Kamati Kuu Chadema kujadili uteuzi wa Zitto

Kamati Kuu Chadema kujadili uteuzi wa Zitto

*Mbowe akatisha masomo kuhudhuria kikao

*Mtei asema maslahi ya taifa hayana chama

*Zitto asema hajitoi labda Rais amfukuze

*Mnyika: Mkono wa CCM umepenyezwa

Waandishi Wetu
KAMATI Kuu ya Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) inakutana Jumamosi wiki hii kujadili pamoja na mambo mengine uteuzi wa Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini, Zitto Kabwe kwenye Kamati ya kupitia upya mikataba ya madini nchini.
Zitto ni miongoni mwa wajumbe 11 walioteuliwa na Rais Jakaya Kikwete kwa ajili ya kupitia upya mikataba ya madini na Sheria za Madini kwa lengo la kuwanufaisha Watanzania.
Habari kutoka ndani ya Chadema zinasema kwamba kutokana na mjadala wa uteuzi wa Zitto kuibuka ndani ya chama hicho, Mwenyekiti wa chama hicho, Freeman Mbowe kwa kushirikiana na viongozi wa juu ameitisha Kamati Kuu ya dharura kujadili hali hiyo. Kwa sasa Mbowe yuko masomoni nchini Uingereza.
"Hali imekuwa ngumu, inaonekana kuna watu wameingiza mkono katika huu uteuzi wa Zitto, hivyo chama kimeamua kuitisha Kamati Kuu ya dharura kujadili suala hili. Kikao kitafanyika Jumamosi jijini Dar es Salaam," alisema kiongozi mmoja katika Makao Makuu ya chama hicho ambaye hakutaka kutaja jina lake.
Mwananchi iliwasiliana na Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema, Dk Willibrod Slaa kujua ukweli wa kuwepo kwa mkutano wa Kamati Kuu, ambaye akiri na kusema kuwa wameamua (viongozi) kuitisha mkutano wa dharura kutokana na kujitokeza kwa kauli tofauti kutoka kwa baadhi ya wananchama na viongozi kuhusiana na uteuzi huo wa Zitto kwenye kamati ya madini .
"Ni kweli tumeamua kuitisha Kikao cha Kamati Kuu ambacho kina maamuzi katika chama, ili kujadili kauli hizo za viongozi wa chama ambazo zimejitokeza sasa. Chadema haizui watu kuwa na mawazo tofauti, lakini lengo la kikao cha Jumamosi ni kutoa tamko la chama kuhusiana na suala hilo," alisema.
Alisema katika kikao cha Jumamosi, Chadema itatoa msimamo wa chama kuhusiana na Kamati ya Madini iliyoundwa na Rais Jakaya Kikwete na uteuzi wa Zitto katika Kamati hiyo ya kupitia mikataba ya madini.
Wakati Kamati Kuu ya Chadema ikipanga kukutana, Zitto amesema hawezi kujitoa katika kamati hiyo kama baadhi ya watu wanavyoshauri kwa kuwa suala la kupitia upya mikataba hiyo, limo katika sera za Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) ambayo yeye ni mwanachama wake.
Sera ya Chadema ya madini, pamoja na mambo mengine, inaeleza kuwa: "Mikataba yote ya uchimbaji madini, itapitiwa upya na kuwekwa wazi kwa wananchi na kwamba kuanzia asilimia thelathini ya mapato yatokanayo na madini yatabaki nchini".
Akizungumza na Mwananchi jana, Zitto ambaye pia ni Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema alisema kutokana na sera hiyo ya chama chake, anaamini kuwa madini ni moja ya rasilimali zinazowanufaisha Watanzania kiuchumi kwa hiyo amejiandaa vema kutekeleza majukumu yake kwenye kamati kwa niaba ya chama chake na Watanzania, hivyo hawezi kujitoa kwenye kamati hiyo, labda Rais Kikwete amfukuze.
"Sitajitoa kwenye kamati, kwa kuwa kupitia mikataba ya madini ni sera ya Chadema, CCM (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) hawana sera ya aina hii. Hivyo, nitaendelea kushikilia msimamo huo labda rais anifukuze," alisema Zitto.
Alisema hayuko tayari kuipoteza fursa aliyoipata kwa kuwa hafahamu namna wananchi watakavyopokea iwapo ataamua kujitoa katika kamati hiyo, kama baadhi ya watu wanavyoshauri.
Akitoa maoni yake Muasisi wa Chadema, Edwin Mtei alisema anaunga mkono uteuzi wa Zitto katika kamati hiyo kwa kuwa ana sifa na pia tatizo la madini linapaswa kushughulikiwa na kila Mtanzania.
"Hata Chadema walimteua Zitto kuwa Naibu Katibu Mkuu kwa sababu ya misimamo yake na pia inapofika suala la madini, Mtanzania yeyote anatakiwa kuchangia," alisema Mtei.
Hata hivyo, Mtei alisema watu kuwa na mitazamo tofauti katika mambo ni jambo la kawaida, lakini linapojitokeza suala linalogusa maslahi ya taifa, wazalendo wa kweli wanatakiwa kuunga mkono na si kupinga.
"Watu wote wanatakiwa waunge mkono, sababu suala la madini ni rasilimali za nchi ambayo inawanufaisha Watanzania. Kazi ya upinzani si kupinga tu. Hivyo, sioni sababu yoyote ya Zitto kujitoa kwenye kamati," alisema Mtei.
Naye Mkurugenzi wa Vijana wa Chadema, John Mnyika alisema ana mashaka kwamba baadhi ya watu kutoka CCM wameshaanza kutumia hali ya sasa ya viongozi kuwa na kauli za kutofautiana kufanya propaganda kuwa kuna mgogoro ndani ya Chadema na
kwamba chama hicho kinatanguliza maslahi ya kisiasa ya upinzani badala ya maslahi ya Taifa.
Wakati huo huo, UMOJA wa Vijana wa CCM umesema kuwa umeshangazwa na kauli iliyotolewa na Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema Dk Wilibroad Slaa kuwa chama hicho hakina imani na kamati ya kupitia upya mikataba ya madini iliyoteuliwa na Rais Kikwete hivi karibuni.
Akitoa taarifa jana Kaimu Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja huo Amos Makalla, alisema kauli hiyo inashangaza na akamtaka kiongozi huyo atulie na aiachie kamati hiyo ifanye kazi zake kwa uhuru.
Hata hivyo, wakati Zitto na Mtei wakisema hayo, Kaimu Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema, Victor Kimesera alisema jana kuwa chama chake kinaitaka serikali iwe imezipatia ufumbuzi hoja za chama hicho za kupinga kuundwa kwa kamati hiyo ifikapo Novemba 25, mwaka huu.
Kimesera ambaye alizungumza na Mwananchi ofisini kwake jijini Dar es Salaam jana alisema, Chadema inapinga kamati hiyo kwa kuwa wajumbe wake wengi wanatoka kwenye chama kimoja (CCM).
Alisema hali hiyo inainyima kamati hiyo uhalali wa kisheria kudai nyaraka au chochote kwa ajili ya kutekeleza majukumu yake.
"Bunge ndilo lililopaswa kuunda kamati hiyo kwa kuwa ingepata nguvu ya kisheria. Hizo ni' blabla' tu na Zitto atajikuta ameingizwa kwenye kitu ambacho hakitazaa matunda," alisema Kimesera.
Hata hivyo, alisema tangu kuundwa kwa kamati hiyo, hakuna lolote lililobadilika katika chama na kwamba, umoja na mshikamano ndani ya chama bado upo kinyume na inavyotangazwa na baadhi ya watu.
Alisema wanachokikataa wao na ambacho kinaonekana kuwa ni mgogoro ni chama kuendeshwa na fikra za mtu mmoja.
"Kila mtu afikiri anavyoona na ni haki yake, lakini tunachokikataa ni ile dhana ya 'zidumu fikra za mtu mmoja'," alisema Kimesera.
Kamati hiyo yenye wajumbe 11, iliundwa na Rais Jakaya Kikwete wiki iliyopita na iko chini ya uenyekiti wa Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali Mstaafu, Jaji Mark Bomani.
Tangu Rais Kikwete aunde kamati hiyo na kumteua Zitto kuwa mmoja wa wajumbe wake (kamati hiyo), baadhi ya watu, wakiwamo wafuasi wa chama hicho wakiongozwa na Mbunge wa Tarime (Chadema), Chacha Wangwe, wamekuwa wakipinga uteuzi huo wa Zitto kwa madai kwamba, unadhoofisha hoja za wapinzani na kujenga usaliti baina yao kuhusiana na suala la madini nchini.
Novemba 13, Mwaka huu Rais Kikwete alitangaza kuundwa kwa Kamati ya kupitia mikataba na sheria za madini na kuwateua wajumbe wa kamati hiyo iliyojumuisha wajumbe kutoka kambi ya upinzani akiwemo Zitto wa Chadema.
Mbali na Zitto, wengine wanaunda Kamati hiyo, ni Mbunge wa Bariadi Mashariki (UDP), John Cheyo, Mwanasheria wa Wizara ya Nishati na Madini, Salome Makange, Kamishina wa Sera Wizara ya Fedha, Mugisha Kamugisha, Mkurugenzi Msaidizi Idara ya Makazi Wizara ya Ardhi, Edward Kihundwa na Mbunge wa Kyela (CCM), Dk. Harrison Mwakyembe.
Wajumbe wengine, ni Mbunge wa Msalala (CCM), Ezekiel Maige, Peter Machunde kutoka Soko la Hisa, Dar es Salaam (DSE), Mkaguzi wa Mahesabu kutoka Kampuni ya Kimataifa ya Ukaguzi wa Mahesabu, Price Water Coopers, David Tarimo ambaye ni mtaalamu wa masuala ya kodi na Mkurugenzi wa Madai na Sheria za Kimataifa, Wizara ya Katiba na Sheria, Maria Kejo.
Imeandaliwa na Muhibu Said, Elizabeth Suleyman na Salim Said wa MUM

Kikwete amkaanga Zitto

na Charles Mullinda

SIKU chache baada ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete kumteua Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini, Zitto Kabwe kuwa mjumbe katika Kamati ya Kupitia Mikataba ya Madini, dalili za awali zimeonyesha kuwa, uteuzi huo utamgharimu kisiasa mwanasiasa huyo kijana.
Habari za uhakika zilizolifikia Tanzania Daima Jumapili, zinaeleza kuwa uteuzi wa Zitto katika kamati hiyo umewashitua baadhi ya viongozi wakuu serikalini na tayari wamekwishawaagiza wapambe wao kumshughulikia mbunge huyo.
Imeelezwa kuwa, wasiwasi huo wa wakubwa serikalini, unatokana na shaka kwamba, Zitto anaweza kuwa mwiba kwa udhaifu utakaobainika katika mikataba hiyo, kwa kuanika hadharani kila kitakachogunduliwa na kamati, hata kama atatakiwa kutofanya hivyo.
Hata hivyo, wadadisi wa mambo wanaeleza kuwa, hatua ya Rais Kikwete kumteua Zitto kwenye kamati hiyo, inalenga kuwapa mwanya wanamtandao kumshughulikia mbunge huyo anayeonekana kuitikisa Serikali ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).
Habari zaidi zinaeleza kuwa, Rais Kikwete ameshitushwa na mwenendo wa mambo ndani ya serikali na katika CCM, na kwamba kwa kiasi kikubwa umaarufu wa serikali yake umekuwa ukipungua, huku ule kambi ya upinzani ukizidi kuongezeka.
Kwamba Rais Kikwete kwa siku kadhaa amekuwa katika hali ya woga, hasa baada ya matukio ya kuzomewa kwa mawaziri wake, huku viongozi wengine wa serikali wakipigwa mawe na kuzodolewa na wananchi wanaoonekana kukata tamaa na uongozi wa serikali yake.
Taarifa nyingine zilizopatikana kutoka ndani ya kundi la wanamtandao zinaeleza kuwa, woga alionao Rais Kikwete dhidi ya kupanda kwa umaarufu wa kambi ya upinzani katika siku za hivi karibuni, ambao kwa kiasi kikubwa umechangiwa na Zitto, umemfanya abuni mbinu mpya za kukabiliana na hali hiyo.
Mbinu ya hivi karibuni inayoelezwa kuwa imebuniwa na Rais Kikwete kuanza kumshughulikia Zitto, ni kumshirikisha katika tume hiyo ili akose sauti kubwa ya kukosoa udhaifu uliomo ndani ya mikataba ya madini.
Wachambuzi wa duru za kisiasa wanadai kwamba, serikali baada ya kushindwa kumbana Zitto kupitia Bunge, ambako Waziri Mkuu, Edward Lowassa aliongoza mikakati hiyo kwa kuwaita wabunge wa CCM na kuwataka waweke msimamo wa pamoja wa kumshughulikia mwanasiasa huyo, na kwa kauli moja waliafikiana kumsimamisha kufanya shughuli za Bunge, Rais Kikwete alianza kupata hofu dhidi ya mwenendo wa hali ya kisiasa nchini, hasa baada ya umaarufu wa kambi ya upinzani kuanza kupanda.
Wanaeleza zaidi kwamba, baada ya vuguvugu la wananchi kuwa kubwa kufuatia kusimamishwa kwa Zitto, serikali ilibuni mbinu kadhaa za kulinyamazisha, zikiwemo ziara za mawaziri mikoani kupambana na hoja za kambi ya upinzani.
Hata hatua ya Rais Kikwete kumtetea Waziri wa Nishati na Madini, Nazir Karamagi, ambaye aliliambia Bunge kuwa mikataba yote ya madini imeshapitiwa, nayo inadaiwa kuwa moja ya mbinu za kupambana na hoja ya Zitto aliyoiibua bungeni.
Kushindwa kufanikiwa kwa mbinu hizi, ndiko kulikomfanya Rais Kikwete kubuni mbinu ya kuunda Kamati ya Kuchunguza Mikataba ya Madini, mbinu ambayo imeanza kuonyesha mafanikio.
Kwa kutumia mbinu hii, vijana wa kundi la ‘wanamtandao maslahi’ walio katika fani ya uandishi wa habari, walimhoji Zitto baada ya kutangazwa kuwa ni mmoja kati ya wajumbe wa kamati hiyo na kumnukuu akieleza kuwa Rais Kikwete ni rais makini anayepaswa kuliongoza taifa hili kwa sasa.
Kauli hii ya Zitto, inamuonyesha kuwa kiongozi kigeugeu ambaye hivi karibuni alikuwa mstari wa mbele, pamoja na viongozi wengine wa kambi ya upinzani kumlaumu Rais Kikwete kwa kushindwa kutekeleza baadhi ya ahadi zake kwa Watanzania, pamoja na kumtaja katika orodha ya watu wanaotuhumiwa kwa ufisadi.
Hata hivyo, baadhi ya watu walio karibu na mwanasiasa huyo, walilieleza gazeti hili kuwa, ingawa kweli Zitto alihojiwa na waandishi na habari, baadhi ya maneno yaliyoandikwa hakuyatamka, bali yameandikwa kwa lengo la kumshushia heshima yake kwa jamii.
Hatua nyingine inayodhihirisha kufanikiwa kwa mbinu hiyo, ni mgongano wa kauli za viongozi wa CHADEMA. Wakati Mbunge wa Tarime, Chacha Wangwe akipinga waziwazi kuteuliwa kwa Zitto katika kamati hiyo na akimtaka kujitoa mara moja, Katibu Mkuu wa chama hicho, Dk. Willbroad Slaa, yeye ameeleza kuwa chama kinaunga mkono kuteuliwa kwa Zitto.
Habari za hivi karibuni zilizolifikia Tanzania Daima Jumapili zinaeleza kuwa, baadhi ya viongozi wa chama hicho usiku wa kuamkia jana walifanya kikao kizito cha dharura cha kujadili uteuzi huo wa Zitto.
Wakati hali ya mambo ikiwa hivyo ndani ya CHADEMA, wananchi mbalimbali waliotoa maoni yao kuhusu uteuzi huo, wameonyesha shaka ya wazi kuwa huo ni mwanzo wa kumshughulikia Zitto na kauli yake kukubali uteuzi huo na kummwagia sifa Rais Kikwete ikichukuliwa kama shukrani kwa rais kumkumbuka kuwemo katika kamati hiyo.
Rais Kikwete alitangaza kamati hiyo hivi karibuni na itaongozwa na Mwanasheria Mkuu mstaafu, Jaji Mark Bomani.
Wengine kwenye kamati hiyo itakayofanya kazi kwa miezi mitatu, ni Mbunge wa Bariadi Mashariki (UDP), John Cheyo, Dk. Harrison Mwakyembe (CCM) ambaye ni Mbunge wa Kyela na Ezekiel Maige kutoka Jimbo la Msalala (CCM).
Wajumbe wengine ni Peter Machunde wa Soko la Hisa la Dar es Salaam, David Tarimo wa PriceWater Coopers, Maria Kejo wa Wizara ya Sheria na Katiba, Mwanasheria wa Wizara ya Nishati na Madini, Salome Makange, Mugisha Kamugisha kutoka Wizara ya Fedha na Edward Kihundwa, ambaye ni Mkurugenzi Msaidizi, Idara ya Makazi, Wizara ya Ardhi na Maendeleo ya Makazi.

Kikwete kama meli inazama tosa mizigo baharini

Kikwete kama meli inazama tosa mizigo baharini

Na Julius Magodi

KUNA simulizi moja inayoeleza adha za usafiri wa majini. Simulizi hii inamwelezea Nahodha wa meli ya Mfalme jasiri aliyetumia busara kuinusuru meli kuzama wakati ilipokumbwa na dhoruba kali ikiwa katikati ya bahari.
Meli hiyo pamoja na mizigo ya wafanyabiashara wengine ilikuwa na sanduku lililokuwa na madini na vitu vingine muhimu vya Mfalme wa nchi yake ambavyo alitoka kuvinunua nchi za mbali.
Nahodha huyo baada ya meli yake kukumbwa na dhoruba kali na kuanza kuzama aliamua kuipunguza baadhi ya mizigo kwa kuitupa baharini ili kupunguza uzito na meli isizame.
Aliwaamuru wafanyakazi wa meli hiyo kuanza kuitupa bahari mizigo hiyo, na katika harakati ya kuitupa mizigo hiyo, bahati mbaya, walitupa na lile sanduku la Mfalme.
Baada ya kupunguza mizigo meli ilirejea katika hali yake ya kawaida na baada ya muda dhoruba iliisha wakaendelea na safari yao hadi nyumbani.
Hata hivyo, mtihani mkubwa uliokuwa ukimkabili Nahodha huyo ni jinsi atakavyoeleza mpaka eleweke kwa Mfalme ambaye mizigo yake hiyo aliisubiri kwa miaka mingi mno.
Alijua hata mwelewa achalia mbali wafanyabiashara wengine waliokuwa na mizigo ambayo ameitupa baharini kunusuru meli kuzama.
Alipofika alikwenda kumwelezea Mfalme kilichotokea mpaka mizigo yake kuzama baharini. Mfalme alikasirika sana kusikia habari hiyo, lakini baada ya kutafakari sana aliona Nohodha wake alifanya jambo la busara kuitosa mizigo ili kunusuru meli kuzama.
Vile vile, hata wafanyabiashara waliokuwa mizigo yao imetupwa mabaharini ingawa walisikitika kupata hasara, nao walikubaliana na uamuzi huo kwa kujua kwamba kama meli ingezama wangekosa chombo cha kutumia kusafirisha mizigo yao.
Hatua ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete wiki hii kumteua Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini (Chadema), Zitto Kabwe kuwa miongoni mwa wajumbe wa Kamati ya kupitia upya mikataba ya uchimbaji wa madini nchini, ninaweza kuifananisha na busara za Nahodha wa Meli ya Mfalme ya kuamua kutosa mizigo ili meli iendelee.
Nafananisha hatua hiyo na busara za nahodha wa meli, kwa sababu tangu Rais aingie madarakani miaka karibu miwili iliyopita hajaweza kuibuka kupigana na maamuzi yaliyotolewa na watu waliopo katika serikali na chama chake.
Nasema hivyo kwa sababu mara baada ya Zitto kupewa adhabu ya kusimamishwa ubunge, viongozi wa CCM walichukulia kitendo hicho kama hoja yao ya jukwaani kumlaani mbunge huyo na kueleza kuwa mambo yalikuwa shwari katika sekta ya madini.
Labda nikumbushe tu kwamba kamati ya akina Zitto itakuwa na kazi ya kuchambua mfumo wa kodi unaotumika katika sekta ya madini na kupitia mfumo wa usimamizi wa shughuli za uchimbaji mkubwa unaofanywa na serikali.
Uamuzi wa kuundwa kwa Kamati hiyo unafuatia hoja binafsi ya Zitto Kabwe aliyoitoa bungeni kutaka kuundwa kwa Kamati Teule ya kuchunguza mazingira ya kusainiwa kwa mkataba wa mgodi wa dhahabu wa Buzwagi nchini Uingereza na Waziri wa Nishati na Madini, Nazir Karamagi Februari mwaka huu pamoja na kupitiwa upya sheria ya madini kwa ujumla.
Baada ya kuwasilisha hoja hiyo, Kabwe alifungiwa kuhudhuria vikao vya Bunge hadi Januari mwakani. Hatua hiyo ya Bunge iliibua mjadala mkubwa miongoni mwa makundi mbalimbali ya jamii, wakihoji sababu za kumfungia mbunge huyo kijana.
Kwa hakika, hatua ya kumteua Zitto kuingia katika kamati hiyo ni kuliambia bunge kwamba halikuwa limetenda sahihi kumfungia kijana huyo kwa hoja yake ya kutaka kuundwa kwa tume ya kuchunguza mkataba wa Buzwagi na sheria ya madini.
Pia hatua hiyo ni mwanzo wa kuanza kukataa baadhi ya maamuzi ambayo yatolewa kwa misingi ya kisiasa badala ya kuangalia maslahi ya nchi.
Uamuzi wa kumpa adhabu Zitto ulionekana kuwa jambo la kisiasa zaidi kuliko kuangalia ukweli, wabunge wa CCM ndio walionekana kuweka msimamo wa kumbana zaidi mbunge huyo.
Rais Kikwete nadhani ameichukua hatua hii akiwa anakumbuka jinsi ambavyo umaarufu wake ulivyoporomoka ghafla tangu aingie madarakani kutokana kuzingirwa na mawaziri na watendaji wengine mafisadi.
Watu walijaribu sana kumshauri Rais Kikwete mapema kwamba akitaka kufanikisha kile anachotaka kuwafanyia watanzania, basi hana budi kuvunja urafiki na watu ambao wanajiita watu bora waliokaribu naye ambao wanafanya mambo yasiyofaa kwa kivuli cha urafiki na rais.
Hata hivyo, kama anaweza bado anayo nafasi ya kurekebisha mambo yakaenda. Kuna uvumi ulioanza kuenea mitaani kutoka kwa watu wanaojiita wako karibu na rais kwamba huenda akafanya mabadiliko baraza lake la mawaziri. Kama ni kweli basi huo ni uamuzi wa busara, lakini ninachoweza kumashauri ni kwamba atose mawaziri ambao ni mizigo na sio maboya.
Atumie busara kama alizozitumia Nahodha wa Meli ya Mfalme kutosa mizigo mizito na kuacha ile mepesi inayobebeka ili meli yake iende.
Nasema hivyo kwa sababu inawezekana kabisa Kikwete akafanya mabadiliko ya baraza lake la mawaziri lakini akasikia uchungu kuwatupa mawaziri marafiki zake, na kuwatupa nje watendaji wazuri ili tu aonekane kafanya mabadiliko.
Kama atafanya hivyo ni wazi kwamba utawala wake utakuwa mgumu sana kutokana na kuendelea kuwa na watu katika timu yake wasiokuwa na msaada, badala yake watazidi kumharibia.
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UBALOZI wa Uingereza nchini, umepunguza viwango vya gharama za kuomba viza kwa wasafiri wanaotaka kwenda nchini mwao kutokana na kuimarika kwa thamani ya Shilingi ya Tanzania. Ofisa Habari wa Ubalozi wa Uingereza John Bradshaw aliwaambia waandishi wa habari jana Dar es Salaam kuwa kuanzia mwanzoni mwa mwezi huu, Ubalozi huo umepunguza gharama za viza zote baada ya kuona Shilingi ya Tanzania imeimarika kiwango cha juu. Bradshaw alizitaja gharama zilizoshuka kuwa ni za viza za matembezi ya miezi sita kuwa ni Sh 157,000 (zamani Sh 176,000), viza ya matembezi ya muda mrefu Sh 500,000 (zamani Sh 560,000), viza kwa ajili ya matibabu Sh 157,000 (zamani Sh 176,000), viza ya wanafunzi Sh 225,000 (zamani Sh 277,000), viza ya kupitia Sh 110,000 (zamani Sh 123,000) na ya makazi na ndoa Sh milioni 1.25 (zamani Sh milioni 1.4). Thamani ya Shilingi imezidi kuimarika dhidi ya sarafu nyingine muhimu za dunia kama vile Dola ya Marekani, Euro na Pauni ya Uingereza. Hadi jana Dola ilikuwa ikinunuliwa kwa Sh 1,000, Pauni Sh 2,355 na Euro Sh 1,645, tofauti na hali ilivyokuwa miezi minne iliyopita. Ofisa huyo ubalozi pia aliwataka wanaotaka kuomba viza katika msimu huu wa sikukuu za Krismasi na Mwaka Mpya kupeleka maombi yao mwezi mmoja kabla washughulikiwe bila usumbufu kwa sababu wakati wa sikukuu wafanyakazi wengi wa ubalozi huo wanakwenda likizo. Alisema ili kurahisisha maombi ya viza wameanzisha utaratibu maalumu wa kujaza fomu za maombi bila kufanyiwa usaili wa uso kwa uso kwa sababu maswali yote yamewekwa kwenye fomu hizo. “Nawashauri waombaji wawahi kutuma maombi yao, tena ni vizuri wakijaza fomu hizo kupitia mtandao ambao unarahisisha na kupunguza foleni,” alisema Bradshaw. Bradshaw alisema kuwa katika uchunguzi uliofanywa Aprili mwaka huu, kati ya maombi 144, waombaji 32 sawa na asilimia 22 walipeleka vielelezo bandia. Alisema watu kati ya 50 na 60 huomba viza kila siku Ubalozini hapo na zaidi ya asilimia 80 ya waombaji hupata viza.

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Richard: Lazima nimrudishe mke wangu

RICHARD Bezuidenhout, ambaye ni mshindi wa shindano la Big Brother Africa II amesema changamoto kubwa analokabiliana nalo kwa sasa ni kurudiana na mkewe Ricky.
Alisema atahakikisha anaokoa ndoa yake. Richard, ambaye amejinyakulia kitita cha zaidi ya Sh milioni 130 kwa kuwa mtu wa mwisho kutoka kwenye jumba la Big Brother jijini Johannesburg, Afrika Kusini, aliwaambia waandishi wa habari kwa masikitiko kuwa moja ya changamoto zinazomkabili kwa sasa ni suala la mkewe ambaye alilazimika kurejea kwao Canada baada ya kukerwa na vitendo vya mshiriki huyo Mtanzania.
Akiwa katika jumba hilo, Richard alikuwa na uhusiano mkubwa na mshiriki toka Angola, Tatianna, uhusiano uliovuka mipaka ya urafiki wa kawaida na wawili hao kujikuta wakidondoka kwenye penzi zito na matendo yao kuonyeshwa moja kwa moja na televisheni ya M-net kama ilivyo kanuni za shindano hilo.
"Kwa sasa watakaoniponda, ndio changamoto langu na hasa mke wangu ndio changamoto kubwa kwangu," alisema Richard katika mkutano na waandishi wa habari uliojaa mabishano kutokana na wenyeji wake, Multi Choice kushauri maswali juu ya maisha yake, mkewe na Tatianna yasiulizwe sana.
Hata hivyo Richard, hakuonekana kujutia kile alichokifanya wakati akiwa kwenye jumba hilo kwa siku 98 licha ya kujua kuwa alikuwa akiangaliwa na Afrika nzima, Tanzania, familia yake na mkewe Ricky kupitia kituo cha malipo cha M-Net.
"Mimi niliyeingia humo ndiye ninayejua hali ilivyo, si rahisi," alisema Richard. "Hata ingetokea kuwa narejeshwa kwenye jumba la Big Brother, ningefanya vile vile. Sio wengi ambao wanaweza kuelewa hali hiyo... mimi ndio naelewa na naweza kueleza hali inakuwaje... Yale niliyoyafanya, nilifanya kwa sababu ya mazingira ya kwenye jumba hilo.
"Lakini nasema kuwa nitajitahidi sana; nawaahidi katika mambo yatakayotokea kwa sasa ni kumrudisha mke wangu."
Akizungumzia uhusiano wake na Tatianna, Richard alisema tena kuwa ulitokana na maisha ya kwenye jumba hilo na wala si mkakati wake wa kushinda na kutwaa kitita hicho kikubwa na cha kwanza kikubwa kwa mshindani wa mashindano ya burudani kukinyakua nchini.
"Uhusiano wangu na Tatianna haukuwa mkakati wangu wa ushindi," alisema. "Kwanza sikujua kama ningekutana na Tatianna; wote tulikutana humo humo kwa hiyo isingekuwa rahisi kupanga naye.
Ushindi niliupata kutokana na jinsi nilivyo. "Mimi ni mtu huru, ni muwazi, na mtazamo wangu ni ule ule, freestyle ndio Richard... niliishi kama ninavyoishi."
Richard hakuonekana kuwa tofauti na jinsi alivyokuwa akionekana kwenye televisheni wakati wa shindano la Big Brother, lakini alifurahisha zaidi alipozungumza Kiswahili akirejea hali ilivyokuwa kwenye jumba la Big Brother.
"Kitu ambacho sikukipenda ni vile vikundi vikundi," alisema akizungumzia watu waliokuwa wakimteta.
"Wale watu walikuwa wanachonga sana; walikuwa wananiudhi sana. Walikuwa kama mademu (wanawake). Walikuwa wanaingilia sana maisha yangu; kila wakati walikuwa wanazungumzia uhusiano wangu na Tatiana, wakati wao nao walikuwa na videmu (wasichana wao) vyao.
"Tena ajabu, watu wengine walikuwa na midevu (ndevu), wana mimaso (macho), halafu eti wanakaa wananizungumzia mimi na Tatianna. Wao wana mademu zao, lakini ajabu wanakuwa wanazungumza zungumza pembeni... hata mademu zao walikuwa na wivu. Kwa kweli walikuwa wananiudhi sana."
Richard, ambaye baba wake ni chotara wa Kiholanzi na Kinyarwanda, alisema yeye ni Mtanzania halisi na si Mganda kama ambavyo imekuwa ikiandikwa na vyombo vya habari vya nchi hiyo.
"Mimi si Mganda," alisema. "Mama yangu ni Mzaramo na alizaliwa hapa hapa Dar es salaam. Lakini babu yangu, yaani baba wa baba yangu ni Mholanzi na alizaa na Mnyarwanda.
Baba na mama walikutana Uganda na baada ya matatizo ya (rais aliyepinduliwa wa Uganda) Iddi Amin, waliamua kurejea nyumbani na huku ndiko nilikozaliwa."
Richard alisomea shule ya Msingi Makumbusho na baadaye kujiunga na Mashujaa kabla ya kwenda Kampala, Uganda ambako alisoma darasa la tano hadi kidato cha sita na kurejea nchini ambako sasa anasomea utengenezaji wa filamu.

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Lamwai loses second appeal at High Court

By Bernard James

Prominent Dar es Salaam advocate, Dr Masumbuko Lamwai, has lost yet another appeal against conviction and one year suspension to practice for professional misconduct. This is the second appeal of similar nature the former law lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam lost in court. However, the High Court set aside the Sh20million payment to the complainant. In May this year, three judges of the High Court upheld the decision by Advocates Committee to suspend Dr Lamwai after he was convicted for negligence and professional misconduct that led to the dismissal of a suits by his two clients. In the first suit, Dr Lamwai was said to have failed to represent Mr Bernard Mrema against the Attorney General and the IGP without any due cause. This time, Justices Laurean Kalegeya, Amir Manento and Augustine Shangwa dismissed Lamwai's appeal against a second suspension by the committee in September 2004 as unjustified. Dr Lamwai was challenging the judgment of the committee which convicted him of dereliction of his duties as an advocate and sentenced him to one year suspension from practice. He was also ordered to pay compensation of Sh20 million to Mr Solomon Lufundo whose suit to demand Sh60 million from Hindu Mandal hospital over negligence that caused the death of his wife. Mr Lufundo's believed that his wife died after an operation due to negligence of an unqualified doctor who operated on his wife. The medic was also not a registered practitioner. Hindu Mandal hospital successful raised preliminary objections to the suit as limitation of time and the suit was dismissed in April 2007. In his 13 grounds of appeal which were reduced by the panel to four grounds, Dr Lamwai had argued that the committee members were wrong in entertaining the matter which was not properly filled before the court. "We have given due consideration to the proceedings, facts and findings of the committee and the law and we are of settled view that this complaint is without justification," said deputy registrar of the High Court, Mr P. Bampikya who last week read the judgment on behalf of the panel.
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Richmond under investigation

By Rodgers Luhwago, Dodoma and Pius Rugonzibwa, D'Salaam

D'Salaam The parliament yesterday unanimously endorsed a proposal by the Parliamentary Committee on Investment and Trade to form a committee to investigate the controversial gas to power generation contract awarded to Richmond Development Company. Immediately after the endorsement, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Samuel Sitta appointed five MPs to form the committee. They are Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, Stella Manyanya, Mohamed Mnyaa who is also the shadow minister for energy and minerals, Mr Lucas Seleli and Herbet Mtangi. The committee will strive to establish the legality of the contract Richmond Development Company had entered with Tanesco. According to Mr Sitta, the probe team will scrutinise the findings of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) which it conducted on the deal. The minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr Karamagi promised government support and co-operation with the committee in a transparent manner its bid to establish the truth about the contract. Earlier, parliamentarians called for fresh investigations on the controversial power generation deal clinched by Richmond Development Company (RDC). The debate re-emerged after the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Investment and Trade handed its 2006/2007 report, tabled by committee chairman William Shelukindo (CCM-Bumbuli). The committee proposed that the House forms an independent committee to access the contract document between Richmond and the Government and scrutinise it, before issuing a clear report that will settle controversial issues on how the tender was awarded. The committee would be responsible for searching for answers on a number of questions in relation to the procedures of awarding the tender and the credibility of the company. Questions that are to be answered include reasons that made the Government fail to make a thorough inquiry into the Richmond firm to establish its due diligence. Another is why the Government failed to seek more information on the company from the Internet to establish its credibility. The committee also questions the Government decision to award the tender to Richmond for emergency power generation while aware of its small financial capacity. This datum was noted in 2005 after the same company failed to honor the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the project of laying fuel pipes from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza, the report noted. The Parliamentary Committee also wanted answers as to why the Government did not search for evidence after it was claimed that Richmond had close ties with Pratt and Whitney, a major firm in the sector, a point that gave confidence to the Government in awarding Richmond the tender. Other questions include the fact that Pratt and Whitney Co. was not mentioned in the final contract for emergency power generation, as well as establishing the amount of loss the nation incurred for the company�s failure to generate power during the time of power crisis as required. �Due to the difficulties in accessing the contract between Richmond and the Government, the Parliamentary Committee under Parliamentary rules No 104 and 105 of the Standing Orders, Edition 2004, wants Parliament to form a select committee that will have legal powers to access the document and scrutinise the whole process that led the company to be awarded the tender,� said Mr Shelukindo in his report. He said all these questions need to be answered clearly to satisfy the public, in which case the committee that would investigate the matter should go beyond criminal liability issues focused by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB). Despite the fact that PCCB investigated the deal, he said, still there were questions that were yet to be answered since the anti-graft body focused on criminal elements in its investigation. Mr Shelukindo said the committee was also not satisfied with the performance of Dowans Holdings S.A from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after it failed to produce emergency power within the time stated in the contract. Dowans took over the power generation deal from Richmond. The committee also wanted to be told how much Dowans has so far paid the Government after breaching the contract. He said according to the contract the company was supposed to pay $10,000 everyday as fine for failure to install the gas-turbines within the agreed time frame. However, the Parliamentary Committee was satisfied with the performance of Agreeko Company that started generating emergency power without delay. Ms Beatrice Shelukindo (CCM- Kilindi) said there was pressing need to form a probe committee on the whole process of awarding the tender to Richmond Development Company. She said it was sad to learn that the Government awarded the tender to the company despite its obvious weaknesses in the first project in 2005. Mr Habib Mnyaa (CUF-Mkanyageni) said the contract had something fishy, as despite the reluctance of Tanesco to sign the deal the Government stuck to its guns. The opposition MP similarly noted that the contract was signed during the night. Reached for comment, Dr Sengondo Mvungi of the University of Dar es Salaam commended the report, saying MPs had done their job. Prof Issa Shivji on his side said the Parliament has been given teeth by the Constitution to bite, and it is the right time now for the issue to be thoroughly debated in the House. He said even if Richmond has been sold, yet the Government is now required to tell wananchi through their representatives what it knows about Richmond. Contacted for comment, environment lawyer Tundu Lissu said the Government must tell wananchi why it pressurised Tanesco to sign the contract with Richmond while Tanesco had already cautioned about it.
By Rodgers Luhwago, Dodoma and Pius Rugonzibwa, D'Salaam The parliament yesterday unanimously endorsed a proposal by the Parliamentary Committee on Investment and Trade to form a committee to investigate the controversial gas to power generation contract awarded to Richmond Development Company. Immediately after the endorsement, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Samuel Sitta appointed five MPs to form the committee. They are Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, Stella Manyanya, Mohamed Mnyaa who is also the shadow minister for energy and minerals, Mr Lucas Seleli and Herbet Mtangi. The committee will strive to establish the legality of the contract Richmond Development Company had entered with Tanesco. According to Mr Sitta, the probe team will scrutinise the findings of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) which it conducted on the deal. The minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr Karamagi promised government support and co-operation with the committee in a transparent manner its bid to establish the truth about the contract. Earlier, parliamentarians called for fresh investigations on the controversial power generation deal clinched by Richmond Development Company (RDC). The debate re-emerged after the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Investment and Trade handed its 2006/2007 report, tabled by committee chairman William Shelukindo (CCM-Bumbuli). The committee proposed that the House forms an independent committee to access the contract document between Richmond and the Government and scrutinise it, before issuing a clear report that will settle controversial issues on how the tender was awarded. The committee would be responsible for searching for answers on a number of questions in relation to the procedures of awarding the tender and the credibility of the company. Questions that are to be answered include reasons that made the Government fail to make a thorough inquiry into the Richmond firm to establish its due diligence. Another is why the Government failed to seek more information on the company from the Internet to establish its credibility. The committee also questions the Government decision to award the tender to Richmond for emergency power generation while aware of its small financial capacity. This datum was noted in 2005 after the same company failed to honor the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the project of laying fuel pipes from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza, the report noted. The Parliamentary Committee also wanted answers as to why the Government did not search for evidence after it was claimed that Richmond had close ties with Pratt and Whitney, a major firm in the sector, a point that gave confidence to the Government in awarding Richmond the tender. Other questions include the fact that Pratt and Whitney Co. was not mentioned in the final contract for emergency power generation, as well as establishing the amount of loss the nation incurred for the company�s failure to generate power during the time of power crisis as required. �Due to the difficulties in accessing the contract between Richmond and the Government, the Parliamentary Committee under Parliamentary rules No 104 and 105 of the Standing Orders, Edition 2004, wants Parliament to form a select committee that will have legal powers to access the document and scrutinise the whole process that led the company to be awarded the tender,� said Mr Shelukindo in his report. He said all these questions need to be answered clearly to satisfy the public, in which case the committee that would investigate the matter should go beyond criminal liability issues focused by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB). Despite the fact that PCCB investigated the deal, he said, still there were questions that were yet to be answered since the anti-graft body focused on criminal elements in its investigation. Mr Shelukindo said the committee was also not satisfied with the performance of Dowans Holdings S.A from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after it failed to produce emergency power within the time stated in the contract. Dowans took over the power generation deal from Richmond. The committee also wanted to be told how much Dowans has so far paid the Government after breaching the contract. He said according to the contract the company was supposed to pay $10,000 everyday as fine for failure to install the gas-turbines within the agreed time frame. However, the Parliamentary Committee was satisfied with the performance of Agreeko Company that started generating emergency power without delay. Ms Beatrice Shelukindo (CCM- Kilindi) said there was pressing need to form a probe committee on the whole process of awarding the tender to Richmond Development Company. She said it was sad to learn that the Government awarded the tender to the company despite its obvious weaknesses in the first project in 2005. Mr Habib Mnyaa (CUF-Mkanyageni) said the contract had something fishy, as despite the reluctance of Tanesco to sign the deal the Government stuck to its guns. The opposition MP similarly noted that the contract was signed during the night. Reached for comment, Dr Sengondo Mvungi of the University of Dar es Salaam commended the report, saying MPs had done their job. Prof Issa Shivji on his side said the Parliament has been given teeth by the Constitution to bite, and it is the right time now for the issue to be thoroughly debated in the House. He said even if Richmond has been sold, yet the Government is now required to tell wananchi through their representatives what it knows about Richmond. Contacted for comment, environment lawyer Tundu Lissu said the Government must tell wananchi why it pressurised Tanesco to sign the contract with Richmond while Tanesco had already cautioned

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