The Voice of Peace

Do you know Modern Stave Trade???

2013-08-23T14:21:00.001-07:00

Human trafficking can be defined as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.”
(UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons)

While the means through which modern and traditional forms of slavery have operated differ greatly, the violation of human rights and human dignity are central issues in both practices, such as proclaimed in the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), millions of people, primarily women and children, are subjected to this tragic fate, thus underscoring the imperative of all countries to address and prevent the trafficking of persons.
In the context of the “Project to Fight Human Trafficking in Africa“, UNESCO aims to promote effective and culturally appropriate policy-making to combat the trafficking of women and children in Western and Southern Africa. The project conducts policy-oriented research on factors related to the trafficking in pilot countries, collects best practices in fighting trafficking at its roots, and organizes training workshops for policymakers, NGOs, community leaders and the media.
In addition, the Trafficking and HIV/AIDS Project based at the UNESCO Bangkok Office tackles the linked triad of problems-HIV/AIDS, trafficking, and non-traditional drug use-in the Greater Mekong Subregion, by researching, developing, and implementing programmes which crosscut these issues to address the needs of at-risk and vulnerable populations. This project builds on UNESCO’s regional pillar of “extending international protection to endangered, vulnerable and minority cultures and cultural expressions”.

Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

2013-08-23T14:19:00.002-07:00

23 August: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and of its Abolition

The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples. In accordance with the goals of the intercultural project “The Slave Route“, it should offer an opportunity for collective consideration of the historic causes, the methods and the consequences of this tragedy, and for an analysis of the interactions to which it has given rise between Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean.
The Director-General of UNESCO invites the Ministers of Culture of all Member States to organize events every year on that date, involving the entire population of their country and in particular young people, educators, artists and intellectuals.
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition was first celebrated in a number of countries, in particular in Haiti (23 August 1998) and Goree in Senegal (23 August 1999). Cultural events and debates too were organized. The year 2001 saw the participation of the Mulhouse Textile Museum in France in the form of a workshop for fabrics called “Indiennes de Traite” (a type of calico) which served as currency for the exchange of slaves in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Circular CL/3494 of 29 July 1998 from the Director-General to Ministers of Culture invites all the Member States to organize events to mark 23 August each year.
The UNESCO Executive Board adopted Resolution 29 C/40 at its 29th session.

KILE KITAKACHO TUPONZA WATANZANIA

2013-08-23T09:24:00.000-07:00

Ni muda mrefu sana toka Tanzania ijipatie uhuru wake, pamoja na misukosuko ambayo tulipitia hatuna budi kumshukuru Mungu, amani imekuwa ndiyo sifa kubwa ya nchi hii katika mataifa mbalimbali duniani, hili limetupelekea kwa namna moja ama nyingine kuendelea kiuchumi kupitia sekta ya utalii ambayo kwa sasa ndiyo sekta kuu ya pili kuliingizia taifa mapato.

Lakini wasiwasi unazidi kuendelea pale ambapo yanatokea mambo mbalimbali ambayo kwa namna moja ama nyingine yamekuwa yakituharibia sifa yetu kuu ya kuwa kisiwa cha amani.

Jambo linalonisikitisha zaidi ni pale ambapo watanzania wenyewe tumekuwa mstari wa mbele kuchochea kupoteza sifa yetu hii kuu

Kwnza kabisa ningependa kuanza na vyombo vya habari ambavyo kwa namna moja au nyingine vina mchango mkubwa sana katika kudumisha amani au hata kuipoteza amani.

Kwa siku kadhaa sasa tumekuwa tukishuhudia wamiliki wa mitandao mbalimbali ya kijamii wakiandika habari kuhusu kuwepo ma mgogro kati ya Tanzania na Rwanda, ikiwemo kutoa kauli ambazo kimsingi hazijulikani kuwa vyanzo vyake ni vipi.

Ni kweli kuwa kila mtu ana wajibu wa kupata taarifa na kupokea taarifa bila kuzuiwa, lakini pia lazima uwepo utaratibu mzuri wa utoaji wa taarifa hizo, la sivyo yanaweza kutukuta yale ambayo yaliwapata majirani zetu Kenya mwaka 2007/2008 ambapo vyombo ya habari vilikuwa na mchango mkubwa sana katika mgogoro ambao uligharimu maisha ya watu wengi.

Mtazaomo wangu ni kwamba, kama hakutakuwa na udhibiti katika swala zima ta utoaji wa habar basi tusubiri kwa muda usio mrefu na tutajikuwa katika wakati ambao hakuna hata mmoja wetu anautegemea wala kuupenda.

Wito wangu kwa Serikali, Vyombo vya habari na Wamiliki wa mitandao hii ya kijamii zikiwemo blogs:

Tufanye uchunguzi kwanza kwa habari tunazotaka kuzitoa kwa uma ili kuepusha kuwachanganya wananchi ambao kwa namna moja ama nyingine hatuujui ukweli wa mambo.
Serikali kupitia wizara ya mambo ya habari na mawasiliano iweke utaratimu maalumu wa utoaji na uandikaji wa taarifa katika blog na mitandao mbalimbali ya kijamii.
Swala zima la utoaji wa kuhusiana na maswala yanayoigusa nchi ziachwe chini ya wizara husika na sio mtu mmoja mmoja kuandika tena vitu ambavyo havina uthibitisho wala uchunguzi wowote.
Mwisho kabisa napenda kuwasihi watanzania kuacha kushabikia maswala linalohisinana na migogoro, tunatakiwa tujue kwamba zipo sehemu ambazo wanatamani japo kupata amani ya siku moja tu wakapata muda wa kukaa pamoja na familia zao lakini kutokana na machafuko yalitopo inakuwa vigumu sana.

Tukumbuke kwamba kuipoteza amani linaweza kuwa swala la siku moja tu lakini kuirudisha tena likatugahrimu maisha yetu yote.

Ningependa kuona kama sisi tungejifunza kupitia majirani zetu ambao wameshapitia katika machafuko na wale ambao bado wapo katika machafuko, kupitia wao tuone ni namna gani tutaidumisha amani katika nchi yetu Tanzania.

Mimi binafsi naipenda sana nchi yangu Tanzania, najivunia sana kuzaliwa katika nchi hii japokuwa yapo mapungufu mbalimbali yanayotukabili, hii hainifanyi kuwa mmoja wa wale wanaoitakia mabaya nchi yangu, ningependa na nitafurahi sana kama watanzania wote tungeungana na kuitakia amani nchi yetu ikiwemo kuiombea na kuwapinga vikali wale ambao kwa namna moja ama nyingine wamekuwa wanachochea katika kuipoteza amani yetu.

Mungu ibariki Tanzania, Mungu tubariki watanzania, amani iwe chetu cheo, fujo kuzikwepa, kwa upendo na mshikamano kuishi na udugu wetu wa enzi kuuenzi

TO MY ROSELVELT

2012-09-26T18:10:00.000-07:00

This video is special dedication to my Rose who is away from me...... What I want her to know is that: Time, distance, race, nationality, ........

Mwanga District University's Students Association (MDUSA)

2012-07-29T15:26:00.002-07:00

Mwanga District University’s Students Association is the professional forum comprised of all elites born or living in Mwanga District. Mwanga District University’s Students Association is nonprofit and non political association and does not discriminate individual on basis of religion, race, color, tribal, culture and even nationality.

WAFUMANIWA HUKU SEHEMU ZA SIRI ZIKIWA ZIMENG'ANG'ANIANA

2012-05-11T04:56:00.000-07:00

Ule usemi uliotolewa na wahenga wa "mke wa mtu ni sumu" umeonekana dhahiri baada ya jamaa mmoja hapo kwa majirani zetu yaani nchini Kenya kufumaniwa akivunja ile inayosemekana kuwa ni amri ya sita na mwanamke asiyekuwa wake (mke wa mtu).

AIESEC-UDOM IN CAREER FAIR UDSM

2012-05-09T17:09:00.003-07:00

Hawa ni vijana wa AIESEC Chuo kikuu cha Dodoma pamoja na Interns kutoka China na Canad wakiwa katika event ya career fair kwa shirikiano wa AIESEC Tanzania na Makampuni wahisani yapatayo 26 ambapo Tigo Tanzania, African Barick Gold, Twiga Cement, Standerd Charterd Bank, Bank Of Africa, First National Bank, Clouds Media, Cococola, CRDB Bank na mengine mengi yalihudhuria katika event hiyo iliyofanyika tarehe 5 na 6 Mei 2012. Lengo likiwa ni kuweza kuwakutanisha na waajiri vijana wanaotegemea kuhitimu vyuo na hata wale wanaobaki, kuwafungulia mipaka ya ajira na pia kiumarisha umoja miomngoni mwa vijana.

Mkutano wa vijaa wa UN Tanzania kufanyika mjini Dodoma

2012-04-10T08:00:00.000-07:00

Hivi ndivyo mkutano ulivyokuwa umelenga

Ni mkutano uliowajumuisha vijana mbalimbali kutoka mikoa yote nchini kwa dhumuni la kujadili matatizo mbalimbali yanayozikumba nchi zinazoendelea hasa katika swala zima la maendeleo na kuandaa maadhimio yatakayoziwezesha nchi hizi kufikia kile kinachosemekana kuwa ni maendeleo endelevu.

Bwana alitoa na Bwana ametwaa jina lake lihimidiwe

2012-04-10T07:56:00.001-07:00

Hivi ndivyo ndugu yetu mpendwa Steven Charles Kanumba alivyo hifadhiwa katika nyumba yake ya mwisho, watu wengi walifika kwa ajili ya kumuaga kutokana na mapenzi yao kwake.

Tutakukumbuka Daima

2012-04-08T02:37:00.000-07:00

Mshituko mkubwa umewakumba watu wengi, hasa wapenzi wa filamu za Bongo (Bongo Movies). Ni baada ya kuondokewa na mpenzi wao (wetu) muigizaji mahiri katika tasnia hiyo Steven Charles Kanumba maarufu kama "The Great"

Kanumba amefariki usiku wa kuamkia jana jumamosi tarehe 7, Machi 2012, hata hivyo sababu za kifo chake hazijajulikana japokuwa kuna tetesi kuwa amefariki baada ya kuanguka ambapo ameumia sehemu ya kichwa.
Hilo limetokea baada ya kugombana na anayesemekana kuwa mpenzi wake Elizabet Michael maarufu kama "LULU" ambapo alimkuta akiwa anaongea na mtu mwingine kupitia simu yake ya mkononi. Inasemekana ilikuwa yapata saa sita usiku ambapo Kanumba alikuwa ametoka kuonga ili ajiandae waweze kutoka out.

Jeshi la polisi limamshikilia mwanadada huyo ili kulisaidia katika uchunguzi wa tukio hilo.

Mungu ailaze roho ya marehemu mahali pema peponi. Amina.

TMUN 2012 kufanyika mjini Dodoma

2012-04-03T14:07:00.001-07:00

Ni mkutano wa Vijana wa UN tanzania ambao walikutana kwa lengo la kujadili na kupata maadhimio ya nini kifanyike ili kufikia maendeleo endelevu, mkutano huo ulifanyikia katika ukumbi wa zamani wa bunge la jamuhuri ya muungano wa Tanzania alimaarufu kama ukumbi wa Pius Msekwa. Mkutano huo ulifunguliwa na naibu spika wa bunge Mh. Job Ndugai.

Mkutano huo ulifanyika kwa muda wa siku tatu kuanzia tarehe 31 March hadi 2 April 2012 mabampo vijana hao wali toa baadhi ya maadhimio ya nini kifanyike ili kuhakikisha nchi zinazoendelea ziweze kufikia maendeleo lakini yasiyokuwa na athari katikamazingira.

Baada ya mkutano huo vijana hao walifanya uchaguzi kuwachagua viongozi wapia baada yua waliokuwepo kumaliza muda wao wa mwaka mmoja wa uogozi.

Mkutano ulikuwa na agenda juu ya maendeleo endelevu kama inavoonekana hapo

Ferry disaster: ferry sink in Bangladesh scores of people missing

2012-03-14T17:57:00.000-07:00

Ferry disaster: ferry sink in Bangladesh scores of people missing

Dozens of people are still missing after a ferry with several 250 people on board sunk in a river in southern Bangladesh on early Tuesday, according to the police say.

That accident took place Meghna River in the Munshiganj district’s Gojaria upazila in Bangladesh and about 33 people dead and scores missing.

And that accident occurred around 2:30am on Tuesday after an oil tanker rammed into it said Munshiganj’s deputy commissioner.
According to a report, they say at least 50 people were saving after the accident occurred in the Meghna River, south-west of the capital Dhaka.

It’s very shocking but true Ferry accidents are common on Bangladesh’s huge river network and that’s why scores are killed every year.

Ferry disaster: ferry sink in Bangladesh scores of people missing

Local police chief Mohammad Shahabuddin Khan told the AFP news agency that the death toll is likely to increase as more bodies are feared trapped in the interior.

According to a local media report the ferry was traveling to Dhaka from the Shariatpur district.

Mainly ferry accidents occurred in Bangladesh is blamed on poor security principles and excess numbers of passengers.

And last April, as minimum 31 people killed also after ferry accidents also in June 2010 about a dozen people were died and in November 2009, at least 118 people died in two ferry accidents in a week.

Ajali ya Basi yaua watu 28 Switzeland

2012-03-14T17:28:00.002-07:00

Bali ambalo lilipata ajali na kuua watu 28

Ni ajali ambayo imetoke juzi Jumanne usiku ambapo watu 28 walifariki dunia na wengi wao wakiwa ni watoto ambapo idadi yao ni watoto 22, wakati wengine 24 wakiwa wamejeruhiwa na baadhi yao wakiwa katika hali mbaya, ajali hiyo imetokea katika jimbo la Valais, mpakani mwa Switzeland na Italy.

Watoto hao wote wanatoka katika nchi ya Ubeligiji katka vijiji vya Lommel na Heverlee walikuwa wanarejea nyubani kutoka katika safari ya kimasomo.

Taarifa zinaonesha kuwa basi hilo lilikuwa limebeba watu 52 wengi wao wakiwa ni wanafunzi.

Ajali hiyo imetokea usiku wa Jumanne tarehe13 March, 2012 baada ya basi hilo kugonga ukuta wa baraba ya chini ya ardhi, pia katika ajali hiyo madereva wote walifariki dunia wakati majeruhi walipelekwa katika Hospitali ya Lausanne Berne na wengine katika mji wa Uswiss

Hapa ni katika harakati za kuliondoa basi hili katika eneo la ajali

Lipumba tears into ‘Ujamaa’ socialism the Arusha Declaration

2012-03-13T14:51:00.002-07:00

Prf Ibrahim Lipumba the chairman of the Civic United Front (CUF)

The Arusha Declaration and poor leadership are to blame for Tanzania’s inability to overcome poverty, ignorance and disease, according to the national chairman of the Civic United Front, Prof Ibrahim Lipumba.

Addressing journalists for the first time since he returned from the US, Prof Lipumba said the country would not attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as long as it continued managing the economy the same way.

The renowned economist told reporters at the party’s headquarters in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the country lacks an organisational framework to oversee national resources.

Prof Lipumba was part of a team of economic experts from around the world who were in the US to research ways to end the economic crunch. During the five months he worked with other economists at the invitation of the National Endowment for Democracy, he presented a paper titled From Ujamaa to Democracy which reflected on the 50 years of Tanzania’s independence.

“In the research I conducted when preparing the paper, I realised that democracy and economic freedom are key elements for any country’s development,” he said. “Ujamaa, brought about by the Arusha Declaration, robbed Tanzanians of democracy and economic freedom.”

By setting limits on how much a citizen should possess and forcing them to live in Ujamaa villages, the Arusha Declaration violated the people’s economic freedom and other rights, Prof Lipumba said, and the decision to nationalise industries and companies killed the industrial sector as it handed the sector to incompetent personnel.

“(Julius) Nyerere (first Tanzania President) did a lot to bring about national cohesion but failed to create a sustainable economy,” the CUF leader said. “The Arusha Declaration is what brought us to where we are now and we will not achieve the MDGs partly due to historical reasons.”

Prof Lipumba said it was saddening that, 50 years after independence, over 70 per cent of Tanzanians were still rooted in extreme poverty despite the country’s immense wealth.

Tuwathamini Mashujaa wa kweli na sio wa Vyeo

2012-03-11T13:37:00.003-07:00

Huwa ni kawaida na mazoea ya jamii, watu binafsi, asasi za kiraia, mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali na sehemu mbalimbali kutoa zawadi kwa wale wanaoonekana kuwa na mchango au kuwa na jitihada katika utendaji wa kazi na umakini katika kufanya kazi wanazopewa.

Hata hivyo wakati mwingine tumeshuhudia zawadi hizo zikitolewa kwa kijuana, au kwa ahadi ya kurudisha fadhila kwa anayekupa zawadi hiyo.

Wakati mwingine zawadi hizo hutulewa kwa watu wasiokuwa na sifa za kupewa zawadi.

Jamii imewasahau nakutowajali wale ambao zawadi hizo ni halali kwao.

Hebu tujiulize kuwa nilini jamii ilikaa na kuamua kuwapa zawadi akina mama ambao wamekuwa wakifanya kazi kubwa katika familia zao, hufanya kazi ngumu ya kuilea jamii ili iwe na mwelekeo mzuri.

Pia kuna kundi wa wazee (babu na bibi zetu) ambao kwa mara nyingine jamii inawapa jukumu zito la kuwalea wajukuu kwa kisingizio kuwa tunayatafuta maisha.

Lakini hatujawahi kusikia kiwa wazee hao wanaandaliwa zawadi kwa kazi kubwa wanayoifanya, hili linasikitisha na kutia huruma hasa tunapo shuhudia sisi tunao wabebesha mizigo hiyo tunamua kupeana zawadi wenyewe bila hata kuwafikiria wazee wetu waliotulea na sasa tunawapa kazi ya kulea wajukuu.

Inatupasa tubadilike na kuona umuhimu wa kutoa zawadi kwa wastahili wa zawadi hizo na kupeana zawadi kisa tunajana kwa vyeo vyutu.

Tuitunze amani na Ummoja

2012-03-10T11:52:00.002-08:00

Rose
Huyu ni moja kati ya wasanii chipukizi nchini Tanzania, ambaye amaonesha uwezo mkubwa kama wasanii wa nchi za nje kama akina Rihnna, na wengineo wengi, amekuwa mfano wa kuigwa na wasanii wengine hasa katika kusisitza swala zima la amani duniani na kuepuka migogoro ambayo imekuwa chanzo cha masumbuko, manyanyaso na mateso kwa watu wengi hasa wale wasio na hatia.

Tungependa wasanii wetu waimbe nyimbo zenye kuelimisha jamii na sio kuimba mapenzi kila siku

Hii ni ndoto ambayo kugeuzwa kuwa kweli inahitaji uthabiti na sio siasa

2012-03-10T11:20:00.000-08:00

Huu ni mpango ambao unafanywa kwa ushirikiano kati ya serikali ya Tanzania na Marekani yenye lengo la kuubadilisha mji wa Kigamboni kuwa sehemu ya kibiashara kwa kuijenga kama miji iliyopo Ulaya ikiwemo kujenga daraja litakalounganisha mji wa Dar es Salaam na Kigamoni, kujenga miundo mbinu zikiwemo barabara, kandaa maeneo maalumu ya viwanda na kujenga soko kubwa la kimataifa.

Pengine ni kweli, au ni ndoto kama zilivyokuwa zile za abunuasi, sote hatujui............ Tusubiri wakati uamue, .... ila pia tuangalie nini hasa lengo la kujengwa kwa mji huo, manufaa yake kwa wananchi wa nji huo au tutaishia katika kunyang'anywa ardhi na kuukaribisha ukolono ambao tulitumia miaka mingi kuuondoa.

Kama kweli naiwe kweli ilaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

Filamu iliyoandaliwa na Invisible Childrenn kuelezea maasi yanayofanywa na waasi wa LRA nchini Uganda

2012-03-09T18:29:00.000-08:00

Filamu inayoonesha maisha ya wananchi wa Uganda na vitendo wanavyofanyiwa na kikundi cha waasi acha LRA kinachoongozwa na Joseph Kony

Haya ndiyo maisha ya ndugu zetu, tunauomba umoja wa mataifa kuhakikisha kuwa amani inapatikana kwa wananchi wa Uganda kwa nja yoyote na kuhakikisha kuwa KONY anatafutwa na kufikishwa katika mahakama ya makosa ya kivita ya Umoja wa mataifa

Maandalizi ya mchuwano wa olimpiki 2012

2012-03-09T14:34:00.001-08:00

Jiji la London litakuwa mwenyeji wa michuano ya mwaka 2012 ya Olimpiki. Hapa ni kiwanja mojawapo katika maandalizi ya kuelekea michuano hiyo, Pengine miaka kadhaa ijayo yatafayikia Afrika, hivyo nasi tuanze taratibu kuandaa viwanya kama hiki

Katika kuleta maendeleo wanawake ni muhimu wapewe kipao mbele (Hongera kwa wanawake wote Duniani)

2012-03-08T14:30:00.000-08:00

Akina mama Mkoani Iringa (makambako) wakisherehekea siku ya Wanawake duniani hapo jana ambapo husherehekewa kimataifa kila mwaka inapofikia tarehe 8 mwezi wa tatu

I AM VERY SORRY MAY BELOVED BLOG FANS

2012-03-07T16:17:00.003-08:00

Kimepita kipindi kirefu toka nilivyo pablishi kwa mara ya mwisho katika blogu hii, hii ni kutokana tu na baadhi ya matatizo ambayo nimekuwa nikikumbana nayo, pamoja na kuwa bize sana na shule kiasi cha kushindwa kuwa karibu na blogu hii, ila kwa sasa nimerudi tena na nina mpango madhubuti wa kuwaletea mambo mbalimbali na nazuri hivyo wapendwa na wapenzi wa blogu hii ninawaomba kujiandaa kupata vitu vingi na tofauti.

Pia ninawaomba radhi wapenzi wangu kwa kutoweka ghafla bila ya taarifa yoyote, hili ni kutokana na muingiliano wa mambo na majukumu, na ni matumaini yangu kuwa mtakuwa mmenielewa na kunikubalia ombi langu, asanteni sana na katibuni tena kwa mara nyingine.

Waziri wa nishati na madini Willium Ngeleja amtetea Raisi Kikwete

2012-01-09T16:20:00.002-08:00

WAZIRI wa Nishati na Madini, William Ngeleja, amesema tume ya kukusanya maoni ya wananchi kuhusu uundwaji wa Katiba mpya itakuwa huru na haitaingiliwa na mamlaka yoyote na kwamba hata Rais Jakaya Kikwete hatakuwa na mamlaka ya kuingilia kazi ya tume licha ya kuiunda.
Akizungumza kwenye mkutano maalumu wa CCM ulioandaliwa kwa ajili ya kuwapokea wanachama wapya 30 kutoka CHADEMA mjini hapa juzi, Ngeleja alisema upotoshwaji unaoenezwa na baadhi ya wanasiasa nchini kwamba tume hiyo haitakuwa huru kwa kuwa itaundwa na Rais anayetokana na CCM si kweli na aliwaonya wanasiasa hao kuacha mara moja hulka hiyo.

Ngeleja alisema tume hiyo itafanya kazi zake kwa kufuata taratibu na sheria za nchi na si matakwa ya mtu au kiongozi yeyote na kwamba itakusanya maoni ya wananchi kwa miezi 18, hivyo Watanzania wanapaswa kupuuza upotoshwaji unaofanywa na baadhi ya wanasiasa.
“Naomba niwahakikishie Watanzania kwamba tume ya kukusanya maoni kuhusu Katiba mpya itakayoundwa na Rais itakuwa huru na haitaingiliwa na mtu yeyote. Hata Rais hawezi kuingilia kazi ya tume.
“Wapo watu wanawapotosha Watanzania eti tume haitakuwa huru kwa kuwa imeundwa na Rais anayetokana na CCM. Kwa kweli mawazo yao siyo sashihi,” alisema Ngeleja.
Hata hivyo, Ngeleja aliwashangaa wanasiasa na watu wengine wanaopiga kelele kuhusu sheria ya mabadiliko ya Katiba mpya ya mwaka 2011, iliyopitishwa Bungeni na kusainiwa na Rais Kikwete, na kusema sheria hiyo imetungwa na kupitishwa kama zinavyopitishwa sheria nyingine.
Alisema Rais Kikwete alichosaini siyo Katiba mpya, bali ni sheria ya namna ya mchakato wa uundwaji wa Katiba mpya utakavyokuwa na kwamba hata Bunge halijapitisha Katiba mpya na aliwaomba watu kama hawaujui mchakato huo ni bora wakanyamaza, maana wakiendelea kuupotosha umma mtu huyo anaweza kueleweka hana akili sawasawa.
Kwa mujibu wa Ngeleja, Rais anatarajiwa kuunda Bunge la Katiba kwa kuwashirikisha wabunge wote wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Wawakilishi wa Baraza la Serikali ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar (SMZ), na wajumbe wengine 166 kutoka asasi mbalimbali za kiraia.
Alizitaja baadhi ya asasi hizo zitakazoshiriki kwenye Bunge la Katiba kuwa ni madhehebu ya dini, vyama vya siasa vyenye usajili wa kudumu, taasisi za elimu ya juu, makundi maalumu ya kijamii, vyama vya wafanyakazi, jumuiya ya wakulima, wafugaji, vikundi vingine vya watu vyenye malengo yanayofanana.

Rais wa Guinea Bissau afariki dunia

2012-01-09T15:43:00.001-08:00

Aliyekuwa Raisi wa Guinea Bissau Malam Bacai Sanha

Rais wa Guinea Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanha, amefariki dunia katika hospitali moja mjini Paris, nchini Ufaransa, alipokuwa akipokea matibabu.

Afisa mmoja wa serikali ya Ufaransa leo ametangaza kifo cha kiongozi huyo wa taifa hilo la magharibi mwa Afrika ambalo limekumbwa na misukosuko.

Sanha ambaye amefariki akiwa na umri wa miaka 64, alilazawa katika hospitali ya kijeshi ya Val de Grace muda mfupi kabla ya sikukuu ya krismasi. Ugonjwa uliosababisha kifo chake haujatangazwa kwa umma, lakini afisa huyo wa Ufaransa amesema amekuwa katika hali mahututi kwa muda sasa. Tangu kuingia madarakani mwaka 2009, Sanha amekuwa akisumbuliwa na afya mbaya, na aliondoka mwezi Novemba mwaka jana kutafuta matibabu ng' ambo na kuzua wasiwasi wa serikali yake kupinduliwa na jeshi katika nchi ambayo imeshuhudia mapinduzi kadhaa.

HAPPY NEW YEAR "2012"

2012-01-01T14:52:00.002-08:00

Ni mwaka mpya, mwaka ambao wengi tulikuwa tunausubiri kwa hamu, mwaka ambao kwanza ni mchanga, ikiwa leo ndoyo siku ya pili ya mwezi wa kwanza katika mwaka wa 2012, sote hatuna budi kumshukuru Mungu kwa kutufikisha, hapa tukiwa wazima wa afya kila mmoja kwa nafasi yake.

Pia hatuna budi kutafakari yale tuliyotenda katika mwaka uliopita, yale yaliyokuwa mema tuyaenzi, na mabaya kuyatupilia mbali, kuangalia mafanikio na mapungufu tuliyokuwa nayo yaliyopelekea kutofikia malengo tuliyokuwa tumejiwekea, yote ikiwa ni lengo la kuleta ufanisi katika utendaji wetu wa kazi.

Hata hivyo katika maka huu uliopita tumewapoteza ndugu zetu wengu kutokana na matulio mbalimbali, kama vile ajali za barabarani, magonjwa, na vurugu za kisiasa pia yakiwemo matukio makubwa ambayo yalilitikisa taifa ambayo ni milipuko ya mabomu katika kambi ya jeshi Gongolamboto, ajali ya Meli MV SPICE ISLANDER pamoja na mafuriko ambayo yamekumba baadhi ya maeneo katika jiji la Dar es Salaam. Sote kwa pamoja hatunabudi kuungana na kuwaombea ndugu zetu waliotangulia mbele ya haki ili wapate pumziko la milele.

Hata hivyo pia wapo ndugu zetu ambao mwaka mpya umewakuta wakiwa katika hali ya kuumwa wakiwemo hospitalini na hata nyumbani kwao, pia kwa pamoja tunapaswa kuwaombea ili wapate kupona mapema na kujiunga na familia, ndugu, jamaa na rafiki zao katika harakati za ujenzi wa taifa.

Pia tunapaswa kujua kuwa mwaka mpya sio kukaa, kusherehekea na kukusanyika na familia zetu, bali kujipanga upya ili kuhakikisha kuwa tunafikia malengo tuliyojiwekea katika maisha yetu.
Hivyo basi ni fursa kila mmoja wetu kuhakikisha kuwa anajiwekea malengo yake ambayo kwayo itakuwa ndiyo nguzo ya msingi katika utendaji wake wa kazi.

HERI YA MWAKA MPYA "2012" WENYE BARAKA NA MAFANIKIO

PEDRO VERONA ASHINDA TUZO YA MO IBRAHIM

2011-10-11T02:47:00.001-07:00

Aliyekuwa Rais wa Visiwa vya Cape Verde Pedre Verona Pires ashinda tuzo ya Mo Ibrahim ya utawala bora barani Afrika.

Tuzo hiyo inathamani ya dola milioni tano (5 mil) katika kumi ya utawala wake na dola 200,000 katika kipindi chote maisha yake.

Kamati inayohusika na utoaji wa tuzo hiyo imesema kuwa Pedro Verona aliisaidia sana nchi yake na kuifanya kuwa mfano mzuri na wa kuigwa wa utawala bora wa kidemokrasia, kuwepo kwa uhuru binafsi, kuheshimu na kulinda haki za binadam, msimamo wa kisiasa na maendeleo ya kiuchumi.

Pedro Verona kabla ya kustafu alikataa kubadilisha katiba ya inchi hiyo ili kumuwezesha kugombea uraisi tena baada ya kumaliza kipindi chake cha miaka kumi tofauti na maraisi wengine barani Afrika ambavyo wamekuwa wakifanya.

Tuzo hii ya Mo Ibrahim imeanzishwa mwaka 2006 na bilinea wa Sudan 'MO IBRAHIM' ambapo kwa kipindi cha miaka miwili iliyopita tuzo hii haikutolewa kutokana na kukosekana kwa maraisi wenye vigezo vya kushinda tuzo hii.

Raisi Pedro Verona ambaye ana umri wa miaka 77 ametumia miaka hamsi ya maisha yake katika siasa ambapo mnamo mwaka 1975 aliteuliwa kuwa waziri mkuu wa nchi hiyo, mwaka 1991 aliingia katika kinyang'anyiro cha uraisi ambapo alishindwa, na mwaka 2001 alishinda na kuwa Raisi wa kisiwa hicho na mwaka 2006 akashinda awamu ya pili ya uraisi.

Hata hivyo sisi tunatakiwa kujiuliza kuwa Tanzania imekuwa na Maraisi wangapi na kwanini asiwepo hata mmoja wa kushinda tuzo hii?... Tuzo hii inatoa funzo gani kwa maraisi wa kiafrika?.... Je wananchi wenyewe wa nchi za kiafrika wanaonaje kuhusu tuzo hii?

Sote hatunabudi kutafakari na kuchukua hatua madhubudi.