Nilivyo Amka Leo!

AMEN! AMINA!

Moyo Unalia, Macho Yanacheka

 Mwimbaji ni Bi Shakila wa JKT Band

The Funeral of Tony Baretto in Dar

Celebrating the Life of Tony Baretto today at Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A short video by Kaka Michuzi.

Salamu Za Mwaka Mpya Kutoka Kwa Mama Bishanga

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MAMA BISHANGA

 

Wapendwa nyumbani TZ natumia nafasi hii kuwatakia heri ya mwaka mpya 2014 uwe wa Baraka na mafanikio kwetu na taifa letu kwa jumla. Nilipenda kuja Tz lakini ndoa imenishika ilibidi mimi na mume wangu tupite juu kwa juu hadi JHB na kurudi Ohio kuchapa kazi, na hali  ya Ohio ndio kama mnavyoiona ni winter kali sana, lakini ndani tulijirusha kama kawaida na mwanangu Kilian na wajukuu Mariam na Lalai Kamota kama mnavyoona,

 

Mwaka uliopita umeisha salama salimini ila tumepoteza watu maarufu akiwemo Tata Mandela baba na babu wa Africa na Tabu ley gwiji katika fani muziki naupenda kule Masasi  mzee Bellim kulikuwa na ile kitu ya kuzungusha mkono na kupiga santuri mama zangu wakicheza na baba yangu aliupenda sana ukawa unaimbwa kila kona na kubakia kichwani kwangu hadi sasa,kwa heshima tuwaombee walale mahali pema peponi, na mwaka uliisha vizuri kwa amani kwa aslimia kubwa ni fahari yetu na haki yetu kudumisha amani na upendo kifamilia na kitaifa. NAWATAKIA KILA LA HERI 2014

 

CHRISTINA I MAROLEN

MAMA BISHANGA

OHIO

Mama Bishanga na Mwanae Kiliana na Wajukuu

Funeral Arrangements for the Late Tony Barretto

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Salamu za Mwaka Mpya Kutoka Kwa Rais Kikwete

Happy New Year! Heri ya Mwaka Mpya!

Nawatakia wadau wote Heri ya Mwaka Mpya! 

Happy New Year!

Msiba - Tony Barreto

 The late Anthony Edgar (Tony) Barreto gave me many words of wisdom when I worked at Daily News (Tanzania Standard Newspapers) . He could be very funny too. May he rest in eternal peace. Amen.

 Tony Barreto is dead

Published on Wednesday, 01 January 2014

Written by DAILY NEWS Reporter

THE late Anthony Barreto.

A FORMER Advertising Manager with Tanzania Standard Newspapers Limited (TSN), Mr Anthony Barreto, is dead.

A brother-in-law to the late Barreto, Mr Diamond Carvalho, said in Dar es Salaam that the late Baretto died at his home in the city in the morning as he was preparing to go out.

He said the deceased’s body was sent to the Hindu Mandal Hospital for a postmortem and preservation, as the family is discussing the funeral arrangements.

Mr Carvalho told the ‘Daily News,’ where the late Barreto served for over a decade, that the burial will be held in the city either on Friday or Saturday depending on the arrival of the deceased’s relatives who are based abroad.

Prior to his death, Barreto owned a media consultancy and public relations firm in Dar es Salaam.

A close friend described ‘Tony’ as he was fondly called by friends as a ‘’cultured man who loved his roots’’. He was a stalwart at the Dar es Salaam Institute (Goan Club) in the city centre.

He leaves a widow, Pearl and two children, daughter Catherine-Rose and son John-Paul who are reportedly ‘’both enjoying success in their chosen fields.’’

Shukurani Kutoka Familia ya Isaac Mruma

Familia ya Mruma ya Dar es Salaam na Ugweno, Mwanga inatoa shukurani nyingi
kwa ndugu,jamaa,marafiki, majirani na Watanzania wote waliojitokeza kuwa
nao kwa njia tofauti katika kipindi cha msiba wa mtoto wao mpendwa Jerry
ambaye alifariki dunia Nairobi tarehe 17 Novemba na kuzikwa Dar es Salaam
tarehe 26 Novemba 2013.



Ni vigumu kutoa shukurani hizi kwa majina. Kwa njia ya kipekee, tunaomba
tuwataje wachache kwa niaba ya wote kama ifuatavyo:
Mheshimiwa Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa
Tanzania, Balozi wa Tanzania Kenya Mh. Dr. Batilda Burian na wafanyakazi
wa ubalozi, Mamlaka ya Mawasiliano Tanzania (TCRA), Mfuko wa Taifa wa
Hifadhi ya Jamii (NSSF), Kampuni ya magazeti ya Serikali ( Daily News na
Habari Leo); Uongozi na wanafunzi wa Chuo Kikuu cha USIU, Nairobi; Lee
Funeral Home, Nairobi; Bwana na Bibi Mutinda wa Athi River, Nairobi; Bwana
na Bibi Ouma wa Kitengela, Nairobi; Hoteli ya Ololoitikoshi
Resort, Kitengela; Mchungaji Kiongozi na wazee wa Usharika wa Mbezi Beach
wa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT), Jumuiya ya Betheli,
Mbezi Beach; Mheshimiwa CD Msuya; Waheshimiwa Wabunge wa Bunge la Afrika
Mashariki - Mh. Angela Kizigha, Mh. Nderakindo Kessy, Mh.Shyrose Bhanji,
Bwana na Bibi Kachenje wa Mbezi Beach; Swissport Dar es Salaam; Qnet
Kenya; Love Titans - Nairobi, Kenya; Kibosho Girls Reunion, Mbezi Beach Family.

 
Katika kipindi kama hiki ni rahisi kuishiwa na maneno ya kuelezea faraja
tuliyopata kwa namna mlivyokuwa nasi wakati wote na pia mlivyotuombea.
Maneno pekee yanayokuja haraka ni AHSANTENI SANA, MUNGU AENDELEE
KUWABARIKI.









Hotuba ya Mh. Zitto Kabwe Leo Huko Kigoma

 

Mh. Zitto Kabwe - File Photo

HOTUBA YA MH ZITTO Z. KABWE - KIGOMA – 21 DESEMBA 2013

Leo nina furaha kubwa sana kwani baada ya safari ndefu na yenye changamoto nimerudi nyumbani kuwasalimu wananchi wenzangu! Na hii si salamu za kawaida bali nawasalimu kwa salaam za demokrasia, uadilifu, uzalendo na uwajibikaji. Nawasalimu si kama mbunge bali kama mwana wenu wa Kigoma! Na popote niendapo najivunia kujitambulisha kama Mtanzania; kama mwenyeji wa mkoa wa Kigoma na zao la Ujiji.

 

Tuna mengi ya kujivunia kama taifa lakini Ujiji na watu wake mna nafasi ya pekee katika historia. Watu wa Ujiji mlipokea harakati za kudai uhuru wa nchi yetu mapema kabisa mapambano ya uhuru yalipoanza. Watu wa Ujiji mlikuwa wa kwanza kabisa kupokea mfumo wa vyama vingi mwaka 1992. Na Jimbo la Kigoma Mjini ilikuwa miongoni mwa majimbo ya mwanzo kabisa kutoa mbunge wa CHADEMA mwaka 1995. Kabla ya hapo mlitoa madiwani wengi mwaka 1994. Wakati Watanzania wengine wakiwa wanajiuliza mara mbili mbili kuhusu kujiunga na vyama vipya vilivyoanzishwa, watu wa Ujiji, watu wa Kigoma hamkusita kupokea mabadiliko. Wengi wamepoteza maisha yao, wengine kazi zao na wengine hata ndoa zao katika kupata mbegu ya mabadiliko katika nchi yetu. Nawataka msichoke. Wekeni nguvu mpya katika kusimika mabadiliko kwani bado kazi ya kuimarisha demokrasia katika nchi yetu haijaisha na inahitaji uvumilivu, kusameheana na kuaminiana.

 

Na nchi yetu Tanzania ni nchi inayoonyesha uwezo mkubwa katika kupendana, kuaminiana, kuvumiliana na hata kusameheana. Na haya si maneno tu ambayo ninayazungumza kama mwanasiasa. Hii ni hali halisi na maisha niliyoyaishi kwa mifano nilipokuwa ninakua na kusoma katika shule ya Msingi Kigoma na baadaye Shule ya Sekondari Kigoma. Malezi yangu yalikuwa yanaongozwa na jamii nzima ya Kigoma. Nimekuwa nikiwaeleza rafiki zangu niliokutana nao kwenye masomo na kwenye siasa kwamba nimeanza kuvaa viatu kwa mara ya kwanza nikiwa darasa la tatu. Viatu hivyo viliitwa 'asante Salim' vilivyokuwa vinatengenezwa na Kampuni ya Bora Shoes. Vililinunuliwa na mama Coretha Furugunya ambaye tulikuwa tunakaa mtaa mmoja wa Kisangani Mwanga. Mama Coretha hakuninunulia viatu kwa sababu alikuwa ana uwezo mkubwa, la hasha! Alifurahishwa na matokeo yangu ya mitihani ya darasa la pili kwenda la tatu. Ninaamini kitendo cha mama huyu ni ushahidi wa uungwana, upendo na hata uwajibikaji ambao tunao sisi watanzania. Uwajibikaji kwani alichukua jukumu kunilea ingawa hakuwa mzazi wangu, lakini aliona kuwa kama mwanajamii ana nafasi kubwa katika kuwaendeleza watoto wote. Jamii hii ya watu wa Kigoma ilinifunza kuwa nikijitahidi na kukazana kwa bidii kwenye masomo na majukumu, nitafanikiwa. Siwezi kusahau somo hili katika maisha yangu na ni somo hili ndilo limenifanya nijitahidi kwa kadiri ya uwezo wangu kuwatumikia kwa uadilifu na mafanikio ya hali ya juu sana.

 

Nikiwa nimejaa matumaini haya kuhusu wananchi wenzangu, leo nataka niwakumbushe kwa nini kama jamii tulichagua kufuata njia ya demokrasia. Demokrasia ina maana pale ambapo inatumika kuleta mabadiliko chanya kwenye maisha ya wananchi. Maisha yanayotakiwa ni yale yanayomwezesha mwananchi kupata huduma zake stahili kama Elimu, Afya, Maji na miundombinu. Demokrasia haina maana pale wananchi wanakufa njaa kwa kukosa ajira na kukuza umasikini. Demokrasia inahusu maendeleo. Tumejitahidi kwa upande wetu kuondoa mkoa wa Kigoma kutoka mikoa isiyo na miundombinu kabisa ya maendeleo mpaka kuwa mkoa unaotumika kama mfano kwa miradi mingi ya Maendeleo ikiwemo Daraja la Malagarasi, Uwanja wa ndege wa Gombe-Mahale, barabara za lami na upanuzi wa Bandari, ujenzi wa bandari ndogo mpya na ujenzi wa kituo cha Usafirishaji Mwandiga. Asije mtu akasema yeye ndio kafanya haya. Haya ni matunda ya nyinyi watu wa Kigoma kupokea demokrasia na bila woga kuchagua viongozi wenu bila kujali vyama bali kwa kuangalia uwezo. Haya ni matunda ya viongozi wenu kupaza sauti yenu kwenye baraza la Taifa, Bunge. Haya ni matunda ya uvumilivu wenu na uamuzi wenu wa kutaka maendeleo. Juhudi hizi lazima ziendelezwe kwa nguvu zote ili kuhakikisha kuwa nafasi ya mkoa wa Kigoma katika uchumi wa Tanzania inaonekana dhahiri na hivyo kuchochea maendeleo ya nchi yetu kwa kuwa kituo cha biashara katika nchi za maziwa makuu.

 

Lakini tukumbuke pia kuwa Demokrasia ni Uwajibikaji. Katika kipindi cha utumishi wangu kwenu,kutokana na malezi niliyoyapata kutoka kwenu,nimekuwa mstari wa mbele kuhakikisha kuwa Serikali inawajibika kwa Wananchi. Nakumbuka wakati napambana kuhusu sheria mbovu ya madini kuna watu hapa nyumbani walisema 'sasa huyu kawa mbunge wa Taifa' lakini watu wengi zaidi wakasema tumemtuma Dodoma kusemea Watanzania wote na sio Kigoma tu. Tuliweza ndani ya miaka mitano kufanya mabadiliko makubwa sana kwenye sera ya Madini na sheria ya madini ambapo baadhi ya mambo ambayo yalikuwa hayafikiriki sasa yametungiwa sheria ikiwemo Serikali kuwa na hisa kwenye migodi, Tanzanite kumilikiwa na Watanzania sio chini ya asilimia 50 na kuzuia kabisa wageni kuchimba vito vya thamani. Uwajibikaji ulipelekea kumshinikiza Rais kufanya mabadiliko makubwa ya Baraza la Mawaziri kwa kuwafukuza mawaziri wanane mwaka jana. Hii ilitokana sio tu na hoja ya kutokuwa na imani na Waziri Mkuu bali pia ushiriki mkubwa wa wananchi kupitia simu na mitandao ya kijamii ambapo wabunge walishinikizwa kuweka saini kwenye karatasi za kumtoa Waziri Mkuu. Toka wakati huo kumekuwa na utaratibu sasa ambapo wabunge hawaoni taabu kutaka uwajibikaji waziwazi ili kuzuia ubadhirifu wa fedha za Umma. Ni hivi jana tumeshuhudia mawaziri wanne wamejiuzulu na kufukuzwa kazi kutokana na kashfa ya operesheni Tokomeza ujangili iliyoibuliwa na ripoti ya kamati ya bunge. Mabadiliko haya ni hatua muhimu katika kuimarisha demokrasia yetu.

Pamoja na matunda haya mengi mazuri lakini bado kuna changamoto katika juhudi zetu.

 

Changamoto kubwa tuliyonayo wananchi ni kukosekana kwa imani katika demokrasia yetu.

Kutoaminiana. Ni dhahiri kuwa kutoaminiana katika nchi yetu kumekuwa kwa kiasi kikubwa. Taarifa za kitafiti zinaonyesha kuwa katika kila Watanzania kumi, wanane hawaaminiani. Ni changamoto kubwa sana. Wananchi wameacha kutuamini wanasiasa na wanasiasa wameacha kuaminiana wenyewe kwa wenyewe. Hivi sasa uongo umegeuzwa kuwa ukweli na ukweli umekuwa ni uongo. Hivi sasa ukitaka kuwa mwanasiasa maarufu inabidi ujue kudanganya na ukitaka kuitwa mwanasiasa msaliti inabidi uwe msema kweli. Kukosekana kwa uaminifu na kuaminiana imekuwa ni kansa katika siasa zetu. Itachukua muda mrefu sana kujenga demokrasia imara katika nchi yetu kama hatutapata jibu la changamoto hii ya kutoaminiana na kugeuza uongo kuwa ukweli na ukweli kuwa uongo. Hivi sasa ukweli umekuwa unatengenezwa badala ya kutafutwa. Ni majanga! Juzi bungeni Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali alielekeza shutuma kwangu kwamba sikushirikiana na kamati maalum iliyoundwa na Bunge kufuatilia mabilioni ya uswisi na kwamba chini ya kiapo nilisema sina majina ya watu wenye akaunti huko Uswisi. Huu ulikuwa ni uongo. Ni uongo kwa sababu niliitika wito wa kamati hata nilipokuwa katika mafunzo ya mgambo huko Tanga na nilikutana nao mara nne. Ni uongo kwa sababu niliwapa wajumbe wa Kamati Maalaum maelezo na taarifa nyingi sana kuhusu utoroshwaji wa fedha nje ya nchi na umiliki wa mali nje ya nchi kinyumecha sheria. Ni uongo kwa sababu mimi kutotaja majina haya haina maana sina majina, bali ni kwamba ninaheshimu utaratibu na nimeachia vyombo husika vikamilishe uchunguzi. Kwani mimi kama mtu binafsi nikianza kuchukua majukumu ya taasisi ninaweza kutia dosari harakati hizi muhimu na hata kupelekea mchakato mzima kuvurugika. Sitaingia mtego huu! Lakini hatua hii ya Mwanasheria Mkuu imenipelekea kujiuliza maswali mengi kwa mfano uongo kama huu ulifanywa kwa malengo gani? Na ninajikuta hata mimi ninaingia katika hali ninayoilalamikia ya KUTOAMINIANA. 

 

Lakini mtambue pia kuwa kutoaminiana kunaleta kutovumiliana. Hivi sasa kuwa na mawazo tofauti katika vyama vya siasa au hata asasi za kijamii ni uhaini. Lakini bila kuenzi tofauti za mawazo hatuwezi kujenga vyama imara wala Taifa imara. Demokrasia imara ni zao la tofauti za mawazo na uhuru wa mawazo. Kama hatuwezi kujenga vyama vinavyorutubisha uhuru wa mawazo na tofauti za mawazo, tutajenga Taifa lenye watu wenye kuogopa na waliojaa woga. Wanachama wanapoogopa uongozi ni udikteta, lakini uongozi unapoogopa wanachama ni demokrasia. Bila demokrasia ya uwazi na kuvumiliana tutakuwa Taifa la kidikteta. Lazima vyama vya siasa, viongozwe kwa namna ile ile ambayo Taifa litaongozwa.

 

Demokrasia bila kuaminiana, demokrasia bila kuvumiliana sio demokrasia ya kweli.

Juzi nilipoingia Bungeni kwa mara ya kwanza baada ya matukio kadhaa yanayoendelea ndani ya chama chetu nilikaa pamoja na mbunge Tundu Lissu. Wabunge wengine walidhani tutarushiana ngumi na badala yake ikawa ni vicheko na mazungumzo. Hii ni kwa sababu sina chuki na mtu yeyote yule. Mmenifunza kutojenga chuki na watu na badala yake kuchukua kila tukio kama changamoto ya maisha. Siasa ni kupambanisha mawazo tofauti na hatimaye kutafuta suluhu ya pamoja. Na siasa ina misingi yake ambayo sisi wanasiasa huwa tunasahau kwa maksudi. Msingi wa siasa ni kuwa inapaswa kuleta unafuu wa maisha ya wananchi na sio malumbano tu ya kurushiana maneno na kuzushiana ili kujijengea umaarufu wa kisiasa. Siasa si kuwekeana chuki na kuonyeshana ubabe.

Na hapo ni muhimu muelewa wanaKigoma mnapoambiwa kuwa eti ninapofuatilia mabilioni ya Uswisi ninatafuta umaarufu, ni uongo! Mnaposikia eti kukataa kwangu kuchukua posho ni unafiki na kujitafutia umaarufu, ni uongo! Kinachonisukuma kufanya vyote hivi ni ninyi. Ninasukuwa kila ninapowaona watoto bado wanatembea bila viatu;kila ninapoona akina mama wanapoteza maisha yao katika uzazi;kila ninapoona vijana ambao hawana uhakika wa kupata hata mlo moja kwa siku kwa kukosa kazi; ninapoona wazee wa Kigoma kukosa hata shilingi mia moja kununua chai asubuhi. Ninawaona si wanaKigoma bali mamilioni ya watanzania wakiishi katika hali hii. Alafu nalinganisha na taarifa tunazozipata kuhusu ufujaji na utoroshwaji wa pesa zetu. Hebu sasa linganisheni na ukweli kuwa ripoti ya kimataifa iliyotolewa hivi karibuni imeonyesha kuwa mwaka 2010 pekee, jumla ya dola za kimarekani milioni 1315 (bilioni 1.3), yaani shilingi trilioni  2,113,930,000,000 (sh trilioni 2.1) zilitoroshwa kutoka nchini Tanzania. Mwaka 2011 kiasi cha dola za kimarekani milioni 817 yani shilingi za kitanzania zipatazo trilioni 1,315,370,000,000 (trilioni 1.3) zilitoroshwa. Ripoti hiyo inaeleza kuwa jumla ya fedha za Watanzania zilizotoroshwa nje ya nchi katika miaka kumi iliyopita zilifikia dola za kimarekani milioni 4526 (bilioni 4.5) sawa na shilingi za kitanzania trilioni 7,286,860,000,000 (trilioni 7.3).  Nimewatajia hapa namba chungu nzima na matrilioni na mabilioni hayaleti maana. Lakini hii ina maana kwamba kiasi cha pesa zilizotoroshwa katika miaka 10 pesa - robo yake tuingeweza kujenga barabara ya lami ya kiwango cha juu kabisa kutoka Kigoma mpaka Dar-es-salaam! Pesa hizi zingeweza kuajiri na kuwalipa vizuri walimu, madaktari na wafanyakazi wengine ili kuhakikisha tunapata huduma bora na kutengeneza ajira bora kwa vijana wetu. Pesa hizi zingeweza kununua madawa muhimu na kuokoa maisha ya maelfu ya akina mama tunaowapoteza kila mwaka wakati wa uzazi. Pesa hizi zingeweza kuwanunulia watanzania wote si watoto tu angalau pea 10 ya viatu. Sasa nikitafakari haya siwezi kuchapa usingizi mnono na kufumbia macho utoroshwaji wa fedha au matumizi mabaya ya fedha za umma kwa njia ya sisi wabunge kujilipia posho! Hapana! Nafsi yangu hainiruhusu kukaa kimya kwa kuogopa kuitwa mbinafsi au msaliti!

 

Lakini naomba niwasihi kuwa katika nyakati kama hizi za changamoto za kisiasa jambo la msingi kuliko yote ni kutulia maana hakuna linalotokea bila sababu. Licha ya kwamba kuna watu wengi wanapaza sauti zao katika mambo haya lakini pia kuna wengi zaidi ambao wapo kimya lakini wana mawazo yao, ndani na nje ya chama chetu;ndani na nje ya Serikali na ndani nanje ya nchi yetu. Ndio maana lazima kuibadili nchi yetu ili kuweza kuhakikisha kila raia anakuwa na fursa ya kutoa mawazo na fikra zake zinakuwa huru.

 

Maisha ni mabadiliko; mabadiliko hayana ukomo; mabadiliko hayazuiliki kwa sababu bila mabadiliko hakuna ukuaji, bila mabadiliko hakuna maendeleo. Mabadiliko ni kiu kikubwa cha Tanzania kwa sababu mabadiliko huleta matumaini. Na kiu hii ni kubwa zaidi kwetu sisi vijana wa kizazi hiki kipya. Siasa za kizazi kipya cha viongozi ni siasa za majawabu ya kero za wananchi. Siasa za mabadiliko ni siasa za kujenga na kuimarisha; ni siasa za kuaminiana na kuheshimiana hata pale mnapopingana kimawazo. Ninataka tujenge siasa mpya Tanzania;siasa za mabadiliko; siasa zinazojenga matumaini ya kweli;siasa zinazowajali na kuwajengea uwezo wananchi wa Tanzania. Mungu ibariki Tanzania.

Pray for Jahi McMath (Currently on LIfe Support)

UPDATE:   Jahi's mother released a photo of her holding Jahi's hand last night Friday December 20, 2013.

Jahi's Mom holds her hand

Jahi McMath

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Friday ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy.

   The ruling by Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo came as both sides in the case agreed to get together and chose a neurologist to further examine 13-year-old Jahi McMath and determine her condition. The judge scheduled a hearing Monday to appoint a physician.

   The girl's family sought the court order to keep Jahi on a ventilator while another opinion is sought. They left the courtroom without commenting.

   The family says doctors at Children's Hospital Oakland wanted to disconnect life support after Jahi was declared brain dead on Dec. 12.

   After her daughter underwent a supposedly routine tonsillectomy and was moved to a recovery room, Nailah Winkfield began to fear something was going horribly wrong.

   Jahi was sitting up in bed, her hospital gown bloody, and holding a pink cup full of blood.

   "Is this normal?" Winkfield repeatedly asked nurses.

   With her family and hospital staff trying to help and comfort her, Jahi kept bleeding profusely for the next few hours then went into cardiac arrest, her mother said.

   Despite the family's description of the surgery as routine, the hospital said in a memorandum presented to the court Friday that the procedure was a "complicated" one.

   "Ms. McMath is dead and cannot be brought back to life," the hospital said in the memo, adding: "Children's is under no legal obligation to provide medical or other intervention for a deceased person."

   In an interview at Children's Hospital Oakland on Thursday night, Winkfield described the nightmarish turn of events after her daughter underwent tonsil removal surgery to help with her sleep apnea.

   She said that even before the surgery, her daughter had expressed fears that she wouldn't wake up after the operation. To everyone's relief, she appeared alert, was talking and even ate a Popsicle afterward.

   But about a half-hour later, shortly after the girl was taken to the intensive care unit, she began bleeding from her mouth and nose despite efforts by hospital staff and her family.

   While the bleeding continued, Jahi wrote her mother notes. In one, the girl asked to have her nose wiped because she felt it running. Her mother said she didn't want to scare her daughter by saying it was blood.

   Family members said there were containers of Jahi's blood in the room, and hospital staff members were providing transfusions to counteract the blood loss.

   "I don't know what a tonsillectomy is supposed to look like after you have it, but that blood was un-normal for anything," Winkfield said.

   The family said hospital officials told them in a meeting Thursday that they want to take the girl off life support quickly.

   "I just looked at the doctor to his face and I told him you better not touch her," Winkfield recalled.

   The family filed a request Friday for a temporary restraining order prohibiting the hospital from taking Jahi off life support or any of her other current treatment.

   At the hearing later, the hospital's attorney, Doug Straus, said two doctors unaffiliated with the hospital examined Jahi and concluded that she was brain dead. But he said, "We're happy to cooperate with the judge's suggestion that an independent expert be provided to confirm yet again that brain death is the outcome that has occurred here."

   The family's attorney, Christopher Dolan, said the family wanted independent tests of their own because they do not believe the hospital's physicians are sufficiently independent.

   "There is mistrust and there is a conflict of interest," he said.

   Judge Grillo said he would grant the restraining order in hopes that a resolution could be reached by Christmas to give the family peace of mind.

   Hospitals do a barrage of sophisticated tests to determine brain death, said Dr. Cristobal Barrios, an associate professor and a trauma and critical care surgeon at the University of California, Irvine. He is not involved in Jahi's care and spoke about general hospital protocols.

   The tests include touching a patient's cornea to elicit a blink, moving a breathing tube to stimulate a gag reflex, tickling the back of the throat to bring on a cough, and applying pressure or pain.

   If the patient fails to respond to all of those tests, doctors remove the breathing tube for a few minutes. If there is any brain activity, the patient should begin breathing within a few minutes, he said.

   In some cases, doctors will also draw a blood sample, add radioactive tags and re-inject it into the body to track where it flows. If the blood doesn't flow to the brain, Barrios said, there is no brain activity.

   Generally, two teams of specialists must run the tests and determine independently that the patient is brain dead, he said. At UC Irvine, those evaluations must take place 12 hours apart if the patient is a child.

   Barrios said it's not unusual for family members to resist a diagnosis of brain death.

   While the hospital is not obligated to keep life support going after that diagnosis, Barrios has left brain dead patients hooked up for up to five days while family members move toward acceptance, he said.

   "I understand why sometimes for families it's devastating and confusing," he said.

Chai na Mwandishi Nguli wa Kiswahili

Kaka Freddy Macha alibahatika kukutana na kumhji Nguli wa Kiswahili Abdilatif Abdalla.

MWANAHARAKATI WA KISWAHILI-ABDILATIF ABDALLA

BOFYA HAPA KUSOMA HABARI ZAIDI ;

Mimi Katika Sinema American Hustle

Mcheza sinama wa Hollywood, Amy Adams akionyesha nguo yake ya kuogogelea ya kuvutia. Mimi niko nyuma yake.

Wadau, sinema America Hustle inatoka wiki hii. Kama utaenda kuiona hebu tazama hiyo scene inayotokea kwenye party kwenye nyumba ya matajiri enye bwawa ya kuogelea. Mimi niko katika scene hiyo tena nimevaa nguo ya kuogelea. Tulipiga hiyo scene mwezi wa pili kukiwa na theluji na barafu nje!

Waigizaji wenzangu wa hapa Boston tumefurahi sana maana wengi tumepata nafasi kuwa katika hiyo sinema, na wengine hata kubahatika kupata nafai ya kuongea.  Kweli waigizaji wa Boston tunapiga htaua.

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Paul Walker & Nelson Mandela

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REST IN PEACE PAUL WALKER & THE HONORABLE NELSON MANDELA (MADIBA)

Mh. Angela Kairuki Yuko Kwenye Listi ya Forbes

Mhe. Kairuki

Naibu Waziri wa Sheria na Katiba Mhe. Angela Jasmine Kairuki (37) ametajwa katika  jarida la kimataifa la Forbes kuwa ni mmoja wanawake vijana 20 wenye nguvu barani Afrika mwaka huu. 

 Katika toleo lake la hivi karibuni chini ya kichwa cha habari ‘The 20 Young Power Women in Africa 2013’, jarida la Forbes linamuorodhesha Mhe Kairuki sambamba na wanawake wengine 19 kama vijana wa kike wenye nguvu kwa nafasi zao kikazi na kibiashara. 

Kutajwa kwa Mhe Kairuki katika orodha hiyo kumezua msisimko katika mawasiliano ya mtandao wa 'twitter' ambapo Watanzania wengi wamekuwa wakielezea furaha na fahari zao kwa kuona Mtanzania mwenzao, tena mwanamke kijana, anatambulika kimataifa kwa utendaji wake.

Mhe. Angela Kairuki akitembelea Jeshi la Magereza
 katika mojawapo ya shughuli zake za kikazi

 Wanawake wengine waliotajwa na jarida hilo ni Mimi Alemayehou (Ethiopia) Makamu wa RAis Mtendaji wa Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),   Vera Songwe(Cameroon) Mkurugenzi Mkazi World Bank Senegal, na Tara Fela-Durotoye (Nigeria) Mwanzilishi wa House Of Tara.

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Wengine ni NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) Mtunzi wa vitabu, Minoush Abdel-Meguid (Misri) Mwekezaji, mjasiriamali na mwendesha benki,  Ola Orekunrin (Nigeria) Daktari na Mwanzilishi wa The Flying Doctors,  Sibongile Sambo (Afrika Kusini) Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu na Mwanzilishi wa SRS Aviation,  Lupita Nyong’o (Kenya) Mwigizaji na mtengeneza filamu,    Amini Kajunju (Congo DRC) Rais na Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Africa-America Institute na  Folake Folarin-Coker (Nigeria) Mbunifu wa mitindo.

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Tanzania Kuomboleza Kifo cha Nelson Mandela Kwa siku Tatu

TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI

 

Rais wa Jamhuri Ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete amemtumia Salamu za rambirambi Rais Jacob Zuma wa Afrika ya Kusini  na kupitia kwake, kwa mkewe Bi. Graca Machel, wanafamilia wote na wananchi wote wa Afrika ya Kusini kufuatia kifo cha Mzee Nelson Mandela kilichotokea  tarehe 5 Desemba, 2013 baada ya kuugua kwa muda mrefu.

Rais ameuelezea msiba huu kuwa ni msiba mkubwa kwetu sote.
"Afrika ya Kusini, Afrika na dunia kwa ujumla imepoteza mtu mashuhuri na shujaa mkubwa wa Karne ya 20 na 21.Tunaelewa  machungu waliyonayo wananchi wa Afrika ya Kusini kwa kupoteza kiongozi shupavu, jasiri, mwana mapinduzi , mvumilivu na mstahimilivu". Ameongeza Rais Kikwete.

Rais amemuelezea  Mzee Mandela kuwa ni  kielelezo cha aina yake kwa wanadamu kwa moyo wake wa kusamehe, huruma na upendo uliomuwezesha  kuwaunganisha wananchi wa Afrika ya Kusini kuwa  taifa moja baada ya kipindi kirefu cha mapambano dhidi ya ubaguzi wa rangi.

"Mandela  ni mfano bora kwa wanadamu wa  jinsi binadamu muungwana anavyopaswa kuwa . Ni wajibu wa wana Afrika Kusini, Afrika na dunia kwa jumla kuiga mfano wake hasa moyo wake wa uzalendo, kujitolea hata maisha yake kwa ajili yake na wananchi wenzake" .Rais ameongeza kusema, "Tuzidi kumuombea kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ailaze roho ya Marehemu Mzee Mandela  mahali pema peponi".

Kufuatia kifo hicho Rais ametangaza siku 3 za maombolezo kuanzia leo tarehe 6 hadi 8 Disemba, 2013.

Aidha, Mheshimiwa Rais ameagiza  kuwa katika siku hizo 3 bendera zote zipepee  nusu mlingoti.

Mwisho.

 

Imetolewa na;

Premi Kibanga,

Mwandishi wa Habari wa Rais Msaidizi,

Ikulu,

DAR AS SALAAM.

06 Desemba,2013

Rest in Eternal Peace Nelson Mandela

Photo by AFP 1994

REST IN ETERNAL PEACE 

THE HONORABLE NELSON MANDELA (MADIBA)

1918-2013

1.6 Million People Living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania - THMIS REPORT

Ag. UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Jama Gulaid, speaks to his fellow UN staffs to mark the Commemoration of the World Aids Day at Karimjee hall in Dar es Salaam.

By. Staff Reporter

THE Latest Tanzania HIV and Malaria indicator Survey (THMIS) 2011 to 2012 interviewed 10,967 female and 8,352 male age group between 15-49 shows that there are 1.4 million to 1.6 million people living with HIV in the country.

Speaking to his Colleagues during the Commemorations of World Aids Day, Acting UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Jama Gulaid said that HIV prevalence is 5.1 percent and the occurrence is higher among women than men is estimated between 6.2 percent versus 3.8 percent

“HIV prevalence among young women is higher than among young men – particularly for youth age 23- 29 where women are three times more likely to be infected than men,” he said.

He added that high vulnerability of young women to contract HIV would require an additional individual and national effort, to ensure that associated structural factors are addressed.

Gulaid said that it is also critical to have a comprehensive sexual reproductive education in the communities and it’s vital that each and every one should discuss about HIV/Aids with their children.

“As we are all aware, World AIDS Day is celebrated on the 1st of December every year for the purpose of raising awareness about HIV and AIDS and to demonstrate International Solidarity to respond to this global pandemic,” he added.

UNAIDS Country Director, Patrick Brenny gives his opening remarks during the Commemoration of the World Aids Day at Karimjee hall in Dar es Salaam.

He noted that the global theme for World AIDS Day from 2011-2015, as selected by the World AIDS Campaign is ‘Getting to Zero’ and the campaign focuses on Zero New Infections, Zero Stigma and Discrimination and as a result Zero AIDS related deaths.

Gulaid underscored that the reports from Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as of 2012 shows that remarkable progress has been made over the last decade, yet significant challenges remain. As of 2012.

He went on to say that globally there are 35.3 million people living with HIV while there are new 2.3 million HIV infections and among those, there 960,000 new HIV infections that prevail among women aged 15 and above and 260,000 new HIV infections among children below the age of 5.

“28.6million PLHIV are in need of treatment, however only 9.7million (34 percent ) PLHIV are accessing HIV treatment; 1.25 million Children in need of HIV treatment did not have access; There are 1.6million AIDS related deaths, Furthermore reports inform that 2 million adolescents (10 to 19 years) are living with HIV,” he clarified .

Beatrice Mkiramweni from the UN Resident Coordinator's Office shares her experience on HIV/AIDS to her fellow colleagues.

According to him that the report further informs that there are 86,000 estimated new HIV infections annually (between age 15-49years).

He explained further that the use of Condom is very low. Only 27 percent of the interviewees were conversant on the importance of consistent use of both female and male condoms, however only 8.3 percent reported using of condoms.

“I wish to emphasize here, that, in order to achieve the ‘Getting to Zeroes’, it is important to practice a “Shared Responsibility” as each one of us has a role to play in order to achieve “AIDS-Free Generation.” He noted.

Gulaid noted that today more than 30 years with HIV/Aids epidemic, the world should stop the epidemic to continue to kill thousands of young boys and girls around the globe.

Dialogue session...“Achieving Zero Stigma & Discrimination” .

UN Operations Adviser, Mr George Otoo (left) in a tête-à-tête with Ag. UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Jama Gulaid during the event.

Great to meet you.....UN Communications Analyst, Hoyce Temu (left).

Mjomba Band Entertaining UN Staff with a special message.

Enjoying the Entertainment.