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Kutoka ippmedia.com
Bombs defused safely
2009-05-08
By Felister Peter and Correspondent Zuwena Shame
There was palpable panic among residents of Dar es Salaam`s Mbagala suburb yesterday as the time for detonation of 75 bombs drew near.
The reason: many relived memories of last week`s accidental bomb explosions that have claimed more than 20 lives and left over 4,000 families homeless.
However, a special team of Tanzania People`s Defence Forces (TPDF) field engineers defused the bombs without incident.
Military and other authorities monitoring the detonation exercise spoke of a generally smooth execution of the operation, whose conclusion now suggests that people inhabiting surrounding areas can live without fear of similar destructive blasts in the future.
Despite official assurances by political leaders and the army that yesterday`s explosions would cause no harm to people or their property, scores of families fled the area set aside for the detonation exercise hours earlier.
Defence and National Service minister Hussein Mwinyi announced on Wednesday that bombs which did not go off during last week`s tragic incident but had lost ``stability`` would be detonated yesterday afternoon.
He called on residents of areas near the military camp where the accident occurred, which was also earmarked for yesterday`s event, to keep at least 500 meters away.
But that distance sounded too close for comfort for the devastated residents, most of whom appeared completely unable to withstand any further explosions.
Long queues were seen yesterday as people vacated the area since early morning, many using public transport to go to distant destinations like Kongowe, Yombo Vituka, Kibada as well as Ikwiriri in Coast Region.
Mbagala Kuu and Maendeleo primary schools remained closed for the rest of the afternoon, with parents and guardians taking their children away from the vicinity.
They did not want the children to experience more deafening blasts and the risk of death or injuries.
The accidental explosions at the military stockroom at Mbagala on Wednesday last week left 25 people dead and caused massive destruction to property, with at least 4,631 houses destroyed or seriously damaged.
Hours before yesterday`s detonations, armed police and military officers were seen patrolling the area to make sure that everything was set for the smooth implementation of the exercise.
An ongoing exercise to verify the extent of the destruction and the assistance needed by surviving victims of the earlier explosions was suspended, as most members of families in need of help had long moved to safer ground.
The entire area was all but deserted, with shops, restaurants and other businesses at the local market remained closed. Calls for patience had done little to calm nerves.
Hemedi Seukwa, whose house was reduced to rubble in last week’s tragic incident, said his wife and three children had left for Mtoni Kijichi - some 2 km away - hours earlier and were unlikely to return before nightfall.
``My wife told me that she would not return before Sunday, and then only upon being assured of normalcy. I am taking care of what few earthly belongings we are left with, or thieves will disappear with everything.
And I too must leave this danger zone now,``explained a panicky Seukwa, as he gathered his belongings ready for departure.
Moments later, the firing started. The subsequent two hours of scheduled deafening explosions, from around 5pm, brought most routine activities in the area to a standstill.
The bomb explosions brought a totally new experience to the majority of the people, residents of a country that has known decades of uninterrupted peace and tranquility.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the detonations, Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner William Lukuvi said the exercise was a resounding success.
``It was very professionally and successfully executed. There was neither loss of life or limb nor damage to property,`` he noted.
He added that the bombs destroyed were those which remained in the ill-fated armoury and not the ones collected from residential areas after last week`s blasts.
But The Guardian witnessed two people, Mbagala woman Matilda Saidi and Balili Secondary School student Rosemary Daniel, faint shortly after the first explosions. They were immediately whisked away by Red Cross staff for first aid.
Meanwhile, Lukuvi told journalists that a woman injured in last week`s blasts died yesterday, bringing the number of people killed in the tragic incident to 26.
He said Temeke municipal hospital had reported receiving 18 more people hurt in the first blasts, ten of whom were attended to and discharged and the rest were admitted.
SOURCE: Guardian
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John Bwire Mei 6, 2009
HABARI kwamba Serikali inakabiliwa na uhaba wa mahema 550 yanayohitajika kwa ajili ya waathirika wa ajali ya mabomu ya Jeshi la Ulinzi la Wananchi wa Tanzania (JWTZ) iliyotokea Kizuiani, Mbagala jijini Dar es Salaam zinasikitisha.
Zinasikitisha kwa sababu wingi wa mahema hayo yaliyopungua ni kielelezo cha idadi kubwa ya familia ambazo zinateseka au zimekuwa zikiteseka tangu Aprili 29, mwaka huu, ajali hiyo ilipotokea.
Kwa kukosa mahema ni dhahiri kwamba idadi kubwa ya waathirika hao inateseka kwa jua, mvua za hapa na pale zinazonyesha hivi sasa mkoani Dar es Salaam na hata vumbi, hivyo kuwa katika hatari ya kupata magonjwa.
Cha kusikitisha zaidi ni kuwapo habari kwamba misaada inayotolewa kwa waathirika hao haiwafikii walengwa. Baadhi ya watu waliopewa jukumu la kugawa misaada hiyo hutumia mwanya huo kujinufaisha.
Ni hadithi ile ile ya unyama wa watu wanaofika katika eneo la ajali ya gari kwa mfano, badala ya kuwasaidia waathirika, huwaongezea machungu kwa kuwakwapua walivyonavo.
Kwa mfano katika kambi ya Mbagala Kuu kuna malalamiko kwamba utaratibu wa ugawaji wa magodoro, chakula na mahema ni mbovu uliotawaliwa na udanganyifu
Inashangaza kwamba hali ni mbaya pamoja na misaada kutoka kwa watu binafsi na taasisi mbali mbali kumiminika kwa ajili ya kuwasiadia wahanga hao. Misaada hiyo haionekani inakoyayukia kutokana na hali halisi ilivyo.
Tunadhani Serikali haiwatendei haki waathirika wa ajali hiyo iliyosababisha vifo vya watu 25 wakiwamo askari wa sita wa JWTZ. Watu 3,750 waliokosa makazi baada ya nyumba 4,236 kuteketea walitakiwa kuchukuliwa kwa uzito mkubwa na Serikali.
Tunasema hivyo kwa sababu Serikali yenyewe inahusika moja kwa moja na ajali hiyo kwa vile imesababishwa na chombo chake nyeti na walioathirika hawakukutwa katika maeneo yasiyoruhusiwa.
Pamoja na uamuzi wa busara wa kugharimia mazishi ya waliofariki, Serikali ingefanya pia kila linalowezekana kuhakikisha kwamba waliojeruhiwa na walionusurika wanapatiwa mahitaji yote muhimu tena kwa utaratibu mzuri.
Serikali bado haijachelewa. Ijitahidi sasa kurekebisha kasoro zote zilizojitokeza ili wananchi hao si tu katika kipindi hiki cha mpito wanapata mahitaji yote muhimu, bali wanafanyiwa utaratibu mzuri wa kufidiwa yote waliopoteza.
Kwa upande mwingine ajali hii, ambayo chanzo chake mpaka sasa bado hakijaelezwa rasmi na Serikali kwa vile uchunguzi bado unaendelea, imetufungua macho juu ya jambo moja muhimu.
Jambo hilo ni kutafakari juu kuwapo kwa kambi za kijeshi karibu na makazi ya raia.
Ni kweli tunazihitaji kambi hizo kuwa karibu na makazi ya watu?
Inawezekana wakati zinaanzishwa maeneo hayo hayakuwa karibu na makazi ya watu kama ilivyo sasa, na kama hivyo ndivyo, kuna umuhimu wa kuendelea nayo au kambi zingehamishiwa mbali zaidi na watu?
Ni imani yetu kwamba Serikali baada ya kupokea ripoti ya chanzo cha ajali hiyo, itajadili pia suala hilo kuona kwamba kuna umuhimu wa kuendelea na kambi hizo katikati ya makazi ya raia au la.
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HIVI HAYA MAHEMA KWELI YASINGEWEZA KUCHANGWA NA WADAU WAISHIO UGHAIBUNI KUSAIDIA WAHANGA?
TATIZO VYOMBO VYA HABARI HAVIWASHIRIKISHI WANANCHI. MNATEGGEMEA HAO WANYONYAJI WATASEMA KITU WAKATI WANATAKA ZANGA HILI LIFE KIMYA KIMYA! I'AM SICK OF THIS.....
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