Miner Miracle
Date: 14/10/2010
By MICHAEL WARREN The Associated Press
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night — a joyous ending to a 69-day ordeal that riveted the world. No one has ever been trapped so long and survived.
Luis Urzua ascended smoothly through 2,000 feet of rock, completing a 221/2- hour rescue operation that unfolded with remarkable speed and flawless execution. Before a jubilant crowd of about 2,000 people, he became the 33rd miner to be rescued.
The rescue exceeded expectations every step of the way. Officials first said it might be four months before they could get the men out.
It turned out to be 69 days and about 8 hours.
Once the escape tunnel was finished, they estimated it would take 36 to 48 hours to get all the miners to the surface. That got faster as the operation went along, and all the men were safely above ground in 22 hours, 37 minutes.
The rescue workers who talked the men through the final hours were being hoisted one at time to the surface.
The crowd in “Camp Hope,” down a hill from the escape shaft, set off confetti, released balloons and sprayed champagne as Urzua’s capsule surfaced, joining in a rousing miners’ cheer. In Chile’s capital of Santiago, hundreds gathered in Plaza Italia, waving flags and chanting victory slogans in the miners’ honor.
In nearby Copiapo, about 3,000 people gathered in the town square, where a huge screen broadcast live footage of the rescue. The exuberant crowd waved Chilean flags of all sizes and blew on red vuvuzelas as cars drove around the plaza honking their horns, their drivers yelling, “Long live Chile!”
“The miners are our heroes,” said teary-eyed Copiapo resident Maria Guzman, 45.
One by one through- out the day, the men had emerged to the cheers of exuberant Chileans and before the eyes of a trans- fixed globe. While the opera- tion picked up speed as the day went on, each miner was greeted with the same boisterous applause from rescuers.
‘Welcome to life’
“Welcome to life,” Chilean President Sebastian Pinera told Victor Segovia, the 15th miner out. On a day of superlatives, it seemed no overstatement.
They rejoined a world intensely curious about their ordeal and certain to offer fame and jobs. Previously unimaginable riches awaited men who had risked their lives going into the unstable gold and copper mine for about $1,600 a month.
The miners made the smooth ascent inside a cap- sule called Phoenix — 13 feet tall, barely wider than their shoulders and painted in the white, blue and red of the Chilean flag. It had a door that stuck occasion- ally, and some wheels had to be replaced, but it worked exactly as planned.
Beginning at midnight Tuesday, and sometimes as quickly as every 25 minutes, the pod was lowered the nearly half-mile to where 700,000 tons of rock collapsed on Aug. 5, 2010 and entombed the men.
Then, after a quick pep talk from rescue workers who had descended into the mine, a miner would climb in, make the journey upward and emerge from a manhole into the blinding sun.
The rescue was planned with extreme care. The miners were monitored by video on the way up for any sign of panic. They had oxygen masks, dark glasses to pro- tect their eyes from the unfamiliar sunlight and sweaters for the jarring transition from subterranean swelter to chilly desert air.
As they neared the surface, a camera attached to the top of the capsule showed a brilliant white piercing the darkness not unlike what accident sur- vivors describe when they have near-death experiences.
The miners emerged look- ing healthier than many had expected. Several thrust their fists upwards like prizefighters, and Mario Sepulveda, the second to taste freedom, bounded
out and led his rescuers in a rousing cheer. Franklin Lobos, who played for the Chilean national soccer team in the 1980s, briefly bounced a soccer ball on his foot and knee.
“We have prayed to San Lorenzo, the patron saint of miners, and to many other saints so that my brothers Florencio and Renan would come out of the mine all right. It is as if they had been born again,” said Priscila Avalos. One of her brothers was the first miner rescued, and the other was due out later in the evening.
Healthy — or not
Health Minister Jaime Manalich said some of the miners probably will be able to leave the hospital today — earlier than pro- jected — but many had been unable to sleep, wanted to talk with families and were anxious. One was treated for pneumonia, and two needed dental work.
“They are not ready to have a moment’s rest until the last of their colleagues is out,” he said.
As it traveled down and up, down and up, the rescue capsule was not rotating as much inside the 2,041-foot escape shaft as officials expected, allowing for faster trips.
The first man out was Florencio Avalos, who emerged from the missile- like chamber and hugged his sobbing 7-year-old son, his wife and the Chilean president.
No one in recorded his- tory has survived as long trapped underground. For the first 17 days, no one even knew whether they were alive. In the weeks that followed, the world was captivated by their endurance and unity.
Worldwide attention
News channels from North America to Europe and the Middle East carried live coverage of the rescue. Pope Benedict XVI said in Spanish that he “continues with hope to entrust to God’s goodness” the fate of the men. Iran’s state Eng- lish-language Press TV fol- lowed events live for a time. Crews from Russia and Japan and North Korean state TV were at the mine.
The images beamed to the world were extraordi- nary: Grainy footage from beneath the earth showed each miner climbing into the capsule, then disap- pearing upward through an opening. Then a camera showed the pod steadily rising through the dark, smooth-walled tunnel.
Among the first rescued was the youngest miner, Jimmy Sanchez, at 19 the father of a months-old baby. Two hours later came the oldest, Mario Gomez, 63, who suffers from a lung disease common to miners and had been on antibiot- ics inside the mine. He dropped to his knees after he emerged, bowed his head in prayer and clutched the Chilean flag.
Gomez’s wife, Lilia- nett Ramirez, pulled him up from the ground and embraced him. The couple had talked over video chat once a week, and she said that he had repeated the promise he made to her in his initial letter from inside the mine: He would marry her properly in a church wedding, followed by the honeymoon they never had.
The lone foreigner among them, Carlos Mamani of Bolivia, was visited at a nearby clinic by Pinera
and Bolivian President Evo Morales. The miner could be heard telling the Chilean president how nice it was to breathe fresh air and see the stars.
Carrier ‘palomas’
Most of the men emerged clean-shaven. More than 300 people at the mine alone had worked on the rescue or to sustain them during their long wait by lowering rocket-shaped tubes dubbed “palomas,” Spanish for car- rier pigeons. Along with the food and medicine came razors and shaving cream.
Estimates for the rescue operation alone have soared beyond $22 million, though the government has repeat- edly insisted that money is not a concern.
The men emerged in good health. But at the hospital in Copiapo, where miner after miner walked from the ambulance to a waiting wheelchair, it became clear that psychological issues would be as important to treat as physical ones.
Dr. Guillermo Swett said Sepulveda told him about an internal “fight with the devil” that he had inside the mine. He said Sanchez appeared to be having a hard time adjusting, and seemed depressed.
“He spoke very little and didn’t seem to connect,” the doctor said.
Chile has promised that its care of the miners won’t end for six months at least — not until they can be sure that each man has readjusted.
Friday, October 22, 2010
UTAJIRI WA LUGHA YA KISWAHILI
From: Chris Mwasambili
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Subject: [tanzanet] UTAJIRI WA KISWAHILI:Maneno ni mengi, kuyatumia tunashindwa
Imeandikwa na Barnabas Maro; Tarehe: 21st October 2010 Habari Leo
LUGHA ya Kiswahili ina maneno mengi lakini wengi wetu hatuyajui, kwa hiyo tunashindwa kuyatumia.
Matokeo yake tunachanganya maneno ya Kiingereza katikati ya Kiswahili na kufanya kile nikiitacho ’Kiswangereza.’ Sababu hiyo imewafanya baadhi ya watu kusema, kwa mfano, ”wanasiasa ’wanaboa’ kwa maneno yao” badala ya chusha, chukiza, sunza, udhi.
”Wasiasa wanachusha/wanachosha/ wanasunza/wanaudhi.” Hata kuomba radhi siku hizi watu husema ’sore’ (sorry) badala ya ’samahani’ ’kumradhi’ au ’niwie radhi.’ Wengine husema ”tukutane ’hom’ (home)” badala ya nyumbani.
Majuzi nikiwa ndani ya daladala, kijana fulani akiongea na mwenziye kwa simu alimwambia: ”Jana ’nimemwambia’ mkuu kuwa leo napitia benki kuangalia kama fedha zangu za kwenda chuoni zimeingia.”
Kila alipokuwa akielezea mambo yaliyopita alitumia neno ’nime ... ” badala ya ’nili ... .’ Hata nilipomwambia aseme ’nilimwambia’ badala ya ’nimemwambia’ kwa kuwa ni wakati uliopita (jana, juzi, n.k.) hakunielewa ila aliniangalia tu kwa dharau kama sanamu.
Alirudia kosa hilo kila alipozungumza. Kama mwanafunzi wa Chuo Kikuu anakosea na anaposahihishwa haoni wala kujutia kosa lake, itakuwaje kwa mwanafunzi wa msingi?
Kumbe ndio maana wanafunzi hushindwa mitihani ya Kiswahili ingawa ni lugha ya taifa! Kosa kama hili hufanywa na wazungumzaji wengine na waandishi kama ilivyo katika habari ifuatayo: ”Wakati Poulsen akisema hayo, wapinzani wake timu ya taifa ya Morocco ”Atlas Lions” wamewasili juzi usiku ... .”
Ingekuwa: ”Wakati Poulsen akisema hayo, timu ya taifa ya Morocco, Atlas Lions, iliwasili juzi usiku ... .”
Angalizo: Timu iliwasili juzi, jana (wakati uliopita). Kama ujio wake ni siku hiyohiyo, basi husemwa imewasili leo. Naomba wazungumzaji na waandishi wazingatie mambo ya wakati uliopita, uliopo na ujao.
Wengi husema, kwa mfano, ”mimi ’naamkaga’, ’nalalaga’, ’nakulaga’, ’nakwendaga’, ’namwambiaga’, ’nasemaga’.” Kwa ufasaha wa lugha husemwa huamka badala ya ’naamkaga’, hulala badala ya ’nalalaga’, hula badala ya ’nakulaga’, huenda badala ya ’nakwendaga’, humwambia badala ya ’namwambiaga’, na husema badala ya ’nasemaga’.
Baadhi yetu hutumia maneno bila kujua maana yake kama ilivyo katika sentensi ifuatayo: ”Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Chunya, Deodatus Kinawiro amenusurika kupigwa mawe na wananchi wenye hasira katika kijiji cha Mtanila, baada ya gari lake alilokuwamo lenye namba za usajili STK 3770 kukoswakoswa kuvunjwa vioo kwa madai ya kujihusisha na kampeni za uchaguzi mkuu dhidi ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi.”
Moja kwa moja sentensi hii inaonesha kuwa mkuu wa wilaya ya Chunya, Deodatus Kinawiro alinusurika kupigwa na wananchi kwa kujihusisha na kampeni zinazokwenda kinyume na Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
Hata hivyo, sentensi inayofuatia inaeleza tofauti ingawa mwandishi ni yuleyule! ”Habari ambazo ... (jina la gazeti) imezipata jana zinadai kuwa DC huyo amekuwa akifanya kampeni katika kata na vijiji kadhaa kwa kofia ya serikali ili kuhakikisha kuwa mgombea wa CCM katika jimbo la Lupa, Victor Mwambalaswa, anapita kwa kishindo.”
Kosa kubwa la mwandishi huyu ni kutumia neno ’dhidi’ ambalo bila shaka haelewi maana yake. Kwa kumsaidia, maana ya ’dhidi’ (kivumishi) ni –enye kinyume na; -enye kupingana na; kushindana na; mbalimbali na.
Mwandishi ameandika: ”Habari ambazo (jina la gazeti) imezipata jana ...” si sahihi kwani ingekuwa ” ... ilizipata jana ... ” au ” habari ilizopata gazeti hili jana ... .”
Maneno mengine yanayotumiwa kuunda sentensi huleta maana potofu au sentensi kutokamilika ingawa huwa na nukta mwisho kuashiria sentensi imekamilika.
Tusome sentensi ifuatayo: ”Inashangaza katika uwanja huu ambao mimi ndio msimamizi mkuu na mwenye jukumu la kuhakikisha kwamba mambo yanakwenda vyema kama ilivyopangwa.”
Mwandishi ametumia maneno mengi na hivyo kupoteza nafasi na kuharibu sentensi. Ifuatayo ni sentensi iliyofanyiwa marekebisho:
”Katika uwanja huu mimi ndio mwenye jukumu la kuhakikisha mambo yanakwenda kama ilivyopangwa.”
Ni sentensi yenye maneno 13 dhidi ya 20 aliyotumia mwandishi. Hebu sasa tuingie kwenye methali. “Kanga hazai utumwani” maana yake kanga hatagi ugenini. Methali hii huweza kutumiwa kwa mtu anayeshindwa kufanya jambo lolote anapokuwa katika mazingira mageni.
Tunafunzwa kuwa ugeni una shida. Kangaja simle, mchuzi kitoweo. Kangaja ni aina ya samaki ambaye huwa na harufu mbaya lakini mchuzi wake huwa kitoweo kizuri.
Methali hii hutumiwa katika mazingira ambapo mtu fulani hampendi mwengine ingawa anafaidika na matendo yake. Huweza kumshauri mtu anayekataa kitu kizuri kinachotokana na mtu m-baya au mwenye sifa mbaya.
Msi chembe wala uta si muwani. Muwani ni anayepigana au anayepambana. Chembe ni kigumba cha mshale. Maana yake mtu asiye na chembe au uta si mpiganaji. Methali hii hutumiwa kutukumbusha kwamba lazima tujiandae vizuri tunapotaka kufanya jambo fulani.
Kwa kawaida kila jambo huwa na masharti yake ya kimsingi ambayo hatuna budi kuyatosheleza. Mathalan mwanasiasa mzuri lazima awe stadi (mtu aliye na uhodari au ufundi mkubwa wa kutenda jambo fulani; bingwa, farisi, galacha) wa kusema.
Kitendawili: Ngozi ndani nyama n-nje – Firigisi ya kuku. marobarnabas@yahoo.com
To: list@tanzanet.org
Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 3:19 pm
Subject: [tanzanet] UTAJIRI WA KISWAHILI:Maneno ni mengi, kuyatumia tunashindwa
Imeandikwa na Barnabas Maro; Tarehe: 21st October 2010 Habari Leo
LUGHA ya Kiswahili ina maneno mengi lakini wengi wetu hatuyajui, kwa hiyo tunashindwa kuyatumia.
Matokeo yake tunachanganya maneno ya Kiingereza katikati ya Kiswahili na kufanya kile nikiitacho ’Kiswangereza.’ Sababu hiyo imewafanya baadhi ya watu kusema, kwa mfano, ”wanasiasa ’wanaboa’ kwa maneno yao” badala ya chusha, chukiza, sunza, udhi.
”Wasiasa wanachusha/wanachosha/ wanasunza/wanaudhi.” Hata kuomba radhi siku hizi watu husema ’sore’ (sorry) badala ya ’samahani’ ’kumradhi’ au ’niwie radhi.’ Wengine husema ”tukutane ’hom’ (home)” badala ya nyumbani.
Majuzi nikiwa ndani ya daladala, kijana fulani akiongea na mwenziye kwa simu alimwambia: ”Jana ’nimemwambia’ mkuu kuwa leo napitia benki kuangalia kama fedha zangu za kwenda chuoni zimeingia.”
Kila alipokuwa akielezea mambo yaliyopita alitumia neno ’nime ... ” badala ya ’nili ... .’ Hata nilipomwambia aseme ’nilimwambia’ badala ya ’nimemwambia’ kwa kuwa ni wakati uliopita (jana, juzi, n.k.) hakunielewa ila aliniangalia tu kwa dharau kama sanamu.
Alirudia kosa hilo kila alipozungumza. Kama mwanafunzi wa Chuo Kikuu anakosea na anaposahihishwa haoni wala kujutia kosa lake, itakuwaje kwa mwanafunzi wa msingi?
Kumbe ndio maana wanafunzi hushindwa mitihani ya Kiswahili ingawa ni lugha ya taifa! Kosa kama hili hufanywa na wazungumzaji wengine na waandishi kama ilivyo katika habari ifuatayo: ”Wakati Poulsen akisema hayo, wapinzani wake timu ya taifa ya Morocco ”Atlas Lions” wamewasili juzi usiku ... .”
Ingekuwa: ”Wakati Poulsen akisema hayo, timu ya taifa ya Morocco, Atlas Lions, iliwasili juzi usiku ... .”
Angalizo: Timu iliwasili juzi, jana (wakati uliopita). Kama ujio wake ni siku hiyohiyo, basi husemwa imewasili leo. Naomba wazungumzaji na waandishi wazingatie mambo ya wakati uliopita, uliopo na ujao.
Wengi husema, kwa mfano, ”mimi ’naamkaga’, ’nalalaga’, ’nakulaga’, ’nakwendaga’, ’namwambiaga’, ’nasemaga’.” Kwa ufasaha wa lugha husemwa huamka badala ya ’naamkaga’, hulala badala ya ’nalalaga’, hula badala ya ’nakulaga’, huenda badala ya ’nakwendaga’, humwambia badala ya ’namwambiaga’, na husema badala ya ’nasemaga’.
Baadhi yetu hutumia maneno bila kujua maana yake kama ilivyo katika sentensi ifuatayo: ”Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Chunya, Deodatus Kinawiro amenusurika kupigwa mawe na wananchi wenye hasira katika kijiji cha Mtanila, baada ya gari lake alilokuwamo lenye namba za usajili STK 3770 kukoswakoswa kuvunjwa vioo kwa madai ya kujihusisha na kampeni za uchaguzi mkuu dhidi ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi.”
Moja kwa moja sentensi hii inaonesha kuwa mkuu wa wilaya ya Chunya, Deodatus Kinawiro alinusurika kupigwa na wananchi kwa kujihusisha na kampeni zinazokwenda kinyume na Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
Hata hivyo, sentensi inayofuatia inaeleza tofauti ingawa mwandishi ni yuleyule! ”Habari ambazo ... (jina la gazeti) imezipata jana zinadai kuwa DC huyo amekuwa akifanya kampeni katika kata na vijiji kadhaa kwa kofia ya serikali ili kuhakikisha kuwa mgombea wa CCM katika jimbo la Lupa, Victor Mwambalaswa, anapita kwa kishindo.”
Kosa kubwa la mwandishi huyu ni kutumia neno ’dhidi’ ambalo bila shaka haelewi maana yake. Kwa kumsaidia, maana ya ’dhidi’ (kivumishi) ni –enye kinyume na; -enye kupingana na; kushindana na; mbalimbali na.
Mwandishi ameandika: ”Habari ambazo (jina la gazeti) imezipata jana ...” si sahihi kwani ingekuwa ” ... ilizipata jana ... ” au ” habari ilizopata gazeti hili jana ... .”
Maneno mengine yanayotumiwa kuunda sentensi huleta maana potofu au sentensi kutokamilika ingawa huwa na nukta mwisho kuashiria sentensi imekamilika.
Tusome sentensi ifuatayo: ”Inashangaza katika uwanja huu ambao mimi ndio msimamizi mkuu na mwenye jukumu la kuhakikisha kwamba mambo yanakwenda vyema kama ilivyopangwa.”
Mwandishi ametumia maneno mengi na hivyo kupoteza nafasi na kuharibu sentensi. Ifuatayo ni sentensi iliyofanyiwa marekebisho:
”Katika uwanja huu mimi ndio mwenye jukumu la kuhakikisha mambo yanakwenda kama ilivyopangwa.”
Ni sentensi yenye maneno 13 dhidi ya 20 aliyotumia mwandishi. Hebu sasa tuingie kwenye methali. “Kanga hazai utumwani” maana yake kanga hatagi ugenini. Methali hii huweza kutumiwa kwa mtu anayeshindwa kufanya jambo lolote anapokuwa katika mazingira mageni.
Tunafunzwa kuwa ugeni una shida. Kangaja simle, mchuzi kitoweo. Kangaja ni aina ya samaki ambaye huwa na harufu mbaya lakini mchuzi wake huwa kitoweo kizuri.
Methali hii hutumiwa katika mazingira ambapo mtu fulani hampendi mwengine ingawa anafaidika na matendo yake. Huweza kumshauri mtu anayekataa kitu kizuri kinachotokana na mtu m-baya au mwenye sifa mbaya.
Msi chembe wala uta si muwani. Muwani ni anayepigana au anayepambana. Chembe ni kigumba cha mshale. Maana yake mtu asiye na chembe au uta si mpiganaji. Methali hii hutumiwa kutukumbusha kwamba lazima tujiandae vizuri tunapotaka kufanya jambo fulani.
Kwa kawaida kila jambo huwa na masharti yake ya kimsingi ambayo hatuna budi kuyatosheleza. Mathalan mwanasiasa mzuri lazima awe stadi (mtu aliye na uhodari au ufundi mkubwa wa kutenda jambo fulani; bingwa, farisi, galacha) wa kusema.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
USAFIRI MPYA WA MAHUJAJI KUANZIA 2010
30-day test run for Makkah metro
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A Makkah metro train during a test run. (AN photo)
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS
Published: Oct 2, 2010 23:44 Updated: Oct 3, 2010 00:33
JEDDAH: The newly established Mashair Railway, which links the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifa with Makkah, will have a 30-day test run before opening to transport domestic and GCC pilgrims during the upcoming Haj season.
Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb will inspect the railway (also known as the Makkah Metro) on Tuesday to make sure the facility is ready to transport the guests of God. The railway will bring about a dramatic change in pilgrim transportation between the holy sites.
Established at a cost of SR6.5 billion, the new railway will have a capacity to transport 72,000 pilgrims in an hour. Nine stations have been constructed in Arafat, Mina and Muzdalifa, each having three stations. This is the second largest project implemented by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs after the SR4.5 billion high-tech Jamrat Bridge project in Mina.
Habib Zain Al-Abidine, deputy minister of municipal and rural affairs, said the railway will have 10 trains in the first phase, each with a length of 300 meters. “Each train will carry 3,000 passengers.”
He said Saudi authorities have not yet fixed the fare. “The matter is in the hands of Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Prince Naif, chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee. Once the prince gives his directives, we’ll announce the fare,” he said.
The time for transporting pilgrims from Arafat to Muzdalifa will be reduced to five minutes on the 9th of Dul Hijjah when the faithful will move together from the plain of Arafat to Muzdalifa. And another five minutes will take them from Muzdalifa to Mina on the 10th.
Zain Al-Abidine said the railway would operate throughout the year.
The second phase of the project will link Mashair Railway with the Grand Mosque in Makkah with a station on Umm Al-Qura Road. It will also be linked with the Haramain Railway that connects Makkah with Madinah and Jeddah.
The trains will have a test run covering 6,000 km each before starting regular operations. The first test run took place last Thursday. The railway will have 20 trains in the next stage, each with 12 carriages and each carriage holding 250 passengers. About 20 percent of passengers will be seated while 80 percent will be standing. Trains will have a speed of 80 to 120 km/hour.
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A Makkah metro train during a test run. (AN photo)
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS
Published: Oct 2, 2010 23:44 Updated: Oct 3, 2010 00:33
JEDDAH: The newly established Mashair Railway, which links the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifa with Makkah, will have a 30-day test run before opening to transport domestic and GCC pilgrims during the upcoming Haj season.
Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb will inspect the railway (also known as the Makkah Metro) on Tuesday to make sure the facility is ready to transport the guests of God. The railway will bring about a dramatic change in pilgrim transportation between the holy sites.
Established at a cost of SR6.5 billion, the new railway will have a capacity to transport 72,000 pilgrims in an hour. Nine stations have been constructed in Arafat, Mina and Muzdalifa, each having three stations. This is the second largest project implemented by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs after the SR4.5 billion high-tech Jamrat Bridge project in Mina.
Habib Zain Al-Abidine, deputy minister of municipal and rural affairs, said the railway will have 10 trains in the first phase, each with a length of 300 meters. “Each train will carry 3,000 passengers.”
He said Saudi authorities have not yet fixed the fare. “The matter is in the hands of Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Prince Naif, chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee. Once the prince gives his directives, we’ll announce the fare,” he said.
The time for transporting pilgrims from Arafat to Muzdalifa will be reduced to five minutes on the 9th of Dul Hijjah when the faithful will move together from the plain of Arafat to Muzdalifa. And another five minutes will take them from Muzdalifa to Mina on the 10th.
Zain Al-Abidine said the railway would operate throughout the year.
The second phase of the project will link Mashair Railway with the Grand Mosque in Makkah with a station on Umm Al-Qura Road. It will also be linked with the Haramain Railway that connects Makkah with Madinah and Jeddah.
The trains will have a test run covering 6,000 km each before starting regular operations. The first test run took place last Thursday. The railway will have 20 trains in the next stage, each with 12 carriages and each carriage holding 250 passengers. About 20 percent of passengers will be seated while 80 percent will be standing. Trains will have a speed of 80 to 120 km/hour.
RASILIMALI ADIMU ZA TANZANIA NA DUNIANI
Imeandikwa na Beda Msimbe; Tarehe: 14th October 2010 Habari Leo
MSITU WA MAZUMBAI WA LUSHOTO, TANZANIA
Eneo la kupumzikia wageni wa SUA ndani ya msitu wa Mazumbai.
NDANI ya milima ya Usambara kuna misitu miwili mikubwa inayotumika kwa utafiti.
Misitu hiyo ni ya Amani na Mazumbai. Msitu wa Amani upo Muheza na ule wa Mazumbai upo Lushoto. Nilifika msitu wa Mazumbai wenye
ua linalopatikana kiasili Tanzania pekee, ‘African Violet’.
Nilikuwa sijawahi kuona ua la African Violet, lakini nilipata kulisoma sana katika mtandao na nilipofika Mazumbai kitu cha kwanza kuuliza na kutaka kuoneshwa ni ua hilo, Meneja wa Hifadhi ya Msitu wa Mazumbai, Said Kiparu alikuwa zaidi ya tayari kunionesha, yalikuwa yamepandwa nje ya nyumba ya kupumzikia iliyo hapo.
Nyumba hiyo hutumika na watu wanaozuru msitu huo pamoja na watafiti na siku ambayo nilifika kulikuwa na wazungu kadhaa waliofika
kutalii na walitarajiwa kuwapo hapo kwa siku nne au zaidi walikuwa msituni wakivinjari.
Kuwapo kwa ua hilo si tu fahari ya Tanzania, lakini ua hilo lenyeugumu mkubwa wa kuota na kumea lililopewa jina na Mjerumani mmoja aliyepeleka taarifa kwao kuhusu kuwapo kwa ua hilo la urujuani wakati akivinjari milima ya Usambara.
African Violet au tuseme Ua la Usambara ambalo wenyeji wa Usambaani huliita ‘Dughulishi’, lilijulikana kwa Wazungu mwaka 1892 kupitia Baron Walter von St. Paul na tangu wakati huo mpaka leo zaidi ya aina 20 za maua haya zimebainika.
Kusema kweli pamoja na kutawanyika kwa African violet duniani, Wazungu wanatambua kwamba makao yake makuu yapo Usambara wakati wakielezea historia ya maua hayo ambayo watu wengi wa Ulaya hupenda kuyaweka majumbani kwao kutokana na uzuri wake.
Kwa historia, Baron huyu ambaye alikuwa na hisia za masuala ya mimea ya bustani (unaweza kumuita botania) ndiye aliyewezesha mimea hii kufika Ulaya kwa kumtumia baba yake Baron Ulrich von Saint Paul-Illare, ambaye wakati huo alikuwa ni Rais wa chama cha miti nchini Ujerumani (Dendrological Society of Germany).
Juhudi hizo zilifanya kuanzia mwaka 1893 ua hilo kupatikana nje ya usambara na watu kuanza kulizalisha kwa wingi kwa kutumia mbegu hizo zilizotoka Tanzania.
Sehemu kubwa ya maua ya African Violet katika bara la Ulaya na Marekani si orijino ni haibridi. Kimsingi ua hilo lilitawanyika dunia kupitia Ujerumani na pamoja na kupendwa sana Marekani yalifika huko mwaka 1926 yakitokea Ujerumani.
Sasa hivi nchini Marekani kuna jumuia nyingi zinazojihusisha na African Violet. Botani huyu Baron Walter von Saint Paul, alikuwa ni Gavana wa Kijerumani jimbo la Kaskazini Mashariki la Tanganyika na aliyaona maua hayo yakijiotea katika vipenyo vya majabali.
Ndani ya Msitu wa Mazumbai ambao kimsingi unamilikiwa na Chuo Kikuu cha Kilimo cha Sokoine (SUA) na kutumiwa nadra na watalii lakini sana na watafiti kuna zaidi ya maua, ipo miti aina tofauti zaidi ya 100 ambayo inamea vyema ikiangaliwa isifanyiwe
uharibifu.
Watu wa SUA walikabidhiwa msitu huo na mzungu anayeitwa John Tanner ambaye alikuwa na mashamba yake ya chai katika eneo hilo na aliitunza misitu ya asili aliyopukuta kwa sababu za shughuli yake aliyokuwa akiifanya.
Mzungu huyo aliyezaliwa Tanga mwaka 1918 aliishi Mazumbai kuanzia mwaka 1946 hadi mwaka 1982, kwa sasa yupo nchini kwao Uswisi na habari zinasema yungali hai.
Kuwapo mashamba ya chai kunaonesha kwa nini kulikuwa na misitu kwani utengenezaji wa chai hutumia miti mingi kwa hiyo kulikuwa na haja ya kuwa na miti ya kutosha (misitu) kwa ajili ya kazi hiyo.
Ndani ya msitu huo pia mzungu huyo alikuwa ametengeneza mfumo wa kufua umeme ambao ndio unaotumiwa hadi sasa na nyumba ya SUA kupata nishati. Umeme huo wa maji unaofuliwa katika nyumba kuukuu ni moja ya vivutio ambavyo vinaweza kutoa taswira ya neema katika harufu nzuri ya misitu na maua yake.
Ndani ya msitu huo mnene yapo magogo makubwa ambayo yamechomoza kwa namna inayopendeza zaidi, ingawa huwezi kuona kila kitu kilichopo katika msitu huo pamoja na nyoka wa aina mbalimbali, ndege, kuna mandhari inayokonga moyo hasa kwa wale wanaopenda asili na vitu vinavyofuatana navyo.
Kuna miti ambayo mizizi yake iliyojitokeza nje ina urefu wa zaidi ya futi tano ikitengeneza mandhari ya kustaajabisha zaidi. Ni kama jengo lililofumwa. "Hii ni hifadhi, inasaidia vitu vingi sana na watu hawaruhusiwi kuingia ndani ya msitu na kuvuna," anasema Meneja Kiparu.
Akaongeza kwamba, pamoja na kuwatembeza watalii ni kazi yao kutoa nafasi ya watu kujifunza masuala ya misitu na namna hifadhi
inavyoweza kuokoa misitu na katika hilo watafiti wa ndani na nje hufika kujifunza kwenye msitu huu ambao kimsingi ulikuwa binafsi.
Katikati ya msitu huu wa hifadhi wa hekta 300 kuna mbega na ndege mbalimbali ambao hupendezesha sauti katika msitu unaozizima kwa utulivu.
MSITU WA MAZUMBAI WA LUSHOTO, TANZANIA
Eneo la kupumzikia wageni wa SUA ndani ya msitu wa Mazumbai.
NDANI ya milima ya Usambara kuna misitu miwili mikubwa inayotumika kwa utafiti.
Misitu hiyo ni ya Amani na Mazumbai. Msitu wa Amani upo Muheza na ule wa Mazumbai upo Lushoto. Nilifika msitu wa Mazumbai wenye
ua linalopatikana kiasili Tanzania pekee, ‘African Violet’.
Nilikuwa sijawahi kuona ua la African Violet, lakini nilipata kulisoma sana katika mtandao na nilipofika Mazumbai kitu cha kwanza kuuliza na kutaka kuoneshwa ni ua hilo, Meneja wa Hifadhi ya Msitu wa Mazumbai, Said Kiparu alikuwa zaidi ya tayari kunionesha, yalikuwa yamepandwa nje ya nyumba ya kupumzikia iliyo hapo.
Nyumba hiyo hutumika na watu wanaozuru msitu huo pamoja na watafiti na siku ambayo nilifika kulikuwa na wazungu kadhaa waliofika
kutalii na walitarajiwa kuwapo hapo kwa siku nne au zaidi walikuwa msituni wakivinjari.
Kuwapo kwa ua hilo si tu fahari ya Tanzania, lakini ua hilo lenyeugumu mkubwa wa kuota na kumea lililopewa jina na Mjerumani mmoja aliyepeleka taarifa kwao kuhusu kuwapo kwa ua hilo la urujuani wakati akivinjari milima ya Usambara.
African Violet au tuseme Ua la Usambara ambalo wenyeji wa Usambaani huliita ‘Dughulishi’, lilijulikana kwa Wazungu mwaka 1892 kupitia Baron Walter von St. Paul na tangu wakati huo mpaka leo zaidi ya aina 20 za maua haya zimebainika.
Kusema kweli pamoja na kutawanyika kwa African violet duniani, Wazungu wanatambua kwamba makao yake makuu yapo Usambara wakati wakielezea historia ya maua hayo ambayo watu wengi wa Ulaya hupenda kuyaweka majumbani kwao kutokana na uzuri wake.
Kwa historia, Baron huyu ambaye alikuwa na hisia za masuala ya mimea ya bustani (unaweza kumuita botania) ndiye aliyewezesha mimea hii kufika Ulaya kwa kumtumia baba yake Baron Ulrich von Saint Paul-Illare, ambaye wakati huo alikuwa ni Rais wa chama cha miti nchini Ujerumani (Dendrological Society of Germany).
Juhudi hizo zilifanya kuanzia mwaka 1893 ua hilo kupatikana nje ya usambara na watu kuanza kulizalisha kwa wingi kwa kutumia mbegu hizo zilizotoka Tanzania.
Sehemu kubwa ya maua ya African Violet katika bara la Ulaya na Marekani si orijino ni haibridi. Kimsingi ua hilo lilitawanyika dunia kupitia Ujerumani na pamoja na kupendwa sana Marekani yalifika huko mwaka 1926 yakitokea Ujerumani.
Sasa hivi nchini Marekani kuna jumuia nyingi zinazojihusisha na African Violet. Botani huyu Baron Walter von Saint Paul, alikuwa ni Gavana wa Kijerumani jimbo la Kaskazini Mashariki la Tanganyika na aliyaona maua hayo yakijiotea katika vipenyo vya majabali.
Ndani ya Msitu wa Mazumbai ambao kimsingi unamilikiwa na Chuo Kikuu cha Kilimo cha Sokoine (SUA) na kutumiwa nadra na watalii lakini sana na watafiti kuna zaidi ya maua, ipo miti aina tofauti zaidi ya 100 ambayo inamea vyema ikiangaliwa isifanyiwe
uharibifu.
Watu wa SUA walikabidhiwa msitu huo na mzungu anayeitwa John Tanner ambaye alikuwa na mashamba yake ya chai katika eneo hilo na aliitunza misitu ya asili aliyopukuta kwa sababu za shughuli yake aliyokuwa akiifanya.
Mzungu huyo aliyezaliwa Tanga mwaka 1918 aliishi Mazumbai kuanzia mwaka 1946 hadi mwaka 1982, kwa sasa yupo nchini kwao Uswisi na habari zinasema yungali hai.
Kuwapo mashamba ya chai kunaonesha kwa nini kulikuwa na misitu kwani utengenezaji wa chai hutumia miti mingi kwa hiyo kulikuwa na haja ya kuwa na miti ya kutosha (misitu) kwa ajili ya kazi hiyo.
Ndani ya msitu huo pia mzungu huyo alikuwa ametengeneza mfumo wa kufua umeme ambao ndio unaotumiwa hadi sasa na nyumba ya SUA kupata nishati. Umeme huo wa maji unaofuliwa katika nyumba kuukuu ni moja ya vivutio ambavyo vinaweza kutoa taswira ya neema katika harufu nzuri ya misitu na maua yake.
Ndani ya msitu huo mnene yapo magogo makubwa ambayo yamechomoza kwa namna inayopendeza zaidi, ingawa huwezi kuona kila kitu kilichopo katika msitu huo pamoja na nyoka wa aina mbalimbali, ndege, kuna mandhari inayokonga moyo hasa kwa wale wanaopenda asili na vitu vinavyofuatana navyo.
Kuna miti ambayo mizizi yake iliyojitokeza nje ina urefu wa zaidi ya futi tano ikitengeneza mandhari ya kustaajabisha zaidi. Ni kama jengo lililofumwa. "Hii ni hifadhi, inasaidia vitu vingi sana na watu hawaruhusiwi kuingia ndani ya msitu na kuvuna," anasema Meneja Kiparu.
Akaongeza kwamba, pamoja na kuwatembeza watalii ni kazi yao kutoa nafasi ya watu kujifunza masuala ya misitu na namna hifadhi
inavyoweza kuokoa misitu na katika hilo watafiti wa ndani na nje hufika kujifunza kwenye msitu huu ambao kimsingi ulikuwa binafsi.
Katikati ya msitu huu wa hifadhi wa hekta 300 kuna mbega na ndege mbalimbali ambao hupendezesha sauti katika msitu unaozizima kwa utulivu.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
HABARI ZA UHALIFU WA KIMAFIA TANZANIA HIZI HAPA
Mengi awalipua polisi
• ABAINI NJAMA ZA KUMBAMBIKIA MWANAE DAWA ZA KULEVYA DAR
TANZANIA DAIMA LA Jumatano, 13 Oktoba 2010
na Mwandishi wetu
MWENYEKITI Mtendaji wa makampuni ya IPP, Reginald Mengi, amedai kubaini njama chafu za kutaka kumbambikia mwanae dawa za kulevya.
Mengi alifichua njama hiyo jana katika mkutano wake na waandishi wa habari, uliofanyika ofisini kwake jijini Dar es Salaam.
Akifafanua kisa hicho cha kusikitisha, Mengi alisema mpango huo umefadhiliwa na mmoja wa watu aliopata kuwataja siku za nyuma kwamba ni mafisadi papa, kutokana na kujihusisha na matukio ya ufisadi katika Akaunti ya Madeni ya Nje (EPA), kupitia Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (BoT).
Waliotajwa na Mengi katika sakata hilo lililotikisa nchi ni pamoja na mfanyabiashara mwenye asili ya Kiasia, Yusuf Manji, Mbunge wa Igunga, Rostam Aziz, Jeetu Patel, ambaye kwa sasa anakabiliwa na kesi ya EPA mahakamani na Tonil Sumaiya.
Huku akizungumza kwa kutulia na kujiamini, Mengi alisema mfanyabiashara huyo ambaye hakumtaja jina, amefadhili mkakati huo kwa kuwahusisha baadhi ya maofisa wa polisi wa ngazi ya juu nchini na Polisi wa Kimataifa (Interpool) ambao kila mmoja angelipwa dola za Marekani 40,000, sawa na sh milioni 47.
Kwa mujibu wa Mengi, mpango huo ambao umegharimiwa kwa sh bilioni tatu, pia umewahusisha maofisa wawili ambao hakuwataja majina kutoka Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Mwalimu Nyerere na maofisa kutoka kampuni moja ya simu za mkononi nchini.
Akisimulia mpango mzima wa mkakati huo, Mengi alidai kuwa siku ya tukio, mwanae akiongozana na watu wengine wanne, walitarajiwa kusafiri hadi nchini India kwa shughuli za kikazi.
Alisema walipofika katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mwalimu Nyerere, alipambana na mazingira ya ajabu na hatimaye kujinasua kwenye mtego uliosukwa ili wamnase na dawa za kulevya.
“Kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, kijana wangu alibaini mbinu hiyo chafu na kwa mapenzi ya Mungu aliahirisha safari. Tulipofanya uchunguzi, tukabaini mpango huo na kuwajua wahusika ambao nitawataja pamoja na kiasi cha fedha walichoahidiwa na walichokwisha kuchukua kama malipo ya awali kwa kazi hiyo haramu,” alisema Mengi.
Mfanyabiashara huyo maarufu nchini, aliwataja aliodai kuhusika katika mpango huo kuwa ni pamoja na Kamishna wa Polisi Msaidizi wa kitengo cha kukabiliana na dawa za kulevya, Godfrey Nzowa, aliyeahidiwa dola za Marekani 40,000, sawa na sh milioni 47 na kulipwa dola za Marekani 20,000, sawa na sh milioni 23.5.
Mwingine ni ofisa wa polisi, Charles Mkumbo na polisi wa Interpool, aliyemtaja kwa jina moja la Henry. Wote waliahidiwa kiasi kama hicho cha Nzowa na kupata malipo ya awali yanayofanana.
“Mkumbo alionekana kwenye ofisi za mfanyabiashara huyo akiwa anaendesha gari lake aina ya Rav4, lenye rangi ya silver, siku hiyo ya Septemba 26, majira ya saa nne asubuhi na alikwenda kuchukua malipo yake ya awali,” alisema Mengi.
Watuhumiwa wengine katika mpango huo ni maofisa wawili wa Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mwalimu Nyerere na ofisa kutoka kampuni moja ya simu za mkononi ambao hata hivyo hakuwataja kwa majina. Hao wanadaiwa kuahidiwa sh milioni 15 na wote walilipwa malipo ya awali ya sh milioni saba kila mmoja.
Mengi alisisitiza kuwa anajua anachokisema na amejiandaa kutoa ushahidi wa kutosha, hivyo aliwataka wahusika waende mahakamani ili akatoe ushahidi zaidi juu ya mpango huo aliouita kuwa ni wa kigaidi.
“Huu ni unyama, maisha ya mwanangu na heshima yangu ingekwisha, kwani kila mmoja angesema Mengi ni muuzaji wa dawa za kulevya. Namfamu mwanangu, hana tabia hiyo na hawezi kujihusisha na biashara hiyo haramu na kama mtego huo usingegunduliwa, huo ungekuwa mwisho wa maisha ya mwanangu,” alisisitiza Mengi.
Mengi alisema Jeshi la Polisi linafanya kazi nzuri na analiheshimu, lakini alidai kuna watu wachache wanaotaka kuharibu heshima ya jeshi hilo.
“Ndani ya Jeshi letu la Polisi, kuna viongozi wazuri, waadilifu, ukianzia na IGP Mwema, wasaidizi wake, kina Kamanda Venance Tossi, Suleiman Kova, Elias Kalinga, Chilogile na wengine, ni wachapa kazi wazuri, waadilifu, lakini wapo wachache kwa sababu ya tamaa ya fedha, wanataka kuliharibu jeshi letu,” alisema Mengi.
Akijibu tuhuma hizo, Nzowa, kwanza alishangaa kusikia taarifa hizo na kuongeza kuwa katika kipindi alichotaja Mengi alikuwa nje ya nchi kikazi.
“Kwanza mimi katika kipindi anachotaja Mengi sikuwepo nchini. Lakini pia sijui kama Mengi au huyo mwanae wananijua. Binafsi huyo mwanae wala simjui, sasa sijui nimehusikaje hapa,” alisema Nzowa.
Kamanda huyo wa kikosi cha kudhibiti dawa za kulevya nchini alisema kauli ya Mengi ina lengo la kumchafulia, kwani kiasi anachokitaja ili kumhujumu mwanae ni kidogo sana ikilinganishwa na ahadi alizowahi kupewa na wahalifu, lakini alizikataa na kusimamia misingi ya sheria.
Kwa upande wake, Kamanda Mkumbo, naye aliruka ‘kimanga’ kwamba hajawahi wala hawezi kuthubutu kumbambikia dawa za kulevya mtu, kwa sababu ya kulipwa pesa.
“Mimi kwanza huyo mtoto wa Mengi simjui na hata sasa sijui tuhuma hizi zinatokea wapi. Hata mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu niko tayari kukana kuhusika na mpango huo,” alisema.
Kamanda huyo alisema anashangazwa zaidi kuhusishwa na Nzowa kwenye mpango huo, kwani vitengo vyao havihusiani kikazi.
Chanzo: Gazeti la TanzaniaDaima
• ABAINI NJAMA ZA KUMBAMBIKIA MWANAE DAWA ZA KULEVYA DAR
TANZANIA DAIMA LA Jumatano, 13 Oktoba 2010
na Mwandishi wetu
MWENYEKITI Mtendaji wa makampuni ya IPP, Reginald Mengi, amedai kubaini njama chafu za kutaka kumbambikia mwanae dawa za kulevya.
Mengi alifichua njama hiyo jana katika mkutano wake na waandishi wa habari, uliofanyika ofisini kwake jijini Dar es Salaam.
Akifafanua kisa hicho cha kusikitisha, Mengi alisema mpango huo umefadhiliwa na mmoja wa watu aliopata kuwataja siku za nyuma kwamba ni mafisadi papa, kutokana na kujihusisha na matukio ya ufisadi katika Akaunti ya Madeni ya Nje (EPA), kupitia Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (BoT).
Waliotajwa na Mengi katika sakata hilo lililotikisa nchi ni pamoja na mfanyabiashara mwenye asili ya Kiasia, Yusuf Manji, Mbunge wa Igunga, Rostam Aziz, Jeetu Patel, ambaye kwa sasa anakabiliwa na kesi ya EPA mahakamani na Tonil Sumaiya.
Huku akizungumza kwa kutulia na kujiamini, Mengi alisema mfanyabiashara huyo ambaye hakumtaja jina, amefadhili mkakati huo kwa kuwahusisha baadhi ya maofisa wa polisi wa ngazi ya juu nchini na Polisi wa Kimataifa (Interpool) ambao kila mmoja angelipwa dola za Marekani 40,000, sawa na sh milioni 47.
Kwa mujibu wa Mengi, mpango huo ambao umegharimiwa kwa sh bilioni tatu, pia umewahusisha maofisa wawili ambao hakuwataja majina kutoka Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Mwalimu Nyerere na maofisa kutoka kampuni moja ya simu za mkononi nchini.
Akisimulia mpango mzima wa mkakati huo, Mengi alidai kuwa siku ya tukio, mwanae akiongozana na watu wengine wanne, walitarajiwa kusafiri hadi nchini India kwa shughuli za kikazi.
Alisema walipofika katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mwalimu Nyerere, alipambana na mazingira ya ajabu na hatimaye kujinasua kwenye mtego uliosukwa ili wamnase na dawa za kulevya.
“Kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, kijana wangu alibaini mbinu hiyo chafu na kwa mapenzi ya Mungu aliahirisha safari. Tulipofanya uchunguzi, tukabaini mpango huo na kuwajua wahusika ambao nitawataja pamoja na kiasi cha fedha walichoahidiwa na walichokwisha kuchukua kama malipo ya awali kwa kazi hiyo haramu,” alisema Mengi.
Mfanyabiashara huyo maarufu nchini, aliwataja aliodai kuhusika katika mpango huo kuwa ni pamoja na Kamishna wa Polisi Msaidizi wa kitengo cha kukabiliana na dawa za kulevya, Godfrey Nzowa, aliyeahidiwa dola za Marekani 40,000, sawa na sh milioni 47 na kulipwa dola za Marekani 20,000, sawa na sh milioni 23.5.
Mwingine ni ofisa wa polisi, Charles Mkumbo na polisi wa Interpool, aliyemtaja kwa jina moja la Henry. Wote waliahidiwa kiasi kama hicho cha Nzowa na kupata malipo ya awali yanayofanana.
“Mkumbo alionekana kwenye ofisi za mfanyabiashara huyo akiwa anaendesha gari lake aina ya Rav4, lenye rangi ya silver, siku hiyo ya Septemba 26, majira ya saa nne asubuhi na alikwenda kuchukua malipo yake ya awali,” alisema Mengi.
Watuhumiwa wengine katika mpango huo ni maofisa wawili wa Uwanja wa Ndege wa Mwalimu Nyerere na ofisa kutoka kampuni moja ya simu za mkononi ambao hata hivyo hakuwataja kwa majina. Hao wanadaiwa kuahidiwa sh milioni 15 na wote walilipwa malipo ya awali ya sh milioni saba kila mmoja.
Mengi alisisitiza kuwa anajua anachokisema na amejiandaa kutoa ushahidi wa kutosha, hivyo aliwataka wahusika waende mahakamani ili akatoe ushahidi zaidi juu ya mpango huo aliouita kuwa ni wa kigaidi.
“Huu ni unyama, maisha ya mwanangu na heshima yangu ingekwisha, kwani kila mmoja angesema Mengi ni muuzaji wa dawa za kulevya. Namfamu mwanangu, hana tabia hiyo na hawezi kujihusisha na biashara hiyo haramu na kama mtego huo usingegunduliwa, huo ungekuwa mwisho wa maisha ya mwanangu,” alisisitiza Mengi.
Mengi alisema Jeshi la Polisi linafanya kazi nzuri na analiheshimu, lakini alidai kuna watu wachache wanaotaka kuharibu heshima ya jeshi hilo.
“Ndani ya Jeshi letu la Polisi, kuna viongozi wazuri, waadilifu, ukianzia na IGP Mwema, wasaidizi wake, kina Kamanda Venance Tossi, Suleiman Kova, Elias Kalinga, Chilogile na wengine, ni wachapa kazi wazuri, waadilifu, lakini wapo wachache kwa sababu ya tamaa ya fedha, wanataka kuliharibu jeshi letu,” alisema Mengi.
Akijibu tuhuma hizo, Nzowa, kwanza alishangaa kusikia taarifa hizo na kuongeza kuwa katika kipindi alichotaja Mengi alikuwa nje ya nchi kikazi.
“Kwanza mimi katika kipindi anachotaja Mengi sikuwepo nchini. Lakini pia sijui kama Mengi au huyo mwanae wananijua. Binafsi huyo mwanae wala simjui, sasa sijui nimehusikaje hapa,” alisema Nzowa.
Kamanda huyo wa kikosi cha kudhibiti dawa za kulevya nchini alisema kauli ya Mengi ina lengo la kumchafulia, kwani kiasi anachokitaja ili kumhujumu mwanae ni kidogo sana ikilinganishwa na ahadi alizowahi kupewa na wahalifu, lakini alizikataa na kusimamia misingi ya sheria.
Kwa upande wake, Kamanda Mkumbo, naye aliruka ‘kimanga’ kwamba hajawahi wala hawezi kuthubutu kumbambikia dawa za kulevya mtu, kwa sababu ya kulipwa pesa.
“Mimi kwanza huyo mtoto wa Mengi simjui na hata sasa sijui tuhuma hizi zinatokea wapi. Hata mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu niko tayari kukana kuhusika na mpango huo,” alisema.
Kamanda huyo alisema anashangazwa zaidi kuhusishwa na Nzowa kwenye mpango huo, kwani vitengo vyao havihusiani kikazi.
Chanzo: Gazeti la TanzaniaDaima
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
UCHAGUZI TANZANIA 2010 MAMBO!
PIMAJOTO INAZIDI KUPANDA KWA KUSINGIZIWA WAPINZANI ETI WATAMWAGA DAMU? KWA KUTUMIA NINI?
WAMWAGAJI DAMU NI CCM TOKA KILOMBERO, MWEMBECHAI, PEMBA, etc.
Kwa nini wanatisha wananchi na wakati vyombo vyote vya mitulinga viko mikononi mwao? Someone is afraid - really afraid!!
By the way, ni utawala gani wanaofanya ambao Watanzania wengine hawawezi?
Kugawiana nyumba za serikali?
Kuiba fedha zetu BOT?
Kugawa mashirika yetu kwa wageni?
Kutumia bilioni 150 kwa mwaka kwenye usafiri wa Presidency?
Kujipangia mishahara ya milioni 10 kwa viongozi?
Kupeana sitting allowance za board meetings za 1 million per day?
Kuachia boda boda na mabasi kufanya barabara zetu ni machinjoni?
Kusinzia bungeni na kupiga piga makofi kwenye kila kikao?
Kuruhusu magogo na pembe za ndovu kupitishwa barabara zetu na kupakiwa melini na kupelekwa nje mchana mchana?
Kuhakikisha Tanzania na haswa Zanzibar imekuwa key transhipment ya drugs from the middle and far east to South Africa, Europe and US? Kuuziwa radar ya million 28 kwa 40?
Kushindwa kumaliza kesi yoyote ya EPA ambao ushahidi uko wazi tangu 2006?
Kuwaachia wageni kuendeleza kila sekta ya uchumi na kujisifu ndio maendeleo?
Kuwagawia watoto wa mfalme wa Saudia ekari mamilioni ya ardhi yetu kulima?
Kudumisha mgawo wa umeme tangu wakati wa Mkapa hadi leo?
Kuagiza kampuni feki (Richmond) ya kuuza vitabu kutununulia injini la ndege bovu feki eti kufua umeme?
Kwenda kununua mvua Thailand?
Rais kujiuzia mgodi wa mkaa wa mawe na mtambo wa kufua umeme Kiwira?
Kusimamia uchumi bei ya mchele toka 600 hadi 1500 in 4 years
Sukari toka 800 hadi 1600 (3000 Mbambabay) in 4 years?
Petroli toka 750 hadi 1800?
Shilingi toka 1000 hadi 1500 kwa dola moja?
Kununua magari ya viongozi ya milioni 200+?
Kufelisha karibu nusu ya wanafunzi wa kidato cha nne?
Kuzalishia mama zetu sakafuni na wagonjwa 3 kuchangia kitanda kimoja?
Kupeleka watoto India au Afrika Kusini kufanyiwa dialysis wakati machine zinauzwa dola 10,000?
Kuua Air Tanzania?
Kuwepo kwa foleni ya masaa 3 toka Kimara kwenda mjini?
Give me a freakin break!! Kujijengea makasri hapo Migombani Street sio kuongoza nchi.
Kwa utawala wa namna hiyo heri vijana wa Chuo Kikuu wangeweza kuongoza nchi hii kuliko hii serikali ya sasa. Kukopa hela na kuweka barabara kadhaa lami na nyingine changarawe ndio ingemshinda Lipumba?
WAMWAGAJI DAMU NI CCM TOKA KILOMBERO, MWEMBECHAI, PEMBA, etc.
Kwa nini wanatisha wananchi na wakati vyombo vyote vya mitulinga viko mikononi mwao? Someone is afraid - really afraid!!
By the way, ni utawala gani wanaofanya ambao Watanzania wengine hawawezi?
Kugawiana nyumba za serikali?
Kuiba fedha zetu BOT?
Kugawa mashirika yetu kwa wageni?
Kutumia bilioni 150 kwa mwaka kwenye usafiri wa Presidency?
Kujipangia mishahara ya milioni 10 kwa viongozi?
Kupeana sitting allowance za board meetings za 1 million per day?
Kuachia boda boda na mabasi kufanya barabara zetu ni machinjoni?
Kusinzia bungeni na kupiga piga makofi kwenye kila kikao?
Kuruhusu magogo na pembe za ndovu kupitishwa barabara zetu na kupakiwa melini na kupelekwa nje mchana mchana?
Kuhakikisha Tanzania na haswa Zanzibar imekuwa key transhipment ya drugs from the middle and far east to South Africa, Europe and US? Kuuziwa radar ya million 28 kwa 40?
Kushindwa kumaliza kesi yoyote ya EPA ambao ushahidi uko wazi tangu 2006?
Kuwaachia wageni kuendeleza kila sekta ya uchumi na kujisifu ndio maendeleo?
Kuwagawia watoto wa mfalme wa Saudia ekari mamilioni ya ardhi yetu kulima?
Kudumisha mgawo wa umeme tangu wakati wa Mkapa hadi leo?
Kuagiza kampuni feki (Richmond) ya kuuza vitabu kutununulia injini la ndege bovu feki eti kufua umeme?
Kwenda kununua mvua Thailand?
Rais kujiuzia mgodi wa mkaa wa mawe na mtambo wa kufua umeme Kiwira?
Kusimamia uchumi bei ya mchele toka 600 hadi 1500 in 4 years
Sukari toka 800 hadi 1600 (3000 Mbambabay) in 4 years?
Petroli toka 750 hadi 1800?
Shilingi toka 1000 hadi 1500 kwa dola moja?
Kununua magari ya viongozi ya milioni 200+?
Kufelisha karibu nusu ya wanafunzi wa kidato cha nne?
Kuzalishia mama zetu sakafuni na wagonjwa 3 kuchangia kitanda kimoja?
Kupeleka watoto India au Afrika Kusini kufanyiwa dialysis wakati machine zinauzwa dola 10,000?
Kuua Air Tanzania?
Kuwepo kwa foleni ya masaa 3 toka Kimara kwenda mjini?
Give me a freakin break!! Kujijengea makasri hapo Migombani Street sio kuongoza nchi.
Kwa utawala wa namna hiyo heri vijana wa Chuo Kikuu wangeweza kuongoza nchi hii kuliko hii serikali ya sasa. Kukopa hela na kuweka barabara kadhaa lami na nyingine changarawe ndio ingemshinda Lipumba?
Sunday, October 10, 2010
MATATIZO YA ELIMU KATIKA NCHI ZINAZOENDELEA
UNIVERSITIES IN EAST AFRICA HAVE UNQUALIFIED LECTURERS ! Daily News, Tanzania 10/10/2010
From MARC NKWAME in Arusha, 9th October 2010 @ 12:00, Total Comments: 0, Hits: 247
The Executive Secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa, Prof Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha is worried over the mushrooming of universities not corresponding with the available number of qualified lecturers.
A university lecturer must qualify to the top; anybody teaching at higher institute of learning needs to be a PhD holder, but at the moment our universities seem to have just one doctorate lecturer in every 40 dons.
"As a result our colleges keep churning out half-baked graduates," Prof Chacha maintained. The professor expressed this worry in Arusha over the weekend at a press conference held in the threshold of the forthcoming celebrations to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Revitalization of the Inter-University Council for East Africa, to be held in the Ugandan Capital of Kampala between the 19th and 21st October 2010.
Following the dissolution of the University of East Africa and the establishment of the University of Dar es Salaam, Makerere University and the University of Nairobi in 1970, an Inter-University Committee for East Africa was created under the East African Community (EAC), to facilitate collaboration among the three national universities.
"By then there were only three universities in the region. Now the number is staggering. Yet we keep having fewer and fewer trained professors to correspond with the trainers' demand," said Mr Chacha.
The committee functioned very well under the aegis of the Community and after the collapse of the latter body in 1977, in 1980, the three Vice-Chancellors agreed to maintain the committee through signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which led to the birth of the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA).
The MoU set out the objectives, functions, membership and governance of the Council. In 1999 the Partner States recognized the Inter-University Council as one of the surviving institutions of the former East African Community (EAC).
It was agreed to establish a corporate body to be known as the Inter-University Council for East Africa. At that time IUCEA was not a legal entity.
Following the revitalization and recruitment of a new set of staff in 2000, the Governing Board embarked on the development of legal instruments to make IUCEA a legal body corporate.
In 2002 the protocol for the establishment of the IUCEA was signed by the three partner States with the aim of harmonizing and providing a legal framework within which to undertake activities of the IUCEA.
Source:
http://www.dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=13685&cat=home
From MARC NKWAME in Arusha, 9th October 2010 @ 12:00, Total Comments: 0, Hits: 247
The Executive Secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa, Prof Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha is worried over the mushrooming of universities not corresponding with the available number of qualified lecturers.
A university lecturer must qualify to the top; anybody teaching at higher institute of learning needs to be a PhD holder, but at the moment our universities seem to have just one doctorate lecturer in every 40 dons.
"As a result our colleges keep churning out half-baked graduates," Prof Chacha maintained. The professor expressed this worry in Arusha over the weekend at a press conference held in the threshold of the forthcoming celebrations to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Revitalization of the Inter-University Council for East Africa, to be held in the Ugandan Capital of Kampala between the 19th and 21st October 2010.
Following the dissolution of the University of East Africa and the establishment of the University of Dar es Salaam, Makerere University and the University of Nairobi in 1970, an Inter-University Committee for East Africa was created under the East African Community (EAC), to facilitate collaboration among the three national universities.
"By then there were only three universities in the region. Now the number is staggering. Yet we keep having fewer and fewer trained professors to correspond with the trainers' demand," said Mr Chacha.
The committee functioned very well under the aegis of the Community and after the collapse of the latter body in 1977, in 1980, the three Vice-Chancellors agreed to maintain the committee through signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which led to the birth of the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA).
The MoU set out the objectives, functions, membership and governance of the Council. In 1999 the Partner States recognized the Inter-University Council as one of the surviving institutions of the former East African Community (EAC).
It was agreed to establish a corporate body to be known as the Inter-University Council for East Africa. At that time IUCEA was not a legal entity.
Following the revitalization and recruitment of a new set of staff in 2000, the Governing Board embarked on the development of legal instruments to make IUCEA a legal body corporate.
In 2002 the protocol for the establishment of the IUCEA was signed by the three partner States with the aim of harmonizing and providing a legal framework within which to undertake activities of the IUCEA.
Source:
http://www.dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=13685&cat=home
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