Siongezi neno hapa ila shibe nayo!

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Ukombozi wa mwanamke

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  Je kati ya hawa wawili nani ni huru na nani anakandamizwa iwapo wote wamezibwa?

Mama Betty Kaunda hatunaye tena

• Betty Kaunda  (84) aliyekuwa mke wa rais wa kwanza wa zambia Kenneth Kaunda aliaga dunia jumatano  19, mjini Harare alipokwenda kumwona binti yake. Kifo cha mama huyu kimewastua wengi kutokana na usafi wake na kutopenda kujikweza wala kutumia madaraka ya mumewe kwa faida binafsi. Dunia itamkumbuka Betty kama mama aliyekuwa mfano kwa wengi hasa wake za viongozi wa sasa ambao wanapenda kutumia madaraka ya waume zao kujinufaisha kupitia biashara mbali mbali kama NGO na kutafuta upendeleo kwenye taasisi za kifedha. Kwa habari zaidi BONYEZA hapa.

Fasheni au uchokozi

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   Picha ya pili licha ya kuonekana kwenye Jamii Forums nilitumiwa na mtani wangu akitaka mawazo yangu. Ujumbe wake ulikuwa wa kuchekesha kiasi cha kufanya nipate kichwa hicho cha habari. Leo nimeamua kuandika utani kwa kujiburudisha nikiamini nitawaburudisha wasomaji wangu. When you see a camel donned in western fashion believe me change is coming.  Je kondoo angevishwa kanzu ingekuwaje?

Wakati wakijazana kwetu, India hawataki machinga kwao!

Maandamano makubwa yametawala nchini India baada ya serikali kuruhusu makampuni ya kigeni kama vile Walmalt kufanya biashara nchini mle. Wananchi wamechukizwa na hatua hii kiasi cha kuingia mitaani kuandamana. Wananchi wanadai kuwa kuruhusu makampuni ya kigeni kufanya biashara inayofanywa na wazawa ni kuwahujumu na wanapinga kwa nguvu zao zote. Inashangaza kuona nchi nyingi za kiafrika zikiwa na wafanyabiashara wengi tena wakifanya biashara ndogo ndogo wakati wao hawapendi kitu kama hiki kufanyika nchini mwao. Je huu ni uroho unafiki, upogo au uzalendo? Je hatua hii ya wananchi wa India inatoa funzo gani kwa nchi za Kiafrika hasa hasa Tanzania? Kwa habari zaidi BONYEZA hapa.

A year without Gaddafi

When Nato started bombing Tripoli, unfortunately for him, former Libyan strong man Muamar Gaddafi did not foresee his fall from the grace. He started campaigning on TV for Libyans to come out and defend their beloved Tripoli. Zanga zanga or make sure you surround the rats in all corners and club them was what he said.
Essentially, Gaddafi who seemed delusional proved to have, for generations, lived out of touch so as not to know how unpopular his regime was. He seemed to labour under false information praising him tht he was the darling of Libyans whilst he actually the opposite. This time around Gaddafi goofed. He could not fool Libyans the same way he did for decades. His last hour was closing in. Had Gaddafi known, he wouldn't have vowed to thwart opposition just like rats. If anything, this gave Nato the reason it wanted to justify its move towards Libyan. It is unfortunate that Gaddafi, just like many dictators, did not learn from the fate and fall of Saddam Hussein the same way Syrian brigand hasn't gotten it. Now it is a year down the line. Gaddafi is no more though the lesson for other venal dictators is still clear. Again, will they learn? Hegel answered this question saying that what we learn from history is that men have never learned anything from it.

Economic Justice: Africa’s Need of the Hour

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Three incidents force me to ponder on the needful idea for Africa to start thinking about embarking on “Economic Justice.”The first one is the report that forty percent of forests in Liberia were sold to a foreign firm for logging. According to a report released by Global Witness, "…companies linked to notorious Malaysian logging giant Samling” have been given “unparalleled access to some of Liberia's most pristine forests."  Forests should never been considered rigidly only for economic gains but also ecological sustainability and balance.

The second stark reality is the privatization of land in some African countries to foreign firms to produce food for their home nationals. Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan are renowned for entering such agro-colonial investment. In 2009, Kenya was in the process of leasing over 100,000 acres in the Tana River delta to Qatar to grow food for its population. It is sad to note that while African countries are leasing their land to foreign firms to produce for their nationals, Africans are going without food  and depend on international relief agencies to feed them.  The question is; why are African governments able to do something that violates the lives of their people?  It is just because of lack of Economic Justice.

The third force behind proposing Economic Justice for all Africans is the fact that since her independence, Africa has been producing goods for western markets at the expense of her own people. Africa is forced to sell goods at a throwaway price under the so-called international trade.

While all this exploitation has been going on, Africa is awash with all sorts of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for various civic and political rights ranging from Human Rights, Democracy, Equality, Education - you name it.  Worse, when it comes to Economic Justice, something is amiss—nobody cares about it or agitates for it. Africa lacks vocal local and international standing on the matter. Why? The African mindset is not directed to this very fundamental right and tool for Africa’s full emancipation.  When we talk of democracy and Human Rights in Africa, we mean the right to shout and bicker but not the right to have food on the table or decent life for our hoipolloi!

While many African countries’ constitutions provide for various rights, they are silent on Economic Justice! In Tanzania, for example, the constitution stipulates that all humans are equal and deserve dignity.  The same constitution does, ironically, provide for the rights of a cabal of rulers, their families and bureaucrats but not  for all citizenry.

The continent’s presidents, ministers, MPs and all the high and mighty have the right to medical care, security, housing, clean water and other amenities but the hoi polloi only have one right – the right to pay taxes to enhance the comfy of the high and mighty.

If all countries in Africa shall enshrine Economic Justice for everybody, chances are that the inert and uncaring government Africa has ever had would not remain in power to do what happened in Liberia and other above mentioned countries. How would one, for example, lease land while his people are landless?  How would the government offer lip service, embezzle public funds, and stay in power if Economic Justice would be everybody’s right  constitutionally as the rights of rulers are? If this was so, all people involved in vices and impunity dogging African governments would be in jails.

Back to NGOs and their role in cultivating the culture of Economic Justice, instead of fighting for the rights of gays, lesbians and other minorities, they should spearhead the fight for the rights of the majority. Western donors should stop the hypocrisy of funding unnecessary rights. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) should be forced to see how they condone the exploitation of Africans by financing corrupt and irresponsible regimes. They'd incorporate Economic Justice in their policy.

Recently President Barack Obama secured a landmark ruling on the provision of Healthcare to all Americans. Who thinks about or proposes the same for African regimes? Who makes noise about something so vital like Healthcare in Africa?  NGOs should be making noise about such issues.

Economic Justice, if accommodated in Africa’s constitutions, penal codes and substantive laws would likely erase all anomalies that have enabled corrupt African elites to abuse and mismanage the economies of their countries. Embezzling of public funds and entering bogus and impoverishing agreements would be considered a criminal act under national saboteur laws.

Africans are suffering gravely, especially economically, due to the lack of Economic Justice. The time to incorporate Economic Justice in our systems is now. With it, for example, the morass in the making in South Africa due to the lack of Economic Justice can be avoided. Economic Justice will not only enhance accountability in the upper echelons of power, it will also enable workers to enjoy pay rises and a conducive working environment.  Students will  get loans without hustles or delay. Businesspeople would operate competitively and legally to avoid being at loggerhead with the government. This will lead to improved living standards. Economic Justice will emancipate everybody where other means have failed.  

Source; African Executive Magazine Sept. 19, 2012.

Tendwa chagua moja, ukuwadi au ujaji

MATAMSHI ya hivi karibu ya Msajili wa Vyama vya Siasa, John Tendwa, licha ya kuhatarisha amani na usalama wa taifa, ni aibu na pigo kwake binafsi na ofisi yake.
Ni hasara kwa walipa kodi ambao kodi zao zinatumika kumweka ofisini, tena katika hali ya starehe na maisha ya hali ya juu.
Akihojiwa na kituo kimoja cha redio, Tendwa alijigamba kuwa ana uwezo wa kufuta chama chochote hata kama kina wabunge 100.
Hili lilichukuliwa kama tishio linalolenga kuwanyamazisha wapinzani, hasa wale wanaoonekana kuwa mwiba kwa chama tawala. Hii ni baada ya kutokea mauaji ya mwandishi wa habari Daudi Mwangosi na serikali kukitupia lawama Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) wakati ukweli ukijulikana kuwa waliofanya hivyo ni polisi.
Matamshi ya Tendwa na baadhi ya matendo huko nyuma yaliacha maswali mengi kuliko majibu. Je, huyu ni mlezi wa vyama au mlevi wa siasa za chama kimoja anayetumia ufungamano wake na CCM kuitumikia huku akiviua vyama alivyoapa kuvilinda?
Je, Tendwa kuonesha upendeleo si kukiuka kiapo chake cha kutopendelea wala kuumiza upande wowote?
Hii inafanya wengi wapate shaka na ujaji wake unaomtofautisha na mwamuzi wa mpira ambaye pia ni mchezaji.
Tendwa hata angelinganishwa na mwamuzi wa soka, bado hawezi kuchezesha mpira wakati akiwa na kadi ya CCM mfukoni. Mwamuzi wa namna hii, ni wa ajabu maana amejaza kadi nyekundu tupu kwa ajili ya kuwapa timu kinzani. Huu siyo uamuzi wala ujaji, bali ujahili.
Ni vizuri kumpa Tendwa ushauri nasaha wa bure kuwa, lazima atambue na kukubali kuwa vyama vya siasa haviishi kwa hisani ya CCM wala Tendwa, wala polisi, wala rais. Hivyo, kudhani kwa namna yoyote kuviweka rehani ni kujidanganya, tena mchana.
Pia, ni vizuri kumshauri Tendwa aachie ngazi kabla ya kuchafuka zaidi. Maana wale anaopaswa kuwalea na hata kuwaamua hawana imani naye tena.
Hana udhu tena. Aihitaji shahada ya sheria wala fikhi kujua kuwa Tendwa amevunja sheria.
Si lazima uwe umesoma misahafu kama Katiba, Biblia, Korani, Mgana Carta, Mahabharata, Bhavagad- Gita, Shastra, Sri Guru Granth Sahib na Dasam Granth wala vitabu ya akina Socrates, Upanishad au Jean-Jacques Rosseau kujua kuwa Tendwa amevunja sheria, hasa kiapo licha ya kupoteza imani kwa umma.
Wala haihitaji elimu ya juu, bali welewa wa kawaida kujua kuwa “uhuni” anaofanya Tendwa ni balaa kwa taifa kama hatashughulikiwa au kudhibitiwa haraka.
Ni mchezo mchafu na hatari kwa mtu anayeitwa jaji na mwenye kufaidi mahanjumati na marupurupu yatokanayo na hadhi hii kutumia busara ya chama kimoja ndani ya mfumo wa vyama vingi.
Huu ni ushahidi wa kupitwa na wakati na mawazo mgando ambayo hayawezi kutusogeza mbele kwenye jukwaa la jamii na taifa lenye kufuata demokrasia, haki na misingi ya haki za binadamu.
Tendwa anapaswa kujifunza kufikiri na kusoma alama za nyakati badala ya kuishi kwenye sanduku liitwalo CCM. Litamponza na wanaweza kuliponza taifa kwa “busara” yao hii.
Mlezi wa kweli wa vyama vya siasa hapaswi kujiruhusu au kujirahisi kuonekana kama mlevi wa siasa au mtu anayetumiwa na upande mmoja dhidi ya mwingine.
Hii siyo sifa ya mlezi hata kidogo. Hii ni sifa ya kuku anayekula mayai yake. Kuku ni hayawani.
Nisingependa mzee wangu Tendwa ninayemheshimu sana afikie hapo. Wala nisingependa mkunga au mlezi aina ya manesi na wakunga wanaowapiga wazazi kutokana na kutojua hadhi na mipaka ya kazi na nyadhifa zao ukiachia mbali kuwajengea wazazi mazingira ya kutoa rushwa.
Je, ni busara kwa vyama vya upinzani na umma wa Watanzania kuendelea “kumdekeza Tendwa” kama alivyosema Freeman Mbowe au ni wakati muafaka kumwajibisha atake asitake, hata wale wanaomlinda?
Je, ofisi anayoaibisha ni mali yake binafsi na wale wanaomlinda au ya umma? Jibu liko wazi kuwa lazima Tendwa aondoke haraka sana kwa usalama wake na wa taifa.
Tendwa hata kama ni project (mradi) wa CCM wa kuua vyama, anapaswa aondoke ingawa hili kwake haliingii akilini.
Lazima vyama vihakikishe anafunga virago na kwenda kunakomfaa - kwao CCM.
Wengi wenye busara walidhani Tendwa angeona mauaji ya Mwangosi kama uvunjaji wa kutisha wa haki za binadamu ambao usingeweza kuungwa mkono na hata hayawani achia mbali mtu mwenye akili.
Kushabikia ushenzi na unyama kama huu ni ushenzi na unyama wa kutosha unaomuondolea mtu ubinadamu wake.
Lazima Tendwa ajitofautishe na kujitenga na watu kama Said Mwema, Emmanuel Nchimbi na Michael Kamuhanda na wale waliowatuma kutekeleza mauaji hayo ya kinyama na kishenzi.
Lazima Tendwa ajitenge na uhuni na wahuni kwa vile yeye ni jaji na siyo mbabaishaji anayepaswa kulindwa kwa vile kaoa au kuoza kwa fulani ukiachia mbali kuonekana kama ‘robot mtu’ anayetumia mitulinga badala ya akili. Asiwe kuwadi wa CCM.
Hata hivyo, mapungufu ya Tendwa yametuachia somo moja kubwa na kuu: Mlezi na msajili wa vyama hapaswi kuteuliwa na ‘mungu mtu’ mmoja au chama bali vyama vyote.
Hili linapaswa kuingizwa kwenye katiba yetu mpya tunayotarajia kuiandika kama haitachakachuliwa na mabingwa wa kuchakachua waliochakachua kura za uchaguzi uliopita na kutupachikia watu kama Tendwa.
Akichaguliwa na vyama vyote, ataepukana na najisi, utumwa, kashfa, hatari na aibu ya kutumiwa na chama kimoja kama ilivyo. Hii ndiyo njia pekee ya kuhakikisha kuwa kuna uwajibikaji na utendaji haki.
Maana vyama visiporidhika na viliyemchagua vinamtimua wakati wowote. Kwa upande wa Tendwa, kama anapenda siasa basi avue joho la ujaji ajitose kilingeni badala ya kujificha nyuma ya ujaji na kupendelea chama chake kama njia ya kulipa fadhila kwa kupewa ulaji.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Septemba 19, 2012.

Niliyosikia, kuyaona Nairoberry yanatisha

JUZI nilikuwa na ziara ya kikazi kwa kaya ya nyayo ya akina Nyang’au wa zamani ambao wametokea kuwa wazalendo kuliko sisi ambao kijiwe chetu kimegeuka cha mafisadi. Nilikwenda kule kushangaa shangaa barabara ya Thika ambayo kusema ukweli haina tofauti na zile nilizoona Ulaya na Amerika nilipokuwa kule kimasomo. Wenzetu wamesonga mbele wakati sisi tunasonga nyuma kwa kasi ya ajabu. Ingawa si mshabiki wa Mzee Emilio Mwai Githinji Kibaki au Jamba ya Othaya, kwa hili nimemvulia kofia. Kumbe Kenya si mchezo! Jamaa wana barabara utadhani kwa Kameruni! Nilitua kwenye uwanja wao wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Kamau wa Ngengi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Huwezi kulinganisha na wetu wa mzee Mchonga bin Mussa bin Burito International Airport. Hata chuo chao huwezi kulinganisha na chuo chetu cha Manzese. Kama kawaida, sitataja nilioandamana nao ili nisijechafua hewa. Shosti wangu alikuwapo kushangaashangaa super highways za Nairoberry. Kama walevi wangejua shepu nilizoandamana nazo wangejinyotoa roho. Anyway mmojawapo alikuwa muuza miraa (mihadarati) aitwaye Dav Moshie. Mwenzenu nilishangaa kuona ka nchi kasiko na rasilimali kama kaya yetu wala ardhi yenye rutuba kama yetu kufanya vitu vya nguvu kama hivi. Nikiwa kule si akina Kamau na Mureithi walicheka sana. Nakumbuka stori ilikuwa hivi: “Mutongolya, ebu peana stori. Nasikianga kwenyu mafisi na mafisadi wana doo (pesa) kuliko gavu (Serikali). Pia nasikianga kuwa kwenye Folithi (polisi) wanaweza kushoot na kukill bila kushitakiwa wala wananchi kuandamana. Je, hii ni kweli ndugu?” Kabla ya kujibu naye Wagacoi aliuliza swali jingine. Alisema: “Muthamaki, nasikianga eti prezzo wenu ni Vasco da Gama. Nilimuonanga juzi akiwa hapa na kibeti (mke) chake. Wamenona (kunenepa). Je, hiyo chapaa ya kutour (kufanya utalii) ni yake au ya gavu? “Pia nilisikianga kuwa wa TZ husema prezzo wetu ni guka (babu) na Lucy ni cucu (bibi), mbona na wenye nimeona kama guka sema hair yake ni black, je anaweka canta?” Kwa ufupi ni kwamba maswali ya hawa athuri (wanaume), yaliniudhi ingawa yalibeba ukweli. Huku nikitabasamu kuficha hasira zangu nilianza kujibu moja baada ya jingine. Nilikohoa kidogo na kula miraa (mirungi) yangu na kuendelea: “Ni kweli makarau (polisi) wametokea kuwa wauaji wazuri kutokana na kutumiwa na genge fulani la majambazi wenye pawa. Lakini tuko kwenye jitihada za kukomesha mchezo huu mchafu.” Kabla ya kuendelea, Wanyoike aliingilia: “Daddy usidanganye sisi. Kweli nyinyi mwaweza kufanya kitu zaidi ya kusemanga tafadhali karau acheni kutuua!” Alishangaa huku akicheka. Nami kwa hasira kidogo nilimjibu: “Wanyoike mbona hunitendei haki? Kwani Kawangware, Kayole, Mukuru, Kanunga na Wanginge polisi hawaui watakavyo na hamfanyi kitu?” Huku akionyesha kuchukia alijibu: “Kumbe wewe hujuangi sisi! Mbona tumeishadedisha karao kibao na siku hizi wameacha!” Kabla ya kuendelea naye Mureithi aliingilia kati: “Kweli mwambie Nyoike. Huwa unasomanga Daily Neishon wewe? Somanga uone karao wanavyokukwa (kufa).” Wakati nikitafakari hili na lile, Mwalimu Ndungu anapigilia msumari wa mwisho kwenye kujiamini kwangu, anauliza: “Nasikia kwenyu workers hawawezigoma. Sisi hapa maticha (walimu) na madokii (Madaktari) wamegoma hadi kimeumana na gavu. Nasikia kwenyu madokii walijaribu mdingi wao akakamatwa na kupigwa na kutoroka mgomo si ule anaitwa Walimboka?” Kwa ukali nilisema: “Jamani imetosha. Yaani nyie mwatuona sisi twacheza mihigulo (kukata mauno) kwa kila kitu badala ya kujipigania?” Kabla ya kuendelea, Muiruri alijibu: “Nyie mkicheza mwihigulo au mwomboka si mubaya. Yote ni muziki ya Kenya. Also sisi sasa ni citizens wa East African Community. Lazima muziki ya Kenya iwike. Maana ile ya TZ naonanga kwenye TV imejaa noises na vijana waliobomoa ears zao na kuvaa sag. Hapa Kenya sag haiko ruhusa au kutangaza condom kwa TV na barabarani. “Looo! Nilipokwenda TZ kule Dasalaamu niliona adverts mingi ya sex nikaogopa. Je, hii haiharibu watoto yenyu? Pia nilisikia waTZ wakilalamika eti wadosi wengi kwenye gavu wameficha doo nyingi nje kama kwetu, lakini they are sleeping without any worries. “Wajamaa, kwanini mnakuwa so mean? Yote mmesema kwanini hamchaganyi na nyigine zuri kama vile Tanzanite ambayo inaleta chapaa mingi kwa Kenya? Kwanini hamuogelei mchele tunayokula na fruits toka TZ?” Baada ya kuona hawa jamaa wamezidi kiherehere kama vitoto vya shule za msingi alizosema rais kuwa vinapata mimba kutokana na kiherehere niliamua kuwatolea uvivu. Nilianza kumwaga mawe: “Atongolya, hebu tujaribu kuangalia mambo kwa macho bila makengeza ya kujipendelea hadi kutetea upuuzi. “Mbona nyinyi hamna ardhi kiasi cha kukosa hata vyoo sisemi? Au hizi flying toilets (kinyesi kinachotupwa kwenye mifuko ya rambo) mnadhani sizioni kila sehemu kwenye slums?” Najaribu kuwakazia macho na kugundua kuwa kila mtu alikuwa amepigwa na taharuki ya kufa mtu. Kuona hivyo niliendelea: “Mbona mimi sijagusia maisha yenu ya kuishi kwenye majumba ya mabati kama magari na ng’ombe? Au mnadhani kuwa sijui kuwa viongozi wenu waliiba ardhi wakati kwetu waliiba fedha? Mbona akina U-independence Muigai Kenyat na akina Daniel arap Mwai wana mamilioni ya heka wakati nyinyi hamna hata pa kukanyaga? Hamuoni watasha walivyo na mamilioni ya heka wakati nyinyi mnaishi kama ndege kwenye mti kwenye nchi yenu?” Nilitema mabaki ya miraa na kuendelea: “Hebu tujaribu kuheshimiana badala ya kuchongoana.” Inaonekana ukali wangu ulifanya kazi maana Kinyua hatimaye aliniunga mkono na kusema: “Kweli jamba unayosema imenigusa sana. Kwa watu maskini twapaswa kushikana na ku-fight impunity kwenye nchini zetu. Hapa Kenya iko wakora sawa na TZ. “Hapa tuna Goldenberg na Anglo-Leasing na TZ wana EPA na Richmod.” Alinigeukia kuuliza kama amepatia, alisema: “Hii Richmod nasikia imeleta shida mingi hasa power rationing na pia EPA nasikia ilifanywa na watu iliyokuwa iki-vie kwenda state house.” Wakati nikijiandaa kuchangia zaidi niligundua kuwa kumbe nilikuwa nakaribia kuchelewa pipa! Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Septemba 19, 2012.

When two lovers turned tables against each other

• The picture is no longer the same. The lovey dovey we used to know is no more. Malema and Zuma are now sworn enemies baying for each other's blood.

Mbwa anapoomboleza tena kuliko binadamu

Mbwa Capitan (pichani) licha ya kufanya kitu ambacho ni nadra kwa wanyama, anaweza kushika kama siyo kuvunja rekodi ya kuomboleza hata kuliko binadamu. Mbwa huyu mwenyeji wa Argentina amekuwa akimuombolezea aliyekuwa amefunga kwa miaka sita tena kwa kukaa karibu na kaburi la marehemu. Ingekuwa kwetu Uswazi wangesema huyu mbwa ni mwanga. Nadhani hii inaweza kufumbua kitendawili cha ni kwanini baadhi ya watu hupenda kufuga mbwa na kuwachukulia kama wana familia hasa kwenye nchi za Ulaya. Kwa habari zaidi BONYEZA hapa.

Angalia filamu iliyowatibua waislamu

Ingawa kuna watu wataona kama ni jambo baya kuweka filamu hii, blog hii haishikamani na upande wowote. Tumeamua kuweka filamu hii ili kutoa fursa kwa wasomaji wetu waamue wenyewe kutegemea na ukweli wanaoujua badala ya hisia. Hivyo ni jambo lisiloingia akilini kuwanyima wasomaji uhuru wa kujionea na kuamua wenyewe. Kwa njia moja au nyingine hili linaweza kuwakwaza hata kuwakera baadhi ya wasomaji wetu. Hata hivyo, hatuna jinsi bali kuuleta ukweli kama ulivyo ili wasomaji wetu waamue wenyewe. Tunaamini kuwa wasomaji wetu ni watu weledi wenye uwezo wa kuona jambo na kulipima. Hivyo hatuwezi kuwanyima haki hii. Huu ndiyo ukweli na ukweli huweka huru. Kuutafuta na kuujua ukweli una gharama zake. Mojawapo ni kukereka au kutokubaliana na jambo. Hii ni tabia asili ya welewa na wanadamu.

Huyu nyani kabila gani?

Polisi na mauaji ya Mwangosi

NGOJA niimbe ule wimbo nilioutunga kwa ajili ya jamaa zetu wa Sauzi walipokuwa wakipambana na utawala wa kikaburu wa kibaguzi.
Wao walibaguliwa kwa rangi sisi tunabaguliwa kwa kipato na itikadi za vyama vyetu hasa kijiwe kitukufu.
Naimba kwa kimombo kwa vile nimepagawa na kuchukia nusu ya kupasuka.
Naimba kwa kikameruni ili akina Kameruni wanaobeba hii mizigo yetu michafu inayonuka wasikie na kuchukua hatua.
Nawambia wasiokuwepo ili waliokuwepo wapate somo.
This is the song of peace
It aims at all S.O.B's and D.O.B's
You guys in fatigues
With your totting guns
Trigger happy as you always are
You the killing machines,
You who violate peace
You who are used by morons
Guys,
When you kill, just kill peacefully
When you rape just do it peacefully
You venal and thievish robbers
Whey you steal, just do it peacefully
Do even your corruption peacefully
For this is the hank of peace
Peace in everything you do
Cops, officials and all courtiers
When you act, please act peacefully
I am talking to everybody
All sheep and hyenas
Noble and disgraced
Please observe peace
Again I should insist
That those suffering should
not accept this
Stand up for your rights
Avoid and hate this elusive
peace
Do your pacifism and passivism
work hither?
Peace that leave in pieces
Just fight straight on and head on
Fight this Criminal Cabal of Murders (CCM).
Fight all Coverted Operessive Parloiners (COPS).
Fight all noble thiefs and their majordomos
Fight fight everywhere
Kutokana na unyanyasaji na unyama aliofanyiwa marehemu David Mwangosi, huu wimbo nilipanga kuuimba kwenye mazishi yake, lakini sikuweza kuyawahi.
Mwenzenu wiki iliyopita ilikuwa mbaya kwangu.
Wazungu hasa wainglishi wangesema it was a peevish week. But mine was even more peevish than the peevish one the English people talk of.
How could it be spiffy whilst I witnessed police diabolically felling someone just like a digidigi? Lo! Nikichukia huwa naongea kikameruni hata bila kutaka. Tusameheane. Maana sina jinsi ya kuongelea unyama na ushenzi aliofanyiwa swahiba yangu marehemu David Mwangosi huko kwa akina kamwene.
Basi bwana, nikiwa kwenye mihangaiko yangu ya kukagua kijiwe cha kwa akina Kamwene na Chakudema nao walikuwa wakifanya mikutanko yao.
Bila hili wala lile ndata nao wakatumwa na mabwana zao kwenda kuvuruga ule mkutaniko bila sababu ya msingi zaidi ya woga.
Walibeba mibunduki na mibomu utadhani walikuwa wakienda zao vitani. Upuuzi mtupu.
Yaani mnataka kuwatisha wanakaya hata kudhani wataacha kufikiri? Mlaaniwe na mteketee na wale wote waliowatuma. Hamuwezi kufanya watu wasifikiri kwa vile nyinyi na hao waliowatuma hamfikirii. Kwanini mnakuwa kama hamnazo kugundua kuwa wanaowatuma ni wachovu wanaongojea kiama chao?
Kwa taarifa yenu tutaendelea kufikiri tena zaidi ya tulivyokuwa tukifikiri.
Kweli kaya yetu imekwisha. Mijitu bila aibu inahubiri amani wakati ikifanya shari na mauaji. Kama hamtaki mikusanyiko ya kisiasa mliridhia viama vingi ili iweje?
Mnadhani mtatawala milele? Kwanini hamkujifunza kwa akina Mwamali Gazafi wa jana jana tu?
Shauri yenu endeleeni na ujuha hadi yakapowakuta ya kuwakuta.
Ngoja niwatukane hata walevi: Nanyi mmezidi kwa ufala na ukondoo. Isingekuwa hivyo nani angetumia mikodi yenu kununua misilaha ya kuwalipa au kuwafunga wauaji wenu? Mnaogopa kunyotoka roho lakini bado mnanyotolewa kama alivyofanyiwa comrade Dav Mola aiweke roho yake pema peponi.
Kwenye sera za kijiwe, kuna kanuni moja muhimu ambayo inasema; Kijiwe kinaogopa watu woga hasa wenye maulaji kuliko hata ukoma.
Kwani watu wa namna hii hawana tofauti na nyoka mwenye sumu ambaye yuko tayari hata kung’ata mti asijue sumu yake haiwezi kuufanya kitu. Hivi unaposhindana na wengi unategemea nini zaidi ya kujichimbia kaburi ukiwa hai?
Hivyo kwa kijiwe chetu, woga na ufala ni kitu kimoja tena cha kuogopwa. Inaamsha hasira sana unapogundua kuwa mwoga ni mwizi, fisadi na muuaji ambaye yuko tayari hata kutumia bunduki kuulia mbu.
Mambo huwa mabaya hasa akitumia mijitu isiyo na akili wala utu kama ili mijamaa iliyomnyotoa roho rafiki yangu Mwangosi.
Nasikia waongo fulani wenye akili na nafasi za kutia kila aina ya shaka wakisema waliomuua Mwangosi ni Chakudema wakati ukweli wenyewe ni kwamba aliuawa na ndata.
Mie niliwaona na kwa taarifa yenu ile picha mliyoona nilipiga mimi baada ya watu wote kuogopa na kutimka mbio.
Leo nimeamua kulaani na kuongelea ufala na upuuzi unaofanywa na watu wanaojiona wajanja wakati ni mafala tu. Jitu linaua mtu eti linapendekeza muuaji aunde tume ya kujichunguza. Akili au matope? Whom are you trying to fool thinking he is a gowk like you? For your info we are not goons and dunderheads and numskulls like you. Sorry- samahani nimekasirika ndiyo maana kinanitoka kikameruni. Natamani hawa jamaa wapate wababe wawakameruni kama siyo kuwasaddam hata kuwagadafi wao na mabwana zao.
Hakuna kitu kiliamsha Mwenembago wangu kama kuwasikia akina Saidi Mbaya aitwaye mwema na Emmy Nchimvi eti wakisema wataunda tume ya kuchunguza unyotoaji wa roho ya swaiba yangu. Nikiwa natamani haya majamaa niyakamate na kuyafanyia kitu mbaya nikasikia tena na Joni Tenda yule kibaraka anayeua viama akijidai anavisajili naye akisema eti ataifuta Chakudema. Audhubillahi minna shaitwaan rajiim niliomba Mungu amfute yeye kabla hajawaridhisha hao wahuni wenzake wanaoua watu kama swala.
Juzi niliandika juu ya wahishimiwa kuvuta mibangi na kunusa mibwimbwi. Inaonakena na hawa ndata wanaotumiwa bila kujitambua wala kutambua kuwa wanaowadedisha ni ndugu zao, nao wanavutishwa mibangi kama mbwa wakali ili waue kila wamuonaye.
Mbona hawaendi kuua majambazi na majembuzi waliotamalaki kwenye ulaji? Mbona hawaendi hata kuwakamata mafisadi achilia mbali kuwaua kama kweli hawa si majuha tena woga wa kutupwa?
Naona wale ndata wana mibomu na mitutu. Acha niishie wasije kunimwangosi bure.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Septemba 13, 2012.

Ushikaji wa Kikwete unalea udini nchini

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Zoezi la sensa linaloendelea limetupa mafunzo, na kufichua mambo mengi mojawapo ikiwa ni serikali yetu kutumia vibaya madaraka yake. Kwa mfano, kuna kikundi cha kidini eti kinachosema bila kuweka kipengele cha dini kwenye dodoso za sensa hakitashiriki zoezi hili kana kwamba sensa ni kwa ajili ya kujua idadi ya waumini. Sensa dhumuni lake ni kujua idadi ya watanzania ili kuweza kupanga mipango ya maendeleo kulingana na idadi ya watanzania. Heri wanaopinga kushiriki sensa wangetoa sababu kuwa serikali haiwahudumii ipasavyo kwa vile imegubikwa na ufisadi, wangeeleweka na hata kupata uungwaji mkono. Kwa mfano, wakazi wengi wa vijijini hawana huduma yoyote toka serikalini zaidi ya kuwatoza kodi. Wangedai kujua pesa sensa imetoka wapi na inatumika vipi kutokana na serikali yetu kuwa mahiri katika ufisadi. Rejea ripoti ya CAG kila mwaka kufichua madudu ya kutisha na wahusika wasichukuliwe hatua za kisheria.

Turejee kwenye kikundi kinachopinga sensa. Kikundi hiki chenye kila dalili za kuwa haramu kinakwenda mbali zaidi hata kuwagomesha wananchi eti wasihesabiwe na serikali inaangalia tu! Inashangaza kuona serikali ikipata mshipa wa kuwapiga wapinzani kila waendapo lakini inaogopa kuwaadhibu watu wachache wanaotumiwa na mabwana zao kuichafua nchi. Je serikali inafaidika nini na hali hii? Je kuna wakubwa serikalini walioasisi mpango huu lakini wanajifanya hawajui? Hebu tuangalie kwa mfano maneno ya rais Kikwete.

Akizungumzia umuhimu wa kushiriki sensa na madai ya kuingiza kipengelea cha dini, rais Kikwete alisema yafuatayo, “Katika mazungumzo yangu na baadhi ya viongozi wa Waislamu niliwaambia kuwa naelewa sababu na hoja za wao kukasirishwa na kutokuzikubali takwimu hizo. Vile vile, niliwaeleza kuwa takwimu hizo si za Serikali bali ni za mashirika hayo.”

Je hizo sababu ambazo rais alizifanya siri ni zipi na waliongelea wapi lina na akina nani? Kumbe rais na hawa jamaa wanaelewana na ndiyo maana hawashughulikii? Je huku si kulea udini na upendeleo wa kidini? Rejea alivyoongelea suala hili kwa upole tofauti na alivyowahi kuongelea maandamano na migomo tena baada ya kutoa polisi wakaua na kutesa kama ilivyotokea Arusha mwaka jana na kwenye mgomo wa madaktari. Kwa vile hawa ni wenzake, hatukuona akiwaita “wazee” wa Dar Es Salaam kulaani wapuuzi hawa wanaotaka kujenga chuki za kidini kwa sababu wanazojua wenyewe.

Ingawa rais amewaomba watanzania kushiriki sensa, bado ameonyesha upole sijui au uungwana sijui uvumilivu, anajua yeye mwenyewe na sababu ya kufanya hivyo unaweza kuiona kwenye nukuu hiyo hapo juu. Lakini hii pia inatia shaka. Kwanini afanye uungwana kwa kikundi chenye kutumia lugha za kigaidi lakini ashindwe kufanya hivyo kwa wapinzani wanaofanya shughuli halali kisheria? Je kwa vile Kikwete ni muislamu haiwezi kujenga dhana kuwa anawapendelea waislamu wenzake? Je hawa watu wanapata wapi kiburi cha kushindana na serikali tena katika jambo halali na muhimu kama hili kama hakuna namna na Kikwete kuifahamu? Kwanini wakristo hawang’ang’anii kipengee cha dini au yao si dini? Je inawezekana kuweka kipengele cha dini kwa kusikiliza dini moja? Na hao wasio na dini hizi za mapokeo tunawaweka kundi gani? Nchi yetu ni ya watanzania kwanza waislamu wakristo na wengine baadaye. Wakati tukipigania uhuru, tulifanya hivyo kama watanzania na si kama waislam wala wakristo. Dini zinasajiliwa lakini utaifa hausajiliwi.

Inashangaza kuona watu wakijivika majoho ya dini na kufanya mambo ya kisiasa badala ya kufanya shughuli za kidini. Kwanini wasianzishe chama wakafanya siasa badala ya kujificha nyuma ya majoho na dini?

Imefikia mahali hata baadhi ya watu kuwaumiza wengine kama shinikizo la kupinga sensa. Habari zilizoripotiwa tarehe 29 Agosti toka Shinyana kwa mfano, ni kwamba mtu mmoja aitwaye Esther Zablon allipigwa na kuumizwa vibaya na mumewe aliyetajwa kuwa Ismail Yahya kisa eti alitoa ushirikiano kwa maafisa wa sensa. Kwa serikali inayowajibika huyu alipaswa kuwa somo kwa wengine. Je huyu aliyempiga mkewe kwa sababu ya sensa angefanya hivyo kwa vile mkewe ametoa ushirikiano kwa CCM dhidi ya wapinzani angefanywa nini? Kwa kusindwa kushughulikia watu wanaoleta chokochoko kwa taifa, inajenga dhana kuwa wahusika ima ni wenzake rais au wanamdharau kiasi cha kumfanya aonekane kama mtu wa kuogopa hata vikundi visivyo na kichwa wala miguu. Ni ajabu kuwa anakuwa mwepesi wakushguhulika na hata kuongelea mambo yasiyo muhimu kwa taifa. Rejea alivyoshindwa kutoa tamko kuhusu mgomo wa madaktari akakimbilia kwenye mazishi ya Kanumba. Si ajabu kusikia Kikwete akiongelea mipira ya Barcelona lakini huwezi kumsikia akiongelea migomo iliyotomalaki na kuuliwa na mahakama kwa shinikizo la serikali.

Kwa namna rais alivyoshughulikia suala la kipengee cha dini katika sensa ameonekana kuwa legelege kama alivoonyesha kuanzia kupambana na ufisadi, udini, uvivu, matumizi mabaya ya raslimali na fedha za umma. Je kazi ya rais ni ipi iwapo mambo yanaharibika wakati yeye akiangalia? Anatufaa nini rais Kama huyu ambaye anaishi kwenye dunia yake huku umma ukizidi kuteketea kutokana na kila mtu kujifanya atakavyo? Leo kikundi cha dini kinapinga wazi wazi shughuli za umma. Kesho kitataka hata tubadilishe bendera ya taifa au wimbo wa taifa vinginevyo kitaingia msituni. je namna hii hatukaribishi nyenzo za kulibomoa taifa letu? je rais anapolea udini anauangalia mstakabali wa taifa letu au wa dini yake?

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Septemba 12, 2012.  

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