Is Africa Intellectually and Literary Moribund?

A few days ago, I was musing on how African rulers went to Japan to the G8 conference to degrade themselves. I stumbled on a clue after one reader sent me an email contending that it was the right thing for our rulers to do.

I tried to imagine. How many current African rulers have ever written a book like the founders? I don’t see any! Julius Nyerere, Kenneth Kaunda, Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah and others wrote books. Others used to comment on papers eminently being Nigerians Obafemi Owolowo and Nnandi Azikiwe. Their books helped us to weigh and measure their intellectuality and vision altogether.

Where are new books written by the authors of this generation including our rulers? Famous and doyen African writers like Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Fredinand Oyono and others are now exiting. Isn’t this the end of African Writers’ Series really?

I can see professionals abandoning their professions so as to become politicians. Thus,alas, like tomatoes, make easier and quick fortunes.Who could believe that professors like George Saitoti in Kenya would be used by illiterate Indian Kamlesh Pattni and Daniel arap Moi (former president) to ruin Kenya’s coffers on top of nearing the country to bankruptcy?

Currently, Gambian Yahaya Jammeh, is abusively using minister of health, Tamsir Mbow, a doctor by trade, to legitimize his nonsense on discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS.If Malawian former president, Bakili Muluzi, were well read and educated, he’d never waste time seeking re-election after wrapping up his two terms in office. Look at the type of rulers that Africa has. Muluzi is currently facing shame of trying to bribe a judge. But the same has a PhD that most African rulers are given by western universities so as to satirize them.

At college, our trainers used to tell us that education is for human emancipation. Being educated does not necessarily mean having certificates, but doing something for the human cause-to bring positive changes to the society one lives in. African has many slaves in spite of its many PhD holders. A beggar is a slave especially when this person answers to the title president, doctor or professor.

Our rulers neither write nor read. If they do, why haven't they brought changes? Most of the time they’re in banquets and trips abroad doing business. They’re ruling without philosophies and vision. In short, they’re but bluffing and fluffing. Those who ever tried to write have compiled their speeches. Benjamin Mkapa, former president of Tanzania did this.

Western leaders teach at universities when they retire or do work related to academics. I recently witnessed an ex-Chief of Stuff of Canada, Gen. Rick Hillier being appointed the Chancellor of famous university of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUN). Ask me where the retired chief of staff of Tanzania is.

Youths, who call themselves a new generation, are wasting precious time reading dirty things. Publishers, in the main, are attracted to porno-related works in lieu of serious ones. Currently, Tanzania has many more pubs than schools and libraries. Books are rotting in bookshops while the beer is a king that contributes a lot in the budget. They have reached a point where an MP asked the house to thank sippers! Yet again, Tanzania, one porno-tabloid sells more copies than newspapers.

I once witnessed demonstration in Dar es Salaam where Tanzanians were agitating that America should not invade Iraq.When Rwanda and Uganda invaded DRC, the same did not bother to take to the streets.

We have many economical refugees from Asia. They are living worthy life thanks to their connections with the high and mighty in upper echelons of power. But political refugees from neighbouring Burundi, Rwanda and DRC are being evicted! Nobody takes to streets for their cause! We recently witnessed xenophobic attacks in south Africa perpetrated against black Africans. Nobody pointed the finger to the same from Asia.

Had South Africans who perpetrated xenophobic attacks against their brothers and sisters been well read, indeed they’d not have dared this sacrilege. Africa needs to look back to the sixties and seventies when reading and writing was an in-thing. There is no way we can forge ahead without being intellectually well off.
Source: The African Executive Magazine, July 30, 2008.

Ndoto ya malkia walafu wawili

BAADA ya kuongea kwenye simu na Mgosi Machungi, ambaye Kijiwe kilimtuma kwenda sehemu sehemu kusikiliza vikao vya wenzetu, naamua kujilaza kidogo kwenye kitanda changu cha kamba.

Namalizia ugolo wangu na kujipumzisha lau nipate hili na lile niwafunulie baada ya kufunuliwa.

Mara naanza kuota ndoto ya malkia habidhi na walafu wawili wa nchi ya kusadikika ya Tanzia.

Ni nchi inayostawi kwa nje kuliko taifa lolote lakini iliyofisidika na iliyofilisika kulihali. Hakuna mfanowe duniani! Wazungu hupenda kuiita No Man’s Land au NML.

Mmoja anaitwa Neema, mke wa mfalme Shweshwe. Lakini ana matendo na machukizo kiasi cha jina lake kubeba ujumbe hasi na kinyume na maana yake. Huyu kwa tamaa ni balaa badala ya neema. Waweza kumuita Malkia Balaa binti Sheshe huko tuendako.

Ana uchu wa mali sina mfano. Ingawa yu mke wa mfalme, ni msasi wa ngawira tena toka kwenye maweko ya umma na wasasi wa ngawira wachafu wakwepa kodi na wezi!

Naona mama mwingine naye malkia. Anaitwa Anatamaa mke wa mfalme Makapikapi. Kichwani hana taji.

Ni malkia wa zamani aliyesifika kwa uroho, roho mbaya na sura mbaya. Anaonekana umri unaanza kumuacha huku na aibu ya matokeo ya jinai zake vikianza kuchukua nafasi yake kwenye mwili wake usio na shukrani.

Nawaona wajoli wakimzodoa na kumzomea yeye, mumewe na wanawe na marafiki zao walioshirikiana nao kuliua taifa la Tanzia.

Hata huyu wa pili mwenye taji kichwani si mzuri wa kuitwa mzuri. Kwani ana umbo lililopigwa pasi na macho makubwa kidogo na weupe wa mkorogo. Mambo yake na matendo yake ni mkorogo mtupu. Kama mumewe, amejaliwa kujikomba na kughilibu wajoli waliomzunguka.

Wajoli wanajifanya kumpenda kumbe taji! Naye kwa ujuha anashabikia akizidi kuhanikiza apendwa! Hilo! Laachwa ladhani langojewa! Linaanguka ladai limesimama! Ngoja muda uishe na taji limponyoke aenda aliko malkia Anatamaa.

Kwa uzuri hata mumewe ni bomba kuliko yeye. Lakini haya tuyaache.

Malkia wa pili asiye na taji ana sura ya ukatili na ni mweusi tii, asiyepambwa akapambika. Anaonekana kama mjoli kiasi cha kuzidiwa na wasaidizi wake. Kama humjui akitokea utamwamkia mtumishi wake ukidhani ndiye malkia na malkia akiishia kuwa mtumishi wa mtumishi.

Tazama naona malkia hawa wanaoonekana safi kwa nje huku ndani ni mbweha na uoza mtupu. Kama makaburi yapambwayo kwa minara na misalaba, wameoza kwa ndani sina mfano!

Neema ambaye ni balaa tofauti na jina lake.

Anae asiye na kitu bali ulafu.

Japo hawa malkia ni tofauti kwa nyakati na enzi zao na sura zao, wana kitu kimoja au viwili vinavyowaunganisha-uroho na kupenda vya mteremko.

Ingawa wamefikia umalkia kupitia migongoni mwa wafalme wapumbavu waliowaachia wawachafue kwa tamaa na roho mbaya zao, bado wao wanajiona ndio watawala.

Wanajiona wajanja wasijue huko mbele waweza kuishia korokoroni baada ya kuuhujumu umma. Wangekuwa ni malkia wa utawala wa zamani wa Kirumi, kwa uchafu na mbaya yao wangeishiwa kunyongwa. Lakini kwa vile wana bahati kuzaliwa na kutawala kwenye nchi ya kufikirika ya Tanzia, wanapeta na kutesa kiroho mbaya.

Sifa nyingine inayowaunganishi malkia hawa wezi na wapumbavu ni kujikomba na kujipendekeza. Pia ni mabingwa wa unafiki. Maana ukiwaona wakienda kwenye misiba na kujulia hali wagonjwa maskini utadhani wanawapenda kweli.

Pia hupenda kusafiri safiri na mfalme hasa kwenye nchi za mbali. Kila alipo wapo. Huyu wa pili ambaye ni wa kwanza hana bao siku hizi baada ya taji kumhama. Amehamwa hata na wafanyabiashara wezi ukiachia mbali kuzongwa na nzi na harufu mbaya vitokanavyo na roho na matendo yake.

Kitu kingine kinachowafananisha ni ile hali ya kuanzisha vigwena viitwavyo ngwe wavitumiavyo kuuibia umma wa watawaliwa wa falme hii ya Tanzia.

Kwa vigwena vyao wamejitengenezea utawala ndani ya utawala.

Ni utawala wa kuwala watawaliwa waliwao kama nyanya na maparachichi! Wao marafiki zao mashoga zao na watoto wao nao wana utawala wao ndani ya utawala msonge uliochoka na kuchafuka na kunuka ufisadi hakuna mfano.

Tazama naona Malki Anatamaa akisukwa sukwa baada ya kugundulika kuwa ana kigwena cha kutoza ushuru na kuchezesha upatu.

Inasemekana anawakamua wajoli si kawaida. Akikupa kibaba kimoja cha mtama alioupora kwenye ghala la wajoli chini ya ufalme wa mumewe, unamlipa vibaba zaidi ya sitini! Ni mama mroho hata fisi ana nafuu.

Baya zaidi shutuma hii imetolewa na mzee wa makuhani kwenye mkutano wa makuhani! Sawa na mfalme Makapikapi mumewe, naye aliwahi kushutumiwa na mzee wa makuhani aliyetaka kura za vijiti zipigwe afungwe hata kunyongwa kutokana na kuwaibia wajoli alipokuwa mfalme.

Na kama si mfalme kibaka Shweshwe, Makapikapi angekuwa lupango akinonihino kwenye debe.

Yeye na Malkia Anatamaa wanaishi kama mijibwa iliyoiba siagi wasijue mwisho na majaliwa yao vitakuwaje!

Tazama naona tufani kali ikilikumba taifa linaloangamia la Tanzia. Naona mawingu meusi mazito yakijikusanya juu ya taifa hili. Hasira za Mungu zinabainika kutokana na uchafu unaofanywa na wafalme wa Tanzia.

Ajabu wingu hili licha ya kutanda juu ya nchi nzima, upepo unalielekeza kwenye kisiwa kiitwacho Walionacho, ambacho ni makazi ya watawala na wenye nacho wakila kila waonacho mbele zao bila kijicho.

Naona mijitu yenye sura za watu lakini nyamaume ikijichana huku wajoli wakizidi kuteketea kwa ulofa!

Badala ya wajoli wa Tanzia kuogopa na kuomba wingu lipite, wanashangilia, kwani mvua itakayotokana na wingu hili ni neema kwao.

Watapata maji ya kunywa, kufulia na kulisha mazao, baada ya kipindi kirefu cha ukame ulioathiri sana hasa vichwa vya watawala wao.

Naona tufani kali ikialika kusi, kaskazi, mashariki na magharibi. Ajabu linatokea! Naona kondoo waliogeuka ghafla kuwa mbuzi wakizipiga na mbwa waliolala kwenye majani yao!

Kumbe mbuzi na kondoo wakitambua wakatumia vizuri pembe zao na kwato wanaweza kuwashinda mbwa na mbweha na mbwa mwitu!

Kweli, umoja ni nguvu na kujitambua ni hatua muhimu ya kujikomboa!

Onyo, kunga hili ni kwa wenye taamuli. Maamuma na mbumbumbu yaweza kuwa kero maudhi na matusi.
Source: Tanzania Daima Julai 30, 2008.

Maongezi na mama Salma Kikwete

Mpendwa na mheshimiwa sana mzazi wangu mama Salma Kikwete,

Nakusalimia kwa heshima zote na taadhima. Leo sipayuki naongea. Naongea nawe shufaa mzazi wangu.

Sikuwa nimepanga wiki hii kuongea nawe kwa njia hii. Hata hivyo sina jinsi. Sina uwezo wa kukutana nawe ana kwa ana tukiwa tunacheka na kutongoa.

Kilichonisibu kukuandikia waraka huu mtuvu ni maneno ya chama cha NCCR-Mageuzi juu ya NGO za wake za wakubwa.

Maneno yao ambayo sitaki kuyarudia yameniingia na kunitia hamasa, chuki na mshawasha lau niseme bila kumung’unya.

NCCR-Mageuzi wanasema hizi NGO ni vichaka vya wizi wa pesa ya umma na mianya ya pesa chafu toka kwa watu wachafu wasiolitakia taifa letu mema kuhalalishwa na kusafishwa. Je walijua hili mama yangu? Kama hulijui basi ngoja nikuibie tena kwa utuo.

Baada ya kuibuka sakata la mtangulizi wako kupitia kampuni iliyo na hisa zake kuwalangua walimu maskini, mengi yamesemwa. La mno nawe kwa njia moja au nyingine umeguswa.

Najua mama huna unachokosa. Mumeo ni mwenye nchi hii toka mashariki magharibi kusini hadi kaskazini. Ana mshahara na marupurupu lukuki. Akicheka analipwa. Akinuna analipwa. Mkisafiri ughaibuni mnalipwa. Kila mnalofanya au kutofanya mnalipwa.

Kwa hiyo mama, sitaki ulaumiwe kama mtangulizi wako ambaye sasa zinaanza kumtokea puani asipate hata pa kuweka uso wake.

Mama yangu mzazi wangu, watu wanasema huu mchezo wa kuanzisha NGO ni ufisadi. Wanauliza ni kwanini mngoje hadi waume zenu waingie madarakani ndipo iwajie huruma ya kuwasaidia hao mnaodai mnawasaidia? Pia wanahofu wanaowachangia na jinsi mnavyoziendesha hizo NGO.

Kwa mfano NGO yako iitwayo WAMA au maendeleo na wanawake imejikita kwenye kusaidia akina mama. Hili ni jambo bora. Lakini bora zaidi ni kuiachia wizara ya masuala haya ifanye hiyo kazi adhimu.

Nikukumbushe mama yangu. Marehemu Mwalimu Julius Nyerere aliyepigania na kuleta uhuru wa nchi hii ambayo wale ambao hawakuipigania wanaifaidi na kuitapanya hakuruhusu mke wake bibi yangu Mama Maria kujiingiza kwenye kadhia hii. Nani kama Nyerere muhula huu?

Alijua watu watasema na kushuku. Wapo wanaosema kuwa NGO hizi zinamtia kishawishini rais. Kwani jina na ofisi yake vinatumiwa na wafanyabiashara mbwa mwitu kujipatia hisani zisababishazo madhara kwa walio wachagua. Na hii ni kweli. Tuliona jinsi NGO iliyopita ambayo siku hizi imedoda ilivyokuwa ikipeleka misaada kenye mikoa ya mama, mumewe na rafiki yake waziri mkubwa. Huu ni ufisadi hata kama unatendwa na wakubwa. Sitaki nawe uhusishwe na upuuzi kama huu.

Wengine wanahoji taarifa zenu za hesabu na uongozi mzima wa kampuni. Juzi mke wangu aliyekuwa akilalamika kuwa anatumiwa aliniambia kuwa NGO za namna hii ambazo yeye huziita nyemelezi zinamilikiwa na wake wa wakubwa watupu. Mama Mpayukaji muathirika hapewi nafasi ukiachia mbali misaada.

Najua una nia nzuri na akina mama. Lakini nia nzuri hugeuka kuwa mbaya hasa inapotimizwa kwa njia mbaya. Wengi wape hasa wenye nchi yao. Sasa wanasema NGO hizi ni vichaka vya ufisadi ulafu na wizi. Mimi sisemi hivyo ingawa naanza kushawishika hasa nikiyaona ya bi Nonihino aliyepita.

Naona aibu kwa mama wa taifa kuwa machinga kisa? Tamaa ya pesa chafu itokanayo na watu wachafu kulhali.

Nachelea kusema hivyo hata hivyo mama. Lakini wataalamu wa falsafa husema heri kusikia lawama za mwenye busara kuliko wimbo wa sifa na pambio za mpumbavu. Najua kwa sasa wapambe na wapumbavu watakusifu wapaswapo kukukanya na kukulaumu kwa vile una mamlaka. Yakishakutoka wanakunanga. Na isitoshe mama, madaraka ni tunda la msimu. Ni nguo ya kuazima ambayo haisitiri manonihino.

Pia wapo wanaosema kuwa hata kuwa kwako kwenye kamati za chama ulizoshinda hivi karibuni si jambo jema kwako mumewe na familia kwa ujumla ukiachia mbali chama na taifa. Wanasema hii inaweza kutafsiriwa vibaya kama kupenda madaraka na kurudisha ufalme usio rasmi kwa mlango wa nyuma.

Kama wapambe na washauri wako na mumewe wanakuogopa ili wasitie kitumbua mchanga, wacha mie asiye na cha kukosa nikwambie kwa mapenzi mazito mzazi wangu.
Mama,
Kwa sasa mumeo analaumiwa kwa kushindwa kuwakamata na kuwashughulikia mafisadi waliotamalaki kwenye serikali yake. Kuna balaa linaitwa EPA. Najua linamnyima usingizi kwa vile hajui aanzie wapi. Kuna hizi ahadi alizotoa za kuwapeleka watu Kanani. Sasa wanasema anawakimbizia Misri!

Nilimsikia juzi kule Muheza akisema watu wafunge mkanda na kuvumilia matatizo. Lakini matatizo hayavumiliki. Alisema ugumu wa maisha unasababishwa na kupanda kwa mafuta. Lakini mbona ulianza hata kabla ya bei za bidhaa hii adimu na aghali kupandishwa bei?

Kwangu naona ufisadi ndiyo unaofanya maisha yawe mawe. Hivi Bilioni 133 zilizoibwa na vibaka wajiitao wakubwa zingepunguza machungu haya kwa kiasi gani? Na zile zilizokuwa zikitolewa kwa kampuni la kitapeli la Richmond na mdogo wake Dowans zingetusogeza hatua ngapi?

Sikusomea uchumi ila najua uchumi. Uchumi hauhitaji maneno marefu ya Mstaafu Mkulu. Hata ndege anajua kuwa nchi yetu ina vibaka na majambazi wengi waitwao waheshimiwa.

Hivyo nisikuchoshe mama yangu. Naomba kwa taadhima kabla ya kukuaga nikushauri ingawa mimi siyo mshauri wako. Achana na NGO ambazo umma unaziona kama ufisadi. Achana nayo. Tulia ulee watoto wako na umhudumie mzee.

Pia kuna jambo moja nilitaka kusahau. Wapo wajinga wanasema eti unapenda sana kuandamana na mumeo ughaibuni kutumbua. Wanasema hii nayo inasababisha maisha magumu kwa wale wanaowagharimia yaani walipa kodi maskini.

Pia naomba umshauri mzee aanze kutimiza ahadi alizotoa akijitenga na watu fisidi na wanafiki wanaotaka yamkute yanayomkuta nonihino. Maana walimchagua yeye peke yake na mambo yakiharibika ni yeye atawajibika.

Hata huu utawala wa nyuma ya pazia unaoitwa NGO siku umma ukitaka maelezo ataumia aliyechaguliwa siyo wale waliojichagua kwa sababu wanalala naye nyumba moja.
Naomba niwasilishe kwa heshima na taadhima.
Source: Dira ya Tanzania Julai 29, 2008.

Muungano au mgongano wa Tanzania?

Kuna kipindi ukiniuliza hiki kinachoitwa muungano wa tanganyika na zanzibar ni kipi kati ya muungano na mgongano,huwa napata jibu moja. Vyote sawa.
Nitatoa sababu.
Kwanza licha ya nia nzuri ya waanzilishi wa muungano, ukweli ni kwamba muungano huu haukufuata utaratibu yaani kuanzishwa na kuridhiwa na wananchi.
Watetezi wa hili watakwambia kuwa wakati ule watanganyika na wazanzibari hawakuwa na uwezo kielimu kuhusishwa kufanya hivyo. Lakini sheria ya mahusiano huwa haiagalii kiwango cha elimu bali utashi, ulazima na kufuata kanuni.
Pia baada ya muungano kuwa umefanyika, hata baada ya wananchi kupata hicho kiwango cha elimu, bado hawakuhusishwa hadi leo licha ya kupiga makelele mengi kutaka wahusishwe.

Tatu, muungano ulioanzishwa na watawala wetu wa kwanza, umeendelea kuwa mali ya watawala huku wananchi wakilazimishwa kuukubali na kuaminishwa kuwa ni kitu bora kuwa nacho. Ndiyo muungano kama ndoa ni taasisi njema na bora. Lakini hiari muhimu. Kuimilki muhimu. Nasema wananchi wamekuwa wakiaminishwa na kulazimshwa kuukubali kutokana na watawala kuutumia kusimikana na kugawina madaraka. Mfano wa karibuni ni kwamba kama siyo kutumia kichaka cha muungano, Amani Karume asingekuwa rais wa baraza la mapinduzi. Maana kwa anayekumbuka uchafu na wizi uliotembezwa na Chama Cha Mapinduzi kwenye uchaguzi wa 2005 na hata kabla ya hapo hawezi kuona mantiki ya mtu huyu kuwa madarakani.

Hivyo kinachofanyika kwenye kivuli cha muungano, ni chama cha mapinduzi na tabaka la watu wachache kuikalia Zanzibar huku wakiishika mateka.
Muungano umeifanya Zanzibar iwe kikaragosi cha bara. Rejea jinsi Zanzibar ilivyotaka kuwa mwanachama wa OIC,ilivyofurushwa na kukaripiwa kama mkoa badala ya nchi yenye mamlaka na haki zake kwenye muungano.
Pia kumekuwa na mawazo kuwa Zanzibar inabebwa na kuwa zigo kwa bara. Ukiangalia utitiri wa wabunge na wawakilishi ilio nao Zanzibar., utaona ukweli huu. Hebu angalia kijisehemu kisicholingana hata na mkoa wa Kigoma kuwa na wabunge na wawakilishi wengi kuliko Tanganyika. Hii ni nini kama siyo kuwabagua Watanzania kwa njia ya sehemu watokako?
Hata ukiangalia kiwango cha maisha. Wakati bara kipindi cha nyuma tulikuwa tukilanguliwa umeme na TANESCO, Zanzibar walikuwa wanagawiwa umeme wetu bure! Yaani mtu wa Mtera analanguliwa umeme unaozalishwa uani mwa nyumba yake. Lakini mtu wa kilometa zaidi ya mia tatu kisiwani alikuwa akitanua kwa kuufaidi bure.

Kwa ufupi ni kwamba muungano umechakaa unahitaji kufanyiwa marekebisho lakini baada ya kupitishwa kura ya maoni kuona kama wananchi bado wanautaka au vinginevyo.

Kuna sakata la Zanzibar kutaka wabara wabebe vitambulisho wanapokwenda Zanzibar wakati wazanzibari hawafanyi hivyo wanapokuja bara. Hili linachukua nafasi ya paspoti zilizotumika muda mrefu kama alama ya ubaguzi na ukosefu wa ulinganifu na haki sawa katika muungano.

Kuna maswali muhimu ya kujiuliza kuhusiana na sakata hili kuanzia Zanzibar kwenda upande wa pili wa Muungano. Je hii ni tabia ya chako kitamu changu kichungu au ni ile hali ya Zanzibar kuona kama haifaidiki na Muungano? Maana mwanzo wa ngoma lele, kwa wenye akili, tamko hili lina maana na maanawia. Je na Bara ikiwataka wafanye hivyo wataridhika?

Je kutakishana vitambulisho kunaimarisha Muungano au kuudhoofisha? Je huu ni Muungano au Mgongano? Twambieni jamani. Je kama Wabara wataingia kwa vibali huko hao Wakenya au Waganda watakaotokea bara si watahitajika kugongesha upya kwenye pasi zao?

Je ina maana viongozi wa Zanzibar hawajui haki ya usawa kwa Watanzania ndiyo inafanya kila Mtanzania awe na uhuru wa kwenda popote na kuishi popote ndani ya Jamhuri, uhuru ambao Wazanzibari wanautumia kuliko hata hao wabara wenyewe wanaowatakisha vitambulisho? Tunadhani wanajua tena sana.

Lakini waingereza "who will get the cat out of the hat" Je Bara nayo kwa kutaka kuonyesha kuwa inajua kinachoendelea, itawataka Wazanzibari waje na vitambulisho kwa ajili ya usalama wake? Je kwa kufanya hivyo kutakuwa na Muungano tena hapa?

Je huu ndiyo mwanzo wa kuuchoka na kuanza kuupekenyua Muungano ili hatimaye wauvunje? Je Muungano ukivunjika nani atakosa nini na nani atapata nini? Hatujui nani atakuwa wa kwanza kulia! Wakati tukitafakari hayo hebu tuzingatie baadhi ya matukio na hali ambazo zina ukweli na ushahidi wa kutosha juu ya umuhimu wa Muungano, nani ananufaika nao na nani hanufaiki.

Historia ni shahidi kuwa nje ya Muungano. Hakuna mmojawapo kati ya hawa wanaotumbua marupurupu ya ukubwa atakalia kiti alichokikalia. Kwani nje ya Muungano serikali ya Zanzibar itaundwa na Chama cha Wananchi CUF na siyo CCM taka usitake.

Rejea chaguzi tatu zilizopita ambapo Baraza la Mapinduzi na serikali yake vilishapigwa buti na wapiga kura ikabidi bara iingilie kuwaokoa kijeshi. Je wakubwa hawa mara hii wamesahau au kuna sehemu wanatarajia kupata maslahi zaidi nje ya Muungano?

Tujalie hao Wabara nao wakianza choko choko wakaanza kuuliza, hivi Zanzibar ina nini cha mno kutubagua kiasi hiki? Je nani anauhitaji Muungano zaidi ya mwingine?

Je hili siyo changamoto kwa Rais Jakaya Kikwete aliyeahidi kuudumisha Muungano uliokuwa umesahauliwa na Mkapa ambaye kimsingi alibariki kila aina ya ujambazi wa kisiasa visiwani? Je atakubali kuuona Muungano unayoyoma akibakia kuonekana muongo kwa ahadi hii na sifa ya kuwa Rais ambaye chini ya utawala wake ulivunjika Muungano?

Je yaweza kuwa hawa wanaoanza na choko choko ndogo hawana la ziada zaidi ya kuutia nyufa Muungano ili hatimaye uvunjike? Je huku kwaweza kuwa kuchezea moto ambao si rahisi kuuzima? Yakhe tuambizane lau tujiandae.

Kupitia chaka la muungano wakati dunia inapambana na ongezeko la watu, wao hawana tatizo na hilo maana wana mahali pa kupeleka watu wao wa ziada.

Wakati dunia inapambana na wakimbizi wa kiuchumi, Zanzibar hawana hili tatizo maana kuna pa kukimbilia. Si kwa hayo tu, hebu jikumbushe ule mshike mshike wa 1995, 2000 hata wa mwaka juzi,walikimbilia wapi kama siyo Bara?


Hali ya kubebeshana vitambulisho ndani ya nchi moja ni vya ajabu! Je kwa kuwataka Wabara wabebe vitambulisho kwenda Zanzibar hakuwezi kutafsiriwa na Wapemba kuwa nao wawatake Wazanzibari wabebe vyao kuja Pemba? Hapa kweli kutakuwa na Muungano?

Tunakumbuka baba wa taifa Marehemu Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere alionya kuwa, mtaanza kusema sisi ni Wazanzibari nanyi ni Wabara.baadaye mkishatumaliza sisi mtamalizana wenyewe maana mtaanza kuwatafuta Wazanzibari na Wazanzibara miongoni mwenu.

Sie wacha twende mbele zaidi kuwa hata mkishamalizana na Wazanzibari na Wazanzibara bado kutakuwa na Wazanzipemba, nao watawataka msijihusishe nao. Hapo bado makundi ya Wazanziafrika na Wazanziarabu hawajaingia.

Hapa kinachotaka kufanyika ni sawa na kuwasha moto eneo moja la nyika kavu ambayo inaungana na nyumba yako usijue kuwa kitakachoungua si nyika kavu tu bali hata nyumba yako.

Leo waeanza na vibali, Mamlaka huru ya Anga ndani ya nchi moja. Kesho watazusha pesa na baadaye hata uraia huru. Kimsingi kama tukizingatia maana ya Tanzania kuwa ni Tanganyika kujumlisha Zanzibar, hakuna haja ya kuwa na Wazanzibari ndani ya Tanzania maana kuzaliwa kwa Tanzania kuliua utanganyika na uzanzibari.

Kama hali hii itaendelea basi watakuja kurejea Watanganyika. Hapa ndipo Mchungaji Christopher Mtikila anapoona mbali zaidi ya viongozi wetu.

Tunadhani ni wakati muafaka kwa watetezi wa haki za binadamu na mabingwa wa masuala ya Muungano kuingilia kati kuzuia mbinu hizi zisichafue hata kuua Muungano.
Kabla ya kuanza kugawana mbao,ni vizuri ama serikali ya Muungano au ya Zanzibar kutangaza mgogoro wa kikatiba mbele ya Mahakama ya Katiba ili uamuzi utolewe.

Kama siyo kuna haja ya kuepuka mizengwe ambayo badala ya kutatua matatizo ya Muungano huyalimbika ambapo wanaochafua hali ya hewa hutimuliwa na matatizo hubakia pale pale yakizaliana.

Je wakati wa serikali ya Muungano kukubali kutupa mbao kwa kukubali kuigawa nchi baada ya kuchoshwa na kutokubaliana umefika? Ila ni vizuri kukumbuka kuwa shibe mwana malevya.

Lakini kuna haja ya kujua hatima ya nchi hii ambamo kila upande unaona kama unaumizwa na kutumiwa na upande mwingine. Je haya siyo madhara na matokeo ya watu wachache kujichukulia mamlaka na kupitisha maamuzi yanayougusa umma bila kuushirikisha?

Je hii ni changamoto kuwa wakati umefika wa Muungano kupelekwa kwa wenyewe ambao ni wanachi au kuuchinja?

Kwa maana nyingine kinachofanyika ni ishara kuwa maandishi yako ukutani kuwa Muungano una mshikeli. Hivyo basi kuna haja ya kuurudisha kwa wenye Muungano ambao ni wananchi waamue njia yakuchukua kama ni kuuchinja au kuuendeleza, shauri yao maana Muungano ni watu siyo watawala na bendera zao.

Ila tutoe tahadhali kuwa ijapokuwa Muungano ni mali ya wananchi, nao wananchi kwa miaka mingi wameachwa nje ya kufanya maamuzi, wasiuchukulie kama kitu kisicho na faida bali wapewe muda wa kutafakari njia ya kuchukua kuelekea hatima ya Muungano.

Hivyo basi ni vizuri Muungano ukawa wa Watanzania badala ya watawala. Kwani siyo siri kuwa kwa sasa nchi inatawaliwa chini ya Muungano wa watawala unaoitwa Muungano wa Tanzania!

Kuna haja ya kutoa tahadhali hapa kuwa matatizo ya Muungano hayawezi kuachiwa ama kutatuliwa na watu wawili yaani Waziri Mkuu na Waziri Kiongozi wa Serikali ya Zanzibar,ambao ni wawakilishi wawili wa Serikali bali Watanzania wenyewe kwa ujumla wao.

Tuwatoe wananchi kwenye kiini macho cha Jamhuri ya Muungano wa watawala wa Tanzania kwenda kwenye Jamhuri ya kweli ya Muungano wa watu wa Tanzania.

Je hii siyo awamu ya pili ya machafuko ya "hali ya hewa" visiwani? Historia inayo tabia ya kujirudia! Je wetu ni muungano au mgongano wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania?
Source: Kulikoni Julai.

Ufunuo :Ndoto ya malikia walafu wawili

Baada ya kuongea kwenye simu na Mgosi Machungi ambaye Kijiwe kilimtuma kwenda sehemu sehemu kusikiliza vikao vya wenzetu, naamua kujilaza kidogo kwenye kitanda changu cha kamba.

Namalizia ugolo wangu na kujipumzisha lau nipate hili na lile niwafunulie baada ya kufunuliwa.

Mara naanza kuota ndoto ya malikia habidhi na walafu wawili wa nchi ya kusadikika yaTanzia. Ni nchi inayostawi kwa nje kuliko taifa lolote lakini iliyofisidika na iliyofilisika kulihali. Hakuna mfanowe duniani! Wazungu hupenda kuiita No Man’s land au NML.

Mmoja anaiwa Neema ,mke wa mfalme Shweshwe. Lakini ana matendo namachukizo kiasi cha jina lake kubeba ujumbe hasi na kinyume na maana yake. Huyu kwa tamaa ni balaa badala ya Neema. Waweza kumuita Malkia Balaa binti Sheshe huko tuendako.

Ana uchu wa mali sina mfano. Ingawa yu mke wa mfalme, ni msasi wa ngawira tena toka kwenye maweko ya umma na wasasi ngawira wachafu wakwepa kodi na wezi!

Naona mama mwingine naye malkia. Anaitwa Anatamaa mke wa mfalme Makapikapi. Kichwani hana taji. Ni malkia wa zamani aliyesifika kwa uroho, roho mbaya na sura mbaya. Anaonekana umri unaanza kumuacha huku na aibu ya matokeo ya jinai zake vikianza kuchukua nafasi yake kwenye mwili wake usio na shukrani.

Naoana wajoli wakimzodoa na kumzomea yeye mumewe na wanae na marafiki zao walioshirikiana nao kuliua taifa la Tanzia.

Hata huyu wa pili mwenye taji kichwani si mzuri wa kuitwa mzuri. Kwani ana umbo lililopigwa pasi na macho makubwa kidogo na weupe wa mkorogo. Mambo yake na matendo yake ni mkorogo mtupu. Kama mumewe, amejaliwa kujikomba na kughilibu wajoli waliomzunguka. Wajoli wanajifanya kumpenda kumbe taji! Naye kwa ujuha anashabikia akizidi kuhanikiza apendwa! Hilo! Laachwa ladhani langojewa! Linaanguka ladai limesimam! Ngoja muda uishe na taji limponyoke aenda aliko malkia Anatamaa.

Kwa uzuri hata mumewe ni bomba kuliko yeye. Lakini haya tuyaache.

Malkia wa pili asiye na taji ana sura ya ukatili na ni mweusi tii asiyepambwa akapambika. Anaonekana kama mjoli kiasi cha kuzidiwa na wasaidizi wake. Kama humjui akitokea utamwamkia mtumishi wake ukidhani ndiye malkia na malkia akiishia kuwa mtumishi wa mtumishi.

Tazama naona malkia hawa wanaoonekana safi kwa nje huku ndani ni mbweha na uoza mtupu. Kama makaburi yapambwayo kwa minara na misaraba, wameoza kwa ndani sina mfano!

Neema ambaye ni balaa tofauti na jina lake.

annae asiye na kitu bali ulafu.

Japo hawa malkia ni tofauti kwa nyakati na enzi zao na sura zao, wana kitu kimoja au viwili vinavyowaunganisha-uroho na kupenda vya mteremko.

Ingawa wamefikia umalkia kupitia migongoni mwa wafalme wapumbavu waliowaachia wawachafue kwa tamaa na roho mbaya zao, bado wao wanajiona ndiyo watawala.

Wanajiona wajanja wasijue huko mbele waweza kuishia korokoroni baada ya kuuhujumu umma. Wangekuwa ni malkia wa utawala wa zamani wa kirumi, kwa uchafu na mbaya yao wangeishiwa kunyongwa. Lakini kwa vile wana bahati kuzaliwa na kutawala kwenye nchi ya kufikirika ya Tanzia, wanapeta na kutesa kiroho mbaya.

Sifa nyingine inayowaunganishi malkia hawa wezi na wapumbavu ni kujikomba na kujipendekeza. Pia ni mabingwa wa unafiki. Maana ukiwaona wakienda kwenye misiba na kujulia hali wagonjwa maskini utadhani wanawapenda kweli.

Pia hupenda kusafiri safiri na mfalme hasa kwenye nchi za mbali. Kila alipo wapo. Huyu wa pili ambaye ni wa kwanza hana bao siku hizi baada ya taji kumhama. Amehamwa hata na wafanyabiashara wezi ukiachia mbali kuzongwa na inzi na harufu mbaya vitokanavyo na roho na matndo yake.

Kitu kingine kinachowafananisha ni ile hali ya kuanzisha vigwena viitwavyo ngwe wavitumiavyo kuuibia umma wa watawaliwa wa falme hii ya Tanzia.

Kwa vigwena vyao wamejitengenezea utawala ndani ya utawala. Ni utawala wa kuwala watawaliwa waliwao kama nyanya na maparachichi! Wao marafiki zao mashoga zao na watoto wao nao wana utawala wao ndani ya utawala msonge uliochoka na kuchafuka na kunuka ufisadi hakuna mfano.

Tazama naona Malki Anatamaa akisukwa sukwa baada ya kugundulika kuwa ana kigwena cha kutoza ushuru na kuchezesha upatu. Inasemekana anawakamua wajoli si kawaida. Akikupa kibaba kimoja cha mtama alioupora kwenye ghala la wajoli chini ya ufalme wa mumewe, unamlipa vibaba zaidi ya sitini! Ni mama mroho hata fisi ana nafuu.

Baya zaidi shutuma hii imetolewa na mzee wa makuhani kwenye mkutano wa makuhani! Sawa na mfalme Makapikapi mumewe, naye aliwahi kushutumiwa na mzee wa makuhani aliyetaka kura za vijiti zipigwe afungwe hata kunyongwa kutokana na kuwaibia wajoli alipokuwa mafalme. Na kama siyo mfalme kibaka Shweshwe, Makapikapi angekuwa rupango akinonihino kwenye debe. Yeye na malkia Anatamaa wanaishi kama mijibwa iliyoiba siagi wasijue mwisho na majaliwa yao vitakuwaje!

Tazama naona tufani kali ikilikumba taifa linaloangamia la Tanzia. Naona mawingu meusi mazito yakijikusanya juu ya taifa hili. Hasira za Mungu zinabainika kutokana na uchafu unaofanywa na wafalme wa Tanzia.

Ajabu wingu hili licha ya kutanda juu ya nchi nzima, upepo unalielekeza kwenye kisiwa kiitwacho Walionacho ambacho ni makazi ya watawala na wenye nacho wakila kila waonacho mbele zao bila kicho. Naona mijitu yenye sura za watu lakini nyamaume ikijichana huku wajoli wakizidi kuteketea kwa ulofa!

Badala ya wajoli wa Tanzia kuogopa na kuomba wingu lipite, wanashangilia kwani mvua itakayotokana na wingu hili ni neema kwao. Watapata maji ya kunywa kufulia na kulisha mazao baada ya kipindi kirefu cha ukame ulioathiri sana hasa vichwa vya watawala wao.

Naona tufani kali ikialika kusi, kaskazi, mashariki na magaharibi. Ajabu linatokea! Naona kondoo waliogeuka ghafla kuwa mbuzi wakizipiga na mbwa waliolala kwenye majani yao! Kumbe mbuzi na kondoo wakitambua wakatumia vizuri pembe zao na kwato wanaweza kuwashinda mbwa na mbweha na mbwa mwitu! Asma kweli umoja ni nguvu na kujitambua ni hatua muhimu ya kujikomboa!

Onyo, kunga hili ni kwa wenye taamuli. Maamuma na mbumbumbu yaweza kuwa kero maudhi na matusi. Tuonane juma lijalo.
Source: Tanzania Daima Julai 23, 2008.

The dream about vampires

NOWADAYS I’ve become a dreamer; more a seer. Dreams never die. Even the dreamers go on living even after their deaths.

Being a bin-Adam that lives and faces many problems, though, I’m not a palmist, I decided to dream so that I can share my findings with others for the good causes of our hank.

Look! I’m dreaming of the hank of vampires devouring everything and everybody! The hank’s full of mongrels, mandrills and hawks not to mention eagles and moths. They’re gnawing everything around them. They’re threatening even to chew my flesh! I can see them; white, black and what not. They’re as fat as the cat in an Arab’s shop.

They’re in a silk like skin that deceives other creatures. During the day they’re as humble as a saint. But at night they’re as ferocious, capricious and odious as a hell.

They change their bodies. Sometimes they look like honorouble bin-Adams with whom they mix and rub shoulders with. They’re among us and we’re among them. They look like us and we look like them.

Carbuncular as they’re, it needs high knowledge to know them. They disguise like foreordained ones to save us whilst they actually are sent by a devil to devour us. Beware of them. These yoyos and yahoos are hell bent to ruin the hank. Do we know this? If we do then what are we doing to confront them and their rust for chewing our wan flesh after ’fish’ are finished in the creel?

I can see a hank so contaminated and ruined than any other on earth. Its heydays are gone when the great old man was at watch. What a watch dog that he was compared to these lap-dogs that the hanks has presently!

Vultures are landing everyday to cock all up for hoi polloi as they steal and self serve as they’re pleased. What makes things worse is the fact that they feed on us.

More importantly, those warriors we gave shields and arrows to defend us are just laughing at them as they feast on left-over! I can see warriors turned sharks also sucking our blood and sweat as we groan and wail! Merciless as they’re, they don’t even hear this wisdom warning them that time will come when the eaten ones will stand up and defend themselves and their hank.

Look in this dream I can see a sacrilege hovering over the hank. This beautiful and God-blessed hank is like a sinking ship. Unfortunately though, is the naked fact that those on board are digging some holes on the same vehicle carrying them! Shall it sink how will they survive?

I can see dogs with human faces also eating the sons and daughters of man. I can see thieves plundering everything. The hank in point is endowed with emerald, sapphire, ruby and diamond and such.

I can see marsupials of all sorts. I can see dugongs and whales threatening the ship. Or Lord I am saying! Have a mercy on these creatures that I can see slumbering while everything is being stolen. Awaken them and reveal what you are revealing to me so that they can do something.

And look! I can see moths nesting in the treasury full of bills. There are old and young ones all hell bent to dig holes and fill their unthankful stomachs!

Look. I can see a grotesque and stupid queen vending everything. The mountebank is smiling and laughing as if what he is presiding over is good! He does not care! He’s like his predecessor who sold even the graves of his ancestors. He is a typical replica of another empiric that defecated on the holy of the holy. He, wife, kids and friends sculpted their means of stealing so as to live the hank bankrupt!

Look! I can see this turkey of a king schmoozing and complaining in shame after some bees decided to give him a bite!

I can see a sobbing and wailing hank. They’re completely feeling out of sorts with their regime. The sons and daughters of man are desperate with agonies. While this tragedy is going on, I can see a Ka-mai feeding them with blah-blah and ballyhoos and hoo-ha! He goofs thinking the Bin-Adams in this hank are conditioned and their instincts tell them to always be humble and sheepish!
By and by, people are starting to take a dim view on the guy that rules the roost. They would like to have him take a chop. For they’ve gotten better of him.
Look, as I am trying to add two to two to make four it is morning!?
Bye for now.
Source; Thisday July 24, 2008.

Kikwete chaguo la Mungu ingawa......

HAKUNA ubishi kwa hali ilivyo katika nchi yetu hasa hali mbaya ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi, kuna uwezekano ukawa mwanzo wa mwisho wa zama na enzi zake.

Kuna kisa maarufu cha mtoto wa mchonga na muuza sanamu wa huko Ukaldayo. Huyu bwana mdogo alichukia masanamu. Yalikuwa yakiabudiwa wakati ule. Ilikuwa ni kufuru kwake na Mungu.

Katika jitihada za kuwaelimisha watu wa kwao, kijana huyu kwa makusudi alipanga kuyavunjilia mbali masanamu hayo.

Wanazuoni hudai kijana huyu shupavu alitumwa na Mungu kuwafungua macho ndugu zake na kuangamiza kufuru na machukizo yaliyokuwa yakifanyika kwa kuabudia sanamu hizo.

Siku moja wakati wazazi na ndugu zake wametoka, kijana huyu aliamua kuyavunjilia mbali masanamu yote isipokuwa kubwa lao. Baada ya kumaliza kazi ya kuyasambaratisha, alichukua shoka alilotumia na kulivisha sanamu kubwa na akaondoka.

Baba yake alipofika na kukuta zahama iliyoyakuta masanamu yake yaliyokuwa miungu wake, alishangaa na kumuita yule kijana aeleze kulikoni. Yule kijana alipofika alimwambia baba yake aliulize lile sanamu lililokuwa limevaa shoka!

Baba mtu alishangaa jibu hili na kuhoji sanamu lisilo hai lingewezaje kuyavunja mengine? Kijana alimjibu: Kama sanamu halina uwezo, hivyo ni kwanini walikuwa wakiyaabudu? Huo ulikuwa mwisho wa ibada za masanamu na ukombozi.

Tukija kwenye mada yetu kuwa Kikwete ni chaguo la Mungu, tunakuta kuwa kwa staili yake ya kutawala, uwezekano ni mkubwa wa chama tawala CCM kusambaratika na kuondolewa madarakani kama upinzani utajipanga vizuri.

Laiti kama kutakuwa na upinzani wenye lishe na mikakati hai na inayowezekana, Tanzania kwa mara ya kwanza inaweza kushuhudia kishindo walichosikia Wakenya mwaka 2002 ilipoangushwa KANU.

Kazi ya kusambaratisha CCM imeishaanza na aliyeianzisha na atakayeifanikisha ni Kikwete, ingawa ni jambo la bahati mbaya sana kwamba ‘kijana wetu’ huyo halijui hilo na pengine anaweza akadhani hizi ni hadithi za kufikirika.

Ingawa waliomsifia Kikwete kuwa alichaguliwa na Mungu walifanya hivyo kwa kubembeleza maslahi na kujikomba, walishindwa kujua upande wa pili kuwa alichaguliwa kubomoa si kujenga. Rejea serikali yake kukumbwa na utitiri wa kashfa na isizishughulikie. Rejea hali za Watanzania kuzidi kudhoofu vibaya sana hata kufika hatua yeye mwenyewe kukiri kwamba mambo ni magumu na watu wanapaswa kuvumilia.

Rejea mafisadi kuwa na nguvu kwa serikali yake hata kuliko umma.

Kikwete ama kwa kujua au kutojua amekuwa akitawala kwa mtindo wa bahati nasibu. Amekuwa mgumu wa kujifunza hata kubadilika. Bahati mbaya hakujifunza toka kwa mtangulizi wake Rais mstaafu Benjamin Mkapa wala hali iliyopo sasa na nchi jirani ya Kenya.

Hii ni heri kwa wapenda mabadiliko na msiba kwa CCM ambayo kwa kiasi fulani licha ya kuzeeka imechusha na kuchoka. Imeishiwa mvuto, ikapoteza sera na kisha kukwama kimikakati. Imegeuka dude kubwa linyonyalo damu za Watanzania.

Rejea kuhusishwa kwake na ufisadi wa EPA chini ya kampuni yake ya Deep Green Finance. Rejea kushinda uchaguzi kwa kutegemea takrima huku Zanzibar ikitegemea mtutu wa bunduki na ukandamizaji mkubwa. Rejea kuibuka kwa mitandao ya ndani kwa ndani ya chama inayotishia kukisambaratisha. Rejea ukosefu wa sera, falsafa na visheni vya kutawalia. Rejea mtindo mchafu wa kulindana na kufadhiliana bila kujali maslahi ya taifa.

Wakati wa utawala wa awamu ya kwanza chini ya Mwalimu Julius Nyerere tulizoea siasa za vuguvugu za ukombozi wa umma na nchi jirani. Tulikuwa na chama kilichokuwa kimebobea kwenye ukombozi wa kweli. Kwa hakika CCM na kabla yake TANU ya Nyerere si hii tunayoiona leo kwa Kikwete na jeshi la wanasiasa wenzake.

Baada ya kung’atuka na hatimaye kufariki dunia kwa mwalimu, chama alichokiasisi kilitekwa na wachuuzi wa roho za watu, kiasi cha kubobea kwenye jinai hii ya kuiibia umma. Rejea ubinafshishaji kichaa uliofanywa na awamu mbili zilizofuatia kabla ya hii ambayo hata baada ya Nyerere mwenyewe kulia sana wakati akiwa hai hakuna hata mmoja aliyesikia kilio chake.

Rejea wakubwa wa serikali na chama kuanza kutumia nafasi zao kuuibia umma na kujitajirisha huku umma ukitopea kwenye lindi la umaskini wa kunuka. Hapa mfano wa karibu ni kadhia ya Mkapa na familia yake; hata kinachoendelea chini ya Kikwete na jinsi familia yake inavyoanza kuiranda ya Mkapa. Rejea NGO ya mke wa rais ambayo ameonywa aifute na akakaa kimya.

Badala ya CCM kuendelea na siasa za ukombozi, imejiingiza kwenye siasa nyemelezi na angamizi!

Nani angetegemea wala kuamini kuwa nchi kama Msumbiji na Uganda ambazo licha ya kuzikomboa hazina rasilimali nyingi kama zetu zingetuzidi kiuchumi?

Huu ni ushahidi tosha wa ukosefu wa mipango na unyemelezi wa CCM kama chama. Ingawa ni aibu, huu ndiyo ukweli. Hebu angalia nchi kama Kenya ambayo ikiunganishwa na Uganda bado haifikii ukubwa wa Tanzania hata kwa rasilimali, inavyotuhenyesha kiasi cha kuiogopa na kuitegemea. Ni aibu ya mwaka.

Tukirejea kwa Kikwete, yeye kama kijana mvunja masanamu, badala ya kuyabomoa masanamu, ameyapa mashoka yabomoane yenyewe kwa yenyewe yeye akiangalia na kuchekelea!

Tofauti na kijana mvunja masanamu, yeye hana baba wa kumgombeza wala umma wa kutishia usalama wake, kwa kusababisha masanamu kuvunjika. Kikwete ana faida moja katika hili. Kama kazi yake ikifanikiwa italeta ukombozi bila manung’uniko na mabishano kama ilivyokuwa kwa yule kijana.

Wanafanana katika moja. Kazi zao zitaleta mwanga na kufungua mboni za kaumu zao.

Nje ya mada, hakuna jambo limenikera kunisikitisha, kunichefua na kunihuzunisha kama kugundulika kwa wizi unaofanywa na kampuni ya Mama Anna Mkapa dhidi ya walimu maskini.

Sasa umefika wakati kwa serikali kuacha mchezo na maisha yetu. Imshughulikie Mkapa na familia yake. Maana karibu kila uchafu nyuma yake kuna jina Mkapa ama kushiriki kwake, mkewe, watoto wake au marafiki zake.

Inakera kiasi cha kuanza kuhoji nia hasa ya Rais Kikwete kwa Watanzania. Aeleze kama yuko kulinda ufisadi au umma uliomchagua kwa kishindo.

Tuhitimishe. Ingawa Kikwete si chaguo la Mungu kwa maana ya kuwa rais wa nchi. Anaweza kuwa chaguo la Mungu kwa maana ya kupigilia msumari wa mwisho kwenye jeneza la CCM. Mungu ana njia zake za kutenda. Hakika Kikwete ni chaguo la Mungu ingawa si kwa kujenga bali kukibomoa chama chake.

Source: Tanzania Daima Julai 23, 2008.

ICC:Kagame and Museveni Must be Indicted

After Sudanese strong man Omar Hassan Bashir's indictment by the ICC, Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, within a hair’s breadth of being indicted, has smelled a rat. He recently manipulated Rwandan parliament to enact a law giving him immunity from prosecution for life!

Many wonder. Why should this come after the indictment of Bashir? Is Kagame trying to save his face before the hammer lands on him? Is this going to be a loophole for other African skew-whiff rulers to manipulate their parliaments so as to do away with it?

He who lives by the sword will die by the sword. Nonetheless, Kagame can wrongly rest assured: his ploy will work. His involvement in genocide will never be forgotten. His hands are dripping with blood. His despoilers say. If he jumps this smoking gun, he’ll never do the same to heinous killings and theft he committed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC sued Rwanda and Uganda and the matter is still sub-judice. We thus can not discuss it.If anything, Kagame and Ugandan dictator, Yoweri Museveni are likely to end up in prison just like Charles Taylor former President of Liberia.

To prove that this move aims at protecting Kagame, many still wonder why this law should come after Rwandan former president Pasteur Bizimungu has already been imprisoned, if at all it aims at protecting former rulers.Will Rwandan authority redress Bizimungu whose offences were framed?

The amendment says that a former president cannot be prosecuted on charges for which he was not put on trial while in office. This clause tells it all. Being in power and making sure that he won’t be prosecuted, Kagame introduced this clause purposely well aware of his manipulation of Rwandans. This has also been used in Uganda.

The pressure is on and high. Judges in France and Spain have accused President Paul Kagame of involvement in killings linked to the 1994 genocide. In April, a Spanish judge said he had evidence that Mr Kagame was linked to the killing of Hutus after the genocide, sparking fury in Rwanda.

In 2006, a French judge accused Mr. Kagame of ordering the attack against the plane carrying former President Juvenal Habyarimana - whose death sparked the genocide. President Kagame has always denied the charges and says Mr. Habyarimana, a Hutu, was killed by Hutu extremists and blamed on his Tutsi rebels to provide the pretext for carrying out the genocide.

In another attempt to hoodwink the world, the parliament passed the law saying that the constitution will now refer to the 1994 genocide as a "genocide committed on Tutsis". What of the so-called moderate Hutus that were killed? Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered in 1994 after Kagame’s Rwandese Patriotic Forces invaded and topple the former Hutu-led government.

It’s alleged that RPF brought down presidential jet carrying president Habyarimana Juvenal and Burundian former president the late Ntaryamirwa Cyprien. They all died thereof. Is it a right time that Kagame faces the moment of truth? Shall ICC ignore this, indeed it’ll be tad hypocrisy.

Source: The African Executive Magazine-Nairobi July 23, 2008.

Rostam asitutoe kwenye mjadala wa EPA

Ingawa suala la kutaka kulitumia kanisa kama nyenzo ya kusafisha mafisadi linakera, halikeri sana kama kashfa ya EPA.

Hivi karibuni kulitokea mvutano baina ya mbunge wa Igunga-CCM, Rostam Aziz na kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT).

Ni baada ya mbunge huyu kutoa pesa zipatazo milioni 7,5 kwa kanisa hili. Hili lilichukuliwa kama kanisa kukubali pesa chafu toka kwa watu wachafu wanaolenga kujisafisha. Inakera kweli kweli. Pia kadhia hii ilifichua ulafu na unafiki wa baadhi ya watu wanaojifanya watu wa Mungu ilhali ni wachumia tumbo sawa na wengine. Ni wabovu na hovyo sawa na wale wanaowatumia. Hata mfumo unaowakumbatia ni wa hovyo na mchovu sina mfano. Bahati mbaya serikali haijakemea jinai hii.

Kuzidi kulinogesha suala mambo, zilitolewa shutuma na ushahidi wa mchungaji mmoja machachari aliyekuwa amelivalia njuga suala hili hadi kutishia kwenda mahakamani. Mengi yaliandikwa na kusema. Inakera sana. Hawa watu waroho na wachafu watatusababishia presha kiasi cha kutishia kuuondoa uhai wetu kwa hasira na hasara wanayotusababishia. Nina hasira nao.

Ila pamoja na hasira zangu dhidi ya wanaojiita wachungaji kumbe chui kwenye ngozi ya kondoo na waheshimiwa wachafu, bado kashfa ya EPA hata Kiwira na Richmond zinakera zaidi. Hawa nawaacha na roho wao mtakakitu aliyempindua roho mtakatifu tuliyemzoea.

Kuepuka kufanya mambo kipare (samahani ndugu zangu wapare nami nimeyakutia hivyo), siko tayari kuuza ng’ombe kwa kesi ya kuku. Pesa aliyotoa mheshimiwa ni milioni saba na ushei. Zimezua mjadala kiasi cha kutawala vyombo vya habari na jamii kwa ujumla huku kashfa mama lao ya EPA ikianza kuwekwa pembeni. Je huu siyo mtego wa wahusika wanaojuana kwa vilemba kututoa kwenye mjadala wa maana na kuanza kujadili vijisenti ilhali mabilioni yakizidi kuteketea? Je nasi ni wa hovyo kama wao kuuingia mtego huu uchwara?

Kwa msingi huu basi, nashauri vyombo vya habari visivyo nyumba ndogo ya wakubwa na wadau wote tusipoteze nguvu na wakati kwenye kushupalia uchafu wa kanisa, mchungaji na mbunge. Badala yake tusimame kidete kuibana serikali itupe maelezo kuhusiana na wezi wa EPA. Hii haina maana kuwaunga mkono mafisadi waliojiingiza kwenye altare. Hasha. Tuwajadili. Lakini nguvu kubwa ielekezwe kwenye EPA na kashfa nyingine zinazotugharimu mabilioni lukuki.

Maana serikali imezidi kujikanganya na kusua sua kutoa maelezo na hatua mujarabu zitakazochukuliwa dhidi ya wezi hawa.

Nani sasa anawajadilia akina Lukaza na Maregesi? Nani anauliza mantiki ya waziri mkuu mfukuzwa Edward Lowassa kulipwa mafao ya ustaafu wakati hakustaafu bali kufukuzwa? Nani anaulizia mmilki halisi wa machimbo ya mkaa wa mawe ya Kiwira ambaye jina lake lilipaswa kuwekwa wazi na waziri wa nishati na madini William Ngeleja ambaye anazidi kulipiga kalenda?

Nani anaulizia kurejeshwa kwa nyumba za umma zilizoibiwa na utawala uliopita na kuanza kuridhiwa na wa sasa? Nani anaulizia kurekebishwa kwa mikataba ya kiwizi ya uwekezaji hasa kwenye sekta za madini na nishati? Nani anaulizia matumizi mabaya ya pesa ya umma yanayofanywa na serikali? Nani anaulizia utatuzi wa mtafaruko wa Zanzibar ambao umeanza kufunikwa na upuuzi wa serikali tatu na kama Zanzibar ni nchi au la?

Tusiingie mtego wa mafisadi kijinga kwa kupwakia mjadala wa shilingi milioni saba na ushei tukasahau kushinikiza wezi wa mabilioni ya EPA na Richmond wayarudishe kisheria badala ya kurejesha kwa mlango wa nyuma kama ilivyo sasa.
Tusikubali usanii wa kuihamisha hadhira toka kwenye jambo la msingi na kuhamia kwenye upuuzi mdogo kama huu.

Bahati mbaya huu umekuwa ndiyo mchezo wa mafisadi wetu. Wakati yalipoibuka madai ya kuwepo ufisadi kwenye ngazi za juu serikalini, hadhira iliamka na kudai haki itendeke. Ikiwa haina hili wala lile, liliingizwa suala la kuawa kwa mbunge wa CCM aliyekuwa akisimama kidete kupambana na wauza unga, marehemu Amina Chifupa. Baada ya hapa mara tuliletewa timu ya taifa kupelekwa bungeni kupongezwa. Upuuzi wote huu ulifanyika ili kuepusha hadhira kuliona hili la ufisadi.


Kama siyo wapinzani kusimama kidete huenda kashfa hizi zingezimwa kinamna namna kama hii ya EPA na Richmond vinavyoelekea kuzimwa na kuondolewa mbele ya hadhira.

Tukatae uchafu huu. Tusikubali kuchezewa mahepe mchana kweupe. Maana, kama tutachezewa nasi tukaridhia, tutabaki kuathirika huku wezi wachache wakiendelea kututumia kama mashamba yao ya kujitajirishia.

Wala tusiridhike na mafanikio kidogo yaliyokwishapatikana kama kufukuzwa kwa Lowassa na wenzake. Tusimame kidete kuhakikisha haki inatendeka na pesa yetu inarejeshwa haraka sana iwezekanavyo. Au na hili litangoja uchaguzi ujao? Kama itakuwa hivyo basi aminini sisi ni mataahira sina mfano!

Tusifanye hivyo kwa kuangalia aina ya watu waliotimuliwa. Bado tuna mafisadi wengi serikalini wanaopaswa kufukuzwa. Na kazi hii ni ya wananchi. Maana rais ameishaonyesha wazi asivyo na mpango wa kuwashughulikia mafisadi. Na hakuna malaika atakayekuja kufanya kazi hii muhimu na adhimu isipokuwa sisi wenyewe wananchi.

Nje kidogo ya mada, hivi karibuni kulifichuka jinai ya mke wa rais mstaafu, Benjamin Mkapa mama Anna kuwaibia walimu kwa kuwatoza riba zaidi ya aslimia 60. Najua wengi wanakumbuka jinsi tulivyompayukia Kikwete amchunguze Mkapa na familia yake na akatutolea nje.
Hawezi kufanya hivyo. Kwa sababu naye mke wake ana tabia na sura sawa na mama Mkapa. Rejea kuunda NGO ya WAMA pindi alipoingia madarakani mumewe kama alivyofanya Anna.

Kimsingi tunachofanya ni kuendelea kufanya uzembe kumwamini mtu asiye na mpango nasi. Ni upuuzi. Ni sawa na kumpa jini damu au mbwa nyama akutunzie. Utalia baadaye sawa ana ambavyo watanzania watalia.

Wengi tumeanza kujenga imani kuwa Mkapa bado anatawala kwa mlango wa nyuma ingawa Kikwete alituaminisha hana ubia na mtu kwenye serikali yake wakati anao wabia yaani Mkapa na familia yake, watuhumiwa mbali mbali wa ufisadi ambao hawashughulikii. Na kubwa zaidi ya yote, Chama Cha Mapinduzi na makampuni yake yanayotumika kuliibia taifa.

Ila Kikwete ajue. Kuna uwezekano huu urahimu na kutojali kwake vikakimaliza chama cha mapinduzi na kuishia kuwa KANU kule Kenya. Ama kweli madaraka hulevya kweli kweli!

Haya ndiyo masuala mazito ya kujadili badala ya kupoteza nguvu nyingi kwenye vipande thelathini vya Rostam kwa wachungaji walafu na mbwa mwitu wawararuao wajoli wa Mungu.

Umefika wakati kwa watanzania kuamka na kuidai nchi yao iliyobinafsishwa kwa wawekezaji na mafisadi wajifichao nyuma ya pazia la madaraka. Suala hili nitalijadili sana kwenye kitabu changu kiitwacho Nyuma ya Pazia ambamo mhusika mkuu ni waziri mkubwa, Edmond Mpendamali Mwaluwasha anayetumia ofisi yake kama kijiko cha kulia maini ya watu wake.
Source: Dira ya Tanzania Julai 22, 2008.

The golden chance CCM missed and abused

In 2005 when President Jakaya Kikwete came to power, it’s lovey-dovey and spiffy aura for him, his party and Tanzanians. He was referred to as the darling of the people. People were totally pissed off by Mkapa’s "untellable", blind and deaf regime.

One could think: this chance would be used to reclaim the lost reputation of the ruling party. Being among the doyen parties in Africa, CCM did not bother to take this chance. It maintained doing business as usual. It’s mizengwe way.

But sadly as the fate has it now, CCM goofed and sat on and lost this chance!

As I’m writing, CCM is stinking and torn to the core by corruption so much so that even Kikwete himself can not help anymore!

CCM is fully immersed into corruption thanks to its greedy high and mighty. Refer to EPA, Richmond, Meremeta, Deep finance Green and so forth.

CCM we mistook: believing it’d come of age, sadly again, is heading for the way that KANU in Kenya took!

Blindly, CCM is currently sitting on the time bomb. Suppose it comes to light that it truly scooped some money from BoT to finance its elections, what will be left of it?

Sometimes ago, there were allegations that in-fighting mitandao were posing a danger to the party. Nothing has been done to arrest this danger! Instead of stamping out these mitandaos, CCM is busy trying to save its face by exonerating its sacred lambs that are unpardonable!

CCM is still receiving yet more punches from the general public. Refer to the recent shame that befell its secretary general, Yusuf Makamba at one secondary school. He’s called fisadi.

This, however, may be taken as a minor thing. But shall brains be well utilized; this is but the sign of discontentment by the general public.

This omen started with former prime minister who was booted out amidst shame, Edward Lowassa in Ukerewe. A young boy pinned him down so as to flee tail in legs after he failed to get the answer of the question put to him pertaining with systemic corruption.

Once again, it’s dawned on Makamba who goofed by beating around the bush in his attempts to cleanse the air in lieu of shedding light on corruption charges involving CCM.

Importantly, what Makamba, was, and still, is supposed to do, is to come clean on behalf of his party. But sadly, he did not do so!

If he keeps mum as the tradition of his party goes, the looming assertion that CCM has been hijacked by mafisadi is going to hold water. And the result thereof will be devastating in the future. This, though, can be taken as wishful prayers. But mark my word. Things have changed tremendously.

The-thought-sheepish Tanzanians have the guts, as of now, to jeer, and later, to take steps against sacred villains. I just can’t understand, for example. Why has it taken long for the CCM government to make public its findings with regards to EPA scams?

As well, I still can’t comprehend why CCM is trying to teach old dog new tricks, in that its mizengwe are an open secret even to students that represent a new generation.

Going back to Kikwete’s popularity and bon mot, I found it fading away as the day go by. Refer to pro-CCM REDET’s findings that were recently made public.

Had this research been conducted by an independent firm, what would have become of CCM and Kikwete? The results obviously would be devastating once again.

Now that Kikwete who was thought to be a magic bullet is no longer thanks to dirty deeds by betes noix surrounding him. What is left for CCM is to see to it that it nullifies all bogus decisions it made; major one being exonerating Lowassa and his colleagues.

In Kenya, KANU made the same mistake. Daniel arap Moi was warned that his sacred lamb and protégé, Uhuru Kenyatta he chose as KANU’s flag bearer in 2002 election, would be trounced. His was that Uhuru would use his father’s name to attract voters. What happened was devastating and KANU is no longer in the map of ruling parties on earth.

After KANU suffered defeat, it became inept and fractured so as to fail even becoming an opposition force to reckon with. Where is it now? It is difficult to tell.

Though Kikwete is regarded as a weak president-cum-chairman, shall he go on with this laxity in the party ranks, chances are, the last nail into the casket is being hammered.

Liberal as he is, opposition must thank him for that. For his civility and bonhomie will indeed allow evil forces in the party to destroy the same.

The sage has it that when an arrogant entity nears its death, it creates the seeds of destruction with itself so as to destroy it. CCM is no different from this.

It no longer has ethics. Instead it is depending on cheap propagandas done by uneducated and tainted people.

Instead of facing the moment of truth, CCM has always maintained blame game and state of denial while the dent is widening!

So to avoid making a missive unnecessarily, shall CCM not go back to the drawing board, believe ye me, 2010 may become its last election to triumph.

What a golden chance so blindly and unnecessarily lost!
Source: Thisday July 22, 2008.

Kikwete kutotangaza mali ni dalili za ufisadi?

Sasa ni takribani miaka mitatu tangu rais Jakaya Kikwete aingie madarakani kwa mbwembwe chini ya kauli mbinu Kasi mpya, nguvu mpya na ari mpya ambayo imegeuka kuwa kinyume.

Wapo wanaosema ni kasi mpya ari mpya na nguvu mpya kuelekea kwenye ufisadi na kuiangamiza nchi kama hali itaendelea hivi. Hayo si yangu ni yao na Kikwete wao.

Wengi walidhania kuingia kwa Kikwete kungepunguza machungu waliyokuwa wakiyapata baada ya kuhenyeshwa na utawala kidhabu wa rais mstaafu, Benjamin Mkapa na maswahaba zake. Sasa inaonekana wanapata makubwa kuliko ya awali. Kweli ukishangaa ya Mkapa utaona ya Kikwete!

Pamoja na kuonyesha wazi kuwa Kikwete alishindwa kabla hata ya kuanza kazi baada ya kujizungushia watu mafisadi, wengi walimchukulia kama mtu msafi! Lakini hii ilikuwa ni wakati ule kabla ya kuhusishwa na List of Shame ya wapinzani huku taratibu ukweli ukianza kudhihiri kuwa alijua kila kitu kuhusiana na kampuni tapeli ya Richmond iliyomfurusisha rafiki na mshirika wake mkuu waziri mkuu wa zamani, Edward Lowassa.

Na ushahidi unaanza kuibuka kuwa Kikwete alikuwa waziri wa nishati wakati serikali ilipoingia mkataba tata na wa kiwizi wa IPTL ambao umebainika kuwa wizi mtupu. Rejea kukiri bungeni kwa waziri wa nishati William Ngeleja hivi karibuni. Je atawambia nini watanzania kwa hili wakati akiwaaminisha atapambana na rushwa na asifanye hivyo?

Sasa kadri muda unavyokwenda baada ya serikali ya Kikwete kuvurunda na kushindwa kukidhi matarajio ya watanzania, kuna kila dalili kuwa ufisadi sasa unaanza kutawala nchi.

Kwa mfano, ni kwanini Kikwete hataki kutangaza mali zake na za familia yake? Hii maana yake ni nini? Je haiwezi kutafsirika kuwa anafanya yale aliyofanya mtangulizi wake kiasi cha kujikuta kwenye kashfa lukuki zihusianazo na wizi wa pesa ya umma?

Nisingependa kumhukumu Kikwete. Lakini ushahidi wa mazingira unaanza kumuelekea atake asitake. Aliyekula ng’ombe miguu humuelekea.

Kwa mfano, aliahidi asingekuwa na simile na ufisadi. Lakini kadri muda unavyozidi kuyoyoma, anaanza kuonekana Kikwete wa kweli tofauti na yule wa vyombo vya habari na mitandao aliyeonekana kama kipenzi na mkombozi wa watu.

Tutatoa mifano. Amejionyesha kuwa karibu na mafisadi kwa kuwakingia kifua Mkapa na mkewe na marafiki zao huku akimvumilia Lowassa hadi bunge lilipomtimua.

Ameshindwa kurejesha nyumba zetu zilizoibiwa na utawala wa Mkapa. Ameshindwa kuwashughulikia wale waliobainika kutenda ufisadi ambao wameishabainika na kuwajibika kama Edward Lowassa, Ibrahim Msabaha, Nazir Karamagi na Andrew Chenge. Ameshindwa hata kumfukuza kazi mkuu wa Taasisi ya Kupambana na Kuzuia Rushwa ambaye analalamikiwa sana .

Ameshindwa hata kuwakamata walioko nyuma ya wizi wa mabilioni ya EPA zaidi ya kula njama eti wazirejeshe bila kufikishwa mahakamani!

Ameshindwa kuleta nidhamu ya matumizi ya pesa za umma. Rejea ripoti mkaguzi mkuu wa hesabu za umma ya mwaka 2006 kuwa wizara za serikali zilikuwa vimefuja zaidi ya shilingi bilioni nne bila maelezo.

Ameshindwa kuleta suluhu Zanzibar . Ameshindwa hata kuwa na falsafa ya utawala wake. Ameshindwa na vita dhidi ya mihadarati. Ameshindwa vibaya sana . Ameshindwa kuwakamata wauza unga wanaojulikana! Ameshindwa karibu kwenye kila kitu!

Kuzidi kuona ni kwanini umma unadhani Kikwete ameshindwa kupambana na ufisadi na kufufua uchumu, je ni kwanini Kikwete hakanushi au kukiri madai ya List of Shame iliyoibua kashfa zote tunazoshuhudia leo zikilitikisa na kuliaibisha taifa bila kubakiza utawala wa Kikwete?

Ameruhusu mkewe aunde NGO kama ya Anna Mkapa iliyoishia kuwa kijiko cha kuchotea mali ya umma na kupokelea pesa chafu toka kwa wafanyabiashara wezi. Mara nyingi NGO za wake wa wakubwa hupata pesa nyingi toka kwa wafanyabiashara wachafu wanaokwepa kodi hata kuuza mihadarati. Rejea kwa mfano kwa sasa NGO ya mke wa Mkapa kukosa wachangiaji sawa na Mkapa alipokuwa madarakani. Nani atachangia NGO ya mtu ambaye mme wake hana madaraka tena.

Ameshindwa kukemea migawanyiko ndani ya chama chake kinachohusishwa moja kwa moja na ufisadi na wizi wa pesa ya umma. Rejea kutajwa kwa Deep Green Finance kampuni ya CCM. Rejea kutajwa kwa kampuni ya Meremeta inayohusishwa na wizi wa mabilioni ya shilingi toka Benki kuu.

Kinachoiunganisha zaidi CCM ni madai kuwa pesa husika ilitumika kwenye uchaguzi uliomuweka Kikwete madarakani kupitia sheria chafu iliyoruhusu rushwa maarufu kama Takrima. Hii ni sheria moja chafu duniani kuwahi kutungwa na bunge linalojiita la wananchi dhidi ya maslahi ya wananchi.

Ameshindwa na kukataa hata kuanzisha uchunguzi wa kifo cha gavana wa zamani wa Benki kuu, Daudi Ballali anayedaiwa kuuawa ili kuficha kashfa na siri za wakubwa akiwamo yeye na chama chake. Na kutofanya hivyo kunazidisha ukweli kuwa kweli Ballali alitolewa kafara ili kunusuru wakubwa wachafu.

Ukiachia mbali kuchukua hatua mjarabu, Kikwete ameshindwa hata kukemea maovu yote haya. Amejitahidi kukaa kimya kama njia ya kuusahaulisha umma. Je hili ni jibu? Je watanzania wataendelea kungoja hadi lini ilhali ufisadi unazidi kupanda chati?

Je katika hili nani wa kulaumiwa zaidi ya watanzania wenyewe wanaokaa kimya huku wakilalamika vipembeni? Je serikali inakidhi matarajio ya umma? Kama jibu ni siyo, umma ufanye nini zaidi ya kuiamsha hata kuifurusha? Maana kuwatawala watu ni mkataba sawa na kuajiriwa. Kama mwajiriwa anakutwa hana viwango na ujuzi vilivyotegemea hufukuzwa.

Kinachotia mashaka zaidi ni ile hali ya Kikwete kuendelea kuwapumbaza watanzania kwa kutoa lugha tamu na ahadi nyingine ilhali zile za awali hazijatekelezwa hata moja!

Kwa namna mambo yanavyoendeshwa holela, wachambuzi wanaanza kujiuliza swali moja kuu. Je ni fisadi gani tunayemtafuta? Je tunamwambia awaadhibu mafisadi naye ni safi na ana mshipa wa kufanya hivyo bila naye kuhusishwa kutokana na yake kujulikana?

Kuepuka kumuingiza Kikwete kirahisi kwanza angetangaza mali zake na za familia yake.

Pili angejiepusha kurudia makosa ya mtangulizi wake kwenye utawala wake hasa kuwabana waliomzunguka akihakikisha wote wenye mabaka wanatimuliwa na kushitakiwa.

Kujitenga nao na kuacha kuwakingia kifua wala kusikiliza ushawishi wao. Kuna haja ya kufanya hivyo tena haraka hata kama wahusika kwa michango yao walimuwezesha kuingia madarakani. Je kushindwa kutangaza mali zake na familia yake, Kikwete hajengi mazingira ya kuonekana fisadi?

Source: Dira ya Tanzania Julai, 2008.

G8 and G Beggars from Africa

The season of reaping where nobody has sown has come. Super rich countries-G8 converged in Toyako, Hokkaido Japan. Along with this summit, African rulers in their expensive suits gate crushed the conference to foster their desire and hoo-ha.The G8 talks participants included leaders of Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.

Shamelessly, Africa sent her master beggars to go and convince the high and mighty that this time around they’ll make changes that have never arrived. Why should African rulers go to G8 meeting whilst they have nothing substantial even for their countries and region? Topspins were shrewdly at work appointing sweet words for pleasing and convincing donors. Their briefcases were full of pamphlets on development, economic revival, structural adjustments and what not.

"I said that sanctions... wouldn't change the regime," Senegal's leader Abdoulaye Wade told AFP news agency. What then should change this illegal regime in Zimbabwe?

Hear president Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania speak: “The only area that we may differ is on the way forward. You see differently but for us in Africa we see differently, but I think again there is still room for us for discussion.” What does this really mean? No definition or elaboration of this different point of view and why!

As Africa’s coffers are drained to finance trips to Japan and night allowances for those tourists that went there to enjoy all yum-yum and do some shopping, one mind boggling question is still looming: for how long shall Africa depend on cup-in-hand missions deprived of vision?

Last meeting in Germany, many resolutions were reached at. Important of all was the drive to stamp out corruption and poverty as the means of reviving Africa’s economy. Ask our rulers. What did they attain since then?

What did Africa achieve? Japanese Foreign Ministry press spokesman Kazuo Kodama acknowledged that Africa was well behind target on health, but added: “G8 leaders will certainly deliver a strong and concrete message to help African countries to achieve MDGs.”

If I were G8 leaders, I would oblige African mumbo jumbos to make sure that they put their house in order before speaking whatever ballyhoos and hoo-ha they have. Ask African rulers: How much did they attain with respects to those they agreed upon in Germany? There is nothing but politics and blah blah.

Kikwete, who is also head of the African Union, said: “I want to assure you that the concerns that you have expressed are indeed the concerns of many of us in the African continent.”

“I believe the G8 should send a strong message so as to ensure that democracy in Zimbabwe will be protected,” Brown was quoted in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

Let me surmise by telling our beggars that they are bringing shame on us all. Stop begging and start thinking right. Invest in your people in lieu of begging and self degrading.

Source: The African Executive Magazine July 16, 2008.

Roho mtakakitu alipoibukia madhabahuni

TAZAMA nimelala. Napata maono kama kawaida. Naona genge la watu watatu lifanyalo utatu mtata mtakakitu. Ni utata kweli kweli uliosheheni kila aina ya uchafu na ulafi.

Ni utatu wa baba wa mafisadi aitwaye Janaba Kitwitwi. Yu afanana na ndege kitwitwi. Kwani hakawii kuruka toka tawi hili kwenda lile. Ajiliwaza na kuwaliwaza wamsikilizao kwa nyimbo za kasuku asijue weshazichoka.

Kitwitwi baba wa utatu hayuko peke yake. Yeye ni yote ndani ya yote ingawa si yote katika yote. Tazama naona mwana katika utatu tata mtakakitu huu. Naonyeshwa mtu mwenye kofia nyeupe akiwa amevaa mawani ya mbao ya ufisadi machoni mwake.

Ni fisadi kuanzia unywele hadi ukucha. Ananuka kuliko hata tundu la choo! Ni jamaa asiye mgeni kwangu. Kama namjua. Hapana simjui. Huenda wanafanana. Naye anaitwa Enenda Umelowasasa. Huyu mwana ni kiboko kama baba yake. Ni baba wa tamaa nifaki na majivuno. Silaha yake kubwa ni uongo na ghilba kila namna.

Alikuwa amevishwa taji la baba yake. Bahati mbaya katika kukurupuka na kufanya uchafu wake patakatifu pa patakatifu, wazee wa makuhani walimvua taji na kumtimua kiasi cha kuudhoofisha utatu mtakakitu.

Yupo huyu roho mchafu mtakakitu. Naye ni binadamu usiyemdhania. Anaitwa Azirika Rostitamu. Huyu ni Myahudi wa ukoo wa Isakandali. Ni mjukuu wa Ishmaeli aliyekimbia toka Mlima Parani akaishia kwenye nyanda za kati.

Huyu kimsingi ndiye roho ya utatu mtakakitu. Ni jamaa mwenye sharubu kidogo anayeonekana mcheshi, lakini sumu kuliko hata ya nyoka. Ni mwizi hakuna mfano. Ni bingwa wa kughushi na kulahibu asijue ajulikana kwa wajoli wanaoanza kumuumbua kila uchao.

Hupenda kuabudiwa asijue apaswaye ni mmoja tu aliyeumba mbingu na ardhi! Hajui kuwa utatu wao tata ni dini ya kishetani iliyopo duniani kuiba na kuishia kuchomwa moto!

Huyu pamoja na mwana na baba ndiyo kila kitu. Ni yote katika yote katika kueneza dini iitwayo mizengwe. Dhehebu lake linaitwa Sisimka uibe.

Tazama naona baada ya wazee wa makuhani kumfurusha mwana, huku wakimkemea roho mchafu mtakakitu, namuona ameibukia kwenye mimbari ya madhahabu ya mbwa mwitu wajivishao majoho meupe wakijifanya wanaye roho mtakatifu.

Baba ambaye ni machukizo kwa wajoli, bado yumo nyuma ya pazia akihubiri ukombozi ilhali yu mjumbe na mkuu wa utatu mtakakitu wenye kuleta maangamizi ya halaiki. Jitihada zake si haba.

Utatu mtakakitu umeishakwanyua sadaka takatifu ya wajoli iliyotolewa na washitiri wao, huku ukiirudisha kwa mlango wa nyuma na kupokelewa na vicheche, mbwa mwitu na vinyama vya mwitu vya usiku vilivyosheheni patakatifu.

Amewakamata kama ruba kiasi cha kuwaingiza kwenye dhehebu lake. Amewapa vipande thelathini vya fedha fedheha ili wawasaliti wana wa Mungu.

Tazama naowana hawa mbwa mwitu wenye majoho meupe wakigawana vipande thelathini kwa aibu wakichekelea wasijue wanagawana moto. Naona mmoja akimpongeza roho mtakakitu. Wamekumbatiana wakipongezana wasijue wana wa Mungu waliishawastukia!

Wakati roho mtakakitu akijieneza kwenye majumba ya Bwana, naona baba yake akichekelea huku mwana akijipa moyo kuwa kwa kuwapata mbwa mwitu wajiitao wachunga wa wajoli huenda akatakaswa na kurejea kwenye nafasi yake ili aharibu taifa la Mungu. Naona mwisho mbaya kwa nyamaume huyu mwenye wingi wa uchu kama mbwa kusiri.

Tazama naona malaika anipaye habari akitikisa kichwa kwa hasira na masikitiko, akiniambia niwaambie wajoli waamke na kumpinga roho huyu mtakakitu aliyefunga ndoa na wale wenye kudai wana roho mtakatifu ilhali wana roho mtakachafu na mchafu.

Malaika anahanikiza na kusema: “Wambie wajoli wana wa Mungu mkuu kuwa uchafu wanaojipaka utakuwa mwanzo wa maangamizi yao. Waulize tangu lini kondoo na mbwa mwitu wakalala zizi moja? Waambe na uwaase wajue bwana yu aona yote. Waeleze. Wale wenye uchu siku ya siku utawatokea puani. Kwani wajoli wataamka na kuwachoma moto kama vibaka huku wakiwatimua toka patakatifu pa patakatifu.”

Ananikazia macho huku akitoa machozi ya damu kuwalilia wajoli wa yule aliyemtuma kwangu. Anasema: “Waambie wajoli waelewe kuwa laana itokanayo na hasira zangu kama wataendelea na ukondoo wangu itaviangamiza vizazi na vizazi kama moto uangamizavyo nyika.

“Hasira za Mungu kwa uzembe na woga wao zitawahiliki kama gharika la Nuhu au hata kuwageuza mawe kama kaumu Luti. Wasiruhusu Sodoma na Gomora ya uchukuzi kuihiliki nchi.”

Anaamsha ubawa wake na kuupigiza kwa hasira. Naona mabawa yake na kinywa chake vikitema moto. Anaendelea kusema: “Waamuru wajoli waamke na kupambana na roho mtakakitu na mitume wake. Waambie watoke usingizini wapambane na mhimili laanifu huu wa utatu mtakakitu na mharibifu.

“Wafumbue macho yao. Waambie waache kuota na kuona mauzauza wakiwaachia nyoka na mbwa mwitu wasimamie mayai na vifaranga. Ni yupi mpambavu amkabidhie nyama mbwa au humpa jini damu aitunze? Hakika giza na nuru havichangamanani.”

Ananikazia macho na kuendelea: “Aharibuye kazi uharibu jamii. Hivyo naye hujiharibu asijue maana ni sehemu ya jamii. Je, aliyepanda mwembe au mchungwa na mpera anawalisha wangapi? Anawalisha watu, wadudu hata ndege. Hii ndiyo faraja na faida ya upanzi.”

Upanzi si uchoyo wala ukaburi. Upanzi ni kujitoa kwa ajili ya wengine kama ambavyo wengine walijitoa kwa ajili yako. Je, aukataye mmea si mchawi auwaye vizazi vingi? Heri mchapakazi asiye na kazi kuliko mvivu na mchoyo umpaye kazi aiharibu. Je, utatu huu mchafu mtakakitu utateketeza wangapi kama wajoli wakiendelea kuuabudia na kuuchekea?”

Baada ya kuandika neno ambalo sikulijua chini anaendelea: “Mwewe ana macho makali kuliko binadamu. Lakini hajui kusoma! Nani aliwahi kuhesabu meno ya wadudu, tena wadogo sana? Nyoka hana miguu, lakini hutembea hata kusimama akapambana na adui yake!

“Maji hayana mdomo, lakini hupiga makelele, tena ya kutisha! Maji huzima moto, lakini moto huchemsha hata kuyakausha maji! Je, kati ya maji na moto ni nani mwenye nguvu zaidi ya mwenzie? Tia akili.”

Source: Tanzania Daima Julai 16, 2008.