Exit Mohammed Morsi: Who Will Follow?

What transpired in Egypt recently tells a tall story of the future of the country. However, many wrongly thought that the deposed president Mohammed Morsi with his Islamic outfit was Egypt’s major problem. True, Egypt’s problem is bigger than Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood.
If we face it, chances are that soon Egypt will experience more unrest and chaos than it has ever evidenced throughout its history. Those who bother to muse on what causes people to be disgruntled and pull down a democratically elected government will agree with us that the problem is more economic than political. Egypt’s such humongous population that it cannot handle. If anything, this is the real and major problem. Thus, to save the country from itself, population control must be the first priority. Egypt has the population of 82.5 million that is cobbled on an arable land along River Nile and its delta. These areas are among the world highly densely populated with the average of 3,820 persons per square kilometers. Out of 1,000,000 square kilometers Egypt occupies only 2.87% is arable land.
Egypt’s a high educated and vibrant young population. Nobody can harmonize Egypt without addressing the whole issue of the population and unemployment which was 12.5 according to CIA Fact book, as of 2012. And the number surges even higher as days go by. This is the keg awaiting the army to foil. Will it foil it? The army, after being bundled out of power, waited for any opportunity to lord it over whoever that stands on its way. Indeed, Morsi was standing on its way, especially when he fired its former chief and king maker Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who presided over the government after his mentor, former strong man, Hosni Mubarak was bundled out.
Military takeover after revolution did not sink well with either opposition or the citizenry. Due to high demand to kick the army out of power, Egyptians voted Muslim Brotherhood en masse without knowing that it was another anathema. The situation at this moment was like making a choice between a rock and a hard place. Facing two evils, Egyptians opted for Muslim Brotherhood which later proved to be a liability as the army was.
Now that the army is in a bigger picture once again, what’d we expect? Should we expect anti-Morsi opposition to ascend to power and be kicked out due to the fact that it doesn't have the edge to return Egypt to calmness? Will anti-Morsi-fragmented opposition stand without the support of the army? If the army stands with anti-Morsi to form a government, will it be able to rule amid chaos perpetrated by pro-Morsi forces, that have proved to be hell-bent to see to it that Egypt is becoming ungovernable? With all these difference plus economic tanking, will Egypt remain the same or forge ahead really?
Although the international community has refrained from becoming players in Egypt’s fate, chances are that we must brace ourselves for evidencing another Iraq, even Syria in Egypt soon. As it seems, there’s no way any of the major players, namely the citizenry, weak opposition, Muslim Brotherhood and Army, can let go or be compromised. The army, on its side, will try to flex its muscles as a short time solution. But as the look of things is, tells a different story. There’s no way a hungry population will give in. How can they give in while what they need is food on the table? To calm Egypt down is enable everybody to bring food on the table. Where will food come from amid chaos and unrest?
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, through his spokesperson, Farhan Haq, was quoted by BBC as saying, “The Secretary-General believes strongly that this is a critical juncture in which it is imperative for Egyptians to work together to chart a peaceful return to civilian control, constitutional order, and democratic governance.” Again, looking at lip services the international community has offered, Moon’s advice does not hold water. How will Egyptians work together while they don’t pull together? Is working together the solution if at all a democratic government can be easily toppled?
One thing many ignore is the fact that Egyptians are desperate after being ruled by corrupt and inept dictators for long. Such hungry population has lost commonsense. What it needs is food, regardless whether it is brought by devil or angel. And nobody can sufficiently supply food to such huge population facing economic and political upheavals.
Although the Muslim Brotherhood was accused of secretly trying to install a theocracy, it’s a sound mechanism with which to rule. When it comes to fragmented and weak opposition that desperately went to bed with the army to overthrow Morsi, it offers neither hope nor alternative. This being the real situation, the truth is: Egypt’s a long way to go. What we’re witnessing is but the beginning of a long, rough and complicated road ahead. Again, who’ll save Egypt from itself? Will the international community chip in or just stay aside and look as it is currently? Who wants to be blamed for somebody else’s mess in the first place?
When Morsi was toppled, many thought that the ‘fathers’ of democracy would stand with him and demand that he be reinstated. But nay, nobody dared to step in knowing how deeper, protracted and complicated Egypt’s situation is.
In a nutshell, however, the army in conjunction with revenging judiciary and confused opposition overthrew Morsi… this is not the end of the story. Soon the trio will find themselves in tug of war so as to start scheming against each other. Surely, after deposing Morsi, the army will follow next any soon from now.
Source: The African Executive Magazine July 16, 2013.

Ziara ya Obama imetufumbua macho Tanzania si salama

Wapo wanaoona kuwa ulinzi mkali wa Rais Barack Obama wa Marekani ni jambo la kawaida. Wapo wanaoona kama ama ni uzembe wetu kama taifa au udhalilishaji. Jibu ni lipi? Tuangalie hali ya usalama nchini mwetu.
Japo baadhi ya wadadisi wameamua kutufanya majuha kusema eti tukubaliane na vimbwanga, vituko vitimbi na vijimambo tulivyoshuhudia wakati wa ziara ya Obama wa Marekani nchini ni vitu vya kawaida, ukweli ni kwamba itifaki ilivunjwa. Kwa nini utawala wetu uliruhusu itifaki ivunjwe?
Je, kwa nini ulinzi wa mtu mmoja tena Rais wa taifa jingine ambaye halipi kodi kwetu wala hakuchaguliwa na Watanzania ulipewa kipaumbele kuliko taifa zima?
Nani amesahau kuwa kwa kipindi chote Obama alichokuwa Dar, nchi yetu ilikuwa rehani? Dar ndiyo moyo wa Tanzania na ndiko ziliko zana zote za usalama na asasi zake.
Ajabu wakati wote wa ziara ya Obama, asasi hizi nyeti kwa taifa ziliwekwa mikononi mwa walinzi wa Obama bila kujali kuwa Watanzania wanahitaji huo ulinzi na usalama.
Kilichotokea kimeonyesha kuwa majeshi yetu yote ni kanyaboya na hayana hata maana. Je, ukweli ni upi? Wamarekani wanajua kuwa vyombo vyetu vya usalama havitekelezi majukumu yake vilivyo.
Wanajua tulivyo na askari polisi wa kutosha kuwapiga na hata kuwalipua wapinzani lakini hatuna askari wa kutosha wa kupambana na wauza unga, majambazi, wafanya magendo, wakwepa kodi, mafisadi na wahalifu wengine wengi tu. Je, hili na lo ni siri?
Wengi wameshuhudia mnyukano wa nani ni nani kati ya mwenyeji na mgeni. Wapo waliofikia mahali kusema kuwa mgeni njoo mwenyeji asote.
Hii ndivyo ilivyotokea wakati wa ziara hii ambayo imewaacha Watanzania wakiwa wamegawanyika makundi mawili yaani wanaoishabikia kwa vile wananufaika nayo na wale wanaoipinga kutokana na kuathiriwa nayo.
Kwa watawala, kuja kwa Obama ni mafanikio makubwa kuliko yote hasa kwa utwala wa Rais Jakaya Kikwete tangu aingie madarakani.
Wapo wanaosema kuwa tangu aingie madarakani, Kikwete amefanikiwa kufanya jambo moja yaani kulidhalilisha taifa mbele ya ulimwengu kwa ‘kujiachia’ kwa Obama.
Vituko vilianza pale magazeti yaliporipoti kuwa Obama alionywa asiguse maji yetu kwa vile si salama. Hili ni kweli. Maji yetu sawa na taifa letu si salama.
Mambo yalizidi kuongezeka tuliposhuhudia madege na meli vikiletwa nchini kuhakikisha usalama wa bwana mkubwa. Wengi walishangaa inakuwaje kusiwepo na usalama nchini wakati rais wetu siku zote yuko salama na misafara yake ya magari?
Kumbe kisiwa cha amani tunachoambiwa ni usanii mtupu! Kumbe tunajidanganya, kudanganya na kudanganywa kuwa tuko salama wakati tuko hatarini?
Wapo waliojiuliza: Kama ‘jeuri’ ya Obama ingepata nafasi chini ya uongozi jabari na wa kujiamini wa hayati Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. Wengi walishangaa na kubaki na maswali kuliko majibu.
Hakuna kitu kilituacha hoi kama kusikia hata mawaziri wakilalamika kuwa hawajui kama wataruhusiwa kwenda kumpokea ‘mgeni’ wao.
Maana wao ndiyo serikali yenyewe. Waziri wa Sheria na Katiba Mathias Chikawe alikaririwa akilalamika, “Hii sijawahi kuiona, hata sisi wenyewe tunateuliwa na wakishayapitia wataamua, nani aende au asiende.”
Tukubaliane. Huu ni udhalilishaji na ukiukwaji wa itifaki. Ni ushahidi kuwa mgeni ana thamani na nguvu kuliko mwenyeji kutokana na kuendeleza ubabaishaji na uzembe.
Ni ushahidi kuwa taifa letu halijawa huru vilivyo. Ni ushahidi kuwa uongozi wetu una mushkeli tena mkubwa. Na hii si mara ya kwanza kwa watawala wetu kuonyeshwa kama watu duni wa mataifa ya Magharibi.
Alipokuja rais wa zamani wa Marekani, Bill Clinton, rais wa zamani wa Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa, alijigamba kuwa ukiona Clinton amekuja Tanzania jua uchumi unakua. Uongo mkubwa!
Baada ya Clinton kuondoka uchumi haukukua. uliendelea kudumaa. Sijui kipindi hiki tutaambiwa nini!
Kuna kisa kilivuma miaka ya nyuma kuwa siku moja Mwalimu Nyerere alikwenda kwenye ziara ya kikazi nchini Uingereza. Mmoja wa wakubwa wa Uingereza aliyepangiwa kukutana naye alikuwa Malkia Elizabeth. Inasemakana kuwa mwalimu alipokwenda Buckingham Palace kwenye dhifa ya kitaifa, malkia alimpokea huku akimpa mkono uliokuwa umevalishwa glovu. Mwalimu kuona vile alikwepa kuupokea na badala yake alichomoa kifimbo chake na kumpa malkia aliyebaki kutaharuki. Kwa aibu akavua glovu na ndipo Mwalimu akarudisha kifimbo na kumpa mkono.
Iwe kweli au la, kuna somo moja kuwa Mwalimu alikuwa akijiamini na kuamini madaraka yake kama kiongozi wa nchi.
Rais siku zote ni alama ya taifa. Hata chini ya Umoja wa Mataifa, marais wote wana hadhi sawa kwa vile hakuna nchi yenye thamani kuliko nyingine duniani. Mfano mzuri ni pale Obama alipomtembelea Papa mstaafu Bendict XVI.
Hatukusikia Vatican ikifurika Wamarekani kwa kisingizio cha ulinzi wa rais wao.
Hata anapokwenda Israel au Uingereza na hata juzi Afrika Kusini hatukusikia vitu vya ajabu kama ilivyotokea Tanzania.
Kimsingi, ama Wamarekani waliamua kutudhalilisha au ni kweli kuwa nchi yetu si salama japo siku zote tuliaminishwa kuwa ni salama.
Wamarekani wanaweza kuwa na hoja hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa Tanzania ishalipuliwa na mabomu mara mbili tena kwenye mji mmoja wa Arusha na hakuna mhusika hata mmoja amewahi kufikishwa mahakamani zaidi ya usanii kuwa waliofanya hivyo ni ‘Wasaudia’ ambao walikamatwa na kuachiwa muda mfupi baada ya hali kutulia. Wamarekani wameamua kutwambia kuwa “mfalme yuko uchi.”
Na kweli mfalme yuko uchi. Sema tulikuwa tukihadaiwa kuwa amevaa nguo ya thamani wakati amevaa aibu tupu yaani uchi mtupu!
Tanzania haiwezi kuwa salama kutokana na ukweli kuwa tumekuwa tukisikia taarifa za wahalifu wanaotafutwa kama vile Chavda kurejea Tanzania na kuendelea kutanua huku akiwa hatakiwi nchini.
Nani mara hii kasahau kashfa ya yule mhindi Vithlani aliyeiba mabilioni ya shilingi kwa kushirikiana na wezi wa ndani walio na madaraka kwenye kashfa ya ununuzi wa dege la rais ambalo nalo haliishi mafua?
Tanzania inawezaje kuwa salama wakati wauzaji madawa ya kulevya ndio wameshika kani? Hatua gani zilichukuliwa kwa mtuhumiwa wa kutengeneza madawa feki ya kuzuia maambukizi ya ukimwi Ramadhan Madabida na mkewe? Tanzania haiwezi kuwa salama wakati ujambazi hasa wa kuhujumu umma kama kukwepa kodi umegeuka kuwa mfumo wa maisha huku serikali ikiangalia kutokana na baadhi ya wanaoiunda kuwa sehemu ya magenge ya kihalifu.
Hakika ziara ya Obama imefichua udhaifu mkubwa katika mifumo yetu ya utawala na ulinzi; na kubwa ni ukosefu mkubwa wa kujiamini na kujithamini. 
 Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Julai 17, 2013. 

Sikujua Obamiza ndiye mkuu wa Kaya!

“Ama kweli mgeni njoo wenyeji wakome waive na ikiwezekana waipuliwe.”
Anaingia mgosi Machungi akiwa ameshikilia gazeti la Danganyika Daima mkononi. Inaonekana leo kimemkubali, maana huwa si mnunuzi wa magazeti msambaa huyu.
Mbwa Mwitu anamuuliza, “Mgosi unamaanisha nini na nani aliwe na kuipuliwa?”
Mgosi anajibu, “Si hao viranja wenu wanaojiuza kama vyangudoa!”
Msomi Mkata Tamaa anaonekana kukerwa na alichokiona. Anakwanyua mic, “Kwa walioshuhudia nguvu ya bwana mdogo Obamiza na jinsi alivyowahenyesha viranja wenu ambao hudanganya kuwa nao wamo, watakubaliana nami huyu ndiye rais.”
Anakunywa tangawizi na kubofya Kinokia chake na kuendelea, “Uliona wapi mgeni anakuja kwenye kaya na kukupangia alale wapi, alale na nani, ale nini apokelewe na nani? “Nikikumbuka wakuu uchwara walivyopangishwa foleni kama watoto wa shule za kata sina hamu. Akiondoka Obamiza utayaona yanajishaua kuwa nayo yamo.”
Mzee Maneno anachomekea, “Nasikia wengine walikataliwa hata kumpokea kwa vile wana sura za kigaidi au walighushi vyeti vya elimu.”
Anakohoa na kuendelea, “Walahi naapa kama Mchonga angekuwapo ama angejinyonga au kutafuta uraia kaya nyingine.”
“I truly don’t know and I won’t know. How come that people are acting as if they only have masaburis upstairs?” Msomi anamwaga Ukameroni wake na kutuacha hoi.
“Msomi hiyo Masaburis nayo ni kimombo?” Mzee Mipawa anauliza.
Hatuna mbavu!
“Nimeongea kimombo kwa makusudi ili salamu zimfikie Obamiza anielewe,” Anajigamba Msomi.
Kuona Msomi anazidi kukomba ujiko nami mzee mzima naamua kukamua mic, “Mna habari jamaa wanajua hasira zangu? Walitaimu wakati niko zangu Sauzi kwa Madiba vinginevyo ningewatokea FBI wake na kuwauliza lini walikuwa ndata wa kaya hii. Ajabu mindata nayo imekaa inasubiri wapingaji ikawalipue na kuwaulia mbali.
“Mliona jinsi Obamiza alivyolazimisha vilaza wetu kumuingiza bibi yake kayani hata bila kufuata utaratibu wakati wazito uchwara wetu wakizuiwa hata kushikana naye mikono?”
Kabla ya kuendelea mzee Mipawa anadandia mic, “Lakini tuliwaonya mchague watu kama mzee Mpayukaji tuwakomboe mkakimbilia takrima sasa wanawatakrima kuwakrimia wabamizaji. Mtaliwa sana.”
Msomi kapata upenyo. Akandamiza mic, “Inahitaji akili ya kiwendawazimu kumuachia mtu kaya yako afanye atakavyo kuanzia geshi hadi ndata. Kwanza, nina mpango wa kumshtaki Obamiza kwa kuangusha sirikali ya kaya kwa muda aliokaa kayania. Hakuna aliponitisha kama alivyotetea kale kamchezo kalikolaaniwa na vitabu vyote!”
Mpemba aliyekuwa akivuta tasbihi anachomekea, “Walllaahii mie humo simo!”
Kapende anachomekea, “Kesho utasikia watu wanajipeleka kwa Obamiza awabamize. Wamezoea kubamizwa. Na inaoneka wamenogewa na vitu vyake. Maana anavyokata pochi kwa kaya ombaomba si kitu cha kuachia. Je tutaendelea kubamizwa na Obamaiza na misaada yake hadi lini?”
“Yakhe kama kubamizwa wabamizwa weye si mie. Hiyo nsaada akawape mamba lakini si mie wallahi,” Mpemba anachomekea na Kiswahili chake cha Kipemba na kutuacha bila mbavu hasa anaposema hataki kubamizwa na misaada ya Obamiza.
Hakuna aliyetuacha hoi kama Mbwa Mwitu aliyedai kuwa alishuhudia MaFBi wakiwavua nguo tuliodhani ni waheshimiwa kuona kama walikuwa wamebeba zana za maangamizi.
“Yaani mgeni wenu hawaamini wenyeji pamoja na siku zote kujilisha pepo mkitembea na misafara wakati ni kanyaboya? Kumbe duniani ni mmoja anayestahili ulinzi na misafara yaani Obamiza.”
“Si kweli usemavyo Mbwa Mwitu. Hapa tatizo si Obamiza. Mbona huu upuuzi na udhalilishaji hatukuusikia Sauzi? Alichomekea Msomi huku akiendelea kubwia tangawizi yake.
Kapende aliamua kutuumizia mbavu, “Waheshimiwa mna habari kuwa hata Njaa Kaya alipigwa sachi kabla ya kukutana Obamiza?”
Tulicheka hadi wengine wakapelekwa hospitali kutokana na kuumia mbavu.
Anaendelea kukmwaga vitu, “Nilisema kuwa hii kaya inaliwa mkasema natukana. Mmeona Wamaarikani walivyokataa hata zimamoto yetu iliyozea kuitwa na kuwaambia waathirika kuwa wanabipu au hawana maji?”
“Hapa mgosi nakubaiana nawe. Maana ukiangaia tiivyo na midini na kia aina ya midude inayotakiwa dunia nzima akini bado tu maskini basi azima kuna wanaokula.”
Hata hivyo, kijiwe kimeandika barua ya kumpongeza Obamiza. Kumbe hii misafara tunayoshuhudia na waishiwa wetu ni kupoteza muda. Ingekuwa si hivyo nao tungeona wakimwambia Obamiza kuwa huwa wana walinzi na mabaunsa na wanastahili usalama. Kumbe hola!
Je, wajua kuwa ule mgodi maarufu wa midayamondi kule Maganzo haujawahi kulipa kodi? Je, wajua kuwa Richmonduli-Downs na Symbisis Danganyika ndiyo walioula kwenye ziara ya Obamiza? Ngoja nikatafute bangi nibamize nisijembamiza mtu mie!
Tuonane wiki ijayo washirika.

Value Added Tomfoolery

Namna hii VAT itageuka sera ya watawala ya kukuza uchumi na ulaji wao. Je watanzania wataendelea kulikwa kienyeji na kila kibaka kila uchao kwa visiongizio vya Value Added Tax au Tax Added Value na upuuzi mwingine? Ingawa hiki ni kibonzo, huu ndiyo ukweli wa mambo hata kama unauma na kuudhi kupita kiasi. Tafakarini.

Congrats Kikwete on bankrupt politicians

President Jake Kikwete did something unique and fancy this time around. Boozers were elated in puzzlement so as to drink to death after hearing him take shots on divisive and bankrupt politicians who use religion, tribe, region and whatnot to dupe and win voters. Given that Kikwete knows it all, said it all well without any confabulation or imagination inflation. For, he knows it too well though some think he’s passing the buck and sugarcoating a zinger. His was a tall story told by the guy who did and know it all. Kikwete decided to stop doing a wise monkey’s see nothing and say nothing a la Ben Nkapa style. This attracted boozers though detractors wrongly think he’s afraid of rotten crop of bankrupt and corrupt politicians. They say.  He plays better than thou and do-as-I-told-you-but-not-as-I-do ballyhoos and hypocrisy.
Boozers swallowed on his honour after discovering that Kikwete’s recently seen the light on his way to Damascus after failing to deliver the boozers to the hunk of Kanywaji of milk and honey.
Kikwete’s recently quoted as saying, “I urge politicians not to cultivate the seeds of religious hatred or ‘regionism’ to the people, power should be sought peacefully through a ballot box.”  Well done Jake! Good stuff uh. Again, those doubting Kikwete’s sincerity are dead wrong. He knows it all pieces and bits. He told it pieces and bobs. Whether he’s sincere or otherwise, boozers care less. He knows that bankrupt politicians seek power by robbing public coffers like it was in the EPA scam. So too, he knows that bankrupt politicians use smear campaigns to gain popularity and votes. Indeed, Kikwete knows that bankrupt politicians use media to assassinate others’ character as it was in 2005. True, Kikwete knows that moribund and bankrupt politicians offer many false and empty promises to voters, use takrima and cheap popularity to garner votes if not rigging through the science of Chakachuazition.
Those thinking Kikwete failed miserably should think twice. Yes, he didn't deliver his better-life-for-all promise that turned to be bitter life for all.  Yes, he didn't annul fake and thuggish contracts in investment sector that have always allowed some buggers to scoop our minerals. True, he hasn't taken on thugs, drug barons, corrupt officials and whatnot. Again, by coming out of the closet he deserves boozers’ kudos.
I’m not trying to be an anthromorphosist or an anthrodenier. Again, Kikwete knows those bird-brained politicians by names, face and their evil networks aka mitandao. He knows them too well, and how they rob and offer kickbacks to the public be it through donations to churches or to youth groups. Kikwete knows it too well. His bankrupt politicians can defile and rape this already defiled and raped hunk. They’re known to everybody. Even birds know them. They are among us and with us.
Boozers know that Kikwete knows many things. He knows how venal politicians get power illegally so as to use it as a family property. They allow their kids, wives and courtiers to illegally use their power to mint and print dosh. They allow their wives to form thievish NGOs in the names of desperate people so as to rob them in the broad daylight. He’s a very humongous experience so to speak.  The good thing about Kikwete’s that he used the if-you-want-to eat-a-chicken-don’t-look-at-what-it-eats philosophy.
Kikwete knows how hoi polloi suffers thanks to being robbed by bankrupt politicians who steal and squander its money. He knows how sick politicians don’t stay in office. Instead, they spend much time travelling doing stupid things such as posing with the heads of football clubs in Europe. He, as well, knows how such politicians bless corruption and impunity. He surely knows how such bankrupt politicians ruin the hunk by taking ten percent in investment and other money-making ventures they invent such as Richmond, Dowans and Symbionic Danganyika.
I like Kikwete’s courage of the mad. He says what he feels regardless who’s going to be affected even if he’s the one. Refer to how he told pregnant school girls that it is because of their kiherehere. He didn’t bother to think that bad governance, corruption, poverty caused by corruption, neglecting schools are the causes. He once broke Boozers’ ribs when he said he didn’t know why they’re poor before adding that traffic jams are another new indicator for economic improvement. I remember.  When he campaigned for Andrew Chenge, Basil Pesambili Mramba, Edward Lowassa and Rostam Aziz who are accused of mega corruption, many said many things. He did not bother. He went on praising them to the skies. Since coming to power, he’s always toggled between, and commingled into two worlds mano a mano with his controversial consigliore and partners. This is Kikwete the smart guy that God chose for the boozers to deliver them from Egypt to Canaan
that’s nary been. Kikwete knows the dangers of nepotism, ‘religionism’ and ‘regionism’ among others. He knows how bankrupt leaders rob our coffers. He saw it all and now he’s saying it all. Bravo Jake. Tell your Salva Rweyemahumu to pack up and go if you want to become a toast for every boozer.
More than anybody, Kikwete knows the culture of impunity by rote.  Many wrongly see him as being as helpless as a new born little knowing he’s but a born again. He’s lived and witnessed it firsthand. Thus, what he admonished vis a vis junk politicians makes more sense given that it comes from the horse’s mouth. So don’t ignore it. Work on it in order to avoid repeating same mistake come 2015. Congrats Kikwete on coming out of the closet full of skeletons!
Will Kikwete new ‘awakening’ create a political firestorm in his party and the hunk? Will it end up being a tranquilizer-cum-soother aka changa la macho that’ll enable bankrupt politicos keep on doing biz as usual like drug barons, corrupt officials in the rank and thugs? Again, is Kikwete prepping or priming us for what’s yet to come? Time will accurately tell.
Source: Thisday July 15, 2013.

Walevi wavunja radio ugeni wa Obama

   Tulimshambulia Black Obama, jamaa aliyewapagawisha wapenda sifa hadi wakajidhalilisha. Tulimpa `kanywaji’ na kushushia na utumbo na mapafu hadi akachanganyikiwa na kusema, don’t kill me with kanywaji you boozers.
  Alitusifia ukarimu wetu na jinsi tulivyobana matumizi tofauti na walevi wa sifa, waliokufuru kwa kufuja na kumtumia Obama kuiba fedha za wachovu. Kimsingi, kinachoitwa ukarimu si ukarimu chochote, bali kuwanyonya makapuku.
  Hivi kaya kapuku inapata wapi jeuri ya kufunga shughuli za uzalishaji kama vile kufunga barabara na mitaa wakati kufanya hivyo kunaathiri uchumi wa mtu mmoja hata kaya? 
  Sisi tulimpa makaribisho kwenye baa tunakonywea. Hatakufanya marekebisho ya baa yetu kwa kuipaka rangi upya kama wao walivyafanya baa yao. Wala hatukwaambia wahusika wazibe mashimo kwenye barabara ya kuelekea kwenye baa yetu.
  Walevi si watu wakujikomba na `kujigonga gonga’ kama vyangu. Sisi tunafanya kweli kwa kukata `kalaji’.  Ukishapata `kalaji’ unafukia mashimo wala hayaonekani.
Hivyo, tulijua angeyaona mashimo wakati wa kuingia, lakini kutoka mkeka mtupu.  Na ndivyo ilivyokuwa hadi tunamfikisha kwenye Air Fosi Wani alikuwa amechangamka usiambiwe.
  Kimsingi, ni kwamba walevi tulinufaika na ujio wa Obama kuliko wale `waliojivua nguo’ bila sababu. Sisi hatubadili jina la baa yetu na kuiita Obama.
Badala yake tuliamua kumuingiza mjini na kuita baa yetu White House kuonyesha kuwa nasi ni vidume wa vidume. Pia tulimtaka tukienda Umarekanini abadili jina la White House na kuwa Uwanja wa Fisi.
  Hivyo, siku moja mkisikia White House ikiitwa Uwanja wa Fisi msishangae. Na kweli ni uwanja wa fisi aitwaye Umarekanini.
Hata wake zetu walinufaika sana na ujio wa Michele ya Obama. Badala ya kujikanyaga na kiigereza uchwara kama cha bibi yule aliyesema I am the wife of Obama of my country like your Michele, walimkaribisha kwenye vibanda vyao vya `mamantilie’ na kumfundisha kusonga ugali.
Michele ameondoka mwenye furaha baada ya kupewa elimu ya kumuandalia mumewe chakula kilichokwenda chuo. Wake zetu waliletewa pizza. Walipoionja walisikia kichefu chefu kutokana na kujaa jibini au cheese kwa lugha ya kwao.
  Hivyo, waliamua kumfunda Michele kwa kumfundisha mapishi ya kiafrika. Kati ya vyote walivyomfundisha na kumuandalia, Michele alipenda sana dagaa wa nazi na ugali na nguru wa kurumangia.
  Pamoja na wake wa walevi kuwa `apeche alolo’, hawakujidhalilisha `kumpiga mizinga’ Michele, kwa vile wanajua hana fedha bali fedha ni za taifa.
  Walifurahishwa na kauli ya Obama kuwaambia ombaomba wenye suti kuwa maendeleo yao, yataletwa na wao wenyewe na si kwa kuombaomba. Ajabu walengwa walionekana wakinua kutokana na kuwa hamnazo.
  Kwa vile mlevi mkuu nilikuwa Sauzi, nilipokwenda kumjulia hali swahiba yangu tuliyesoma chuo Diba Madiba, niliandaa simpo ceremony kama Sauzi na Senegali.
   Maana wao hawakufuja fedha za wachovu kumfurahisha tajiri wa kutupa ili awape misaada wakati wana watu na raslimali. Sikuona Jake Zuma akikenue meno kumuingiza mjini Obama ili akate pochi.
   Jamaa yangu na rafiki yangu Macky Sall alimtolea kavu kavu kuwa ushoga Senegali haramuni. Alimwambia wazi wazi mbele yangu nikiwa naona na kusikia kuwa akome na akomae.
   Na kweli Obama alituomba msamaha kukubali yaishe. Tulifunika kombe mwanaharamu akapita kwa salama salimini.
Baada ya kumkaribisha uwanja wa fisi na kumkuna, Obama alituibia siri kuwa hakufurahishwa na jinsi walevi wa sifa walivyompokea kwa israfu. Aliahidi kututumia whisky na kutukaribisha kwenye White House.
Alituahidi kuwa hatatupokea kama wezi wala kutupitisha mlango wa nyuma kama wale. Mwenzetu mmoja alitutibua aliposema eti ziara ya Obama imekwisha turejee kazini.
   Nani afanye kazi wakati Obama ameleta neema? We ngoja utawasikia wakipeana sifa za kijinga utadhani maisha yao magumu yataondoka. Bila kuacha kutumia masaburi mkatumia akili na maarifa katika kusimamia `njuluku’ na raslimali za kaya hata aje Bill Gate mtaendelea kuwa makapuku.
   Fedha mfiche Uswisi, mtegemee kuukata Uswazi. Shauri yenu utawakata. Badala ya kuishi Kanani mtaishi kama nyani juu miti. Obama ametuahidi misaada hadi tuchanganyikiwe.
Hivyo, hakuna haja ya kufanya kazi bali kufanya kazi moja tu ya kutumbua na kukuta `kalaji’ na kuzurura Ulaya. Walevi sasa wataanza kuishi kama Wamarekani kwa taarifa yenu.
   Bling bling kwa sana na mabomu na mibunduki kwa fujo. Jamaa zangu wapingaji kaa mkao kuliwa na kulipuliwa. Hayo ndiyo maendeleo maana barabara zenu zinatengenezwa na `geshi’ lenu linapinduliwa na kubakia kanyabwoya.
   Hakuna kitu kiliwaacha hoi walevi kama jinsi mzee mzima nilivyoangusha speech tena kwa kimakonde. Ilikuwa imejaa `mipwenti’ hiyo mpaka Obama akaniabia inatosha mzee.
Maana wewe si binadamu bali chuo. mimi sikufanya kama wale ambao walipoona Obamiza akijitingisha kidogo kama anacheza wao wakamwanga radhi kama hawana akili nzuri wasijue Obama alikuwa akiwasanifu.  
   Hakuna kitu tulichomkuna  Obama kama kuwezesha kumuingiza bibi yake wa Kogelo kayani, tena bila kufuata kanuni za uhamiaji. Kwa vile kaya nzima ilikuwa imelewa uobama, tulimpitisha mipakani hata bila kuwa na pasi ya kusafiria.
   Sisi walevi wajanja. Wala hatujamkaribisha Obamiza na mingoma tena yenyewe X. Hivi ukiona baba au mama zima linakata mauno wafikiri salama? Jamani huku ni kujidhalilisha na kuonyesha kuwa urithi wa mkoloni bado unatutafuna hata baada ya miaka 50.
    Hata nilipotembelea kwenye chuo kikuu cha Harvard nilikuwa watu wanaamini kuwa urithi wa mwafrika ni mingoma jambo ambalo nililipinga sana.
   Baada ya kuwatolea speech iliyokwenda chuo waliamini kuwa mimi ni mlevi na si mpuuzi wa mingoma ya kishetani. Hivi rais na ngoma wapi na wapi? Watu wanaangalia matatizo ya walevi nyinyi mnayakwepa na kujifanya mna raha za kukata mauno wakati ni njaa tupu.
Chanzo: Nipashe Jumamosi Juni 13, 2013.

Ukiwa na mindset kama hii jua hakuna nchi bali kusanyiko la panya au majuha

Kama kila mtu atafikiria kula mbona tutakulana kama inavyoendelea ambapo mfagiaji hudokoa kwenye eneo lake na rais humogola kila mahali. Je hawa wasio na meno wala uwezo wa kupanga kula kama vile watoto, wazee, wagonjwa na wenye matatizo mbali mbali watakuwa wageni wa nani katika nchi hii ya kulana, kuliwa, kutafunwa na kutafunana? Hata hivyo faraja ni kwamba hata hawa wanaojisifu kuwala wenzao nao wanaliwa na wengine watokao mataifa ya ughaibuni kama tulivyoshuhudia hivi karibuni walaji wetu wakiliwa na Obama.

Kikwete ateua fisadi mwingine kama ishara ya kulindana

Rais Kikwete akimwapisha Hilda Gondwe kuwa mjumbe wa Kamati ya Maadili ya Viongozi wa Umma ikulu Dar.Kikwete katika picha ya kumbukumbu na Gondwe Ikulu.

Uteuzi wa Hilda Gondwe aliyekuwa Katibu Tawala mkoa wa Kilimanjaro ni ushahidi wa rais Jakaya Kikwete kulinda mafisadi.  Mnamo tarehe 27 Mei 2010 blogu hii ilchapisha kashfa iliyomkabili Gondwe ambao alijitwalia gari la umma aina ya Toyota Land Cruiser VX iliyokuwa imenunuliwa miaka mitatu kabla kwa shilingi 155,000,000. Gondwe 'alinunua' gari hili kwa shilingi milioni moja na nusu tu huku akiusababishia umma hasara ya shilingi 149,000,000. Je rais na washauri wake hawakuliona au hawalikumbuki hili? Je inatoa picha gani kwa umma wa walipa kodi maskini wa nchi yetu? Ni ajabu kugundua kuwa mtu huyu ameteuliwa na rais kuwa mjumbe wa Kamati ya Maadili ya Viongozi wa umma nchini. Je anaingia mtu huyu asiye na maadili mle na maadili gani zaidi ya madili? Je huu si ushahidi mwingine wa Kikwete kulinda uoza na kutokuwa makini na kurudia makosa? Je hakuna watanzania safi wenye kuweza kufanya kazi hii hadi wateuliwa wahalifu wa kawaida kama Gondwe? Je Kikwete atajifunza na kubadilika lini? Je kuna haja ya umma kuendelea kumvumilia mtu kilaza kama huyu  mgumu wa kujifunza na kubadilika? Hakika, maswali ni mengi kuliko majibu.

Uhovyo wa Kikwete wazidi kufichuka

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete anaingia kwenye vitabu vya historia ya Tanzania kama rais wa hovyo sana anayeweza kudhalilishwa hata kutapeliwa kirahisi kwa sababu ya kutokuwa makini na kupenda sifa.
Tangu aingie madarakani, Kikwete amekumbwa na kashfa nyingi sana zikiwemo zile za wizi wa pesa ya umma toka kwenye Benki Kuu chini ya jinai ya EPA, kuteua watendaji wabovu, kuuza nchi kwa wawekezaji, kupokea rushwa ya suti, kusaini sheria feki, kutumia vibaya madaraka na pesa ya umma, Richmond, kuruhusu mkewe kuunda NGO ya mashaka, kuruhusu watoto wake kutumia madaraka yake kujitajirisha na kutumia vyombo vya habari kuwahujumu wapinzani wake.
Kashfa nyingine zinazomkabili Kikwete ni kutumia vibaya jeshi la polisi na wananchi kwa manufaa yake kisiasa, kupewa orodha ya wauza unga na majambazi asiwachukulie hatua, kuunda mitandao hatari kwa taifa, kutumia udini na ukanda kujinufaisha kisiasa, kutoa ahadi za uongo, kuzurura, kuunda serikali kubwa, kuunda mikoa na wilaya mpya kuwanufaisha marafiki zake, kushindwa kuulinda muungano na katiba, kuendekeza kujuana na kulipana fadhila ambavyo vimekuwa vigezo na msingi mkubwa wa uteuzi wake, kutotangaza mali zake, kuwakingia kifua wahalifu kama vile walioghushi shahada na sifa za kitaaluma, kumkingia kifua rais mstaafu Benjamin Mkapa,mkewe, wakweze na watoto na marafiki na washirika zake, kuwakingia kifua marafiki zake wanaotuhumiwa kwa ufisadi na kuwapigia kampeni, kushindwa kusimamia uchumi wa nchi, kuendelea kuingia mikataba ya kijambazi kwenye sekta za uwekezaji na nishati, kutojua anachopaswa kufanya kama rais, kulea udini, kutawala bila sera wala dira, kutumia watu wenye kutia shaka kama vile Salva Rweyemamu, 'profesa' Julius Nyang'oro aliyeandika kitabu cha maisha yake, kuamuru polisi kuua wananchi, kuhujumu demokrasia nchini, kutelekeza na kulihujumu taifa kwa ujumla na nyingine nyingi.
Hivi karibu kuliibuka kashfa ya kutumia kihiyo na profesa feki kuandika kitabu cha maisha yake. Bahati nzuri blogu hii mnamo tarehe 6 May 2012 ilichapisha kashfa ya Julius Nyang'oro mwandishi wa kitabu cha maisha ya Kikwete. Ni baada ya kupata dokezo toka kwa mdogo wa Nyang'oro kuwa angetoa kitabu cha maisha ya rais Kikwete. Mdogo huyu wa Nyang'oro alikuwa rafiki yetu ingawa baada ya kukandia kitabu husika urafiki huu ulikufa.
Kashfa hii ya hivi karibuni imelipotiwa na vyombo vya habari nje na ndani ya nchi. Kwa habari zaidi kuhusiana na kashfa ya profesa huyu tapeli na kihiyo BONYEZA HAPA.Pia BONYEZA HAPA.

Viongozi wa CCM "A" na CCM "B" wanapopata picha ya pamoja!

Waingereza husema a picture speaks a million words. Sijui hii picha hapo juu inakukumbusha au kumaanisha nini? Wapo waliovuma wakavumishwa na mwisho wakaishia kuwa wala makombo. Wapo waliopaa wakaishia kukatwa mbawa na kuishia kuwa mabingwa wa kujikomba ili waweze kuishi. Hakika katika picha hii imenoga hasa kutokana na kuongezeka wengine watatu yaani profesa Ibrahim Lipumba, maalim Seif Shariff Hamad na 'mchungaji' Christopher Mtikila. Hakika ngoma ya kisaliti inogile!

Angalia Tanzania inavyobakwa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbuv_hBW7c

How Obama unraveled Bongo-Peace Mystery

 

Our hunk’s always been surrounded by mysteries one of them being the whole boring manta of being referred to as an Island of Peace. Is it really an Island of Peace of an Island in pieces? How can it stop from being if we’re now baying for the blood of one another to have a third government and a third country of Danganyika? Is it an Island of Peace even for the victims of recent Arusha terror attack? Anyways, let us look at how US of A president Black Obama’s visit to the hunk solved this mystery by putting stinking liars and aggrandizers to shame.

 Prior to the coming of Obama our hunk was wrongly considered to be independent, peaceable and secure. His coming revealed the secret of secrecy and self-cheating that everything’s spiffy. What a goof!  Had it been, Obama’d have bothered to come with hundreds of Secret Service agents so as to burn over $100 Million. Again, how can an insecure hunk be peaceable if we face it? This means. All ballyhoos and brouhahas about peacability of the Island of Peace were but gimmicks and abracadabra.  Our spin doctors are now in hot soup after losing their mojo and skulduggery  Their highly guarded secret that enabled them to take us for a ride is now open. Usanii mtupu na rongorongo za kichovu!

 As the days of his arrival drew near, everything started to unfold in the manner and speed nobody expected. The ridiculously true but hidden status of our rulers became clear though paradoxical.

Before the coming of Obama everything seemed to be intact and sound. Nobody knew that we’re manned by tin pot prefects that can be ordered by president of another hunk. We’re not making this up but the results of Obama’s stay in the hunk when they proved this beyond any doubt.  Before the coming of Obama the presider of the country of cowboys and gun lovers I didn't know that our presiders we used to emulate were but prefects.

They can do everything to please their masters even sacrificing the boozers whose taxes fatten them. Our boozers are valuable when they pay taxes for enabling bigwigs to tanua. Thereafter, they’re but chaffs after seeds have been sifted.

So too, security organs are but white elephants scooping our dosh for doing nothing. Whoever disputes this should tell us why they’re unable to guard one Obama. Some boozers say that these guys are good at protecting drug barons, thugs and corrupt biggies.  Likewise, our dog faces are good at lording it over Ntwara earthlings as it was recently reported without being refuted. They’re good at beating the civilians.

I didn't know that our hunk is a joint venture where by the US of A has many more shares than we have. The way Obama used our prefects for the whole while he’s in the hunk speaks volumes.

From this vantage one may say that our independence’s lost its gravitas thanks to the love of begging. Begging destroys the mind.  To be proud of it is one of the characteristics of a sick mind. Again, what sort of hypocrisy was it for mighty beggars to expel dirty beggars? I was told that even the ‘matching guys’ who scratch the surface to get something to feed their duped families were expelled without bothering to think how their loved ones would survive.

When Alhaj Mwinyi likened our hunk with the head of a mad man which a boozer uses to learn how to trim, he knew what the future had to offer. Now I can see his rationale though he’s an architect of all this megalomania.

When Mchonga said that the hunk was going to the dogs he knew what’d happen. What self-fulfilling prophecy! Don’t tell me that Bwana Mkubwa brought many goodies especially business opportunity for the hunk. Phew! How did we benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? Bwana Mkubwa might come with sound proposals. Again, looking at our venal potentates, nothing will come forth.  Why are we going to keep on cascading into abject poverty despite hosting Bwana Mkubwa?  Looking at the look of things, we’re renowned for offering tax holidays to every swindler who can dine and wine venal high and mighty. We’re entering in bogus and dubious agreement with scrupulous investors. We spend our hard-earned dosh unwisely. Corruption’s been legitimized in the hunk. Don’t get me wrong saying I’m telling lies. Tell me. When we’re told that some thugs stashed dosh in offshore banks, what measures did we take against them? We've become a society of rats that gnash everything.  How many mega scam suspects are in our streets enjoying our dosh instead of being behind bars? How many looters are protected by the high and mighty? Can such a hunk be safe for Bwana Mkubwa? Maybe, he felt that due to our rust for dosh, some terrorists might buy our hyena-like officials and be able to attack him.

  Today spin doctors are singing praises that soon power rationing will be history after Bwana Mkubwa promised to invest heavily in Energy Generating Projects under Power Africa Initiative (PAI). Nonsense! Is investing in Richmond-Dowans-Symbion outfit viable or corruption? If Mzee Nyerere created TANESCO that thieves felled and vended to nourish Pichmond-Dowans-Symbion axis of corruption, how’ll new projects survive? They’ll fell them the way the felled TANESCO.  The darling buds of May.

One boozer, Zezete Mpendasifa left us in stitches. He said that Obama came to neutralize Chinese influence especially after he caught wind of uranium deposits that were recently discovered in our hunk.

Today’s nugget of wisdom is, “A promise is a comfort for a fool,” Gregory Isaacs, (1951-2010).

Source: Thisday July 8, 2013.

Barua ya wazi kwa Pinda toka kwa walevi

Baada ya Waziri Mkubwa, Mizengwe Pindapinda, kupinda na `kupayuka’ huku akifyatuka, kikao cha walevi kimemtuma mlevi kumpa salamu zake.
Kwanza, tunampenda na kumheshimu sana. Ila tunamshauri atubie kabla kiama hakijamshukia. Maana huwa tunasikia akisema `eti’ yeye ni mtu wa God utadhani wapo wa shetani ambaye hakuumba chochote.
Mbona huko nyuma hakuwa hivyo! Ameharibiwa na nini yarabi mwana wa farmer ambaye siku hizi amekuwa mwana milionea anayeweza kuvaa `misaa’ ya dhahabu ya bei mbaya.
Au `maulaji’ yamemlewesha kiasi cha kuanza kale ka ugonjwa kaitwako `Yusufuosis Makambiasis’ aliyesifika kwa kupayuka hovyo.
Sijui ameishia wapi baada ya kurithisha `ulaji’ kwa kitegemezi chake? Bongo kwa utawala wa kifalme sina mfano.
Yaani kila big anajitahidi kuhakikisha mikoba yake anampa kitegemezi chake! Je, wasio na madingi heavy wataishia kutawaliwa na kuliwa hadi lini? Anyway, hii siyo `inshu’ leo.
Kwa sisi wataalamu wa saikolojia, tunaweza kusema kuwa Pindapinda alipopayuka kuwa `ndata’ wawachape walevi hata wakiwanyotoa roho kama walivyofanya kule Arusha, yawezekana alikuwa akisumbuliwa na kile ambacho kitaalamu kinaitwa Cocktail Party Phenomenon (CPP), gonjwa ambalo huwasumbua wale wanaotumia sana hasa utumiaji wenyewe unapokuwa ni wa `dezo’ kama katika hali hii.
Mwenye kuugua ugonjwa huu mara nyingi anaweza kuongea bila mdomo wake na kichwa kuwasiliana. Kitaalamu tunasema kunakuwa na disconnection and confusion among neurons especially axoms in his amygdala. Hayo tuyaache maana ni ya wataalamu.
Kupayuka kwa Pindapinda kumenikumbusha wagonjwa wengine wanaougua ugonjwa wake yaani kihiyo Bill Lukuvy, Mwehujuu Nchembe, Nipe Mapepe Ninaye na Chris Mtikilila ambaye siku hizi hana tofauti na Lyatongolwa kwa kujikomba, ili pate `ulaji’ hata kama ni mchafu na haramu.
Hakuna mtu mwenye akili alitegemea mwanamume timamu kutoa kejeli na matusi ya nguoni wakati wa msiba wa mabomu iliyorushwa na washenzi wanaotumikia washenzi wenzao wanaoona ulaji ukiwaacha kutokana na ulafi na upogo wao.
Tumuulize bwana Pindapinda kwa niaba ya walevi waliotutuma. Kaka unataka wafe wangapi? Je, una habari kuwa kuna taasisi inaitwa ICC au International Criminal Court ambayo wale huiita International Komesha Korti ambayo siku hizi inawashughulikia walevi wa madaraka wanaoamini katika matumizi ya jinai kama uliyotetea?
Walevi wanasema umepinda sana na baadaye anaweza kupinduka kama siyo kufyatuka tena. Hivi kaka hujui kuwa ndata wameishadedisha walevi kibao?
Yaani pamoja na walevi wengi `kudedishwa’ hujaridhika! Kaka umekumbwa na nini au Sumba wameishasumbawanga?
Baada ya kusikia kauli zako za maangamizi yaani Words of Mass Destruction (WDM) kwa lugha ya Kibush kichaka, walevi tulikutana kwa mama muuza mitaa ambayo ni siri kubwa na kushauriana tukukabili ili kukunusuru.
Kwanza, tulikubaliana tukupe ushauri wa bure kuwa ufute kauli yako, kuomba msamaha na kutubia. Pili ujiuzulu japo kwa genge lenu kufanya hivyo ni ndoto.
Tatu, uje kwenye kikao chetu na kutupa `ofa ya ulabu’ ili tuwapoze jamaa wasije kustuka na kuamua kufanya kweli wewe na wenzio mkajikuta pabaya.
Tulihofia yasikukute makubwa kutokana na kujua kuwa umma wa walevi una nguvu kuliko hata bomu la nyuklia.
Ukiamua hao ndata hawawezi `kufua dafu’ zaidi ya kutoka mkuku kama ilivyotokea kule kwa Mwamali Kadhafi wa Kashafi `aliyededishwa’ kama kibaka.
Japo unaweza kuchukulia ushauri wetu kama mawazo ya kilevi na `tishatoto’, ufahamu mambo yamebadilika sana.
Nani alijua kuwa nguli kama Kadhafi angeuawa kama kibaka huku akilialia kama kichanga?
Kwa vile walevi wanakupenda na kukuzimia, wangependa usiaibike wala siku moja kuzomewa au kuja kujilaumu kwa kupayuka. Tunajua ulipitiwa kama ngurumbili.
Ukubali ulichemsha na kupayuka bila kufikiri vilivyo. Hivyo, usione aibu kutubu na kujirekebisha. Rasmi natoa pendekezo la nia nzuri toka kwa walevi.
Kwa vile walevi ni wajanja na great seers, tumeamua. Kama ushauri wetu wa bure utapuuzwa basi tuandamane hadi siku utakapofunga virago na kuachia `ulaji’ ili waje watu wengine wasio wagonjwa.

Tumepania kuhakikisha tunafanya kweli hata kama tutapaswa kuumizwa na hao ndata wako.
Tuko kwenye kampeni na ushauri kwa `bi wakubwa’ zetu kutusaidia kuandamana kwa kuvua nguo ili ulaaniwe na kigwena chako ambacho kimehalalisha ukandamizaji (Lwakatareing), utekaji (Kibanderings), vipigo (Ulimbokering) na mauaji (Mwangosirings) ya walevi.
Wana mpango wa kuonana na `bi mkubwa’ Tununu kwanza, ili wampe siri yao kama mother na madhara yatakayokukumba na familia yako.
Amini hivi si vitisho bali watafanya kweli ili likupate la kukupata. Jiulize wako wapi akina Ommy Ngunguri Mahitason?
Wako wapi akina Beno Mkaa Hapason aliyejifanya Mungu mtu asijue angeishia kuwa kituko na aibu kiasi cha kuhitaji kulindwa na Njaa Kaya ili asinyee debe?
Kaka, ninakushauri usidharau utume huu unaojikamilisha yaani self-fulfilling prophecy kwa kimakonde.
Kwani katika pita pita yangu mitaani nilishuhudia na kusikia hata ndege mbuzi na hata tumbili wakilaani kauli yako ambayo sisi tunasema ni bahati mbaya kiasi cha kukushauri utubie mara moja.
Kitu cha maana kufanya mbali na kuomba radhi na kutubu na kufunga ni kukubali kuwa `chata’ lako limeishiwa na hakuna anayelitaka tena kutokana na kutekwa na mafisi na `mafwisadi’ ukiachia mbali kutumia ndata kunyotoa roho za walevi.
Najua utasema tumetumwa na Chakudema kukupa fwacts hizi, huko Arusha utasingizia siasa na Ntwara nako je?
Ningekuwa wewe ningeanza kufanya mazoezi ya kuwa msemaji mkubwa wa upingaji baada ya kutupwa nje kama kiama na kuutema ukuu wa sirikali mjengoni ambako nako kumegeuka uwanja wa fujo ambapo mabondia uchwara kama Jay Nkamia wanatishia maisha ya wenzake.
Hata hivyo, ashukuru Mungu anawaonea akina mama. Angemgusa mtu kama kama Pita Msigwa si angeumizwa vibaya `jore’ huyu? Jay Nkamia `jore’?
Washikaji wangu wa kule Haubi Maziwa, Makomango, Babayu, Mombose, Chinyika, Chase, Gonga, Mbugutole, Farqwa, Itanda na Magu mpo?
Chanzo: Nipashe Jumamosi 6, 2013

Kipanya na watawala mapanya walivyonufaika na ziara ya Obama

Kwa utani na uoni wa karibu kibonzo hiki kinaweza kuchukuliwa kama utani, kina ukweli usiopingika. Hebu fikiri kwa mfano kitendo cha Richmond-Dowans kubatizwa na kuitwa Symbion Tanzania tena ikazinduliwa na Obama. Hebu fikiria majizi kama Rostam Aziz eti naye kuwa miongoni mwa 'mabilionea' wa Tanzania waliokutana na Obama. Kituko zaidi eti na wezi kama Dewji nao walikuwamo. Kweli kwenye msafara wa mamba kobe wamo.

Morsi saw it coming but didn't get it

This blog wrote yesterday that former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's regime was on its way out of power. We called what was going on an endgame. This is after the army threatened to take unspecified measures.Interestingly Morsi was under simulacrum or optical illusion so as not to see it coming. The army issued a 48 hour ultimatum that was flatly ignored by Morsi for his peril. Now that Morsi is history after the army toppled him, will Egyptians go home and rest leaving their hard-earned democracy in the hands of the junta? Will demonstrators feel at home by being part and parcel that has overthrown a democratically elected government? Will they be at home with the act of putting power in the hands of the military regime? Is this the end of struggles in Egypt or the beginning of yet another standoff?  After deposing Morsi, the army appointed the Chief Justice of the Constitution Court, Adly Mansour to become an interim president who will preside over elections. A  million-dollar question is: Is this the marriage of the Judiciary and the Army or gimmicks? The constitution was suspended and Morsi was said to be held in Luxor. Again, many still doubt the integrity of the army that has for long played the role of king maker. Others are blaming Muslim Brotherhood that backed Morsi for their role in bringing him down due to their hardheadedness. Also the fragmented opposition is not spared. Many see it as another puppet that enabled the army to regain power it lost after a stint soon after the first revolution. A bitter lesson for African potentates.  Is the deposing of Morsi the beginning of the end of Sudanese  strong man Omar Bashir and others in the Middle East and Africa South of Sahara? Morsi saw it coming but he did not accept it.

Obama Visit: Tanzania Should Not Brag

US President Barack Obama’s trips abroad are always iconic-cum-echoic despite the controversy they evoke. The amount of money spent on security details, economic expectations, issues addressed and whatnot. Looking at how a common mwananchi in Tanzania was negatively affected by Obama’s visit, Kenya must thank Lord that it did not go through such horribly harassing situation.

 

 According to the Ministry Foreign Affairs’ directives, upcountry people who intended to travel to Dar shortly before or during Obama’s stay were advised against doing so. Many streets, roads and facilities were closed down to give room for Obama to visit some projects.  America dispatched many aircraft, choppers, 14 armored vehicles and hundreds of Secret Service agents to Tanzania to enhance Obama’s security. Skeptic and disgruntled Tanzanians were interrogating the rationale of having their Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) and the violation of their airspace that’s temporarily shut down so as to force air travelers who were either coming to or departing from Dar es Salaam to relocate to other airports. 

All of the sudden, Dar became a no-fly zone. Others interrogated the position of the country protocols. Others called this colonial mentality of worshiping rich countries to entice them to donate more money to this begging country with humongous resources. There were many discussions about the pros and cons of Obama’s visit to the country.

One columnist was quoted as saying, “Thank you for visiting, Mr. President, but can we have our country back?”

The country was held to ransom for three days simply because Obama was in the town! The lives of common wananchi was turned topsy turvy for the whole time Obama was in the country.  One Swahili Daily, Tanzania Daima was quoted as saying that many concerned citizens voiced their concerned saying that closing roads and streets violates their basic right to movement. Again, President Jakaya Kikwete was laughing at the top of his lungs for enhancing such a ‘milestone’ which turned to be a nightmare for common mwananchi. To him the coming of Obama was more important than the lives of his earthlings.  Again, many questioned Kikwete’s sanity and moral ground as far as media freedom is concerned.  

 

The Committee to Protect Journalists wrote to Obama ahead of his visit to Tanzania to ask him touch on tribulations journalists in Tanzania have faced. Part of the letter read, “….several journalists have been attacked in connection with their work. In March, unknown assailants attacked Absalom Kibanda, chairman of Tanzanian Editor's Forum and managing editor of the New Habari media company, leaving the critical columnist with severe injuries. No one has been arrested. Local journalists also said they have often been threatened by officials and high-ranking businessmen via text messages, emails, or intermediaries. Reporters based outside the capital, Dar es Salaam, are often targeted, the sources said.”

 

When it comes to media freedom Tanzania might compete with Eritrea, Rwanda and Zimbabwe even though it has nary been in the news. Its media laws are archaic and draconian. For example, the 1976 Newspaper Act, allows the information minister to employ his discretionary powers to suspend even ban Newspapers or any publications he or she deems fit for the action. Apart from bad-media laws, Tanzania is among the most corrupt countries in Africa. It came to light a few months ago that Tanzania loses over one billion dollars in tax collection not to mention another big chunk of money that is lost to corruption annually. Government-owned Newspaper, the Daily News recently reported that the country loses Tsh 15 billion annually thanks to smuggling. It wrote, “The government suffers over 15bn/- loss annually in revenue due to smuggling and improperly taxed cement imports through Zanzibar, an industry source said in Dar es Salaam over the weekend.”  Such a country can’t be an ideal one or excluded from failed state status if truth is visited. Furthermore, every year the office of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) unearth and report mega corruption and nobody has ever been held accountable. Sadly though, every year witnesses the surge in corruption.  

 

In other words many mistake Kikwete’s seemingly high standing in leadership. What is going on in Tanzania is no different from other African countries with regards to corruption and bad governance. Two days before Obama arrived in Tanzania; Kikwete was quoted saying that Tanzania is currently the most favoured country in investment. Unfortunately though, Tanzania despite attracting many investors has lagged behind economically due to the fact that investment is clouded by corruption.   Again, the grave shines outwardly while it stinks inside. A recent incident involved a grenade attack on a political rally in Arusha where CHADEMA was wrapping its local government election campaigns. It was alleged without being refuted that police were behind the attack under the instructions of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Instead of rebutting the allegations police embarked on white wash and witch hunt whereby CHADEMA leaders were harassed and temporary detained.   

Looking at how Tanzanians suffered during Obama’s visit, Kenya needs to thank God for being skipped. I know many people will say that the coming of Obama means more cooperation with Tanzania. This does not hold water. Bill Clinton came to Tanzania and nothing changed. Essentially, Obama visited Tanzania not just because it is better than others. He came to erase or to minimize Chinese influence in the region.  In March 2013 Chinese president Xi Jinping was a special guest in Dar and Pretoria all venues Obama visited. Those who know nuclear politics say that Obama visited Tanzania to make sure that the recently discovered uranium is not falling into wrong hands. So too, many types of minerals are being discovered in Tanzania something America needs to put a hand on before Chinese and other vultures does the same. So what attracted Obama to Tanzania is not democracy or good leadership but resources. If Kikwete were a shining example of good leadership as his spin doctors want us to believe, he’d not have attracted China the way he did so as force Obama to come to extinguish the fire China left behind.

Again, Kenya should thank Lord it was skipped by Obama otherwise after his arrival my Nairobian friends would have love to hate his coming.

Source:The African Executive Magazine July 3, 2013.

"Wanaopinga Tanganyika walaaniwe"

MAKALA ya mwandishi George Maziku yenye kichwa cha habari “Wanaopinga Tanganyika walaaniwe’ iliyochapishwa katika gazeti hili toleo lililopita, haiwezi kupita bila kuweka mambo sawa. Kwanza, hakuna haja ya kulaaniana, kuchukiana wala kudharauliana bali kujadiliana kwa hoja zenye mashiko na ushawishi. Pia hakuna wanaopinga kuwepo kwa Serikali ya Tanganyika bali umuhimu na gharama zake. Nadhani mleta hoja ameshindwa kubaini ukweli uliojificha kwenye gharama. Maziku anaweza kuwa na hoja ila lugha na namna alivyoileta imepoteza hoja. Pili, ni vizuri kufahamu kuwa kila Mtanzania ana haki kidemokrasia kutoa mawazo yake hata kama hatuyapendi. Tatu, tukubaliane kuwa kuendeleza u-mimi wa kila upande na serikali yake ni upogo na unafiki unaofanya tuungane shingo upande. Kama tunalenga kuleta maendeleo kwa watu wetu, basi tunapaswa kuepuka gharama zisizo za lazima kama kuwa na serikali tatu. Nne, tuzisikilize na kuzijadili hoja za wasiopenda kuwepo kwa Serikali ya Tanganyika. Nadhani ni hoja yenye mashiko kupendekeza kuwa tuunganishe nchi iwe moja badala ya kuwa na utitiri wa serikali ambao utambebesha mzigo mlipa kodi maskini wa taifa hili. Ingawa mashabiki wa Tanganyika wanashindwa kuelewa kuwa wanachohitaji Watanzania si wingi wa serikali bali maisha bora, tusiwakatie tamaa. Tuwaelimishe. Naamini kuna siku wataelimika na kuelewa kilichoko nyuma ya ujio wa Serikali ya Tanganyika. Tano, tutatoa sababu za kwanini Serikali ya Tanganyika si ‘big deal’ na hakuna mwenye kujua mahitaji ya Watanzania ambaye anaweza kuiunga mkono. Sita, serikali tatu itaongeza gharama za kiundeshaji kiasi cha kuwakamua na kuwafanya Watanganyika wawe maskini zaidi, hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa ndio watakaokamuliwa pesa ya kuiendesha. Saba, kama ambavyo imekuwa Serikali ya Baraza la Mapinduzi Zanzibar ambayo tangu kuungana imeendeshwa kwa pesa ya Watanganyika kutokana na ukweli kuwa Zanzibar haina vyanzo vya mapato ya kutosha kujiendesha kwa kiwango cha sasa. Nane, ujio wa Serikali ya Tanganyika utaua Tanzania. Hii ni kutokana na ukweli kuwa sasa tutakuwa na Wazanzibari ambao hawajawahi kukubali kuwa ni Watanzania na Watanganyika. Je, hapa Watanzania watakuwa wapi kama siyo kubakia kwenye makabrasha na vitabu vya historia? Tisa, kuanzisha Serikali ya Tanganyika ni kwenda kinyume na dhana na dhamira nzima ya Muungano ambao ulilenga kuwa na serikali mbili kuelekea moja, na si tatu kama watu wengi wasiopoteza muda kuisoma historia wanavyodhani. Kumi, kutaanza kuwepo utoroshaji wa mali za Tanganyika kuelekea upande mwingine chini ya dhana ya urais na utaifa mpya. Nadhani wanaopendelea serikali tatu wanasahau kuwa tukishakuwa Watanganyika na Wazanzibari kikatiba, watu wa upande wa pili wataanza kufanya mambo kama ambavyo majirani zetu wangetaka kufanya kwenye muungano wa Afrika Mashariki - kila mtu kuchuma na kupeleka kwao. Kumi na moja, licha ya kumfanya Mtanganyika kuwa punda kihongwe mwenye kubeba zigo la serikali utitiri na maskini, serikali tatu zitadhoofisha uchumi wetu na kuongeza kiwango chetu cha utegemezi kwa wafadhili. Tujuavyo, watawala wetu wa sasa hawana mpango wowote wa kuwa na serikali inayojiendesha yenyewe bila kutegemea kuombaomba na kukopakopa. Hebu tujiulize. Kama deni letu linaumuka kwa kiwango cha kutisha kwa sasa chini ya serikali kubwa mbili tulizonazo, hali itakuwaje baada ya kuwa na serikali tatu? Nani anapenda kuendelea kuwa tegemezi jambo ambalo ni hatari kwa heshima, mustakabali na uhuru wetu? Kumi na mbili, turejee kwenye makala ya Maziku. Anasema; “Ni jambo la kushukuru Mungu kwamba Tume ya Warioba imeheshimu maoni ya Watanzania walio wengi, waliotaka mfumo mpya wa Muungano wa serikali tatu kwa kuirejesha Serikali ya Tanganyika.” Si kweli kuwa wanaotaka serikali tatu ni Watanzania walio wengi. Kama wapo wengi basi watakuwa Wazanzibari au ni wa kubuni. Sijui Maziku anaweza kutwambia ni asilimia ngapi ya Watanzania wanaopenda kuwapo kwa serikali tatu na wasiopenda. Hili ni hitimisho la haraka na jumla linalokosa umakini na uchunguzi wa kina. Pia ifahamike kuwa wingi wa wanaounga au kupinga ujio wa Tanganyika si hoja. Hatuwezi kutumia falsafa ya ‘vox populi vox dei’, yaani wengi wape hata kama wamekosea. Mbona mwaka 1992 Watanzania wengi walipendelea kuendelea kuwapo mfumo wa chama kimoja kwa kukosa kusoma alama za nyakati, lakini busara za Mwalimu Julius Nyerere kujua kuanguka kwa ukuta wa Berlin zikatumika kuwasikiliza wachache? Tungekuwa kila siku tunasikiliza wengi hata kama hakuna ushahidi, basi kuna mambo mengi ya kijinga yangepitishwa kama ilivyo kwa sasa bungeni ambako wabunge wengi ni wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) na hupitisha vitu vya hovyo kwa wingi wao. Hivyo, tungeshauri tujenge hoja na kujadili hatima ya taifa letu kwa kuangalia mahitaji ya wakati badala ya zana chovu na za kizamani kama wengi wape. Japo Maziku ameongelea mengi kama ukubwa wa serikali, kwa nukta hizi kumi na mbili tuhitimishe mjadala kuwa hakuna haja ya kulaani wanaopinga uwepo wa serikali tatu. Tuwasikilize, tujibu hoja zao kwa hoja zenye mashiko tukizingatia uwezo wetu wa kiuchumi na utashi na ‘spirit’ ya kuungana kwa Tanganyika na Zanzibar. Tunashauri akina Maziku wajitenge na hukumu za jazba na jumla. Mara nyingi huua hoja tena zinaweza kuwa za msingi. ChanzoL Tanzania Daima Julai 3,2013.

Kumbe kaya haina ndata wala ndutu

JUZI nusu mgosi Machungi azipige na ndata bila kujali wangemlipua na mibomu yao ya kigaidi au la. Mgosi akiwa zake mitaa ya Buguruni kwa Mnyamani akipanga kwenda zake Kigogo Mwisho kudai njuluku zake toka kwa mzee Mipawa, si ndata wakamsimamisha na kusema eti ni ombaomba ambaye hapaswi kuonekana jijini kutokana na kuja kwa Rais Black Obamiza.
Kwa vile Mgosi anajua kuwa nilimfundisha huyu dogo wakati nikiwa profesa wa sheria pale Harvard University aliwaambia kuwa waache upumbavu wasidhani walevi wote ni fyatu na taahira wanaoweza kuabudia madaraka na misaada kama wale.
Hakuna kitu kiliwaacha hoi ndata kama Mgosi aliposema; “Nyinyi acheni ushamba.  Msitifanye washamba. Huyo Baaka wenu kwa taaifa yenu amefundishwa na afiki yangu Mpayukaji. Isitoshe hapa kuna jeshi au umbea? Mbona mimeshindwa kumlinda Obamiza hadi waje waume toka kwake wakati nyinyi mkiangaia tu?”
Alitema bonge la mate baada ya kumaliza kuvuta msigara kali wake na kuendelea kuwapasha; “Kwa zina ja Zumbe kama nyinyi wanaume si mwende muwakamate ombaomba waiovaa masuti wakiruka na ndege wakiomba na kufichwa Uswazi. Acheni ushamba siku moja mtakujapigwa zongo shaui yenu.”
Kijiwe kilicheka na baadaye kutaka kulia baada ya kushuhudia unafiki wa ajabu. Bila kungoja, Msomi Mkata Tamaa aliamua kumwaga falsafa akisema; “Mmeona unafiki wa mwaka, ombaomba wenye masuti waliamua kuwatimua ombaomba wa manyang’unyang’u ili wasiaibike wakati ombaomba ni ombaomba hata awe na suti, msuli au rubega.”
Alibwia tangawizi yake na kuendelea; “Hakuna ombaomba anayeheshimika hata ajidanganye vipi. La msingi ni watu kutumia akili na kuinua maisha ya jamii zao badala ya kutumia makalio kufikiri kuwaibia na kuwageuza wenzao mabwege.”
Kabla ya kuendelea Mbwa Mwitu keshadandia; “Hivi kuja kwa Obamiza kunabadili ukweli kuwa kaya yetu ni bomubomu na inayoishi kwa kutegemea njuluku za kubomu na kusaidiwa?”
Leo ni bandika bandua. Mpemba naye anakatua mic; “Yakhe mwadhani msipobadilika kuja kwa Obamiza kutawabadili au mtaendelea kuumia. Angalia alivyofunga barabara zenu bila kujali kuwa hii inaathiri uchumi na maisha yetu.”
Mkata Tamaa anaamua kuchomekea; “Who cares kama hamna watu wenye akili kuwatetea? Wao wakienda kule kubomu wanapokewa kwa mlango wa uani na wala hawaonyeshwi hata kwenye vyombo vya umbea vya kule.”
Kapende kapata upenyo; “Hali ni kinyume kayani, wachovu wanashobokea kujipendekeza na kujidhalilisha ili njuluku ya kupeleka Uswazi iongezeke hata kwa gharama ya kuwatosa wachovu.”
Anakamua coffee yake na kuendelea; “Sijui kwanini watu wanapenda kufanya vitu kama vile hawana ‘common sense’, au wanatumia ‘uncommon sense’ kama common sense?” Kapende anavyokanyaga kimombo kila mtu anamwangalia mwenzake na kutabasamu kuona kijiwe kinavyogeuka chuo kikuu kama kile cha Manzese.
Anaendelea; “Kwanini hawataki kukubali kuwa alipokuja bwana mkubwa walijidhalilisha hadi kufanya kaya isikalike? Imefikia mahali walevi tukajiuliza: Obamiza anakuja kuchukua kaya nini?” Kijiwe hakina mbavu.
Mzee Kidevu naye hajivungi. Anakwanyua mic na kulonga; “Hivi hawa ndata na ndutu wetu wa kazi gani? Wanalipwa njuluku za nini tena wakila na kunywa dezo wakati hawaaminiki wala hawawezi kumlinda mtu mmoja na msafara wake?”
Msomi kapata nafasi tena ya kumwaga falsafa. Anaangalia hadhira yake huku na kule na kusema; “Nashangaa uwezo wa kufikiri wa akina Njaa Kaya. Je yeye si rahisi? Akienda kule haendi na zana zote za maangamizi na mibomu yote hii? Rais anakuja kutembea na ndege 56 za kimaangamizi, magari 14 na makachero mia kidogo. Au anakuja kuchukua kijiwe?”
Kabla ya kuendelea, Mbwa Mwitu anaingilia; “Thubutu. Akija hapa tunamtuliza na kahawa na anaondoka na kuacha kijiwe ngangari kama kawa. Nadhani akitaka anaweza kuchukua kijiwe cha ngunguri wanaobomubomu na kujikomba kwake.”
Msomi anachomekea; “Kitu cha kwanza, baada ya kusoma makandokando ya ziara ya Obamiza nilijiuliza kama itifaki inaruhusu. Hivi mnadhani ungekuwa wakati wa Mchonga, huyu jamaa angekuja na mibomu na miefubiai yake kutudhalilisha kama sasa?”
Kabla ya kuendelea, mzee Maneno anachomekea; “Msomi naomba nikupinge hapa. Hapa wa kulaumu si Jadwong bali wenyeji wake walioamua kumfunulia kila kitu.”
“We achia hapo utaua.”  Mbwa Mwitu anachomekea na kuacha kijiwe hakina mbavu.
Msomi anaendelea kupeta; “Nadhani tatizo letu kubwa lililoleta huu utegemezi ni ile tabia ya kutokujiamini na kuamini katika uombaomba na kujikomba.”
Kabla ya kuendelea mgosi Machungi anakatua mic; “Mie mwenzenu niipoona tinavyopeekeshwa niliamua kumhamisha bi mkubwa. Maana huwezi kujua kama efubiai wanaweza weekeza huko.” Kila mtu hana mbavu jinsi Mgosi anavyohami ulaji wake.
Wakati tukivunjika mbavu, Mipawa anaamua kutuumiza zaidi; “Da hao jamaa wanaovaa miwani ya mbao nyeusi sipati picha waswahili wangapi watajifanya nao ni Wamarekani. Nahofia magaidi nao watakuwemo.”
Anabusu kashata na kuendelea; “Je, jamaa zangu wanaosingiziwa kujilipua watapona? Nadhani La-kaatare atakuwa na hali ngumu kuliko Mgosi anayehofia kuibiwa bi mkubwa. Jamani eh Michele aka Miwali Obamiza bomba. Umeona akina mafestiledi walivyojipendekeza?”
Mzee Maneno naye anavaa daruga na kudema; “Jamani eh, bi mkubwa Mchele na Obamiza si noma ila majamaa yake na wenyeji wao wanaofanya vitu kama machizi. Wanasahau kuwa ataondoka na maisha yataendelea!”
Mbwa Mwitu anachomekea; “Haya jamaa ni madhalilishaji eti yamemuwekea ngumu Obamiza kugusa hata chakula chetu! Sasa ugeni uko wapi? Kama walikuja na mipiza yao basi hawakuwa wageni wetu bali wavamizi.
“Mwenzenu natamani na rahisi angeenda kule akazira mipiza akaitisha pilau na ugali wetu ili wajue nasi jeuri. Angekuwa Mchonga nadhani kichuli kingepelekwa Marekani.” Kicheko kwa sana tu.
Mipawa anaingia ugani; “Beng’we ina maana hata kuoga, kunyx sorry kunonihino ni kwenye eafosiwani?”
Mchunguliaji ambaye muda wote alikuwa akicheka na kusoma gazeti anaamua kuingia ugani; “Kama kila kitu anataka kiwe u-Marekanini basi angeenda zake Florida na kuigiza kuwa yuko kwenye kijua cha Bongo. Ajabu jamaa zangu watajisifu kuwa uchumi umekua kwa vile amekuja Obamiza kutubamiza!”
“Wehu hao watakaosema uchumi umekua wakati wamefunga anga, barabara, mitaa hata huduma zetu za kichovu. Wakati mwingine tujilaumu kwa kuendelea na kile wakameruni huita colonial hangover yaani ulevi wa ukoloni. Watu wanafanya vitu kama hawana ubongo. Who know? Maybe Masaburi at work.” Msomi anaamua kukandia kwa kimombo na falsafa ya kisomi.
Zile njemba siyo efubiai? Acha niishie kabla sijayafanyia kitu mbaya.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Julai 3, 2013.

Eti, "Obama anatafuta nini ‘bedroom’?"

 Na Ansbert Ngurumo

RAIS Barack Obama, anaingia nchini Tanzania kesho mchana. Sihitaji kueleza nini kinaendelea hapa nchini kuhusu maandalizi ya mapokezi ya kiongozi huyo.

Yamesemwa mengi na kuandikwa mengi. Haya yanayoendelea mbele ya macho yetu na watawala wetu yanatosha kuitwa matusi dhidi ya utu wetu.

Iwe tulimwalika au alipanga mwenyewe kuja, kinachoendelea ni matusi zaidi ya yale yanayowahangaisha polisi wetu na kuwafanya wawakamate wanasiasa wa upinzani kuwa wanawatusi watawala.

Ndugu yangu mmoja ameniambia kuwa alipokuwa kijana wa shule moja ya sekondari mkoani Tabora, alipata fursa ya kuwa miongoni mwa vijana wachache waliochaguliwa kumpokea Baba wa Taifa, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, alipotembelea Mkoa wa Tabora.

“Kama ilivyo kawaida, kulikuwa na maandalizi ya mapokezi ya Baba wa Taifa, wakati huo akiwa katika mwaka wake wa mwisho wa kuongoza taifa letu kama rais.

“Alifika eneo la mapokezi akitokea uwanja wa ndege, na burudani kadhaa zilifanyika; kisha akapewa nafasi kusalimu wananchi kabla ya kuingia ndani kwa ajili ya vikao vya ndani. Kama kawaida hakuchelewa kupiga vijembe palepale.

“Akawashukuru wananchi kwa kufika kumpokea. Kisha akasema; ‘Kwa niaba ya miti hii na mawe haya yaliyopigwa rangi, napenda kuwashukuru viongozi wa mji wa Tabora.’

“Akasema mawe yale na miti ile haijafanyiwa usafi muda mrefu lakini sasa kwa ujio wake vimepata fursa ya kupigwa rangi na kumwagiwa maji. Wananchi waliangua kicheko kikubwa.

“Kisha akarusha kijembe kingine kilichowauma viongozi wa mkoa. Akasema yeye hapendi harufu ya rangi inayopakwa kwenye kuta na mawe kama njia ya kupamba na kufanya usafi.

“Akasema  anasikitika kuona viongozi wanang’ang’ania kupiga rangi kila mahali anapokwenda wakidhani wanamfurahisha, wakati kimsingi wanamkera sana. Hakuna aliyepiga makofi.”

Hadi hapa nani zaidi kati ya Obama na Nyerere? Wamarekani wameamua kututusi nasi tumekubali. Wamejenga hoja kuwa hapa si salama, kwa hiyo inabidi wao wenyewe wachukue jukumu la kumlinda rais wao na kutufukuza sote mjini.

Wao wamegeuka wenyeji, sisi tumegeuzwa wageni, tena wageni hatari kwa sababu wote kwa pamoja bila kujali nafasi zetu tunazotambiana nazo, tunaonekana ni magaidi mbele ya Wamarekani na rais wao.

Lakini ukweli usemwe, hivi wapi ni salama kati ya New York na Dar es Salaam? Askofu Desmond Tutu wa Afrika Kusini aliwahi kuwatibua Wamarekani katika mdahalo mmoja uliohusu usalama.

Aliwaambia Wamarekani kuwa alikuwa anajisikia salama akiwa Soweto kuliko akiwa New York. Alipoulizwa sababu alisema watu wengi wa Marekani wanatembea na silaha mifukoni mwao, kwa hiyo kuna silaha nyingi mitaani, kwenye treni, mabasi na hata kanisani.

Akasisitiza kuwa idadi ya silaha nyingi zilizo mitaani hata kama zina leseni, kwake ni tishio la usalama.

Rais Obama, iwe amekaribishwa kwetu au amejileta mwenyewe, wengi tulidhani ni mgeni wa kuishia sebuleni. Kinachoendelea sasa ni kama anatulazimisha tumkaribishe chumba cha kulala. Kwa ujio wake hakuna siri ya taifa itakayobaki bila kuwekwa wazi mbele yake.

Tumesikia waheshimiwa wetu waliozoea kupigiwa mizinga 21 na kutandaziwa zulia jekundu. Lakini safari hii ni makachero wa Obama watakaoamua nani aingie kumpa shikamoo Obama Kada na Mbunge wa CCM, Kapteni John Komba, aliwahi kuimba wimbo uitwao: ‘MGENI’. Katika wimbo huo anaeleza mgeni alivyoingia chumbani na kumwaga upupu. Matokeo ya upupu huo, baba na mama wanajikuna.

Obama anataka kuingia chumba cha kulala ili afanye nini huko? Mbona rais wa China amemtangulia? Mwanamwali wetu atakuwa salama kweli? Simaanishi Salma, namaanisha mwanamwali wetu wa taifa, yaani gesi, dhahabu, pembe za ndovu na tanzanite.

Kwa nini hataki kusubiri tumletee sokoni au angalau sebuleni? Anaingia chumbani kutafuta nini? na ‘kitanda’ hicho kitalaliwa wangapi?

Waafrika tunaruhusu mme mmoja, wake wengi; lakini si mke mmoja waume wengi! Hii mila yetu hivi sasa inapigwa vita lakini inavumilika.

Hii ya mwanamwali wetu wa taifa kugombaniwa na wanaume wengi itatuletea upupu, kwa sababu waume wengine wanaoingia huko ‘hata kupima hawajapima!’

Tena kwa Obama ni hatari zaidi kuingia chumba cha kulala, kwa sababu tumemsikia huko Senegal akipigia chapuo ushoga.

Asivyo na dogo, na kwa jeuri hii ya Wamarekani, Rais Obama anaweza kurudia kauli hiyo hapa Dar es Salaam, tena akasindikizwa na vicheko na tabasamu za watawala.

Kwa tabia yake hiyo ya kushabikia ushoga, kuna hatari akaingia chumbani na kumfukuza bibi harusi, ili abaki na baba yetu. Je, atakuwa salama?

Yawezekana lugha hii ya kishairi ikawauma baadhi ya wasomaji, hasa watawala na maswahiba wao. Lakini huu si utani.

Tumevuliwa nguo, tumedhalilishwa. Utu wetu umeondolewa kwa hiari ya watawala wetu. Kumbe haya ndiyo madhara ya kutembeza bakuli bila kikomo.

Tumekuwa tunashangilia kumwona rais wetu akishinda na kulala kwenye ndege, huku akidai anakwenda Ulaya, Asia na Marekani kuhemea.

Sasa ulaji umegeuka ‘uliwaji’. Kwa hakika tumeliwa na kugeuzwa kitoweo. Na sasa hawataki kulia kitoweo hiki sebuleni, bali chumba cha kulala. Tukubali kudhalilika kwa kiwango hicho? Na bado tunadai sisi ni raia wa nchi huru?

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Jumapili Juni 30, 2013

Is it endgame for Morsi?

The look of things in Egypt is that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is on his way out.The day he was to mark a year in office, he was shocked to see hundreds of thousands of disgruntled Egyptians thronging Tahrir Square urging Morsi relinquish power. Major reason for wanting Morsi to hit the road is that he has failed miserably. His mojo no longer works for him. Morsi did not want to go down easily. He threatened to take all measures to see to it he survives. As the time went by, the game of numbers started to take shape in that it needed bigger numbers for either Morsi to stay or leave.  As fate has it, the game of numbers seems to favour the opposition thanks to commanding bigger numbers than Morsi. Morsi's Party headquarters were ransacked and nobody was there to defend them. 
Mathematicians started seeing the oust of Morsi as imminent and unavoidable. The army delivered another big blow when it issued the ultimatum of 48 hours for Morsi to put his house in order. Worse enough military choppers flew over Tahrir Square where anti-Morsi demonstrators have camped but not over Nasr City where pro-Morsi have congregated. To break his neck, the army issued an ambiguous message that sent mixed signals to both Morsi and the opposition. Whether Morsi will stay or go, it is not easy to tell. Again, is this dramatic move the beginning of the end for Morsi? Surely time will tell accurately and punctually.