Monday, June 30, 2008
Kusogoa Chooni - Marudio
Tamasha la Kukata na Shoka Pwani nchini Kenya
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Humshindi huyo ndege kwa kucheza Ngoma!
Asante Da Subi kwa kuniletea hii kideo.
Cheki ndege anavyocheza kwa 'rhythm' kabisa! Lazima katoka Afrika huyo.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Makengeza
Friday, June 27, 2008
Picha ya Rais Kikwete
Kutoka Ippmedia.com
Picha ya Rais yabadilishwa 2008-06-27
Na Lucy Lyatuu
Serikali imebadilisha picha rasmi ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete kutokana na kubainishwa kuwa kwa kiwango kikubwa inaonyesha dalili za msongo wa mawazo ya kampeni za uchaguzi mkuu 2005.
Mkurugenzi wa Idara ya Habari (MAELEZO), Bw. Kassim Mpenda alitoa taarifa hiyo jana jijini Dar es Salaam. Alisema uamuzi wa kubadili picha hiyo umefikiwa kufuatia ushauri wa wataalam kwamba picha ya sasa haifai kuendelea kutumika kwa sababu hizo.
Alisema picha inayotumika hivi sasa ilipigwa baada ya Tume ya Taifa ya uchaguzi kumtangaza Rais Kikwete mshindi wa uchaguzi huo. Aliongeza kuwa makatibu wakuu na maofisa wafawidhi wengine wote wa ofisi za serikali kuu, serikali za mitaa, wakala na asasi nyingine zote za serikali wameshauriwa kuanza kutumia picha mpya ya Rais.
``Kila nakala ya picha hiyo itauzwa sh. 15,000 na zitapatikana mwanzoni mwa Julai katika Idara ya Habari. Wakati huo huo, serikali kupitia wizara ya Habari, Utamaduni na Michezo, imekamilisha uchapishaji wa bango la baraza jipya la mawaziri. Alisema nakala zake haziuzwi zinatolewa bure na ofisi ya Idara ya Habari (MAELEZO) kuanzia jana.
SOURCE: Nipashe
Kumbukumbu - Amina Chifupa
Wadau, ni mwaka moja tangu Mbunge maarufu na chipukizi, Amina Chifupa, atutoke. Sitasahau nilivyopata habari za kifo chake kutoka kwa kaka Michuzi.
Kaka Fadhili amatunga shairi safi ya kumkumbuka.
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Machozi hatujafuta, bado tunahuzunika,
Jina bado twaliita, kumbe ulishatutoka,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Ni vigumu kuamini, kuwa ilishatokea,
Machungu tele moyoni,vigumu kuyazowea,
Hupo tena duniani, mbali umeelekea,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Ni kama utani vile, ua letu kunyauka,
Nakumbuka siku ile, kichwani haitotoka,
Umekwenda zako kule, mwisho wako ‘lipofika,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Amina mpiganaji, mahiri wetu vijana,
Nasi tulikutaraji, ‘ngetusaidia sana,
Mambo yetu kuyahoji, majibu kupatikana,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Uliacha changamoto, kwenye timu ya taifa,
Sasa imepamba moto, yacheza kwa maarifa,
Na sasa tunayo ndoto, itat’ongezea sifa,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Bunge uliloliacha, sasa kumepambazuka,
Kwa hakika kumekucha, hoja zinajadilika,
Kwa mafisadi kwachacha, kwao moto unawaka,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Ila vita ya madawa, bado inasuasua,
Ingawa wanaelewa, moyoni ‘likusumbua,
Dhati kwao haijawa, bado hawajatatua,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Amina dada Amina,rafiki yetu wa kweli,
Kama ingewezekana, kulitenda jambo hili,
Basi tungeomba sana, uturejee kimwili,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Kimwili haupo nasi, kiroho tupo pamoja,
Ni kweli tunakumiss, tutakwona siku moja,
Familia yakumiss, Mungu aipe faraja,
Bado tunakukumbuka, rafiki yetu Amina.
Naweka kalamu chini, bado sisi twakupenda,
Upumzike kwa amani, mahali ulipokwenda,
Mahala pema peponi, malaika kukulinda,
BADO TUNAKUKUMBUKA, RAFIKI YETU AMINA.
WAPI Zanzibar Juni 29, 2008!
WAPI ZANZIBAR INAWALETEA:
Lile tamasha la kila mwezi ambalo huwakusanya pamoja wasanii mbalimbali katika kunadi kazi zao. Tamasha hili na nafasi pekee kwa wasanii ambao hawafahamiki sana kuweza kujitangaza na kuthibitisha vipaji vyao.Wasanii husika ni pamoja na Waimbaji, Ma emsii, wachezaji, wachoraji, wabunifu wa mavazi, wafumaji, wachekeshaji washairi, waigizaji na wengine wengi.
KWA MARA YA KWANZA WAPI ZANZIBAR INAWALETE MASHINDANO YA WASANII WA JUKWAANI PAMOJA NA WACHORAJI NA WASHINDI WATAPATIWA NAFASI YA KUSHIRIKI KATIKA TAMASHA LA KIMATAIFA LA NCHI ZA JAHAZI.
Tamasha litafanyika katika ukumbi wa Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort) kuanzia saa 9 Alasiri hadi saa 2 usiku.
KARIBUNI MADA YA MWEZI HUU NI SANAA NI AJIRA "iendeleze ikuwezeshe"
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Bi Kidude naye ni Supa Modo!
Wazimbabwe Wakatwa Mikono na Vidole! - Ushenzi wa Mugabe
Ruben Studdard Anaoa!
A representative for the former "Idol" confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Studdard, 29, plans a Saturday wedding. He and Surata Zuri McCants, 30, took out a marriage license on Monday, according to court records.
The Birmingham native, nicknamed the "Velvet Teddy Bear" on the show for his big frame and sonorous voice, has released three albums since his 2003 win, including the platinum CD "Soulful." He is working on a new album.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Ajali ya Fung Wah Bus mjini New York
Monday, June 23, 2008
Bongoland II itakuwa kwenye DVD hivi Karibuni
We have been busy getting ready to release BONGOLAND II on DVD. We are getting closer and closer...the date that we have planned to release the DVD is July 15th. More details to come.We are also proud to announce that Bongoland II was officially selected for the Zanzibar International Film Festival and the Black Harvest International Festival this is in Chicago.
Both of these film festivals will take place in the month of July. We are confident that there will be more festivals to come where you can possibly watch Bongoland II.
Please watch the blog to see how you can pre-order your new DVD.
In the meantime, we are working on two new projects. A documentary about the relationships between Africans and African Americans and a love story drama by a cast of mainly actors from Kenya. It is a Kenyan story by all measures.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Sisi Marafiki Tutapata Mimba Pamoja!
Kwa habari zaidi someni:
75th Anniversary Screen Actors Guild Celebration - Boston
SAG ilianzishwa mwaka 1933 kutetea haki za waigizaji wa sinema za Hollywood. Kabla ya hapo walikuwa wanateswa na wakati mwingine kuwa kama watumwa wa studios. Mnaweza kusoma historia ya SAG hapa. Bofya hapa.
Hapa niko na baadhi ya marafiki zangu ambao ni actors wa hapa Boston. Katikati ni rafiki yangu, Ellen Becker-Gray (gauni nyekundu) Kutoka Kushoto, Ron Murphy, Rob Gray, Paul, mimi, Doug Weeks na Maria.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Hongera Boston Celtics
Nafasi ya Kushinda Dola $200 - Mlioko Bongo
The survey is really short and takes about 2mins and they can be entered for a chance to win 200 bucks!!!
Please send it to as many people in those countries listed above and ask them to:
1) do the survey and
2) forward it to as many people as possible. Be sure to beg/plead/grovel on my behalf since am so desperate and really need A LOT of help and responses in this. Thank you in advance.
The link to the survey is: http://www.polldaddy.com/s/95308B1FD21947E9/
From Georgina Waweru
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Ubongo wa Shoga
Umeme Umerudi Zanzibar!
Sakata la Ukosefu wa Umeme Zanzibar
Imebidi watu wakumbuke enzi za mabibi na mababu zao na kununua vibatari, majiko ya mkaa/mchina, mishumaa, nk. Imebidi wakumbuke jinsi ya kuhifadhi vyakula kama nyama kwa kukausha na kuichoma. Wenye majenereta wana nafuu lakini wasio na uwezo wa kuwa na jenereta wanaumia.
Huo ukosefu wa umeme unaathiri uchumi wa Zanzibar. Biashara nyingi ziko karibu kufa hasa zilizotegemea friji na air condition! Hoteli za kitalii zinashindwa kutoa huduma nzuri, na kampuni ya umeme Zanzibar inasema inakosa kipatao cha shs. milioni 30 kwa siku. Hospitali hazina umeme, wanahitaji matibabu wanaathirika. Maji safi ni shida. Jamani!
Lakini cha kushangaza ni kwamba tangu ule bomba uunganishwe miaka 28 iliyopita, haikufanyiwa service. Kwanza ni ajabu kitu kama hicho kudumu miaka 28 bila matatizo. Lazima walioijenga walikuwa ni mafundi hasa. Tena inatembea chini ya bahari kwa km 38! Ni bahati kweli haikuharibika kabla ya May 2008.
Na kwa nini katika muda huo hakuna Zanzibar power generating station? Huo umeme kutoka bara ungekuwa wa ziada tu.
Wataalamu walitoka Norway kusaidia kuitengeneza. Na walikuwa wameagiza spea kutoka Afrika kusini. Lakini bado haijarekebishwa. Wataalamu wanasema kuwa huenda watakosa umeme mpaka mwezi wa tisa yaani Septemba!
Wadau mnaonaje hiyo tatitzo?
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Zanzibar without power for another 4 weeks - media
Thu 5 Jun 2008,
By William Sakala
ZANZIBAR (Reuters) - A power cut that hit the Zanzibar archipelago last month will continue for at least another four weeks until an undersea cable is fixed, an engineer working on the repairs was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
The cable linking Zanzibar to mainland Tanzania broke on May 21. It was damaged by a surge at a power station in Zanzibar following a blackout. Norway built the power station, which receives electricity from mainland Tanzania.
Local media quoted Hakon Hamre, an engineer with Norwegian firm Nexans, telling the semi-autonomous islands' deputy chief minister, Ali Juma Shamhuna, that Zanzibar should expect at least a month more without electricity.
"I cannot confirm when power will be restored, but we anticipate the repair works could last ... at least four weeks as the problem is unique," Hakon Hamre, an engineer with Norwegian firm Nexans, was quoted as saying by a privately owned daily newspaper, the Citizen.
Hamre is in the country to help engineers from the state-run utilities Zanzibar Electricity Company and Tanzania Electric Supply Company to fix the cable.
The outage has hurt the economy of Zanzibar, which relies largely on tourism. Businesses have had to resort to expensive diesel-powered generators and airlines now avoid night travel.
"We can not run a 100-room facility on generators for weeks," one hotel owner north of Zanzibar told Reuters.
Zanzibar has been receiving electricity for the last 28 years through the 38 km marine cable, which is reported never to have been serviced.
The lack of power has had a big impact on water supply and hospitals, while Zanzibar Electric Company says it is losing 30 million shillings a day in revenue.
The islands get their electricity from Tanzania's Kidatu hydro power plant, using an average of 40 Megawatts at any given time for its population of about 1 million.
They are the only Indian Ocean islands that fully depend on electricity supplied from the African continent and critics say they were unprepared for this blackout.
"This has been the mistake ... We have had many signals that an alternative source was needed but the government has not taken any action," opposition Civic United Front shadow energy minister, Hamad Masoud, told a news conference
Shughuli Washington D.C. Jumamosi 6-21-08
Jumuia ya waislam wa Washington D.C inawaalika watu wote kwenye hitma ya pamoja siku ya jumamosi hii Juni 21, 2008 saa tisa jioni. Tunanatarajia kuwa na hitma ya kuwarehemu marehemu na kuongelea mambo na mipango ya kufanya wakati wa mfungo mtukufu wa Ramadhani hapa D.C
Anuani ni:
North four corners local park,
211 south wood avenue,
silver spring, md, 20901.
Wote mnakaribishwa kutakuwa na soda kwa wingi, juisi nyama choma na mapochopocho ya kila aina. Kwa maelezo zaidi unaweza kuwasiliana na:
IDDY SANDALY -3016135165,
MGANGA MUHOMBOLAJE -2023740988,
SALEH LONDA -2402738871,
MAYOR MLIMA-3018068467
ZAINAB (ZAINA) BUZOHERA-2404132359, ASHURA (BONTO)-2404217017,
NURU MWAMENDE-2406039364.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Mr. Sulu anaoa!
Wazee Waja Juu! - Kuugua kwa Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe
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Kutoka ippmedia.com
Kuugua Dk. Mwakyembe: Wazee waja juu...!
2008-06-17
Siku chache tu baada ya Mbunge wa Jimbo la Kyela, Mhe. Dk. Harrison Mwakyembe kuugua ghafla wakati akiwa bungeni na kukimbiziwa kwenye zahanati ya ukumbi huo mjini Dodoma, limeibuka jopo la wazee mbalimbali maarufu mjini Kyela lililokuja juu na kudai kuwa kuumwa kwa mbunge wao huyo si bure na kwamba sasa wanajipanga katika kuhakikisha kuwa hadhuriwi na mambo ya kiuchawi.
Na kwa kuanzia, wazee hao wamesema tayari wameshaunda kamati ya wenzao kumi, ambao wamepiga kambi katika Kijiji cha Nduka kilichopo wilayani Kyela kwa ajili ya kupeana mbinu kali za kiulinzi kabla ya kufunga safari ya kuelekea Dodoma, ili hatimaye wakaonanane na mbunge wao huyo kipenzi na kumueleza kusudio lao la kumpa ulinzi kijadi.
Wakizungumza na PST mjini Kyela, wazee hao waliokataa kuandikwa majina yao gazetini kwa sababu walizodai kuwa ni za \'kiufundi\', wamesema kamati yao hiyo ya wazee kumi mahiri wa mambo ya kijadi, itaanza kwa kufuatilia kiundani ili kujihakikishia kile wanachoamini kuwa kweli, kuugua ghafla kwa mbunge wao huyo ndani ya Ukumbi wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kumetokana na kulogwa.
``Baada ya hapo, kama itabainika kuwa ugonjwa uliompata (Dk. Mwakyembe) umetokana na mikono ya watu wanaokwazika na kazi yake ya kututetea sisi na Watanzania wengine, kitakachofuata ni kumganga na kisha kumtengenezea ulinzi imara ili asidhuriwe tena,`` akasema mmoja wa wazee hao.
Wakasema wamepata wasiwasi mkubwa juu ya kuugua ghafla kwa mbunge wao huyo, hasa baada ya kusikia habari za kuwepo kwa hofu ya vitendo vya kishirikina kufanyika ndani ya Jengo la Bunge.
``Tunajua kuwa siku zote Serikali haiamini mambo haya... na hata mheshimiwa si mfuasi wa mambo haya. Lakini yeye ni mtu wetu muhimu sana. Tukigundua kuwa alichezewa, sisi tutamlinda kwa namna tunayoijua hata kama mwenyewe akikataa,`` mzee mwingine akaongeza.
Alasiri ilipojaribu kuwasiliana na Dk. Mwakyembe ili kupata maoni yake kuhusiana na kikosi cha wazee hao kinachodai kutaka kumpa ulinzi maalum, hakuweza kupatikana kwenye simu yake ya mkononi. Hata hivyo, kuna taarifa kuwa sasa Dk. Mwakyembe yuko buheri wa afya na jana alirejea tena Bungeni kwa ajili ya kuungana na wenzie katika kuijadili bajeti ya Serikali kwa mwaka wa Fedha wa 2008/09.
Dk. Mwakyembe amejijengea heshima kubwa baada ya Kamati yake iliyotumwa na Bunge kufuatilia mkataba tata baina ya Serikali na Kampuni ya Kuzalisha Umeme ya Richmond kuibua udhaifu mwingi, ambao mwishowe ulimfanya Waziri Mkuu Edward Lowassa na mawaziri wengine watatu kujiuzulu.
Aidha, umahiri wake ulimfanya Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Bwana Jakaya Kikwete amteue kuwa mmoja wa wajumbe waliounda Tume ya Jaji Bomani iliyopitia mikataba ya Madini na kuwasilisha mapendekezo yake (kwa Rais) hivi karibuni.
SOURCE: Alasiri
Monday, June 16, 2008
WaBunge Waogopa Kukalia Viti Vyao! Vina uchawi!
Ikiwa leo ni siku ya kwanza kwa wabunge kuingia tena ndani ya ukumbi wa Bunge baada ya kuwapo kwa uvumi wa kunyunyizwa vitu vinavyodhaniwa kuwa ni vya kichawi kwenye viti vyao, baadhi ya wabunge wameonekana leo asubuhi wakiwa bado wanahofia siti zao na hivyo kulazimika kuangalia na wengine kuvipangusa na leso zaidi ya mara moja kabla ya kuketi.
Bi Kizee Muaji
Mtazame vizuri huyo bi kizee pichani. Huyo ni Betty Johnson Neumar (76). Amekamatwa na polisi huko Charlotte, North Corolina kwa tuhuma za kumkodi mtu kumwua mume wake.
Huyo bibi aliolewa mara tano, na wanaume wake wote watano wamekufa. Moja kafa kwa kupigwa risasi (walisema alijipiga mwenyewe) miaka ya 1950's. Mwingine naye alikufa kwa kupigwa risas mwaka 1986. Mwingine kafa baada ya kupata infection ambato sasa wanadhani kuwa alilishwa sumu.
Watu wanasema kuwa alikuwa anasimulia hadithi za ajabu akiulizwa kuhusu vifo vya wanaume hao. Sasa polisi wanamchukuza kwa makini. Mbona miaka mingi imepita hivyo?
Kwa habari zaidi someni:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/16/cold.cases.ap/index.html
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHG3MzunhA7wcxcqqxhtTf4tUfzQD91B85IGJ
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/06/14/black-widow-betty-89520-20606477/
Seti la - The Surrogates huko Taunton, MA
Huyo nguruwe naye ni mwigizaji.
Kibao kinatueleza sehemu ya kusubiri mpaka kuitwa kwenda kwenye seti. Kampuni ambayo inatengeneza hii sinema ni Walt Disney. Walikodi mabasi ya kutupeleka huko, na haikuwa mbali.
Seti enyewe ilikuwa Paul Devers School, ambayo zamani ilikuwa shule maalum kwa ajili ya watoto wenye magonjwa ya akili. Kuna majengo kibao. Ni kama ghost town, maana majengo yote ni abandoned. Walituweka nje kwenye mahema, kwa vile walisema majengo hayako salama kwa vile zina asbestos ndani.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
MKenya abaka mvulana huko Philadelphia
Huko Philadelphia, nesi wa kiume ambaye alikuwa anaangalia vijana wenye upungufu wa akili , alimbaka moja wao. Kijana mwenyewe ana miaka 14. Wanasema mtoto ni kipofu, na hajiwezi.
Nesi ametambulika kama MKenya, Fred Magondu, 36. Kwanza nilidhani wamemsingizia lakini wana ushahidi wa DNA. Walipima shahawa zilizokuwa kwa yule kijana. Magondu mwenyewe ana mke na watoto! Jamani! Aibu kweli kwa familia yake.
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Mwenye kujifunza na ajifunze, mwenye kutoa onyo kwa wengine na atoe.
Subi
Male nurse charged with raping boy
By MATT COUGHLIN Bucks County Courier Times
A nurse caring for a physically and mentally impaired 14-year-old Bucks County boy is accused of raping the teen in April, according to police.
Fred Magondu, 36, a Kenyan national living on King Arthur Road in Philadelphia, was taken into custody at a Philadelphia nursing home Thursday afternoon and later arraigned on charges of molesting a child who was in his care.
Police said they learned of the rape April 30. The boy receives 24-hour nursing care because he is mentally and physically impaired, unable to speak and blind, police said. According to court records, another individual care nurse, who has been caring for the boy for about nine years, discovered injuries to the boy when she attempted to change his diaper after he arrived at school April 30.
The boy was first examined at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown and then transferred to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Doctors at both hospitals told police the boy was bleeding and bruised.
Police learned that Magondu, a Harleysville Pediatrics employee who has been caring for the boy for several months, was working at the victim's home from April 29 to 30. Magondu was allegedly alone with the boy from 5 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. before putting him on the bus to school, police said.
Investigators interviewed Magondu in early May at an unnamed Philadelphia nursing home where he works, according to court records. Magondu said that on April 30 the boy had been bleeding but the nurse believed it was a physical problem and had changed a set of soiled linens. Police collected a sample of Magondu's DNA and the boy's bed linens and sent them to National Medical Services for analysis.
In a report to police June 6, the laboratory said the linens tested positive for semen that matched Magondu's DNA and that the possibility of it being from another unrelated person was 1 in 7 trillion, according to court records.
Magondu was arraigned on multiple charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with minors and sent to Bucks County prison on $250,000 bail. If he is released, the judge ordered that Magondu have no contact with the child and surrender his passport to authorities.
Magondu has been a practical nurse since June 2006 and had renewed his license earlier this month, according to Department of State records. Those records list no prior disciplinary action. He also has an expired graduate permit that lists a prior address in Falls. During his arraignment Magondu told the judge he moved to Philadelphia from Fairless Hills with his wife and three children in January. He has no prior criminal record in Pennsylvania, according to state records.
The newspaper is withholding information about the teen to protect his identity.
Matt Coughlin can be reached at 215-949-4172 or mcoughlin@phillyBurbs.com.
June 13, 2008