Chura Wavamia UGiriki!

Kwenye bliblia tunasoma habari ya nchi ya Misri kuvamiwa na nzi, chura, nzige nk. wakati wayehudi walitaka uhuru wao kutoka kweney utumwa. Sasa huko UGiriki yametokea tena.

Kuna mji umevamiwa na mamilioni ya chura, kiasi kwamba waliowaona walisema kuwa ilikuwa kama kapeti imetundikwa chini! Walikuwa wanavuka barabara kuu na kusababisha magari yaliyowakanyaga yateleze. Khaa! Watu wa huko wamekosa nini mpaka wautumiwe chura?

Mnaweza kusoma habari HAPA:

Eti Venus Williams Alivaa Vibaya?

Wadau, huko kwenye French Open, bingwa wa mchezo wa Tennis, Venus Williams aliwatoa wazungu jasho. Wanalamika kuwa nguo yake, ilimfanya Venus aonekane kama yuko uchi. Mbona wazungu hawasemwi wakivaa vibaya kwenye michezo. Wengine wako uchi kabisa! Kwa mila na desturi ya tennis ni lazima uvae nguo nyeupe. Venus kavaa nyeusi.

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BY MARK W. SMITHFREE PRESS WEB EDITOR

American tennis star Venus Williams is making some headlines this morning after donning a revealing outfit during her Sunday straight-set rout of Patty Schnyder at the French Open.
Williams, ranked No. 2 at the Paris tourney behind kid sister Serena, wore a black lace corset-inspired outfit with a flesh-toned undergarment that gave the appearance that the outfit was more revealing than it actually was.

Williams told the media that the outfit was all "about illusion,"

Kwa habari zaidi BOFYA HAPA:

Mtume!!!

Jamani huo mchezo wa kupambana na ng'ombe dume (bull) huko Hispania una athari zake. Yaani huwezi kuamini lakini huyo jamaa bado yu hai!

Mnaweza kusoma story hapa:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/gored_matador_gets_spain_and_suffering_uKtLPXB9Snnc3d4BRNZPUN

Halahala Wanaonunua Chupi Marekani!!!!

Kama unanunua chupi Marekani ni lazima mtazame hii video!!! Inahusu chupi za akina mama.

Huenda unanunua chupi ambayo imevaliwa na mtu mwingine tena haijafuliwa!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/35659447#35659447

Ndege ya Air India Imeanguka India!

Ndege ya Air India aina ya 737 imeanguka leo huko India. Habari zinasema kuwa watu 158 wamekufa na watu 8 wamepona. Ndege hiyo ilitoka Dubai na ilikuwa ina jaribu kutua mjini Mangalore.

Mungu alaze roho za waliokufa mahala pema peponi. Amen. Kupona kwa hao watu 8 ni miujiza. Mungu lazima ana mpango nao dunia.

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NEW DELHI (AP) - As many as 160 people were feared dead after an Air India plane arriving from Dubai crashed Saturday as it overshot a runway while trying to land in southern India.

Television images showed dense black smoke billowing from the aircraft surrounded by flames just outside the Mangalore city airport in a hilly area with thick grass and trees.

Firefighters sprayed water on the plane as rescue workers struggled to find survivors. One firefighter ran up a hill with an injured child in his arms.

Officials in the state of Karnataka said of the 169 people believed on board, only six or seven might have survived.

"This is a major calamity," Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya told CNN-IBN TV.

The aircraft overshot the runway, hit a fence and went beyond the boundary wall of the airport, according to the Press Trust of India.

The crash could be the deadliest in India since the November 1996 midair collision between a Saudi airliner and a Kazakh cargo plane near New Delhi that killed 349 people.

The airport's location, on a plateau surrounded by hills, made it difficult for the firefighters to reach the scene Saturday, officials said.

Pre-monsoon rains over the past two days caused low visibility in the area, officials said.

Mangalore airport is about 19 miles (30 kilometers) away from Mangalore city.

Kitabu - Sitasahau MV. Bukoba

SITASAHAU MV BUKOBA nikitabu kinachoelezea hali halisi ilivyokuwa ndani ya meli ya MV kabla na baada ya ajali. Nyaisa Simango ni miongoni mwa abiria walionusurika katika ajali hiyo, Ameandika hiki Kitabu kuelezea hali halisi ilivyokuwa tangu mwanzo wa safari yake hadi meli hiyo ilipopinduka na kuzama. SASA KIPO MADUKANI.

VITABU HIVYO VINAPATIKANA MADUKA YAFUATAYO;
1. Novel Idea- City Centre na Slip way
2. Soma Book Cafe- Regent Estate
3. Mwenge Best book shop - Mwenge
4. Scholarstica book shop -- Mlimani city
5. Salamander book shop --- City centre
6. General book Seller -- City Centre
7. Dar es salaam Printers -- City centre
8. DUP -- University of Dar es salaam

Arusha
Kase store

Moshi
Mwenge best book shop

Tarime/ Musoma
Gimunta Champion Traders Ltd

Iringa
Tanzania Literature Centre

Hiyo ajali ilikuwa ni mbaya na ni kweli ilisababishwa na uchu wa pesa! Ile meli ilijazwa vibaya mno na watu na mizigo (Overcapacity)! Kusoma habari za ajali ya meli MV Bukoba kilichotokea mwaka 1996 BOFYA HAPA:

Pia kuna habari zaidi hapa: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ee1s-ari/lake.html

Someni maoni ya Kaka Edwin Ndaki hapa: http://edondaki.blogspot.com/2009/05/unakumbuka-leo-miaka-13-ajali-ya-mv.html

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Tanzania Ferry Capsizes; Hundreds Die

May 22, 1996 From Washington Post
BUJUMBURA, Burundi — A Tanzanian ferry crammed with passengers--many of them teenagers returning home from school--capsized in Lake Victoria early Tuesday, and reports from the scene said hundreds of people drowned.

Witnesses and survivors, in accounts relayed by news agencies and Tanzanian radio, reported that many of the estimated 600 passengers were trapped under the ferry after it capsized just off the port town of Mwanza, on the southern shore of Lake Victoria 600 miles northwest of Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital.

Confusion surrounded rescue operations, and it was uncertain how many aboard died. But even in the confusion it was clear that large numbers of people--probably more than 400--drowned.
Mass transportation accidents are common in sub-Saharan Africa. Ferries and buses--often long past their years of peak function--are frequently overcrowded and poorly maintained.

There were suggestions that both factors contributed to Tuesday's accident. But government officials said the vessel had recently been deemed fit for service.

The steamship was near the end of a 110-mile, regularly scheduled trip to Mwanza from Bukoba, on the lake's western shore, just south of the Tanzanian border with Uganda. Tanzanian radio and witnesses reported more than 600 passengers packed the craft even though government officials said it was supposed to hold only 441 people.

Some witnesses said in broadcast reports that the vessel did not have an organized ticket-taking procedure, making a precise accounting of those aboard extremely difficult.

Details of the accident and the number of those killed remained unclear in the often-conflicting accounts. But as the overwhelming scale of the catastrophe became known, Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa declared a three-day period of mourning to mark what he called "a national tragedy."

Tanzanian radio reported that the accident occurred when the steamship, the MV Bukoba, struck a rock and sank about 6 a.m.

The radio reported that only 40 people survived the accident. But spokesmen for the state railway company that owned and operated the ferry contended that more than 100 passengers were rescued by boats dispatched to the scene with rescue workers.

Many of the passengers were believed to have been teenage Tanzanian students heading home at the end of the spring term. It was not clear where they were attending school, but Tanzanians frequently travel to Uganda for secondary and higher education.

Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, covering 27,000 square miles, is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world, after Lake Superior.

Mwanza is a major port, from which much of Tanzania's cotton, tea and coffee are exported.

Mtumishi wa Mungu Mama Habiba Atakuwa Dallas!

Wapendwa katika shamba la Bwana. Ninayoheshima kukukaribisha ili uweze kukutana na mtumishi wa Mungu Mama Habiba.Inawezekana umewahi kumsikia huyu mtumsihi kwa namna moja au nyingine au hujawahi kumsikia.Mama Habiba ni mama aliyepewa karama ya maombezi na Mungu na amekuwa akiifanya hii kazi kila Mungu alipompeleka.Watanzania wengi wanaoishi hapa Marekani wamekuwa wakisafiri kwenda Houston ili kuombewa na mama huyu na wengine wengi kwa mamia wemekuwa wakiombewa kwa njia ya simu.Mama Habiba atakuwa mgeni wetu kuanzia Jumamosi mpaka Jumapili (22&23/5).

Mama Habiba atafuatana na ujumbe wa watu kama 20 ukiongozwa na Dr.Jerrry Mng'wamba.
Kutokana na uwezo wa ukumbi wetu na ushauri tuliopewa hatutaweza kuchukua watu zaidi baada ya ukumbi kujaa.Ninakushauri ujitahidi kuwahii ili uwe na uhakika wa kupata nafasi ya kukaa bila usumbufu.Milango itakuwa wazi kuanzia saa kumi na moja kamili jioni.

Kwa Maelezo zaidi; 214 554 7381, 682 552 6402, 214 773 6697

Mungu akubariki sana na naomba ufoward huu ujumbe kwa kila mtu bila kujali dini,kabila au nchi anayotoka.

Pastor

Venue:

Trinity Church

12727 Hillcrest Road

Dallas, Texas 75230

Jumamosi kuanzia saa 12 jioni 6:00PM

Jumapili 9:00AM to 11:00AM (saa tatu hadi saa tano asubuhi)
na 5:00PM - 8:00PM (saa 11 hadi saa mbili jioni)

Shangazi wa Rais Obama apewa Asylum Marekani!

Hatimaye, Zeituni Onyango (57) mkazi wa Boston, Massachusetts na pia shangazi yake rais Obama kapewa ruhusa ya kukaa Marekani kihalali. Amepewa 'asylum' kutokana na afya yake mbaya na pia fujo za kisiasa huko Kenya. Kesi yake ilifuatiliwa kwa makini tangu Rais Obama alivyokuwa anagombania uraisi. Wazungu wenye fikra za kibaguzi walimtumia kama mfano na kusema eti Kenya nzima itahamia Marekani kama Obama atachuguliwa kuwa rais!

Watu wengi kutoka nchi za Afrika wana asylum hapa Marekani. Pia kuna waBongo waliopewa. Wanapata kutokana kuhofia maisha yao wakirudi kwao, fujo za kisiasa, kuteswa kutokana na imani za kidini nk. Hata wanawake kuogopa kutahiriwa.

Sasa ataweza kuleta familia aliyoacha huko Kenya kihalali.

Rais Obama anasema hakuhusika kabisa na uamuzi wa jaji.

HONGERA SHANGAZI ZEITUNI!

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Obama's aunt can stay in U.S.
Posted: May 17th, 2010 01:42 PM ET
From CNN's Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt can stay in the United States, a U.S. immigration judge has ruled, ending a more than six-year legal battle over her status.
Judge Leonard Shapiro made the decision Friday, court officials told CNN.

Two government sources confirmed Monday that the ruling will give legal status to Zeituni Onyango, 57, allowing her to remain in the country.

Onyango's attorneys held an afternoon news conference on the matter in Ohio.
Onyango, who is the half-sister of the president's late father, applied for political asylum in 2002 due to violence in her native Kenya. She was a legal resident of the United States at the time and had received a Social Security card a year earlier.

Onyango's asylum request was turned down in 2004. She appealed the rejection of her request twice, but was denied each time and ordered to leave the country. Onyango remained in the country illegally until April of 2009, when Judge Shapiro gave her permission to stay in the United States while he considered her case.In February, Onyango arrived at an immigration court in a wheelchair and testified before the judge for more than two hours, her representative, Amy Cohn, told CNN at the time. Two doctors, including her personal physician, also testified on her behalf. Onyango's medical condition was part of her legal defense against expulsion.
White House officials said during the appeals that Obama was staying out of the matter.

"The president believes that the case should run its ordinary course," the officials said.
Onyango's immigration status came to light in the final days of the 2008 presidential race.

Kaka Michuzi Anahamisha Blogu Yake!

Kutoka Kwa Kaka Michuzi:

Asalaam Aleikhum, Bwana Asifiwe, Tumsifu Bwana, Shalom, Namaste, konnichiwa, Nihao, olá.....
kwa heshima na taadhima nawaamkia wadau wote popote mlipo ulimwenguni. Salamu nilizotoa hapo juu naomba ifahamike kuwa hizo nilizozimudu ni kama kielelezo kwamba nia ni kumuamkua kila mmoja kwa nafasi yake popote alipo. Mie sijambo na naendelea na Libeneke kama kawaida.

Waama, baada ya salamu, napenda kuwafahamisha kwamba Globu ya Jamii hivi karibuni itaingia kwenye awamu mpya ya dot com, ikiwa katika jitihada za kuboresha Libeneke zaidi.

Imechukua muda kuchukua hatua hii kutokana na mazoea kwani toka September 8, 2005 hadi leo si kidogo ati. Hivyo mabadiliko kama yapo inabidi yafanywe kwa uangalifu wa hali ya juu ili kutoleta usumbufu wa aina yoyote kwa wadau wa Globu ya Jamii ambao kwangu ndiyo waajiri wangu wakuu.

Naam, wakati wowote kuanzia sasa libeneke la issamichuzi.blogspot.com litaingia katika awamu ya www.imichuzi.com. unakaribishwa kujaribu na kutoa maoni yako.
Mabadiliko haya tayari yameshaanza na sasa yako katika hatua za nchani. Kilichosalia ni kuhamisha 'mzigo' wote toka issamichuzi.blogspot.com na kuutua katika www.imichuzi.com ili libeneke liendelee vile vile kama siku zote, ukaicha mabadiliko kiasi ya muonekano.
Ni kweli jina litabaki lile lile la 'MichuziBlog' lakini si uwongo kwamba hivi sasa itakuwa tovuti kamili ila katika sura ya globu kama siku zote. Hii yote ni katika juhudi za kuongeza ufanisi, tija na vionjo vingi zaidi pamoja na kuondoa kero ya kusaka mitundiko iliyopita. Nadhani sasa itaeleweka kwa nini kulikuwa na kwikwi katika kutafuta posti za zamani.

Mdau usihofu kwamba labda utapata shida kusaka www.imichuzi.com. La, hasha. hautopata shida kwani hata kama utaingia Globu ya Jamii kwa kutumia issamichuzi.blogspot.com ama hata kwa kutumia 'michuzi' pekee utapelekwa moja kwa moja kwenye kurasa mpya bila matatizo. Isitoshe, posti zitabakia kwenye ukurasa wa mwezi husika na kuingia kwenye 'archive' baada ya mwezi huo kwisha.
Hivyo basi, kwa unyenyekevu naomba niwashukuru wadau wote popote mlipo kwa kampani yenu wakati wote huu ambayo kwa kweli bila nyie Libeneke lisingefikia hapa lilipo, hususan katika wakati huu wa kulifanya bora zaidi.

Maoni, ushauri na mawazo vinakaribiushwa kwa mikono miwili, pasina kusahau kukosoana kwa kujenga na mawazo mbadala ili kieleweke na Libeneke liendelee mbele.

Kwa kuwa nawapenda wadau wote, nitakuwa mtovu wa fadhila endapo kama sintowaonjesha Libeneke litalokuja kwa muonekano mpya. Hapo hapo naomba radhi kwa usumbufu wowote utaotokea kwani kama inavyofahamika si rahisi kwa binadamu kuwa sahihi kwa kila jambo. Hivyo n penye kwikwi na tusameheane na tushtuane haraka iwezekanavyo kupitia anuani ile ile ya issamichuzi@gmail.com ambayo nayo itabadikika mambo yakikaa sawa muda si mrefu ujao itakuwa info@imichuzi.com

Miss USA kwa mara ya kwanza ni Mwarabu!

Kwa mara ya kwanza Miss USA ni mwarabu. Anaitwa Rima Faki. Ana miaka 24. Ni mhamiaji kutoka Lebanon. Ni Miss Michigan. Kama mnavyofahamu huko Michigan kuna waarabu wengi sana wana jamii kubwa sana enye nguvu. Na sehemu zingine ni kama kwenda Uarabuni kabisa.


NImependa sana maneno yake ya utundu. Mfano aliulizwa unajisikiaje kuwa Miss USA. Alijibu, nitakuambia nikishakula pizza! Hongera Rima!

Congratulations on your win!

Pichani Rima akivishwa Taji.

***************************************************************LAS VEGAS – Rima Fakih knew she had won the 2010 Miss USA title when she saw the look on Donald Trump's face: It was the same one she'd seen him flash at the winners of "The Apprentice."

The 24-year-old Lebanese immigrant — Miss Michigan USA to the judges — beat out 50 other women to take the title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown.

She told reporters later that she believed she had won after glancing at pageant owner Trump as she awaited the results with the first runner-up, Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard.

"That's the same look that he gives them when he says, 'You're hired,'" on Trump's reality show, she said.

"She's a great girl," said Trump, who owns the pageant with NBC in a joint venture.

Mnaweza kusoma habari kamili hapa:

Kinyago kilichoibwa Tanzania Charejeshwa

Pichani - Sanamu ya Makonde ambacho kiliibiwa kutoka Makumbusha ya Taifa Dar es Salaam, ilibwa kati ya mwaka 1984-1986 pamoja na baadhi ya mikusanyo ya mila na Sanamu hiyo kilikamatwa nchini Uswisi na hatimaye kurejeshwa hapa nchini.


Asante Da Subi kwa habari hizi:

Sanamu ya Kimakonde ambayo iliibwa mwaka 1984 pamoja na mikusanyiko ya vitu vya kimila kutoka kwenye Makumbusho a Taifa Dar es Salaam, na kuingia katika makumbusho ya Barbier-Mueller iliyopo nchini Uswisi mwaka 1985, imerejeshwa. Wahusika wa makumbusho hiyo ya Uswisi wanasema waliinunua miaka 25 iliyopita bila kufahamu kuwa iliibwa toka Tanzania.

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The Makonde mask, which was worn at male initiation rites by the animist ethnic group, was taken by burglars from the National Museum of Tanzania at Dar Es Salaam in 1984 and bought by the Swiss museum the following year. An official "mask-giving" ceremony will take place in Paris on Monday between representatives of the Geneva-based Barbier-Mueller museum and the Tanzanian museum, under the guidance of the International Council of Museums.

The Barbier-Mueller said in a statement that in 1990, a professor at an Italian university told it that the Makonde mask in its collection could have come from the Tanzanian museum and it informed the council.

The Barbier-Mueller museum, founded in 1977, then began the process for an eventual return of the mask to Tanzania, under certain conditions. "The return of the Makonde mask is a happy end to more than 20 years of negotiations and efforts by the two parties, with the help of the ICOM," the statement said.

Kifaru Atoroka Zoo Florida

(Pichani - Archie Kifaru aliyetoroka Zoo Huko Florida)

Leo kuna habari kuwa kifaru alitoroka kutoka kwenye hifadhi yake kwenye Mbuga ya wanyama (Zoo) huko Jacksonville, Florida. Kifaru huyo anaitwa Archie na ana miaka 41. Wafanyakazi wa zoo walipoenda kazini asubuhi hawakumkuta kwake. Kwa bahati walimkuta kwenye eneo la tembo. Lakini wanasema Archie alikuwa mbishi na alikuwa hataki kurudi kwake. Ilibidi wampigie risasi enye dawa ya usingizi.

Hebu mwone huyo Archie (pichani). Mbavu zake zinaonekana, anaonekana mnyonge pia. Anajua maisha nje ya hiyo zoo kweli. Lakini sidhani kama anaelewa kuwa kama angekuwa porini asingeishi muda mrefu maana wale poachers wangemwua kwa ajili ya hiyo pembe yake. Eti unga wa pembe ya kifaru inaongeza uwezo wa mwanamme kufanya ngono!

Hapa Boston sokwe alitoroka kutoka Franklin Park Zoo. Walimkuta kakaa kwenye kituo cha basi karibu na zoo. Siku nyingine sokwe huyo huyo alitoroka na kuzaba vibao kila mtu ambaye alikutana naye!

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-05-06/story/archie-rhino-spends-morning-lam

Lena Horne Afariki Dunia Akiwa na Miaka 92.

Lena Horne 1917-2010
(pichani Lena Horne akiwa na Bill Robinson aka. Bojangles na Cab Calloway mwaka 1943)

Wadau, leo tunamka kusikia habari ya kifo cha Lena Horne. Lena alifariki jana huko New York akiwa na miaka 92. Aliishi maisha marefu.

Lena alipambana sana na ubaguzi Hollywood. Alikuwa mweupe mno, na mara nyingi ilikuwa akiigiza katika sinema na wazungu ilibidi wampake make-up kusudi aonekane mweusi zaidi na wazungu wasidhani ni mzungu. Wakati huo sinema zilikuwa zinapigwa katika black & white.

Safari yake kwenda Hollywood ilianza mwaka 1933 alipokuwa katika stage show ya Cotton Club huko, New York. Lena aliigiza katika sinema, Cabin in the Sky. Katika hiyo ni kimada wa Little Joe. Walipiga scene ambayo Lena alikuwa anaoga katika bathtub huko akiimba akijiandaa kwenda kwa Little Joe. Scene ilikatwa eti kwa vile wazungu hawataamini kuwa weusi wanaoga!

Lena alikuwa mwimbaji maarufu pia. Aliimba katika klabu nyingi, na pia katika bendi za Noble Sissle, Duke Ellington na Cab Calloway. Alikuwa katika sinema The Wiz pia na Michael Jackson na Diana Ross.

Mwaka 2004 ilikuwa watengeneze sinema kuhusu maisha yake. Janet Jackson ndo alikuwa stelingi wake. Lakini baada ya Janet Jackson kuonyesha titi lake kwa umati akiwa kwenye Superbowl, Lena Horne alisema hataki "mtu mwenye fikra za kimalaya" aigize kama yeye. Alisha Keyes atakuwa stelingi wa hiyo sinema.

Rest in Peace Lena Horne.

Happy Mother's Day!

Nawatakia akina mama wote sikukuu njema!!!!

Na nawaomba watoto wawakumbuke mama zao siku ya leo, hata kwa kuwapigia simu.

KiSwahili Yamponza MRundi New Hampshire - Anusurika Kuuwawa

Jamani, kumbe yule baba aliyekuwa kwenye ile basi ya Greyhound huko Portsmouth, New Hampshire ambaye walisema kabeba bomu alikuwa ni MRundi!Na wala hakuwa na bomu! Alikuwa anaongea kwenye simu ya mkononi katika lugha ya kiswahili kwenye basi. Mama moja wa kizingu eti kasikia eti kasema, "BOMB ON BUS'! Watu wanasema huenda jamaa alisema Obama!

Sasa watu wamezidi! Ukiwa mweusi umevaa nguo za kijeshi, unaongea lugha ambayo mzungu haelewi basi unaweza kupigwa risasi hapa Marekani!

Polisi wa SWAT (FFU) walitumwa kwenye eneo la tukio. Waliwaambia watu washuke kwenye basi mikono mitupu huko wamezipandisaha juu. Huyo baba wa KiRundi hakuelewa inatokea nini, kabaki kwenye basi. Basi ndo wakaamua ni kweli ana bomu.

Naona huko New Hampshire polisi hawakuwa na kazi siku hiyo. walituma, mizinga vifaru (tanks), pia robot alitumwa. Nilimwona kwenye TV akiwa kwenye mlango wa basi, na kamera yake. Wataalamu wa bomualikuwepo yaani ukitazama kwenye TV unaweza kuanguka kwa vicheko baada ya kugundua kuwa fikra za kibaguzi zilizosabaisha huo mkasa!

Polisi kwa aibu, hawakumkamta yule MRundi. Bali walimkamata mzee wa kizungu mwenye miaka 68, amabaye walisem kuwa aligombana na polisi, na MMarekani mweusi ambaye walisema aliwapa jina la uongo! Jina la huyo MRundi wamehifadhi. Lakini jamani wanavyoongea utadhani Swahili inongelewa katika sayari gani sijui!



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(NECN: Portsmouth, N.H.) - Two men were arrested following a nine-hour standoff on board a Greyhound bus in Portsmouth.

The last man off the bus, whose hesitation resulted in a six-hour delay to the end of the standoff, was not one of the men charged. That man, who is from Burundi, Africa, has been released but not publicly identified by police. A passenger reported hearing on the other end of his phone conversation that a bomb was on the bus. That caused the 911 phone call to which police responded and sprung the standoff.

Officials believe the Burundi man did not get off the bus when instructed due to language, cultural and social barriers. His native tongue is Swahili.

"We took the time and additional resources to locate a family member and additional resources to locate a family member who spoke with this person in his native tongue of Swahili and helped to assure the man that no harm would come to him if he surrendered to the police officers outside the bus," Police Chief David Ferland said.

Where he is from, police said, people fear law enforcement -- they believe he feared he would be shot if he exited the bus. His hesitation delayed the end of the incident by six hours. He is in the country legally, police said.

The two men who were charged in the incident will be arraigned Friday afternoon. John Smolens of Lewiston, Maine was charged with resisting arrest or detention. Chief Ferland said the charges stem from his refusal to follow the orders of SWAT team members and refusal to cooperate in the overnight bail process.

Calvin Segar of Brooklyn, N.Y. was charged with two counts of obstructing governmental administration for providing false names and false information, according to the police chief.

The two were scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 Friday afternoon in Portsmouth District Court. The incident is not considered an act of terrorism, rather a "local event."

The police chief thanked all the agencies that participated in the peaceful conclusion of the nine-hour standoff, and apologized to the local businesses and citizens who were inconvenienced by the evacuation and closure of the area.

Kwa habari zaidi tembelea:

http://www.necn.com/05/07/10/Police-Cultural-barriers-extended-Portsm/landing.html?blockID=230623&feedID=4206

Ngoma ya Marais

Kutoka Michuzi Blogu:

Rais wa Janhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete katikati, Rais wa Afrika ya Kusini Mhe. Jacob Zuma, Wazi Mkuu wa Kenya Mhe.RailaOdinga na Waziri Mkuu Mstaafu wa Tanzania Dk. Salim Ahmed Salim, wakisakata Rumba katika Tafrija ya kukamilisha Mkutano wa Uchumi Duniani iliyofanyika jana katika Viwanja vya Ikulu Dar es salaam.Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mheshimiwa Dk. Ali Mohamed Shein, akisakata Rumba na Elsia Kanza kwenye Tafrija ya kukamilisha mkutano wa Uchumi Duniani iliyofanyika jana Usiku katika Viwanja vya Ikulu Dar es salaam.(picha na Amour Nassor VPO)

Kupata habari na kuona picha zaidi mtembelee KAKA MICHUZI:

Kanumba Aja na Sinema Mpya - White Maria!

Wadau, mcheza sinema maarufu wa Tanzania Steven Kanumba aka. The Great Kanumba au Denzel wa Tanzania atatoa sinema mpya mwezi ujao.

Sinema itaitwa White Maria. Stelingi wake ni Kanumba mwenyewe, Wema Sepetu aliyewahi kuwa Miss Tanzania.

Mnaweza kupata habari zaidi kwenye Blog ya Kanumba:
http://kanumbathegreat.blogspot.com/

Naingojea kwa hamu! Wadau huko Bongo mtuletee reviews.

Mazishi ya Bi Mwana Nassor mjini Boston

Mtoto wa marehemu Alex Rashad akiangalia utaratibu ya mazishi

Wadau, mpendwa mama yetu Bi Mwana Nassor alizikwa jana Alhamisi, Mei 6, katika makaubiri ya The Gardens at Gethsemane, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Ni nje kidogo ya Boston.

Mola ailaze roho yake mahala pema peponi. Amina.

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ASSALAM ALAYKUM

Ndugu Wapendwa Kwa niaba Ya Familia ya Bi Mwana, Tunatowa shukurani zetu za dhati
kwenu nyote Mliochangia na Mliohudhuria kwa hali na Mali Na Kwa yote Mazuri Yaliyotendeka wakati wa msiba wa kipenzi chetu Bi Mwana k. Nassor.

Vilevile Tunamshukuru M/Mungu Sana kwa Imani zenu na Ihsani zenu kwa Mshikamano wenu Mwanzo mpaka Mwisho katika Kumzika Marehemu Mama Yetu,na tunaomba mshikamano huu tuuwendeleze hivihivi ,Mungu Aendelee Kutupa roho za imani na upendo kwa sote. Na Tunawaomba Radhi kama kuna Usumbufu wowote ule uliotokea.

Na kwa wale wanaotaka kutowa salamu zao
za Rambirambi unaweza kuwapigia simu

Alex Rashad 832-537-1749
Eddy Rashad 781-608-0665
Kassim Khelef 617- 372-2566
Hafidh Kombo 203-558-1073
Samha Matar 857-249-0401

Msiba Boston - BiMwana Nassor

pichani Marehemu Bimwana Nassor

Ndugu, Jamaa na Marafiki, Tunasikitika kuwajulisha Msiba wa Mama Yake Alex Rashad, Eddy Rashad, Hafidh,na Samha Matar (Bi Mwana ) Mwana Nassor Khalef ameshatangulia mbele ya haki.

Mungu amlaze mahali Pema peponi (Amin)Taratibu na mipango ya kuzika zinaendelea Nyumbani kwake Samha 208 Westville, Dorchester MA.

Tunawaomba ndugu zetu mtusaidie kuchangia fedha kwa ajili ya kuwezesha Gharama za kuhifadhi mwili, , na gharama zingine ambazo kwa kawaida huja na haya matatizo.

Mnaweza kuwasilia na :

Alex Rashad 832-537-1749

Eddy Rashad 781-608-0665

Kassim Khelef 617- 372-2566

Akaunti Maalum umefunguliwa kwa ajili ya Rambirambi:

Eddy Rashid

Bank of America : 004616854853 (Savings)

Routing Number: 011000138

Ukosefu wa Maji Safi Boston

Wadau, nikikukumbuka shida ya maji Bongo, lazima nicheke na vituko vya watu hapa Boston na miji kadhaa iliyoathirika shauri ya bomba kuu la majio kupasuka huko Weston.

Basi leo, huwezi kununua kahawa, wala chai. Sehemu chache walikuwa wanauza na walikuwa wanatumia maji ya chupa kutengeneza. Huko watu wanalia kukosa kahawa ya asubuhi, mimi nilileta kahawa ya unga kutoka nyumbani, nilichemsha maji ya kutoka kwenye bomba la jikoni kwenye microwave. Watu wamenishangaa mno! Walinitizama kama nina kichaa!

Nilienda Shaw's supermarket huko Fenway jana kununua mahitaji machache jana. Nilipoingia pale mbele walikuwa na zile packs za chupa 24 za maji, $3.99. Ilikuwa palate nzima. Nivyotoka zilibaki mbili tu!

Watu wameambiwa wasifue nguo wala kuosha nguo na hayo maji! Hapa kazini walitupiga marufuku kunawa mikono. Walisema ukinawa lazima utumie hand sanitizer.

Jana mzungu fulani kanipigia simu na kuniambia niwapigie watu wote kwenye idara yangu simu kuwaonya kuhusu maji. Nilimwambia kuwa huo bomba ulipasauka zaidi ya masaa 24 iliyopita, hivyo huenda watu wamekunywa. Na bila shaka watakuwa na habari kwa vile iliotangazwa kwenye vyombo voyte vya habari na miji kadhaa iliwapigia simu watu kuwaonya. Pia nilimwambi nilikuwa natoka kwenda kwenye shughuli saa hiyo. Mzungu alianza kulia oh watu wataugua sana usipowapigia simu! Jana ilikuwa jumapili!!!!

Hayo maji yanayotoka kwenye bomba ukitazama yanaonekana masafi kweli kweli. Huko Bongo watu wangesema ni salama. Wengine wangetia kwenye chupa na kuuza!

- Watu wamepigana mangumi madukani wakigombania chupa za maji.

- Poland Springs, Dasani, Everest, na hao wengine wanaotengeneza maji ya chupa wa ruka ruka kwa furaha. Shareholders wao watapata faida kubwa kweli mwaka huu!

- Maduka mengi yamepandisha bei ya maji. Mayor Menino anagomba!

- Watu wanafaya hoarding ya maji! Unakuwa mtu ana minivan imejaa maji! Sasa maduka wanawauzia watu crate mbili tu!

Lakini jamani, lazima niulize. Hivi watu wanashindwa kuchukua sufuria na kuchemsha maji ya kunywa? Huenda wamesahau! Maana siku hizi kila kitu ni take-out, microvae, frozen!