IPTL is the brainchild of CCM

Those looking for the link between Independent Power Tanzania Limited  (IPTL) and Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) should carefully read an excerpt from IPTL dossier I got from a friend.

In a nutshell, IPTL is a brainchild of CCM and its bigwigs. The father of IPTL is Ali Hassan Mwinyi while the uncles are Benjamin Mkapa, Jakaya Kikwete, Kighoma Malima, Andrew Chenge, and many more. 

Follow the story hereunder.

Ruling party CCM Secretary General and Minister for Planning, Horace Kolimba (since deceased) was involved in the original brokering that led to IPTL. In July 1994, Kolimba visited Malaysia and raised the power-rationing problem with the Malaysian government. The latter advised Kolimba that Malaysia had solved similar problems by licensing and promoting independent power producers (IPPs). The Government of Malaysia arranged for Kolimba and his delegation to meet with potential Malaysian investors, who were then invited to visit Tanzania for an assessment of the situation. Datuk Baharuden Majid of Mechmar made his first visit to Tanzania in August 1994. Mechmar had already built a 2.75 megawatt wood-fuel plant for the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) in Tanzania (1993), and already knew Tanesco well. He held discussions with the Minister for Water, Energy and Minerals Jakaya Kikwete, Simon Mhaville of Tanesco, Esther Masunzu, Assistant Commissioner for Energy, and Juma Ngasongwa, Personal Assistant to President Mwinyi responsible for economic affairs, all of whom confirmed that Tanesco and the government welcomed the IPP solution. A month later, an MOU was signed and IPTL was launched.

Tanesco's Managing Director Simon Mhaville was heavily pro-IPTL, as was his PS at the time, Raphael Mollel. Mollel continued to support IPTL from the Treasury, where he was appointed Deputy PS. A friend of Mhaville told me that Mhaville claims to have been anti-IPTL, and Mollel claims he was “only following orders.” Mhaville's successor, Baruany Luhanga has distanced himself from IPTL. Minister of Energy and Minerals, William Shija, was pro. There is widespread agreement that President Mwinyi gave IPTL his tarnished imprimatur. It is precisely the Mwinyi heritage surrounding IPTL that Mkapa has struggled to contain since coming to power in 1995.

A major player throughout was Andrew Chenge, the Attorney General and a personal friend of Mkapa. Chenge's office reviewed the IPTL contract on behalf of the government, and found it acceptable to the letter. At the time, Tanesco advisors--Acres (Canada) and Hunton and Williams (U.K.)--had written damning reports pointing out that IPTL: (1) was a long-term solution to a short-term problem; (2) did not constitute part of a ‘least cost' power policy;10 (3) constituted excess capacity;11 and that (4) the project was highly overpriced.12 Both also criticised the proposed IPTL contract, which was generous to the supplier and passed all the risk to the government of Tanzania. IPTL was not time bound, and the final cost to Tanesco would be negotiated after the project was completed!

The PPA was appraised for the government by Mary Ndosi, a State Attorney in Chenge's office. Acknowledging that the Acres and Hunton and Williams comments on IPTL had been reviewed, Ndosi states, with magnificent insouciance: ‘Their advice should be treated as part of our advice on this proposal only to the extent it is not in contradiction to what is contained herein.' There is an affidavit (see below) claiming that Mary Ndosi actively supported IPTL.

Dr Abdallah Kigoda was appointed Minister of Energy and Minerals by President Mkapa in February 1997. Kigoda's rise from a relatively junior post in the Planning Commission to high office was meteoric. On becoming Treasurer to CCM, he joined the inner circle of the ruling party. After one visit to Malaysia, he came home with a large cash contribution to finance an important CCM meeting, though the amount that was eventually used for this purpose is open to dispute. Until events forced him to fall in line behind the Mkapa/Rutabanzibwa position, Kigoda was a staunch supporter of IPTL. He had stated that there was no contradiction between IPTL and Songas, and that both would be commissioned.

After the 2000 presidential and parliamentary elections, Kigoda was replaced by Edgar Maokola-Majogo, a career politician who had consistently toed the pro-IPTL/anti-Rutabanzibwa line in Cabinet, arguing on at least one occasion for Rutabanzibwa to be sacked.

Mkapa's first Minister of Finance, Daniel Yona, another senior pro-IPTL figure, likewise declared nonchalantly that the government could always foot the bill if Tanesco ran out of cash.

From early on, the Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB), which reports directly to the President, took a lively interest in IPTL. Edward Hoseah, Director of the Bureau and Co-ordinator of the government's anti-corruption strategy, actively pursued the case, and at one point was ready to arrest Rugemalira on corruption charges. Hoseah was systematically thwarted by the Bureau's Director General, Maj. Gen. A L Kamazima, who along with Chenge, repeatedly told the President that there was no evidence of corruption in IPTL.

I was struck by the fact that there was very little adverse commentary from the business community or from the opposition parties concerning IPTL. Looking for a critical local voice, I approached John Cheyo, an opposition Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). We met in the lobby of the Dar es Salaam Sheraton. It was not a good choice. As we talked, none other than James Rugemalira came over to greet him in the warmest manner. I hastily turned over my pile of newspaper cuttings so that he could not see what we were talking about. But it was too late. The following day, Cheyo held a press conference in which he sang the praises of private investments in the power industry, telling the government not to meddle with them! I later heard that he was aggressively anti-Rutabanzibwa in meetings of the PAC. On other occasions, Cheyo has been a strong critic of official misuse of public funds.

Much of the anti-IPTL commentary came from the donor community or from foreign journalists. The World Bank's Resident Representative Ron Brigish was more guarded than his predecessor Motoo Konishi, but he did not hide the Bank's concerns with the economic implications of IPTL. Just before becoming Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania , Sten Rylander also went on record criticising IPTL. The Swedish aid agency SIDA, heavily involved in supporting Tanesco over many years, had noted:

Recent events, especially the IPTL affair, (an unsound contract … for capital costs, commercial arrangements, and security package resulting in a cost of procured energy to Tanesco significantly above its own selling price) have shown that in spite of support to least cost discrete infrastructure projects like Kihansi and Kidatu, the total cost structure for power production can be jeopardised by uninformed Government-private sector deals outside the agreed least cost project frame. … The IPTL contract and the energy policy review have highlighted the need for a proper regulatory regime, anchored in legislation, to ensure competition on fair and equitable conditions … to make the market in the energy sector work…' (Swedish International Development Agency, Dar es Salaam, 1999)

The IPTL issue was raised at the Consultative Group meeting between Tanzania and donor agencies in Dar es Salaam in December 1997 and again in May 2000. In an interview with Reuters, European Delegation Head Peter Christiansen gave voice to continued donor concerns: ‘The European Union was concerned that the government was silent in cases where top ruling party officials and senior government officers were implicated as in the case involving Malaysian-backed IPTL.' (Guardian, 24 May 2000:1).

Reuters' Mark Dodd left Tanzania in July 1998. He regretted that he had failed to get a final interview with President Mkapa “to ask about the role of the Attorney General and Minister for Minerals and Energy in the signing … of a contract … with IPTL … described by the IMF as ‘an unsustainable burden on the economy.’ ” He continued:

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10 Hydro and natural gas are much cheaper, and both locally available; fuel oil has to be imported.

11 IPTL clamed--though it was not part of the PPA--that they would run at a minimum capacity utilisation rate of 85%; otherwise they would increase their price from 10 cents per unit to nearly thirteen, or even more.

12 At that time, neither advisor knew that IPTL had switched medium for slow speed engines: the project was actually much more overpriced than either imagined.

New Constipation: Hat off to Mdee Othman

          Dear Halima Mdee (MP) CHADEMA and Othman Masoud Othman former Zenj’s Attorney General (AG),

I'm writing this piece to wee bit celebrate your sacrifice and commitment. I do so with hope and happiness. It is boozers’ honour, recognition and appreciation of your noble cause which, essentially, is theirs.

Though what you did might be seen lightly as something any boozer can do, indeed, you’re our hero this year. You’re simply because of championing our God-given right of having a clean constitution written and enacted by us.

          Mdee’s put behind bar simply because she fulfilled her obligation, organizing demonstrations that were butchered even before seeing the light of the day. On the other hand, Othman’s summarily and unceremoniously axed simply because he stood by his profession and justice. Ironically, all those macabre acts were committed in the same month in the hunk priding itself to be democratic while it actually isn’t.

          Boozers salute you. They’re fully and totally behind you in your adventure of fighting for their rights, especially, your, unquestionable commitment and tireless efforts  to foil the so-called new constitution that’s illegally enacted and passed recently by a few self-seekers intending to secure their ulaji, and avoid being dragged before the court for the heinous crimes they committed in office.

          Though you’re victims of this plot, boozers believe, as Othman put it, truth will come forth and time will tell. Boozers aren’t waiting for the time to tell. Instead, they’re telling everybody that what’s done is wrong, immoral, illegal, and, of course, shameful, and dangerous for our hunk.

          When you’re persecuted and axed boozers asked: Were you Chama cha Maulaji (CcM) cynics would you be maltreated and humiliated like that? The answer’s obvious. CcM’s goons, sympathizers, cynics and biggies are untouchable. They’re but sacred cows that’d not be touched.  The cruelties you suffered has proved to boozers beyond doubt that you’re sacrificial lambs aimed at protecting sacred cows. Your predicaments are the results of lack of vision, leadership and sense of facing the reality for those who persecuted you.

          They may disgrace, torture, humiliate and axe you. They won’t do the same to your relenting eagerness for justice. ANC radio Umukhoto we Sizwe had one beautiful slogan on struggles. It used to say in its mantra that “There is one path, one path only. It is the path of relentless struggles.” Therefore, relent not. Nay even regret. The cause you are persecuted and maltreated for is noble. As Othman put it, time will accurately tell.

          Being ace lawyers and unwavering fighters for justice rest assured that boozers back you. Come rain, come shine. The crime you’re opposing is very obnoxious and dangerous for those espousing it save that their myopia hampers them from seeing it this way. Those who concocted it thought they’d get away with murder without a fight. Nay, alluta continua! However, we still have a long way to go, we still know our destination, justice and the felling of their fake document.

          Dear Mdee and Othman, we salute your courage and attempt to pull down the whole thing. You verily showed the difference between yourselves and hyena-like lawyers that are willingly and blindly used by greedy supremoes to rob boozers. You've paved the way for a big thing to come. You've differentiated yourselves from those used like diapers by supremoes to fill their thankless tummies. I know. Sellouts and let-downs like Freddie Were-ma won’t like my stuff. Again, this is the truth. They’re abusively used like diapers. They betray disgrace and abuse their profession. They've no ethics but only one thing, eat whatever thrown at you even if it is the fresh of your loved ones. You indeed are heroes by all standards.

Differently from the above bêtes noirs, you’re as innocent and courageous as the child who told the king that he was nude whereas other cowards couldn't except to praise all nonsensical and insane undertakings.

          I salute you on behalf of all boozers who are likely to be the dupes of the document shan't they stop it. Again, is there any logic for it to be given our consent? Why consenting to larceny and robbery of which we’re the preys? Are we such unreasonable and insane really? Nay, it can’t be boozers.

          Folks, I know you've a lot in your plate especially at these trying times. Importantly however, never back off, give in or give up.  Take it from king boozer. All boozers are behind you ready for whatever to see to it that the thing is pulled down. Dedan Kimathi once said, “Better die on your feet than living on your knees. Boozers won’t badge in this encounter. Thanks for your exemplary leadership, commitment and sacrifice fellas.

Source: Guardian Oct 12, 2014.

Sitta: Mshika mbili

Kwa waliojua mchezo mzima walifahamu fika kuwa kuchaguliwa kuwa mwenyekiti wa Bunge Maalum la Katiba (BMK) Samuel Sitta alikuwa amepewa kitanzi ajimalize, rais Jakaya Kikwete na chama chake walitumia nafasi hii kummaliza Sitta kutokana kufahamu alivyo na uchu wa urais. Kwa hali ilivyo, kazii hii chafu, ambayo Sitta ameifanya kwa umahiri akijichafua kuliko wakati mwingine, ndoto ya urasi ya Sitta imeyeyuka kama kibonzo kionyeshavyo.

Ngoma ya leo

Good news from Da Philo Ikonya and her book the Nightbird

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Tukatae katiba ya kifisadi

Hali ilivyo, na mambo yanavyokwenda, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) na vyama nyemelezi na washirika zake wamepania kutubambikia katiba. Hili halikubaliki na halipaswi kukubalika wala kuvumilika. Katiba ni mkataba wa kudumu baina ya watawala na watawaliwa unaolenga kuonyesha jinsi ya kutawala na kutawaliwa. Uzoefu unaonyesha kuwa katiba viraka ya zamani imetumiwa na genge la watu kulihujumu taifa bila kushitakiwa.  Watanzania wakiendelea na ujinga, ukimya, woga na kutojali wataendelea kuumizwa. Hili nalo halikubaliki.

          Ili kujinasua na jinai hii ambayo walaji wetu wanapania kutenda, lazima umma usimame na kuizuia.  Ni bahati mbaya. Wananchi wamewaachia wanasiasa kazi ya kupinga jinai jambo ambalo linafanya mapambano kuwa magumu. Kuendelea kuwa watazamaji na mashahidi wa uovu huu ni kujiruhusu kuhujumiwa si sisi tu bali na vizazi vijavyo. Jamii yoyote yenye watu wanaofikiri sawasawa isingeacha kikundi kisicho na uhalali wowote, kimantiki na kisheria, kujitwisha jukumu la kuandika katiba ya watu yao. Nani kawapa madaraka ya kufanya hivyo? Jibu ni rahisi. Wamepora madaraka na kuteka mstakabali wa taifa. Wanasema kuwa katiba inayopendekezwa huko Dodoma ni aslimia 75. Hizo aslimia 25 zimekwenda wapi? Andrew Chenge Mwenyekiti wa Kamati bandia ya Uandishi ya Bunge la Katiba, alikaririwa akisema, “Bunge hili limeboresha Rasimu ya Katiba vizuri sana. Rasimu hii imebeba asilimia 75 ya maudhui ya Rasimu ya Tume ya Jaji Warioba (Joseph) na nyie wajumbe mmeboresha kwa asilimia 25 tu.” Huku “kuboreshwa” kunamaanisha nini wakati hayo maboresho si mawazo ya wananchi? Je hawa walioondoa haya maoni na utashi wa wananchi kweli wanaweza kuboresha kitu au kuboronga? Bila shaka jibu ni kuboronga. Je jamii inayojiruhusu kuhujumiwa na kutekwa na kikundi kidogo cha watu ni hai kweli? Tunashindwa nini kuwaambia tena kwa sauti moja kuwa inatosha? Sidhani kama hili nalo linahitaji wafadhili au msaada toka nje.

          Kwa kujiruhusu kuchezewa sisi na mstakabali wetu hivi, tumeonyesha udhaifu mkubwa kiasi cha nchi nyingine kutucheka. Tumezidiwa na hata viinchi vidogo kama Hong Kong ambao wamekatalia mizengwe ya taifa kubwa, China? Tumezidiwa na majirani zetu wa Kenya waliofanyiwa mizengwe wakakataa kata kata hata kwa kutishia kufanya nchi isitawalike? Watawala wetu ni ving’ang’anizi. Hawajui lugha ya majadiliano. Yako wapi matunda  ya majadiliano na makubaliano ya hivi karibuni baina ya rais Jakaya Kikwete na Umoja wa Katiba ya Wananchi (UKAWA)? Aliwaita na kuwahadaa ilia pate muda wa kuendeleza jinai hii. UKAWA wametimiza jukumu lao. Je wananchi wamefanya nini kuwaunga mkono?

          Wapo wanaojidanganya kuwashawishi wananchi wapige kura ya hapana kupinga kupitishwa katiba hii feki. Uzoefu unaonyesha kuwa CCM imekuwa ikiiba kura (kuchakachua). Tukifanya kosa kuruhusu hichi kiini macho ilichotengeneza CCM na kukiita katiba ya wananchi, tutajilaumu na kujuta. Watashindwaje kuchakachua, kama kawaida yao, ilhali tume itakayosimamia kura ya maoni ni ile ile iliyobariki uchakachuaji? Watashindwaje iwapo polisi na vyombo vyote vya ulinzi na usalama ni washirika wakuu wa jinai hii kwa umma? Tuguswe wapi kama jamii ndipo tustuke? Tufanyiwe maudhi kiasi gani tustuke?

          Kwa tuliosoma rasimu ya tume ya Kukusanya na Kuratibu Maoni ya Jaji Joseph Warioba (CRC), tulijiridhisha: Katiba iliyokusudiwa baada ya kukusanya maoni ya wananchi ilikuwa ya kimapinduzi na ya umma. Ilionyesha nia ya wazi ya kupambana na ufisadi uliotamalaki kiasi cha kuanza kuhalalishwa na watawala wanaoufanya na kunufaika nao. Hili liliwaudhi na kuwatisha watawala. Wapo waliohofia kusimamishwa mahakamani kujibu mashtaka ya hujuma na ufisadi waliofanya wakiwa madarakani. Wapo walioona kama mipango yao ya kupora madaraka imevurugwa. Hivyo, kwa pamoja, chini ya CCM, waliamua kuhujumu rasimu ya Warioba huku wakimtisha na kumshambulia asitishike wala kutetereka. Bahati mbaya, Warioba hajaungwa mkono vilivyo. Wametumia fedha na muda wetu kufanya mambo ya ajabu katika karne ya 21 nasi tunaendelea kujifanya kama hayatuhusu!

          Ajabu, umma unapoendelea kujifanya hahuhusiki, utakuwa wa kwanza kulalamika kama katiba hii feki itapitishwa! Kwanini kungoja majuto kuwa mjukuu ilhali ipo kila fursa ya kupinga dhuluma na jinai hii? Tunaogopa nini iwapo tumeshuhudia nchi nyingine umma ukiingia mitaani na kuzuia jinai kama hii tunayotendewa? Je sisi ni kisiwa au kuna tatizo katika mkusanyiko unaoitwa Tanzania?

Je ni kwanini watawala wetu hawajali? Aliwahi kusema Earl Derr Bingers, “Careless shepherd make excellent dinner for wolf.” Yaani mchungaji asiyejali hugeneza kitoweo kizuri kwa mbwa mwitu.

Je ni kwanini umma wetu haujali? Imesemwa, “When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep,” Billy Ashley Sunday (1862-1935), mwanariadha maarufu na mwinjilisti wa kimarekani aliwahi kusema. Yaani, uamsho unahitajika pale kutojali kunapowafanya watu walale. Je watanzania hatujalala? Tuamke basi. Kuna kila sababu ya kukataa katiba feki nay a kifisadi iliyoandikwa na CCM. Tuna kila sababu na uwezo wa kufanya hivyo. Sana sana hatuna cha kupoteza bali hasara ambayo tutaipata kama tutaruhusu katiba hii ipitishwe kwa mizengwe, ulaghai na uchakachuaji ili kukidhi matakwa ya hovyo na hatari ya kundi dogo la watu ambao wameshindwa kuona mbele wakadhani wataishi milele.

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Oktoba 8, 2014.

Kijiwe chawapongeza walokataa utwahuti

Baada ya wahishimiwa wenye akili kuliko Abunwasi kuwaliza matwahuti wanaohangaika kuchakachua katiba yetu kwenye Bunge Maalum la Kuula kule Dom, kijiwe kimeamua kuwatumia salamu za pongezi kwa kitendo hiki cha kizalendo na kishujaa.

 Mijiinga anaingia akiwa amebeba gazeti la Wameipata Leo anaamkua na kusema, “Mmesikia jinsi Njaa Kaya na Sam Sixx walivyoingizwa mjini na wahhishimiwa waliotaka kuwaingiza mjini wasijue nao wana akili tena zaidi yao?”

“Kwa furaha nilo nayo kwa baadhi ya waja wenye taamuli kuanza onyesha njia, natoa ofa kwa yeyote atayekuja kijiweni hapa wallahi.” Mpemba anasema huku akitabasamu.

Mbwamwitu anadaka mic, “Wote wamenifurahisha isipokuwa Ali Kesi ambaye ameonyesha uzabazabina kama Joni Chibuda buda la kutupwa. Sijui kama akili zake ni sawa sawa. Maana ukiangalia alivyokuwa akijonyesha mzalendo kumbe hovyo.”

Msomi Mkatatamaa anaamua kutia daruga, “Nyinyi inaonekana hamuwajui wataka sifa na wachumia tumbo. Kwa ninavyojua visasi vya baadhi ya wanasiasa, nilitegemea Kesi angepiga kikesikesi kama alivyofanya.”

Kabla ya kuendelea Kapende anakwanyua mic, “Kwanini unasema ulijua atakavyopiga kura au mshirika mna uhusiano na ngurumbiri huyu?”

Msomi abwia kombe lake na kujibu, “Ni rahisi kujua ni kwanini alipiga kura hivyo.  Kwa vile waliotishia kumnyuka walipiga kura ya kupinga, yeye badala ya kuangalia mstakabali wa kaya aliamua kupiga kupingana nao bila hata kujua kuwa suala lenyewe si la binafsi bali kikaya.”

“Hapo nimekupata.” Anajibu Kapende.

Mbwamwitu anamuuliza , “Umetosheka?”

Kapende anajibu, “Unaonaje? Unataka zaidi?”

Baada ya kuona utani unaanza kuharibu mada Mgosi Machungi anaamua kuokoa jahazi, “Sasa tinaweza kuanza kupumua kuwa huu upuuzi hautaruuusiwa upite kwa ajili ya kuhujumu sisi na vizazi vyetu. Sijawahi kuona mijitu inayofikii kwa matumbo kama hii. Mungu kweli si Asumani! Hawa waioamua kupiga kura ya hapana wamerejesha heshima ya uhishimiwa uliokuwa umeanza kugeuka uishiwa.”

“Tuanze kupumua! Unadhani hawa manyang’au na matwahuti wataacha mizengwe yao kutubambika mkenge ili waweze kujinusuru na vifungo huko tuendako kama tutapitisha chate letu wenyewe?” Anauliza Mipawa huku akiwa anamuangalia Sofia Lion Kanungaembe ambaye mara nyingi huwa ana bifu naye sambamba na Kapende na Mijjinga.

Kana kwamba walipeana ishara kuwa akiongea atajibiwa na Sofi. Sofi anakwanyua mic. “Uwe na adabu. Msipende kuita watu na heshima zao majina ya ajabu ajabu. Hivi twahuti kati yako na hao unaowatukana matwahuti nani? Shika adabu na adabu ikushike.”

Mipawa hangoji Kapende aliyekuwa akijanaa kujibu afanye hivyo. Anakula mic, “Watu na heshima zao ukiwaona utawajua au unaota mchana dadangu? Heshima na ukubwa wa mtu si cheo alicho nacho bali matendo yake. Kuna watu wadogo sana wasio na vyeo wala kazi lakini wana heshima kuliko hao wezi wanaotapanya njuluku zetu huku umaskini ukizidi kutumaliza. Kwangu mwizi hata hawe mkubwa kama tembo au awe na cheo kikubwa kama Sam Sixx ni mwizi tu.”

Kanji hakubaliana na mawazo ya Mipawa . Anaamua kula mic kumhami mshirika wake Sofia. Anasema, “Hata mimi pana taka tukana vatu howo howo. Hata kama kuba nafanya kosa dogo hapana tukana tusi kubakuba hiwo.”

“Kanji matusi unayajua au unayasikia. Hata hivyo, wewe una kosa gani wakati una uraia mia na moja?” Kapende anachomekea huku akigonganisha mkono na Mipawa.

“Nadhani kumjibu Kanji na Sofi mnapoteza majibu na muda wenu. Laiti ingekuwa kwao Bombay sijui kama Swahili iko pewa nafasi toa vazo kama Kanji pewa hapa kwa Swahili.” Mbwamwitu anabukanya Kiswahili cha Kigabacholi huku akimwangilia Kanji kwa dharau. Kanji anachekacheka japo moyoni anatukuta.

Mchunguliaji aliyekuwa bize akisoma gazeti anaamua kula mic, “Mimi pamoja na kuwapongeza hawa mashujaa wa ukombozi wa wachovu nasema. Laki tatu kuleni na kura wanyimeni ati! Yote tisa. Kumi namuonea huruma kiherehere Sam Sixx ambaye anajitia kuendesha show hii wakati mwenyewe yuko majukuu kwa mzee Joji Kichaka akitanua na vimwana, waramba viatu hata makalio na marafiki zake wakitanua.”

“Nadhani wanasharia waandae kesi dhidi ya hawa wafujaji walioruhusu njuluku za wachovu kuvunjwa kwenye upuuzi ambao sasa unapigwa chini na kuthibitisha uhalali wa umma. Kuna haja ya kupiga chini hiki kiini macho na kuonyesha ulimwengu kuwa wachovu wakijitambua na kuungana wanaweza kufanya lolote walitakalo kama jamii. Ni somo kwa walevi wa maulaji na madaraka wanaodhani kuwa walipo ni ujanja kiasi cha kupatumia kutetea uoza na upuuzi mwingine.” Anaongea Msomi huku akibofya ki-tablet chake.

Anabwia kahawa na kuendelea, “Kilichotokea kinapaswa kuungwa mkono na kuendelezwa hadi mwisho wa mapambano. Tukatae hii hujuma ya mafisi na mafisadi.  Hawa mashujaa tuwaenzi, kuwahehshimu na kuwaunga mkono kuzuia kula ya maoni. Bila kuwazuia hawa matwahuti, wataendelea kuchezea njuluku zetu kwenye hujuma yao. How can a cabal of criminals enact a document of the people? Who authorized them to do so? Oh! Samahani nimepandisha mori kiasi cha kuongea ukameruni.”

Kijiwe kikiwa kinanoga si likapita shangingi la Sam Sixx. Kwa hasira na usongo si tuliamua kulikimbiza huku tukizomea tukitafuta kumnyofoa na kumtia adabu!

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Oktoba 8, 2014.

Ngoma zangu hizi hapa

Ngoma ya wiki ni kukumbuka asili yetu tuvumiliane

Picha ya mwezi ni ya mwanasayansi

Sedition can only be committed by opponents in Bongo

When Captain Joni Kombha threatened to go to the bushes to topple the regime shall it allow Bunge Maalum la Kuula (BMK) to deliberate on three-tier system, many Chama Cha Maulaji (CcM) MPs and its honchos listening just laughed!  Ironically, even the biggies of the regime that Kombha wanted to topple kept mum as if it were a joke. If it were, it was a bad one so to speak.

When Bill Lukuvi irresponsibly said that some legionnaires would topple the same regime if three-tier system passes, once again, the tops of the regime didn’t act. Interestingly, even the flock of God to whom Lukuvi seeded these lies to, didn’t reprimand him or show any ire. How’d they if at all after his monkey biz was over he offered them some dosh? Penye udhia?  Instead of reprimanding even charging him, they applauded him as if what he’s intending to do was legal. Since sanity escaped many biggies, some connected criminals can say dangerous things and nobody descends on them. This is bad indeed. It might cause crises in the near future.

Again, when Chama cha Domokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADOMA) top Freedude Mbowe cautioned he’d organize hunk-wide demonstration to foil BMK, cops sprang into action to intimidate and interrogate him on what they misconstrued to be sedition.   When I look at how our cops act I wonder. If anything, cops sometimes commit the same crimes even graver ones than they accuse others of. Street surrounding cop’s headquarters near Posta Mpya were cordoned off as cop’s canines were unleashed to bite innocent boozers. Looking at such brutal and inhumane actions one’d think that those behind them would be brought to book. Again, how can a chimp bring a simian to book while they all are the same as far as simian biz is concerned?

Again, when boozers went to Cop’s headquarters to enjoy seeing this muscle-flexing biz and cop’s turning themselves into politicos, they’re brutalized and humiliated as if they committed any crime. Cop Po Changonjwa stole the show by turning himself and his army into a political party pointlessly. Again, no sane trailblazer reprimanded his break of the law wantonly!

I still can’t understand. How come demonstrations which are a political right are turned into sedition? What of the treasonous act and statement Kombha and Lukuvi made openly before the house? Is his rule of law or rule of raw hanky panky?

I truly still can’t get it to see double standard and abuses of power becoming an order of the day. Does it mean that our hunk’s becoming an anarchist one? How come cops are doing politics as opposed to the mother law of the hunk and our biggies are just laughing as if there’s no danger in the future? This means. If you want to commit treason and sedition, you must first join CcM and get away with the murder easily.

Methinks. Our cops need to do justice equally and judiciously for all shall they deserve any respect and trust. We pay their salaries through our taxes. Why then segregate us when it comes to serving us? I wonder. How can CcM go to bed with such madness which tends to dress it down! As far as I know after reading the signs of times nobody’ll get away with murder shall the hell we face be left to blossom? If cops think politics is what they’re good at, they’d declare openly and form their political party. What’s been going whereby cops intimidate boozers especially scribes as it recently happened, has effet marque that our cops are good members of CcM. If not all, their tops are. This is why they've always treated CcM preferentially whenever it is threatened by democratic forces of boozers. Again, will boozers be intimidated for good or it is but just the matter of time?

Given that politics has become an in-thing, I’d advise cops to form their own party and compete for political offices instead of doing both at the same time. This is illegal. I’d like to see the chair of cop political gunk Chagonjwa being teargased or brutalized the same way his boys and girls have been treating opponents. I’d like to enjoy such a show and hear Chagonjwa’s reaction after being pepper sprayed and beaten if not tortured. I’d like to see how he’d react after some of his followers are killed just like it happened to Daud Mwangosi who was butchered by cops.

Source: Guardian

Mlevi kuzuia uchafuzi wa maadili

   Baada ya kugundua kuwa wakubwa wa dunia wamekusanyika New nyoko kuongea na kula kuku, mlevi kwa vile nami rais wa walevi sikujivunga japo sikupokelewa kama kiongozi wa kaya. Nilikwenda kama rais walevi na wavuta bangi wanaoongezeka duniani tokana na uchafuzi wa maadili utokanao na baadhi ya wakubwa kuhalalisha mihadharati, rushwa, ufisadi na ujambazi.

          Kwa vile ajenda mojawapo kubwa ya kikao hiki ambacho kwa wengi ilikuwa ni matunuzi japo hoja ilikuwa kujadili mstakabali wa dunia kutokana na uchafuzi wa mazingira unaosababisha kuchemka kwa dunia, Global Warming, nilitia timu kuanzisha ajenda na hoja mpya ya uchafuzi wa maadili ambao ni hatari kuliko ule wa mazingira.

          Kama kawa, nilitinga na bi mkubwa na washikaji zetu. Ili kutogundulika kuwa tuliandamana na washirika zetu, nilificha orodha yao kwa walevi ili wasistuke kuwa natumia vibaya njuluku zao. Hivyo, kama ada, msafara wangu ilikuwa top secret. Wangeona sura tulizoandamana nazo huenda wangenitimua toka kwenye ulaji. Hivyo, elewa. Ukiulizia majina ya walevi nilioandamana nao nakunyotoa roho kama siyo kukuchukia na kuomba unyotoke roho. Ulaji wetu unakuhusu nini? Kwani niko peke yangu anayeficha majina ya washikaji anaoandamana nao? Akienda na, vitegemeizi, shemeji zangu hata vimada na waganga wa kienyeji nyie inawahusu nini? Kwani nalipia matanuzi haya toka mfukoni mwake? Kama hujui jua. Wanaolipia matanuzi yetu ni walevi wenyewe ambao kwa ulevi wao hawana ubavu wa kugundua janja na kufuru zetu au vipi? Naona yule anatikisa kichwa.   Yule anakukunja ngumi akionyesha kidole cha kati. Koma we! Acha tule tutakavyo.  Mwenye wivu si ajinyonge! Kwani hamjui kuwa kutesa ni kwa zamu siyo? Ngojeni zamu yenu hata kama ni ndoto ya Alinacha.

          Baada ya kugundua kuwa walevi wananisumbua sana wakitaka maoni yangu kuhusu karibu kila jambo kuanzia katiba mchachakachuo, ufisadi, ulaji wa kifisi na upuuzi mwingine, niliamua kwenda zangu kwa Joji Kichaka kupumua japo kidogo. Hivi ungekuwa wewe ungefanya nini? Leo unasikia kelele za Escrew. You screw them up and they come crying seeking your help while you actually are the one that crucified them. Kesho kelele za Katiba Mpya. Kesho kutwa unaulizwa umefanya nini kupambana na mihadarati wasijue nawe ni mnufaika!  Mnadhani mibangi ninayovuta naipata wapi kama siyo kupitia uhalalishaji wake?

          Baada ya kutua kwa Joji Kichaka niliamua natembelea washikaji zangu wote kuanzia wale waliopendekeza nipewe tuzo ya kiongozi bora wa walevi hadi wale wanaopanga kunitunuku shahada za udaktari. Ni kazi kwenda mbele. Bi mkubwa, kwa vile ni rais wa wake za walevi, naye yuko mitaani akisaka njuluku kwa ajili ya kampuni yake ya Maulaji ya Wake za wakubwa (MAWAwa). Kama nilivyosema, kutesa ni kwa zamu. Dingi natesea huku bi mkubwa kule mradi tunachanga njuluku huku tukilipwa Per Diem kwa matanuzi yetu.

          Baada ya kushuhudia mafisadi wa kisiasa wakitoa mapofu kupigania mazingira, nilisukuti na kugundua kuwa kumbe naweza kujenga hoja ya kimataifa kwa kudai baraza kuu la Umoja wa Mataifa liitishe kikao cha kujadili uchafuzi wa maadili yaani kupambana na madili hasa katika kaya kapuku zinazosifika kwa kuomba wakati wakubwa zake ni matajiri wa kunuka. Nilikwenda kwenye viwanja vya ndege vya JFK na La Guardia kuona midege ya madingi wa kaya kapuku iliyoegeshwa pale na kuipiga picha ili uwe ushahidi nitakapokuwa najenga hoja. Ili kunogesha hoja yangu niliomba wachovu wanaoandamana kupinga maovu mbali mbali wafanye kazi hiyo chini ya mradi wa kitaalamu unaioitwa kwa kitaalamu photovoice na photonovella ambapo utafiti hufanywa na walalahoi na si maprofesa kama mimi.

          Lengo la kuanzisha hoja ya kushughulikia uchafuzi wa maadili inatokana na ukweli kuwa kwa Jojo Kichaka kugeuka kijiwe cha kahawa ambapo wakubwa hukutana kila mara kuteketeza njuluku za walevi. Ni juzi juzi walikutana huko na kufanya maonyesho ya ukwasi ambapo wake zao walionyesha vitu vyao hasa mavazi na miposhi ya bei mbaya. Hata mwezi haujaishi wanakutana tena kusaka njuluku na kuongea mambo ya ajabu ajabu wakati wakikwepa yale ya maana. Si walikutana mwezi jana kwenye kikao cha sijui Africon- USO conference. Nani anaongelea yale waliyoazimia kuyatekeleza? Ajadili nini wakati lengo la madingi na washikaji zao kwenda kule ilikuwa ni matanuzi? Waongelee nini wakati wao ziara zao ni juu yao na miradi yao fichi? Ni bahati mbaya nilimpiga bi mkubwa kuwa na NGO ya uongo na ukweli uliojificha kwenye ulaji na ulafi. Huenda ningekua mengi.

          Turejee kwenye mada. Baada ya kufika zamu yangu kuhutubia Baraka Kubwa la Umoja wa Makaya si niliwapa wazi kuwa Afrika isinyanyapaliwe kutokana ugonjwa wa Ufisadi.  Nilizoza hadi wasiojua usanii wangu wakadhani mimi ni mwana falsafa wasijue sina lolote wala chochote bali sanaa. Nilichonga hadi watu wakawa wanasogea huku na kule kwenye viti vyao wakidhani mzee Mchonga amefufuka. Hata hivyo, nikiwa nafaidi ujiko si nikaruka mstari mmoja kwenye hotuba niliyokuwa nimeandikiwa. Nilianza kupayuka na kusoma vitu visivyoingia akilini hadi wasikilizaji wakahoji kama kweli mimi si chizi. Baada ya kugundua nilitetemeka na kutoa jasho kama vile bi Mkubwa wangu afanyavyo aongeapo kimombo kutokana na kutokimanya. Hata hivyo, nilipangua gea na kurejea kwenye mstari na kuupa kibarua Umoja wa Makaya kupanga kikao maalum kwa ajili ya kupambana na uchafuzi wa maadili kwanza ndipo ufuate uchafuzi wa mazingira.

Kwa ufup, pamoja na kutanua kwa njuluku za walevi, angalau nilijenga hoja kuwa tatizo la dunia kwa sasa si uchafuzi wa mazingira bali wa maadili.

Salamu kwa walimu Shombe, Shambula, Selemani, Mtakatifu Zakaria, Kombahaha Lihangwike, Ntandu, Shemkuya, Seria, na Makakala tuliofundisha wote Kinosec. Pia nawakumbuka marehemu Rutaba, Maringo na Jariwalla bila kusahau wanafunzi kwa namna ya pekee.

Chanzo: Nipashe Oktoba 4, 2014.

TB Joshua: Fake prophets and money making

   

When TB Joshua’s six-storey building in Lagos Nigeria collapsed and claimed the lives of over 100  people were killed of whom many were South Africans, Joshua called this carnage martyrdom. Again, were these deaths resulting from fighting or defending religion or the deaths resulting from greedy and criminality?  Ironically, despite all these deaths, people (ignorant as they’re), still trust TB Joshua as a prophet despite all controversies behind his ministry and behaviour.

          Currently, Africa has a big number of self-made-fake prophets raking billions from ignorant believers who wrongly think that miracles can better their lives while they actually ruin them. It is even sad. Many African governments have nary bothered to probe such practices which defy logic. Is it because they, too, have their similar burdens in this game of duping paupers? One may think that after deaths were reported in Nigeria, the first thing the authorities would have done is to ban and prosecute Joshua. They didn't. As we you read, Joshua is a free man who can contemplate visiting South Africa every month. He’s a government within anther.

Despite this crime, Joshua went ahead promising to be visiting South Africa monthly to honour the death he called martyrs of religion! He was quoted by BBC as saying, “I will be travelling to South Africa to meet people from South Africa and other nations who find South Africa easier to visit, in memory of martyrs of faith.” Martyrs of faith really!”

Joshua’s move’s received with mixed feelings whereby a section of people opposed it and suggested that he be apprehended. Others urged the authorities in South Africa to deny Joshua entry while other showed a staunch belief in him.

Let’s face it. How come that people who assert to be the followers of Jesus follow anti-Christ prophets whose aim is to make money out their ignorance, needs and desperation? How can a tycoon follow Jesus while he told Zacchaeus to sell and distribute whatever he owned so as to fully and practically follow him? It is written in Luke 9:1-10 that Jesus told Zacchaeus to sell everything so that he could follow him. Jesus implied that nobody can serve two masters namely God and wealth.

          How come people are still hoodwinked in millions by false prophets while he cautioned them to be wary and aware of these prophets? It is written in Matthew 7: 15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” Aren't wolves amid us devouring the children of God in the name of performing miracles they've nary performed? If they ever performed any miracle is none other than extortion and telling lies.

How can Jesus, who used to be a beggar and the advocate of the poor, be associated with the current rip off done to the paupers? Will Joshua get away with murder simply because his ministry boosts Nigerian income in that six out of ten South Africans who visit Nigeria go to attend his sermons? What have the authorities in Nigeria to say vis a vis this carnage?

          Although the collapse of the TB Joshua’s synagogue might be seen as an accident, it shows how dangerous our cities have become after corrupt public officials turn a deaf ear to corrupt landlords like Joshua. How many building in African cities are waiting to collapse and kill thousands as the authorities pretend not to see it? We’re told that Joshua’s building isn't the first or the last to collapse in Nigeria.

           When such carnage occurred, President Goodluck Jonathan visited the crime scene. Instead of reprimanding Joshua he was quoted as saying, “My coming here is to express my personal condolences to Prophet Joshua, the Synagogue of All Nations and of course the bereaved families.” Can such a person tackle the problem by taking on those behind it?  Many were shocked to hear Jonathan’s sympathetic words to a person he was supposed to order to be put behind bars forthwith. Again, he didn't. Why? Was Jonathan afraid to take on Joshua for fear of losing voters from his hangers-on? Was he induced? Questions are many more than answers.  How many Jonathans who are in bed with Joshuas do we have in corrupt Africa? How many people have to die so that our rulers would wake up from the slumber they’re in?

          It is sad to note that currently, African governments have allowed witch doctors and witch pastors to turn their people into their prey wantonly while authorities stay side and look as if they are not responsible with the security of these poor creatures! How many should die for our authorities to act and put a stop to this madness and dupery?

Source: Business Times Oct., 3, 2014.

IPTL: Kweli kuna urafiki wa paka na panya au ufisadi?

Jizi la IPTL Harbinder  Singh  Sethi akitoa mfano wa cheki ya shilingi 20 milioni kwa  mwenyekiti wa Chama Cha Waandishi wa habari za michezo (TASWA). Huyu jizi amekuwa bingwa wa kuhonga kuanzia makanisa, vituo vya polisi nk. Inashangaza   kuona jizi lililoiba mabilioni ya Escrow linamega kidogo kuwapumbaza walafi na wapumbavu wenye kutumia matumbo kufikiri.

Sitta, katiba ya matusi na meseji za matusi

Sikuwa nimepanga kuandika makala nyingine juu ya Samuel Sitta. Ila kwa vile ametokea kuwa msemaji wa Katiba Mpya kuliko hata rais Jakaya Kikwete aliyeunda tume ya kuhariri maoni, nimelazimika kurejea uwanjani kumuelimisha mtu yule yule ili angalau jamii imjue, kumtahadhari, kumzuia asiende zaidi na kukataa hujuma anayolitendea taifa kwa sababu binafsi na zisizo na tija kwa taifa.  Hivi karibuni mwenyekiti wa Bunge Maalum la Katiba (BMK), Samuel Sitta linaloendelea kinyume cha matakwa ya watanzania Samuel Sitta alikaririwa akilalamika kuwa amekuwa akitumiwa meseji za matusi kupitia simu yake ya kiganjani. Kwa wanaojua maana sahihi ya matusi, watakubaliana nasi kuwa na Sitta pamoja na Mwenyekiti wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) rais Jakaya Kikwete wamewatukana watanzania tena matusi ya nguoni. Haiwezekani watanzania wapoteze muda na fedha kutoa maoni halafu watu wawili, kwa woga na sababu binafsi, wakayapuuzia na kuwabambikia utashi na mipango yao wasiwatukane matusi ya nguoni. Licha ya matusi ya nguoni, wamewapuuzia na kuwageuza watanzania hamnazo bila stahiki wala sababu za msingi. Hata hivyo, nao watakuja kugundua kuwa wamejitukana ingawa ni mapema. Kwani nao ni watanzania hata kama wana madaraka na ushawishi. Hata kitendo cha hivi karibuni kwa Sitta kutumiwa meseji za matusi ni ushahidi kuwa “amelianzisha” na anapewa vipande vyake japo hakuna anayeuunga mkono ustaarabu wa matusi yawe ya kisiasa kama kuchakachua katiba mpya au ya nguoni kama kuwapuuzia watanzania. Mkuki kwa nguruwe!

Sitta amekuwa wa kwanza kulalamikia matusi asijue aliyaanzisha yeye.  Hatujui mwenzake naye ametumiwa kiasi gani.  Sitta alikaririwa kisema, “Mimi napokea matusi kila siku. Meseji zisizopungua 50 viongozi wa Chadema wameweka namba zangu katika tovuti nitukanwe kila siku hilo mimi niko tayari na mnaniona niko safi tu wala sihangaiki nalo.”  Kama uhangaiki, unalalamika nini; au kulalamika si kuhangaika? Uko safi vipi wakati unafanya kazi chafu ya kuchakachua katiba ya wananchi? Hivi ukipanda mbigiri unategemea nini? Eti huyu ndiye anayetaka kuwa rais wa Tanzania! Anadai ni viongozi wa chadema? Rais wa namna gani anayeweza kujizushia mambo na kudanganya wazi wazi? Je hii ndiyo maana wameondoa ibara inayozuia wabunge kudanganya bungeni? Uko wapi ushahidi wa kuthibitisha madai yake? Kila kinachofanyika, CHADEMA! Itafikia mahali hata mvua ikiacha kunyesha au kuleta mafuriko mtasema ni CHADEMA, Mnamgeuza nani juha?

Sitta na wenzake wamesahau kuwa matusi yao kwa watanzania yananaza kujibiwa kwa matusi hayo hayo. Aliongeza, “Kwa hiyo wale wanaoendeleza hayo mapambano tuendelee na tutaendelea kupambana, lakini kazi ya Bunge Maalumu itaendelea na ndugu zangu Watanzania mjue tunaandaa Katiba safi na rafiki kwa wananchi na itapatikana.” Hivi katiba safi ya watanzania inaweza kuandikwa kwa kudharau maoni yao? Katiba ya wananchi safi na rafiki inaweza kuandikwa na chama kimoja pamoja na vibaraka wake? Katiba ya wananchi inaweza kuandikwa kwa kuchakachua mawazo yao? Kweli katiba ya wananchi inaweza kuandikwa na mafisadi wanaolinda maslahi binafsi kwa kuyasulubu ya taifa? Licha ya kuwa utani mbaya, haya ni matusi ya nguoni yanayopaswa kuwakera na kuwakereketa watanzania kiasi cha kuyakemea kwa nguvu na nyenzo zote, tena si kwa maneno bali matendo mitaani.

Je Sitta hajagundua kuwa anachosimamia ni dhuluma ya aina yake?

Anasema kuna vyombo vya habari vinamchukia!  Nani ampende wakati amehujumu kila mtu? Kwanini sasa baada ya kuingiza nchi kwenye mtafaruko wa tararatibu au amesahau alivyoenguliwa kugombea uspika vyombo hivyo hivyo anavyolaumu vilivyokemea jinai aliyotendewa? Kumbe Sitta ni mwepesi wa kusahau hivi! Alikaririwa akisema, “Kuna baadhi ya vyombo vya habari wananichukia mimi binafsi. Wasichanganye chuki hizo na mchakato wa Bunge Maalumu.” Ingeleta maana kama angetaja hivi vyombo vya habari na hayo mambo binafsi. Je kuna jambo ambalo vyombo vya habari vinajua na umma haulijui kuhusu ugomvi wake na Sitta au anaweweseka baada ya kuonyesha wazi ambavyo hafai kiasi cha kupingwa na baadhi yetu kuwa hafai hata hata kugombea wenyekiti wa kijiji achia mbali urais? Rais gani asiye na huruma na wale anaotaka kuwaongoza? Rais gani anayeshiriki kuhujumu umma maskini kwa kujilipa na kuwalipa wenzake kutenda jinai ya kuchakachua katiba? Rais gani asiyesikia hata baada ya wakuu wake kujaribu kusikia? Rais gani asiyeheshimu mawazo ya wale anaotaka kuwatawala? Rais gani asiyejua hali ya nchi yake kiasi cha kuruhusu fedha ya maskini itumike kwenye mazingaombwe yanayoitwa Bunge Maalum la Katiba?

Hakuna kinachokera kama Sitta kuyaita haya mazingaombwe eti katiba safi na rafiki kwa wananchi. Wananchi wapi iwapo maoni yao mliyazika na kuweka yenu? Je kuna matusi zaidi ya hayo? Nadhani Sitta na wenzake hawajatukanwa vilivyo. Tusi lililowafaa si jingine bali kuwafuata huko waliko na kusitisha jinai wanayotenda huku wakitupwa nje ya ofisi za umma wanazotumia kuuhujumu. Wakati wa kuzuia jinai ya akina Sitta ni sasa. Watanzania amkeni.  Wakati ni sasa.

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Oktoba 1, 2014.

Kijiwe kuchanachana Katiba ya Mr Sixx

Baada ya kugundua kuwa walazimishi fulani waliopora madaraka ya wachovu na kuamua kutenda jinai kwa kuwabambikizia mkataba mpya wa namna ya kutawaliwa, wana kijiwe wanaonekana kukomaa pamoja na kulidurusu suala hili karibu kwa mwezi mzima na ushei.

          Leo Msomi Mkatatamaa ndiye analianzisha pindi tu baada ya kukaa, kuamkua, kuagiza na kubwia kahawa yake. Anasema, “ Jamani mmeona jeuri ya Sam Sixx na Njaa Kaya kutubambika mkenge mwingine wanaouita Katiba Mpya?”

Mpemba anajibu, “Yakhe usinchefue. Kwani wallahi natamani niende nishike ntu na kuntia adabu kama si kumfanyia kitu mbaya.”

Kabla ya Mpemba kuendelea, Msomi anaendelea, “Hatuwezi kuwa mashahidi wa maangamizi yetu yaliyotengenezwa na mahabithi hawa kwa upogo na njaa zao bila kuangalia wakati ujao. Sisi tunaangalia miaka zaidi ya elfu moja toka sasa ambapo hatutakuwepo ingawa tuliyofaya yatakuwepo.”

Mgosi Machungi akiwa anampasia kipisi Mbwa Mwitu anakula mic, “Unadhani tifanye nini? Maana timepiga keee wee mahabithi hawa hawasiki na kama wanasikia wanajifanya hawatisikii hata kidogo.”

Mijjinga aliyekuwa amemaliza kuagiza kahawa yake anakatua mic, “Mie nadhani, kwa vile wamejifanya hamnazo, nasi tungoje wapitishe upuuzi wao kwenye vigwena vyao halafu nasi tuuchanilie mbali ima kwa kwenda kule na kutia mtu adabu au kugomea kura ya kuupitisha.”

“Mkigoma wenzenu wala. Kama mtafana kosa la kugoma, tutaendelea na upigaji kura na itapita kwa kishindo cha kisunami. Mkishiriki, pia lazima ipite tumtake mistake.” Anajibu Sofia Lion aka Kanungaembe huku akibeua midogo akiwa amemtazama Mijjinga.

Kapende hangoji. Anakwea mic, “Da Sofi hebu tujuze. Una uhakika gani kuwa itapita au ni kwa vile unajua kuwa mtachakachua kama kawaida yenu?”

Kabla ya Sofi kujibu, Mchunguliaji anasema, “Kama ni kupita itapita kwako mwenye mapenzi nayo.”

“Unasemaje? Eti itapitia kwake? Ni nini hiyo jamani mbona siwaelewi?” Anachomekea Mbwa Mwitu.

Kanji anaamua kula mic, “Sasa Mbwamwitu taka tukana vatu. Veve naambia katiba. Sasa unaleta tusi ya nini sema eti Sofi iko penzi nayo na tapita kwake. Kana naongelea kitu ingine nashauri veve koma na acha tani.”

Kijiwe hakina mbavu jinsi Kanji anavyojifanya kutojua Kiswazi wakati anakijua fika kuliko hata kigabacholi.

Mipawa, baada ya kugundua kuwa utani unaweza kuharibu mada, anakula mic, “Tuache utani. Uchoyo, ubinafsi, roho mbaya na uroho vitaangamiza kaya tusipochukua hatua mujarabu. Nakubaliana na  wazo la kuchanachana hiyo kitu. Hakuna cha kungoja ichakachuliwe. Maana wakifanikiwa wataweka rehani vizazi vyetu au siyo?

“Hivi mmesikia kuwa uchakachuaji wa sirikali za mitaa utafanyika chini ya daftari la zamani?” Anauliza mzee Maneno huku akipokea kipisi toka kwa Mijjinga.

“Ukisikia uchakachuaji kuanza kabla ya mechi ndiyo huu. Iweje tutumia daftari la zamani wakati walaji fulani wameishajipatia mabilioni kwa kuandika jipya? Hili nalo halikubaliki.” Anazoza Kapende.

“Yakhe mie nshasema mara nyingi. Tusipowatoa hawa matwahuti tutajauzwa wazima wallahi.” Anadema Mpemba huku akimuashiria muuza amuongezee kahawa.

Mheshimiwa Bwege aliyekuwa kimya muda mrefu anatia daruga, “Sitaki kusikia lugha ya kuuzwa. Tulishauza zamani kwa kila aina ya majizi kuanzia Kagodamn, Richmonduli, EPA, IpTL, ESCROW na kadhalika. Sema tutakuja fanyiwa kitu mbaya tunajiona.”

“Subutu! Mgosi hii ya kufanyia kitu mbaya siafiki. Tifanyiwe kitu mbaya kwani sisi hatina hizo zana za kuwafanyia kitu mbaya? Nadhani titakuja kupiga mtu zongo haafu timfanyie kitu mbaya mchana kweupe ili iwe somo kwa wengine.”

Kijiwe hakina mbavu kwa jinsi Mgosi anavyotishia kupiga mtu zongo na kumfanyia kitu mbaya.

Msomi anarejea, “Japo unaweza kuchukuliwa kama utani, naona kuwafanyia kitu mbaya inaweza kufikisha ujumbe kama siyo kuondoa mzizi wa fitina. Maana dawa ya moto ni moto. Tumevumilia kuuzwa lakini siyo kufanyiwa mchezo mbaya kama huu unaoendeshwa na Sam Sixx na bwana wake Njaa Kaya ambaye ametimkia kwa Joji Kichaka kukwepa ripoti ya rushwa ya Escrew ya watu wake. Aende ajue atarudi na zigo atalikuta tu kama alivyopayuka Annae Makidamakida kuwa lazima ripoti iondowe watu.”

“Mnaona? Kama tungekuwa na katiba mpya ya wachovu bila shaka uchafu kama huu usingendekezwa na kukingiwa kifua kama ambavyo imekuwa siku zote kutokana na hii iliyopo kubariki ujambazi.”

Akiwa anatikisa kichwa kwa hasira, Mipawa anakula mic, “Sasa tuazimie na kutuma ujumbe kwa hao matwahuti wanaojidanganya kuwa wanaweza kutugeuza majuha kila mwaka kwa kutuchezea mahepe. Katiba yenu ya uchakachuaji na ufisadi haipiti come rain come shine.”

Kapende anakula mic, “Naona tuanze kukusanya saini za kupinga katiba kupigiwa kura. Pia tuombe wachovu waturuhusu tuwafungulie mashtaka wale wote waliobariki na kushiriki ujambazi huu.” Anaamka na kwenda kununua daftari ili tusaini.

Anarejea na daftari kubwa jeusi.

Tukiwa tunajiandaa kuweka saini si Sofi akalipoka na kukimbia nalo! Acha tumkimbize ili kumtia adabu!

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Oktoba 1, 2014.