Serikali yatambua madiwani Chadema

WAZIRI wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa (TAMISEMI), George Mkuchika, ameamuru madiwani waliofukuzwa wa Chadema, kuendelea na vikao na kulipwa posho zao hadi Mahakama itakapotoa uamuzi juu ya kufukuzwa kwao.

Aidha barua ya Mkuchika yenye Kumbukumbu namba HA.23/235/01/06 iliyotolewa Agosti 23, na kumfikia Mkurugenzi wa Jiji la Arusha, Estomih Chang'ah, ilieleza kuwa Tamisemi bado inawatambua madiwani hao na wataendelea kulipwa posho zao hadi Mahakama itakapotoa uamuzi kama madiwani hao watano ni wanachama halali wa Chadema au la.

Barua hiyo pia ilieleza kuwa Mahakama ndiye mwamuzi wa mwisho, hivyo ni vyema suala hilo likasubiriwa kutolewa uamuzi, lakini madiwani hao ambao ni Estomii Mallah (Kimandolu), Ruben Ngowi (Themi), John Bayo (Elerai), Charles Mpanda (Kaloleni) na Diwani wa Viti Maalumu, Rehema Mohamed, kisheria wataendelea kuhudhuria vikao na kulipwa posho.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari ofisini kwake, Mkurugenzi Chang'a alisema amepokea barua hiyo kutoka kwa Waziri Mkuchika yenye maelezo hayo kutokana na barua ya awali aliyoiandika MD/ US/101/ 1/107 Agosti 12.

Alisema suala la madiwani hao kuendelea na wadhifa, ni uamuzi utakaotolewa na Mahakama, kwani walishafungua kesi ya madai, hivyo Mahakama ndiyo itatoa uamuzi kisheria na nakala za barua hiyo wamepewa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Arusha, Isdore Shirima, Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema, Willibrod Slaa na Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda.

Alisema Sheria ya Serikali za Mitaa namba 8 ya mwaka 1982, kifungu cha 26 (1) (e), inafafanua kuwa Waziri mwenye dhamana na serikali za mitaa, atatamka kuwa nafasi ya Diwani iko wazi, baada ya kupokea taarifa rasmi ya maandishi kutoka kwa Mwenyekiti au
Meya wa Jiji la Arusha.

Alisema suala la kuambiwa kuwa anakumbatia madiwani hao kama Mkurugenzi linamwumiza kichwa na anapokea tuhuma nyingi juu ya madiwani hao pia maendeleo ya Jiji la Arusha hafanyiki, kutokana na mgogoro huo, na Waziri ameshatoa ufafanuzi, hivyo
kutokana na uamuzi wa Waziri busara zinahitajika zaidi.

"Wengi wanadhani nawabeba madiwani hao waliovuliwa uanachama, lakini ukweli siwakumbatii, napokea malalamiko mengi lakini namwachia Mungu, ila naomba busara zaidi itumike kwa suala hili, hususan kwa viongozi wa siasa, maana Waziri ametoa majibu kwenye barua, lakini sijui itakuwaje.

“Nawaomba viongozi wa siasa kutumia busara zaidi, kwani maendeleo ya Arusha yanalala … inaumiza unapotuhumiwa kwa kitu ambacho hujakifanya, inaumiza kichwa changu sana."

Dk Slaa alisema aliwasilisha barua ya kuwavua uanachama madiwani hao kwa Mkurugenzi Agosti 8 lakini anashangaa kuwa barua ya Waziri ilimfikia Agosti 12, na si Agosti 10 kama nukushi inavyoeleza.

“Suala la Arusha inabidi liangaliwe kwa kina, kwani inavyoonekana wanapoteza muda wa maendeleo kwa vitu vya kipuuzi, wasipoangalia kuhusu uamuzi sahihi wa mgogoro wa Arusha, kitakachotokea ni kama suala la Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Nishati na Madini, David Jairo.

Maiti zagundulika hospitalini Libya

Miili iliyotelekezwa katika hospitali ya Abu Salim kufuatia mapigano

Zaidi ya miili ya watu 200 imepatikana katika hospitali iliyotelekezwa katika mji mkuu wa Libya Tripoli .

Mwandishi wa BBC ambaye alikwennda katika hospitali ya Abu Salim aliikuta miili ya wanaume ,wanawake na watoto kwenye vitanda na veranda na pia damu nyingi iliyotapakaa kwenye sakafu .
Madaktari na wauguzi walikuwa wameitoroka hospitali hiyo kufuatia mapigano.
Walionusurika wanasema wengi waliokuwa na majeraha waliachwa bila matibabu hadi kufa , huku wengine ikioza kando yao.

Katika mji mkuu wa Tripoli kuna taarifa kuhusu kupatikana kwa mamia ya miili ya watu waliouawa baadhi yao wakiwa wamekatwa mikono.

Pande mbili zinazohusika na mzozo nchini Libya zimekuwa zikilaumiwa kwa mauji hayo.

Deci officials set free, rearrested

The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court has set free four directors of the banned pyramid scheme known as Development and Entrepreneurship for Community Initiative (Deci) who were charged with conspiracy and stealing over 118.4m/-.

The after accused, who are pastors of different churches in the city, are Jackson Mtares, Dominic Kigendi, Samuel Mtares and Timotheo ole Loiting’ye.

The decision was made by resident magistrate Rita Tarimo after the prosecution side led by state attorney Leonard Mchalo requested the court to dismiss the case under section 91 of the Criminal Procedure Act, arguing that investigation into the case had discrepancies.

He said that the Section permitted the state attorney overseeing the case to withdraw it, but that does not restrict the accused from being arrested if police had found valid evidence to charge them afresh in the same court.

Magistrate Tarimo granted the request and set the accused free.

However, they were arrested shortly and taken to remand custody.

According to the charge sheet, the officials between December 1 and 8, 2009 at unknown places in the city conspired to steal 118,440,000/-.

It was further alleged that on December 8, 2009 at Standard Chartered Bank Kariakoo branch in the Ilala Municipal, the accused stole 118,440,000/- from Deci.

They were charged for the first time on December 15, 2009 before resident magistrate Aloyce Katamana. The case was adjourned to December 21, this year, for ruling whether the accused should be granted bail.

JK suspends Jairo

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete By Lucas Liganga, The Citizen Chief Reporter Dodoma. President Jakaya Kikwete has suspended Energy and Minerals Permanent Secretary David Jairo to pave the way for investigations into allegations of corruption and misuse of public funds.The move came barely a day after a committee appointed by Chief Secretary Philemon Luhanjo cleared Mr Jairo of wrongdoing in asking departments and agencies in the ministry for Sh50 million donation each to “facilitate” the approval of their 2011/12 budget. Mr Jairo’s conduct will be reviewed by a select committee to be appointed by the Speaker of the National Assembly today. Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda pledged that the government would work closely with the parliamentary select committee. The new development came in sharp contrast to the mood of the ministry on Wednesday, when the chief secretary received a hero’s welcome from staff on his return to office. Hugs and cheers were the order of the day as staff ceremoniously pushed his car into the ministry compound. Mr Jairo himself was magnanimous in his short-lived reprieve. He declared that he had forgiven those who “accused and condemned” him and asked Parliament to discuss development matters rather than personalities. Yesterday, Mr Pinda announced the suspension of Mr Jairo during the Prime Minister’s half-hour question-and-answer session. He was responding to the leader of the opposition camp in Parliament, Mr Freeman Mbowe (Hai-Chadema), who wanted to know whether the government was ready to suspend Mr Jairo pending the select committee investigations announced on Wednesday by Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai. The parliamentary committee was announced barely 24 hours after Mr Luhanjo said at a State House press conference that the committee he appointed had concluded that Mr Jairo acted within his authority when he directed departments and agencies under the ministry to contribute Sh50 million each towards facilitating Parliament’s approval of the ministry’s 2011/12 budget. The committee was formed after Mr Christopher ole Sendeka (Simanjiro-CCM), said the chief secretary’s reasons for clearing Mr Jairo were not convincing and amounted to disrespect for Parliament and the Prime Minister. He made the proposal when discussing a private motion moved by Mr Zitto Kabwe (Kigoma North - Chadema), who wanted the clearing of Mr Jairo debated in the House. Mr Kabwe said the decision had belittled the august House. Since the accusations against Mr Jairo were made in Parliament, he said, the findings of the Controller and Auditor-General were also supposed to have been tabled in the House. Mr Ndugai assigned Mr George Simbachawene (Kibakwe - CCM) to chair the morning session to allow him to convene an impromptu meeting of Parliament’s Steering Committee to decide whether Mr Kabwe’s motion deserved urgent consideration. It took the committee just 20 minutes to decide that the question-and-answer session be put on hold to allow debate on Mr Kabwe’s motion, which had the backing of Ms Zainab Vullu (Special Seats - CCM) and Mr Sendeka. Mr Jairo was suspended after Mrs Beatrice Shellukindo (Kilindi-CCM) said in Parliament on July 20 that he had solicited Sh50 million from each of at least 20 departments and agencies under the ministry. This, Parliament heard, was standard practice. The money that had been raised was to be deposited in a Geological Survey of Tanzania account in Dodoma. Mr Luhanjo convened a news conference in Dodoma the next day and announced that Mr Jairo had been sent on compulsory leave pending an investigation. He gave the committee, led by the CAG, Mr Ludovick Utouh, 10 days to complete the probe. On Tuesday, Mr Luhanjo said Mr Jairo had been reinstated after investigations established that he was clean. It was normal for ministries to request funds from institutions under their authority, he added. The preliminary investigation was conducted according to the principles of good governance of 2003, which require a public servant to be investigated when accused of going against the principles of good governance and the laws of the land. Mr Luhanjo said the probe committee’s report, which was presented to him on August 9, 2011, had established that Mr Jairo did not commit any disciplinary offence. Had the preliminary investigation found Mr Jairo wanting, the ministry would have released an accusation notice and charge sheet to allow further legal action. But there was still room for further investigation, Mr Luhanjo said, if there were any related accusations based on corruption or other offences. Reacting to Mr Jairo’s reinstatement, Agenda 2000 Executive Director Moses Kulaba, Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) acting Executive Director Imelda Urio and Dar es Salaam resident Godlisten Lema said they were “shocked and disappointed”. Mr Kulaba said the decision showed that the government was not working as a team and that the decision was a disgrace to the country after Prime Minister Pinda told Parliament that he would have immediately sacked Mr Jairo were he the appointing authority. “If Jairo is innocent, why then did Pinda say he would have fired him straight away if he had the power to do so?” queried Mr Kulaba.  “According to my understanding, ministries and their departments have their budgets.  How come Mr Jairo requested money for allowances from departments under his ministry?” Ms Urio commended Parliament for forming the probe committee, saying the LHRC was disappointed to learn that taxpayers’ money had been misused. Addressing reporters after he was welcomed back by the minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr William Ngeleja, Mr Jairo said as a Christian, he would not retaliate against people who had wrongly accused him. “I have forgiven her (Mrs Shellukindo) with all my heart. I return in peace…everybody here should work hard,” he said.

Tutor guilty of sexually abusing 7 students

The tutor confessed his crimes to the police, and told them that he had taken photos and videos of the boys with his mobile phone.

IN 2007, the 11-year-old boy's life changed.

His tutor, who had taught him since he was six, began hugging and kissing him on his mouth, face, body and even feet.

One day, he was asked to remain behind after the tuition class. After the other students left, the tutor locked the door and told him to remove his clothes and lie on the floor. The tutor removed his own clothes and kissed him all over. The kissing developed into touching, and the teacher eventually performed oral sex on him.

Even after the boy completed his primary education and stopped attending the tuition classes, the abuse continued at the tutor's request.

The tutor, 50, who is single, pleaded guilty to five charges of sexual penetration of a minor on Monday.
Another 29 similar charges, including that of committing indecent acts with children and using criminal force, as well as one charge of possession of obscene video files, will be taken into consideration during sentencing.
The tutor told a psychiatrist that a ghost had instructed him to commit the offences.

The man, who has been a tutor for more than 20 years, cannot be named to protect his victims' identities. He had run a tuition centre, operated by a Residents' Committee, in the north since 1990.

Preyed on boys
He preyed on seven boys, aged between eight and 15, all of them his students.
The incidents, which included kissing them, touching them and touching himself in front of them, took place between May 2007 and November 2009.

20 most powerful women of 2011

Forbes magazine has drawn up a list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, spanning political leaders, businesswomen, celebrities, and entertainers.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the ranking, followed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and in third place, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

Eight heads of state and 29 CEOs made Forbes' roster of the 100 most powerful women released on Wednesday. They have an average age of 54 and collectively control US$30 trillion. Twenty two are single.
Rounding out the top five were the CEO of PepsiCo US Indra Nooyi, who oversees the US$60 billion food and beverage empire, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

Forbes said women on the list achieved power not only through money and might, but, thanks to social media, through reach and influence.

Lady Gaga and The New York Times' recently appointed executive editor, Jill Abramson, came in at No. 11 and 12. Gaga was also the youngest member of the list at age 25.

Chinese pilot 'refused' to let jet low on fuel land first

The jet later was able to land safely, but netizens scolded the pilot's selfishness in not assisting a plane calling 'Mayday'.

SHANGHAI - The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has launched a probe into a Chinese pilot's alleged refusal to let a Qatar Airway's jet that was running short of fuel land first.

In a statement published on its official website on Wednesday, CAAC East China Regional Administration said the incident is being investigated.

On Aug 13, Qatar Airway's flight QR888 from Doha to Shanghai Pudong International Airport requested permission to land at the city's Hongqiao International Airport due to adverse weather conditions.
When it approached Hongqiao airport, the pilot reported it was low on fuel and requested a priority landing before other flights that were in a holding pattern.

Air traffic controllers at Hongqiao airport informed other flights to give way to the Qatar Airways flight, but a pilot of Juneyao Airlines' flight HO1112 refused to carry out the order and insisted on landing first, said the statement.

Fortunately, the Qatar Airways plane later was able to land safely.

Reports of the incident provoked an immediate response from netizens. The overwhelming majority scolded the pilot's selfishness in not assisting a plane calling "Mayday".
Mayday is an emergency signal used in radio communications, which derives from the French phrase "venez m'aider", meaning "come help me".
"If a Juneyao flight one day flies in low on fuel and calls Mayday, what can it expect from other pilots?" asked a micro-blogger named Lijinjun.

Privately-owned Juneyao Airlines refused to comment on the event, but posted a statement on Wednesday evening, saying the company is actively cooperating with the CAAC probe, and has suspended the pilot and crew pending the findings.

Juneyao also claimed that the online description of the incident was far different from the truth, but the carrier said it will not release details about the incident to the public during the probe, which is in line with CAAC regulations.

"If the incident proves true, this would be a severe violation of aviation regulations and deserves a punishment," said Li Lei, an airline industry analyst with CITIC China Securities Co Ltd.
The incident has also cast a shadow on China's plan to open part of its low-altitude airspace over the next five to ten years for commercial aviation.

"The threshold to enter low altitude airspace will be lifted even higher to secure aviation safety," said Li.
In late 2010, a circular jointly issued by the State Council and the Central Military Commission of China said the country's low-altitude airspace will be partly opened.

As Asia's largest aviation market and the world's second largest, China's civil aviation market is expected to witness annual growth of 13 per cent between 2011 and 2015, according to a China Securities Journal report.

Maid cooked soup with soiled sanitary pad

By Karen W Lim
A horrible experience with her sister's maid led to the creation of a Facebook group called "Dangerous Maids", which hopes to warn the public that maids are not always the victims and that employers get abused as well.

The creator, Ms Hylda Low, started the group on Tuesday.
"I want to warn the public that this maid is very dangerous. We cannot let this evil person do this type of black magic to anyone anymore," wrote Ms Low.

The 20-year-old student claimed that the maid, who is from West Java, had cooked soup for her family with her menstrual blood which she collected on a cotton pad and secretly put it into a disposable tea bag.
The family found out about the maid's dirty deed early August and to their horror, was told that it was the third time she tainted their food with her discharge.
Ms Low's sister, who declined to be named, said that the family employed the maid to look after her grandmother.

The maid was transferred over from her sister-in-law's employment and worked for the Low family for five months before she was exposed during a Sunday family gathering.

An uncle discovered a piece of soaked cotton wool cut out from a sanitary pad hidden in the kitchen while he went to get a mop to clean the floor.

Sick dad can't support son, wants to give him up

A man who claims to be incapable of bringing up his son wants to send him away to a foster family.
41-year-old Zhang Xin De told Lianhe Wanbao that he and his intellectually-disabled wife were unable to take care of their son and wanted to look for a good foster home for him.

Citing medical problems such as a spine injury, diabetes and headaches, Mr Zhang told the Chinese daily that he did not expect to live past 45 years old. He claims to be taking eight kinds of medicine to control his medical situation.

Financial woes have also plagued him, since he has not had a job since May. He also owes money to a bank.
His spine injury prevents him from standing straight for more than 15 minutes.

Afraid of losing control
Mr Teo also told Lianhe Wanbao that his mood was increasingly unstable as he was facing a lot of pressures in his daily life.
He said he was afraid of hurting his son if he lost control of his temper.
He told Lianhe Wanbao that he grew up in a violent family environment, where he would be beaten by his father for no reason.
When contacted, Mr Teo's wife told Lianhe Wanbao that their son was distraught upon hearing that his father wanted to send him away.
Mr Teo's wife said she became intellectually-disabled after she hurt her head in a scuffle. This is her second marriage.

Gaddafi's secret security: Mighty female 'Amazonian Guards'

 

By Kang Yoon-seung
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi reportedly had a special taste for body guards by preferring only virgin females, the U.S. based online news Mediaite reported.

Gaddafi, now effectively ousted, had a selected elite force in charge of his security. Those adequate to take the responsibility must be “virgins hand-picked by Gaddafi,” according to the news.

The candidates had to make oath that they would sacrifice themselves for Gaddafi and were required to remain virgins throughout their duty.
Despite strict doctrines, the job was popular among Libyan women, Blitz reported.
They also had to go through marital arts and firearms training before actually being dispatched.

Amid speculation that the force’s duties included “sexual favors,” Gaddafi claimed that the system “empowers” women, making them strong enough to protect themselves from enemies, Mediaite added.