Make Kiswahili official EAC language, appeals lawmaker

Arusha. A member of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) from Tanzania, Ms Shy-Rose Bhanji, says Kiswahili should be made one of the official languages of the East African Community (EAC).

She said this can be made possible, if the matter was agreed upon by the secretariat as well as the EAC Council of Ministers, which is the policy organ of the Community.

The lawmaker suggested that official documents, including financial reports of the Community should be translated into Kiswahili to enable many people to access them.

“We have no problem with English being one of the official languages, but Kiswahili being a community-wide language in all the five partner states, it should be given some status in the EAC affairs,” she explained.

The legislator made the plea when contributing to a report on Social Affairs Committee of Eala which is currently holding the budget session for 2014/2015 financial year in Arusha.

She said Kiswahili was more popular among the East African people compared to French, which is the official language of two partner states; Burundi and Rwanda.

Although Kiswahili is the official language in three other member countries of the Community, it is mostly spoken and used in official communication in Tanzania and Kenya.

Other MPs who spoke Nancy Abisai and Nyramirimo Oddete criticised the financial management of some institutions under the EAC, saying their senior officials should be taken to task over the shoddy work. Dr Martin Nduyimana  pointed an accusing finger to the EAC Council of Ministers for failure to act on institutions which performed poorly.

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The untold story of Kagera War by TZ, Uganda top soldiers

Tanzania People’s Defence Forces soldiers in a parade during the 50th anniversary celebrations of Tanzania Mainland’s independence at Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam. Thirty five years ago, TPDF troops bravely fought and defeated Ugandan dictator Idi Amini’s invading forces. The war culminated into the ousting of Amin as Ugandan president.

Kampala/Dar es Salaaam. That day they forced me to withdraw the remaining forces from Mutukula to Bigada. By the time we reached Bigada, everybody was trembling. This really weakened us. In early January 1979, my unit was relieved and went back to Masindi.

Shopping for weapons: Gen Kisuule

A week after my return to Masindi, I was called to go to Europe on a special mission to shop for weapons. I went with Yekoko and major Ndibowa. Our destination was Spain; we went down to Bilbao to test the equipment we wanted.

The list included mortars, the Napalm bomb to counter the Saba-saba, and the 112 planes which were to drop the bombs. The Napalm bomb is a fire bomb and when dropped burns a place like fire.

Unfortunately everywhere we went the Tanzanians were tracking, blocking our orders. This was a blessing in disguise because had the Napalm bomb been brought, it would have been the talking subject and not the Saba-saba.

While we were in Spain looking for arms, the Tanzanians entered Uganda.

When I came back from Spain, I went back to Masindi. One night towards the end of February, I got a call that I was needed at State House. At State House, I was told Masaka was captured and I was to lead the battle to recapture it. I went with Amin up to Buganzi Hill to see what was happening.  Amin came back to Kampala, leaving the operation to retake Masaka in my hands. By then, Lukaya was still in our control but our soldiers had looted everything they could lay their hands on, and the locals had all fled. This made us a target anytime and for that reason I decided to put my tactical headquarters in Buwama at the county office, and I ordered all soldiers to stay 500 metres away from the centre.

Unfortunately, they didn’t follow orders and at around 2pm as I was setting up my tactical base in Buwama, the Tanzanians shot at us and eight of my soldiers were killed. I was not sorry for the loss since I had ordered them out of the centre. That night I decided to move closer and monitor the situation; I slept in Kayabwe just on the way to Nkozi University.

Libyans join

The Libyans had now joined us and we mounted heavy guns which they brought on the hills across Katonga; all of them facing Lukaya and we also deployed tanks. We planned to advance to Masaka on March 9 after briefing the more than 1,000 Libyans at Mitala Maria who had come to boost our ranks. They came with many big guns that we did not have like the 122mm mortars.

After giving orders to both Libyans and Ugandan troops at around 3pm, I took valium and gave a tablet to Sule so that we have enough sleep ahead of the long operation to retake Masaka. I was used to taking valium a day before any operation.

A few hours into our sleep we were woken up by the stampede of the fleeing Libyans, their jeeps which had been facing Lukaya were now retreating to Kampala. I told Major Aloysius Ndibowa to block the road so that they don’t retreat.

At about 6pm when the war had started, Sule insisted he was going to move with the tanks. I was coming from the rear  from Kayabwe. The fighting was so fierce and many of my men were killed and tens of jeeps were ferrying dead bodies from the frontline to Kampala. The Saba-saba rocket launcher was giving us a real hard time.

Immediately after Katonga Bridge towards Lukaya, there was a eucalyptus forest on the right hand side. The Tanzanians had laid a death trap for us. Many of our infantry men, including Libyans, were killed there. Sule, who had been walking behind the tanks, was crushed by one of the tanks as he tried to reverse in retreat. It took me long to know he was dead and the president was asking me of his whereabouts but nobody knew.

At around 10am, I told the president to send people to look among the bodies that were brought back to Kampala because I was not seeing him on the battle front. That day we lost many soldiers. Amin later sent me word that the body had been found and that the head had been crushed.

We had managed to force the Tanzanians back and moved my headquarters to Kabale Bugonzi. Unfortunately, there was laxity on our side. Had we kept the momentum, we would have taken back Masaka. I am sure that was the last serious battle and that’s where we lost the war.

Many of the commanders who had survived up to Nyendo instead retreated back to Kampala. When I got back to Buwama, I found Major General Gowan had also left, all the commanders had deserted the front. I told the remaining forces to withdraw back to Buwama. While at Buwama information got to me that the withdrawing troops were wreaking havoc in Masindi, looting everything they could.

About the war

Relations between Tanzania and Uganda had been strained for several years before the war started. After Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971, the Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere offered sanctuary to Uganda’s ousted president, Milton Obote. Obote was joined by 20,000 refugees fleeing Amin’s attempts to wipe out opposition.

A year later, a group of exiles based in Tanzania attempted, unsuccessfully, to invade Uganda and remove Amin. Amin blamed Nyerere for backing and arming his enemies. The relationship between Uganda and Tanzania remained strained for many years. In early October 1978, dissident troops ambushed Amin at the presidential lodge in Kampala, but he escaped with his family in a helicopter. This was during a period when the number of Amin’s close associates had shrunk significantly, and he faced increasing dissent from within Uganda.

When General Mustafa Adrisi, Amin’s Vice President, was injured in a suspicious car accident, troops loyal to Adrisi (and other soldiers who were disgruntled for other reasons) mutinied. Amin sent troops against the mutineers (which included members of the elite Simba Battalion), some of whom had fled across the Tanzanian border.

The rebellion spilled over into Tanzania, where Tanzania-based anti-Amin exiles joined the fighting against Amin’s troops.

Uganda declared a state of war against Tanzania, and sent troops to invade and annex part of the Kagera  Region of Tanzania, which Amin claimed belonged to Uganda.

Nyerere mobilised the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces and counterattacked. In a few weeks, the Tanzanian army was expanded from less than 40,000 troops to over 100,000 including members of the police, prison services, national service, and the militia.

The Tanzanians were joined by several anti-Amin groups consisting of Ugandan exiles, who at a conference in Moshi (Moshi Conference) had united as the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). These included Kikosi Maalum commanded by Tito Okello and David Oyite Ojok, FRONASA commanded by Yoweri Museveni, and Save Uganda Movement commanded by Akena p’Ojok, William Omaria, and Ateker Ejalu.

The Tanzanian Army acquired a Soviet BM Katyusha rocket launcher (known in Uganda as saba saba), with which they started to fire on targets in Uganda. The Ugandan Army retreated steadily.

Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi sent 2,500 troops to aid Amin, equipped with T-54 and T-55 tanks, BTR APCs, BM-21 Grad MRLs, artillery, MiG-21s, and a Tu-22 bomber. However, the Libyans soon found themselves on the front line, while Ugandan Army units were using supply trucks to carry their newly plundered wealth in the opposite direction.

The Libyan troops were a mix of regular Libyan Army units, People’s Militia, and sub-Saharan Africans of the Islamic Legion, a further force created by Libya for this type of expeditionary mission.

Tanzania hits back: Gen Lupembe 

The Tanzanians, joined by UNLA dissidents, moved north for Kampala but halted at the vast deep-water swamp north of Lukaya. The Tanzanians decided to send the 201st Brigade directly across the causeway over the swamp while the better-quality 208th Brigade skirted the western edge of the swamp as an alternative in case the causeway was blocked or destroyed.

A planned attack by a brigade-sized Libyan force with fifteen T-55s, a dozen APCs, and BM-21 MRLs, intended to reach Masaka, instead collided with the Tanzanian force at Lukaya on 10 March and sent the 201st Brigade reeling backwards in disarray. However, a Tanzanian counter-attack on the night of 11–12 March from two directions, involving a reorganised 201st Brigade attacking from the south and the 208th Brigade from the north-west, was successful, with many Libyan units, including the militia, breaking and retreating at a run. Libyan casualties were reported at 200 plus another 200 allied Ugandans.

We destroyed Mbarara and Masaka towns in revenge.

By the time Uganda invaded Tanzania in 1978, I was a Lieutenant Colonel, commanding a battalion and had been chosen to command a contingent of the TPDF that was preparing to go to Namibia under the UN peacekeeping mission.

While at Makambaku base where I was preparing my battalion, I got a message from the defence headquarters asking me to go to Mbeya.

With help from the local business community, I mobilised transport to Mbeya where I was told we were to be airlifted to a destination only known by the pilots.

As I waited for the airlifting from Mbeya, I suspected that the Namibia deployment had been cancelled.

 We were airlifted to Tabora, where I met Gen Kiwelu who was the chief planner and commander of the forces preparing to force the Ugandan army out of Tanzanian territory.

My battalion moved with the rest of the troops under Gen Kiwelu’s overall command to Bukoba.

At Bukoba, orders came that we prepare ourselves for war against the invaders from Uganda who had taken over the Kagera Salient.

Soon upon arrival in Bukoba, I was reassigned from a battalion commander to brigade staff officer in the 206th Brigade under General Silas Mayunga which took the western axis to capture Mbarara town.

My responsibility was to write orders for the different battalions. I was assisting the commander to prepare the orders and brief the battalion commanders on what was to be done.

The war was fought in phases and so was the planning. When the war started on December 4, 1979, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere’s instructions were to first liberate Kagera.

This was the first phase of the war which was completed by early January 1979.

Having finished the first phase, there were demands by some forces, for instance Milton Obote’s group in Tanzania, others in Lusaka, Nairobi, and some from Europe that asked us to help them remove Idi Amin from power.

With the plea from these different groups to help get rid of Amin, Mwalimu Nyerere agreed on Phase Two of the war which was to go up to Masaka and Mbarara.

The Ugandan groups in exile that had pleaded with Nyerere were to be responsible for the fighting once the two towns had fallen.

The capture of the two towns was aimed at two things: one was to gauge Amin’s actions and the other was to destroy and do as much damage to the towns of Mbarara and Masaka as Ugandan troops had done to Kagera Salient, when Amin invaded it.

When my brigade reached there, we really did some destruction. While in Masaka the buildings that were missed by the artillery were destroyed by other explosives when the TPDF got there.

It is difficult to say whether the FRONASA boys led by Museveni were good or not because we had to build a big force.

To do that on the side of TPDF we had to use the people we called Mgambo.

These people had been trained to defend our country and when the need arose to fight, they were called upon.  We also had people from the National Service; they were joined by a team from the police and the prisons in the war against Amin.

Mbarara

While heading to Mbarara, we knew of the Simba Unit, but we didn’t know there was a river passing nearby the town.

Our plan was to encircle Mbarara, then a member of FRONASA told us there was a river and we could not encircle the town.

It was decided we enter the town across the bridge but it had to be secured first before the rest of the troops crossed over.

Fortunately, the bridge was not defended by Amin’s men.  We crossed over easily, entered Mbarara and then spread in different places in the town.

We thought the Simba Battalion had run away.

The Brigade Commander Mayunga and I were watching from a distance as our troops marched into Mbarara town.

From our vantage point, Mayunga, using his binoculars, saw Ugandan soldiers running away from the barracks.

Three days after taking over Mbarara we got more troops and our battalion was rearranged for the mission ahead.

When troops in Masaka started moving to Kampala, we also started moving towards Kasese and later Fort Portal, leaving one battalion behind to guard Mbarara.

While in Kasese, I was posted to the Division head office in Masaka as the Staff Officer replacing Col Kitete who had been appointed to head another newly created brigade.  At the Division headquarters, I was reporting to Msuguri. I would prepare orders for Msuguri to give to the brigade commanders from our military headquarters in Masaka.

When Entebbe fell, the headquarters moved there and that’s where we were based throughout the time TPDF was in Uganda.

We were not housed within State House.

Most of the orders, while we were in Entebbe, were based on the intelligence information we would get through reconnaissance (scouting or exploring- especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy).

The other source of intelligence was the local people. They were fed up with Amin. The war should have ended in Masaka and Mbarara.

However, two incidents prompted Phase Three of the war. One was Amin’s remarks when he promised to retaliate on the people of Masaka and Mbarara for having supported the Tanzanians.

“You the people of Masaka and Mbarara have supported the Tanzanians, when they go back you will see,” Amin said.

Mwalimu Nyerere found himself in a tricky position that Amin was threatening to deal with local people and he knew the threats meant killing them.

The other idea of stopping in Masaka was because Mwalimu wanted to talk to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to convince them to condemn Amin for having invaded Tanzania.

But the OAU didn’t do so, as some member countries had their own issues with Tanzania.

The other cause for the push which annoyed Mwalimu most was when former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said: “Mwalimu, if you don’t remove your forces, I am coming in to help Amin.”

The threats from Libya, the pressure from the Ugandan exiles in Tanzania and other parts of the world, prompted Mwalimu not to back off but continue with the war. Phase Three of the war was to go up to Mpigi and leave the Ugandans to take over Kampala.

Before taking over Kampala, there was the Moshi Conference in Tanzania and they formed a government to come and take over after the fall of Amin.

When Mwalimu asked the Ugandan forces to take over Kampala, they pleaded with Mwalimu to finish up the job as they didn’t have the capacity.

Ugandan troops had tanks supplied by Russians who also supported them. On our side, we used the BM-21 rocket launchers (saba saba) to terrorise Amin’s men.

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ZITTO KABWE AVURUMISHA MAKOMBORA MAZITO CHADEMA

 "Lissu anasema nimepewa magari 2 na Mzee Mkono. Anasema kaambiwa na Mkono.

Naamini Mkono alimwambia pia mwaka 2005 alimpa Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe tshs 40m ili Mbowe asifanye kampeni Musoma vijijini.

Nadhani alimwambia pia mwaka 2008 (baada ya orodha ya mafisadi kutangazwa 2007) Mkono alimpa Freeman tshs 20m za uchaguzi wa Tarime na Freeman akasema kwenye chama ametoa mkopo na akalipwa.

Nadhani alimwambia pia kuwa Mwaka 2010 Mkono alimpa Mbowe tshs 200m za kampeni ya Slaa.

Pia hakusahau kumwambia kuwa Rostam Aziz alimpa Mbowe tshs 100m za kampeni. Lissu anajua kuwa gazeti la Tanzania Daima limeanzishwa na fedha za chama kutoka Conservative party?

Nimefanya internship yangu kwa Mkono and Company Advocates kuhusu masuala ya mikataba.

Mzee Mkono ni Mzee wangu na alisaini petition ya kumtoa Waziri Mkuu Pinda.
Lissu awaambie waliyemtuma wamwambie ukweli wote.

Lissu ajue yeye ni kifaranga tu, Mimi namtaka mama wa kifaranga ajitokeze. Aeleze aliingia deal gani na Kinana na Sumaye mwaka 2005 kufuatia deni lake NSSF.

Aweke wazi mkataba kati yake na NHC kuhusu nyumba ya Umma ilipo Club Bilicanas.

They must know I am not a push over. Chacha died, I won't.

Mtu ambaye hawezi kuheshimu mke wake aliyemzalia watoto hawezi kunyooshea mtu kidole kuhusu maadili."

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KIJANA ACHEZEA MKONG'OTO BAADA YA KUJIFANYA KIJOGOO KWA MKE WA MTU

KIJANA ACHEZEA MKONG'OTO BAADA YA KUJIFANYA KIJOGOO KWA MKE WA MTU

HAPA AKIOMBA MSAMAHA BAADA YA KUWEKEWA MTEGO NA KULA KICHAPO CHA KUFUNGIA MWAKA

NIKITOKA HAPA SITARUDIA TENA, NDIVYO ANAVYOONEKANA KUSEMA KIJANA HUYU MKAAZI WA KITUNDA.

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Chadema ngoma nzito,wafuasi watwangana makonde mahakamani

Dar es Salaam. Vurugu za aina yake zimezuka katika Mahakama Kuu jijini Dar es Salaam, baada ya watu wanaodhaniwa kuwa wanachama wa Chadema  kumzomea aliyekuwa Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa Chama hicho,  Zitto Kabwe.

Vurugu hizo zilihusisha wafuasi wa chama hicho wanaomuunga mkono Zitto na wale wanaompinga, ambao walikuwa wamebeba mabango ya kumsifia na wengine wakiwa wamebeba ya kumkashifu.

Katika vurugu hizo, baadhi ya wanachama hao waliamua kufanya doria isiyo rasmi ndani ya mahakama hiyo ya kuwasaka watu waliodai kuwa ni mamluki,  huku wakimkamata askari kanzu, kabla ya kumpiga ngumi na kumchania shati mtu mmoja wakidai kuwa alikuwa akiwarekodi kwa kutumia simu yake ya mkononi.

Tukio hilo la aina yake lilitokea jana asubuhi ambapo kundi la wanachama hao, huku baadhi wakiwa wamevaa nguo za kaki zinazotumiwa na chama hicho kufika katika mahakama hiyo kwa lengo la kusikiliza  kesi ya pingamizi iliyofunguliwa na Zitto. 

Mara baada ya kuwasili kwa Mbunge huyo wa Kigoma Kaskazini, huku akiwa ameongozana watu kadhaa wakiwamo wanasheria wake na mabaunsa, wanachama hao walianza kumzomea huku baadhi wakimwita fisadi.

Hali hiyo iliibua zogo katika eneo la mahakama hiyo, hali iliyowalazimu maofisa kadhaa wa polisi kuingilia kati kwa kuamua kumchukua Zitto na kumhifadhi kwenye chumba maalumu na kumtoa saa 6 mchana kesi yake ilipoanza kusikilizwa.  Baadhi ya mabango ya kumkashifu  yalisomeka; Zitto tulimpenda, CCM imempenda zaidi, Zitto rudisha fedha za CCM.

Yale yaliyomsifia yalisomeka; Zitto kama Mandela na Zitto ni Mkombozi.Baada ya kumalizika kusikilizwa kwa kesi hiyo, saa 12 jioni wanachama hao walianza kurushiana ngumi, hasa baada ya kuibuliwa kwa mabango yaliyosomeka ‘Zitto kwanza Chadema baadaye’.

Awali hali hiyo ilimfanya Zitto kutaharuki, huku mabaunsa wake wakijihami na kuanza kumlinda.

Baada ya Zitto kuhifadhiwa baadhi ya wanachama hao ambao waliingia kwa kuandikishwa majina yao getini, walianza kuwasaka watu waliowahisi  kuwa mamluki, ambapo walimnasa askari kanzu na kuanza kumzonga wakimuhoji anapeleleza nini katika eneo hilo.

“Hapa tunataka kujua wewe ni nani na unataka nini hapa, maana hatukuelewi kabisa kwa nini unakuja kusikiliza mazungumzo yetu, jitambulishe,” alisisika mmoja wa wanachama hao akimhoji askari huyo huku akiwa amemkandamiza ukutani,

“Tunajua wewe ni askari kwa nini hujavaa sare leo? Kisha unajichanganya kwenye kundi letu.”

Kesi hiyo ilimalizika saa 12 jioni ambapo Zitto alitolewa chini ya ulinzi mkali wa polisi kwa kupitia mlango wa nyuma wa mahakama hiyo na kuwaacha wafuasi hao wakionyeshana ubabe kwa mabango na kauli za kejeli.

Ndani ya mahakama

Kabla ya kuanza kwa kesi hiyo, Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Chadema, Tundu Lissu alimwomba Jaji John Utamwa kuendesha kesi hiyo kwa lugha ya Kiswahili kwa kuwa inagusa  sehemu ya masilahi ya umma, jambo ambalo liliibua shangwe kwa wafuasi wa chama hicho waliokuwa wamefurika katika mahakama hiyo.

Hata hivyo baada ya kesi kuanza kuendeshwa kwa lugha  ya Kiswahili,  Jaji Utamwa alilazimika kuikatiza, na kuwakemea wanachama wa Chadema baada ya sauti za kuguna kusikika wakati wakili wa Zitto,  Albert Msando alipokuwa akiwasilisha hoja kuhusu msingi wa kesi hiyo.

“ Nataka kuwakumbusha hapa mahakamani ni tofauti na sehemu nyingine sauti zinazosikika sizitaki, anayeona kwamba yanayozungumzwa hakubaliani nayo kama hawezi kunyamaza atoke nje vinginevyo hatua za kisheria zitachukuliwa,” alisema Jaji Utamwa.

 Kundi la Wanachadema hao huku wengine wakiwa wamevalia sare zao waliwasili mahakamani hapo ili kusikiliza kesi ya pingamizi iliyofunguliwa na Kabwe akiiomba Mahakama iwazuie Bodi ya Wadhamini wa Chadema, Katibu Mkuu pamoja na Kamati Kuu ya Chadema jana kumjadili, kumchukulia hatua, uamuzi wowote wala kuhusu uanachama wake.

Msingi wa kesi

Juzi Zitto aliomba  Mahakama hiyo kuzuia Kikao cha Kamati Kuu ya Chadema  kumjadili hadi rufaa yake aliyoikata kwenye Baraza Kuu  la Chadema  itakaposikilizwa na kuamuliwa na wazuiwe kumwingilia katika utekelezaji wa majukumu yake ya ubunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini .

Pia aliiomba Mahakama hiyo Kuu kumwamuru  Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema, Dk Wilbroad Slaa  ampatie nakala ya mashtaka na maelezo ya uamuzi uliofikiwa na  Kamati Kuu  Novemba 22, 2013 na kusababisha avuliwe nyadhifa zake ili aweze kupeleka rufaa yake Baraza Kuu la Chadema kupinga uamuzi huo.

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CCM yamtolea uvivu Lowassa urais 2015

Dar es Salaam. Unaweza kusema sasa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) kimeamua kumfungia kazi Waziri Mkuu wa zamani, Edward Lowassa baada ya jana Makamu Mwenyekiti wake (Bara), Phillip Mangula kusema kuwa wanachama wake walioanza mbio za kuwania urais mwaka 2015 watachukuliwa hatua kali za kinidhamu.

Mangula alisema kama wanachama hao wasipochukuliwa hatua watakifanya chama hicho kupoteza mvuto katika medani ya kisiasa nchini;

“Wapo watu wanataka waichanechane CCM kwa sababu ya uroho wao wa madaraka, uroho wa udiwani, ubunge na hata urais. Kuna makundi ndani ya chama kazi yake ni kuwabomoa wenzao, kamwe hatuwezi kuyafumbia macho.”

Akifafanua hilo Mangula alisema: “Tutawaita wote walioonyesha nia ya kuutaka urais 2015 na kuwahoji kwanini wanafanya hivyo wakati muda bado haujafika. Tumeshawachunguza katika mikutano wanayoifanya, tumebaini kuwa wanatoa misaada na kusafirisha watu, tunajua dhamira yao ni nini.”

Mangula ametoa kauli hiyo ikiwa imepita siku moja tangu Katibu wa Itikadi na Uenezi wa chama hicho, Nape Nnauye kusema mwanachama yeyote wa CCM anayetangaza nia ya kuwania urais kabla ya muda mwafaka kutangazwa atapoteza sifa za kugombea.

Nape alitoa kauli hiyo baada ya Lowassa siku mbili zilizopita, kutangaza nia ‘kimtindo’ akisema anaanza rasmi safari aliyoiita ya matumaini ya ndoto zake, ambayo pia itatimiza ndoto za Watanzania za kupata elimu bure, maji safi na maendeleo ya uhakika.

Lowassa ambaye amekuwa akitajwa kuwa mmoja wa wagombea wa nafasi ya urais kupitia CCM katika Uchaguzi Mkuu wa 2015, alitoa kauli hiyo katika ibada ya shukrani ya kuupokea mwaka mpya, katika Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT), Usharika wa Monduli.

Mangula aliwashukia vigogo wa chama hicho wanaoutaka urais jana katika Kikao cha Halmashauri Kuu ya Kamati ya Siasa tawi la Ofisi ndogo za chama hicho Lumumba, wakati akitoa salamu za mwaka mpya kwa wanachama wote wa CCM nchini.

Ataja kanuni za uongozi

Katika mkutano huo Mangula alisaidiwa kusoma kanuni za uongozi na maadili ya chama hicho, kutolea ufafanuzi mambo mbalimbali na Katibu Tume ya Udhibiti wa Nidhamu ya Viongozi wa CCM na wanachama taifa, Masoud Mbengula.

Moja ya kanuni hizo inasema “Ni mwiko kwa kiongozi wa CCM kutumia dini yake au kabila au rangi au jinsia au eneo analotoka, kama sifa ya kushawishi wapiga kura wamchague ama yeye mwenyewe ama mgombea anayemuunga mkono.”

Mangula alisema kwa mujibu wa kanuni za chama hicho, mwanachama anayefanya mambo kinyume na kanuni huitwa msaliti na hafai kuendelea kufumbiwa macho kwani anaweza kukiangamiza chama wakati wowote.

“Tutawachukulia hatua kali wale wote ambao wameanza kuonyesha dalili kama hizo za kutoa michango, misaada, zawadi. Lengo la mwanachama huyo ni kutaka kuungwa mkono, wanaotaka madaraka wasubiri muda ufike ndiyo wafanye hivyo.”

Aliongeza “Hivi haya mapenzi ya kusaidia yameanza lini, fedha hizo zinatoka wapi, hawa wanaosadiwa wanatakiwa kutambua kuwa yote hayo ni kampeni kwa kuwekeza, hatuwezi kuwa na viongozi wa nchi wa namna hii wa uchu wa madaraka, CCM haitawafumbia macho lazima kanuni na miongozo ifuatwe.”

“Kuna watu wameanza kudhani kuwa muda wa kampeni umeanza, muda wa kampeni haujafika na hakuna majina yaliyotangazwa ya kugombea udiwani, ubunge hata urais,” alisema Mangula na kuongeza;

“Kuna makundi yanaifanya nchi ya Somalia isitawalike. Makundi ya aina hiyo naona yapo hata CCM; watu wanaibua vita ya maneno ndani ya chama, wanataka wakichanechane chama kwa sababu ya uroho wa madaraka tu.”

Bila kuyataja makundi hayo Mangula alisema: “Utaongozaje nchi ambayo imegawanyika katika makundi? Watu wameanza kuvuruga chama chetu, kila mtu ana kundi lake na wakati mwingine wanayatumia makundi kuwabomoa wenzao, hili jambo hatuwezi kulifumbia macho hata kidogo.”

Mbali na Lowassa, wengine wanaotajwa kuwania nafasi hiyo ni pamoja na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa, Benard Membe, Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, Samuel Sitta, Mbunge wa Songea Mjini, Dk Emmanuel Nchimbi na Naibu Waziri wa Mawasiliano, Sayansi na Teknolojia, Januari Makamba.

Makamba hivi karibuni amekuwa akitoa misaada kwa vikundi vya waendesha bodaboda katika mikoa mbalimbali, hali ambayo inatafsiriwa kuwa ni kujiimarisha kisiasa.

Hata hivyo, mwaka jana Rais Jakaya Kikwete ambaye pia ni Mwenyekiti wa CCM taifa alinukuliwa akisema kuwa sio vibaya kwa wanachama wa chama hicho kuonyesha nia ya kuwania nafasi za uongozi ndani ya chama, lakini siyo kufanya kampeni.

Mei 26 mwaka jana, Katibu Mkuu wa CCM, Abdulrahman Kinana akiwa mkoani Iringa, alisisitiza kwamba chama kitamwadhibu bila huruma mwanachama yeyote anayejipitisha katika maeneo mbalimbali na kufanya kampeni za kuwania urais kabla ya wakati.

Akifunga mafunzo ya makatibu na wenyeviti wa wilaya na mikoa mjini Dodoma mwaka jana, Rais Kikwete alisema kuwa inasikitisha kuona kuwa wapo baadhi ya watu ambao wameanza kujipitisha kwa viongozi wa chama na kuwapatia hela kwa ajili ya kuwapigia debe ili wawachague katika nafasi mbalimbali za urais ama bunge.

Alisema kuwa kimsingi kwa sasa wapo watu ambao wameishaanza kuzunguka na kujinadi kutafuta nafasi mbalimbali za kugombea, huku wakipenyeza rushwa jambo ambalo linaendelea kukishushia hadhi chama hicho.

Uchaguzi Serikali za Mitaa

Mangula akizungumzia uchaguzi wa serikali za mitaa utakaofanyika mwaka huu alisema, viongozi wote wanatakiwa kufuata taratibu na kanuni na kujiepusha na vitendo vya rushwa.

“Vitendo vya rushwa ndio vilitufanya katika chaguzi zilizopita kufanya vibaya, watu walinunuliwa kadi, sasa viongozi wa matawi wawe makini tusirudi tulikotoka na tukibaini mtu hafuati kanuni tutamwajibisha,” alisema Mangula.

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TUME YA KATIBA YAMALIZA KAZI, YAMKABIDHI JK RASIMU YA MWISHO YA KATIBA MPYA.

Dar es Salaam.Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba imetoa Rasimu ya Pili ya Katiba ikiwa na mambo sita mpya, huku ikiendelea kupendekeza Muungano wa Serikali tatu na kurejea kwa nchi ya Tanganyika.

Rasimu hiyo ya Pili ambayo imetolewa miezi saba baada ya Rasimu ya Kwanza, ilikabidhiwa jana kwa Rais Jakaya Kikwete na Rais wa Zanzibar, Dk Ali Mohammed Shein na Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba, Jaji Joseph Warioba katika hafla iliyofanyika kwenye Viwanja vya Karimjee, Dar es Salaam. Akizungumza kabla ya kukabidhi rasimu hiyo, Jaji Warioba alisema ina Ibara 271, tofauti na ile ya kwanza iliyokuwa na Ibara 240.

Alisema ripoti ya rasimu hiyo pia ina maoni ya wananchi kuhusu mabadiliko ya Katiba, sera, sheria na utekelezaji maoni ya Mabaraza ya Katiba, takwimu za ukusanyaji wa maoni ya wananchi, makala za utafiti kuhusu mabadiliko ya Katiba na viambatanisho vya ripoti ya mabadiliko ya Katiba.

Mambo mapya

Maeneo yaliyofanyiwa marekebisho baada ya mchakato wa Mabaraza ya Katiba yaliyokutana kuanzia Julai 12 hadi Septemba 2 mwaka huu ni kuongezwa kwa vipengele kuhusu haki za binadamu.

Miongoni mwao ni haki ya kutoa na kupata habari. Pia imetaja haki za makundi maalumu yakiwamo ya watoto, vijana, wazee, walemavu na wanawake.

Kuhusu uraia, Jaji Warioba alisema imependekezwa uraia wa Tanzania kuwa mmoja tu na kutambuliwa kwa uraia wa kuzaliwa na wa kujiandikisha wa nchi moja. Alisema imependekeza pia kutoa fursa kwa uraia wa nchi mbili.

Jambo jingine jipya ni kupunguzwa kwa madaraka ya uteuzi ya Rais kwa kuweka vyombo vya kupendekeza majina ya watu wa kuteuliwa na baadhi ya vyeo kuhitaji kuthibitishwa na Bunge.

Aidha, alisema rasimu hiyo imependekeza Ofisi ya Msajili wa Vyama vya Siasa iwe taasisi inayojitegemea badala ya kuwa sehemu ya Tume ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi (Nec) kama ilivyokuwa katika Rasimu ya Kwanza.

“Rasimu inapendekeza kuwepo na Jeshi moja la polisi na Idara moja ya Usalama kwa taifa zima, siyo kama tulivyokuwa imependekezwa katika rasimu ya kwanza kwamba kila upande unaweza kuanzisha jeshi lake la polisi,” alisema.

Muungano

Akizungumzia Muungano na jinsi Tume ilivyofanya uchambuzi wa pendekezo lake la Serikali tatu alisema: “Katika Rasimu ya Kwanza tulieleza kuwa kuendelea kwa Serikali mbili kulihitaji ukarabati mkubwa ambao tuliona hautawezekana.

“Sheria ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba ilieleza Tume itaongozwa na msingi mkuu wa kitaifa na maadili ya jamii ya kuhifadhi na kudumisha mambo kadhaa muhimu, moja ya mambo hayo ilikuwa ni kuwapo kwa Jamhuri ya Muungano. Tume ilianza kazi kwa madhumuni ya kupata maoni ya kuboresha Muungano.”

Alisema watu wengi walizungumzia Muungano, lakini wengi wao walijikita katika muundo wake. Kwa Tanzania Bara, wananchi zaidi ya 39,000 walitoa maoni yao kuhusu muungano, kati yao 27,000 walizungumzia muundo wake. Kwa upande wa Zanzibar, kati ya wananchi 38,000 waliotoa maoni 19,000 walizungumzia muundo wa Muungano.

“Tanzania Bara asilimia 13 walitaka Serikali moja, asilimia 24 walipendekeza Serikali mbili, asilimia 61 walipendekeza Serikali tatu. Kwa upande wa Zanzibar, asilimia 34 walipendekeza Serikali mbili na asilimia 60 walipendekeza Muungano wa mkataba na watu 25 sawa na asilimia 0.1 walitaka Serikali moja,” alisema.

Alisema vyama vya siasa, taasisi za kidini, asasi za kiraia na baadhi ya taasisi za Serikali zilipendekeza muundo wa Serikali tatu, huku akitolea mfano wa Baraza la Wawakilishi Zanzibar, Baraza la Katiba Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu na Mamlaka ya Mapato Tanzania (TRA).

Malalamiko Muungano

Alisema kila upande wa Muungano una malalamiko mengi kuhusu muundo na kwamba tume hiyo imeorodhesha malalamiko 10 kwa upande wa Zanzibar na manane kwa upande wa Tanzania Bara.

Alisema kwa upande wa Zanzibar, malalamiko matatu makubwa ni Serikali ya Tanganyika kuvaa koti la Serikali ya Muungano ambalo linaisaidia zaidi Tanganyika kuliko Zanzibar na kuifanya Tanganyika kuwa Tanzania.

Pili, mambo ya Muungano kuongezeka na kuathiri madaraka na kuishusha hadhi Zanzibar na tatu ni kumuondoa Rais wa Zanzibar kuwa Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano.

Alisema kwa Tanzania Bara, malalamiko makubwa ni Zanzibar kuwa nchi huru yenye bendera yake, wimbo wa taifa, serikali yake na imebadili Katiba yake ili ijitambue kama nchi, wakati Tanzania Bara imepoteza utambulisho wake. Katiba ya Jamhuri inasema Tanzania ni nchi moja lakini Katiba ya Zanzibar inasema ni nchi mbili.

Pili, Zanzibar imebadili Katiba yake na kuchukua madaraka ya Jamhuri ya Muungano, kuelekeza sheria za Muungano zinazopitishwa na Bunge la Muungano zipelekwe kwanza kwenye Baraza la Wawakilishi kabla ya kutumika.

Tatu, wananchi wa Tanzania bara kutokuwa na haki ya kumiliki ardhi Zanzibar, wakati wenzao wana haki hiyo Tanzania bara.

Muundo wa Muungano

Alisema katika kuchambua malalamiko ya Zanzibar, Tume imebaini kuwa muundo wa Muungano wa Serikali mbili umeifanya Serikali ya Muungano kushughulikia zaidi mambo ya Tanzania bara, hasa maendeleo na uchumi.

Kwa mujibu wa Katiba ya Jamhuri ya mwaka 1977, Serikali ya Muungano ina mamlaka ya kusimamia mambo ya Muungano na yasiyo na muungano kwa upande wa bara... “Kwa msingi huo, Serikali ya Muungano inashughulikia sana kilimo, elimu, afya, maji, nishati na madini, ujenzi, uchukuzi, maliasili na utalii na mengine ya Tanzania bara yasiyo ya Muungano.”

Alisema kutokana na hali hiyo, Tume haikuwa na njia nyingine kwa sababu Serikali ya Muungano haina madaraka ya kutosha juu ya mambo ya maendeleo na uchumi kwa upande wa Zanzibar na kwamba hata utafutaji wa rasilimali zaidi ni kwa ajili ya Tanzania bara kuliko Zanzibar.

Alisema Zanzibar inafanya mipango yake ya maendeleo, kwamba ili ipate rasilimali, kama mikopo na misaada, ni lazima ipitie Serikali ya Muungano jambo ambalo utekelezaji wake umesababisha matatizo mengi.

“Njia pekee ambayo ingeiwezesha Zanzibar kufaidi shughuli za Serikali ya Muungano wa maendeleo ya Zanzibar ni mambo yote kuwa chini ya Muungano kwa maana ya kuwa na Serikali moja, lakini hilo likifanyika kuna hofu ya Zanzibar kumezwa,” alisema.

Alisema tume hiyo imefanya uchambuzi wa mambo 22 ya Muungano ili kubaini kama yanaingilia hadhi ya uhuru wa Zanzibar na kubaini kuwa siyo yote yanayotekelezeka. Mengi yamebadilishwa bila kubadili Katiba au kwa makubaliano ya pande mbili.

Aliyataja mambo hayo kuwa ni kodi, bandari, viwanda, usafiri na usafirishaji wa anga, utafiti, posta na simu, uraia, takwimu, mafuta na gesi na Mahakama ya Rufaa.

“Kama Katiba ya Zanzibar ikibaki kutakuwa na nchi mbili; zikiwa nchi mbili haitawezekana nchi moja iwe na hadhi na uhuru na nchi nyingine isiwe na hadhi na uhuru, kwa tathmini yetu, tunaona ukarabati huu ni mgumu. Serikali tatu ndiyo suluhisho,” alisema.

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KAMISHNA ERNEST MANGU, SASA IGP MPYA JESHI LA POLISI.

Dar es Salaam.Rais Jakaya Kikwete amemteua Kamishna wa Polisi, Ernest Mangu kuwa Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi nchini.

Taarifa iliyotolewa jana usiku na Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi, Balozi Ombeni Sefue ilisema kuwa Kamishna Mangu anachukua nafasi ya Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi nchini aliyestaafu, Saidi Mwema.

Kabla ya uteuzi wake unaoanza kesho, Januari Mosi, 2014, Kamishna Mangu alikuwa Mkurugenzi wa Inteligensia ya Jinai (Director of Criminal Intelligence) katika jeshi hilo la Polisi. Pia taarifa hiyo ilisema kuwa Rais Kikwete amemteua Kamishna Abdulrahman Kaniki kuwa Naibu Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi, ambayo ni nafasi mpya katika muundo wa sasa wa Jeshi la Polisi.

Kabla ya uteuzi wake, Kamishna Kaniki alikuwa Kamishna wa Uchunguzi wa Kijinai (Commissioner for Forensic Investigations). Taarifa hizi zilitufikia wakati tukienda mtamboni.

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Dr. Kigoda ametaka tasisi kubwa zinazoshughulika na masuala ya biashara na uwekezaji kukutana na TRA

Waziri wa viwanda na biashara dokta Abdallah Kigoda ametaka tasisi kubwa zinazoshughulika na masuala ya biashara na uwekezaji kukutana na mamlaka ya mapato nchini tra kujadili jinsi ya kuangalia kupunguza ushuru na hizo kodi zisozikuwa na tija ili  mazingira ya uwekezaji na uzalishaji uwe wenye faida.

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SERIKALI YATANGAZA MAJINA YA WALIOCHAGULIWA KUINGIA KIDATO CHA KWANZA

Serikali imetangaza watakaoingia kidato cha kwanza  mwakani  kutokana na matokeo ya darasa la saba  ambapo wanafunzi  427,60 kati ya  844,938 waliofanya mtihani huo mwaka huu wamefaulu ikiwa ni asilimi 50.61 huku ikisisitiza hakuna asiyejua kusoma kuhesabu na kuandika .

Jumla ya wanafunzi  844,938 wamechaguliwa kujiunga na kidato cha kwanza mwakani katika shule za serikali kati ya wanafunzi 867,983 waliofanya mtihani huo mwaka huu.

Akitangaza matokeo hayo katibu mkuu ofisi ya waziri mkuu tawala za mikoa na serikali za mitaa Bw. Jumanne Sagini amesema katika wanafunzi waliofaulu 16,482 wamekosa nafasi na kwamba watasubiri chaguo la pili na kwamba katika mitihani hiyo vitendo vya udanganyifu vilipungua tofauti na mwaka jana.

Kuhusu kuwepo kwa wanafunzi ambao wamemaliza darasa la saba mwaka huu huku wakiwa hawajui kusoma wala kuandika katibu mkuu huyo wa Tamisemi amesema hakuna mwanafunzi hata mmoja aliyemaliza darasa hilo la saba hakiwa hajui kusoma na kuandika na kwamba hizo ni propaganda za watu wasioitakia mema sekta ya elimu hapa nchini.

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