Rest in Peace Madilu System

Leo nimesikia kuwa mwimbaji maarufu wa KiCongo, Madilu System, amefariki dunia huko Kinshasa, Congo.

Nitamkumbuka hasa kwa wimbo wake Mamou.

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Congolese singer Madilu Système passes away


Kinshasa (DR Congo) Congolese singer Madilu System, the composer of famous songs, passed away Saturday in the University Private Hospital of Kinshasa at 57, APA learns here.

Madilu Systeme (his real name is Bialu Makese), had reached his peak with the OK jazz orchestra of François Luambo Makiadi, also known as Franco whom he joined after a short career with Bakuba Mayopi, a second rank band.

Upon the death of Luambo Makiadi, Madilu had first continued singing alone before forming his own band while his former colleagues from OK Jazz had created the Bana OK orchestra.

Madilu is the composer of several famous songs, including “Ya Jean”, “Frere Edouard”, “Voisin”, “Sans compassion”.

The Congolese Culture and Arts Minister, Malenso Ndodila, expressed his dismay upon the death of Madilu whom he called an “artist of peace that brought joy around him”.

Kwa habari zaidi soma:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200708130282.html

Kijana wa Form II ajiua mjini Dar es Salaam

Leo nimesoma kwenye ippmedia.com habari za kifo cha kijana wa Form II, Mussa. Huyo kijana simjui lakini kifo chake kimenigusa. Kimenigusa kwa vile nina ndugu yangu ambaye naye alijiua miaka ya 80 baada ya kuugua kwa muda, lakini alikuwa na Kifua kikuu (TB). Watu walimtania kuwa anao lakini nashangaa hakuwahi kupimwa kujua kama anayo kweli. Na naamini angefuata utaratibu wa matibabu angepona ugonjwa wake japo ingechukua muda mrefu. Wakati huo alikuwa anasoma Form Four, na habari za mdudu zilikuwa ndo kwanza tunaanza kuzikisikia.

Lakini nauliza huyo marehemu Mussa, aliamua kuji-diagnose mwenyewe ndo kaamua basi maisha haina maana na kujiua? Hivi hata kama alikuwa anao hakuwahi kusikia habari za dawa za kurefusha maisha?

Ama kweli inasikitisha na kweli Bongo wanahitaji kampeni kali zaidi ya kuelimisha watu kuwa kuwa na virusi vya UKIMWI haimainishi utakufa mara moja.

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From ippmedia.com

Denti ajiua kwa hofu?alihisi anao

2007-08-13

Na Emmanuel Lengwa, Jijini

Mwanafunzi wa shule ya sekondari wa kidato cha pili, ameamua kukatisha uhai wake ghafla kwa kujintia kitanzi kutokana na hofu ya kuhisi ana virusi vya ukimwi. Imeelezwa kuwa mwanafunzi huyo alifikia hatua hiyo baada ya kuugua kwa muda mrefu magonjwa yanayodaiwa kutokana na zinaa.

Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Mbeya, Suleiman Kova amemtaja mwanafunzi huyo kuwa ni Mussa Mwalembe aliyekuwa akisoma kidato cha pili katika shule ya sekondari Ngana. Kamanda Kova amesema kuwa mwanafunzi huyo mkazi wa kijiji cha Makwale wilayani Kyela, alikutwa akiningiinia kwenye mti huku amejining?iniza kwa kamba ya nailoni.

Amesema marehemu alipopekuliwa alikutwa na barua, akielezea kuwa amekata tamaa baada ya kuugua kwa muda mrefu, ugonjwa uliotokana na zinaa. Hata hivyo Kamanda Kova hakuutaja ugonjwa huo uliokuwa ukimsumbua denti huyo lakini amesema polisi wanaendelea na uchunguzi wa tukio zima.

CEO wa kampuni ya China ajiua baada ya kutapeliwa na rafiki yake

Jamani nashangaa sana hao wenzetu wa huko bara Asia, hasa China na Japan. Kitu kikitokea wanajiua! Fikiria kama barani Afrika viongozi wangekuwa wanjiua kama kitu kibaya kikitokea, tusingekuwa na viongozi!

Hivi karibuni toys za kampuni maarufu zilikuwa recalled. Kwa maana hiyo ina maana kama umenunua zirudishe huko ulipo nununua urudishiwe hela yako hata kama toy enyewe imechakaa. Kisa cha hii toy recall ni kuwa toys zimepakwa rangi na rangi enye 'lead'. Hiyo lead ikiliwa na mtoto anaweza kupata madhara ya akili hapo baadaye.

Sasa huyo bosi wa kampuni ya LEE DER huko China kajiua kwa kujinyonga huko ofisini kwake baada ya kugundua kuwa rafiki yake mpenzi kamwuzia hiyo rangi mbovu iliyotumika kwenye hizo toys.

Na mara kwa mara utasikia mtu mkubwa wa huko kajiua kwa sababau ya vitu kama, kuuza ndege au gari mbovu au kitu kilioza na watu waliathirika na mambo mengi zaidi.

Someni habari zenyewe hapo chini:

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Toy company CEO kills self

BEIJING, China (AP) -- The head of a Chinese toy manufacturing company at the center of a huge U.S. recall has committed suicide, a state-run newspaper said Monday.

Two toys of the same kind recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Zhang Shuhong, who ran the Lee Der Industrial, killed himself at a warehouse over the weekend, days after China announced it had temporarily banned exports by the company, the Southern Metropolis Daily said.

Lee Der made 967,000 toys recalled earlier this month by Mattel because they were made with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The plastic preschool toys, sold under the Fisher-Price brand in the U.S., included the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters.

The newspaper said that a supplier, Zhang's best friend, sold Lee Der fake paint that was used in the toys.

"The boss and the company were harmed by the paint supplier, the closest friend of our boss," a manager surnamed Liu was quoted as saying.

Liu said Zhang hung himself on Saturday, according to the report. It is common for disgraced officials to commit suicide in China.

A company official who answered the telephone at the Lee Der factory in the southern city of Foshan on Monday said he had not heard of the news. A man at Lee Der's main office in Hong Kong said the company was not accepting interviews and hung up.

The recall by El Segundo, California-based Mattel came just two months after RC2 Corp., a New York company, recalled 1.5 million Chinese-made wooden railroad toys and set parts from its Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway product line because of lead paint.

The maker, Hansheng Wood Products Factory, also was included in the export ban announced Thursday by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, one of China's quality watchdogs.

The administration also ordered both companies to evaluate and change their business practices.

Lead poisoning can cause vomiting, anemia and learning difficulties. In extreme cases, it can cause severe neurological damage and death.

The quality watchdog also said police were investigating two companies' use of "fake plastic pigment" but did not give any details. Such pigments are a type of industrial latex usually used to increase surface gloss and smoothness.

Chinese companies often have long supply chains, making it difficult to trace the exact origin of components, chemicals and food additives.

The toy recalls were among the largest in recent months involving Chinese products, which have come under fire for containing potentially dangerous high levels of chemicals and toxins.

Na kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/13/mattel-subcontractor-suicide-face-cx_jc_0813autofacescan02.html

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/08/13/AM200708139.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6846528,00.html

Watoto wa Kileleni Road UDSM

Hapo juu ni picha niliyopiga 1993 huko Kileleni Rd. University of Dar es Salaam. Kutoka kushoto, ni mwanangu Elechi, Pandi (David) Qorro, Selemeni (?) alikuwa anakaa namba 23, Bino, na huyo binti nadhani alikuwa mdogo wake Pandi.

Elechi amemaliza High School hapa Cambridge mwezi wa sita. Anajiandaa kwenda College.

Bongoland II ndani ya Bongo

Mimi na Josiah Kibira. Bwana Kibira ametunga sinema ya Bongoland II, ameuongoza na amecoordinate production. Pia ni Producer. Bongoland II ni sinema yake ya tatu, sinema zake zingine ni Bongoland I na Tusamehe.

Cameraman Sam Fischer na Soundman Alex Alvarez, wakijadili jinsi watavyopiga scene huko Mikocheni B. Josiah Kibira akitoka kucheki kuwa set up ya scene iko tayari.
Huyo ni Patrick kutoka Sofia Records akicheki scene kwenye camera.
Mimi na Peter Omari. Katika Bongoland II nimeigiza kama dada yake Zaina.

Thecla Mjatta na Peter Omari wakifanya scene katika Bongoland 2.
Director Josiah Kibira, akijadili jinsi ya kupiga scene.
Ndani ya hiyo nyumba kulikuwa na makochi imported, utadhani za IKEA.
Crew na interns kutoka UCLA wakijadili jinsi ya kupiga scene huko Mikocheni B.
Dada Thecla Mjatta yuko tayri kufanya scene yake.

Baada ya kazi burudika na...

Baada ya kazi ngumu ya kuwa kwenye seti ya Bongoland II, nilikuwa naburudika na NDOVU baridi. Kati ya bia nilizoonja huko Bongo, nilipenda sana Ndovu.

Huyo ni Antoine Kibira, ndugu yake Josiah Kibira. Alitusaidia sana kwenye maswala ya Usafiri.

Star wa Bongoland II Peter Omari aliamua kuburudika na Tusker baridi na supu ya Makongoro.

Viongozi wa TAMWA

Hapa niko na Dada yangu mpendwa, Bi Evodia Ndonde, ambaye aliwahi kufanya kazi Tanzania Film Company. Sasa ana kampuni yake ya video production. Naye ni mwanachama wa TAMWA miaka mingi.

Mwandishi wa Habari wa The Guardian, Lucas Lukumbo alipita kusalimia wana TAMWA. Kulia ni mwenyekiti wa TAMWA, Bi Ananilea Nkya.

Hapa niko na Dada Edda Sanga ambaye amestaafu kutoka Radio Tanzania hivi karibuni. Dada Edda aliwahi kuwa Mwenyekiti wa TAMWA.

TAMWA wanapokea interna kutoka nchi mbalimbali kila mwaka. Huyo dada yuko TAMWA kwa kipindi cha mwaka moja, anatoka Norway. Pia kulikuwa na akina dada kutoka Zambia, Ethiopia na Canada.

Hapa nipo na Dada Fatma Alloo, aliyekuwa Mwenyekiti wa TAMWA miaka mingi. Alitufundisha mengi kuhusu uongozi katika zile siku za mwanzo wa TAMWA.

Mwenyekiti wa TAMWA kwa sasa, Bi Ananilea Nkya, Mimi, Dada Evodia Ndonde na Edda Sanga. Dada Ndonde ana kampuni ya video production, na mimi niliwahi kuwa Publicity Secratary wa TAMWA na kwenye Executive Board.

Kabla ya Kufunga ndoa uliza maswali haya 20!

Nimeona haya maswali Oprah.com. Lakini jamani hivi kweli Bongo watu wakianza kuulizana maswali haya watu watafunga ndoa kweli?

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(Oprah.com) --

You may think that you and your fiancé have talked about everything...but have you discussed the issues that will make your marriage work? Author Susan Piver reveals the questions you and your partner should answer before you say "I do."

Question 1: What percentage of our income are we prepared to spend to purchase and maintain our home on a monthly or annual basis?

Question 2: Who is responsible for keeping our house and yard cared for and organized? Are we different in our needs for cleanliness and organization?

Question 3: How much money do we earn together? Now? In one year? In five years? Ten? Who is responsible for which portion? Now? In one year? Five? Ten?

Question 4: What is our ultimate financial goal regarding annual income, and when do we anticipate achieving it? By what means and through what efforts?

Question 5: What are our categories of expense (rent, clothing, insurance, travel)? How much do we spend monthly, annually, in each category? How much do we want to be able to spend?

Question 6: How much time will each of us spend at work, and during what hours? Do we begin work early? Will we prefer to work into the evening?

Question 7: If one of us doesn't want to work, under what circumstances, if any, would that be okay?

Question 8: How ambitious are you? Are we comfortable with the other's level of ambition?

Question 9: Am I comfortable giving and receiving love sexually? In sex, does my partner feel my love for him or her?

Question 10: Are we satisfied with the frequency of our lovemaking? How do we cope when our desire levels are unmatched? A little? A lot? For a night? A week? A month? A year? More?

Question 11: Do we eat meals together? Which ones? Who is responsible for the food shopping? Who prepares the meals? Who cleans up afterward?

Question 12: Is each of us happy with the other's approach to health? Does one have habits or tendencies that concern the other (e.g., smoking, excessive dieting, poor diet)?

Question 13: What place does the other's family play in our family life? How often do we visit or socialize together? If we have out-of-town relatives, will we ask them to visit us for extended periods? How often?

Question 14: If we have children, what kind of relationship do we hope our parents will have with their grandchildren? How much time will they spend together?

Question 15: Will we have children? If so, when? How many? How important is having children to each of us?

Question 16: How will having a child change the way we live now? Will we want to take time off from work, or work a reduced schedule? For how long? Will we need to rethink who is responsible for housekeeping?

Question 17: Are we satisfied with the quality and quantity of friends we currently have? Would we like to be more involved socially? Are we overwhelmed socially and need to cut back on such commitments?

Question 18: What are my partner's needs for cultivating or maintaining friendships outside our relationship? Is it easy for me to support those needs, or do they bother me in any way?

Question 19: Do we share a religion? Do we belong to a church, synagogue, mosque or temple? More than one? If not, would our relationship benefit from such an affiliation?

Question 20: Does one of us have an individual spiritual practice? Is the practice and the time devoted to it acceptable to the other? Does each partner understand and respect the other's choices?

Maisha

Kuna watu ambao wanaamini kuwa ukifa ndo basi tena, hakuna cha mbinguni wala motoni unageuka vumbi tu. Na kuna watu ambao wanaamini kuwa ukifa unazaliwa tena upya na kurudi duniani kama mtu mwingine.

Ukweli hakuna mtu aliyekufa halafu akarudi duniani kutuambia kifo kilikuaje.

Mjue Msanii Chipukizi wa Bongo - Liz Michael

Liz in her costume for Bongoland II scene.

Cameraman Sam Fischer akipozi na Liz Michael baada ya audition yake.

Nilisema siku nyingi kuwa Bongo kuna watu wenye vipaji vikubwa katika mambo ya uigizaji. Na kweli, tulivyokuwa kwenye shoot ya Bongoland II huko Dar, tuliona wengi wenye vipaji. Hata vijana wadogo wamebarikiwa.

Nilikutana na msichana Liz Michael Kimemeta, mwenye miaka 12 tu. Kama uko Bongo huenda umemwona akihosti vipindi vya watoto. Katika sinema ya Bongoland II anaigiza kama mtoto muuza chapati. Alijua lines zake mara moja na kushangaza watu. Nilimwuliza kama mzazi wake alimsukuma katika mambo ya uigizaji na filamu, alisema hapana na alitokea kupenda mwenyewe.

Pia Liz aliweza kuongea kiingereza kizuri sana (alisema alianza kujifunza kiingereza mwaka jana tualipo hama shule) na kuelezea crew kuhusu ndoto yake ya kuifka Marekani na kuigiza katika sinema huko. Akiendelea na moyo wake huenda atafanikiwa.

Wajua tunda shokishoki?

Hii tunda inatiwa Shokishoki . Kwa Tanzania inapatikana kwenye visiwa vya Zanzibar na Pemba. Huko nje ina shepu ya ajabu na ya kutisha. Lakini ukilibonyeza kidogo unasikia kapopu halafu ndani kuna tunda tamu sana.

Asili ya hiyo tunda ni China.

Makaburi ya Kinondoni

Makaburi ya Kinondoni yamejaa lakini naona watu bado wanazikwa huko. Je, wanazikwa juu ya wengine? Au wanatupa mifupa ya watu nje kusudi mwingine apewe nafasi? (Nilishuhudia tukio kama hiyo Tabora). Na pia nilisikia eti kuna watu ambao wamenunua viwanja vya kuzika huko kwa ajili ya familia zao. Makubwa maana Kinondoni si makaburi ya umma (public)! Na kuna watu walisema siku hizi Kinondoni wanazikwa watu wazito na wenye uwezo tu, maskini haingii. Duh! Jamani wote si wamekufa, kuna mtu anondoka na hela yake dunia hii?

Nakumbuka miaka ya 80 walifungua Kinondoni Cemetery part II na penyewe sasa pamejaa!

Lakini pamoja na makaburi ya Kinondoni kujaa naona watu bado wanataka ndugu zao wazikwe huko. Mwisho itakuwa kama yale makuburi ya Kinshasa ambako kuzikwa huko mpaka kutoa donge nono!

Na baada ya kuulizia ziaidi niliambiwa hata makaburi ya Sinza, Magomeni na Temeke yamejaa lakini watu bado wanazika tu! Wanasema hata wakichimba na kukuta mifupa wanaendelea kuchimba. Itabidi halmashauri ya jiji watenge sehemu zingine kwa ajili ya kuzika.

Sasa tukikosa sehemu za kuzika itabidi maiti zichomwe moto kama wanavyofanya wahindi (cremation).

Kumbe James Brown ana watoto wengine!

The Godfather of Soul (1933-2006)

Kumbe James Brown ana watoto wengine zaidi ya hao sita aliyowatambua. Asante DNA hao watoto wamethibitisha baba yao ni nani.

James Brown alifariki siku ya Krismasi mwaka jana. Katika wosia wake alitambua watoto wake sita. Huyo ambaye alizaa na mzungu, Tomi Rae bado hajapimwa DNA, lakini James Brown alidai kuwa siyo mwanae maana kipindi hicho alikuwa na matatizo na nguvu za kiume.

Watu 12 walijitokeza wakidai kuwa ni watoto wa marehemu James Brown. Wote walifanya testi ya DNA. Kati ya hao wawili waligundilika kuwa ni kweli ni watoto wake.

Moja wa watoto hao, ni Bi LaRhonda Petitt, ambaye sasa ana miaka 45. Majibu ya DNA yanasema kuwa 99.99 percent probability kuwa yeye ni mtoto wa Brown. Petitt anashukuru kuwa baba yake amaethibitishwa ila anasema kuwa ana masikitiko sana kuwa hakutambulika mapema na maisha yake yalikuwa magumu kutokana na ukosefu wa pesa. Anasema kuwa kila James Brown akionekana kwenye TV basi mama yake angesema, "Yule ni baba yako!"

Hao watoto huenda wakawa na haki ya kudai urithi kutoka estate ya James Brown.

Na hivi karibuni, asante DNA mtoto wa Spice Girl, Melanie Brown amegundulika kuwa ni mtoto wa mcheza sinema Eddie Murphy kama alivyodai.

Sasa huko Bongo wakianza kupima DNA mbona itakuwa ngoma kwa hao wanaume wenye mchezo wa kukataa watoto wao!

Kwa habari zaidi soma :

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/04/AR2007080402520.html

Mjane Mkenya na wanae wauliwa mjini Atlanta

Nyumba walipouliwa huko Atlanta. Ona Police Tape kwa chini.

Nilikuwa nimesikia habari za mjane na watoto wake wa kike kuuliwa huko Atlanta. Ila kwenye vyombo vya habari walikuwa hawataji majina. Leo wamewataja. Kumbe ni waKenya!

Mungu awalaze mahali pema mbinguni. AMEN.

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Police Talking to Ga. Attack Survivor
Thursday, August 02, 2007
By GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA — Authorities said Thursday they had spoken with one of the two young boys who survived an attack in a suburb that left a Kenyan immigrant and her two teenage daughters dead in their suburban home.

Police have released few details about what happened in the house except to say that they don't believe the deaths involved murder-suicide.

The boys were found unconscious with the bodies on Wednesday inside the two-story home in a Powder Springs neighborhood of neatly manicured lawns. Cobb County police spokesman Dana Pierce would not say which of the boys was questioned and would reveal no details about the conversation.

Killed in the attack were Jane Gakuny Kuria, 46, and daughters Isabela, 19, and Annabelle, 16, authorities said. Kuria's 7-year-old son, Jeremy Kuria, was in critical condition and his cousin, Peter Thiande, 8, was in serious condition, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite spokesman Jason Rollins said Thursday.

Neighbors said Kuria, a nurse, had moved in about two years earlier. Investigators have reached out to members of the area's Kenyan community as they search for clues.

A lawyer handling an asylum case for Kuria said she fled Kenya in 2001 after the death of her husband because she feared her daughters would have to undergo female circumcision.

"Her fear was of the horrific practice of female genital mutilation and it happening to her daughters," immigration attorney Charles H. Kuck told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Kuria arrived with her children in Boston in March 2001 and moved to Georgia in February 2002.

She had applied for asylum in the United States but recently was denied. Kuck was handling her appeal.

Jermaine Goddard, a 16-year-old neighbor, said he was shocked by the crime as he showed photographs of Annabelle with the school's pep squad. He said he saw her every morning escorting her younger brother to the bus stop.

The triple homicides were the first of the year for Powder Springs, a suburban west Georgia town of about 15,000 about 20 miles west of Atlanta.

Michuzi amerudi!

Nawajulisha kuwa site ya Kaka Michuzi iko mikononi mwake tena.

http://issamichuzi.blogspot.com/

MAMBO KAMA KAWAIDA!

Poleni mlioko Minneapolis, Minnesota - Daraja laanguka

DOH! Kwa kweli ni makubwa! Sijui kama watasema ni terrorism au vipi.

Daraja kubwa limeanguka huko Minneapolis, Minnesota, tena saa ambazo ilikuwa imejaa magari na watu waliokuwa wantoka kazini. Hiyo daraja inavuka mto Mississippi. Taarifa za awali zinasema kuwa watu kadhaa wamekufa na wengi wamejeruhiwa. Pia kuna wazamaji (Divers) ambao wanacheki mtoni, kuona kma kuna watu kwenye aji. Wanasema magari zaidi ya hamsini yalianguka ndani ya maji.

Pia wanaomba watu watoe damu kwa ajiliya kusaidia waliojeruhiwa.

Mungu awape nguvu waliofiwa, walioumia ma watu wa Minnesota kwa ujumla. Poleni sana.

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bridge.collapse/?iref=mpstoryview

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKROB18596120070802

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/01/872296-7-killed-in-minneapolis-bridge-collapse

Mahojiano na Kaka Michuzi juu ya site yake kuwa Hacked!

KUTOKA BONGO CELEBRITY.com

Yawezekana umeshapata ujumbe uliosambazwa na Issa Michuzi mwenyewe au ule ambao Da’Chemi wa Swahili Times blog ameusambaza ikiwa ni tahadhari kuhusu e-mail ya kitapeli ambayo ilisambaa jana na bado inaendelea kusambaa hivi sasa ikidai Issa Michuzi amekwama hotelini huko nchini Nigeria na hivyo anaomba msaada wa kifedha.

Tungeweza kuipuuzia tu e-mail kama hiyo.Tatizo ni kwamba sio tu ni ya kitapeli,bali hivi sasa imemfanya Issa Michuzi ashindwe hata ku-update blog yake maarufu. Kimsingi e-mail ya issamichuzi at gmail ambayo ndio aliyokuwa akiitumia kuingia ndani ya blog yake haipo mikononi mwake tena! Ndio maana kama mnavyoweza kuona ukiitembelea blog yake tangu jana hajaweza kuweka picha mpya,jambo ambalo sio kawaida yake kabisa.

BongoCelebrity imewasiliana na Michuzi na kufanya naye mahojiano yafuatayo. Yasome na kisha mkumbushe na mwenzio kuhusu kwamba aipuuzie tu e-mail kama hiyo. Hapa Michuzi anaelezea nini kilitokea,lini ataweza tena kuendelea ku-update blog yake(archives zote bado zipo na zinapatikana online),vipi unaweza kuepuka yasikukute yaliyomkuta na anapatikana kwa njia gani hivi sasa? Majibu haya hapa chini;

BC:Nini hasa kimetokea? Ilikuwaje?

MICHUZI: Jana mnamo saa tatu na robo usiku nilifungua mtandao nyumbani na kupost picha kama nane hivi, ikiwa ni pamoja na za Rais mstaafu wa Marekani Bill Clinton na kumalizia na ya mafuvu ya wahanga wa mauaji ya kimbari kule Rwanda ambayo kuna mdau alinitumia. Kisha kama kawaida nikaingia kwenye issamichuzi at gmail.com ili kupitia maoni kama kawaida kwani issamichuzi.blogspot.com nimeitegesha kwamba maoni hayaendi moja kwa moja bali yanapita kwanza kwenye email yangu ndipo kama naona yanafaa nayaruhusu na kama hayafai nayazuia. Basi bwana, kwenye saa tano kasorobo hivi, ukaingia ujumbe ukidai unatoka kwa ‘Gmail Team’ unaofanya censor kutokana na malalamiko kwamba gmail siku hizi bomu kwa kuwa watu wamekuwa wengi, hivyo ujumbe ukanieleza jaza details zako ndani ya siku saba kama hutaki account yako kufutwa toka gmail.

Siku ya kufa nyani miti yote huteleza. Na mimi ujumbe kama huo sio mara ya kwanza lakini wa safari hii, kama ningekuwa naamini juju-nangai ningesema jamaa wamepulizia maana nikajikuta najaza jina langu, umri na hata password na kusend. Huo ndio ukawa mwisho wa issamichuzi at gmail.com kwani nusu saa baadaye nikawa siwezi kuingia kwenye gmail tena.

BC:Uligundua vipi na saa ngapi kwamba e-mail yako imekuwa hacked?

MICHUZI: Niligundua niko hacked kwenye saa sita kasoro kumi wakati Da’Chemi aliponipigia kutoka Marekani na kuniuliza nimeenda lini Nigeria naye alipoondoka aliniacha Dar? Nikajua nimeshaumia baada ya kunieleza kwamba kuna mtu kaiba email yangu ya Gmail na anasambaza ujumbe wa kuomba msaada wa pesa kila mahali. Tukaingia kazini mimi na Chemi kuanza kuarifu watu wote tulioweza kuwafikia. Yeye kupitia blog yake ya Swahili Times nami kwa simu ya mkono na email yangu ya yahoo. Kwa kweli imenisaidia sana la sivyo saa hizi tungekuwa tunaongea mengine kwani wengi wangeamini ni mimi na kutaka kutuma pesa. Tena jamaa walivyokuwa hawana haya ati wamendikia hata mimi mwenyewe kupitia anuani yangu ya yahoo kuomba msaada wa pesa. Hahahaaaa!

BC: Umejifunza nini kutokana na tukio hili? Unawaambia nini wanablog wengine ili wajihadhari na tukio kama hili?

MICHUZI: Nimejifunza mengi sana, lakini kubwa na ambalo limenigusa sana moyoni ni kwamba wadau wananithamini na hakuna aliyesita kuniunga mkono na kuweka wazi kuwa tupo pamoja katika wakati huu mgumu.

La pili nililojifunza ni kwamba mtu usi-panic kwenye aina yoyote ya emergency, keep cool and ponder each and everything in its own perspective otherwise you will compromise your judgement the way your email address has. Usikurupuke.

Tatu na mwisho ni kuhakikisha una plan B katika kila ufanyacho kwenye maisha, hata kama yamekunyookea vipi. Kwa lugha nyingine hata kama blog itakufa leo (na haifi) nina plan B ambayo ni kubwa pengine kuliko blog.

BC: Unawaambia nini wadau wako.Lini site itarudi hewani?

MICHUZI: Asante kwa swali hili kwani wengi wametafsiri kwamba mtandao wa Michuzi ume-kuwa hacked na umekufa ama hauko hewani. Ukweli mtandao haujaguswa na wala hao jamaa hawajaingia huko. Wao wameingia kwenye email yangu ya Gmail na kuiba password kwa nia ya kutapeli watu. Uzuri wabongo sio mazezeta kama hawa jamaa wa ki-Nigeria wanavyodhani. Hivyo kukujibu lini narudi hewani ni kwamba kwa muda mfupi nitaacha ku-posti picha kwani ni hadi google watakaponipa password mpya pamoja ndipo nitaanza tena. Lakini kama unavyoona ukisearch issamichuzi.blogspot.com ama uki-google ‘michuzi’ unaipata blog yako kama kawaida kwani bado iko hewani.

BC: Unawaambia nini wadau,ndugu, jamaa na marafiki ambao walikuwa kwenye e-mail list yako? Wachukue tahadhari gani?

MICHUZI: nawaambia waachane kabisa kabisa na issamichuzi at gmail.com na watumie jina hilo hilo katika yahoo.com

BC: Wanaotaka kuwasiliana nawe hivi sasa watumie njia gani?

MICHUZI: issamichuzi at yahoo.com
Kama bado hujaisoma e-mail yenyewe ya kitapeli unaweza kuisoma pale Swahili Times.
Developing story…
Michuzi hivi sasa anapatikana katika http://isamichuzi.blogspot.com/
Tofauti yake na ile blog ya zamani ni “s” iliyopo kwenye issa,badala ya s mbili weka moja.

Bongoland II - Manzese

Picha hizi zinatoka Kwenye site ya Sam Fischer, ambaye ni Cameraman kwenye sinema ya Bongoland II. http://web.mac.com/samfischer/iWeb/Site/Africa%20Photos%202.html

Hapo juu Star wa Bongoland II Peter Omari, na actor mwingine wanajiandaa kuacti scene kwenye gari.

Scene inapangwa. Hapa Sam Fischer anapanga jinsi atakavyopiga picha ya scene ya kupigana.

Stunt Coordinator, Jason Hilton, akicheza Kung Fu na watoto wa Manzese.

Hapa wanapadisha camera kwenye crane.

Akina Sam walitengeneza Crane kwa ajili yakupandisha camera na kupiga scene kutoka juu. Ila bahati mbaya crane ilivunjika na haikuweza kutumika.

Uchochoro wa Manzese. Amini msiamini, zamani hii ilikuwa barabara ambayo magari yalikuwa yanapita. Baba mdogo alikuwa ana drive hapo na kupaki gari yake kwenye gereji yake. Sasa asante ujenzi holela hakuna barabara tena.

Muongozaji na Mwandishi wa sinema ya Bongoland II, Josiah Kibira, akifika kwenye nyumba ya Manzese.

Hapa Timu ya Bongoland II wana survey kama nyumba itafaa kwenye filamu. Nyumba hiyo ni ya marehemu baba yangu mdogo, Prof. Crispin Hauli. Na inatumika kwenye sinema ya Bongoland II kama nyumba ya 'Uncle'.

Forodhani

Nimeona hii picha kwenye internet iliyopigwa mwaka 1905 enzi za Mjerumani kutawala Tanganyika Territory. Naona kama ni eneo la Forodhani Secondary School, St. Joseph Convent pale Posta ya zamani au?

Blogu Mpya ya Michuzi

Nawataarifu kuwa Kaka Michuzi amehamisha site yake:

Anwani mpya ni: http://isamichuzi.blogspot.com/

KARIBUNI!

Konyagi Part II

Kaka Michuzi alinipiga picha na chupa ya Konyagi. Nilitoka kuinunua kwenye kiosk pale City Centre. Duh, hizo chupa kubwa za Konyagi mbona zilikuwa adimu safari hii. Niliona chupa ndogo nyingi lakini kubwa mmmhh sikuziona!

Konyagi Juu!

Kwa habari zaidi ya Konyagi, kinywaji kikali cha aina ya pekee bofya hapa:

KONYAGI

Siti Binti Saad

Siti Binti Saad 1880-1950

Kama kungekuwa na uwezekano wa kurudi nyuma katika miaka na kukutana na mtu maarufu ambaye aliwahi kuishi duniani, ningependa sana nikutane na Bibi Siti Binti Saad.

Bila shaka kwa sasa kuna watu wengi Tanzania ambao hawajawahi kumsikia, lakini Bibi Siti Binti Saad ni mwanzilishi wa Taarab, Tanzania. Siti alizaliwa katika familia maskini huko Zanzibar, lakini aliweza kuchukua muziki iliyokuwa unaimbwa kwa kiarabu na kuanza kutunga nyimbo zake na kuimba kwa Kiswahili. Pia zamani taarab ulikuwa kwa ajili ya matajiri tu, lakini aliufanya uwe kwa ajili ya wote.

Bibi Siti pia alisafiri hadi India kurekodi santuri kadhaa. Mwanafunzi maarufu wa Bibi Siti, bado yu hai, naye ni mpendwa Bibi yetu, Bi Kidude.

Nina website kuhusu maisha ya Siti Binti Saad. Na ni:

http://groups.msn.com/SitiBintiSaad/tributetositibintisaad.msnw


Karibuni.

Sofia Records

CCrew ya Bongoland II wakiburudika na Coca-Cola nje ya ofisi za Sofia Records.

Sofia Records ni kampuni inayohusika na mambo ya filamu na muziki, inayomilikiwa na Bwana Mussa Kissoky. Makao makuu ya kampuni hiyo iko Mwananyamala Komakoma, mjini Dar es Salaam. Kampuni hiyo ilitoa mchango mkubwa katika kutengeneza filamu ya Bongoland II hasa kwa masuala ya Usafiri na kutafuta sehemu za kufanya filming (locations).

Kichekesho:

Kuna siku nilipanda hiyo gari ya Sofia Records kusudi tukanunue bidhaa fulani. Nilikaa kiti cha mbele.

Basi wakati tunangojea traffic kweneye ile barabara ya Mabibo kusudi tuingie Morogoro Road kijana aka approach gari. Aliniamkia vizuri. "Shikamoo Mama Sofia!" Huko nimesahau gari imeandikwaje, kwa mshangao niliitika,"Marahaba" maana sina mtoto ambaye anaitwa Sofia.

Kijana kaanza, "Mimi nina leseni ya kuendesha gari Grade C, na pia nimesomea udereva, naomba sana unitafutie kazi."

Huko bado nashangaa nikamwambia, "Sawa nikisikia kuna kazi sehemu nitakujulisha". Jamaa kanitajia na jina na wapi pa kumpata.

Basi tukaendelea na safari, ndo watu kwenye gari wakaniuliza kama nilielewa ilikuaje. Waliambia kuwa yule kijana alidhania mimi nahusika na hiyo kampuni na alikuwa anaomba kazi. Ama kweli jet lag kitu kibaya. Maana kama ningemwelewa mara moja ningemwambia mimi ni pasenja tu kwenye hiyo gari na salamu zake ningefikisha kwa mwenye hiyo kampuni.

Kwa sasa naona kijana kaona kuwa "Mama Sofia" kamwangusha.

Michuzi Blog & E-mail is Hacked! ONYO!

TANGAZO MUHIMU

Wanablogu, nimegundua sasa hivi kuwa Blogu na e-mail ya Muhidini Michuzi imekuwa hacked!

Kuna Tapeli Nigeria amefanya hivyo!

Nimeongea na Michuzi sasa hivi na anaomba watu wasambaze habari kuwa site imekuwa hacked na hiyo e-mail kuwa anaomba hela haitoki kwake.

Kwa sasa mnaweza kumpata kwenye e-mail issamichuzi@yahoo.com.

******************************************************************************************* E-mail iiyokuwa hacked ni hii: muhidin michuzi [issamichuzi@gmail.com]

How are you doing today? I am sorry i didn't inform you about my traveling to Africa for a program called "Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Lack of Education, the program is taking place in three major countries in Africa which is Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria.

It as been a very sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is very hard for me to explain. I am really stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, passport, documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $ 1550 and they wanted me to pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my bag and hand me over to the Hotel Management.,

I need this help from you urgently to help me back home, I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $1600 to feed and help myself back home so please can you help me with a sum of $3500 to sort out my problems here? I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here, I don't even have money to feed myself for a day which means i had been starving so please understand how urgent i needed your help.

I am sending you this e-mail from the city Library and I only have 30 min, I will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home so please let me know on time so that i can forward you the details you need to transfer the money through Money Gram or Western Union.

Thanks.

Muhidin Michuzi.

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NAWAKUMBUSHA KUWA HII HABARI NI UWONGO NA UNATOKA KWA TAPELI HUKO NIGERIA!