Free Thinking

It is an open secret. David Kafulia alleged that some big thieves scooped over 200 billion dosh from our burglary-friendly Bank. They call it Bunch of Thieves (BoT).

Those in the know say that this is another EpA given that we’re having elections aka uchakachuaji next year. Thus, dosh must be scooped to see to it that takrima’s available for boozers to trap and catch and swindle if not to fool and bulldoze for five years thereof.

Kafulia named names. He named Saada Mkuyati Minister of Dosh and Economy, Ben Ndururu governor of BoT, Prof Sossie Muongo minister of Energy and Raw Materials and his permanent sec A-liar Kim Maswi and Freddie We-rema chief defender of dosh launders especially those stashing their dosh in Swiss and other offshore banks.

When Kafulia named names, I wondered to hear the big minister Mizengwe Pinder playing devil’s advocate by gagging the august house from forming a select committee to look into this childish larceny. If anything, in law, such a move makes mzee Pinder an abettor who receives the same punishment if such thieves are found guilty of the offence they’re alleged to have committed.

Given that Chama Cha Maulaji (CCM) is in power and the dosh is stolen under its watch, it, too, becomes another accomplice if not a co-conspirator in committing the crime. If CCM is in for it, so too, the govt made by it is guilty of the same offence of plundering the hunk. So, to save face, mzee Pinder decided to reign in. He knows too well. If he allows the mjengo to form a Parliamentary committee a la Mwakiembe one that crucified Eddie Luwasha, this time around, the whole thing may be pulled down. If it survived during Richmonduli saga thanks to the myopia of Mr. Sam Sixx and co, this time it won’t survive. So too, if the whole scheme fails, it means. CCM will lose elections. For, without dosh to chakachua, CCM is as good as a toothless dog. Being a sitting duck as far as delivering the boozers is concerned; CCM needs some dosh to buy its way back to ulaji.

Looking at the above dissection, one‘d agree that those calling for the crucifixion of those thieves alleged to have stolen the dosh are wasting time. For, such a call will land into deaf ears given that those supposed to crucify those guys are their buddies in crime. Kambalewotewanasharubuati! All catfish have mustache.

In a simple parlance, what’s known as Escrow is nothing but screw boozers and get dosh for chakachuazation as it was in 2005 when EpA dosh helped Jake Kiquette to bribe boozers who offered him ulaji. I can see that chap’s shaking his head. Man, shake not your head. I’m not making this up or involving myself in sanaa. To know that what I’m saying’s true, ask yourself. Has Kiquette ever refuted such allegations or talked about them? Why? He knows. If he does, he’ll be opening Pandora’s Box for those in the big picture to come and dress him down. For, over eight years, just like the names of drug dealers, EpA’s been kept a top secret for the fear of being unearthed and dressed down.

What’s more, do you know how Kagodaman aka Roasttamu Aziz was removed from the picture by being urged to retire politics? If you don’t know this, then go hang. Lao moja.

Let me give you more nuggets of wisdom. You know what. Escrow apart from ending up being like EpA, will die just like Swiss dosh which the Swiss authorities offered to help but your govt refused knowing that those behind the crime are the same guys you’re telling to jail those that stashed money in Swiss and other offshore banks. I know. You may doubt this. Ask yourself. Why do our guys like to travel and pretend to beg a lot? Such are pretexts used to go and stash dosh into the offshore banks. To prove that what I’m saying’s true, ask yourself. Why have initiatives to ask Swiss authorities to bring back our dosh have died?

The other day I was trying to envisage those involved in dosh laundering and capital flight. As I smoked my ganja, I saw the guys that you won’t think would be thieves. Then one idea came to me. Look at the system in lieu of the bin Adams. What do you expect of the system that allows foreigners or papered citizens to own its economy? What do you expect of the system that denies its people dual citizenship while it pays a blind eye to foreigners with multicitizenship? What do you expect of the system that allows its leaders to hide their fortune while the law requires them to declare it? Ask Kiquette and his family and company if they can divulge their mammon.

This being the real situation, Escrow thieves will soldier on as they mint and print much dosh. This is Bongo boondoggle bwana. Don’t say or ask if the govt and CCM are behind Escrow burglary. You've already known everything.

Source: ThisDay June 9, 2014.

Taarifa kuwa wabunge wamekuwa wakiombaomba fedha kwenye mashirika kukidhi shida mbali mbali binafsi na za kisiasa zinawafanya waonekane kama wabuge badala ya wabunge. Kwanini mbunge ategemee kuomba wakati ana jimbo kubwa ambalo lina raslimali nyingi kuanzia watu hadi maliasili? Je nao wameathiriwa na mdudu wa kuombaomba kama serikali yao?

Aliyefichua uombaomba wa wabunge si mwingine bali mwenzao Tundu Lissu aliyekaririwa akiliambia bunge, “Sifa hizi zina sababu yake. Kuna nyaraka na barua zinazoonyesha wabunge mbalimbali waliochukua fedha za mifuko hii kwa sababu mbalimbali.” Baada ya Lissu kulipua bomu hili alishambuliwa na wahusika hata kwa matusi ya nguoni badala ya kupinga madai aliyotoa.

Lissu aliongeza, “Unaweza ukajiuliza maswali mengi. Wizara inaomba fedha katika mfuko wa jamii ili kununua kompyuta na vifaa vingine vya ofisi wakati ina bajeti ya ununuaji wa vifaa hivyo.

Inatisha. Wabunge waliotuhumiwa kuombaomba toka kwenye Mfuko wa Hifadhi ya Jamii (NSSF) ambao waliusifia kwenye michango yao bungeni kama kulipa fadhili.

Waliotajwa ni pamoja na Mbunge wa Kongwa ambaye pia ni Naibu Spika, Job Ndugai; Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu (Sera na Uratibu wa Bunge), William Lukuvi; Naibu Waziri wa Katiba na Sheria, Angela Kairuki na Naibu Waziri wa Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia na Watoto, Pindi Chana na wabunge Betty Machangu (Viti Maalumu), Livingstone Lusinde (Mtera), John Komba (Mbinga Magharibi), Eugen Mwaiposa (Ukonga) na Gudluck Ole Medeye (Arumeru Magharibi).

Hapa tunaongelea wabunge wanaoomba pesa kwenye mashirika. Je ni wangapi wanaomba pesa kwa wawekezaji kiasi cha wawekezaji kugeuka miungu kama ilivyotokea kule Mara ambapo mgodi wa dhahabu unaendelea kuwaumiza wananchi wa kule bila serikali kuchukua hatua?

Hivi waziri anapogeuka ombaomba unategemea atatenda haki pale anapojikuta akipambana na shirika linalomfadhili? Jibu analo Lissu aliyekaririwa akisema, Hali hii inaweza kusababisha Bunge likashindwa kutimiza wajibu wake wa kikatiba wa kuisimamia Serikali na taasisi zake.” Haya mashirika si wajinga. Wanatoa fedha kwa wabunge wakitegemea kuwatumia. Maana hakuna cha bure duniani tunapongea kiuchumi. Ukitaka kuona huu ukweli hebu jiulize: Inakuwaje shirika kama NSSF kutoa pesa kwa wanasiasa wakati wanaochangia mfuko huo wakizungushwa kupata mafao na michango yao kama hakuna biashara nyuma ya pazia? Kuonyesha baadhi ya wabunge wetu walivyogeuka wabuge, mmojawapo, Machangu alikaririwa akijitetea kwa kutoa majibu ya kibugebuge aliposema, “Ni muongo kabisa (Lissu) yeye inamhusu nini hiyo?” Huyu hata kama ameingia kwa tiketi ya kupendelewa hafai. Anauliza eti yanamhusu nini Lissu wakati akishuhudia heshima ya bunge ikishuka tokana na upogo na uroho? Yanamhusuje wakati kazi yake kama mbunge wa upinzani ni kuisaidia serikali kurejea kwenye mstari? Huyu kweli ni mbunge au mbuge asiyejua hata mambo mepesi kama haya wala wajibu wake?

Mwingine aliyethibitisha waheshimiwa hawa walivyogeuka wabuge ni Lusinde aliyekaririwa akisema,“Fedha hizo tumeshapata na pia tuliomba nyingine katika Kiwanda cha Saruji cha Wazo bado hatujapata.” Mbunge kama huyu anayetegemea kufadhiliwa na kiwanda kama Wazo Hill anaweza kusimamia haki za wananchi wa maeneo hayo wanalalamikia kiwanda husika kuchukua maeneo yao ya ardhi au kuchafua mazingira wakati alishalishwa ubuge?

Trumegeuka taifa la hovyo sana. Taifa la ajabu la maombaomba wakati mali tunayo ila tumeikalia. Rais anakesha kwenye ndege akienda ughaibuni kuomba huku akishindwa kurejesha fedha zilizofichwa Uswizi. Waziri naye anaomba bila kumsahau mbunge. Je namna hii tutafika? Tunakuwa kama hayawani kuomba kile ambacho tuna uwezo wa kuzalisha kama tutaamua kutumia akili sawa sawa!

Ni bahati mbaya sana kuwa baadhi ya watuhumiwa wamejitahidi kugeuza tuhuma za uombaomba kuwa za kisiasa wakati kimsingi ni za kimaadili. Huu ni ushahidi kuwa madili yamechukua nafasi ya maadili kiasi cha wabunge wetu kugeuka wapiga madili badala ya kusimamia maadili ambayo kimsingi, ndiyo yangewawezesha kuwanufaisha wale waliowachagua. Hatuwezi kufika kwa mfumo huu wa kila mtu kujihudumia kwa njia safi na chafu. Hatuwezi hata kidogo. Tukiweza tutaangamia kama jamii na taifa kutokana na upogo na uroho wa baadhi yetu wanaotaka kuhalalisha haramu. Uombaomba si kitu kizuri hata kama kinafanywa na watu wenye madaraka makubwa kama rais wabunge na mawaziri. Kinachopaswa kufanyika si kuupenda bali kupambana nao kwa njia ya kujitegemea na kupambana na ufisadi na sera za kibabaishaji.

Ombaomba ni ombaomba hata akivaa suti au kuitwa mheshimiwa au rais na makorokoro mengine. Uomba omba ni udhalilishaji na ukorokocho.

Leo hatusemi mengi. Badala ya wabunge wetu kujigeuza wabuge na kuchukia kila anayewakosoa au kupinga udhalili huu wa kujitakia, wabadilike na kuwa wabunifu kwenye majimbo yao kiasi cha kuweza kujijengea heshima. Kuomba hakuwezi kutatua matatizo ya wahusika zaidi ya kuwadhalilisha na kuwafanya watumwa wa wale wanaowafadhili. Kimsingi, wabunge wetu wachukie na kuepuka kuwa wabuge yaani wapenda udoho udoho au vitu visivyolingana na hadhi yao.

Chanzo: DIRA

Since multiparty potpourri’s introduced in the hunk and every smart guy’s forming a party, I too have to have one. I too will make sure that my kitegemezi aka Juno and memsahib are ridding over my popularity and run for ulaji under the banner of my party. Now that I've formed my political party, chances are: I’m going to square it with CCM just any soon. With its zilch performance and victimizing opposing parties, I’m sure. I've to lambaste them shall they go on doing their higgledy piggledy stuff.

I know. Those who don’t know how the science of politics and political gimmicks make smart people rich will think I’m confused. Why founding another new party while there are a lot of parties? They’ll ask. The answer is simple. Since politics became a lucrative business, all smart guys need to either have their political parties or religious companies to see to it that they get subsidies aka mshiko. You gloss over everything and get your cut. Being a guru, I know how to traverse this gool.

To know what I mean, just look at stinking paupers of yesterday before becoming preachers of lies whether in the name of God or in the name of Democracy. They’re disgustingly poor yesterday. Today they’re but filthy rich. Ask them how they minted and printed dosh. The answer is simple. They used their outfits to access either your tax or offerings especially the dosh of those who still believe that God’s a pauper so as to need their dough.

Being smart and who I am, I decided to form my party Ugali Nyama and Maharagwe (UNM). Why UNM? First of all, I found that poor people who are the majority of voters and tax payers think about ugali almost every second. To them ugali is everything and anything from food to life in general. Therefore, to entice and convince them that I’m their savior whom the seers predicted, I must use the parlance they’re conversant with. Why nyama (meat)? Poor people don’t eat meat quite often. Thus, when you promise them meat given that they vote you, they’ll believe you. I copied this science of promising all what paupers want to hear from one scientist by the name Jake Mrish Kiquette. In the country of Danganyika where he ruled for over twenty years, Jake promised the Danganyikans that he’d change their lives from bad to better though he ended turning tables on them. He got away with it while they bit the bullet and the match was over.

Why Maharagwe (beans)? Given that paupers aspire to eat meat, they don’t forget beans. So to asure paupers that you’re not the guy that forgets his origin, you need to keep beans in the big picture. I thought of calling my party ULAJI (United League Against Jobless and Instability). I even tried CCM namely Congress of Conservative Mandarins.

Do you think that those politicos you see criss-crossing the hunk helping the paupers, say, to build houses or by just mingling and rubbing shoulders with them are doing it sincerely? You can take this to the bank. They’re fooling the goof-offs of the hunk so as to get away with it. Didn't you see some of swindlers pretending to board a God-forsaken train or Kigamboni ferry to make paupers believe that they are like them?

A good thing about our politics is that when you get enough votes to enable you to become their leader, you cease to be accountable for whatever you do or said in the campaigns. You get away with it and the paupers can’t do anything about it. You become akin to an angel even more for you’re always surrounded by bodyguards with all power fire power. In Swahili they say unawaacha solemba namely you leave them screwed up. When they start remind you of your empty promises, you just tell them: screw you! At such moment of truth they find themselves duped. For, if they try to create hardships for your administration you just dispatch police with their canisters, clubs and water cannons to teach them a lesson. By that time you don’t even rub shoulders with them the same way you used to during the campaigns. By then you’re like them. But now you are mtukufu that should n’t mingle with poor earthlings. Prior you’d no power. Now you've it under your disposal.

Another logical reason why I formed my UNM is that if I fail to capture the seat of power, at least I’ll be able to get some ruzuku from the coffers and spend it the way I like. So too, I’ll use this opportunity to tour the hunk and enjoy all beauties politicos enjoy.

May I digress and recant what I've averred? I've just written for fun so take me not seriously. Why forming a part while I can go to Mjengo in Dom in the Constituent Assembly and mint and print dosh without doing anything? I don’t expect any trouble in the paradise where parasites enjoy more than those who feed them.

Source: Guardian June 2014.

BAADA ya Kijiwe kugundua kuwa Chama Cha Mafisi na Mafisadi (CCMM) kimezima harakati za kuzuia kuchunguza ujambazi wa SCLOW aka Screw wa madafu bilioni 200, Kijiwe kimekaa kama kamati kulaani ujambazi huu.
Pia Kijiwe kinalaani danadana na sanaa zilizoonyeshwa katika ujambazi wa UdAr ambapo majambazi waliofanya hivyo wanafahamika kuwa ni Juma Kapuyanga, Dida Masaburiz, Idd Lion, Riz Kiqueet, Bob Kisenha na wengine waliojificha nyuma ya pazia. Msishangae kuona Kijiwe kimeingia full masnonda kwenye politiki.
Ni kutokana na kuwepo ombwe hasa tangu Njaa Kaya aanze kufuja kaya kwa uongo badala ya uongozi, sanaa badala ya sera na ufisi na ufisadi badala ya usafi na uzalendo.
Mgosi Machungi siku hizi amegeuka mwanasiasa. Anasoma magazeti kama hana akili nzuri. Anaingia na kulianzisha. “Wagosi mmesoma hii habai ya wizi wa mabiioni kupitia kampuni la kijambazi la IpIITL na hii danadana kuhusiana na UdAR mjengoni? Watu wazima hovyo. Wanafanya mambo kama hawana akii! Kia siku sanaa sanaa wanadhani hatina akii? Shame on them all!”
“Unaongelea hii EPAA mpya kuelekea kwenye uchakachuaji? Nilijua. Wataiba. Wamezoea. Usishangae kutokea ujambazi mwingine. Hata ujambazi huu wa UdAR si bure.
“Hamkuona waishiwa walivyovuana nguo juzi mjengoni huku wale wa genge la uchakachuaji wakichekelea bila kuchukua hatua?” Anadakia Msomi huku akituma SMS kwenye mtandao wake wa kiganjani.
“Hakuna waliponikuna kama kuanza kukamata uchawi hata mabalozi. Hivi huyu kihiyo Maselee aliyepata ulaji tokana na kujuana na mwana wa mteule Riz anaongeaje wakati madarasa hayapandi? Mnaona alivyoharibu hadi mabosi wake kumkana na kumwangukia mama wa Kikameruni asiwanyime njuluku na viza wanapokwenda kuzurura na kukagua akaunti zao kule?” Anachomekea Mijjinga.
“Hawajamuangukia mtu. Hayo ni mambo ya kidiplomasia.” Anachomekea Bi. Sofi Lion aka Kanungaembe.
Mbwa Mwitu anadakia. “Wamemwangukia ili wamfanyeje? Waangalie asiwakameruni. Maana hawa jamaa kwa kupenda kamchezo haka hakuna mfano.”
Mchunguliaji anajibu. “Wakameruniwe mara ngapi iwapo bajeti zinategemea wafadhili kila mwaka? Bila shaka walishawekewa masharti ambayo wengine hatuyajui.”
Kanji hajivungi. “Kameruni nini? Hapana jua hii Kameruni bwana.”
Muishiwa Bwege naye analonga. “Kwani kukameruniwa vibaya? Wakitaka kuliwa acha waliwe maana ni mali yao au vipi?”
Msomi anagundua kuwa wakianza mambo ya kukameruniana wataharibu mada. Anakula mic. “Hawa jamaa kweli wameishiwa. Kila mwaka wanarudia madudu yale yale. Maana yake ni kwamba ni wavivu wa kufikiri kiasi cha kukalia wimbo ule ule wa jogoo. Jamaa ameingia kwa kutumia EPAA na sasa ataka kuondoka na EPAA ya kumwezesha kujilipa na kutafuta kibaraka wake amrithi na kumlinda kama alivofanya kwa Tunituni Ben Makapu aloasisi na kutekeleza EPAA. Nasikia amuandaa Abduli Al Somali Kinamna.”
Mpemba anakula mic. “Yakhe hujakosea. Hawa weshaishiwa siku nyingi. Wemelewa ulaji kiasi cha kufanya mambo kama hayawani. Mie siku zote nalaumu wachovu waniojifanya hayawahusu wakati waliwa kila uchao. Hivi kweli huu ujambazi wa IpIITL Srew na UdAR wahitaji elimishwa ndiyo waandamane au nao wana uvivu wa kuamua? Utaona hata hili zengwe la Mizengwe Pinder kupinga kuundwa kamati ya kuchunguza litapita bila kupingwa ati.”
“Mgosi tiheshimiane. Unawezaje kusema kuwa tinaliwa wakati tikiwa tinaona na kusikia kama si uchokozi? Hemu tiombe msamaha haaka kabla sijapiga mtu zongo.” Mgosi Machungi analalamika huku akimkazia macho Mpemba.
“Yakhe simaanishi wote japo ni wote kwani hata wao waliwa japo watula sie. Huoni wanivolindana? Wasingekuwa wote waliwa wangewachukulia hatua akina Saada Mkuyati, Freddie Wereema, A liar Kim Maswii, Dida Masaburiz Makalio, Ben Ndururu, Sossie Mwongo, Juma Kapuyanga, Idd Lion, Vikta Milaanzi na majambazi wengine waniojulikana kufanya huu ujambazi wa nchana. Nani ankamate nani wakati wote wevi?” Anajitetea Mpemba kiasi cha kukivunja mbavu Kijiwe.
Mipawa aliyekuwa ndiyo anamkabidhi mzee Maneno gazeti anakwamua mic. “Hakuna kituko kilichoniacha hoi kama wapingaji kupendekeza eti buge liunde kamati ya kuchunguza EPAA hii iitwayo Screw kwa Kisukuma. Nani aunde kamati wakati yaliyomkuta mwenzao Eddie Ewassa mwana wa Luwasha hayajasahaulika? Siku hizi amenywea kiasi cha mbio zake za kutaka ukuu kufifia huku al Shabuub Kinamna eti naye akiutaka. Si aende akatawale kwao Mogadisho.”
“Usinitajie huyu Kinamna. Hamjui kuwa ni mmojawapo wa waliochonga EPAA hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa ndiye alikuwa kiongozi wa propaganda wa Njaa Kaya? Kama jamaa huyu atapitishwa tumekwisha! Mie nitahama kaya. Maana itakuwa ni aibu iliyoje?” Analalamika Kapende.
“Mie sisikitishwi na wachovu kwa vile kama wataamua kujihujumu kwa kuruhusu hata majangili kukaa ikuu hiyo shauri yao. Mie nasikitikia tembo wetu na faru. Kama waliweza kumsimika balaa huyu Njaa Kaya hata huyo al shabuub wanaweza kumsimika na wachovu wasifanye kitu kama kawaida yao.” Anazoza Mijjinga huku akiwa amekula ndita ile mbaya.
“Kipindi hiki hakubali mtu upuuzi tena. Hebu wajaribu watuletee hao mafisadi wao waone tutakavyowafanyia kitu mbaya,” anatishia Mipawa.
Msomi hamkawizi. “Kama mmeletewa hili balaa kama alivyosema Mijjinga na hamkufanya kitu, mtakifanyaje sasa? Kama mmeshindwa kuwachoma moto majambazi wa Screw ya IpIITL na hawa wa UdAR mtafanya nini kukwepa kutawaliwa na TX? Mtatawaliwa na hata mkewe Njaa Kaya kama ataamua kumuachia maulaji.”
Kapende anachomekea hata bila kungoja Msomi amalize. “Usemayo kaka ni kweli mtupu. Mna habari hili kampuni la bandarini la Ticks ni mali ya Niziro Kadamage na hakuna anayehoji wakati alilipata alipokuwa waziri? Ulize ili kashfa ya Tunituni Ben na Ana Tamaa kujitwalia Kiwila limeishia wapi? Ulizia mabilioni ya Uswizi yameishia wapi? Jamani, hii kaya ni shamba la chizi mtake msitake. Kila mwana kaya analiwa kivyake vyake hata kama haipendezi.”
Kijiwe kikiwa ndiyo kinanoga yalipita mashangingi ya akina Kapuyanga, Ndururu, Mkuyati, Were-ma, Idd Lion na Masaburiz. Acha tuyakimbize ili tuue mtu! Kama si madereva wao kuongeza kasi tungewachoma kama vibaka wallahi.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Juni 11, 2014.

MBUNGE wa Kalenga, Godfrey Mgimwa (CCM), ameanza ngwe yake kwa vibweka, hata mipasho, tena inayowalenga wenzake wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) waliompigia chapuo.
Hivi karibuni alikaririwa akisema, “sitaki kuitwa mbunge mzigo au mtu wa kusinzia bungeni na kupigwa picha kwa kuwa wapiga kura wangu Jimbo la Kalenga bado wana matatizo mengi na mimi ndiyo tegemeo lao, ndiyo maana walinichagua kwa kura nyingi sana na nitahakikisha nawabana mawaziri bungeni.”
Bila shaka maneno haya ya Mgimwa yatakuwa yamewaumiza wabunge kama John Komba na Stephen Wassira, waliowahi kupigwa picha wakiuchapa usingizi bungeni.
Bila kujali kama walikuwa wameutwika au kumeza dawa, Mgimwa anatupa aina nyingine ya mizigo iliyojaa bungeni. Tutamsaidia kubainisha aina nyingine za mizigo bungeni.
Japo anayosema Mgimwa yana ukweli, ila amesahau kuwa mizigo siyo ile inayolala tu. Bungeni kuna mizigo mingi. Kuna ile iliyorithi nafasi za wazazi wao. Kuna ile iliyoshindwa, lakini ikatangazwa imeshinda baada ya uchakachuaji.
Kuna ile inayotoa ahadi za uongo. Kuna aina nyingine ya mizigo yaani ile inayohongwa kupitisha mambo ya ajabu ajabu. Pia kuna mizigo inayowekwa sawa kama kamati ya chama na kuridhia upuuzi.
Mizigo bungeni ni mingi sawa na maofisini. Kuna ile iliyoghushi vyeti vya kitaaluma na ile ambayo imo bungeni kwa kupendelewa ukiondoa ulemavu hasa kutokanako na ushikaji kwa wenye madaraka ya kuteua. Kuna mizigo mingine.
Hii si mingine bali ile inayokwenda bungeni kuchangamkia mshiko bila kuchangia lolote. Pia ipo mizigo ambayo imo bungeni kulinda maslahi ima ya biashara zao au baba zao kama si jamii yao.
Aina nyingine ya mizigo iliyopo bungeni ni ile inayosifika kwa mipasho na matusi kama ule uliowatukana wenzake “f*ck you” au ule ulioita wenzake Boko Haram ukiachia ile inayotishia Watanzania kuwa wasiporidhia kile inachokitaka majeshi yatachukua dola au mizigo kwenda mwituni. Aina nyingine ya mizigo bungeni ni ile ambayo imeishiwa kila hali na haina cha kuchangia zaidi ya kuwa bungeni kama mapambo.
Hakika mizigo mingine bungeni ni ile inayokwenda kwenye serikali za mitaa kudai kitu kidogo ili kupitisha hesabu zake. Hii iko mingi na inajulikana.
Mizigo mingine ni ile ambayo huongea kwa kupayuka ikikariri maneno ya wakubwa zao kama ile inayomshambulia Jaji Joseph Warioba badala ya hoja alizotoa yeye na tume yake.
Hii ni mizigo inayonuka kweli kweli. Ikipokoma utahisi kichefuchefu, hasa inapotokea mizigo inataka kumuua mjumbe badala ya yule aliyemtuma.
Mizigo mingine ni ile ambayo imo bungeni si kwa nguvu ya kura bali kununua kura na kutoa hongo takrima na upuuzi mwingine. Hii ni mizigo inayopaswa kuchomwa moto.
Turejee kwa Mgimwa aliyekaririwa akisema, “nitabanana na Waziri wa Nishati na Madini katika bajeti yake ili kuhakikisha vijiji hivyo vinapata huduma ya umeme kabla ya uchaguzi mkuu ujao ili kujiweka katika nafasi nzuri ya kuchaguliwa tena mwaka kesho.” Yale yale! Mgimwa anaongea kana kwamba serikali yake inajitegemea kibajeti. Huyu ndiye anasema ana Masters sijui ya uchumi sijui nini? Mgimwa hukusoma research method kabla ya kutetea andiko lako la kupewa hiyo masters au ulifanya ile ya kufanya mitihani kwa kukwepa thesis?
Uchumi gani kuongea bila kufanya utafiti? Taarifa zilitolewa siku moja kabla ya Mgimwa kumwaga upupu wake, ni kwamba wizara nyingi zinapokea pesa pungufu zaidi ya ile iliyoidhinishwa. Bahati mbaya Mgimwa hasomi magazeti wala kutafuta habari vinginevyo alipaswa kulijua hili.
Inashangaza Mgimwa hajui vitu rahisi kama hivi, hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa taarifa kuwa serikali iko taabani kifedha ilitolewa ndani ya Bunge hilo hilo analohudhuria vikao vyake.
Mbunge Idd Azan wa chama tawala alikuwa na haya ya kusema kuhusiana na umahututi wa serikali kifedha: “Angalia bajeti ya mwaka jana, zipo wizara zimeishia kupata asilimia 25 mpaka 30 na mwaka ndiyo umeisha na mwaka huu tunapitisha bajeti harakaharaka ili mradi tu tupitishe, hili ni tatizo.”
Kwa kuangalia hali hii ya serikali “kucharara” huku ikitegemea kutembeza kapu, bila shaka wale wote wanaohusiana na serikali ya namna hii inayoruhusu nchi kupoteza dola bilioni 1.8 kwa mwaka huku ikiombaomba na kupata pungufu ya hizi nao ni mizigo.
Tena hawa ni mizigo ya uoza au tuseme mabomu hasa ukiangalia wanayofanya. Mizigo hii ni ile ile iliyofuja mamilioni hata mabilioni ya shilingi kwenye kinachoitwa sherehe za Muungano zilizolenga kutoa mwanya kwa jeshi kuwatisha Watanzania kama alivyodai Amiri Jeshi Mkuu Jakaya Kikwete.
Aina nyingine ya mizigo ni ile unayoweza kuita “Ndiyo mzee.” Hii mizigo si mingine bali ile inayowasaliti wale walioichagua na kutoa kodi ya kuwezesha ilipwe mishahara na marupurupu yake kwa kuunga mkono kila upuuzi wa chama.
Hii haina tofauti na mizigo ya kinyesi. Kwani licha ya kunuka, husababisha hasara kwa taifa. Haiwezekani miaka zaidi ya hamsini ya kuwa huru tuendelee kutegemea wafadhili tena kwa bajeti yetu huku CAG akiripoti wizi wa fedha nyingi kuliko hii tunayoomba tena kwa kujidhalilisha sisi binafsi na taifa.
Ni mwanamume gani anaweza kuwa huru huku mkewe na watoto wakilishwa na kuvishwa na wafadhili? Je, siku wakiamua kudai mke na watoto ni wao ataweza kuwazuia? Ajitokeze mbunge toka kwa wale wanaotawala akane umzigo huu nimuone.
Tumalizie tulikoanzia kwa Mgimwa. Kama atakwepa kuwa mzigo kwenye eneo moja atakuwa kwenye eneo jingine. Je, hadi hapo Mgimwa bado si mzigo tulioachiwa na baba yake na mfumo wa kulindana, kujuana, kufadhiliana, kubebana na upuuzi mwingine ambao sasa umegeuka wa kurithishana kila kitu?
Je, tunayo mizigo kiasi gani itokanayo na koo za wakubwa bungeni na hata kwenye Baraza la Mawaziri ukiachia idara na ofisi nyingine za umma? Aina za mizigo bungeni ni nyingi tu.
Nafasi haitoshi. Eti Godfrey Mgimwa wewe si mzigo sawa na mingine? Teh teh teh! Kwekwekwekwekwe! Kituko!
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Juni 11, 2014.

Report that authorities in Khartoum condemned to death a Christian convert is disturbing. The court convicted and sentenced to death and 100 lashes one Dr. Adraf Al-Hadi Mohammed Abdullah (27) who gave birth to a baby girl recently for renouncing Islam. Judge Abbas Mohammed Al-Khalifa who presided over the matter was quoted as saying,“We gave you three days to recant but you insist on not returning to Islam. I sentence you to be hanged to death.” So, for this act of not repudiating and returning to Islam, Abdullah whose Christian name is Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag received the capital punishment as opposed to international laws governing Human Rights and freedom of religion.

North Sudan applied for the membership to the East African Community on June 15, 2011 when its President Omar Al Bashir wrote to the chair of the Summit of East African Community Heads of State, Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, voicing his country’s interest in joining the EAC. Looking at the self-denial whereby Sudanese Africans regard themselves to more Arabs that Africans, EAC should not admit such anathema to begin with.

Another logical reason as to why North Sudan shan’t be admitted is the fact that its arch rival, South Sudan’s already been admitted. Therefore, by admitting North Sudan which’s for long been supporting rebels who are now destabilizing south so as to cause problems in the region, EAC’ll be exacerbating the conflict if not importing it. By rejecting North Sudan, EAC countries will not have any binding duty not to punish North shall they find that it is behind the chaos in the south. Uganda’s already shown the way by supporting the regime in Juba. Methinks this is done under the fraternal spirit among the members. This is why whenever any EAC country is attacked; all members should assume that they are attacked.

North Sudan’s renowned for its gross violation of Human Rights such as religious and political intolerance, going on committing genocide in Darfur and siding with Arab countries against African interests as it was evidenced in Nile Water conflict whereby Egypt wanted to have an upper hand pointlessly. While all Nile Basin Countries stood together to reject such a colonial and draconian idea, North Sudan and Eritrea stood by Egypt. While North Sudan supported Egypt during the Egypt-Ethiopia Nile water crisis, South Sudan supported Ethiopia. You can see how bad blood between countries plays out in international relations. Eritrea supported Egypt not just because it loves it. It is because its arch foe Ethiopia’s involved. As the say goes, the enemy of my enemy’s my friend. This proves how North Sudan’s heart of hearts is with Arab countries but not African countries apart from displaying the enmity between the two Sudan. This being the case, why’d we invite an enemy amidst us?

Further, North Sudan, Sudan before the separation, used to support Joseph Kony’s outlawed terrorist group Lord Resistance Army. Such a suspicious character does not fit to be a member of EAC.

More on Abdullah, after the judge handed down the punishment, over 50 people demonstrated against the action. One of them was quoted as saying, “No to executing Meriam.” Another demonstrators added, “Religious rights are a constitutional right.” Given that the regime of Sudanese strong man Bashir doesn’t listen to its people chances of executing Abdullah under the pretext of Islam are high if the international community isn’t zeroing in to see to it that such inhumane punishment isn’t carried out. For, it poses as a good breeding ground for fundamentalism and later terrorism.

Abdullah’s predicament has divided North Sudan right in the middle. On the one hand, there are those who vehemently oppose the imposition of such heavy punishment. On the other hand there are staunch supporters of Islamic law in North Sudan. Such a stance was evident when two pro- and anti- establishment met in Khartoum. One of those supporting the regime was quoted as saying, “This is a decision of the law. Why are you gathered here?” One of activists condemning the punishment replied, “Why do you want to execute Meriam? Why don't you bring corruptors to the court?” This nicely shows how North Sudan is divided over the matter.

Although EAC is seen as an economic amalgamation of East African Countries, Human Rights need to be one of its major agendas. We therefore urge EAC heads to see to it that North Sudan’s vetoed to become a member of EAC. Shall it put its house in order, it should be admitted under conditions among which is to observe Human Rights and accept freedom of religion and other freedoms among its population

Apart from having such abad Human Rights record, arguably, North Sudan, commercially and economically, relies heavily on Egypt and Middle East. So too, after separation that saw Sudan divided into two, North is no longer economically viable as it used to be when it was one. I wonder. How will EAC citizens operate in Sudan where there’s no freedom of belief or other freedoms? This shouldn’t be snubbed.

In sum, looking at human nature of doing things according to his or her culture and usage, chances are that will North Sudan be admitted, our people either will suffer under Sharia law or will eschew from doing business with such a state.

Source: African Executive Magazine June 2014.

Baada ya mlevi kunyaka nyeti kuwa sirikali imewamba ile mbaya, kwa vile yeye ni mzalendo wa kupigiwa mfano, anapanga kuipa tafu kwa kuikopesha kiasi cha pesa ambacho huwa anatumia kujikimu kama vile kununua ulabu na mibangi.
Haiwezekani kaya yenye mamilioni ya walevi, rasilimali, mali na kila utajiri kuendelea kusota hivi.
Nani aliwaroga enyi walevi ambao kila kitu kiliwekwa wazi mwaka ule wa 2005?
Ajabu ya maajabu pamoja na mabalaa yanayokumba kaya hadi kuishiwa na kutegemea wahisani, walevi wanaendelea kudunda kana kwamba kesho hawatachenjiana kama hawatabadilika.
Kwa vile mlevi ni mtu mwema na mwenye mishemishe nyingi, licha ya kuipa tafu sirikali, anapanga kutangaza hadharani kuwa wamchague akamate wote waliofilisi kaya hii bila huruma. Mlevi haoti wala kuongea mambo ya politiki. Amedhamiria kuikomboa kaya hii ili nayo irejeshe heshima yake na kusonga mbele badala ya kuendelea kuserereka ikielekea kuzimu.
Ifuatayo ni mipango ya mlevi kuhakikisha kaya inarejesha utajiri na heshima yake tena kwa haraka.
Mosi, nitahakikisha kwanza nakamata wezi, mafisadi, wauza bwimbwi, majambazi, wanaotorosha njuluku kwenda ughaibuni haraka na kwa kustukiza.
Nitaanzia operesheni tokomeza umaskini, wizi, ufisadi na jinai. Hapa sina cha msalie Mtume wala nini bali kuweka watu lupango kama sina akili nzuri.
Pili, nitahakikisha nafuatilia dili zote kuanzia ulipoanzia ujambazi unaoitwa uwekezaji ili kuhakikisha narejesha mali moja baada ya nyingine huku nikifunga wote walioingia mikataba ya kijambazi na kipuuzi kwa kuangalia matumbo yao badala ya mustakabali wa kaya.
Hivyo, wote wenye biashara na akaunti fichi wakae mkao wa kuliwa naja mkombozi wa kaya aliyetabiriwa na mitume akina Mchonga, Kinjekitile, Mkwawa, Milambo, Nyungu ya Mawe na wengine.
Lazima kuanzisha utaratibu wa kutumia kompyuta kwenye kila kitu ili kukwepa kuibiana. Lazima kila mlevi awe na kitambulisho na taarifa zake zitunzwe kwenye kompyuta kuu.
Tatu, nitahakikisha narejesha maadili na kuondoa madili.
Bila maadili madili yataendelea hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa kutokuwapo maadili ndicho kichocheo kikubwa cha madili. Hapa lazima kurejesha siasa ya Uadilifu, Uwajibikaji na Maendeleo (UUM).
Natamani kurejea Ujamaa na Kujitegemea ili kupambana na Uhujumaa na Kujimegea vinavyoendelea. Lakini kwa vile mfumo huu ulishazikwa na mabepari, sitaki wanicheke na kupata sababu ya kunifurusha toka kwenye maulaji.
Tatu, nitachapisha orodha ya majina ya wale wote watakaokamatwa na kiasi cha fedha na mali watakazokamatwa nazo bila kuficha wala kuzungusha.
Hii itasaidia, kwanza, wahusika kujulikana, pili umma kujua kiasi gani cha mali ulikuwa umeibiwa na tatu, hii itasaidia umma kujua umerejesha mali kiasi gani na kila mwezi nitakuwa natoa taarifa juu ya maendeleo ya zoezi zima.
Nne, nitafuta misamaha ya kijambazi ya kodi hasa kwa wachukuaji ambao wamekuwa wakifaidi na kubadili majina ya biashara zao kila baada ya miaka mitano.
Tano, nitahakikisha bidhaa zinazouzwa na kuagizwa toka nje zinakaguliwa kuhakikisha hakuna ‘mis-invoicing’ au kushusha thamani halisi ya bidhaa husika ambako kimsingi kumekuwa chanzo kikubwa cha kuibiwa mabilioni kaya yetu kila uchao.
Sita, nitafuta Takokuru na kuanzisha asasi huru ya kupambana na jinai zihusianazo na uchumi yaani ‘Special Team Instituted to Combat Krimes (STICK).’
STICK itakuwa huru na haitaripoti kwa rais wala nani isipokuwa kwa wananchi wenyewe.
Saba, nitaunda ‘ANTI-STICK’ yaani ‘Authorized Network Tasked With Inspecting STICK.’
Hii itasaidia kufanya kile waluguru huita ‘check and balance’.
Sambamba na ‘Anti-Stick’, kutakuwa na taasisi nyingine ya siri itakayochuguza ‘Anti-Stick na Stick’ huku nazo zikiwa na mamlaka ya kuichunguza hii taasisi ili kuepuka kuchezeana kama ilivyo kwa sasa.
Nane, wana kaya watawajibika kisheria kutangaza mali na umaskini wao bila kujali cheo cha mtu wala ukoo na mtandao wake.
Mlevi hataruhusiwa kutumia zaidi na anavyopata wala kupata zaidi ya anavyostahiki.
Tisa, nitapunguza ukubwa wa sirikali nikihakikisha kuwa kila mwana kaya anachapa kazi kwa kadri ya uwezo wake na kulipwa kwa kadri ya kazi aliyofanya.
Kumi, nitapunguza mishahara na marupurupu ya wanasiasa hasa wale wa mjengoni.
Kila mtu atalipwa kwa kadri ya elimu yake. Lazima nisisitize. Ninaposema elimu namaanisha elimu halali na inayowekwa kwenye vitendo. Kwa mfano, kama mlevi atasema ana PhD halafu utendaji wake ni kijanja kijanja kama akina Juma Kapuyanga, J4 Majembe, Ben Ndururu, Saada Mkuyati, Adam Milima ya Kigoma,Shcool Kawadog, Sossie Muongo na wengine lazima warejeshwe shule na kusomea shahada yake upya tena kwa kujilipia ukiachia mbali kudaiwa arejeshe njuluku zote alizolipwa akiwa anafanya usanii.
Kumi na moja, kuhujumu uchumi, kughushi, ufisadi, kuuza bwimbwi ni makosa kati ya mengi ambayo adhabu yake itakuwa ni moja tu, kunyongwa hadi kufa.
Hapa ifahamike kuwa wale wote ambao kwa sasa wanatuhumiwa kwa makosa haya na kukingiwa kifua na wahalifu wenzao lazima wawe wa kwanza kuhukumiwa na adhabu zao kutekelezwa ili uwe mfano, onyo na somo kwa wengine.
Kumi na mbili, nitafumua, kuvunja na kusuka upya mageshi yote ili kuhakikisha yanaleta ufanisi na kuwatumikia walevi badala ya vyama na wanasiasa mfu na uchwara. Nitapiga marufuku wakubwa wa mageshi kushiriki au kushirikishwa siasa.
Mfano, hawataruhusiwa kuteuliwa mabalozi, wakuu wa wilaya au mikoa, wenyeviti wa bodi za wizi na ulaji wala kutumikia chama chochote hata kama kinatawala au kula. Hapa nitaweka mfumo kama wa kaya zilizoendelea na kuhakikisha mfumo huu hauchezewi.
Leo nitaongelea hatua za kiutawala. Bado za kiutendaji kama vile kupambana na ukwepaji kodi, magendo, uzembe, ubabaishaji na maovu mengine kama hayo ambayo yamehalalishwa kwa mlango wa nyuma. Kwa leo sitasema mengi zaidi ya kuwaonyesha walevi nitakavyoikopesha kaya na kuisimamia na kurejesha njuluku zangu.
Leo salamu ni kwa washikaji wangu wa pale Horohoro. Pokea salamu toka kwa mwana wa Adam.

CHANZO: NIPASHE Juni 14, 2014.

Bongo’s known for many things good and bad. It’s known for its eating frenzy involving the high and the might. Former US president, Ronald Reagan, once said, “You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.” Likewise, you can differentiate a Bongolalander from others by looking at the way he or she eats public chattels. Ask Ana Kajuamlo Tiba-ijuka how land is eaten or Idd Lion on how to vend UdA.

Our eating generosity’s known all over the world. We’re known for having gentle and welcoming bin Adams especially to the foreigners and the biggies. This generosity’s enjoyed even by Bongo rulers who've always slept at the wheel without facing any ire from those eaten generously. When it comes to enjoying Bongolalalanders’ generosity, many can tell. Ask investors. They’ll tell you how generous this hunk’s. They enjoy tax holidays for years. They enter agreements favouring them as once evidenced in RITES, IpTL, Dowans, Richmonduli and many more. Indeed, Bongo recently added another feather in its cap. This is nothing, if anything, but eating to finish. Ask EWULA that’s able to swindle 83 billion out of 100.

Guess what. When one MD faced music along with his wife for gluttonously eating our hunk, I sensed a bigger danger. Given that this matter’s before the court, I’d not like to delve into it further. Suffices to say, our hunk’s in a big menace of being eaten by our tireless, ruthless, useless, senseless, spineless and hopeless eaters. The danger’s going to become bigger and bigger given that there’s nobody sane and bold enough to reign to put this madness to an end.

Looking at the MD in question, it’s obvious. This is a crop of elites we've now. How myopic and megalomaniac! You know what. After being appointed to ulaji in one firm dealing with supplying energy, the guy invited his wife, friends and company to enjoy the eating. They ate almost everything. The memsahib’s tasked with supplying fake and over-valued stationaries to the firm her hussy manned. Can we call this corruption, nepotism or nihilism?

Though this chap’s crucified, I thank him for unveiling the type of officials we now have in our offices. Essentially, what this selfish and myopic MD did is a typical replica of what’s been going on in public offices. He gave his wife ulaji the same way biggies allow their wives to form ghost NGOs or children to run for political and otherulaji positions. It is not a sin to allow, say, your son to run for parliamentary seat if you’re a minister even a president. Kosa liko wapi? If anything, something’s to be said loudly and clearly. We’re a country of eaters who eat with both hands and legs without washing them while puking and pooping into the container w eat from.

The other day I heard one guy saying that this hunk’s its owners to transliterate as the guy put it. Indeed, this hunk’s its owners who are the eaters. What adds up’s the fact that when one looks at this eating frenzy we’re evidencing, it’s true this hunk belongs to a certain cabal of nifty guys who can eat what’s theirs and what’s not theirs. The good thing is, wanakula mali ya umma ambayo haiumi. Who’d think that $ 200 million would be swindled by just six big thieves as it was alleged by David Kafulila and nothing happened to them? Again, this is the hunk whose president begs like crazy.

Wait. A day after news came that vigogo swindled ESCROW money that’s become screw; I read another piece saying that our hunk loses $581 million annually thanks to purchasing fake medicine and vitamins! Why, does a hunk with all natural foods, purchase vitamins in the first place? Wizi mtupu! What do you expect of the hunk ranked high in corruption in Africa? Nobody can that it is but an ill wind. Looking at the way our politics are conducted corruptly and blindly chances are that we’d be prepared for yet another clique of swindlers to take over from the current one. How’ll they fail if at all signs indicate that there’ll be chakachuazation as usual come next general elections?

Eating’s always a good thing especially for those eating. Ironically, in Bongo, eating and being eaten seems to be pleasant. How’d it be different if at all we see’s sheepish pleasantness? Who’d risk thinking that such a begging hunk would allow filches to do away with almost two billion dollars annually? If anything, such gluttonous and blind eating epitomizes of whom we've become. Useless, senseless and aimless one would say. Sad again, we still have people who are proud of this rot saying the hunk is forging ahead. How with all this miseries? Our eating style is unparalleled, corruption at its very best. While corruption’s surging, the patience of those eaten is wearing thinner and thinner so as to put the future of hunk at real risk. Things are going from bad to worse and no sane leadership is seriously addressing this anathema.

Source: Guardian June 14, 2014.

Once upon time there’s a boozer who answered to the name Maya Angelou. She just passed on recently after hitting the ripe age of 86. I remember Maya not just for her love of kanywaji known as human dignity; we rubbed shoulders in many occasions as we fought for the rights of boozers the world over.

Angelou became famous thanks to her noble works such as I Know Why Caged Birds Sing, Amazing Peace (A Christmas Poem), On the Pulse of Morning, Gather Together in my Name, Singin’ and Swingin’ and Getin’ Merry like Christmas, The Heart of a Woman, All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes, A Song Flung up to Heaven and Mom& Me& Mom among many books of poetry.

She and boozers were caged birds who’d tell (sing) the truth as it is, no matter what. She loathed lies, duplicity, dishonesty, fear, hopelessness, venality and whatnot. All those facing injustices are but caged birds that can sing if they decide to.

Born and raised in the hunk of Obama, Angelou lived to face racism, exploitation and anguish among others. She didn't cower before those evils. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson on 4^th April 1928, Angelou’s believed to be a descendant of Mende people from West Africa. As a black person in apartheid-like hunk, she faced many injustices which refashioned her so as to become a boozer like me. She took her gun known as pen and said things other people were afraid of saying. She made sure that her message’s for ever. As Latin put it verba volant, scripata manenta namely spoken words fly away while what’s written is for ever. She, indeed, made a niche that became an indelible mark on human civilization.

Her unapologetic words and the sharp language speak volume. For instance, she wrote in Amazing Peace, “We interrogate and worry God. Are you there? Are you there really?” She says that when the going gets tough, we start a hunt for a witch. Call it a witch-hunt just like what I see in our hunk. Instead of blaming ourselves, we blame everything on God as if God lives our miserable life. Stop this, guys. We’re the ones to blame for our miseries and predicaments. Why’d we blame God who gave us the gift of intelligence? Why’d we worry God who gave us brain and the way of using it wisely for our benefit? If anything, this is the question Angelou asked in the quest of making our life worthwhile.

Angelou’s now gone forever. Hers is still with us, kanywaji of wisdom. I verily know. Our hunk, especially, her people hate books. They love useless things such as merry making even when they’re in Egypt waiting for the messiah to come and deliver them. How’ll he deliver you while you’re not ready to be delivered? How dare you pipe dream that your troubles will just get away without your efforts? How dare you ignore your plight for the sake of ignorance, fear and myopia? Wake up guys.

Angelou saw a bright future in the children. For children love light as they hate darkness of whatever sort. She writes, “Hope is born again in the faces of children. It rides in shoulders of our aged as they walk in their sunsets.” This is very true. Old people who do childish things should know. Life’s but a temporal gift that’d be cherished by doing good things to others. Angelou saw it all. She said it all. She knew. The eggs you demean today are the cockerels of tomorrow. You too were eggs.

Angelou spoke of the very same children whose education we’re corrupting and felling to date. My hunk knows this too well. She spoke of the future, the bright future for thinkers and those who heed the call. She spoke for those whose future and hearts were trodden by those who betrayed them. Don’t we know them? Don’t we live with them? Don’t we know what they do to us? They, as well, know too well save that they pretend not to know and see.

Angelou wrote about many things. Of all, she settled on justice and peace, true justice and peace as she opposed all sorts of injustices and violence. To her, peace didn't mean the absence of war sick and bankrupt politicians like to call peace while it actually isn't. She preached peace and justice. Is there anybody on earth who doesn't need these two ingredients of life?

I know too well. My dirge for Angelou might be seen as empty noises aimed at provoking some quarters. Nay, I don’t mean that. I meant to emphasize what this lady said for your good and my good. All in all, there is a lesson. We’ll all die one day though we don’t know when. All in all, it is obvious and empirical that what we think we own we don’t own. Some of us rob others. They rob the poorest of paupers on earth. Aren't they blind just like darkness? Had they known, all evils and loots they hold dear are but illusion.

A folk, my heart’s heavy and broken. I've lost a friend and a sage. Go rest in peace Maya. You’re an exception boozers who told it all fearless and skillfully.

In your name and honour, I’m going to have my kanywaji, the one that Nyerere loved. The one you loved truly and dearly, knowledge, justice, peace, struggles and whatnot.

Rest In Peace Maya Angelou.

Source: ThisDay June 16, 2014.

KATIBU Mkuu wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Abdulrahaman Kinana, ana sura nyingi, tena tata. Ni mfanyabiashara, tena mwenye kutia shaka, ambaye amewahi kutuhumiwa kusafirisha pembe za ndovu. Ni mwanasiasa anayechanganya biashara na siasa kiasi cha kutia shaka zaidi. Pia Kinana ni mtu anayeweza kusema lolote na akatenda tofauti.

Kinana ana sura nyingine. Anajulikana kwa kuwa mwepesi wa kushambulia wenzake na kunywea pale wanapojibu mapigo kama ilivyotokea mwaka jana alipowaita wenzake mizigo, akaishia kuonekana mzigo zaidi pale bosi wake, Rais Jakaya Kikwete, alipompuuzia na kuwapandisha vyeo na kumwacha akizodoka na kuadhirika. Wengi walidhani angejiuzulu. Lakini wapi?

Pia, unaweza kusema ni mtu mwenye kudharau, kuwatisha hata kuwageuka wenzake. Hata hivyo, ana uchungu gani na taifa ambalo hajawahi kujinasibisha nalo ukiachia mbali kulitumia kupiga madili kama walivyo wengi wa namna yake? Hivi karibuni alikaririwa akisema kitu ambacho kimsingi si kweli bali uongo wa wazi aliposema; “Nataka niwaambie wananchi, hatufanyi mambo kwa kutafuta kura kwenu, hivyo anayetaka kurudisha kadi arudishe wala hatutishiki, mkitaka kurudisha 1,000 hata 2,000 rudisheni.”

Ya kweli haya shehe au ni kudanganya mchana kweupe kama si kugundua kuwa kweli watu wameishachoka siasa za uongo? Hata hivyo, ana shida gani na kura zao wakati wanaweza kuchakachua?

Kinana aliongeza; “Sisi tunafanya mambo kwa mujibu wa kuwahudumia wananchi, mtu asikae akafikiri akirudisha kadi sisi tutakuja kuhangaika.” Hivi Kinana anaishi wapi? Anapata wapi mshipa wa kusema eti CCM inahudumia watu wakati inasifika kwa kuwahujumu na kuwaibia?

Anaongelea CCM ipi au ile Baba wa Taifa Mwl. Julius Nyerere ambayo ilikufa hata kabla yake? CCM ya sasa, kama alivyowahi kukiri Kinana, imejaa mizigo iliyowalemea wananchi na majini yanayowanyonya wananchi. Tumkumbushe.

Chini ya CCM hii inayodanganya inawahudumia wananchi, mwaka 2005 iliiba mabilioni ya shilingi toka Benki Kuu toka fuko la madeni ya nje almaarufu EPA na kuyatumia kwenye uchaguzi kuhujumu wanaCCM walioonekana tishio kwa bosi wake jambo ambalo hata Kikwete mwenyewe hajawahi kukanusha.

Ikumbukwe. Wakati wa wizi huu Kinana alikuwa meneja kampeni wa mtuhumiwa. Hivyo, kwa njia moja au nyingine Kinana alihusika. Je, Kinana alitumia neno kuhudumia akimaanisha, kujihudumia au kuhujumu? Maana, ndicho kitu sahihi ambacho CCM inafanya.

Mbona Kinana haongelei mambo muhimu na makubwa kwa wananchi kama kugunduliwa upotevu wa sh bilioni 200 toka huko huko zilikotoka, fedha za EPA kipindi hiki kwenye fuko liitwalo Escrow ambalo limegeuka Screw?

Laiti Kinana angejua kuwa wananchi wanajua uchafu wao wote sema wanaogopa kupatiliza, angejua kuwa kama wangekuwa na demokrasia ya kweli kumuuliza maswali, wangemvua nguo kiasi cha kuacha kujisemea kama mwenzake Katibu wa Itikadi na Uenezi ambaye anasifika kwa kupayuka na kubwata akiishia kuzodolewa na kupuuzwa na bosi wake, asingeendelea kujidanganya huku akiwadanganya wananchi.

Kuonyesha Kinana alivyo na sura na hata ndimi nyingi, alikaririwa huko Hanang’ akisema; “Tunataka mashamba ya ngano yaendelee kulimwa ngano na siyo wawekezaji kuyakodisha kwa wananchi ambao wanalima mahindi.”

Kwanini hakueleza hayo mashamba yalivyokuwa ya serikali halafu yakabinafsishwa kijinga kiasi cha kugeuka kuwa balaa kwa wananchi? Kwanini hakutaka kujua kuwa sera za uwekezaji za CCM zimewaumiza wananchi kiasi cha wanaoitwa wawekezaji kuishia kuwa wachukuaji, tena mchana kweupe?

Kwanini Kinana hakujua kuwa wananchi wanajua madudu ambayo ni sawa na majini kama vile IPTL ambayo imekuwa ikiwalangua umeme huku ikitumika kuliibia taifa kiasi cha kufikia kutaka kuua Shirika la Umeme la Tanesco?

Kwanini Kinana hakutaka kujua kuwa wananchi wanajua uwekezaji wa ki-CCM ulivyogeuka wizi wa mchana kama ilivyotokea kwenye Shirika la Usafiri la Dar es Salaam (UDA) ambapo serikali ilivuliwa nguo hivi karibuni baada ya kugundulika kuwa lilihujumiwa kutokana na mtoto wa kigogo wa CCM kuwa nyuma ya ujambazi huu?

Kwanini Kinana hataki kujua kuwa wananchi wanajua wizi wa kampuni ya kihindi ya Rites iliyoletwa na wezi wakubwa madarakani na kuondoka na mabilioni bila kufanya kazi yoyote? Huyu ndiye anayeutaka urais wakati anawadharau wananchi kuwaona kama mabwege wasio na akili au kumbukumbu?

Kwanini Kinana anashindwa vitu vidogo visivyohitaji elimu kubwa kama kujua kuwa CCM iliiba ardhi ya wananchi kuanzia Kapunga Mbeya hadi Hanang’ na kuwauzia wawekezaji wanaotumiwa kuhujumu wananchi?

Muulize, huu uwekezaji kwenye kilimo umelisaidia nini taifa iwapo, chini ya CCM, kila mwaka linakabiliwa na baa la njaa ambalo limegeuka ugonjwa sugu kwa taifa? Fedha inaibwa huku ardhi ikihodhiwa na kutumiwa vibaya kiasi cha kuwafanya Watanzania wawe masikini kwa kuzalisha kidogo na kukiuza kutokana na kulanguliwa pembejeo na kuibiwa fedha yao ya umma kunakofanywa na makada wa CCM.

Kuonyesha Kinana alivyo na matatizo ya kumbukumbu na uelewa au tuseme kuwatapeli wananchi, hivi karibuni akiwa mjini Singida alikaririwa akisema; “Haiwezekani mtu anafanya makosa ya kiutendaji halafu anahamishiwa katika idara nyingine kwa kisingizio cha utawala bora, ni lazima hatua zichukuliwe kulingana na makosa wanayoyafanya.”

Kinana anamdanganya nani kudai haiwezekani mtu akafanya makosa akahamishiwa sehemu nyingine wakati yeye alituhumiwa kusafirisha nyara za taifa akahamishiwa hapo alipo?

Je, anayewahamisha hao wahalifu ni nani kama si serikali yake ambayo imeitawala Tanzania tangu uhuru? Japo anachosema kina ukweli kuwa kuna watu wanahamishwa wanapovurunda kama ilivyotokea kwa aliyekuwa Katibu Mkuu Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii, Ladislaus Komba aliyeteuliwa na Mwenyekiti wa CCM kuwa Balozi nchini Uganda baada ya kutuhumiwa kuhusika na kusafirisha wanyama hai 130 kupitia Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Kilimanjaro (KIA) akishirikiana na Kamran Ahmed ambaye CCM imemsaidia kukimbia toka nchini kama ilivyofanya kwa Chavda.

Anadhani wananchi hawajui? Kama Kinana angechukia tabia chafu ya kuhamisha au kulinda watendaji wabovu angekuwa wa kwanza kuachia ngazi ya ukatibu mkuu wa CCM.

Tumalizie kwa kumtaka Kinana aache kuwadanganya Watanzania na kuwageuza mataahira. Hakuna chama kinachoweza kushamiri bila wanachama. Hivyo, asiwatishe wanachama.

Nao wanapaswa kumuadhibu kwa kurejesha kadi zao ili auone ukweli mchungu japo CCM kweli haiwataki wanachama kwa vile ina mbinu ya uchakachuaji kubakia madarakani kutokana na Watanzania kutotumia nguvu ya umma kuiondosha madarakani japo siku zake zinazidi kuhesabika. Nitawaletea sehemu nyingine ya makala kuhusu Kinana dhidi ya chama chake.

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Juni 16, 2014.

Kwanza, nikiri. Mimi ni shabiki wa mpendwa shujaa, mteule, msifika Ridhiwani Kikwete kufa mtu. Lazima kutangaza maslahi yangu kwenye mjadala huu. Namshabikia Ridhiwani ajabu. Kuna kipindi nilitaka kubadili jina langu niitwe Ridhiwani. Kwa kuogopa ngoa ya wavyele nimeamua kumpa jina hili mtoto wa kiume nitakayempata.

Pia namshabikia Robert Kisena kwa ujeuri wake hasa kwenye mambo ya connection na mshiko. Hivyo, kuna kipindi nilitaka nijiite Ridhiwani Kisena lakini sababu ile ile ikanizuia. Hivyo, kuonyesha ushabiki wangu, nikipata mtoto wa kiume namwita Ridhiwani Kisena na kama ni wa kike nitamwita Ridhwana Kisenia. Hayo tuyaache.

Leo naandika kuwapasha wanaowachafua wateule wangu. Huwa sipendi umbea. Huwa roho inaniuma ninaposoma habari za kuwazushia na kuwachafua wateule wangu hawa.

Juzi katika kusoma kwenye mitandao nilikuta tuhuma kibao dhidi ya wawili hawa. Mtandao mmoja ulizusha eti Ridhiwani ndiye anayemtumia Kisena kuendesha kampuni yake ya marehemu Shirika la Usafiri Dar es salaam (UDA) ambalo sasa linaitwa Simon Group utadhani mtoto si ridhiki. Chochezi jingine lilichangia likisema, “Inashangaza Ridhiwani bingwa wa kujibu kwenye mitandao amekaa kimya. Je tuhuma hizi ni mbinu za wabaya wake kumchafua au ni ukweli mtupu? Vyovyote iwavyo, kuna chembe za ukweli kwenye madai haya hata kama si kwa kiwango kikubwa. Sipendi kuamini kuwa huu ni ukweli wala uzushi. Ndiyo maana nimejitolea kuwasaidia wahusika waweke mambo sawa na kusafisha majina yao huku wakifanya hivyo kwa hoja zinazoingia akilini.”

Baada ya kusoma huo upuuzi hapo juu nilikaribia kupasuka kwa hasira. Chini yake jingine liliandika, “Huwa siamini kwenye conspiracy theory ambayo sina tafsiri yake kwa Kiswahili. Hivyo, naanidika waraka huu kutaka kujua ukweli zaidi. Naandika kwa sababu kuu mbili. Mosi, kutetea mali ya umma ambao nami ni mmojawapo. Pili, kumpa nafasi Ridhiwani kujitetea angalau hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa kuna maisha baada ya baba yake kuachia ngazi.” Hili nusu lininyotoe roho kwa ngoa.

Jingine liliandika, “Kwa wanaofahamu historia ya Robert Kisena, hawana shaka yoyote aliibuliwa na vigogo wa CCM hasa waziri Juma Kapuyanga kabla ya kudakwa na Ridhiwani ambaye anajulikana walivyo marafiki. Ushahidi wa wazi ni uchaguzi wa mwaka 2010 ambapo Ridhiwani alimpigia kampeni Kisena lakini akaangushwa na John Shibuda. Katika kampeni hizi alipigia pia Steven Masele ambaye pamoja na udhaifu wake sasa ni waziri. Mwingine aliyetumika kama mbuzi wa shughuli ni Salum Mbuzi.” Liliendelea, “Hata kunyimwa nafasi kwa Shibuda hadi akaihama CCM na kujinga na CHADEMA na kuiadhibu kwa kuishinda kuna mkono wa Ridhiwani. Laiti Shibuda angeamua kulisema la moyoni kijana huyu angeumbuka si kawaida.”

Wakati roho ikiendelea kuniuma jingine liliongezea, “Wapo wanaosema kuwa pamoja na Ridhiwani kujionyesha kama rafiki wa Kisena, ukweli ni kwamba wote wawili ni wajanja wanaotumiana. Kisena anajua kuwa Ridhiwani ni mtoto wa rais tena rais mwenyewe asiyejali wala kuwa mkali kwa familia yake. Hivyo, ni lulu kutokana na kuwa mtoto wa mwenye nchi kwa sasa. Hivyo, kumnasa Ridhiwani ni kuunasa utajiri tena wa haraka. Anayebishia hili ambane Kisena aeleze alivyopata utajiri wake kama hakuna mikono ya watu tena wazito kabla ya Ridhiwani.” Baada ya kusoma hii nilikwenda kujipumzisha.

Niliporudi nilikuta jingine limeandika, “Kwa upande wake Ridhiwani anajua kuwa Kisena ni msanii mzuri anayeweza kufanya madili kirahisi na kwa ufanisi. Pia Kisena, tokana na historia yake ya kubebwa si rahisi kumuasi bosi wake kwenye biashara ya nyuma ya pazia. Hivyo, ni kiraka mzuri na mtiifu hasa kwa kuzingatia jinsi anavyotoka kwenye familia maskini na jinsi kinachoitwa utajiri wake kisivyo kuwa chake bali wale wanaomtumia.” Nilitamani nilikamate hili na kulinyongelea mbali.

Jingine liliandika, “Kutokana na ukaribu huu wa Kikwete na Kisena, baadhi ya wachambuzi wanaunganisha mistari na kupata kitu kizima. Wengi wanahoji. Ni kwanini serikali imekuwa ikijikanganya kuhusiana na umilki wa UDA kama hakuna wakubwa nyuma ya pazia wakivuta Kamba? Swali ambalo liliibuka bungeni hivi karibuni ni kwanini serikali imetoa msamaha wa kodi kwa Kisena kuingiza mabasi 300 wakati ikimkana kuwa si mmiliki wa UDA? Je kama hakuna wakubwa wezi nyuma ya Kisena inakuwaje apewe msamaha wa kodi kwenye biashara binafsi hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa biashara anayofanya si ya lazima kama vile madawa na chakula wakati wa dharura? Je Kisena kama Kisena bila kuwa na Ridhiwani nyuma ya pazia ana ubavu wa kupata msamaha mkubwa wa kodi bila kuwapo wakubwa wanaofaidika? Wenye kutaka kujua nani yuko nyuma ya pazia shupalieni huu msamaha wa kodi wa Kisena mtagundua kuwa yeye ni mtumiwa kama watumiwa wengine.” Baada ya kusoma hii nilijisikia nikipandisha Usherukamba na kusema f**ck you.

Jingine lilizidi kunipandisha presha kwa kuandika, “Wapo wanaounganisha kufutwa kwa kesi ya Idd Simba na kutochukuliwa hatua Victor Milanzi, mkurugenzi wa UDA aliyemuuzia UDA Kisena ushahidi wa kuwepo Ridhiwani nyuma ya Kisena. Hata hii jeuri anayoonyesha Kisena akijuwa wazi kuwa hajawahi kurejesha fedha ya stimulus aliyoipata kwa mchongo si bure. Kuna Riz nyuma yake.”

Jingine liliongezea, “Kitu kingine kinachoweza kumuumbua Kisena kama mtu anayetumiwa ni historia yake ambayo waandishi wengi wameishaianika tangia akiwa sekondari.”

Mtandao mwingine uliandika, “Japo serikali haitaki kusema ukweli, UDA ilianza kuhujumiwa pale mkurugenzi wake aliyetimuliwa Milanzi kushirikiana na Simba kuitoa chini ya siasa za kindoto za uzawa mfu ambao uligeuka kuwa ujambazi wa wazi. Hapa ndipo Kisena alipopiga bongo kiasi cha kumnasa Simba jambo ambalo baadaye lilimvutia Ridhiwani.”

Kwa kuwazushia wateule wangu nashauri TCRA ifungie hii mitandao ya kimbea. Wakishindwa sisi wapenzi wao tutadedisha mtu. Wapendwa endeleeni kula kwani hiyo UDA ni mali ya mtu au umma? Hakuna haja ya kukanusha wala nini. Pigeni dili kama kawa mwenye wivu ajinyonge.

Tuache umbea. Mkiambiwa Ridhiwani ni mtoto wa Jakaya Kikwete mtasema ni umbea au uzushi? Heri yasifike ya akina Saif al Islam Gaddafi. Akili kichwani.

Chanzo: Dira Juni 2014.

When he naps don't say so.

Say he is meditating.

When he goes to washroom don't say so

Say that he has gone somewhere to see somebody

African demigod nary do mundane things

When they perform natural roles be careful

Don't mention all

Museveni meditates though naps.

Dear hon. Abduli Kinaana, secretary General of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM),

Allow me to humbly touch base with you through this open forum. I know. You read newspapers. If you don’t, your kids, friends, even officials do.

Sir, you left me lost recently when the media quoted you attacking the govt of your boss-cum-friend saying that it's abandoned wananchi and ignored their problems. I nearly freaked out. True, it's difficult to understand if you understood what you said on that material day you addressed the wananachi of Ayamango village, Babati in Manyara. If you did, it is difficult to know if your colleagues in the party know what you’re up to. For, you openly attacked your boss President Jake Kiquette’s in many instances. Did you notice this thereafter? If anything, this is the crux of the whole issue I’m to discuss in one big push to urge you form your party or just dance like your boss.

Hecklers say that sometimes you talk like opposition leaders, sometimes, like a muddled person and sometimes, like the person passing a buck to others in your party. They add. It is as if you haven’t been in the hunk for years. And you've always tried to distance yourself from the mess the CCM govt’s been making. They say that you want to look good and you speak as if you aren’t part and parcel of the outfit that’s screwed the boozers up despite serving in the ranks for long time. What confuses even more is the fact that you’re Kiquette’s campaign manager in the 2005 chakachuazation whereby it was alleged that they robbed the Bank of Tanzania billions of shillings under EpA profligacy which Kiquette’s nary spoke about or refuted. So too, you attack the govt as if it isn't manned by your party to which you're a boss let alone that it is manned by the candidate you backed and worked for so to reward you ulaji.

Sir, your enemies say that you’re recently quoted saying that the govt’s abandoned the wananchi for not solving their problems. You wondered why the govt ignored the plight of the people for all years it has been in power. Detractors say that you speak as if you've nary been part of the govt you've always blamed. They add that it is as if you've no ability to meet the govt that your party forms to air your grievances. They ask: Why are you using political rostra instead of right channels? Detractors speculatively try to answer their own questions saying that you’re eyeing the presidency come next year general elections. Wow! Why using others instead of coming out of the closet Mr. Kinaana?

After accusing the govt of sleeping on the wheel, your cynics say that you've proved to be confused so as to confuse others. For, you were quoted as saying that you’d tell Kiquette of people’s problems to see how he’s going to address them. Well well Kinaana, if you knew you can see Kiquette and talk about the problems boozers face, why attacking your govt in the first place? Did you want to look good just like your friend did when he’s running for ulaji in 2005 whereby his opponents were knocked out with smear campaigns under your watch?

Your knockers add that you wanted a credit where you didn’t perform. For, they say, whatever failure the govt is responsible for you must be among the first officials to be blamed. Critics say that you’re not supposed to wonder why the govt’s always been there with a lot of officials but failed to tackle boozers’ problems because you've always been part and parcel of the same sitting-duck-and-non-delivering govt sir.

Your disparagers seem to bay for your blood politically. They quoted you as saying that the govt belongs to the people and it must serve them. You said after being told that for over 20 years over 15 ministers went to Ayamango to deal with land issues to no avail. If, for 20 years your govt’s unable to solve the problem where do you think miracles will emanate to enable the same failed govt to solve the same problems it was unable to solve for over twenty years? Your detractors say that this is the sign of confusion and proofs that you’re doing politics instead of addressing wananchi’s problems. For, they say, you did not suggest any solution save complaining as if you’re guiltless.

Decriers left us in stitches when they quoted you saying that over 10 ministers failed to solve land disputes in Ayamango. They wondered how furious you’re when asking why such leaders are still in power even after failing miserably for over 20 years. They wondered why you didn't know that the issue here was not about ministers but the whole govt to which you've always been part and parcel. So in other words they say you’re axing the branch you’re sitting on. In a simple parlance, sir, you’re attacking your own party and the govt it forms. You’re proving opponents who want it out to be true that it has failed miserably. This being the case, why don’t you form your own party and say what you’re saying and thereby make sense? Failure to that, you’re seen as being insincere and arrogant thinking that you can get away with it.

Source: Guardian on Sunday.

Baada ya wiki iliyopita kushangaa jinsi walevi wanavyoweza kuibiwa huku dingi akiwa kinara wa kubomu, wiki hii tunaangalia namna ya kuwakwamua wahishimiwa toka kwenye wingu zito lililozunguka utendaji wao na tabia zao.
Mlevi ameamua kuingilia kati ili kuokoa hadhi ya wahishimiwa ambao kwa sasa wanaonekana zaidi waishiwa na si wahishimiwa japo si wote. Kwa upendo mkubwa na taadhima, Mlevi amekuja na mbinu mpya ya kurejesha heshima ya waishiwa wahishimiwa.
Baaada ya kugundua kuwa kumbe waishiwa wa mjengoni wanajua kuyachapa makonde, mlevi anapanga kuanzisha kampuni ‘special’ kwa ajili ya kupromoti masumbwi Waishiwa Boxing Club (WBC). Kampuni hii itaepusha wahishiwa kupata hasara kwa kuzichapa bila kiingilio.
Yaani nakuwa promota. Tofauti ni kwamba sitapromoti wachovu au ngurumbili wa kawaida, bali waishiwa wahishimiwa.
Hivi utajisikiaje kuona mbunge wako akimgaragaza mtu kwa mangumi kuthibitisha mlivyo ‘tough?’ Kwa wale ambao wabunge wao watatolewa ‘knockout’ nisameheni.
Kimsingi, WBC inalenga kuwaondelea waishiwa hatari na kuonekana wa hovyo sawa na wapiga debe wa daladala wanaopigana hata kwa kugombea karanga. Haiwezekani wahishimiwa wetu waendelee kutopea kwenye uishiwa hadi kutaka kushikana mashati tena hadharani, wenye akili na hishima tusifanye kitu.
Hivyo, WBC licha ya kuwa klabu ya burdani, inalenga kurejesha heshima za waishiwa wapenda kuchapana makonde ukiachia mbali kurushiana mitusi ya nguoni.
Nadhani jamaa yangu Pita Sherukamba upo na unanielewa sana na wale jamaa zangu toka Zenj na ndugu yangu Ali Kesi. Jioni Komba, Stivu Wahasira, Jiwelinaloishi Lusindi na wengine ambao ni mabingwa wa mitusi na mipasho mnanipata.
Bila shaka, mtaunga mkono huu ukombozi wenu.
Napanga kutoa burudani ambayo haijawahi kushuhudiwa popote duniani. Licha ya kutoa burudani na kuongeza kipato cha waishiwa, ndondi zitapunguza majungu, mipasho na mitusi.
Pia ndodi zitawasaidia waishiwa kupunguza viribatumbo vitokanavyo na kuvimbiwa ulaji na hishima. Naamini ndondi licha ya kuwaburudisha waishiwa na watazamaji, pia zitaondoa tabia uchwara ya woga fulani kutishatisha walevi kuwa watakwenda porini kama mambo yao hayatapita.
‘Simple’, kama unayaweza ingia uringoni badili ya msituni au kukimbilia kututishia geshi.
Sitanii. Kwa vile Bongo inaruhusu mtu yeyote kuanzisha kitu chochote kuanzia EpA, madhehebu ya dini, ESCROW aka.. screw na mambo mengine, nina hakika nitapata leseni hii inayolenga kutunisha mshiko wa wahishimiwa.
Waishiwa wakipata posho ya kuzichapa, makalio, usingizi, mipasho, taarabu na mambo mengine bila shaka watakuwa wenye furaha.
Pia njuluku watakazozoa baada ya kushiriki pambano zitawaepushia kwenye kubomubomu kwenye mashirika binafsi kama ilivyofichuliwa hivi karibuni kiasi cha waishiwa kuumbuka na kuumbuana kabla ya kulianzisha segere lililotaka kuishia kwenye ndondi kiasi cha mlevi kupata wazo la kutengeza njuluku.
Pia waishiwa wakishazoea kuzichapa hawatakuwa tayari kuburuzwa na chama kama kamati.
Maana kutokana na kujua kuzichapa, kama atatokea mtu au kikundi cha watu hata chama kuwatisha, wataamua kurusha ngumi haraka na kumaliza udhia hapo hapo bila kuhitaji kupoteza muda na njuluku za umma wala kutoa burudani kwa vyombo vya umbea.
Baada ya kuanzisha WBC nataka nihakikishe kwenye ule ukumbi wa mjengoni nako kunakuwa na ukumbi wa ndondi.Pia, nitapendekeza sheria zibadilishwe.
Kama ikitokea waishiwa wawili kushindwa kuelewana, sheria zizuie matusi na kuruhusu wazichape.Kuzichapa kutaondoa nongwa ngoa na kukata ngebe kiasi cha kuokoa njuluku na muda wa umma ukiachia mbali kupata pesa na ujiko.
Kwa sasa naangalia uwezekano wa kupanga mechi baina ya Daud Kafulia na Sossie Muongo ili kuondoa shaka juu ya ukwapuaji wa njuluku zipatazo madafu bilioni 200 kwenye fuko la ‘screw’ hivi karibuni.
Nataka wahishimiwa hawa watwangana mangumi hadi ukweli ujulikane juu ya ni nani alikwapua njuluku za walevi. Badala ya Muongo kutujaza uongo na umbea, tunamtaka ulingoni apambane na David aliyemchapa Golliati.
Mechi nyingine bila shaka itakuwa baina ya Annae Kajuamlo Tiba- Ijuka vs Khalima Mundee ili tujue madai ya ukwapuzi wa ardhi yataisha vipi.
Naamini huu mtanange utavuta wengi hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa unahusisha akina dada ambao siku hizi wamekuja juu karibu kwenye kila kitu.
Baada ya mechi ya Tiba na Mundee, napanga ifuatie ile ya Bill Lukuvie na Pita Msigwani ili tuone nani kijogoo wa wanyalukolo.
Hii nayo lazima itakuwa mechi ya kusisimua hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa wana masumbwi husika wanasifika kwa mihasira yao. Ila natoa onyo, hakuna haja ya mtu kujinyonga eti kwa sababu ametolewa ‘knockout’.
Hivyo, badala ya kutumia ‘knck-on’ itokanayo na ‘knockout’, wahusika wanashauriwa kuwa watulivu na wenye kukubali kuwa ulingoni ndiko msema kweli.
Kuna kipindi nilipanga kupanga mechi baina ya Jioni Komba na Kangi Lugo-la, lakini kwa kujua kuwa Jioni anaonyesha kuwa na afya yenye mgogoro hasa kiribatumbo, bado nawasiliana na daktari wa mchezo huu ili anipe ushauri.
Kwa vile lengo na WBC ni kurejesha heshima ya mjengo, nawashaurini waishiwa wote waliokuwa wamewekeza kwenye matusi na ngumi za mitaani waachane nayo na kuja kujiunga na ngumi za kulipwa ambazo bila shaka zitawaongezea mashabiki na wapiga kura ya kula mwakani.
Kwa vile walevi wamepigika hasa baada yakugundua kuwa kuna mafisadi wengi kuliko wanavyoweza kufuga na kulisha, ubabe unaweza kuwa mtaji mzuri wa kisiasa hasa utakapokuwa umeonyeshwa ulingoni badala ya ngumi za mitaani au kwenye viwanja vya mjengoni.
Baada ya kufanya majaribio ya mechi tangulizi za waishiwa, nitapanga mechi moja ya kufa mtu baina ya Sam Sixx na Annae Makidamakida ili kuamua nani anapaswa kuwa kipaza sauti wa mjengo kihalali.

CHANZO: NIPASHE

No news is good news save that every bad news is news. I nearly freaked out when I heard that our govt snoops on its law-abiding boozers.Those who know what snooping is will be troubled to learn that boozers in the hunk have always been nosed around without their cognizance. According the bombshell Vodafone released recently by naming all snooping countries, our hunk’s one of them. There are 29 countries whose govts snoop on phone subscribers. They simply use phone companies we trust and give our dosh to while they actually vend our privacy.

Let me define snooping or peeping next to pimping that an online dictionary defines as: Prowling or prying, go about in a sneaking, prying way, also defined as an act or instance of snooping or a person who snoops or a private detective. In a simple parlance, snooping’s just spying on you or kupiga chabo in your cranium hence in your whole life. To do away from such abuse, you just Snowden the said guys by spilling the beans so that preys can avoid their nets. Vodafone’s quoted in its report as saying, “In every country in which we operate, we have to abide by the laws of those countries which require us to disclose information about our customers to law enforcement agencies or other government authorities.” This means. Your govt’s involved in illegal activities as opposed to the constitution to get away with our conversations and secrets. Should we kick the govt out or spy back as our quid pro quo to this madness committed under the pretext of security? Whose security if at all we’re wronged?

Again, this crime’s some good tidings. For instance, spouses who think their partners cheat on them’ should talk to phone companies and get the whole big picture behind the curtains their lovers are involved. Warning, don’t start another Kosovo at home.

Vodafone reports implicated eight African hunks namely DRC, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania among 29 countries busted for their heinous crime against freedom. Although Vodafone didn’t go into niceties as to why such countries are snooping on their citizens. Those living in those countries should be made aware that their conversations with their loved ones, lovers, confidantes and whatnot are an open secret before the govts that listen to everything they mimic or talk about. I’m trying to imagine how embarrassing it is for my mama Kidume and I to find that all of our talks about many things especially those pertaining with bedroom are monitored and stored in govt’s hardware.

Against all odds, I didn't know that even those offers I make to certain Kanungaembe at our swallowing joint are known. I didn't know that all those romantic and lovely worded SMs I once sent to various chicks are somewhere stored for somebody to use whenever he or she thinks that it is time to fix me. If this is the real situation, those wakware sending dosh to prostitutes, students all sorts of chicks must brace themselves for troubles. Jokes aside, journo are going to be hit hard in this game of deceit and betrayal. If you’re one, you need to make sure that you use these gadgets minimally. Otherwise, we need to tell the power that be to get down off its high horse and stop spying on us.

Now I know why Jake Kiquette said confidently that primary school girls impregnated is just because of their kiherehe. He knew something his spy masters told him about the behaviour of these pupils. It is easy to know what pupils, students even their parents do and love. You just go the phone company and get their information and analyze then make a conclusion. I wish communication between waishiwa, high-ranking- public officials and bwana Kiquette himself would be revealed to see how many chicks and wives have hit on.

So too, I wish the communication between and among fisadis would be made public so that we can see how they make a killing. I wish investors’ communication with their home countries and our local traitors would be made possible so that we can know how they vend us. This way, by and large, boozers would be able to know how EPA, ESCROW, Kagodam, Richmonduli, Dowans, IpTL and other profligacy were conceived and executed in the first place.

I’d wish that the coming govt use the same info to probe what the outgoing govt did in making the hunk corruption friendly. I’d like to hear how, for instance, president was begging, or his sons and daughters use his office to make a killing without forgetting WaMA and the way it was courting donors using White House’s emblem.

All can be said and done. I can’t understand why authorities are gambling with our rights and privacy in the first place. You don’t need to be a savant to know that what’s going on under the pretext of our security is our own insecurity. Why'd they spy on us for us to be safe? Who’s spying on them? Let them tell us the truth about this spying but not issuing mumbo-jumbo to boob and cool us down. Did you know the govt’s been and still’s spying on you? If you didn't know this disaster hanging over you, you now know.

No news is good news save that every bad news is news. I nearly freaked out when I heard that our govt snoops on its law-abiding boozers.Those who know what snooping is will be troubled to learn that boozers in the hunk have always been nosing around without their cognizance. According the bombshell Vodafone released recently by naming all snooping countries, our hunk’s one of them. There are 29 countries whose govts snoop on phone subscribers. They simply use phone companies we trust and give our dosh to while they actually vend our privacy.

Vodafone reports implicated eight African hunks namely DRC, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania among 29 countries busted for their heinous crime against freedom. Although Vodafone didn’t go into niceties as to why such countries are snooping on their citizens. Those living in those countries should be made aware that their conversations with their loved ones, lovers, confidantes and whatnot are an open secret before the govts that listen to everything they mimic or talk about. I’m trying to imagine how embarrassing it is for my mama Kidume and I to find that all of our talks about many things especially those pertaining with bed the bedroom are monitored and stored in govt’s hardware.

Against all odds, I didn’t know that even those offers I make to certain Kanungaembe at our swallowing joint are known. I didn't know that all those lovely worded SMs I once sent to various chicks are somewhere stored for somebody to use whenever he or she thinks that it is time to fix me. If this is the real situation, those wakware sending dosh to prostitutes, students all sorts of chicks must brace themselves for troubles. Jokes aside, journo are going to be hit hard in this game of deceit and betrayal. If you’re one, you need to make sure that you use these gadgets minimally. Otherwise, we need to tell the power that be to get down off its high horse and stop spying on us.

Now I know why Jake Kiquette said confidently that primary school girls impregnated is just because of their kiherehe. He knew something his spy masters told him about the behaviour of these pupils. It is easy to know what pupils, students even their parents do and love. You just go the phone company and get their information and analyze then make a conclusion. I wish communication between waishiwa, high-ranking- public officials and bwana Kiquette himself would be revealed to see how many chicks and wives have hit on.

Source: ThisDay June 23, 2014.

The conviction of three Al Jazeera journalists by a court in Egypt has proved how wrong we we're when the army overthrew the government. Three journalists Peter Greste,Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were convicted without the prosecution producing a shred of evidence. Politically motivated as the case was, it send Egypt back to turmoil pointlessly.It is scandalous and dangerous that the champion od democracy in the world, the US has conspired in this injustice and threat against the media all over the world.
Under the pretext of purging Islamic fundamentalism, the US conspired with Egyptian Army to see to it that the democratically elected Mohamed Morsi was brought down. Many still wonder at the way the US has been pulling strings behind the curtains.
A day before a seven year sentence was handed down to these journalists, the US released over a half billion dollars aimed at helping the army. Such move made things worse as far as president Obama is concerned vis a vis democracy. Obama admin seems to be at home with what is now known as Democrlasisi in Egypt whereby a former general who overthrew Morsi is now a democratically elected president! Although the US with its cronies might assure themselves that they have fixed the problem in Egypt chances are that much is to come just soon. How do you convict journalists, politicians and activists just because they tell a story you don't want to hear and assume that things are normal?
Hypocrisy and double standard as displayed by the states in Egypt won't help any part in the conflict. Essentially what is going on is nothing but democrlasisi which in turn will ruin Egypt a great deal more.
We condemn this purge against democracy and freedoms of expression in Egypt in the strongest possible terms. Journalism is not a crime. Obama and al Sisi are behind our plight and tortures.

BAADA ya kugundua ukweli mchungu kuwa libajeti la kaya ni mazabe matupu kutokana na kucharara, licha ya kukaa kama kamati ya kunusuru na kurejesha heshima ya kaya, kijiwe kinalaani kwa nguvu zote hali hii ya kujitakia tokana na ombwe la watu makini kuongoza. Baada ya uongozi kugeuka uongo, kijiwe kilijua hali hii itatokea.

Mpemba anaingia akiwa na gazeti la TZ Daimu na kusema; “Tulisema kuteuliwa Sada Mkuyati kuna namna hasa wizi wa njuluku wallahi.”

Mgosi Machungi anadakia; “Yakhe bado umemng’ang’ania Sada Mkuyati siyo? Hata angeteuliwa Maaika, kwa vie genge la ujambazi ni lile lile, njuuku zingeibiwa hasa ikizingatiwa mwakani tina uchakachuaji. Lazima wezi washinde kwa kununua, kuhonga, kuchakachua hata kuvuuga. Hujui!”

Msomi Mkatatamaa anadakia; “This is too much. It is even more than too much. It is perilous, lugubrious, cantakerous and rubiginous. Loh! Nimechanganya kikameruni tokana na hasira.” Anaomba msamaha na kuendelea; “Kila mwaka upuuzi ule ule. Hakuna kinachonikera kama kugundua kuwa kaya imefilisika wakati viongozi mufilisi walioifilisi wakiendelea kutajirika wakitanua na kukufuru. Kama hakuna njuluku, wanayotanulia kwenye ziara, matamasha, posho za makalio na hata sherehe zisizo na kichwa wala mguu zinatoka wapi?”

“Msomi usitoneshe donda. Nikikumubuka ufujaji kwenye sherehe za muunganiko wa vitisho vya geshi sina hamu. Tatizo si kufilisika kifedha bali kimawazo. Tatizo ni vipaumbele. Hamuijui Danganyika nini? Si waende pale WaMA na EOtF wakakope kama wamefilisika?” Mijjinga anaamua kukandia.

Mheshimiwa Bwege anakatua mic; “Nyie hamjui. Hawa jamaa hawajawahi kuwa na shida ya njuluku bali wehu na matumizi mabaya ndivyo vinavyowasumbua. Hivi kaya yenye madini mbuga za hayawani, ardhi, mito, milimia, mabonde, wachovu, maji, jua, ndege na kila kitu inaweza kuwa kapuku hivi au ni kujitakia kutokana na uvivu wa kufikiri ulioanzishwa na Tunituni Ben Makapu aliyeuza kaya kwa zawadi ya pipi, suti na upuuzi mwingine? Hata vijikaya vidogo vinatucheka na kutuchezea tokana na utaahira wa wakuu wetu! Mwalimu, uko wapi?” Anaangua kilio.

“Mheshimiwa Bwege leo umeongea sina hamu. Kumbe ubwege wako si wa jina bali utani ambao unaweza kumaanisha kinyume!” Mipawa anadakia.

“Mie Mswahili ati. Sisi hufunga nyama au kufumba asiyekuwa Mswahili asielewe. Twaweza kukukuteta usijue tumekuteta. Naweza kusema kitu ukaishia kukielewa kinyume sawa na jina langu. Kama mabwege basi mwawajua tena sana, hasa wale wanaopewa dhamana wakaichezea na wale wanaowapa dhamana waichezee ila si mie mwanakwetu.” Bwege anajitetea huku akitabasamu kwa kusifiwa.

Sofi Lion Kaungaembe anakatua mic; “Bwege huna haja ya kutukana watu kwa vitu vya kichochezi. Mmeambiwa sirikali haina njuluku mwang’ang’ania ipo ipo wapi?”

Kapende hangoji wengine waseme. Anakwanyua mic; “Njuluku ipo na ipo Banki Kuu ndiyo maana akina Mkuyati, We-remaa, Maswie, Ndururu, Mwongo na wengine wameweza kukwapua bilioni 200 bila kufikishwa kwa pilato kwa sababu kuna njuluku kibao za kuchota kule au vipi. Najua hawawezi kufikishana kwa pilato kwa vile wamekatiana.”

“Ati wamefanya nini?” Anauliza Mchunguliaji. Kapende anajibu; “Wamekatiana baina ya wezi na wale waliowatuma kufanya wizi huo kwani siri? Hata Takokuru inajua ila kwa vile wote lao moja hakuna wa kumshughulikia mwenzake.”

Mijjinga anakatua mic; “Usemayo kweli Dokta Kapende. Kusingekuwapo njuluku Matonya wetu mkuu na bi mkubwa wake na waramba viatu wao wasingekesha kwenye madege wakizurura na kutanua ughaibuni. Nashangaa mwaka huu hajaenda Brazil kuangalia kipute cha world cup. Angalia hata suti anazovalia ukiachia mbali siku nyingi anazolala kwenye mahoteli ya nyota tano majuu. Nadhani tatizo hapa ni kukosekana mtu mwenye akili timamu na uzalendo kuongoza kaya. Period.”

Mzee Maneno aliyekuwa kimya muda mrefu anakatua mic; “Huyu jamaa mwisho. Kombe la Dunia halijaisha. Anaweza kutafuta kisingizio akaenda kule kujinoma kama kawaida yake.”

Mpemba kama kawa anarejea; “Njuluku wanayo Wallahi tena kwa sana. Angalia mishangingi na mishumbwengu ya kijep wanioendesha huku wakihonga mishangingi ya kayani malaki kama tulivoona Jonii Kombo akila mavituz ya kijibinti tena kidogo kuliko bintiye. Hawa jamaa wachafu kweli kweli!”

Msomi anadakia; “Nadhani wameathiriwa na mchezo wa kuomba. Kama hakuna njuluku mbona wanasamehe kodi wachukuaji ambao kila mwaka wanaondoka na mabilioni ya dola? Hawa ni wapuuzi wa kawaida ambao ujuha wao ni sawa na yule kenge juha ambaye alinyewa mvua akaamua kukimbilia mtoni asijue yapo maji mengi. Kimsingi, wanachoomba si chochote wala lolote bali mabaki ya njuluku wanazoachia. Mwalimu aliwahi kusema kuwa uchumi wanao ila wanaukalia. Huwezi kutapanya njuluku kwenye upuuzi halafu ukaanza kulalama na kuomba kama hamnazo. Lazima uwe hamnazo.”

Mipawa anadakia; “Msomi hujakosea. Umesahau. Kama hakuna njuluku mbona baadhi ya vigogo wanahamishwa na kukaa hotelini huku wilaya na mikoa mipya ikifinyangwa kukidhi matakwa binafsi ya marafiki zao? Nasikia jamaa wanatumia kisingizio cha kubomu kujilipa njuluku na kwenda ughaibuni kuweka njuluku Uswizi na kukagua akaunti zao.”

Kanji ambaye alikuwa kimya muda mrefu anaamua kula mic; “Kama kuu hapana kaa hoteli biashara ya hoteli taumia. Veve hoji sana juliku ya siri kali kwani ya veve?”

Msomi anakwea mic kwa hasira wazi wazi; “Siku zote nilidhani Kanji umesoma kumbe bomu tu! Hujui kuwa bila mimi kulipa kodi hiyo siri kali inayowapa kiburi haina lolote? Hujui kuwa malalamiko ya Sada Mkuyati kuwa hakuna njuluku yanalenga kupata kisingizio cha kupandisha kodi ambayo itafanya kila kitu kipande na maisha kuwa kichwa chini miguu juu japo yamekuwa hivyo kwa zaidi ya miaka thelathini? If you can’t get such simple issues there is no difference between you and the govt and its head and tails.”

Kijiwe kikiwa ndiyo kinanoga si likatokea shankupe la kijep na shangiki Mkuyati. Acha tulitoe baruti! Tungemnyaka, tungemfanyie kitu mbaya.

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Juni 25, 2014.

Tunaandika makala hii kujaribu kutoa ufafanuzi, kama si majibu, kwa makala ya ndugu George Maziku ya tarehe 18 Juni 2014 kwenye gazeti la Tanzania Daima la Jumatano akijibu makala ya Mwanakijiji ya tarehe 11 Juni 2004 katika gazeti lile lile. Kutokana na ufinyu wa nafasi, tutadurusu na kuonyesha udhaifu wa makala ya Maziku japo kwa ufupi ili kutoa nafasi na kwa wengine watakaotaka kufanya hivyo wafanye hivyo.

Japo Maziku anadai alifanya utafiti bila kuunyesha, alitoa tuhuma za jumla na reja reja bila hata chembe ya ushahidi unaoingia kichwani dhidi ya, kwanza, watanzania wote, pili, wabunge wa Dar Es Salaam wote na tatu, Mwanakijiji. Kutokana na makala husika kuwa nyepesi na yenye kujaa mapofu, dhambi ambayo mwandishi aliwatuhumu wenzake, akairudia, hatutajibu neno kwa neno (verbatim) zaidi ya kuonyesha baadhi ya mapungufu na si yote. Maana, kama ni kuijibu makala nzima ipasavyo, unaweza kuandika hata kitabu. Tutatumia lugha nyepesi ili wahusika wajue wanachofanya siyo na hawajafanikiwa.

Kwanza, hoja za Mwanakijiji bado zina mashiko kwa watu wenye utashi na utambuzi wa mambo katika uhalisia wake. UDA imeuzwa kifisadi na haina tija kwa wakazi wa Dar. Hili liko wazi tu. Ushahidi? Mosi, rejea maneno ya mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Mashirika ya Umma (POAC) Zitto Kabwe, aliyekaririwa akisema, “Kama kuna watu ambao wameuziwa chochote wameingia choo cha kike (maana ni batili maana hawana kibali cha CHC).” Hili halihitaji ufafanuzi. Liko wazi.

Pili, rejea ripoti ya Mkaguzi na Mdhibiti mkuu wa fedha za serikali (CAG) iliyotolewa hivi karibuni inasomeka, “Bodi ya wakurugenzi wa UDA iliendelea na uuzaji wa hisa bila kupata kibali cha Serikali na hata CHC.” Tatu, rejea tamko la Mei14, 2014 la waziri mdogo wa Fedha na Uchumi, Adam Malima, aliyeliambia bunge kuwa UDA haijauzwa. Je hawa wote wanatetea mkate wao na maslahi binafsi? Kama ni hivyo, tungemwomba Maziku na yeyote m wenye ushahidi atoe.

Pia Maziku, bila mafanikio amejitahidi kutetea kampuni ya Simon Group na wazawa.Bila hata tahadhari, Maziku alianza kwa tuhuma dhidi ya watanzania akisema, “Watanzania ni watu ajabu sana. Mara nyingi wanaweza kutumia nguvu nyingi na muda mwingi kupigania jambo ambalo hata hawana faida nalo.” Hii si kweli. Watanzania sawa na watu wengine popote pale duniani ni watu wa kawaida wenye akili na si mapenzi kibubusa wala kutetea upuuzi hata kama wapo baadhi wanaotetea upuuzi. Madai kama haya ni mazito. Ni vigumu kuyathibitisha kisomi. Laiti Maziku angeonyesha “uajabu” wa watanzania tena wote, angeeleweka na hata kuheshimika ukiachia mbali hoja yake kuleta tija na kuwa na mashiko. Pamoja na Maziku kutoa tuhuma za ajabu bado hawezi kuitwa mtu wa ajabu zaidi ya mtu asiyejua anachotetea tokana na kushindwa kuleta ushahidi wenye ithibati na ushawishi kiakili. Sana sana alichobainisha Maziku kwenye mwanzo wa makala yake ni kuonyesha hisia za ukabila na unasaba pale na hata kutumiwa anaposema, “wanufaika ni watu wengine ambao hata hawana nasaba nao.” Kwa mantiki ya haraka ni kwamba Maziku anajifichua kuwa ana nasaba na Simon Group. Hii haikubaliki. Huwezi kumtetea mtu kwa sababu ni Msukuma au Mtumbuka mwenzako. Huu ni unepi na ufisadi wa kiakili.

Ukiachia mbali na watanzania wote aliowazushia uajabu na hata ulimbukeni wa kutetea wasicho nacho faida, Maziku amewatuhumu wabunge wa Dar akisema kuwa wanatetea maslahi binafsi na si taifa bila kutoa ushahidi pale alipoandika, “Bali wanafanya (baadhi ya watu na wabunge wa Dar) hivyo kwa kusukumwa na maslahi binafsi, wanatetea mkate wao.” Dai hili ni tata. Huwezi kusema mtu anatetea maslahi binafsi au mkate wake bila kutaja hayo maslahi ili wasomaji wayajue na kupitisha hukumu yao kama watu wenye akili na maarifa.

Kimsingi, hoja anayotaka kujenga Maziku ni kwamba wanaopinga ufisadi katika uuzaji wa UDA wanatetea maslahi binafsi na ni watumwa wanaotumiwa na wenye kutaka kunyakua UDA. Je yeye anatetea maslahi ya nani kama si binafsi baada ya kutumiwa? Huu unaweza kutumika kama ushahidi kimazingira (circumstantial evidence) wa kujifunga (incupatory evidence) dhidi ya Maziku kuwa anatumiwa na Simon Group.

Katika kutaka ku-justify hoja yake nyepesi, Maziku anaweka mbele uzawa bila kujali haki na kanuni. Je kila mzawa ni wa kuungwa mkono hata kama anafanya madudu? Kwanini Maziku hahoji madai kuwa Idd Simba, meya wa Dar Es Salaam, Didace Massaburi na Victor Milanzi, aliyekuwa mkurugenzi mkuu wa UDA waligawa shirika la umma kwa faida binafsi?Sijui kama kweli Maziku anajua jinsi UDA ilivyouzwa kifisadi chini ya ushawishi wa Simba ambaye anadaiwa kuhongwa shilingi milioni 400? Je Maziku huwa hasomi magazeti au anafanya makusudi? Mbona wizi na ufisadi uliozunguka uuzaji wa UDA unajulikana hata kwa wasioishi Tanzania?

Tunachoweza kusema ni kwamba Simon Group inaendelea kupigiwa kifua na baadhi ya vigogo wa CCM kama alivyodai mbunge wa Ubungo John Mnyika bila wahusika kukanusha au kutoa utetezi. Mnyika alikaririwa akiliambia bunge ifuatavyo, “Ni kwa nini watuhumiwa wameachiwa? Mheshimiwa Spika, haya yasipojibiwa tutaamini kuwa jambo hili linawahusu vigogo wa CCM na mnawalinda katika ufisadi huu.” Mnyika alikuwa akishangaa ni kwanini serikali hasa DPP haikuchukua hatua ilhali ripoti ya CAG ilibaini ufisadi. Si serikali, CCM wala DPP aliyejitokeza kujibu hoja ya Mnyika. Hii maana yake ni kwamba wahusika wanakiri ukweli wa madai husika.

Kwa vile nafasi haitoshi, tunaishia hapa tukimshauri Maziku ajitahidi kufanya lau utafiti kidogo anapojibu hoja nzito kama ya Mwanakijiji. UDA imeuzwa kifisadi atake asitake. Anayepinga hili aje na ushahidi wenye mashiko badala ya jazba na kuzulia watu katika kutetea uoza. Huwezi ukatetea uoza eti kwa vile anayeufanya ni mzawa. Mwandishi makini ni yule anayetetea haki ya wasio na haki na kuwa sauti ya wasio na sauti (Voice of the voiceless). Kinyume na hili huku nako ni kutumika kwa aina fulani ambako hakufai kuwa sifa ya mwandishi au mchambuzi. Mwenyekiti Mao Tse-Tung wa China alizoea kusema, No investigation (research), no right to talk. Kama huna ushahidi tafitishi huna haki ya kusema.

Chanzo: Dira Juni 2014.

Looking at how the turn of events unfolded recently in Malawi, one can comfortably say that another presidential casualty is in the making in Africa. This time though, it is not in South Africa but West Africa where President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s presidency is going to face its toughest test. Being the economic power house of Africa, whatever happens in Nigeria carries African hallmark.

Africa recently lost one of a few female presidents. Joyce Banda was the second African female president after Liberian one Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Banda arose to power after the president to whom she was a vice president, Bingu wa Mutharika died in office just like Nigerian Goodluck Jonathan who ascended to power after the death of President Umar Mussa Yar’Adua. Banda was recently beaten by Mutharika’s sibling Peter Arthur Mutharika the current president of Malawi.

Helped by good luck just like his name, Jonathan presidency’s always marked with controversy from the sacking of the governor of the bank of Nigeria after unveiling massive corruption to the hijacking of secondary school girls from Chibok not to mention oft-Boko Haram attacks on innocent Nigerians. This heinous act, if anything, seems to be the straw that will surely break the camel’s back. For, the abducting of Chibok girls exposed Jonathan more than anything in his tenure as president. And truly, during this carnage, Jonathan did not display any notable leadership. So this is likely to play in the hands of his political enemies in the campaigns.While Banda was defeated by another Mutharika, it is not clear as to who will unseat Jonathan. What is clear is that Jonathan won’t return to office shall thing remain as they are currently.

Under Jonathan, Nigeria evidenced doom and gloom sort of atmosphere just like Malawi evinced the surge of corruption prominent one being cashgate that saw Joyce Banda bundled out of power through a ballot box.

If anything, nothing creates fear in African rules just like elections especially when it free and fair. This is where Banda’s political demise was marked. Now that next year is an electioneering year in Nigeria, those who bother to look at the pros and cons of things are ready speculating that Jonathan surely or possibly will reap what Banda did. They don’t just say so. They surely have strong and convincing reasons.

Under Jonathan Nigeria succeeded to do one thing, to unseat South African economically. Again, looking at the flip side, Jonathan’s fate-cum-plight looks grim. He’s this corruption scandal involving billion of dollar as it was unearthed by the emir of Kano His Highness Lamido Sanussi former Governor of Nigerian Central Bank whom he sacked as he accused him of “financial recklessness and misconduct” for leaking the news. The sacking of Sanussi caused a big dent on Jonathan’s administration as far as the whole issue of fighting corruption is concerned. Jonathan’s admin’s nary furnished Nigerians even the world with convincing explanations of what actually took place. Though Sanussi’s revelation is not cashgate, it looks exactly like it and its repercussions are likely to be the same as far as race for presidency is concerned. So, corruption, just as it was for Banda, is suspected to be one of the reasons that will see the exit of Jonathan.

Apart from corruption, insecurity seems to loom over Nigeria. The hijacking of over two hundreds girls from Chibok, if anything, will go down with Jonathan who failed to stand and guide the nation through this heart-breaking period. To make matter worse Jonathan’s wife Patience came in with all pretentious hallmarks. She tried to no avail to invoke all charms. “Oh Chai there is God ooh!” oh child there is God. This is the famous mark she’ll leave behind come next general elections. If Jonathan isn't changing the course of things today chances of being elected are slim. We evidenced it in Zambia where Rupiah Banda who took over after the death of Levy Mwanawasa was whitewashed just like his namesake in Malawi recently.

Goodluck can’t depend on good luck but his performance. Will he rejoice or end up becoming a half term president?

Suffices it to say, Jonathan, just like Banda, is likely to reap what he sowed come next general elections. Again, there is a very big lesson in the political lives of these two presidents who came to power accidentally after the deaths of their bosses. One’s Joyce who didn’t rejoice and another is Goodluck whose luck’s not that good especially at this time around when Africa’s proved how she hates impunity and venality.Will Nigeria’s Jonathan become another Malawi’s Banda?

Source: African Executive Magazine June 25, 2014.

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