Friday, June 19, 2009
Aliyekuwa akiendesha mtandao wa ze utamu anaswa
Polisi wa Tanzania kwa kushirikiana na Polisi wa Kimataifa (Interpol),wamefanikiwa kumshika Raia mmoja wa Uingereza ambaye ana asili ya Tanzania Ndg Malecela Peter Lusinde (pichani) mwenye umri wa miaka 39 na kutuhumiwa kwa kuundesha mtandao wa Ze Utamu.
Mlipuko kituo cha mafuta bamaga
The Ngoma Africa Band wakiwasha moto! Hannover,Ujerumani
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Bjarne Sorensen baada ya kuweka jiwe la Msingi la ukarabati wa barabara ya TANZAM
sehemu ya Iyovi-Kitonga Gorge na Ikokoto –Iringa pamoja na barabra ya mchepuko ya
kuingia Iringa mjini zote zikiwa na urefu wa kilometa 149.6 katika sherehe
zilizofanyika Mazombe wilayani Kilolo Juni 14, 2009. Kulia ni Waziri wa
Miundombinu, Dr. Shukuru Kawambwa na katikati ni Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Iringa Mohamed
Abdulaziz
Facebook Swahili version launched
The social-networking website Facebook has launched in Swahili, targeting more than 110m speakers of the language.A group of Swahili scholars launched the new version with the permission of the California-based internet firm.
Facebook use has spread over the past five years in East and Central Africa, where most Swahili-speakers live.
Analysts say a Hausa version could be launched next in West Africa and Zulu for southern Africa. Facebook already exists in Afrikaans.Symon Wanda, one of the project's initiators, said they wanted to launch a Swahili version to safeguard the future of the language
The youth, the future generation, if you look at the biggest percentage of users on Facebook, they are the youth," he told the BBC's Network Africa programme.
"They can easily navigate through when it's maybe a language they understand, which makes it easier to use the Swahili than to use the English.."
The BBC's Ruth Nesoba, in Nairobi, says the Swahili site has already been on trial for some time and word has spread quickly.Facebook's Simon Wanda says they have been monitoring the take-up and says more than 60% of Facebook users in East Africa are already using the Swahili version.
The bulk of Swahili-speakers live in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, parts of the Horn of Africa, Malawi, Mozambique and the Indian Ocean islands.Facebook already exists in some 50 language versions.
BABU SIKARE A.K.A ALBINO FULANI
Babu Sikare si jina geni mjini Columbus Oh ni kijana machachari mwenye mbwembwe na ucheshi na kipaji kikubwa cha kughani na kutawala jukwaa ambacho kinajulikana na wachache, yeye ni mzaliwa wa Daressalaam nchini Tanzania.
Amezaliwa na ulemavu wa ngozi (Albino) lakini si wengi wanaotambua hali hiyo kwani wengine wanadhani yeye ni “mzungu” lakini hilo halimzuii kuonyesha cheche zake wala kufurahia maisha yake.
Babu Sikare aka Albino Fulani ameamua kupambana na mauaji ya Albino Tanzania akiwa amekulia Dar na kusoma Oysterbay Primary, anasema anakumbuka wenzake walikuwa wakitemea mate mashati yao ili wasigeuke Albino wakati alipokuwa shule ya msingi na kitu ambacho kamwe hatasahau ni kitendo kama hicho kufanywa na mwalimu wake!
Hivyo akiwa amehamia Marekani kiasi cha takriban miaka sita na nusu iliyopita kwa masomo ameguswa mno na hali ya mauaji nchini Tanzania na Burundi na hivi sasa anafanya juhudi za kupambana kuokoa maisha ya wenzake hao na ameamua kutoa single ya kwanza iitwayo “Barua kwa Mama” hii ni kisa cha kweli baada ya kumpoteza mama yake mzazi hayati Grace Mwasi Sikare.
Albam yake kamili bado iko jikoni inapikwa hapa Marekani na anashirikiana na wanamuziki kama vile Mkali Fulani, Mtaalam Fulani, Chid Benz na Tinted pamoja na mambo mengine ya maisha ya kila siku album hii itaelezea maisha ya Albino kuwa ni sawa na watu wengine wa kawaida.
Single yake hiyo itazinduliwa Columbus Oh 20/06/09 katika ukumbi wa Boomerang. Wadau wa Columbus, Indiana, Michigan na vitongoji vyake mnakaribishwa sana.
Wakazi wa Dar na vitongoji vyake wajiandae kwani Babu Sikare anategemea kutoa albamu yake Tanzania mwezi Julai ambayo itakuwa na nyimbo 9 na itakwenda kwa jina hilo hilo la kwake “Albino Fulani”.
Katika kipindi hiki ambapo jamii mbalimbali duniani zinapigania haki na usawa hasa ule wa kumiliki rasilimali ambazo zimepokwa na zinazidi kunyakuliwa na waumini wa itikidi ya uliberali mamboleo ni vyema tukajikumbusha Nguzo Tano za Ujamaa hasa nguzo ya nne inayogusia rasilimali kuu ya ardhi:
NGUZO TANO ZA UJAMAA - KWA MUJIBU WA JULIUS K. NYERERE, SABA SABA 1970
1. 'WATU WOTE NI SAWA'"...
Kama hukubali hilo, yaani kama unadhani watu wengine ni miungu wengine, malaika, wengine nusu-nyani, basi hukubali ujamaa. Ujamaa kwako hauna maana, kwa sababu ujamaa unahusu usawa wa watu: hapo ndipo unapoanza...Sisemi usawa wa urefu wala ufupi; kwa urefu namzidi Kawawa, sana tena. Sisemi maguvu, hata; nasema utu, watu, na ubinadamu wao. Kuna binadamu zaidi ya mwenziwe? Kama huliamini hilo, utakuwa mjamaa? Hilo la kwanza... mkaliulize-ulize, mlielewe maana yake. Na mtu anayepinga ujamaa naye ajiulize kama anapinga hilo nalo. Mtu mpingaji ujamaa aseme, 'Hilo nalo, usawa wa watu, napinga; kwamba binadamu wote hivi si sawa'" - Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere
2. 'LAZIMA MTU AFANYE KAZI'
"...Binadamu hao unaotuona hapa, na hao waliosambaa dunia nzima wanaishi kwa kazi. Hawana namna nyingine ya kuishi. Wakiacha kufanya kazi watakufa; hawana namna nyingine; kuishi kwao, na kuendelea kuishi, lazima wafanye kazi...Lakini binadamu haishi kama farasi. Binadamu haridhiki kuishi kama farasi au punda; binadamu ana kitu anakiita maendeleo; lazima aendelee...Wakati mwingine ili kusudi maendeleo haya yaje wana shughuli za kupigana misasa akili, wanapanuana mawazo tu, nayo ni kazi...nendeni mkaulizane...kama kazi si kitu cha lazima, kama binadamu anaweza kujikalia tu hafanyi kazi, akaishi, na maendeleo yakaja bila kazi. Na huyo anayepinga ujamaa naye ajiulize kama hilo analipinga? Na hilo la kufanya kazi analipinga au kuna jingine analopinga?" - Julius K. Nyerere
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Meneja Uhusiano wa Vodacom Foundation, Yessaya Mwakifulefule (kushoto) akikabidhi mifuko ya saruji kwa Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Mafia, Lewis Kalinjuna kwa ajili ya kusaidia ujenzi wa maabara ya shule ya Kitomondo.