KiSwahili Yamponza MRundi New Hampshire - Anusurika Kuuwawa

Jamani, kumbe yule baba aliyekuwa kwenye ile basi ya Greyhound huko Portsmouth, New Hampshire ambaye walisema kabeba bomu alikuwa ni MRundi!Na wala hakuwa na bomu! Alikuwa anaongea kwenye simu ya mkononi katika lugha ya kiswahili kwenye basi. Mama moja wa kizingu eti kasikia eti kasema, "BOMB ON BUS'! Watu wanasema huenda jamaa alisema Obama!

Sasa watu wamezidi! Ukiwa mweusi umevaa nguo za kijeshi, unaongea lugha ambayo mzungu haelewi basi unaweza kupigwa risasi hapa Marekani!

Polisi wa SWAT (FFU) walitumwa kwenye eneo la tukio. Waliwaambia watu washuke kwenye basi mikono mitupu huko wamezipandisaha juu. Huyo baba wa KiRundi hakuelewa inatokea nini, kabaki kwenye basi. Basi ndo wakaamua ni kweli ana bomu.

Naona huko New Hampshire polisi hawakuwa na kazi siku hiyo. walituma, mizinga vifaru (tanks), pia robot alitumwa. Nilimwona kwenye TV akiwa kwenye mlango wa basi, na kamera yake. Wataalamu wa bomualikuwepo yaani ukitazama kwenye TV unaweza kuanguka kwa vicheko baada ya kugundua kuwa fikra za kibaguzi zilizosabaisha huo mkasa!

Polisi kwa aibu, hawakumkamta yule MRundi. Bali walimkamata mzee wa kizungu mwenye miaka 68, amabaye walisem kuwa aligombana na polisi, na MMarekani mweusi ambaye walisema aliwapa jina la uongo! Jina la huyo MRundi wamehifadhi. Lakini jamani wanavyoongea utadhani Swahili inongelewa katika sayari gani sijui!



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(NECN: Portsmouth, N.H.) - Two men were arrested following a nine-hour standoff on board a Greyhound bus in Portsmouth.

The last man off the bus, whose hesitation resulted in a six-hour delay to the end of the standoff, was not one of the men charged. That man, who is from Burundi, Africa, has been released but not publicly identified by police. A passenger reported hearing on the other end of his phone conversation that a bomb was on the bus. That caused the 911 phone call to which police responded and sprung the standoff.

Officials believe the Burundi man did not get off the bus when instructed due to language, cultural and social barriers. His native tongue is Swahili.

"We took the time and additional resources to locate a family member and additional resources to locate a family member who spoke with this person in his native tongue of Swahili and helped to assure the man that no harm would come to him if he surrendered to the police officers outside the bus," Police Chief David Ferland said.

Where he is from, police said, people fear law enforcement -- they believe he feared he would be shot if he exited the bus. His hesitation delayed the end of the incident by six hours. He is in the country legally, police said.

The two men who were charged in the incident will be arraigned Friday afternoon. John Smolens of Lewiston, Maine was charged with resisting arrest or detention. Chief Ferland said the charges stem from his refusal to follow the orders of SWAT team members and refusal to cooperate in the overnight bail process.

Calvin Segar of Brooklyn, N.Y. was charged with two counts of obstructing governmental administration for providing false names and false information, according to the police chief.

The two were scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 Friday afternoon in Portsmouth District Court. The incident is not considered an act of terrorism, rather a "local event."

The police chief thanked all the agencies that participated in the peaceful conclusion of the nine-hour standoff, and apologized to the local businesses and citizens who were inconvenienced by the evacuation and closure of the area.

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Bajaj drivers at high risk of contracting HIV

By Gerald Kitabu

The Bajaj is a new form of transport in Dar es Salaam which many people, especially those who can not afford hiring a taxi prefer.

As much as it is helping low-income earners to enjoy a comfortable, quick and cheaper ride and at the same time providing employment to people who would otherwise be on the streets, the Bajaj is posing a danger whose effects will be felt in a few years to come.

The Bajaj might turn out to be the worst form of employment some young people have chosen. The business is putting Bajaj drivers at high risk of contracting HIV.

At present, the Bajaj drivers, most who do not undergo formal training and most who have little knowledge of HIV/Aids, are former taxi drivers, who switched to Bajaj business which offers more income. Some are former houseboys and gardeners and are in the high-risk group of the population that is the youths.

In search for quick money, most Bajaj drivers ferry low-income people including drunkards, pickpockets, and commercial sex workers. During the night however, they change positions and routes, with most of them shifting from their official parking places to bars and pubs to hunt for passengers who include commercial sex workers and their customers.

A survey in different suburbs of Dar es Salaam shows that from 9.00 pm until dawn, the Bajaj drivers usually queue around bars and pubs in search for customers who prefer cheaper transport which is always negotiable with the Bajaj drivers. And in so doing, some of these drivers fall prey to the unsuspecting prostitutes who lure them into sex in exchange for a free ride.

Said Mohamed (21) is a Bajaj driver at Kijitonyama near Science area in Kijitonyama and he says some of their passengers are commercial sex workers and prostitutes. He says ferrying them does not matter, but what maters is the way they behave when negotiating the price.

According to him, these are very good customers although very tricky and seductive.

For example he says, a commercial sex worker may hire a Bajaj to take her from Kijitonyama to Sinza or Mwenge but before you drop her, she may refuse to pay you claiming to have lost her purse. She may then offer you sex instead.

Some times commercial sex workers who usually carry hand bags with them may stop a Bajaj driver and while the Bajaj is in motion, they would undress pretending to change into transparent mini-skirts and tops to attract men. But their aim normally is to attract the Bajaj drivers who end up having short-time unprotected sex with them in dark corners. After the service, the women leave without paying fare.

“You know we want money and so we can’t refuse to offer a customer transport simply because she is a prostitute. But I must confess that some commercial sex workers may undress while the Bajaj is in motion. The moment you ask her why she is doing that, she says it is none of your business. I think that is one way of seducing the young drivers to,” says Pius Anthony, another Bajaj driver.

Steven John (19) says some Bajaji drivers ferry half naked prostitutes from bars and pubs to guest houses, but when the prostitutes don’t find their men, they sleep with them.

“In Kijitonyama near the science and technology building, there is a special house rented by commercial sex workers. That place has always been a destination for Bajaj drivers who sneak in and sleep with them,” he says.

Shafiru Salum (20), who lives near the house alleged to be harbouring commercial sex workers, concedes saying that it is true that there are such women in that house, selling their bodies and that he has seen several Bajaj drivers, famous football players and businessmen among others entering the house.

“There are several beautiful ladies in there and they keep on changing men every day. They have rented part of the house with a corridor used as the reception for guests who come to buy sex. Sometimes, you will see them seated on the veranda during evening time,” he says.

Salum says he is not sure if the Bajaj drivers afford them because they are very expensive. One has to part with at least 50,000/- for a quickie and that sometimes they travel to China and come back with different goods and products which they sell.

New HIV infections in the rapidly expanding city of Dar es Salaam take different forms depending on the environment and socio-economic changes. For example, Philomena Michael (20), who works with one of the mushrooming men’s salons along Shekilango road, in Sinza has a different story to tell with regard to new HIV infections. She says, unlike men workers in the men’s salons who cut customers hair, most of the girls who work in these salons are used to entertain customers.

Nowadays there are many modern salons that offer decent and modern services and their prices are a higher compared to old fashioned-salons with only male workers.

These salons offer, among other services, massages, facial treatment, scrubbing and the list is long. The young ladies most of them beautiful, and sometimes without gloves, massage your face and neck in a ticklish manner that only the bold ones can withstand. They expertly place their soft fingers in and around the customer’s ears, neck and face in a provocative manner so as to ‘appease’ them, so they say. And the men are said to enjoy this, that’s why they keep going to salons with female attendants. They say men’s hands are hard and irritating.

“In these salons, beautiful ladies are used to attract men. Men say they like being attended by girls because they are the opposite sex and that they have soft hands. When men come for the service, they direct us which parts of their body to clean, touch and place fingers in, if you do that, they offer you extra money and if you refuse, they threaten to report you to the owner of the salon who may fire you,” says Philomena.

She says worse still, the policy in many salons is for ladies not to refuse being touched in any parts of their body by the customers because doing that may discourage customers. if it happens that a lady refuses, and the reports reach her boss, she is likely to receive summary dismissal. So, in order to protect their employment, poverty forces them to agree although against their will.

Dr. Yemela Ndibalema of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute says HIV/Aids will only be defeated if each one of us play their part.

“It is the responsibility of every individual to protect other people. The moment we shall be able to value other people’s life the same way we value ours, that will help very much to scale down the infections,” he says.

Kazi ya Kuendesha Mabasi Boston

NAACP Boston Branch

MBTA

will be hiring 300 bus drivers

First Transit in conjunction with the MBTA will be hiring 300 bus driver positions. You DO NOT need a CDL. This position is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a national company that also includes First Student Transportation (the yellow schoolbuses), Greyhound Buses and also other First Transit sites which house City Metro buses and other ventures.

Our drivers need to have 5 years driving experience, clean MVR's no more than 1 moving violation in 12 months or 2 in 36 months; no DUI's, no crimimal history and be able to follow a map. Training will be provided. The drivers will service a geographical location in the southern burbs of Boston and will stretch from Needham to Randolph to Walpole to Quincy. We also provide benefits. We are a para-transit division also known as The Ride.

To apply - please come to our Job Fair. We are hosting a two day event at the Sheraton Braintree, Directions below.

Sunday, May 3rd from 1:00 - 5:00 PM
and
Monday, May 4th from 9:00 - 2:00 PM

The Sheraton Braintree is located at the intersection of I-93/I-95.

Please take I-93 and get off at Exit 6. It looks like a large brown castle on top of the hill.

Address:
37 Forbes Road
Braintree, MA 02184
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Karen L. Payne, President
NAACP Boston Branch
Phone: 617.438.5816
eMail: Info@NAACPBoston.org
WebSite: http://www.naacpboston.org/