Prince of Wales and the Dutches of Cornwell in Tanzania for a four-day official visit

 Askari akiwa katika doria JNIA 

 Mapaparazi wakisubiria ujio wa Prince Charles na Mkewe Camilla

 Ngoma ziliendelea kutumbuiza

 Ndege iliyombeba Prince Charles and Mkewe Camilla akigusa ardhi ya Tanzania tabrikan saa 12:15 jioni (6:15PM)/ 16:15HRS) Jumapili. Hii ni safari ya pili kwa Prince Charles kutembelea Tanzania tangu alipozulu nchini Machi 1984  

 Mmoja wa Marubani akihakikisha kama ngazi imeshawekwa vyema kabla ya kufngua mlango wa ndege

 Prince Charles na Mkewe Camilla wakiteremka toka kwenye ndege

 Hapa wakiwa na Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda wakiangalia tumbuizo toka kwa vikundi vya ngoma za asili

Ziara hii ya siku nne inafuatia mwaliko wa Rais Jakaya Kikwete aliotutoa kwa Prince Charles. Picha kwa hisani ya Fidelis Felix

Mahafali ya Nne ya Chuo Kikuu Kishiriki cha Elimu (DUCE)

Baadhi ya wahitimu wa Shahada ya Kwanza katika Chuo Kikuu Kishiriki cha Elimu cha Dar es Salaam cha Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam wakifuatilia hotuba mbalimbali wakati wa mahafali ya Nne ya chuo hicho yaliyofanyika Jumamosi (Novemba 5) jijini Dar es Salaam ambapo wahitimu 786 walitunukiwa Shahada zao. Tangu mwaka 2005 chuo hicho kimeshatoa walimu 3,884 wenye Shahada ya Kwanza.

JINSI YANGA ILIVYOUA MNYAMA UWANJA WA TAIFA

 Wachezaji wa Simba wakiomba dua.....

Shabiki la Yanga likionyesha ishara ya kumchinja mnyama na goli tatu... 

 Kikosi cha Yanga......

 Kikosi cha Simba kilichokuwa na matumaini....

 Kipa wa Yanga Yaw Berko akiwapanga mabeki...

 Mshambuliaji wa Simba Ulimboka Mwakingwe akimtoka beki wa Yanga Oscar Joshua

 Mashabiki wa Simba wakiwa wametundika bango..... Utani wa jadi tena ndo huu...

 Mshambuliaji wa Yanga Davis Mwape akiwania mpira na beki wa Simba Juma Nyosso

 Muuaji wa Mnyama, Davis Mwape wa Yanga na Juma Nyosso wa Simba katika moja ya hekaheka...

 Jinsi Davis Mwape alivyowatoka mabeki wa Simba na Kumchambua kipa Juma Kaseja...

 Kitu kimyani.....

 Shamra shamra.....

 Kocha wa Yanga Kostadin Papic akiwapongeza wachezaji

 Kipa wa Simba Juma Kaseja akiwa ameshika kiuno....huku score board ikionesha I-0...

 Mashabiki wa Yanga wakifurahia goli.....hilo bango chini yao ni utani wa jadi huo...

 Mshambuliaji wa Yanga Jerry Tegete akihuzunika baada ya kukosa goli ndani ya sita...

 Beki wa Yanga, Nadir Haroub akiwapa pole bench la Simba baada ya mchezo...

 Wachezaji wakiwa wamembeba juu kocha Kostadin Papic baada ya kipyenga cha mwisho...

 Ndo furaha ya ushindi kwa mashabiki wa Yanga...

 Hasira na huzini kwa mashabiki wa Simba...

 Papic akiwasalimu mashabiki wa Yanga baada ya mchezo....

 Polisi wakiwaadabisha mashabiki wa Simba baada ya kuanza kurusha makopo matupu ya vinywaji baridi...

 "Toa bango lako uende...kufungwa mshafungwa...sasa vurugu za nini,"alisikika askari akimwambia shabiki wa Simba...

Kocha wa Simba akitafakari baada ya mechi....(labda kuhusu hatima ya kibarua chake mshimbazi) huku akiangalia Score board asiamini kilichotokea....

Polisi mkoani Dodoma yakamata noti bandia

Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoani Dodoma Zelothe Stephen akionyesha moja ya noti bandia za Sh10,000 zilizokamatwa Jumatatu mkoani humo. Picha/Habel Chidawali

Jeshi la Polisi Mkoani hapa linawashikilia watu wawili kwa kosa la kukamatwa na noti  bandia ambazo thamani yake ni Sh 250,000.

Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoani Dodoma Zelothe Stephen aliwaambia waandishi wa habari Jumatatu wiki hii kuwa nyingi kati ya fedha hizo zilikuwa ni noti za Sh 5,000 na Sh10,000. 

Baadhi ya noti zilizoonyeshwa kwa waandishi wa habari zilikuwa na namba zinazofanana ikiwemo noti za Sh10,000 ambazo zaidi ya noti 5 zilikuwa na namba moja iliyosomeka AC 0011680 huku noti 8 za Sh5,000 zikisomeka kwa namba moja ya BH 0012036.

Zelothe aisema upelelezi kamili wa kesi hiyo unaendelea ili kubaini watengenezaji pamoja na mashine zinazotumika kwa ajili ya kutengeneza noti hizo.

Dodoma yazindua wiki ya nenda kwa usalama

Mkufunzi wa Shule ya Udereva ya Dodoma Ondi Nyarari (wa pili kushoto) akimpa maelezo Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Bahi Betty Mkwasa (kulia) juu ya kitabu maalum chenye maelezo juu ya alama za barabarani kwa waendesha pikipiki wakati wa uzinduzi wa wiki ya nenda kwa usalama mkoani Dodoma Jumatatu wiki hii. 

Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dodoma Dk Rehema Nchimbi (kulia) akipokea maelekezo kutoka kwa Mkufunzi wa Shule ya Udereva ya Dodoma Ondi Nyarari kuhusu kozi fupi za madereva wa pikipiki (boda boda) katika wiki ya nenda kwa usalama. Mkuu huyo wa Mkoa alizindua wiki hiyo Jumatatu wiki hii mkoani Dodoma. Picha/ Habel Chidawali

Zambia's Envoy to Tanzania recalled

Zambia’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, Ms Marvis Muyunda, presents her credentials to President Jakaya Kikwete at the State House in March, this year. PHOTO/FILE

Zambia’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, Ms Marvis Muyunda, has lost her job following a recall by the new administration under President Michael Sata. 

Ms Mayunda, reportedly an aunt to the late President Levy Mwanawasa, was among 12 ambassadors axed in an announcement made by Foreign Affairs Minister Chishimba Kambwili. 

The country’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Ms Christine Lambart, also suffered a similar fate. Ms Mayunda presented her credentials to President Jakaya Kikwete in March.

Mr Kambwili told Zambia’s The Post newspaper on Monday that the termination of contracts for the envoys was “with immediate effect” but they would be accorded a three-month period to prepare their return home in line with their conditions of service.

Other reports suggested that those recalled may have paid the price for associating with the former ruling party – the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) whose candidate, and immediate former president, Mr Rupia Banda, lost to Mr Sata in last month’s General Election. 

Yesterday, activity at the High Commission’s offices in Dar es Salaam continued as usual even though efforts by The Citizen to see Ms Mayunda were unsuccessful. No one was ready to talk about the news of her recall.

Employees at the embassy told The Citizen she could not see anyone or grant telephone interviews as she was holed up in a scheduled daylong meeting with other officials.    

 In Lusaka, the list of the diplomatic ‘casualties’ also included former Republican Vice President Dr Nevers Mumba (Canada), former president Rupiah Banda’s cousin Agness Ngoma ( Mozambique), and Zambia Army ex-commander General Isaac Chisuzi ( Namibia).

According to Mr Kambwili, others who have been recalled are Professor Royson Mukwena (UK), ex-minister Marina Nsingo ( Botswana), Albert Muchanga (Ethiopia and AU), Reuben Musakabantu ( Malawi), Dr Sipula Kabanje (Zimbabwe), Anderson Chibwe ( Malaysia) and Alexis Luhila (Nigeria). 

The minister said former deputy chief executive of former ruling party – Jeff Kaande, who served as counsellor at Zambian Embassy in Japan and TV personality Doreen Mukanzo, who was first secretary for press at the mission in South Africa had also been recalled. 

Sacking of diplomats were expected after their April 2011 meeting where then president, Mr Banda, thanked them for financing the MMD and urged them to finance his re-election campaign.
Michael Sata, then main opposition leader, rebuked Mr Banda.

“That is the direct Presidential directive that those diplomats should divert money from their missions and send it to Lusaka for his campaign,” said Mr Sata

The 74-year-old Sata had promised to depoliticise the diplomatic service. Presidents usually appoint political loyalists, relatives and associates to diplomat posts. Source/The Citizen, October 19,2010; Reported by Elias Mbao in Lusaka and Bernard Lugongo in Dar es Salaam.

Dr Bilal in Stockholm

Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mohammed Gharib Bilal, Mama Asha Bilal, Waziri wa Mazingira Huvisa, wakimsikiliza Mkurugenzi wa Taasisi ya Mazingira ya Stockholm, John Kuylenstierna, wakati wakiwa katika semina ya kubadilishana uzoefu kati ya taasisi hiyo na Wizara ya Mazingira iliyo chini ya Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais. Semina hiyo ilifanyika jana septemba 27 katika ofisi za taasisi hizo zilizopo Stockholm nchini Sweden. Picha na Muhidin Sufiani-OMR

Panic as shilling hits lowest level

The shilling on Monday fell to the lowest level, exchanging at Sh102 to the dollar.
This plunged markets into uncertainty. As a result, it is now difficult for businesses to either predict or plan their activities.
“If you took your child for further education abroad, you don’t know how much you will pay in shillings. You cannot even plan how much you will save because you don’t know how much you will spend in a month because prices keep on changing,” said Ms Eunice Wamaitha, a commentator on monetary policy issues.


The situation shows that efforts by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to stabilise the exchange rate are yet to yield results.
Market players said CBK came into the market selling an unspecified amount of dollars but this has not brought respite in the fall. CBK sold the dollars to individual banks on the basis of their demand.
Since January, the Monetary Policy Committee and the CBK have made several material changes to the monetary policy mainly by increasing interest rates.


They hoped that holders of foreign exchange would be attracted by the high rates to release the dollars in the market.


The shilling has fallen by about 24 per cent since the beginning of the year, from Sh80.8 to the dollar on January 3 to Sh102 to the dollar on Monday.
The currency has lost 43 per cent of its value since March 4, 2007, when the current CBK governor, Prof Njuguna Ndung’u, took over the reins of power.


With the government rolling out several infrastructure projects, including roads and expansion of the port and airports, there are fears that some of them may become more expensive to implement.


The free fall of the shilling is the latest sign of worsening macro-economic conditions. Inflation is currently at the rate of over 16 per cent.


In August, the poor in Nairobi were experiencing an inflation rate of 17.1 per cent, while the middle and upper classes were facing an inflation rate of 11.3 and 12.9 per cent respectively. Source: Daily Nation, Posted on September 26, 2011, Reported by Joseph Bonyo

Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai dies in Nairobi

Prof Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate and conservation heroine, has died in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer.


The environmentalist and politician died at the Nairobi Hospital at around 10pm on Sunday (September 25,2011), according to officials at her Greenbelt Movement organisation. 
Prof Wangari Muta Maathai was born on 1 April 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District in Kenya. She was an environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya.


In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 1984, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, and in 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”
Maathai was an elected member of Parliament and served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki between January 2003 and November 2005.

Over 20 injured after an oil tanker exploded in Busia, Kenya

A tanker in flames in Ugunja along Busia-Kisumu highway on August 25, 2010. File Photo/DAILY NATION

More than 20 people were injured on Tuesday evening after a fuel tanker burst into flames in Busia. The injured were siphoning fuel from the tanker which had overturned near Suwo River Bridge.

Busia police boss Erasthus Muthamia said most of the victims were rushed to Busia District Hospital with burns.

The incident happens barely a week after more than 100 people lost their lives at Sinai slums in Nairobi while scooping fuel from a Kenya Pipeline Corporation depot at Lunga Lunga terminal. Source: Daily Nation, Posted September 20,  2011/ Reported by PETER NG'ETICH/Nation

An unexploded grenade found near Kenyan PM's office

Police officers with sniffer dogs enter Prime Minister Raila Odinga's office September 20, 2011 as massive police operation was launched after an unexploded grenade was found nearby. Photo/WILLIAM OERI/DAILY NATION  

A massive police operation was launched on Tuesday after an unexploded grenade was found near Prime Minister Raila Odinga's office.

Police cordoned off the area and swept the Shell and BP House including the basement with the help of sniffer dogs. Mr Odinga and staff members were evacuated after the alarm was raised.

A plumber doing repairs on the drainage system of the building found the object, a hand grenade, in the rubble yard. The yard is at the rear entrance, southern side of the building and usually collects construction debris from the building.

Police deputy spokesman Charles Owino later told reporters that the object had been taken to the Defence headquarters for examination.

Mr Odinga's office on Harambee Avenue, is located across a busy street from that of President Kibaki. Source: Daily Nation/ Posted September 20, 2011/ Reported by Aggrey Mutambo

South Sudan delays membership in regional bloc

South Sudan's President Salvar Kiir greets his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete recently. File Photo/State House

South Sudan may not be joining the East African Community (EAC) anytime soon, it has now emerged.

The EAC leadership has been waiting for Africa’s newest country to re-apply to join the regional bloc after becoming independent on July 9 and even went an extra mile to put on hold Khartoum’s application pending Juba’s acceptance.

Even though Juba is eager to sign on, a string of challenges associated with the country’s infancy have overshadowed the process.

The country is struggling to improve its fledgling economy that relies heavily on imports from Uganda and Kenya, raising fears that it could turn into a dumping ground for products from the two countries once it joins the regional bloc.

“Our economy is still weak, and for the time being we don’t have products for export,” Mr Lual, the chairperson of the country’s parliamentary Foreign Affairs and International Relations committee, said.

“But countries like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are ahead of us. Their products will flood our market,” he said.

But the new government, challenged by institutionalised corruption and ethnic rivalries, is struggling to provide basic services to a people who have waited for so long for them and whose expectations exceed the ability of the government to deliver.

“As people of Africa — and we consider the people of EAC as our brothers in Africa — I believe any decision our government is going to take will put the priority on our people getting benefits,” he said. Source: Daily Nation, posted September 17, 2011/ Reported by MACHEL AMOS, Nation Correspondent in Juba

Rais Jakaya Kikwete afanya mabadiliko ya wakuu wa mikoa

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<>RAIS Jakaya Kikwete amefanya mabadiliko ya Wakuu wa Mikoa nchini. 

Katika mabadiliko hayo, amewateua Wakuu wa Mikoa wapya 15, kuwabadilisha vituo vya kazi Wakuu wa Mikoa watano na wengine saba wamestaafu kwa mujibu wa taratibu. Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Singida amebaki kwenye kituo chake cha kazi wakati Wakuu wa Mikoa wengine wanne watapangiwa kazi nyingine.

Aidha, Wakuu wa Mikoa mipya minne ya Simiyu, Geita, Katavi na Njombe itakayoundwa baada ya taratibu kukamilika watatangazwa baadaye.

Kwa mujibu wa mabadiliko hayo, Wakuu wa Wilaya 11 wamepandishwa Vyeo na kuwa Wakuu wa Mikoa kama ifuatavyo: Bw. John Gabriel Tupa ambaye anakuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mara; Bw. Saidi Thabit Mwambungu (Ruvuma); Bi. Chiku S. Gallawa (Tanga); Bw. Leonidas T. Gama (Kilimanjaro); Dk. Rehema Nchimbi (Dodoma); Bw. Elaston Mbwillo (Manyara); Kanali Fabian Massawe (Kagera); na Bibi. Fatma Abubakar Mwassa (Tabora). Wakuu wa Wilaya wengine walioteuliwa ni Bw. Ali Nassoro Rufunga, (Lindi); Eng. Ernest Welle Ndikillo, (Mwanza); na Bw. Magesa Stanslaus Mulongo Mkuu wa Mkoa (Arusha).

Walioteuliwa nje ya nafasi hizo ni Eng. Stella Manyanya (Rukwa); Bibi Mwantumu Mahiza, (Pwani); Bw. Joel Nkaya Bendera (Morogoro) na Bw. Ludovick Mwananzila (Shinyanga).

Waliobadilishwa vituo vya kazi ni Bw. Abbas Kandoro anayekwenda Mbeya akitokea Mwanza; Bw. Said Mecki Sadiki anayekwenda Dar es Salaam akitokea Lindi; Bibi Christine Ishengoma anayekwenda Iringa akitokea Ruvuma; Lt. Kanali Issa Machibya anayekwenda Kigoma akitokea Morogoro; na Kanali Joseph Simbakalia anayekwenda Mtwara akitokea Kigoma. Dk. Parseko Ole Kone ataendelea kuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Singida.

Waliostaafu ni Bw. Mohammed Babu, aliyekuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Kagera; Bw. Isidore Shirima aliyekuwa Arusha; Kanali (mst.) Anatory Tarimo aliyekuwa Mtwara; Bw. John Mwakipesile, aliyekuwa Mbeya. Wengine ni Kanali Enos Mfuru aliyekuwa Mara; Brig. Jen. Dk. Johanes Balele aliyekuwa Shinyanga; na Meja Jen. Mst. Said S. Kalembo aliyekuwa Tanga.

Wakuu wa Mikoa wanne waliostaafu ambao watapangiwa vituo vingine vya kazi ni Bibi Amina Mrisho aliyekuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Pwani; Dk. James Msekela aliyekuwa Dodoma; Bw. Abeid Mwinyimusa aliyekuwa Tabora na Bw. Daniel Ole Njoolay aliyekuwa Rukwa.

Wakuu wote wa Mikoa waliopo sasa wameagizwa kuandaa Hati za Makabidhiano (Handing Over Notes) katika muda wa siku 14 kuanzia siku ya kuapishwa kwa Wakuu wapya wa Mikoa. Aidha Wakuu wa Wilaya ambao wamepandishwa vyeo kuwa Wakuu wa Mikoa nao wanapaswa kufanya hivyo hivyo kwa ajili ya Wakuu wa Wilaya watakaopangiwa vituo vitakavyokuwa vimeachwa wazi kutokana na uteuzi wao.

Wakuu wa Mikoa ile minne mipya na Wakuu wa Wilaya watakaoteuliwa hapo baadaye nao watatakiwa kuandaa Hati za Makabidhiano ndani ya siku 14 tangu kuapishwa.

Makabidhiano hayo lazima yahusishe pia kutembelea kwa pamoja baadhi ya maeneo na miradi ambayo ni muhimu kama sehemu ya makabidhiano yao.

Wakuu wote wa Mikoa walioteuliwa na Wakuu wa Mikoa minne mipya wakaoteuliwa pamoja na Wakuu wote wa Wilaya watakaoteuliwa baada ya zoezi kukamilika watatakiwa kuhudhuria mafunzo ya wiki tatu kwenye Chuo cha Serikali za Mitaa Hombolo, Dodoma kwa lengo la kuwajengea uwezo zaidi wa kiuongozi na kiutendaji.

Wakuu hao wapya wa mikoa wataapishwa siku ya Ijumaa, Septemba 16, 2011 saa 4.00 asubuhi kwenye viwanja vya Ikulu jijini Dar es Salaam.

Wakuu hao wapya wa mikoa; vituo wanavyokwenda na vituo walivyotoka ni kama ifuatavyo:

Na.	JINA LA MKUU WA MKOA	KITUO AENDAKO	KITUO ATOKAKO
1.	Bw. Saidi Mecki Sadiki	DAR ES SALAAM	RC - Lindi
2.	Bw. John Gabriel Tupa	MARA	DC - Dodoma
3.	Bw. Saidi Thabit Mwambungu	RUVUMA	DC - Morogoro
4.	Kanali Joseph Simbakalia	MTWARA	RC Kigoma
5.	Bi. Chiku S. Gallawa	TANGA	DC - Temeke
6.	Bw. Abbas Kandoro	MBEYA	RC Mwanza
7.	Bw. Leonidas T. Gama	KILIMANJARO	DC – Ilala
8.	Dkt. Parseko Ole Kone	SINGIDA	RC Singida
9.	Eng. Stella Manyanya	RUKWA	Mbunge V/Maalum
10.	Bibi Christine Ishengoma	IRINGA	RC Ruvuma
11.	Dk. Rehema Nchimbi	DODOMA	DC - Newala
12.	Bw. Elaston John Mbwillo	MANYARA	DC – Mtwara
13.	Col. Fabian I. Massawe	KAGERA	DC - Karagwe
14.	Bibi. Mwantumu Mahiza	PWANI	Mbunge/NW Mstaafu
15.	Bibi. Fatma A. Mwassa	TABORA	DC - Mvomero
16.	Bw. Ali Nassoro Rufunga	LINDI	DC - Manyoni
17.	Eng. Ernest Welle Ndikillo	MWANZA	DC - Kilombero
18.	Lt. Col. Issa Machibya	KIGOMA	RC Morogoro
19.	Bw. Magesa S. Mulongo	ARUSHA	DC - Bagamoyo
20.	Bw. Joel Nkaya Bendera	MOROGORO	Mbunge/NW Mstaafu
21.	Bw. Ludovick Mwananzila	SHINYANGA	Mbunge/NW Mstaafu

IMETOLEWA NA:

OFISI YA WAZIRI MKUU,

S. L. P. 3021,

DAR ES SALAAM

JUMATANO, SEPTEMBA 14, 2011.