SAKATA LA FEDHA ZILIZOFICHWA SWITZERLAND NA MAFISADI WA TANZANIA

 Imeingizwa hapa leo hii 29/10/2012.

Zitto amlipua Dk Hoseah wa Takukuru

Daniel Mjema, Rombo na Exuper Kachenje, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

MBUNGE wa Kigoma Kaskazini, Zitto Kabwe amemlipua Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa nchini (Takukuru), Dk Edward Hoseah, akidai kuwa bosi huyo ameandikia barua Uswisi, akieleza kwamba Tanzania haina masilahi na mabilioni ya fedha yaliyofichwa katika benki za nchini hiyo.

Zitto amedai pia kwamba, atawasilisha hoja binafsi katika kikao cha Bunge kinachoanza keshokutwa Jumanne, akiiomba Benki ya Dunia (WB), kutumia kikosi chake kinachojulikana kama Asset Recovery Unit (ARU), ili kuwabaini Watanzania walioficha fedha hizo na namna gani zitarejeshwa nchini.

Hata hivyo, alipotafutwa na Mwananchi Jumapili jana jioni, huku akionyesha kushangazwa na madai hayo ya Zitto  Dk Hoseah amekanusha akisema kuwa tuhuma hizo hazina ukweli wowote.

“Nashangaa, kwanza nipo hospitali naumwa, wala sijawahi kuandika barua  anayodai Zitto,”alisema Dk Hoseah.
Mkurugenzi huyo wa Takukuru alisisitiza:  “Anavyosema Kabwe, labda muulizeni vizuri. Huo ni uongo, mimi sijawahi kuandika barua hiyo na sifanyi biashara hiyo. Tambua kuwa hilo siyo kweli, sisi tunafanya kazi kwa mujibu wa sheria. Kama kweli mwambieni huyo Zitto aonyeshe hiyo barua.”

Hata hivyo alivyotakiwa kueleza kuhusu afya yake na mahali alipolazwa, Dk Hoseah alisita na kusema:
“Wewe jua hivyo tu kwamba ninaumwa, nimepumzika. Siyo India, nipo nyumbani.”

Zitto Kabwe alitoa tuhuma hizo dhidi ya Dk Hoseah jana (27/10/2012) eneo la Kibaoni, Kata ya Nanjara Reha, wilayani Rombo mkoani Kilimanjaro katika mkutano wa hadhara, ambapo alimtaka Dk Hoseah ajitokeze hadharani na kuwaeleza Watanzania sababu za kuandika barua hiyo.
“Juzi tumeambiwa, Dk Hoseah ameandika barua kwenda Uswisi kuwaambia ya kwamba, Tanzania hatuna interest (masilahi) na hizo fedha zilizofichwa huko nje kwa sababu ni fedha binafsi…;  Huyu ndiye mkurugenzi wa kupambana na rushwa nchini,” alisema Zitto.

Aliongeza: “Tunamtaka Dk Hoseah atuonyeshe barua aliyoiandika kwenye mamlaka za kule Uswisi na atuambie ni kwa nini ameandika barua kama hii kwa sababu, tunataka fedha hizi zijulikane ni za akina nani na zirejeshwe nchini.”

Zitto ambaye pia ni Naibu Kiongozi wa Kambi rasmi ya Upinzani Bungeni na Naibu Katibu Mkuu Chadema, alisema kuwa Watanzania walioficha zaidi ya  TSh.340 bilioni hawazidi 50 hivyo ni lazima wajulikane na fedha hizo zitaifishwe.
“Wamezificha fedha hizi nje wakati sheria za nchi zinakataza,” alisema na kufafanua kuwa sheria ziko wazi kuwa hakuna Mtanzania anayeruhusiwa kuwa na mali nje ya nchi bila kuwa na kibali cha Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (BoT), hivyo fedha hizo ziko huko kinyume cha sheria.

 “Wenzetu wa Senegal wamefanya hivyo, India pia wamefanya hivyo….; Ujerumani na Marekani wao wameamua kuwatoza kodi watu wenye fedha za aina hiyo, lakini sisi tunataka kujua hizi fedha zimetokana na nini kwa sababu zipo ambazo zimetokana na wizi na ufisadi,” alisema.

Alidai kuwa sehemu ya fedha hizo imetokana na wizi katika Akaunti ya Madeni ya Nje (EPA) ya BoT, ufisadi katika Kampuni ya Uchimbaji Madini ya Meremeta iliyokuwa ikimilikiwa na Jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania (JWTZ) na uchimbaji wa gesi katika baadhi ya mikoa nchini.

Mbunge huyo alienda mbali akisema: “Tunataka kiongozi yeyote wa kisiasa wa Tanzania anayejijua kwamba ana mali nje ya nchi ajitangaze mapema na aseme amezipataje hizo mali, kwa sababu njia pekee ya kupambana na ufisadi ni uwazi.”

 Agosti 15 mwaka huu, kambi rasmi ya upinzani bungeni, iliitaka Serikali kuwataja kwa majina viongozi na wafanyabiashara wakubwa walioficha TSh.315.5 bilioni nchini Uswisi  (Switzerland)

Akiwasilisha hotuba ya kambi hiyo, Waziri Kivuli wa Fedha, Kabwe Zitto alisema endapo Serikali itashindwa kuwataja watu hao, kambi hiyo itawataja kwa majina katika Bunge linaloanza wiki ijayo.

Zitto alisema mmoja wa viongozi wa juu wa Tanzania (hakumtaja), baadhi ya mawaziri wa Serikali za awamu zilizopita na wafanyabiashara wazito ni miongoni mwa wamiliki wa fedha hizo.

Alisema taarifa ya Benki Kuu ya Uswisi ya Juni mwaka huu, inaonyesha kuwa fedha hizo TSh.315.5 bilioni zimetoroshwa na kufichwa kwenye benki mbalimbali nchini humo.

Alidai kuwa fedha hizo zinatokana na biashara zilizofanywa na watendaji wa Serikali na wafanyabiashara kadhaa kwenye sekta za nishati na madini.

Sehemu kubwa ya fedha zililipwa na kampuni za utafutaji mafuta na gesi katika pwani ya Mkoa wa Mtwara zilizopewa mikataba kati ya mwaka 2004 na 2006.

Baada ya Zitto kumaliza kuwasilisha hotuba yake, Mbunge wa Simanjiro Christopher Ole-Sendeka (CCM) aliomba mwongozo wa Spika kuhusu suala hilo.

Sendeka alisema Zitto alisema miongoni mwa walioficha fedha hizo ni kiongozi wa juu kabisa wa Tanzania, lakini akashangaa Serikali kutohoji juu ya kauli hiyo.

Naibu Spika, Job Ndugai alisema kuwa angetoa mwongozo huo baada ya kuipitia hotuba hiyo ya kambi Rasmi ya Upinzani Bungeni na kuona kama ina matatizo.

 Hata hivyo, uchunguzi zaidi wa gazeti hili baadaye ulibaini kuwa fedha hizo zilikuwa na uhusiano na ufisadi kupitia Meremera, unaohusisha Dola za Marekani 132 milioni wastani wa Sh211.2 bilioni.

COMMUNTER TRAIN IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA MAKING HISTORY

 POSTED HERE ON 28/10/2012.

Tanzania: Dar Commuter Train Starts On Monday

by Ludovick Kazok, allafrica.com
October 27th 2012.

AT last the long awaited Dar es Salaam city commuter train which is geared to address the traffic jam problems will start operating on Monday 29/10/2012. 

Deputy Minister for Transport, Dr Charles Tizeba, told a news conference in the city that the city train would be starting at 5 a.m. and break at 11a.m and resume again at 3pm to 8pm.

"The soft launch ceremony of the city commuter train will be graced by the Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, as we are still waiting for official launch by the Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda," he said.

He said the Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) will be charging 400/- for adults while the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) will be charging 500/- for adults and that both parts will be charging children and students 100/-.

"After a long discussion with different transport stakeholders, we have reached to the conclusion on such train fair with directives from Sumatra (Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority)," said the deputy minister.

Dr Tizeba noted that the train would be starting at Ubungo Maziwa area in Kinondoni municipality to the main railway station in the city centre, saying other route will be starting at Tazara main station to Mwakanga and Kurasini areas.

He pointed out that the stopage stations from Dar es Salaam to Mwakanga area in Pugu will be eight including Kwa Fundi Umeme, Kwa Limboa, Lumo Kigilagila, Sigara, Kitunda road, Kipunguni B, Majohe, Magnus and Mwakanga.

Dr Tizeba said another route from Dar es Salaam to Kurasini will have six stations including Kwa Fundi Umeme, Yombo, Chimwaga, Maputo, Mtoni Relini and Kwa Aziz Ali Relini. Other stations are Kamata, Buguruni, Buguruni kwa Mnyamani, Tabata Matumbi, Tabata Mwananchi, Mabibo and Ubungo Maziwa.

He said about 2,000 ticket vending stations have been earmarked for the city commuter train and that tickets will also be available at the stations, saying there will be no purchasing a ticket inside the trains.

"Passengers will have to queue in order to get in the train as the first come first served procedures will be used." The deputy minister has directed those conducting business within the prohibited 60 metres from the railways to vacate the area immediately and that the government will not hesitate to take them to court.

SIR SERETSE KHAMA AND RUTH WILLIAMS OF BOTSWANA

Sir Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams

Married in 1948

Seretse Khama was born in 1921, and is the son of the Chief of the Bangwato Tribe and ruler of the Bechuanaland (a protectorate by Great Britain) later known as Botswana. When his father died in 1925, Seretse’s uncle, assumed the role as Seretse’s guardian and Acting Chief. His uncle sent Seretse to England so he could continue his education. It was while he was in London, when studying for his bar examinations, that he met Ruth Williams. They shared their enthusiasm for jazz and eventually romance ensued and they were married a year later, in 1948. The interracial marriage sparked a furor among both the apartheid government of South Africa and the tribal elders. Seretse was at first banned from the chieftainship and the territory for breaking tribal custom, but was later re-affirmed and eventually became Chief. Because of the apartheid system in South Africa, the country could not afford to have an interracial couple ruling just across their border, so pressure was put on to have Seretse removed from his chieftainship. In 1951, the British government launched a parliamentary enquiry. They somehow proved that Seretse was unfit to be chief, and exiled Seretse and his wife Ruth from Bechuanaland. In 1956, Ruth and Seretse were allowed to return to Bechuanaland as private citizens, after he had renounced the tribal throne. In 1961, Khama founded the Nationalist Bechuanaland Democratic Party and became Prime Minister of Bechuanaland. In 1966, Botswana gained its independence and Seretse Khama became the country’s first President. Ruth (Lady Khama) was a very influential and politically active first lady during her husband’s tenure as president, from 1966 until his death in 1980. In 1966, Queen Elizabeth appointed Khama Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Interesting Fact: Botswana was among the world’s poorest countries but during Seretse Khama’s tenure as president, Botswana had the fastest growing economy in the world. Khama instituted strong measures against corruption and reinvested money into infrastructure, health and education. In 2009, Seretse and Ruth’s fist son, Ian, won a landslide victory and became the fourth President of Botswana. Their younger son, Tshekedi , was elected as a parliamentarian.

THE DANGERS OF "U P U P U" IN TANZANIA

Posted here on  26/10/2012.

This Article appeared in the Features Page 11  of  "THE GUARDIAN, TANZANIA  dated 29/10/2003 and headlined:

 RESEARCHERS ATTRACTED TO THE BEAUTY OF UPUPU (a Swahili word for a plant whose fruits itch on contact)" 

This is Part II of a series of two articles about SALI FOREST RESERVE situated in  ULANGA DISTRICT, MOROGORO REGION.  

We had no choice but to spend the night at Isyanga Primary School.  However, as the work of pitching  tents  was eliminated, we  were left with fetching water and cooking our evening meal.  We bought firewood  from the villagers, before fixing our NGO mosquito nets and having a deep, exhauted but relaxed sleep.  We were able to get water from the school's well nearby.  

We did this despite  the fact that the villagers and teachers told us there were no mosquitoes at Isyanga village at the moment.  However, our health and safety instructions ere very strict about using mosquito nets.  Besides,  mosquito nets not only prevented mosquitoes from biting us, there were also spiders, caterpillars, ants and like which could catch one unawares while unprotected and asleep at night.  

Early the next morning on 12 August, 2003 after an early breakfast and cleaning the class we hastily broke the camp and left the school compound as the school timetable for the day began.  We had no intention of abusing the Personal Secretary's hospitality.  However, we were able to sing the National Anthem with the school pupils before departure on foot to Sali Mission, seven kilometres away uphill.  

One of us, an Englishman, who had also been to Zimbabwe and Zambia  was amazed that the three national anthem tunes resembled.  I added the Republic of South Africa's tune in the list.  Remember the Frontline States before 1994, South Africa's liberation and its eventual independence. 

We embarked on our departure on foot with our rucksacks containing food, coking utensils and scientific paraphenalia.

We arrived safely and sound at Sali Mission at around 1.00pm.  The Sali Mission graciously provided lunch for us at a small fee.  The religious cook who served us lunch, Father Frateli even allowed us to pocket the delicious roasted marron groundnuts to munch on transit to our next temporary camp where we spent the night that day.  The village leadership advised us to spend the night at the Mbezi River Wterfalls, which was only two kilometres away uphill.

The Mbezi River Waterfall is an eye opener as one of this country's  most beautiful places.  The clear cool waters fall 40 metres down 90 degrees from up above forming a spectacular site and sound.  The falls form a permanent stream from the sharp angle.  The beauty of the Mbezi waterfalls emanates not only as it forms  the 90 degrees fall of the water, but its romantic musical sound  as well as the convergence of two rivers nearby.  At night  the face of the waterfall is very cold, prompting us to opt to use as our camp site about 30 metres away from it.  

When I saw the falls for the first time, my heart leapt with the sudden joy of seeing something extremely beautiful, and immediately after followed the pain of realising the truth that rarely were Tanzanians able to see sights like this.  

Despite the beauty of the waterfalls, it as recorded fatalities among foreigners and villagers alike.  A number of persons drowned on the deeply unknown depth of the pool where the waterfall drops on.  Such facts did not stop us from fantasizing that the waterfall area was ideal for lovers and honeymooners alike.  It was so romantic that it would make one forget there is an end to this life.

Early on 13 August, 2003, we were able to secure a guide; who happened to be a member of the Village Council and Ten House Cell leader Mr. Aaron Uteki;  to take us to our intended destination of the Sali Natural Forest  Reserve.  We had to pass through the Mission  Compound that morning to collect  some of our luggage left there from the previous day and head for the Natural Forest Reserve.  The way there was accomplished easily enough despite its been uphill because we prudently paid local villages to clear the way beforehand.  Despite this being done, "UPUPU" did not leave us alone.  We had to scratch ourselves all the way to the base campsite inside the Sali Natural Forest Reserve.  I was surprised that despite being covered in leather boots and corduroy  trousers,  I was itching all over.  That was when I learned that the itching agent in "upupu" was carried on the air; and therefore not necessarily that one need touch it physically. 

Meanwhile, our lorry driver Francis Mhaiki collected his lorry at Isyanga village and drive it all the way up to Sali Mission.  He did this after scouting the road and personally certifying  that the road was passable enough for his heavy duty vehicle.  The invisible and inadvertent thing about the lorry was that it was literally covered with Upupu.  Mind you,  no motor car has ever travelled that way larger than the mission pickup.  So the lorry sort of "cleared" up all the upupu which was blocking the road two and a half to three metres high.   The saying that beauty is dangerous proved correct to us in this trip.  I wish you could see the attractively brownish/maroon beckoning colour of the   upupu fruits hanging in clusters of five or six from its climbing vine plants.  

One of the foreign research assistants, ignorant of its vicious properties actually picked up a cluster!!.  I am sure she will never live to forget its reaction to her pale European skin.  

We prepared our base camp and pitched tents as soon as was possible after arrival.  Our guide Mr. Uteki and the Forest Officer Mr. Nkawamba helped us to choose the best site for base camp.  They are experts at the job.  The two days we spent there was heavenly.  They chose a place between two streams.  These streams were fast flowing from the steep mountain side to the reaches below.  They were making similar, but not quite identical  musical sounds  like the waterfalls.  They reminded me anew of the spectacular beauty of Tanzania.  The musical sound soothed out tired bodies after our return from the Sali Natural Forest Reserve excursion.  

On our last day at the base camp on 14 August, 2003, we climed the Kongo hill to the top.  This had two aims.  First was to see Beacon No. One (1) of the Natural Forest Reserve and secondly, to have a wider view of the Sali Ntural Forest Reserve.  

We managed to use three hours of strenuous climbing to reach the top of the hill.  All its 1,359 metres above sea level, and climbed down using half that time.  We even managed to use the path used by Germans long time ago when they erected to and half metres wide cross on top of the same hill where Beacon No. 1 is situated.  The Sali Natural Forest Reserve has 14 Beacons.

The German Missionaries  built the Sali Mission from 1911 and history bears to this record.  

On top of the Kongo hill we could clearly see Ruaha Village which was 14 kilometres away, Isyanga village  (where we spent our first night) which was about ten kilometres and we also saw Sali village three kilometres away.  Further away, we would see the main road to Malinyi and further still was spread the Selous Game Reserve.  

Mr. Nkawamba  informed us that Ulanga District alone has eight Natural Forest Reserves.  The first one in size is the Sali Natural Forest Reserve which spread before us in all its natural splendour at the time.  Next to it is Mzelezi Natural Forest Reserve, Nambinga Natural Forest Reserve, and Nawange Natural Forest Reserve.  Others are Muhulu Natural Forest Reserve, Mahenge Scarp Natural Forest Reserve, Myowe Natural Forest Reserve and Iligamea Natural Forest Reserve.  

All the eight natural forest reserves are within the Eastern Arc Mountains whose formation is estimated to be 600 million year ago.  The Eastern Arc Mountain Range starts at the Taita Hills in Kenya curving south to Pare Mountains,  Usambara Mountains, Uluguru Mountains and Udzungwa Mountains.

We spent the two days at the base camp transacting the natural vegetation, counting mammalian species, sweeping amphibians, trapping rats and butterflies.  

The Eastern Arc Mountains are world famous and renowned for their biodiversity.  They are among very few mountains in the wold which contain  thousands of micro organisms, insects, plants, trees, birds and animals.  Quite a number  are endemic to them, like the famous thumb-sized toads.

I was lucky to have been availed this rare opportunity to see and inform the general public about them.  The opportunity just happened by fluke after the University of Dar es Salaam put up an advertisement on the notice board requiring students to apply for the Volunteer Research Assistant jobs.  The job the advertisement said was offered by Frontier-Tanzania,  a United Kingdom Environmental NGO dealing with scientific research in collaboration with the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM).  

I did not know then, that Frontier-Tanzania needed only one Volunteer from the UDSM.  I was lucky to attend their interview held in Dar es Salaam and getting appointed, out of three of my fellow UDSM students.   My Environmental Law studies at postgraduate level at UDSM and my unconditionally extrovert outlook on life must have won the day!  

When we started out as per our contracts on 6 July, 2003l, we were 16 Research Assistants; myself,  14 Volunteers from the United Kingdom and one Volunteer from Germany.

Frontier-Tanzania works in the field in four phases a year with a similar number of research assistants.  That means in any given year, there are 60 Europeans volunteering  and thereby coming to Tanzania to study, learn  and tour all the country's natural resources with an equivalent of four (4) Tanzanian students accompanying them in each phase.  One can imagine how many foreign  researchers or NGO who come to Tanzania to do their own things, enjoy our natural resources while we perish in our abject poverty.  

By now,   an average reader would understand my sadness at lost opportunities  for Tanzanians to visit, tour, educate and  learn  about their own richly endowed natural resources.  

On 15 August, 2003,  we broke camp early in the morning  and headed back to Simba Camp, Itete Village, Mtimbira Ward, Ulanga District, to continue with out research inside the depleted Natural Forests of the Kilombero Valley, and the Teak Forest, the property of a UK investor.    For the time being,  the Teak Plantations surrounding Simba Camp are those of Mafinji and Nakafulu Forests.

For a retake or critical view of the said excursion to the Natural Forests in this Research Tour, kindly read more in this blog on the heading titled:

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Posted here by Author Zainab Mrisho  Mwatawala on 26/10/2012, at Misufini Hamlet, Mafiga Ward, Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania, East Africa. 

JULIUS KAMBARAGE NYERERE OF TANZANIA: AN E N I G M A

 POSTED HERE ON  21  OCTOBER,   2012.

Julius Nyerere, the Man and the Myth by SARWED  DAWALO

Julius Nyerere, the man and the myth

The Citizen on Sunday, [14/10/2012] "Tanzania"

Issue No. 416

Summary: 

He was a brilliant and charismatic orator. Every time he spoke, his adversaries trembled in indignation. And when he took a swipe at his detractors, it was devastating. Being anglophile, he had incredible mastery of both Swahili and English.  Many believe that Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a complex phenomenon, so much so that it has proved pretty difficult to compile an accurate account on the man. In his heyday, this intellectual son of Africa was revered by many a Tanzanian and equally loathed by those who thought his iron fist style of rule was outright dictatorial. Some called him a “benevolent dictator”. Truth be told.


Tanzanians often misrepresent Nyerere’s personality, his ubuntu and his philosophical mission. They often take him for granted. They have developed a form of laziness (or is it fear?) to discuss Nyerere objectively. In fact, it requires loads of courage to simply mention the obvious. If you aspire to scale the social or political ladder, for example, prudence requires that you avoid mentioning Nyerere’s failures even if those facts are public knowledge. Sadly, this has almost become a national character. Let’s take a walk down memory lane. Once upon a time, there was a politician who led Tanganyika’s freedom struggle. He luckily gained the trust of his people as their leader and tried to formulate what he thought was best for his country. He experimented with his ideas on his docile citizens for two and a half decades. 

Unlike most African dictators of his era, he was not retired via a coup. Ultimately, with a little help (read push) from sanctions set by the Bretton Woods institutions, he finally stepped down from power in 1985. Who was Nyerere? Was he just the son of a nondescript chief in some far flung locale, who opted to lead a simple and ordinary life? A devout Christian who liked to don a Muslim cap? A graduate teacher who quit his profession to lead a political party? An altruistic President who thought of nothing except his people and the liberation of Africa? A communist (sic) who regularly attended church service and even partook in the Holy Communion? A unifier who left behind a fragile union government? A pan-African who opposed a continental government? Who exactly was this Nyerere? He was, to a large extent, a happily married man endowed with several children. It is on record that none took undue advantage of Dad’s presidency nor bothered fellow Tanzanians. 


The first family led a simple, moderate and quiet life. Considering his absolute powers, Mwalimu was never tempted to create a dynasty, even though he might have got a way with even if he did. Truly, nepotism was unacceptable to Nyerere. On this, hats off to him. Don’t you dare raise an accusing finger against Nyerere for abolishing chiefdoms, the local government system, trade unions, co-operatives, or competitive politics! Don’t even think of the times he nationalised private property, schools, hospitals and virtually everything else. How about the dogmatic approach to his villagisation programme? Or the times when he arbitrarily enforced repressive laws, detained opponents and outlawed strikes and demos. 

That was the order of the day then. He had his way and got away with it. In public, Nyerere tried his level best to unify Tanzania, a large country with a relatively small population. National unity is the number one legacy he will be remembered for. This is epitomised by his unwavering stance on the Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union, which was hastily put together on 26/4/1964 following a coup by a ragtag army to oust the Sultan in Zanzibar. Five decades later, thanks to sensitive declassified files in the US, analysts have questioned the reasons behind the making of the Union. Nyerere’s good intentions notwithstanding, the Union was actually an Anglo-American move to pre-empt a communist takeover in the Islands. Nyerere was blackmailed into playing ball after having been rescued from an army mutiny a couple of months earlier. 

As expected, the British sent in the gunboats. Over the years, Nyerere persistently argued that the Union was the result of brotherly relations between the two states and this was just the first step towards achieving a united Africa. Cynics argue that in pre-and-post uhuru(independence) Tanganyika, institutions and services such as the central railway line used to run regular schedules and were maintained regularly. Roads were also well maintained by the Public Works Department - PWD (Punda Wengi Duniani?). In cities like Dar-es-Salaam, most roads in Magomeni, Ilala, Kinondoni and Temeke were tarmacked. By 1975, all the railway and road networks had collapsed. The entire infrastructure collapsed in Nyerere’s very hands. The central administration was also crumbling and discipline reached an appalling level. By the early eighties, the 400-plus parastatals, were running bankrupt from massive thievery. Evidently, the experiment was failing. To his chagrin, this string of failures resulted in an outcry from the citizenry that the colonial times seemed better. Nyerere was enraged. In the wake of the 1967 Arusha Declaration, haphazard nationalisation of private property ensued. We stooped so low as taking over small village shops. But Nyerere pressed on. 


In the seventies, the Ujamaa experiment was enjoying a good level of buoyancy, backed by the Scandinavian governments and China. Huge grants catered for free education and free health care. The euphoria was short lived. Just when Nyerere seemed to be basking in success and having a good laugh at the expense of the Americans and the British, the East African Community broke up in 1977. The Kagera War to liberate Uganda from Idi Amin Dada was the proverbial “last straw” as far as the national economy was concerned. This extravagant expedition forced Tanzania to live beyond its means. Analysts now question Nyerere’s haste to opt for war. The big question is: Would Nyerere have declared war on Amin had exiled former President Milton Obote, his close ally and friend, not been planning a comeback? In the aftermath, Obote briefly regained his presidency before another coup sent him into exile again. 


Tanzania is still recovering from that excursion. With a withering economy on the one hand and a dead socialist policy on the other, Nyerere had now reached the end of the road. The World Bank happily pounced on him while the IMF was sharpening its claws. Food shortages became the norm. In his last attempts to win public understanding, he let loose his Premier, the late Edward Moringe Sokoine, who went on to grab private property and jailed the unfortunate rich. Kangaroo courts were established across the country. In a classic case, a man was jailed for owning a TV set. Another went in for having a bottle of antibiotics. Worse things happened around the country, in some cases resulting in the loss of life! 


This 1983 economic crackdown was clearly the Arusha Declaration’s second coming. It was another poor performance by Nyerere in his last days in office. Several currency devaluations later, Nyerere had to go in 1985, leaving the economy in dire straits. Lots of propaganda and political spin went into making it look like Mwalimu had voluntarily left office. One of Nyerere’s lowest moments was in the late sixties, when he supported the Biafra secession attempt in Nigeria against all OAU tenets. Contributions were locally extorted and sent to Biafra. Incredibly, Nyerere was actually participating in and promoting the breaking-up of an independent African state. Later, historians came out with a revealing theory—that the Biafra fiasco was simply a Catholic conspiracy spearheaded by Nyerere, Cote d’Ivoire’s Houphouet Boigny and Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo. His esteem in Africa took a drastic plunge as close to a million people lost their lives in the Biafra War. 


This notwithstanding, Nyerere was known for his consistency on matters he believed in. He embarked on the war against tribalism by retiring all the tribal chiefs countrywide. He promoted the Swahili language as a national asset and used it to consolidate his grip on power. He castigated corruption vehemently and never stopped. He championed justice for all and sundry and spewed venom on those who advocated racial discrimination. After leaving office, he became a critic and anti-establishment proponent, much to the discomfort of those in power. The rulers then saw him as a spoilsport. The man was a brilliant and charismatic orator. He had a way with words. Every time he spoke, his adversaries trembled in indignation. And when he took a swipe at his detractors, it was devastating. Being anglophile, he had incredible mastery of both Swahili and English. He once accused British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of “prostituting British honour” and called Idi Amin Dada “that syphilitic lunatic”. 

It was hardly surprising when Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) ex-Prime Minister Ian Smith described Mwalimu as the “evil genius”. Mwalimu wrote several books and poems. But he resisted all attempts to get him to write his autobiography. Is it not amazing, however, that for a man who was mostly led by his ego, Mwalimu spent most of his life worrying how history would handle him? Politically, Mwalimu left a legacy of sycophancy and a gang of self-serving power mongers within CCM. They specialise in praise singing, ululation and incessant clapping at their meetings. Party elections have become big business, with votes openly bought and sold. And the so-called Nyerere protéges prefer to quote Nyerere only when and where it suits them and serves their interests. 


There are evident signs of a religious crisis in the offing. Muslims are now lamenting louder than when Mwalimu was in power. They claim that Mwalimu intentionally favoured Christians in college selection, Government appointments and division of other resources. Mwalimu left us this rift and it has turned into an accident waiting to happen. Now, as we commemorate 13 years of the death of a man who claimed to oppose religious favouritism, the Catholic Church is in the process of ‘canonising’ Mwalimu. What is the underlying agenda? What is the Church up to? After a quarter of a century at the helm of all things political, Mwalimu got a rude awakening. He glanced back at the trail of havoc he inflicted on his people and saw everything smouldering and the wreckage strewn all around. It was a “things fall apart” scene. 


At the end of the day, he had no real friends. His family suffered from his neglect. The masses were still poverty stricken, illiteracy was holding sway, healthcare was zilch and the Union was collapsing. Both grand and petty corruption were riding high and, to make it worse, the ruling CCM dumped his Arusha Declaration and Socialism. Because nothing that he stood for stood, Nyerere died a bitter and very angry man. Yes, there will never be another Julius Nyerere. He was, indeed, an enigma.


sdawalo@yahoo.com JKN the Enigma

MAONI YA KATIBA MPYA TOKA KWA IDRISA FAIDA, TANZANIA

Yameingizwa humu leo hii 11/10/2012.

MAONI YA KATIBA MPYA

1. Wananchi waliopo kwenye maeneo yenye rasilimali za taifa wanufaike moja kwa moja kwanza kutokana na rasilimali hizo.

2. Kutokana na ufisadi, mmomonyoko wa maadili, kukithiri kwa rushwa, ngono, utapeli na mengine mengi yanayotokana kutokuwa na hofu ya Mungu katiba iruhusu mfumo wa elimu wa kidini ili kujenga maadili ya viongozi wa baadae wenye hofu ya kudhulumu wengine.

3. Nafasi za ziongozi katika sekta za kiserikali , katiba mpya itamke wazi kuwa kuwe na uwakilishi wenye uwiano sawa kwa dini zote, (wakristo, waislam)

4. Katiba mpya isiruhusu mkataba wowote kati ya mtu mmoja na nchi/ jamii moja na nchi au mtu mmoja na mwingine kwa niaba ya kuwakilisha watanzania wote badala yake mikataba yote ipitie bungeni au chombo maalum cha kupitisha mikataba kabla ya kusainiwa kwake (chini ya wanasheria).

5. Katiba mpya iruhusu jamii ya kitanzania kujiunga na mashirika ya ndani naya nje kwa maslahi ya jamii husika na kwa watanzania wengine kwa ujumla.

6. Kutokana na mwiingiliano na mkanganyiko wa kuutendaji kati ya serikali ya jumuhuri ya muungano wa Tanzania na serikali ya mapinduzi ya Zanzibar, katiba ijayo iruhusu uundwaji wa serikali tatu

 (i) serikali ya Tanganyika,

(ii) serikaili ya mapinduzi Zanzibar na

(iii)SERIKALI YA JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA.

7. Katiba itamke rasmi kuwa ngazi za urais katika Selikali ya Muungano wa Tanzania ni wa kupokezana kwa uadilifu. Mfano Rais akitoka bara makamu wa rais atoke Zanzibar, kipindi kijacho rais ni Zanzaibar na makamu atakuwa wa kutoka  Tanzania Bara.

8. Katiba iwatambue wanandoa (mke na mume) wenye jinsia tofauti pekee.

9. Katiba mpya iruhusu na kusimamia watanzania kuhukumiana kimila, kijamii au kidini iwapo jambo wanalohukumiana halina ufafanuzi wa kina au kukosa wataalam wa undani katika mahakama za kiserikali, hivyo basi mahakimu wa mahakama hizo watumike katika kutatua masuala hayo.

10. Katiba isiruhusu mkataba wowote wenye mrengwe wa kubaguzi katika kuwaga watanzania kimikoa, kikabila wala kidini kwa kuupendelea jamii moja, dini moja au mkoa mmoja kinyume na mingine.

11. Iwapo kutauwa na mkataba wowote wenye misingi ya kibaguzi wa kiamajimbo,jamii na kidini katiba itamke wazi kuvunjwa kwa mikataba hiyo.

12. Katiba mpya iruhusu mgombea binafi katika nafasi mbalimbali isipokuwa ngazi ya urais pekee.

13. Katiba mpya iruhusu uundwaji wa mahakama kuu ya katiba ili kusimamia utekelezaji wa sheria za nchi.

14. Kutokana na Tanzania kuwa ni mwanachana wa umoja wa mataifa aliyesaini kuunga mkono haki za binadamu, sheria zote zenye kupingana na haki za binadamu zisiwekwe kwenye sheria mpya.

15. Mwenye kuthibitika kuuwa kwa maksudi sheria ya kifo iwe ni halali kwake. ( Sheria ya kifo itekelezwe ili kupunguza watu kuuana bila sababu ya msingi)

TANBIHI (ZINDUKA) Ndugu toa nakala kadri uwezavyo ili siku ya kuchangia kila mtu asome kutoka kwenye nakala yake asitokee mwananchi kudai yeye hana hoja ya kuchangia, maoni yetu baadhi ni haya.

AFANYIA MTIHANI WODINI, MOROGORO, TANZANIA

Date: Wednesday, 10 October, 2012, 19:58

MWANAFUNZI  AFANYIA MTIHANI HOSPITALINI

Mwanafunzi wa kidato cha nne katika shule ya sekondari ya Alfa Morogoro, Jesca Kiliani (17) akifanya mtihani wa taifa wa kidato cha nne akiwa wadi namba 7B katika hospitali ya Rufaa ya Mkoa wa Morogoro jana 9/10/2012, baada ya kulazwa kufuatia kufanyiwa operesheni ya uvimbe ambapo hivi sasa anaendelea na matibabu hospitalini hapo.

[Shule hii ya Alfa ndio shule pekee Manispaa ya Morogoro inayotoa elimu ya Sekondari kwa watu wa rika lolote lile.   Mtu yeyote aliyeikosa elimu hii wakati wake anaweza kujiunga na shule hii ya sekondari na kuendelea na masomo ili mradi tu anamudu kulipia ada yake ambayo ni nafuu sana kwa sababu hugawiwa kadri mlipaji anavyoweza kumudu kuilipia. 

Shule hii ipo katika eneo la Mjimwema, Kata ya Nanenane, Manispaa ya Morogoro.]

Habari kamili: http://www.mwananchi.co.tz/habari/4-habari-za-kitaifa/26505-afanya-mtihani-kidato-cha-nne-wodini

HOW MANY HOURS OF SLEEP DO HUMAN BEINGS REQUIRE?

Posted here on 9/10/2012.

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How many hours of sleep will keep you healthy?

Many of us live very busy lives, and tend to get much less sleep than we may need a night. The tough part in determining how much sleep we need is that it varies with age, and every individual needs a different amount of sleep.

There are two other main factors that need to be looked at when determining how much sleep you should have.

The first one is your basal sleep need: how much sleep you need to to function well on any given day.

The other factor is your sleep debt: this is how many hours you should sleep to make up for lost sleep, illness, or high amounts of physical activity or stress.

On average, adults should get around seven or eight hours of good sleep to fulfill their basal sleep needs.

Many people who do not get enough sleep run specific risks. These can include increased car accidents, obesity caused by overeating due to sleep deprivation, more heart problems, and a lower attention span.

One great way to make sure that your body is getting enough sleep is to set a strict sleep schedule that includes bed time and wake up time. Another great option to help you sleep better is to create a bedtime routine.

This can include a warm bath, reading a good book, or listening to soothing music. Exercise is another great tool to help you sleep.

Whatever your sleep needs may be, keep track of how you are feeling and see if you are getting enough sleep. If you have sleep debt, you can get caught up on that. Figure out how many hours of sleep you need a night and live a better, healthier life now.

THE GRAND JEWISH WAR ON ISLAM WORLDWIDE

 Posted on 9/10/2012.

The Jewish war on Islam

October 9th, 2012, By Khalid Amayreh

 

There is an undeclared but ferocious Jewish war against Islam going on these days. One would have to be blind and deaf to deny this brazen fact.

In occupied East Jerusalem, government-backed Messianic Jews have been attacking and desecrating Islamic and, to a lesser extent, Christian holy places.

In the last few days, millenarian Jews, protected by para-military Israel police, have been attacking and beating peaceful Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque esplanade. The Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest Islamic site in the world.

According to observers of Israeli behavior in Occupied Jerusalem, the audacity and frequency of Israeli provocations at the Islamic sanctuary increased dramatically in recent weeks.

Sheikh Ikrema Sabri, the former head of the Supreme Muslim Council, warned that Messianic Jewish groups were "hell bent on provoking bloodshed on a wide scale in Jerusalem."

"These religious maniacs believe that by inciting violence and causing bloodshed, they would expedite the appearance of a mythical Messiah who would create a world-wide Jewish empire ruled from Jerusalem."

The extremists, who are backed by powerful religious and manifestly fascist parties in the Israeli Knesset or Parliament, don't deny these accusations.

Moshe Feiglin, a Nazi-like Israeli politician who believes non-Jews should be stripped of their national and political rights, including the right to vote, this week led dozens of extremists to the Aqsa Mosque esplanade where he called for the demolition of Islamic Holy places.

Feiglin, also a prominent figure in the ruling Likud party, was arrested for a few minutes and then released to make further provocative statements against Islamic shrines.

The brief arrest had nothing to do with his incitement, according to an Israeli police spokesman.

Meanwhile, Jewish religious leaders continue to make statements and religious sermons offending Islam and Christianity. Some of the rabbis have even ruled that the status of non-Jews in general is not higher than that of animals such as donkeys.

Interestingly, such brashly racist statements don't raise many eyebrows in Israel, neither among intellectuals nor politicians and religious leaders.

Those who dare criticize the so-called "rabbinic sages" for indulging in this Talmudic hallucination don't do so out of rejection of Halakha or Jewish religious law, which views goyem or non-Jews, as animals walking on two feet, but rather because what is being said is politically wrong as could generate hostility for Jews among Gentiles.

Jewish incitement against Islam and Muslims is by no means confined to the Palestinian arena. This week, Jewish circles posted anti-Islam posters in four subway stations in Washington D.C.

The provocative add read:

“In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man,” the ad reads. “Support Israel/Defeat Jihad.”

The very same add was posted in a New York subway station two weeks ago, generating disgust and anger among Muslims.

Well, Jews are urged to thoroughly and honestly read and examine their Talmud and Old Testament in order to find for themselves who is Civilized and who is savage.

Anyone, Jew or gentile, can easily quote pornographically barbaric texts from both scriptures, underscoring the utter savagery and wickedness of religious Jewish thinking.

Jews should examine their ancient and recent history before hurling epithets of savagery and terrorism at Muslims.

Indeed, any honest comparison between Islam and Judaism would put Islam on a decidedly higher moral ground. In the final analysis, those living in glass houses, don't throw stones.

But the anti-Islam Jewish circles, who unfortunately seem to represent a majority among Jews, have little concern for truth and honesty. Their ultimate goal is to spread lies, hatred, vindictiveness and malice.

In fact, Jews, especially those supporting Zionism or Jewish Nazism, are probably the last people on earth who are qualified to lecture humanity on civility and savagery.

The Jews were probably the first people on earth to carry out an organized genocide against another people for religious reasons. The Old Testament contains detailed records of this genocide.

Some Jewish apologists might argue that is grossly unfair to blame contemporary Jews for controversial religious scriptures written more than 3000 years ago.

Well, such a defensive reflex would probably be listened to were it not for the fact that for hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of Jews around the world, this genocidal mindset is still relevant today as it was 3000 ago.

Don't we see and hear numerous rabbis out there who teach, even openly, that the life of a goy (non-Jew) has no sanctity and that a Jew might murder a gentile in order to harvest his or her organ if the Jew needed one!

Don't you think I am speaking about some rare cases of crazy rabbis hallucinating about ancient religious texts inside their parochial circles... These criminal rabbis are prominent and respected in their communities and have numerous followers, many with high college degrees from prestigious universities.

Today, Jews incite against Islam and Muslims on five continents. Their tacit message is "hate, hate, and hate."

When you call people "savages" and "terrorists" and other names just because they are fighting for their freedom and human rights, you are effectively inciting to murder. Vilification and demonizing always precede murder. Murder, including mass murder, is the ultimate fruit of mass hatred and incitement.

Jews ought to remember in case they have forgotten that before Auschwitz and Treblinka and Bergen Belsen, and even Kristalnacht, there was a Mein Kampf, the Nuremberg laws and the anti-Jewish mass hysteria.

In light, one might ask: Is this anti-Islam mass hysteria what Jews are trying to generate and produce? Are Jews trying to affect a holocaust for Muslims in Europe, North America and Australia in order to allow Israel to build more colonies for fanatical Jews in the West Bank ?

Jews reject both Islam and Christianity. The main reason for this illogical rejection is the timeless Jewish desire to retain and maintain the dubious prerogative of the "chosen people"

But Jews can't be more deserving of heavenly salvation than other people just because some ancient Israelites worshiped God whereas other peoples and nations were pagans and worshipped idols. The Almighty doesn't calculate matters this way. God deals with men on an individual basis. There are "chosen" individuals, not chosen people, and it doesn't matter what ethnicity one belongs to.

Today many Jews worship power, money and sex, while others, and they are too many, worship the new Golem of Zionism, or Israel.

In the past, Jews tried and failed to poison and murder the Prophet of Islam. They also tried to decapitate and destroy the fledgling Muslim community in Madina by joining forces with the pagans of Arabia. Today's Jews are doing the same thing by joining ranks with hysterical Christian Zionists seeking world domination. This coalition of evil, too, will fail and Islam will triumph.

But when Islam ultimately prevailed and Muslims built a huge Muslim state based on justice and tolerance, Jews enjoyed religious, political and economic freedoms.

Jews didn't survive all these centuries because of their power. They survived because Islam catered for them and protected them from danger, near and distant. It is sad that Jews are now expressing their gratitude to Muslims by urging and instigating Westerners in America and Europe and elsewhere to hate and kill them.

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Source: The Palestinian Information Center http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s74kmNe3bQnhT1kt1OfbN%2f7ZFVSaamFfvYVoWbjoQo6xUP3%2fuGebh2WtxRQT5sTufnNqcwuAOatdRW9JtgWtRbt5mMndY6W%2b5OelzOe743kPE%3d

Khalid Amayreh
Occupied Palestine
amayreh@p-ol.com
amayreh2050@yahoo.com
solomonalfred@gmail.com

DAREDEVIL SETS SIGHT ON A 22-MILE FALL IN U.S.A.

 POSTED HERE ON 9/10/2012

The New York Times

Felix Baumgartner, a professional daredevil, plans to step off a balloon-borne capsule 22 miles above Earth on Tuesday morning and plummet for five and a half minutes until opening his parachute a mile above the New Mexico desert. If all goes as planned, he will do a series of barrel rolls in the near-vacuum of the stratosphere and then plunge headfirst at more than 700 miles per hour, becoming the first sky diver to break the sound barrier.

Mr. Baumgartner, 43, a former Austrian paratrooper who became known as Fearless Felix by leaping off buildings, landmarks and once into a 600-foot cave, said that this was his toughest challenge, because of the complexity involved and because of an unexpected fear he had to overcome: claustrophobia. During five years of training, he started suffering panic attacks when he had to spend hours locked inside the stiff pressurized suit and helmet necessary for survival at the edge of space.

But he persevered with the help of psychological conditioning and a mentor, Joe Kittinger, a retired Air Force colonel who has held the altitude and speed records since 1960, when he jumped 19 miles from a balloon during a research project (after nearly dying in a practice jump). Mr. Kittinger, now 84, will be the only voice on the radio guiding Mr. Baumgartner during the two-hour ascent to the stratosphere.

“Felix trusts me because I know what he’s going through — and I’m the only one who knows what he’s going through,” Mr. Kittinger said on Sunday at the mission-control center here.

And just why would anyone want to go through this? Both men like to stress the science to be learned, but there are, of course, other motives.

“All of my life I have been looking for unique goals, things no one has accomplished,” Mr. Baumgartner said.

Mr. Kittinger knew just what he meant. “From the beginning of mankind, the boys want to go higher, faster, lower,” he said. “It’s a fascinating part of human nature. We’re never satisfied with the status quo.”

Previous attempts to break Mr. Kittinger’s records have cost a Frenchman nearly $20 million and claimed the life of an American, Nick Piantanida, a New Jersey truck driver who died from brain injuries after his suit depressurized in 1966. Mr. Kittinger said he joined this project, called Red Bull Stratos, after the energy drink, because he considered it the first with the resources to do the job properly, thanks to the scores of aerospace veterans hired by Red Bull.

For Mr. Baumgartner, the dangers will start as soon as his pressurized capsule lifts off. To reach such thin air requires an enormous yet lightweight balloon, 55 stories high, built of a polyethylene plastic that is one-tenth the thickness of a sandwich bag.

If the fragile plastic ruptures below 4,000 feet — the Dead Zone, as the project’s engineers call it — there will not be enough time for a parachute to deploy, forcing Mr. Baumgartner to make a crash landing.

Mr. Kittinger used a much smaller balloon to rise 102,800 feet in 1960. “It’s a phenomenal view,” he recalled. “The sky is black, and you see the curvature of the Earth, and the colors are beautiful. But you’re also aware that if anything happens to your pressure suit, you’re dead.”

The Red Bull helium balloon is supposed to climb more than 120,000 feet. There, Mr. Baumgartner will perform an exquisitely rehearsed bunny hop designed to keep his body from spinning out of control.

“In a regular sky-dive, you use your hands against the air to stop from tumbling, but there’s no air to use up there,” he said. “If you start to tumble over, you carry that tumble all the way down.”

The worst-case outcome is the kind of spinning that nearly killed Mr. Kittinger during a training jump in 1959. He went into a flat spin, blacking out as his body whirled at 120 revolutions per minute. He regained consciousness only after his emergency parachute opened automatically.

After the bunny hop, Mr. Baumgartner hopes his body will slowly rotate so that he descends headfirst and breaks the 614-m.p.h. speed record held by Mr. Kittinger. After 34 seconds, engineers calculate, he will have fallen to 102,000 feet and accelerated beyond the speed of sound, which at that altitude is close to 690 m.p.h. (the exact figure depends on the temperature).

“I expect him to reach 720 miles per hour, about Mach 1.1,” said Art Thompson, the technical director of Red Bull Stratos and a former designer of the Stealth bomber. Mr. Baumgartner should remain supersonic for 20 seconds, until he reaches an altitude of 92,000 feet. Then the thickening atmosphere should slow him to subsonic speed, and eventually to a terminal velocity of 120 miles per hour.

Engineers and physicians are not sure what will happen if Mr. Baumgartner goes through the sound barrier. They realize he could be battered as parts of his body go supersonic or subsonic at different times, but the impact is expected to be manageable because of the thin air at that altitude — or so the engineers and Mr. Baumgartner hope.

“I know the consequences if something goes wrong,” Mr. Baumgartner said as he went through preparations over the weekend. “And it crosses my mind — what if I’m never going to see my family again? But I have learned how to control my fear so that it doesn’t get in the way.” He is single and has no children, but his parents and girlfriend were here for the jump.

Mr. Baumgartner’s biggest struggle occurred during training with his custom-designed suit. In early 2010, when he showed the pressurized suit and sealed helmet to this reporter at the training site in Southern California, he explained the problem: “If you’re sitting in there for hours all by yourself, you create your own little world, and at a certain point it becomes, man, I don’t like this. I want to get out.”

Later that year, when he was supposed to do an endurance test in the suit, he instead got on a plane and fled the country — the low point of his life, he now says. He feared the whole project was doomed, but he managed to get used to the suit with the help of a sports psychologist and other experts. They taught him mental exercises and set up a routine to keep him busy during the mission: a 40-item checklist that he goes through with Mr. Kittinger

“I’ve never seen anybody else ever overcome that problem,” Mr. Kittinger said, recalling how people with claustrophobia were screened during his days as a fighter pilot. To get into the Air Force’s high-altitude balloon program, he had to spend 24 hours inside a dark three-foot box.

“Either it bothers you or it doesn’t,” he said, “and if it does bother you, it’s very difficult to overcome. It’s just amazing that Felix was able to do it.”

Now, assuming all goes well during his ascent, Mr. Baumgartner said he did not anticipate feeling reluctant to exit the cramped capsule 22 miles above New Mexico.

“I’ll definitely want to step off,” he said. “With every foot I fall, I’ll be coming to a safer environment. I’m coming home.”

A version of this article appeared in print on October 9, 2012, on page A14 of the New York edition with the headline: Daredevil Sets Sight On a 22-Mile Fall.

DHAHABU YAFOKA NANYUMBU, MTWARA, TANZANIA

Imeingizwa humu tarehe 9/10/2012 Dhahabu yafoka Nanyumbu na Hellen Ngoromera, Mtwara

MFUMKO mkubwa wa dhahabu umegundulika kuwepo kusini mashariki mwa Tanzania, katika kijiji cha Lukwika, Wilaya ya Nanyumbu, Mkoani Mtwara, nchini Tanzania.  Hatua hiyo ilitangazwa mwishoni mwa wiki mjini hapa na Kaimu Kamishna wa Madini Kanda ya Kusini, Aloyce Tesha, alipozungumza na waandishi wa habari walioko kwenye ziara kutembelea miradi ya Wizara ya Nishati na Madini mkoani hapa. Alisema dhahabu hiyo iligundulika wiki mbili zilizopita na tayari ofisi yake kwa kushirikiana na Wakala wa Ukaguzi wa Madini Nchini (TMAA) imetuma timu ya wataalamu katika eneo hilo, ili kudhibiti madini hayo ili serikali iweze kupata kodi na ushuru unaostahili kutoka kwa wachimbaji. “Tayari wachimbaji pamoja na watoa huduma zaidi ya 7,000 wako katika eneo hilo na kwamba tushatuma wataalamu,” alisema Tesha. Pamoja na mambo mengine, alisema mkoa wa Mtwara una aina mbalimbali za madini yakiwemo ya chumvi ambayo huzalishwa kandokando ya bahari na jasi kwenye viwanda na mengineyo. Alisema kwa sasa kuna maandalizi makubwa ya uzalishaji wa saruji mkoani hapa. Tesha alisema tayari kampuni ya kufanya shughuli hiyo imeshapatikana na hivi sasa iko kwenye hatua za mwisho kuanza kazi hiyo. Msemaji wa Wizara ya Nishati na Madini, Fadhil Kilewo, alisema lengo la ziara hiyo ni kuwawezesha waandishi wa habari kujifunza masuala mbalimbali ya wizara hiyo na kuihabarisha jamii kwa ufasaha.