KAGAME'S POLITICAL HONEY MOON IS LONG GONE !

I find Kikwete’s comments a very strong signal that Kagame’s political honeymoon is long gone! It reveals a new regional political trend against Kagame. For the first time, a head of State is telling Kagame that the Hutu fighting him have legitimate political concerns. They are not criminals as Kagame had cheated the world to believe.Open Letter of Protest at President Kikwete’s genocide denial and revisionist declaration

SHOCKING NEW REVELATION ! Had the CIA sowed enough seeds of wrath between Mboya and the political establishment in Kenya to provide someone with enough reason to kill him?

 Shocking New Revelations In Cold Case That we Won’t Let Go the well Planned Assassination of  TOM  MBOYA !

UNDERWRITING MBOYA AND HIS Labor Federation was a natural strategy for the U.S. in Kenya during the '50s and early '60s. It advanced responsible nationalism; and it was painless, because the employers faced with higher wage demands were British, not American. By 1964, however, American investments, which would reach $100 million by 1967, were becoming significant, and some of the Kenyan union demands began to lose their charm. But even more important, 1964 also brought dangers of "political instability" serious enough to make radio communications with the Nairobi Embassy eighth highest on the State Department roster for the year.

 Zanzibar revolted and Tanzania's Nyerere was nearly overthrown. Rebellion was spreading through the Northeast Congo, and Kenya lay astride the natural supply route. The CIA decided that a new approach was in order.

In June 1964, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya William Attwood met with Kenyatta and agreed that Western labor groups would stop subsidizing Mboya and the KFL; for balance, Kenyatta assured him that Russian and Chinese aid to the leftist leader, Vice President Odinga, would also end. Simultaneously, the CIA was making appropriate shifts in its operations, throwing its resources into a new kind of vehicle which would embrace the whole Kenyan political mainstream, while isolating the left and setting it up for destruction by Kenyatta. To this end the CIA shifted its emphasis to an organization by the name of "Peace With Freedom."

The CIA programme in Kenya could be summed up as one of selective liberation. The chief beneficiary was Tom Mboya who, in 1953, became general secretary of the Kenya Federation of Labour.”

Both a credible nationalist and an economic conservative, Mboya who was popularly known as ‘TJ’, was ideal for CIA’s purpose. The main nationalist hero and eventual chief of state, Kenyatta, was not considered “sufficiently safe” owing to his initial deep socialist leanings, the dossier said.

Ramparts quotes Mboya as saying:

“Those proven codes of conduct in the African societies, which have over the ages conferred dignity on our people and afforded them security regardless of their station in life.

“I refer to the universal charity, which characterises our societies, and I refer to the African thought processes and cosmological ideas, which regard men, not as a social means, but as an end and entity in society.”

Had the CIA sowed enough seeds of wrath between Mboya and the political establishment in Kenya to provide someone with enough reason to kill him?

Ever since I started this blog, I have always remembered this names Kassim Hanga ,Othman Shriff  Who vanish or disappeared. and never seen until today in  Zanzibar, Tom Mboya  and Robert Ouko  was next in Kenya, In Tanganyika  Sokoine was one of them ,Oscar Kambona, ,  Abrahman Babu  took refuge in London until they die and Others who were young Leaders during the sixties and 70  inspired me  to know more about them    and more specifically what happened to them  like this in 1969 before I was born.
This powerful quote not only captures Mboya’s own prescription of African socialism, which endeared him to the West and made the CIA view his policy as safe, but it also paints the picture of an articulate, sophisticated and ambitious political thinker.

Soon after, Mboya joined the CIA jet set, travelling around the world from Oxford in the UK to Calcutta in India on funds from such conduits as the Africa Bureau and from the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).

ICFTU, which played a key role in Kenya’s independence through trade unionism, is an aggregation of international trade union secretariats set up in 1949 to counter an upsurge of left-wing trade unionism outside the communist bloc, according to Ramparts. The CIA allegedly funded operations at the time.

But when George Cabot Lodge, one of the directors of the ICFTU, made the statement (believed to have been in specific reference to Mboya at the time) that “the obscure trade unionist of today may well be the president or prime minister of tomorrow,” he left no doubt about Mboya’s personal ambitions and by extension the CIA’s scheme of things.

Initially, CIA’s natural strategy was to underwrite Mboya and his labour federation as a force against Kenyatta. But when tact changed in accordance with the world order and the CIA’s new priorities, it was agreed that Western labour groups stop funding Mboya.

An accommodation with Kenyatta was now thought necessary, particularly to ensure that he did not support rebels in Congo, and to get him to close ranks against the agitating Kenyan left.

But the die had been cast. The CIA, through its activities, had effectively propped up Mboya as a possible future President of Kenya. That threat was real during Kenyatta’s time and even at the dawn of the second decade of his leadership, according to Ramparts.

It was a strategy that the CIA would use again to the benefit of Kenyatta against Odinga – use the credibility of the appropriate militant to crush the rest. The CIA link, which Mboya vigorously fought to distance himself with, would be used later to fight him politically by branding him a traitor and a man who could not to be trusted. He wrote lengthy responses in his defence.

But had the CIA sowed enough seeds of wrath between Mboya and the political establishment in Kenya to provide someone with enough reason to kill him?
 It is the day Tom Mboya was shot dead. there are many questions in East Africa never answered about the deaths of some of this big  names I mention above.

He retained the portfolio as Minister for Economic Planning and Development until his death at age 38 when he was gunned down on 5 July 1969 on Government Road (now Moi Avenue), Nairobi CBD after visiting a pharmacy. Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge was convicted for the murder and later hanged. After his arrest, Njoroge asked: "Why don't you go after the big man?. Who he meant by "the big man" was never divulged, but fed conspiracy theories since Mboya was seen as a possible contender for the presidency. The mostly tribal elite around Kenyatta has been blamed for his death, which has never been subject of a judicial inquiry. During Mboya's burial, a mass demonstration against the attendance of President Jomo Kenyatta led to a big skirmish, with two people shot dead. The demonstrators believed that Kenyatta was involved in the death of Mboya, thus eliminating him as a threat to his political career although this is still a disputed matter.

Mboya left a wife and five children. He is buried in a mausoleum located on Rusinga Island which was built in 1970. A street in Nairobi is named after him.

Mboya's role in Kenya's politics and transformation is the subject of increasing interest, especially with the coming into scene of American politician Barack Obama II. Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr., was a US-educated Kenyan who benefited from Mboya's scholarship programme in the 1960s, and married during his stay there, siring the future Illinois Senator and President. Obama Sr. had seen Mboya shortly before the assassination, and testified at the ensuing trial. Obama Sr. believed he was later targeted in a hit-and-run incident as a result of this testimony

The Tom Mboya Monument above  is along the Moi Avenue of Nairobi Kenya. It was honor of Tom Mboya, a Kenyan Minister who was assassinated in 1969.

CIA-Backed African Leader Sponsored the Airlift that Sent Obama's Father to the USA 

CIA support for Tom Mboya was terminated well before his muder on July 5, 1969 (sponsored by the CIA?), so no one should come away from this post claiming that Obama's father was in some way Langley's poodle. John Kennedy appears to have restored the financial aid quietly cut off by the Agency. All that these articles establish is CIA financing for Tom Mboya at one time - he was a socialist pawn, not a seditionist jackal - and there is no necessary intelligence connection to Obama's father.

Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya (15 August 1930 – 5 July 1969) was a Kenyan politician during Jomo Kenyatta's government. He was founder of the Nairobi People's Congress Party, a key figure in the formation of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), and the Minister of Economic Planning and Development at the time of his death. Mboya was assassinated on 5 July 1969 in Nairobi. Kenyatta's government. He was founder of the Nairobi People's Congress Party, a key figure in the formation of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), and the Minister of Economic Planning and Development at the time of his death. Mboya was assassinated on 5 July 1969 in Nairobi.


It should be noted that the U.S. government and its intelligence agencies have a long history of rogue operations intended to discredit governments or social movements with whom they happen to disagree. To see how far this can go, one need only recall the sordid history of disinformation, lies, and deceit propagated by U.S. government include the assassination of Patrice Lumumba of Congo.

Barack Obama has inspired many a comparison to John F Kennedy ... but the two men forged a less known link - before Obama was even born. The bond began with Kenyan labour leader Tom Mboya, an advocate for African nationalism who helped his country gain independence in 1963.
 In the late 1950s, Mboya was seeking support for a scholarship program that would send Kenyan students to US colleges - similar to other exchanges the US backed in developing nations during the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Mboya appealed to the state department. When that trail went cold, he turned to then-senator Kennedy. Kennedy, who chaired the senate subcommittee on Africa, arranged a $100,000 grant through his family's foundation to help Mboya keep the program running.

Fresh details of a conspiracy that could have provided a motive for the assassination of Cabinet Minister Thomas Joseph Mboya have emerged ahead  since his death.
The truth is that there were two very well planned phases of the Mboya assassination. That is the actual hit and the cover up that was to follow. Both were carried out clinically. With the clinical precision of a doctor... a surgeon perhaps?
The CIA appears to have recruited the flamboyant minister and former trade unionist in a heavily funded “selective liberation” programme to isolate Kenya’s founding President Jomo Kenyatta, who the American spy agency labelled as “unsafe.”


Declassified information in an undated issue of Ramparts, an American political and literary magazine published in the 1960s and early 1970s, accessed by The Standard at the Kenya National Archives, shows an elaborate conspiracy by CIA to prop up Mboya and isolate Kenyatta.

Kennedy: " ... 'Mr Mboya came to see us and asked for help, when none of the other foundations could give it, when the federal government had turned it down quite precisely. We felt something ought to be done.'
"One of the first students airlifted to America was Barack Obama Sr., who married a white Kansas native woman

Mostly my annual memorials have been a lonely crusade. But not this year. Yesterday and today Kenya’s leading daily, The Nation has carried extensive coverage on the assassination of the man I consider to be the greatest politician to ever come out of a Kenyan woman’s womb.


I interpret that to mean that finally more and more Kenyans have come to the realization that this assassination was significant and that if the country is to move forward and truly have a new beginning then we must face the ghosts of Tom Mboya and settle this thing once and for all. More so because the chief planner and executor at the centre of that assassination still lives.

Why was Mboya’s assassination so significant? Simply because the two bullets that were fired that Saturday lunch time July 5th 1969 changed the course of Kenya forever. Today we are suffering the consequences of that new course that was clearly charted out that day. Impunity won that day. Years later the rhetorical questions were to be asked over and over again; Mboya was killed and nothing happened, who is so and so? We survived the Mboya assassination what crisis can we not survive?

Tribal politics won that day. In killing Mboya the assassins killed nationalism. To date we are yet to see another Kenyan attracting national popularity in their own right enough to win a presidential poll with votes from every corner of the republic. Every single prominent politician now has their political base in their ancestral village and those who don’t have imported their fellow tribesmates in large numbers into the constituency they represent away form their village. Tom Mboya was a Luo who was time and again voted in by mostly Kikuyus even when other prominent Kikuyus from very prominent families stood against him. To a young Kenyan who understands Kenyan politics today, this statement seems like pure fiction.


I want to say today that most analysts agree that Tom Mboya was on course to end up as the first president of Kenya. A man called Jaramogi Oginga Odinga noted this fact early and decided that he would do everything in his power to make sure that this did not happen. And so he started a crusade insisting that Kenyans did NOT want Uhuru unless Kenyatta was released. In fact Odinga said that Kenyatta was “like a god to Kenyans. This clever ploy put Mboya in a tight corner. Knowing his constituents he knew that if he failed to support this belated call his support would evaporate. And so the old man who had been so out of touch with what was happening was released from Kapenguria and Oginga Odinga won the day while Kenya and nationalism lost badly. The Brits also won big time (more on that later).

It has now been revealed that a few weeks before the assassination of one Pio Gama Pinto, Tom Mboya warned the politician that he was going to be killed by Kenyatta’s inner circle (the same people who murdered Mboya). This is instructive and demonstrates the fact that Mboya’s intelligence sources were impeccable. We also know that Mboya knew his life was in danger. Indeed his biographer tells us that his American friends warned him and discussed the possibility of getting more body guards (which Mboya turned down). In fact on the day Mboya was killed, he had just released his driver and bodyguard. Why? Was he not concerned about his own life? He had warned Pinto that the Kenyatta inner circle was capable of murder and Pinto had doubted saying that his killing would cause serious problems for the Kenyatta administration. In other words “they wouldn’t dare.” Is this what Mboya thought about his own possible asassination? We can only speculate but the truth is that this is a question that badly begs for an answer.


It is also instructive to note that warnings of assassination came to Mboya from the Americans. This adds an International angle to the plot. Which major world power had a motive for Mboya’s death? Which country benefited most with Mboya out of the way? Britain of course. I have come across many interesting facts that point to MI5 links in the assassination of Tom Mboya. Indeed it would seem that Kenyatta’s inner circle got encouragement to proceed with their heinous plan from the Brits (unofficially of course).

In planning Tom Mboya’s assassination the plotters were keenly aware that this was one hit that could NOT go wrong. The Kenyatta administration and everything they were fighting for (in terms of personal gain) could not afford any slip ups. It would have been a disaster for them if Tom Mboya survived. The plotters already had the experience of carrying out the Pio Gama assassination over 4 years earlier and knew that many things can and do go wrong in the best planned assassinations. So they had to choose the gunman very carefully. There was no way they could afford him getting cold feet or worse still, missing his target.

I can authoritatively report today that there is increasing evidence that I am coming across that suggests the unbelievable. That apart from being the chief planner and operations man in the killing of Mboya, a certain man well known in the security forces at the time may have been the man who coolly pulled the trigger and fired those two shots that change Kenya forever. This man had a striking resemblance to Nahashon Njenga (the man who was convicted of Mboya’s assassination). That man remained an “untouchable” throughout the reign of Kenyatta. That man’s name is Ben Gethi (now deceased). I have talked to several people who confirm that in his last days Gethi's consceince seemed to have been disturbing him greatly. He drunk way too much and seemed to be haunted by the things he had done in his savage and eventful life (including overseeing the cutting off of certain sensitive parts of JM Kariuki's body).

In Pio Gama Pinto’s assassination word got out about the taxi driver who had been hired to carry out the hit. Nothing of the sort happened in the Mboya assassination and it is no accident. Little wonder that the Nation told us yesterday that then Vice President Daniel arap Moi described the Mboya assassination as “brilliantly Planned and executed.”


Eye witnesses say that there was a bald-headed man with a brief case who looked like he was window shopping moments before Mboya was shot. Naturally the brief case concealed the murder weapon. Now just think about it for a moment. It is possible but unlikely that that man was a Kanu youth winger with little or no previous training in firearms. It is hard for me to believe that that youth winger coolly pulled out his revolver at just the right time and with precise timing shot the Minister just as he walked out of Chaani’s chemist. In fact the door was not fully open when the shots rang out because Mboya fell back inside the chemist’s shop. Now the fascinating thing here is that both Nahashon Njenga and Ben Gethi were approximately the same height. The resemblance of the two was uncanny.

ZANZIBAR TO DEMAND INDEPENDENCE LISTEN TO CONFERENCE TWO YEARS OF GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY IN ZANZIBAR

Democratic and Free Zanzibar will open its embassies over seas and we will built diplomatic areas for All Ambassadors who want to represents there countries here in Zanzibar

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  MAPENDEKEZO YA KAMATI YA MARIDHIANO ZANZIBAR KUHUSU UPI UWE MWELEKEO WA WAZANZIBARI KATIKA KUIJADILI RASIMU YA KATIBA YA JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA ITAKAYOTOLEWA NA TUME YA MABADILIKO YA KATIBA
  UTANGULIZI:
  
  Baada ya wananchi wa Zanzibar kutoa maoni yao juu ya vipi uungano wa Zanzibar na Tanganyika unapaswa kuwa, hatimaye Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba inatarajiwa kutoa rasimu ya awali ya Katiba Mpya ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kati ya mwishoni mwa mwezi Mei na mwanzoni mwa mwezi Juni 2013.
  Wakati tunaisubiri kwa hamu rasimu hiyo itolewe na kujua kilichomo, sisi wajumbe wa Kamati ya Maridhiano Zanzibar tumekaa na kutafakari juu ya upi unapaswa kuwa mwelekeo wa Wazanzibari katika kuijadili rasimu hiyo pale itakapotoka.
  Baada ya mashauriano ya kina kati ya wajumbe wa Kamati ya Maridhiano na pia kwa kuwahusisha watu wengine mashuhuri hapa Zanzibar, tumekuja na mapendekezo yafuatayo ambayo leo hii tunayawasilisha kwa wananchi wa Zanzibar kupitia Kongamano hili. Haya si maagizo bali ni mashauri yenu na pindi mkiyakubali basi tutakuombeni tuyafanyie kazi kwa pamoja kwa kuyatumia katika kuipokea na kujadili rasimu pale itakapotolewa.
  Mapendekezo yetu ni kama ifuatavyo
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  1. Jina la Muungano:
  Muungano huu umetokana na Jamhuri mbili kuungana kwa hiyari. Jamhuri hizo ni Jamhuri ya Watu wa Zanzibar na Jamhuri ya Tanganyika. Jina la awali lililotajwa katika Mkataba wa Muungano la muungano wa jamhuri hizi mbili lilikuwa ni Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar. Jina hili baadaye mwezi Oktoba 1964 lilibadilishwa na kuitwa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.
  Ukiangalia mifano ya nchi nyingine zilizoungana, jina la muungano huweka bayana kwamba zilizoungana ni zaidi ya nchi moja, zaidi ya falme moja au zaidi ya jamhuri moja. Kwa mfano, muungano wa nchi (states) za Marekani unaitwa kwa kiingereza United States of America (USA), ule uliokuwa muungano wa jamhuri za kisovieti ukiitwa Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) na ule muungano wa falme za kiarabu unaitwa United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  Ili kuondosha dhana iliyojengeka kwamba muungano wa jamhuri zetu mbili umeunda nchi moja na kuzifuta nchi zetu, Katiba Mpya inapaswa kuweka jina linalotambua msingi huo na historia hiyo. Hivyo basi, jina jipya liwe ni Muungano wa Jamhuri za Tanzania na kwa kiingereza United Republics of Tanzania.
  Jina hili litasaidia utambulisho wa nchi wanachama katika uwanja wa kimataifa pale litapoambatanishwa katika nyaraka zote rasmi pamoja na jina la nchi husika. Kwa maana hiyo katika uwanja wa kimataifa na katika pasi za kusafiria utaweka wazi na kuwa na
  
  “UNITED REPUBLICS OF TANZANIA – REPUBLIC OF ZANZIBAR” na “UNITED REPUBLICS OF TANZANIA – REPUBLIC OF TANGANYIKA”.
  2. MIPAKA BAINA YA ZANZIBAR NA TANGANYIKA :
  Wakati zinaungana, Zanzibar na Tanganyika zilikuwa tayari ni nchi zenye mamlaka kamili zikiwa ni wanachama wa Umoja wa Mataifa na hivyo kila moja ilikuwa na mipaka yake inayoeleweka. Katiba na sheria za nchi mbili hizi ziliweka bayana mipaka hiyo na mipaka hiyo ilitambuliwa chini ya sheria za kimataifa.
  Rasimu ya Katiba Mpya ni lazima itamke kwa uwazi kabisa na kutambua na kuheshimu mipaka ya nchi mbili hizi kama ilivyokuwa kabla ya siku ya Muungano tarehe 26 Aprili, 1964.
  Baada ya hapo, Katiba ya Zanzibar na Katiba ya Tanganyika (itakayotungwa baada ya kupata Katiba mpya ya Muungano) kila moja iweke wazi mipaka yake.
  
  
  
  
  3. URAIA:
  Uraia ndiyo msingi wa ujananchi. Kwa vyovyote vile Katiba Mpya isijumuishe suala la Uraia kuwa la pamoja kupitia Muungano. Kila nchi mwanachama katika muungano ibakie na uraia wake na iratibu masuala yote yanayohusu uraia wake na raia zake. Kwa kufuata mfano kama wa Muungano wa Ulaya (European Union), unaweza kuwa na haki inayotambulika kikatiba ya uhuru wa raia wa nchi moja mwanachama kwenda katika nchi nyengine mwanachama kupitia utaratibu maalum utakaowekwa (free movement of people). Hata hivyo, kila nchi mwanachama iwe na haki ya kuweka utaratibu wa vipi raia hao watafaidi haki na fursa za nchi mwanachama nyingine.
  Hili ni la muhimu hasa kwa nchi ndogo kama Zanzibar ambayo ina rasilimali ndogo ya ardhi na hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa ardhi ilikuwa mojawapo ya sababu kuu za kufanyika Mapinduzi. Katika hali kama hiyo, Zanzibar ina sababu nzito za kuona inadhibiti na kusimamia wenyewe Uraia wake na utambulisho wa raia hao.
  Hivyo basi, suala la Uraia lisiwemo katika mambo ya Muungano na badala yake kila nchi isimamie yenyewe masuala ya Uraia.
  Hata hivyo, kunaweza kukawepo chombo cha pamoja kinachojumuisha nchi mbili hizi cha kuratibu masuala ya Uraia na haki na fursa ambazo raia wanaweza kuwa nazo kwa kila upande.
  
  
  
  4. UHAMIAJI :
  Kutokana na sababu tulizozitaja hapo juu kuhusiana na suala la Uraia inapelekea wazi kuwa kila nchi mwanachama idhibiti na kusimamia wenyewe mambo ya Uhamiaji. Hivyo basi, rasimu ya Katiba Mpya isijumuishe suala la Uhamiaji kuwa ni suala la Muungano.
  Kila nchi mwanachama kati ya Zanzibar na Tanganyika iwe na paspoti yake yenyewe yenye kubeba jina la nchi yake na nembo yake ya Taifa na yenye kudhamini usalama wa raia wake nje ya nchi kupitia uhakikisho unaotolewa na Serikali ya nchi husika.
  Ili kuonesha sura ya kuwepo muungano wa kisiasa, paspoti za nchi mbili hizo zinaweza kuwa na jina la Muungano juu na kufuatiwa na jina la nchi mwanachama likiambatana na nembo ya Taifa ya nchi hiyo. Kwa mfano, “UNITED REPUBLICS OF TANZANIA – ZANZIBAR PASSPORT” na “UNITED REPUBLICS OF TANZANIA – TANGANYIKA PASSPORT”.
  Kwa upande mwengine kunaweza kukawa na mamlaka ya kuratibu masuala ya uhamiaji wa nchi hizi mbili (Union immigration regulatory authority) kwa lengo la kuweka na kuratibu mfumo mzuri wa mawasiliano kati ya mamlaka za uhamiaji za nchi mbili hizi.
  5. MAMABO YA NJE :
  Mamlaka juu ya mambo ya nje na uwezo wa nchi kuingia mikataba na nchi nyingine na mashirika ya kimataifa ndiyo roho ya nchi yoyote duniani kutambulika kimataifa na kuweza kusimamia mamlaka yake ya ndani yanapohitaji mashirikiano na nchi nyengine.
  Ili nchi iweze kutambulika kimataifa inapaswa kuwa na mambo manne yafuatayo:
  (a) eneo la ardhi lenye mipaka inayotambulika;
  (b) watu wanaoishi kwenye eneo hilo wanaojitambulisha na eneo hilo;
  (c) serikali inayotekeleza majukumu yake; na
  (d) uwezo wa kuingia katika mahusiano ya kimataifa na nchi nyengine.
  Kwa msingi huo, Wazanzibari wanahitaji kuona kuwa Mambo ya Nje haijumuishwi katika orodha ya mambo ya Muungano na badala yake kila nchi isimamie yenyewe mamlaka yake juu ya mambo ya nje.
  
  Hata hivyo, uratibu wa sera ya mambo ya nje (foreign policy coordination) inaweza kuwa ni suala la muungano lakini utekelezaji wake kila nchi ikausimamia kupitia Wizara yake ya Mambo ya Nje. Uratibu wa sera ya mambo ya nje unaweza kufanywa kupitia chombo cha pamoja kitakachoundwa na Wizara za Mambo ya Nje za nchi mbili hizi kwa mfano kuwa na Council on Foreign Policy.
  Kutokana na hoja hizo hapo juu inabaki kuwa kila nchi iwe na uanachama na kiti chake katika Umoja wa Mataifa na jumuiya nyengine za kimataifa. Hayo si ajabu katika miungano. Umoja wa Jamhuri za Kisoshalisti za Kisovieti (USSR) ulikuwa na uanachama na kiti chake Umoja wa Mataifa lakini miongoni mwa nchi wanachama, Jamhuri tatu za Ukraine, Belarus na Georgia ziliamua kuwa na uanachama na viti vyao katika Umoja wa Mataifa na hilo liliwezekana.
  Kwa msingi huo huo, Zanzibar iwe na uanchama wake katika Umoja wa Mataifa, Umoja wa Afrika, Jumuiya ya Madola, Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki, Jumuiya ya SADC na jumuiya nyengine za kikanda na za kimataifa.
  6. SARAFU
  , Benki Kuu, Mikopo na Biashara ya Nchi za Nje, Ushuru wa Forodha, Kodi ya Mapato na Kodi ya Mashirika:
  Uchumi si suala la Muungano hata katika Katiba inayotumika sasa. Hata hivyo, nyenzo za kuendeshea na kusimamia uchumi wa nchi kwa maana ya sera za fedha na uchumi (fiscal and monetary policies) zimeendelea kudhibitiwa kupitia Serikali ya Muungano.
  Vyombo vikuu vinavyosimamia sera hizo ambavyo ni Benki Kuu (BOT), Mamlaka ya Kodi Tanzania (TRA) na Wizara ya Fedha ya Serikali ya Muungano vimekuwa vikifanya maamuzi na kuyatekeleza bila ya kuzingatia kuwa kwa maumbile uchumi wa Zanzibar ambao ni uchumi unaotegemea utoaji wa huduma (service oriented economy) hauwezi kuwa sawa na uchumi wa Tanganyika ambao unategemea rasilimali (resource based economy). Sera za fedha na uchumi zikiwemo zile zinazohusu udhibiti wa sarafu na viwango vya kodi, ushuru na riba katika mabenki zimekuwa zikitungwa bila ya kuzingatia msingi huo wa chumi mbili zilizo tofauti na badala yake mara zote zimeegemezwa kwenye kulinda maslahi ya uchumi wa Tanganyika.
  Sarafu ya pamoja imekuwa ikishuka thamani kwa kasi kila uchao kutokana na sababu nyingi lakini miongoni mwake zaidi zinatokana na uendeshaji mbaya wa uchumi wa Tanganyika. Serikali inapochapisha sarafu zaidi ili kudhibiti mfumko wa bei athari zake zinaikumba pia Zanzibar.
  Zanzibar inahitaji kujikomboa kiuchumi ili iweze kutekeleza malengo ya Mapinduzi kwa wananchi wake na hivyo inahitaji kuwa na mamlaka yake kamili katika kusimamia masuala ya sera za fedha

  
  

 

ITAENDELEA !

We will not be divided and we will continue to fight for Zanzibar, we want the Warioba constitution commision review to respect the will of the people of Zanzibar.

ZANZIBAR WANT ITS INDIPENDENCE .

POLICE SHOT PREGNANT WOMAN - HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION IN MTWARA ?

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that East Africa's coastal region holds up to 441 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Does anything really change in Bongoland ? Will anything change before we can remove all the entire political class from messing up with lives and pretending to be concerned about our welfare? I will advice opposition to demand less to get indipendent commission to investigate Mtwara human right violation.

A little research my this blogger has revealed that as widely believed by most Mtwara people, the recent volence was man-made and created because some people were out to make a quick buck.

This saga is so amazing and stranger than fiction so much so that the first time I heard it I refused to believe it. And yet even as I cross-checked the info, things started happening to confirm some of the things that I had been told. Wow!!! What a crazy Bongo republic !!!! Mtwara residents want the government to use the fuel to stimulate their local economy first, and were angered by the government's decision to proceed with construction despite local resistance.
In January this year 7 people were killed during riots. The riots mark an escalation of local tensions as the East African nation attempts to start exploiting recently discovered offshore natural-gas reserves.







The only crime people of Mtwara is voicing the opinion about the transfer of gas from Mtwara to Dar Es Salaam, the 500Km pipe line which some one already pocketed fedha chafu from 1.2 Billion contract. But Mtwara residents want the gas processing plants to be built in Mtwara now the military and Police have been deployed and Mtwara is a war zone school and busness have shut down in order to hunt those who are mobilize people to protest
What Lesson we can Learn to deploy military is not a solution to calm the situation if Military is a solution Samuel DOE and Charles Taylor of Liberia will be still the President , now the Military and Police is terorising the whole Mtwara region and shoot preganant inocent woman to death.


It was in January in 2001 after getting info from my family about the Killing of the innocent people in this beloved Pemba Island only treason they commit was to protest about the right of assembly, and the right of the people to get democratically elected Leaders which in 2000 Zanzibar had another shamble elections and the democracy was on cross road.That time in Washington I decide to send message to our Ambassador Nyanganyi about the situation in Zanzibar the answer was I have contact with the President there was no one was killed in Pemba but the truth later came out .

For the First time Tanzania had Wakimbizi( Refugees ) in Kenya after the innocent shooting and killing in this Island.and Ben Mkapa deceide to have Hashim Mbita to investigate the Use of the force by innocent people in Pemba .Now we have Mtwara many inocent people have left the house after the brutality of Tanzania Police , shooting Innocent people and burn the houses many people are refugees after the Military and Police deployment .


Fresh details emerging from Mtwara Region show that Police might have triggered the deadly skirmishes that rocked the gas-rich region early this week.

According to our random survey, the law enforcers themselves are said to have provoked the angry residents who had gathered in various places to watch a live televised budget speech for the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.

According to a random survey conducted in Mtwara region during interviews with some victims of the deadly skirmishes, it seemed the Police partly bear the blame on how they handled the fragile situation in the region.

But speaking to the Minister for Home Affairs Emanuel Nchimbi defended the police, saying they had acted bravely and timely to thwart the bloody riots that erupted in the region.

Eye-witnesses claimed that Police were the first to use force in their bid to disperse residents who had gathered in public places to watch the live televised budget speech for the Ministry of Energy and Minerals on Wednesday.

It is claimed that shortly after Energy and Minerals Minister Professor Sospeter Muhongo started reading his budget speech, the live broadcast was suspended in Mtwara Region, causing tension, panic and anger among the residents who were eager to hear the fate of their newfound gas riches.

although some of those interviewed insisted that the live broadcast by the state funded TBC I was suspended shortly after the minister started reading his speech.

The residents called for an independent probe on what really triggered the deadly chaos, insisting that the reaction by some rioters was caused by Police brutality.

According to these residents, if special investigation was conducted to find out what exactly happened on the material day, police would also be found to be among the culprits in the chaos.

According to the accounts from the residents, some anti-riot police committed acts that violated human rights, including setting houses ablaze, shooting at children playing outside their houses and beating some youth at their homes indiscriminately .

They alleged that police also incited violence through random use of tear-gas at groups of people who were monitoring the budget speech of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. Some police officers went on to harass people instead of protecting them.

Seventy-five-year-old Salimu Abdalla, a resident of Mtawiko Magomeni, said after the violence erupted some police destroyed property belonging to locals, a move that angered youths who in turn destroyed houses of police officers in the area.

A quick survey conducted revealed that the police houses that came under attack belonged to Detective Sargent E1784 Fatih Shabihi, Corporal E8935 Fillemoni Yatitu and another house belonging to another police officer quickly identified as Fatuma Mohamedi, who is also the wife to a TBC1 Reporter based in Mtwara, Kasim Mikongolo.

Another resident, Shakira Kaidha, said while police on rampage set ablaze her house for no apparent reason. She said a few minutes before setting the house on fire police asked her for a match box, but she refused to give it to them.

According to Shakira, her residential house also harbours what could be described as a bunker where she had kept TBC1 reporter Kassim Mikongolo’s wife’s property. Mikongolo’s wife had asked Shakira to keep some of her valuables, including documents on fears that some irate residents could set her house ablaze.

Mikindani resident Mussa Mohamed expressed disappointment at police brutality, saying they had resorted to excessive force in containing the unfolding violence.

Mohammed claimed that policemen attacked innocent civilians who were at home, beating and forcing them to leave their houses, threatening to kill them if they disobeyed the order.

Wananchi had to seek refuge at nearby bushes, public buildings including hospitals and schools, said Magengeni Councilor Omari Abilai (CCM).

Singino locality resident Fatuma Mfaume had a different story to recount, saying she was frying some fish at her home when a group of police invaded her before torturing her, including frog- jumping her.

As they tortured her, she could overhear them arguing among themselves on whether or not to shoot her. She said one policewoman vowed to shoot her on grounds that she was following orders from ‘ above.’ However, they later set her free.

But, Home Affairs Minister Emmanuel Nchimbi defended the police, saying the people who committed the atrocities such as burning houses of local people were thugs.

Residents here said there was no external factor that forced them to demand for a fair share from gas proceeds, adding that their decision was purely home-grown.

A survey conducted yesterday revealed that various houses were set on fire, rendering hundreds of people homeless.

Mtwara municipality remained a ghost town as shops, petrol stations, hotels and other public buildings remained closed yesterday, paralyzing life in general for the third day running.

Public building destroyed included the Chikongola Ward and CCM offices, a legislator’s Office and Mikindani Primary Court.

A statement released by Mtwara Regional Security Committee Chairman, Joseph Simbakalia, who doubles as the Regional Commissioner, said the police force would to establish the identity of the police officers involved in the chaos and how they handled the situation .

Rioting youths started blocking roads and others destroying public structures, Abdallah Magomba, a resident of Magomeni Tulivu said.

Speaking at a press conference, Simbakalia said the government was working on various allegations of police who invaded and torched houses.

By the end of yesterday, over 90 suspects had been arrested, according to the regional commissioner.

What can we Learn from Mtwara geopolitical saga!, will Mtwara be Ogoni land like Nigeria ?

CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES ! WHY OBAMA SKIPS KENYA AGAIN DURING SECOND AFRICAN TOUR ?

Barack Hussein Obama is a symbol for hope, and a role model for up coming politicians or New Leaders who can change the way this continent is run by following his footsteps but Mr. Carson in February was pushed to explain America’s position regarding the candidacy of two politicians who are charged with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. He had a simple answer:

“We live in an interconnected world,” he said, “and people should be thoughtful about the impact that their choices have on their nation, on the region, on the economy, on the society and on the world in which they live. Choices have consequences.”




During Barack Obama's campaign for president and in the years following his election, many conspiracy theories have been circulated, asserting that he is not a natural-born citizen of the United States and consequently, under Article Two of the U.S. Constitution, is ineligible to be President of the United States.

Some of these theories allege that Obama's published birth certificate is a forgery—that his actual birthplace is not Hawaii but Kenya.
Barack Obama, father Hussein Obama a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province.In a June 2012 interview at her Kenyan home, his father's stepmother Sarah Obama was asked: "Some people want to believe that the president was born in Kenya. Have these people ever bothered you or asked for his birth certificate?" Her response was: "But Barack Obama wasn’t born in Kenya. In the interview, Obama's paternal step grandmother stated that after Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham were married, she received a letter at her home in Kenya announcing the birth of Barack Obama II, who was born August 4, 1961.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited the La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana in 2009. President Barack Obama promised to visit his father's homeland of Kenya before the end of his presidency but of the 51 country visits Obama made in the last four years, America's first black president spent less than a day in sub-Saharan Africa. Obama is likely to spend more time in Africa in his second term.
Now Obama is skiping his father land Kenya and will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania few Kilometers away from Kenya .

Both Clinton and President George W. Bush took extended trips through Africa in their second terms. Clinton visited six countries in sub-Saharan Africa; Bush visited five. Obama's only visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president was a stopover of less than 24 hours in Ghana. While a U.S. Senator, Obama visited Ethiopia and Kenya, where he has several relatives.

And then there's the promise Obama made: "I'm positive that before my service as president is completed I will visit Kenya again," Obama said in a June 2010 interview with Kenya's state broadcaster.
sidents do take special pleasure in traveling to places where they have ancestral ties," Doherty said, noting visits by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and even Obama to Ireland, where each had family ties. "Given the large role that Africa plays in the family history of President Obama, I'd be really surprised if he didn't travel there in the second term."

It' certainly the case that presidents of both parties in America spend more time in countries that have long traditions of clean democratic elections,I would not be surprised if the aftermath of the Kenyan elections in 2007 and ICC case added to the president's team's hesitance to send him to Kenya."
See video clip how Kenyans feel about Obama second trip to Africa



"He is a Kenyan who many people want to see in person. I am proud that he is a Kenyan and that he is the president of a superpower," said Sam Ochieng, a political leader in Nairobi's largest slum, Kibera.Obama's lack of time in Africa reflects compelling global priorities, not a lack of importance for Africa.

CORRUPTION AND NEW OIL DEPOSIT IN EAST AFRICA

Many have argued that Africa is cursed continent without explaining why God would be confused to endow the same geographical mass with a rich geology and resources that continue to attract the attention of both the West and East in equal measure.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Even before the first drops flow, Uganda’s oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in legal fees, and the alleged interference of a president whose firm control of the sector worries transparency campaigners.

Uganda, which has confirmed oil deposits of about 3.5 billion barrels, wants to extract at least 1.2 billion barrels over the next three decades. That figure could rise when more oil blocks are put up for exploration later this year, potentially making Uganda one of Africa’s top oil producers.

But some experts and analysts worry that the country got off to a false start and remains too politically unstable to avoid some of the mistakes made by other oil-rich but otherwise poor countries.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has reserved for himself the right to have the final say before any deals are signed with oil companies, saying that policy is to ensure the country’s interests are always protected. But some critics say the president’s close involvement is unhelpful to a country that needs to focus on building credible, transparent institutions to manage its oil wealth whether or not Museveni is around.

In a session of parliament that sparked public uproar, an independent lawmaker fingered three government ministers he believed had been bribed by foreign oil companies seeking contracts with Uganda’s government. The charges, denied by the three officials, forced lawmakers across the political spectrum to order an investigation that many here hoped would be swift and decisive.

Almost two years later, that investigation is still ongoing and Gerald Karuhanga, the lawmaker who first alleged bribery, says he no longer looks forward to seeing the investigators’ report, if it ever comes out.
“It’s taking forever,” he said. “It’s really unfortunate. I don’t think they are serious about what they are doing. We are no longer enthusiastic about its release.”

Uganda has not had a single peaceful transfer of power since independence in 1962, and Museveni himself, in charge since 1986, faces growing pressure to retire. The East African country, which announced that it had commercially viable quantities of oil in 2006, hopes to become a producer of crude by 2016. That’s about the time Museveni’s current term expires, and many believe he will run again.
Museveni’s “interference” in oil matters makes Uganda less attractive in the eyes of foreign investors, according to Eurasia Group, a political risk think tank with headquarters in New York.

“Rising internal party discord in the ruling (party) — younger members are pushing for new leadership — has triggered increased patronage payments by the president, especially over oil sector development,” the group said in a report last month.

A new law gives the energy minister, a presidential appointee, the authority to issue and revoke oil contracts. Some say that, while it may have reduced officials’ opportunities for corruption, the president’s close involvement undermines the development of institutions such as a planned national oil company.

“The primary risk we have is that the decision-making has been largely controlled by Museveni,” said Angelo Izama, a Ugandan analyst who is researching the political economy of Uganda’s oil wealth as an Open Society Foundations fellow in New York. “But he won’t be around as an effective leader in the next 15 years. The question remains, ‘How will this kind of narrow decision-making fare once you have another president?’ The risk is that the political transition in Uganda is unpredictable.”

The global intelligence think tank Stratfor said in a recent report that “Museveni’s system of patronage going forward will have to be based on oil revenue. The increasingly fractious nature of Museveni’s support base means patronage will become even more important, making securing oil revenue even more vital.”

Museveni has said he wants oil revenue to be spent on developing infrastructure — especially roads — across the country, raising expectations here. It may be years before the government earns any royalties from oil, but these days Uganda’s parliament frequently receives petitioners presenting alternative ways to spend the cash. Tribes that live near the oil-producing areas want more.

Uganda and three foreign companies reached a deal last month that includes the construction of a pipeline to transport Ugandan crude for export through Kenya. Accordingly, France’s Total and the Chinese offshore oil company CNOOC, which last year acquired two thirds of British explorer Tullow Oil’s Ugandan assets for $2.9 billion, will build a refinery with the capacity to process 30,000 barrels each day. But a final deal has not been signed, in part because of what the president’s office called a disagreement on how to develop the pipeline and refinery.

Uganda is pressing for the “unconditional expansion of the refinery size of 30,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil per day when the demand increases in future,” according to the president’s office.

Uganda’s biggest risk is rushing to sign deals with foreign oil companies that are vastly more experienced, said Fred Muhumuza, an economist with a local think tank called the Economic Policy Research Center. Uganda, which is locked in disputes with oil companies over outstanding taxes, must gain full knowledge of its oil wealth before production starts, he said.

“As a country, Uganda needs to build the capacity to understand what’s going on,” he said. “Are we going to be able to know how much oil has been exploited and then tax the revenues appropriately?”

Current estimates of Uganda’s oil wealth are based on about 40 percent exploration of an ecologically sensitive area around Lake Albert on the border with Congo. In the coming weeks Ugandan authorities are expected to invite oil companies to bid for at least 13 oil blocks in a new round of licensing that campaigners hope will be more transparent than the last time.
“I am hopeful that the government will go for open bidding,” said Godber Tumushabe, who heads the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment, a local governance think tank. “If they go and cherry-pick which company gets which block, then that will be a fundamental mistake in terms of building the systems that will protect the country against the oil curse.”

TWO BROTHERS WHO RULE TWO COUNTRIES IN DIFERENT CONTINENT

Two Kenyans with strikingly similar stories and strikingly similar connections to each other;Will both men meet...? It seems likely...


1. As mentioned, both men are Kenyans

2. Both men born in 1961, Uhuru on 26th October 1961, Barack on 4th August 1961

3. Both are left-handed

4. Barack is of mixed-race, while his wife Michelle is not of mixed race. Uhuru is not of mixed race, while Uhuru's wife Margaret is of mixed race

5. Both men are devoted to their spouses, judging from their public utterances and actions

6. Both men do not have Christian names even though they are both very religious and spiritual. Uhuru's full names are Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, while Barack's full names are Barack Hussein Obama

7. The first names of both men have profound meanings in Kiswahili, the Lingua Franca of East & Central Africa. "Uhuru" means "Freedom" in Kiswahili, while "Barack" is derived from "Baracka" which means blessings in Kiswahili

8. Both men are from Kenya's two biggest tribes. Uhuru is a Kikuyu, Kenya's biggest tribe, while Barack is a Luo, Kenya's second biggest tribe

9. Both men lead sharply divided and polarised countries. Kenya is worryingly divided on ethnic lines, while the United States is worrying divided on ideological lines i.e. Democrats and Republicans, the Left and the Right

10. Both Uhuru's father and Barack's father attended prestigious overseas institutions. Uhuru's father went to the London School of Economics, while Barack's father attended Harvard University

11. Uhuru is from an aristocratic background, while Barack isn't. Uhuru's father Jomo Kenyatta, was independent Kenya's founding Prime Minister and President, and his great-grandfather Kongo wa Magana (i.e. Kongo son of Magana), was a medicine-man. On the other hand, Barack's Kenyan grandfather, was a cook in colonial Kenya's army, what was then known as the Kings African Rifles (KAR)

12. Barack's father was a senior economist in Kenya's Ministry of Economic Planning when Uhuru's father was President of Kenya. At the time, Barack's father wrote a fiercely hostile critique of Jomo Kenyatta's economic growth & development module for independent Kenya, what was then known as Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 on African Socialism, which in Jomo Kenyatta's words , combined both "Western Capitalism and Eastern Communism". The senior Obama's dismissal of Jomo Kenyatta's Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965, earned the senior Obama the wrath of Jomo Kenyatta's inner circle.

The senior Obama lost his job at the Ministry of Economic Planning as a result of this. The senior Obama secured a job at the Kenya Tourist Development Corporation (KTDC), after this, but did not also last long at KTDC. While reeling from his second job loss, the senior Obama had the good fortune of bumping into an old acquaintance, Mwai Kibaki, at Nairobi's Hotel Intercontinental. Kibaki, independent Kenya's third President, was then the Kenyan Minister of Finance. The senior Obama did not mince his words, and told Kibaki he was looking for work.

Kibaki asked the senior Obama to see him the following week, which the senior Obama promptly did. Kibaki arranged for the senior Obama to be hired at the Ministry of Finance, and the senior Obama was back. The junior Obama appears to have never forgiven the senior Kenyatta for his father's dismissal from the Kenya's Ministry of Economic Planning. When the junior Obama visited Kenya as Senator Obama in 2006, the junior Obama paid glowing tribute to then President Kibaki, referring to Kibaki as a "good man, for giving his father a job at the Ministry of Finance". Senator Obama made no mention at all of Jomo Kenyatta, and omitted laying a wreath at the mausoleum of Jomo Kenyatta, as is customary with visiting dignitaries to Kenya

13. Both men value their roots and heritage. Uhuru speaks excellent Kikuyu and very good Kiswahili, while the junior Obama visited his ancestral Nyang’oma-Kogelo village in Kenya’s Nyanza Province as a "nobody" at least twice i.e. 1987 and 1991. The junior Obama even visited in the company of Michelle in 1991

14. Both men have a great admiration and regard for their fathers and both men listen to alternative opinion. Uhuru used to keep long hair like his father Jomo, brushed backwards like Jomo used to. Uhuru's year 2002 campaign team advised against this and Uhuru complied. Uhuru has not kept long hair like his father Jomo since 2002. Barack on the other hand, was influenced by his wife Michelle, to drop his chain-smoking habit

15. Uhuru reputedly drank heavily in his youth, while Barack reputedly smoked marijuana in his youth

16. Both men appear not to have time for each other. Uhuru's hero is Fidel Castro, while Barack's is Abraham Lincoln. Uhuru is a fan of Bob Marley, while Barack is a fan of hip-hop and soul music

17. Both have an excellent command of the English language and both are excellent orators in English

18. Both men are humble and down to earth, men of the people

19. Both men's fathers had four wives each. Jomo Kenyatta's four wives were Grace Wahu, Grace Wanjiku, Edna Grace Clarke and Ngina, while Barack Senior's four wives were Kezia, Ann, Ruth and Jael

20. Uhuru's wife Margaret grew up on the affluent west side of Nairobi, while Barack's wife Michelle grew up on the less affluent south side of Chicago. Both Margaret and Michelle are however humble and down to earth, indeed, like both their Kenyan husbands

Will both men meet...? It seems likely...

EAST AFRICANS EDUCATED ENOUGH TO FACE TODAY CHALLENGE ?

Small nations are like indecently dressed women, they tempt the evil minded", Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

"The objective of socialism in the United Republic of Tanzania is to build a society in which all members have equal rights and equal opportunities; in which all can live in peace with their neighbours without suffering or imposing injustice, being exploited, or exploiting; and in which all have a gradually increasing basic level of material welfare before any individual lives in luxury." (Julius Nyerere 1968)
is this true dream of Nyerere where are we today !


Few months ago we saw Tanzania have grueling mjadala on education standards many students failed to perfom and finaly after the pressure from the society , the goverment had to come with some sort of re-evaluationg this years exams and finaly after pressure from both sides of the union .New evaluation for this year students was anaounced from no where to reduce public anger.but in Kenya !

THE senate has approved a motion compelling the national government to set up universities in each county. Members of the House unanimously endorsed the motion by Kakamega senator Bonny Khalwale saying it will address inequalities in the education sector.

The members asked the government to ensure at least one public university is established in every county before the expiry of its term. Members accused successive post-independence regimes of not addressing marginalisation of certain communities which was started by the colonial regime.

Khalwale said successive governments have ensured that the best equipped public schools are established in certain areas, especially within Nairobi and Central Kenya, giving these regions undue advantage.

"Out of the 22 public universities in the country, 10 are in Nairobi and the Mt Kenya region," he said. "The development of the country's manpower must be fair."

Homa Bay senator Otieno Kajwang said the marginalisation in the country was both "structural and deliberate" He said the example of Riat in Kisumu, which he said was the first college of its kind to be established but was yet to be elevated to university status long after similar institutions had been elevated.

But Kenya have come up with new idea to have more colleges every county in order to reduce youth un employement. Last week I was in the meeting on inovation and Diaspora technology , how technology can be used to increase employment and increase curiculum on( Ujasirimali)Interprenauship in our universities instead of opening Party branches every corner of the country Our Politicians need to propagate todays challenge eductaion and Self employemnt a need to have no child left behind on our education system or every student to have Kikalio instead of our students sitting in VUMBI floor.

When I saw my President last few weeks was busy looking uhai wa Chama I had some disapointement ,I was expecting the President to talk about unemployemnt and improving life standards Health and our eductaion system but he was busy propagating UHAI WA CHAMA it tell me he have no intention to improve the standards of the Wananchi but to remain on power for any means While wenzetu wana run in Kenya sisi tuna sota !see below if Kenya is evaluating below target how about us ZERO !

A few weeks ago, a survey carried out showed that only 1 million Kenyans have degrees, i.e from recognized universities. Does it mean that majority of Kenyans are uneducated? So what happened to approximately 90% of the rest of the population?

A poet was overheard saying that the A plus student is more likely to be hired by the C stand student, in a business owned by the D minus student.Ironic isn't it?
More and more, the education system in Kenya is losing value as it's based on exams and the need to prove one's brilliance by getting a 'good' grade; as opposed to preparing students for a more practical eventuality in the real world.



Entrepreneurship is one such practical eventuality. Kenya is now adapting to creativity and innovation in many industries, the biggest beneficiaries being the small scale businesses and the entertainment industry.



Sometime back, a decade ago to be precise, a paying career as an actor, make up artiste, social media or IT consultant was unheard of. In today's environment, these career lines (and other professions) are embraced as viable career options.Perhaps necessity is really the mother of all inventions.

The youth lament that there are no jobs and that the government has neglected them- is this because the government has failed to expose them to alternative ways of exploiting their talents?

We explore this issue in this week's episode together with the various systems of education now available to Kenyans.

What's your take on East African education system? Share your thoughts with us right here.

This is Prime Minister have to say !Parents and education stakeholders countrywide are anxious to see what action against culprits of mass failures of the 2012 National Form IV Examination. Three weeks ago the government ordered re-grading of the examination results.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda told the National Assembly on Thursday that the government would not hesitate to take legal measures against those involved in last year’s Form IV exam failures once the probe completes its work.

The premier was responding to a question during his 30-minute instant question session when asked by Magdalena Sakaya (Special seat-CUF), who sought explanation on disciplinary action the government is intending to take against those found guilty of students’ mass failures.

As a result of the mass failures some victims committed suicide while many others left psychologically affected after their results were announced by the Minister for Education and Vocational Training Dr Shukuru Kawambwa.

Pinda said the committee was still doing the investigations and once the exercise is over, the government would work on their recommendations which shall be made public. “We will get answers and if we happen to discover there were individuals responsible for the shameful action, the government will not hesitate to hold them accountable.”

He assured the MPs and Tanzanians in general not to worry about the issue as the government would work in accordance with the recommendations.

Three weeks ago, the government nullified the National Form Four results for all students who sat for the examination after a probe established that the system used by NECTA to grade results last year was different from the traditional system used in previous years called National Mean Difference (NMD).

Announcing the government decision in Parliament Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy, Coordination and Parliamentary Affairs) William Lukuvi said the committee formed by the prime minister learnt that NECTA used a new system called Fixed Grade Ranges (FGR) in grading students’ performance.

The government’s announcement came only four days after the inquiry committee led by Prof Sifuni Mchome tabled its preliminary report of findings to the cabinet in Dodoma on April 29.

According to him, the NMD also took on board the respective student’s average Continuous Assessment (CA) for each subject. Lukuvi gave no more details with regard to the new system (FGR) in grading students’ performance last year besides maintaining that such a system was not thoroughly researched and prepared before its application by NECTA.

Lukuvi said after the meeting with the committee the cabinet agreed unanimously that the 2012 Form IV results be nullified, according to advice from the inquiry task force. The minister said the results would now be standardized so that the pass marks could tally with efforts that students used while studying.

The cabinet also agreed that NECTA should suspend application of the new grading system (Fixed Grade Ranges) and should instead apply the old system in grading the 2012 Form results (National Mean Difference).

The results which registered unprecedented mass failure as over 60 per cent attained zero grade created a great confusion among parents and education stakeholders in the country as they were labeled the worst ever since independence and urged the government to take the matter seriously. .

Since the re-grading announcement, the government was under pressure from sections of the general public, lawmakers and some education experts. There has been voiced calling for political responsibility, some calling for the resignation of the Minister for Education, Dr Shukuru Kawambwa but their call ended up in vain.

Contacted on Thursday for comment on the sideline of the ongoing Parliamentary session, a CCM carder who preferred to remain anonymous said that, it’s high time now the government leaders to be held accountable in order to restore the dignity of the ruling CCM party.

He said that, most Tanzanian leaders have not developed the habit of resigning by themselves once serious allegations such as these are leveled against them unless the parliament intervenes. However, he said adding that, in re cent years it has been noticed that most leaders have been forced to resign with the pressure of Parliamentarians and not otherwise.

Driving his point on the issue of National form Four results, he said that, by any means if the CCM party wants to cleans itself, it must hold responsible its leaders including the Minister for Education and others who might have been closely associated with the issue.

“This is a big shame, not only in the country but it has sparked all over especially among our fellow East African member countries and probably in other parts of the world who might have looked it in a negative perspective” he lamented and added that Tanzanians have reasons to wait to hear what action their government will take.

WHY NYERERE FAILED ON HIS SOCIALISM POLICY ?

A giant of the African independence struggle, he retained his worldwide moral authority even after his vision of rural socialism faltered.
when he stepped down, Nyerere declared that "although socialism has failed in Tanzania, I will remain a socialist because I believe socialism is the best policy for poor countries like Tanzania". His successors decided otherwise, embracing capitalism and the free market, but with arguable benefits to the country.

Relations with Zanzibar, which had united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania with Nyerere as president, were always strained. Tanzania became ever more dependent upon foreign aid, and decision-making was paralysed by a ponderous bureaucracy. Nyerere was to admit that mistakes had been made, while his devotees pointed to developments - such as the spread of literacy and primary healthcare.

But his African socialist philosophy of ujamaa only brought misery and economic degradation. Under the man who preached self-reliance, Tanzania depended on foreign aid more than any other African country. That was only one of his contradictions.

His vision of a united Africa did not stop him from recognising Biafra, the breakaway eastern Nigeria, in the early 1960s. A pious Catholic, who could not tolerate the excesses of Idi Amin, Nyerere nonetheless felt himself unable to move against another dictator much closer to home: the burly Sheikh Abeid Karume, Zanzibar's then president and Tanzania's first vice-president, who presided over a brutal dictatorship, detained people without trial, killed countless imagined or real enemies, and forced girls of Persian or Arab origin to marry elderly black Zanzibaris.



Many say History is a good teacher while we are analyzing East Africa today economical is booming and vision 20/20 and Ujamaa Village , It was Nyerere who was coated in this video those days with his ambitions when he Say Wazungu wanaenda to the moon Sisi we are going to the Villages. What happened and I see Nyerere was different with Kenyatta focusing on educating Kenyans.



Nyerere was focusing to start VIjiji vya Ujamaa na Kujitegemea but Next year it will be 50 yrs of this dream lets analyze what went wrong and today we see the dream of Nyerere of believing the land is the inheritance of Africans from Babu zao it need to benefit them and not to be dependency of Western powers but Kikwete is manipulating Tanzanians on new style of allocating this dream lands from babu zetu to Wageni on notion of Investors is this another Mistake like Ujamaa Village during Nyerere time.

his heyday as president of Tanzania - which he ruled from 1961 to 1985 - Julius Nyerere, who has died from leukaemia aged 77, was lion- ised by the liberal left of the world for his impassioned advocacy of his style of African socialism, but mauled by his critics as a priggish autocrat, whose idealism failed to deliver prosperity to his people. To his credit, Nyerere stepped down peacefully and voluntarily, long before it became fashionable for Africa's self-appointed life presidents to subject themselves to the verdict of their peoples in multi-party elections.

In 1967 came Nyerere's Arusha Declaration, his policy on socialism and self- reliance. Its cornerstone was ujamaa, or familyhood, which was imposed on Tanzania in the following years. The aim was to collect people into villages or communes, where they would have better access to education and medical services. Nearly 10m peasants were moved and a substantial majority were forced to give up their land. But to most Tanzanians, the idea of collective farming was abhorrent. Many found themselves worse off; incentive and productivity declined, and ujamaa was effectively abandoned. It was a measure of Nyerere's international prestige that the failure of this fundamental policy at home in no way dented his global standing.

A man of austere and unostentatious personal habits, and instantly recognisable in his Mao tunic, Julius Nyerere was born at Butiama, on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria, into the small Zanaki tribe. He was 12 before he first went to school, but was immediately singled out for his lively intelligence by the Roman Catholic priests. After Makerere University, in Kampala, he taught for three years, admitting, later in life, that he was a schoolmaster by choice and a politician by accident.

In 1949 he became the first Tanzanian to study at a British university, when he went to Edinburgh on a government scholarship. And it was there, under the influence of post-war Fabian socialists, that he developed his own political ideas of grafting socialism on to African communal existence.

Nyerere left teaching in 1954, formed the Tanganyika African National Union, and campaigned for the nationalist movement. He was elected to the then Tanganyika legislature in 1958, representing East Province, the first time that the country's Africans were enfranchised, and became leader of the opposition. He became chief minister in 1960. But it was not until 1961, when he was sworn in as prime minister of the newly-independent Tanganyika that he would be in a position to start putting the ideas into practice.

In the same year, he joined other African leaders in denouncing the racist policies of South Africa and declaring that, if the apartheid regime remained in the Commonwealth, Tanzania would never join. South Africa subsequently withdrew its membership.

For Nyerere the move marked the beginning of an effective commitment to African liberation movements: later, he played host to the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan- African Congress (PAC) of South Africa, to Samora Machel's Frelimo - battling against the Portuguese in Mozambique - and to Robert Mugabe's fledgling Zanla forces, which opposed colonial rule in the then Southern Rhodesia. He broke off relations with Britain, Tanzania's principal aid donor, after its failure to use force when Ian Smith declared UDI in 1965 - earning himself the description by Smith of the "evil genius" behind the ensuing guerrilla war.

The unusually principled way in which Nyerere looked upon international politics was again evident in his uncompromising stand against the brutal regime of Idi Amin in Uganda in the late 1970s. Despite almost universal condemnation of the dictator's excesses, it was left to Tanzania to intervene militarily and dislodge Amin. A brief invasion of Tanzania by Amin in late 1978 brought a swift reponse from Nyerere:

Tanzanian troops, joined by Ugandan exiles, were mobilised to drive back the invaders. But they didn't stop at the border. Kampala fell in 1979, with its residents lining the streets chanting the name of the Tanzanian leader. It was the first time in African post-colonial history that one country had invaded another and captured its capital. It was a fundamental breach of the principles of the Organisation of African Unity. But Nyerere weathered the storm.

However, the campaign proved expensive, and while their leader devoted such resources, time and energy to foreign affairs, his critics in Tanzania argued that he overlooked domestic problems, and failed to apply the same observance of human right abuses. He seldom flinched from using a Preventive Detention Act that allowed him to lock up his opponents virtually at will.


A practising Catholic in a predominantly Muslim country, Nyerere married Maria Magige in 1953, by whom he had five sons and two daughters. He maintained a passionate interest in Swahili, the language of East Africa, and translated Julius Caesar and The Merchant Of Venice. His political writings included Essays On Socialism (1969) and Freedom And Development (1973).

The idea that when he resigned as president, handing over to Hassan Ali Mwinyi, Nyerere would live quietly on his farm at Batiama, cultivating his interest in book-binding, was always improbable. And indeed he continued to influence government policy through his chairmanship of the single ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi.

Whether or not he initiated the debate about an alternative political system in Tanzania is questionable, but he rapidly became a part of it. Although mwalimu , or teacher, as he liked to be known, was to his own people one of them, he nonetheless became - like Senghor, of Senegal, and Sadat, of Egypt - an African leader who outgrew his country.

When he relinquished the party chairmanship in 1990, he was able to devote more time to campaigning for greater co-operation between developing countries, and, as chairman of the South Commission, a closing of the gap between rich and poor. He also took on the role of African elder statesman, working notably in conflict resolution, although his most recent efforts - trying to resolve Burundi's civil war - did not bear fruit.

Julius Nyerere belonged to a generation of African post-independence leaders, like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah and Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda, who had an unshakeable belief in their mission to lead their countries to a better world through their chosen political ideologies, but who were unable to recognise their personal failings.


His detractors would regard his stewardship of Tanzania to have been flawed by his single-minded adherence to a manifestly unworkable policy. Yet Nyerere is more likely to be remembered for having provided a moral leadership to Tanzania, and indeed Africa, when the continent was taking its first shaky steps after independence.

UKABILA NA UDINI WA EAST AFRICA NI VIRUS MPYA ?

I was very happy today after Sitting with different background of people and religion at the Senate and I thought how about mention this to East Africans dont be like Jerusaleem !


The Kenyan Tribal Test and Tanzania religious test !
Are You A Tribalist? or Mdini ! Here is a quick test to help you find out for sure…

(a) At the sight of this article headline, you sigh and wonder why this blogger just keeps on bringing up this boring topic of tribalism and Udini and why he keeps on insisting that it is the major issue in Kenyaand Tanzania today while you know every well it is not. You don't need a psychologist to tell you that every time you hit a raw nerve or you start getting touchy, iko kitu is coming .

(b) What is the tribe or religion of your spouse? Did you fall in love with somebody else first (of a different tribe) but chose to marry your current spouse because "it was the wise thing to do?"

(c) Even worse, are you married to a member of another tribe but view the marriage as temporary and look at your children as belonging to a different tribe from yourself? Do you frequently make comments of your children like; "you certainly did not pick up that habit from our people." Like Julie Gichuru star of Kenya media she is Indian and Black how do we call her by tribe !

How about we talk about Security instead of Udini and Ukabila < and Proect Terror not harm our home land and stop intertain Udini na Ukabila ?

My first wife was a Mpemba Fyoko and in the first few years of our marriage her friends (Mashambenga !used to greet her with the remarks, "Are you still with that Man?"

(d) Do you get a warm comfortable feeling whenever you see on TV or read about a presidential candidate hailing from your tribe? Mpemba tribe the biggest tribe kule KIJIWENI !

(e) Do you get abusive to this blogger over his comments on tribalism or Udini in East Africa ?

(f) When you meet a person for the first time, do you subconsciously reserve your judgement until you find out what tribe or religion they are? The way to tell this is when the first question you really want to ask every time, is what tribe they are, but instead you ask leading questions like, how do you spell your second name HAMAD or John? Or "who do you think should be the next president be Mgalatia au Mswahili ?"

KALENJINI small tribe !

(g) Do you remain unmoved when Kenya wins yet another 3,000 metres steeplechase race, just because the winner reminds you of Moi's tenure as president? The facts are that no tribe has brought more positive international glory to Kenya than the runners who mostly hail from the Kalenjin tribe.
Or Bkhresa or Pembans who brought Interpreneuship at Bandari ya Salama !

(h) Are you one of those people who made a certain tribal radio station or Blog an overnight success? Are you one of the people who saw red when it looked like President Moi was about to ban that particular radio station ? or President KiKwete about to close only Muslim redio !

(i) Do you always look at the national soccer side selections in terms of which tribe has the majority of players like Simba or Yanga ?

(j) Do you feel irritated whenever you hear a certain tribal language being used in your presence or within ear shot?

(k) Do you believe that some tribes are more corrupt than others?

(l) Do you always love to talk your mother tongue at the least excuse?

(m) Do you use your mother tongue to gossip about people even when they are within hearing range?

(n) Do you get a warm fuzzy feeling every time somebody talks to you in your mother tongue?

(o) Do you insist on conversing in your mother tongue even when you know that there are several people in your company or around you who do not understand it? It matters little that you take the trouble to translate what you have said later.

(p) Look at your email in box now. Is most of the mail you receive from members of a particular tribe or religion ? Could that tribe happen to be the same tribe that your mother and father belong to?

(q) Do you always visit a certain web site that bears the name of your tribe or religion ?

(r) Or even worse, does your email address contain the name of your tribe some where like ALbimany tribe ?