Kijiwe chajadili ubaguzi juu ya urais

BAADA ya vitimbakwiri kujitokeza bila aibu na kutaka kuwania urais, Kijiwe kimeona kisiachwe nyuma. Maana bila ya ushauri wake rais ajae anaweza kuwa rahisi tena na kaya ikaingia kwenye hasara zaidi ya hii tunayoshuhudia.

Mpemba anaingia akiwa na gazeti la Danganyika Always. Baada ya kuamkia anamtania Mgosi Machungi akisema; “Mgosi naona sasa mwapania kuchukua hata sirikali.”

Mgosi Machungi anajibu; “Wamaanishani mbona hatikueewi yakhe?”

Mpemba anakula mic tena. “Namaanisha huyu mwana wa Mgosi mwenzio atakaye kuwania urahisi. Hii maana yake ni kwamba ataka kuchukua sirikali huku babake akiwa ndiyo ameachia chama.”

Mgosi anajibu; “Alaa kumbe! Unamaanisha huyu kifaanga anayejifanya jogoo hata kabla hajabaehe siyo? Atawezaje kuwa mkuu wakati ni mbaguzi hivi?”

Mipawa anachomekea; “Hata mie namshangaa huyu kifaranga ambaye tunaambiwa amesoma majuu, lakini asionyeshe usomi wake. Haiwezekani mtu mwenye elimu tosha ya kweli akaongea upupu na utumbo kama huyu kifaranga ambaye anaturejesha kwenye ukaburu wa ubaguzi. Anadhani ubaguzi wa umri si ukaburi siyo? Huyu hafai hata kuwachunga mbuzi achia mbali kuongoza watu.”

Msomi aliyekuwa akisoma jarida la The Mail on Wednesday analiweka kando na kupoka mic. “Sidhani kama huyu dogo amesoma kweli. Maana nasikia alighushi hata kuingia kidato cha tano na sita na baada ya kumaliza baba yake alimkimbizia kwa Joji Kichaka akaja na shahada za urongo na ukweli. Kimsingi, huyu ni bomu. Hivi ukiondoa jina la baba yake ana sifa gani nyingine ya kustahili hata kuwa balozi wa nyumba kumi? The boy is a wino who’s drunk a lot from the cup of power. Now he’s vomiting on us to prove how drunkard the simian is.”

“Msomi punguza kikameruni hicho. Najua ukikasirika huwa kinatoka chenyewe.” Anaonya mzee Maneno ambaye kimombo huwa hakipandi.

Sofi Lion aka Kanugaembe anaamua kutia guu; “Hivi nyie watu mna matatizo gani?”

Kabla ya kuendelea Kapende anamjibu kwa dharau; “Kwani wewe huna matatizo? Ungekuwa huna ungekuwa kanunga dada yangu?”

Sofi kashikwa pabaya! Anaamua kupayuka; “Kuishiwa hoja ni kujadili mambo ya mtu binafsi badala ya masuala. Sasa ununga na urais vinaingilianaje?”

“Ahaa, kumbe hujui! Hivi huyu kifaranga anayekuja na gea kuwa rais ajaye awe kijana anajadili nini kama si watu binafsi? Nani anahitaji ujana au uzee zaidi ya uadilifu, uzoefu, hoja, sera na mipango madhubuti ya kukomboa kaya?”

Bwege hangoji wamalize utamu. Anakula mic; “Huyu dogo bomu kweli kweli. Kama ni ujana mbona yeye bado mtoto? Maana tuliambiwa kwenye uchakachuaji uliopita kuwa Njaa Kaya alikuwa kijana akiwa na umri wa miaka 55. Hivyo basi mwenye miaka chini ya hapo ni mtoto na hafai kuwa rais.”

Msomi anarejea; “Tuache utani. Mie nilishangaa usomi wa huyu kifaranga pale nilipogundua kuwa anataka kutumia turufu ya ujana bila kuangalia uzee wa chama chake. Huyu kweli ni msomi asiyeweza kufanya analysis ndogo kiasi hiki? Nadhani waliomtuma wanapoteza muda kwa vile tunajua kuwa huyu dogo hana lolote zaidi ya kusukumwa na ukubwa wa jina na mitandao ya baba yake ya kifisadi.

Hivi ukimvua jina la baba yake anabakia nini? Nilicheka nilipomsikia RizOne eti naye anataka atupangie sifa za nani anafaa kuwa rais. Yeye kama mfugo anawezaje kujua anayetufaa wakati amebebwa na jina kama Jan Makambae?”

“Nyie hamjui. Huyu dogo kimsingi hadhamirii kuwa rais. Anachofanya ni kutaka akae pale kama kikaragosi halafu baba yake, Njaa Kaya na mafisadi wengine wawe wamamchezesha kama Joyce Wowowo. Nani anataka rais kama huyu asiyeweza kujisimamia? Ajabu eti anajilinganisha na Obamiza ambaye kabla ya kuchaguliwa alishafanya makuu mengi.” Anazoza Kapende.

Mijjinga anamnyang’anya mic; “Huyu ndama haishii hapo. Eti anajilinganisha na mzee Mchonga kwa vile alipata uwaziri mkuu akiwa kijana. Ila anasahau kuwa mzee Mchonga alikuwa ameiva kutokana na kupigania uhuru wa kaya tofauti na yeye aliyelelewa na kupendelewa na mfumo wa kifisadi hadi akapanda haraka na kujikuta hapo alipo bila kujifanyia lolote.

Huyu dogo anadhani watu wote ni wajinga na wasahaulifu kama yeye? Hili la RizOne wala sitaki kuliongelea. Kama alivyosema mheshimiwa hapo, huyu ni mfugo sawa na huyu ndama. Ndama ni ndama tu.”

Kanji aliyekuwa kimya anaamua kukatua mic; “Hata mimi ona kweli. Hii toto hapana faa kuwa rais. Kwanini rais jana chama zee?”

“Du kweli wakati mwingine haramu haijifichi. Hata Kanji umeliona hili ambalo dada yako Sofi hataki kuliona!” anachonga Kapende.

Mgosi Machungi naye anakatua mic; “Mwenzenu kwetu Mashindei kwenye jimbo la Bumbui. Tina shida Mungu anajua. Tangu tikosee na kumpa kula huyu ndama, tinajuta.

Ameshindwa kutatua matatizo yetu ataweza ya kaya huyu au ametumwa na baba yake tinayemjua aivo bingwa wa kutetea mafisadi kama yue aliyetaka awe mbunge wa Kigaamboniii?”

Kijiwe kikiwa kinanoga si mvua ikanyesha. Kila mmoja alitimka kivyake kwenda kujikinga mvua. By the way, yale maskandali ya UDAA na ESIKROO yameishia wapi?

Chanzo: Tanzania Daima Julai 23, 2014.

Kumbe mzee Pinda mhuni!

Sijui kwa umri na hadhi yake kama aina hii ya salamu inamfaa. Nakumbuka mhuni mwingine aliyekuwa rais aliyezoea kuwaamkia watu mambo asijue ndiyo uvivu wa  kufikiri wenyewe. Sikujua kuwa kumbe tunaendelea kutawaliwa na wahuni walioamua kutelekeza itifaki na maadili na kuingiza uhuni na madili.

Well done Sumaye though

 

          Former premier Fredrick Sumaye’s the guy, against all odds, who’s reinvented himself lately. Whether he’s seen the light or not is subject to discussion. Whether he’ll succeed, also, depends on how you look at him and what he says. Moreover, the sage’s it that the strongest man one earth’s the one who stands most alone. But when does he?  Sumaye speaks his mind openly and without any fear. He touches on national very sensitive matters save that his timing betrays him. For instance, he recently said that government top officials are behind drugs and all sorts of mega corruption we evidence today. This is true. Again, why didn't Sumaye name names or offer a solution to these hard-headed problems he knows too well?

He happens to have become an anti-graft fighter especially when he decided to take on systemic rot. Again, despite his good intents, a few pays much attention to what he said given that he’s somewhat regarded as one of those he’s currently accusing and taking on. He, recently, for instance, said that all those white elephant and bogus mega project we evidence sinking the country economically have biggies behind them.  He called them biggies’ ten percent projects. Again, many ask: Why now not then when he’s in power? Many’d want to hear what he’s to say regarding his boss, Benjamin Mkapa especially doing illegal business in the state house, particularly, mega scams-cum-crimes such as the giving away of defunct National Bank of Commerce (NBC) which he offered to South African Boers pointlessly after two things happened. First, after connected con men, women and who’s who took many loans so as to fell the bank. Secondly, vending NBC at a throwaway price after some biggies got their cut. Thirdly, allowing his brothers-in-law to bring Net Group Solution which felled TANESCO. Many’ll like to know the measures Sumaye took to stop this simian biz that enabled big thieves to sell the bank and get rid all of evidence that’d link them with the sabotaging of the said bank. Major question that Sumaye needs to answer without mincing words is: Why now not then he’d the truncheon to bludgeon these swindlers.

Can Sumaye talk a little bit about Kiwira Coal Mine that decadently ended up in Mkapa, family and friends’ hands? I understand. Tanzania is in these crises thanks to Mkapa and Sumaye’s policy of investment that ended up becoming another historical calamity to the nation. I still remember how they wanted to sell Urafiki before the father of nation Mwl Julius Nyerere decided to reign and zero in to save the utility. It boggles mind to find that the guy who’s chief officer of the regime that robbed us our parastatals to shamelessly stand and point the fingers at others. Isn't this better than thou if not the ploy to make victims trust him and accord him another chance to dupe them? Why now not them Sumaye? This question’ll surface time and again due to the fact that Sumaye can’t successfully distance himself from the sin of robbing our nation.

Sumaye might spit embers and fire to reach his goals. Again, there are many bumps and grinds in his way given that he’s Mkapa’s chief adviser-cum- consigliore. Does it mean that Sumaye decided to become a wise monkey during his tenure in office to see to it that he got away with power and its goodies? Now he’s out and about pretending to hate and fight graft. Wow! Can Mr. Sumaye say something about how his son Filbert landed a highly-paying job at Bank of Tanzania (BoT) where the children of the high and the mighty are suspiciously employed? Can he talk about his wife’s connection with Equal Opportunity Trust Fund (EOTF) that’s manned by Mkapa’s wife, Anna which gave birth to unscrupulous means of first ladies to rob the hoi polloi under the pretext of helping them? Such and other questions are the ones Sumaye needs to address if at all he wants us to take him seriously.

Sumaye’s dead right. Save that he might be seen as labouring under the mentality of do as I tell you but not as I do. This, if anything, might be taken as insincerity. Why now not when you’re toothless but not then when you had teeth?

I embolden Sumaye to keep on taking on graft save that he’s do so as an old fogy but not a politician looking for political office. His is over now. He needs to retire and envision answering tough question as to why he kept mum when he’s in power. Bravo Sumaye save that it is too late too little. Again, I like your courage of the mad to take on the princes and other money maker who want to become our president through age discrimination and other nonsensical stuff.

Source: ThisDay July 21, 2014.

Who is James Rugemalira?

James Bulchard Rugemalira is the central Tanzanian player in the long drawn-out IPTL saga. Describing himself as an ‘Independent, International Consultant’ and a ‘great patriot’, Rugemalira is a former employee of the Bank of Tanzania who took early retirement and entered the University of Dar es Salaam as a mature student, were he obtained a First Class degree (B.Com) even though he was not an outstanding student. In his capacity as director of VIPEM Ltd, he was instrumental in navigating the IPTL deal through the corrupt corridors of power. Although Rugemalira’s job was to fast-track IPTL through Tanzania’s sluggish bureaucracy--after all, it was an emergency project--legal disputes meant that the project was not commissioned until seven years after the MOU was signed.  Mr Rugemalira’s JVs (Tritel, IPTL) and distribution franchises (Windhoek, Heineken) sooner or later end up in court. The Tanzanian judiciary has helped turn Mr Rugemalira into one of Tanzania’s richest men. While Mr Rugemalira files suits mainly in Tanzanian courts against his JV partners or business adversaries, cases are brought against him (as IPTL shareholder) in international tribunals. The 2001 ICSID case resulted from crude attempts by IPTL to inflate the cost of the EPC. His strategy has been to wave the nationalist flag by challenging the legitimacy of all external actors--companies, lawyers, courts--citing the supremacy of Tanzanian law. Though an active contestant in international tribunals in the past, his escrow account coup involved the denial of jurisdiction for the ICSID. Although recent decisions by the High Court have favoured his interests, for more than a decade he failed to get IPTL wound up so as to claim his 30 percent share. If he has pocketed the US$ 75 million he claims, then the wait has probably been worth it, since a decade ago he would have settled for US$30 million. When ‘interviewed’ on the IPTL deal, Mr Rugemalira is quoted as saying: “Actually, fellow Tanzanians should regard me as a great patriot because the deal was sealed on (sic) national interest. I deserved $600million but I only pocketed $75 million, which is peanuts...”

Source:Citizen Reporter 2014; allafrica.com/stories/201302181263.html; Daily News Reporter, 17 March 2014. 

Do you know who Harbinder Singh Sethi of IPTL is?

Harbinder Singh Sethi is one of the young Asian fixers who made fortunes during the 1980’s when President Moi created his own business and real estate empire. Described in the press as a ‘Kenyan businessman’ or ‘tycoon’,  Harbinder Singh Sethi  was born and raised in Iringa, a small town in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. In his early 20s, Sethi and his two elder brothers Nota Singh and Manjit Singh registered Ruaha Concrete Co Ltd, (November 1977), all three giving P. O. Box 498, Iringa as their address. In the 1980s, Harbinder moved to Nairobi, where he became a bagman for President Daniel arap Moi’s eldest son Gideon. He is also reported to be a close friend of Nicholas Biwott, an immensely rich politician/businessman crony of Moi’s, with whom he is said to part-own the controversial 47 MW Westmont power plant in Mombasa, along with Mukesh Gohil, KamleshPattni, Mr Gichuru, the Managing Director, KPLC, Mr Mutitu, the PS, Ministry of Energy, and Gideon Moi (October 1997). Investigations by Kroll found that: ‘…Gideon owns a number of properties in South Africa. His frontman, Harbinder Singh Sethi, has 74 properties listed under “closed corporations”, all of which are registered in Mr Sethi’s name.  The Report of the Kenya Auditor General (Corporations)  (1997) cites a contract awarded irregularly by the state corporation (parastatal) Kenya Pipeline Company to Ruaha Concrete Ltd to build a 9 km access road, involving delays, large cost overruns, and poor workmanship. According to the AG’s report, Ruaha is registered ‘under the category of painters and builders of access roads in estates.’ Supervising Engineer A. S. Kitololo resigned after refusing to sign off on shoddy work. The total project cost rose from KShs 197 million in February 1995 to over KShs 510 million in June 1998, when the project was finally completed.  On inspection, the road was found to be sub-standard. The report recommended that Ruaha Concrete be blacklisted and investigated. Another Sethi company, Pan Africa Builders and Contractors, (PABCO), entered into a contract with Kenya’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to build houses, apartments and a shopping centre on the Fund’s Kitisuru Estate in Nairobi for nearly Kshs 2 billion.  The completion date was scheduled for May, 2000. The project was subsequently delayed and ‘scaled down’ to Kshs 822 million. On handing over the project in February 2007, the account was not settled, and PABCO sued NSSF for a total of Kshs 1.3 billion. On 31 August, 2010 the High Court found in favour of PABCO to the tune of KShs 668 million, plus costs and accrued interest. PABCO eventually settled for KShs 590m. PAB defaulted in paying the Kenya Revenue Authority tax amounting to 260 million shillings. As a result of his shady business practices, the parliamentary Public Investments Committee (PIC) blacklisted Mr Sethi, recommending that he should not be allowed to undertake construction work anywhere in the country. To complete the picture, as a director of Hydrotanz Ltd, Mr Sethi also has interests in oil and gas exploration in a JV  with Adhunik Group. The group has acquired an Oil and Gas Block in “Mnazi Bay”, Songo Songo Island. Hydrotanz is located at Plot No 887 Mrikau Street, Masaki Dar Es Salaam , the same address as PAP.

Recently, Mr Sethi has showcased IPTL/PAP’s  Corporate Social Responsibility with the following donations:  Shs 11m for a church choir SACCOS for St Rita Wakashia church in Kimara;  Shs 10m for the construction of Mbweni-Malindi Police Station;  Shs 14.5m in support of the construction of St. Peter’s Church in Dar es Salaam; and Shs 20m for Athletics Tanzania (AT) in support of the national athletics championship (total CSR: Shs 55.5m).

Source: Articles of Association of Ruaha Concrete 1977; Kroll report (extracts); Report of the Auditor-General (Corporations) on the Accounts of Kenya Pipeline Company for the Year ended 30^th June 1997 (pp 75-78); ‘Clarification’ by Kenya’s NSSF on Media Stories, 3 April 2012. http://hydrotanz.com/. See References (Annex 2) for links to Sethi’s bogus business deals in Kenya, his role as bagman for Gideon Moi and his business links with Biwott and Pattni, and his Hydrotanz venture into gas exploration.

Adhimisho la Ndoa

Jana ilikuwa siku yetu ya maadhimisho ya ndoa yetu. Tulisherehekea japo kimya kimya na watoto wetu kuendelea kula chumvi na sukari ya ndoa. Tunazidi kumshukuru Mungu kwa hili kwani miaka inazidi kwenda huku matunda nayo yakizidi kukua. Tunashukuru kwa kupata kila tulichotarajia na zaidi kwenye ndoa yetu. Kwani tumepanda mabonde na milima yote pamoja kwa furaha na amani na kila uchao tunaona ni kama siku tuliyofunga ndoa miaka mingi iliyopita.

The day boozer became “bomber again”

 

War war war

I declare war

War on corruption

War on nepotism

War on red type

War on every vice

 

I won’t give up

I won’t cave in

 I won’t give in

I will soldier on

I won’t back down

 No backing off.

 

The lord’ll always stand by me

He’ll deliver me

He’ll give me courage

As a born again

Failure to which

I’ll become a born-again-Suicide bomber

Or a bomber again

Quelquefois je chante ma chanson, oh sorry, when I sing this song I feel as strong as hell. I feel like a lion before antelopes as far as fisadis are concerned. I know. This will shock many to hear that I’ve become born again.  I decided to be born again not just because I want to go to heaven. My foot! I decided so in order to avoid dying of heart attacks resulting from oft-evidencing mega and humongous corruption in my hunk.

After listening to one Nshomile who answers to the name Jemus Rugeeemalira calling 75 million bucks just vijipesa vya ugoro, I felt like dying before my time. I thus decided to become a born again in order to punish those who rob us and still boast publicly. Such bravado has made me corruptophobia and corruptodia so to speak.

I decided to be born again so that I can entice God to decend on fisadis as he did to Sodom and Gomorrah. I wish this should happen in my life time. For, I goofed thinking that the power that be would deal with them to no avail. After noticing that it is in bed with them, I decided to change the methodology of having them punished. Being an anti-corruption crusader, I was sure that God would grant my wishes to deal a blow to fisadis big and small.

Arguably, I tried an eye for an eye or lex talionis and failed because it doesn’t allow kanywaji. How can a boozer live without sipping and swallowing? After hearing one self-appointed apostle preaching that his sect doesn’t prevent anybody from swallowing, I decided to join it. Given that this guy’s preaching loudly that he can perform miracles, I believed him. I wanted him to perform miracles to outsmart those of the govt in protecting fisadis. Again, when I thought about how some of fake preachers make miracles of making a killing out of paupers, I was a bit wary if he’d end up being a hyena in sheepclothing.

 With all conviction, I brushed aside all those worries and decided to give it a try. I thought my shepherd would guide me in praying that God kill all fisadis.He tells me to make more offering even at the times I complained to have not paid my rent. Methinks this is the miracle he can perform for me.

I saw him having a promenade with fisadi who seems to have offered him fat dosh so as to start defending as if he had nary hated him. It was just yesterday when we were talking about this fisadi and my priest seemed to hate him. He told me that he was talking to that fisadi to see if he can bring him into the fold if he repented or let him out of the cold if he didn`t.

Given that my priest failed me, I can’t throw towel in. I’ll soldier on without backing down. I, thus, have decided to become born-again-suicide bomber aka fundamentalist. This will make me an eyesore for those I’m targeting. This role’s like working on eggs. There are some sharks outside waiting and wanting to devour me for aiming at them. I, thus, need God’s protection in the first place. He that’d have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. Given that I a self-appointed-anti-corruption crusader to avoid early death; I’d no choice but to press on even in a different direction. I’ve to have my stand which tells me to be kamikaze in order to keep on kicking. All I’m saying's that I’ll soldier on despite what. Come rain come shine. Seriously, I’m in a great danger. How could I fall short of being if at all I hit where it hurts as far as corruption is concerned?

 To best stay the course, I attend our watering hole aka pub regularly to exchange views with my pals there. They encourage me to soldier on on and on even if my death doesn’t impinge on their binge. I know. Once I’m gone they’ll forget me even nag me for being unreasonable so as to offer my life for them.  I truly know. Sometimes liberation can be murky. You can end up eating humble pie or make it to fame. Either way, it needs resilience. Sometimes you need to have the courage of the mad. For, it sometimes happens.  Those you’re dying for might turn out to be like those who crucified the son of man who biblically died for them.

 Those who want to know who I’m now, just call me Born-again-suicide bomber.   Fisis and fisadis beware. I’m coming soon to show you how bombs stripped on the body explode. So long.

Source: ThisDay July 19, 2014.

Mlevi ampongeza Riziwani kuwapasha makanjanja

Bwana Riziwani,

Baada ya kutundika mibangi na gongo naomba nichukue fursa hii kukupongeza kwa kuwatolea uvivu makanjanja wanaokosoa utawala wa dingi wako. Well done and bravo plus kudos mtu wangu.

Nillikusikia ukisema, “Asilimia kubwa ya waandishi tuliokuwa nao ni makanjanja, ni ukweli kabisa wanapokaa kwenye meza zao wanaandika vitu tu, wanapokaa kwenye ofisi zao wanaandika vitu tu, yaani mtu anapikapika tu vitu.”  Usemayo ni kweli. Kwanini wasiwe makanjanja kama hawakusifu na mema yote ambayo serikali ya baba yako imefanya? Mfano, dingi aliwaahidi maisha bora kwa wote na kweli wote wana maisha bora. Rejea alivyogundua kuwa hili limefanikiwa kutokana na kuwapo mikangafu mingi barabarani kiasi cha kusababisha misongamano. Je huu si ushahidi kuwa maisha bora kwa wote yapo? Nani haoni misingomano ya mikangafu?

Nakubaliana nawe. Waandishi wengi ni makanjanja wanaopika mambo kama walivyofanya mwaka 2005 ambapo katika ulingo wa siasa tuliambiwa kuwa hata wababaishaji na mihimili ya ufisadi ni vipenzi vya watu na chaguo la Mungu lililoishia kuwa pigo la Mungu kwa watu kutokuwa makini.

Ridhiwani usemayo ni kweli. Waandishi hawajui kuwa siku hizi kuwa kanjanja siyo kutokuwa na elimu kama zamani bali kukosa shukrani ya kuisifu serikali ya mzee. Yaani watu wanashindwa hata kughushi wakati hata mawaziri wanaghushi na hakuna anayewashughulikia? Hakika huu ni ukanjanja wa kujitakia. Kwanini wasiimbe sifa kwa wenye mamlaka nao wakawapa ulaji kama wale nguli wa 2005 ambao baadhi yao tunawaona wakitanua kwenye ulaji kama malipo na fadhila ya uimbaji wao mahiri wa sifa za watukufu wenye ulaji? Baada ya kusoma karipio lako nilisikia watu wakihoji ukweli wake eti kwa vile halikuwa na takwimu zozote. Nani anataka takwimu usawa huu kuumiza kichwa wakati mtu anaweza kujisemea kwa kujiridhisha na akajihisi ametenda haki wakati siyo? Wapo makanjanja wanaohoji maana ya “asilimia kubwa” wakiuliza “asilimia kubwa” kulinganisha na ipi? Wapuuzie. Hawajui utukufu wako hawa.

Hivi hawa wanaoona kama umewakosea adabu waandishi wanaishi dunia gani? Kwanini hawaendi kuwauliza wenzao akina Salva Rweyemaamu na Prinsi Bageeenda magwiji walioamua kuchapa kazi kwa kuwaponda wale wote walioonekana kuwa tishio kwa mzee hadi wakakubuhu kuwa nguli? Huwezi kuwa nguli bila kusifia wenye madaraka vinginevyo umehongwa na wapingaji. Yoyote asiyeimba sifa za mzee jua ni kanjanja. Maana, kama wanaofanya hivyo wanapata ulaji kwenye ofisi za wilaya za chama hata kwenye ikulu, kwanini hawa, kama si makanjanja, wanajivunga kuchangamkia ulaji? Kipindi fulani niliwahi kuwasikia baadhi ya makanjanja wakiwatukana nguli kuwa ni nepi wanaoweza kufanya kazi yoyote au dirty laundry. Kwani dhambi kuwa nepi? Nani anaweza kuishi bila nepi hasa utotoni?

Juzi nilimsikia fyatu mmoja akihoji u usomi wako akisema eti hta hiyo  masters ya sheria anayodai kuwa nayo ameisomea baada ya baba yake kuukwaa urais. Eti wanasema unaweza kuwa ulighushi hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa hujawahi kuifanyia kazi. Wanakwenda mbali na kusema kuwa nawe ni kanjanja wa kisiasa aliyetumia jina la baba yake kupata ukubwa. Kwanini nao wasitumie majina ya baba yao waone kama yanalipa? Eti wanasema kuwa msomi aliyeiva hawezi kutegemea jina la baba yake zaidi ya taaluma yake. Hawa wamepitwa na wakati na ni wavivi wa kufikiri wasiojua kuwa mambo siku hizi yamebadilika hasa usawa huu wa madili na ulaji wa kifamilia na kichama.

Hivi namneno yako haya ambayo nayanukuu kweli ni ya kupingwa au kutiliwa shaka? Ulisema, “Mimi ningependa sana kuwasihi waandishi wetu hebu kidogo tuandike vitu vinavyofanana na hali halisi, hatusemi kuwa watu wanapofanya mabovu wanyamaziwe, hapana, wabovu waandikwe na mabovu yao, wanapofanya mazuri wasifiwe ili kuendelea kutiana moyo katika kulijenga taifa.”  Baada ya kulinukulia maneno haya kanjanja fulani lilisema eti waandishi wana jukukumu la kuusemea umma na si kufisia serikali ambayo ina waajiriwa kwa kazi hiyo.  Liliongeza kusema eti nyani haoni nonihino lake. Lilirudia swali lile lile likisema, “Mbona Ridhiwan ambaye tunaambiwa ni mwanasheria amekimbia taaluma yake na kujiingiza kwenye siasa kwa kupitia mgongo wa baba yake? Je yeye ni mbunge kanjanja? Ridhiwani asitegemee kusifia au kupendelewa. Chama chajiuza na kibaya chajitembeza.”

Jingine liliongeza, “ Inasikitisha sana kuona kuwa Ridhiwani haoni madudu ya serikali ya baba yake iliyoahidi watanzania maisha bora kwa wote yakaishia kuwa kitendawili huku wote wakigeuka marafiki na ukoo wake bila kusahau hata waramba viatu wake ambao mwanae anawaona ni waandishi mahiri kwa vile wanaweza kusifia kila analofanya baba yake hata kama ni la hovyo.”

Jingine lilisema, “ Hivi Ridhiwani anataka tumsifie baba yake kwa kusafiri sana au kutokaa ofisini ukiachia mbali matumizi mabaya ya fedha za umma, kufuga ufisadi, kufanya mambo kishikaji, kuruhusu familia yake watumie ofisi yake kujineemesha kama alivyoukwaa ubunge Ridhiwani, kulinda wauza unga, majangili, mafisadi, walioghushi na wahalifu wengine? No way. Ridhiwani aambiwe ukweli amechemsha na kama ni ukanjanja basi yeye nambari wani.”

Kwa vile mimi ni shabiki wako kufa, baada ya kuona upuuzi umezidi, niliamua kuwatia watu mikono kiasi cha kuokolewa na polisi. Vinginevyo kungekuwa na marehemu tokana na sakata hili la kukukosoa wakati hupaswi kukosolewa. Wao ni nani hadi wamkosoe mtoto wa mfalme ambaye pia ni mfalme mtoto?

Nimalizie kwa kuzidi kukupongeza kwa kuwatolea uvivu makanjanja wanaojifanya wafichuaji wa uchafu unaotendwa na wateule. Wateule huwa hawakosei na wakikosea lazima waandishi mahiri waseme hawajakosea. Badala yake wawasifu kwa kila wanachofanya.

CHANZO: Nipashe Julai 19, 2014.

Urais unapogeuzwa urahisi

BAADA ya urais kugeuzwa urahisi kiasi cha watu wa hovyo wasio na sifa (watimbwakwiri) wala mipango kuuwania kwa udi na uvumba, ni jukumu la Watanzania kuwa makini kwenye uchaguzi ujao.
Kutokana na tabia na mikakati inayojidhihirisha kwa sasa ambapo watu wasiofaa wanawania urais kwa kila njia ili watengeneze fedha na utajiri wa haraka, kuna haja ya kuwatahadharisha Watanzania, hasa wapiga kura, kuhakikisha wanatumia kura zao vizuri kuepuka kuitumbukiza nchi kwenye balaa jingine la utawala usio na visheni wala maadili isipokuwa madili.
Katika kufanikisha mipango yao michafu, wanaowania urais, wamejiandaa kutumia fedha chafu na haramu kuwahonga wapiga kura ili wapate urais na kuutumia watakavyo kutuibia.
Tumeishashuhudia watu wenye kutia kila aina ya shaka wakijipitisha na kujinadi. Tunawajua nao wanajijua fika. Wapo wanaowania urais kwa sababu tu ni watoto wa wakubwa wanaoweza kutumia mitandao ya kifisadi ya wazazi wao kufanikisha malengo yao.
Wengine wanawania urais kwa vile wana fedha chafu na ushawishi uliojengeka kwenye mambo ya hovyo kama vile kuhonga wana jamii wenye tamaa na wasioona mbali ili wawaunge mkono.
Baba wa taifa, hayati Mwalimu Julius Nyerere aliwahi kutuusia kuwa tuwaogope wanaokimbilia Ikulu kama ukoma. Na kweli sasa tunawaona wakijipanga vilivyo kutuingiza mkenge kwa mara nyingine.
Huwa najiuliza, kwa mfano, kijana ambaye amemaliza shule juzi juzi na kupewa madaraka ndani ya miaka mitano, eti naye anasimama anataka kuwa rais wetu kwa vile ana watu wanaomsukuma afanye hivyo. Ukimuuliza amelifanyia nini taifa zaidi ya kulihujumu kwa kupendelewa na nafasi ya mzazi au wazazi wake kufikia hapo alipo hana jibu la maana.
Kufanikisha njama za kutupandikizia rais ambaye atalinda uoza wa waliomtangulia na genge lao, wamebadili utaratibu mzima kuanzia daftari la wapiga kura hadi vigezo vya kumpata rais.
Haiingii akilini kwa mfano, kwa nchi yenye miundombinu hafifu kama umeme kuanzisha kile wanachokiita Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) ambayo mwaka jana tu ilisaidia watawala waovu kwenye nchi ya jirani kuiba kura na kupandikiza kibaraka wao kwenye ofisi ya rais.
Kama hakuna namna ya kuchakachua uchaguzi ujao, ni kwanini tunarudia makosa waliyofanya wenzetu huku tukiona yanavyowagharimu?
Kitu kingine kinachoonyesha wazi kuwa genge la watu wachache limejizatiti kuupoka urais tena ni ile hali ya viongozi kutotaja mali zao wala kusimamia maadili hasa wagombea kutaja utajiri wao na jinsi walivyopata hii fedha wanayomwaga kuhonga wajumbe kwenye vyama vyao ili wawapitishe ukiachia mbali kufuja fedha nyingi na nyingine kuanza kuibwa toka kwenye fedha ya umma. Hakika, haya ni maadalizi ya maangamizi ya taifa kama wapiga kura hawatakengeuka na kukomesha magenge haya yanayosaka urais.
Tangu ilipoanzishwa mitandao ya kifisadi ya kuusaka urais hapo mwaka 2005, wahusika wamezidi kuipanua ili waitumie kuupata urais na baadaye wajilipe kwa kuliibia taifa.
Zaidi ya tamaa ya madaraka na utajiri wa haraka, wengi wa wanaojitangaza kuutaka urais hawana hoja wala ajenda ya maana kwa taifa. Kama alivyoonya baba wa taifa, ni watu wa kuogopwa kuliko hata ukoma hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa Ikulu si patakatifu pa patakatifu tena kama ilivyokuwa zamani.
Kwa sasa Ikulu inavutia waroho wa madaraka hata wahalifu hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa imegeuzwa mahali pa kufanyia biashara na jinai nyingine.
Rejea kuzuka mtindo wa wake wa marais kuunda NGO’s zenye kila dalili za nyenzo za kusaka fedha ukiachia mbali watoto wa marais kuanza kujiingiza kwenye nafasi nono kisiasa ili kuendelea kutengeneza utajiri haraka.
Hapa hujaongelea marafiki wa wale wanaofanikiwa kuupata urais wanaoajiriwa au kuteuliwa kwa sababu moja tu, uwenzetu, ushirika au kulipana fadhila.
Tumeshuhudia baadhi ya waandishi wa habari waliotumiwa kuwachafua baadhi ya wanasiasa kisha baada ya hapo wakapewa vyeo vikubwa. Mitandao hii tajwa inakwenda ndani zaidi hadi kuwahusisha karibu maofisa wa kada zote katika mfumo wa utawala.
Wapo wakuu wa baadhi ya idara nyeti serikalini wanaotumiwa kuhakikisha uchaguzi unaibiwa na hakuna kinachofanyika kuzuia jinai hii. Wahenga walinena: Ateteaye mtuku ni tangauko la bure.
Mara nyingi unajiuliza, kwa mfano wale waliopewa uongozi wakaufuja kutokana na tamaa zao za kifisadi wana nini jipya la kulifanyia taifa? Wengine wamefikia hatua ya kuwaandaa waandishi wao wa habari kuanza kuwasafisha ingawa hawasafishiki.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima.

Kijiwe chalaani serikali na milipuko ya Arusha

BAADA ya kupata taarifa za kuhuzunisha kuhusu shambulio jingine jijini Arusha, kijiwe licha ya kutoa salamu kwa wahanga, kinalaani ushenzi huu unaopaswa kukomeshwa badala ya kuzoeleka.
Pamoja na maswali mengine mengi, kijiwe kinauliza: Je, ni magaidi au washenzi fulani wanaotaka kutuchonganisha na magaidi ili tuwapige tafu kwenye ugomvi wao?
Leo Mijjinga ndiye analianzisha: “Jamani sasa haya yameanza kuwa mazoea. Yaani Arusha inashambuliwa mara tatu na hakuna anayenyea debe. Kunani hapa? Lazima watueleze hawa wanaotuhadaa kuwa wanahakikisha usalama wetu.”
“Yakhe hili la Arusha latisha na kuhuzunisha. Ila hili la kuhakikishiwa usalama sahau. Usalama gani wakati twaibiwa kila uchao na sasa twashambuliwa na mabomu kila uchao? Walianza Zanzibar na sasa wemefanya Arusha kuwa uwanja wao wa kujidai. Iko wapi sirikali na majeshi na ndata zake?” anauliza Mpemba kwa hasira.
Kapende hangoji. Anakwanyua mic. “Kuna jamaa yangu wa intelligence kanitonya kuwa kinachoendelea Arusha ukiachia mbali lile shambulio la kwanza la kisiasa kwenye mkutano wa Chakudema ni baadhi ya maadui wetu wanaotaka kutuchonganisha na Al Shubuub ili tuingie kwenye vita yao na kupoteza muda na njuluku badala ya kufanya mambo mengine ya maana.”
Msomi Mkatatamaa akionyesha dalili zote za kuudhika na kukasirika kwa pamoja anazoza: “Lolote linawezekana usawa huu hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa vita ni gharama na isitoshe kaya yetu haina uongozi zaidi ya uongo uliofichwa nyuma ya uongozi uchwara. Isitoshe, wale tuliwakung’uta kule kwa mzee Kabila, nadhani, hawafurahi kuona tunaendelea kujiimarisha kijeshi bila kutupa homework ya kutu-keep busy hata kupunguza nguvu ya majeshi yetu. Hivyo, kitaalumu tunashauri wahusika wasikurupuke na kunyooshea Al Shabuub vidole. Badala yake wachunguze other leads and possibilities on unexpected angles. We’ve to expect the unexpected in this matter.”
Mipawa aliyekuwa akimalizia kipisi chake cha sigara kali anaamua kutia guu. “Je, mageshi yanafanya kazi gani mbona kila mara Arusha inashambuliwa?”
“Umeuliza swali zuri tu. Sijui kama mageshi yetu yana muda na mambo kama haya iwapo wakuu wake wanasifika kwa kuwatisha wapinzani, lakini wakajisahau kuwa kulinda kaya ni zaidi ya kutisha wapinzani na wachovu. Umesahau kilichofanyika hivi karibuni kwenye sherehe uchwara za muunganiko ambako bosi wao alisema wazi wazi kuwa zililenga kuwatisha wachovu?”
Bwege anachomekea: “Hapa bila shaka Mzee wa Misiba na wakubwa wenzake wanajiandaa kwenda kule kujipitisha wakiwahadaa wachovu kuwa wanajali wakati wanapoteza fedha na muda kwenye mambo ya hovyo kiasi cha kuacha kaya bila ulinzi hadi ishambuliwe kila mara.”
Sofi Lion Kanungaembe hakawii. Kwa usongo wa wazi anasema: “Ulitaka aende Mafia? Kama kiongozi wa kaya lazima aende kuwafariji watu wake. Jamani hata kama mnachukia jamaa mbakizie na utu.”
Baada ya Sofi kufoka, Kanji naye kapata stimu. Anakula mic: “Iko Hindi katwa guu vunjika kono. Balaa kuba sana dugu nyingi napoteza ungo.”
Mgosi Machungi aliyekuwa anasinzia sinzia anaamua kutia timu. “Ndata badaa ya kuimaisha ulinzi kayani wako bize kukimbizana na wapingaji kiasi cha kuruhusu maadui washambulia kaya. Sijui kwanini tinawalipa njuuku zetu wakati hawafanyi kazi.”
Mzee Maneno anajibu haraka: “Wewe, ndata haendi mahali ambapo hakuna mshiko. Tena wakikusikia unataka waende kwenye mibomu badala ya dili watakubambikizia kesi ya ugaidi huu huu wa Arusha.
Au tupeleke mgambo wa jiji wakateketee huko. Maana ukiona wanavyokimbizana na wamachinga utadhani ni maadui wa kaya. Kama nyie warume basi nendeni mkapambane na mibomu kama hamjatolewa utumbo wana izaya nyie.”
“Usemayo ni kweli mtu wangu. Sina shaka Bwana Misiba atajihimu kwenda kule. Mbona walipopigwa mibomu na kuuawa wanachama wa Chakudema hatukuwaona wote wakikimbilia Arusha au ni yale yale ya mkuki kwa nguruwe?” anauliza mzee Ndomo ambaye mara nyingi huwa hapendi kuchangia.
“Yakhe hapa untoboa. Kweli, mbona walipouawaa wapenzi wa Chakudema hatukuona mzee Njaa Kaya, Mizengwe Pinder na wengine wakimiminika kule au kwa vile walioshambuliwa ni wageni?”
“Nyie mnaishi dunia gani. Mbona Mkuu alikwenda Arusha kuhani misiba ya wahanga wa shambulizi la kanisa kule Olasiti?” anarejea Sofi Kanungaembe.
Mijjinga hamkawizi: “Umeambiwa wafuasi wa Chakudema na si waumini wa Olasiti.”
Sofi akiwa anajiandaa kujibu Msomi anakula mic.
Baada ya kuona lawama zinaanza kutawala busara utadhani ugomvi wa Kafulilaa na Weremaa, Msomi anaamua kutumia usomi na busara zake kuepusha kuachana na mada.
Anasema: “Jamani, hata kama wakubwa zetu wamekuwa wazembe au wakishabikia baadhi ya ndugu zetu kuuawa na hata kuteswa na ndata, huu si wakati wa kulaumiana zaidi ya kusaka jibu hasa nani amefanya mashambulizi haya na ni kwanini. Hivyo, nashauri wachangiaji waachane na hasira na lawama.”
Kanji anamuunga mkono Msomi: “Wambie somi. Sisi nalia dugu zetu umia yeye naleta lawama. Kwanini hapana laani hii crime? Sasa naambia rahisi akamate yote naua dugu yetu Arusha mara moja.”
“Tiwe wakwei jamani. Hatiwezi kunyamaza wakati ndugu zetu wa Chakudema waliuawa na hawa hawakwenda. Kanji kwa vile waiouawa ni dugu zako azima uonje joto ya jiwe kuwa hata wae wa Chakudema walikuwa dugu zetu sisi.”
Kijiwe kikiwa kinanoga si likapita shangingi la Andaaman Kinamna. Kabla ya kujua ni yeye tulidhani ni jamaa wa Al Shubuub. Acha tulitoe mkuku. Kama si jamaa kusimamisha gari na kujitambulisha mbona tungemchoma moto.
Chanzo: Tanzania Daima

Kikwete: Msanii anayependa wasanii kuliko wapiga kura

 Baba wa taifa Marehem Mwalimu Julious  Nyerere alipomkataa Jakaya Kikwete akisema hakuwa amekomaa kuwa rais wa Tanzania wengi walidhani kuwa angekua. Ni bahati mbaya kuwa Kikwete alikataa kukua akaendelea na utoto na uhovyo tangia pale hadi alipoingia madarakani. Na hakika, ataondoka na utoto na uhovyo wake. Hapo juu anaonekana akipiga picha ya pamoja na wasanii toka Marekani. Wenye akili wanajiuliza: Kama rais atakutana na hao wasanii na waziri husika atafanya kazi gani? Je anapata wapi muda kukutana na watu wasio wa hadhi yake? Je anatumia itifaki ipi kufanya haya mauza uza? Hakika Kikwete ni msanii anayependa wasanii wenzake kuliko wapiga kura.

When ministers talk and act like boozers

 

        

Guess what. I've a bone to pick. Some ministers hugely act and talks as if they've nary set a foot in the class. Did they forge their academic credentials like those weave evidenced been protected by Mr. Top? Who knows especially in this Bongo boondoggle where any criminal can call the shots even by breaking the law? Did you hear how Makorongo Mahanga threw towel admitting he forged his PhD? Now it is official. The so-called Dr. Milton Makongoro Mahanga is but a quack-cum-forger. Will Jake Kiquette keep on keeping him in his cabinet?

Jokes aside, I unbelievably heard minister of state in the president’s office (social relations and coordination), Mr. Steve Wassira saying things nobody his size and stature would easily contemplate about. It is as if he turned himself over. The guy’s quoting as denying truth that unemployment is a ticking bomb in Bongo. He went further urging those thinking unemployment is a bomb to tell him how to defuse it before it wreaks havoc in the hunk. If you don’t know such a simple thing, what are you doing in our office sir?

Again, what Mr. Waziri didn't get is the fact that whenever anybody tells you that you’re sick, it isn't his or her responsibility to either cure you or take you to the hospital. I still can’t get it. How can such a senior minister give such a lumpen response before the house in the first place? You may find such a person beating his chest that he has answered correctly so as to silence the opponent while he actually release hot air. Is there any different between such a politico and the boozer really?

Another minister who left me in stitches is Prof Sospita Muhongo (Energy and Minerals) who’s quoted as saying, “Now our country will be run by gas economy, that said bomb will have gotten the solution, we need to be patient, and good things need no hurry.” What’s obvious apart from giving blabs Muhongo’s contradicting Wassira who sees no danger at all. Ironically, such are the responses from our academics. Which gas economy if at the said gas will benefit investors whereas Mzito Kabwe says that Norway’ll make twice as much dosh as what she aided Bongo since independence? Which gas economy if at all our senseless investment is next to giving away if not throwing away? Doesn't minister know that our gas, just like minerals, will benefit the so-called investors in the first place? What a Shangri-La economy!  Does this need a PhD to comprehend really?

Methinks all what causes this myopia is the fact that when biggies secure jobs for their kids, friends and bootlickers assume that all boozers experience the same. Guys, we’re out here dying of all miseries such as kanywaji and bhang because of unemployment. I wish I were one of the biggies’ kids employed by BoT and other money-making ventures in the hunk. I wish my pop were president so that I can become an MP wantonly.

Again, Muhongo’s take defies logic and the whole spirit of being educated. Education is about finding solutions, provoking healthy dialogues and making rational arguments.

How dare you say that boozers should wait for pipe dream known as gas economy while you are not ready to answer to charges fired by David Kafulia that you robbed us 200 billion dosh? Why waiting for non-existing-gas economy while a little we've already realized is swindled in the broad light and you don’t want to come clean with us about it? Why should we be patient and wait for Utopian gas economy while mineral economy didn't run our hunk or benefit us but the takers you call investors? I wonder. Why can such a person be referred to as prof. even if such a person is prof, he seems not to be educated in the true meaning and sense of the term. If the minister, who’s a prof, acts like a boozer, how’ll uneducated boozers act?

Muhongo remained me of academic miseries our hunk suffered under Prof J4 Maghembe and Dr. Shchool Kawadog. Does the problem lie on an individual or our education system? Is see no difference between these two academics and Phil Mulungo, for deputy minister for Education who said that Bongo is the union between two islands namely Pemba and Zimbabwe.

Another prof who left me dismayed is Prof Jimmy Kapuya who’s was alleged to be behind UDA profligacy. He’s water-tightly implicated by Abby Mtemvu that he's the one lobbying to see to it that govt utility is stolen by Simon Group. By the way, where did Kapuya’s allegations of rape go? This is Bongo. The high and the mighty don’t break the law. If they do, they get away with it just like this situation whereby ministers are talking and acting like boozers. Worry not. We’re the hunk of boozers that’d keep on swallowing waiting for gas economy. Drink so much that you don’t see or feel unemployment ticking time bomb.

Source: ThisDay July 14, 2014.

Mabilioni ya Uswizi yameishia wapi?

Hali ilivyo ni kwamba mjadala na mashinikizo juu ya kureshwa kwa mabiloni ya shilingi yaliyoibwa nchini na kuficha ughaibuni hasa Uswizi umezimwa kinamna. Pamoja na serikali ya Uswizi kutoa msaada wa jinsi ya kurejesha haya mabilioni huku serikali yetu ikiukataa, inaonekana wajanja wameufunga mjadala kwa kuleta maigizo mengine kama vile Katiba Mpya, Bajeti tegemezi zinazotumika kuiba mabilioni mengine na sarakasi nyingine kama kawaida.

Kinachostusha ni kwamba utoroshaji huu wa dola haukuanza jana wala juzi. Umekuwapo tangu tulipopata uhuru na hata kabla. Je ni kwanini tumeshindwa kupambana na ujambazi huu unaoathiri uchumi wetu kama taifa? Je nani wako nyuma ya mchezo huu mchafu wa mauti kwa watu wetu? Je tutaendelea  kulikubali na kulihalalisha balaa hili hadi lini?

Kwa mujibu wa msemaji mkuu wa kambi ya upinzani John Mnyika, Tanzania ilipoteza kiasi cha dola milioni 570.6 wakati wa awamu ya kwanza huku ikipoteza dola milioni 1,566 wakati wa awamu ya pili na dola milioni 1, 1010 wakati wa awamu ya tatu. Chini ya awamu ya nne ambayo imejipatia umaarufu kwa kuvumilia na kukingia kifua ufisadi bila shaka zitakazoibiwa ni kubwa kupita zote zilizotajwa hapo juu. Hata hivyo, takwimu hizi hazihusu pesa inayotoroshwa moja kwa moja kwa njia ya kuwahonga maafisa wa serikali kama ilivyokuwa kwenye kashfa ya ununuzi wa rada na ndege ya rais ambapo mamilioni ya shilingi yaliwekwa kwenye akaunti za wahusika moja kwa moja huko huko ughaibuni. Kuna uwezekano pesa inayowekwa moja kwa moja kwenye akaunti za maafisa fisadi ughaibuni ikawa kubwa kuliko inayotoroshwa hasa ikizingatiwa jinsi ufisadi kwenye uwekezaji wa sekta kama madini na nishati inavyowaingizia pesa nyingi. Swali linaloendelea kuwsumbua wengi ni kwanini viongozi wetu hawataki kupambana na jinai hii?

Kiasi cha fedha kilichokwisha kutoroshwa tangu uhuru kinaweza kuwa kikubwa kuliko kile kilichopatikana kutokana na mikopo na misaada. Hapa ndipo unaweza kugundua kuwa Afrika haipaswi kuwa maskini kama ingekuwa na uongozi wenye kuwajibika na si kushiriki kuliibia bara hili kama ilivyoshuhudiwa katika nchi mbali mbali chini ya tawala nyingi za kiimla na kijambazi kama tulivyoshuhudia nchni DRC chini ya Mobutu Seseseko kama mfano. Kwa sasa Afrika ina demokrasia sema inakosa uongozi makini na wenye visheni na uzalendo. Uongozi usio dokozi na tegemezi kimawazo na kimikakati. Hivyo, pamoja na kulaumiwa kwa utegemezi na umaskini wake, tunaweza kusema kuwa Afrika si fukara bali inafukarishwa na ukosefu wa uongozi wenye kujua unachofanya. Bila kupambana na ufisadi ambao ndicho kichocheo na kirutubisho kikuu cha utoroshaji fedha nje na utakasaji fedha, Afrika itaendelea kuwa maskini wa kutupwa Tanzania ikishika namba za juu.

 Wapo wanaoona kama utoroshaji dola nje hauwezi kuisha kwa vile unawanufaisha baadhi viongozi wezi kama hawa wetu ambao wao watoto na wake zao wanatuhumiwa kujisisha na watoroshaji huu wa fedha. Wakosoaji wanatoa sababu moja kuu mbili. Mosi, viongozi na familia zao kugoma kutangaza mali zao kama wanavyotakiwa na sheria. Na pili ile tabia ya kupenda kusafiri mara kwa mara bila kujali umaskini wa taifa. Wengine wanakwenda mbali na kutoa sababu kama vile kushamiri kwa biashara haramu ya mihadarati, rushwa, ujambazi na ufisadi kwa ujumla ambavyo haviihangaishi serikali ya awamu ya nne.

 Wapo wanaohoji kwanini serikali ya rais Jakaya Kikwete iko kimya kuhusiana na kurejeshwa mabilioni ya Uswizi? Wapo wanaotoa jibu kuwa ni ile hali ya kuwa baadhi ya watuhumiwa ndiyo hao hao wanaotakiwa na umma warejeshe fedha walizoficha ughaibuni. Hebu jaribu kujiuliza: Kama inafikia fisadi mmoja kuita bilioni 200 fedha za ugoro na asibanwe kuonyesha ana utajiri kiasi gani na ameupataje unadhani hawa wezi wataacha kutorosha fedha zetu? Hata hivyo, wapo wanaodhani kuwa hapa wa kulaumiwa ni mwananchi anayejifanya hayamhusu.

Hapa lazima wananchi yaani watawala na watawaliwa walaumiwe kwa kuacha mambo yajiendee huku taifa likisifika kwa kuombaomba, kukopakopa na ufisadi. Kiasi cha fedha kinachotoroshwa na kupotea ni kikubwa kuliko kinachopatikana tokana na kukopakopa na kuombaomba. Hatuwezi kuendelea hivi tukawa salama kama taifa. Kwa mfano, kwanini kusiwepo na kampeni za kubaini watoroshaji wa fedha na mbinu wanazotumia? Kwanini wananchi hawafahamishwi madhara ya utoroshaji huu wa fedha ambao kimsingi umechangiwa na mfumo mbovu wa kuruhusu baadhi ya watanzania wenye asili ya kigeni kumilki karibu uchumi wetu huku wazawa wakizuiwa kuwa na uraia wa zaidi ya nchi moja huku hawa wakiruhusiwa. Je wengi wa wanaosafishirisha pesa hii hawafahimiki? Kundi la pili ni la wezi wanaoingia nchini kwa kisingizio cha uwekezaji. Japo wanajulikana kuwa si wawekezaji kitu, wanawezeshwa na maafisa fisadi wa serikali wanaogawana nao chumo la utapeli na wizi wao.

Tumekuwa tukipendekeza njia rahisi ya kupambana na jinai hii. Ni rahisi, kulazimisha kila mkazi wa Tanzania kutangaza mali zake kila mwaka ili azilipie kodi na kueleza alivyozipata. Namna hii tutaondoa kundi wezeshaji la watanzania wanaoshirikiana na majizi ya kigeni. Hata hivyo, wengi wanadhani hili litakuwa gumu kukubalika kwa watawala wasiopenda kutangaza mali zao jambo ambalo wanalichukulia kama ushahidi wa kushiriki jinai hii ya kulihujumu taifa.

Tumalizie kwa kuwasihi wananchi wasibweteke na kupotosha na sanaa zinazoingizwa kwenye mkondo wa habari ili kuwaondoa kwenye mambo muhimu kama kudai kurejeshwa kwa mabilioni yaliyoko Uswisi. Bila kuibana serikali, wasitegemee miujiza toka mbinguni kurejesha fedha yao hata kukomesha utoroshaji huu unaowaacha maskini bila sababu wala ulazima.

Dira Julai 2014.

I love this dream of Machakosdubai

If wishes were horses beggars would ride. One county in Kenya, Machakos, has such bigger dreams of becoming the Dubai of Africa. Again, dreaming is one thing and realizing the said dream is another. Look at those eye-captivating skyscrapers Machakos wants to build. Will it make its dream a reality. Let's wait and see. Again, dreaming bigger is better than not dreaming.
Machokos is not alone in this race of dreaming big. Kigamboni in Dar es Salaam Tanzania is another big dream waiting to be realized. Up to this point we have heard of Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda of course is not left abaft. May be it is still contemplating. Many might laugh this off forgetting that Kigali Rwanda, at least, dreamed and realized it even though not at the magnitude of Kigamboni and Machakos.

Mlevi kuanzisha kampuni za kitapeli

Baada ya kugundua kuwa ukwepaji kodi na wizi wa fedha za umma, mlevi amepanga kupiga njuluku kwa kugeuka mjasiriamali.
Napanga kuanzisha kampuni ya kupiga njuluku ya Mlevi Organized Network Enterprises Yo-yo (MONEY).
Maana, bwana Benny Tunituni Nkapa alituachia wosia kuwa mtaji wa maskini ni nguvu zake. Kwa wajanja kama mimi, mtaji wa Mlevi ni bongo lake.
Sina haja ya kutumia nguvu wakati nina akili inayochemka tena kwenye kaya ya vibaka na majangili na majambawazi ambapo kila mtu anapiga njuluku kulingana na mishemishe zake na hakuna anayehoji au kuuliza kapataje. Ukiwa na akili inayochemka kwenye kaya ya Bongolala, lazima uwe tajiri tu.
Wakubwa wanapiga njuluku kwenye uchukuaji na wadogo kwenye usanii.
Ngoma droo kama Nigeria na Ujerumani kule Brazil au vipi?
Nitaanzisha kampuni yangu itashughulikia yafuatayo:
Kutoa mizigo bandarini kwa bei kiduchu kulinganisha na ile ambayo ungetoa TRA.
Kupitisha bidhaa zilizozuilika kama vile kusafirisha pembe za ndovu kwenda Mashariki ya mbali.
Hapa tutashughulikia bidhaa kama pembe za faru, mbao za miti iliyo kwenye hatari ya kutoweka toka Madagascar na kwingineko, bangi, unga, dhahabu, shaba, urani na madude mengine ya bei mbaya.
Tunaandaa vibali feki kupitishia mizigo toka Uchina mfano khanga za wax kwa kudai zinasafirishwa kwenda DRC, Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda na Zambia wakati tunafaulisha na kuuza Kariakoo.
Lazima mlevi aitwe bilionea mwaka huu hasa kutokana na kaya kuruhusu wajanja kutajirika bila kutoa jasho. Kwanini kuwa maskini kwenye kaya ambako hakuna ulazima wa kutaja wala kueleza mlevi alivyopata njuluku zake? Ukiuza bwimbwi sawa. Ukifanya ujambazi sawa. Ukighushi vyeti vya kitaaluma na kupata kazi nono sawa tu mradi akili kichwani, au vipi? Ukianzisha TRA yako sawa.
Ni kama sera ya ruksa imerejea upya.
Naona kila kitu ni kama zama za mzee Ruksa ambapo misingi ya huu uhuru wa kupiga njuluku ilipowekwa na walevi wakaamua kuachana na kujibana kijamaa na kutengeneza njuluku na kutumia kibepari.
Abarikiwe aliyeanzisha mchezo huu ambao unatuwezesha wajanja kupiga njuluku kama hatuna akili nzuri.
Kuna kipindi nilipanga kuanzisha banda la ‘pilau’ yaani kuonyesha picha za ngono hata kwa watoto nikahofia bi mkubwa asingekubaliana na mradi huu hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa unaharibu watoto.
Badala yake napanga kuanzisha kampuni ya kurekodi kanda na CD ili niwaibie wasanii. Kwanini wengine, tena toka mbali waje hapa na kuanzisha biashara hii na kuwa mabilionea wakati nami naweza kujiunga kwenye mchezo huu na kupiga njuluku.
Nitaanzisha kampuni yangu nitakayoiita Mlevi Music Centre na ofisi zangu zitakuwa mitaa ya Msimbazi, Congo, Mahiwa hata Mponda.
Hapa lazima nitoe ushindani kwa waanzilishi wa biashara hii kuhakikisha hawavuni wasipopanda peke yao wakati nami nina bongo linalochemka.
Baada ya kuhakikisha kuwa biashara yangu ya kutoa mizigo bandarini na ya kuiba kazi za wasanii lazima nitafute nyumba maeneo ya ‘downtown’ Kariakoo au Posta kwenye nyumba za Msajili wa Majumba ili nilipe kodi kiduchu na maisha yaende kama maji mtoni.
Kwa vile nataka kuwa bilionea ndani ya muda mfupi, napanga kuanzisha kampuni nyingine yaani ya ujenzi wa barabara ya Mlevi Road Construction and Destruction (MRCD).
Kwa kutumia kampuni hii lazima nipate tenda za kujenga barabara za chini ya viwango ili kupiga njuluku.
Juzi nimegundua mbinu nyingine ya kupiga njuluku za umma ‘sorry’ za walevi wadanganyika.
Unasaini mkataba wa kujenga ‘road’ unaiminya kitu kama nusu mita au mita na njuluku inaingia.
Ukishapiga njuluku unaanzisha kampuni ya kutengeneza majeneza tayari kuwazika wahanga wa kazi ya mikono yako na unakuwa bilionea, au vipi.
Pia nitaanzisha kampuni ya kuagiza dawa nje ya kaya ili kuingiza dawa feki na kutengeneza njuluku haraka haraka.
Pia nina mpango wa kuanzisha dhehebu la dini au kikundi cha kutoa mihadhara ili kupiga njuluku zitokanazo na sadaka au michango.
Kwanini wachovu fulani waanzishe ulaji huu kwa jina la God nami niishie kuwa mtazamaji wakati najua siri zote za mchezo huu?
Hapa bado sijapanga kuanzisha kampuni ya kutafutia watu hasa akina mama huko Malaysia na Uarabuni ili wakachangamke kama si kuchangamshwa.
Najua watu wanavyopenda kwenda majuu wataingia laini na kuishia kuwa makahaba huko huku wakiteseka wasijue jinsi ya kurejea makwao.
Pia nina mpango wa kubadili jina langu na kujipachika jina la kigogo ili niweze kugombea urais baada ya kubadili cheti changu cha kuzaliwa ili nionekane kijana.
Bila kuwa na jina kubwa siku hizi urais hupati.
Kwa vile ninahitaji kuwa bilionea haraka, lazima niuze bwimbwi ili kutunisha fuko langu la kibilionea.
Kwa vile wauza bwimbwi kayani hawakamatwi, bila shaka nitaukata kabla umma kustuka na kuanza kushughulikia jinai hii.
Bila shaka nikipiga njuluku ya kutosha, lazima niwasiliane na profwesa Sospita Muongo nimkatie chake anipe uwekezaji, ‘sorry’ uchukuaji ‘sorry’ ulaji kwenye gesi inayogunduliwa kila uchao katika kaya ombaomba yenye kuwa na uchumi lakini ikaukalia. 

CHANZO: NIPASHE Julai 12, 2014.