Panya ni Mbogo huko China!

Mchina akitayarisha mboga ya Panya buku!

Wadau mnaopenda kula kwenye Chinese Restaurant, halahala! Wachina wanapenda sana kula panya. Utaagiza pork fried rice kumbe unapata panya fried rice.  Au unaagiza Chicken Chow Mein, unapata, Panya Chow Mein.  Angalia vile vyakula vyenye nyama zisizojulikana kumba ni nyama ya paka au pamya.

Wanavijiji Wafukuzwa Morogoro

Premier Mizengo Pinda (C), flanked by Morogoro regional commissioner, Colonel (rtd) Issa Machibya (L), Kilombero district commissioner, Evarist Ndikilo and Kilombero Plantations Limited manager, Carter

Huko Zimbabwe, Mugabe anafukuzwa wazungu kusudi wananchi wa kiafrika wapate ardhi ya kulimia. Sisi Tanzania, tunafukuza waafrika kusudi wazungu wapate ardhi ya kulimia. Ukoloni Mamboleo?

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Kutoka ippmedia.com

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has ordered villagers who invaded the Mngeta Rice Farm (MRF) in Kilombero district, Morogoro region to leave immediately to make way for massive agricultural investments.

The premier issued the order over the weekend on the second day of his official tour of Morogoro region to inspect agricultural activities including farms and research centres.

Addressing Mngeta villagers, the Prime Minister said about 2,000 residents of Mngeta and Lukolongo villages have illegally taken over 300 hectares out of 5,000 hectares in the potential area for paddy farming.

He directed Morogoro regional authorities to ensure that villagers who have illegally invaded the area are immediately relocated to other areas.

“But this should be done in a proper manner. I would not prefer the use of force during the process of relocation,” the Premier cautioned, stressing that farmers should continue cultivating around the MRF as out-growers and contract farmers.

He said the move would enable the farmers acquire farming skills and access to rice farming infrastructures.

MRF is co-owned by Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) and a UK based investor, Agrica.

The two have formed a new company known as Kilombero Plantations Limited (KPL) to help boost modern agriculture in the region.

The farm was established in 1986 under Korea Tanzania Agricultural Company (KOTACO). KPL started to operate the farm in 2008 and succeeded to cultivate more that 2,000 hectares of rice with an investment of 22bn/-.

Pinda arrived in Morogoro last Saturday and started his tour by visiting Kilombero district where he received information on development of the ‘Kilimo Kwanza’ initiative from the District Commissioner, Eng. Evarist Ndikilo. He also visited the Katrin Agricultural Research Centre.

He also visited Chita-Melela valley which is used for rice cultivation.

The Prime Minister also advised farmers to establish a Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Saccos) that would provide them with funds to improve their agriculture, and promised to give them 10m/- once they manage to contribute among themselves a total of 10m/-.

Pinda yesterday visited Sagamaganga village to see a demonstration farm for livestock keeping where he promised a 3m/- donation as a contribution for purchases of animal feeds and vaccination.

CHANZO: THE GUARDIAN

Mchele umekuwa Adimu Marekani!

LOH! Haya sasa ni makubwa! Mchele umekuwa adimu Marekani, mpaka maduka yana weka 'limit' ya kiasi ambacho unaweza kununua. Nilikuwa nimesika fununu wiki iliyopita lakini sikutaka kuamini.

Mchele hasa ambao sasa umekuwa haba ni zile Basmati (pishori) na Jasmine (ya kunukia). Sehemu zenye wahindi wengi ndo wanaumia. Hebu fikiria watu wapenda madishi ya wali kama sisi waafrika na wahindi tukianza kukosa! Si itakuwa balaa! haya tuanze kuzoea pasta (spaghetti). Utakuwa kama enzi za mwalimu na miezi 18 (miaka 18). Sidhani kama hali unaweza kuwa mbaya kiasi hicho lakini.

Kwa kweli ni jambo la kushangaza sana kusikia uhaba wa chakula. Hata hivyo ni watu ambao wali ni chakula chao kikuu ndo wanaanza kuona uchungu. Bei umepanda mno. Hata hivyo bei ya vyakula kwa ujumla umepanda.

Yaani nikienda supermarket siku hizi nasikia hata wazungu wanalamika kuhusu bei ya chakula. Bei ya cereals, mikate, mayai, maziwa, nyama umepanda. Pia bei ya petroli umepanda mno . Na mimi nasema ukisikia mzungu analalamika basi unajua kweli hali umekuwa mbaya!

Hayo matatizo ni Asante Bush na vita yake isiyo na maana!

Naomba Obama achaguliwe kuwa raisi!

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Skyrocketing rice prices has Sam's Club limiting sales

4-24-08

(CNN) -- Retail chain Sam's Club will limit the sale of large quantities of rice amid a dramatic increase in the global price of rice.

Sam's Club will limit customers to four 20-lb. bags of jasmine, basmati and long-grain white rice.

The store will limit customers to four 20-lb. bags of jasmine, basmati and long-grain white rice, the company said in a statement. Its restriction mainly will affect businesses that buy rice in bulk, but the company said "a typical Sam's Club Business Member does not buy more than 80 pounds of rice in one visit."

"We currently have plenty of rice for Sam's Club members," the statement said. "This temporary restriction does not apply to retail-sized rice for sale in Sam's or elsewhere at Wal-Mart stores."

The restriction does not apply in Idaho and New Mexico.

Sam's Club -- a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. -- has 593 wholesale locations in the United States and more than 100 abroad, in countries such as Brazil, Canada, China and Mexico.
Food prices have soared worldwide in recent months, leading to violence in some developing countries.

"In just two months," World Bank President Robert Zoellick said this month, "rice prices have skyrocketed to near historical levels, rising by around 75 percent globally and more in some markets, with more likely to come."