Kenyan Owned Home Health Company, Executives Indicted for Health Care Fraud in Boston

FROM AJABU AFRICA NEWS AJABU AFRICA A Worcester-based home health agency and three people involved with the company have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly defrauding the state's Medicaid program of more than $800,000.  Compassionate Homecare Inc. provided nursing and other services for low-income patients on the government program known here as MassHealth. The agency is accused of conducting "numerous fraudulent schemes" and billing the state for providing services to patients who didn't need them, and for services that were never authorized by a doctor, in violation of rules.  "Our MassHealth program exists to assist people who are truly in need of health-related services, but this home health agency instead exploited this program to bilk hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state," Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement.  Healey's office is bringing criminal charges in Worcester Superior Court against Compassionate and three executives: owner Francis Kimaru of Grafton; chief operating officer Wilberto Rodriguez of Norwich, Conn., and administrator Deborah Giordano of West Greenwich, R.I. They all were charged with larceny and making false Medicaid claims.FULL STORY HERE >>>>>

Jinsi ya Kuiibia Afrika!

How to steal from Africa, all perfectly legally

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Alex de Waal

When UK PM David Cameron opens the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May, we should be aware that the greatest fraud perpetrated on the majority of the world’s citizens is all perfectly legal.

The City of London, arguably the heart and headquarters of a international network of tax havens. Credit: Michael Garnett.

Africa loses at least $50 billion a year — and probably much, much more than that — perfectly lawfully. About 60% of this loss is from aggressive tax avoidance by multinational corporations, which organise their accounts so that they make their profits in tax havens, where they pay little or no tax. Much of the remainder is from organised crime with a smaller amount from corruption. This was the headline finding of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, headed by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, a year ago.

This amount is the same or smaller than international development assistance ($52 billion per year) or remittances ($62 billion). If we take the accumulated stock of these illicit financial flows since 1970 and factor in the returns on this capital, Africa has provided the rest of the world with $1.7 trillion, at a conservative estimate. Africa is a capital exporter.

The rest of the world didn’t take much notice of the Mbeki Panel’s findings until the Panama Papers revealed the extent to which this is just part of a global phenomenon. The rich aren’t being taxed. The rest of us pay for everything.

The OECD calls the phenomenon ‘base erosion’ (referring to the emasculation of the tax base of the affected countries) and ‘profit shifting’. The beneficiaries are a small fraction of the world’s wealthiest 1%, and the secrecy jurisdictions (aka tax havens) where they sequester their money. These locations include the City of London, numerous British overseas territories, Switzerland, and new entrants to the global business of looking after the monies of the hyper-wealthy and ordinarily wealthy, who would prefer not to pay tax. Countries including Mauritius, the Seychelles, Botswana and Ghana are seeking to enter this competition.

And the vast majority of this is perfectly legal.

Accountants’ alchemy

Two hundred years ago, the slave trade was legal. One hundred years ago, colonial occupation and exploitation were legal. This time the legal immiseration is done by accountants.

This dimension of unethical financial activity isn’t captured by Transparency International (TI) and its Corruption Perceptions Index. That index is, as it says, a measurement of perceptions. But of what andby whom? As the UN Economic Commission for Africa recently observed, it relies on asking key power players in a nation’s economy what they think of the level of corruption. Many of those are foreign investors. Using this approach a country like Zambia will unsurprisingly tend to rank high on corruption – 76 worst out of 168. Meanwhile, Switzerland will rank low – 7th.

But the perfectly legal transfer of the wealth of Africa to Europe isn’t captured by this index. As TI notes, “Many ‘clean’ countries have dodgy overseas records”. Consider this: the number one destination for Zambian copper exports is Switzerland, which in 2014 accounted for 59.5% of the country’s copper exports. Yet Switzerland’s own imports that year scarcely contained any mention of copper at all. Had the African country’s main exports just vanished into thin air? The 2015 figures suggest that in fact much of these exports were destined for China (31%), though Switzerland remained the number one destination (34%).

The answer to where the money goes lies in accountants’ alchemy. International corporations present their books in such a way that they pay as little tax as possible in either Zambia or China. And they don’t pay much in Switzerland either – because the Swiss don’t demand it.

Suddenly the ranking of Switzerland, 69 places ahead of Zambia in the honesty league, looks a bit suspect. But of course it’s all perfectly legal.

From Zambia’s point of view, what counts as corruption is defined by the rich and powerful. When their country is robbed blind by clever accounting tricks, against which their government and people have no recourse, it is just the operation of a free market controlled – as free markets so often are – by corporations that have enough power to set the rules.

Political money in a political marketplace

Another little noticed but significant feature of illicit financial flows from Africa is that there are occasional reverse flows. The movements back into African countries aren’t as big as the outflows, but they are important. What is happening here is “round-tripping”: spiriting funds away to a safe place so they can be brought back, with their origins unexplained, and no questions needing to be asked.

The same multinational corporation that is defrauding an African country can pay money into the offshore account of one of its political leaders. Or that leader can whisk funds away by other means. Our main concern here isn’t the money invested in real estate in France, yachts, fast cars, or foreign business ventures. These are personal insurance policies in case things go wrong at home, or tickets to the global elite club. Rather, our concern is the cash kept liquid, to be brought back home when needed – the money brought back to fix elections, buy loyalties and, in sundry other ways, secure leaders in power. These are political budgets par excellence: the funds used for discretionary political purposes by political business operators.

In the United States, almost any kind of political funding you can think of can be done in a perfectly legal manner, given a smart enough accountant and lawyer. Political Action Committees can spend as much money as they like in support of a candidate. Campaign finance is essentially without a ceiling.

In Africa, political finance laws range from lax to non-existent. Spending vast amounts of money on winning political office – or staying in office – offends no law. The monetisation of politics is one of the biggest transformations in African political life of the last 30 years. It is generating vast inequalities, consolidating a political-commercial elite which has a near-monopoly on government office, fusing corporate business with state authority, and making public life subject to the laws of supply and demand. Political markets are putting state-building into reverse gear, transforming peace-making into a continual struggle against a tide of mercenarised violence, and – most perniciously – turning elections into an auction of loyalties.

Political money is discrediting democracy. Some of the transactions that constitute Africa’s political markets are blatantly corrupt, but many are simply the routine functioning of political systems based on the exchange of political services for material reward.

Yes, there is corruption in Africa, just as there is corruption in international trade and finance. But when Prime Minister David Cameron opens the Anti-Corruption Summit next week on 12 May, we should be aware that the greatest fraud perpetrated on the majority of the world’s citizens – notably those living in Africa – is all perfectly legal.

Alex de Waal is the Director of the World Peace Foundation. 

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Tanzania Imeibiwa Tanzanite

Kutoka THE CITIZEN

Jamani, serikali iko wapi? Tunaibiwa madini, wengine wanafaidi. Hiyo hela ingesaidia kukarabati hospitali, shule etc.

Jamaa Aibiwa Baada ya Kutoka Benki Mlimani City

Hali inatisha.Allah atusalim salama! 


JAMANI HALI INATISHA SANA,NIPO HAPA NILIKUWA NA MTU NAFANYA NAE KAZI ANANIHADITHIA JINSI ALIVYOIBIWA PESA IJUMAA ILIYOPITA NIMEOGOPA,SIJUI TUFANYEJE TUWAPO NA PESA UUWIIIIIII.

NAHISI KABISA WAHUDUMU WA BANK AU MAMENEJA WA BANK WANASHIRIKI HUU MCHEZO,ANASEMA ALICHUKUA MKOPO NMB SH MILIONI 30!!KWA NIA YA KUMALIZIA UJENZI,SIKU YA IJUMAA KUNA KAZI ALITAKA KUFANYA NA FUNDI KUNA VIFAA WALITAKIWA WANUNUE PAMOJA NA GHARAMA ZA UFUNDI INGEFIKA KM MILION 10 HIVI,AKAENDA BANK MLIMANI CITY KUCHUKUA HIZO PESA,

AKIWA TAYARI AMESHAZICHUKUA FUNDI AKAMPIGIA SIMU KUWA AMEFIWA KWA HIYO KAZI HAITAFANYIKA KWA SIKU 3,YULE KAKA AKAONA ASIKAE NA PESA NYINGI HIVYO AKAAMUA AZIWEKE TENA MILION 7 ABAKI NA 3,NAHISI ALIVYOCHUKUA ZILE PESA AKAWA AMESHALENGESHWA,ALIPOTOKA TU BANK AKAPIGIWA SIMU NA MTU MWINGINE WALIONGEA DILI LA TILES KUWA AMRUSHIE M 1 KWENYE M PESA MAANA DILI LIKO TAYARI,AKAINGIA PALE VODA AKAWEKA PESA AKAMTUMIA AKABAKI NA M 2 AKAWEKA NA NYARAKA ZAKE FULANI MLE KWENYE BAHASHA YA FEDHA,AKATOKA,ANASEMA MUDA WOTE KUNA KIJANA ALIKUWA ANAMFATA NYUMA AKIINGIA SEHEMU YULE KIJANA ANASIMNAMA NJE KUZUGA LKN HAKUMTILIA MAANANI,AKAINGIA KWENYE GARI AKAONDOKA KUPITIA GETI LA UPANDE WA SURVEY,ILE ANAKATA KONA PALE ZINAPOPAKI BAJAJ KUNA PIKIPIKI IKAM BLOCK,AKAJA KIJANA MMOJA DIRISHANI ANA BASTOLA AKAMWAMBIA TUPE HIZO MILION 10 ZETU,USIPIGE KELELE KISHA ONDOA GARI FASTA,KWA KUKUHURUMIA HATUKUUI,TUPE HELA NA HUO MKOPO TUTAUTUMIA WOTE!!!.

YULE KAKA ANASEMA ALIBAKI MDOMO WAZI,HAWA WATU WAMEJUAJE KM NIMEKOPA??BASI ALICHOFANYA AKAWAPA ILE BAHASHA FASTA IKIWA NA MILION 2 LKN IMETUNA NA YALE MANYARAKA MENGINE WAKAJUA MILION 10 IKO MLE KUMBE MWENZAO ALIZIRUDISHA NYINGINE,AKAONDOA GARI MBIO,ANASEMA ILE TU KUNUSURIKA KUFA ALICHANGANYIKIWA AKATOKA MBIO MOJA KWA MOJA HADI MSIKITINI MWENGE,AKASWALI KUMSHUKURU MUNGU,AKARUDI NYUMBANI,ANASEMA ANAOGOPA KBS KWENDA TENA BANK NDO ALIKUWA ANAOMBA NIMUELEKEZE JINSI YA KUHAMISHA FEDHA TOKA KWENYE ACOUNT KWENDA M PESA ILI AWE ANATOLEA KWA WAKALA,TUWE MAKINI JAMANI PESA ZETU WENYEWE ZITATUUA!!!

 

Ujambazi Geita

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Taarifa kutoka kwa mdau S.A.

June 24, 2014

Wadau,

Jioni ya leo majambazi wamempiga risasi mbili kifuani na tumboni mfanyabiashara maarufu kwa jina la Warwa na inasemekana amefariki dunia papo hapo kwenye duka lake la uwakala wa mitandao ya kutuma na kupokea pesa maarufu kama mpesa, airtel money na tigo pesa lililopo soko kuu kwenye barabara ielekeayo kwenye benki za nmb, nbc na posta.

Mpaka sasa mji wa Geita umekumbwa na taharuki kubwa kutokana na tukio hilo. Mpaka kufikia saa mbili usiku huu bado kulikuwa na makundi ya watu wengi kwenye eneo la tukio na kwenye maeneo ya hospitali kuu ya wilaya ya Geita.

Inasikitisha sana maana inasemekana kuwa pamoja na polisi kuwa karibu na eneo hilo lakini majambazi hao wamefanikiwa kutoroka kwa kutumia pikipiki. Vishindo vya risasi zinazoamika kumuua ndugu Warwa vilisikika mbali kutoka kwenye eneo hilo la tukio.

SA.

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June 25, 2014

Wadau,

Taarifa zilizopo Geita zinaoonyesha kuwa majambazi hao waliuwawa jana ile ile, walipoondoka na pikipiki, walikuwa wakifuatwa kwa nyuma kwa mbali na madreva pikipiki ambao waliwatonya polisi uelekeo walikokuwa wanakimbilia!

Inasemekana walikuwa wanakimbilia uelekeo wa Nyang'wale, polisi wa Geita wakawajulisha wenzao wa Nyang'wale ambao nao wakawatangizia hao jamaa barabarani na kuwaua.

Utambuzi wa maiti za majambazi hao wawili ulionyesha kuwa mmojawapo ni mpwa wa marehemu aliyevamiwa na kuuwawa! Na hii ni baada ya dada wa Warwa kumtambua kijana huyo kuwa ni mwanae!

Habari zaidi zinasema kuwa, kabla ya kupigwa risasi zile kifuani na tumboni, marehemu Warwa alimtambua mpwa wake huyo na kutamka kuwa, "....hata wewe ..... umejiunga na ujambazi kuja kunivamia mimi mjomba wako?", na huenda hiyo ilikuwa sababu ya kuuwawa kule na kijana huyo!

Taarifa zilizopo hapa Geita zinasema jana hiyo hiyo, ndani ya muda mfupi sana, kulikuwa na matukio mawili ya ujambazi, hilo la hapo kwa marehemu Warwa na jingine kwa mfanyabiashara wa jumla wa bia ndugu Inyasi, ambaye yeye hakukutwa dukani bali mke wake na watu wengine. Hapo waliishia kupora fedha na bostora iliyokuwemo kwenye droo na kukimbilia kusikojulikana.

Haijajulikana kama matukio haya yalifanywa na watu walewale au tofauti, lakini inasemekana yana uhusiano. Inasemekana kiasi kikubwa cha fedha kiliporwa, na wadau wanatonya kuwa huenda pesa hiyo ilikuwa ni zaidi ya shilingi mil. 50!

SA.

Wizi Mpya Tanzania

Sijui hao wezi wamepata wapi ujanja huo!

Mfanyakazi Mortuary Nairobi Aibia Maiti wa Westgate

Natoa pole kwa familia ya marehemu walioibiwa huko Nairobi.  Huyo mfanyakazi wa Mortuary ni mwanamke, tena kaibia maiti ya mpwa wa Rais wa Kenya. Atakiona cha mtema kuni! Hata bibi yangu alivyofariki hapa New York, USA,  wafanyakazi hospitalini waliibia maiti yake. Walichukua pete yake ya ndoa ya dhahabu.  

Umaskini mbaya, lakini jamani kuibia maiti? Hawagopi? Huko TZ kuna ndugu yangu alifariki katika ajali ya basi. Vibaka waliiba vitu vyake pamoja na kitambulisho.  Kibaka naye kafa siku hiyo hiyo! Tulijua kwa vile maiti ya kibaka ilikutwa na kitambulisha cha marehemu ndugu yangu/

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Kenya mortuary worker 'charged with theft from Westgate bodies'

(AFP)  Nairobi — A worker at a Nairobi mortuary has been charged with stealing belongings from two bodies, including that of a relative of the president, brought in during the siege of the Westgate shopping mall, a report said Friday.

The Daily Nation newspaper said Rose Oyungu, 54, stole a gold watch and mobile telephone from the dead nephew of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, as well as gold jewellery from the man's fiancée.
Both of the victims died on the first day of last month's attack on the upmarket mall by Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen, which in total left at least 67 people dead.

"It is unfortunate that an African can steal from the dead," prosecutor Wycliffe Sifuna was quoted as telling a bail hearing in court on Thursday.

Defence lawyers managed to secure bail for the accused, a widowed mother-of-six. The case is due to go to trial on November 25.

The accusations against the woman come as Kenyan security forces are also facing allegations that troops looted the mall during and after the four-day siege.

Kenyan media reported widely on the ransacking of the shopping centre, and security camera footage from the mall broadcast at the weekend showed soldiers carrying white plastic bags.

Shop owners -- including a top end jewellery store as well as others selling mobile telephones, watches, cameras, expensive suits and lingerie -- said their stores were completely looted.

On Tuesday the army chief said some goods were taken for safekeeping, and police responded to the media accusations by summoning two journalists for questioning -- although the summons was withdrawn following an outcry.
Copyright © 2013 AFP. All rights reserve

WITO KWA MABLOGA WETU KUWA WABUNIFU BADALA YA KUIBA AU KUNUKUU TU KAZI NA PICHA ZA WENZAO BILA IDHINI

WITO KWA MABLOGA WETU KUWA WABUNIFU BADALA YA KUIBA AU KUNUKUU TU KAZI NA PICHA ZA WENZAO BILA IDHINI by Kitoto

Wimbi la “blogging” liliikumba dunia kati ya 1995 hadi 1998 na kuanza kumea kwetu Tanzania kupitia mwanahabari Ndesanjo Macha miaka kumi iliyopita. Wakati Ndesanjo anaanza kublogu si wengi tuliomwelewa. Nakumbuka alivyokua akiniongelea juu ya fani hii kwa hamasa kwenye 2002. Baadaye kidogo aliendesha Jikomboe, blogu lililokua na taswira ya majani mabichi ya ukoka. Enzi hizo hakukua na hata senti moja aliyoichuma.

Ndesanjo Macha- mwasisi wa blogu Tanzania

Ndesanjo alikua akisema blogu ni dunia ya kesho ya mawasiliano.
Wakati huo vyombo vikubwa vya habari nchi zilizoendelea vilianza kuona umuhimu wa blogu vikaanza kuunda idara pembezoni mwa tovuti zake mama. Kwetu wenye magazeti wengi hawakupenda wanablogu;waliwaona washindani.
Mwaka ambapo wanablogu wetu walianza kuchomoza ilikua 2006 baada ya kifo cha wapenzi wawili wa Kitanzania waliouliwa kinyama Marekani. Blogu la Michuzi (ambalo halikua maarufu kama leo) na Radio Butiama (inayojulikana kwa jina Podcast) zilisimama dede kutangaza habari hizo. Hapo ndipo miye binafsi nilipoanza kuona namna blogaz walivyokuwa na mwendo mkali - zaidi ya vyombo vya habari vya kijadi.
Nilianza rasmi kublogu mwaka 2007- nikisaidiwa na Ndesanjo na wanabloga wengine walionitangulia; akina Simon Kitururu, Jeff Msangi (Bongo Celebrity) mathalan. Nilichogundua siku za mwanzo ni kwamba Blogaz husaidiana sana. “Ukiwa mbinafsi huendelei kama Bloga” alisisitiza Ndesanjo.

Mbuzi wetu Bongo wakila kila aina ya takataka mitaani. Nyama yake tamu. Lakini je, ina nini kinachotudhuru tusichokijua? Nilipiga picha hii, Zanzibar, mwaka 2011.

Leo Jikomboe na ule ukoka havipo tena.
Ndesanjo, mwasisi wa blog za Kiswahili duniani, anafanya kazi shirika la habari- Global Voices. Kati ya mamia ya waandishi wa shirika hilo la kimataifa, Mtanzania huyu anaongoza kwa habari asilia za uchambuzi zaidi ya 4,200 . Tofauti ya mtu kama Ndesanjo na baadhi ya blogaz ni kwamba yeye kiasilia ni mwanahabari hivyo anachanganya ujuzi na mitindo hii miwili ya kusanifu matukio. Si ajabu mwaka jana Ndesanjo alishinda tuzo la Mwanablog bora wa Afrika.

KWA HABARI ZAIDI BOFYYA HAPA:

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Habari ya kweli iliyotokea wiki iliyopita.


Kuna dada mmoja anasoma chuo buguruni na pia ni mfanyakazi hivyo jioni akitoka kazini ndipo huenda shule.Sasa akiwa njiani kuelekea chuo akapigiwa simu na mtu asiyemfahamu akajitambulisha kwamba yeye ni daktari wa lugaro hosp na kumuulizia habari za mwanae ambae alishawahi kwenda kumtibu pale na chakushangaza zaidi akataja mpaka aina na rangi ya nguo aliyovaa siku ile alipokwenda hapo hospitali na yote yalikuwa kweli.

Na zaidi akamwambia najua sasa hivi unaelekea chuo buguruni na kweli ilikuwa hivyo, lakini mwishoni akamweleza kwamba kuna mambo anataka kujua kujua kuhusu hicho chuo hivyo nae anaelekea huko hivyo akifika tu atamtafuta. Kwa muda wote huo huyo dada hakuweza kabisa kumkumbuka ila akajipa moyo kwamba yamkini huyo mtu atakuwa anamfahamu vizuri.

Baada ya kutoka chuo akiwa na wenzake watatu akawa anawasimulia habari za huyo mtu ndipo simu yake ikaita,kupokea yule mtu akamwambia akuona uko na wenzio wawili mnavuka barabara na kumueleza jinsi alivyovaa sasa wenzie wakasema huyo mtu anakufahamu haiwezekani hapa tupo watatu kweli na ameweza kukutambua. Kisha huyo mtu akamwelekeza mahali alipo ambapo haikuwa mbali na barabara.

Lakini alipomtazama hakumfahamu kabisa, basi akampa mkono kumsalimia, baada ya hapo hakujitambua na zaidi alijikuta yuko maeneo ya chuo kikuu cha DSM akiwa hoi. Kuangalia simu na kila kitu chake kilikuwa salama na hakufanyiwa kitu chochote, kwa bahati kulikuwa kuna ndugu yake anasoma chuo hivyo akawasiliana nae ili kupata msaada ikabidi awahishwe mwananyamala hosp lakini ikaonekana sumu iliyotumika ni kali na dawa yake wanayo regency hosp,hivyo akawahishwa regency na kupata matibabu.

Baada ya ufahamu kumrudia akakuta mtu huyo kachukua pesa zote kwenye mpesa,tigo pesa na bank ( NMB na CRDB) kiasi cha milioni 3, hivyo inawezekana walipompa sumu alitaja password pasipo kujijua.

Na bank walipotazama kwenye ATM Camera waliona picha ya huyo mtu na yeye alimkumbuka vizuri, lakini polisi Kijitonyama wakakiri kwamba kesi hizo sasa hivi zimetokea mara nyingi na huo mtandao ni mkubwa, walipoenda kwenye usajili wa simu walikuta ni huyo huyo na jina lake ndilo alilojitambulisha.Ingawa polisi wameshindwa kumkamata.

Akiwa kituo cha polisi mara huyo mtu akampigia simu akimwambia kumbe wewe ni muoga sana tutakurudishia pesa zako’’. Sasa kumbe wanachofanya wanakuambia tutafutie mtu ambae unahisi ana pesa kuliko hizi halafu tukifanikiwa tutarudisha pesa zako’’ hivyo inawezekana nae kuna mtu anaemjua alifanyiwa hivyo akaamua kumtaja yeye.

JAMANI HEBU SOMENI NA IKIWEZEKANA TUMENI HII TAARIFA TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

Shilingi Bilioni 86 zaibwa Wizara ya Nishati/TANESCO, Gridi ya Taifa hatarini

PRESS RELEASE: Shilingi Bilioni 86 zaibwa Wizara ya Nishati/TANESCO, Gridi ya Taifa hatarini by zittokabwe

Shilingi bilioni 86 zaibwa Wizara ya Nishati/TANESCO, Gridi ya Taifa hatarini

Gazeti la The East African la Novemba 24 – 30, 2012 limetoa taarifa kwamba jumla ya dola za kimarekani milioni 54 zimegundulika kuibwa na watumishi waandamizi wa Wizara ya Nishati na Madini na Shirika la TANESCO kupitia manunuzi ya Mafuta ya kuendesha mtambo wa Umeme wa IPTL. Gazeti hili limenukuu taarifa ya ukaguzi kutoka kwa Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Tanzania (Controller and Auditor General). Taarifa hiyo inasema kuna kikundi (racket) ambacho kazi yake kubwa ni kujifaidisha binafsi na mpango wa umeme wa dharura kupitia manunuzi ya Mafuta mazito ya IPTL.

Itakumbukwa kwamba toka mwaka 2011 kumekuwa na shinikizo lililotolewa na Kamati ya Bunge ya Hesabu za Mashirika ya Umma, Kamati ya Bunge ya Nishati na Madini na Waziri Kivuli wa Nishati na Madini kwamba zabuni za ununuzi wa mafuta ya kuendesha mpango wa umeme wa dharura na mchakato mzima wa manunuzi ya mafuta haya ufanyiwe uchunguzi wa kina (forensic audit).

Katika mkutano wa 3 wa Bunge la Kumi (April 2011) niliuliza swali Bungeni kuhusu kashfa hii ya ununuzi wa mafuta ya kuendesha mtambo wa IPTL na baadaye tarehe 16 Aprili 2011 nilimwomba Spika airuhusu Kamati ya Nishati na Madini kufanya uchunguzi kuhusu kashfa hii. Kamati ya Nishati na Madini chini ya aliyekuwa Mwenyekiti ndugu January Makamba ililitaka Bunge kuazimia kufanyika kwa uchunguzi kuhusu suala hili kwenye Taarifa yake ya mwaka 2011 iliyowasilishwa Bungeni mwezi Aprili mwaka 2012. Waziri Kivuli wa Nishati na Madini ndugu John Mnyika katika Hotuba yake ya Bajeti ya Wizara hiyo mwaka 2011 alipendekeza kufanyika kwa uchunguzi kuhusu kashfa hii pia. Juhudi zote hizo hazikuzaa matunda.

Kipindi hicho kiwango kilichokuwa kinahojiwa kuibwa ni shilingi bilioni 15 tu. Taarifa ya The East African kama walivyonukuu kutoka kwenye taarifa ya CAG inaonyesha fedha zilizoibwa ni shilingi bilioni 86.

Zabuni za kununua mafuta ya kuendesha umeme wa dharura zimekuwa zikitolewa bila kufuata utaratibu wa zabuni kwa mujibu wa Sheria ya manunuzi. Hivi sasa kila mwezi Tanzania inatumia dola milioni 70 kununua mafuta ya kuendesha mitambo ya umeme. Fedha hizi zinatoka Hazina na sehemu ndogo kutoka TANESCO. Wakati fedha hizi bilioni 112 zinachomwa kila mwezi kununua mafuta mazito na dizeli ya kuendesha mitambo ya umeme, Taarifa za kitaalamu zinaonyesha kwamba Bwawa la Mtera hivi lina kina cha maji chini ya kiwango kinachotakiwa na uzalishaji wa umeme ni asilimia 20 tu ya uwezo (installed capacity). Iwapo TANESCO wataendelea kutumia zaidi maji yaliyopo Mtera, Mitambo itashindwa kazi na Gridi nzima itasimama maana Mtera ndio nguzo kuu ya Gridi ya Taifa. Hali hii ni hatari sana kwa uchumi na ulinzi na usalama wa Taifa. Kimsingi Gridi ya Taifa ipo hatarini kutokana na kiwango cha Maji kilichopo Mtera hivi sasa na kuendelea kupungua kwa kina hicho cha maji.

Wananchi wanapaswa kuelezwa kinaga ubaga nini kinaendelea katika sekta ndogo ya umeme hapa nchini;

1.      Taarifa ya Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Serikali kuhusu zabuni za manunuzi ya Mafuta ya kuendesha mitambo ya umeme wa dharura iwekwe wazi na ‘racket’ inayosemekana kuiba jumla ya shilingi bilioni 86 ionyeshwe na hatua za kisheria zichukuliwe mara moja na bila kuchelewa.

2.      Waziri wa Nishati na Maadini auleze umma hali yalisi ya sekta ya umeme nchini, uzalishaji wa umeme upoje, hali ya maji katika bwawa mkakati la Mtera na nini hatma ya mitambo ya IPTL, kesi zake na utekelezaji wa mapendekezo ya Bunge kuwa kesi za kampuni hii zimalizwe nje ya mahakama. Pia Taifa lielezwe Mpango wa Dharura wa umeme unakwisha lini maana muda uliotolewa na Bunge mwezi Agosti mwaka 2011 tayari umekamilika. Waziri aeleze hatua agni amechukua baada ya kukabidhiwa taarifa na CAG kuhusu maafisa waandamizi wa Wizara waliohusika na wizi wa shilingi bilioni 86 za kununua mafuta ya IPTL.

3.      Waziri wa Fedha na Uchumi aueleze umma ni kiwango gani cha fedha Hazina imetoa kununua mafuta ya kuendesha mitambo ya umeme wa dharura kati ya Mwezi Novemba mwaka 2011 na Oktoba mwaka 2012 na kama taratibu zote za zabuni zilifuatwa na pale ambapo hazikufuatwa ni hatua gani PPRA wamechukua dhidi ya waliokiuka sheria ya manunuzi na kuleta hasara ya mabilioni ya fedha kwa Serikali.

 Kabwe Zuberi Zitto, Mb

Naibu Kiongozi wa Upinzani Bungeni na Waziri Kivuli wa Fedha

Dar es Salaam. Novemba 25, 2012

Important Message from the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam!

Safety at Home, on Foot, in a Car

August 29, 2012

Due to the recent home invasions on a Msasani Peninsula expatriate compound in Dar es Salaam, the U.S. Embassy would like to remind you that crime in Tanzania affects everyone, whether an expatriate, visitor, or Tanzanian. Criminal activity can take place anywhere during the day or the night. We recommend taking the following measures to improve your personal security.

Below are some security reminders for residences, vehicles, and pedestrians.

Residential Security:

• Lock all doors and security grills -- especially at night.
• Ensure windows and fire escape grills are secured.
• Keep your mobile phone charged and close to you at all times.

Pedestrians, Joggers, Cyclists:

• Avoid carrying backpacks and purses.
• If you exercise on the street, select routes where you can run, walk, or bike on the shoulder and face oncoming traffic, if it is safe to do so.
• Don't wear headphones.
• Exercise with a buddy.
• Avoid exercising after dark.
• Wear bright reflective clothing.
• Don't carry a wallet, flashy watch, jewelry, or iPods.
• Just carry a concealed cell phone and a minimum amount of cash (not ATM, credit, or debit cards).

• In Dar es Salaam, AVOID WALKING/BIKING near Touré Drive, Coco Beach, Ubungo bus station, the South Beach ferry area, or any place where there aren't houses on both sides of the road. Assailants may hide in brush-covered areas or in crowds. If you go to the South Beach ferry or the Ubungo bus station, arrive and depart in a secured vehicle.

Vehicles:


• Lock your doors and close your windows.
• Set the alarm (if available) when you park.
• Secure bags in the trunk or leave them at home.
• Don't take public transportation such as bajajs and daladalas, or hail unknown taxis on the street. Use a car service or have a hotel or restaurant hire a cab for you.
• When you drive at night in Dar, be especially cautious when stopped at traffic lights. In order to avoid assault at isolated intersections, some drivers do not stop at lights, but proceed after slowing down. This means that intersections are really dangerous at night, whether you have the right of way or not.
• When driving in traffic, leave adequate space between your car and the vehicle ahead to permit you to maneuver out of danger.

The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam encourages U.S. citizens to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program ( <https://step.state.gov/step/> STEP) for the most up-to-date safety and security information. Keep all of your information in STEP up-to-date by maintaining your current phone numbers and email addresses where you can be reached in case of an emergency.

You can stay in touch and get updates by checking the U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam <http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/> website. You can also get global updates at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs <http://www.travel.state.gov/> website, where you can find the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information. Follow us on Twitter and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on Facebook as well, or you can download our free Smart Traveler iPhone App <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smart-traveler/id442693988?mt=8> for travel information at your fingertips.

Current information on safety and security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States or a regular toll line at-1-202-501-4444 for callers from other countries. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).


U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

686 Old Bagamoyo Road, Msasani

Tel: [255] (22) 229-4000; Fax: [255] (22) 229-4721

Email: <mailto:drsacs@state.gov> drsacs@state.gov

After Hours U.S. citizen emergencies should call +255-(0)22-229-4000 and wait for the operator to answer.

Wizi Bandarini Dar!

Duh! Tatizo la wizi Bandarini Dar hauishi! Na sasa hali imekuwa mbaya kiasi kwamba nchi jirani zinakwepa kutumia bandari. Matokeo yake tunakosa kipato. Hivi jamani inakuwaje kontena nzima iibiwe?  Sasa serikali imesimamisha kazi wakuu wa Bandari. Lakini tatizo la wizi utaisha? Eti Tume imeundwa kuchunguza! Kila siku tume, tume, lakini tatizo litaisha au ni mkao wa kula tu?

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Bandari ya Dar es Salaam

  Kutoka REUTERS

Tanzania Suspends Port Chiefs over Cargo Theft Allegations

By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala

 

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has suspended the head of its ports authority and six other senior port officials over allegations of cargo theft and embezzlement of public funds, the transport ministry and local media said on Friday.

The government is struggling to crack down on corruption in ministries and state institutions, with the public losing patience at the slow pace of change.

Investors have long complained of graft as one of the main reasons for the high cost of doing business in east Africa's second-biggest economy.

Tanzania's main port, in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, which serves six landlocked countries, has often been dogged by allegations of inefficiency and corruption.

It has been losing its market share of international cargo to other ports in the region like Kenya's Mombasa and Mozambique's Beira ports, the transport ministry says.

Transport Minister Harrison Mwakyembe has suspended the director-general of the state-run Tanzania Ports Authority, Ephraim Mgawe, and his two deputies while an investigation is carried out, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

The manager of the port's aviation fuel depot, the head of the port's oil jetty and the jetty's engineer were also suspended, it said.

Local media quoted Mwakyembe as saying that up 40 containers loaded with fabrics were reported stolen, and that port officials were under-declaring fuel quantities leaving the port.

"COUNTRIES SHUNNING OUR PORT"

"Containers are being stolen like peanuts. Right now the people of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are no longer using Dar es Salaam and are going to Mombasa, Beira and Durban," he was quoted as saying in newspaper Mwananchi.

The suspended officials were not immediately available for comment.

In one instance a container with goods worth $182,000 owned by a trader from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was stolen, the state-run Daily News quoted Mwakyembe as saying.

"It is alarming that containers are getting lost at the Dar es Salaam port, and as a result traders from neighbouring countries are shunning our port ... we cannot keep quiet," he said.

The port serves Malawi, Zambia, the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda, It handled 3.275 million tonnes of cargo from neighbouring countries in 2011-12, up 106,000 tonnes from the previous year, according to data from the transport ministry.

President Jakaya Kikwete sacked six ministers in May and several senior officials have been suspended in the past few months over graft allegations, including the head of the state-run power company in July.

"Many government institutions have been underperforming and there have been graft allegations, yet no action has previously been taken," Benson Bana, head of the University of Dar es Salaam's political research think-tank, REDET, told Reuters.

"We still have a long way to go to minimise corruption, especially in the public sector. People are now talking about grand corruption, it's no longer the petty corruption of the past."

Bilionea wa Barrick anapoitumia Tanzania Kujitakasa!

Asante Kaka Johnson kwa kuandika habari hizi.  Nimesoma na roho imeniuma kweli. Yaani ni yale mambo aliyokuwa anasema Mwalimu Nyerere. Tunanyonywa na makupe. Unaedelea! Lini tutakata mirija yao na rasilimali zetu zifaidi wananchi wa Tanzania.

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Bilionea wa Barrick anapoitumia Tanzania kujitakasa...!


Na Johnson Mbwambo

Toleo la 238

9 May 2012

WIKI iliyopita Rais Jakaya Kikwete alilifanyia mabadiliko kidogo baraza lake la mawaziri. Wasomaji wangu wengi walinitumia ujumbe wa e-mailna sms wakinishauri, safari hii, niandike kuhusu mabadiliko hayo ya Kikwete, na kueleza iwapo yataleta unafuu wowote kwa Watanzania.

Jibu langu kwao ni kwamba hakuna kipya cha kuandika ambacho hakijaandikwa, hakuna kipya cha kumshauri Rais Kikwete ambacho hajashauriwa na wabunge, wasomi, wachumi na wachambuzi wa masuala mbalimbali ya kisiasa, kiuchumi na kijamii wa hapa nchini.

Binafsi, niandike kumwambia nini kipya Rais Kikwete? Kwamba baraza lake ni kubwa mno sawa na timu tano za soka, na kwamba linateketeza bure tu fedha za walipakodi?

Niandike kumwambia kwamba hapakuwa na haja yoyote kuwa na manaibu mawaziri katika baadhi ya wizara kama vile Wizara Habari, Vijana na Michezo?

Niandike kumwambia kuwa naibu waziri katika wizara kama hiyo hana kazi nyingi za kila siku, na kwamba muda mwingi ataishia kusoma tu magazeti ofisini na kusubiri mialiko ya kuzindua albamu za bongo fleva au kuhudhuria mashindano ya walibwende?

Niandike nini kipya kuhusu mabadiliko hayo madogo ya baraza la mawaziri la Rais Kikwete? Kwamba hawa wapya aliowateua ndo watamaliza ufisadi uliokithiri katika serikali yake? Kwamba impunityimefikia mwisho kwa sababu ya hawa mawaziri wapya aliowateua?

Hapana ndugu zangu. Sina jipya la kumwambia Rais Kikwete. Nilishasema katika safu hii, toleo Na. 237, kwamba “ya Kikwete tumeshayaona, tusibiri ya rais ajaye”.

Niliandika hivyo nikimaanisha kwamba katika miaka mitatu na ushee aliyobakisha Ikulu, hakuna jipya kubwa la kimaendeleo tunaloweza kutarajia kutoka katika serikali yake. Na bado naendelea kuamini hivyo.

Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu, sitaandika kuhusu mabadiliko hayo ya baraza la mawaziri; bali ninaandika kuhusu tukio jingine linalotuhusu la wiki iliyopita lililotokea huko Toronto, Canada.

Nazungumzia tukio la mkutano mkuu wa mwaka wa wanahisa wa kampuni inayoongoza duniani kwa uchimbaji dhahabu – Barrick. Kampuni hii ndio ambayo pia imetwaa karibu migodi yetu yote mikubwa ya dhahabu nchini.

Mkutano huo uliofanyika Jumatano ya wiki iliyopita ulikuwa wa aina yake kwa sababu, nje ya ukumbi wa mkutano, kulikuwa na mamia ya wanaharakati kutoka sehemu mbalimbali duniani wanaopinga uwekezaji wa kinyonyaji na usio wa kibinadamu wa Barrick.

Mkusanyiko huo mkubwa ulioratibiwa na Occupy Toronto Movement, nje ya ukumbi wa mkutano, ulikuwa na wanaharakati wenye hasira juu ya uwekezaji huo wa kinyonyaji na usio wa kibinadamu wa Barrick sehemu mbalimbali duniani.

Ni kutokana na hali hiyo ilikuwa ni vigumu wanahisa ndani ya mkutano huo kutolijadili suala la kuendelea kuchukiwa kwa Barrick sehemu nyingi duniani inakomiliki migodi ya dhahabu. Baadhi ya wanahisa (akiwemo wa Chile) walichachamaa kweli kweli mkutanoni na kuitaka Barrick ijirekebishe.

Lakini kulikuwa na mtu mmoja ambaye hakuamiani kirahisi kile kilichokuwa kikitokea nje ya ukumbi huo wa mkutano, na huyo si mwingine bali ni mmiliki na mwanzilishi wa kampuni hilo kubwa la dhahabu duniani, Peter Munk (84).

Peter Munk alikuwa akitetemeka kwa hasira, dhahiri akishindwa kuamini kuwa kampuni yake ilikuwa inachukiwa kiasi hicho; licha ya misaada mingi ya ‘huruma’ ambayo imetoa katika nchi ilikowekeza.

Kwa mujibu wa gazeti la Toronto Metro la Canada, Munk alilazimika kutoka na gari lake kupitia mlango wa nyuma ili kuwakwepa wanaharakati hao, lakini alipoona wingi wao kwa mbali, alimlazimisha dereva wake aendeshe hadi kwa wanaharakati hao ili “awapashe” kuhusu ‘huruma’ ya Barrick kwenye nchi zao.

Kwa sababu ya kuhofia usalama wake, dereva alimkatalia na kumpeleka moja kwa moja nyumbani kwake. Hata hivyo, alipofika nyumbani kitu cha kwanza alichokifanya bilionea huyo ni kupiga simu ofisi kwake na kuelekeza atayarishiwe haraka orodha ya misaada ya kijamii ambayo Barrick imetoa katika nchi ambako ina migodi.

Kesho yake mkutanoni, Bilionea Munk aliisoma orodha hiyo kujaribu kuwashawishi wanahisa waamini kuwa Barrick ni kampuni yenye ‘huruma’ kweli kweli.

Miongoni mwa nchi masikini duniani ambazo bilionea Munk alizitaja kuwa Barrick inatoa ‘misaada ya hiari ya huruma’ ni Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Peru na Chile.

“Ningependa nitoke nje nipambane na waandamanaji hawa na kuwaambia ukweli,” alifoka Munk mkutanoni na kuongeza:“Sizungumzii tu kodi tunazolipa katika nchi hizo, sizungumzii tu ajira tulizotengeneza; bali nazungumzia ukweli kuwa kama si sisi, basi, ajira na fursa kwenye maeneo hayo zingekuwa ziro”.

Sidiriki, kwenye safu hii, kuzizungumzia Chile, Papua New Guinea au Peru, lakini kwa hapa kwetu Tanzania, nina hakika kilichosemwa na Munk si ukweli wote kuhusu uwekezaji wa Barrick.

Hiyo inayoitwa na Bilionea Munk kuwa ni ‘misaada ya hiari’ inayothibitisha ‘huruma’ ya Barrick, si chochote wala lolote ikilinganishwa na mapesa wanayoyapata kutoka katika mauzo ya dhahabu za migodi yetu.

‘Misaada ya hisani’ anayoizungumzia Bilionea Munk, ni kama ule wa dola 350,000 zilizotolewa na Kampuni ya Dhahabu ya Barrick Tanzania kwa ajili ya ukarabati wa Sungusungu Hospital kule North Mara. Hapa tunazungumzia ukarabati tu, na si ujenzi wa hospitali.

Hivi kweli ukarabati wa hospitali na zahanati na ujenzi wa madarasa na uchimbaji visima hapa na pale, ndio stahili yetu kwa mamilioni ya dola ambayo Barrick hujipatia kila mwaka kutoka katika dhahabu ya nchi masikini kama yetu?

Katika mkutano huo mkuu wa Barrick huko Toronto, Canada, Bilionea Munk alitamba kuwa mapato ya Barrick kote dunia yaliongezeka kwa asilimia 18 hadi kufikia dola bilioni 3.6.

Lakini hapo hapo ripoti ya African Barrick Gold (ABG) inaonyesha kuwa bajeti iliyopangwa kwa Tanzania kwa ajili ya hiyo inayoitwa ‘misaada ya huruma ya hiari’, ni dola milioni 10 tu! Hivi dola bilioni 3.63 na ‘msaada wa hiari’ wa dola milioni 10 ni wapi kwa wapi?

Hata kama katika nchi zote 10 ambako Barrick ina migodi mikubwa ingetenga dola milioni 50 tu, bado kisingekuwa kiwango cha kuridhisha kiasi cha Munk kukitumia kutamba mkutanoni.

Vyovyote vile; ukweli unabakia uleule, nao ni kwamba Barrick itaendelea kuchukiwa katika nchi masikini kama Tanzania kwa sababu uwekezaji wake umeendelea kuwa wa kinyonyaji na usio na ubinadamu.

Na ninapozungumzia uwekezaji usio wa kibinadamu, nawakumbuka Mama Otaigo wa kijiji cha Weigita na kijana Paul wa kijiji cha Nkerege (nikitaja wachache) kule North Mara ambao miili yao imeharibika vibaya kwa sababu ya kutumia maji ya Mto Tigithe yaliyokuwa na sumu inayotoka kwenye mgodi wa Barrick. Mpaka leo waathirika hao wa unyama huo wa mwaka 2009 hawajalipwa fidia na kampuni hiyo tunayoambiwa na mwasisi wake kuwa ni yenye ‘huruma’ nyingi.

Lakini pia ninapozungumzia uwekezaji huo wa Barrick usio wa kibinadamu, nawakumbuka wale wakazi wa Geita ambao sasa wanaishi kwenye mahema katika kambi iliyopachikwa jina la Dafurbaada ya kuwa wametimuliwa kwenye makazi yao ya asili kumpisha mwekezaji mwenye “huruma” ya kupindukia – Barrick. Katika hili rejea makala ya Raia Mwema ya toleo Na.237 yenye kichwa cha habari: Utajiri wa dhahabu wageuka laana Geita.

Ndugu zangu, Bilionea Munk anaweza kuwa amefanikiwa kuwaghilibu wanahisa wenzake kwenye mkutano huo wa Toronto, Canada, kwamba eti Barrick ni kampuni yenye “huuma” , na kwamba imetoa misaada mingi ya kijamii katika nchi ambako ina migodi; lakini ukweli unabakia pale pale, nao ni kwamba Barrick ni kampuni ya kishetani.

Na nijuavyo, kama CCM hakitaondolewa madarakani kwenye uchaguzi wa 2015, Tanzania tutaendelea kunyonywa na Barrick hadi dhahabu katika migodi hiyo zitakapoisha kabisa na wao kuondoka na kutuachia mashimo matupu! Si inasemwa wajinga ndio waliwao?

Tafakari.

Chanzo: Gazeti la RaiaMwema

Management by Crisis at Mzumbe University: The Failure of Core Values [2]

Mzumbe University Mission Statement

Kuna nini Mzumbe University?

Nimepata kwa E-Mail:

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Comrades,


Last year in January, I wrote an article on "Management by Crisis at Mzumbe University: The Failure of Core Values". The article was centred on the "University Services Marketing" and depicted the deficiencies in the management of staff and the services so envisaged. Today, the 01st May, 2012 I am sending you an article on the same topic. However, this time mine observations have been derived with respect to the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) Audit Report 2010/2011 dated 28th March, 2012 that was tabled and discussed in House of Assembly (Dodoma, April, 2012). Mzumbe University was in the CAG Audit spotlight and where there are three audit queries and/or anomalies, namely:

1. Ghost workers payments = TZS 194.4 million for just four months;


2. Procurements outside Annual Procurement Plan [APP] = TZS 1.9 billion; and


3. Mis-information on number of staff between two departments of the University.

I therefore, as an internal cusotmer, do hereby convey my discussion, analysis and recommendations for your synthesis and reaction. My fundamental aim is to make the University (Mzumbe) the centre of academic excellence that could provide exemplary execution of the good governance principles. It is therefore our noble task in compliance with the core values - transparency, professionalism, integrity, fairness, ethical behaviour and in line with the requisites of corrupt free Tanzania in public services delivery systems.

I submit,

Bakari M Mohamed, BBA [PLM], CPSP [T], MSc (PSCM), Reg. PSP (AU 0005)

1. Lecturer in Procurement and Supply Chain Management
2. Procurement and Supply Chain Auditor
3. Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist, Consultant, Researcher and Trainer in Procurement Contracts Management
4. Doctor of Alternative Medicines [DAM] & Natural Healing Therapist

Department of Procurement and Logistics Management
Mzumbe University
Box 6
Tel (Office): + 255 23 2604381/3/4
Mobile : + 255 713 593347
MZUMBE, Tanzania.

Prof. Mbele Kaibiwa LapTop Dar!!!

Natoa pole kwa Prof. Mbele ambaye yuko safarini Tanzania ameibiwa LapTop yake.  Wasdau mlioko Dar msaidie kuipata!..

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Nimetua Bongo kutokea ughaibuni tarehe 3 Machi. Wiki moja baadaye,
"laptop" yangu imeibiwa hapa Dar es Salaam, eneo la Sinza. Ilikuwa ni
Apple mpya. Nilikuwa nimeipakia maandishi yangu mengi, miswada na
ripoti za utafiti wa kuanzia 1993.

Ninachohitaji ni haya maandishi. Huu ni mchango wa taaluma ambao natoa
kwa wa-Tanzania na walimwengu. Miswada ya vitabu viwili nilitaka
kuchapisha hapa Tanzania wakati huu, kwa manufaa ya wanafunzi, walimu,
na jamii.

Hii "laptop" ukiifungua inakupa jina la Joseph Mbele, na unahitaji
"password" ili kuweza kuitumia.

Habari ndio hiyo. Hivi sasa najiona kama mkulima mwenye ari ya kulima,
lakini jembe hana. Nakala za miswada ziko ofisini Marekani. Lakini
mimi nilipania kufanya kazi kubwa kwa wiki hizi nitakapokuwa hapa
Tanzania. Nimekwama.

http://hapakwetu.blogspot.com/2012/03/nimetua-bongo-na-laptop-yangu-imetoweka.html

Afrika Ilivyo Ibiwa!

Hii katuni haina haja ya maelezo!

Barrick Gold Mines Wakwepa Kulipa Kodi!

IMEBAINIKA kuwa Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Kahama imepoteza mapato zaidi ya sh milioni 300 kutokana na kampuni 30 zinazofanya kazi migodi ya Kampuni ya African Barrick Gold Mines LTD kukwepa kulipa
ushuru wa huduma za jamii.

Hayo yalibainishwa jana na Ofisa Biashara wa Wilaya ya Kahama, Boniphace Bulali, alipokuwa akitoa
ufafanuzi juu ya msako mkali wa kuzisaka kampuni hizo katika migodi hiyo unaofanywa
na wakala wa kukusanya madeni ya halmashauri hiyo, Mustered Seed International LTD.

Bulali alisema kampuni hizo zimekwepa kulipa ushuru unaopaswa kulipwa wa huduma za jamii kwa kipindi cha miaka mitatu, hali ambayo imezorotesha mapato ya halmashauri na kushindwa kufikia baadhi ya malengo yake katika kuleta maendeleo stahiki kwa wakati wilayani humo.

Alisema katika msako huo tayari baadhi ya kampuni zimekiri kushindwa kulipa fedha hizo kwa madai
jukumu hilo hufanywa na makao makuu ya ofisi zao zilizopo Dar es Salaam kinyume cha utaratibu
wa sheria ndogo za halmashauri zinazoeleza kulipa ushuru huo kwenye eneo wanalofanyia kazi.

Kwa upande wake, Mkurugenzi wa Kampuni ya Mustered Seed International LTD ambayo ni wakala wa kukusanya madeni hayo, Zacharia Soko, alisema kuna kampuni 15 zinazofanya kazi katika mgodi wa
Buzwagi pekee ambazo hazijapata kulipa ushuru huo kwenye halmashauri hiyo tangu zianze
kuwajibika katika mgodi huo.

Soko alisema pia kuna kampuni 15 katika Mgodi wa Bulyanhulu ulio kilometa 74 kutoka Kahama
mjini ambazo nazo zimebainika hazijalipa ushuru huo na tayari katika msako huo baadhi ya mali zake
zikiwamo magari yanashikiliwa na Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Kahama.

Chanzo: Tanzaniadaima

Warning Message from the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam

Security Notice November 2010

Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 2:27 AM

The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam would like to remind American citizens
that we often note an increase in crime during the holiday season and we
believe this to be the case this year.

In our most serious incident so far, an American citizen was robbed last
week while she was walking on Ocean Road in Dar es Salaam near the ferry
just before noon. She was forced into a vehicle under threat of
violence. The victim complied with the robbers' demands and was held
for some time before eventually being released without injury.

The Embassy urges you in the strongest possible terms to exercise good
personal security practices. Specifically:

- Be exceptionally aware of your surroundings, especially if
you are out walking alone. Walk in groups whenever possible and do not
walk after dark.

- Don't draw unnecessary attention to yourself by your actions
or by carrying valuables.

- Lock all doors - especially at night.

- Be sure your cell phones, and telephones are readily
available and in good working order.

- Use your alarm system. Make sure the members of your
household know where the alarm panic buttons are and how to use them.

- Be especially cautious while driving as there will be a
greater number of drunk drivers on the road during holiday season. Do
not drink and drive.

- Please be sure that your most recent contact information is
updated on our registry.

Please review your security practices and maintain a high level of
vigilance over the coming weeks.

American citizens living or traveling in Tanzania are encouraged to
register with the U.S. Embassy through the State Department's smart
traveler enrollment program, to obtain updated information on travel and
security within Tanzania. Citizens without Internet access may register
directly with the nearest U.S. Embassy. By registering, American
citizens make it easier for the Embassy to contact them in case of
emergency. The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania can be
contacted by telephone at [255] (22) 266-8001 x 4122 and fax at [255]
(22) 266-8238. You may also contact the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania via
email at drsacs@state.gov. For after hours emergencies, U.S. citizens
should call [255] (22) 266-8001.

U.S. citizens may also call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services in
the United States for the latest travel information. The Office of
Overseas Citizens Services can be reached from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, Monday through Friday, by calling 1-888-407-4747
from within the U.S. and Canada, or by calling (202) 501-4444 from other
countries.

Onyo Kutoka Ubalozi wa Marekani Dar - Wizi

Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 3:20 AM

U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Warden Message - Snatch and Grab Robberies
August 17, 2010

This Warden Message is being issued as a reminder of the continuing
problem of snatch and grab robberies in Dar es Salaam. Most recently,
occupants of a vehicle have grabbed bags, purses, and backpacks from
pedestrians and bicyclists traveling on the side of the road. Many of
these robberies occurred on the Msasani peninsula, specifically on Yacht
Club Road, Chole Road, and Haile Selassie Road. The latest incident
occurred the night of August 15 on Mahando Road near the Sea Cliff
Hotel. Several of these robberies occurred after the victim visited the
Barclay's bank in Slipway.

The U.S. Embassy reminds U.S. citizens to be aware of your surroundings
at all times and to be especially alert to individuals paying an undue
amount of attention to your activities. We also strongly advise against
carrying bags or purses while on foot or bicycle. If that is
unavoidable, be sure to carry the bag in front of you or on your side
furthest away from traffic. Bags that are nondescript, or even worn or
dirty in appearance, may be less appealing to criminals.
Facing oncoming traffic as you walk may allow you to anticipate a
robbery attempt and take evasive action. It is wise to avoid walking
after dark.

If you experience a snatch and grab robbery, release your belongings to
avoid physical injury. By hanging on, you risk being dragged down the
street (as has happened already), or getting caught under the rear wheel
of the car. To avoid losing your cell phone along with your bag or
purse, carry it in a pocket or somewhere else on your person.
The local equivalent to the "911" emergency line in Tanzania is: 111
U.S. citizens living or traveling in Tanzania are encouraged to register
with the U.S. Embassy through the State Department's travel registration
website, https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs/ui/, so that they can
obtain updated information on travel and security within Tanzania. U.S.
citizens without Internet access may register directly with the nearest
U.S. Embassy. By registering, U.S. citizens make it easier for the
Embassy to contact them in case of emergency. The Consular Section of
the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania can be contacted by telephone at [255] (22)
266-8001 x 4122 and by fax at [255] (22) 266-8238. You may also contact
the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania via email at drsacs@state.gov. For after
hours emergencies, U.S. citizens should call [255] (22) 266-8001.
U.S. citizens may also call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services in
the United States for the latest travel information. The Office of
Overseas Citizens Services can be reached from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, Monday through Friday, by calling 1-888-407-4747
from within the U.S. and Canada, or by calling (202) 501-4444 from other
countries.

Waandishi wa Habari Waibiwa Afrika Kusini!!!

Duh! Hii kali. Waandishi wa habari walioenda kwenye mashindano ya World Cup, huko Afrika Kusini wameibiwa hotelini kwao! Kazi ipo. Picha waliokuwa wanajenga kuwa Afrika Kusini ni salama, hakuna wezi wala vibaka, watu wanapendana inadoa kubwa kweli sasa.

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World Cup Journalists Robbed

By Richard Allen Greene, CNN

(CNN) -- Three journalists covering the World Cup in South Africa were robbed of money, passports, cameras and computers early Wednesday, police said.
Armed suspects entered three hotel rooms where the journalists were staying near the town of Magaliesburg, police Col. Charmaine Muller told CNN.
Two of the victims "slept through the whole thing", but a Portuguese photographer woke up as it was taking place at about 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. Tuesday ET), she said.
A suspect pointed a gun at him and told him to keep quiet, she said.
Police were called after the suspects left and are still investigating, she added. No one has been caught yet.
Hundreds of thousands of sports fans and journalists are descending on South Africa for the World Cup soccer tournament, the biggest sporting event in the world this year. It begins Friday.