Comfort Zone - A Poem by Prof Richard Mabala

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Comfort Zone

By Richard Mabala 

First they came for the big guys
They were all fisadis
But I am not a fisadi so why should I speak out?
Even if no evidence has been given against them
We were told they were fisadis
What greater evidence do you want?
Silently I applauded.

Then they came for the artists
Decadent artists leading immoral lives
Why should I support them?
No evidence again but God had spoken
I said not a word.

Of course they came for the gays
Even wanted to publicly declare their names
Even more disgusting than the artists
I don't care whether they do it in private or not
They deserve it.
No need to speak out

They also came for the activists
Those arrogant unelected nobodies
Pushing their own agendas as if they were the people's choice
They had to be silenced
So silent I remained.

Then they came for an Asian
These Asians, don't we know them
They are just exploiting us
How can he claim to be a citizen like me?
A proud Tanzanian
So what if he was a councillor in my own party
Why should I speak for these exploiters?
And anyway I support that other team
Too patriotic to support him or his team.
So no need to speak out
Even if there seems be a vendetta against him
For daring to threaten the son of God
Silence is golden

Then they came for the opposition.
Why should they go on politicking even after the election.
Throw them in jail
And keep them there to show our leaders brook no opposition
Opposition disrupts their good intentions.
Troublemakers.
They deserve to stay in jail
I said nothing

The same is true of those people
Who used unbecoming language
On Facebook
They should have known better
They were warned
But still the persisted.
Why should I speak in their favour

Then they came for the lawyers
Especially those dumb oppositionist lawyers
Wanting to take over their association
And become activist
Activist? Really?
We know those lawyers are just after money
And power
Corrupt.
Surely they can defend themselves anyway.
Say nothing.

Then they came for their own party members
Ha ha ha. You see their foolishness
Fraternising with the enemy when politics is no longer about adversaries
But enemies.
They couldn't even see which way the wind is blowing
And bow before it
They were flattened
And I will never say a word
Even if they belonged to my party
Unlike them, I am loyal
Always loyal.

But hang on
What are those boots outside my door?
What have I done?
HELP! Will someone speak out for me?
I have done nothing.
Why the silence?
Am I the only one left?

Kazi Anayofanya Rais John Pombe Magufuli Tanzania

Ananyosha Nchi!

Vijana wa Parking Mjini Mwanza Walalamikiwa!

Gari la mmoja wa wagonjwa katika kituo cha afya cha Bio Health kilichopo mtaa wa liberty jijini Mwanza likiwa limepigwa cheni.

Na BMG

Vijana wanaokusanya ushuru wa tozo za maegesho ya magari jijini Mwanza, wamelalamikiwa kwa namna wanavyotekeleza majukumu yao kinyume na taratibu.

Vijana hao wamelalamikiwa kutokana na tabia yao ya kuvizia magari yanayoegeshwa katika maeneo mbalimbali jijini Mwanza huku baadhi ya maeneo hayo yakiwa ni halali kwa ajili ya magari kuegeshwa kwa muda.

Katika mtaa wa Liberty jijini Mwanza, vijana hao wamelalamikiwa kutokana na kuvizia magari binafsi yanayowapeleka wagonjwa katika kituo cha afya cha Bio Health kwa ajili ya matibabu.

Picha Zaidi Bonyeza HAPA

Namba za Simu za Kuripoti Wanaofuja Hela za Serikali!

Serikali Mpya ya Rais Magufuli! - Katuni

Waziri Mkuu Majaliwa Aamuru Maafisa Kadhaa wa TRA Kukamatwa

Waziri Mkuu Mhe Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa leo ameamuru kukamatwa kwa maafisa kadhaa  wa Mamlaka ya Mapato (TRA) na wengine kufukuzwa kazi  baada ya kufanya ziara ya kushtukiza Bandarini na kukuta madudu ambayo hakuyafurahia.

Maafisa hao, ambao kwa sasa tunahifadhi majina ili Jeshi la Polisi liweze kuwashughulikia, wametakiwa pia kusalimisha hati zao za usafiri.
Hii imekuja baada ya kugundulika kwamba kuna makontena 349 yenye thamani ya zaidi ya bilioni 80 ambayo data za Mamlaka ya Bandari inazo lakini katika mtandao wa TRA hayaonekani.

Habari kamili inaandaliwa. Fanya subira....
Kwa sasa anza na picha....

Waziri Mkuu Mhe Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa akisisitiza jambo wakati wa mkutano wake na uongozi wa TRA na TPA alipofanya ziara ya kustukiza Bandarini leo asubuhi.

 Waziri Mkuu Mhe Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa akiongea na viongozi wa TRA na TPA

Waziri Mkuu Mhe Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa akikabidhi orodha ya makontena yaliyopotea na ambayo TRA haina taarifa nazo

Waziri Mkuu Mhe Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa 
akiagana na viongozi wa TRA na TPA.

Waliotegemea 'Kumega' Wanalia

Vitambi Vitapungua!

Kutoka gazeti la Mwananchi

US Secretary of State John Kerry Challenges Africa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - America's top diplomat said Saturday the U.S. is ready to help increase its ties with Africa, but nations across the continent need to take stronger steps to ensure security and democracy for its people.

   In an Africa policy address to members of the Addis Ababa diplomatic corps and the Young Africa leader network, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted crises in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and the Central African Republic and urged Africans to demand stability and financial development.

   He called for an expansion of American investment in Africa and noted that U.S. companies IBM, Microsoft and Google already have spent more than $100 million on projects across the continent.

   "So this is clearly a moment of opportunity for all Africans," Kerry told about 100 Ethiopians at an environmentally-friendly auditorium on a mountaintop. "It is also a moment of decision."

   Africa has the natural resources, capacity and the know-how for economic development, Kerry said, adding that the U.S. is the continent's "natural partner."

   He said that over the next three years, 37 of the 54 African nations will hold national elections with millions of voters going to the polls. And he called on Africans to combat the political corruption that the African Union says has cost the people of Africa tens of billions of dollars.

   "That money could build new schools and hospitals, new roads and bridges, new pipes and power lines. That's why it's a responsibility for citizens in Africa and in all nations to demand that public money is providing services for all, not lining the pockets of a few," Kerry told the gathering.

   Combating corruption, he said, "lifts more than a government's balance sheet."

   But Kerry warned that "a new Africa" cannot emerge with becoming "a more secure Africa."

   "In too many parts of the continent, a lack of security, the threat of violence, or all-out war prevent even the first shoots of prosperity from emerging. The burdens of past divisions might never be completely eliminated but they must never be allowed to bury the future," he said.

   Kerry also warned of the dangers climate change, noting that according to a recent U.N. report parts of Mombasa, Dakar, Monrovia and dozens of coast African cities could be under water by the middle of the century.

   "Africa has 60 percent of the world's arable land. That is a tremendous opportunity for the future, not just to feed Africa's people, but to feed the world," he said. But because of climate change and global warming, yields from rain-fed agriculture in parts of Africa could decline by half.

   "When 97 percent of scientists agree that the climate is changing, that it is happening faster they even predicted, and that humans are the significant cause, let me tell you something, we need to listen. We need to act," he said.

Ufisadi wa Misaada

Mabilioni ya Uswisi – Tusigeuzwe Mazezeta

Mabilioni ya Uswisi – Tusigeuzwe Mazezeta

by Mh. Zitto Kabwe


Jumanne tarehe 20 Novemba 2012, baadhi ya vyombo vya habari vimebeba habari zinazohusu matamshi ya Waziri wa Utawala Bora ndugu George Mkuchika kuhusu sakata ya mabilioni ya Uswisi. Waziri amesema kwamba Serikali ya Uswisi inataka majina ya Watanzania walioficha fedha huko ndio waweze kusaidia uchunguzi. Habari kama Hiyo, yenye maudhui na malengo hayo hayo iliandikwa na Gazeti la The Guardian on Sunday la tarehe 18 Novemba 2012.
Nimeona ni vema nitoe kauli yangu rasmi kuhusu suala hili. Lengo ni kuweka rekodi sawa juu ya Azimio la Bunge na kwamba Serikali inapaswa kutekeleza Azimio na sio kutoa kauli tata za kukata tamaa.

Moja, Suala hili japo sio jipya lakini limeandikwa kama ni jambo jipya. Suala la Serikali ya Uswisi kutaka majina lilisemwa na Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali wakati akichangia hoja binafsi niliyowasilisha Bungeni na pia wakati akileta maombi yake ya kuiondoa hoja ambayo yalikataliwa na Bunge. Kama sio sababu mpya ni kwanini imeibuka upya na kwa kasi? Ni wazi Serikali inajihami kwa kuona kuwa itashindwa kutekeleza azimio la Bunge. Watanzania wasikubali propaganda hii ya Serikali. Bunge limeagiza Serikali kufanya uchunguzi kwa kutumia njia za kiserikali au wachunguzi binafsi wa kimataifa. Kwa nini Serikali inaanza kubwabwaja ilhali wala haijaanza kazi hiyo? Serikali inajaribu kuficha nini? Kwa nini baada ya wiki iliyopita Benki Kuu kufanya uchunguzi kwenye Mabenki ya Biashara jijini Dar es Salaam na namna fedha zimekuwa zikipelekwa nje (international transfers), leo Serikali inakuja na kauli za kukakata tamaa? Kunani?

Pili, Watanzania wajue kwamba Taifa la Swiss limejengwa na linajengwa kwa fedha hizi za wizi ambazo watu mbalimbali duniani wanaiba au kukwepa kodi kwenye nchi zao na kuzificha huko. Serikali ya Swiss hata siku moja haiwezi kutoa ushirikiano kwa Serikali ya Tanzania katika suala kama hili. Ndio maana Azimio la Bunge linataka wachunguzi binafsi ambao hawatahitaji ushirikiano wa Serikali ya Swiss. Nawakumbusha kwamba mwaka 1997 mara baada ya Joseph Desire Mobutu kuangushwa na Rais Joseph Kabila kule Kongo - Kinshasa, Serikali ya Swiss iliitaka Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo kuonyesha ushahidi kuwa hela hizo za Mobutu zilikuwa zimepatikana kwa njia haramu! Waswiss walitaka Kabila awakakikishie kuwa fedha zile zaidi ya dola bilioni nane za Kimarekani Mobutu hakuzipata kihalali ndio waweze kuzirejesha. Zaire ilikadiriwa kuwa na zaidi ya dola za Kimarekani bilioni thelathini katika Mabenki ya nje ya nchi hiyo. Majibu ya aina aina hii ni majibu ‘standard’ ambayo kila nchi inapewa. Hata Marekani ilipokuwa inafuatilia wakwepa kodi wao walijibiwa hivi hivi. Hatimaye Serikali ya Marekani ikaamua kununua taarifa hizo na kuwakamata wakwepaji kodi wao walioficha fedha Uswisi. Hao ndio Waswiss ambao Serikali ya Tanzania inashabikia majibu yao. Bila Aibu Mawaziri wetu wanayanukuu majibu ya Waswiss kama kasuku. Tunasahau historia haraka sana. Tunakuwa kama mazezeta.

Tusiwe Taifa la mazezeta. Mabwege na mazezeta huimba kila wanachoambiwa kuimba. Sasa Serikali ya Tanzania imekuwa msemaji wa Serikali ya Swiss badala ya kuchunguza utoroshaji wa fedha haramu na kisha kutoa taarifa Bungeni. Naitaka Serikali ianze uchunguzi mara moja kama namna ilivyoelekezwa na Bunge. Suala hili sio suala la kisiasa, sasa ni Azimio la Bunge ambalo linahitaji kutekelezwa kikamilifu. Suala hili sio suala la Zitto Kabwe tena, ni suala la Bunge, ni suala la Wananchi. Wananchi hawataki uzezeta wa watu waliopewa dhamana ya kutekeleza Azimio lao. Kama hawawezi wapishe watu wenye uwezo wa kusimamia maslahi ya Watanzania kwa kuchukua hatua stahili za kuchunguza utoroshaji mkubwa wa fedha za kigeni, ukwepaji mkubwa wa kodi na ufisadi uliopelekea Watanzania kuficha mabilioni kwenye mabenki nje ya Tanzania. Hatutakaa kimya mpaka tuone mwisho kamilifu wa suala hili. Utekelezaji wa Azimio la Bunge itakuwa ni salamu tosha mafisadi na watoroshaji wa fedha haramu kwamba hawana pa kujificha na Tanzania sio Taifa la kuchezeachezea. Lazima tushinde vita hii. Anayeona hawezi kutuongoza kuishinda atupishe mapema. Hatupaswi kuwa Taifa la Mazezeta. Watanzania sio mabwege tena, Mwakyembe alipata kusema.


Kabwe Zuberi Zitto, Mb

Kigoma Kaskazini.