Sababu ya Mwimbaji Ommy Dimpoz Kufungwa Jela Marekani

Mwimbaji maarufu wa Bongo Flava, Ommy Dimpoz (28) alifungwa jela Marekani katika ziara yake ya hivi karibuni.  Alifungwa jela huko Minnesota. 

Si kweli kuwa alikutwa na madawa ya kulevya kama wengine walivyodai.  Tatizo, Ommy hakuwa na Visa ya kumruhusu kufanya kazi Marekani. Alitakiwa kuwa na O-1 Visa ambayo wanapewa wasanii.  Wale wafadhili wake walifanya makosa katika kumwombea Visa hasa kama walijua atafanya show kubwa kinachotangazwa sehemu nyingi na kiingilio kikubwa. Uncle Sam (Serikali ya USA) anataka hela yake (kodi).  Inaelekea alivyochelewa ndege ilifanya maswali mengi kuulizwa.

Mimi kama Msanii ninaelewa process ya kuomba Visa ya Usanii.  Zinatolewa kiasi fulani kila mwaka na nyingi zinaenda kwa wasanii kutoka Canada, Ulaya, na  nchi za Marekani ya Kusini (South America). Chache sana zinaenda kwa wasanii kutoka Afrika.  Navyoona kulikuwa na njama za kumwonea Ommy hapa USA. Nani aliwaambia hao polisi kuwa hana Visa ya Usanii na wamhoji huko uwanja wa ndege.

Pole sana Ommy  Dimpoz.

Msanii wa Bongo Flava Ommy Dimpoz

Kwa habari zaidi BOFYA HAPA:

Pia unaweza kusoma maelezo ya Dimpoz  HAPA:

Aliyemtukana Rais Kenyatta wa Kenya Kwenye Mtandao Ahukumiwa Kifungo cha Miaka Miwili!

Oh hoo! Nyie mnaotukana viongozi wa nchi mtakamatwa tu! Mnaona yaliyompata, kijana Alan Wadi Okengo (25) wa Kenya?   Kwenye mtandao alikuwa anajiita Luteni Wadi, alidhani Usalama wa taifa wa Kenya hawamjui. Loh!  Hamjui kuwa kila ukiingia kwenye mtando unaacha alama zako!  Walimkamata alivyokuwa anajaribu kutoka Kenya, huenda alikuwa anaelekea Bongo. Tukaneni tu, na siku wakiwapania mtakiona cha mtema kuni, kama alivyokiona Lt. Wadi.  Wadi alikuwa ni mwanafunzi wa mwaka wa nne katika Chuo Kikuu cha Moi.  Sasa anakwenda kuwa mke wa mtu huko gerezani.

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Alan Wadi Okengo aka Lieutenant Wadi

KUTOKA DAILY NATION:

By RICHARD MUNGUTI

A fourth-year university student will spend two years in jail for posting on social media unprintable insults against President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Alan Wadi Okengo, alias Lieutenant Wadi, was accused of posting the messages on his Facebook account on December 18 and 19 at an unknown place within Kenya.

Wadi, 25, a political science student at Moi University, was arrested as he attempted to sneak out of the country through the Busia border on December 31.

He was brought back to Nairobi CID headquarters where he was interrogated by cybercrime police sleuths.

Wadi, who looked composed, told Milimani Law Courts resident magistrate Ms Ann Kaguru that he was ready to “apologise to President Kenyatta personally if he was not handed down a custodial sentence.”

The charge against the university student stated that “the message he sent was calculated to to bring into contempt the lawful authority of the President of the Republic of Kenya.”

PLEA NOT FACTORED

His plea was not factored when he was he was being sentenced after pleading guilty to two charges of hate speech and demeaning authority of a public officer, contrary to Section 132 of the Penal Code.

In her ruling, Ms Kaguru said , “the offence is serious and a deterrent penalty is called for to serve as a warning to others abusing the social media forums.”

She proceeded to pronounce the sentence after saying that “he was convicted on his own plea of guilty.”

A state counsel, Mathew Karori, told the magistrate that the accused was arrested while he was about to cross the border through “panya routes” (unofficial exit) to a neighbouring country.”

Mr Karori urged the court to treat the remorseful student as a first offender although he said the abuse of the social media forum should be discouraged.

Wadi was accused of posting the two offensive messages when National Assembly passed the Security Laws (Amendment) Act No 19 of 2014 on December 18 and the following day when President Kenyatta signed the Bill to become law last year.

The first indictment was that he posted a hate speech message intended to stir up ethnic hatred between various Kenyan communities on the other by alleging a particular tribe should be deported to their home county.

Ubaguzi Marekani - Mama Mweusi hatarini Kufungwa huko Kafiwa na Mwanae

Wadau, hii stori inauma. Mama wa kizungu asingefanyiwa unyama hiyo. Lakini hapa Marekani weusi lazima wakomolewe, labda na wazungu maskini pia.  Huyo mama alikuwa anvuka barabara na watoto wake huko Georgia. Waligongwa na dereva alikuwa kalewa. Yule dereva alitoroka lakini alikamatwa.  Sasa huyo mama mweusi yuko hatarini kufungwa kwa kipindi kirefu kuliko yule aliyemwua mwane! Kisa, eti hawakuwa kwenye Zebra wakati wanavuka barabara!  Nawaambia Mzungu asingetendewa hivyo!

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Mom Faces More Jail Time Than the Drunk Driver Who Killed Her Son — WHY?


Kutoka Yahoo.com
..By Babble.com

Raquel Nelson & Her son who was killed by Drunk Driver

Mom facing jail time after son was killed by drunk driverOur friends at HLN are discussing a story out of Marietta, Georgia about a mother who is facing two years of jail time after her 4-year-old son was hit and killed by a drunk driver while she and her children were crossing the street. Now, hopefully you're asking yourself how it is that the mother of a boy slain after being hit by a drunk driver while crossing the street could be facing jail time at all, and the answer is because "she chose to cross the street at the bus stop, instead of the nearest crosswalk, three-tenths of a mile away.

In July 2011, the mom in question, Raquel Nelson (pictured left with her now deceased son), "was convicted of … three misdemeanors: second-degree homicide by a vehicle, crossing roadway elsewhere than a crosswalk and reckless conduct." She received a sentence of one year probation and 40 hours of community service, but has chosen a retrial which begins today. According to HLN, "She now faces up to two years behind bars."

The driver, Jerry Guy, "fled the scene after the accident but later admitted being involved, according to CNN affiliate WXIA-TV. He was sentenced to five years in prison but served only six months. He is serving the remainder of the sentence on probation," CNN noted in July of 2011. Nelson's son A.J. died in April 2010. This woman has been on trial for three years while grieving for the death of her son in what was an accident caused by a drunk driver. If Nelson were to be ticketed at all, to be made an example of (because she's a black single mother and American society loves to make an example of black single mothers), the only charge that seems reasonable in this case is "crossing roadway elsewhere than a crosswalk." There's no doubt that pedestrians need to obey rules and watch out for their own safety, but as Nelson's attorney, David Savoy, suggested, "the white stripes of a crosswalk are not impenetrable walls of steel that could have prevented a driver from striking someone crossing the street."

The idea that Nelson could be convicted of second-degree homicide by a vehicle makes me truly nauseous, because that is passing the buck from Guy to Nelson. Guy was driving the car, Guy was drunk, Guy struck the child and Guy fled. These charges are so, so sadly reflective of America's victim-blaming culture. A child runs out into the street while crossing from the bus stop and is struck by a car and killed. How does it possibly serve anyone to put his mother in jail? She has two other children to take care of.

It's hard to imagine a white mother facing trial in the same circumstance. Then again, it's also hard for some to imagine a white mother in the same circumstance, unless she's poor, and then she too is to be made an example of. Because we're taught in America that if we're not wealthy and successful it's our "fault," and that everyone should want to be an over-scheduled, workaholic consumer, because to be otherwise is unpatriotic. It's un-American to stop feeding the machine. And if you're not feeding it, you're milking it, and that makes you scum. It's immature black-and-white thinking (in more than one sense), but that's what we're best at.

This story reminded me immediately of one I read the other day about the Anonymous hacker that helped convict the Steubenville rapists. Mother Jones reported, "If convicted of hacking-related crimes, [he] could face up to 10 years behind bars-far more than the one- and two-year sentences doled out to the Steubenville rapists." They added, "Defending himself could end up costing a fortune." Precisely. America's justice system favors the wealthy and powerful and blames those whose are already systematically oppressed. For how much longer can we sit idly by and watch as those in power in this country ignore the real problems of real people in favor of criminalizing the poverty and oppression they've created?

The message Nelson's case sends is: You're black and single with three kids and you don't even know how to cross the street you pathetic worthless excuse for a human being. Now go to jail and think about how you killed your kid. Swallow the shame and the deflected blame. That's what you get for needing to take the bus I pay for with my taxes.

When the lesson should be: Pedestrians have the right of way and drunk driving is illegal, not to mention unethical. Fleeing the scene of a crime is heinous. This poor mother, forced to take the bus on a four lane highway, lost her son. Perhaps we should provide better options for families who need to travel.

Think about the difference and decide which one is right. Put yourself in her shoes. Just think about it.

- By Carolyn Castiglia

The Elderly in American Prisons

 Read about the rise of elderly populations in the prison system, which is pretty fascinating. The link is here: http://www.criminaljusticedegreehub.com/geriatric-prisoners/

MTanzania Afungwa Gerezani Marekani Baada ya Kushikwa na Heroin (Unga)!

MTanzania Omar Mohamed Omar (40) amepewa kifungo cha miaka minne gerezani Virginia baada ya kukutwa na madawa ya kulevya aina ya Heroin katika sanduku lake alipowasili kutoka Qatar, uwanja wa ndege ya Dulles huko Washington D.C..

Akimaliza kifungo chake atarudishwa Tanzania.

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Kutoka  Washington Examiner

Man found with heroin at Dulles gets 4 years in prison

May 5, 2013 

A Tanzanian man who was caught with about seven pounds of heroin in his suitcase at Washington Dulles International Airport has been sentenced to four years in prison, according to court records.
Omar Mohammad Omar, 40, pleaded guilty to importing heroin in February and was sentenced recently in federal court in Alexandria.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspected Omar's luggage after he had arrived at Dulles from Qatar in October and discovered four packages that contained heroin. The drugs have an estimated street value in the D.C. area of $325,000, according to court documents.
After he finishes his sentence, Omar will be deported and will not be allowed to return to the United States, a document filed by the defense stated.
-- Naomi Jagoda

Mzee Zephania Musendo aelezea maisha ya Gerezani

Mzee Zephania Musendo (Kushoto) na mke wake na mtoto wao Joseph

Msendo: Kutoka Mhariri hadi Mnyapara Mkuu wa wafungwa

Kutoka ippmedia.com

2008-09-18

Na Mwandishi Wetu


Mhariri Mkuu wa zamani, Zephania Msendo amesema aliteuliwa kuwa mnyapara mkuu wa wafungwa katika Gereza la Mahabusu la Mkuza lililopo Kibaha mkoani Pwani kutokana na ujasiri wake wa kutetea haki za wafungwa.

Msendo ambaye kwa kauli yake hajaridhika na hukumu ya Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi Kisutu jijini Dar es Salaam, iliyomtia hatiani kwa kosa la kupokea na kuomba rushwa aliyasema hayo nyumbani kwake Kawe jijini Dar es Salaam baada ya kuachiwa juzi kufuatia kumaliza kutumikia kifungo cha miaka mitano jela. Alifungwa Mei 17, 2005.

Anasema anakumbuka alivyopigania haki zake binafsi na kwa wakati huo huo za wafungwa wengine, jambo ambalo lilimfanya mkuu wa gereza hilo kumteua kuwa mnyapara wa kawaida.

Akionekana kuwa na afya njema na furaha, Msendo anasema mara nyingi alikuwa akihoji kwa nini hatendewi haki, licha ya daktari wa gereza hilo kuthibitisha kuwa alikuwa mgonjwa na anatakiwa kupata chakula maalum na kufanya kazi za kawaida.

Vilevile anasema alihoji utaratibu wa kupata msamaha wa Rais, na iwapo anaweza kunufaika nao, lakini alijibiwa kuwa kutokana na kosa lake hawezi kuupata.

Anaongeza kusema kuwa, alihoji kuhusu utendaji wa Bodi ya Parole kwa wafungwa ambao waliotumikia kifungo kwa muda wa miezi 18 na kuonyesha tabia na mwenendo mnzuri, kama wanaweza kunufaika na Bodi hiyo na kupendekezwa kutumikia kifungo cha nje.

Musendo ambaye alikuwa Mhariri Mkuu wa gazeti la wiki la Family Mirror la Kiingereza, anasema aliwasilisha malalamiko hayo katika mkutano wa wafungwa mbele ya Mkuu wa Magereza wa Mkoa wa Pwani.

Anaendelea kusema huenda mambo hayo ndiyo yaliyopelekea yeye kuteuliwa kuwa mnyapara mkuu, wadhifa ambao alikuwa nao hadi anamaliza kutumikia kifungo chake.

Kwa mujibu wa Msendo inawezekana pia alichaguliwa kushika wadhifa huo kutokana na kujibu vema maswali mengi yaliyokuwa yakiulizwa na mkuu huyo wa magereza kuhusu matukio mbalimbali yaliyotokea hivi karibuni duniani.

``Mkuu wa Magereza alikuwa anauliza maswali mengi ya current affairs, nikawa najibu ipasavyo, inaweza pia ikawa sababu nyingine ya kuchaguliwa kwangu kuwa mnyapara mkuu wa wafungwa,`` anasisitiza.

Anasema akiwa na wadhifa huo mpya, alipewa mkanda ambao alikuwa akiufunga nje ya shati sehemu ya tumboni na beji yaliyoshonwa katika shati lake iliyoandikwa kwa lugha ya Kiingereza, `Convict leader,` yaani mfungwa kiongozi.

Akizungumzia kazi za cheo hicho, Msendo anasema jukumu lake lilikuwa ni kutengeneza orodha ya wafungwa wanaokwenda kufanya kazi nje na ndani ya gereza na kuikabidhi kwa bwana jela kila siku.

Jukumu lingine lilikuwa ni kuhakikisha wafungwa waliopangiwa kazi wanafanya kazi zao kama walivyotakiwa, kukagua usafi wa gereza na kuhakikisha wafungwa hawapigi kelele na kuleta fujo gerezani.

Katika kutekeleza wajibu wake, Msendo anadokeza aliruhusiwa kumpiga kofi moja mgongoni mfungwa anayekaidi kufanya kazi alizopangiwa au kuleta fujo gerezani.

Msendo ambaye anaonyesha matumaini mapya katika maisha yake baada ya kutoka kifungoni, anasema amedhamiria kuandika kitabu kuelezea maisha aliyoyakuta gerezani.

Katika kitabu hicho, Msendo anataka kuishauri serikali kuangalia, kusimamia na kutekeleza kwa msingi haki za binadamu katika magereza.

Anasema wapo wafungwa wengi ambao wapo magerezani sio kwa sababu walifanya makosa, isipokuwa wameingia huko kwa bahati mbaya, kutokana na kubambikizwa kesi za uongo.

SOURCE: Nipashe

Zephania Musendo atoka Gerezani

Zephania Musendo akilakiwa na kupewa kumbato kutoka kwa mkewe kipenzi Pascalia mara baada ya kutoka kifungoni jana

Kwa kweli nimefurahi sana kusikia kuwa Zephania Musendo, "Mzee Zeph" ametoka gerezani. Nilifanya naye kazi miaka mingi Daily News na nilisikitika sana nilivyosikia kuwa amehukumiwa kifungo cha gerezani eti kwa kuomba rushwa. Jamani, huko Bongo watu wangapi wanaomba rushwa na kupokea??? Na hao mafisadi wa mabilioni na mabilioni mbona hawaendi gerezani?

Mzee Zeph anasema ataandika kitabu kuhusu maisha yake ya gerezani. Kwa kweli mambo aliyodokoza yalitokea huko ni 'wake-up call' kwa serikali.

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Zephania Musendo, mara baada ya kutoka gerezani jana.

Kutoka Michuzi Blog:

MWANDISHI wa Habari Mwandamizi Mpiganaji Zephania Musendo, aliyekuwa akitumikia kifungo cha miaka mitano jela ametoka gerezani jana.Musendo aliyeanza kutumikia kifungo chake Mei 17, mwaka 2005 katika gereza la Keko kwa kupatikana na hatia ya kuomba na kupokea rushwa aliachiwa saa 9:54 na kupokelewa na wanafamilia yake waliofika kumpokea katika gereza la Mahabusu Mkuza mkoani Pwani.

Musendo aliyelakiwa na watoto wake Richard na Victor,mke wake Pascalia pamoja na shemeji yake Elizabeth N’gabo aliiteua siku yake ya kutoka gerezani na kuwa siku yake ya kuzaliwa baada ya yeye kutokuifahamu rasmi tarehe yake ya kuzaliwa.

“Leo ni siku yangu ya kuzaliwa maana ninafurahi sana kuwa hutru na kutoka katika matatizo haya ambayo yamenikabili kwa kipindi kirefu,baba yangu hakujua nilizaliwa lini zaidi ya mwaka kuwa ni 1947,”Wanafafamilia hao wanasema wanafurahi sana babayao kuwa huru na wanamshukuru Mungu kwa kutoka jela akiwa hai na mwenye afya njema tofauti na walivyodhania.

Akisimulia maisha yake ya miaka mitatu na miezi mitano aliyoishi katika magereza mawili ya Keko na Mkuza anasema ni maisha hatari yasiyozoeleka na mwanadamu wa kawaida.“Jela hakufai maana kitendo cha kutengwa na jamii,familia yako,nyumba ndugu jamaa na marafiki na kufanya mambo yako kwa uhutru ni hatari sana,” alisema.

Anasema alipokaa katika gereza la Keko kwa muda wa mwezi mmoja mambo hayakuwa mazuri sana kutokana na afya yake kutokuwa nzuri na yeye kulazimika kutumikia kifungo sambamba na kazi ngumu.Licha ya kuwa hakupata usumbufu wa mateso kutoka kwa wafungwa wenzakwe lakini alipata tabu mwanzoni kutoka kwa Askari Magereza kwa kutekeleza adhabu yake kwa upande wa kazi ngumu.

“Nilipata shida kutoka kwa askari maana walikuwa hawanielewi kuwa ninaumwa , wao walishikilia midhali nimehukumiwa kazi ngumu lazima nizifanye tu,”alisema.Alisema wakati akiwa katika gereza la Mkuza mkoani Pwani wakifabnya kazi ya kubeba kifusi katika jingo la Mkuu wa Mkoa alianguka katika ngazi na kushindwa kuendelea na kazi lakini hakupelekwa Hospitali siku hiyo kupatiwa matibabu.

Alianza kupatiwa matibabu ya Kisukari pamoja na Presha katika Hospitali ya Tumbi na kuandikiwa na daktari awe anakula mayai,maziwa na mboga za majani lakini aliporudi gerezani hakupata vitu hivyo hadi pale familia yake ilipoamua kumuwekea bili ya maziwa kutoka katika Ng’ombe gerezani hapo.

Aliendelea na kazi nyepesi gerezani hadi pale alipochaguliwa kuwa Nyapara mkuu Aprili 2007 nafasi ambayo aliitumikia hadi alipotoka gerezani humo.Baadhi ya Askari Jela walisema watamkumbuka Musendo kwa nidhamu,Busara na Uongozi mzuri alipokuwa Nyapara mkuu katika gereza hilo ambalo linawafungwa 78 na mahabusu 129.

Aidha Musendo anasema maisha yake yalibadilika pale alipochaguliwa kuwa Nyapara mkuu na wenzake kumkubali na kumheshimu kutokana na umri wake.“Kazi zangu kubwa zilikuwa kusimamia chakula,magenge ya kazi,usafi wa gereza na uandaaji wa risala kwa wageni zihusuzo wafungwakuna wakati niliandika hata risala za mkuu wa Gereza”.

Akizungumzia juu ya tuhuma zilizo mtia hatiani Musendo anasema yeye kwa sasa anafurahi na kushukuru Mungu kuwa yupo huru lakini Kubwa zaidi anafurahia kuwa habarizilizokuwa zikiandikwa katika gazeti zilikuwa ni zakweli.

Juu ya kurejea katiika ulingo wa habari Musendo anasema hatoacha kuandika na kampuni yeyote atakayopata ataanza kazi yake ya uandishi na kulitumikia taifa.Gazeti la HabariLeo ndio gazeti pekee lililopata picha za tukio hili pamoja na Habari.
Usikose Makala yake toleo la Septemba 18 2008 katika HabariLeo.

http://www.habarileo.co.tz/

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Kutoka ippmedia.com

Human rights violation in prisons rife - ex-editor

2008-09-18 10:18:14
By Rose Mwalongo


Former `Family Mirror` editor Zephania Musendo, who was released from jail on Tuesday, said yesterday that human rights violations are rampant in the country`s prisons.

Musendo, who was serving a five-year jail term, cited congestion of inmates, mistreatment of prisoners, mixing juveniles and adults in prison cells and inadequate social needs as some of the violations.

Narrating his ordeal, Musendo said one of his worst recollections was on his first day when the prison warden ordered him and other convicts to strip naked as part of an inspection exercise.

``The inspection involves complete stripping of one\'s clothes. Some of the inmates before whom you have to strip naked are the age of your own children.

I consider this as one of the most degrading acts to humankind,`` lamented Musendo.

He mentioned bedding as another problem, as most of the mattresses used by the inmates are in a pathetic state.

According to Musendo, a prisoner has to rearrange a couple of rags of old mattresses to find comfort while sleeping in a certain formation that can accommodate as many prisoners as possible.

Receiving medical attention in prison is also another hurdle which, according to Musendo, needs to be looked into.

``Most medical officers are prison officers who tend to put first and foremost their role as prison officer rather than doctor. In most cases they tend to ignore a prisoner who complains of feeling unwell,`` said Musendo.

He cited a case where, despite telling a doctor that he had heart problems, the latter ignored him and assigned him heavy duties, causing him to collapse before he was taken back to his cell.

``I call on the government to employ civilian medical officers to ensure that prisoners are accorded proper medical services,`` said Musendo.

Musendo said he held no grudge against anyone, but said the only thing he looked forward to was being able to feed his family.

He said he planned to write a book to narrate his experience in prison.

``I call upon the society to understand that jail is hell and everyone should ensure that they do whatever they can to avoid going there,`` he said.

Musendo was sentenced to five years` imprsionment by the Kisutu Resident Magistrate`s Court in 2005 after he was convicted of soliciting and receiving a bribe.

He spent most of his jail term at Mkuza prison in Kibaha, Coast Region.

SOURCE: Guardian