Captain John Komba Obituary

Kutoka Daily News 

 Mbinga West MP Komba is No More

Published on Sunday, 01 March 2015

By DEOGRATIAS MUSHI 

The late Captain John Komba 

 Mbinga West Member of Parliament and Member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) National Executive Committee (NEC) Captain John Damian Komba is no more. He died at TMJ hospital in Dar es Salaam Today, where he had been admitted few hours before he breathed his last.

The Tanzania One Theatre (TOT) Secretary General Mr. Gasper Tumaini said that medical reports show that Komba was suffering from Pressure and Diabetes. According to him, Captain Komba was admitted to Sanitas Medical Clinic in Dar es Salaam a week ago, and after two days his health improved and he was discharged. Secretary, Mr Nape Nnauye meanwhile, expressed shock and sadness over the sudden passing of Capt Komba saying that the void he has left behind would be difficult to fill.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Mr Nnauye said that the party’s National Chairman, President Jakaya Kikwete, had received the news with great shock. He said that the president has sent condolences to the late Capt Komba’s family and noted that he knew the deceased well because he had worked with him for many years. “Capt Komba was a veteran cadre, an artist, a music composer and he will be dearly missed.

He composed a song during the 38th anniversary of the party which touched many hearts, now it seems it was his way of saying goodbye,” he said. He said that he would forever be thankful to the late Komba because it was he who convinced his late father to enroll him into the party after completing national service and that the party sent heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

 Captain Komba was born on March 18, 1954, then joined Lituhi primary school in 1963. After completing standard seven in 1970, he joined Songea boys secondary school where he completed in 1974, then joined Cleruu Teachers Training College where he attained teaching certificate in 1976. In 1978 he joined Monduli Military Cadet Training Unit in Arusha where he got a diploma, and then studied at Magdeburg Path in Germany where he got a diploma in politics. Captain Komba then joined Washington International University in 2006, where he was awarded BA in political science in 2008. During his life time, Captain Komba served Tanzania People's Defence Forces as Army Officer from 1978 to 1992.Before he had been employed by the Ministry of Education(1977 and 1978). Between 1992 and 2005 Captain Komba was TOT Executive Director, doubling also as CCM Chief Culture from 1992 to date. He served as Mbinga West member of Parliament from 2005, and also as member of CCM's National Executive Committee (NEC) from 1987 to date.

While in Parliament, Captain Komba once questioned why Tanzania did not unite with Burundi and DR Congo since the three governments of Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya had teamed up and set up an alliance within the community. He even threatened to embark on a rebellion if the Constituent Assembly (CA) could adopt a three-government system as it was proposed in the second draft constitution. He also questioned the rationale of Tanzania remaining in the EAC in light of actions which clearly sidelined it.

 He was once quoted saying he would be the last person to endorse the three-tier Union model and that he would defend the status quo at all costs. "Woe unto you if you will be persuaded to buy the idea of a three-government system. I will retreat into the forest to fight for the two-tier Union structure," he warned amid laughter. His body has been preserved at Lugalo hospital, pending funeral arrangements.

Captain John Komba Afariki Dunia

 Wadau, Mh. Captain John Komba, Mbunge wa Mbinga amefariki leo katika hospitali ya TMJ. Wanasema alikuwa anasumbuliwa na kisukari (diabetes).

Lazima niseme kuwa nakumbuka marehemu Captain Komba alivyoaanza kupanda chati. Alikuwa Sargent wa Jeshi na alikuwa anaimba katika kikundi cha wasanii. Alimwimbia Mwalimu ule wimbo wa 'We Love Freedom'.  Nimesahau ilikuwa sherehe ya nini. Mwalimu na wote tuliyokwepo tuliblow!  Alipata U-Captain haraka sana na mambo ya TOT ni ya kihistoria.

REST IN PEACE CAPTAIN KOMBA!

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No Evidence of Survival Advantage for Type 2 Diabetes Patients who are Overweight or Obese

 From the New England Journal of Medicine

January 15, 2014

Boston, MA — Being overweight or obese does not lead to improved survival among patients with type 2 diabetes. The large-scale study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers refutes previous studies that have suggested that, for people with diabetes, being overweight or obese could lead to lower mortality for people compared with normal-weight persons—the so-called “obesity paradox.”

The study appears in the January 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

“These data dispel the notion that being overweight or obese confers survival advantage among diabetic patients,” said Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at HSPH and senior author of the study. “Clearly, weight management is an important therapeutic strategy for overweight or obese individuals with type 2 diabetes.”

The researchers analyzed data from 8,970 women in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital-based Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and 2,457 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) with type 2 diabetes. They calculated participants’ body-mass index (BMI) shortly before the diagnosis of diabetes and excluded participants reporting a history of diabetes at baseline or cardiovascular disease or cancer before they were diagnosed with diabetes; underweight participants were also excluded. Participants were followed for a maximum of 36 years (NHS) and 26 years (HPFS). A total of 3,083 deaths were recorded.

The results showed a positive association between BMI at the time of diabetes diagnosis and risk of death from all causes. The lowest risk of death was observed among people of normal weight. Lower mortality was not observed among overweight or obese participants, that is, the findings showed no benefit from being overweight or obese. In addition, there was a dose-response relationship between BMI and mortality among people who had never smoked, such that a higher BMI just prior to diabetes diagnosis was associated with a higher risk of death. This trend was less pronounced among smokers because smokers tend to be leaner than nonsmokers but they have increased risk of death.

The results contradict some previous studies that had shown a benefit—lower risk of death—for patients with chronic illnesses, such as type 2 diabetes, and excess adiposity. The authors cite several limitations in those studies, including small sample sizes, measurement of BMI years after diabetes diagnosis, and failure to properly assess biases from smoking and undiagnosed chronic diseases, which often lead to weight loss.

“In most studies of BMI and mortality, ‘normal weight’ reference groups are comprised of not only those who are lean and healthy, but also smokers as well as people with existing or undiagnosed illnesses. This can skew the relationship between weight and mortality to make the normal weight group seem worse off than the overweight and obese groups. As a result, people with higher BMIs might have artificially improved survival rates,” said Deirdre Tobias, lead author of the paper and a research fellow in the Department of Nutrition at HSPH. “After carefully controlling for many of these factors in our analysis, we observed that excess weight in those with diabetes was not advantageous for survival. These findings underscore the importance of addressing methodological biases in the analysis of BMI and mortality.”

The study was supported by National Institutes of Health grants (UM1 CA167552, UM1 CA176726, P01 CA87969, R01 HL034594, P01 CA055075, DK58845, CA55075, CA87969, HL34594, P30 DK46200, and 1U54CA155626-01) and the American Diabetes Association (7-12-MN-34).