President Obama's Schedule/Ratiba in Tanzania

Ratiba ya President Obama Bongo

Monday, July 1, 2013
On Monday afternoon, President Obama takes part in a formal arrival ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

President Obama participates in a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania.

In the evening, President Obama participates in a CEO roundtable and business leaders forum.
President Obama and President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania participate in an official dinner.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013
On Tuesday morning, President Obama takes place in a Consulate meet and greet.
President Obama visits the Ubungo Power Plant.

Mpokee Rais Obama kwa Shangwe!

Kwa nini Wanaume Wanalala Baada ya Tendo la Ndoa?

Haya akina mama/dada. Nadhani wote tumekutana na hii tatizo la wanaume kulala wakimaliza shughuli yao katika tendo la ndoa!  Hebu soma hii habari.

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Na Mdau Mtambuzi wa Jamii Forum

Jambo hili huwaacha wanawake wakiwa wamechanganyikiwa na kujiuliza maswali chungu mzima kama kuna mahali wamekosea au hawajawavutia wapenzi wao, pale wenzi wao wanapogeukia upande wa pili na kushikwa na usingizi punde tu baada ya kumaliza tendo la kujamiiana.

Lakini utafiti uliofanywa hivi na wanasayansi unawapa wanaume ahuweni katika kuepuka lawama hizo, kwamba, kumbe siyo hiyari yao, bali ni maumbile.

Wanasayansi hao wamebaini kwamba, kwa sababu za kimaumbile ubongo wa wanaume unawalazimisha kulala muda mfupi baada ya kushiriki tendo la kujamiiana. Katika utafiti wao wanasayansi hao walibaini kwamba, kwa jinsi ubongo wa mwanaume ulivyotengenezwa, pale wanapomaliza tendo la kujamiiana na kufika kileleni kuna eneo linalozimika na kuwafanya kupata usingizi.

Wakati hilo likitokea kwa wanawake hali ni tofauti, kwani wao hubaki wakikodolea macho dari wakiwa wamechanganyikiwa na kujiuliza maswali lukuki, wakijihisi kutowaridhisha wapenzi wao.

Utafiti huo ulifanyika kwa kuhusisha kipimo cha kumulika, maarufu kama scan, ambapo kilitumika kuwamulika wanaume katika ubongo wao pale wanapofanya tendo la kujamiiana na baada ya kumaliza kujamiiana na kufika kileleni na kubaini kwamba, eneo linalojulikana kama cerebral cortex, eneo linalohusika na ‘fikra’ huzimika baada ya mwanaume kufika kileleni.

"Utafiti huu unatupa matokeo ya kile kinachotokea ndani ya ubongo pale mwanaume anapofika kileleni.” Gazeti la Mirror lilimnukuu mwanasayansi mmoja wa serikali ya Ufaransa aitwae Serge Stoleru.

“Lakini kwa wanawake inaonekana ni tofauti kabisa……” Aliongeza kusema mwanasayansi huyo.

Mwanasayansi huyo aliendelea kusema kwamba, wanawake hushangazwa sana na jambo hilo na ndio sababu hubaki wakiwashangaa wapenzi wao wanapolala baada ya kumaliza tendo il hali wao wakitaka zaidi….

Kwa hiyo hakuna sababu ya wanawake kuwalaumu tena wanaume baada ya kumaliza tendo na kulala kwa sababu hivi sasa wameshajua sababu, watuwache tupumuwe…… 

 

President Obama Refusal to Visit Kenya Will Have Consequences

Kenya has some serious issues with its Top Leader being accused of serious crimes. so, it is understandable why President Obama is not visiting Kenya. But some do not see it that way.

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By KWAMCHETSI MAKOKHA

US President Barack Obama is no friend of Kenya. Consider that when no other country ever declared a public holiday to celebrate his election victory in 2008, Kenya did. The Senegalese had no idea and the Tanzanians and South Africans were green with envy.

Consider also that when President Obama needed good genes to get into Harvard Law School, a Kenyan contributed 50 per cent. When Mr Obama needed pictures of himself carrying cassava to the market to get through a bruising campaign, Kenya obliged.

In fact, Kenya provided the story of his African ancestry — complete with the heroic role his grandfather played in the Mau Mau struggle for independence. He even visited the country as a junior senator for Illinois, and was welcomed with open arms.

Now that he is President, Kenya is not good enough to visit.

The excuse for his refusal is laughable. Fears of being photographed at State House in the company of the country’s two leaders who face crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court have apparently forced him to skirt his father’s homeland as if it were a leper colony.

Did the country not conduct peaceful elections this year that the Supreme Court passed as the cleanest in the country’s history? He has permitted a little domestic quarrel about power to prevent him from taking a mere photograph with the legitimate leadership of Kenya just because of claims that 1,133 people died and 600,000 others were displaced as a result of their combined genius.

Has Kenya not recovered from the violence that nearly tore the country apart in 2008, passing a modern and progressive Constitution?

Only this year, Mr Obama pretended to care for Kenya by promising that those willing to walk the path of progress would “continue to have a strong friend and partner in the United States of America”.

Instead of holding up Kenya as a beacon of democracy and prosperity that has survived 50 years of independence, Mr Obama has gone looking for examples in Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa. He should know that Kenya wrote the encyclopaedia of African democracy.

It is incongruous that Mr Obama would want to discuss good governance with toddlers in African democracy. Anyone who needs a manual on how to run elections needs to look no further than Kenya.

Anyone who is keen on creating a youthful leadership on the backbone of integrity need not look further than Nairobi. Mr Obama wanted to discuss political parties? Kenya has over 50. It can teach Africans not just about democracy, it can also instruct them on justice.

For all its exemplary political conduct, what does Kenya get? Bad press and a presidential snub! Other than having Nelson Mandela, South Africa has nothing on Kenya. The lions in Tanzania are all Kenyan.

Mr Obama seems to be oblivious of the numerous sacrifices many Kenyans have quietly made to bring him to where he is. Numerous Kenyans, working as immigrants, have lifted the American economy from the ignominy of the world economic crisis.

Kenya has allowed thousands of Americans to work as spies, marines, teachers, researchers and what-not just to cover Mr Obama’s vulnerability in failing to create jobs at home. His truancy in dodging the call of his ancestral home invites punishment commensurate with his mischief.

Mr Obama should think long and hard about the effect of Kenya demanding the repatriation of all its resources stolen to benefit America – starting with six pints of his blood, 16 of his teeth and 50 per cent of his brain. The rest should follow in due course.
Choices have consequences.

kwamchetsi@formandcontent.co.ke

Mama Aliyetembea Baada ya Miaka 18 Kwenye Wheelchair

Huyo Mama alikuwa kwenye wheelchair miaka 18. Utaona  anatembea na lazima atahitaa mazoezi zaidi ili aweze kutembea vizuri. Iliktokea kwenye Bishop Kakobe's Toronto Miracle Healing Crusade, Saturday 6/22/13/

King Mswati III wa Swaziland Alioptua Tanzania

Mfalme Mswati wa Swaziland ametua nchini kwa ajili ya kuhudhuria
Mkutano wa 'Smart Patnership' unaotarajia kuanza Juni 28 mwaka huu 

 Mfalme Mswati III kaingia dar Kiafrika Zaidi.. Anadumisha utamaduni wa kiafrika! Mh. Bilali angevaa lubega naye!

King Mswati Akisalimiana na Makamu wa Rais Mh. Mohamedi Bilali

Watu Wangapi Walihudhuria Mkutano wa Askofu Kakobe Toronto?

Naona kumekuwa na maswali mengi kuhusu watu wangapi walihudhuria Mkutano wa Askofu Kakobe mjini Toronto. Idadi ya kweli ni maelfu, lakini wengine eti kwa kutizama picha wananipinga wanasema mamia.  Kwanza, hamkumwepo, mimi nilikuwepo.

Ile Rexall Tennis Center ina chukua watu 10,000 (capacity). Ni kweli aikujaa.  Lakini kila siku watu 2,000-3,000 walihudhuria. Parking lot zilijaa, kulikuwa na polisi wa kuongoza trafiki.  Pia Paramedics (kuhudumia Wagonjwa walikuwepo wanne kila siku).  Picha nilipiga lakini hazikutoka vizuri za hao Paramedics. Pia sikuona mtu aliyeenda kupata huduma yao, walienda kwa kwa Askofu.

Wakati Askofu alivyoomba watu waende kumpokea Bwana Yesu ni mamia walioenda kwa vile wengine wengi walikuwa wamekwishampokea.

Watu walikuwa wanakaa sections fulani, ndo maan zingine zilikuwa tupu. Niliona watu wa kila rangi pale, na hata waislamu. Ile stadium ni kubwa. Labda mwaka wataijaza. Pia hakuna fujo iliyotokea pale. Mambo yalienda vizuri sana.

Roho ya Bwana Yesu ilikuwepo pale Rexall.  Amen.   Askofu aliwaombea wafanyakazi wa pale Rexall na mji wa Toronto kwa ujumla. 

Picha Zaidi za Miracle Crusade wa Askofu Kakobe Toronto

Watu wakimpokea Yesu kama Mwokozi wao - Picha Kutoka Kakobe International Ministries

Watu wakimpokea Yesu kama Mwokozi wao - Picha Kutoka Kakobe International Ministries

Watu wakimpokea Yesu kama Mwokozi wao - Picha Kutoka Kakobe International Ministries

Halleluyah!

Baadhi ya Waumini

Baadhi ya Waumini

Huyo kijana wa KiChina kwenye wheelcahir alitoka kwenye mkitano akitembea mwenyewe na furaha kubwa!

Wagonjwa wakiombewa

Gari la  Mama Nuru wa Toronto!

Baadhi ya Walinzi

Askofu Kakobe Amaliza Ziara Yake Toronto, Canada

Wadau, nimekuwa hapa Toronto, Canada kwenye mkutano wa Askofu Kakobe. Maelfu ya watu wa kila rangi na hata waislamu walitokea. Kulikuwa na wahindi, wachina, wakorea, wazungu pamoja na waafrika wengi. Tumeshuhudia miujiza!  Jana kijana wa kiChina aliyekuwa kwenye wheelchair aliweza kutembea. Bibi ambaye alikuwa kwenye wheelchair miaka 18 aliweza kutembea, viziw walisikia!  Watu waliolewa mapepo! Hapa Toronto, Askofu Kakobe amefanya mengi! Mkuanta huo ulikuwa  June 20-23, 2013 Rexall Centre, York University.  Kweli Mungu anamtumia Askofu Kakobe!

Nimepiga picha hizi kwenye mkutano jana na juzi.

Askofu Kakobe Jukwaani

Walioamua kuokoka

Romeo na Juliet wa Congo Wajinyonga!

Wadau, mnajua ile hadithi ya Romeo na Juliet? Vijana wawili  walioishi Uingereza mwaka 1597 waliopendana sana lakini wazazi wao walikataa wasifunge ndoa kwa vile mwanaume alitokea ukoo maskini. Romeo na Juliet walijiua kwa kunywa sumu.   Sasa, huko Congo hao wapenzi wamejinyonga pamoja baada ya wazazi wao kukataa wasifunge ndoa! Rest in peace.

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NAOMBENI RADHI KWA PICHA HII: TUKIO LA KUHUZUNISHA! MVULANA NA MSICHANA WAJINYONGA HADI KUFA BAADA YA WAZAZI KUKATAA WASIOANE!!! SOMA HAPA

 

 

 

 Mkasa huu umetokea huko Congo.

 

Wapenzi hawa wawili waliamua kuchukua jukuma la kujinyonga kwa kujininginiza kwenye mti hadi kufa baada ya wazazi wa mvulana kukataa mtoto wao asimuoe msichana huyo.

 

Baada ya jitihada zao za kuwashawishi kushindikana basi waliamua kuchukua hatua hiyo ya kujinyonga....Wazazi tuwe makini na maamuzi yetu mbele ya watoto

Kaka michuzi Aishukuru Hospitali ya KiLutheri ya Haydom

 Wadau, hivi karibuni mtoto wa Kaka Michuzi, ally aliugua vibaya malaria.  Hospitalia y a Kilutheri ya Haydom waliokoa maisha yake. Kaka Michuzi anatoa shukurani kwa Hospitali hiyo na wafanyakazi wake:

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ANKAL AISHUKURU HOSPITALI YA KILUTHERI YA HAYDOM KWA KUMHUDUMIA VYEMA MWANAE

Nachukua nafasi hii kutoa shukurani zangu za dhati kutoka katika kilindi cha moyo wangu kwa Hospitali  ya Kilutheri ya Hydom iliyoko mkoani Manyara kwa matibabu waliyompatia mwanangu Ally Hassan (16) aliyelazwa hospitalini hapo tokea siku ya Alhamisi Juni 13, 2013 akiwa hajitambui  (in a coma) kwa muda wa siku nne mfululizo baada kuugua malaria.

Shukurani maalum ziwaendee madaktari na wauguzi wote wa wodi ya wagonjwa mahututi (ICU) ambao kwa siku hizo nne tulikesha nao kumuuguza Ally ambaye aliletwa hapo toka Katesh alikoenda kumtembelea mama yake wakati huu wa likizo akiwa hana fahamu. Kwa upendo, weledi na utaalamu wenu hatimaye mlifaniklwa kupambana na malaria hiyo kwa ukamilifu. Hivi sasa Ally hajambo na anaendelea kupata nafuu kila dakika.

Mama mzazi, Baba mlezi, mjomba, shangazi, mamdogo na mamkubwa mliojitoa kumsaidia Ally nawashukuru sana sana kwa upendo wenu.

 Madaktari na wauguzi wa Hospitali ya Kilutheri ya Haydom sina cha kuwalipa zaidi ya kutoa ahsante kwa wote mliomshughulikia Ally pamoja na wagonjwa wengine waliolazwa hapo (nilishuhudia kwa macho yangu jinsi mlivyokuwa mkiwashughulikia wagonjwa wote kwa upendo na weledi kila dakika walipohitaji uangalizi) na kupata nafuu.

Kwa niaba ya wagonjwa wengine waliopata huduma na kupata nafuu, natoa pia ahsante kwa kazi njema, ya weledi na upendo mnaoonesha kwa kila mgonjwa anayefika kutibiwa hapo Hydom. Ninyi ni mfano wa kuigwa katika mahospitali yetu yote hapa nchini.

 NAOMBA MOLA AWALIPE KWA  KUWAZIDISHIA.PALE MLIPOPUNGUKIWA. MBARIKWE SANA.

Kaka Michuzi na Mwanae Ally

Mwanafunzi wa UDSM Auwawa na Majambazi

Mwanafunzi mmoja kati ya wanafunzi wanne wa mwaka wa IV wa Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam kampasi ya Mlimani wamevamiwa na majambazi usiku wa kuamkia leo katika eneo la Yombo la Chuoni hapo. 
 
Inataarifiwa kuwa waanafunzi hao walikuwa wanajisomea na kuandaa “dissertation” zao kwa mwaka wao wa mwisho wa masomo, na ghafla wakavamiwa na watu waliowaamuru watoe kompyuta zao na pochi za fedha. Wanafunzi hao walikubali shuruti hiyo lakini mmoja wa wanafunzi alipoomba walao wachukue nakala ya documents zao kutoka kwenye computer hizo, ndipo mmoja wa majambazi hayo alipomoiga risasi ya tumbo mwanafunzi huyo, ambaye alianguka chini.
Imeelezwa kuwa wanafunzi wengine kuona hivyo waliwasiliana na uongozi wa Chuo kuomba gari la kumwahisha mwenzao Hospitalini.
Taarifa zaidi za hali ya majeruhi huyo bado hazijawekwa bayana.

Kwa siku za hivi karibuni kumekuwa na matukio ya kuwavamia wanafunzi vyuoni kwa nia ya kuwapora ama kuwabaka, jambo ambalo limewaacha wengi wakiwa na hofu juu ya usalama wao, baada ya wenzao kupoteza vifaa vyao ama kujeruhiwa na wengine wakipoteza uhai.
Baadhi ya matukio haya yameripotiwa na wanafunzi kuandamana katika vyuo vya St John's Dodoma, IFM Dar, Uhasibu Arusha na sasa Mlimani, Dar.

Source: http://www.wavuti.com/#ixzz2WrTyqTKa

Bishop Zachary Kakobe Yuko Toronto, Canada

 Since Bishop Zachary Kakobe's arrival in Toronto for the Miracle Healing Crusade, a number of Press Conferences and Interviews have been held with this Man of God. During the conferences and interviews, when Journalists asked Bishop Kakobe on what the people of Toronto should expect at his Crusade which will be held at the Rexall Centre Tennis Stadium, York University, from June 20-23, 2013; the Servant of God spoke up with a very marked and unusual boldness saying, "Signs, wonders and miracles will be the order of the day at the Crusade." To find out more of what he spoke at the Press interviews, watch a Video of one of the Press Conferences on YouTube titled, "MIRACLE HEALING PRESS CONFERENCE", by following this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMOwt2D_sUA You can also play the Video right here on this Page, by clicking on the "Play" icon on the image below. THE DURATION OF THE VIDEO is 7 minutes and 1 second. STAY BLESSED!

Saida Karoli ni Mzima! Hajafa!

Wadau, ndo Uselebriti huo, Uzushi mwingi! Saida Karoli yu Hai!  Mungu azidi kumbariki!

Hakuwemo kwenye boti iliyopata ajali, Ziwa Victoria!

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Taarifa ya Neville Meena kuwa ingawa ni kweli kuna ajali ya boti iliyotokea, mwanamuziki Saida Karoli hakuwa mmoja wa waliokuwemo kwenye boti hiyo na yuko hai!Taarifa hiyo imetoa angalizo kutafuta uhakika kwani inasemekana kuwa Saida Karoli ni mzima, yupo jijini Dar es Salaam: “Nimetafuta namba yake ya simu sijaipata, ila taarifa kutoka Bukoba na ofisi ya Ofisa Utamaduni Muleba zinasema siyo kweli…” ameandika Meena.
Kuhusiana na ajali ya boti, Meena amesema, “…ni kweli kwamba kuna boti imezama katika Ziwa Victoria, na kulikuwa na uvumi mwingi mjini Bukoba na Wilayani Muleba kuhusu mwanamuziki huyo kufariki lakini baadaye ikathibitika kwamba hakuwa mmoja wa abiria.”Nayo Upland FM radio, Kwa kupitia Facebook page yake, imekanusha taarifa za kufariki Saida kalori na kusema msanii huyo ni mzima wa Afya. “TAARIFA: Kumezuka habari zisizo rasmi juu ya mwanamuziki SAIDA KALORI. Tunaomba kuthibitisha kwa Mwanamuziku huyo ni MZIMA wa afya kabisa. Usidanganywe na uzushi wowote. ASANTE.” imesema taarifa hiyo ya Upland FM

Taarifa ya Polisi Kwa Vyombo Vya Habari - Mlipuko wa Bomu Kwenye Mkutano wa CHADEMA

Sitaki kufa Masikini kama Mangwea! -Ommy Dimpoz

 Jamani, sasa hii kuita watu Celebrity sijui Supastaa huko Bongo Unawafanya wengine wawe na AKILI FINYU!

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Ommy Dimpoz

 MAJANGA!!!!! --HUYU NDIYE OMMY DIMPOZ, MSANII WA BONGO ALIYEAMUA KUMTUKANA MAREHEMU MANGWEA!.

MATUSI : Sitaki kufa Masikini kama Mangwea!
NGWAIR,AMEKUFA AFRIKA KUSINI,HATA KUUSAFIRISHA MWILI KUULETA TANZANIA IMEBIDI MPAKA WATU WACHANGIE,ILE NI AIBU SANA",alisema Ommy kwa dharau.

... Vile vile Ommy baada ya kushinda tuzo ya video bora ya mwaka Ommy alibwabwaja:"jamani tumechoka kuzika wasanii maskini wenye majina makubwa",kama vile haitoshi Ommy alizidi kusisitiza kuwa HATAKI KUFA MASKINI KAMA NGWAIR,

Nikitazama sura yako ya upole,vidimpozi vyako hivyo yaani hata huelekeani na shombo hili ulilojipaka,
Kwa kweli nimesikitika sana hasa msanii kama wewe Ommy Dimpoz umekuja juzi tu umeshaanza kujikweza na dharau kiasi hiki?, ukweli nyimbo zako binafsi nazipenda na una kipaji ila utumbo huu uliotoa utaumeza maana Mungu hajaribiwi, hakuna mwenye mamlaka juu ya kifo,ni Msiba gani hukuona mchango?,

je Umasikini wa Ngwair ni lini uliupima? uliwahi kusikia familia yake imelala njaa?, alishawahi kukupiga mizinga?,
Ninachojua mimi Marehemu(Dead Body) kamwe hapewi tuhuma kwa sababu hayupo around kuji-defend,once ukiamua kushusha tuhuma dhidi ya dead body jiandae kujibiwa na Mungu aliyemchukua.

Kama unahitaji kuhamasiha utajiri kwa wasanii ni vema ukaandaa mikutano na Warsha na walio hai,sasa wewe unamuita Marehemu Fukara????? this is Shit!!!, Babu zako,wajomba zako,na woooooote wamekufa matajiri???, Once U talk again,talk in decent way.

### Aisee hiki ni kituko,sijui fans wangu mnaonaje hili!!!

 

 

Mama Kikwete Atunukuniwa Tuzo ya MDGs nchini Marekani

Mke Wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete Atunukuniwa Tuzo ya MDGs nchini Marekani

Mke wa Rais na Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi ya Wanawake na Maendeleo, WAMA, Mama Salma Kikwete akipokea tuzo ya Millenium Development Goals, Women Progress Awards,2013, kutoka kwa Ms Jennie Yeung , Rais wa Shirika la Sun Zhong Shan Foundation lililo chini ya United Nations Education, Science, Cultural and Health Advancement Foundation la nchini Marekani. Mama Salma alipokea tuzo hiyo baada ya kutimiza baadhi ya malengo ya Millenia katika masuala ya ukimwi, elimu kwa watoto waliokosa fursa na kuwawezesha wanawake kiuchumi nchini Tanzania. Kulia ni Katibu wa WAMA, Ndugu Daud Nassib na kushoto ni Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Mhadhiri wa Chuo Kikuu cha Columbia nchini Marekani.

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Na Anna Nkinda – New York

Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete ametunukiwa tuzo ya Malengo ya Maendeleo ya Milinia ya mwaka 2013 kwa wanawake na Shirika la Voices of African Mothers (VAM) la nchini Marekani kutokana na kazi kubwa anayoifanya ya kusaidia jamii wakiwemo wanawake na watoto.

Sherehe ya kukabidhi tuzo hizo zimefanyika jana katika ukumbi wa mikutano uliopo makao makuu ya Umoja wa Mataifa (UN) mjini New York.

Mama Kikwete ambaye pia ni Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi ya Wanawake na Maendeleo (WAMA) amekabidiwa tuzo hiyo kutokana na uongozi wake madhubuti, mafanikio na mchango wake na kujitoa kwake kuwasaidia wanawake na watoto wa Tanzania.

Akikabidhi tuzo hizo Nana – Fosu Randall ambaye ni Rais na mwanzilishi wa shirika hilo alisema kuwa tathimini ilitofanyika kwa mwaka 2012 juu ya Malengo ya Maendeleo ya Milenia wametambua kwamba malengo matatu yamefikiwa nchini Tanzania kabla ya muda uliowekwa wa kikomo wa mwaka 2015.

Alisema kuwa wake wa Marais wa Afrika wanamajukumu mbalimbali katika nchi zao ili kufikia Malengo hayo, Taasisi ya VAM imekuwa ikifanya tathimini juu ya hatua zilizofikiwa na Taasisi za wake wa Marais kupitia taarifa za mwaka na zingine zinazowasilishwa.

“Wanawake hawa wanastahili kutuzwa kwani wamefanya kazi kubwa pamoja na kufanya shughuli zao katika mazingira yenye changamoto nyingi ukilinganisha na wenzao katika nchi zingine.

Hafla ya tuzo hizi siyo tu inasherehekea mafanikio ya wake wa marais wa Afrika bali pia inawahamasisha na kuwatia moyo wakati huu ambapo mwaka 2015 unakaribia”, alisema .

Alimalizia kwa kusema kuwa mara nyingi vyombo vya habari vimekuwa vikiandika habari zisizokuwa sahihi kutokana na kazi zinazofanywa na wake wa marais lakini vinasahau kuandika mambo mazuri na kazi kubwa wanayoifanya ya kuwasaidia wananchi na kuviomba vyombo hivyo kubadilika na kuthamini kazi kubwa wanayoifanya.

Akiongea mara baada ya kukabidhiwa tuzo hiyo Mama Kikwete alishukuru kwa tuzo aliyopewa na kusema kuwa Tanzania ni moja ya nchi ambazo zimepiga hatua kubwa sana katika kufikia malengo ya milinia kwani vifo vya watoto vimepungua kwa asilimia 45 na 49 kwa watoto wachanga.

Alisema kuwa haya ni mafanikio makubwa sana japokuwa lengo ni kuondoa kabisa vifo ambavyo vinatokana na sababu ambazo zinazuilika na katika malengo mengine maambukizi ya Virusi vya Ukimwi (VVU) yanaendelea kupungua kutoka asilimia 5.7 kwa mwaka 2004 hadi asilimia 5.1 kwa mwaka 2011.

Mama Kikwete alisema, “Elimu ya msingi inatolewa bure kwa watoto wote walio na umri unaostahili na hatua kubwa imepigwa katika kupunguza ugonjwa wa maralia na vifo vya akina mama vinavyotokana na tatizo la uzazi”

Kwa upande wa harakati za kumkomboa mtoto wa kike alisema kuwa ni lazima ziendelee na zizingatie changamoto mpya za mazingira mapya kwani unapompatia elimu unampunguzia changamoto za ujinsia na kumpatia huduma ya afya ikiwemo uzazi wa mpango, unamuwezesha kushiriki zaidi shughuli za maendeleo ya kiuchumi, unasaidia familia yake na jamii kuweza kuendelea.
Kwa upande wake Dk. Judy Kuriansky ambaye ni mwakilishi wa Asasi zisizo za Kiserikali zilizo chini ya UN alisema kuwa wake wa marais wanafanya kazi kubwa ya kuisaidia jamii hivyo basi ni jukumu la kila mmoja kuwaunga mkono na kushirikiana kwa pamoja ili kuweza kutimiza malengo ya maendeleo ya milinia.

Dk. Kuriansky alisema kuwa ili kufikia malengo ya milinia inatakiwa kuimarisha miundombinu iliyopo jambo ambalo litasababisha kuifikia jamii kwa ukaribu zaidi na kuweza kutatua changamoto zinazowakabili.

Tuzo hizo zimetolewa kwa mara ya kwanza na shirika hilo kwa kushirikiana na Taasisi ya The reed for Hope (RFHF) na Bethesda Counsel kwa wake wa marais wa Afrika akiwemo Mke wa Rais wa Burundi Mama Dk. Denice Nkurunziza, Mke wa Rais wa Equatorial Guinea Mama Mintou Doucoure Epse Traore na Mke wa Rais wa Mali Mama Dk. Malika Issoufou.

Unyama Wanofanyikwa Zeruzeru Tanzania Katika Taarifa Ya Habari USA

By JACQUELYN MARTIN
Associated Press

   KABANGA, Tanzania (AP) - As an infant in rural Tanzania, Angel Salvatory was unusual. Snow white skin, blond hair, and blue eyes set her apart from others in her village. Those unique looks have also made her a target.

   "Her father thought she was a gift from God," says Salvatory's mother, Bestida Simon. "One that he could use to get riches."

   Since surviving an attack led by her father, Salvatory has spent the past four years living in the Kabanga Protectorate Center, a government safe house for people living with albinism.

   "Angel's father led a group to attack her. He had wanted to attack her since she was 3 months old. He thought if they'd take Angel to a witch doctor as a sacrifice that they could get rich," Simon said.

   Burning in the daylight and hunted in the shadows, having albinism is often a death sentence in East Africa. In Tanzania, one out of every 1,400 people has albinism, a genetic condition characterized by a lack of pigment in the body. That compares to a global average of one in 20,000 people according to Under the Same Sun, a Canada-based albinism advocacy group.

   The group says that more than 100 people with albinism have been physically attacked in Tanzania since 2006, including 71 who died. Albinos are widely seen as a source of magic in Tanzania's traditional communities.

   Long in danger and neglected in their own country, albinos in Tanzania now have a bit of hope for increased government assistance.

   In April members of Parliament heard emotional testimony that moved some to suggest making sun screen tax free, and Parliament voted to donate part of their salary to the cause.

   Severin Edward, a program officer with the Tanzania Albino Society, noted that parliament promised to set aside funds for the special needs of people with albinism and that the country's prime minister said the government has agreed to grant special priority to court cases involving albinos, to bring about justice faster.

   "This is the good point to start," Edward said by email last month.

   A government census done in 2012 could reveal the exact numbers of albinos in Tanzania. The portion of the census regarding people with disabilities, including albinos, is expected to be released in 2014.

   In Tanzania, albinos are often referred to as ghosts, or zero zero, which in Swahili signifies someone who is less than human. Legends here suggest that that even when an albinos is killed, he or she never really dies.

   Brutal attacks against albinos are often led by witch doctors who use albino body parts in potions they claim bring riches. In response, the government began placing children and adults with albinism into safe houses. Although they may be physically protected in the centers, many there feel imprisoned.

   In 2008 the government of Tanzania suffered a rash of negative stories by Western journalists about the killings of albinos, said Peter Ash, founder of Under The Same Sun.

   "These centers came in response to the killings. It's how the government has chosen to respond. The government has basically abandoned these kids," he said. "There is no long-term plan."

   Holding her 2-month-old baby Jessica on her back in a traditional kanga cloth, Helen Sekalima, 40, sorts dry beans. The dark-skinned mother came to live at the Kabanga Protectorate Center after her newborn infant was threatened.

   "The people in the village said that the children are not normal people, that they are like devils," Sekalima said.

   Her husband, Anderson Naimoni, doesn't agree with the idea of centers where, "our people are being turned into refugees," he says.

   Ash said his group discovered that in some centers emotional and even sexual abuse "was rampant." His group has informed the government "but they'll probably do nothing about it," Ash said.

   Experts say staving off attacks from witch doctors is just one of many issues that Tanzania's albino population must address. Low vision problems complicate schooling, and with little cultural precedent for skin protection rates of skin cancer are high. More than 80 percent will die by age 40 due to skin cancer, Ash said.

   In rural northwest Tanzania dried corn stalks sway gently in a field sheltering a concrete slab that protects the grave of 3-year-old Naimana Daudi from grave-robbers. The albino toddler was kidnapped at night and found in pieces in the morning.

   A tear slips down the dark cheek of her mother, 30-year-old Angelista Ngarama. After her daughter was killed, Ngarama took her youngest child, Ferister, to the Kabanga Protectorate Center. No one knows when it will be safe enough for the 2-year-old to return home.

Ubaguzi Marekani - Mama Mweusi hatarini Kufungwa huko Kafiwa na Mwanae

Wadau, hii stori inauma. Mama wa kizungu asingefanyiwa unyama hiyo. Lakini hapa Marekani weusi lazima wakomolewe, labda na wazungu maskini pia.  Huyo mama alikuwa anvuka barabara na watoto wake huko Georgia. Waligongwa na dereva alikuwa kalewa. Yule dereva alitoroka lakini alikamatwa.  Sasa huyo mama mweusi yuko hatarini kufungwa kwa kipindi kirefu kuliko yule aliyemwua mwane! Kisa, eti hawakuwa kwenye Zebra wakati wanavuka barabara!  Nawaambia Mzungu asingetendewa hivyo!

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Mom Faces More Jail Time Than the Drunk Driver Who Killed Her Son — WHY?


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Raquel Nelson & Her son who was killed by Drunk Driver

Mom facing jail time after son was killed by drunk driverOur friends at HLN are discussing a story out of Marietta, Georgia about a mother who is facing two years of jail time after her 4-year-old son was hit and killed by a drunk driver while she and her children were crossing the street. Now, hopefully you're asking yourself how it is that the mother of a boy slain after being hit by a drunk driver while crossing the street could be facing jail time at all, and the answer is because "she chose to cross the street at the bus stop, instead of the nearest crosswalk, three-tenths of a mile away.

In July 2011, the mom in question, Raquel Nelson (pictured left with her now deceased son), "was convicted of … three misdemeanors: second-degree homicide by a vehicle, crossing roadway elsewhere than a crosswalk and reckless conduct." She received a sentence of one year probation and 40 hours of community service, but has chosen a retrial which begins today. According to HLN, "She now faces up to two years behind bars."

The driver, Jerry Guy, "fled the scene after the accident but later admitted being involved, according to CNN affiliate WXIA-TV. He was sentenced to five years in prison but served only six months. He is serving the remainder of the sentence on probation," CNN noted in July of 2011. Nelson's son A.J. died in April 2010. This woman has been on trial for three years while grieving for the death of her son in what was an accident caused by a drunk driver. If Nelson were to be ticketed at all, to be made an example of (because she's a black single mother and American society loves to make an example of black single mothers), the only charge that seems reasonable in this case is "crossing roadway elsewhere than a crosswalk." There's no doubt that pedestrians need to obey rules and watch out for their own safety, but as Nelson's attorney, David Savoy, suggested, "the white stripes of a crosswalk are not impenetrable walls of steel that could have prevented a driver from striking someone crossing the street."

The idea that Nelson could be convicted of second-degree homicide by a vehicle makes me truly nauseous, because that is passing the buck from Guy to Nelson. Guy was driving the car, Guy was drunk, Guy struck the child and Guy fled. These charges are so, so sadly reflective of America's victim-blaming culture. A child runs out into the street while crossing from the bus stop and is struck by a car and killed. How does it possibly serve anyone to put his mother in jail? She has two other children to take care of.

It's hard to imagine a white mother facing trial in the same circumstance. Then again, it's also hard for some to imagine a white mother in the same circumstance, unless she's poor, and then she too is to be made an example of. Because we're taught in America that if we're not wealthy and successful it's our "fault," and that everyone should want to be an over-scheduled, workaholic consumer, because to be otherwise is unpatriotic. It's un-American to stop feeding the machine. And if you're not feeding it, you're milking it, and that makes you scum. It's immature black-and-white thinking (in more than one sense), but that's what we're best at.

This story reminded me immediately of one I read the other day about the Anonymous hacker that helped convict the Steubenville rapists. Mother Jones reported, "If convicted of hacking-related crimes, [he] could face up to 10 years behind bars-far more than the one- and two-year sentences doled out to the Steubenville rapists." They added, "Defending himself could end up costing a fortune." Precisely. America's justice system favors the wealthy and powerful and blames those whose are already systematically oppressed. For how much longer can we sit idly by and watch as those in power in this country ignore the real problems of real people in favor of criminalizing the poverty and oppression they've created?

The message Nelson's case sends is: You're black and single with three kids and you don't even know how to cross the street you pathetic worthless excuse for a human being. Now go to jail and think about how you killed your kid. Swallow the shame and the deflected blame. That's what you get for needing to take the bus I pay for with my taxes.

When the lesson should be: Pedestrians have the right of way and drunk driving is illegal, not to mention unethical. Fleeing the scene of a crime is heinous. This poor mother, forced to take the bus on a four lane highway, lost her son. Perhaps we should provide better options for families who need to travel.

Think about the difference and decide which one is right. Put yourself in her shoes. Just think about it.

- By Carolyn Castiglia

Nani Kidume?

Nani Kidume?  Binafsi naona wote wawili wanahitaji kula ugali zaidi!

The Elderly in American Prisons

 Read about the rise of elderly populations in the prison system, which is pretty fascinating. The link is here: http://www.criminaljusticedegreehub.com/geriatric-prisoners/

Ugomvi za Wasanii Bongo "Asha Baraka Asije Kunizika" - Ally Choki

Asha Baraka Asije Kunizika"-Ally Choki

Na Saidy Mdoe

MKURUGENZI wa Extra Bongo Ally Chocky ametoa kauli nzito kuhusu waajiri wake wa zamani, Asha Baraka na Baraka Msilwa.

Katika mahojiano yake maaalum na mtandao nambari moja kwa habari za muziki na wanamuziki nchini, Saluti5, Chocky alisema katika watu asiowapenda duniani ni Asha Baraka (Mkurugenzi wa ASET) na Baraka Msilwa (Mwenyekiti wa ASET). Asha Baraka na Baraka Msilwa ni mtu na kaka yake.

Kiongozi huyo wa Extra Bongo akaenda mbali zaidi kwa kusema: “Nikifa leo hii Asha Baraka na Baraka Msilwa wasije kwenye mazishi yangu, na kama watanitangulia wao na mimi sitakwenda kwenye mazishi yao.

“Nina uhakika leo hii nikipata matatizo au nikifa Asha na Msilwa watafurahi, sasa kuna haja gani ya watu kama hao kuja kwenye mazishi yangu.

“ASET ni kama simba wako tayari kukutafuna hadi macho, nimetafakari kwa muda mrefu sana nimevumilia mengi sana lakini nimeshindwa na sasa natamka rasmi, Nikifa wasinizike.”

Chocky ameorodhesha sababu nyingi sana za kufikia hatua hiyo lakini miongoni mwa sababu zake ni hizi tatu:
Kwanza kitendo cha Aset kumpeleka mahakamani kumdai gari, pili Aset kukataa kurudisha pesa za Miraji Shakashia na tatu ni ASET kutothamini michango ya wasanii walioizalishia pesa nyingi.

Chocky ansema kitendo cha Aset kumpeleka mahakamani kumdai gari ambalo walimpa mwenyewe kilimkera sana.

“Mtu anapokupeleka mahakamani maana yake ni kwamba yupo tayari hata ufungwe, ukifungwa maana yake ni kila kitu kwenye maisha yako kinaharibika.
“Gari walinipa wenyewe na maandishi yapo kwamba nikimaliza mkataba wangu gari litakuwa la kwangu.
Lakini badala yake wakanigeuzia kibao na kwenda kunidai mahakamani kwamba nimeiba gari.

Kuhusu Shakashia, Chocky amesema mwanamuziki huyo alichukua shilingi milioni tano za Extra Bongo ili ajiunge nayo na akasaini mkataba wake.
“Lakini badala yake Shakashia akaingia mitini na pesa zetu, Aset wakasema watazirudisha wao na sasa wanakuja na hadithi mpya.

“Wanasema hawawezi kurudisha hizo pesa eti kwa vile wananidai, wanasahau kuwa mkataba wa Shakashia ni kati yeke na Extra Bongo na sio Ally Chocky.
“Hata kama kipo wanachonidai hiyo ni kati ya Chocky na Aset na haiingii akilini kuliingiza suala la Shakashia ndani yake.

“Huu ni utapeli na inatoa picha kuwa Aset walimtumia Shakashia kufanya utapeli huu, lakini wajue kuwa mwisho wa siku atakayeathirika ni Shakashia mwenyewe,” alisema Chocky.

Kuhusu kutothamini wasanii waliozalishia pesa nyingi kampuni, Chocky anasema wasanii walipota ASET na kuizalishia pesa hawana chochote walichopewa kulingana na thamani ya kile walichokizalisha. “Sio pesa tu bali hata heshima pia hakuna,” alifafanua Chocky.

Chocky akazama zaidi na kuwataja wakongwe kama Shem Karenga na Kasongo Mpinda ambao waliwahi kufanya kazi katika familia ya kina Asha Baraka kupitia bendi za MK Group na MK Beats.

“Wako wapi Kasongo Mpinda na Shem Karenga, Kasongo aliwatengenezea pesa nyingi kupitia MK Group “Ngoma za Magorofani” huku Shem Karenga  akiwatengenezea utajiri katika MK Beats “Tukunyema”.

“Lakini hebu tujiulize wako wapi hawa wazee na wana kipi cha kujivunia?” alihoji Chocky.
Saluti5 haikuishia hapo, iliamua kumpigia Asha Baraka ambaye naye alikuwa na yake ya kujibu kuhusu  mapigo ya Chocky.

Asha Baraka amesema hayo ni mambo ya kike na kwamba kuzikana si tija.
Asha Baraka akasema: “Hata mimi sina mpango wa kwenda kwenye mazishi yake na yeye pia asije kwenye mazishi yangu.

“Hivi kuzikana ni nini? Wazazi wangu walifariki na Chocky hakuja kuzika, kilipungua nini? Halafu mi nikifa sitaona na yeye akifa sitaona kwahiyo hiyo siyo ishu, wamanyema wenzangu watatosha kunizika hata wasanii wote wasipokuja achilia mbali huyo Chocky.

“Nilimzikia wazazi wake na hakuliona hilo kwahiyo hata tusipozikana hakipungui kitu.
“Chokcy tunamdai gari na pesa shilingi milioni 13, kwenda mahakamani ni sehemu ya kudai haki na yeye kama anaona amedhulumiwa kuhusu pesa za Shakashia basi aende mahakamani.”

Asha Baraka alimtaka Chocky aelewe kuwa baadhi ya wasanii wa Twanga ni virusi na watammalizia pesa zake bure.

“Wako wasanii wamelelewa vizuri, wamefanyiwa mengi na Twanga na wanaelewa utu kwahiyo akijipendekeza kwao atapoteza pesa zake bure.
“Hao ni virusi wetu, wanatuletea taarifa zote za kila mtu anapotaka kuwachukua.
Asha Baraka amesema kama ni roho mbaya Chocky ndio anaoongoza kwa roho mbaya.
“Alikaa yeye na kamati yake yenye wakiwemo mpaka wafanyakazi wa umma na kuzoa wanamuziki wa Twanga”

Anawataja wasanii wa Twanga waliowahi kuchukuliwa na Extra Bongo ni pamoja na Ferguson, Rogart Hegga, Hosea, Otilya, Nyamwela, Danger Boy, Aisha Madinda, Maria Soloma, Subrina pamoja na Kanuti ambaye baadae alirudisha pesa zao na kubakia Twanga.

Asha Baraka anawataja wasanii wengine wenye damu ya Aset ambao wako Extra Bongo ni Ephraim Joshua, Martin Kibosho, Athanas, Banza Stone na yeye mwenyewe Chocky.
“Kwa mfumo huo utaona wazi kuwa Extra Bongo inapumua kwa nguvu ya Aset lakini sisi hatujasema kitu, kama ni kutoa kauli ya kutozikana basi sisi ndio tulipaswa kuwa wa kwanza,” alifafanua Asha.

“Tunajua pia kuwa Chocky alihusika kushawishi usajili wa Chaz Baba Mashujaa Band akiamini kuwa kwa kuondoka Chaz Twanga itakufa,” aliongeza
Asha Baraka amemtaka Chocky aonyeshe mfano wa namna ya kulea wasanii kwa kuwapa maisha mazuri wanamuziki waandamizi kama Banza na Rogart.
“Asiangalie mambo ya Aset, ajitazame yeye anaishi vipi na Banza anaishi vipi, badala ya kutoa milioni tano kumnunua Shakashia, angemnunulia japo Corola Banza au Rogart.

“Chocky aitishe mkutano wa waandishi wa habari halafu mimi na yeye twende na mikataba ya wasanii inayoonyesha mishahara na marupurupu tuone nani analea vizuri wasanii.

“Mimi nilifanya kazi Bima na sijajengewa nyumba wala kununuliwa gari, silalamiki kwa kuwa haikuwa sehemu ya makubaliano yetu.

“Kama Chocky anadhani muziki unalipa kiasi cha kumnunulia kila mtu gari na nyumba basi atuonyeshe mfano kupitia Extra Bongo.

 
“Kila baya linalomfika basi mchawi ni Aset, mbona mimi naumwa mguu na sijawahi kusema ni Chocky?

“Chocky akapime afya yake apate ukweli, tunajua rekodi ya sehemu alizopita, sasa asije akadondoka akasema ni Aset …akapime kwanza” alimaliza Asha Baraka.

Resurrect the Fung Wah Bus

The Boston- New York line has taken a hit with the loss of its Discount buses, the Fung Wah bus and Lucky Star.  You could go to New York or Boston for $15 anytime and all the time, just walk up to the counter and buy a ticker.  Since the demise of Fung Wah all bus lines raised their prices dramatically.  The result people travelling between Boston and New York have to pay a lot more now!

Please check out this Facebook page and LIKE.

https://www.facebook.com/ResurrectTheFungWahBus

Tanganyika

Msanii Kashi Afariki Dunia

Wasanii wengi wa Tanzania wamefariki dunia katika kipindi kifupi.  Leo nimesikia kuwa msanaai Kashi ametuaga. Mwenyezi Mungu ailaze roho yake mahala pema mbinguni. Amen.

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Habari zilizotufikia ni kuwa muigizaji wa filamu Jaji Hamisi maarufu kama Kashi amefariki dunia leo hii katika hospitali ya Muhimbili. bado hatujajua chanzo cha kifo chake lakini tutawaletea updates. Kashi alikuwa muigizaji mwenye kipaji cha hali ya juu katika filamu, pia aliwika na kundi la Shirikisho msanii Afrika lililokuwa linaonyesha michezo yake ITV.  Rest in peace Kashi

Msanii Kashi

The Late Kashi