Mh. JK akiwa ameambatana na viongozi kadhaa akiwemo mkuu wa majeshi ya ulinzi na usalama jenerali Mwamunyange, mkuu wa jeshi la polisi Insp. jenerali Said Mwema na naibu waziri wa ulinzi Mh. Emmanuel Nchimbi alipofika katika eneo la tukio kujionea mwenyewe hali ilivyo baada ya ghala la silaha za jeshi kukumbwa na milipuko na kusababisha vifo, majeruhi na uharibifu mkubwa wa mali za wananchi.

Rais Kikwete akipata maelezo juu maendeleo ya mmoja wa majeruhi wa mabomu yaliyolipuka katika kambi ya jeshi huko mbagala.

MABOMU YALETA KIZAAZAA JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM

Jinsi moshi mkubwa ulivyotanda katika eneo ilipotokea milipuko
Kamishna wa jeshi la polisi Paul Chagonja akitoa maelezo kwa waandishi wa habari kutokana na milipuko iliyotokea katika Ghala la Jeshi katika kambi iliyoko mbagala Zhakhem, Kamishna Chagonja akiwa katika eneo la tukio amesema wananchi wawe watulivu wakati jeshi hilo pamoja na Jeshi la wananchi JWTZ wakishirikiana kuchukua tahadhari ikiwa ni pamoja na kuzima moto unaowaka, Chagonja amesema watu wasisogee eneo la tukio kwani bado si salama kutokana na milipuko kuendelea kusikika mpaka hali itakapokuwa imetulia ameongeza kuwa ni mapema kueleza chanzo cha milipuko hiyo na hasara yake au madhara yaliyotokea kwa bidadamu, lakini wananchi wawe watulivu watapewa taarifa.

Askari wa Usalama Barabarani na Polisi wakiwa wametanda katika maeneo hayo ili kuangalia usalama wa watu na kuzuia watu kuenda eneo la Tukio.
Kamishna wa Oparesheni ya Polisi Paul Chagonja akiongea na vyombo mbalimbali vya kimataifa ikiwemo BBC na Dauch Welle.

Eneo la Mbagala Zhakem mahala ambapo kuna barabara inayoingia katika kambi ya jeshi ambako Ghala la kuhifadhia Silaha lielipuka likiwa limezungushiwa uzio milipuko hiyo imeleta Kizaazaa kwa wakazi wa jiji la Dar es alaam na , hakuna mtu wala Mwandishi wa habari aliyeruhusiwa kuingia katika eneo la tukio Vikosi vya jeshi la ulinzi, zimamoto na Polisi wote kwa pamoja wanajaribu kuzuia watu wasiende katika eneo la tukio.

Katikati ya tukio vibaka nao walikuwepo kufanya vitu vyao kama unavyojionea mwenyewe hawa vibaka wakiwa wamekamatwa na askasi wa polisi.
Hiki ni moja ya kipande cha bomu kilichoruka kutoka eneo la tukio na kutua katika Barabara ya Kirwa baada ya bomu kulipuka.
Na hivi ni vipande vya mabomu vilivyotua mbagala kizuiani baada ya mlipuko kama unavyoona wakazi wa maeneo hayo wakivishangaa.

Msomaji

Dar es salaam

MARAIS WA AFRIKA MASHARIKI WAZINDUA UJENZI WA BARABARA YA ARUSHA NAMANGA

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete na marais Mwai Kibaki wa Kenya na Paul Kagame wa Rwanda jana jioni walizindua ujenzi wa barabara ya Arusha Namanga inayoitwa Anthi River Road huko Lengijabe Pembezoni mwa Jiji la Arusha, mara itakapokamilika barabara hiyo itakuwa ni ukombozi kwa wananchi wa nchi za jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki hivyo kupunkwa kiwango kikubwa tatizo la mawasiliano katika ukanda wa Afrika Mashariki

Msomaji
Arusha

Mkuu mpya wa mkoa wa Dar es salaam Mh. wiliamu Lukuvi akimkaribisha makamu wa rais Dr Mohamed Shein katika maadhimisho ya Muungano wa tanzania jana. Dr. Shein ndiye aliyekuwa mgeni rasmi katika maadhimisho hayo yaliyofanyika leo.

Raha ya muungano baba! acha tuselebuke kaka, baadhi ya watanzania wakijumuika katika maadhimisho ya Muungano wa Tanzania leo .

President Kikwete received a bling bling from Saudi King

The Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud decorated President Kikwete of Tanzania with a gold King Abdulaziz necklace, as a symbol of friendship between the two countries.

Msomaji
Riyadh

Tanzania says to get IMF money

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tanzania will get a "good package" from the International Monetary Fund to help its export-based economy, which is reeling from the global slowdown, the nation's finance minister said on Saturday.

Finance Minister Mustafa Mkulo told a news conference that Tanzania had made proposals to the IMF and was going to get funds, which would be used to bolster the government's efforts to spur the economy.

"I am not sure I am allowed to say how much. I have to tell my president first before he hears it from Reuters. We got a very good package from the IMF," Mkulo said.

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn confirmed the discussions with Tanzania, but would not say how much money would be disbursed to the east African country.

"It shows what we have said from the beginning, there is some room for fiscal stimulus everywhere. Some countries, including in Africa ... may have this kind of stimulus policy and that's the case of Tanzania," Strauss-Kahn told a news conference.

He said African countries that had practiced fiscal prudence before the crisis were in a position to increase public spending to help their economies weather the global downturn, which has hit government revenues hard.

"We have had this discussion with Tanzania, and they are not the only one in Africa showing ... some fiscal room. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of African countries ... which may be hard hit by the crisis and not having room enough for fiscal stimulus."

With traditional export markets disappearing and some mining projects being shelved, Mkulo warned that worst global economic and financial crisis in decades, triggered by the collapse of the U.S. housing market, threatened to wipe out gains achieved by his country in the last 10 years

He said growth in Tanzania's gross domestic product was forecast to slow to around 5 percent this year from a brisk 7.4 percent expansion in 2008.

The slump in the prices of major export commodities such as cotton, sisal and coffee is squeezing the country's revenue, with farmers also reluctant to sell at lower prices, Mkulo said.

Tanzania early this year suspended plans to tap international financial markets with an inaugural Eurobond issue, which would have raised about $500 million (340 million pounds) to fund infrastructure projects.

The country, whose relative macroeconomic stability has made it popular among foreign investors, also put on hold plans to seek a sovereign debt rating.

Mkulo said the suspensions were out of concern that the ratings agencies who were going to undertake the exercise were responsible for the global financial crisis. He said Tanzania was still looking into the benefits of both a Eurobond issue and credit rating before deciding on the next step.

"We felt it was not prudent to use the ratings agencies at this time. Two of our sister countries, who I won't mention, went to the market. They borrowed at about 8.5 percent and by
December the interest had risen to 17 percent," he said.

"Because we had planned to get some money from the international bond market, we have had to plan differently. We are going to get the money from different sources."

By Lucia Mutikani

HIVI NDIVYO MH. MALECELA ALIVYOADHIMISHA MIAKA 75 YA KUZALIWA KWAKE.

Umekuwa mkubwa sana wewe!, unakimbilia wapi, eeeh?. ndivyo anavyoonekana kusema Mh. Kikwete wakati akisalimiwa na mjukuu wa Mh. Malecela katika hafla hiyo jijini Dar es salaam.

Rais kikwete alipowasili katika sherehe za kuadhimisha miaka 75 ya kuzaliwa Mh. Malecela zilizofanyika Cvu Upanga jijini Dar es salaam.

HABARI NJEMA KWA WATANZANIA WOTE

CHAMA CHA MAPINDUZI NCHINI MAREKANI KINAPENDA KUWAFAAMISHA WATANZANIA WOTE KWAMBA KIMEKAMILISHA MIPANGO YAKE YA KUONYESHA SINEMA ZINAZOHUSU TANZANIA KATIKA KUMBI MBALI MBALI ZA MAREKANI. SINEMA YA KWANZA ITAONYESHWA KATIKA UKUMBI WA AMC ULIOPO KATIKATI YA JIJI LA KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. KWA MALEZO ZAIDI KUHUSU SIKU NA MDA SOMA HABARI HAPO CHINI

Katikati ya jiji la Kansas City Kitongoji lilopo Kumbi La AMC (Kansas city power & light district)

Jumba la sinema la AMC litakalotumika kuonyesha sinema hiyo

Chama Cha Mapinduzi nchini Marekani kinapenda kuwajulisha watanzania wote kuwa kimekamilisha mipango yake ya kuonyesha sinema zenye lengo la kuitangaza tanzania katika kumbi mbali mabali nchini Marekani. Sinema ya kwanza itaonyeshwa katika kumbi la AMC lililopo katikati ya jiji la Kansas City, Missouri siku ya Alhamisi ya tarehe 23/ 04/2009 kuanzia saa 1:45 usiku.

Kabra ya sinema hiyo video ifuatayo http://www.tanzaniatouristboard.com/pages/ttb_video.php itaonyeshwa. Uongozi wa ccm nchini Marekani unatoa pongezi kwa wote walioshiriki katika kufanikisha mpango huu.

Address kamili ya ukumbi huo wa AMC ni:

AMC Theatres

1400 Main Street.

Kansas City, MO 64105

Pia tunapenda kuwafamisha kuwa CCM nchini marekani imefanikisha Tanzania kujiunga na shirika la Ethnic Enrichment Commissiner linalotumika kuzitangaza nchi mbali mbali wanachama katika nyanja za kiuchumi, utamaduni, na mambo yote yanayousiana na nchi mwanachama. Kwa taharifa zaidi kuhusiana na hili shirika tembelea tovuti yao na ukibonyeza pale panaposema Countries utakuta bendera ya Tanzania tayari imeshatundikwa na ukibonyeza kwenye bendera ya nchi yetu basi utakutana na mambo yote yanayohusu tanzania. Tovuti yao ni www.eeckc.org

Kwa taharifa na maelezo zaidi wasiliana na wafuatao hapa chini

Michael Ndejembi--Mwenyekiti CCM makao makuu nchini Marekani 713 384 4567

Miraji Malewa--Katibu mkuu CCM makao makuu nchini Marekani 832 741 4452

Deogratias Rutabana--Mwenyekiti CCM shina la Kansas City, Missouri - Marekani 816 812 5495

Mungu Ibariki Tanzania.

Taarifa hii imeletwa na uongozi wa CCM nchini Marekani

Tanzanian president arrives in Riyadh

King Abdullah holds talks with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in Riyadh

The president was received on arrival at the Riyadh Base Airport, King Abdullah, Second from the left

Saudi Arabian investors want to lease 500,000 hectares of farmland in Tanzania to grow rice and wheat. The Saudis made the request during President Jakaya Kikwete is visit to the Kingdom that ended yesterday.

Senior officials from the Saudi capital's chamber of commerce came up with the request on the sidelines of a meeting with the Head of State. President Kikwete is reported to have told the Saudis that Tanzania could lease them plots that covered up to 10,000 hectares each for 99 years. "Tanzania is ready to do business with you ... There is 100 million acres (40.5 million hectares) of good available land," Mr Kikwete telling the Saudi businessmen.

Senior economist Ibrahim Lipumba said promoting agriculture was important, but added that such investments required concrete policy direction. Mr Lipumba is also chairman of the opposition Civic United Front.

The president of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), Mr Aloys Mwamanga, called it "good business", provided collateral benefits for the country were taken into account. Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) executive director Emmanuel ole Naiko said such an investment would create many jobs for locals, adding that he expected the Head of State to refer the Saudi investors to TIC.

The Saudis are interested in leasing the equivalent of about 0.5 per cent of Tanzania's land surface because of the country's geographic proximity, political stability and availability of water resources and farmland.

Msomaji

Riyadh

BAADHI YA TIMU ZA MIKOA ZILIZOSHIRIKI MICHUANO YA NETI BOLI MWAKA HUU

Hii ndio timu ya Arusha.

Hawa ndio wa Dom kule bungeni. Japokuwa ni wachache lakini ndio wawakilishi wa Kinondoni Temeke pia walikuwepo

Wanatoka mji kasoro bahari (Moro).

Hawa ni wa Pwani lakini wamekosa "Raha".
Twaja leo twarudi leo nao hawakuachwa nyuma.

Msomaji, Dar es salaam

Tanzanian Inflation Rate Fell to 13% in March on Fuel, Water

Tanzania's annual inflation rate dropped to 13 percent in March as energy and water costs decreased, said Ephraim Kwesigabo, an economist at the National Bureau of Statistics.

Inflation slowed from 13.3 percent in February, Kwesigabo said today in an interview from the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. Prices rose 0.6 percent in the month, while energy and water costs declined 0.9 percent, he said.

Msomaji
Dar es salaam

MAKAMUA ADHIHIRISHA UBORA WAKE.

Mwanamuziki Mack Paul Sekimanga al-maarufu kama makamua ameudhihirishia ulimwengu kwamba yeye ni bora na si bora yeye. Makamua ambaye ameibuka kuwa mwanamuzi bora wa R&B katika kili- award hivi karibuni ameendelea kupanda chati na sasa ni gumzo ndani na nje ya Tanzania.Nje Makamua anawika vilivyo huko Ulaya na sasa kaishika kikamilifu Marekani na kwamba ni moja ya wanamuziki ambao wako kwenye top list kuja kutumbuiza nchini U S.

msomaji,
Tanzania.

Asante mkuu! ndivyo anavyoonekana kusema mwamuzi Al-jahid wakati akipokea tuzo yake akiwa moja ya waamuzi wa mishindano ya kombe la mataifa huru ya A frika yaliyomalizika Jumamosi iliyopita jijini Houston-Texas

msomaji,
Houston.

Mwamuzi al-jahid akipokea tuzo toka kwa bwana Juma Maswanya aliyekuwa akitoa tuzo hizo katika uwanja wa George Bush hapa Houston yalikofanyika mashindano hayo kwa takribani mwezi mmoja.

Moja ya wakufunzi wa soka la vijana nchini Marekani ambae pia ndie mwalimu wa soka wa timu ya Tanzanaia- Houston bwana Juma maswanya akitoa Medali kwa waamuzi wa mashindano ya kombe la mataifa huru ya Afrika yaliyofanyika Houston hivi karibuni. Mshindi wa mashindano hayo alikuwa ni Sudani na Tanzania walishika nafasi ya pili ikumbukwe kwamba bwana Juma maswanya pia ni mlezi wa CCM tawi la Marekani.

msomaji,

Houston.

Mama Salma Kikwete awataka wananchi visiwani zanzibar kutokuogopa kukopa fedha benki

Mke wa Rais Mama Salma Kikwete ambaye pia ni Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi ya Wanawake na Maendeleo(WAMA) amewataka wananchi visiwani Zanzibar kutokuogopa kukopa fedha Benki au katika asasi za fedha ili waweze kuongeza mitaji nahivyo kujikwamua na hali ngumu ya maisha.

Mama Salma aliyasema hayo leo wakati akifungua mkutano mkuu wa siku moja wa Chama cha Akiba na Kukopa (SACCOS) ya Melinne uliofanyika katika chuo cha Karume Mbweni visiwani Zanzibar.

“Madhumuni ya mkutano huu pamoja na mambo mengine ni kufanya uchaguzi mkuu wa viongozi wapya wa kuwaongoza katika kipindi kinachofuata”“Wosia wangu katika hili ni kuwapima wanachama wenu wanaogombea kwa uwezo, imani na uaminifu wao kama vile mlivyofanya kwa viongozi waliotangulia. Wapimeni viongozi kwa vigezo vya uongozi na si vinginevyo”, alisema.

Akimkaribisha mgeni rasmi Waziri Kiongozi wa Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar Shamsi Vuai Nahodha ambaye pia ni Mwakilishi wa jimbo la Mwanakwerekwe na ni mlezi wa SACCOS hiyo alisema kuwa SACCOS hiyo ni moja ya SACCOS imara visiwani Zanzibar.“Kinababa si watu wazuri sana katika suala la utunzaji wa fedha ukiwapa kutunza fedha zinaweza kupotea katika mazingira yasiyoeleweka ila kina mama ni wasimamizi na wachumi wazuri sana katika jamii”.

“Nawashauri msifanye makosa ya kuchagua viongozi wengi wanaume kwa kufanya hivyo SACCOS yenu inaweza kuyumba ili kuinusuru ni heri kama mmeridhika na uongozi wa viongozi waliopita muwachague haohao waendelee kuongoza”, alisemaAkisoma risala ya chama hicho Ahmada Hassan ambaye ni mjumbe alisema kuwa wamekuwa tukifuatilia sana SACCOS za Tanzania bara na kuona hatua mbalimbali za maendeleo walizofikia na kujiuliza kwa nini bara waweze na wao washindwe?

“Tunatoa ahadi iwapo tutaweza kukabiliana na changamoto hizi tunaamini kuwa ifikapo mwaka 2013 SACCOS yetu itakuwa ni Benki ya wananchi”, alisema. Wanachama 620 waliooomba mikopo wamepatiwa kwa kipindi cha miaka mitatu na jumla ya fedha zilizokopeshwa ni zaidi ya milioni mia nne ambapo asilimia kubwa ya waliokopa ni wanawake wanaofanya biashara ndogondogo.

SACCOS hiyo ilianza mwaka 2005 ikiwa na wanachama 150 wanawake wakiwa 123 na wanaume 27 hadi sasa kuna jumla ya wanachama 920 wanawake wakiwa 677 na wanaume 243.

Msomaji
Zanzibar

Tanzania's Thabeet to enter NBA draft

Thabeet, a 7-3 center for UConn, was deemed eligible tuesday to draft for the upcoming NBA season.UConn's Hasheem Thabeet averaged more than 10 points as a sophomore, and ranked third in the nation with 147 blocked shots.Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet blocks a shot by Purdue's Nemanja Calasan during the Huskies' 72-60 victory Thursday. Thabeet had 15 points and 15 rebounds.
Thabeet’s chart was like this: 36 minutes played,15 points,15 rebounds,4 blocks,1 steal plus 4 turn overs.ESPN.com - Massive ReturnsThe United States Basketball Writers Association has released it’s 2008-09 Men’s All-District Teams and UConn Huskies junior center Hasheem Thabeet has been honored as the District I Player of the Year as well as being named to the All-District Team as well.Thabeet made right call to return to HuskiesNBA Crystal Ball: Hasheem Thabeet Will Be the Next Dikembe MutomboThe church is near but the road is icy, the bar is far away but I will walk carefully” (Kuna jamaa alimrusha kama judo!)Thabeet, a 7-3 center for UConn, was deemed drafted to play during the upcoming NBA season.

Hasheem Thabeet speaks five different languages, but this proclamation needed no translation for Sellers, a UConn men’s basketball team assistant coach.

At 7'3", Hasheem Thabeet is the tallest player in UConn history. He was projected to be one the top picks in the upcoming NBA draft.

University of Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet, a 7-foot-3 center from Tanzania, has decided to enter the National Basketball Association draft, the university said Tuesday.

Thabeet, a two-time defensive player of the year in the Big East conference in which Connecticut plays, averaged 13.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.2 blocked shots per game in helping the Huskies to a 31-5 record and a Final Four berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament.

"After spending time with my family and friends and speaking with Coach (Jim) Calhoun, I have decided to give up my final year at UConn and enter my name in the 2009 NBA Draft," Thabeet said in a statement released by the university.

"I have had a great experience at Connecticut and cannot thank my coaches and teammates enough. I look forward to the challenge of playing professionally and know that my time here at UConn has prepared me to be successful in the future.

"I also want to thank all of the fans in Husky Nation that have followed my career, especially those from my homeland of Tanzania, and hope they will all be as supportive of me at the professional level as they have been to this point."

Calhoun called Thabeet "one of the most dominant defensive players in the history of college basketball."

"I am certain that wherever he ends up in the NBA, he is ready to be equally successful," Calhoun said. "He is a special player and even more special as a person."

Msomaji
Boston

Tanzania puts new hurdle in path to common market

East African Community Headquarters April 14, 2009:

Tanzania is questioning the powers of a key organ of the East African Community, forcing negotiators back to the drawing board in the search of a breakthrough towards a common market.

Tanzania’s posturing on the relevance of decisions made by the East African Council of Ministers is the latest of the country’s parting of ways with the other four members — Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi – on the future of the regional bloc.

The country has in the past raised concerns over the common market on the grounds that free movement of labour and goods and access to land by members of other states would destabilise its economy.

The questioning of the validity of the council’s decisions has left negotiators who had gone to Kampala hoping to clear most hurdles on the integration process looking at a long drawn out affair.

The EAC Secretariat said in a statement that Tanzania’s concerns stemmed from Article 87 and 88, which centred on regulations, directives and decisions as well as the conclusion of the relevant annexes.

“Tanzania maintains it is the partner states and not the council that should conclude regulations, directives and annexes to give full effect to the provisions of the common market protocol,” the secretariat said. Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, and Uganda’s have insisted that the role is the preserve of the council of ministers.

Tanzania also maintained that it would not budge on its earlier position regarding land and residency rights.

Msomaji

Arusha

Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway Test of Progress

The Planned Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi railway is a dream come true. Experts say, the project, which starts later this year, is expected to be completed in 2014.

Engineers said recently the Dar es Salaam-Isaka railway line whose project costs will be in the area of US$3.5 billion will comprise of a modern high-speed train, with a minimum speed limit of 120 kilometers per hour.

That means that goods leaving Dar es Salaam in the morning will be in Kigali by evening and not the six days, like earlier designed to. That is very good for business, transport and development. That will be a first one in the region, the nearest of this kind of project being only in South Africa.
The greater news is that this is being done under the auspices of the East African Community.

Secondly, this comes at a time when the Kenya-Uganda railway, run by the RVR consortium is undergoing a sham performance. This will have significant effects on the way business is run.

First, it will give Dar es Salaam port added pressure to perform well beyond its present capacity as the current hinterland will see most importers and exporters shift from Mombasa port to Dar.

It takes 10 days for goods to leave Mombasa to Kigali by road.
Rwandan importers and consumers would save a trifle. Importers in Kigali who use road transport say that up to 40 percent of their capital is spent on transport.

The costs have been further pushed up by the strict enforcement of the three-axle load limit, many roadblocks and the bad roads in the region.

Records show that whereas a Rwandan importer spends between 40% and 50% of the value of the export on transport and insurance, the average for the world's developed countries is 8.6% and 17.2% for the least developed countries.

The railway line will spur development and exploitation of untapped natural resources in Tanzania, Burundi and the Congo which will provide the critical level of tonnage to support the railway.

The line would certainly greatly reduce transport costs as the only available means is by road and air, which are certainly way above what many ordinary folks can afford. It would also spur tourism and interaction for East Africans.

Martime records show that the number of containers transiting Tanzania is expected to increase by as much as 1,200 % or about 3 million foot equivalent units (FEUs) in the next 20 years. Last year, Dar es Salaam Port handled 350,000 containers over the planned 250,000 containers.

MUZUNGU WELCOME TO DAR ES SALAAM

Mambo yalikuwa kama hivyo pale Dar, mvua ilinyesha sana, na kulingana na miundombinu mibovu basi maji yalijaa kwenye barabara mpaka Posta hali ilikuwa si shwari.

Ukitaka uvuka barabara sharti uvue viatu.

Msomaji

Dar es salaam