Nawatakia wadau wote Iddi Njema!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Marian Schools Bagamoyo Fundraising Gala Dinner Invitation Sept. 4, 2011
Uongozi wa Shule za Marian Bagamoyo unawakaribisha wote kwenye Fundraising hii ya Kujenga na kuendeleza Shule hizi.
Mgeni Rasmi atakuwa Mhe. Jaji Mstaafu Joseph Sinde Warioba
Wazazi,wanafunzi wa zamani,wenyeji wa Bagamoyo na wote wale wenye Mapenzi mema mnakaribishwa sana sana tarehe 4th SEPT Diamond Jubilee Hall saa Moja jioni.
Asanteni!
Monday, August 29, 2011
Happy Birthday Kaka Michuzi!
Namtakia Kaka Michuzi Happy Belated Birthday! Birthday yake ilikuwa jana Jumapili August 28th.
(Pichani Blogger No.1 from Tanzania, Muhidini Michuzi)
KWA MAJAALIWA YAKE MWENYEZI MUNGU MTUKUFU LEO ANKAL ANASHEREHEKEA SIKU YA HEPI BESDEI YA KUZALIWA KWAKE.
ANAMSHUKURU MOLA KWA KUMJAALIA KUFIKISHA SIKU YA LEO SALAMA, NA ANAMUOMBA AMUAFU YEYE NA FAMILIA YAKE PAMOJA NA WADAU WOTE MAISHA MEMA NA YA AFYA, NA KUMPA NGUVU KUENDELEA KUITUMIKIA JAMII KWA MOYO MMOJA BILA KUCHAGUA WALA KUIBAGUA KWANI ATAYEMZIKA HAMJUI.
ANATOA SHUKRANI PIA KWA TIMU NZIMA YA GLOBU YA JAMII KWA KUENDLEZA UTUMISHI ULIOTUKUKA, WADAU KWA KUENDELEA KUMSAPOTI PAMOJA NA WAFADHILI WOTE AMBAO KWA PAMOJA ASINGEFIKA HAPA PADOGO ALIPO KWA URAHISI. MOLA NA AWABARIKI NA AWAZIDISHIE KILA PENYE MAPUNGUFU.
(Pichani Blogger No.1 from Tanzania, Muhidini Michuzi)
KWA MAJAALIWA YAKE MWENYEZI MUNGU MTUKUFU LEO ANKAL ANASHEREHEKEA SIKU YA HEPI BESDEI YA KUZALIWA KWAKE.
ANAMSHUKURU MOLA KWA KUMJAALIA KUFIKISHA SIKU YA LEO SALAMA, NA ANAMUOMBA AMUAFU YEYE NA FAMILIA YAKE PAMOJA NA WADAU WOTE MAISHA MEMA NA YA AFYA, NA KUMPA NGUVU KUENDELEA KUITUMIKIA JAMII KWA MOYO MMOJA BILA KUCHAGUA WALA KUIBAGUA KWANI ATAYEMZIKA HAMJUI.
ANATOA SHUKRANI PIA KWA TIMU NZIMA YA GLOBU YA JAMII KWA KUENDLEZA UTUMISHI ULIOTUKUKA, WADAU KWA KUENDELEA KUMSAPOTI PAMOJA NA WAFADHILI WOTE AMBAO KWA PAMOJA ASINGEFIKA HAPA PADOGO ALIPO KWA URAHISI. MOLA NA AWABARIKI NA AWAZIDISHIE KILA PENYE MAPUNGUFU.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Serikali ya TZ Imenunua Nyumba ya Fahari New York
Yaani wakati wagonjwa Muhimbili wanateseka na kufa kwa vile mitambo Muhimbili ni mibovu serikali yetu inanunua majumba ya fahari Marekani! Yaani kuna mashine ambazo zina gharimu dola laki moja na chini, lakini serikali inadai haina hela!!!! Wagonjwa wenye uwezoi inabidi watibiwe nje ya nchi! UPUUZI gani huu? Priorities za serikali ya Tanzania ziko wapi?
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Kutoka : NEWSDAY
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Kutoka : NEWSDAY
Tanzanian mission buys Great Neck house
Wednesday August 17, 2011 11:59 AM By Ann Smukler
Orly Hollander of Laffey Fine Homes can now add the United Republic of Tanzania to her list of buyers. She was the listing agent on a Great Neck center hall Colonial that recently sold to the Tanzanian mission for $1.26 million, according to the Long Island Real Estate Report.
How different was the experience for Hollander? She needed the U.S. Department of State to OK it. “This is the first deal I ever did where I needed the government’s approval,” Hollander says. She adds the home is for the family of an attaché with four children.
The home has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and an open floor plan. The master bedroom has a bath with a Jacuzzi and shower. A two-car garage is attached. The deal closed at the end of June, according to public records.
The State Department statement indicated that requiring government approval is standard practice and in accordance with the Foreign Missions Act. Any foreign mission is required to obtain the U.S. Secretary of State’s approval before any acquisition, sale or disposition of real estate is completed.
The statement says there is usually no impact to a community from the presence of a diplomatic residence, and, yes, the State Department has turned down applications in the past.
By the way, the Tanzanian government will be coughing up $22,093.66 a year for property taxes (or almost 36 million Tanzanian shillings).
Wednesday August 17, 2011 11:59 AM By Ann Smukler
Orly Hollander of Laffey Fine Homes can now add the United Republic of Tanzania to her list of buyers. She was the listing agent on a Great Neck center hall Colonial that recently sold to the Tanzanian mission for $1.26 million, according to the Long Island Real Estate Report.
How different was the experience for Hollander? She needed the U.S. Department of State to OK it. “This is the first deal I ever did where I needed the government’s approval,” Hollander says. She adds the home is for the family of an attaché with four children.
The home has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and an open floor plan. The master bedroom has a bath with a Jacuzzi and shower. A two-car garage is attached. The deal closed at the end of June, according to public records.
The State Department statement indicated that requiring government approval is standard practice and in accordance with the Foreign Missions Act. Any foreign mission is required to obtain the U.S. Secretary of State’s approval before any acquisition, sale or disposition of real estate is completed.
The statement says there is usually no impact to a community from the presence of a diplomatic residence, and, yes, the State Department has turned down applications in the past.
By the way, the Tanzanian government will be coughing up $22,093.66 a year for property taxes (or almost 36 million Tanzanian shillings).
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Kumbukumbu - Mzee David Mgwasa
Mzee David Eliya Alfani Mgwasa2nd Anniversary
It’s been 2 years since you were suddenly called by the Lord on 25th August 2009.
Our hearts still bleed, but our love for you grows more with time.
You were a precious gift from god, we miss your love, kindness, and encouragement.
We remember and celebrate you ‘dadi’. Dearly remembered by mum Susana, your kids, your sister, relatives and grandkids, “by the way they have started to work and emulate you”
Monday, August 22, 2011
Mashitaka Dhidi ya Strauss-Kahn Yafutwa!
(Pichani aliyekuwa Mkuu wa IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn akiwa mahakani New York mwezi Mei)
(Pichani Bi Nafissatou Diallo)
Kwa kweli sijui tumhurumie huyo Bi Nafissatou Diallo aliyedai kuwa kabakwa na Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Mambo ya kupambana na matajiri na wenye mamlaka na heshima kama Strauss-Kahn hayawezi kuzaa matunda mema. Maisha yake Bi Diallo yameharibika. Waliomsapoti wanamkimbia sasa.
Kabla ya Bi Diallo kumshitaki Mzee Strauss- Kahn ilikuwa agombee urais wa Ufaransa. Bi Diallo anatoka Guinea nchi ambayo ilikuwa koloni ya Ufaransa. Nina wasiwasi hata ndugu zake wa Guinea watakiona cha mtema kuni shauri ya hii kesi.
Haya kesi imefutwa, sasa IRS wanamchunguza huyo Bibi kwa utapeli, eti alikuwa na akaunti enye $150,000 huko kaandikisha kuwa maskini, ana anakaa kwenye fleti za wasio na uwezo. Wanaokaa Marekani wanaelewa umuhimu wa kusema kweli kweli zile fomu za kodi 4/15.
Wakili wa Bi Diallo kafungua kesi kumdai Strauss-Kahn mamilioni. Anaweza kupata, lakini walivyomchafua huyo mama, duh! Magazeti yameandikia kuwa ni mwongo mkubwa, malaya, anashiriki na wauza unga, Kaomba asylum akidai kuwa kabakwa huko Guinea na wanataka kumkeketa, nk.
Lakini tangu hii kesi itokee nimekuwa nikiuliza, inakuaje jamaa kamlazimisha amnyonye ume wake mpaka ana mwaga? Kama alikuwa hataki si angeling'ata! No huyo Mzee Strauss-Kahn apunguze nyege zake. Nyege ndo zimeponza!
Pole zake Bi Diallo.
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Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will no longer face criminal charges related to allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper, the housekeeper's attorney said Monday after meeting with prosecutors.
A grand jury indicted Strauss-Kahn in May on charges that he sexually assaulted housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo at his luxury New York hotel suite. Strauss-Kahn's attorneys have insisted that any sexual encounter was consensual.
A judge freed Strauss-Kahn on July 1 after prosecutors learned Diallo had lied about the specifics of her whereabouts after the incident and past details of an asylum application and information on tax forms.
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A grand jury indicted Strauss-Kahn in May on charges that he sexually assaulted housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo at his luxury New York hotel suite. Strauss-Kahn's attorneys have insisted that any sexual encounter was consensual.
A judge freed Strauss-Kahn on July 1 after prosecutors learned Diallo had lied about the specifics of her whereabouts after the incident and past details of an asylum application and information on tax forms.
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Kutoka New York Times
By JOHN ELIGON, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and COLIN MOYNIHAN
Updated, 4:01 p.m. Prosecutors in the office of Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, have filed papers requesting that all charges be dropped against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund.
The papers, known as a dismissal on recommendation, were filed at 3:20 p.m. Monday afternoon in Manhattan Supreme Court.
At about the same time, the lawyer for Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel housekeeper who accused Mr. Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, emerged from a brief meeting with prosecutors to offer harsh criticism of Mr. Vance.
The meeting was presumably held to inform Ms. Diallo and her lawyer, Kenneth P. Thompson, of the office’s intention to drop the charges.
“The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance, has denied the right of a woman to get justice in a rape case,” Mr. Thompson said. “He has not only turned his back on this victim but he has also turned his back on the forensic, medical and other physical evidence in this case. If the Manhattan district attorney, who is elected to protect our mothers, our daughters, our sisters, our wives and our loved ones, is not going to stand up for them when they’re raped or sexually assaulted, who will?”
Ms. Diallo stood by his side, but said nothing.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers, William W. Taylor III and Benjamin Brafman, said in a statement:
“We have maintained from the beginning of this case that our client is innocent. We also maintained that there were many reasons to believe that Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s accuser was not credible. Mr. Strauss-Kahn and his family are grateful that the District Attorney’s office took our concerns seriously and concluded on its own that this case cannot proceed further. We look forward to attending the hearing on Tuesday.”
A chaotic scene unfolded outside the Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building, where the meeting between Ms. Diallo’s team and prosecutors took place, with reporters and onlookers lining both sides of Centre Street.
Ms. Diallo had not met with prosecutors in nearly a month, the last time being on July 27 when she went to their office to listen to recordings of telephone conversations she had with a man in an Arizona jail. Prosecutors have said that the recordings showed that Ms. Diallo was talking about exploiting Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s wealth. But Mr. Thompson said that his client never raised the subject of getting money from Mr. Strauss-Kahn during the conversations, in which Ms. Diallo and the man spoke in Fulani, a language of Ms. Diallo’s native Guinea.
The difference in opinion over the substance of the conversation was just one of many points of contention between Mr. Thompson and the district attorney’s office. The relationship between them has deteriorated since prosecutors said in late June that they believed Ms. Diallo had lied to them about several things in her personal life and background.
Mr. Thompson has urged prosecutors to press forward with the criminal case, arguing that physical evidence and other factors outweighed his client’s credibility problems. Ms. Diallo has said that Mr. Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her and then forced her to perform oral sex when she went to clean his suite at the Sofitel New York in mid-May.
But prosecutors have determined that Ms. Diallo had been too untruthful with them to stand up to cross examination if the case were to go to trial. She lied about her past in Guinea on her asylum application and she told prosecutors in an interview a false story about being gang raped in her native country, prosecutors have said.
In their letter to Mr. Thompson, prosecutors said that at Monday’s meeting they would explain how they would proceed at Tuesday’s hearing before Justice Michael J. Obus of State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Several elected officials and women’s groups planned to hold rallies in front of the courthouse Monday afternoon to urge Mr. Vance to go forward with the case.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Msiba - Prof. Joseph T. Karashani
(pichani Marehemu Prof. Joseph T. Karashani)
TAARIFA YA MSIBA
Tunasikitika kutangaza kifo cha Prof. Joseph T. Karashani, mkuu wa Kitivo cha Anatomy katika Chuo Kikuu cha Zambia (UNZA) Idara ya Udaktari na aliyewahi pia kishika wadhifa huo Chuo Kikuu cha Sayansi ya Afya (MUCHS) Dar es Salaam, kwa mshtuko wa moyo usiku wa kuamkia Jumapili iliyopita nyumbani kwake Lusaka. Mpango unaendelea wa kusafirisha maiti kuja Dar es Salaam kwa ajili ya mazishi baadaye wiki hii. Kwa taarifa zaidi tunaomba mwasiliane na wafuatayo:
Fili Karashani +255-655-806771
James Karashani +255-713-334249
Robert Karashani +255-655-230960
Josephine Karashani +260-977-803853 (Lusaka)
MUNGU AILAZE ROHO YA MAREHEMU MAHALA PEMA PEPONI
AMEN
Baraza la Mawaziri Laihenyesha Ewura
Chanzo Habari Leo
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MKURUGENZI Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Udhibiti wa Huduma za Nishati na Maji (EWURA), Haruna Masebu,amehenyeshwa kwa kuhojiwa kwa undani na Baraza la Mawaziri kuhusu kuyumbisha bei ya mafuta.
Baraza hilo lilitaka kujua kwa nini mamlaka hiyo imekuwa ikiyumbisha nchi na wananchi kuhusu bei za mafuta.
Kwa zaidi ya saa moja, Masebu na wasaidizi wake waliwekwa kiti moto kuhusu bei zilizotangazwa na Ewura mwishoni mwa wiki, ambazo zimepanda kwa asilimia sita kutoka zile zilizotangazwa awali.
Habari za kuaminika kutoka kwenye mkutano wa Baraza la Mawaziri uliofanyika jana kwenye Ukumbi wa Wizara ya Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika, mjini Dodoma zinasema kuwa waziri mmoja baada ya mwingine walimhoji Masebu na wasaidizi wake kuhusu mwenendo usioridhisha wa bei za mafuta nchini.
Habari zinasema kuwa Masebu ambaye aliingia kwenye ukumbi huo akionesha kujiamini, alianza kupoteza mwelekeo kwa kadri maswali yalivyokuwa yakimiminika kutoka kwa mawaziri.
Hatimaye siyo yeye mwenyewe ama yoyote kati ya wasaidizi wake ambaye alikuwa na majibu ya kutosheleza ama hata ya kuwashawishi mawaziri kuhusu hatua hizo za Ewura na kwa kadri kikao hicho kilivyoendelea, Masebu na wenzake walionekana kukosa hoja.
Habari zinasema kuwa Masebu na wasaidizi wake walitakiwa kujielezea mbele ya Baraza la Mawaziri ili kuliwezesha Baraza hilo, chini ya Uenyekiti wa Rais Jakaya Kikwete, kujiridhisha na mwenendo mzima wa bei mafuta.
Baraza hilo lilitaka ufafanuzi kuhusu bei za petroli, mafuta ya taa na dizeli; nishati ambazo ukosefu wake nusura uiingize nchi katika zahama kubwa wiki iliyopita.
Moja ya maswali ya awali kutoka kwa Baraza la Mawaziri ilikuwa ni kwa nini Masebu na Ewura walitangaza kupanda tena kwa bei za mafuta siku chache baada ya kuzishusha kwa asilimia 9.17 kwa petroli, asilimia 8.31 kwa dizeli na asilimia 8.70 kwa bei ya mafuta ya taa.
Hatua hiyo ya Ewura kupunguza bei ya mafuta ilikuwa inatekeleza uamuzi na maagizo ya Serikali yaliyotangazwa na Waziri wa Fedha, Mustafa Mkullo Juni 22, mwaka huu, bungeni wakati alipowasilisha Bajeti ya Serikali.
Katika bajeti hiyo, Mkullo alisema kuwa Serikali iliamua kuondoa kodi na tozo kadhaa kwenye bei ya mafuta yanayoingizwa nchini kwa nia ya kupunguza bei ya bidhaa hizo ili kumpungumzia makali ya maisha mwananchi.
Hatua hiyo ya Mkullo, pamoja na ile ya Ewura kupunguza bei za mafuta ziliungwa mkono na Bunge na wananchi kwa kiwango kikubwa ambao walikiri kuwa hatua hiyo ilithibitisha jinsi gani Serikali yao inavyowajali.
Hatua ya Ewura kupunguza bei ya mafuta ilipingwa na kampuni karibu zote kubwa za kuingiza mafuta nchini ambazo zilianzisha mgomo kupinga hatua hiyo hasa BP, Engen, Oilcom na Camel Oil.
Baada ya siku moja ya mgomo huo, kampuni zingine nchini zilianza tena kuuza mafuta, lakini kampuni hizo nne zilikataa kufungua vituo vyao kuuza mafuta.
Agosti 9, mwaka huu, Ewura ilitoa amri ya Kimahakama (Compliance Order), kwa kampuni hizo nne kuanza mara moja kutoa huduma katika maghala yao na katika vituo vya rejareja vikiwemo vile vilivyoko chini ya miliki zao.
Katika amri hiyo, kampuni hizo zilitakiwa kuacha mara moja kusababisha upungufu wa makusudi wa mafuta ya petroli katika soko la Tanzania na kujieleza katika saa 24 kwa nini wasichukuliwe hatua za kisheria kwa kukiuka matakwa ya Sheria ya Mafuta na Utaratibu wa Ewura.
Siku iliyofuata, kampuni tatu zilianza kutoa huduma lakini BP (T) Ltd iliendelea kukaidi amri ya Ewura.
Bodi ya Ewura katika kikao chake cha Agosti 12, ilichukua hatua kadhaa ikiwa ni pamoja na kutoa onyo kali kwa kampuni za Oilcom, Camel Oil na Engen, na kuisitishia BP leseni ya biashara ya jumla ya mafuta kwa miezi mitatu na kuamuru Mtendaji Mkuu wa kampuni hiyo na mwenyekiti wake wa bodi wafikishwe kortini.
Lakini katika muda wa saa 48 tu, baada ya hatua hiyo ambayo iliungwa mkono na nchi nzima, Ewura ilibadilisha msimamo na mwelekeo wake na kutangaza kupandisha tena bei ya mafuta hayo ya petroli, dizeli na taa kwa asilimia tano.
Hatua hiyo ya Ewura, ilisababisha hasira ya Serikali yenyewe, Bunge, wabunge na wananchi kwa jumla.
“Ulichofanikiwa kufanya Masebu ni kuharibu kabisa mamlaka na madaraka ya Ewura. Hii ni taasisi ambayo ilikuwa imeanza kujijengea heshima kubwa kwa wananchi kwa kuchukua hatua mwafaka, na sasa mmevuruga kabisa heshima hiyo ya Ewura.
“Kwa kuvuruga heshima ya taasisi hiyo mmezitia doa siasa za nchi yetu,” waziri mmoja alimwambia ana kwa ana Masebu katika mkutano huo.
Masebu alijaribu kujitetea kwa kusema kuwa upandishaji huo wa bei ya mafuta uliofanywa na Ewura kwa mujibu wa Sheria na kwa mujibu wa makubaliano ya kuangalia upya bei kila baada ya wiki mbili kwa sababu mafuta huingizwa nchini kutoka Uarabuni kila baada ya wiki mbili.
Lakini Masebu aliambiwa kuwa hakuna mafuta yoyote yaliyoingizwa nchini tangu mvutano ulipoanza kati ya Ewura na kampuni za mafuta baada ya tangazo la kupunguza bei ya mafuta la Agosti Mosi, mwaka huu.
“Mheshimiwa Mwenyekiti ni mafuta yapi yameingia nchini kutoka Uarabuni katika wiki mbili zilizopita kwa sababu katika muda wote kwanza ulikuwepo mgomo wa kampuni za mafuta uliokolezwa zaidi na kampuni zile kubwa nne.
“Katika kipindi hiki, hakuna mafuta yaliyoingia nchini kwa sababu mafuta yalikuwepo kwenye matangi ya maghala na hayakuuzwa. Sasa Mkurugenzi anatuambia mafuta haya mapya yametoka wapi?” Alihoji waziri mmoja na kuongeza;
“Walichofanya Ewura ni kupandisha bei ya mafuta ambayo yalikuwa yamekwishafika nchini kabla ya mzozo kuanza mwanzoni mwa Agosti mwaka huu,” alisema waziri huyo.
Masebu alipojaribu kujitetea kuwa kwa taratibu za Ewura ni lazima bei za mafuta zipitiwe upya kila baada ya wiki mbili, waziri mwingine aliingia kati na kumwuliza:
“Mnapitia tu hata kama hakuna mafuta mapya yaliyoingizwa nchini kama ilivyotokea katika wiki mbili zilizopita? Mnafanya kazi kama mashine bila kutilia maanani hali halisi?” Alihoji.
Waziri mwingine alionya kuwa vitendo vya Ewura katika wiki mbili zilizopita vililenga kuyumbisha nchi na kuipeleka pabaya bila sababu za msingi.
“Inaelekea nyie Ewura mnahangaika zaidi kutetea maslahi ya wafanyabishara kuliko maslahi ya wananchi wetu,” alisema Waziri huyo.
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MKURUGENZI Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Udhibiti wa Huduma za Nishati na Maji (EWURA), Haruna Masebu,amehenyeshwa kwa kuhojiwa kwa undani na Baraza la Mawaziri kuhusu kuyumbisha bei ya mafuta.
Baraza hilo lilitaka kujua kwa nini mamlaka hiyo imekuwa ikiyumbisha nchi na wananchi kuhusu bei za mafuta.
Kwa zaidi ya saa moja, Masebu na wasaidizi wake waliwekwa kiti moto kuhusu bei zilizotangazwa na Ewura mwishoni mwa wiki, ambazo zimepanda kwa asilimia sita kutoka zile zilizotangazwa awali.
Habari za kuaminika kutoka kwenye mkutano wa Baraza la Mawaziri uliofanyika jana kwenye Ukumbi wa Wizara ya Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika, mjini Dodoma zinasema kuwa waziri mmoja baada ya mwingine walimhoji Masebu na wasaidizi wake kuhusu mwenendo usioridhisha wa bei za mafuta nchini.
Habari zinasema kuwa Masebu ambaye aliingia kwenye ukumbi huo akionesha kujiamini, alianza kupoteza mwelekeo kwa kadri maswali yalivyokuwa yakimiminika kutoka kwa mawaziri.
Hatimaye siyo yeye mwenyewe ama yoyote kati ya wasaidizi wake ambaye alikuwa na majibu ya kutosheleza ama hata ya kuwashawishi mawaziri kuhusu hatua hizo za Ewura na kwa kadri kikao hicho kilivyoendelea, Masebu na wenzake walionekana kukosa hoja.
Habari zinasema kuwa Masebu na wasaidizi wake walitakiwa kujielezea mbele ya Baraza la Mawaziri ili kuliwezesha Baraza hilo, chini ya Uenyekiti wa Rais Jakaya Kikwete, kujiridhisha na mwenendo mzima wa bei mafuta.
Baraza hilo lilitaka ufafanuzi kuhusu bei za petroli, mafuta ya taa na dizeli; nishati ambazo ukosefu wake nusura uiingize nchi katika zahama kubwa wiki iliyopita.
Moja ya maswali ya awali kutoka kwa Baraza la Mawaziri ilikuwa ni kwa nini Masebu na Ewura walitangaza kupanda tena kwa bei za mafuta siku chache baada ya kuzishusha kwa asilimia 9.17 kwa petroli, asilimia 8.31 kwa dizeli na asilimia 8.70 kwa bei ya mafuta ya taa.
Hatua hiyo ya Ewura kupunguza bei ya mafuta ilikuwa inatekeleza uamuzi na maagizo ya Serikali yaliyotangazwa na Waziri wa Fedha, Mustafa Mkullo Juni 22, mwaka huu, bungeni wakati alipowasilisha Bajeti ya Serikali.
Katika bajeti hiyo, Mkullo alisema kuwa Serikali iliamua kuondoa kodi na tozo kadhaa kwenye bei ya mafuta yanayoingizwa nchini kwa nia ya kupunguza bei ya bidhaa hizo ili kumpungumzia makali ya maisha mwananchi.
Hatua hiyo ya Mkullo, pamoja na ile ya Ewura kupunguza bei za mafuta ziliungwa mkono na Bunge na wananchi kwa kiwango kikubwa ambao walikiri kuwa hatua hiyo ilithibitisha jinsi gani Serikali yao inavyowajali.
Hatua ya Ewura kupunguza bei ya mafuta ilipingwa na kampuni karibu zote kubwa za kuingiza mafuta nchini ambazo zilianzisha mgomo kupinga hatua hiyo hasa BP, Engen, Oilcom na Camel Oil.
Baada ya siku moja ya mgomo huo, kampuni zingine nchini zilianza tena kuuza mafuta, lakini kampuni hizo nne zilikataa kufungua vituo vyao kuuza mafuta.
Agosti 9, mwaka huu, Ewura ilitoa amri ya Kimahakama (Compliance Order), kwa kampuni hizo nne kuanza mara moja kutoa huduma katika maghala yao na katika vituo vya rejareja vikiwemo vile vilivyoko chini ya miliki zao.
Katika amri hiyo, kampuni hizo zilitakiwa kuacha mara moja kusababisha upungufu wa makusudi wa mafuta ya petroli katika soko la Tanzania na kujieleza katika saa 24 kwa nini wasichukuliwe hatua za kisheria kwa kukiuka matakwa ya Sheria ya Mafuta na Utaratibu wa Ewura.
Siku iliyofuata, kampuni tatu zilianza kutoa huduma lakini BP (T) Ltd iliendelea kukaidi amri ya Ewura.
Bodi ya Ewura katika kikao chake cha Agosti 12, ilichukua hatua kadhaa ikiwa ni pamoja na kutoa onyo kali kwa kampuni za Oilcom, Camel Oil na Engen, na kuisitishia BP leseni ya biashara ya jumla ya mafuta kwa miezi mitatu na kuamuru Mtendaji Mkuu wa kampuni hiyo na mwenyekiti wake wa bodi wafikishwe kortini.
Lakini katika muda wa saa 48 tu, baada ya hatua hiyo ambayo iliungwa mkono na nchi nzima, Ewura ilibadilisha msimamo na mwelekeo wake na kutangaza kupandisha tena bei ya mafuta hayo ya petroli, dizeli na taa kwa asilimia tano.
Hatua hiyo ya Ewura, ilisababisha hasira ya Serikali yenyewe, Bunge, wabunge na wananchi kwa jumla.
“Ulichofanikiwa kufanya Masebu ni kuharibu kabisa mamlaka na madaraka ya Ewura. Hii ni taasisi ambayo ilikuwa imeanza kujijengea heshima kubwa kwa wananchi kwa kuchukua hatua mwafaka, na sasa mmevuruga kabisa heshima hiyo ya Ewura.
“Kwa kuvuruga heshima ya taasisi hiyo mmezitia doa siasa za nchi yetu,” waziri mmoja alimwambia ana kwa ana Masebu katika mkutano huo.
Masebu alijaribu kujitetea kwa kusema kuwa upandishaji huo wa bei ya mafuta uliofanywa na Ewura kwa mujibu wa Sheria na kwa mujibu wa makubaliano ya kuangalia upya bei kila baada ya wiki mbili kwa sababu mafuta huingizwa nchini kutoka Uarabuni kila baada ya wiki mbili.
Lakini Masebu aliambiwa kuwa hakuna mafuta yoyote yaliyoingizwa nchini tangu mvutano ulipoanza kati ya Ewura na kampuni za mafuta baada ya tangazo la kupunguza bei ya mafuta la Agosti Mosi, mwaka huu.
“Mheshimiwa Mwenyekiti ni mafuta yapi yameingia nchini kutoka Uarabuni katika wiki mbili zilizopita kwa sababu katika muda wote kwanza ulikuwepo mgomo wa kampuni za mafuta uliokolezwa zaidi na kampuni zile kubwa nne.
“Katika kipindi hiki, hakuna mafuta yaliyoingia nchini kwa sababu mafuta yalikuwepo kwenye matangi ya maghala na hayakuuzwa. Sasa Mkurugenzi anatuambia mafuta haya mapya yametoka wapi?” Alihoji waziri mmoja na kuongeza;
“Walichofanya Ewura ni kupandisha bei ya mafuta ambayo yalikuwa yamekwishafika nchini kabla ya mzozo kuanza mwanzoni mwa Agosti mwaka huu,” alisema waziri huyo.
Masebu alipojaribu kujitetea kuwa kwa taratibu za Ewura ni lazima bei za mafuta zipitiwe upya kila baada ya wiki mbili, waziri mwingine aliingia kati na kumwuliza:
“Mnapitia tu hata kama hakuna mafuta mapya yaliyoingizwa nchini kama ilivyotokea katika wiki mbili zilizopita? Mnafanya kazi kama mashine bila kutilia maanani hali halisi?” Alihoji.
Waziri mwingine alionya kuwa vitendo vya Ewura katika wiki mbili zilizopita vililenga kuyumbisha nchi na kuipeleka pabaya bila sababu za msingi.
“Inaelekea nyie Ewura mnahangaika zaidi kutetea maslahi ya wafanyabishara kuliko maslahi ya wananchi wetu,” alisema Waziri huyo.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Unakumbuka SUPA-GHEE?
Wadau, hapo zamani za kale kulikuwa na mafuta ya kupikia Tanzania maarufu yanaitwa SUPA GHEE. Yalikuwa mazuri sana, lakini miaka ya sabini hasa baada ya Vita Vya Kagera, quality ilishuka vibaya mno. Hata hivyo ilikuwa mali kweli kupata SUPA GHEE! Watu walikuwa wanapanga foleni ndefu za makilomita (siyo utani) kuipata. Nyumba zilikuwa zinavunjwa na SUPA GHEE inaibiwa. Supa Ghee ni moja ya bidhaa ambayo wenye uwezo walikuwa wanaunua na mwisho yalikuwa yanuzwa magendo! Mama Mwenye nyumba anatoa kijiko kimoja kwa ajili ya kukaangia mboga halafu yaliyobaki yanafichwa chumbani! Tumetoka mbali wadau. (Picha ya SUPA GHEE kwa hisani ya mdau S.K.)
Monday, August 15, 2011
Huko Asia Weusi ni Mboga!
ONYO - Nimepata kwa email. Kama huna roho ngumu usiangalie hizi picha! Kama sikosei ni Thaliand hapo. Cheki wanavyomkata huyo marehemu kama nyama kwenye bucha! Nadhani tumejua ndugu zetu walioenda huko na wakapotea waliishia wapi sasa! DUH!
Email Text:
THAI & CHINESE PEOPLE EATING A BLACK MAN. I have never seen anything like this before! The Asian appetite for "exotic" taste sometimes scare me - from stories of cat eating to dogs, to lizard, snakes to all sorts of crazy fish, then human embryos and now to fully grown humans! The photo of the person you are about to watch could have been somebody's fiance, husband or Dad! This looks too real to be true.
How I wish all black leaders watch these photos and give guidelines of who they allow to migrate into their countries. The time has come for black (Africans, American, West Indies etc) to rise and unite together against attrocities committed by foreigners on them either on their soil or abroad. Time to pray to God is now!
Email Text:
THAI & CHINESE PEOPLE EATING A BLACK MAN. I have never seen anything like this before! The Asian appetite for "exotic" taste sometimes scare me - from stories of cat eating to dogs, to lizard, snakes to all sorts of crazy fish, then human embryos and now to fully grown humans! The photo of the person you are about to watch could have been somebody's fiance, husband or Dad! This looks too real to be true.
How I wish all black leaders watch these photos and give guidelines of who they allow to migrate into their countries. The time has come for black (Africans, American, West Indies etc) to rise and unite together against attrocities committed by foreigners on them either on their soil or abroad. Time to pray to God is now!
Madiwani Wafuturu Ikulu na Rais
Picha za Mh. Rais Kikwete na Mama Salma na madiwani wa Dar katika futari Jumamosi jioni Ikulu. Zimeletwa na Kaka Michuzi.
