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Mtoto wa Whitney Houston ahofiwa kupanga kujiua

2012-02-16T12:45:00.003+03:00

Mtoto pekee wa Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina, picha ndogo ni mama yake.

This is just tragedy piling upon tragedy. Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown ”does not want to live anymore.”

Multiple sources tell Hollywoodlife.com her father Bobby Brown and his family members fear for her life.

We really hope her family and friends are consoling Bobbi Kristina and getting her the help she needs.

“We are afraid for Bobbi Kristina’s life right now,” a family source tells Hollywoodlife.com.

“While everyone is celebrating the Grammys, Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life.”
Another source adds, “She is officially on suicide watch.”

Whitney Houston‘s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA this afternoon, and Hollywoodlife.com has learned that she has been taken to an undisclosed location by her father, Bobby Brown, and some of his family members.

TMZ reports that family and friends remain deeply concerned that she is suicidal, and sources close to the family say that they are considering getting Bobbi Kristina help.

She was rushed to the hospital twice after her mother passed away on Feb 11.

Sources told Hollywoodlife.com that Bobbie Kristina had “nervous breakdown” type symptoms and that she “physically couldn’t move.”

We can’t imagine the pain that the 18-year-old must be going through right now.

Whitney was found dead on Feb. 11 in the bathtub of her hotel room in the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

During an autopsy conducted today, Feb. 12, water was found in Whitney’s lungs and many believe that she drowned in her bathtub after ingesting a mixture of prescription drugs.

We really hope her family and friends get her the helps she needs.

Dawa, pombe vimemuua Whitney Houston

2012-02-16T12:31:00.002+03:00

HATIMAYE, familia ya nyota wa muziki duniani, Whitney Houston (48) imefamishwa kuwa, mchanganyiko wa dawa na pombe ndivyo vilivyokatisha uhai wa mama huyo wa mtoto mmoja.

Imefahamika kwamba, Whitney alikuwa tayari ameaga dunia wakati anazama kwenye sehemu ya kuogea bafuni.

Soma hapo chini

Whitney Houston‘s cause of death has been revealed to be drugs — not drowning, as previously reported.

Whitney, who was 48, died of an alleged combination of Xanax with other prescriptions and alcohol, TMZ reports.

The L.A. County Coroner informed the family that there was not enough water in her lungs to point to drowning, but rather she was likely already dead from the mixture by the time she became submerged in bathwater.

Whitney Houston alipanga kuendelea na tiba

2012-02-16T11:21:00.001+03:00

The latest issue of In Touch Weekly reveals that fallen songbird Whitney Houston could have been saved.

Was she determined to head to rehab to cure her demons right before her death?
Whitney tragically passed away on February 11th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. She was only 48.

She had battled her demons for a long time, but was obviously on a downward spiral, if our sources are correct. She had been drinking quite a bit leading up to her untimely passing.

She was said to have taken Xanax before her performance that night at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammys party. She did the same with any performance.

In the room, a photo of the scene shows that she was drinking a beer and some champagne.

Was Whitney really readying herself to check into rehab just days before she died?

According to the tabloid, Whitney told her mother Cissy Houston that she would agree to go back into rehab, but wanted to enjoy herself one last time.

What do you think happened? Was this just a tragic accident?

Did Whitney almost save her own life by entering into rehab?

We may never know the answers and it’s just a sad situation and a profound loss.

'Whitney Houston alikuwa msagaji'

2012-02-16T10:41:00.004+03:00

Whitney Houston akiwa na mumewe, Bobby Brown mwaka 1993, walifunga ndoa mwaka 1992 nchini Marekani.

Whitney Houston, marafiki na mwanamke anayedaiwa kuwa alikuwa mpenzi wake , Robyn Crawford (wa kwanza kulia)

Whitney Houston was a secret lesbian and binged on the drugs and alcohol that killed her because she was torn over living a lie, it has been claimed.

Rumours have been circulating for 30 years that the singer had had a secret relationship with her ex-assistant, but her friends have now publicly spoken about her sexuality following her death.

Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell even said her marriage to Bobby Brown was a smokescreen.

'It’s important to tell the truth about this aspect of her life,' he told the Daily Star.

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'Whitney was happiest and at her peak in the 1980s when she was with her female partner.

'They were so loved up and joyful together. Perhaps her inability to accept and express her same-sex love contributed to her substance abuse and decline.'

He added: 'She was pressured into the Bobby Brown marriage. It was a disaster. Her life started going downhill soon afterwards.'

Lovers? Whitney was said to be in an on-off relationship with rapper Ray J, who was 18 years her juniorThe British-based campaigner did not name the woman but other sources have said it was Robyn Crawford.

The pair had know each other since Whitney was 16 and Robyn dropped out of Monmouth College to work for the singer.

Just hours after her death, she wrote a Valentine’s Day-themed tribute to Whitney hours after she died, which was published in a U.S. magazine.

It said: 'I first met Whitney when I was 16 and knew right away she was special.

'Whitney was modelling and had peachy-coloured skin and didn’t look like anyone I’d ever met in New Jersey.

'I can’t believe that I’m never going to hug her or hear her laughter again.'

The claims have also been backed up by Whitney's sister-in-law and her ex-bodyguard Kevin Ammons.

Even her former husband Bobby has hinted their marriage was a cover-up for her desire for women.

Bobby's sister Tina Brown said: 'I saw her with a woman a couple of times.'

Witney Houston- Sitaki mwanangu arudie makosa niliyofanya

2012-02-16T09:42:00.003+03:00

Witney Houston (kushoto) akiwa na binti yake, Bobbi Kristina wiki iliyopita

Pop diva Whitney portrayed herself as a strict mother, determined to ensure that Bobbi Kristina does not make the same mistakes she did in her wild days.

She revealed: "I am a hands-on mother and I am a disciplinary mother. I don't make idle threats, you know what I'm saying.

"I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

"And she also has showbusiness in her blood. She's doing acting classes, and vocal coaching.

"So I keep her busy with that, and she's pretty happy with that.

"She's 18 now and she's going to be a woman in a minute. Lord have mercy!"

Witney Houston alitabiri kifo chake, alitaka kumuona Yesu

2012-02-16T09:34:00.003+03:00

Sehemu ya kuogea alipofikia Witney Houston

WHITNEY Houston eerily told pals she felt her "time was coming" and spoke of "seeing Jesus" in the hours before her death, it emerged last night.

The tragic star is said to have become increasingly spiritual — quoting Bible passages and saying she felt her end was near.

Last Friday — the day before she was found slumped in the bath of her Los Angeles hotel suite — she told one friend: "I'm gonna go see Jesus. I want to see Jesus."

And on Saturday, with her death hours away, she reportedly said: "You know, he's so cool. I really want to see that Jesus."

But Whitney, who battled drink and drug addictions, had claimed in one of her last interviews that she was finally comfortable with her life.

The 48-year-old soul legend said she had laid her demons to rest and was focusing on raising her daughter Bobbi Kristina, 18.

Chatting on the set of her forthcoming comeback movie Sparkle, Whitney explained: "Now that I'm older, and I think more seasoned, after my experiences in life — you become more mature. It coincides with my life as a mother."

She said of her return to the spotlight: "I don't think of it as like a comeback. I think of it as a gift God gave me. It was not that I said, 'Oh, I want to entertain'. It's in my family bloodline, I can't help it. It's innate, it's natural."

Wenger- Ni huzuni Arsenal, tulistahili kichapo

2012-02-16T09:24:00.003+03:00

ARSENE WENGER tore into his Arsenal flops as they were ripped apart at the San Siro.

Wenger called the humiliation his team's "worst ever performance in Europe".

And he admitted they have no chance of making the Champions League last eight.

Kevin-Prince Boateng started the rout before two Robinho goals and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty condemned the Gunners to their heaviest European defeat.

Boss Wenger blasted: "It was a shocking result and a shocking performance.

"We made mistake after mistake and were deservedly punished.

"It is a night we will never forget — our worst in Europe by far.

"There was not one moment in the entire 90 minutes when we were in the game.

"We were very poor in attack and in defence and we were never in the game.

"It would not be fair for me to blame the pitch, which was a disaster, because our performance was at the same level.

"We do not live in a dream world and we have to be realistic.

"There may be a statistical chance of two per cent we can still go through but realistically we are out of this competition.

"I can't say I did everything perfectly when we have lost 4-0 but I don't believe we made big tactical mistakes.

"Now there is a danger that a disappointment as big as this will have consequences on our belief for the rest of the season.

"We have a very big game in the FA Cup at Sunderland on Saturday and it's an opportunity to show we have the mental strength and character to respond to such a shocking defeat.

"We have let our ambitions down and all the players are very sad.

"But now we have to stick together and win our next game."

Not even Arsenal legend Thierry Henry could make an impact after being introduced as a substitute at half-time.

As he flies back to New York Red Bulls, the Gunners must now turn their attention to qualifying for the Champions League again next season.

Former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn rapped: "The experienced players didn't turn up for the manager and seriously let him down.

"The players should be disgusted with themselves. Confidence has been shot to pieces."

Ex-Gunners skipper Patrick Vieira tweeted: "There was a lack of leadership."

Chami aponda wanaomuombea mabaya, Kombani asema yeye kuumwa si habari

2012-02-16T09:08:00.003+03:00

WAKATI tetesi za kupanguliwa Baraza la Mawaziri zikizidi kupamba moto, hali ya afya ya baadhi ya mawaziri imeelezwa kuwa tete hivyo kulazimika kupelekwa India kwa matibabu.

Miongoni mwa Mawaziri hao ni wa Viwanda na Biashara, Dk Cyril Chami ambaye jana aliibuka na kuwataka watu aliowaita wanye uchu wa kuchukua nafasi yake, waache mara moja kutumia afya yake kupiga propaganda chafu za kisiasa.

Hadi sasa, mawaziri ambao taarifa za kuugua kwao zinafahamika ni pamoja na Profesa Mark Mwandosya mwenye dhamana ya Maji, Naibu Waziri Ujenzi, Dk Harrison Mwakyembe na Dk Chami.

Wengine ambao taarifa zinaonyesha kuwa walikuwa nje ya nchi kwa matibabu ni Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Rais (Utawala Bora), Mathias Chikawe na Waziri wa Sheria na Katiba, Celina Kombani.

Ingawa haijafahamika maradhi yanayowasumbua hadi sasa, wadadisi wa mambo ya kisiasa wamekuwa wakichukulia hali ya afya ya baadhi yao kama moja ya sababu inayoweza kuwafanya wawekwe kando pale Rais Jakaya Kikwete atakapoamua kufanya mabadiliko ya Baraza la Mawaziri ili kuwapa fursa ya kupumzika na kuendelea na matibabu.

Dk Chami alisema jana kwamba, tangu arejee kutoka India alikokwenda kutibiwa, afya yake imeimarika na hakuna siku aliyoshindwa kutekeleza majukumu yake huku akisema wanaoeneza uvumi huo ni mahasimu wake kisiasa wanaonyemelea nafasi yake.

Alisema mbali ya kufika ofisini kwake kila siku, alishiriki kikamilifu kwenye Mkutano wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano uliomalizika hivi karibuni Mjini Dodoma na kujibu hoja mbalimbali zilizoelekezwa kwa wizara yake.

Aliwalinganisha maadui zake kisiasa na fisi mwenye uchu anayemfuatilia mtu kwa nyuma bila kujali umbali wa safari kwa matumaini ya kuneemeka mkono ukidondoka huku akisema Rais Jakaya Kikwete ndiye mwenye mamlaka ya kuteua mawaziri wake kwa vigezo anavyoona vinafaa kwa mujibu wa mamlaka aliyonayo.

“Nashangaa sana, afya yangu ni njema, imeimarika. Tangu nimerejea kutoka India, sijawahi kwenda hospitali wala zahanati yoyote, naingia ofisini kila siku kuanzia asubuhi na kutoka jioni, nimehudhuria Mkutano wa Bunge, Dodoma na leo nina kazi ya kutembelea viwanda, sasa huku ndiko afya yangu kuzidi kudorora?,” alihoji Dk Chami na kuongeza:

“Suala kubwa hapa ni uwaziri, lakini mtu unaposema fulani anaumwa sana au haumwi lazima usimame katika ukweli. Hizi ni propaganda chafu za kisiasa zinazoenezwa na baadhi ya watu wenye uchu wa kutaka nafasi hii. Rais ana mamlaka yake ya kuteua mtu kwa vigezo anavyoona vinafaa na mamlaka hiyo haitegemei afya ya mtu.

Anaweza kuwa mzima au mgonjwa lakini anateua kwa kadri itakavyompendeza yeye.”Dk Chami aliwataka wananchi wa jimbo lake la Moshi Vijijini kutokuwa na hofu kuhusu afya yake akisema imeimarika na amejipanga kuongoza mapambano ya kuleta maendeleo.

Chami alirejea nchini mwishoni mwa mwaka jana kutoka India alikotibiwa kwa miezi miwili akiwashukuru Watanzania kwa moyo wa upendo walioonyesha kwake kwa baadhi yao kufunga na kufanya mikesha, kumuombea ili apone.

Akizungumzia ugonjwa uliompeleka India, Waziri huyo alisema alikuwa akisumbuliwa na maumivu upande wa kulia wa kifua chake na alipofika India, ilibidi madaktari wamkate kipande cha nyama na kukisindika ili kutambua bakteria husika baada ya awali, kushindwa kuwabaini.

Alisema wakati akiendelea na tiba hiyo, dawa alizokuwa akizitumia zilimletea athari, iliyosababisha mwili kuvimba.

Alisema kifua kilipata ahueni mapema na muda mrefu ulitumika kutibu uvimbe aliopata.

Akiwa katika ziara kutembelea kiwanda cha MMI Steel, Dk Chami alitumia fursa hiyo kuelezea pia afya yake akitamba yupo 'fiti' na hana mgogoro wa kiafya kama baadhi ya watu wanavyojaribu kumshinikiza Rais Kikwete afanye mabadiliko ya Baraza la Mawaziri.

“Nipo vizuri sana na uzito umeongezeka kwa kilo 15. Sasa wale ambao wanafikiria kuwaona wengine katika masanduku (majeneza) watasubiri sana” alisema.

Waziri Kombani alipelekwa nje ya nchi kutibiwa na sasa amerejea nchini.

Awali, taarifa zilisema alipaswa kwenda kufanyiwa upasuaji ambao hata hivyo, haukuwekwa wazi.

Waziri huyo hakuonekana katika Mkutano wa Sita wa Bunge uliomalizika wiki iliyopita na Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali (AG), Jaji Frederick Werema ndiye aliyekuwa akijibu maswali ya Wizara Katiba na Sheria.

Jana, taarifa zilizopatikana wizarani kwake zilisema Kombani hajaonekana ofisini kwa takribani wiki tatu.

Baadhi ya vigogo wa wizara hiyo ambao hawakutaka kutajwa majina yao gazetini, walisema waziri huyo hayupo ofisini kutokana na kuumwa na kwamba alikuwa nje ya nchi wa matibabu kwa takriban wiki tatu.

Msemaji wa wizara hiyo, Omega Ng’ole alisema hajui kama Waziri Kombani alikuwa anaumwa huku akisema waziri kwenda nje au kutokwenda kwa ajili ya matibabu ni suala binafsi hivyo kushauri atafutwe mwenyewe.

Akizungumza kwa simu, kuhusu afya yake Kombani alihoji: “Unataka kufahamu kama mwandishi au ndugu?” baada ya kujibiwa alisema si jambo baya kwa kiongozi kwenda au kupelekwa nje ya nchi kutibiwa.

“Hivi mtu kuumwa ni jambo la kutangaza kweli… nini cha kushangaza kama mtu akiumwa?,” alihoji.

Alisisitiza kwamba, hakuna ubaya kwa kiongozi yoyote kwenda nje ya nchi kufanyiwa uchunguzi wa afya yake.

“Mtu akienda nje kufanyiwa uchunguzi hiyo nayo ni habari? Hilo jambo kwangu ni mambo madogo tu, hiyo siyo habari bwana,” alisema Kombani na kuongeza kuwa hawezi kusema kama ni mgonjwa au la kwa kuwa hilo ni jambo lake binafsi...

“Mimi nakwenda nje kila siku, kila wakati katika shughuli zangu za kikazi na hata siku moja sijawahi kuulizwa na mtu.”

Kwa upande wake, Waziri Chikawe naye anadaiwa kwamba hivi karibuni alikwenda India kupata matibabu. Hata hivyo, haikuelezwa kinachomsibu kutokana na usiri mkubwa uliopo serikalini juu ya matibabu ya viongozi hao.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Ajuta kugombana na Witney Houston

2012-02-15T12:48:00.001+03:00

Former X Factor USA finalist Stacy Francis has opened up about the confrontation that she had with Whitney Houston, a few days before her untimely death.

Reportedly, Whitney confronted Stacy on Thursday at a pre-Grammys party when she saw Stacy talking to Ray J.

After learning of Whitney’s death, Stacy took to her official Twitter account to offer her words of
remorse.

She tweeted, “This is a sad time for me. I loved Whitney Houston with all my heart. She was such an amazing musical influence for me. I deeply regret the events that led to Thursday’s misunderstanding, but I respect and love her more than I can say.”

She continued, “Whitney maintained a genuineness in this difficult profession and I will always admire and respect the courage that she lived. At this painful time, I would like to express my support and most sincere condolences to Whitney’s family in learning of her sudden death. I will always remember her to be a deeply humane person and wish her spirit to rest in peace.”

Could you imagine having a little tussle with someone as famous as Whitney right before she died suddenly?!? That has to be awful!

Wenger ampiga dongo kocha wa Chelsea

2012-02-15T10:08:00.000+03:00

ARSENE WENGER turned up the heat on Andre Villas-Boas by declaring: It's your turn for a crisis.

The Arsenal manager has seen his team leapfrog AVB and Chelsea in the Premier League and insists they can now go further in Europe.

Wenger said: "The crisis in England is a bit like fire, it moves quickly from one club to another.

"We can't consider too much if it's us or Chelsea who suffers."

Blues boss Villas-Boas is under huge pressure but it is also a crunch week for Arsenal.

They face a Champions League trip to AC Milan tonight followed by an FA Cup visit to Sunderland. Wenger warned:

"We must be cautious, this crisis can quickly come back to us in a strong wind.

"We paid a heavy price for our start but it's not impossible to catch the top three."

Mwakyembe kurudi India kutibiwa

2012-02-15T09:58:00.001+03:00

NAIBU Waziri wa Ujenzi, Dk Harrison Mwakyembe anatarajia kuondoka nchini wakati wowote kwenda nchini India kwa ajili ya matibabu.

Dk Mwakyembe amekuwa akisumbuliwa na maradhi ya ngozi ambayo Oktoba 9 mwaka jana, alilazimika kupelekwa katika Hospitali ya Appolo nchini India kwa matibabu zaidi.

Jana, vyanzo vya karibu na Dk Mwakyembe vilidokeza gazeti hili kwamba naibu Waziri huyo na Mbunge wa Kyela anatarajiwa kurudi Appolo, kwa ajili ya kuangalia kama matibabu aliyopata yameweza kumsaidia kwa kiwango gani.

Vyanzo hivyo vilivyo karibu na Dk Mwakyembe, vilifafanua kwamba anachokwenda kufanya India ni "Uchunguzi tu wa kawaida kuona maendeleo ya matibabu."

"Atarudi katika uangalizi wa kawaida, kwasababu amekuwa akipata matibabu hivyo lazima achunguzwe kuona dawa alizokuwa akitumia zimemsaidia kwa kiwango gani," alisema.

Mwakyembe ambaye pia ni Mbunge wa Kyela, hivi karibuni alijitokeza na kutoa kauli nzito kuhusu chanzo cha maradhi yanayomsibu, huku Serikali ikiendelea kukaa kimya hata baada ya washirika wake wa karibu kusisitiza kwamba alipewa sumu.

Itakumbukwa kwamba, mwaka jana, Dk Mwakyembe akiwa na hali mbaya alipelekwa katika Hospitali ya Appolo, nchini India kwa matibabu baada ya kuugua maradhi yaliyosababisha ngozi yake kuharibika.

Tangu arejee mwanzoni mwa mwezi uliopita alikuwa hajaonekana hadharani, mbali na kutoa tamko kwamba afya yake ilikuwa inaendelea vizuri.

Hata hivyo, muda wote huo aliokuwa nchini India na baada ya kurudi nchini, mazungumzo ya watu maofisini, nyumbani, mitaani na vijiweni yalitawaliwa na utata wa suala la afya ya Dk Mwakyembe, huku uvumi, tetesi na minong’ono kwamba maradhi yake yalisababishwa na hujuma za kisiasa vikitawala hisia za wananchi.

Hisia hizo zilikuzwa na kauli ya mmoja wa washirika wake kisiasa, Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, Samwel Sitta ambaye alimtembelea hospitalini nchini India na baadaye kutoboa hadharani kwamba Dk Mwakyembe alikuwa amelishwa sumu kutokana na msimamo wake dhidi ya mafisadi.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Marafiki hawajashangazwa na kifo cha Witney Houston

2012-02-15T09:44:00.006+03:00

Witney Houston (katikati), aliyekuwa mumewe, Bobby Brown wakiwa na binti yao, Bobby Kristina.
Witney akiwa na Michael Jackson

Mwili wa Witney Houston ukitolewa chumbani hotelini

Friends have spoken out to say the singer's premature death was 'not a great surprise' due to her 'downward spiral' which was helped along by others.

'As sad as this sounds, it's not a great surprise and yet, it's unbelievable,' a music source told People magazine.

'There are demons she fought privately and publicly for many years... She's been on a downward spiral for a long time and when you have those people around you that enable the behaviour ... she couldn't shake those demons.'

According to one source the singer spent her last days in a drug-fuelled trance. 'She was like a zombie', the source said.

It has also emerged that the Beverly Hilton Hotel management asked the coroner to leave Houston's body in her hotel room until after the Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party finished, according to RadarOnline.

A source told the website the decision was made 'out of respect for Whitney Houston' and amid security concerns.

But it was also reported that the management did not want to upset guests at the hotel either.'It would be insensitive for the van to be driven out with her body as limos were pulling away with the A-list guests,' the source said.

The body was eventually removed after midnight, when officers had finished their on-scene work.Whitney's body was released to her family yesterday and flown back to Newark, New Jersey, where she was born.

The private jet was said to be chartered by the highest paid man in entertainment Tyler Perry.The Atlanta-born actor is said to have rushed to the hospital when he heard about his close friend's death and offered his plane to her family right away, according to sources.

The singer's body touched down at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport at 10.30pm last night after the Gulfstream III jet took off from California's Van Nuys airport following its release from the LA County Department of Coroner.

A golden hearse was waiting to collect the pop icon's body and take it to Whigham Funeral Home to be prepared for interment.

E! News reported that Rev Marvin Winans, who officiated at Houston's wedding to Bobby Brown, may preside over the funeral.

Sources said the family had suggested there could be a wake on Thursday and a funeral on Friday for the star.The decision to bury Whitney in Newark was taken after a family rift, according to website TMZ.

It said that Dionne Warwick, Whitney's cousin, and her mother Cissy both wanted her to be laid to rest in Atlanta, which they believe was the place Whitney loved best.

But the rest of the family wanted Whitney buried in Newark and won the day.

She may be buried alongside her father, army serviceman and entertainment executive John Houston, who died in 2003 and was laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, New Jersey.

Mwili wa Witney Houston warudishwa nyumbani

2012-02-14T14:21:00.004+03:00

Mwili wa Witney Houston unapelekwa uwanja wa ndege jijini Los Angeles usafirishwe kwenda nyumbani kwao.

Ndege binafsi iliyobeba mwili wa Witney Houston ikiruka kutoka uwanja wa ndege wa Los Angeles

Mwili umefikishwa

WHITNEY Houston's body arrived in a golden hearse in New Jersey after being flown by private jet from Los Angeles.

The star could have been dead before she became submerged in the LA hotel bath where her body was discovered, it was reported last night.

It is feared the tragic singer may have been killed by a cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol rather than drowning.

The Bodyguard star was found in the bath of her Beverly Hilton hotel room on Saturday with her face underwater.

Mystery still surrounded the cause of her death last night.

But according to reports, her family were told the 48-year-old may have died before she became fully submerged — after consuming a combination of drugs and booze.

The star's body arrived at Whigham Funeral Home in her home state today as plans were under way for the singer's funeral.

The star's family is considering holding her funeral in an 18,000-seat arena on Friday.

And it emerged last night that pill bottles found in her room were from the same pharmacy that supplied Michael Jackson. Cops were reported to have said they were from the Mickey Fine chemists.

It was where Jacko got Demerol and other drugs.

One theory also being considered was that singer Whitney had a heart attack caused by a reaction to the binge cocktail.

It is believed only a small amount of water was found in her lungs.

Los Angeles cops obtained a search warrant and are said to have found SIX prescription pill bottles — Xanax, Lorazepam, Ibuprofen, Midol, Amoxicillin and Valium.

Meanwhile, pictures emerged yesterday showing a meal Whitney had moments before her death.

The star ordered a hamburger, fries, a turkey sandwich and jalapenos, according to reports.

She ate her burger and chips, but took the rest into the bathroom.

One chilling image showed her food tray discarded on the bathroom floor soaked in water after the desperate struggle to revive her. Other lunch remains were pictured strewn on a table with an empty Champagne glass and can of beer.

Another picture has since emerged of the star's bath tub showing a gravy boat that had sunk to the bottom.

Dk. Migiro kuachia ngazi UN

2012-01-27T12:18:00.002+03:00

Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa, Ban Ki Moon ametangaza mabadiliko makubwa katika safu ya uongozi ndani ya Sekretarieti ya Umoja wa Mataifa.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari Makao Makuu ya Umoja wa Mataifa, Ban Ki Moon amethibitisha kwamba Naibu Katibu Mkuu, Dk. Asha- Rose Migiro ameomba kupumzika.

Bw. Vijar Nambiar ambaye ni Mkuu wa Ofisi yake ( Chef de Cabinet), pia anaachia ngazi UN.

“ Kama mlivyotangaziwa mwishoni mwa mwaka jana kuhusu mabadiliko yanayotarajiwa katika nafasi za watendaji waandamizi. Ningependa kuongezea na kuwajulisha kwamba, Naibu Katibu Mkuu, Bibi.Migiro na Bw. Vijar Nambiar wamewasilisha kwangu maombi yao ya kutaka kuachia nafasi zao , ili kuniruhusu kuunda timu mpya ya maafisa waandamizi nitakaofanya nao kazi katika awamu ya pili ya uongozi wangu” akasema Ban Ki Moon.

“ Ninapenda kutoa shukrani zangu za dhati kabisa kwa Naibu Katibu Mkuu, Asha- Rozi Migiro, kwa uamuzi wake huo, na kwa kazi nzuri na ushirikiano mkubwa na usio na shaka wala doa alionipatia katika kipindi chote miaka mitano iliyopita akiwa msaidizi wangu wa karibu.

“ Amenipatia ushirikiano mzuri sana, alinishauri kwa busara na amejituma sana na kwa kuadilifu mkubwa katika kukabiliana na changamoto nyingi zilizoikabili Taasisi hii wakati wa awamu yangu ya kwanza ya uongozi” akasisitiza Ban Ki Moon.

Katibu Mkuu wa UN, akawaeleza waandishi wa habari kwamba, Naibu Katibu Mkuu, Migiro ataendelea kuwepo ofisini hadi mwezi wa sita mwaka huu ili kuratibu na kusimamia kipindi cha mpito pamoja na maandalizi ya Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Maendeleo Endelevu (RIO+20).

Kwa mujibu wa Ban Ki Moon, pamoja na Migiro kuwasilisha ombi lake wapo pia baadhi ya watendaji waandamizi ambao nao wameonyesha nia ya kuachia nafasi zao ili kupisha menejimenti mpya.

Miongozi mwa maafisa hao ni pamoja na Msimamizi Mkuu wa Ofisi yake Bw. Vijay Nambiar ambaye katika muda muafaka atapewa kazi ya kuwa mshauri wa Katibu Mkuu kuhusu Mynmar.

Watendaji wengine watakaondoka na ambao wengi wao walikuwa katika awamu ya kwanza ya uongozi wa Ban Ki Moon ni kutoka Idara za Utawala, Maendeleo, Huduma za Mikutano, Habari, Ofisi ya Opokonyaji wa silaha, na Mshauri wa Masuala ya Afrika.

Wengine ni wasimamizi wa Idara za Uchumi za Afrika na Ulaya, waratibu wa mifuko ya maendeleo na Idadi ya watu UNDP na UNFPA.

Aidha wamo pia wawakilishi maalum wa Katibu Mkuu wanaohusika na masuala ya watoto katika migogoro ya kivita, na uzuiaji wa mauaji ya kimbali, ambao wanatarajiwa kuachia nafasi zao kati kati ya mwaka huu.

Akaeleza pia kwamba mchakato wa kujaza nafasi Nane zitakazoachwa wazi katika ngazi za ukatibu mkuu msaidizi (Under-Secretary General) umekwisha anza .Akasema ujazaji wa nafasi hizo ambao utakuwa wa uwazi utazingatia sana sifa na uwezo wa mtu, uwiano wa kikanda na jinsia.

Wagonjwa Muhimbili waambiwa warudi nyumbani

2012-01-27T11:40:00.004+03:00

Wagonjwa katika Hospitali ya Taifa ya Muhimbili jijini Dar es Salaam wameambiwa warudi nyumbani hadi watakapopata taarifa za kumalizika kwa mgomo kupitia vyombo vya habari.

Wakizungumza kwa nyakati tofauti, wagonjwa hao wamesema, walipewa taarifa na baadhi ya wafanya kazi katika vitengo tofauti, vinavyotoa huduma za kliniki hospitalini hapo.

Vitengo vilivyodaiwa kuwatangazia habari hiyo wagonjwa hao ni Taasisi ya Mifupa (MOI), kitengo cha kuhudumia watoto wenye matatizo ya upungufu wa damu na kitengo cha Kliniki ya matatizo ya moyo.

Mmoja wa wagonjwa hao, Rukia Hamisi alisema alipofika MOI alitokea mmoja wa wafanya kazi katika taasisi hiyo na kuwatangazia kuwa wagonjwa wote waondoke eneo hilo hadi watakapotangaziwa kuwa mgomo umekwisha.

“Mimi nimekuja tangu asubuhi, lakini ilipofika saa tatu asubuhi alikuja mfanyakazi mmoja na kututangazia kuwa tuondoke katika eneo hilo hadi tutakapo tangaziwa kuwa mgomo umekwisha kupitia vyombo vya habari,” alisema Hamisi.

Mmoja wa wafanya kazi wa MOI ambaye hakutaka jina lake kutajwa gazetini, alikiri kutoa taarifa hizo na kusisitiza kuwa hali hiyo imetokana na madaktari wanaotakiwa kuwahudumia wagonjwa hawakuwapo kazini.

Muhonewa Mfaume ambaye alikwenda hosptalini kwa ajili ya kutaka barua yake aliyopewa Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii iweze kusainiwa na daktari ili aweze kwenda kutibiwa nje ya nchi, alisema alipofika katika kitengo hicho aliambiwa na mmoja wa wafanyakazi wa idara ya mapokezi kwamba, arudi nyumbani

Afisa Habari Mwandamizi wa Hosptali ya Taifa Muhimbili Aminiel Aligaesha alipoulizwa kuhusu taarifa hizo alijibu kwa kifupi kuwa hana taarifa na pia akasisitiza kuwa, huduma zinazoendelea vizuri.

KCMC nako mambo yaharibika Mgomo huo umezidi kutikisa nchi na kuvuruga huduma za utabibu baada ya madaktari katika hospitali ya Rufaa ya KCMC ya mjini Moshi nao kujiunga rasmi kwenye mgomo.

Hata hivyo, madaktari hao wamekubaliana kutoa huduma kwa wagonjwa wa dharura tu wakiwamo wa ajali, wanaohitaji kujifungua na walioko wodi ya wagonjwa wanaohitaji uangalizi maalumu(ICU).

Katika tamko lao hilo, madaktari hao waliokutana katika ukumbi wa maktaba walisema katika kipindi chote cha mgomo hawatapokea wagonjwa wa nje na kwamba kliniki zote hazitafanya kazi.

Ingawa hospitali hiyo inamilikiwa na Shirika la Msamaria mwema (GSF) lakini wapo madaktari ambao mikataba yao ya ajira ipo chini ya shirika hilo na wapo ambao ajira zao ziko moja kwa moja serikalini.BugandoJana madaktari wa Hospitali ya Rufaa ya Bugando waliungana na wenzao katika mgomo unaoendelea kusambaa nchi nzima hivi sasa.

Madaktari hao walianza mgomo kwa kukataa kuwapokea wagonjwa wapya isipokuwa wagonjwa wa dharura tu.Wakizungumza wakati wa mkutano wao uliofanyika katika hosteli ya madaktari wanafunzi, walisema kurudi kwao kazini kutategemea maelekezo kutoka kwa uongozi wa kamati maalum waliyoiunda kuratibu mgomo huo.

Juhudi za uongozi wa hospitali hiyo chini ya Mkurugenzi wake, Dk Charles Majinge kuzuia mgomo huo ziligonga mwamba baada ya madaktari hao kumweleza kuwa mgomo huo haujaitishwa dhidi ya hospitali hiyo wala uongozi wake na kwamba, madai yao yako nje ya uwezo wa utawala wa Bugando.

Dk Majinge alikataa kuzungumza na waandishi wa habari kuhusiana na mgomo wa madaktari katika hospitali yake.BundaHuduma ya tiba kwenye baadhi ya vituo vya afya wilayani Bunda, jana zilidorora kufuatia baadhi ya madaktari na wahudumu kuitisha mgomo.

Mwananchi imebaini kuwa ingawa wahudumu na madaktari hao wamefika kazini kwa wakati lakini walikataa kuwahudumia wagonjwa.

“Mimi nimefika hapa saa 3:00 asubuhi lakini sijahudumiwa. Wanaingia (wahudumu) wanakaa ndani kisha wanatoka bila kuwaita wagonjwa," alisema mmoja hospitalini hapo saa 8:00 mchana jana.

Kaimu mganga mkuu wa wilaya hiyo Dk Fransic Mayengera alikana uwepo wa mgomo hospitalini hapo na huku aiita hatua hiyo kuwa ni kutokana na uzembe wa watumishi wa hospitali na kwamba uongozi wake umeanza kuwashughulikia."

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Mume adaiwa kumpiga mkewe, kumwingiza chupa sehemu za siri

2012-01-26T17:43:00.002+03:00

Bi Judith Mnyape (32) mkazi wa Ghana Magharibi jijini Mbeya anadaiwa kupigwa na mumewe, Clemence Luhimbo (36), maarufu kwa jina la Kidevu na kujeruhiwa sehemu mbalimbali za mwili wake kwa kile kilichodaiwa na kuwa ni wivu wa kimapenzi.

Tukio hilo limetokea Januari 14, mwaka huu saa 2 usiku nyumbani kwake wanapoishi.

Inadaiwa kuwa, dereva huyo wa teksi alimpiga mkewe kwa kutumia ufagio hadi kuvunjika hicyo kusababisha mwanamke huyo apate majeraha na kulazwa katika hospitali ya Rufaa jijini Mbeya Januari 20 hadi 21 mwaka huu.

Inadaiwa kuwa, licha ya kumpiga mkewe, Luhimbo, alimfungia mkewe kwa muda wa siku tatu mfululizo bila kumpa huduma yoyote ya matibabu.

Kuna madai kwamba, mbali na kumfungia, Luhimbo pia alimwingiza chupa ya soda kwa siku tatu mfululizo mkewe sehemu za siri kwa madai kuwa amechoshwa na vitendo vya ukahaba vinavyofanywa na mkewe.

Luhimbo anahojiwa na Kituo cha Polisi cha Kati, kitengo cha kupinga ukatili dhidi ya wanawake na watoto, mpaka sasa wamemtaka kuhakikisha mkewe anapatiwa matibabu ipasavyo, huku akiendelea kuripoti polisi.

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Mama amfunga kamba mwanawe mezani, yeye aenda kanisani

2012-01-26T17:23:00.002+03:00

Rahabu Robert (26) mkazi wa mtaa wa Manga A, jijini Mbeya amekutwa amemfunga kamba ya katani kwenye meza mtoto wake wa kumzaa aitwaye Eliza Frank (4), kwa kile alichodai kuchoshwa na tabia mbaya ya uzurulaji.

Tukio hilo limetokea Januari 25, mwaka huu nyumbani hapo saa 10 jioni na mtoto huyo kukutwa majira ya saa 12 jioni na majirani wakati mama huyo akiwa kanisani kwenye ibada.

Baada ya majirani kubaini ukatili huo walimtaarifu Mwenyekiti wa mtaa Bi Rose Mwaisanga, alimfuata mama huyo kanisani katika Kanisa la Moravian Ruanda lililopo karibu na Hospitali ya K'S lililopo mtaa wa Mafiati.

Baada ya kufika nyumbani mama huyo na mwenyekiti walimkuta mtoto huyo akilia kwa uchungu kutokana na maumivu makali ya kamba hiyo.

Walimfungua kamba mtoto huyo, mama yake akapelekwa katika kituo cha Polisi cha Kati.

Mwenyekiti wa mtaa huo Bi Rose na mwandishi wa habari hizi walikuwa na wakati mgumu wa kumnusuru mama huyu asipigwe na wananchi wenye hasira kali.

Wananchi hao walikuwa wakimpiga mama huyo bila kujali mtoto mchanga aliyembeba mgongoni.

aliingizwa kwenye daladala hali ambayo ilisababisha wananchi hao kuipiga mawe daladala hiyo wakidai mama huyo naye aadhibiwe.

Baba mzazi wa mtoto huyo Bwana Frank Anangisye (29), amesema, alikuwa hana taarifa yoyote juu ya mateso ya mwanae na kuwashukuru majirani kwa kuweza kufichua uovu wa mkewe.

Mama wa mtoto huyo Bi Rahabu anatarajiwa kufikishwa mahakamani wakati wowote baada ya uchunguzi wa Jeshi la polisi kukamilika.

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Upendo wasababisha mume afe saa 24 baada ya mkewe kufariki dunia

2012-01-26T11:54:00.002+03:00

Mzee Sam Handelaar akiwa na mkewe Carrie

An 85-year-old war hero died 'of a broken heart' just a day after his wife of 60 years lost her battle with cancer.

Sam Handelaar, who drove a tank on to the Normandy beaches on D-Day, had been completely healthy before his heart stopped 24 hours after wife Carrie died.

The loving couple, from Basildon in Essex, will be buried side by side.

'They were devoted to each other,' said John Handelaar, the eldest of their three sons.

'My father had been quite fit and healthy before my mum passed away, but his heart just stopped.'

Elderly Mr Handelaar had still been driving or walking to visit his wife, also 85, in Basildon Hospital two or three times a week up until her death.

They first moved from London to Essex as young lovers more than half a century ago in 1958 - and celebrated their diamond wedding just this year.

They raised three sons John, 56, Kevan, 54, and Michael, 47, in a house in Codenham Green, Basildon, where they spent the rest of their lives.

Son John added: 'They both loved sport and my mum probably knew more about tennis, rugby, football, cricket and golf than almost any bloke.

'She always had a bet on a Saturday on the horses with my younger brother Michael. She didn’t win much but she loved it.

Mourinho anachonga sana, Barca kwa raha zao

2012-01-26T11:39:00.003+03:00

Kocha wa Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho wakati wa mechi ya jana.
Wachezaji wa Barcelona wakijipongeza baada ya mpambano wa jana.

Kuna Mdau wa soka katuma hii kuhusu mpambano wa jana kati ya Real Madrid na Barcelona.

You go on and on about the stupid diving by Barca players, favouritisms, the ref, the ref, the ref, but was Madrid any better?

Truth be told Madrid under Mourinho have failed to crack the beating Barca code and let's all accept it and move on and stop crying like little children.

Man U plays stupid sometimes but no one attacks them. Real Madrid plays stupid too and no one says anything.

Let us all stop hating Barca for the simple reason that they are the better side.

I know why these beatings hurt Real Madrid so much, they believe that they are the best in the world and that is why they have invested so much in buying expensive players and having the highest paid coach in the world for one purpose only, to unsit Barca, well they will have to wait a loong time to realise that.

And Mourinho is the closest thing that they have to beat Barca and if he goes at the end of the season, all his key players will follow him and Barca will cement its position as the best in the world for a long time to come. Congratulations Barca, you deserve it all!

Liverpool yaendeleza kilio Man City

2012-01-26T11:30:00.001+03:00

LIVERPOOL were a bit of all white as they made it back to Wembley for the first time since 1996.

Kenny Dalglish's heroes twice came from behind at Anfield to seal a Carling Cup final clash with Cardiff on February 26.

But there will surely be no sign of the 'Spice Boys' white suits that so embarrassed the squad before their FA Cup final defeat by Manchester United 16 years ago.

Craig Bellamy grabbed the decisive goal, though City were fuming at ref Phil Dowd for gifting Steven Gerrard a penalty with Phil Dowd for giving a handball against Micah Richards which saw Steven Gerrard score from the spot.

Kop boss Dalglish, who had a tear in his eye on the touchline at the final whistle, said: "Maybe we've forgotten the route to Wembley. We've not been for a while. But I'm sure the driver will remember.

"It's great for the people who have stood by us.

"It has not been so good for Liverpool Football Club over the last few years. But I've said before that if we stick together we can get our reward.

"The players were magnificent and everything that was lacking at Bolton last Saturday was there in abundance tonight."

City, who had keeper Joe Hart in inspired form, led twice through Nigel de Jong and Edin Dzeko.

Yet Liverpool hit back through skipper Gerrard's spot-kick and Bellamy's classy left-foot finish on 74 minutes.
Cardiff-born Bellamy, signed from City back in August, said: "The omens were looking good.

"I watched Cardiff go through and was delighted for them but knew it was a great opportunity for us.

"It couldn't be a better final for me. Cardiff mean so much to me. It's where I'm from. I haven't played at Wembley either."

City chief Roberto Mancini was simply left raging at Dowd for failing to spot Charlie Adam clipping Dzeko in the area at 0-0 and then penalising Richards as Daniel Agger's shot came off his knee and on to his arm.

He rapped: "I didn't think their penalty was a penalty, while we should have had one for a foul on Dzeko. I feel a sense of injustice.

"In the last two months we have been very unlucky with referees.

"The ball touched Micah's leg before his hand. Phil Dowd is one of England's best referees but I am giving my opinion it was not a penalty."

Mwili wa Arnold Schwarzenegger si bahati mbaya

2012-01-26T11:03:00.006+03:00

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s era was in 70’s when all the youngsters who wanted to do bodybuilding and get a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

They use to follow his diet plan, workout routine and training program.

In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s view, to gain weight and muscles, there should a proper diet plan that should comprise of nutritious food and this is the basic formula to be adopted first to get an amazing body.

Along with this a dedicated physical training is must to for body building.

As per Arnold Schwarzenegger eating less of Fat containing foods and keeping a record of your daily consumption is definitely going to help your body in long way.

Arnold’s basic rule was to always give his 100% towards his body building training, workout routine, diet plan and last but not the least, mental approach.

In Arnold’s view, body and muscle does not come overnight. It needs all the 4 principles that need to be followed everyday: proper training, workout routine, diet plan and mental approach.

Arnold Schwarzenegger always goes for natural food in his daily diet, rather than eating processed food.

He said that natural food are more nutritious and easy to digest.

Arnold Schwarzenegger ate small protein diet after every 3 hours. These small diets were contain 25-30 grams of protein.

Arnold use to mix his heavy calorie and light calorie diets so as to make sure that his digestive metabolism should work fine.

Arnold use to eat whole eggs, meat and large amount of milk products during his body building process days.

Arnold’s daily protein diet contains at least one glass of protein shake.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in a interview said that “the most important thing is a sound sleep of 8 hours to get a healthy body”.

He followed it too. Brain and body need time to rest.

Arnold use to follow his fitness regime only 4 days a week. He said that “rest is needed to repair the muscles after workout”.

Arnold Schwarzenegger use to eat carbs after his workout.

Arnold use to take beef and pork as substitute to fish and chicken

Pinda- Sipo tayari kuwa Rais, napumzika

2012-01-26T10:47:00.003+03:00

WAZIRI Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda amezungumzia mambo muhimu kumi na moja yanayogusa nchi kwa sasa yakiwemo ya kiuchumi na kisiasa huku akiwashangaa wanaotumia nguvu nyingi kuwania nafasi ya urais akisema hawajui mzigo mkubwa wa kuongoza taasisi hiyo.

Katika mkutano wake na wahariri na wawakilishi wao uliofanyika ofisini kwake Dar es Salaam jana, Pinda alisema:

“Kwa dhati sifikirii kugombea nafasi hiyo ya juu kwani ni mzigo mkubwa.”

Alisema kuna watu wanautaka urais kwa nguvu na kuhoji kama wanajua mzigo mkubwa uliopo katika taasisi hiyo au wanafurahia mazingira yake ili wakanufaike kiuchumi na kibiashara.

“Kuna watu wanautaka kweli urais... wanautaka kwelikweli, lakini kuutaka na kuupata ni vitu tofauti. Sijui kama wanautaka ili wawatumikie Watanzania au kwa sababu tu ya mazingira mazuri yaliyopo pale ili waweze kufanya biashara au wanufaike kiuchumi.”

Alisema mtu anayejua mzigo mkubwa uliopo Ikulu kamwe hawezi kuutaka kama baadhi wanavyofanya:

“Wakati mwingine huwa nikienda Ikulu namwambia ndugu yangu Rais pole. Ikulu ni mzigo mkubwa.”

“Sasa hawa wanaoutaka kwa nguvu, ni kweli wanataka kwenda kubeba mzigo huo mzito ? Mimi siko tayari. Sasa wanaoutaka urais kwa nguvu labda wawe wanakwenda pale kufurahia mazingira ya Ikulu kama kufanya biashara lakini si kutumikia Watanzania.”

Alisema Watanzania wanahitaji Rais ambaye atawatumikia kwa dhati na anayejua matatizo yao na huyo ndiye ambaye wenyewe watamchagua mwaka 2015 wakati wa uchaguzi.

Alisema anajivunia muda mwingi alioutumikia umma tangu Ikulu na hadi nafasi ya Waziri Mkuu na kuongeza:

"Sasa hivi ni Waziri Mkuu. Hapa ni shule tosha najivunia kutumikia umma hadi hapa nilipo. Panatosha nasema hili kwa dhati.”

Wakuu wa Wilaya Waziri Mkuu alikiri kuwepo wilaya ambazo zinakaimiwa na wakuu wa wilaya na kuongeza kwamba mchakato wa kukamilisha uteuzi wao umeshakamilika na kinachosubiriwa ni kutangazwa na Rais.

Alisema kuchelewa kukamilika kwa mchakato huo kulitokana na matatizo ya kisheria katika baadhi ya maeneo, kwani kulikuwa na mchakato wa kupokea maoni ya wapi kuwe makao makuu lakini, hilo na mengine yamekamilika na anayesubiriwa sasa ni mkuu huyo wa nchi.

Akizungumzia mchakato wa Katiba, Pinda alisema Serikali ina dhamira ya dhati kuhakikisha nchi inapata Katiba bora ambayo itagusa maslahi ya makundi tofauti ya kijamii.

Alisema hivi sasa imeundwa timu ndogo ya wataalamu ambayo itaangalia namna ya kufanya maandalizi ya kufanikisha utendaji kazi wa tume ya kuratibu mchakato huo punde itakapoundwa.

Alifafanua kwamba timu hiyo haina uhusiano wala haitafanya chochote kuhusu mapendekezo ya uteuzi wala kuingilia mchakato wa kisheria wa Sheria ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba wa mwaka 2011, bali itaangalia namna ofisi ya tume itakavyopatikana, maslahi kama mishahara, vitendea kazi, magari na miundombinu ya mawasiliano katika utendaji.

Pinda alisema timu hiyo ambayo imeundwa na Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi, itafanya kazi hiyo kwa umakini ili kuhakikisha tume itakapoundwa na kuanza kazi, maandalizi yote ya msingi yanakuwa yamekamilika.

Kuhusu mapendekezo ambayo Rais amekuwa akiyapokea katika kipindi hiki ambacho tayari sheria imekwishapitishwa na Bunge, alisema anasubiri maelekezo kutoka kwa mkuu huyo wa nchi kuona kama kuna mapendekezo ambayo yanaweza kupelekwa bungeni na sheria hiyo kufanyiwa marekebisho madogo ili kuhakikisha inakidhi matakwa ya wadau wote.

Alisema dhamira ya Serikali na Rais ni kuhakikisha kwamba Katiba inayopatikana inakuwa yenye matakwa ya pande zote husika, huku akitoa mfano kwamba kama Chadema inataka Serikali tatu za katika muundo wa muungano hilo litajulikana katika kura za maoni na kama CCM wanataka Serikali mbili pia litajulikana katika kura za maoni.

Akizungumzia posho za wabunge, Pinda alisema tatizo kubwa lilijitokeza tangu mwanzo ni ukosefu wa taarifa sahihi kwa umma hali iliyoibua mjadala na mgongano wa lugha kati ya Spika wa Bunge, Anne Makinda na Katibu wake, Dk Thomas Kashillilah.

Alisema wakati mjadala ulivyoibuka, ni kweli Spika alimwandikia barua Rais kuomba nyongeza hiyo ya posho lakini mkuu huyo wa nchi alikuwa bado hajaidhinisha posho hizo.

“Kwa hiyo, kwa lugha rahisi ingekuwa ni kusema hivi... ni kweli tumeomba nyongeza ya posho kwa mheshimiwa Rais lakini hadi sasa hajaidhinisha, atakapoidhinisha au vinginevyo tutasema.

Lakini, ikatokea huyu anasema hivi na yule hivi.”Hata hivyo, alisema tayari Rais Kikwete amekwisharejesha suala hilo kwake (Pinda) ili kuendelea na taratibu nyingine zaidi ambazo atatoa maelekezo bungeni kuona namna ya kulimaliza suala hilo bila mvutano.

Pinda alisema ingawa kumekuwa na malalamiko, lakini wabunge wana matatizo ya msingi ambayo yanatokana na makato makubwa ya mikopo, kusaidia wapiga kura majimboni na mengine mengi.

Alisema serikalini kiwango cha posho ya vikao kwa siku kwa watumishi wa ngazi za juu ni Sh200,000 kwa ngazi ya kati Sh150,000 na nyingine Sh100,000 na kuongeza:

“Hivyo, siyo vibaya sana na hata wabunge wakiongezewa. Ni jambo linaloweza kueleweka kama watu watalizungumza jambo hili kwa utulivu.”

Pinda alisema tofauti na viongozi wa Serikali kama yeye, wabunge wanajigharamia wenyewe nyumba, magari, mafuta, matengenezo na huduma nyingine za kuwasaidia wananchi, hivyo akataka jambo hilo lizungumzwe bila jazba.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Mkulima afa kwa kunyweshwa tindikali

2012-01-25T14:20:00.003+03:00

MKULIMA wa kijiji cha Kibwigwa kata ya Mwayaya wilayani Kasulu, Gaudence Kibiriti, ameuawa na wananchi wa kijiji hicho kwa kunyweshwa tindikali aina ya Caustic.

Wananchi hao walifanya mauaji hayo mwanzoni mwa wiki hii wakimtuhumu kumkingia kifua baba yake, anayetuhumiwa kufanya vitendo vya kishirikina.

Kamanda wa Polisi wa Mkoa Kigoma, Fraiser Kashai, aliwaambia waandishi wa habari mjini hapa jana, kwamba baada ya kumwua mkulima huyo, wananchi hao walimshambulia baba yake mzazi, Kibiriti Shingwa, na kumjeruhi kwa kummwagia tindikali hiyo pia.

Alisema awali wananchi hao walivamia nyumbani kwa Gaudence na kurusha mawe juu ya paa la nyumba yake.

Baada ya hali hiyo, Gaudence alitoka nje ili kunusuru maisha yake, ndipo wananchi walipomkamata na kumnywesha tindikali hiyo na nyingine kummwagia mwilini na kumsababishia kifo hicho.

Katika tafrani hiyo kwa mujibu wa Kamanda Kashai, wanakijiji hao walivamia shamba la migomba la marehemu lenye ukubwa wa robo heka na kufyeka mazao yote.

Pia waliharibu nyumba zake mbili na kumjeruhi Shingwa sehemu mbalimbali za mwili wake kwa kummwagia tindikali.

Alisema majeruhi amelazwa katika Hospitali ya Misheni ya Heri katika tarafa ya Manyovu, Kasulu kwa matibabu na juhudi za Polisi kuwatafuta watuhumiwa zinaendelea na hadi jana hakuna mtu ambaye alishakamatwa.

Chanzo: Gazeti la HabariLEO

Beckham azidi kuongeza tatuu mwilini

2012-01-25T13:15:00.015+03:00

Moja ya picha ya mwanasoka maarufu duniani, David Beckham zitakazotumika katika jarida litakaloanza kuuzwa Januari 30 mwaka huu.

Kuna taarifa zinazodai kuwa, licha ya Beckham kuwa na tatuu katika sehemu kubwa ya mwili wake, ameongeza nyingine hivi karibuni.

Mwanasoka huyo akiwa amechora tatuu zenye majina ya wanawe wa kiume, Brooklyn, Romeo na Cruz

Beckham akiwa amechora tatuu yenye jina la binti yake, Harper

John Cena si shoga

2012-01-25T12:59:00.001+03:00

John Cena akiwa na mkewe, Elizabeth

The WWE superstar John Cena’s real name is John Felix Anthony Cena.
John Cena was born on 23 April, 1977. so at present his age is 34 years.

The rumours that John Cena is gay are absolutely wrong. John Cena has a wife and children too.

John cena’s weight is 240 pounds (114 kgs).

John Cena’s height is 6’1.

John Cena’s wife name is Elizabeth Cena.

Althogh she is a wife of a superstar but she wants to stay in a low profile life.

Her age is 32 years, she was born on 28 september, 1979.

John Cena and her wife got married on 11th July 2009.

Madaktari watangaza mgomo nchi nzima

2012-01-24T17:10:00.001+03:00

MADAKTARI wametangaza rasmi kuanza mgomo katika hospitali zote za rufaa na vituo mbalimbali vya afya nchini kote hadi hapo madai yao yatakaposhughulikiwa na Serikali.

Pia wamepitisha azimio la kumtaka Rais Jakaya Kikwete kuifumua na kuiunda upya Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii kwa kuwaondoa kwenye nyadhifa zao Waziri Dk Haji Mponda na Naibu wake, Dk Lucy Nkya kutokana na kile wanachodai kuwa ni kudhalilisha taaluma yao.Dk Uliomboka pia aliwataja Katibu Mkuu wa wizara hiyo, Blandina Nyoni na Mganga Mkuu wa Serikali, Dk Deo Mtasiwa kwamba wanapaswa kuwajibishwa na Rais.

Akitangaza mgomo huo, Dar es Salaam jana Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Muda ya Jumuiya ya Madaktari hao, Dk Stephene Ulimboka alisema hatua hiyo inalenga kupata ufumbuzi wa madai waliyotoa kwa muda mrefu na kuongeza kwamba, leo wanatarajia kukutana na Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda.

Dk Ulimboka alitaja baadhi ya madai yao kuwa ni kuwawekea mazingira bora ya kazi madaktari kwa kupeleka vifaa vya kazi hospitalini na kwenye vituo vya afya, kuboresha malipo ya posho na kuwapatia sitahili zote wanataalamu hao.

Hata hivyo, tafauti na ilivyokuwa awali, kikao cha jana ambacho kilikuwa cha majumuisho, kilitumika pia kupokea ripoti ya mikutano iliyokuwa ikiongozwa na Chama cha Madaktari Tanzania (MAT) na kupokea majukumu ya kuongoza harakati hizo.

“Kuanzia leo tunatangaza kuwa madaktari wote wanaoguswa na hili kote nchini kuacha kufanya kazi hadi hapo Serikali itakapotekeleza madai yetu, tunataka Serikali iboreshe mazingira ya kutolea huduma za afya, ili kumwezesha daktari kumpatia huduma mgonjwa katika kiwango kinachostahili,” alisema Dk Ulimboka.

Alitaja madai mengine matatu ambayo kamati anayoiongoza inasimamia kuhakikisha yanatekelezwa kuwa ni pamoja na madaktari kurejeshewa nyumba za kuishi kama inavyoelekezwa kwenye ‘Standard order’ ya Serikali, ambayo inasema daktari atapatiwa nyumba ya kuishi na Serikali na kama sivyo atapatiwa asimilia 30 ya mshahara.

Alisema kipengele hicho kiliondolewa kinyemela bila wao kushirikisha wala kuelezwa sababu za kuondolewa kwake, jambo linalowaongezea ugumu wa maisha na kuwafanya wadharaulike.

Madai mengine yalihusu nyongeza za mishahara, ambayo alisema kumekuwa na ugumu wa kutekeleza suala hilo kila mara hadi wanapofanya mgomo.

“Mwaka 2005 wakati tunaanza kazi, mshahara wa daktari ulikuwa unafikia Sh124, 000, lakini baada ya mgomo ndipo ukapandishwa hadi kufikia karibu ya laki 700,000 sisi tunataka suala hili lirekebishwe na nyongeza yake isisubiri shinikizo,” alisema.

Madai mengine ni malipo kwa madaktari pindi wanapofanya kazi katika mazingira hatarishi na kupendekeza walipwe asimilia 30 ya mshahara wao, posho wakati wa kazi ya ziada ambayo kwa sasa wanalipwa asimilia 10 ya mshahara wao.

Kuhusu mshahara, alisema yapo mapendekezo ambayo alisema wataitaarifu Serikali watakapokutana na viongozi wake.

Madaktari hao leo wanatarajia kuendelea na mkutano wao katika ukumbi wa Don Bosco.Rais wa MAT, Dk Namala Mkopi alisema alikabidhi majukumu kwa kamati iliyoundwa na wanachama baada ya kuonekana kuwa hadi sasa Serikali imekuwa ikiwazungusha.

“Wanachama wamesema hapo mlipofikia tunashukuru mmejitahidi vya kutosha na sasa tunaomba mtukabidhi majukumu ili shughuli hii iweze kusimamiwa na kamati ya madaktari,” alisema Dk Mkopi.

Hatua hiyo imelenga kuongeza wigo wa washiriki ambao watawahusisha madaktari wasio wanachama wa MAT na wafanyakazi wengine katika sekta hiyo ya afya.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Cheti cha Form 6 chasababisha Polisi aue ndugu zake 2

2012-01-24T17:05:00.002+03:00

MAUAJI ya watu wawili yaliyofanywa na askari wa Jeshi la Polisi, kituo cha Magomeni Dar es Salaam, Nicodemus Senge, chanzo chake kinadaiwa kutokana na mmojawapo kufanikiwa kimaisha kwa kutumia cheti cha mwenzake cha kidato cha sita.

Anayedaiwa kufanikiwa kimaisha ni Nicodemus Senge ambaye alikuwa mtumishi wa Bunge, kitengo cha Ununuzi na Ugavi. Mwingine aliyeuawa katika tukio hilo ni Andrew Nkollo.

Chanzo cha habari, kililiambia gazeti hili jana kuwa pamoja na kuwapo ugomvi wa shamba walilokuwa wakigombea, lakini hali ilibadilika zaidi kutokana na ofisa huyo wa Bunge kuonesha kiburi cha fedha na hata kumtolea maneno ya kejeli nduguye.

Katika ugomvi huo, Nicodemus wa Bunge anadaiwa kutumia cheti cha Inspekta huyo wa Polisi na jina lake.

Miili ya marehemu hao iliagwa jana katika sehemu mbili tofauti, ambapo miili ya Nicodemus wa Bunge na Andrew iliagwa kwa pamoja katika Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT) lililopo Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili na kusafirishwa kwenda Arusha kwa maziko, wakati mwili wa Nicodemus wa Polisi uliagiwa nyumbani kwake katika kota za Polisi Msimbazi na kusafirishwa kwenda Singida kwa maziko.

Ilidaiwa kuwa hata familia za marehemu hao zilikuwa hazielewani na mara kwa mara zilizodoana, hadi kufikia wakati kutoleana maneno ya kukashifiana kuwa wanaringa wakati fedha walizonazo zinatokana na kutumia cheti cha Nicodemus wa Polisi.

Aidha, chanzo hicho kilifafanua kuwa ni kweli kuna shamba la ekari mbili lililoko Iramba mkoani Singida ambalo linadaiwa kumilikiwa na Andrew ambaye ni mtoto wa shangazi yao akina Nicodemus na ugomvi wa wawili hao ulianza pale Nicodemus wa Polisi alipomjengea nyumba mama yake mzazi katika shamba hilo ambapo alitakiwa atoe fedha ili aachiwe eneo hilo.

Hata hivyo, ilielezwa kuwa wakati wawili hao wakigombana, Andrew alikuwa akipewa nguvu na Nicodemus wa Bunge ili Nicodemus wa Polisi ikiwezekana aiondoe nyumba hiyo eneo hilo.

Pia ilidaiwa kuwa ugomvi huo ulifika mahakamani lakini ufumbuzi haukupatikana hivyo kuamua kukaa ili kupata suluhu na kikao kufanyika nyumbani kwa baba mdogo wao, Pendael Senge anayeishi Kongowe, Kibaha.

Katika kikao hicho, inadaiwa Nicodemus wa Bunge alisimama na kumtolea maneno ya jeuri polisi huyo, kwamba kikao hicho alikidhamini kwa fedha kwa wajumbe ndipo mtafaruku ulipoanza ambapo Inspekta alisimama na kumpiga risasi ofisa huyo wa Bunge kichwani na kumwua pale pale.

Mbali na kumuua ofisa huyo wa Bunge, pia Nicodemus wa Polisi alimuua binamu yake kwa kumpiga risasi mbili za kifuani na yeye mwenyewe kujipiga risasi kifuani karibu na moyo wake.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Habarileo

Kim Kardashian- Sitaki kuolewa tena

2012-01-24T12:35:00.002+03:00

Kim Kardashian siku alipofunga ndoa na Kris Humphries

Kim Kardashian says that she finally realized it was time to file for divorce from Kris Humphries after talking to psychic, John Edward.

Kim bawled her eyes out for the money on last night’s episode of Kourtney And Kim Take New York.

The show has been showcasing her failed marriage to Kris, but it was last night that she realized she had to call time on their union. After, of course, she talked with a psychic.

Kourtney and Kim met up with John Edward, who channeled their late father, Robert Kardashian. He recalled fun memories that they shared with their father and predicted that one of the famewhore sisters would announce a pregnancy.

John asked Kim about her first failed marriage and said that her father wanted to know if she had learned anything from the divorce.

Later, Kim whined to Kourtney that it was John’s divorce questions that had her realize that her marriage was doomed. Suuuuurrrrreee, blame it on the psychic!

Kim said, “When he was talking about the divorce stuff, that’s why I started to cry, because I honestly feel I can’t do this anymore with Kris. I feel like I got into this too fast and I don’t want to be married anymore.”

Mama wa watoto 3 anayetesa kwenye sumo

2012-01-23T12:32:00.003+03:00

MUM Sharran Alexander is not only a British international sumo wrestler — she is the whole women's team.

The 32st, 6ft mum of three has won four gold medals after taking part in competitions worldwide.

She prepares for her fights by wolfing down high-calorie food.

Childminder Sharran, 46, said: "There's not many sports women my size can do, so when I found sumo six years ago it changed my life.

"I used to be ashamed of my size and wore unflattering clothes — but after taking up sumo up I learned to love my body."

Sharran, of Maida Vale, West London — a size 32 — added: "I used to train with the British women's team in Derby, but it no longer exists. I am the team!" She is set to train with the Japanese women's team this month.

Bosi wa kampuni iliyotengeneza Blackberry aachia ngazi

2012-01-23T12:15:00.001+03:00

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has said its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up.

Mr Lazaridis, who founded RIM in 1984, will become vice chairman. Mr Balsillie will continue to sit on the board but not have any operational role.

Chief operating officer Thorsten Heins will replace them on Monday.

have called for a strategy change as the company struggles to compete with Apple and Google.

The departure of RIM's co-chief executives was long overdue. Not even troubled computer giant Hewlett-Packard - which lost two CEOs in less than a year - was as bad a technology car crash as Research In Motion.

Here was a company that defined what smartphones were all about; that had cornered the oh-so-important corporate market; that had made serious inroads into the youth market with cheap entry-level smartphones.

And then threw it all away in an orgy of poor executive decisions, lacklustre innovation, unkept promises in delivering new product and - the greatest sin of all - a total lack of understanding that its part of the tech industry was undergoing a fundamental shift.

First Apple, then Google managed to eat the Blackberry pie, and RIM did nothing to stop them. The company's new boss will have to work very hard to keep RIM in the smartphone game.

Mr Lazaridis, speaking after the announcement, said he recognized things needed to change at the company.

"There comes a time in the growth of every successful company when the founders recognize the need to pass the baton to new leadership," he said at a press conference at RIM's headquarters in Waterloo, Canada.

"Jim and I went to the board and told them that we thought that time was now."

Mr Heins started at RIM in 2007, having previously worked at Siemens Communications. He became the chief operating officer in August 2011,.

Mr Heins said: "As with any company that has grown as fast as we have, there have been inevitable growing pains".

"We have learned from those challenges and, I believe, we have and will become a stronger company as a result."

Barbara Stymiest, who has been on the board of RIM since 2007, has been made the new chairman, a post that Mr Balsillie and Mr Lazaridis also shared.Sharp decline

Blackberry, which was once extremely popular with users has suffered major setbacks in recent months.

It had its worst service outage in 2011 and has been losing market share to its competitors in the smartphone markets.

Billions of dollars have been wiped from its market value as shares have tumbled 75% and sales have dropped.

One of its latest offering the PlayBook tablet, a reply to Apple's iPad, has not proven as popular as the company had hoped.

Larry Magid, a technology analyst with CNET, told the BBC World Service that Mr Lazaridis and Mr Balsillie had to go.

"Research In Motion, which once dominated the smartphone market, has been steadily losing market share both to the iPhone and iPad and the tablet area and the various android devices," Mr Magid said.

"I think it was a matter of time before these two made the wise choice to step aside and see if anybody else can do better with the company."

Wahubiri 161 wa kiislamu wafukuzwa Sri Lanka

2012-01-23T12:11:00.002+03:00

Sri Lanka has reportedly ordered 161 foreign Muslim preachers to leave the country for flouting visa regulations.

A senior immigration official was quoted as saying that the clerics had no right to preach in mosques because they had arrived on tourist visas.

He also said that some local Muslims had complained that the visitors were not teaching a moderate form of Islam.

The preachers - from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the Maldives and Arab nations - must now leave by 31 January.

"They have violated immigration laws. A tourist visa is to have a holiday or visit friends and family, and not to preach Islam," Sri Lanka's immigration head Chulananda Perera told the AFP news agency.

Mr Perera said the group belonged to Tablighi Jamaat - an international Islamic movement popular in Sri Lanka and the region.

A Muslim source told the BBC that the movement sends groups of preachers to places of worship, urging Muslims to devote more time to their faith and act more devoutly.

Any idea that they were militant was laughable, the source added.

Muslim members of Sri Lanka's government have expressed concern at the mass expulsion, and are expected to meet other officials later on Monday to try to delay the move.

The news has also created consternation in the Muslim community in Sri Lanka, the third largest ethnic group in the country after Sinhalese and Tamils, the BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo reports.

During the long civil war the community was often caught between the two warring parties and it has a reputation for moderation, our correspondent adds.

Mashabiki Arsenal wamzomea Wenger

2012-01-23T10:22:00.002+03:00

ARSENE WENGER was blasted by his own fans — and even skipper Robin van Persie — as chants of 'You don't know what you're doing' echoed around the Emirates.

Supporters lost patience with Arsenal's boss after his substitution of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Andrey Arshavin just minutes before Danny Welbeck's United winner.

TV showed Van Persie mouthing 'Oh no' to the manager's decision.

But Wenger hit back: "Alex had started to fatigue and stretch his calf.

"He was sick during the week. You have an 18-year-old kid making his first Premier League start and a player who's captain of his country and they are querying the substitution? Let's be serious.

"I've been a manager for 30 years and have made 50,000 subs. I do not have to justify every decision I make. I stand up for it.

"I can understand the fans are upset about a substitution, especially when it doesn't work. That means first I made the right decision at the start of the game.

"People pay for their tickets and are free to express their emotions.

"We cannot dictate behaviour to people. But that doesn't mean they're always right."

Arsenal are now five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and their Champions League hopes are fading away.

Wenger added: "I am really disappointed because we had a difficult first half. We were nervous technically and not at the level we want.

"We came back with a fantastic fighting spirit in the second half.

"We had the chances to win the game quite comfortably but United are a bit more mature in every position than we are."

Polisi amuua ofisa wa Bunge kwa risasi

2012-01-23T10:16:00.003+03:00

WAKATI Bunge likiendelea kuomboleza vifo vya wabunge wake wawili, Regia Mtema (Viti Maalumu Chadema) na Jeremiah Sumari Arumeru Mashariki CCM), limepata pigo jingine baada ya mfanyakazi wake, Nicolaus Luther Senge kufariki dunia kwa kupigwa risasi na askari polisi katika tukio ambalo lilisababisha vifo vya watu watatu.

Hata hivyo, kumekuwa na taarifa za kutatanisha na zenye kupingana kati ya polisi na Bunge kuhusu jina halisi la mfanyakazi huyo na mahali ambako mwili wake umehifadhiwa.

Habari zilizolifikia gazeti hili jana zimeeleza kuwa Senge (49) alifariki dunia usiku wa kuamkia jana katika mauaji yaliyofanyika kwenye kikao cha wanafamilia Kibaha mkoani Pwani.

Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Pwani, Ernest Mangu amethibitisha kifo hicho lakini akamtaja mtumishi huyo wa Bunge kuwa ni Nkolo Senge.

Kamanda Mangu alisema katika tukio hilo lililotokea nyumbani kwa Pendael Senge ambaye ni Mratibu wa Tasaf Mikoa ya Dar es Salaam na Pwani, wengine waliofariki dunia ni Andrew Nkolo (30) na askari polisi Nicodemus Senge ambaye ndiye anayetuhumiwa kuwaua wenzake.

Alisema siku ya tukio, watu hao walifika nyumbani kwa Pendael ambaye ni baba yao mdogo kwa ajili ya kupatanishwa juu ya ugomvi wa urithi wa ekari mbili za ardhi zilizoko kijijini kwao Singida.

“Ugomvi huo ulianzia Singida ambako walishtakiana lakini hakimu akawataka waumalize kiukoo. Ndipo Pendaheli ambaye ni baba yao mdogo akaamua kuwaita nyumbani kwake ili wazungumzie suala hilo,” alisema Kamanda Mangu na kuendelea:

“Wakiwa kweye kikao hicho kabla ya kufikia mwafaka, Nicodemus ambaye ni askari polisi wa Kituo cha Usalama Magomeni, Dar es Salaam alichomoa bastola yake na kuwamiminia risasi ndugu zake hao kisha kujimaliza mwenyewe.”

Kwa mujibu wa Kamanda Mangu, miili ya marehemu hao imehifadhiwa katika Hospitali ya Tumbi, Kibaha na hakuna aliyekamatwa kuhusiana na tukio hilo.

Kauli ya Ofisi ya BungeNaibu Spika wa Bunge, Job Ndugai amethibitisha kutokea kwa kifo cha mfanyakazi huyo wa Bunge na kueleza kuwa hadi jana mchana, lakini akasema maiti yake ilikuwa imehifadhiwa katika Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili.

Ndugai alisema Ofisi ya Bunge imesikitishwa na kifo hicho kilichotokea usiku wa kuamkia jana, siku chache baada ya taasisi hiyo ya kutunga sheria kupoteza wabunge wawili.

“Kwa sasa nipo Arusha lakini taarifa za kifo cha Senge nilizipata jana. Bado sina taarifa zaidi kuhusu kifo hicho kwa sababu kimetokea kwa njia ambayo lazima ihusishe uchunguzi wa kipolisi,” alisema Ndugai.

Hilo ni pigo jingine kwa taasisi hiyo katika kipindi cha juma moja baada ya Mtema kufariki dunia Januari 14, kwa ajali ya gari iliyotokea Ruvu, Kibaha na Sumari alifariki dunia Januari 17, mwaka huu baada ya kuugua kwa muda mrefu saratani ya ubongo.

Kauli ya familiaBaba mdogo wa marehemu hao Pendael Senge naye alithibitisha mauaji hayo na kueleza kuwa yalitokana na ugomvi wa shamba.

Pendael alisema askari huyo aliwaua ndugu yake Nicolaus Senge ambaye alikuwa mtumishi wa Ofisi ya Bunge, pamoja na binamu yake Andrew Nkolo (mtoto wa shangazi yake).

Akisimulia tukio hilo Pendael alisema kabla ya mauaji hayo, ndugu hao walifika nyumbani kwake Kongowe Kibaha kwa ajili ya kikao cha usuluhishi kuhusiana na ugomvi huo wa shamba. Hata hivyo, alisema usuluhishi huo ulishindikana na badala yake ukazuka ugomvi baina ya ndugu hao uliwafanya wapigane ngumi kabla ya wanandugu kuwaamulia.

Alisema muda mfupi baada ya ndugu kuwaamulia, askari huyo aliwapiga risasi ndugu zake kisha naye kujimaliza.Alisema chanzo cha ugomvi huo ni shamba la ekari mbili lililoko katika Kijiji cha Ilunda Wilaya ya Iramba, Singida... “Shamba hilo ni la mpwa wangu Andrew ambalo alirithishwa na mama yake aliyefariki dunia takriban miaka 15 iliyopita,” alisema Pendael na kuongeza:

“Lakini kwa kuwa Andrew anafanya shughuli zake za Steshenari Dar es Salaam, basi binamu yake Nicodemus Senge akajenga nyumba katika kiwanja hicho.”

Alisema baada ya Nicodemus kujenga katika kiwanja cha Andrew, walishtakiana katika baraza la ardhi kijijini hapo ambalo liliwaagiza wazungumze wenyewe kwanza ili kuona kama wanaweza kufikia mwafaka.

“Kwa kuwa wote wako hapa Dar es Salaam ndipo jana wakaamua kuja kwangu kwa ajili ya kufanya kikao cha usuluhishi. Wao walifika saa 10 na baada ya ndugu wengine kufika saa 12 jioni ndipo tukaanza mazungumzo:

“Niliwasihi kuwa nikiwa baba yao mdogo ningefurahi kuona jambo hilo linamalizika kindugu,” alisema PendaeliHata hivyo, alisema wakati wa mazungumzo hayo Nicodemus akamshutumu ndugu yake Nicodemus (wa Bunge) kuwa ndiye anayempa msaada binamu yake wa kifedha na kiushauri.

“Alikuja juu (polisi) na kuongea kwa hasira sana. Mimi baada ya kuona kuwa hakuna uelewano tena nilishauri kuwa ni vyema tuliachie baraza la ardhi liamue,” alisema Pendaeli na kuongeza:

“Nico wa Bunge na Andrew walikuwa upande mmoja na huyu askari na baadhi ya ndugu wengine walikuwa pia upande mmoja, hivyo wakaanza kupigana ngumi lakini watu wakawasihi wakaacha.”

“Lakini kabla ya kuondoka huyu askari akaomba maji, walipomletea akakataa glasi akanywea kwenye kidumu kile cha lita tano. Alipokunywa mara moja tu akapiga chini lile dumu kisha akakimbia hadi kwenye gari alimokuwa Nico wa Bunge akampiga risasi moja ya usoni kisha akamfuata Andrew akampiga risasi ya begani, wakati akikimbia akampiga risasi nyingine kiunoni, akaanguka na kufariki dunia,” alisema Pendaeli.

Baada ya matukio alisema watu wote walikimbia akiwamo askari huyo ambaye hata hivyo, alisema alikimbia kama mita 50 kutoka nyumbani hapo kisha naye akajipiga risasi kifuani na kufariki dunia papohapo.

“Nilikwenda kutoa taarifa kituo cha polisi na askari walipofika na kumpekua mfukoni mwake (muuaji) wakakuta kikaratasi kilichosema: mtu yeyote asisumbuliwe kwa mauaji haya,” alisema Pendaeli.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Askari 6 wa Marekani wafa Afghanistan

2012-01-20T17:55:00.001+03:00

Six U.S. marines were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, American officials said today.

The crash in Helmand Province is the worst since last August when 30 soldiers, including elite U.S. Navy Seals, were killed.

The cause of the accident is unknown - although there was no enemy activity area at the time of the crash.

The Nato helicopter involved was believed to be a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion.

The crash happened hours after seven civilians were killed in a suicide bombing outside Kandahar Air Field - a base for U.S. and Nato operations.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said they were targeting a Nato convoy.

Two witnesses said they suspected the suicide car bomber was trying to hit U.S. forces because he detonated his explosives just as two pick-up trucks, which they say are often used by American special forces, were leaving the base.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef said Nato forces opened fire after the bombing and that they killed three of the seven civilians who died.

The coalition denied this, saying there was no fighting after the blast.

Earlier, officials reported that the suicide bomber was walking near the gate, but the Afghan Ministry of Interior later said the attacker was driving a Toyota Corolla.

Zalmai Ayubi, the spokesman for the Kandahar provincial governor, said two children were among the seven civilians killed

Yaya Toure- Inaniuma kuondoka Man City

2012-01-20T17:33:00.001+03:00

YAYA TOURE admits he feels guilty, is concerned and that the timing could not be worse.

But the big man promises he will be back soon enough to put it all right. Just not yet, though.

Not until he has won the African Nations Cup with the Ivory Coast.

Then, he says it will be all guns blazing to become a double champion — with club and country.

For while Toure is in Africa right now, Manchester City are still high in his thoughts as he anxiously follows their faltering form.

He confessed: "I do feel a bit guilty. I said to my wife it's difficult to be away from City right now.

"But if I win the Cup of Nations and then come back and win the league it will be the most amazing season for me. And I'm very positive we can do it.

"Very positive that the Ivory Coast can win the Cup of Nations. And City win the Premier League. It will be very hard, very, very difficult.

"But all my countrymen believe we can win the cup and all City fans believe we can win the League."

Intriguingly, the similarities between City and Ivory Coast are striking.

Both are the favourites, have star-studded squads and have gone decades without landing a big one.

Yaya was not born the last time City were champions — in fact his dad would only have been a nipper.

But at least the £24million star can remember the last time Ivory Coast were Kings of Africa.

He said: "I remember in 1992 when we won the cup. It was unbelievable.

"They were a great team and it was such an exciting game. They won on penalties and the hero was Alain Gouamene, the goalkeeper, because he saved two penalties.

"I was only eight years old but I remember it so well. There were big celebrations, the whole country came to a standstill for four days.

"So I know how special it will be for everyone if we can win it again."

Toure is determined that this time Ivory Coast will live up to expectations.

He said: "We always have a great team and a fantastic squad. In the last four years we have probably had THE best team but have never won it. It's time to put that right.

"We need to look and learn from Egypt. They are not a big team full of the biggest stars but are all together and work for each other. Now we have to do the same."

Yaya Toure- Ligi ya Uingereza ndiyo bora zaidi duniani

2012-01-20T12:23:00.003+03:00

Yaya Toure knows top-of-the-table Man City must prove themselves in what he acknowledges is the toughest league in the world.

He said: "There's big expectations because we are one of the biggest clubs now.

"We have spent a lot of money and built an incredible squad.

"Now we have to justify that by winning trophies.

"Our aim is to win the Premier League but I know that's not easy. The Premier League is the best competition in the world. It is so difficult to win.

"I remember Thierry Henry talking to me about it when we were at Barcelona.

"He said the Premier League was the most difficult league he had ever played in and now I know why. I have great respect for Spanish football and Barcelona and Real Madrid are so high — but part of that is because the other teams are so low. That makes it all too easy for them.

"You will never see Malaga win at Barcelona or Zaragoza at Madrid.

"But the other day we have bottom-of-the-table Blackburn winning at Manchester United, Aston Villa winning at Chelsea and we lost at Sunderland. Unbelievable.
"That would never happen in Spain.

"That's why people all around the world love the Premier League. That's why this league is so hard to win and why it will be so special for me and City to do it this season."

It is clear Toure believes neighbours United are the biggest threat. He said:

"We know Manchester United are a strong team.

"They have such fantastic experience, more than any other team in Europe. Even more than Barcelona, so it is going to be very tough."

Wanaitafuta elimu

2012-01-20T10:44:00.005+03:00

At first glance, it looks like an action sequence from Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom.

But, in reality, it is the daily commute to and from work and school for of adults and children in Lebak, Indonesia.

Clinging for dear life on a disintegrating wood-and-wire suspension bridge, children as young as five take their lives into their hands fowarding the Ciberang River every day.

The river crossing become precarious and potentially fatal last week after the suspension bridge was almost washed away by flooding.

A pillar supporting one side of the crossing collapsed, leaving the wooden planks that acted as a path tilted to one side.

Only one side of the suspension bridge remained intact, meaning commuters have had to carefully pick their way over the bouncing structure.

It is far from stable, and locals have already reported sections disappearing overnight.Children who live on the other side of the bank must use the damaged bridge to get to school.

Sofiah, a student who traverses the bridge each day, explained that the nearest other crossing was half an hour’s walk away.

Seeing as that would mean getting up earlier each morning, and coming home later each night, she said she would rather risk the crossing on the collapsed ropes.

The river is a popular tourist attraction, with its fast waters used by thousands of holidaymakers who wish to go white-water rafting.

Walivyomzika Regia Mtema

2012-01-20T09:38:00.017+03:00

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akiweka shada la maua juu ya kaburini la aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Viti Maalum, Regia Mtema.
Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema, Dk Wilbroad Slaa akiweka shada la maua juu ya kaburi la Regia Mtema.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete akiweka udongo katika kaburi la Regia Mtema.

Mwenyekiti wa Chadema, Freeman Mbowe akiweka udongo kwenye kaburi la Regia.

Spika wa Bunge la Tanzania, Anne Makinda akiweka udongo kwenye kaburi la Regia.

Naibu Spika wa Bunge la Tanzania, Job Ndugai akiweka udongo kwenye kaburi la Regia.

Maiti ya Regia ikipelekwa kaburini

Pacha wa Regia Mtema, Remija (kulwa) akibembelezwa wakati wa mazishi ya mdogo wake.

Waombolezaji

Walinzi kutoka Chadema wakisimamia usalama wakati wa mazishi ya Regia Mtema.

Mbunge mwingine afariki dunia

2012-01-19T18:00:00.002+03:00

Jeremiah Sumari enzi ya uhai wake

Mbunge wa Arumeru Mashariki Jeremiah Sumari (CCM) amefariki dunia baada ya kuugua kwa muda mrefu.

Katibu wa Bunge, Dk Thomas Kashililah, amesema, Mbunge huyo aliyewahi kuwa Naibu Waziri wa Fedha na Uchumi alifariki jana saa nane usiku katika hospitali ya taifa ya Muhimbili jijini Dar es Salaam.

Chelsea yasajili watoto pacha 2, kaka yao

2012-01-19T16:43:00.004+03:00

Ni usajili wa aina yake na huenda utavuta hisia za wapenda soka wengi.

Klabu ya Chelsea ya Uingereza imetumia takribani Paundi MILIONI moja kuwasajili watoto watatu ndugu wakiwemo pacha wawili na kaka yao.

Pacha hao ni Rio na Cole Dasilva wana umri wa miaka 12, na kaka yao ni Jay.

Soma hapo chini

CHELSEA have splashed £1MILLION on three young BROTHERS from Luton Town's youth academy.

Twins Rio and Cole Dasilva, both 12, and their older brother Jay joined the Premier league side from the Blue Square Bet Premier side yesterday.

Each joined in a deal worth an undisclosed five-figure some and the deal could potentially be worth £1million.

Head of Youth Gregg Broughton told lutontown.co.uk:

"I am hesitant to talk about the boys in the collective term because they all have wonderful unique attributes, but this is a historical deal to see three brothers transferred together.

"Jay is a special talent, a fantastic student of the game whose temperament complements his technical ability.

"Cole has strong physical attributes and is very comfortable in possession while Rio is a real livewire, whose ability to play in tight areas has always allowed him to shine.

"Their family has a strong footballing background with older brother Ryan playing as a professional here at Kenilworth Road and father Trevor also a very talented player in the past.

Managing director Gary Sweet added: "Jay, Rio and Cole have exciting futures ahead of them and we are proud to have been involved in their development."

Pacha wanne wahitimu pamoja, chuo kimoja

2012-01-19T12:36:00.003+03:00

Graduating from university is normally an occasion for a family get-together.

And this was certainly a big celebration for the Ogunsanya quadruplets who were handed their well-deserved degrees from the same university on the same day.

The 23-year-old quads, identical sisters and the oldest by four minutes, Toks and Temi Ogunsanya, and identical brothers, Tobi and Tolu, graduated from Warwick University with Master Degrees.

And there was not a jot of sibling rivalry as all four have landed jobs in the City already.

Toks graduated with anMEng in manufacturing and engineering and Temi, Tobi and Tolu all gained an MSC in management from Warwick Business School.

'The fact we all chose to study at the University of Warwick was a natural decision,' says Tobi, who thinks a bit of sibling rivalry is essential for success.

'We are a close-knit family and were all attracted by the strength of the courses on offer.

'We all gravitated to similar courses because we've always been interested in business and management and our father is a successful businessman in Nigeria.'

The quads, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, have been living in the UK since the age of seven when they began boarding schools. Since leaving university they have all landed top city jobs.

Toks is due to start working for RBS in London later this year, Temi, who interned at Santander over the summer, has been offered a permanent position with the bank, and Tolu is due to start working for one of the 'Big 4' accountancy firms in the City.

'Our parents are four times as proud of us,' added Tobi, who is mulling over two offers from two major City firms.

'They've supported us financially and have encouraged us all the way - without their help we wouldn't be here today.'

Buriani rafiki yangu Hasanoo

2012-01-19T10:57:00.003+03:00

Jana jioni katika mizunguko ya hapa na pale nilifika katika pub maarufu Kinondoni iitwayo Matema, nikaagiza kinywaji, mhudumu akasema nimpe fedha.

Haikuwa kawaida, nikampigia simu Hassan maarufu kwa jina la Hasanoo kwa sababu ndiye niliyemzowea na kila ninapokwenda hapo huwa ananihudumia yeye kwa bili.

Nilidhani alikuwa ndani kwa sababu sikumuona pale counter au miongoni mwa wahudumu waliokuwa pale nje.

Alipokea mwanamke, nikaomba kuongea na Hassan, nikaambiwa Hassan hatunaye duniani!

Sikumwelewa, nikamuuliza tena, akanijibu kwamba 'Hassan amefariki na sasa tupo njiani tunakwenda Tanga kumzika'.

Nilimwambia 'hembu acha utani, naomba kuongea na Hassan'

Alinijibu kwamba, yeye ni mke wa Hassan, na kama siamini, niende Kinondoni B, kuna baa inaitwa Matema, nikamuulize dada (jina nimelisahau).

Nikamwambia nipo hapo Matema ndiyo maana nimempigia Hassan.

Nilikata simu na sikuzingaita kauli kwamba Hassan amefariki, nilidhani ulikuwa utani!

Sekunde kadhaa baada ya hapo alikuja mhudumu mwingine wa hapo Matema ambaye anafahamu kwamba mimi na Hassan ni marafiki, alikuwa ameshika picha na daftari.

Baada ya salamu akaniambia rafiki yako Hassan amefariki dunia, dah.

Nilikumbuka kauli ya mkewe na nilichoambia hapo Matema, kumbe kweli rafiki yangu Hasanoo kaaga dunia.

Nilimfahamu Hassan tangu akiwa muhudumu Twiga Pub iliyopo Namanga, Dar es Salaam, tukawa marafiki, na hata alipohamia Matema urafiki wetu uliendelea.

Wakati anafanya kazi Twiga, mkewe alikuwa anafanya biashara ndogondogo jirani na hapo, walikuwa na mtoto mmoja wa kike.

Nimeambiwa kwamba hivi sasa ni mjamzito anakaribia kujifungua.

Hassan kaaga dunia juzi (Jumanne) katika Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili, Dar es Salaam.

Aligongwa na pikipiki wiki moja iliyopita wakati anavuka Kinondoni B, aliumia kichwani.

Jana usiku niliongea na mjane akanieleza kuwa walikuwa safarini kwenda Tanga nyumbani kwa akina Hassan kwenda kumzika.

Buriani rafiki yangu Hasanoo, nakumbuka namna ulivyonihudumia mara ya mwisho pale Matema, aksante kwa upendo wako kwangu.

Nasikitika kwa sababu sikupata taarifa kuwa ulipata ajali, ningekuja kukuona hospitali na pengine kuna kitu ungeniambia.

Nenda Hasanoo umemaliza safari yako, kapumzike, umetangulia.

Sehemu za siri za mwanamke zatoweka

2012-01-19T10:29:00.002+03:00

Tunkumbukege Mbalaswa mama wa watoto wanne mkazi wa kijiji cha Nsongola kata ya Bujela wilaya ya Rungwe mkoani Mbeya amekuwa kwenye wasiwasi baada ya sehemu zake za siri kutoweka usiku wa Desemba 30 mwaka uliopita.

Akiongea kwa masikitiko Bi Tunkumbukege amesema alijifungua salama kabisa mtoto wa kiume October 2011 aitwaye Shaban Elia na hakupatwa na tatizo lolote hadi Desemba 30, mwaka jana alipokutwa na tatizo la sehemu za siri zikiwa zimeondolewa hali iliyomsababishia maumivu makali na hivyo kumlazimu kwenda Zahanati ya Bujela na kuonana na Daktari wa zahanati hiyo na kumpata dawa mama huyo akidai ni ugonjwa wa Fistula.

Baada ya siku saba za matibabu kumalizika hali ya mwanamke huyo iliendelea kuwa mbaya huku sehemu zake za siri zikionekana zimekeketwa na tundu la mkojo kutobolewa na spoko ya baiskeli hali ambayo haja ndogo ikimtoka bila utaratibu na kupata hadha kubwa.

Bi Tunkumbukege Mbalaswa alijifungua mtoto wa kwanza mwaka 1997, na mtoto wa pili mwaka 2003 wote wakiwa ni jinsi ya kike, mtoto wa tatu mwaka 2006 na mtoto wa kiume mwaka 2011 wote wakiwa ni jinsi ya kiume ambapo wote hajapata matatizo yoyote katika uzazi.

Kwa upande wake Mumewe Bwana Elia Mwambapa amesema matatizo yote amemwachia Mungu kwani mkewe amekuwa akipata shida licha ya kumaliza dawa, mkewa hajapata ahueni yoyote.

Uchunguzi uliofanywa na Daktari amesema katika utabibu wake hajawahi kukumbana na mgonjwa mwenye tatizo hilo na kwamba baada ya vipimo vya Fistula amegundua kuwa mgonjwa wake hana ugonjwa huo(Fistula).

Kufuatia hali hiyo Bi Tunkumbukege anahusisha tatizo hilo na imani za kishirikina hali ambayo imepelekea kupatiwa matibabu na mganga wa tiba za asili (jadi) ambaye hakupenda kumtaja jina.

Mkoa wa Mbeya ni moja ya mikoa ambayo imekuwa ikihusishwa kutawaliwa na imani za kishirikina, hali ambayo imesababisha wakazi wake kuendelea kuishi kwa hofu, kutokana na baadhi ya watu kuendekeza kuishi katika imani hizo na wengine kuuawa na wananchi wenye hasira kali.

Chanzo: Blog ya chimbuko letu

Real Madrid cha mtoto kwa Barcelona

2012-01-19T09:56:00.003+03:00

Beki mkongwe wa Barcelona, Puyol, kiungo Cesc Fabregas (kushoto) na 'injini' ya timu hiyo, Xavi wakishangilia baada ya mlinzi huyo (katikati) kufunga kwa kichwa bao la kusawazisha.

Gerrard Pique wa Barcelona akilalamika baada ya kuoneshwa kadi ya njano
Eric Abidal akishangilia baada ya kuifungia Barcelona bao la ushindi.

REAL MADRID'S Pepe sparked a storm by STAMPING on Lionel Messi's hand at the Bernabeu, as Real crashed 2-1 to their deadly rivals.

Eric Abidal was the shock match winner, prodding in only his second Barca goal in five seasons 13 minutes from the end of a typically physical clash.

But it was Pepe's cynical gesture which went unnoticed by the referee that added unecessary spite to this Copa del Rey quarter-final first leg.

The fiery Portugal international was already on a yellow card when he bundled into Messi and trod on the outstretched hand of the world player of the year as he sat on the turf.

The action was seen clearly by TV viewers worldwide and Manchester United star Wayne Rooney immediately branded the combative defender an "idiot" on Twitter.

After the game, Real boss Jose Mourinho said: "I didn't see what happened. Apart from that, he played a great game."

When pressed about whether the club would take action against Pepe, Mourinho said: "Obviously if it is intentional, it is punishable."

Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez, who witnessed the incident, said: "Unfortunately these are plays that are there but the referee didn't see. That was brutal."

Watching from home, Rooney tweeted: "Pepe. What an idiot. Sometimes people wind u up."

Pepe had been red carded in last season's 'El Clasico' in the Champions League semi-finals and was booked in the 17th minute of this clash for bustling into Sergio Busquets.

Buriani Regia Mtema, nenda, umetangulia

2012-01-19T09:20:00.007+03:00

Rais Kikwete akiweka udongo kwenye kaburi la Regia Mtema.

Baadhi ya viongozi waliofika kumzika Regia Mtema mkoani Morogoro.

Kutoka kushoto ni Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini, Kabwe Zitto, Mwenyekiti wa Chadema, Freeman Mbowe, Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Morogoro, Joel Bendera, Rais Jakaya Kikwete, Spika wa Bunge la Tanzania, Anne Makinda,Naibu Spika wa Bunge la tanzania, Job Ndugai na Waziri Hawa Ghasia.

Mwili wa Regia Mtema ukitolewa Hospitali ya Taifa, Muhimbili kwenda kuagwa katika viwanja vya Karimjee, Dar es Salaam.

Mwili wa marehemu Regia Mtema wakati ukiandaliwa katika Hospitali ya Taifa, Muhimbili jijini Dar es Salaam.

Rais Jakaya Kikwete jana alihudhuria maziko ya aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Viti Maalum, Regia Mtema mkoani Morogoro.

Regia amezikwa kwenye makaburi ya Mkuya katika barabara ya Kivukoni kuelekea Ulanga.

Kabla ya shughuli hiyo, wananchi waliaga mwili wa marehemu kwenye uwanja wa Kiungani mjini Ifakara.

Akizungumza kwa niaba ya Serikali kabla ya ibada hiyo, Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Rais Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma, Hawa Ghasia, alisema Taifa limepoteza kiongozi shupavu aliyekuwa akijenga hoja bungeni za kutetea wananchi bila kujali itikadi za vyama, dini au jinsia.

“Amefariki akiwa kiongozi kijana, msomi na nchi ilikuwa ikimhitaji kwa mchango wa mawazo yake na Serikali inatoa pole kwa wabunge, Spika na wananchi wa Kilombero na Morogoro pamoja na familia yake kwa kumpoteza kipenzi chao,” alisema Waziri Ghasia.

Spika Makinda alisema Regia alikuwa mtetezi mkubwa wa wafanyakazi wakiwamo wa kiwanda cha Sukari cha Kilombero na kuwa kifo chake kimewashitua watu wengi na kukutanisha watu wengi kutoka pande mbalimbali, wananchi na viongozi wa Serikali, vyama vya siasa, wabunge wa vyama.

Alirudia kauli yake ya juzi Dar es Salaam, akisema Regia alionesha upendo na alikuwa nyota ya upendo ya uwakilishi wa wananchi na ndiyo maana baada ya kifo chake amekutanisha watu wengi kwa wakati mmoja Dar es Salaam na Ifakara.

Hivyo aliomba Watanzania, wamuenzi Regia kwa kufuata nyayo zake za upendo wa kila mtu bila ubaguzi wa dini, jinsia au itikadi na wabunge walimpenda kutokana na ucheshi wake ulioambatana na kutaniana kwa staha bila kujali rika la mtu.

Mwenyekiti wa Chama hicho, Freeman Mbowe, alimtaja Regia kuwa kiunganishi cha chama kwa vijana ndani na nje ya chama na alikuwa akitetea hoja alizokuwa akiziamini kuwa za kuleta maendeleo kwa Taifa, wananchi wake na chama chake, hivyo kimempoteza kiongozi muhimu na pengo lake halitazibika hata wakimpata mtu mwingine.

Hata hivyo, aliwahakikishia wananchi wa Kilombero, familia ya marehemu kuwa chama kitakuwa bega kwa bega katika masuala mbalimbali ya kijamii.

"Hatutaangusha wananchi wa Kilombero, wameonesha jinsi walivyokuwa karibu na Mbunge wao, walivyokuwa wamempenda na hili limetudhihirisha kutokana na umati huu ... kutokana na upendo wake kwa kila mtu ... baada ya kifo chake, leo tumeona jinsi alivyotuunganisha, sisi kama chama, viongozi wa Serikali, wabunge na hili tutalizingatia katika kufanya uamuzi wetu kwenye vikao," alisema Mbowe.

Hata hivyo, Mwenyekiti huyo wa Taifa pamoja na kuomboleza kifo cha Regia, alitumia fursa hiyo kuwaahidi wananchi wa Kilombero, kuwa chama kitaangalia jinsi ya kuwaondolea machungu ya kumpoteza kipenzi chao katika kumpata mwingine hata kama hataweza kufanana na marehemu kwa vitendo vyake.

Akitoa mahubiri wakati wa ibada ya misa ya kumwombea Regia, Askofu Ndorobo, alimtaja kuwa mtu wa watu aliyeishi maisha ya kumcha Mungu na pia aliipenda nchi yake, ndiyo maana alijitoa kutumikia wananchi wake na Taifa.

“Regia aliipenda nchi yake, aliipenda Kilombero na Watanzania wote, hivyo inatupasa tumwombee,” alisema Askofu huyo.

Hata hivyo, alisema pamoja na kuendelea kumhitaji, lakini mapenzi ya Mungu hayawezi kupingwa na mtu yeyote hivyo ni wajibu wetu siku zote kuishi kwa kumcha Mungu.

Akitoa salamu za Chadema, Naibu Katibu Mkuu, Kabwe Zitto, alisema kuwa Regia ni nyota iliyozimika lakini kutokana na matendo yake, mwanga wake utaendelea kuangaza katika kuendeleza mapambano ya kuwakomboa Watanzania.

Akinukuu utenzi ulioandikwa mtandaoni na Mwanakijiji aliyesema kuwa alikuwa rafiki mkubwa wa Regia na kusema kifo cha Regia ni pigo lililowaacha wote waliomfahamu, wakitetemeka, kumlilia na machozi kuwadondoka.

“Lakini rafiki yako huyo kakuandikia shairi, uende ukisikiliza. Hapa tunalisoma kwa kubadili sehemu fulani fulani, bila kubadili maudhui wala mtiririko wa mantiki, lakini swali letu kubwa ni je, unaweza kusikiliza?

“Basi sikiliza Regia, ukiweza tughani sote huu utenzi wa rafiki yako, usemao nyota imezimika,” alisema Zitto.

Spika Anne Makinda alimsifia Regia kwa namna alivyoonesha uhodari katika shughuli zake kuwawakilisha wananchi, huku pia akiwa mcheshi kwa wabunge wenzake.

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Mamia wamuaga Regia Mtema viwanja vya Karimjee

2012-01-17T16:09:00.006+03:00

Askari wa Bunge la Tanzania wakiwa wameubeba mwili wa aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Viti Maalum , Regia Mtema (Chadema), kuupeleka sehemu iliyokuwa imendaliwa kwa ajili ya waombolezaji kutoa heshima za mwisho katika Viwanja vya karimjee jijini Dar es Salaam.

Marehemu Regia (32) anasafirishwa leo hadi Morogoro kwa ajili ya maziko.

Makamu wa Rais, Dk. Mohammed Gharib Bilal akitoa heshima za mwisho kwa marehemu Regia Mtema, leo katika viwanja vya Karimjee.
Spika wa Bunge la Tanzania, Anne Makinda akitoa salamu za rambirambi kwa niaba ya Bunge

Makamu wa Rais, Dk Bilal akisalimiana na Andrew Chenge katika viwanja vya Karimjee leo.

Gari alilokuwa akiendesha Regia Mtema aina ya Toyota Land Cruiser.

Inadaiwa kuwa gari hilo lilipinduka mara 7 Jumamosi saa 5 asubuhi eneo la Ruvu mkoani Pwani baada ya Regia kuamua kulipeleka nje ya barabara kuepuka kugongana uso kwa uso la lori aliloliona ghafla wakati anataka kulipita gari lingine.

Bao lililompa Neymar tuzo ya 'Goli bora la mwaka 2011'

2012-01-17T13:12:00.001+03:00

Inadaiwa ni bao zuri zaidi la Messi

2012-01-17T12:55:00.001+03:00

Zitto- Nikuage vipi dada Regia Mtema?

2012-01-17T11:40:00.004+03:00

Regia Mtema akiapishwa kuwa Mbunge wa Bunge la Tanzania

Siku zote ninaamini katika sera za vizazi kufundana na kukabidhiana majukumu. Katika maisha ya kijamii ninaumizwa sana na kupotea kwa utamaduni wa wazazi kurithisha watoto wao masuala kama ufundi na hata majukumu ya kitamaduni kwenye mila na desturi zetu.

Ndio maana hivi sasa kwenye vijiji vingi hapa nchini imekuwa nadra kupata mafundi Seremala wa kurithi ama Waashi pia.

Kwenye Siasa Kizazi kinaposhindwa kuandaa kizazi kingine kuchukua jukumu la kuongoza kuna hatari kubwa ya Taifa kukosa viongozi walioandaliwa vema na hivyo kuongoza inavyopasa.

Taifa huumia sana linapopoteza viongozi wanaoandaliwa kubeba majukumu mazito ya kitaifa.

Dada Regia Estelatus Mtema, Mbunge wa Viti Maalumu, Waziri Kivuli wa Kazi na Ajira na Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu CHADEMA ni mmoja wa wanasiasa vijana waliokuwa wanafundwa kuchukua majukumu zaidi ya Taifa letu.

Alikuwa anafundwa na Chama chake. Alikuwa anafundwa na Bunge (mafundo kutoka kwa vyama vyote na hasa Spika Anna Simamba Makinda).

Alikuwa anafundwa na marafiki zake. Alikuwa anafundwa na Chama cha Walemavu Tanzania (CHAWATA).

Alifundwa na Shirika la FES. Dada Regia alikuwa anafundika. Alikuwa ni Hazina kubwa kwa Taifa letu.

Alikuwa na sifa za peke yake kabisa kulinganisha na wanasiasa wengine na hasa wanasiasa vijana.

Nitaeleza.
Sijui ni kwa nini mama yangu Bi Hajjat Shida Salum amekuwa sasa anapata habari kwanza kabla yangu (yeye ndiye aliyenipa habari za msiba wa Mwenyekiti wa Mkoa wa Shinyanga na Rafiki yangu kipenzi Shelembi).

Nikiwa nimepumzika sebuleni, nyumbani kwetu Tabata Bi Shida ghafla ananiuliza, umeongea na dada yako?

Ilikuwa kama saa sita mchana hivi, yeye kasimama upenoni mwa ukuta ananiangalia macho makali.

Nikashtuka kidogo maana amekuwa mgonjwa mgonjwa toka amerejea toka Hijja miezi kadhaa iliyopita.

Najua akiniuliza hivyo ana maanisha nani (Mhonga Said Ibrahim Ruhwanya), nikamjibu sijazungumza naye, kunani? Akaniambia piga simu makao makuu nasikia kuna Mbunge wetu wa Viti Maalumu amepata ajali.

Mara moja nikashika simu kumpigia ndugu Msafiri Mtemelwa. Alichoniambia sikuamini. Eti kwamba Regia amepata ajali na amefariki muda mfupi uliopita.

Nikamwita rafiki yangu Hatibu Mchange anayeishi jirani yetu kumwambia aje ili anisindikize makao makuu ya chama. Kisha nikamjulisha Bi Shida kuhusu msiba wa rafiki yake na mwanae Regia. Nikamwacha akilia sana.

Sikumpa pole wala kumtaka asilie maana kwanza sikuamini kabisa kwamba ni kweli Regia ametutoka.

Nikasema mpaka nikamwone mwenyewe kwa macho yangu.

Siku nne kabla ya kifo chake Regia alikuja nyumbani kumsalimu mama yetu (Bi Shida siku zote alimwona Regia kama mwanaye na yeye Regia alimheshimu mama yangu kama mama yake mzazi kabisa).

Wakati namsindikiza akaniambia, ‘ naona umeshikia bango suala la ajira kwa vijana. Nakuunga mkono na unipe ‘data’ za kutosha ili kupitia Wizara yangu nilisukume suala hilo kwa nguvu zaidi’.
Tukakubaliana. Tukakumbatiana na kuagana. Yeye alikuwa ameambatana na kulwa wake Remija. Kumbe ndio nilikuwa namuaga moja kwa moja dada yangu Regia Estelatus Mtema, mwanasiasa kijana asiye na woga na jasiri haswa. Hii ndio sifa yake kubwa kuliko wanasiasa wengi vijana. Ujasiri!

Regia hakuwa mwanasiasa wa asili ama kurithi. Aliamua kuingia kwenye siasa kwa kwanza ushahiwishi wa ndugu David Kafulila ambaye walikutana huko kwenye Programu ya Mafunzo kwa vijana (YLTP) inayoendeshwa na Shirika la Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), mimi ni mwanzilishi wa Programu hii katika YLTP 1.

David akiwa mwakilishi wa CHADEMA na Regia akiwa Mwakilishi wa CHAWATA katika YLTP 6.

Regia alishawishika na kuingia CHADEMA, chama kikamweka kitengo cha Vijana kama Afisa.

Wakati fulani kukatokea matatizo kati yake na Afisa mwenzake ndugu Ali Omar Chitanda kuhusu namna ya kufanya kazi.

Regia akiwa na hoja kwamba chama kinajenga ushawishi kwa wasomi na hivyo vijana wasomi tu ndio waendeshe kitengo kile. Wakawa hawawezi kufanya kazi na mwenzake kabisa.

Nikiwa Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa chama nikachukua maamuzi ya kumhamisha Regia na kumpeleka kuwa Afisa wa Mafunzo chini ya Kurugenzi ya Mafunzo na Oganaizesheni inayoongozwa na ndugu Benson Kigaila Masalamakali.

Regia kwa ujasiri akaniandikia ujumbe mfupi wa simu ‘uamuzi wako sio sahihi’. Sikumjibu bali nikamwita Ofisini siku ya Pili yake.

Nikamweleza namna ambavyo chama kinahitaji kada zote na kwamba wasomi wa vyuo vikuu waje kwenye chama wakijua pia kuna maafisa ambao si wasomi na wana mchango mkubwa katika harakati za kidemokrasia.

Nikampa mifano ya namna mtu Kama Samora Machel alivyochaguliwa kiongozi wa FRELIMO ilhali kulikuwa na wasomi zaidi yake kama Joachim Chisano au hata mkewe Graca Machel.

Regia alinielewa vizuri sana na mkutano ukaishia kutaniana kuhusu namna ya mitindo ya uongozi. Regia hakuficha kama hakupenda jambo na wala hakuwa anaangalia cheo cha mtu.

Alisema anachokiamini na mengine yatabaki mjadala wa
baadaye.

Ujasiri wake wakati mwingine ulimletea shida kwa wakubwa zake lakini hakuna hata mmoja aliyetilia shaka mapenzi yake kwa chama chetu. Hakujali kuudhiwa na alikuwa tayari kukilinda chama muda wote.

Huu ni mfano wa pili wa Ujasiri wake kisiasa.

Wakati wa uchaguzi Mkuu wa nchi mwaka 2010 Regia alikwenda kugombea Ubunge katika Wilaya ya nyumbani kwao Kilombero. Watu wengi hawakumpa nafasi kubwa ya kushinda.

Aliliandaa jimbo lake kwa mikutano ya mara kwa mara. Alishinda kura za maoni katika mchakato wa ndani ya chama.

Katika kikao cha Kamati Kuu mmoja wa Wakurugenzi wa Chama akasema tunaye mgombea mwingine mzuri sana, Mwanasheria. Regia akaombwa
kukaa pembeni. Akakubali.

Kamati Kuu ikampitisha mtu ambaye hakwenda kwenye kura za maoni na wala
hatukuwa tunamjua maana tuliambiwa na mtu tunayemwamini kwamba ni mgombea mzuri.

Regia hakufurahishwa na uamuzi ule lakini kwa heshima na utiifu wa hali ya juu akakubali kutogombea.

Siku za kurejesha fomu za kugombea zilipokuwa zinakwisha yule mgombea akatoa nje.

Hakuonekana, kwa sababu mbalimbali ambazo sisi tuliokuwa mbali na Dar es Salaam na Morogoro hatuzijui. Chama hakikuwa na namna isipokuwa kurudi kwa Regia kumwomba aokoe jahazi. Regia hakusita.

Akaendesha kampeni za uhakika akiwa hana mali wala jina kisiasa. Akaaminiwa na watu wa Kilombero.

Akapata kura nyingi sana ambazo hata zilileta utata wa
uhalali wa matokeo ya uchaguzi katika Jimbo lile.

Ujasiri na nidhamu ya namna hii ni nadra sana kwa wanasiasa sio tu vijana hata waliobobea kwenye siasa. Huyu ndio Regia.

Ndiye tunamsindikiza kwenye nyumba yake ya milele. Regia mwenye upendo wa dhati kwa watu aliowapenda.

Regia aliyekuwa tayari kusaidia kwa hali na mali wenzake wanapohitaji msaada. Hii ni sifa yake ya nyingine ya kipekee.

Mara baada ya Uchaguzi Mkuu na yeye kuchaguliwa kuwa Mbunge wa Viti Maalumu, Spika alitugawa kwenye Kamati Wabunge wote. Kazi ya kwanza ya Kamati hizi ilikuwa ni kuchagua wenyeviti na makamu wao.

Regia alijua mimi napenda kuendelea kuwa Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Bunge ya Mashirika ya Umma (uwekezaji umma).

Hata hivyo alijua nina wakati mgumu sana kutokana na mazingira ya kisiasa yaliyokuwapo wakati ule kati
ya Wabunge wa CCM na CHADEMA. Regia ni Mbunge pekee (ukiachana na wajumbe wa kamati ya POAC kutoka CHADEMA) aliyezunguka nami usiku kucha na kupiga simu kwa kila Mbunge mjumbe wa Kamati yangu kuniombea kura.

Mbunge mwenzangu na Rafiki yangu wa karibu kutoka Ludewa Deo Filikunjombe atamkumbuka Regia kwa aina ya kampeni aliyopiga. Deo aliniambia kwamba alipokea simu ya mwanamke anaongea Kipangwa (moja ya Lugha ya watu wa Ludewa).

Mwanamke yule mwenye sauti nyembamba na ya kutulia alikuwa anamwombea kura
Zitto kuwa Mwenyekiti wa POAC. Deo alifurahishwa na namna Regia alivyoweza kutumia lugha ya nyumbani kwao kuniombea kura.

Hata tulipopata taarifa kwamba Kamati ya Wabunge wa CCM imeamua kwamba atakayepewa
kura sio mimi, Regia alinitia moyo na kuendelea na kampeni.

Asubuhi ya siku ya kura alimpitia kila mjumbe wa Kamati POAC aliyemwona na kumkumbusha kunipa kura hata kama CCM imewakataza.

Nilimcheka sana Regia kwa kumwambia wewe sio mzoefu hapa. Hao wakishakaa ndio maamuzi hayo.

Akaniambia hapana watabadilika. Ghafla Waziri Mkuu akatangaza kikao kingine cha Wabunge wa CCM na huko wakaelezwa kwamba kamchagueni Zitto. Ningekata tamaa bila kuendelea na juhudi usiku kucha kama nilivyoshauriwa na Regia
kwa kweli nisingeshinda nafasi ile. Regia alikuwa mtu wa kwanza kumjulisha matokeo ya uchaguzi nilipopata kura 13 kati ya 15 zilizopigwa.

Huyu ndiye Regia ambaye alikuwa na uwezo wa kufanya kila mbinu ili mwenzake apate msaada. Ni lazima watu watoe machozi. Ni lazima Wabunge watoe machozi.

Ni lazima wana CHADEMA wamlilie. Mimi sitawafuta machozi na nimekataa kulia.

Kikao cha mwisho cha chama ambacho nilishiriki na Regia nilihudhuria kwa muda mfupi sana. Wenzangu watakumbuka mengine katika kila kikao kile.

Mimi ninakumbuka moja tu ambalo ni moja ya sifa pekee aliyokuwa nayo na wanayo wanasiasa wachache sana na hasa wanasiasa vijana (ambao hupenda zaidi siasa za
kuridhisha kwa kusema watu wapendacho).

Regia alikuwa na uwezo mkubwa wa kusema usichopenda kusikia.

Alisema tu. Katika kikao kile wajumbe na Wabunge walikuwa katika ‘emotion’ sana kuhusiana na muswada wa mchakato wa kuandika Katiba. Mjadala ulikuwa mkali sana. Mwenyekiti wetu akampa nafasi Regia aseme.

‘mimi nashauri tuombe kuonana na Rais Kikwete’ yalikuwa ni maneno yake makali kupenya kwenye ngome za masikio ya wengi na yalipokelewa kwa mguno mkubwa.

Mwenyekiti akaamrisha wajumbe na Wabunge watulie
kwani Regia ana haki ya kutoa maoni yake. Mimi niliondoka baada ya muda mfupi maana nilikuwa ndio nimetoka nchini India kwa matibabu na nilikuwa na masharti ya kupumzika muda mrefu.

Ushauri wa Regia (pamoja na wajumbe na viongozi wengine wa chama walioshauri ama waziwazi au kwa chinichini) ndio uliofuatwa na sasa kumekuwa na mazungumzo ya mara kwa mara ya viongozi kuhusu sheria ile ya mchakato wa
kuandika Katiba.

Huyu ndio dada Regia. Maisha mafupi lakini mafunzo makubwa katuachia vijana wenzake
kwenye medani ya siasa.

Nakuagaje Regia?

Nilikataa kuamini kuwa umekufa. Nikasema mpaka nikuone.

Nilipofika Tumbi, nikasema hujafa na wala siingii ‘motury’ kukuona.

Sasa eti nakuandikia Tanzia . Kwa nini nikuage?

Halafu nakuagaje REGIA?

Ukikutana na Shelembi Magadula, mwambie kile kiti chake cha udiwani tulikitunza, akija atakikuta.

Ukikutana na Chacha Wangwe Mwambie bado tunaendelea na harakati Nyamongo. Ukikutana na Amina mwambie asilie tena vijana wengi wameingia Bungeni na sasa wanaelekea Ikulu.

Ukikutana na Bibi Titi mwambie sasa wanawake hata wanawake walemavu wanaweza bila hata kuwezeshwa, wanajiwezesha.

Nakuagaje dada yangu mpenzi? Haya.

Mungu atupe subira.

Kabwe Zuberi Zitto, Mb

Binti genius wa computer aaga dunia

2012-01-17T10:32:00.004+03:00

Microsoft's youngest professional has died, aged 16.

Condolences have poured in from around the world after the passing of promising young computer genius Arfa Karim Randhawa, from Faisalabad, Pakistan.

The teenager died on Saturday night after complications resulting from an epileptic stroke.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who offered to pay for Karim's treatment, told the family he was sad to learn of her death and the loss of such a rare talent, her father said.

Funeral prayers were offered on Sunday in Lahore before her body was taken to her native village Ram Dewali, Faisalabad for burial.

Scores of people, including Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, ministers, politicians, friends and Karim's fellow students gathered to support the grieving family during the procession.

According to local reports, Karim went into a coma on December 22 after suffering an epileptic attack and cardiac arrest.

She was admitted to treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Lahore and was on life support at the Intensive Care Unit when she suffered a tracheotomy complication on Saturday evening that resulted in bleeding in her throat.

Despite earlier reports her progress had improved, doctors were unable to save her.

Karim rose to international fame when she became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional - a title awarded to those who master Microsoft programs - at the age of nine in 2005.

The company website notes adults often use the certification to further their careers in the tech field.

After earning the certification, Karim was subsequently invited to visit Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington by founder Bill Gates.

Karim, then ten, met with Gates and other Microsoft executives during the visit, undoubtedly impressing them with her knowledge of programming at such a young age.

According to Geo.TV, after Karim's hospitalisation, Gates in January reached out to the family and offered to pay for her medical care.

It was reported he also proposed moving Karim to the U.S. for better treatment, although doctors decided it was against her best interest given Karim was on a ventilator.

Meli ilivyozama Italia, wanafutwa walio hai na wafu

2012-01-17T09:23:00.008+03:00

Brave rescue crews who have been frantically scouring the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship for survivors today confirmed a seventh person has been found dead.

After officials said last night that there are 29 people still missing the death toll is expected to rise still further.

This morning Italian officials said the latest victim had been found dead inside
the shipwrecked vessel.

The partially-sunken liner slipped further into the sea during high winds yesterday and is now lying on its side in about 45ft of water.

There are fears that the precariously-perched vessel could break completely free from its rocky ledge at any moment and plummet hundreds of feet to the bottom of the Mediterranean.

There are also concerns that, if the vessel shifts even slightly, it could puncture its fuel tanks.

Coastguard official Marco Brusco said on Italian TV last night that 25 passengers and four crew members are unaccounted for three days after the ship crashed into a reef off the Tuscan coast and capsized.Earlier reports said just 16 people were missing.

Mr Brusco did not explain the reason for the rise, but at least three Italian families have said that even though their loved ones have been listed among those safely evacuated, they hadn't heard any word from their relatives.

Mr Brusco also indicated about ten Germans were among the 29 missing. He said he held a 'glimmer of hope' that some of the missing might have survived.

Despite the threat of imminent catastrophe, rescue workers resumed their search for the 29 passengers still unaccounted for, trawling through the ship's maze of corridors and cabins, although the search was suspended at nightfall.

The emergency services confirmed that all the areas of the liner that are above water had now been searched, indicating faint hopes of finding more survivors.

A five-year-old Italian girl and her father are believed to be among the passengers still missing after the vessel grounded.

William Arlotti, 34, and his daughter Dyana, from Rimini, are among 16 still unaccounted for after the luxury cruise ship ran aground off the island of Giglio and then partially sank on Friday night, Italian media reports.

'In the evening her father picked her up. It is not the first time she has gone with her father on a cruise. I heard there were problems on the ship on Saturday morning from his parents. Meanwhile, I continue to call everyone and no one can tell me anything about my daughter.'

Mr Arlotti's cousin, Sabrina Ottaviani, posted an appeal on Facebook which said:

'My cousin and little niece are still missing. They slid into the water in a corridor between muster point A and B.

'Someone told his girlfriend that they were pulled up by rope but there is no trace of them... if someone truly saw them on the rope please let me know.'

Miss Albertini's mother, Alberta Sartini, added: 'We are waiting for news, we are on tenterhooks.

My daughter had trusted to give the child to her former husband and the child was happy to go on a cruise with him. I hope with all my heart they come back.'

The sixth victim was a man, found in a corridor in the part of the ship that was still above water, who was still wearing his orange lifejacket.

Others confirmed dead include two men, 86-year-old Italian Giovanni Masia and Spaniard Guillermo Gual, 68, discovered at an emergency gathering point near the restaurant.

And Pervuian tourism student Peruvian Erika Soria, 26, who was working on the ship, is also missing.

Her father Saturnino told Pervuian TV: 'My concern is that the authorities intensify their search and find my daughter wherever she is.

'She has to be found, dead or alive. The pain of not knowing what’s happened to her is killing us. I haven’t given up hope of seeing her alive again.'

Rising turbulence this morning led to concerns that the ship - which has on board some 2,500 tons of fuel - could become unstable, creating the threat of a possible environmental disaster on top of the human loss.

No leaks into the pristine waters have been reported so far, and a Dutch firm has been called in to help extract the fuel.

Environment Minister Corrado Clini said: 'The environmental risk for the island of Giglio is extremely high. The goal is to avoid that the fuel leaks from the ship. We are working on this. The intervention is urgent.'

The last people to be discovered alive were found on Sunday. A young honeymooning South Korean couple, both aged 29, were plucked alive from the wreckage.

Jeong Hye Jim and his wife Kideok Hanmarito became stranded two decks below rescuers who eventually heard their screams.

And the ship's cabin service director, 57-year-old Manrico Giampetroni, was discovered in an air pocket in a flooded restaurant two days after the incident. He was trapped after breaking his leg, and was dramatically winched to safety.

Confirmation of the seventh death comes as investigators look into reports that the ship's captain might have been 'showing off' when he steered the vessel too close to rocks.

Captain Francesco Schettino's behaviour is said to be under close scrutiny as he faces accusations he abandoned the vessel before ensuring all of the 4,200 people aboard were safely evacuated.
It is thought that Capt Schettino sailed as close to land as he did as he wanted to salute to a friend on shore.

The display was said to be in a 'salute of respect' for a former Costa cruises commander Mario Palombo who retired in 2006 due to ill health and whose family were originally from Giglio.

As British survivors spoke of the 'screaming and crying' as they tried to get off the stricken vessel, the ship's owner Costa Crociere said 'preliminary indications' suggested Capt Schettino may have been guilty of 'significant human error'.

The ship's Italian owner, a subsidiary of Carnival Cruise lines, issued a statement late Sunday saying there appeared to be 'significant human error' on the part of the captain, Francesco Schettino, 'which resulted in these grave consequences'.

It said in a statement: 'The route of the vessel appears to have been too close to the shore, and the captain's judgment in handling the emergency appears to have not followed standard Costa procedures.'

Carnival PLC, the owner of the capsized boat, saw its share price plummet by around a fifth.Carnival CEO Micky Arison said in a statement: 'At this time, our priority is the safety of our passengers and crew.

'We are deeply saddened by this tragic event and our hearts go out to everyone affected by the
grounding of the Costa Concordia and especially to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives.'

Authorities were holding Schettino for suspected manslaughter and a prosecutor confirmed yesterday they
were also investigating allegations the captain abandoned the stricken liner before all the passengers
had escaped.
According to the Italian navigation code, a captain who abandons a ship in danger can face up to 12
years in prison.

Schettino insisted he did not leave the liner early, telling Mediaset television that he had done
everything he could to save lives.

He said: 'We were the last ones to leave the ship.'

Questions also swirled about why the ship had navigated so close to the dangerous reefs and rocks that jut off Giglio's eastern coast, amid suspicions the captain may have ventured too close while carrying out a manoeuvre to entertain tourists on the island.

Residents of Giglio said they had never seen the Costa come so close to the dangerous 'Le Scole' reef area.

'This was too close, too close,' said Italo Arienti, a 54-year-old sailor who has worked on the
Maregiglio ferry between Giglio and the mainland for more than a decade.

Maelfu waenda kula Christmas 'Sauzi'

2011-12-23T14:24:00.000+03:00

The Department of Home Affairs has so far facilitated the smooth movement into and out of the country from 1 to 22 December 2011 of over two million travellers through its ports of entry ahead of the Christmas festivities this coming weekend, said Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday, 22 December 2011.

Through its Advanced Passenger Processing and Movement Control Systems, a legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Department has facilitated the movement into and out of the country from 1-22 December 2011 of 2 323 192 (two million three hundred and twenty three thousand one hundred and ninety two) through its air, land and sea ports including OR Tambo, King Shaka and Cape Town International Airports.

In anticipation of increased traveller volumes, an additional 154 immigation officers have also been deployed to the Maseru, Lebombo and Durban Harbour Ports of Entry.

In addition we have increased the hours of operation from 22-24 December 2011 at certain ports of entry as follows:

Mahamba from 07h00 to 00h00, Mananga from 07h00 to 20h00, Jeppes Reef from 07h00 to 22h00, Qacha’s Nek from 06h00-22h00 and Tellebridge from 06h00-20h00. From 22 December 2011 to 9 January 2012 the van Rooyenshek Port of Entry will operate from 06h00 to 00h00.

Meanwhile the 350 former South African National Defence Forces (SANDF) officers who were laterally transferred to the Department of Home Affairs and trained in immigration, successfully assumed duty at OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday, 21 December 2011.

The deployment comes ahead of efforts to re-engineer the Department has a security and service orientated Department, simultaneously enabling it to take its rightful place as a security department in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster.

While the officers have been trained to render expeditious services, they will also ensure a thorough security assessment of all travellers into and out of the Republic in line with our immigration laws.

In this regard, the deployment was not without its teething problems which resulted in delays in the processing of travellers in line with security requirements.

Accordingly Minister Dlamini-Zuma reiterates the appeal for travellers through OR Tambo International Airport to exercise patience following recent changes in immigration systems at the airport while expressing confidence that with the passage of time, the efficiency levels will improve without compromising the security of our country.

Finally, in pursuance of our security mandate, Home Affairs Inspectorate will form part and parcel of law enforcement agency anti-crime operations over the festive season.

Kikwete- Mnaoishi mabondeni hameni

2011-12-23T14:15:00.001+03:00

RAIS Jakaya Kikwete amewahakikishia waathirika wa mafuriko ya mvua zinazoendelea kunyesha kwa siku tatu mfululizo sasa, kuwa Serikali itawapa msaada wa hali na mali, lakini lazima wahame mabondeni.

Amesema Serikali ipo tayari kuwatafutia maeneo ya kujenga makazi ya kudumu na kwa dharura iliyopo kuwapa hifadhi ya mahema, vyakula, magodoro, vyoo, maji na huduma ya afya kama ilivyofanyika, lakini haina msamaha juu ya wao kuendelea kuishi mabondeni.

“Wenzetu wa hali ya hewa wanasema mvua hizi zinaendelea, Makamba (Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam kabla ya Abbas Kandoro) aliwahamisha kwa helikopta, sasa Sadiki (Said Mecky-Mkuu wa Mkoa wa sasa) naye anawahamisha vivyo hivyo, hivi hali hii tutaiacha ijirudie mpaka lini?.....

“Ni vizuri mjiondoe kwenye maisha ya mashaka, nawahakikishia Serikali yenu ipo nanyi katika hali ngumu hii, lakini ni vizuri muondoke maeneo hayo ya hatari, suala kubwa ni mnahamaje? Kamati ya Maafa ya Mkoa ihakikishe hilo linatekelezwa kwa ubora na mapema,” alisema Kikwete akizungumza na waathirika hao.

Alizungumza na waathirika walio katika Kambi ya Mchikichini, wilayani Ilala, wapatao 1,900 kwa niaba ya waathirika wengine wa kambi nyingine saba zilizowekwa katika shule za sekondari na msingi kwa hifadhi.

Kabla ya kuzungumza nao, Rais Kikwete alipata nafasi ya kuzunguka kwa helikopta kuona athari za mafuriko hayo katika jiji na pia kutembelea kambi hiyo.

Kwa mujibu wa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam, watu zaidi ya 20 wamepoteza maisha na 4,900 wameathirika kwa kukosa makazi. Aidha, vifo zaidi havijaripotiwa kwa kuwa bado baadhi ya nyumba zimezingirwa na maji na matope.

Akihutubia hadhara hiyo, Rais alisisitiza watu kuheshimu mikondo ya maji kwa kuwa hakuna mwanadamu anayeweza kuzuia maji, upepo au moto na kutolea mfano kwa Marekani, Australia na nchi zenye teknolojia ya juu, lakini maji huwashinda.

Rais Kikwete aliwaagiza Mipango Miji wafanye kazi ipasavyo kwa kuwa wao ndio wamekuwa vinara wa kugawa maeneo kwa hati halali wakati wakijua wazi ni maeneo hatari kwa maisha ya watu, mabondeni na kwenye mikondo ya maji.

“Maji hayana tajiri wala masikini, nilikuwa napita kwa helikopta nikaona hata kwenye kampuni ile Jangwani (Kajima) ukuta umeenda, Mipango Miji fanyeni kazi vizuri kuepusha yanayoweza kuepukika, mikondo ya maji iachwe nafasi, baadhi ya hawa watu wana hati halali, mmewapa ninyi,” alisema Rais.

Aidha, aliwahakikishia waathirika hao kufuatiliwa kwa karibu suala lao na kuwaahidi kuwa viongozi wakiwemo mameya, wabunge, madiwani na watendaji wahakikishe usiku na mchana watawahudumia mpate makazi maeneo yafaayo.

wali, akihutubia, Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam, Sadiki alisema walioathirika ni 4,900 na vifo vilivyoripotiwa mpaka jana asubuhi ni 20 ambapo miili 18 imetambuliwa na miwili bado ipo Hospitali ya Taifa Muhimbili, aliwataka watu wakatambue miili hiyo.

Katika hotuba yake, Sadiki alisema uongozi wa mkoa kwa kushirikiana na viongozi wa kisiasa wamefikia hitimisho la kuwataka wakazi hao wa mabondeni kuridhia kuhama baada ya kutenga eneo katika Wilaya ya Kinondoni la ekari 2,000 linalotoa viwanja 2,800 ili wakazi hao waanze kujenga makazi mapya.

“Lakini tuna taarifa huko nyuma kwamba kuna waliopewa maeneo Wazo Hill, Yombo Dovya, hawakuhamia huko, wakauza na hata hizi huku wakauza, muda si mrefu shule zitafunguliwa hivyo tutahakikisha mnapata hifadhi ya dharura huko ili tuwapishe wanafunzi huku,” alisema Sadiki.

Kwa mujibu wake, kuna kambi zaidi ya saba jijini Dar es Salaam na vitu mbalimbali vimetolewa na wasamaria wema, Jeshi la Ulinzi la Wananchi wa Tanzania (JWTZ), Polisi yakiwemo mahema, vyakula, nguo, dawa na mikeka.

Mbunge wa Ubungo, John Mnyika ametoa vitu vyenye thamani ya Sh milioni moja kwa kambi tano. Gazeti hili lilitembelea katika baadhi ya kambi hizo kwa lengo kujionea hali ilivyo ambapo katika kituo cha Rutihinda, hadi saa 5.45 asubuhi, waathirika 52 waliokuwa wameandikishwa walilalamika kutokuwepo kwa huduma yoyote ikiwemo ya chakula, na magodoro tangu wafike kambini hapo juzi asubuhi.

Akizungumzia suala hilo, msimamizi wa kambi hiyo ambaye pia ni Mtendaji wa Kata ya Kigogo, Kassim Mbezi, alisema iliwalazimu baadhi ya waathirika kuondoka na kujitafutia hifadhi na chakula. Walikuwa zaidi ya 100 kambini hapo na kubaki hao 52.

“Hadi hivi sasa watu waliopo hapa ni 52, awali waliokuwepo wengi lakini wanapokuja na kukuta hali ya kambi ilivyo wanaamua kuondoka na kurudi katika maeneo waliyotoka na wengine kwenda kujitafutia chakula kwa kuwa wana watoto,” alisema Mbezi.

Chanzo: Gazeti la HABARILEO

Angelina Jolie kuibeba tena

2011-12-23T11:56:00.003+03:00

Angelina Jolie akiwa na mumewe, Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie akiwa na baadhi ya wanawe akiwemo binti aliyemuasili.

Brad Pitt and his long-time partner Angelina Jolie just might want to expand their brood of six with the coming new year!

According to OK! Magazine, the duo celebrated Angelina’s directorial debut on December 8th, but they were also celebrating their news of wanting to add to their rainbow nation of kids in 2012.

A source said, “She jokes about triplets constantly. And she’s not a big joker, really.

She and Brad have talked at length. There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that she’ll have another child.”

Angelina recently said, “Nothing is planned…I could end up pregnant. I don’t know that we’re finished. I don’t know.”

Another insider said, “Angelina is determined. She is dead set on giving the kids a baby brother or sister as soon as possible.”

Do you believe the rumors? Are they trying to add to their already large family in 2012?

What we really want to know is why the tabloids are already starting the 2012 baby rumors?

Kikwete amteua Jaji Lubuva kuongoza Tume ya Uchaguzi

2011-12-22T16:38:00.002+03:00

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete amemteua Mheshimiwa Jaji (Mstaafu) Damian Lubuva kuwa Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi (NEC).

Aidha, Rais Kikwete amemteua Mheshimiwa Jaji (Mstaafu) Hamid Mahmoud Hamid kuwa Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Taifa ya Uchaguzi na Bwana Julius Benedicto Mallaba kuwa Mkurugenzi wa Uchaguzi.

Taarifa iliyotolewa leo, Alhamisi, Desemba 22, 2011 na Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi, Bwana Phillemon L Luhanjo mjini Dar es Salaam imesema kuwa uteuzi huo umeanza tokea Jumatatu, Desemba 19, mwaka huu, 2011.

Kabla ya uteuzi wake, Mheshimiwa Lubuva alikuwa Jaji katika Mahakama ya Rufani Tanzania na baada ya kustaafu aliteuliwa kuwa Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Maadili ya Viongozi.

Mheshimiwa Lubuva anachukua nafasi iliyoachwa wazi na Mheshimiwa Jaji Lewis Makame ambaye mkataba wake wa utumishi wa umma ulifikia mwisho Julai, mwaka huu, 2011.

Naye Mheshimiwa Hamid alikuwa Jaji wa Mahakama Kuu ya Zanzibar kabla ya kustaafu kwake na anachukua nafasi iliyokuwa inashikiliwa na Mhe Jaji Omari O. Makungu.

Mheshimiwa Jaji Makungu aliteuliwa na Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kuwa Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali na baadaye akateuliwa kuwa Jaji Mkuu. Naye Bw.

Mallaba, kabla ya uteuzi wake, alikuwa Mkurugenzi wa Sehemu ya Mikataba (Contracts and Treaties) katika Ofisi ya Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali.

Bw. Mallaba anajaza nafasi iliyoachwa wazi na Bwana Rajabu Kiravu ambaye amemaliza mkataba wake wa utumishi Septemba, mwaka huu, 2011.

Imetolewa na: Mkurugenzi wa Mawasiliano ya Rais, Ikulu, DAR ES SALAAM.

22 Desemba, 2011

Benayoun amkuna Wenger

2011-12-22T16:08:00.002+03:00

Benayoun anashangilia bao alilofunga jana lililoipa ushindi Arsenal dhidi ya Aston Villa.

Arsène Wenger has hailed midfielder Yossi Benayoun after his crucial header sank Aston Villa on Wednesday night.

Benayoun came off the bench with 10 minutes remaining to score his third goal of the campaign, heading home from Robin van Persie’s 87th-minute corner.

Wenger had previously sympathised with Benayoun’s lack of match action this season and was quick to praise the Israel international’s attitude after the game.

“He is well integrated in the group, is a fantastic professional and has a great spirit,” Wenger told Arsenal Player.

“He is a very intelligent boy and tonight he did fantastically well when he came on. The changes who came on did very well and stabilised our game I think - Yossi came on and won us three fantastic points.

“You go to City and then to Villa and I have to give fantastic credit to my players, they have given absolutely everything in the last three days with two difficult away games.

“For us to respond well was vital.

I was a bit nervous I must say because for us you have experience and history with us coming to Aston Villa - it is always these kinds of games where it is marginal to win or to lose.

“I was a bit nervous because I knew how important it was to win and I knew that it would be a difficult game.”

Mtoto azaliwa na vichwa viwili, kichwa 1 chaitwa Yesu

2011-12-22T15:43:00.005+03:00

Msichana Mbrazili mwenye umri wa miaka 25, amejifungua mtoto wa kiume mwenye vichwa viwili.

Binti huyo, Maria de Nazare, amejifungua kwa njia ya upasuaji, familia yake imefurahi.

Kwa mujibu wa madaktari, mtoto huyo ana moyo mmoja, lakini kila kichwa kina ubongo wake.

Kwa kuwa amempata mtoto huyo wakati huu wa Christmas, kichwa kimoja kimepewa jina la Emanoel na kingine Jesus

Soma zaidi hapo chini

A Brazilian woman who has given birth to a baby with two heads, admitted she had initially expected twins.

Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil's northern Para state, with her newborn weighing 9.9lbs.

And in a tribute to the religious celebrations at Christmas, she has decided to call the pair Emanoel and Jesus.

The baby has two heads but all his organs are functioning healthily.

The mother was said to have found about the abnormality only minutes before he was born

Following the birth of her baby, mother Maria, 25, admitted that she had been told she was set to welcome twins.

But following a number of tests, doctors have revealed that the baby has two brains and two spines but shares one heart, lungs, liver and pelvis.

The hospital's director, Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos, told Brazil's O Povo newspaper that the woman decided to travel to the hospital because she was feeling strong abdominal pains.

The 25-year-old mother, who lives in a rural area of the state, had no ultra-sound scans during her pregnancy and only found out about the abnormality minutes before the baby was born at 1am on Monday morning.

He said: 'When doctors scanned her they realised that the baby had two heads and that a normal birth would be a great risk both for mother and baby. The caesarean took an hour because the baby was sitting down.

'Despite all the problems we have as a small interior hospital we managed to save both mother and baby, which was our aim. And for us it was a great surprise to find out that the child was in really good health.'

Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital said: 'If both their brains are functioning, how are we going to choose which head to remove?

'We are not considering the possibility of surgery. What we've got to think about at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop.'

Mr Vasconcelos added that at no point did the mother, who has three other children, appear distraught that her son has two heads

He said: 'On the contrary, the baby was received with much happiness by the family.

'The mother fed both mouths and the baby stayed with her in her room the whole time. Her desire was to take her baby straight home.'

Maafa Dar es Salaam

2011-12-22T15:32:00.002+03:00

WATU 11 wakiwamo watatu wa familia moja, wameripotiwa kufa na wengine kadhaa kujeruhiwa kufuatia mvua zilizoendelea kunyesha jana katika Jiji la Dar es Salaam na viunga vyake na kuvuruga mfumo wa usafiri na shughuli za kiuchumi.

Miondombinu mbalimbali ya Jiji hilo ikiwamo madaraja na nyumba vilivunjwa na kusababisha adha kubwa kwa wakazi ambao wengi wao, walishindwa hata kwenda kazini.

Baadhi ya barabara zikiwamo Morogoro eneo la Jangwani na Ali Hassan Mwinyi eneo la daraja la Salenda zilifungwa kwa muda kutokana na kujaa maji kiasi cha kuhatarisha maisha ya watumiaji wake.

Mvua hiyo ya siku mbili mfululizo kunyesha jijini Dar es Salaam, jana ilifanya maeneo mengi zikiwamo barabara muhimu kama Nyerere kuanzia Uwanja wa Ndege, Kawawa eneo la Kigogo Darajani na Mandela eneo la Tabata Matumbi, kushindwa kupitika kwa saa kadhaa kutokana na kujaa maji.

Katika barabara ya Mandela hali ilikuwa tete baada ya maelfu ya abiria waliokuwa wanasafiri kutoka Buguruni kwenda Ubungo, kukwama katika daraja la Matumbi.

Kwa zaidi ya saa nne tangu saa 1:00 asubuhi abiria walioonekana wakishuka kutoka kwenye magari na kutembea kwa miguu mithili ya maandamano, huku makumi ya magari yakiwa yamezimika barabarani.

Wakati hayo yakitokea, watumiaji wa barabara ya Mandela walikwama kutokana na msururu mrefu wa magari kufuatia baadhi yake kuzima na kufunga barabarani.

Katika barabara hiyo eneo la TIOT, ulionekana moshi mkubwa angani uliotokana na moshi wa gesi baada ya bomba linalopitisha gesi hiyo kupasuka.

Moshi huo uliwafanya watu waliokuwa kwenye magari kupatwa na vikohozi.

Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa nchini (TMA) imetaja mvua zilizonyesha jana na juzi kuwa hazijawahi kutokea katika miaka ya karibuni, na kwamba mara ya mwisho mvua kubwa kama hiyo ilirekodiwa mwaka 1954.

Baadhi ya madaraja yalisombwa au kuvunjwa na maji hivyo kusababisha shida ya usafiri katika jiji hilo.Daraja la Mbezi katika barabara ya Morogoro lililoko jirani na kibanda cha mkaa eneo la Tanesco lilivunika na kusababisha kukatika mawasiliano ya safari za kutoka na kwenda katikati ya jiji.

Mawasiliano katika daraja hilo yalikatika saa 11:00 alfajiri, na kusababisha misururu ya magari yaliyokuwa yakisubiri maji yapungue ili yapite.

"Hii leo sio kawaida, heri ya jana, sisi tumekwama tangu saa 10:30 alfajiri na mpaka sasa 1:45 asubuhi hatujui tutaondoka saa ngapi," alisema mmoja wa abiria waliokwama eneo hilo, ambaye alipiga simu ofisi za gazeti hili bila kutaja jina lake.

Vitus Andrew aliyejitambulisha kuwa ni dereva wa gari aina ya Mitsubishi fuso, alisema alifika eneo hilo saa 11.20 alfajiri na kukuta msururu wa magari ukiwa hautembei hivyo kumalazimu kuzima gari na kulala.

“Ndugu yangu, nimefika hapa mapema nikiwa naelekea Tabora, lakini naona safari yangu imeishia hapa kwa leo na kibaya zaidi hakuna kiongozi ama askari yeyote aliyefika kusimamia usalama wa abiria na magari kwani hali ya usalama si nzuri,” alisema Andrew.

Taarifa zilizopatikana baadaye, zilisema magari yalianza kupita kwenye daraja hilo saa 2:20 asubuhi.Daraja la Mbezi Bondeni linalounganisha Mbezi Beach na Mwenge, wilayani Kinondoni limekatika upande mmoja kutokana na mafuriko hivyo kufanya Jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania (JWTZ) kikosi cha Lugalo kuweka kambi maalumu kwa ajili ya kulinda usalama.

Hatua hiyo imesababisha wananchi wanaotoka Mbezi kuelekea Mwenge, kushindwa kutumia magari na kulazimika kuvuka kwa miguu kutokana na magari yote kuzuiwa kupita eneo hilo.

Daraja lililopo Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa (JKT) lilijaa maji hivyo kulazimisha uongozi wa jeshi kuzuia magari yasipite kwa muda.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Matumaini ya kuwatenganisha mabinti walioungana kichwani

2011-12-22T15:22:00.001+03:00

CONJOINED twins who have never looked each other in the eye have been given a glimmer of hope they may one day be separated.

Doctors tried and failed to separate sisters Tatiana and Anastasia Dogaru, who are joined at the head, in a gruelling ten-hour op in 2007, at the age of three.

Now four years later signs suggest the seven-year-old sisters — known as Tati and Ana — are reaching a point where a separation might be possible.

Their family have been told the girls' blood pressure is finally stable enough again to reattempt the procedure.

In a scientific mystery, Ana's blood pressure has been low, while Tati's was high.

Now a team of specialists in Chicago are looking at new ways of performing the miracle.

With no advances in techniques to separate them safely, the family's greatest hope is that someone will make a breakthrough, which will ensure they can survive the op.

But the family know the longer it takes the more complicated a separation will become as the girls become more fused.

And with conjoined twins rarely living past the age of 11, their parents have been left with an agonising life or death decision — to go ahead with the risky op or to hope that the girls will live until a way to safely separate them is found.

Mum Claudia, a nurse, from Chicago, says they will wait.

The 35-year-old said: "Since the girls were born we've dreamed of giving them lives apart.

"But we can only do it if doctors find a way that will give them a reasonable chance of surviving the op.

"We have a new glimmer of hope but still need someone to come to us with a proposal we can accept.

"There's a level of risk with any surgery to anyone and we accept that. But we need survival odds like that to go forward.

"Remaining together, we just don't know how long they have. Many don't make it past 11."

Kim Kardashian apata tuzo ya tabia mbaya

2011-12-19T11:01:00.001+03:00

The National League of Junior Cotillions named Kate Middleton was the best mannered celebrity in the world in 2011.

Kim Kardashian was named the most ill-mannered celebrity of the year. Surprising? I don’t think so.

Since Kim has recently been through a divorce. According to NLJC national director Elizabeth Anne Winters, The ranks are based off of “demonstration of dignity, honor and respect.”

Kate was clearly the top choice because everyone praised her for “the poise and dignity with which she conducts herself in the public spotlight,” Winters said.

Justin Beiber is coming in at number two. (number two is also what his music sounds like, so fair enough.) After that Paula Abdul.

Of course she’s happy, she ALWAYS is. Taylor Swift is number five on the list. All the way at number nine is “Harry Potter’s” Emma Watson.

Kim Kardashian didn’t even make the list. A person of her fame should at least make the list, even if it’s last.

What kind of evil creature is she to be named “The Most Ill-Mannered Person” of 2011?

Aki alivyopata jiko

2011-12-19T10:01:00.018+03:00

Friday 9th December 2011 was a landmark day for Nollywood superstar Chinedu “Aki” Ikedieze and his sweetheart, Nneoma Nwaijah as their marriage was blessed and solemnized during a wedding ceremony at the Redeemed Christian Church of God – Abundant Grace parish in Ogba, Lagos.

Just a fortnight ago, the lovebirds celebrated their traditional wedding in Obolo (Isiala Mbano), Imo State.

Chinedu (popularly known as Aki) and Nneoma’s parents alongside their friends including celebrities Peter and Paul Okoye of P-Square, Kingsley Okonkwo and Aki’s best friend – Osita “Paw-Paw” Iheme were all present to mark this special occasion with the happy couple.

After the religious ceremony, the newlyweds proceeded to their reception.

I wish them all the best.

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Wenger akata tamaa ya kutwaa ubingwa

2011-12-19T09:35:00.002+03:00

ARSENE WENGER last night admitted Arsenal can all but write off their title hopes after losing to leaders Manchester City.

The defeat leaves the Gunners 12 points off the summit and, even though there are still 22 games to go, the Emirates chief knows it is a huge gap.

Wenger said his team could have put themselves right back in the shake-up by beating Roberto Mancini's men.

But instead they have a mountain to climb after David Silva's second-half strike settled a close game.

Wenger said: "At the moment it will be difficult to close the gap on City.

"Unfortunately, it's a game we couldn't afford to lose because it puts us too far behind City.

"If we had won the game it would have put us six points behind and with our full-backs coming back plus Jack Wilshere and Abou Diaby.

"We will have a better squad in the second half of the season.

"We will obviously try but this is a game we couldn't afford to lose and that's why its difficult to take.

"We will continue to fight and there were a lot of positives.

At the moment we need encouragement and points and we have only encouragement."

Wenger insists his Gunners have made huge strides to get back on track after a nightmare start to the season.

And, even though this setback shows they have some way still to go, Wenger is convinced they will get there.

The Frenchman added: "The team has made a lot of progress since August and can be proud of it. The team has a fantastic spirit and we have shown that again here at City.

"Let's hope we can continue our progress and get closer to the top sides.

"Overall we had a positive performance, great spirit and quality. But we lacked a little bit and that's vital in the big games."

Wenger is desperately short in the full-back positions and he had to play four centre-halves across the back.

Even then they were hit by an injury to Johan Djourou but Wenger insisted:

"We had the chances and it's difficult to take. But we can be encouraged by our performance.

"It didn't help to lose Johan and we had to move the whole defence around. We are short on the flanks and every injury at the back is detrimental to our performance.

"Koscielny, Djourou and Vermaelen did remarkably well but the trouble is they are all centre-backs.

"Having said all that, this is a good basis to build from. Both teams played positively and that's why the game was interesting. It was also intense physically.

"I felt we were a bit unlucky and their keeper had a good game.

"I felt at half-time we could win the game if we remained stable at the back. But it was not to be."

Kafulila- Nisameheni jamani, nitakwenda wapi?

2011-12-19T09:19:00.003+03:00

Kilio cha kwikwi kilimtoka David Kafulila kuanzia saa 4:48, usiku baada ya mkutano kumvua uanachama.

Mwananchi lilifanikiwa kujipenyeza hadi ndani ya geti la ukumbi na kumkuta Kafulila akilia kwa sauti huku akiwa amepiga magoti na kumshika mmoja wa wajumbe miguuni.

‘’Nisameheni jamani..., naomba mnisamehe jamani nimekosa nitakwenda wapi?,’’ alisikika akilia.

Mbunge huyo alionekana kushindwa kujizuia na kuangua kilio kilicholeta huzuni kwa baadhi ya wajumbe wa mkutano huo ambao baadhi yao walionekana kumwonea huruma

Kutokana na hali hiyo, Mbatia alijaribu kumwombea msamaha kwa wajumbe, lakini walishikilia msimamo wao kwa maelezo kwamba kama Kafulila akisamehewa, wao watarudisha kadi za chama.

Katika wakati fulani Kafulila aliyekuwa amevaa suti nyeusi alikuwa alisimama nje ya mlango wa kuingilia katika ukumbi huo huku akiwa amekunja mikono yake, mfano wa mtu anayemwomba Mwenyezi Mungu

Wajumbe waliokuwa wakitoka katika ukumbi huo walionekana kutomjali na walimpita na kuingia katika magari yao na kuondoka jambo, lililozidi kumwongezea uchungu na kuonekana akizidi kulia mpaka alipokuja kutolewa eneo hilo na Mkuu wa Idara ya Oganaizesheni, Kampeni na Uchaguzi wa chama hicho, Faustine Sungura.

Walimtoa eneo hilo na kumpeleka katika gari lake na kuondoka eneo hilo wakati huo ilikuwa saa 5:37 usiku.Wafuasi wa Kafulila washikwa huzuni

Hayo yakiendelea ndani nje kulikuwa na baadhi ya makada wa chama hicho waliokuwa kundi moja na Kafulila ambao walionekana kuwa na huzuni kubwa baada ya kupata habari hizo.

‘’Wamemfukuza..., wameshakiua chama ndio maana mimi nakuelezeni kila siku hiki sio chama, hakina demokrasia ya kweli, ni bora kwenda CCM tu kuliko hiki chama,’’ alisikika akisema mmoja wa makada hao.

Awali, wakati zikipigwa kura za kutokuwa na imani na Mbatia ulizuka mtafaruku baada ya wajumbe kushangazwa na kitendo cha kuwepo kwa wajumbe zaidi ya 60 wakati mkutano huo huwa na wajumbe wasiozidi 40.

Baadhi ya wajumbe waliibua hoja ya kutaka baadhi ya watu ambao hawafahamiki kujieleza na taratibu zitumike kuwatambua au kutowatambua.

Kutokana na hali hiyo kuibua mgogoro katika kikao hicho Rungwe pamoja na baadhi ya wajumbe walitoka nje ya mkutano huo, wakionyesha kutoridhishwa na maamuzi yaliyotolewa katika upigaji wa kura.

Habari hizo zilieleza kuwa Rungwe pia alijieleza sababu za yeye kuiandikia barua ofisi ya Msajili wa Vyama vya Siasa nchini kuiarifu kuwa kikao hicho hakikuwa halali

Awali, wakati mkutano ukiendelea habari za ndani kutoka katika mkutano huo zilieleza kuwa wakati ajenda mbalimbali zikijadiliwa Kafulila aliwasiliana na polisi na kuwaeleza kuwa katika mkutano huo kulikuwa na vurugu.

Mwananchi lilishuhudia polisi tisa wakiwa katika gari aina ya Landcruser wakifika katika Ukumbi huo saa 6:05 mchana na kuingia ndani ya ukumbi, ambao walielezwa hakukuwa na vurugu yoyote na wakatoka nje na kuondoka.

Ilipofika saa 6:45 polisi hao walirudi tena na kueleza kwamba, walipigiwa simu nyingine kwamba katika mkutano huo hali si shwari na safari hii walimhoji dereva wa Kafulila, Denis Kalikisha.

Wakati huo huo, chama hicho kimeomba kukutana na Rais Jakaya Kikwete kwa nia ya kutoa mawazo yake kuhusu mchakato wa kutungwa kwa Katibu Mpya ya Tanzania, kama ilivyoahidiwa kwa wananchi na mkuu huyo wa nchi.

Kafulila aliwahi kupinga kukutana na Rais Ikulu kwa madai suala zima la mchakato wa Katiba Mpya umekiukwa.

Lakini, taarifa ya Kurugenzi ya Mawasiliano Ikulu jana ilisema Rais sasa amekubali ombi hilo la NCCR-Mageuzi.Mbali ya NCCR, Rais pia amekubali kukutana na Baraza la Taifa la Taasisi Zisizokuwa za Kiserikali (NGO’s), ambalo limeomba kukutana na kuzungumza nye.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Kafulila alivyosulubiwa NCCR- Mageuzi

2011-12-19T09:13:00.003+03:00

DAVID Kafulila Mbunge kijana kutoka Jimbo la Kigoma Kusini juzi aliingia kwenye ukumbi wa mkutano akiwa na nguvu na matumaini ya kumsimamisha uongozi mwenyekiti wa chama chake cha NCCR Mageuzi, James Mbatia, lakini mwisho, upepo ulivuma vibaya kuelekea upande wake na hatimaye akajikuta anasulubiwa na kisha kuvuliwa uanachama.

Kafulila ambaye alitokea Chadema na kujiunga NCCR- Mageuzi mwishoni mwa mwaka juzi na mwaka jana akafanikiwa kuingia bungeni baada ya kumwaga mgombea wa CCM, Kifu Gullamhussein , ni mwanasiasa kijana ambaye alianza kung’ara katika medani za siasa nchini kutokana na kusimamia hoja zenye maslahi ya umma kama Katiba Mpya, kupinga nyongeza ya posho za wabunge na kutaka wale ambao walisababisha hadi Dowans kupata tuzo ya zaidi ya Sh100 kuchukuliwa hatua.

Safari ya kumshughulikia Kafulila ilianzia Desemba 8 mwaka huu baada ya kuvuliwa wadhifa wa Katibu Mwenezi wa chama hicho na juzi, ilihitimishwa katika Ukumbi wa Proin ambako mkutano wa Halmashauri Kuu (NEC) ya chama hicho ulifanyika kuanzia saa mbili asubuhi hadi karibu saa tano usiku.

Gazeti hili liliwashuhudia wajumbe 64 wa mkutano huo wakifika katika ukumbi huo huku wakionekana kuwa na shauku ya kutaka kujua hatma ya chama hicho baada ya kuibuka kwa mvutano baina ya Kafulila, Mwenyekiti wa chama hicho, James Mbatia na Katibu wake Samwel Ruhuza.

Kafulila alifika katika ukumbi huo saa 2:00 asubuhi akiwa kwenye gari yake aina ya Toyota Altezza na moja kwa moja aliingia ndani baada ya mabaunsa zaidi ya 10 waliokuwa katika geti la kuingilia kumruhusu.

Mkutano huo ulianza rasmi mnamo saa 3:00 huku ukiongozwa na Dk Sengondo Mvungi, akisaidiwa na Ruhuza na Makamu mwenyekiti wa chama hicho Zanzibar, Haji Ambari Khamis.

Katika mkutano huo, Mbatia alikuwa mmoja wa watuhumiwa ambao alipaswa kujibu tuhuma zake za kukifanya chama kama CCM B huku Kafulila akituhumiwa kuvujisha siri za chama nje ya utaratibu wa vikao. Moja ya tuhuma za Kafulila ni kueleza vyombo vya habari kwamba ameondolewa katika nafasi ya uenezi.

Lakini, hali ya mambo katika chumba cha mikutano ilianza kuvurugika ilipofika saa 8:00 mchana wakati wa kupigakura ya za kutokuwa na imani na Mbatia baadhi ya wajumbe walitoka nje ya ukumbi kwa maelezo kuwa baadhi ya wapiga kura hawakuwa wajumbe halali wa mkutano huo.

Habari hizo zilieleza kwamba, waliotoka nje walikuwa saba huku wakiongozwa na aliyekuwa mgombea urais wa chama hicho katika Uchaguzi Mkuu wa mwaka jana na Mjumbe wa Baraza la Wadhamini la chama hicho, Hashim Rungwe.

Kwa mujibu wa vyanzo hivyo, baada ya hali kuwa shwari wajumbe hao walipokea na kujadili utetezi wa Mbatia. Tuhuma dhidi ya Mbatia zilitolewa na Kamishna wa chama hicho Mkoa wa Tanga, Mbwana Hassan pamoja na wengine 26 waliosaini hati ya kutokuwa na imani naye kwa madai kuwa ni CCM B.‘’Katika kupiga kura haki haikutendeka, wajumbe tulipiga kura kwa kunyoosha mikono na sio kura ya siri, pamoja na hayo Mbatia alionekana kuwa safi’’ alieleza mmoja wa wajumbe wa NEC wa chama hicho.

Hata hivyo, akizijibu shutuma hizo mbele ya waandishi wa habari jana, Ruhuza alisema kuwa mkutano huo ulitoa maazimio kwamba Mbatia yuko safi, hodari na shujaa wa chama.

‘’Wajumbe wote waliotoa malalamiko walijiondoa na Mbatia akawa safi hiyo ikiwa ni pamoja na hao waliokuwa wakimpinga awali,’’ alisema Ruhuza.

Baada ya kumalizika hoja ya Mbatia na kufanikiwa kuzima kile alichokuwa akikiita uasi dhidi yake, jioni ndipo ilipokuja hoja ya Kafulila.

Zamu hiyo ya Kafulila ilipokuja upepo ulionekana kubadlika ghafla ndipo alipopewa nafasi ya kujitetea kuhusu tuhuma zinazomkabili.

Habari hizo zilieleza kuwa Kafulila alipopewa nafasi ya kujieleza, alisema kama kweli kuna mvutano baina yake na Mbatia kinachotakiwa ni kukutana na kuzungumza chini ya usimamizi wa wazee wenye busara wa chama hicho.Habari hizo zilelieza zaidi kuwa Dk Mvungi wakati akitoa maelezo yake alisema kuwa wajumbe wanatakiwa kutumia busara katika uamuzi yao.

Hata hivyo, hali iliharibika zaidi kwani licha ya utetezi huo wa Kafulila, wanachama ndani ya ukumbi huo baada ya kuanza kupiga kura za kuwafuta uanachama makada wa chama hicho akiwemo Kafulila.

Habari zilieleza kuwa baada ya kuthibitisha upepo unavuma vibaya kwake na hakuna njia ya kutokea, Kafulila alikwenda kumwomba msamaha Mbatia huku akiwa amepiga magoti jambo ambalo liliwakera wajumbe ambao walimwita msaliti.

Lakini, wajumbe walipiga kelele, ‘’Anaigiza huyo muda wote alikuwa wapi?

Hata kujitetea kashindwa na amekuwa akijibu majibu ya mkato sasa ndio anakumbuka kuomba msahama, muongo huyo’’.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Pengo- Posho za wabunge ni ubinafsi

2011-12-16T11:01:00.002+03:00

ASKOFU Mkuu wa Kanisa Katoliki Jimbo Kuu la Dar es Salaam, Mwadhama Polycarp Kardinali Pengo, amezungumzia mambo kadhaa ya kitaifa akisema, ongezeko la posho kwa viongozi wa umma ni ubinafsi na kuonya kama Uchaguzi Mkuu mwaka 2015 utafanyika bila ya kuwako kwa Katiba Mpya, utagubikwa na ghasia.

Pengo alitoa angalizo hilo jijini Dares Salaam jana alipokuwa akitoa ujumbe kwa taifa kuhusu Maadhimisho ya Miaka 50 ya Uhuru, Sikukuu ya Krismasi na Mwaka mpya.

Kuhusu posho, Kadinali Pengo alisema viongozi wa Serikali na umma wakiwamo wabunge, wanapaswa kuacha ubinafsi na badala yake wafanye kazi kwa kuwafikiria zaidi wananchi kuliko maslahi binafsi.

“Sisi Wakristu tunaamini kuwa, Kristu licha ya kuwa alitumwa na Mungu Baba kuja kutukomboa wanadamu alifanyika mwili na kuzaliwa katika hali ya umaskini na ufukara ili atukomboe. Viongozi wa Serikali, dini na watumishi wa umma, inatupaswa kuiga mfano huo,”alisema Pengo.

Aliongeza, “Nasisitiza hili kwa viongozi sababu hivi karibuni kumezuka mzozo kati ya wabunge na wananchi ambao wamejiongeza posho kwa madai maisha kuwa magumu. Viongozi hatupaswi kufikiria marupurupu yetu na maslahi yetu kwanza kabla ya kuwafikiria wananchi tunaowaongoza.”

Hivi karibuni Spika wa Bunge alitangaza kwamba wabunge wameongezewa posho ya vikao kutoka Sh70,000 hadi Sh200,000 kwa siku kutokana na ugumu wa maisha wakiwa Dodoma.

Mbali na posho ya vikao, wabunge hupewa fedha ya kujikimu Sh80,000 na Sh50,000 ya usafiri kwa siku hivyo kuwafanya kupata Sh330,000 kwa siku.

Pengo aliwataka viongozi wa Serikali na umma kuiga mfano wa mwokozi wao, Yesu Kristu aliyesema kuwa, licha ya kuwa na nguvu za Kimungu, alipotumwa na Mungu Baba kwenda duniani kuwakomboa wanadamu, alijishusha na kuzaliwa katika mazingira ya kimasikini na ufukara ili aweze kufanikisha kazi hiyo.

Katiba na siasaAkizungumzia Katiba Mpya, Kardinali Pengo alisema ni chombo muhimu kinachotakiwa kufanya kazi kwa umakini na kuhakikisha inapatikana kabla ya Uchaguzi Mkuu wa mwaka 2015.Pengo alionya kuwa bila Katiba Mpya, taifa linaweza kuingia matatizoni kwa kuwa katiba ndio inayoelekeza wananchi kuchagua viongozi.

“Tukicheza na Katiba, taifa litaingia matatani. Hivi sasa watu wameshailalamikia Katiba iliyopo kuwa ni mbovu na wakati huo huo Rais anachaguliwa kwa mpangilio ulio kwenye Katiba na anaapa kulinda Katiba na kuitetea,”alisema Pengo na kuongeza:

“Tumeshasema Katiba iliyopo kwa sasa ni mbovu, tuchukulie suala hili “very serious (kwa uzito), tukamilishe kabla ya Uchaguzi Mkuu wa mwaka 2015, vinginevyo tutaingia matatizoni”.Akizungumzia hali ya kisiasa, alisema hadi sasa Watanzania bado wanajifunza namna ya kuishi ndani ya mfumo wa vyama vingi vya siasa baada ya kutoka ndani ya mfumo wa chama kimoja.

Alisema jibu la kufikia kwenye siasa bora ni, kulifanyia kazi suala la Katiba, ambayo ndio itakayoamua wananchi wanataka kutawaliwa na watu wa namna gani.

“Kwa sasa bado tunaishi ndani ya mawazo na mtazamo wa chama kimoja cha siasa katika mfumo wa vyama vingi vya siasa. Ndio sababu, mawazo ya chama ndio yanayochukuliwa kama mwongozo wa Serikali. Lakini tukiweka mkazo katika Katiba, tunapaswa kutambua tunatengeneza katiba ya nchi na si ya chama kimoja,”alisema Kardinali Pengo.

Sherehe za miaka 50 ya uhuruKuhusu sherehe za miaka 50 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara, Kardinali Pengo alipongeza hatua tuliyofikia akisema ni nzuri na kutaka furaha hiyo iendelee kubaki miongoni mwa Watanzania.

“Desemba 9 mwaka huu tulikuwa na Maadhimisho ya Miaka 50 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara. Ujumbe wangu, tuendelee na furaha hiyo, lakini suali la kujiuliza sijui ni wangapi tulifurahia sherehe hiyo? Swali hili pia hata viongozi wanapaswa kujiuliza,”alisema.

Katika ujumbe wake huo, Pengo alisema Uhuru wa kweli hauji kwa kubahatisha bali kwa kufanyakazi.

“Mwalimu Nyerere alisema Uhuru ni Kazi. Sisi tukasema Uhuru na Kazi. Lakini ujumbe unabaki kama ulivyo, nami leo ujumbe wangu kwa Watanzania ni kutambua bila kazi hakuna maendeleo,”alisema Kardinali Pengo.

Chanzo: Gazeti la Mwananchi

Wanafunzi-Tunajiuza tupate fedha za ada

2011-12-15T15:29:00.001+03:00

STRUGGLING students are turning to the seedier side of life to pay their steep education bills.

The National Union of Students say increased living costs and tuition fees are even forcing some youngsters to take up escort work and prostitution.

And from 2012 when universities in England will be allowed to charge up to £9,000 per year in tuition fees, almost triple the current maximum, the pressure on hard-up students will be even greater.

The NUS estimate 20 per cent of women working in lap dancing clubs are students.

And research recently published by the University of Kingston found that the number of college-goers who knew someone who had worked in the sex industry had rocketed up from three per cent ten years ago to 25 per cent.

The NUS claims were backed by pressure group the English Collective of Prostitutes.

They say that the number of calls to their helpline has doubled in the last year.

Sarah Walker represents ECOP, which campaigns for rights for sex workers.

She said: "We have seen an increase year-on-year since the time that the student grants system was axed. There has definitely been a spike again since tuition fee changes were brought in.

"It is anecdotal evidence but we have definitely seen an increase."

And she said as most students kept their work in the porn market under wraps for fear of being expelled from university, the laws needed changing to protect them.

Ms Walker said: "I remember there was a group of women working together as prostitutes who were students and if anything happened to them they were terrified to come forward.

"They were worried that they might get kicked off their course or not be able to get a good job in the future.

"The laws need changing."

An education department spokesman insisted that the Government provide financial help for students struggling to make ends meet.

He said: "If students are really struggling financially, they need to speak directly to their tutors."

Here we meet three students who joined the sex trade to help them pay their way through university.

Kompany- Arsenal wapo vizuri lakini J'pili tunawanyuka

2011-12-15T15:22:00.001+03:00

VINCENT KOMPANY has told Arsenal: You're a great team but we can beat great teams.

The Manchester City skipper and his team-mates host Arsene Wenger's side on Sunday.

Kompany is a big fan of the Gunners' style of play but is confident City can beat the in-form Londoners.

The Belgian centre-back, 25, said: "Arsenal are a great team but we can beat great teams.

"On Sunday, we are looking to do what they have done. They have picked themselves up after a difficult month.

"The way they have done that is absolutely incredible. I consider them as a top team, who will make a top game of it.

"But we are a difficult team to beat at home.

"In the big games, even when we didn't win, we still looked like the team that was most likely to."

City suffered their first defeat of the season against Chelsea on Monday night.

But Kompany added: "Monday has made us feel more hungry.

"We want Sunday to come as quickly as possible and to play football again. That is the kind of team we are.

"In those kinds of moments we react and we are eager to do it on Sunday."

Milner- Tuna njaa, tutamalizia hasira zetu kwa Arsenal

2011-12-15T14:37:00.001+03:00

JAMES MILNER has warned Arsenal that Manchester City are determined to make up for their Stamford Bridge woe.

City face the Gunners at the Etihad this weekend looking to bounce back from Monday's 2-1 defeat by Chelsea.

The result cut their lead at the top of the table to just two points over Manchester United but England ace Milner believes they will resurrect their winning run on Sunday.

He said: "We are pretty devastated but it adds even more incentive for us to bounce back from this disappointment and put it into a performance at the weekend.

"We will learn what we can from this game and move forward. We have the hunger to go and win again at the weekend."

Defender Pablo Zabaleta admitted the defeat capped a poor week for City after they were dumped out of the Champions League.

But he says the pressure is still on their title rivals to try and catch them.

He said: "We're the leaders with an advantage in the table and that's important. The concerns are for our rivals.

"The week not was positive with the Champions League and the defeat in London but now is the time for a reaction and show we want to be the champions.

"We must focus on the match against Arsenal. It is a chance for us to distance ourselves from another title rival."

The biggest positive in City's match against Chelsea was the way they bossed the Blues in the first 25 minutes and took the lead through Mario Balotelli.

But after that Milner, 25, felt they let Chelsea off the hook — a mistake they will not be making
again.

He added: "We started very well, moving it around and managed to create a few chances. But we took our foot off the gas for whatever reason.

"That gets the crowd up and they managed to ride that wave."

Milner, like boss Roberto Mancini, pointed at David Silva being denied a clear penalty after Jose
Bosingwa's first-half foul. That would have made it 2-0.

Milner added: "David said it was definite. We came in at half-time and the lads have seen it on video. It's obviously a big moment."