavu wa ngozi yamekuwa yakiendelea kuripotiwa, lakini Waziri Pinda ameenda mbali zaidi katika kukabiliana na tatizo hilo alipotaka wauaji hao wauawe badala ya kufikishwa mbele ya vyombo vya sheria.

Kauli ya Pinda, ambayo inaweka maswali katika suala la utawala bora, imekuja wakati ambao wananchi wamekuwa wakijichukulia sheria mkononi na kuua vikongwe kutokana na imani za uchawi.

Akihutubia wakati wa kufungua mkutano wa 16 wa Shirikisho la Vyama vya Kuweka na Kukopa (SCCULT) kwenye ukumbi wa Chuo cha Utumishi Umma mkoani hapa, Waziri Pinda alisema iwapo wananchi wataendelea kuwahurumia wauaji hao ambao wanatafuta viungo vya albino wakitegemea mahakama itatenda haki huku nao wakiongeza kasi ya mauaji kwa Watanzania, watakuwa wanakosea.

Hivyo alisema kwamba kuanzia sasa mtu yeyote atakayemuona mtu amemkata shingo au mkono mweziwe basi naye auawe papo hapo hii itakuwa ndiyo dawa kwani vingozi wote tumechoka na mauji hayo.

"Mkimuona mtu akamkata mwingine shingo naye muueni kwani sasa viongozi wote tumechoka... no more, I can't tolerate anymore (imetosha, siwezi kuvumilia tena)," alisema Pinda huku akiwaacha watu midomo wazi.

Aliviomba vyama vya siasa kushirikiana na wananchi kuhakikisha suala hili la mauji linakwisha kwani wauji "tunaishi nao na ni rahisi kulimaliza iwapo tutakuwa kitu kimoja katika kuondoa kashifa hii ambayo imekuwa mbaya kwa nchi yetu".

Aliuagiza Umoja wa Vijana wa CCM kuhakikisha mauaji hayo yanatokomezwa kabisa, akisema kuwa ni jeshi zuri ambalo likiamua kutokomeza kabisa mauaji ya vikongwe na ndugu zetu maalbino inawezekana.

"Umoja wa vijana mna jeshi zuri ambalo naamini mkiamua mnaweza kutokomeza mauaji ya wazee wetu pmoja na ndugu zetu maalbno na kazi hiyo nawaagiza muanze leo msisubri auawe mwingine tena," alisema waziri mkuu.

Baada ya kumalizika kwa mkutano huo, baadhi ya watu wanaoonekana kuwa ni wa "serikali" waliwafuata baadhi ya waandishi wa habari, akisihi suala hilo lisiripotiwe magazetini kwa madai kuwa kauli hiyo ya Waziri Pinda inaweza kusababisha matatizo.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete, ambaye pia amekuwa mstari wa mbele kupiga vita mauaji hayo, alitofautiana na Waziri Pinda katika moja ya hotuba zake aliposema kuwa adhabu ya kuua haitofautishi muuaji wa albino na muuaji mwingine na kwamba watakaopatikana na hatia ya kuua albino, atakabiliana na adhabu ya kifo kama ilivyo kwa muuaji mwingine.

Waziri Pinda alionekana kukerwa na mauaji ya albino wakati alipopata taarifa kwamba kuna mama mwingine aliuawa usiku wa kuamkia juzi.

"Nimeambiwa kuwa juzi wilayani Sengerema kuna mama mmoja ambaye ni mlemavu wa ngozi amekatwa mkono na wauaji wakaondoka na mkono huo na tayari mama huyo amekufa," alisema Pinda na kusisitiza kushughulikia wauaji hao.

Akitoa takwimu za mauaji ya vikongwe na malbino alisema mwaka 2003 waliuwawa vikongwe 517, mwaka 2004 waliuawa vikongwe 444, mwaka 2005 (494), 2006 (vikongwe 386), mwaka 2007 (vikongwe 526) na albino sita na mwaka 2008 (vikongwe 526 na albino 28).

Alisema tayari mwaka huu wameuawa albino watatu hivyo kufanya albino na vikongwe waliouawa kufikia kuwa jumla 2,900.

Waziri mkuu ameanza ziara ya siku nne kutembelea mikoa ya Shinyanga, Tabora na Mwanza ili kuhamasisha wananchi watokomeze vitendo vya mauaji ya vikongwe na watu weye ulemavu wa ngozi.

Albino Mjamzito Akatwa Mikono Bongo!

Wadau, kwa nini siku hizi tunazidi kusikia habari za kupigwa au kuuliwa wa albino (zeruzeru) Bongo. Mbona zamani tulikuwa hatusikii habari za albino kunyanyaswa hivyo? Khaa! Utu wetu umeenda wapi?

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Kutoka ippmedia.com

Albino mjamzito avamiwa usiku

2008-11-19
Na Mwandishi Wetu, Kagera

Mama mmoja mwenye ulemavu wa ngozi yaani albino, ambaye pia ni mjamzito, amevamiwa na watu watatu akiwemo jirani yao usiku wa manane na kumfyeka mikono.

Majeruhi huyo aliyefahamika kwa jina la Bi.Mariamu Stanfod amesema kuwa akiwa amelala na wadogo zake, alivamiwa na wahalifu hao kisha wakamkata mikono na kutoweka.

Amesema kutokana na kupoteza mkono, sasa anahitaji msaada hasa utakapofika wakati wa kujifungua na jinsi ya kumhudumua mototo wake.

Kaimu Mganga Mkuu wa Hospitali Tteule ya Mrugwanza ambayo amelazwa majeruhi huyo, Dk. Maginus Ndolichimpa, amesema mwanamama huyo alikatwa na kitu chenye ncha kali.

Akasema kitu kilichotumika kumkata mikono kilikuwa na kutu inayoozesha vidonda, hali inayowalazimisha kusafisha vidonda hivyo kila siku ili kumnusuru majeruhi huyo na kansa ya mifupa.

Baba mzazi wa Marimu, Bw. Stanfod Bandaba amesema, baada ya kushitushwa na kelele za mtoto wake aliyekuwa akiomba msaada, alitoka nje na kuwakuta wahalifu hao wakiwa wamezingira nyumba yake.

Amesema hata hivyo wahalifu hao walifanikiwa kutoroka ila kutokana na maelezo ya Mariamu wameweza kubaini mmoja ni jirani yao.

Bw. Bandaba amesema wananchi walifanikiwa kumtamata jirani huyo akiwa nyumbani kwake na kumfikisha kituo cha Polisi.

Amesema kwa yeyote atakayegushwa na tukio na angependa kumsaidia Bi. Marimu, atumie akaunti namba 3211601173 au awasiliane na Kaimu Mganga Mkuu wa hospitali hiyo kwa simu namba 0785-424299, au 0755- 8019 17.

SOURCE: Alasiri

Ajaribu Kuuza Mke Wake Zeruzeru

Wadau, huyo mwanaume ni mshenzi kupindukia! Naomba akamatwe na anyongwe hadharani! Yaani jamaa alitaka kumwuza mke wake ambaye ni zeruzeru albino. Hivi alimwoa kwa nia gani, kumwuza?

Bora wazazi wamchukue binti wao maana huyo jamaa alikuwa ni shetani!

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Kutoka BBC News


Man 'tried to sell' albino wife

This albino grave was sealed to stop people digging up the body
Police in southern Tanzania say they have arrested a man accused of attempting to sell his albino wife.

The man was allegedly planning to sell his wife to two Congolese businessmen for around $3,000.

Albinos have been living in fear in Tanzania after a series of killings due to a belief their body parts can make magic potions more effective.

At least 27 people with albinism have been killed since March, including a seven-month old baby.
President Jakaya Kikwete ordered a police crackdown on those involved in the killings, and 170 witchdoctors have since been arrested.

But BBC investigations suggest that some police are being "bought off" in order to look away when such crimes are committed.

Angry parents

Rukwa regional police commander Isunto Damian Mantage said the fisherman was arrested following a tip-off from an informer, according to the Daily News newspaper.

His wife was not aware that he was planning to sell her off, police say.

Mr Mantage says the wife's angry parents have decided to take back their daughter.

The businessmen managed to escape arrest, and are suspected to have fled back to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The police have asked Interpol to help track them down, the newspaper reported.

The recent attacks on albinos have been linked to witchdoctors who are peddling the belief that potions made from an albino's legs, hair, hands, and blood can make a person rich.

Albinism affects one in 20,000 people worldwide, but in Tanzania the prevalence appears to be much higher.

The Albino Association of Tanzania says that although just 4,000 albinos are officially registered in the country, they believe the actual number could be as high as 173,000.

A census is now underway to verify the figures.

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Wadau, ni kwa nini Tanzania tuna idadi kubwa ya albino kuliko nchi zingine?

Mtoto Albino auawa Bongo

Jamani, hivi huu imani na ushrikina unatupeleka wapi? Wanatoa roho ya mtoto aliyezaliwa albino, kisa???? Hao waliomwua wanaenda motoni! Kwa kweli serikali ifanye juu chini kuwakamata waliyomwua na wanyongwe hadharani.

Mungu alaze roho ya mtoto Esther Charles mahala pema mbinguni. AMEN.

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Mtoto mmoja Albino auawa kikatili mkoani Shinyanga

Kutoka ippemdia.com

2008-10-20

Na Radio One Habari

Wimbi la mauaji ya watu wenye ulemavu wa ngozi -Albino limeingia mkoani Shinyanga kufuatia mauji ya mtoto mmoja Albino katika kijiji cha Shilela, Kata ya Segese wilayani humo.

Mtoto huyo wa kike aitwaye Esther Charles, mwanafunzi wa Darasa la Tatu katika shule ya msingi kijiji hapo ameuawa na watu wasiojulikana usiku wa kuamkia jana.

Diwani wa Kata ya Segese Bwana Joseph Mayala amesema watu wasiojulikana wakiwa na mapanga usiku wa manane walivamia nyumba ya Afisa Mtendaji wa Kijiji hicho Bwana Mzolewa Mashili ambaye ni baba wa mtoto huyo kwa kuvunja mlago wa nyumba yake kwa kutumia jiwe kubwa.

Amesema watu hao waliwaweka chini ya ulinzi wazazi wa mtoto huyo na kuanza kumchuna sehemu za usoni, kichwa hadi ngozi ya kisogoni na kumkata miguu yake kuanzia sehemu za nyonga na kuondoka nayo.

Diwani huyo amewataka wananchi wakiwemo walinzi wa jadi Sungusungu Wilayani Kahama kuhakikisha watu wanaojihusisha na mauaji hayo wanafichuliwa.

SOURCE: Radio One

Mauji ya Albino Tanzania

Albinos In Tanzania (Zeruzeru wa Tanzania)

Albinos all over the world are suffering not only healthwise due to their pigmentation but also discrimination and persecution as a result of some african beliefs that their body parts bring some wealth and riches. This has led to death and mutilation of the Albino peopleespecially in Tanzania where only 2% of them live past 40 years of age. Hence If you support their protection and existence as normal people just like you and me please visit the site below and sign your petition.

Thanks.

http://www.underthesamesun.com/

Concerned about the conditions that people with albinism are facing in Tanzania? Now you can help by signing the petition Positive Exposure and Under the Same Sun will present to the Tanzanian government next month.

* Declaring your support for and solidarity with persons with albinism living in Tanzania during this time of dire crisis within the albinism commmunity.

* Reminding persons within the Tanzanian albinism community that they are NOT ALONE and that many throughout the world are standing with them in defense of their fundamental human right to safety, security and freedom.

* Calling on the Government of Tanzania to ensure that the 173 detainees presently in custody as suspects in the savage murders of at least 28 albinos during the last 18 months be brought before the courts and that those found guilty be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

* Asking that the Government of Tanzania provides resources to the albinism community in terms of public education and protection with the goal to reduce the crippling discrimination albinos experience in their schools and communities.

We need 10,000 signatures, so please sign the petition and pass it along to your friends!http://www.underthesamesun.com/petitions.php

Tupinge Mauji ya maAlbino

Harambee tukusanye signature 100,000 za majina na ujumbe mfupi kwa ajili ya kuziwakilisha kwa vyombo husika kusaidia kampeni ya kupinga na kuachisha kabisa mauaji ya Albino.

Kila kukicha hii habari imekuwa ikiongelewa na kutunyima raha tulioko nje kwani tunashindwa kujibu tuhuma na kejeli hizi ambazo zinatupaka matope.

Kwa kutumia blog hii ya jamii shime wananchi andika jina na maoni mafupi hata kama ni sentesi mbili tupate signature 100,000 tuwakilishe kwa Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani.

Kwa wanachama wa FaceBook group hii ipo na inakwenda vizuri pia ukiingia kwenye facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) serch kwenye albino utaipata.

Ref: Angalia hii Video ya Al Jazeera
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qKDwIiPw94I

Na hii ya The New York Times
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2iHu4NGDVno

Sikiliza ya BBC Hapa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/swahili/meta

Mdau Pius Pius
Human Activist

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Wadau, hivi kwa nini watu wanahofia maalbino mpaka wanadiriki kuwaua. Hata wazungu wanakuwa na maalbino lakini hawauliwi. Albino ni bindamu sema kakosa ile 'pigamentation' (rangi) kwenye ngozi yake. Lazima tupinge kuuliwa kwa malbino! Na hao wengi imani potofu waelimishwe!

Hebu someni jinsi maisha ya Mwandishi wa Habari, Vicky Ntetema, ilivyohatarishwa shauri ya kuwaumbua hao wanoaua malbino:

Maisha ya Mtangazaji Vicky NtetemaYapo Hatarini.. Baada ya kuwaumbua Wagaga(Wachawi) wanaotumia au Kuagiza wateja wao kuleta Viungo vya Maalbino nchini Tanzania kwa Tiba au Kupata Utajiri..Mtangazaji wa shirika la habari la uingereza BBC Vicky Ntetema amesema amekua akipokea vitisho kila kukicha juu ya maisha yake...Soma habari hapo chini upate ukweli wa mambo kutoka kwake..am living in hiding after I received threats because of my undercover work exposing the threat from witchdoctors to albinos living in Tanzania.I do not regret it, even if I am very scared.More Click Here.