Genocide: Slow Down Mr. Kagame!

My article Kagame Must Reconcile with Rwandans in The African Executive of 17 - 24 March 2010 did not augur well with the authorities in Rwanda. It’s sad so to speak. Thanks to this article, the authorities have branded me a genocide denier, an agent or altogether.

In the Rwandan New Times’ Monday 5th April, 2010 analysis titled Genocide Deniers and their Agents by Tom Ndahiro, many salvos and fabrications were written. It wrote:
“One of the more interesting ones is to an article entitled: “Kagame must reconcile with Rwandans” by Nkwazi Mhango, purportedly a Tanzanian based in Canada.

It went on: “This article was published by The African Executive in Nairobi, on the same day as Berwouts’s piece appeared. In it, Nkwazi accuses President Paul Kagame of “banking on genocide” as a pretext to thwart people with different ideas; and of “using genocide to threaten anybody, including the international community whom he blames for not preventing it.”

Maybe. Just maybe. Rwandan authorities are baffled as to why a Tanzanian can take his time to discuss things they’d not like be discussed in the way they were discussed. But they must understand. As a Tanzanian, I am a stakeholder thanks to Rwanda currently being admitted to the East Africa Union. Thus it becomes another major player leave alone crises in Rwanda producing refugees that seek refuge in Tanzania. Tanzania has suffered a great deal more from the influx of refugees. So as a stakeholder my voice adds up.

As a citizen of the region, I have all rights to discuss any issue regarding how things are going on. I once urged three founder members of EA not to admit Rwanda before the question of who actually committed genocide is answered. I also raised the issue of probing Ugandan and Rwandan strongmen for invading DRC before giving a nod to blood-tainted Rwanda as far as massacres and theft in DRC is concerned. To raise such a question does not mean I deny the occurrence of genocide in Rwanda. Such take is but myopic and megalomaniac.

The big sin Rwandan authorities commit is to wrongly and maliciously think that whoever opposes the way democracy is felled is a genocide denier. If telling Rwanda the right thing to do is genocide denying, nobody will survive this machination-cum-purge.

Well, genocide did actually take place in Rwanda. But who committed it apart from Hutus that are wholesale convicted as a whole even without hearing them? If RPF consisted of Tutsis fighting to bring down a Hutu-led government, it means they too committed the same against their adversaries. That’s why it becomes very difficult to exclude RPF in the whole crime. They too killed Hutus thanks to forming the government they were fighting to topple as once President Paul Kagame admitted when he was quizzed by Stephen Sackur of BBC HardTalk. On why he did not want to probe who brought down the presidential jet that killed two heads of state, Kagame said: “I pay no damn that Hyarimana is dead.”

Every peace lover would want to see Rwanda stabilize. But it cannot stabilize with all this vindication and lies of branding everybody a genocide denier. No way can one turn his face away from reality. There is development and some stability in Rwanda. I mentioned this in my article. But again in the same vein, there is lack of true democracy in Rwanda. I cannot make an apology for saying this. The political atmosphere in Rwanda is not as calm as the authorities and their paid media portray it. President Kagame does not entertain any opposition or opposite ideas.

His political mileage and gravitas largely depends on how he manipulatively uses genocide. This is what his opponents say. It was openly repeated by Kayumba Nyamwasa, the recent victim of this dirty-power game. Though a celebre as genocide is, it must not be used to arrest and fell democracy in the country. Kagame must understand and accept that there also are other Rwandans that can play great role in democratization and crewing Rwanda. This is but a constitutional right of every citizen.

Despite all repression denial, manipulation and what not, Rwandans will nary keep mum when it comes to urge for a fair play in running their country and their affairs.

Without dwelling on the issues that have already been discussed, I must candidly and strongly refute allegations that I am a genocide denier. The dispute is not whether genocide was committed or otherwise. The dispute is the way it is maliciously and inanely used. Why didn't the author say it that I appreciated the fact that there is development and some hope in Rwanda?

Thirst for true democracy in Rwanda even Uganda is nothing any person -despite untamed power he may wage- can regard as passing cloud so as to sweep under the carpet. True democracy is more a reality than a wish. It is unstoppable and its delay can succeed temporally but not for good. To tamp down all these controversies, Kigali must embark on true democracy the same way it did with development. Kigali must understand that the environment for one person to cling to power for long is long gone thanks to the changing of political scenario of the world after the demise of former USSR. If there is true and conducive environment for true democracy will be seen. You cannot hide this.

Importantly, it should be appreciated that what geared me to write the said article was nothing but the fleeing of former chief of staff and ambassador to India Nyamwasa and what he had to say about the regime in Kigali.

In a nutshell, I must strongly insist that genocide took place in Rwanda in 1994 save that the true or all perpetrators of this heinous crime have nary been brought to justice thanks to dealing with an exparte case presented by another player-the current government of Rwanda.
Source: The African Executive Magazine April 7 , 2010.

Wafanyakazi watendewe haki

KWA mtu anayejali kujua ugumu na mazingira magumu wafanyakazi wetu hasa wa kada ya chini wanavyopambana navyo huku wakizalisha na kushuhudia uchumi ukifujwa na wanasiasa, ana kila sababu ya kuunga mkono mgomo uliopendekezwa na wafanyakazi nchi nzima.

Wengi walidhani serikali ingechukulia tishio hili kwa uzito unaostahiki badala ya kutoa majibu yasiyo na mashiko.

Wengi walidhani serikali ingekubali lawama zote kutokana na wanasiasa kutumia vibaya rasilimali na jasho la wafanyakazi na wakulima wa taifa hili, ukiachia mbali mipango mibovu na sera za kuazima na kubabaisha.

Kwa wanaojua madhara ya mgomo hasa kwa uchumi unaosuasua kutokana na usimamizi na matumizi mabovu ya serikali, maneno ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete hayatoi jibu zaidi ya kutapatapa na kuwekana sawa. Je, hili ni jibu linaloingia akilini?

Hivi karibuni Rais Kikwete alikaririwa akisema: “Nayasema haya kwa kuwa naamini kwa dhati kuwa huo ndio uamuzi wenye maslahi kwa taifa letu na kwa wafanyakazi pia.

Hiyo ndiyo njia bora zaidi ya kufikia kwenye malengo yenye masilahi kwao na kwa waajiri wao.” (Hapa alimaanisha majadiliano).

Kusema ukweli majadiliano yameishapitwa na wakati. Yalianza wakati wa serikali ya awamu ya pili. Lakini tabia ya serikali kukaidi ahadi zake na kukiuka taratibu imeendelea kuwapo kwa zaidi ya miaka 20.

Hatuwezi kuendelea hivi wakati wafanyakazi wakijituma huku watawala wakiongeza ukubwa wa serikali matumizi bila ulazima wala kujali wale wanaozalisha hicho wanachofuta.

Rais aliambiwa kabla ya kuingia madarakani kuwa mtangulizi wake alikuwa ameunda serikali kubwa. Yeye alipoingia kwa kiburi na kutojua madhara yake kwa uchumi aliunda kubwa kuliko iliyokuwa ikilalamikiwa.

Rais ameishaonywa na vyama vya upinzani na wataalamu wa uchumi kuwa ziara zake na matumizi yasiyo na nidhamu na ufisadi ni vikwazo kwa uchumi wetu.

Amefanya nini kuhusu haya zaidi ya kuziba masikio na kuendelea kufanya yale yale?

Nchi ndogo jirani ya Rwanda na hata Kenya wamepiga marufuku matumizi ya mashangingi. Tanzania waliahidi wangefanya hivyo. Lakini katika kipindi hicho hicho ziliripotiwa taarifa kuwa walikuwa wameagiza mashangingi!

Pamoja na wakati ule serikali ya nchi fukara kuwa na mashangingi 6,000 na ushei waliweza kuendelea kuagiza mengine kinyemela kana kwamba umma hauna macho.

Hivi ni wafanyakazi gani vichaa watakaokubali madai kuwa serikali haina fedha wakati inasamehe mabilioni ya EPA, Kagoda, Richmond, TICTS, Meremeta, CIS, Kiwira ukiachia matumizi mabaya na ufisadi na kuchanganya siasa na uchumi?

Je, wafanyakazi watasikiliza ushauri wa rais ambaye huwa hasikilizi ushauri wa Watanzania?

Je, rais anadhani wafanyakazi ni vipofu wasioweza kuona nchi, rasilimali zao vinavyofujwa? Je, rais anadhani wafanyakazi hawaoni yanayofanyika? Tutoe mfano.

Katika sakata la uzembe na uhujumu wa Kampuni ya Kihindi ya RITES, wafanyakazi wa Mamlaka ya Reli waliweza kujikusuru na kufufua baadhi ya vichwa vya treni lakini serikali ikawaangusha hadi maji yalipozidi unga.

Je, wafanyakazi kama hawa rais atawaridhisha na nini zaidi ya kutimiza madai yao? Hawa si wapumbavu kama wanasiasa wanavyowachukulia.

Wanajua wenzao waliostaafu hasa wale wa Jumuia ya Afrika Mashariki walivyodhulumiwa na kuhujumiwa na serikali hii hii inayotaka waingie kwenye mazungumzo iwazidi kete. Walimu wanajua ninachomaanisha hapa.

Serikali haina sifa ya kuaminika katika ahadi na makubaliano yake. Ni mara ngapi serikali imeingia makubaliano nao na baadaye ikawageuka?

Leo tuna wanasiasa wanaolipwa mamilioni wakati madaktari, walimu na wafanyakazi wengine wakikopwa mishahara yao ukiachia mbali kuhujumiwa haki zao.

Mara nyingi wafanyakazi wameingilia bila mafanikio kuzuia wezi wachache katika serikali kuingia mikataba inayohujumu nchi kama ile ya uwekezaji uliogeuka utumwa na hujuma kwa taifa. Nani anawasikiliza badala ya kusikiliza ten percent?

Rejea wafanyakazi wa iliyokuwa NBC walivyojaribu kunusuru benki yao bila mafanikio, ukiachia mbali wa TANESCO lilipoletwa kampuni la kikaburu lililoiacha ikiwa mkangafu kama alivyowahi kukiri mkurugenzi wa zamani wa shirika hili.

Uliza serikali inadaiwa pesa kiasi gani na mamlaka ya maji safi na taka na TANESCO? Bila serikali na wakuu wake kuwajibika hatuwezi kupata jibu la kero za wafanyakazi.

Kuondokana na kero za wafanyakazi ni kuwatendea haki kwa kulipa haki zao na kuwa na nidhamu ya matumizi.

Serikali inayotumia mara mbili ya kipato chake haiwezi kufanya hivyo zaidi ya kuleta siasa na longo longo, vitu ambavyo vimepitwa na wakati.

Kinachokera ni kwamba pamoja na uchungu wa wafanyakazi, wanasiasa wanajifanyia mambo kana kwamba wao hawaishi katika nchi hii.

Ukitaka kujua ninachomaanisha, jikumbushe ni misamaha mingapi ya kodi ilishatolewa na serikali ya awamu ya nne ukiachia mbali kipengele kinachotoa mamlaka kwa waziri husika kuendelea kutumika wakati tukijua wazi ni uchochoro wa kuhujumia uchumi na taifa letu.

Leo hatutaandika mengi. Kumsaidia Kikwete na chama chake na serikali yake ni kumgomea ili aone madhara ya kufuja rasilimali na mali za umma ili atie akilini.

Bila kugoma siasa na sanaa zitaendelea huku wafanyakazi hata wananchi wetu wakizidi kugeuzwa punda vihongwe na kikundi kidogo cha watu kilichojaa mafisadi na wafujaji. Wafanyakazi msikubali maneno, maana maneno matupu hayavunji mfupa na matendo hukidhi haja maridhawa kuliko maneno.

Kuhusu kutatua tishio la mgomo. Kikwete anapaswa kufikiri upya na kuja na matendo na si mijadala. Mbona anapata muda wa kuwakingia kifua mafisadi na waharifu wengine, tena kwa jasho la wafanyakazi lakini kwanini anashindwa kutimiza madai ya wafanyakazi?
Tanzania Daima Aprili 7, 2010.

RITES iwe fundisho kwa serikali

WAZIRI wa Miundombinu, Shukuru Kawambwa, amelitangazia taifa kuwa serikali itachukua asilimia 51 ya hisa za kampuni ya Reli ya India (RITES) zilizokuwa zinaunda kampuni ya Reli ya TRL.

Alisema, “Lazima tufahamu kuwa TRL si ya RITES peke yake. Tunamiliki asilimia 49 ya hisa za kampuni hiyo. Kwa hiyo matatizo yanayotokea na sisi tunahusika. Ndiyo maana tunatoa fedha kuweka mambo sawa.”

Tunakubaliana na hoja za Kawambwa. Mwekezaji aliyekabidhiwa jukumu la kuendesha TRL amethibitika kushindwa kazi.

Serikali iliingia mkataba na kampuni isiyokuwa makini, isiyokuwa na uwezo, hadhi wala sifa ya kuendesha shirika muhimu kwa uchumi wa taifa.

Ikiwa serikali imekiri kuleta kampuni ya aina hiyo kuendesha Shirika la Reli la Taifa (TRC), basi inakiri kufanya maamuzi mabovu. Maana yake ni kwamba serikali iliyopo sasa imepoteza sifa ya uadilifu na umakini.

Watawala wamebeba mwekezaji badala ya kumfukuza; na sasa wana mkakati wa kujadiliana naye jinsi ya kununua hisa zake.

Hii ni hujuma. Katika kupamba hili, Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi, Philemon Luhanjo amekaririwa akisema, “Serikali itafanya matayarisho ya msingi; kurekebisha kasoro na kuangalia mustakabali wa TRL kabla ya kutafutiwa mbia mwingine wa kuiendesha.”

Kurekebisha kasoro ni muhimu. Lakini muhimu zaidi ni kujiuliza: Unarekebisha kasoro zipi na katika eneo gani? Hili ndilo swali ambalo mkutano wa baraza la mawaziri ulipaswa kuhoji waziri Kawambwa na katibu Luhanjo.

Kimsingi, bila kuondoa ulafi wa kimfumo, hata wawekezaji wangetoka mbinguni hatutafanikiwa kuwaendeleza watu wetu kwa kutumia raslimali zilizopo.

Kwenye uwekezaji mwingi uliofanyika na ambao umeonyesha wazi kuwa kuna harufu ya ujambazi ndani yake, serikali imekuwa ikitoa mitaji kwa makampuni ya kigeni, tena chini ya shinikizo la sheria.

Kinachokera ni ukweli kuwa mikataba hii iliingiwa baina ya serikali na wawekezaji kwa kuwakilishwa na watu waliodhaniwa kuwa wenye uelewa na ufahamu wa kulinda maslahi ya nchi yao. Kumbe sivyo ilivyo.

Lakini kibaya zaidi, hata pale ilipothibitika kwamba tumeingizwa mkenge, serikali haijawahi hata mara moja kuwajibisha wahusika. Imeendelea kuwakumbatia kana kwamba nchi hii ina uhaba wa wafanyakazi.

Kigine ambacho kinasikitisha ni kuwa hii si mara ya kwanza kwa serikali kutangaza kuwa imenunua au inajirejeshea hisa katika kampuni ilimokuwa na ubia.

Haya yalitokea katika Shirika la Ndege la Taifa (ATCL) lililokuwa limekodishwa kwa kampuni ya ndege ya Afrika Kusini, tena kwa bei ya kutupa.

Tulisikia serikali ikibeba zigo la mgodi wa makaa ya mawe wa Kiwira uliokuwa unadaiwa kumilikiwa na baadhi ya wanafamilia na marafiki wa rais mstaafu Benjamin Mkapa.

Pamoja na lundo la wataalamu iliyonao, serikali haikujua kuwa RITES haikuwa na uwezo wala mtaji wa kuendesha shirika ililolikabidhi?

Mbona wafanyakazi wa shirika hili walionya, hata kabla ya shirika lenyewe kubinafsishwa, kwamba mwekezaji aliyetafutwa hakuwa na sifa?

Je, si kweli kwamba wafanyakazi ambao kimsingi ndio walikuwa waendeshaji wakuu wa TRC, walitoa hata mbinu za kuliokoa shirika, lakini wakapuuzwa kwa madai kuwa mbinu zao zinaingiliana maslahi ya wakubwa?

Ni wafanyakazi hawa wa kizalendo waliofufua baadhi ya injini zilizotelekezwa na mwekezaji, jambo ambalo limeokoa mamilioni ya shilingi.

Lakini wakubwa serikalini hawakuona umuhimu wa uamuzi huo kwa kuwa kwao kuna faida kupeleka injini India kuliko kazi hiyo kufanywa na wazalendo kwa malipo kiduchu.

Ya RITES ndiyo yaleyale ya Net Group Solution iliyotelekeza Shirika la Umeme la Taifa (TANESCO). Ni yaleyale ya ATCL.

Ni wazi sasa kuwa serikali imeruhusu uhuru kwa kila mtu kujichomolea atakavyo kana kwamba taifa hili linaelekea kifo.
Chanzo: MwanaHALISI Machi 31, 2010.

Tumuunge mkono Mpendazoe

Mbunge wa zamani wa Kishapu Fred Mpendazoe amefungua pazia. Ameamua kukung'uta vumbi toke kwenye laana akiiacha laana mlangoni mwa CCM. Ametupa faida moja kubwa kusema kuwa alikuwa akiishi kwa matumaini yasiyokuwapo. Pia alihitimisha shutuma kuwa serikali ya sasa ni fisadi kutokana na kuwa tunda la pesa ya wizi na ufisadi na uchafu wa kila aina. Watanzania tusiwaangushe wazalendo walio tayari kujitoa mhanga kutetea maslahi ya taifa letu.
Tuchukue fursa hii kumpongeza Mpendazoe na kuwapa changamoto wale wote waliotuaminisha kuwa ni wapambanaji dhidi ya ufisadi. Wakati wa kujitoa ni sasa na pia kuonyesha matendo badala ya maneno.
Pia nawakaribisha kusoma kitabu changu cha SAA YA UKOMBOZI ili muone utabiri wangu juu ya kuporomoka kwa himaya chafu itokanayo na ujambazi wa EPA.
Pia Mpendazoe alinifurahisha aliposema CCM imevamiwa na wafanyabiashara mbwamwitu wanaoitumia kupata madaraka ili kuendelea kutuibia na kuficha uchafu wao. Hapa nadhani ndipo ilipo siri ya kuwa na watu kama Mohammed Dewji,Nazir Karamagi, Andrew Chenge na wengine waliohujumu taifa letu. Kesho msishangae kusikia Idris Rashid akigombea ubunge bila kusahau Yusuf Manji na wezi wengine.
Hakika hatua ya kishujaa ya Mpendazoe ni changamoto na suto kwa akina Samuel Sitta, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe, Anne Kilango Malecela, John Malecela, Lucas Selelii, Eng. Manyanya, William Shelukindo na kundi lao.
Kila la heri mwana mwema na shujaa na mzalendo wa kweli FREDRICK MPENDAZOE.
Hakika CCM si mama wa yeyote aliasa MwL. Julius Nyerere.

Hoja ya Slaa isijibiwe kisiasa

KUGUNDULIKA kuwa kuna vipengele vililingizwa kwenye muswada ambao umeishajadiliwa na Bunge na kupitishwa na kusainiwa na Rais Jakaya Kikwete kuwa sheria, ni jinai ya aina yake na pigo kwa rais na waliomzunguka, ukiachia mbali kuwa kashfa na udhalilishaji wa aina yake kwa Bunge letu.

Ingawa jana Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali katika taarifa yake iliyotoa msimamo wa serikali alisema hakuna kilichokosewa, jamii haijaelewa hasa kutokana na kauli yake ya kwanza ya kukiri kuwapo kwa vipengele vilivyochomekwa nje ya Bunge.

Jinai hii iliibuliwa na mbunge machachari wa Karatu-CHADEMA, Dk. Willibrod Slaa, ambaye ni Katibu Mkuu wa chama tajwa. Pia ameonyesha umakini mkubwa katika kufuatilia mambo licha ya kuwa tishio kwa serikali.

Dk. Slaa alikaririwa akihoji: “Bungeni hatukusema nani anatakiwa kukagua timu ya kampeni ya nani, lakini kwenye kipengele ambacho kimo kwenye sheria iliyosainiwa na rais inaonyesha kwamba timu za kampeni za mgombea urais zinatakiwa kuhakikiwa na Msajili.”

Aliendelea: “Katika sheria iliyosainiwa na rais kuna kifungu cha 7 (3), ambacho hakikuwepo kabisa kwenye muswada uliojadiliwa na kupitishwa bungeni. Kwa kweli nimeshangazwa sana kwa sababu rais amedanganywa katika hili.”

Slaa aliendelea: “Timu za kampeni za mgombea ubunge, zinaonyesha zinapaswa kuhakikiwa na makatibu tawala wa wilaya na kwa kesi ya wagombea udiwani, timu zao za kampeni zinapaswa kukaguliwa na makatibu tarafa, nani kaichomeka hii?”

Hebu angalia ubabaishaji na majibu ya kisiasa ya anayepaswa kuwa mtaalamu wa sheria, Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali Jaji Fredrick Werema aliyekaririwa akisema: “Kama kweli ikithibitika, tuko tayari kuomba msamaha na kurudisha bungeni suala hili ili lifanyiwe marekebisho… namhakikishia Dk. Slaa kuwa tutarudisha bungeni ili makosa hayo yaondolewe.”

Suluhu si kuondolewa kifungu husika bali kuwajua waliovunja katiba na kulidhalilisha Bunge na kuwahujumu wananchi. Werema hataki hili kwa sababu ajuazo!

Kama kuna aibu ambayo imewahi kumkumba Rais Kikwete, hii basi ni mama ya aibu zote. Hata ile ya Arusha ni cha mtoto. Inakuwaje rais makini anasaini muswada uliobunguliwa na kuwa sheria asivunje sheria?

Je, katiba yetu inasemaje kuhusiana na jinai hii? Je, ni nani hawa waliochomeka upuuzi wao kwenye muswada huu na kwa ajili ya nani? Je, imekuwaje wakajiamini kutenda jinai hii?

Je, ni kwa sababu wanajua wanavyowasaidia wakubwa hivyo kutoweza kuwawajibisha kama walivyofanya kwa mafisadi wa EPA, Kagoda ikiwa baba yao?

Je, walitumwa na Kikwete mwenyewe au chama chake? Vyombo vya habari vilikaririwa vikisema kuwa rais alifura kutokana na kashfa hii.

Jibu hapa si kufura. Ni kujiuzulu au kuwawajibisha wanaohusika na jinai hii ambao bila shaka wanajua upole wa Kikwete na mfumo wetu chakavu wa wakubwa kutumia madaraka vibaya wakijua wako juu ya sheria.

Ingawa Kikwete huwa hajibu tuhuma, katika hili itashangaza kama atakaa kimya kwani ni kashfa inayomuonyesha kama rais asiye makini.

Je, kiongozi wa aina hii si hatari kwa taifa kuliko hata hao wanaomtumia? Je, ina maana rais huwa hachukui muda kusoma masuala anayoletewa atie saini?

Mbona anapata muda wa kuongea na kina Didier Drogba na kusafiri nje? Je, kiongozi wa namna hii anatufaa kwenye karne ya 21 yenye kila aina ya ujanja na changamoto?

Hawa waliotenda jinai hii hata kama wanafahamu udhaifu wa rais, wanamdharau, wanalidharau Bunge, wanawadharau Watanzania kwa ujumla na hata wakitaka wanaweza kuiangusha serikali.

Wamemgeuza rais kama mtani wao. Hata hivyo, rais alionywa kuhusiana na uteuzi wa wasaidizi wake. Alionywa kuhusu ubaya wa kuchanganya urafiki na shughuli za umma, leo hii hayo yanayomkuta ni malipo ya kadhia hiyo.

Kosa kama hili lingetendwa kwenye nchi zilizoendelea, hakuna shaka rais angewafukuza wahusika siku hiyo hiyo.

Kwa vile watu wetu huwa wanaonekana kama walevi wa madaraka, waliohusika kwanza hawajulikani na wanaendelea kutanua.

Wazee maarufu wa CCM waliwahi kushauri rais asiruhusiwe hata kugombea muhula wa pili, wakakaripiwa na kuitwa wendawazimu.

Hapa kuna tishio jingine. Kama serikali ya Rais Kikwete inaanza kupotosha na kuvunja sheria hivi, je, kwenye uchaguzi itakuwaje?

Kimsingi, huu ni ushahidi kuwa serikali haina udhu wa kuweza kuendesha uchaguzi huru na wa haki. Wizi tuliozoea kwenye chaguzi zetu utaongezeka kutokana na wanaotaka kuendelea kutawala kuvurunda kiasi cha kutostahiki kuchaguliwa kwa haki.

Huwa nina swali moja ambalo limegeuka wimbo wangu wa jogoo. Je, watanzania washikwe wapi ndipo washtuke? Kashfa zote zilizoharibu maana ya maisha kwao zimetendwa na wahusika wanaendelea kupeta huku Watanzania hawa hawa waathirika wakiendelea kutulizwa kwa nyimbo na mashairi matamu yakisindikizwa na vinanda vya watabiri uchwara na viongozi wa upinzani waliochoka hadi kukipigia debe chama wanachosema wanakipinga.

Je, tatizo letu kama taifa ni nini? Je, upuuzi huu wa kupachika mambo yao kwenye sheria ni mchezo waliouzoea kutokana na wabunge wetu wengi kutokuwa makini na kufuata per diem?

Watahangaishwa na nini iwapo wanaweza kughushi vyeti wakaendelea kuula?

Je, rais amesaini nyaraka ngapi chafu zilizochomekwa kama sheria hii? Huu ni ushahidi tosha kuwa tunatawaliwa na sheria zilizochomekwa.

Ajabu kuonyesha tulivyo na taifa lisilofikiri wala kuthubutu, hata baada ya kashfa hii kufumka, vyombo vya habari havikukerwa kiasi cha tahariri zake kumtaka rais na serikali yake wawajibike mara moja! Maana wamegusa patakatifu pa patakatifu.

Mwalimu Julius Nyerere alituachia urithi wa maana wa kuandika vitabu na kuvisoma. Ajabu watawala wa kizazi hiki wana rekodi ya kuzurura na kuizunguka dunia bila hata kuandika kitabu kimoja.

Katika kitabu changu cha Saa Ya Ukombozi niliongelea tabia hii chafu ya rais wa nchi ya kufikirika kuletewa makaratasi ayasaini bila kuyasoma kiasi cha walioko chini yake kutumia mwanya huu kutaka kuuza kijiji bila ya yeye kujua kutokana na kuwa bize akifanya ziara ughaibuni.

Upole wa Kikwete sasa umevuka viwango vya kuvumiliana. Tusimuogope. Maana taasisi ya urais ni yetu si yake.

Tumwambie apishe wenye uwezo waongoze badala ya kuendelea na kuwa na watu wasio makini ambao wamegeuzwa muhuri bila kujijua kubariki hujuma kwa taifa.

Pamoja na majibu ya serikali kuhusu suala hili, jambo hili inabidi lirudi tena bungeni ili lijadiliwe na kupatiwa majibu ya uhakika.

Vinginevyo tunachelea kwamba siku moja, waliompotosha rais, watasababisha asaini waraka wa kuwauza Watanzania wote naye akiwamo, asijue.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima.

Msimu uwa kula bila kulipa umewadia

NDIYO natoka kupuliza mabangi yangu. Natembea kama vile napaa nikiwaza jinsi ya kutumia na kutanua huku majuha wakiniramba miguu. Nina mpango kabambe wa kuukata baada ya kugundua njia rahisi katika ulimwengu wa majuha.

Napiga mbinja kama sina akili nzuri. Nahanikiza ifuatavyo:

Pesa, pesa, pesa kweli sabuni ya roho nasema.
Mwenye pesa, mwenye pesa kweli si mwenzio - we juha.
Ukinyaka pesa unaweza kulala kwenye ghorofa.
Ukiwa na pesa waweza kuwa raisi-wa majuha.
Ukiwa na pesa utakuwa mwizi wa miwa -mheshimiwa.
Ukiwa na pesa unaweza kuhonga majuha wakakupa kura ya kula - nasema.
Pesa, pesa, pesa kweli sabuni ya roho nasema.
Mada madaraka nayo ni kinga ya mengi.
Ukiwa nayo, wajificha nyuma yake.
Jambazi na muuaji aitwa mheshimiwa.
Kibaka na poraji, pia ni mheshimiwa.
Matapeli ya kughushi
Yaitwa waheshimiwa.
Muuzaji wa madawa hata mie mvutaji.
Waitwa mheshimiwa kisa una madaraka.
Tilitiliiii tilii tilliiiiii ngwili ngwililiiiii.

(Rudia kwa sauti na fikra mara tano).

Ni kweli. Ukiwa na fedha hata uwe fala hata choko na changu utaonekana mjanja. Ukiwa na madaraka ndiyo usiseme. Kila mchumia tumbo atakuramba viatu ili ajaze box lake aliitalo tumbo.

Ukiwa nazo wewe ni kila kitu. Ukiwa na madaraka unaweza kukufuru hata kujiona mungu mtu. Hata mkeo atakuwa mwenye madaraka na watoto wako watakuwa wateule hata kama ni vibaka.

Nimekumbuka shosisto mmoja anayetanua hata na midege na mishangingi ya kaya kwa vile bwana’ke ni mkuu. Nani alitarajia chinga kama yule kutanua vile na utaalamu wake wa chaki, tena wa shule za vidudu?

Mara hii mmemsahau jamaa yangu aliyejaza mke, watoto na ndugu zake kwenye ulaji kwa vile ana madaraka? Hana tofauti na mfalme.

Mmesahau Tunituni alivyowajaza vivyele na wakwe zake kwenye ulaji wa umma kwa vile alikuwa na madaraka? Madaraka ndugu yangu usifanye mchezo.

Ukihoji hili jikumbushe. Inakuwaje kitoto cha miaka kumi na ushei kinaula kwenye siasa wakati kinapaswa kuwa skuli kikijifunza mambo?

Kwani haya hayapo na hayafanyiki mbele ya macho yenu walevi nyie tena mkishangilia na kutangaza upuuzi huu bila kuchukia na kuchukua hatua?

Nani aliwaroga nyie ambao kila kitu kiko wazi mbele yenu?

Mna habari wimbo huu niliutunga mimi na kuimbwa na jabari la muziki almarhumu Marijani Rajabu aliyekuwa mshirika wangu enzi za Dar International na mtindo wetu wa ‘supa bomboka’ uliogeuka kuwa supa homola?

Ubeti wa pili haukuimbwa kwa kuogopa wenye madaraka kipindi kile hasa mzee mcho... wee koma! Hayo tuyaache.

Kwa vile majuha wanaamini kila upuuzi kiasi cha kuwa na matumaini hata yasipokuwapo, nitaunda kampuni hewa iitwayo Nimajuha Tunawala Kyoei yenye makao makuu kwenye prefecteur ya Nakagawa kule Ujepu. Baada ya hapo nitakwenda kwenye mabenki na kuhomola kama sina akili nzuri.

Nitasuka mipango na majuha wenye mamlaka kuwa tukiishapakua pesa toka kwenye mabenki yao basi wataula na kuwa wakuu. Nitawakaanga samaki kwa mafuta yao kutokana na ujuha wao.

Polisi wala TAKULA msipoteze muda kuniandama. Mie nitakula na mabosi wenu. Ukijitia kunifuata fuata tunakufukuza kazi. Nitawasiliana na Ewassa, Roast Tamu, Endelea Chenga na Iddiiliisha kwa Rashid tufanye vitu vyetu.

Wale watu wa mabenki ya kijambazi yanayowaibia majuha na walevi kaa chonjo. Kuna jogoo limeingia mjini kuwaliza. Bell of Tembo au Bunch of Thieves kaa sawa hamtaniepa kama EPA. Lazima nijikate pale BoT na kuhomola na kisifanyike kitu.

Nina kampuni mpya ya hapa kayani iitwayo Kagodo na ninakula na wakubwa wenu uchwara wenye tamaa kama fisi na ujuha kama kenge, ambaye akiona mvua inanyesha hukimbilia majini asijue mvua ni nafuu kuliko ziwa au mto! Ninao vifaa ndani ya mabenki yenu wakifanya ubeki wa kuyaibia mabenki uchwara.

Nina mpango wa kuagiza na kuingiza mashine ya kuchapisha pesa bandia na shahada za kula. Hapa mafisi watakao ukuu hawawezi kupona. Sina shaka na ufanisi wa mradi huu.

Hata ule mradi wa kuchomeka vipengele kwenye sheria nimeubuni mimi ili kuwasaidia wachovu waukwae name niule. Hivyo msimuandame mkuu wa kaya pale pakuu. Mie ndiyo karukarange niliyeanzisha mchezo mzima na kuusimamia kwa faida zangu binafsi.

Mie ni bora kuliko wale waramba viatu wehu wanaowaita wenzao wehu wakati wehu ni wao.

Mgosi Machungi wa Jose Makambale upo hapa? We ni mchovu. Huna kisomo ukiachia mbali busara zaidi ya kujikomba kama changu. Elewa hilo. Unapaswa kuwa ile mitaa yetu si Lumumba wala Idodomya.

Hata wale wachovu mnaowaita waheshimiwa ingawa hawana heshima zaidi ya uheshimiwa wa per diem, msiwalaumu. Wengi ni vihiyo walioghushi shahada zao ingawa wanalindwa na waharifu wenzao wenye madaraka.

N’shasema, madaraka hufanya hata fala kuwa mjanja ukiachia mbali limbukeni kuwa kiongozi. Nyuma ya kila kitu nipo mimi kidume hata kama ni mvuta bangi.

Bangi nivutayo ni kwa ajili ya ukombozi. Na ulevi nilio nao ni kwa ajili hiyo. Japo wehu wengi wananiona mwehu, nina hoja kuwa tunahitaji ukombozi wa kweli. Ukombozi umefika kwenye nyumba ya Mpayukaji shangilieni na kusherehekea hata kama ni mauti yenu.

Juzi shehena Ubwabwa alitabiri kuwa hakutakuwa na uchafuzi na wenye majina yanayoanza na herufi “s” wataula asijue wengine wameishaliwa! Yuko wapi rafiki yangu Sixx zaidi ya kuishia kuwa pumba tupu?

Kadanganywa na Sefuri Madevu na Karumekenge aliyemtabiria kuwa ataendelea kuula. Akijidanganya na kudanganyika ajiandae kwenda kunyea debe na kina Chazi Teillar na baadaye Hummar Bashari wa Sudan.

Mie natabiri. Kama Karumekenge ataendekeza tamaa na taashwisi za Madevu, amini natabiri. Atanyea debe na hawara yake mpya.

Wanadhani hatujui kuwa makubaliano na matambuano na matambiano wanayotutambia nayo kwa kutambuana kinafiki kumesababishwa na EU? Tunajua kila kitu ingawa hatusemi.

Mkakati mwingine niliopanga ni kuhimiza wakimbizi wapige kula ili majuha wenu wale. Kama hamjui jueni. Kule makambini wakimbizi wamekuwa wakitumiwa kupiga kula.

Hii ndiyo siri ya ushindi wa vishindo vyenye kualika mshindo baada ya kimya kingi cha walevi wanaoanza kuamka. Wajinga ndio waliowao. Mwalimu wangu Daktari Slaa usinibaini. Nikipata kumi, tano zako.

Msimu wa kula bila kulipa unawadia. Kaa chonjo saa mbaya walevi mtaliwa sana siyo kama kule nyuma. Vyangudoa wa kihabari na kisiasa wataanza kuhama kambi. Naona majagu yanakuja upande wangu na jana nilikuwa na RB, ngoja niwatoke
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima.

Gadaffi needs to have his head examined

For long I’ve regarded Libyan strongman, Col. Muamar Gadaffi, as a lunatic thanks to his oft-controversial utterances. After the just ended African Union’s annual conference, he was quoted saying things no sane mind can say after his bid to lead this organization for two terms was turned down. He thereof backed off and said he’d turn to the Arab League to get the same. What went on thereafter, nobody knows.

Gadaffi recently proved my take when he created quite a stir averring that Nigeria be halved into two, thanks to religious carnage it recently experienced whereby hundreds of innocent people were savagely butchered. Gadaffi remarks on Nigeria and religious terrorism attracted attention of many more than the first one.

This time, Gadaffi found his match. The speaker of the senate David Mark had this to say about the man and his irresponsible and noxious remarks: “A mad man who said the same thing about England … and he said the same thing about every other country and then you want to give him any prominence at all, truly, in my candid opinion, I don’t think he deserves our attention.”

For a person of Mark’s stature to reach this dressing-down conclusion, Gadaffi verily crossed the red line. Mark is right. How can a sane person insult Nigeria especially at this time it is embroiled in constitutional crisis resulting from the health of its bedridden president surrounded by power brokers? Nigeria’s response to this salvo it called irresponsible did not end up calling Gadaffi a mad man. It also recalled its ambassador from Libya as protest to this megalomania. Many still wonder how such divisive element was made a chair of African Union whilst his solution has always been simple and nugatory.

African dictators have proved to be and rabid out of touch. At the same time, Ugandan strongman averred that donors must stop lecturing him about good governance since he is an expert in the area! He was quoted as thus: “Donor aid should come in areas where Uganda needs development not in governance, I am already an expert in governance, who can again lecture me about governance?” Is Museveni an expert in good governance or bad one? Isn’t this mania really? If anything, Museveni is an expert in but manipulation, intimidation, corruption and what not.

More on Gadaffi. He’s always supported Islam at the peril and dismay of other religions, especially Christianity which he hates the most. In March 2008 when inaugurating the biggest mosque in Uganda he financed, he was quoted as thus: “The Bible we have now is not the one that was revealed to Issa [Jesus] and the Old Testament is not the one that was revealed to Musa. Muhammad is mentioned in both (original versions), but the Torah and Bible we have now, there is no mention of him.”

This simpleton did not end up there. He added in paraphrasing his salvos so as to clearly be understood. He said: “It means that it (Bible) has been forged. Prophet Muhammad was sent to mankind. Allah wanted mankind to have one religion. The Koran that we have is the only book that was sent by Allah. We believe in the Bible as well as the Torah.”

What does Gadaffi’s machination-cum-suggestion mean? Nigeria be divided so that he can fully support the Islamic north to attack Christian south as he was doing in Sudan when it was terrorizing Christian south. However, Gadaffi and the likes must understand. Like Sudan, northern Nigeria has no oil. Therefore attempting this suttee will nary help any Nigerians even if Muslims can be easily lulled into this gin.

When this self conscripted Islamic crusader- in-chief puked his puerile wisdom, many religious people in Uganda frontally confronted him by hitting back, reminding him how the book he thinks authentic is a poetic copy of the one he castigates.

Gadaffi’s Islamic crusade did not start yesterday. In 1978 he supported Idi Amin when he invaded Tanzania. The lesson he got for this insanity has nary escaped his memory. In 2006 Gadaffi was quoted as thus: “We have 50 million Muslims in Europe. There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe – without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades.” This megalomania borders the one once proposed by some stupid immigrants in UK, that UK must be ruled Islamic leader and Koran not by the queen and the constitution.

More on Gadaffi’s Islamic fundamentalism appeared in 2009 in Rome where he went to attend FAO’s conference when he urged 100 Italian beauties to convert in Islam. He said that Jesus came for Jews whilst Mohammad came for everybody. But he forgot one cardinal in the Koran that say that Allah brought Islam in Arabic so that Arabs could understand it. To prove how lunatic the man is, at the end of the lecture of converting to Islam he gave the girls copies of Koran and 50 Euros each. One of them, Silvia Figliozzi, grumbled: ”We were at least expecting a snack.”

Before the furore of halving Nigeria, Gadaffi was at it with Switzerland. He wanted Muslims all over the world to fight the Swiss simply because they denied visas to Libyan officials! He was quoted as thus: “There is a big difference between terrorism and jihad which is a right to armed struggle”. Gaddafi added: “Let us fight against Switzerland, Zionism and foreign aggression”.

We’ve presented as many quotes from Gadaffi to prove how lunatic the guy is. In March last year International Christian Concern (ICC) slapped Gadaffi in the face after revealing how Libyan intelligence tortured Christian converts for weeks. What hypocrisy and double standard! Can such a biased- funky creature have any good lesson for Africa? ICC’s Regional Manager for Africa, Jonathan Racho, had this to say: “We call upon Libyan officials to stop torturing the four Christians and release them from detention. Libya must respect the rights of its citizens to worship freely and not to be tortured. We particularly ask the Libyan leader and the current head of the African Union, Mr. Muammar Gaddafi, to set the prisoners free and demonstrate his country’s commitment to respect human rights.”

In a nutshell, this is but a drop in the ocean of Gadaffi’s frenzy. His madness is unearthed when he goes around preaching the United States of Africa chaired by him on the one hand, as he preaches the division of African countries on the other hand.

Importantly, Africa needs to know. Gadaffi is dangerous and, thus, we must keep off from him despite his petrodollar many mumbo jumbos badly need. Indeed Gadaffi needs to have his head examined.
Source: Afro Spear Think Tank-Toronto.

Nilitabiri mkanipuuza

NILIPOTABIRI ambayo yangeikumba nchi ya Tanzia, wengi waliniona chizi anayejifurahisha. Nilitabiri: Kahaba wa makahaba aitwaye mzuri kwa jina la HAKIJA, aliye machukizo ya machukizo aliyeinyakua na kuitawala nchi hii ya uzuri wa ajabu, atawaalika wenzake wainajisi ardhi kiasi cha kuwageuza watumwa Watanzia.

Ni kahaba huyu aliyekataliwa na nabii Musa akionya: “Watakuja wengi kwa jina langu wakiwaaminisha watawapeleka Kanani. Lakini watawapeleka machinjioni baada ya kuwaibia na kuwanajisi nyinyi na ardhi yenu. Wataacha maafa kwa vijukuu zenu baada ya kuwatesani.” Hamkumbuki? Nabii Musa alimkataa kiumbe huyu wazi wazi ili anusurike. Hakubabaishwa na urembo na tenzi zake.

Hamkumbuki! Mlionywa. Uzuri, mnaodhani HAKIJA anao, umeficha ukatili na uoza visivyo kifani! Ni mchafu kuliko hata uvungu wa ndoo. Hafai hata kuaminiwa kiporo, achia mbali mali za thamani na uhai wenu.

Muone mara ngapi ndipo muamini unabii? Mlifanya kosa kupuuzia unabii huu. Sasa mmeishajionea gharama yake. Je, mtaendelea na wehu na ujuha kumwacha kahaba azidi kuinajisi ardhi? Au mnataka mpigwe na kwa mapigo ya vyura na nge ndipo mgutuke maskini majuha nyie.

Pia nilionya: mtakamatwa na kufungwa kongwa na kuelekezwa majili kama kondoo kwa malipo ya vitu uchwara na kujilisha pepo.

Japo niliongea kwa lugha rahisi, watanzia hawakunielewa! Kama wapo walionielewa, walinipuuzia wakiendelea kufanya ufuska wao chini ya utawala wa kahaba mkuu.

Leo natoa tahadhali nyingine kwa watu wa Tanzia. Ni juzi tu nilisikia kuwa sarafu yenu ya Kwenje inaghushiwa na wakubwa zenu ili kupata mitaji ya kuwanunulia upuuzi nanyi muwape kura ya kula. Haya yamesemwa mchana juu ya uchafu huu.

Kwanza, nalaani japo sihusiki. Kama jina lenu, sasa mmefikia kwenye kitanzi na mwisho tutatangaza tanzia. Yaani mnachezea pesa yenu wenyewe tena kwa kutumia mamlaka zenu wenyewe kisa eti kuwawezesha makahaba wachache kuendelea kuwatawaleni! Ni hatari na aibu sina mfano.


Maadui hawa wa kweli wamewahadaa na kuwatengenezea maadui bandia. Nanyi mmekubali! Kimsingi, maadui ni wao si hao wa kutengenezwa. Mnadanganywa kuwa ni bora na salama wakati hamna lolote.

Mgekuwa wa maana na bora msingefanyiwa mnayofanyiwa-ujambazi na unajisi wa mchana. Ni nani akuheshimuye kwa kukugeuza changudoa kimaisha? Hakuna heshima katika kulambana vichongo na kushindiliana visu tena kama jamii.

Walianza na kuhomola wakapigiwa kelele na kuumbuka ingawa hawakushughulikiwa. Wako wapi akina HEPA zaidi ya kugeuka mahepe? Nambie. Wako wapi akina Kagodoka bint Ikuru, Richmonduli na wengine? Sasa wameanza kuchonga sarafu na kuighushi!

Uchumi wenu sahauni ndugu zangu watanzia mliovamiwa na makahaba na majambazi kutoka kila kona ya dunia. Kila siku wanaingia kwa ndege, treni, mitumbwi, meli hata mabasi nanyi mnaangalia tu! Mmekwisha amkeni.

Kama hamjui jueni. Hii ndiyo siri ya uchumi wenu kuendelea kuwa nusu kaputi wakati wa viinchi vidogo tu uking’ara. Mnatawaliwa na wezi na majambazi wajivikao utukufu. Msipofutu hili jueni mmekwisha tena vibaya.

Sasa natabiri jingine kubwa lao. Baada ya kughushi sarafu kesho wataghushi shahada za uchaguzi. Hapa ndipo fumbo la ushindi na vishindo ulipo siku zote ingawa hamjawahi kung’amua.

Nilionya kuwa maadui zenu ni watu wenu wale wale wajivishao utukufu na utoaji wa haki wakati wao ndiyo kikwazo cha haki na maendeleo yenu.

Pia niliwaonyeni kuacha umbwa na ufisi ambapo mnalishwa nyama za wenzenu kwa kuungwa na kukaanga. Narudia tena kwa lugha rahisi. Msipoacha tamaa na ujuha wa kupenda kuhongwa upuuzi mmekwisha na msinililie siku mtakapojikuta majilini.

Ingawa ni ujuha na utoto kuchezea sarafu yenu, tatizo kubwa ni nyinyi wavivu wa kufikiri na kufanya maamuzi magumu. Hawa wanaofanya hivi nao ni majuha kama nyinyi ingawa wanajiona wajanja. Kwani wanaishi katika leo na kuipuuzia kesho, wasijue kesho ni bora kuliko leo!

Wao watafanya ukahaba wao na kutoweka. Tanzia ilikuwapo na itakuwapo milele. Je, ni nani mpumbavu aachaye miiba kwenye shamba ili imchome mwanae kesho? Wambieni waelewe ingawa hawana masikio. Kwa vile hawana masikio, tumieni lugha ya nyuki ambao bila moto huwa hawaondoki mzingani.

Niliwaonya mbabane na kujua kila kipato cha mtu awe mkubwa au mdogo mkaniona wa jana. Mlitanguliza ujuha wa ujanja kupata au kuwahi.

Yako wapi sasa? Haya mmeambiwa kila kitu kuwa sarafu yenu si salama wala nyinyi na nchi yenu si salama. Mtakuwaje salama wakati mwaelekea majilini? Nchi inachezewa kama mnavyochezewa. Sarafu inahujumiwa kama inavyohujumiwa ukiacha mbali nyinyi na vizazi vyenu.

Tanzia imnekabidhiwa mikononi mwa wageni wenye uchu kama fisi wakijiibia watakavyo na kuhamisha utajiri wenu wakati nyinyi mnanyongwa na ulofa. Tieni akilini sasa. Chukueni hatua sasa.

Wanakuja kwa gea mbali mbali, uwekezaji ambao kimsingi ni uchukuaji. Utalii na akila aina ya mbinu wakisaidiwa na vyangudoa wao waliozaliwa Tanzia. Hakuna kuishiwa kama mtu kujiibia mwenyewe hasa anapokuwa amekabidhiwa dhamana hii na umma.

Juzi mliibiwa TiRaeLo na hao hao kwa kisingizio kuwa wenzao wameshindwa. Kwani hawakuambiwa kuwa hawa jamaa ni watupu? Lakini nani angesikia wakati alikuwa akisikia na kuona kwa ten percent? Halafu mbweha hawa hawa eti wanawaaminisha wanaweza kuwavusha nanyi kwa ujuha na utaahira wenu mnawaamini!

Kama nyinyi si wanafiki basi ni vichaa wa aina yake chini ya jua. Mshikwe wapi mshtuke? Mliwe vipi hadi mchukie? Muibiwe vipi ndipo muone hasara? Mdhalilishwe kiasi gani ndipo muudhike? Ashakum si matusi huenda mliumbika bahati mbaya. Ni ajali ya kimaumbile huenda.

Nimalizie kwa kuwaasa kuwa adui wenu mkubwa ni nyinyi mnaotoa mwanya kuwaalika makahaba kuinajisi ardhi yenu takatifu. Chukueni hatua sasa na wakati ni huu. Acheni uroho na ujuha woga na kuishi kwa matumaini. Habari ndiyo hiyo.

Hivi kuku wako akianza kula mayai huwa unamfanyia nini? Je, wale uliowaamini kulinda sarafu yako wanapoanza kuighushi utawafanya nini kwenye kipute cha Oktoba? Kazi kwako. Lo! Kumbe nilikuwa naota!
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Machi 24, 2010.

Tell us the truth about Zenj’s matambuano

News that what’s drummed as a success story of peace and reconciliation in Zenj was enhanced by pressure from EU stuns.

It came to light that EU warned our helmsmen and their adversaries in Zenj that shall next elections be mired by killings or something near; they’ll be dispatched to The Hague to be ground by Luis Moreno Ocampo. When Ocampo roars big men look like a church mouse.

I must say it. Currently, Ocampo’s name causes grumblings in some African countries especially those ruled by blood dripping hands like Sudan and partly Kenya .
I thus humbly thank and commend EU for solving the puzzle that failed Commonwealth in Zenj. Because since they stepped in Zanzibar is doing remarkably well.

I must avow. I goofed thinking two protagonists were behind this historic hit! To the contrary though, it turned out, they’re forced. News homing in on the whole thing says that. This means. All chest-beating and pizazz is chimera next to hypocrisy! Karume and Maalim do not deserve any credit. This is why they did not want to disclose what they tallied upon till when this daunting truth came forth.

They told us they recognized their mistakes, a lie. And now they’re putting Zanzibar ’s interest ahead of personal ones! But why late like this they mean serious business? This does not wash with truth. If this holds water, why did they come up with something whose enforceability is by breaking, and tampering with, the constitution?

If the truth is: EU brokered understanding in Zanzibar then what are all those braggadocios and noises for? We’ve been hearing people praising each other where they’re supposed to do so to EU. I still vividly remember words like “this time we zenjs won’t turn back and nobody will stop us” kidudu mtu, wabara, chogo and what not.

Yeah. Zenjs and Tanganyikans need peace. But why should the credit go to Maalim Seif and Daktari Karume whilst the actual mover is EU? And the aura and fame the duo has been enjoying is not theirs. One thing is great. Shall this be exerted to all bloodletting countries, indeed, deaths and destruction will be averted.
Who wants to end up in the can like Charles Taylor and Slobodan Milosevic? This being the case why then should we give kudos to those supposed to be villains? Is it the reason why the motive behind, and what was agreed, in Zenj’s understanding was kept a top secret?

Karume reckoning how gruesome it was for him to ascend to power, he won’t badge even a minute to allow this window to close. Even Maalim knows this fully well. That’s why he wanted to toss him bait.

I was wondering to hear that -those questioning the lightening speed in which the deal was reached-do not wish Zanzibar well! Who really wish Zanzibar well between Thomases and those that, for long, ignored to use their common sense -to do a right thing?

Was the motive of peace and prosperity of Zanzibar conceived by the duo or the fear to be submitted to The Hague ? I now know why President Jakaya Kikwete was left out of the big picture. Though politicians can not be trust, I used to wonder how could erstwhile enemies like the duo would sit and dine together thanks to the verbal understanding where doyens failed!

By the same token, I know why Karume did not to accept the offer by Maalim to prorogue his term. Such proposals were as good as being given a rope to hang himself. Who wants to sit on powder keg after getting a leeway to survive?
But again, this is a challenge to African mumbo jumbos. Even sitting together and talk sense colonial masters should chip in to enhance this! How long are we going to be breastfed this way? What annoys is thankless behaviuor of scoring where you did not labour.

Help me. When will Africa come of age and shun this come-white-saviour malady? I feel small (sic) to find that all fanfares with regards to comedy known as maridhiano have coercion behind it. This reminds me baby’s behaviour. Moreso, a baby wets the bed then starts tantrums blaming everybody as if he or she is the one that messed her bed!

Look at the baby after being cleaned. He is chirping and everything becomes history. Let me make a note on this. Shall Zenj’s peace prevail, our rulers that have been behaving like the baby in point should not make bygone.

The point is. Even our union has a lot of puzzles that, for long, have been ignored by supremos. Is it time for EU to force them to use their brains instead of puerile phillipics? Methinks. It is. To not force them to tackle union enigma, is as good as treating one eye and leave another one with infection that will quickly rejuvenate and attack the other you’ve treated.

At this note, it sounds good to invite EU and other who’s who of this world to force our naive rulers to fight and stop graft. If anything, if there is anything threatening the fabrics of many nations is nothing but graft. This crime against humanity allows a privileged few to bulldoze and rob the majority. It causes milliard miseries to milliards of people in Africa.

Transparency and truth are needed in this matter. But as usual, politicians promise openness and give opaqueness. Without truth coming out from the protagonists themselves all they are pretending to stand for will vanish in thin air soon. And the thawing of their relation won’t live longer.

No story ever really ends. Zanzibar ’s maridhiano begs more questions than answers. The story is still a baby. Tell us the truth before you tell us what to do and achieve.
Source: ThisDAY.

Kagame Must Reconcile with Rwandans

President Museveni and Paul Kagame in a past function


What betided Rwanda recently shows that Rwandan President Paul Kagame is slowly losing his grip on Rwanda. Reports that the country's former chief of staff Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa fled Rwanda to South Africa will have telling effects. It is a lot to do with the weathering of Kagame’s power.

President Kagame has the credit of calming Rwanda down and ushering in notable development. He must however embark on true democracy and avoid overstaying in power like his Ugandan counterpart.

Naturally, arrogance creates self-destructing seeds. For long, Kagame has been everything in Rwanda. After taking over and appointing a stooge in former president Pasteur Bizimungu, he kept pulling strings behind the curtain till he deposed Bizimungu. Apart from manipulating the constitution to remain in power, Kagame has ruled Rwanda with an iron fist. He has banked on genocide as a pretext to punish or thwart alternative ideas. Refer to the recent attack on opposition leader and presidential aspirant Victoire Ingabire, whom he accused of touching the scars of the nation simply because she inquired why Hutu’s are sidelined. President Kagame also lodges serious crimes against his critics. Nyamwasa is a recent casualty. For a while Kagame’s gimcrack gimmicks have worked. But as time lapses, it seems, his magic bullet is losing credibility thanks to taking on the members of his inner sanctum.

What is going on in Rwanda borders the episode of an egg eating hen. After eating all eggs, the hen found itself facing the big question: How will I forge ahead without procreating? Kagame, like any dictator, does not think about dying or democracy but ruling for life. This is the take of his opponents.

Sixteen years down the line, people are starting to question the infallibility of Kagame. They’re tired of boot licking. They want true democracy. Ingabire says that Rwandans want politics based on true democracy; not claptrap, deceit and backstabbing. Hell bent to stage a clean and tough fight, Ingabire has brought new breath in Rwandan politics.

Regarded by his foes as a self-appointed guardian and custodian of stability in Rwanda, Kagame needs to understand that the well being of a country depends on the citizenry as whole, not a one man show. Although he’s always maintained that he is not a dictator, the words of Nyamwasa, one of his inner sanctum that recently fell out with him, speak volumes.

“Look at the turnover of all people who have served in that regime. It tells the whole story. Look at all those who have served with President Paul Kagame, ask him who is still serving with him now. If all of us are bad and he is the only good person, then Rwanda has no future,” says Nyamwasa.

Most African rulers give ambassadorial posts to perceived ‘rivals’ to make them forgotten by the people at home. Kagame’s been disposing almost all comrades he regards a threat to his rule.

Lt. Gen. Nyamwasa, who until he fled was Rwanda’s ambassador to India, joins a growing list of former senior Rwandan army officers who in recent years have fallen out with President Kagame -- and ultimately left the left country. In 2007, Col. Karegeya, also fled to Uganda and then to South Africa. Others include Theoneste Musindashaka (July 27, 2009), Senator Stanley Safari (June 2, 2009), Lt. Col. Sam Baguma (April 2009); Capt. Evarist, Capt. Eliphaz Ndikuyezu, Capt. Claude Bizimungu, Capt. John Uwintari, Capt. John Bosco Muhizi, Capt. Theobal Gakumba, Capt. John Ontabuka, Jean Pierre Kagubare and Maj.Gen. Emmanuel Habyarimana (2004).

How things happen in Rwanda is not any difference from how they are happening in Uganda. Where are comrades like James Kazini, Noble Mayombo, Brigadier Nakibus Lakara (former Chief of Staff), Brigadier Henry Tumukunde (former director general of the Internal Security Organization) and others that were buddies of Museveni?

Kagame must reconcile with his people by doing things the way they democratically want. It’ll be surreal shall Rwanda lose the gains she achieved under Kagame.
Source: The African Executive Magazine March 17, 2010.

Msimchezee God kwa njaa zenu

Hivi karibuni kwenye mgogoro wa kupitisha nishati maeneo ya Nonihino nilijikuta hoi bin taaban baada ya tapeli mmoja aitwaye Ka-Tortoise kusema: ataamuru umeme usiwake! Nani ametumerogwa hadi kuvumilia wezi na wachumia tumbo hawa? Baya zaidi, tumeamini na kusajili utapeli huu!

Mpiga debe mpya wa nambari wani Gus Lyatongolwa anajua ninachomaanisha. Alitapeliwa na tapeli huyu na kuaminishwa: angeukwaa ukuu asijue atausikia bombani.

Kama sikosei, hawa ndiyo wanaowahadaa wapumbavu na majuha wetu kuwa viungo vya mazeruzure ni dili la ukwasi wakati ukwasi unategemea juhudi au ufisadi wako kutegemea wewe ni nani na uko wapi.

Kama wewe ni mwandishi wa habari kanjanja na changu, huna haja ya kutapeliwa. Watapeli wanasiasa wachafu wakutumie kufanya kazi zao chafu mwisho wa yote mtumiane na kuiangamiza jamii kwa uroho na ujuha wenu. Huwaoni waliohongwa vyeo tena kwenye jumba jeupe baada ya kufua nepi za jamaa yangu?

Nilitabiri: Lyatongolwa angejirejesha nonihino baada ya kubanwa mbavu nikaonekana mchochezi! Muulize sasa. Yuko wapi? Kama anatoka Moshie kwenda Bongo (Sisiemu), basi ameshafika Ubungo Kimara akamalizwe kabisa.

Pia nilitabiri: Silva Rweyependekeza angegeuka zigo kwa Chekacheka. Mlidhani wivu wa kike. Yuko wapi zaidi ya kugeuka nakama na kupayuka hovyo hovyo kama chizi?

Nilitabiri kuwa ujambazi wa Richmonduli utabarikiwa na wale ambao huwezi kuwadhani na ule wa HEPA utaepwa na mambo yawe shwari huku wakuu wa kaya wakiiba sana kiasi cha kutumia kuliko kipato, nilionekana chizi na mvuta bangi. Naaambieeee yako wapi? Wezi, mafisadi na manyang’au wamesafishana ingawa hawatatakata milele huku walevi wakibakia kutoa mimacho kama bundi! Shauri yenu mtaendelewa kuliwa hadi mkome. Mie mwenzenu simo nitapambana nao kieleweke.

Nilitabiri kuwa kile mlichoaminishwa kuwa lilikuwa chaguo la God kingegeuka kuwa chaguo la mafisadi huku likiwageuza walevi shamba la bibi wasijue la kufanya. Nilitabiri mambo mengi sana tu.

Katika utabiri wote nilivumilia sikupayuka tena. Hili la kumchokoza bwana God wangu kuwa atatumika kishirikina kuzuia umeme usiwake sinalo subira wala kutaka radhi. Nalaani utovu huu wa nidhamu kwa aliyenifinyanga na kunijalia kupayuka nikaeleweka na kuogopewa. Kwanini wale jamaa zangu wasimkalie itikafu akaipata au nao ni yale yale danganya toto?

Bwana mkubwa Imma wa Maria na Yosefu aliwahi kusema: Watakuja wengi kwa jina langu na watapotosha wengi. Kwani si wote wasemao Bwana Bwana watauona ufalme wa mbinguni. Tahadhalini wengi ni mbweha na mbwa mwitu watawararua mkome kama mnavyoraruriwa na njaa kaya.

Je tukiangalia wasanii kibao waliojitosa kwenye majoho sawa na wanasiasa tunajifunza nini? Je si kuishiwa kwa namna yake hadi kufikia kuahidi miujiza isiyowezekana? Mungu hawezi kuzuia umeme kuwaka. Maana yeye ni wa mwanga wala si wa giza kama hawa watu wa giza wanavyotaka tuamini na kuelewa kuwa wanaweza kufanya miujiza wakati miujiza yao ni usanii na ujambazi mbuzi tu.

Jamani, k ama mna nguvu kiasi hiki kwanini mnaishi kwa kuwaibia walevi kwa kuwatoza mshiko wa jina la God kila uchao? Kwanini hamzitumii hizo nguvu kuondoa umaskini, magonjwa na ujinga mnaoutumia kuwaibia?

Juzi Ngelanija alipotangaza kuwa mradi wa kutupatia umeme sisi walevi wa maeneo ya Mwenge na vitongoji wake utaendelea nilifarijika na kufurahi. Maana nilishamlima barua yeye na bosi wake waache kuendekeza upuuzi mdogo mdogo kwenye masuala ya umma. Kwa jinsi barua ilivyokuwa noma hawakujibu. Sasa nawapongeza kwa kutekeleza maagizo yangu kuwa katika shughuli za umma tuepuke wafanya biashara tena wachuuzi wa roho za makapuku kama Ka- Tortoise, Rwakata.. malizia mwenyewe, Gaman... malizia pia na wengine wengi waliovamia jiwe kama magabacholi na mafisadi wengine.

Hakuna kitu kinauma kama tapeli wa kawaida kujivisha usemaji wa Bwana God wakati ni mchumia tumbo na mwizi wa mishiko ya matoleo tu. Hili sukusi limenikumbusha, audhubillahi mina shaitwan rajiim, shehena mmoja aitwaye Yaya bingwa wa kuwatabilia mauti wenzake wakati naye ni mfu mtarajiwa kutokana na afya yake kuwa migogoro hadi kufadhiliwa kwenda Uhindini kujiganga.

Mie napenda matapeli wanaosema wazi wazi kuwa ni matapeli na siyo watu wa majoho na wanapolitiki uchwara waliotamalaki kaya hii. Hamumuoni mzee Lyatongolwa anavyohanikiza kutangaza mapenzi yake mapya kwa Njaa Kaya? Jamaa hafichi uchovu wake ingawa amesema yeye ni mkwasi kuliko jamaa yangu wa Kupinda pinda kwenye Mizengwe.

Kwanini Ka-Tortoise asifanye kama Lyantogolwa ambaye ukapa umemfanya arambe matapishi yake mchana kweupe kwa kutangaza wazi wazi kuwa ataipigia kampeni nambari nonihino? Kumbe waliosema kuwa jamaa ni pandikizi na hakurejesha kadi ya kigwena cha Idodomya hawakukosea! Kuna haja ya kujiuliza. Tunawauza ndugu zetu kwa vipande thelathini vya fedha kwa faida ya nani?

Hakuna kilichonishangaza kama Lyatongolwa kumvaa Sammy Sixx akisema kuwa ni mchochezi wakati naye ni nyemelezi. Hapa kuna haja ya kutia akilini. Hawa wote wawili ni wasanii na wanajuana kama wacheza karata tatu. Ukiwafuata umeliwa unajiona ingawa huko nyuma walikuaminisha kuwa wanaweza kukuokoa wakati ni mbwa mwitu wa kawaida na simba marara.

Hakuna kitu kinasikitisha kama baba zima kujigeuza changu kwa sababu ya kujaza tumbo lisiloshiba wala kushukuru. Hamkumsikia mheshimika mmoja akimwaga shikamoo kwa sana kwa watoto wa shule? Hivi huyu hawezi kutongoza vitoto vyetu? Maana hajui tofauti ya mkubwa wala mdogo. Acheni kutuzengua na upuuzi wenu. Sasa tazama tumepoteza muda tukilumbana na wachovu kiasi cha kutucheleweshea nishati kwa walalakizani wetu.

Yote haya ni kutokana na kuwa na lisirikali lisilo na maana wala udhu linaloogopa kila fisadi na tapeli kutokana na uchafu wake. Kimsingi, hapakuwa na sababu ya kukaa meza moja na Ka-Tortoise kumpa nafasi ya kutafuta umaarufu uchwara.

Hata hivyo tushishangae hili. Hamuoni lisirikali linavyoendelea kuwaendekeza akina Ewassa na Roast Tamu kwa kuendekeza suluhu uchwara wakati kinachopaswa kufanyika ni kuwapeleka majambawazi hawa lupango mara moja?

Jamaa aliniacha hoi aliposema eti kaya itawaka moto ambao hakuna atakayeuzima kabla ya kunywea na kuja na ngonjera za miujiza. Unataka uwake moto gani zaidi ya huu unaotuunguza kiasi cha kuwa kaya ya wanuka njaa? Au ni kwa vile unashiba hizo sadaka za majuha uliowatwisha mkenge kuwa ungetatua matatizo yao wakati tatizo lau kubwa ni wewe na wengine kama wewe kwenye majoho na politiki?

Kabla sijasahau, mmesikia mpya ya jamaa zenu wa Richmonduli kutaka kutubamiza mkenge mwingine kwa kutuuzia nyenzo zao feki kwa kutumia jina jipya la Dowani? Hivi kaya hii imerogwa na nani mwe!

Tumalizie na ndoa iliyoshika kasi kati ya Karumekenge na bi mkubwa wa Madevu. Nimeamini Karumekenge na Madevu ni kiboko. Una habari Calf ndiyo imedidishwa huko nyika? Tuliwahabarisha kuwa kimsingi genge hili liliundwa kwa maslahi ya upwa hamkutuamini wala kuelewa somo. Kamuulize Profesa Haruna pale kunani zaidi ya kutoa macho.

Baada ya kufunga ndoa yao mpya ya mkeka kwa kulazimishwa na EU jamaa wameuchuna utadhani mambo ndiyo yamekwisha. Walevi wetu wa huko nao kwa ulimbuikeni wameuingia mkenge kichwa kichwa na kudhani matatizo yao ndiyo yamekwisha! Jamani mwaliwa ati.

Tumalizie na Ka-Tortoise. Umeme usipowaka nitakupa bi mkubwa wangu bure. Usipowaka jua wewe ni tapeli tu.

Ngoja niwahi zangu msurur u wa dala dala.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Machi 17, 2010.

Nigeria: Hajia Turai Holding Over 140 Million Hostage

Hajia Turai: Fermenting a coup? Photo courtesy


Reports that Nigeria’s ailing president was smuggled into Nigeria without the knowledge of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the country’s vice president, is disgusting. Jonathan did not even authorize the army to line up Abuja streets at the time his boss secretly arrived. What’s more, the media in Nigeria was caught off-guard thanks to the news of Yar’Adua's arrival being broken by Al-Jazeera Television.

The situation in Nigeria is a replica of what is going on in many African countries where a kit and caboodle of power brokers surrounding big men can abuse the constitution by hijacking the president without being dealt with. If Jonathan was not aware off all happenings-cum-goings-on, who is crewing Nigeria? What is the root of this unconstitutionality in the first place? Who ordered the army to line up Abuja streets?

The first suspect in this power abuse and usurpation is none other than the first lady, Turai who barred Jonathan from having audience with his boss. Other culprits are Yar’Adua’s relatives. Yar’Adua’s mother, Hajj Dada, was recently quoted praying that her son be allowed to go back to Katsina so that prayers would be made for his recovery. The pretext Turai offers is that doctors told her not to allow anyone to see the president! What rubbish!

Ensconced amidst power brokers from Katsina, the home of Yar’Adua, Turai is doing whatever she can to get away with it; shall the president pass on anytime. This has created much jumble in Nigeria. Nigerians do not know the condition of their president. Rumours are rife that Yar’Adua is in bad shape and therefore, anything can happen anytime. Turai and Co are embarking on these abracadabras to create a conducive environment for power to change hands. Some refer to Turai as Nigeria's Imelda Marcos after the influential wife of former Filipino strongman Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled for more than two decades before being driven from power by protests in 1986.

First ladies and whiz kids surrounding African big men are tearing down our continent. They’ve become presidents behind the curtain. Some accost journalists and wield immense powers as if they have constitutional backing to act like rulers. In Uganda, the president’s clan-cum-family use the country like their privy firm and nothing is done to arrest this anomaly! They are everywhere doing everything that can make money. All lucrative tenders and the like are under the control of their netherworld. Like the strongman himself, they’re above the law. That’s why Museveni’s Brother Caleb Akandwanao aka Saleh Salim has nary been charged for corruption.

The situation is even gross in Algeria, Congo, DRC, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Libya, Gambia, Rwanda, Togo, Tunisia and Zimbabwe where a family-crony axis of evil lords it over people.

News that Yar’Adua’s wife glutted the acting president from seeing his boss without the fear of the institution of presidency is a blow to Nigeria.In US, when a winning presidential candidate is declared president, They say: "This is not a normal human being but the president of the United States." This means, the president-elect ceases to be a family matter but a public figure. In principle the president is supposed to be above petty confines like tribe, religion, region and what not. Yar’Adua’s wife has therefore grossly erred to hijack the president of the people that voted him their leader. This crime borders treason. Legally speaking, Nigerians have the right to see and hear their president. They’re the ones that voted him their president. What she is doing is dangerous for democracy.

Yar’Adua is bedridden. That is why he’s nary been seen in public since November last year. That’s why his homecoming was secretive and controversial. He needs freedom from manipulators.

Were I Jonathan, under the power vested in me under Nigeria’s constitution, I’d order the release of the information about the president’s bill of health come what may. This would help to stop anxiety and confusion about the president. And it’d stop the machinations carried out by Mafioso surrounding the president.

What’s going on in Nigeria is a big lesson for Africa. We need to lop powers that first ladies and cronies wield behind the curtains. Even Prince Philip despite being the consort of the Queen can nary barricade Britons from seeing their monarch simply because they share one bed. Turai’s mischievous stance has offended Nigerians.

“I believe that it is people around him [Yar'Adua] that are gaining from the confusion" says Information Minister Dora Akunyili. "People around him are doing to him today what 100 million political enemies cannot do to him. The cabal wants to continue with their usual statement of 'the president said,' and you must comply. They want to continue dishing out instructions even when the president did not say so,” the minister says. She warns: “This cabal should, please, stop heating up the system and allow President Yar'Adua to recover.”

This statement shows how desperate and frustrated Nigerians are. The whole minister does not know anything about the health of her boss simply because his wife and the cabal do not like!

Paroxysms emanating from Yar’Adua affair do not end up in Nigeria. The US has already warned that Jonathan must be left alone to rule till the president is declared fit to rule. Nigerians are wary and balked. Professor Itse Sagay, one of Nigeria’s political pundits was recently quoted as thus: “In the absence of that, being brought back in an ambulance and then taken by an ambulance, somewhere without being seen, simple is a token that his condition is still very bad, rather than the other way round. And, so, this cannot make any difference to the institution of an acting presidency.

We should start thinking about how to curb president’s wives, cronies and other hyena-like power brokers behind the president or first lady. Importantly, Yar’Adua needs to be freed from the first lady and her inner sanctum bêtes noix.
Source: The African Eecutive Magazine March 10, 2010.

Uchaguzi Oktoba: Chukua tahadhari

OKTOBA mwaka huu utafanyika uchaguzi mkuu. Huu ni msimu wa wanasiasa kuwa karibu na wananchi, hasa wapiga kura.

Ni wakati wa usawa kuonekana miongoni mwa makundi mawili yaliyokuwa yakiishi kama mbingu na ardhi kwa miaka mitano.

Hakika, huu ni wakati wa ahadi nono na nyingi ambazo mwisho wake ni kilio kwa walioahidiwa na kicheko kwa walioahidi.

Katika msimu huu, kila mtu hujiona mjanja ingawa sivyo. Mpiga kura hujiona kama amepanda chati kiasi cha kupendwa na kuwa sawa na waheshimiwa.

Na waheshimiwa waliokuwa wakiishi mwezini hujishusha na kujumuika na wapiga kura ili wawalize na kutoweka.

Ukiachia mbali wapiga kura, lipo kundi la waandishi wa habari wanaotumikia matumbo yao. Hawa maadili yao yamo tumboni mwao. Akili zao pia zimo zaidi tumboni kuliko kichwani.

Kwao huu ni wakati mzuri wa kuwinda na kuvuna. Hujipeleka kwa wanasiasa hasa mafisadi wakiwa tayari kupata mradi wa kuzoa uchafu wao na kuwapamba kwa kila namna.

Hawa ni hatari kuliko hata wapigakura hasa wa mashambani ambao huangamizwa kwa ujinga wao.

Hapa ndipo waandishi wanakuwa hatari kwa maana ya kutumia taaluma ya ukombozi kufanya maangamizi.

Kwani nani amewasahau waandishi “wadandizi;” wale wanaoitwa waandamizi, walioajiriwa kuisafisha Richmond ukiachilia mbali kutumiwa na mgombea fulani mwenye kutia kila aina ya shaka kuukwaa ulaji?

Hyo ilikuwa mwaka 2005, na baada ya hapo baadhi yao wamezawadiwa vyeo uchwara kama shukrani kwa kuuza utu na taaluma yao.

Kuna kundi jingine la wanasiasa nyemelezi wanaosifika kwa kuhamahama vyama. Hawa wana njaa kuliko hata moto uunguzao kila kijacho mbele yake.

Wako tayari kulamba matapishi yao hata kwa kuahidiwa peremende; yaani vyeo vidogo kama “kufinyangiwa” ofisi kwenye chama tawala.

Kitengo kilichogeuka dampo la wahamaji hawa ni ofisi za propaganda ukiachilia mbali uenezi wilayani.

Wapo wengi waliokuwa na sifa ya kuwa “samba” kwenye upinzani. Waliondoka upinzani kwa mbwembwe na kuishia kuwa “tairi za spea” za chama tawala.

Katika hali hii, mhusika hujikuta hawezi kwenda mbele wala nyuma, bali kujigeuza mtumwa wa tumbo lake lisilo na shukrani.

Hali huzidi kuwa mbaya hasa pale vyama vinapokuwa na “wenyewe” kama wasemavyo katika baadhi ya vyama. Katika hali hii, nyemelezi hujikuta kama mtalaka atafutaye chuo kingine asijue kila aendapo hutiliwa shaka.

Swali kubwa linalokabili wahamaji ni kwanini waliachika kwenye ndoa zao za kwanza.

Kwa vile wahusika hawana manufaa kwa kambi wajiungazo nazo, isipokuwa kutaka kuzitumia kwa maslahi yao binafsi, huwa tayari kubeba kila aina ya unguliko na sononeko; wakijitahidi kuwaridhisha mabwana zao wapya bila mafanikio.

Huishia kuwa vihongwe wawezao kubebeshwa kila upuuzi alimradi mkono uende kinywani.

Kuna wafanyabiashara wenye pesa chafu na utajiri utokanao na jinai. Hawa huwadhamini wagombea fisadi ili kuwatumia kufanikisha tenda nono na mikataba ya aibu.

Kupitia urafiki huu wa mashaka, nchi huuzwa na watu wake. Madini na raslimali nyingine hushindwa kuukwamua umma kutoka kwenye bahari ya umaskini wa kunuka.

Maskini hawa huingia ndoa ya mauti kwa taifa; nao kama makundi tajwa hapo juu, hutumia tumbo kufikiri badala ya ubongo.

Wafanyabishara wachafu siyo kwamba wanawadhamini wanasiasa wachafu tu, bali pia nao siku hizi wanaingia kugombea uongozi ili waweze kuutumia kujitajirisha na kuwakamua wafanyabiashara wenzao kwa kufanikisha mipango yao.

Hawa ni hatari kuliko hata wale wa mwanzo ambao huhitaji mtu wa kuwafanyia mipango na shughuli zao serikalini.

Tumekuwa tukiwalaumu sana wanasiasa, lakini kuna ukweli ambao lazima tuukubali. Jamii mbovu huchagua viongozi wabovu kama kielelezo cha ubovu na uoza wake.

Huwezi kudai na kupewa takrima ukala halafu akupaye ukampa kura yako ukategemea akuletee maendeleo.

Kwa mafisadi hawa, majimbo yao si wapiga kura, bali matumbo yao. Hata taifa lao si wananchi, bali matumbo yao. Na hii ndiyo siri ya nchi kuzidi kutopea kwenye ufisadi huku umma ukigeuka watazamaji japo, kimsingi ndio unaoathirika kuliko watawala.

Je, umma unakaa kimya kutokana na kujua udhaifu wake wa kuendekeza takrima badala ya maslahi au kwa vile haujui la kufanya?

Je, umma uambiwe mara ngapi ili ujifunze? Kwa vile msimu wa kuongopewa na kuahidiwa kila aina ya vinono na pepo umetimia, kama jamii, hatuna budi kuzidi kutahadhalishana ili hapo baadaye tusiendelee kutumiwa na kudhulumiwa.

Tutakuwa jamii kipofu wa ajabu kuendelea kurudia makosa kila msimu wa uchaguzi.

Leo tuna watu wanaojulikana, wameghushi vyeti vyao vya taaluma na hawataki kuachia ofisi kwa vile mamlaka zilizowateua zimeamua kukaa kimya.

Kama wapiga kura tuna kila sababu na uwezo wa kutowapa kura wagombea wa aina hiyo, kwani tumejua hawafai.

Kuna ndoa fifi kati ya wanasiasa na baadhi ya waandishi wa habari. Waandishi watovu wa maadili hujikuta wakiwinda na kuwindwa na wanasiasa wachovu na wachafu ambao wanatafuta watu wa kuwapamba na kusafisha uchafu wao ili umma uwakubali ilhali hawafai kabisa.

Vyombo vya habari vya msimu huzuka na kufa baada ya uchaguzi. Vingi hujikuta vikigeuzwa nyumba ndogo za wanasiasa mafisadi kwa kuvinunua na kuvimiliki bila vyenyewe kujua.

Uongo na lugha chafu husikika na kusomwa kila uchao kwenye vyombo vya habari. Mtasikia na kushuhudia mengi. Muhimu ni kwa wapiga kura na wananchi kwa ujumla kutokubali kuburuzwa kwenye mtego huu hatari.

Maana kufanya hivyo ni furaha ya msimu ambayo mwisho wake ni kilio cha milele. Kipindi hiki ni hatari kwa jamii na taifa kwani huja na lugha tamu na ahadi lukuki ambazo hawawezi kutekeleza hata moja.

Wengi wanajiuliza: Hivi inakuwaje mtu mzima hukosa kumbukumbu kiasi cha kubariki na kupogolea mauti yake na jamii yake?

Kitu kimoja ni dhahiri; kwa kutoangalia nyuma na kutia kumbukumbu, tunaweka rehani vizazi vijavyo. Kwa kuendeleza upuuzi huu, kuna siku wajukuu zetu watayachapa bakora makaburi yetu na kuyafukua kuchunguza uwezo wetu kifikra.

Haya shime wananchi tahadharini wanasiasa uchwara na nyemelezi wanaodandia vyama kama nyani kwenye matawi ya miti.

Tahadharini. Wakati wa kudanganywa na kuibiwa unakaribia na kila kitu kiko wazi. Nyasi zimetandazwa ugani. Farasi atashindwaje kufungiana nyama na nyangwa?
Chanzo: MwanaHALISI Machi, 2010.

Bangi nibangue nipambane na Njaa Kaya

BAADA ya kuja na waraka wa uchafuzi wa uchaguzi nimegundua kuwa bila kufanya utafiti siwezi kushinda kuondoa Njaa Kaya, hivyo nimeunda Taasisi ya Mpayukaji Syndicate Bureau of Research and Propaganda (MSBRP).

Kama kawaida, makao makuu ya asasi hii ni Kwa Mfuga Mbwa Bongo. Kazi adhimu na muhimu ya taasisi hii ni kuhakikisha nayafanyia utafiti mateso ya wanakaya na walevi wote ili niwaeleze wanayopaswa kufanya kujikomboa kutokana na Njaa Kaya.

Katika kufanikisha adhima hii ya ukombozi, nimegundua nyenzo mbili za kiakili, yaani ulabu na bangi. Maana bila kuutwika na kuvuta ndumu, kaya hii huishi na ukiishi ni kwa muda kabla ya BP hata Shell havijakudedisha kutokana na matatizo na kuchanganyikiwa ukiachia mbali njaa iliyoivamia kaya ambayo kwenye utafiti wangu nitaiita Njaa Kaya.

Kwanza nitoe tahadhari. Wale jamaa zangu wanaohongwa na wanaoniuzia mibangi yangu wasipoteze muda kuniwinda. Sina pesa ya kuwahonga ukiachia mbali mie kutaka nipelekwe lupango huenda nikala bure kuliko kuuawa na Njaa Kaya uraiani.

Isitoshe kazi hii ya ukombozi inalenga kuwakomboa hata wao waachane na maisha ya kutegemea rushwa na jinai nyingine zinazowadhalilisha ukiachia mbali kuhatarisha ajira na sifa zao.

Utafiti wangu umegundua kuwa takribani nusu ya wanakaya wamegeuka komba, yaani wanakula mlo mmoja kwa siku. Hii ni idadi kubwa kuliko hata ya wapiga kura za kula. Baya zaidi, wakati wanakaya wakiishi kama komba kwa mlo mmoja, kuna watu miongoni mwetu wanashiba, kusaza na kutapanya si pesa wala chakula! Ni ufisi na ufisadi kiasi gani?

Nimegundua kuwa bei ya kashata inapanda kutokana na kugeuzwa kitafunio huku kahawa na tangawizi vikigeuzwa chai kutokana na njaa mifukoni. Anayebishia hili aje kijiweni aone watu wanavyofungua kinywa kwa kahawa, tena ya kubomu.

Habari ndiyo hiyo. Ila kuna watu wetu, tena wakubwa wanaojiita wenzetu, wala hawashindii kahawa wala kashata bali mikuku, mirosti na makoro koro mengine ya bei mbaya na kutamanisha. Hawa wanaitwa watu wala au wala watu kwa lugha ya kijiweni kwetu.

Watu wala hawa hutumia pesa itokanayo na mapato ya kaya na kijiwe hata kwenda kutanua nje ya kaya, huku sisi tukiangamia kwa njaa kaya. Hakika hawana roho zaidi ya uroho miilini mwao.

Hata hivyo nao wana njaa ya mawazo. Vichwa vyao vimekonda kwa njaa ya maarifa na kujitambua bila kusahau kutambua hatari inayowakabili huko tuendako. Wangekuwa na tone hata la akili wangewezaje kuponda mabilioni ilhali wamezungukwa na bahari ya wanuka njaa?

Kutokana na uroho na upogo wa wenzetu hawa wasio wenzetu kitu, wamesababisha idadi ya walevi na wavuta ganja kuongezeka. Hamkusikia waliovuta sana bangi hadi wakatwambia kuwa tule majani ili wao watanue na ulevi wao madaraka na bangi za kujilisha upepo wasijue baadaye tutawatoa mapepo ya ushufaa kwa kuwafikisha kwa pilato?

Muulize rafiki yangu Pesa Tatu mwana wa Basie mtoto wa Meku na bosi wake Tunituni wa Makapu anayeishi kama bundi.

Kitu kimoja hakujua. Watu wakila majani kama mimi wanafyatuka akili kiasi cha kuweza hata kuwabonda watalii mawe wanapokwenda sehemu kufanya utalii na usanii! Mwanafyale upo mwana wakwa?

Bangi si mchezo ndugu zangu. Unawakumbuka jamaa zetu walioivuta wakajiona wao ni wanajeshi kiasi cha kujiita makamanda wakati ukweli ni makavimada wa nambari nonihino na mafisadi? Wameishia wapi zaidi ya kuula wa chuya na kuanza kuzomewa kama vyangu? Ndugu yangu Six wa Kiwembe upo?

Huwezi kupambana na Njaa Kaya kama una njaa kichwani. Heri yangu mwenye njaa tumboni kuliko kichwani. Ukiwa na njaa kichwani utawachuuza wenzio usijue nawe utachuuzwa.

Katika utafiti wangu nimeandika kitabu cha taarifa kiitwacho SAA YA UKOMBOZI ambapo swali kuu ni ukombozi unaowalenga wenye njaa matumboni na wenye njaa vichwani. Wenye njaa ya tumbo wamekondeana, lakini vichwa vyao vina afya. Kwani hawaachi kuuliza kulikoni.

Wenye njaa vichwani wao ni kama mafisi. Wanadhani mambo hayatabadilika. Wanajidanganya kwa kusuluhishana kinafiki wasijue dhuluma haina suluhu zaidi ya kumnyonga mwenye kudhulumu.

Katika kuvuta bangi na kuandika kitabu cha ukombozi, nimegundua kuwa kuna haja ya watu kuvuta sana bangi ili iwabangue wapambane na watesi wao bila msamaha wala huruma.

Njaa Kaya ni hatari. Maana wakati wenye njaa vichwani wakijiridhisha, wenye njaa tumboni wanazidi kuteswa na kudhalilishwa. Juzi juzi nusu bi mkubwa wangu aingie kishawishi pale mwenye duka alipomhusudu na kutaka kumhonga kibaba cha unga. Bahati mbaya alikataa.

Je, ni wangapi wanaanguka kwenye mtego huu wa Njaa Kaya? Kimsingi Njaa Kaya imetengenezwa na waroho wachache ili kuwaibia wapiga kura ya kula ambao huipiga ili wengine wale nao wakijiaminisha watakula wakati wataliwa na Njaa Kaya.

Wanaliwa kwa upuuzi kama kanga, gongo, vibandiko, muziki na hata ahadi hewa. Kwani mwenye njaa hana mwiko mara nyingi. Hana tofauti na kutu ambayo hula kila kitu ikipatacho. Njaa Kaya imetambaa kila mahali.

Si juu, si chini, si kwa wadogo wala wakubwa, si kwa viongozi wa dini wala nani. Njaa Kaya ni hatari usiambiwe. Heri hata ya miwaya maana kuna dawa za kuzuia magonjwa nyemelezi.

Ingawa wengi hawataki kukiri, kaya imejaa wavuta bangi, tena watu na heshima zao. Bila kuvuta bangi na kulewa unawezaje kula wewe, nyumba yako, marafiki zako, walamba viatu wako na hata nyumba ndogo huku wanakaya wakiteketea kwa njaa usihofu wala kumuogopa Mungu?

Bila kulewa unawezaje kukubali kugeuzwa kijiko ambacho huchota chakula kisile sawa na kupiga kula ya kura. Hebu kwa mfano jiulizeni. Ni kwanini walaji wa kaya wanatumia doshi nyingi kuliko kipato chake kama siyo uvutaji bangi na ulevi tena wenye madaraka miongoni mwa walevi?

Nimeamua kuongeza kuvuta bangi na kutangaza hadharani ili nikamatwe na kupelekwa lupango maana naambiwa wafungwa wanakula mara tatu kiasi cha wengine kuweza kusoma na kuondoka na madigrii. Ila mtakaotaka kuniigiza ‘think twice’. Maana ukiswekwa lupango shosto wako kama hana roho ngumu ndiyo usahau. Atahongwa ili kukimbia Njaa Kaya na mwisho wa yote muishie kuikwaa miwaya. Pia Lupango kuna kale ka mchezo ka kugeuzana. Kama wewe si kidume kama mimi ujue hilo.

Pia bangi zangu zinanituma kusema kuwa Njaa Kaya inasaidiwa na uroho, woga na upofu. Hebu vuta kidogo halafu ikubangue uone utakavyowachenjia wanaokula. Ukivuta huwezi kufungwa kamba za kupelekwa peponi wakati ni wa motoni.

Lazima uwe na mapepo kuahidi na kuahidiwa pepo wakati mwisho wa yote unakumbana na Njaa Kaya. Bahati mbaya hata wa kuyapunga hayo mapepo hayupo kutokana na shetani kuvamia nyumba za Godi. Tuliowategemea wamegeuzwa mbwa na walamba viatu kutokana na Njaa Kaya.

Jiulize. Wale waliolipiwa matibabu ughaibuni wameishi wapi zaidi ya kuliwa na Njaa Kaya?

Pia katika utafiti wangu wa kibangi bangi nimegundua kuwa ujambazi uwe wa bunduki au peni utaongezeka kipindi hiki. Utashindwaje kuongezeka iwapo kila mtu ni jambazi kwa nafasi na namna yake?

Msijesema nawatukana wateule kusema kila mtu ni jambazi. Ujambazi ni ile hali ya kuiba au kupora haki au mali ya mwingine finishi. Je, hili halifanyiki hadharani, tena likiungwa mkono na kupendwa? Nani anaongelea ujambazi wa HEPA au Kagodoka ukiachia mbali ule wa Richimondu uliohalalishwa hivi karibuni?

Kilichonichekesha ni kumsikia Six akitapatapa kuwa ataendelea kupambana na ujambazi wakati yuko kitanda kimoja na majambawazi! Ni jibwa gani kibogoyo linaweza kumng’ata mtu? Kweli Njaa Kaya hatari!

Katika utafiti wangu nimeibuka na mikakati madhubuti ya kukomesha Njaa Kaya. Nimegundua kuwa nikifanya yafuatayo nitashinda na kuwakomboa walevi:

Mosi, nitavuta bangi na kunywa sana ili nipate ithibati ya kuandika na kuyatangaza haya ninayoandika.

Pili, nitapayuka kama sina akili nzuri hadi kieleweke. Sitakuwa kama akina Six. Nina ithibati na mapenzi ya kweli kwa kaya yangu.

Tatu, nitaanza kuwawinda wanaoshiba matumboni na kufa kwa njaa ya ubongo ili ama ziwe zangu ama zao. Hapa ndipo kitabu cha SAA YA UKOMBOZI kilipojichimbia.

Nne, kuwahamasisha walevi kutowaamini walioshiba. Maana mwenye njaa amjua mwenye shibe ingawa mwenye shibe hamjui mwenye njaa. Kwa vile wote wana njaa japo hawajui, nitaendelea kuwajulisha bila kuchoka.

Tano, nitawaumbua warongo na waimbaji wa ngojera na sanaa nyingine.

Sita, kuwasaka na kuwazomea wenye vitambi na tabasamu wakisikia urongo na kejeli za ukombozi wakati wao ndio kikwazo kikuu. Lazima waeleze siri ya mafanikio yao ambayo ni maangamizi yetu tunaoteswa na Njaa Kaya.

Naona ndata wanakuja. Acha nikitoe kabla hawajanitia mikononi. Saa ya ukombozi ni sasa. Bangi nibangue nipambane na Njaa Kaya.
Chanzo:Tanzania Daima Machi,10,2010.

Kitabu cha “Saa Ya Ukombozi"

Kwa muda mrefu, wasomaji wangu -niliowataarifu kuwa nimetunga kitabu cha “Saa Ya Ukombozi-”, wamekuwa wakiulizia, kwa shauku, lini kingetoka.

Kwanza, niwaombe msamaha kwa kuchelewa kutoka. Pia niwashukuru kwa subira yenu. Yote ni kutokana na sababu ambazo ziko juu ya uwezo wangu.

Nikiri kabisa. Nilitoa taarifa ya ujio wa kitabu hiki nilipopata mchapishaji wa kwanza aliyeishia kuwa tapeli aliyekuwa akitaka dola zaidi ya kuchapisha kitabu bila kufanya hivyo. Nadhani roho itamsuta.

Kwa vile kitabu ki’shatoka, haya ya kusahau. Tuenga na kusonga mbele.

Nichukue fursa hii, rasmi, kuwataarifu watu waliokuwa tayari kunisaidia kukisoma na kukipitia kitabu pindipo kikitoka. Hawa ni Profesa Issa Shivji, Jenerali Ulimwengu na padre Privatus Karugendo aliyenitambulisha kwa mchapishaji. Maskini hatujawahi hata kuonana!

Je “Saa Ya Ukombozi” kinahusu nini, kimechapishwa na nani na wapi? Kimechapishwa na Tanzania Education Publisher Limited (TEPU) ya Bukoba Kagera na kupewa namba ya ithibati ISBN 978 9987 07 039 8.

Hapa lazima niseme wazi. Bila msaada wa mzee Pius. B. Ngeze, mkurugenzi mtendaji wa TEPU, kazi hii ingechukua muda mrefu. Nimefaidika na kuchota toka kwenye uzoefu wake kama mtunzi. Namshukuru mzee huyu kwa namna ya pekee. Aliweza kupata cheti cha ithibati ya lugha toka Baraza la Kiswahili, jambo ambalo nisingeweza.

Kitabu hiki, kama lilivyo jina lake, ni riwaya inayoelezea maisha ya wananchi wa nchi ya Mizengwe; nchi iliyozungukwa na kutekwa na mizengwe karibu katika Nyanja zote za maisha.

Nchi ya Mizengwe ni ya kubuni japo inashabihiana sana na nchi nyingi barani Afrika kwa mengi. Hata sera zake za ubinafsishaji uliozaa ufisi, ufisadi na ubinafsi zinafanana. Hata watu wake wanalandana sana japo ni wa kufikirika.

Kutokana na nchi ya Mizengwe kutawaliwa kwa mizengwe, wananchi wa kawaida walijikuta kwenye utumwa uliozaliwa na kile walichopigania wakidhani ni uhuru kumbe Udhuru! Wanakijiji wa Githakwa hawakuona mantiki ya kuwa mashahidi wa maangamizi yao tena ukitumika ‘uhuru’ uliogeuka udhuru walioumwagia damu kwa miaka mingi.

Wanakijiji cha Githakwa, kijiji kilichogundulika kuwa na vito vya thamani visivyopatikana kokote isipokuwa Githakwa wanajikuta wakiuzwa bila wao hata serikali kuu kujua! Mbunge wao, Harry mtoto wa mpishi wa zamani wa wakoloni na msaliti Livingstone Kupata, anawauza kwa mwekezaji wa kizungu Glutton Sucker mwenye kampuni la Get Rich in Goon’s World Co (GRGW) kwa kushirikiana na mkuu wa mkuu wa wilaya Mrongo Kumbakumba, mkuu wa mkoa, Gibbons Dikupatile na waziri wa fedha ambaye ni shemeji yake Harry baada ya kupewa chao -ten percent- ambayo imegeuka muuaji mkuu wa chumi za nchi nyingi na watu wake.

Wakati yote haya yakijiri, si rais wala wananchi wengine wana taarifa ya hujuma hii iliyofichwa kwenye uwekezaji wa kifisadi, ubinafsishaji vinavyogeuka kuwa ufisi na ubinafsi. Kila mwenye madaraka ana-Chukua Chake Mapema hata kwa kuwauza watu wake na mali zao. Kila chura analia kivyake na kila mbuzi anakula zaidi ya urefu wa kamba yake!

Katika kisa hiki, mzee mmoja maarufu Njema anawaongoza wanakijiji kupambana na jinai hii. Kwa msaada wa vyombo vya habari na mashirika ya kupigania haki za binadamu, wanakijiji wanafanikiwa kuwashinda wezi hawa wa mchana tena wa kuzaa wenyewe.

Vyombo vya habari vinalipua ‘bomu’ kiasi cha rais aliyekuwapo ziarani ughaibuni akitumbua kustuka na kujaribu kuchukua hatua asiweze. Kwani ushindi wa wanakijiji unageuka chachu ya kuanguka kwa utawala mbovu wa Mizengwe. Kwa mara ya kwanza, mapinduzi ya kulikomboa taifa yanaanzia kijijini na kusambaa nchi nzima na hatimaye kuangusha serikali chafu na chovu kwa amani kupitia sanduku la kura.

Kwa ufupi, riwaya hii inaudurusu na kuzulu uhuru na dhima nzima ya kuwa huru. Inaona shaka na uhuru wa baadhi ya nchi barani Afrika unaowanufaisha watawala waliojigeuza miungu pamwe na walamba viatu wao. Watu wa kawaida hawaruhusiwi kutia mkono kwenye deste nao wale halua!

Riwaya inahimiza umma kushika hatamu. Inashadidisha umma uutathimini na kuuhoji upya uhuru wanaoambiwa ni wao wakati si wao. Katika kufanikisha hili, tofauti na mapambano ya mtutu wa bunduki, mauaji na ghasia, riwaya hii inawahimiza waathirika waishio kwa matumaini kuupigania na kuupata uhuru wa kweli kupitia kwenye sanduku la kura.

Riwaya inahimiza watawaliwa kuhakikisha wanawawajibisha watawala kama sehemu ya uwajibikaji wao. Kila mmoja awajibike kwa mwenzake. Inawataka watawala wawatumikie watawaliwa badala ya kuwatumia kama punda wa kuwabeba wao na mizigo yao.

Riwaya inapinga ufisi, ukuku, umbwa, ukondoo, usindano, ukijiko na tabia nyingine kama hizo; inashajihisha usimba, umizani na utambuzi, utendaji na ulinzi wa haki.

Hapo ndipo utamwona mhusika mkuu, Mzee Njema, akipambana na uongozi mbovu kuanzia kijijini mwake hadi wilaya na,hatimaye, taifa. Cheche ya shujaa inawasha moto unaouamsha na kuukengeua umma kiasi cha kuangusha serikali dhalimu ya Mizengwe kupitia sanduku la kura.

Riwaya hii ni onyo na karipio kwa tawala zote zandiki na fisidi kubadilika na kuacha kufanya mambo kwa mazoea. Business as usual kwenye kulea na kufuga ufisadi na unyonyaji wa wananchi wa kawaida inapaswa kumalizwa na wananchi wenye bila kutegemea mjomba au nani.

Ukiachia dhana nzima ya ukombozi kisiasa, kuna changamoto ya kujikomboa kijamii hasa kimila. Hii nayo imechukua sura maalum kwenye kitabu ambapo watoto wawili wa mzee Kupata, mmoja ameoa mzungu na mwingine kuolewa na mzungu. Wazungu hawa wameleta kizunguzungu kutokana na matendo yao huku na wanakijiji wakiwaacha wazungu hoi kutokana na maisha yao ambapo wazungu wanawashangaa kulala na mbuzi nyumba moja wakati wao wanalala na kula na mbwa!

Somo kuu la riwaya hii ni kufanya maasi na mapambano matakatifu kwa njia ya amani. Ni fundisho kuwa, kama kura ikitumika vilivyo, inaweza kumkomboa mpiga kura. Hivyo basi, kama mzee Njema na wanakijiji, inatubidi kusimama kidete kulinda uhuru, haki, raslimali na taifa letu kwa ujumla badala ya kulia lia na kulalamika.

Hakuna njia muafaka na mujarabu kama kutumia vizuri kura yako wewe mpiga kura. Hakuna ukombozi kamili kama kushiriki mchakato mzima wa kuendesha na kufaidi nchi yako wewe mwananchi. Hii yote inawezekana pasipo woga wala kukubali kuhongwa, kuburuzwa na kugeuzwa mnyonge wa kunyongwa.

Kama wanakijiji wameweza kwanini taifa lisiweze? SAA YA UKOMBOZI NI SASA NA MKOMBOZI NI WEWE UNAYENYONYWA.

Dokezo, baada ya “Saa Ya Ukombozi”, jiandae kupata “Nyuma Ya Pazia” ambapo nchi ya Mafuriko iliyofurika neema imegeuka kuwa mafuriko ya nakama na zahama huku ikiraruriwa nyuma ya pazia na watawala mafisi itadurusiwa vilivyo na kiini cha ufisadi kufichuliwa baada ya kutimliwa waziri mkubwa Edmond Mpendamali Mwaluwasha. Pia kuna vingine vya ‘Kwetu ni wapi?”, “Niogopeni Ukimwi”, “Hekima”, “Aya Za Ukombozi”, “Lulu Yangu Tanzania” na “Vimbwanga Vya Mpayukaji.”

Kila la heri na kitabu chenu ni hicho someni na mchambueni bila kusahau kukitumia katika kutatua matatizo na mazonge yenu.
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Chanzo: Nkwazi Mhango

BAE’s admission warrants suing, pronto

REPORTS that finally the British defence company BAE systems has admitted to have corrupted our officials to award it a tender of supplying Tanzania a military radar (Plessey Commander Fighter Control System), is a very welcome-cum-challenge to our accountability as a nation.

In the UK, the SFO agreed to accept £30m from BAE and an admission to accounting irregularities in respect of their 2002 deal with Tanzania, which has long been dogged by accusations of bribery. Clare Short, who was the UK’s International Development Secretary at the time, says that the deal “stank” of corruption.

Among corrupt officials openly mentioned by BAE in this scam is former AG Andrew Chenge who is alleged to have stashed away $1m as his cut from the dubious deal. Another implicated supremo is the former BoT Governor, Dr. Idris Rashid, who with Chenge have not denied or admitted wrong doings.

This breakthrough, if anything, hammers the last nail in whatever lies that have been created regarding prosecuting suspects. What else do we need or want to finally bring suspects to book? Many people are anxiously waiting to see what the authorities will come up with as an excuse after a long time of heel dragging and whitewashing.

In law, once admission is entered, it warrants conviction ab initio. BAE systems has already been convicted on the strength of its admission. What about our bigwigs? What are we waiting for? Mark my words, once a man is convicted on the strength of admission, he has no legal rights to appeal. So one can see how serious admission is. And by admitting to have committed the crime, BAE systems implicated its co-conspirators and this makes the prosecution case easy and direct.

Therefore, it is right time to advise the DPP to avoid languishing on ping pongs because this time it won’t add up. It is time for us to truly behave sanely and maturely.

We know the alleged sharks are connected to and have influence in upper echelons of power thanks to the offices they once served, abused and ruined. But again, will our people subscribe to any buffoonery after the admission by BAE systems? What a challenge to all of us and especially our numero uno! Will he take the bull by horns or maintain technical know whom and other braggadocios?

When allegations with regards to BAE systems’
Source: ThisDay March 2, 2010.

Rada imefunga luku watawala

UTHIBITISHO kwamba kampuni ya BAE Systems ya Uingereza imetembeza rushwa ili kupata kuiuzia Tanzania rada ya kijeshi (Plessey Commander Fighter Control System), unatupa changamoto kama taifa kuhusu uwajibikaji na utayari wetu kukomesha ufisadi.

Hiyo imetokana na ripoti ya Shirika la Uchunguzi wa Jinai la nchi hiyo, Serious Fraud Office (SFO) kuthibitisha BAE Systems ililipa pauni 30 milioni kwa baadhi ya vigogo wa Tanzania waliotajwa waziwazi.

Mauzo hayo ambayo aliyekuwa waziri wa ushirikiano wa Uingereza, Claire Short aliyaita kuwa ni uozo na harufu ya ufisadi, yalifanyika mwaka 2002.

Kati ya waliotajwa ni mwanasheria mkuu wa zamani wa Tanzania, Andrew Chenge na gavana wa zamani wa Benki Kuu Tanzania (BoT), Dk. Idris Rashid wanaosemekana waliificha fedha waliyokatiwa kwenye benki nchini Uingereza.

Ajabu watuhumiwa hawa hawajawahi kukiri wala kukanusha ingawa ushahidi wote unaonyesha walitenda makosa na kuhujumu nchi.

Kibaya zaidi, mamlaka za uchunguzi za Tanzania zimekuwa nzito kuwashitaki kwa hofu ya kudhalilisha vigogo wengine wa serikali walioidhinisha ununuzi wa rada.

Taarifa mpya ni msumari wa mwisho kwenye jeneza kwa wale wanaosita kushitaki achilia mbali watuhumiwa wenyewe.

Watanzania na Waingereza wanangoja kuona mamlaka sasa zitatoa kisingizio gani mbele ya ufunuo huo.

Kwa kuthibitishwa kukosa, BAE Systems imepigwa bakora. Je, washirika wake watanusurika au kuendelea kulindwa na wakubwa wenzao? Na je, Watanzania walioibiwa wataendelea na ukondoo?

Kisheria, kama mamlaka zetu zisingekuwa na tabia ya kulindana, kesi yake ni rahisi; si BAE wamekiri kutoa? Iwapi nafasi ya kuendelea kugeuza Watanzania ni majuha?

Je, rais Jakaya Kikwete ambaye amekuwa akijenga imani watu kwamba anapambana vilivyo na ufisadi, naye atakubali kuendelea kuumbuka na serikali yake kuonekana kumbe ina ubia na watu tofauti na alivyowahi kukana?

Wakati muafaka wa kumshinikiza Mkurugenzi wa Mashitaka wa Serikali (DPP) kuchukua hatua za kiutu uzima ndio huu.

Tunajua shahidi. Watuhumiwa ni vigogo wenye ushawishi katika ngazi za juu kutokana na kuwahi kushika nyadhifa nono walizozichafua na kuzitumia vibaya.

Lakini je, Watanzania wataendelea kufumbia macho uoza na dhulma hii? Vyama vya mageuzi vitanyamaza kama wananchi wataendelea na ukondoo? Tutarajie maandamano ya kushinikiza haki kutendeka kwa watuhumiwa kushitakiwa mahakamani.

Tuhuma za ubadhirifu kwenye tenda ya kijambazi waliyopewa BAE zilipofumuka, kwa makusudi watawala wetu walizikejeli. Sasa ukweli umedhihiri. Wanasemaje?

Uzuri wa tukio hili la kihistoria ni ukweli kwamba BAE hawakuzungusha kitu wala kushangaa. Wametaja wezi kweupeni.

Wakati tukisubiri hatua, vema kukumbuka kwamba kuadhiriwa kwa wakubwa kumechangiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa na viongozi adilifu wa Uingereza.

Wangetaka wangenyamaza tu na fedha zetu zikawa zimeliwa na kampuni yao. Hawakufanya hivyo. Hawa kesho watatudharau na kutukejeli iwapo serikali yetu itashindwa kushughulikia vigogo waliolishwa asali.

Tunatakiwa kukua na viongozi wetu watie akili sawa na wafadhili wanaotusaidia. Walisita kwa kuwa uthibitisho haukuwepo, leo imeshathibitishwa hakuna cha kufanya wazubae. Ni kuchukua hatua na sasa siyo halafu.

Ningekuwa DPP ningeficha uso kusudi nyani wa kumuua asinilaghai. Ni kumuua tu maana muda wake umefika. Angeharakisha kupata ripoti kamili ya uchunguzi kutoka SFO ili kutumia taarifa hizo kufungulia watuhumiwa mashitaka.

Ajabu kusikia waziri anashinikiza fedha ziletwe haraka na kukabidhiwa serikali lakini haelezi ni lini watuhumiwa watashitakiwa.

Hakueleza ni vipi wanawasiliana na serikali kutaka fedha walizoficha watuhumiwa baada ya kuhongwa zirudishwe nchini.

Hivyo hatua ya BAE kukiri inajenga mazingira kwa serikali kurejesha heshima iliyokuwa imeipotea kutokana na kutowashughulikia wezi.

Miezi michache imebaki kabla ya uchaguzi. Kwa kuwa serikali inaogopa kushitaki watuhumiwa, upinzani uchangamke kwa kuzidi kuamsha umma maana yawezekana watuhumiwa wakalindwa hadi mwisho.

Kazi ya kuhamasisha wananchi kuitia adabu serikali ifanyike sasa. Hakuna sababu ya kutumia nguvu, wenyewe wanajua wapi pa kusemea.

Ndio wakati wa kuwaeleza kwamba ufisadi hauna nafasi Tanzania. Anayeutenda, asulubiwe badala ya kupokewa kwa shangwe.

Wananchi wasijali pilau wala pombe ya kienyeji au upande wa kitenge. Wajue wakichekelea takrima leo, ni majuto ya miaka mitano kwao.

Kwa vile watawala wanahubiri utawala wa sheria bila ya kuufuata, wanapokosea wao, bakora yao ni kuwanyima kura.

Hebu tuangalie fedha zile zingetumika kujenga shule na kuipatia vifaa vyote watoto wangapi wangenufaika?

Fedha zile zingenunuliwa dawa na vifaa tiba na kugawanywa kwenye zahanati za vijijini masikini wangapi wangenufaika?

Ni fedha kama hizo hutafunwa kila siku na watumishi wasiokuwa waaminifu na hakuna kinachofanyika kuzirudisha.

Bado utasikia rais wetu anashindwa kutoa jibu akiulizwa nini sababu ya Tanzania kuendelea kuwa masikini.

Nchi itaendeleaje wakati viongozi wanaibia wananchi na kutumia vibaya madaraka waliyopewa?

Nchi itapiga vipi hatua ya maendeleo wakati rais anaona fakhari kila siku kufanya ziara za nje na kuomba misaada?

Nini kama siyo upungufu kukubali kuomba huku rais akidiriki kuitwa ombaomba aliyevaa suti ya bei mbaya au mlafi anayetapika kwenye viatu vya wafadhili kama alivyowahi kusema balozi wa Uingereza.

Inataka mtu kuoba aibu na kutambua utu wake na maslahi ya watu wake. Vinginevyo serikali isingeshindwa kushitaki watu waliolamba asali.

Hivi kama matapeli wachache wanaweza kuiba kiasi kikubwa cha fedha tusishtuke si wakitaka hata kuangusha serikali wataweza?

Umma unataka walionufaika na ununuzi wa rada wakamatwe na kushitakiwa maana wakati wa kutafuta mchawi umepita.
Chanzo: MwanaHALISI Feb. 24, 2010.