Monday, May 18, 2009

HII NI MIUJIZA YA MWENYEZIMUNGU TU

Mum's Shock At Twins With Different Dads

A mother of twins has had a shock after doctors revealed that her 11-month-old boys do not have the same father.

Mia Washington decided to get some expert advice when she and her partner noticed that twins Justin and Jordan had different facial features.

Paternity tests then revealed what had happened - two eggs had been fertilised by two different sperm and there was a 99.99% chance the twins had different dads.

Doctors at the DNA lab in Dallas, Texas had never seen such a result.

Mia later admitted she had had an affair and got pregnant by two different men at the same time.

She told TV channel Fox 4: "Out of all people in America and of all people in the world, it had to happen to me. I'm very shocked."

Clear Diagnostics president Genny Thibodeaux said: "It is very crazy. Most people don't believe it can happen, but it can."

Sky's health correspondent Thomas Moore explains: "A woman can release two eggs from her ovaries, and the eggs will remain viable for 24 hours after ovulation.

"Sperm can survive up to five days inside a woman's body, so a woman could sleep with different men several days apart, and get pregnant not once, but twice."

And while it sounds rare, recent research indicates that one in 12 non-identical twins are so-called bi-paternal, with a rise in fertility treatment and changing sexual behaviour being blamed.

Mia's partner James Harrison is father to one of the boys.

He told Fox 4 that he had forgiven his fiancee for having the affair and intended to raise both children as his own.

However, he admitted it had been tough discovering the truth.

"It's a day by day thing. It's going to take time to build the trust like we had," he said.

The couple plan to tell the twins they are half-brothers when they are old enough to understand.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

HATA SERIKALI SASA INAINGILIA HUDUMA YA MBWA

Overweight dog lands man in court

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Overweight border collieTaz (right), pictured with an average sized companion

Taz, a five-year-old border collie, was taken into the care of Brighton and Hove City Council after his owner, Ronald West, of Donald Hall Road, Brighton, ignored repeated orders to improve his diet.

West will appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court on charges under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

The animal was found with overgrown nails and weighed 40kg when animal welfare officers visited West's flat, earlier this year.

Dog faeces were found on the floor in every room, and the flat was also strewn with rubbish.

West, 62, was advised by the officers to clean up the flat, exercise Taz and take him to the vet for advice on weight loss. However, on a further visit to the flat they are said to have found the conditions even worse.

West is said to have told officers that the dog was overweight due to being give too many treats by him and his friends, and that he had been unwell and so was unable to clean up the flat or walk the dog.

Friday, May 15, 2009

WANYAMAPORI WA AFRIKA HAWANA MIPAKA

Jamani, WANYAMAPORI wetu wa Afrika tangu lini wamewekewa mipaka? Tuliowekewa mipaka ni sisi wanadamu tu. Hawa hawana hatia. Kama wanafanya uharibifu, ni dalili ya wazi kwamba wenzetu jirani wameshaharibu mazingira yao kiasi kwamba sasa hawana jinsi ya kujipatia chakula; na ndio sababu ya kuvamia mashamba upande wapili ! Tusiwalaumu wanyama, tujilaumu sisi wanadamu hatuko makini na maliasili zetu.


Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 3:44 PM

TEMBO, NYUMBU WA KENYA WAHARIBU MAZAO KILIMANJARO



Written by Rehema Matowo
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MKUU wa Wilaya ya Siha mkoani Kilimanjaro, Anarose Nyamubi ameiomba serikali kuchukua hatua za haraka kuwaondoa wanyama wakali kutoka nchini Kenya waliovamia makazi ya watu katika Wilaya hiyo na kusababisha wakazi wa maeneo hayo, kuogopa kutoka nje kwa kuhofia kujeruhiwa na tembo na nyumbu.


Nyamubi aliyasema hayo, katika kikao cha 18 cha ushauri cha Mkoa kilichofanyika juzi na kuhudhuriwa na viongozi mbalimbali na kufafanua kuwa kundi la Nyumbu, tembo na swala kutoka katika msitu wa hifadhi wa Amboseli nchini Kenya wamevamia katika Wilaya hiyo na kuharibu mazao ya chakula.


UNAONA BASI, HATA WANYAMA WA KENYA WANATAKA KUHAMIA TANZANIA!
Jitukali.

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WAMAREKANI NA MALI ASILI ZAO

Tangu Mei 10, 2009 hadi Mei 13, 2009 tulikuwa mkutanoni; mkutano ambao ulikuwa wa kutathmini kipindi cha miezi 10 tuliyokuwa hapa Washington DC tukijifunza mambo mbalimbali kutegemeana na kila mmoja wetu jinsi alivyojiamulia. Mimi nilikuwa nasomea sheria, hasa katika masuala ya Haki za Binadamu, nikijikita zaidi katika Haki ya kila mtu ya kupata huduma ya kupata haki yake (Access to Justice).

Hivyo siku hizo tatu ilikuwa pia ni mkutano wa kuagana kwa wanafunzi wote 163 tulioanza masomo yetu Agosti 3, 2008 katika vyuo 15 mbalimbali nchini Marekani, tuliotoka katika nchi zinazoendelea katika Ufadhili wa Serikali ya Marekani chini ya Mfuko wake wa Hubert Horatio Humphrey (HHH). Ufadhili huu hutolewa kila mwaka kuanzia mwaka 1978 na hutangazwa dunia nzima kupitia kwenye intaneti, na wenye bahati ya kutimiza sifa ndio huteuliwa kuhudhuria mafunzo haya. Kundi letu; yaani wafadhiliwa wote wa Mfuko huu tuliotoka nchi zinazoendelea kwa mwaka 2008/2009; litokalo katika nchi 90 duniani linamaliza rasmi masomo haya Juni 12, 2009 na hivyo tarehe hiyo ikifika, kila mmoja wetu anatakiwa awe keshapanda ndege akielekea kwao. Tulishaarifiwa mapema kwamba hata bima ya afya tuliyokatiwa inakwisha siku hiyo. Pamoja na hayo, tumepewa siku 30 zaidi kwa anayependa kuendelea kuwepo hapa kama Mtalii. Mkataba wetu unasema, baada ya kuondoka tarehe hiyo, hutakiwi kuonekana nchi hii hadi uwe umemaliza miaka 2 nchini kwenu ili ulichokisomea huku matunda yake yaonekane kwanza; yaani kikawasaidie wananchi wa kwenu.

Kundi langu mimi, lililokuwa na wanafunzi 11 lilikuwa katika Chuo kiitwacho American University, Washington College of Law, kilichopo jijini Washington DC, Marekani. Ikumbukwe tu kwamba jiji hili ambalo ndio mji mkuu wa serikali wa nchi hii, lina idadi ya Wakazi 700,000. Katika kundi langu nipo mimi kutoka Tanzania. Wengine ni Kayum Ahmed kutoka Afrika Kusini (South Africa), Anneen De Jay kutoka Namibia, Michelle Maharajh-Brown kutoka Trinidad & Tobago, Wei na Cheng Dong kutoka China, Abdulhamid Nawaz Dilip kutoka Sri Lanka, Tarmelan Ibraimov kutoka Kirghizstan, Andrea de Souza na Flavia Pixoto toka Brazil na Roberto Moreno kutoka Panama. Katika nchi zilizowakilishwa na wanafunzi wawili wawili ni kutokana na ukubwa wa nchi hizo; yaani China na Brazil.

Hapa kwenye mkutano katika Wilaya ya Cumberland, jimboni Maryland panaitwa Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort. Pana ziwa dogo liitwalo HABEEB ambamo mna samaki pia. Wapenzi wa kuendesha ngalawa na mitumbwi wanafurahia sana kutembea, kuvua na kufanya mazoezi katika ziwa hilo. Kina sisi wapenda kuendesha baiskeli kuna njia zetu pia za kupita na baiskeli kulizunguka ziwa hili. Vivyo hivyo pia kuna pia huduma za Gofu, kutembea kwa farasi, vigari vidogo vya kuendeshwa kutalii eneo hili, endapo mtu hawezi kutembea mwenyewe kwa miguu, bwawa la kuogelea ingawaje ziwa lipo hapo hapo, na kuna hao wenye afya zaidi ambao huamua kulizunguka ziwa hili kwa miguu, ambalo ukilimaliza lote ni kama wastani wa maili kati ya 6 hadi 8 hivi. Lakini njia za kutembea kwa miguu zimegawanywa katika sehemu fupi fupi pia.

Mandhari ya eneo hili kwa kweli sijawahi kuona katika umri na matembezi yangu niliyowahi kuyafanya popote pale. Kwa ufupi tu ni kama bakuli hivi. Yaani eneo limezungukwa na milima ya urefu wa kiasi katika pande zake na ziwa liko katikakati. Hiyo milima iliyozunguka ni kivutio tosha maana imevikwa misitu mizuri ya kijani kwa wakati huu wa mwezi Mei, kwani majani yalishaota baada ya kipindi cha kipupwe (winter) ambapo majani huwa yanadondoka na miti huachwa pepepe. Kutembelea mahala hapa ni ushuhuda mwingine wa kuonyesha ni kiasi gani wenzetu wanavyothamini mazingira yao na kuenzi mali asili zao. Hapa ni mahali pazuri mno kiasi kwamba ukifika hutaki kuondoka. Nafsi yako inakuambia ukodoleeee tuu.

Siku tulipofika, tulikuta barua toka kwa Meneja wa zamu (Front Desk Manager) Jaime Gordon iliyotufahamisha kwamba kuna ukarabati unaondelea wa kubadilisha televisheni vyumbani. Hivyo asiyependa usumbufu huo aweke tangazo mlangoni kwake ili asisumbuliwe (Do Not Disturb). Jambo hili nimeona ni la kiungwana sana la kutoa taarifa kwa wateja juu ya nini kinachoendelea.

Katika tembeatembea yangu katika hifadhi hii, nilikutana na sungura pori ambao ni wadogo kuliko sungura wa kufugwa na pia wana rangi zinazopendeza zaidi kwani rangi yao sio moja kama vile nyeupe tu. Sungura hawa ni wa rangi ya udongo na mkiani wana mstari mweupe unaopakana na mistari miwili mieusi. Utafikiri mtu kawachora mikiani. Kumbe ndivyo walivyoumbwa na Mola.

Pia katika pitapita yangu, nilikutana na jiwe pana kiasi cha mita moja kwa mita moja lililochongwa vipepeo na kuandikwa jina la mtu. Jiwe hili halikusimamishwa kama nilivyozoea kuona mawe yakisimamishwa kwa mfano kutambulisha kitu. Jiwe hili lilikuwa limelazwa chini lakini maandishi yake yalikuwa yanasomeka vizuri. Lilikuwa linatunzwa vizuri. Nilipouliza hotelini jina lile lililoandikwa jiweni lilikuwa la nani. Nikaambiwa kwamba mmoja wa wadau wa hotelini pale aliyekuwa na Kampuni ya kuwahudumia watu katika burudani mbalimbali (Western Maryland Adventures LLP) alikuwa na mtoto alifariki. Lile lilikuwa ndio jiwe la kumbukumbu la marehemu huyo aliyekuwa akiitwa KELSEY MICHELLE MILLER amezaliwa 1987 na amefariki 2004. Hiki pia kwangu kilikuwa kitu kigeni. Tumezoea kwetu Afrika mawe ya kumbukumbu yanawekwa makaburini lakini kumbe wenzetu wanaweka popote pale wachaguapo, pamoja na lile jiwe la malaloni.

Kwa kweli ilipofika saa tano kamili siku ya tarehe 13 Mei, 2009 na basi likang'oa nanga mahala pale, kila mmoja kati yetu alikuwa anajutia nafsini mwake kwa nini hatukukaa zaidi mahali pale. Itokeapo siku nawe msomaji wangu ukatamani kufika mahala hapo, tovuti yao ni hii hapa:

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Jamani, huko Moshi kwa nini serikali ya mabavu inaendelea? Kwanza ilikuwa Afisa wa Polisi kamkwida na kumfunga pamoja na pipa la taka Mmachinga hapo Stendi ya Moshi, sasa na hili. Mstahiki Meya mzima amzaba kibao Mlinzi wa Amani jamani! Uongozi nchini Tanzania unakwenda wapi? Hawa ni watumishi wa wananchi kweli? Aibu ilioje !

MOSHI MAYOR IN TROUBLE FOR SLAPPING GUARD !


PETER TEMBA in Moshi, 13th May 2009 @ 23:47, Total Comments: 0, Hits: 115


Moshi Mayor, Lameck Kaaya, yesterday appeared in court here charged with assault for slapping a municipal guard in March. Before Magistrate Geni Dudu, the mayor pleaded "not guilty" and was released on bail after signing a 300,000/- bond with the court.

The prosecution said investigation was incomplete and the case was adjourned to June 2, when it will be mentioned. Prosecuting, State Attorney, Ms Scolastica Lugongo, had earlier told the court that on March 16, at around 11:00am, at the Moshi Municipal Council, the accused slapped Christina Jeseph (26) on her cheeks.

Kaaya is defended by Professor Robert Msanga while the complainant has hired legal services of a Moshi-based seasoned lawyer, Ms Elizabeth Minde. Meanwhile, the complainant has alleged here that some of her key eyewitnesses, who are employees of the Council, have been threatened by their heads of departments not to testify against the accused person. When the Municipal Executive Director, Ms Bernadette Kinabo, was contacted to comment on the allegation, she said she was not aware of such threats.

UKEKETAJI BADO NI TATIZO TANZANIA, AFRIKA

Thursday May 14, 2009
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is illegal in Tanzania
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  • ALLOYCE KOMBA, 12th February 2009 @ 01:31, Total Comments: 6, Hits: 9094

    The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as constituting all procedures that involve the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other intentional mutilation of the female genital organs, whether for cultural or any other non-therapeutic reasons.

    According to research findings on the practice of FGM in Tanzania conducted by the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) four years ago, it is estimated that about 18% of Tanzanian women undergo FGM. However, the actual extent of the problem is not fully known because of the reluctance of women in some communities to talk about the practice which deprives their rights of equality and life under the veil of customs and traditions.

    FGM is a human rights abuse to women and girl child although it is has been accepted in some sections of our society as part of deep-rooted cultural and traditional values. It is practiced during initiation ceremonies when girls who have reached the age of puberty are mutilated of their genitalia. The practice is believed to be a sign of passage from childhood to adulthood. The girls are taught on the roles of women in the community.

    Other reasons for the practice have been the need to control a woman’s sexual desire, so that she remains faithful to her husband; belief that the female genitalia becomes more hygienic if removed and belief that the clitoris will kill a child coming through the birth canal. There is also a belief that performing FGM on the girl child pleases the ancestors; hence will protect the family from harm. If the girl child is not circumcised, they believe harm (bad omen) will befall the family.

    FGM has physical, psychological and sexual consequences. The post-FGM health issues show permanent physical damage to the girl child. There is continuous bleeding, tetanus infections because of the tools used, loss of woman’s elasticity at the vaginal opening which causes problems in childbirth. Apart from the physical damage to the girl child, there are psychological problems emanating from nightmare of the pains of mutilation.

    The psychological trauma is said (by doctors) to cause women to tighten their legs during delivery and kill their babies because they remember the pain of FGM! Research findings in Mara, Dodoma, Singida, Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Mtwara regions have disclosed that due to FGM, women do not experience a lot of satisfaction during sexual intercourse and many find it painful because of the resulting non-elasticity on their vaginal opening.

    Due to lack of sexual desire on the part of a mutilated woman, nowadays there are reports of high incidences of marriage difficulties because husbands look elsewhere, usually to uncircumcised women for sexual pleasure. In Tanzania, FGM is illegal. Apart from international conventions ratified, the government passed the Sexual Offences special Provisions Act, 1998 (SOSPA). The law specifically states under section 21 that FGM is illegal.

    Although women over the age of 18 are excluded from the provision of the law, there are calls from human rights activists that it has to be amended because the effect is the same regardless of age. At the international level, FGM is a violation of human rights of women and the girl child.

    The United Nations Sub Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities appointed a special rapporteur in 1994 to study traditional practices affecting the health of women and children. The Rapporteur states in her June 1997 report that: “…we can no longer swathe these traditional practices and female genital mutilations in chaste cloak of social values and standards.

    It is no longer simply a case of health but a human rights and violation of those rights.” Therefore, the international community has taken a very strong stand against FGM. The UN and many other governmental and Non Governmental bodies are actively calling for the eradication of the practice.

    More recently, international human rights documents have begun to specifically identify FGM as a human rights issue. Article 2 of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Beijing, 1995), states that violence against women includes female genital mutilation.

    In the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, FGM is recognized as a harmful practice and a violation of the rights of the girl child. In 1994, the UN produced a Recommendation specifically on female circumcision, calling upon governments to take steps to eradicate this harmful practice which is so detrimental to the health of women.

    In 1997, a year before SOSPA was enacted in Tanzania, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a joint statement confirming the universally unacceptable harm caused by FGM and issued an unqualified call for elimination of this practice in all its forms.

    To conclude our discussion, we must note that human rights cut across our cultural and traditional norms or beliefs and are not negotiable. Those practices, like FGM, which deny human rights to parts of the community, cannot be supported under the guise of cultural integrity.

    The writer of the article is a human rights lawyer and a freelance journalist. He is available for questions, opinions or comments through mobile phone numbers 071... or 0786 362 544 and e-mail address: alloycekomba@yahoo.com.

    JAMANI MALIASILI ZETU TANZANIA !

    Nakuunga mkono Bwana Adam Lusekelo kwa kuongezea zaidi kwamba hawa watu huko Wizarani wanavunja Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, ibara ya 27 (1) na (2) na kwa sababu hiyo wanastahili kushtakiwa na taifa hili ili. Pamoja na kwamba baadhi ya uharibifu umeshafanyika, hatujachelewa kuilinda nchi yetu na maliasili zake! Kwa nini tujimalize huku tunajiona?

    Kwa nini hatujifunzi kwa wenzetu kama Wamarekani? Nipo hapa (Mei 14, 2009) Washington, DC ambao ndio mji mkuu wa Serikali ya Shirikisho la Marekani (USA). Nawahakikishia ndugu zangu Tanzania na Afrika kwamba hapa Washington DC pana misitu minene na ipo ndani ya jiji hili, ina wanyama, ina ndege na inalindwa ipasavyo watu hawathubutu haiharibu.

    Thursday May 14, 2009


    The madness continues!
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  • Lusekelo Adam, 13th May 2009 @ 02:24, Total Comments: 5, Hits: 362

    I HAVE been thinking, and that brings great fear into my mind. Right now, I hear the world-famous heritage, the Ngorongoro Crater National Park, is about to be scrapped from the world natural heritages list.

    Reason? Some government nincompoops have okayed the rapid increase of human activities around the area under the control of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority. This is simply madness!

    For heaven's sake, the Ngorongoro Crater is one of the wonders of the world. It is a place of breathtaking beauty by any account. The wildlife concentration is second to none in the world. And then you hear that some fellas in government have allowed farming activities in the Ngorongoro. Why, for God's sake? Wildlife should strictly be treated as that - wild!

    I am sure neither the majestic lions nor any other wild creature at the Crater invited a species known as homo sapiens to go and farm in the conservation area. I am sure the comical hyenas of the Crater did not ask human beings to go and build kiosks, bars and guesthouses there. The animals in the Crater are strictly teetotalers, anyway. It's all just human greed!

    The animals are great to watch - at a distance. I am sure they don't want to have homo sapiens as neighbours. Government rulers like to brag that we have 40 million hectares to spare. There are even very uncomfortable noises of offering land to foreigners.

    Surely, the local agriculturists can be offered some land for agriculture, instead of having people squeezing animals at the national parks. It's just criminal to turn Ngorongoro into a zoo. Some 300 cars are allowed to go into the Ngorongoro Crater daily. More madness! If we have any responsible authority (I doubt it, sometimes) the number of vehicles going into the park should be halved, yesterday!

    This is a God-given present and we are duty bound to cherish and protect it. We shouldn't reduce it to a gigantic car park. Likewise there is madness, not unlike Ngorongoro in the Serengeti National Park. They have just completed building a five-star 77-room Kempinski hotel called the Bilila Lodge.

    The 'investors' are said to have carried out the construction at a site rich in wildlife in such a way that 'one moves around the large site on elevated walkways with the animals underneath'. Which is a load of crap. They want to turn it into a Serengeti zoo.

    I insist that only demented people in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism would okay such a venture. Wild animals should be left to be just that - wild. You don't go about building a concrete jungle pat on the middle of a national park! It is simply ugly. Why should one plan to make zoos of our national parks?

    Kenya tried the same nonsense inside national parks. These contributed to an incredible reduction of wildlife in national parks in the last three decades. That will also happen here if this trend by mad people is left unchecked. There must be an end to human greed somewhere. Leave our national parks alone!

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