ERIC SHIGONGO
DIMBWI LA DAMU-14
Masaa mawili kabla �nyumba ya Manjit
�kulipuliwa kwa moto na majambazi waliotumwa
na wafanyabiashara maadui zake, Leah na
Victoria waliondoka kwenda kula chakula cha
usiku katika mgahawa wa Foodmasters uliokuwa
hatua chache tu kutoka nyumbani kwao, cha
kushangaza siku hiyo wote wawili hawakutaka
kula chakula cha kupikwa nyumbani. Kokote
alikokwenda nje ya nyumba Victoria hakukisahau
kipande cha noti walichogawana na kaka yake,
alikuwa tayari kupoteza vitu vingine vyote lakini
si kipande hicho
Ghafla wakiwa katika mgahawa huo kabla hata
chakula hakijaletwa walishutshwa na mlio ya
ving’ora vya magari ya zima moto vikipita kwa
kasi kubwa nje ya mgahawa.
Kila mtu alionyesha mshangao mkubwa na
kilichofuata baada ya ving’ora hivyo ulikuwa ni
moshi mkubwa ulioonekana kuzunguka maeneo
ya nyumba yao, Leah alishtuka sana na kukimbia
kwenda nje ya mgahawa akiwa amemshika
Victoria mkono, nje alimwigiza ndani ya gari na
safari ya kurudi nyumbani kwao ilianza haraka!
“Dada kuna nini?”
“Moto, moto unawaka?Sijui ni nyumbani kwetu?”
“Moto? Nyumbani kwetu?”
“Ndiyo!”
“Haiwezekani dada!” Kuna wakati Victoria
alimwita Leah mama na wakati mwingine
alimwita dada, alishindwa atumie jina gani.
“Acha twende tukaangalie!”Alisema Leah
akiliendesha gari lake kwa kasi kubwa, mapigo
ya moyo yalikuwa yakienda kwa kasi kubwa,
walivyozidi kukaribia dalili zote zilionyesha kuwa
ni nyumba yao iliyokuwa ikiungua! Kadri alivyozidi
kuelekea nyumbani ndivyo moto na moshi
ulivyozidi kuongezeka.
“Ni nyumba yetu!” Leah alisema akimpigapiga
Victoria begani.
“Imeungua?”
“Ndiyo inaungua na sijui nini kimetokea mpaka
ikashika moto! Kwanini matatizo yamekuwa
mengi kiasi hiki kwetu?” Alijiuliza Leah bila kujua
la kufanya.
Bila kutegemea machozi yalianza kumtoka kwani
vitu vingi vyenye thamani vilikuwa vimeungulia
ndani ya nyumba yao, roho ilimuuma sana Leah.
Kwa matatizo waliyokuwa nayo katika familia yao
alijua tayari walikuwa wamekwisharejea katika
umasikini! Leah alikata tamaa!
“Tutafanya nini sisi? Manjit nae ana madeni ya
mamilioni ya dola za watu, tutakuwa wageni wa
nani sasa?” Alijiuliza Leah huku akilia! Muda wote
akiwa amekumbatiana na Victoria wote wakilia.
Ghafla bila kutegemea jambo hilo Victoria
alishtukia Leah akichomoka kutoka mikononi
mwake na kuanza kukimbia kwenda mbele , kwa
jinsi hali ya joto ilivyokuwa mahali waliposimama
pamoja na kutokuona Victoria alijua lazima Leah
alikimbilia motoni!
Victoria alianza kulia akipiga kelele na kuomba
msaada huku nae akijaribu kutembea taratibu
kwenda mbele akiita jina Leah kwa sauti ya juu.
“Dada Leah! Dada Leah! Dada Leah! Uko wapi?”
Alisema huku akizidi kutembea kwenda mbele
zaidi.
Hakusikia sauti ya Leah ikiitika mahali popote na
joto lilizidi kuongezeka, moto nao ulizidi kuwaka
kuelekea mahali aliposimama, mara ghafla
alishtukia akinyakuliwa na mikono mikubwa na
mazito ya mwanaume!
“Wewe unafanya nini hapa wakati moto
unakuelekea? Utawaka ohooo!”
“Dada yangu ameingia ndani ya moto, dada
yangu ameingia ndani ya moto! Tafadhali
mtoeni!”Alizidi kulia.
“Ameingiaje?”
“Amekimbilia ndani tu!”
“Kwanini?”
“ Hii ni nyumba yetu!”Alizidi kueleza Victoria huku
akilia.
Ilikuwa ni mikono ya mtu wa zimamoto
alimchukua victoria na kwenda kumkalisha mbali
kabisa ya moto! Ambako Victoria alikaa na
kuendelea kulia akijua wazi Leah alikuwa amejiua
motoni, alikuwa ameamua kuteketea pamoja na
nyumba na vitu vyao.
Nusu saa baadaye watu wengi walifurika eneo la
tukio wakishangaa na miongoni mwao alikuwepo
Manjit aliyekuwa amerejea nchini Canada kutoka
Baghdad muda mfupi kabla!
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Manjit aliumia sana moyoni mwake kuona
nyumba yao ikiteketea, aliamini mama yake
pamoja na Victoria walikuwa ndani ya moto huo!
Bila hata kusita aliamua kukimbia kuelekea ndani
ya jengo kwa lengo la kwenda kuwaokoa Victoria
na mama yake Leah! Mbele kidogo moshi mkali
ulijitokeza akawa haoni mbele yake, akashindwa
kusonga mbele na kugeuza akikimbia kurudi nje!
Alifanikiwa kutoka hadi nje ya jengo ambako
alifikia mikononi mwa maaskari wawili wa Zima
moto! Walimkatama na kumkimbiza hadi sehemu
alipokalishwa Victoria na kuanza kumpepea kwa
sababu alionekana kushindwa kuhema vizuri!
“Kifua chake kimejaa moshi hebu mpelekeni
hospitali haraka!” Aliamuru mmoja wa maaskari
na Manjit alinyanyuliwa haraka na kupakiwa
ndani ya gari la wagonjwa kukimbizwa hospitali
ambako aliwekewa mashine ya oksijeni na dakika
kama ishirini hivi baadaye alirejea katika hali
yake ya kawaida na kuanza kulia akiomba
aonyeshwe mahali mama yake na Victoria
walipokuwa!
“Mama yako bado hajaonekana ila Victoria yupo!”
“Mama yuko wapi? Naomba basi mmlete hata
Victoria niongee naye nina uhakika atakuwa
anafahamu mahali mama alipo, mali si kitu
kwangu ninachotaka ni mama yangu peke yake!”
Alisema Manjit huku akizidi kulia, hakuugua
mahali popote mwilini kwake.
Hali yake haikuwa mbaya hata kidogo na
angeweza hata kuruhusiwa kutoka wodini lakini
madaktari hawakufanay hivyo baada ya kupewa
taarifa kuwa alitaka kuingia ndani ya nyumba
iliyowaka moto ili afe! Walizidi kumweka wodini
hadi asubuhi ya siku iliyofuata aliporuhusiwa na
kupelekwa chini ya uangalizi wa polisi hadi eneo
la tukio na kushuhudia shughuli za uzimaji wa
moto zikimalizika! Mtu wa kwanza kumwona
mahali pale alikuwa ni Victoria, alimkimbilia na
kukumbatiana kwa furaha.
“Anti Vicky mama yupo wapi?” Aliuliza baada tu
ya kumbusu kila upande wa shavu lake!
“Alikimbilia kwenye moto! Hivyo atakuwa
amekufa!”
“Hapana haiwezekani! Mama hawezi kufa”
“Ni kweli, mimi nilikuwa naye hadi mara ya
mwisho, alichomoka mikononi mwangu na
kukimbilia motoni, nina imani atakuwa
amekufa!”Alisema Victoria akilia na wote
walikumbatiana na kuendelea kulia, ilibidi
waondolewe hadi hotelini ambako Manjit alipanga
vyumba viwili na yeye na Victoria waliishi
wakiangalia ni nini cha kufanya baada ya hapo!
Kilikuwa ni kipindi kigumu sana kwa Manjit na
Victoria, Manjit alishindwa kuelewa ni nani
aliyekuwa akimfanyia hujuma hizo! Kilikuwa ni
kitendawili alichoshindwa kabisa kukitegua.
Akiwa hotelini alizidi kumtafuta mama yake
akiamini bado alikuwa hai, alitangaza hata katika
vyombo vingi vya habari na kuahidi zawadi kubwa
kwa mtu yeyote ile angefanikisha kupatikana kwa
mama yake, lakini kwa masaa mengi hakuna mtu
hata mmoja aliyejitokeza kudai kumwona Leah!
Manjit alizidi kuchanganyikiwa na hakujua kipi
cha kufanya!
Siku ya tatu wakati watu wa idara ya Uokoaji
wakiendelea na kazi ya uokoaji walikuta mabaki
ya binadamu aliyeungua vibaya katika chumba
kilichoonekana kuwa sebule, ingawa ilikuwa si
rahisi kufahamu kama mabaki hayo yalikuwa ya
mama yake au la, Manjit alilazimika kuamini
hivyo na mazishi ya heshima zote yalifanyika,
akaamini kuwa huo ndio ulikuwa mwisho wa
mama yake! Akabaki na mtu mmoja tu
aliyemtegemea nchini Canada, huyo hakuwa
mwingine bali Victoria.
Ikiwa ni wiki moja baada ya mazishi ya mama
yake, vituo vyake vyote vya mafuta vilikamatwa
na shirika la kodi nchini Canada, kwa madai ya
kuchunguza kama Manjit alilipa kodi zake sawa
sawa, vituo vyote vilitiwa makufuli, wafanyakazi
wote wakaondolewa na maaskari waliwekwa
kuvilinda! Kifupi hali ilikuwa mbaya mno kwa
Manjit! Kwani ni biashara hiyo peke yake
aliyoitegemea katika maisha yake. Alishindwa
kuelewa angeishije.
Mwezi mmoja baadaye alichukua pesa zake zote
zilizokuwa benki na kulipa nusu ya deni la mafuta
alilodaiwa na Patrick, akaunti yake ikabaki bila
hata senti! Hakuelewa hata kidogo pesa za
kumalizia deni hilo angepata wapi, Manjit
alitamani kufa lakini alishindwa kuufikiria uamuzi
huo kwa sababu ya Victoria! Alishindwa kuelewa
angebaki na nani? Huo ndio ulikuwa wasiwasi
wake mkubwa, kama Victoria angekufa katika
moto hata yeye pia angefuata na wote watatu
wangehamia kuzimu alikotangulia baba yake.
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Hali haikuwa nzuri pia nchini Iraq, Abdulwakil
baba yake Patrick, alikasirishwa sana na kitendo
cha mtoto wake kukopesha kiasi kikubwa cha
mafuta bila kumshirikisha.
“Ulikuwa mgonjwa baba!”
“Pamoja na hayo yote lakini kwanini ulimkopesha
mtu ambaye hana uwezo wa kulipa?”
“Baba, Manjit amekuwa mteja wetu wa muda
mrefu na isitoshe alionyesha karatasi zake za
zabuni ya kuuza mafuta jeshini! Niliona anafaa
nikaamua kumpa mafuta”
“Haiwezekani ni lazima afikishwe mahakamani ili
ashinikizwe kulipa pesa hizo!”
“Sawa baba!”
Siku iliyofuata Patrick aliwaita wanasheria wa
kampuni yao ofisini na kuwapa majukumu ya
kuhakikisha Manjit anakamatwa na kufikishwa
mahakamani haraka iwezekanavyo, ili
kumshinikiza alipe deni alilodaiwa.
“Sawa mzee, tufanya kazi hiyo lakini ili iwe rahisi
zaidi tafadhali muagizie aje hapa Iraq ili kuwa
rahisi zaidi kumkamata!”
“Nitafanya hivyo leo na ninafikiri kesho atafika
hapa!”
“Itakuwa vizuri sana!”
Jioni ya siku hiyo Patrick alipiga simu Canada na
kumwomba Manjit apande ndege kwenda
Baghdad siku iliyofuata ili wapate kuliongelea
deni lake na ni kwa jinsi gani angeweza kulilipa!
Alimtahadharisha kuwa kushindwa kwake kufika
Baghdad kungemaanisha kufikishwa mahakamani
na kwa mujibu wa mikataba waliyowekeana ni
lazima angefungwa, Manjit hakuwa na la kufanya
zaidi ya kukubali kwenda Iraq.
“Lakini nitasafiri na anti yangu ambaye ni kipofu,
sitaweza kumwacha hapa Canada peke yake
watamuua!”
“Hiyo haina tatizo kabisa!”
Siku iliyofuata asubuhi Manjit na Victoria
walipanda ndege ya shirika la ndege la Gufl
kwenda Baghdad, ndani ya moyo wake Victoria
ilikuwa ni kama kuiaga Canada! Hakuamini kama
wangerudi tena katika nchi hiyo ingawa
hakuelewa ni kwanini moyoni mwake aliwaza
hivyo. Walipotua Baghdad, Manjit alichukua teksi
iliyowapeleka moja kwa moja hadi ofisini kwa
Patrick, haikuwa shida kumwona kwa sababu
alishawataarifu walinzi juu ya ujio wao.
“Pole sana Manjit kwa yaliyojitokeza lakini
naamini yana mwisho wake!”
“Mungu anajua tu!”
“Habari za Canada?’
“Ndugu yangu ni kama Ulivyosikia!”
“Sasa itakuwaje katika deni lililobaki?”
“Hata mimi sifahamu maana pesa zote
nilizokuwa nazo benki ndizo nilizokupa na sielewi
nitapata wapi pesa zaidi!”
“Unasemaje?” Aliuliza Patrick kwa hamaki.
“Kwa kweli sijui mahali pa kupata pesa zaidi!”
“Utalipa tu!”
“Patrick sina biashara nyingine yoyote, vituo
vyangu vyote vya mafuta vimefungwa!”
“Hayo mimi hayanihusu utalipa tu sababu
umejileta mwenyewe hapa Baghdad! Vinginevyo
utaozea jela!”
“Patrick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Nini?”
“Tafadhali nivumilie kidogo au nipe kazi yoyote
katika kampuni yako ili niweze kulipa deni langu!”
“Haiwezekani hata kidogo ni lazima ulipe
pesa!”Alisema Patrick akinyanyua simu yake.
“Hebu waambie hao vijana waingie upesi!”Patrick
alisema na dakika kama tatu baadaye mlango
ulifunguliwa wakaingia vijana watano wenye
nguvu sawasawa na kuwakamata Manjit na
Victoria! Wakaanza kuwavuta kuwatoa ofisini
kwao Patrick.
“Hebu huyo mama mwacheni, mpelekeni kituo
cha polisi huyo tapeli wa kimataifa, niachieni
huyo mama hapa!”
“Sawa bosi!”
Victoria huku akilia machozi alirudishwa na
Manjit alitolewa hadi nje ambako alipakiwa ndani
ya gari na safari ya kwenda kituo cha polisi
ilianza haraka iwezekanavyo.
“Mama huyo kijana ni nani yako?”
“Ni mtoto wa dada yangu!”
“Dada yako mbona wewe mweusi yeye
mchanganyiko?”
“Ni habari ndefu sana kijana, ila ninaweza
kukueleza ukitaka!”
“Nieleze bibi!”
“Niache kwanza nipumzike, itanitia uchungu sana
kuyaongelea mambo hayo, naomba unitafutie
chakula na mahali pa kulala ili nipumzike na
ninachokuomba sana usimfunge mwenzako ana
matatizo makubwa mno!”
“Hata mimi namhurumia bibi lakini baba yangu
hataki kabisa, anadai deni hili limemuongezea
ugonjwa wake!”
“Nipeleke mimi nikaongee naye labda
atanielewa!”
“Sidhani!”
“Wewe nipeleke tu! Kwani baba yako anaitwa
nani?”
“Anaitwa Abdulwakil
“Ni mwenyeji wa wapi?”
“Tanzania!”
“Tanzania? Alifikaje huku?” Aliuliza Victoria kwa
mshangao.
“Ndiyo! Alikuja miaka mingi sana akiwa mtoto”
“Mbona hata mimi pia nilitokea Tanzania?”
“Kweli?”
“Ndiyo!” ERIC SHIGONGO
DIMBWI LA DAMU-14
Masaa mawili kabla �nyumba ya Manjit
�kulipuliwa kwa moto na majambazi waliotumwa
na wafanyabiashara maadui zake, Leah na
Victoria waliondoka kwenda kula chakula cha
usiku katika mgahawa wa Foodmasters uliokuwa
hatua chache tu kutoka nyumbani kwao, cha
kushangaza siku hiyo wote wawili hawakutaka
kula chakula cha kupikwa nyumbani. Kokote
alikokwenda nje ya nyumba Victoria hakukisahau
kipande cha noti walichogawana na kaka yake,
alikuwa tayari kupoteza vitu vingine vyote lakini
si kipande hicho
Ghafla wakiwa katika mgahawa huo kabla hata
chakula hakijaletwa walishutshwa na mlio ya
ving’ora vya magari ya zima moto vikipita kwa
kasi kubwa nje ya mgahawa.
Kila mtu alionyesha mshangao mkubwa na
kilichofuata baada ya ving’ora hivyo ulikuwa ni
moshi mkubwa ulioonekana kuzunguka maeneo
ya nyumba yao, Leah alishtuka sana na kukimbia
kwenda nje ya mgahawa akiwa amemshika
Victoria mkono, nje alimwigiza ndani ya gari na
safari ya kurudi nyumbani kwao ilianza haraka!
“Dada kuna nini?”
“Moto, moto unawaka?Sijui ni nyumbani kwetu?”
“Moto? Nyumbani kwetu?”
“Ndiyo!”
“Haiwezekani dada!” Kuna wakati Victoria
alimwita Leah mama na wakati mwingine
alimwita dada, alishindwa atumie jina gani.
“Acha twende tukaangalie!”Alisema Leah
akiliendesha gari lake kwa kasi kubwa, mapigo
ya moyo yalikuwa yakienda kwa kasi kubwa,
walivyozidi kukaribia dalili zote zilionyesha kuwa
ni nyumba yao iliyokuwa ikiungua! Kadri alivyozidi
kuelekea nyumbani ndivyo moto na moshi
ulivyozidi kuongezeka.
“Ni nyumba yetu!” Leah alisema akimpigapiga
Victoria begani.
“Imeungua?”
“Ndiyo inaungua na sijui nini kimetokea mpaka
ikashika moto! Kwanini matatizo yamekuwa
mengi kiasi hiki kwetu?” Alijiuliza Leah bila kujua
la kufanya.
Bila kutegemea machozi yalianza kumtoka kwani
vitu vingi vyenye thamani vilikuwa vimeungulia
ndani ya nyumba yao, roho ilimuuma sana Leah.
Kwa matatizo waliyokuwa nayo katika familia yao
alijua tayari walikuwa wamekwisharejea katika
umasikini! Leah alikata tamaa!
“Tutafanya nini sisi? Manjit nae ana madeni ya
mamilioni ya dola za watu, tutakuwa wageni wa
nani sasa?” Alijiuliza Leah huku akilia! Muda wote
akiwa amekumbatiana na Victoria wote wakilia.
Ghafla bila kutegemea jambo hilo Victoria
alishtukia Leah akichomoka kutoka mikononi
mwake na kuanza kukimbia kwenda mbele , kwa
jinsi hali ya joto ilivyokuwa mahali waliposimama
pamoja na kutokuona Victoria alijua lazima Leah
alikimbilia motoni!
Victoria alianza kulia akipiga kelele na kuomba
msaada huku nae akijaribu kutembea taratibu
kwenda mbele akiita jina Leah kwa sauti ya juu.
“Dada Leah! Dada Leah! Dada Leah! Uko wapi?”
Alisema huku akizidi kutembea kwenda mbele
zaidi.
Hakusikia sauti ya Leah ikiitika mahali popote na
joto lilizidi kuongezeka, moto nao ulizidi kuwaka
kuelekea mahali aliposimama, mara ghafla
alishtukia akinyakuliwa na mikono mikubwa na
mazito ya mwanaume!
“Wewe unafanya nini hapa wakati moto
unakuelekea? Utawaka ohooo!”
“Dada yangu ameingia ndani ya moto, dada
yangu ameingia ndani ya moto! Tafadhali
mtoeni!”Alizidi kulia.
“Ameingiaje?”
“Amekimbilia ndani tu!”
“Kwanini?”
“ Hii ni nyumba yetu!”Alizidi kueleza Victoria huku
akilia.
Ilikuwa ni mikono ya mtu wa zimamoto
alimchukua victoria na kwenda kumkalisha mbali
kabisa ya moto! Ambako Victoria alikaa na
kuendelea kulia akijua wazi Leah alikuwa amejiua
motoni, alikuwa ameamua kuteketea pamoja na
nyumba na vitu vyao.
Nusu saa baadaye watu wengi walifurika eneo la
tukio wakishangaa na miongoni mwao alikuwepo
Manjit aliyekuwa amerejea nchini Canada kutoka
Baghdad muda mfupi kabla!
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Manjit aliumia sana moyoni mwake kuona
nyumba yao ikiteketea, aliamini mama yake
pamoja na Victoria walikuwa ndani ya moto huo!
Bila hata kusita aliamua kukimbia kuelekea ndani
ya jengo kwa lengo la kwenda kuwaokoa Victoria
na mama yake Leah! Mbele kidogo moshi mkali
ulijitokeza akawa haoni mbele yake, akashindwa
kusonga mbele na kugeuza akikimbia kurudi nje!
Alifanikiwa kutoka hadi nje ya jengo ambako
alifikia mikononi mwa maaskari wawili wa Zima
moto! Walimkatama na kumkimbiza hadi sehemu
alipokalishwa Victoria na kuanza kumpepea kwa
sababu alionekana kushindwa kuhema vizuri!
“Kifua chake kimejaa moshi hebu mpelekeni
hospitali haraka!” Aliamuru mmoja wa maaskari
na Manjit alinyanyuliwa haraka na kupakiwa
ndani ya gari la wagonjwa kukimbizwa hospitali
ambako aliwekewa mashine ya oksijeni na dakika
kama ishirini hivi baadaye alirejea katika hali
yake ya kawaida na kuanza kulia akiomba
aonyeshwe mahali mama yake na Victoria
walipokuwa!
“Mama yako bado hajaonekana ila Victoria yupo!”
“Mama yuko wapi? Naomba basi mmlete hata
Victoria niongee naye nina uhakika atakuwa
anafahamu mahali mama alipo, mali si kitu
kwangu ninachotaka ni mama yangu peke yake!”
Alisema Manjit huku akizidi kulia, hakuugua
mahali popote mwilini kwake.
Hali yake haikuwa mbaya hata kidogo na
angeweza hata kuruhusiwa kutoka wodini lakini
madaktari hawakufanay hivyo baada ya kupewa
taarifa kuwa alitaka kuingia ndani ya nyumba
iliyowaka moto ili afe! Walizidi kumweka wodini
hadi asubuhi ya siku iliyofuata aliporuhusiwa na
kupelekwa chini ya uangalizi wa polisi hadi eneo
la tukio na kushuhudia shughuli za uzimaji wa
moto zikimalizika! Mtu wa kwanza kumwona
mahali pale alikuwa ni Victoria, alimkimbilia na
kukumbatiana kwa furaha.
“Anti Vicky mama yupo wapi?” Aliuliza baada tu
ya kumbusu kila upande wa shavu lake!
“Alikimbilia kwenye moto! Hivyo atakuwa
amekufa!”
“Hapana haiwezekani! Mama hawezi kufa”
“Ni kweli, mimi nilikuwa naye hadi mara ya
mwisho, alichomoka mikononi mwangu na
kukimbilia motoni, nina imani atakuwa
amekufa!”Alisema Victoria akilia na wote
walikumbatiana na kuendelea kulia, ilibidi
waondolewe hadi hotelini ambako Manjit alipanga
vyumba viwili na yeye na Victoria waliishi
wakiangalia ni nini cha kufanya baada ya hapo!
Kilikuwa ni kipindi kigumu sana kwa Manjit na
Victoria, Manjit alishindwa kuelewa ni nani
aliyekuwa akimfanyia hujuma hizo! Kilikuwa ni
kitendawili alichoshindwa kabisa kukitegua.
Akiwa hotelini alizidi kumtafuta mama yake
akiamini bado alikuwa hai, alitangaza hata katika
vyombo vingi vya habari na kuahidi zawadi kubwa
kwa mtu yeyote ile angefanikisha kupatikana kwa
mama yake, lakini kwa masaa mengi hakuna mtu
hata mmoja aliyejitokeza kudai kumwona Leah!
Manjit alizidi kuchanganyikiwa na hakujua kipi
cha kufanya!
Siku ya tatu wakati watu wa idara ya Uokoaji
wakiendelea na kazi ya uokoaji walikuta mabaki
ya binadamu aliyeungua vibaya katika chumba
kilichoonekana kuwa sebule, ingawa ilikuwa si
rahisi kufahamu kama mabaki hayo yalikuwa ya
mama yake au la, Manjit alilazimika kuamini
hivyo na mazishi ya heshima zote yalifanyika,
akaamini kuwa huo ndio ulikuwa mwisho wa
mama yake! Akabaki na mtu mmoja tu
aliyemtegemea nchini Canada, huyo hakuwa
mwingine bali Victoria.
Ikiwa ni wiki moja baada ya mazishi ya mama
yake, vituo vyake vyote vya mafuta vilikamatwa
na shirika la kodi nchini Canada, kwa madai ya
kuchunguza kama Manjit alilipa kodi zake sawa
sawa, vituo vyote vilitiwa makufuli, wafanyakazi
wote wakaondolewa na maaskari waliwekwa
kuvilinda! Kifupi hali ilikuwa mbaya mno kwa
Manjit! Kwani ni biashara hiyo peke yake
aliyoitegemea katika maisha yake. Alishindwa
kuelewa angeishije.
Mwezi mmoja baadaye alichukua pesa zake zote
zilizokuwa benki na kulipa nusu ya deni la mafuta
alilodaiwa na Patrick, akaunti yake ikabaki bila
hata senti! Hakuelewa hata kidogo pesa za
kumalizia deni hilo angepata wapi, Manjit
alitamani kufa lakini alishindwa kuufikiria uamuzi
huo kwa sababu ya Victoria! Alishindwa kuelewa
angebaki na nani? Huo ndio ulikuwa wasiwasi
wake mkubwa, kama Victoria angekufa katika
moto hata yeye pia angefuata na wote watatu
wangehamia kuzimu alikotangulia baba yake.
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Hali haikuwa nzuri pia nchini Iraq, Abdulwakil
baba yake Patrick, alikasirishwa sana na kitendo
cha mtoto wake kukopesha kiasi kikubwa cha
mafuta bila kumshirikisha.
“Ulikuwa mgonjwa baba!”
“Pamoja na hayo yote lakini kwanini ulimkopesha
mtu ambaye hana uwezo wa kulipa?”
“Baba, Manjit amekuwa mteja wetu wa muda
mrefu na isitoshe alionyesha karatasi zake za
zabuni ya kuuza mafuta jeshini! Niliona anafaa
nikaamua kumpa mafuta”
“Haiwezekani ni lazima afikishwe mahakamani ili
ashinikizwe kulipa pesa hizo!”
“Sawa baba!”
Siku iliyofuata Patrick aliwaita wanasheria wa
kampuni yao ofisini na kuwapa majukumu ya
kuhakikisha Manjit anakamatwa na kufikishwa
mahakamani haraka iwezekanavyo, ili
kumshinikiza alipe deni alilodaiwa.
“Sawa mzee, tufanya kazi hiyo lakini ili iwe rahisi
zaidi tafadhali muagizie aje hapa Iraq ili kuwa
rahisi zaidi kumkamata!”
“Nitafanya hivyo leo na ninafikiri kesho atafika
hapa!”
“Itakuwa vizuri sana!”
Jioni ya siku hiyo Patrick alipiga simu Canada na
kumwomba Manjit apande ndege kwenda
Baghdad siku iliyofuata ili wapate kuliongelea
deni lake na ni kwa jinsi gani angeweza kulilipa!
Alimtahadharisha kuwa kushindwa kwake kufika
Baghdad kungemaanisha kufikishwa mahakamani
na kwa mujibu wa mikataba waliyowekeana ni
lazima angefungwa, Manjit hakuwa na la kufanya
zaidi ya kukubali kwenda Iraq.
“Lakini nitasafiri na anti yangu ambaye ni kipofu,
sitaweza kumwacha hapa Canada peke yake
watamuua!”
“Hiyo haina tatizo kabisa!”
Siku iliyofuata asubuhi Manjit na Victoria
walipanda ndege ya shirika la ndege la Gufl
kwenda Baghdad, ndani ya moyo wake Victoria
ilikuwa ni kama kuiaga Canada! Hakuamini kama
wangerudi tena katika nchi hiyo ingawa
hakuelewa ni kwanini moyoni mwake aliwaza
hivyo. Walipotua Baghdad, Manjit alichukua teksi
iliyowapeleka moja kwa moja hadi ofisini kwa
Patrick, haikuwa shida kumwona kwa sababu
alishawataarifu walinzi juu ya ujio wao.
“Pole sana Manjit kwa yaliyojitokeza lakini
naamini yana mwisho wake!”
“Mungu anajua tu!”
“Habari za Canada?’
“Ndugu yangu ni kama Ulivyosikia!”
“Sasa itakuwaje katika deni lililobaki?”
“Hata mimi sifahamu maana pesa zote
nilizokuwa nazo benki ndizo nilizokupa na sielewi
nitapata wapi pesa zaidi!”
“Unasemaje?” Aliuliza Patrick kwa hamaki.
“Kwa kweli sijui mahali pa kupata pesa zaidi!”
“Utalipa tu!”
“Patrick sina biashara nyingine yoyote, vituo
vyangu vyote vya mafuta vimefungwa!”
“Hayo mimi hayanihusu utalipa tu sababu
umejileta mwenyewe hapa Baghdad! Vinginevyo
utaozea jela!”
“Patrick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Nini?”
“Tafadhali nivumilie kidogo au nipe kazi yoyote
katika kampuni yako ili niweze kulipa deni langu!”
“Haiwezekani hata kidogo ni lazima ulipe
pesa!”Alisema Patrick akinyanyua simu yake.
“Hebu waambie hao vijana waingie upesi!”Patrick
alisema na dakika kama tatu baadaye mlango
ulifunguliwa wakaingia vijana watano wenye
nguvu sawasawa na kuwakamata Manjit na
Victoria! Wakaanza kuwavuta kuwatoa ofisini
kwao Patrick.
“Hebu huyo mama mwacheni, mpelekeni kituo
cha polisi huyo tapeli wa kimataifa, niachieni
huyo mama hapa!”
“Sawa bosi!”
Victoria huku akilia machozi alirudishwa na
Manjit alitolewa hadi nje ambako alipakiwa ndani
ya gari na safari ya kwenda kituo cha polisi
ilianza haraka iwezekanavyo.
“Mama huyo kijana ni nani yako?”
“Ni mtoto wa dada yangu!”
“Dada yako mbona wewe mweusi yeye
mchanganyiko?”
“Ni habari ndefu sana kijana, ila ninaweza
kukueleza ukitaka!”
“Nieleze bibi!”
“Niache kwanza nipumzike, itanitia uchungu sana
kuyaongelea mambo hayo, naomba unitafutie
chakula na mahali pa kulala ili nipumzike na
ninachokuomba sana usimfunge mwenzako ana
matatizo makubwa mno!”
“Hata mimi namhurumia bibi lakini baba yangu
hataki kabisa, anadai deni hili limemuongezea
ugonjwa wake!”
“Nipeleke mimi nikaongee naye labda
atanielewa!”
“Sidhani!”
“Wewe nipeleke tu! Kwani baba yako anaitwa
nani?”
“Anaitwa Abdulwakil
“Ni mwenyeji wa wapi?”
“Tanzania!”
“Tanzania? Alifikaje huku?” Aliuliza Victoria kwa
mshangao.
“Ndiyo! Alikuja miaka mingi sana akiwa mtoto”
“Mbona hata mimi pia nilitokea Tanzania?”
“Kweli?”
“Ndiyo!”
“Basi si ajabu mtafahamiana!”
“Inawezekana!”
Victoria anapelekwa kukutana na Nicholaus bila
kufahamu! Baad ya kupotezana kwa miaka mingi!
Je, nini kitaendelea?
Tukutane Ijumaa mahali hapa.
“Basi si ajabu mtafahamiana!”
“Inawezekana!”
Victoria anapelekwa kukutana na Nicholaus bila
kufahamu! Baad ya kupotezana kwa miaka mingi!
Je, nini kitaendelea?
Tukutane Ijumaa mahali hapa.

Abu Sayyaf mchinjaji mkuu wa kundi la
kigaidi Islamic State anayetajwa kuchinja
zaidi ya watu 100, amechinjwa kwenye
mapambano nchini Iraq.
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A NOTORIOUS ISIS executioner who
beheaded hundreds of innocent citizens
has been stabbed to death by a hit
squad in north west Iraq.
Man mountain Abu Sayyaf was one of the
terror group’s main executioners and
appeared in many of the group’s
propaganda videos showing brutal
decapitations.
He is the second brutal ISIS executioner
to be killed in region in the last few days.
Sayyaf was infamous for collecting the
heads of his victims and dumping them in
the same hole in the region of al-Khasafa.
Iraqi journalist Muhammad Yawar said:
“Abu Sayyaf was one of the scariest
executioners in Nineveh… He was a
reflection of the brutality of this terrorist
group.
“He was known for his huge body and
heavy arms. He was one of the notorious
faces in the ISIS propaganda videos.”chanzo jamii forums

Amri iliyojaa utata iliyotolewa na Rais Donald
Trump ya kupiga marufuku wasafiri kutoka nchi
saba za kiislamu kuingia nchini Marekani imeibua
hasira na maandamano makubwa nchini humo,
ikionekana kuwa mtihani wake wa kwanza katika
siku kumi za utawala wake.chanzo DW swahili

David Buruhan kipa wa Kagera Sugar na
mtoto wa mshambuliaji wa zamani wa
timu ya PAN, Abdallah Buruhan amefariki
leo Hospitali ya Bugando.
Aliugua ghafla wakielekea Singida kwenye
mechi ya Kombe la Shirikisho, waliporudi
Kagera hali yake ikawa mbaya na
kukimbizwa Bugando.

Jaji wa mahakama jijini Newyork
ametupilia mbali pingamizi la Rais Donald
Trump la kuzuia wananchi wenye visa
ama wakimbizi walioruhusiwa kuingia
Marekani kabla hajatia sahihi sheria mpya
ya kuzuia wahamiaji kutoka nchi saba za
kiislam.
Hili ndio pigo kubwa la kwanza kwa Rais
huyo wa Marekani ambaye amesaini
sheria nyingi tata kwa muda wa wiki
moja.
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A federal judge granted an emergency
stay Saturday night for citizens of seven
Muslim-majority countries who have
already arrived in the US and those who
are in transit, and who hold valid visas,
ruling they cannot be removed from the
US -- a decision that halts President
Donald Trump's executive order barring
citizens from those countries from
entering the US for the next 90 days.
"The petitioners have a strong likelihood
of success in establishing that the
removal of the petitioner and other
similarly situated violates their due
process and equal protection guaranteed
by the United States Constitution," US
District Judge Ann Donnelly wrote in her
decision.
"There is imminent danger that, absent
the stay of removal, there will be
substantial and irreparable injury to
refugees, visa-holders, and other
individuals from nations subject to the
January 27, 2017, Executive Order," the
ruling said.
The United States denied entry to 109
travelers heading to the country at the
time the ruling was signed, a Department
of Homeland Security official said. The
agency would not say how many of the
109 were sent already home and how
many were detained..
The ACLU argued Saturday evening in a
federal court in New York for a
nationwide stay that would block the
deportation of all people stranded in US
airports under what the group called
"President Trump's new Muslim ban."
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The civil rights group is representing
dozens of travelers held at John F.
Kennedy International Airport Friday and
Saturday, including two Iraqis with ties to
the US military who had been granted
visas to enter the United States.
The ruling does not necessarily mean the
people being held at airports across the
US are going to be released, said Zachary
Manfredi, from Yale's Worker and
Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, who
helped draft the emergency stay motion.
"The judge's order is that they (lawful
visa/green card holders) not be removed
from the US -- it doesn't immediately
order that they be released from
detention," he told CNN.
"We are hoping that CBP (Customs and
Border Patrol), now that they no longer
have a reason to detain them, will release
them. But it is also possible they could
be transferred to (other) detention
facilities."
"We are getting the order to as many CBP
officers as possible right now," he added.
ACLU officials praised the judge's ruling.
"Clearly the judge understood the
possibility for irreparable harm to
hundreds of immigrants and lawful
visitors to this country," said ACLU
Executive Director Anthony D. Romero.
"Our courts today worked as they should
as bulwarks against government abuse or
unconstitutional policies and orders. On
week one, Donald Trump suffered his first
loss in court."
Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's
Immigrants' Rights Project, who argued
the case, said the ruling "preserves the
status quo and ensures that people who
have been granted permission to be in
this country are not illegally removed off
U.S. soil."
Lawsuit is first challenge to executive
order
The class-action lawsuit is the first legal
challenge to Trump's controversial
executive order, which indefinitely
suspends admissions for Syrian refugees
and limits the flow of other refugees into
the United States by instituting what the
President has called "extreme vetting" of
immigrants.
The two Iraqis, Hameed Khalid Darweesh
and Haider Sameer Abdulkaleq Alshawi,
had been released by Saturday night. But
lawyers for other detained travelers said
in a court filing that "dozens and dozens"
of individuals remained held at JFK.
Similar legal actions were initiated in
other states before the ruling in New York
took effect.
A federal court in Washington state
issued a stay forbidding travelers being
detained there from being sent back to
their home country.
A federal court in Virginia has issued a
temporary restraining order saying several
dozen permanent residents returning from
trips abroad should have access to
lawyers while they are being detained at
Dulles International Airport and these
residents cannot be removed from the
United States for seven days.
Trump's order, signed Friday, bars travel
from seven Muslim-majority countries,
including Iraq, to the US for 90 days. It
also suspends the US Refugee
Admissions Program for 120 days until it
is reinstated "only for nationals of
countries for whom" members of Trump's
Cabinet deem can be properly vetted.
Released under special circumstances
According to court papers, both Darweesh
and Alshawi were legally allowed to come
into the US but were detained in
accordance with Trump's order.
Darweesh, who worked as an interpreter
for the US during the Iraq War, was
released from detention early Saturday
afternoon.
"America is the land of freedom," he told
reporters at the airport shortly after his
release. "America is the greatest nation."
A source with knowledge of the case
confirmed Darweesh will be allowed into
the US due to provisions in Trump's order
that allow the State and Homeland
Security departments to admit individuals
into the US on a case-by-case base for
certain reasons, including when the
person is already in transit and it would
cause undue hardship and would not
pose a threat to the security of the US.
The suit said Darweesh held a special
immigrant visa, which he was granted the
day of Trump's inauguration on January
20, due to his work for the US
government from 2003 to 2013.
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Alshawi was released Saturday night,
according to his attorney, Mark Doss.
Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-New York, who
had arrived at JFK by early Saturday
afternoon to try and secure the release of
the two Iraqis, railed against Trump's
order and pledged continued action.
"This should not happen in America,"
Velazquez said following Darweesh's
release. "One by one, street by street, if
we have to go to court, we will fight this
anyplace, anywhere."
'The executive order is unlawful'
The lawsuit said the US granted Alshawi a
visa earlier this month to meet with his
wife and son, whom the US already
granted refugee status for her association
with the US military.
The lawyers for the two men called for a
hearing because they maintain the
detention of people with valid visas is
illegal.
"Because the executive order is unlawful
as applied to petitioners, their continued
detention based solely on the executive
order violates their Fifth Amendment
procedural and substantive due process
rights," the lawyers argue in court papers.
The ban and its impact
134 million banned from US
What the ban says: The full text
What to know about the restrictions
Legal battle begins
The ban's Christian focus
A family's plight just got more
complicated
Bergen: Trump's big mistake
All of Trump's executive orders, memos
and proclamations
Comparing Trump to previous presidents
Court papers said Customs and Border
Protection authorities did not allow the
lawyers to meet with the men and told
them to try reaching Trump. Velázquez
and fellow New York Democratic Rep.
Jerrold Nadler said they attempted to
speak to Darweesh and Alshawi at JFK's
Terminal 4 earlier Saturday but were
denied.
"When Mr. Darweesh's attorneys
approached CBP requesting to speak with
Mr. Darweesh, CBP indicated that they
were not the ones to talk to about seeing
their client. When the attorneys asked,
'Who is the person to talk to?' the CBP
agents responded, 'Mr. President. Call
Mr. Trump,'" the court papers read.
Doss, an attorney with the International
Refugee Assistance Project, told CNN his
clients knew they had to get to the US as
soon as possible so they boarded the
first flight they could.
Iran to ban US citizens in response to
Trump's order
Iran on Trump's immigration order:
Reciprocal measures will be taken
The two men had been allowed to make
phone calls. They do not know each
other, and it is unclear if they were held
together or separately, or if they were
kept in a holding cell, according to Doss.
"Our courageous plaintiff and countless
others risked their lives helping US
service members in Iraq. Trump's order
puts those who have helped us in harm's
way by denying them the safe harbor they
have been promised in the United States,"
said Karen Tumlin, the legal director of
the NILC.
The lawsuit was earlier reported by The
New York Times.
Legality questioned
Trump's executive order, titled "Protection
Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist
Entry Into The United States," makes good
on his longtime campaign promise to
tighten borders and halt certain refugees
from entering the United States.
The countries impacted are Iran, Iraq,
Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia,
according to a White House official. It
also caps the total number of refugees
admitted into the United States during the
2017 fiscal year at 50,000, down more
than half from the current level of
110,000.
"I am establishing new vetting measures
to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of
the United States of America," Trump said
during the signing at the Pentagon. "We
don't want them here."
They were hoping to get to the US -- and
then Trump banned them
Trump immigration order: Families feel
the impact
But the order immediately raised
questions about its legal standing.
"What this order does is take people who
played by the rules who have been
rigorously vetted and slams the door of
the country in their face because of their
religion," said David Leopold, an
immigration attorney and the former
president of the American Immigration
Lawyers Association.
But Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of
immigration law practice at Cornell Law
School, said Trump's order may have
merit.
"The plaintiffs are alleging a variety of
reasons why they should not be detained
under the executive order. Their
arguments include the equal protection
clause of the Constitution and a provision
in the immigration law that prohibits
national origin discrimination," Yale-Loehr
said. "However, presidents have wide
discretion on immigration, because
immigration touches national sovereignty
and foreign relations. Courts tend to defer
to whatever a president declares on
immigration. I think the administration
could win."
An administration official told CNN if a
person has a valid visa to enter the US
but is a citizen of one of the seven
countries under the temporary travel ban,
then the person cannot come into the US.
If the person landed after the order was
signed Friday afternoon, then the person
would be detained and put back on a
flight to their country of citizenship.
Separately, Department of Homeland
Security officials acknowledged people
who were in the air would be detained
upon arrival and put back on a plane to
their home country. An official was not
able to provide numbers of how many
have already been detained.
Progressives outraged
Democrats and liberal-leaning groups
continued to denounce Trump's order
Saturday as racist.
"The first two refugees kept out of
America by President Trump's order are
Iraqis who helped US troops survive
during the war," Rep. Jim Cooper, D-
Tennessee, said on Twitter. "These men
risked their lives for years to keep our
troops safe. One was with the 101st
Airborne. This is no way to treat our
allies."
SOURCE: CNN

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wote 15 waliokuwa wamefukiwa na kifusi mgodini
Nyarugusu, Geita wameokolewa wote wakiwa hai.chanzo mwananch

Chanzo .jamii forums
Kampuni ya Bharti Airtel ina mpango wa
kujiondoa katika nchi 15 za kiafrika,
Ikiwamo Tanzania , baada ya kutofanya
vizuri katika robo ya mwisho ya mwaka
jana
Chanzo - Mwananchi
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Kutoka vyanzo vingine:
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Bharti Airtel, the mother company of Airtel
Ghana, has announced that it will be
exiting 14 African countries including
Ghana within a year.
The affected countries include Ghana,
Nigeria, Congo, Chad, Gabon, Kenya,
Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda,
Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Source: Airtel to exit Ghana this year
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Airtel Considering Exits, Stake Sales at
Some Africa Operations
Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s largest mobile-
phone operator, is considering mergers
or stake sales at some of its Africa
operations as it looks to cut debt and
make its biggest overseas acquisition
profitable.
The moves would pare the size of
operations in the continent and could be
completed within a year, Chairman Sunil
Bharti Mittal said in an interview with
BloombergQuint at the World Economic
Forum in Davos. Some of Bharti’s
businesses in 15 African nations would
be affected, he said.
Faced with an escalating price war in its
home market, Bharti is looking for ways to
pare net debt equivalent to about $12
billion as of September. The company has
sold its Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso
operations, as well as some of its tower
businesses, as it reorganizes assets it
bought in 2010 in a $9 billion deal with
Kuwait’s largest mobile-phone operator.
Bharti’s African unit lost $91 million in
the quarter ended September, compared
with a $170 million loss in the previous
year.
As part of the debt reduction, Bharti is
also considering selling a stake in Bharti
Infratel Ltd., its tower unit. A committee
was studying whether the sale would be
a minority stake or control of the tower
unit and a decision could be taken in a
month, Mittal said. In October, Bharti said
in a stock exchange filing that it had
formed a committee to evaluate options
for its 73.5 percent stake in Bharti
Infratel.
Mittal’s moves come partly in response to
the entry of India’s richest man Mukesh
Ambani into India’s wireless
telecommunications market last year.
Ambani stormed into what was already
one of the most brutally competitive
telecom markets in the world with an
offer of free voice services, forever, and
free data services for limited time.
Ambani’s Jio mobile-phone service will
probably force the exit of the smaller
players in a market with almost a dozen
operators, Mittal said in the interview.
Among them is Telenor ASA, the Nordic
region’s largest phone company. Bharti
was among those in discussions to buy
Telenor’s India business, Mittal said.
Bharti, which will announce its earnings
for the quarter ended December on Jan.
24, may have been hit by India’s currency
ban, Mittal said. The Nov. 8 late evening
announcement by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi that canceled 15.4 trillion
rupees of the 17.7 trillion rupees in
circulation may have an 8 percent to 10
percent impact on revenue. About 94
percent of Bharti’s India customers use
prepaid phone connections and were
unable to recharge their phones in the
ensuing cash shortages that plagued the
nation.

ERIC SHIGONGO
DIMBWI LA DAMU-13
Baada ya Manjit kukabidhiwa �kampuni yake na
Multilat�eral Investiment Inc. kwa haraka
alichukua uamuzi wa kuibadilisha kampuni yake
jina na kuiita Canada Oils & Gas Inc. Mabadiliko
hayo yaliwafanya watu wengi kuamini Manjit
angeweza kuiendesha vizuri kampuni yake.
Alipangua ngazi zote za uongozi kuanzia juu hadi
chini na aliajiri Mkurugenzi mpya aliyemtoa katika
kampuni ya Multilateral. Yeye alibaki kama
mwenyekiti wa kampuni hiyo, mama yake pamoja
na Victoria wakawa wajumbe wa bodi.
Miaka mitatu iliyofuata kampuni yake ilishuhudia
mafanikio makubwa kupita kiasi, vituo vya mafuta
viliongezeka katika nchi nzima ya Canada!
Canada oil & Gas Inc ilimiliki vituo vitatu hadi
vinne vya mafuta katika kila miji mikuu yote
nchini humo. Manjit akabadilika na mtu
mashuhuri na kijana tajiri kuliko hata alivyokuwa
baba yake.
“ Mama! Nitajitahidi kufanya kazi kwa nguvu zote
ili tufanikiwe zaidi!”
“Sawa mwanangu, kila utakachofanya ni sawa
kwangu!”
Maneno ya mama yake yalimpa moyo sana
Manjit, mwaka huo huo ilitangazwa tenda ya
kuliuzia mafuta Dizeli na Petroli jeshi la nchi hiyo,
ilikuwa ni tenda ya mamilioni ya dola za
kimarekani na ilikuwa ni kazi kubwa kuliko kazi
zote alizowahi kufanya tangu akabidhiwe
kampuni.Wafanyabiashara wengi nchini Canada
waliitaka kazi hiyo na kampuni ya Canada Oils&
Gas nayo ilikuwa miongoni mwa kampuni
zilizoiomba.
“Mama ni lazima tufanye lolote linalowezekana
kuhakikisha tunapata tenda hii?”
“Fanya lolote mwanangu, kila kitu ni ruksa!”
“Ni lazima tutumie pesa mama! Sababu
wanasema tumia pesa ili upate pesa!”
“Sawa tu mwanangu!”
Hilo ndilo alilofanya Manjit, alitumia pesa nyingi
kuwahonga watu wote waliokuwa na mamlaka ya
kuitoa tenda mpaka akaibuka mshindi! Ilikuwa ni
furaha kubwa mno kwa Manjit, mama yake,
Victoria na hata wafanyakazi wengine wa
kampuni hiyo! Walijua kupatikana kwa kazi hiyo
kungeongeza maslahi yao.
“Mama tumetajirika!”
“Hakika mwanangu! Nimeamini una akili”
“Itabidi nisafiri hadi Iran kwenda kuongea
biashara na matajiri wa huko ikiwezekana tuwe
tunapata mafuta ya mkopo kutoka kwao na
kuwalipa baada ya kupata malipo yetu kutoka
serikalini!”
“Fanya uwezalo!”
Wiki moja baada ya kupata tenda hiyo ilibidi
Manjit alisafiri hadi Iran ambako aliongea na
wafanyabiashara wengi wenye visima vya mafuta
lakini hakufanikiwa kupata hata mmoja aliyekuwa
tayari kufanya naye biashara, kila aliyemfuata na
kumweleza kuwa mahitaji yake ya mafuta
yalikuwa mapipa milioni mbili kwa mwezi, aliiona
kazi hiyo ni kubwa sana na kukiri asingeweza
kukidhi haja yake!
“Nafikiri ungejaribu Iraq kuna kampuni moja
inaitwa Gulf Gas Limited hiyo inaweza kukupa
mafuta hata zaidi ya hayo!”
“Inamilikiwa na nani?”
“Awali ilimilikiwa na Mohamed Mashreef huyo
alikuwa mfanyabiashara wa Kiarabu lakini
alifariki na kumrithisha Mwafrika mmoja,
ninavyosikia yeye pia ni mgonjwa kazi zote hivi
sasa zinaendeshwa na mtoto wake aitwaye
Patrick!”
“Patrick?”
“Ndiyo!”
“Mbona jina si la kiarabu?”
“Ni mchanganyiko wa Mwarabu na Mtanzania!”
“Mtanzania?”
“Ndiyo, baba yake alitokea Tanzania miaka mingi
iliyopita!”
“Nahitaji kumwona!”
“Basi safiri mpaka Iraq!”
Siku hiyo hiyo jioni Manjit alipanda ndege na
kusafiri hadi Baghadad ambako aliingia usiku na
kushindwa kumtafuta tajiri Patrick ikabidi alale
mpaka siku iliyofuata asubuhi alipokwenda ofisini
kwake! Nje ya ofisi hiyo kulikuwa na idadi kubwa
sana ya maaskari walionekana kuimarisha ulinzi
lakini Manjit alifanikiwa kuingia hadi mapokezi
baada ya kujitambulisha, mapokezi alipokelewa
na msichana mrembo wa Kiarabu na
kukaribishwa aketi kitini!
“Can I see the Director?”
“Sorry the Director is not around! He is admitted
in hospital, but his Deputy is around, would you
like to see him?” (Mkurugenzi hayupo lakini Naibu
wake yupo, je ungependa kumwona yeye?)
“Yeah! Because this is an official matter I think it
can be be handled by any authority! (Ndiyo kwa
sababu hili ni suala la kikazi na linaweza
kushughulikiwa na mtu yeyote!)
Baada ya jibu hilo msichana huyo alinyanyua
simu yake na kubonyeza namba fulani kisha
akaanza kuongea na mtu wa upande wa pili na
kumueleza kuwa palikuwa na mgeni aliyetaka
kumuona! Alipoweka simu yake chini alimuashiria
Manjit aingie ndani! Alinyanyuka na kuanza
kutembea taratibu akiufuata mlango uliokuwa
kulia kwake ilikuwa ni ofisi ya kifahari,
iliyopambwa na vioo kila upande! Iliashiria kuwa
mwenye ofisi hiyo alikuwa na uwezo mkubwa
kipesa! Manjit aliingia ndani akiwa na hamu
kubwa ya kumuona Patrick, mawazoni kwake
alifikiri mtu huyo alikuwa anakwenda kumwona ni
mnene na mzee lakini alishangaa kukuta mtu
aliyekuwa akimtafuta ni kijana mdogo kuliko hata
yeye!
“You are welcome sir!”(Karibu sana bwana!)
“Thank you! I’m Mr. Manjit Shabir!”(Ahsante!
Ninaitwa Bwana Manjit Shabir)
“Manjit Shabir? The owner of the Oil company in
Canada!”(Manjit Shabir? Mwenye kampuni ya
Mafuta Canada?)
“Oh yeah!How did you recognise me?”(Ndiyo
umenigunduaje?)
“Nice to meet you Sir, I’m Patrick N. Abdulwakil I
have been hearing of your name so many times
and really wanted to meet you one day! Today
my dream has come true!”(Nimefurahi kukutana
na wewe! Ninaitwa Patrick N. Abdulwakil
nimekuwa nikisikia jina lako mara nyingi na
nilitaka sana kukutana na wewe siku moja! Leo
ndoto yangu imetimia!) Alisema Patrick
akinyanyuka na kumkumbatia Manjit, walionyesha
furaha kubwa sana.
Waliongea mambo mengi kuhusu biashara yao ya
mafuta na hatimaye kufikia muafaka wa kufanya
biashara kwa ushirikiano! Patrick alikubali
kumuuzia Manjit mafuta kwa mkopo kwake kazi
yake pekee ingekuwa ni kuyasafirisha mafuta
kutoka Baghdad kwenda Montreal Canada na
angetakiwa kulipa pesa baada ya kuyauza
mafuta kwa jeshi! Kwa Manjit mambo yalikuwa
kama alivyopanga, hakutegemea mipango
ingekuwa rahisi kiasi kile furaha yake ilizidi
kuongezeka.
“Lakini kumbuka kuwa kampuni yangu
haitawajibika na hasara yoyote itakayotokea
katika usafirishaji wa mafuta, hata kama meli
itazama sisi tutakachojua ni kulipwa pesa yetu
tu, sijui jambo hilo utaliweza?”
“Haina shida kabisa Patrick! Hilo litafanyika!”
Alijibu Manjit na mkataba ulisainiwa siku hiyo
hiyo Manjit aliondoka kurudi Canada bila kuelewa
undugu na uhusiano uliokuwepo kati yao.
***************
Kwa Manjit kupata tenda ya kuliuzia jeshi mafuta
ilikuwa furaha kubwa na dalili ya mafanikio lakini
kwa wafanyabiashara wenzake walioikosa tenda
hiyo hasira ziliwajaa, hasira zilizojaa chuki dhidi
ya Manjit hasa baada ya kugundua kuwa Manjit
alitumia pesa kuwahonga viongozi wa jeshi ndio
akapata tenda hiyo, walichukia mno na
kulazimika kuunda umoja wa kupambana naye,
waliahidi kumkwamisha katika biashara zake
zote!
“Ni lazima aanze moja, naona hizi mali za kurithi
zimempa kiburi anashindwa kuheshimu wazee,
huyu ni mtoto mdogo sana hawezi kutusumbua
sisi!” Alisema bwana Davids, mmiliki wa kampuni
ya kusafisha mafuta machafu nchini Canada,
Crude Oils Inc.
“Kweli! Ni lazima tumkomeshe” Wenzake watano
waliitikia.
Mipango mingi ilipangwa usiku huo ili
kumwangusha Manjit kibiashara, matajiri
waliokosa tenda ya kuuza mafuta jeshini
waliunganish nguvu zao ili kupambana nae!
Miongoni mwa mipango yaliyopanga ni kumuua
Manjit mwenyewe na kama si yeye basi mama
yake au Victoria! Ili mradi tu kuhakikisha anarudi
nyuma na kufilisika kabisa! Hawakuwa tayari
hata kidogo kuona mtoto mdogo tena mgeni
katika nchi yao akitajirika mbele ya macho yao!
“Nitazilipua meli zote za mafuta zitakazokuwa
zikibeba mafuta yake kutoka Iraq kuja hapa
Canada! Hilo niachieni mimi” Alisema Alexandria
mmiliki wa vituo vya mafuta vya CanadOils
“Nitatuma watu kuivamia nyumba yake na kila
mtu atakayekuwemo ndani siku hiyo ni lazima
afe hata yeye mwenyewe!” mfanyabiashara
mwingine aliahidi.
“Nitatumia watu wa Mamlaka ya kodi ili
wayakague mahesabu yake kuona kama analipa
kodi, nina uhakika atakuwa na matatizo
makubwa! Na hapo ndipo tutakapomaliza!
Canadian Revenue Authority watakamata mali
zake zote!” Mwingine tena aliongea kwa hasira!
Yote yaliyosemwa katika mkutano huo hayakua
utani, wazee hao walidhamiria kumkomesha
Manjit! Walidhamiria kumfanya masikini na hata
kumuua kabisa yeye na familia yake yote. Manjit
hakujua lolote lililoendelea mioyoni mwa
wafanyabiashara wenzake na aliamini hakuna
aliyeijua siri yake ya kushinda zabuni hiyo ya
kuuza mafuta.
********************
Meli tatu za kwanza zilizobeba matenki ya
mafuta ya karibu dola milioni 120 ambazo kwa
wakati huo zilikuwa sawa na shilingi za
Kitanzania Bilioni 84 zilikuwa zikisafiri katika
bahari ya Hindi kuelekea Canada, pamoja na
kubeba mafuta ndani ya meli hizo kulikuwa na
wafanyakazi wasiopungua mia mbili na kumi!
Huo ndio ulikuwa mzigo wa kwanza ambao
Manjit alitegemea kuumwaga jeshini Canada na
kupata faida ya dola za Kimarekani zisizopungua
200! Ilikuwa ni faida kubwa mno iliyompa uhakika
asilimia mia moja kuwa kama angefanya
biashara hiyo kwa mwaka mmoja angeweza
kutajirika pengine kuliko mtu mwingine yeyote
katika nchi hiyo.
Alikuwa nyumbani kwake akipumzika na familia
yake ikiwa ni siku mbili tu tangu aongee na tajiri
Patrick akipewa taarifa kuwa tayari mzigo
ulishaondoka nchini Iraq na ulitegemewa kuingia
Canada baada ya wiki tatu! Ghafla simu yake
iliita na mama yake aliipokea na kumpa Manjit.
“Hallow! Manjit anaongea nani mwenzangu?”
“Mimi ni Patrick!”
“Ndiyo za tangu juzi?”
“Ni nzuri lakini sio nzuri sana!”
“Unaumwa?”
“Hapana ila nina taarifa mbaya kidogo, meli zote
zilizoondoka hapa na mafuta zimelipuliwa!
Wafanyakazi wote wamekufa na meli bado
zinawaka moto huku matuta yakimwagika
baharini, nilipoteza nao mawasiliano tangu jana
leo nimepokea simu ya upepo kutoka kwenye
meli ya Atlantic Sailors, wamenitaarifu kuwa
waliiona meli yetu ikiwaka moto baharini! ”
“Mungu wangu unaniambia kweli?”
“Huo ni ukweli siwezi kukudanganya hata mimi
nimechanganyikiwa! Nafikiri kwako itakuwa
hasara kubwa sana, kwa kweli biashara
umeianza vibaya kwani sisi mafuta yetu itabidi
yalipwe kama kawaida!”
Taarifa hiyo ilimfanya Manjit alie machozi kwani
zilikuwa ni habari mbaya mno kwake, alijua ni
njama lakini alishindwa kuelewa ni nani
aliyezifanya hata mama yake pamoja na Victoria
nao walishindwa kuvumilia wakajikuta
wakibubujikwa na machozi!
Siku iliyofuata ilibidi Manjit asafiri hadi Iraq
kuongea na Patrick ambaye aliendelea kusisitiza
juu ya makubaliano yao katika mkataba ulioeleza
wazi kuwa Manjit alitakiwa kulipa pesa zote
alizodaiwa pamoja na kuwa mafuta yalimwagika
baharini! Manjit hakuwa na ubishi alikubali
kufanya hivyo lakini si kwa wakati huo.
Patrick alikubali na kumpakilia tena meli nyingine
nne zenye mafuta ya thamani ya dola milioni 600
ambazo kwa shilingi za Kitanzania zilikuwa ni
sawa na bilioni 480 kwa wakati huo, lakini pia
meli hizo hazikufanikiwa kufika nchini Canada,
zikiwa katika eneo lile lile zilipolipukia meli za
mwanzo nazo ziliangushiwa mabomu na kulipuka!
Mafuta yote yalimwagika na watu wote
waliokuwemo waliteketea kwa moto, Manjit alizidi
kuchanganyikiwa na kushindwa kuelewa ni nani
aliyekuwa akimfanyia ukatili huo!
Alipoongea na Patrick juu ya tatizo hilo yeye
aliendela kusisitiza juu ya malipo yake! Tayari
deni lilishafika dola za Kimarekani milioni 720
Zilikuwa ni pesa nyingi mno kwake kuzilipa na
kuendelea kufanya biashara, pamoja na matatizo
yote hayo Manjit hakukata tamaa alijipa
matumaini kuwa angeweza kulipa deni hilo baada
ya kufanya biashara na jeshi kwa muda, hivyo
aliomba apakiliwe mafuta mengine tena na
Patrick alikubali.
Kwa hasira ya kufidia safari hii alipakia katika
meli saba zote zikiwa na mafuta ya thamani dola
milioni 800, ilikuwachenga waliokuwa
wakimhujumu nne kati ya meli hizo zikapita njia
ya kawaida na tatu zikapitishwa njia ya
mzunguko wa CapeTown, Afrika Kusini kisha
kwenda Afrika ya Magharibi na baadaye kuingia
Canada, kwa njia hiyo Manjit aliamini angeweza
kufikisha mafuta yake hata kidogo.
Meli zote saba hazikufanikiwa kufika Canada,
zote zililipuliwa zikiwa njiani! Manjit
alichanganyikiwa zaidi, deni alilokuwa nalo kwa
Patrick lilimtisha! Aliamini tayari alishakuwa
masikini na angeweza hata kufungwa gerezani
kama angeshindwa kulipa pesa za Patrick.
Kwa hakika maadui zake tayari walishafanikiwa
kumporomosha. Akilia machozi aliamua kurudi
nyumbani kutafuta pesa za kumlipa Patrick.
*******************
Aliteremka uwanja wa ndege wa Ottawa saa
kumi na mbili jioni na kuchukua teksi.
“Nipeleke Carvin Avenue!”
“Sawa mzee!”
Gari liliondoka uwanja wa ndege kwa kasi na
kadri lilivyozidi kuyakaribia maeneo ya nyumbani
kwake Manjit alizidi kusikia kelele za ving’ora vya
magari ya zimamoto! Awali alifikiri yalikuwa ni
mambo ya kawaida katika jiji hilo lenye watu na
pilikapilika nyingi za maisha, lakini hatua chache
kabla ya kufika nyumbani kwake alishangaa
kuona moshi mkubwa angani, alipoingalia nyumba
yake hakuiona ilikuwa katikati ya moshi. Moto
mkubwa ulikuwa ukiiteketeza, zimamoto
walikuwa wakijitahidi kuzima lakini walishindwa.
Hakufikiria kitu kingine chochote, mawazo yake
yalimpeleka kwa mama yake mzazi pamoja na
Victoria aliowaacha ndani ya nyumba yake! Kwa
haraka aliruka garini na kuanza kukimbia mbio
kuelekea kwenye moto huo mkubwa huku akiliita
jina la mama yake! Aliona ni heri kufa kuliko
kupambana na matatizo yaliyokuwa yakimfuata,
mbele kidogo alisita na kusimama, woga wa
kuungua na moto ulimwingia.
Kwa hakika dunia ilikuwa imemgeuka! Deni la
mafuta alilokuwa akidaiwa hakuwa na uwezo wa
kulilipa na bado nyumba yake ilikuwa ikiwaka
moto na hakuwa na uhakika kama mama yake
pamoja na Victoria walikuwa hai au walikuwa
wakiteketea ndani ya moto huo.
Kwa jinsi umati mkubwa wa watu ulivyokusanyika
hakuna mtu aliyegundua kuwa Manjit alikuwepo
eneo la tukio, akiwa amesimama wima huku
akitetemeka alisikia sauti ya mama yake ikiliita
jina lake kutoka katikati ya moshi mkubwa
uliotanda eneo hilo, hiyo ilimaanisha mama yake
alikuwa bado amekwama ndani ya nyumba
iliyokuwa ikiwaka moto!
Moyo wake ulimuuma kupita kiasi na kujikuta
akipata ushujaa wa ajabu na kuanza kukimbia
mbio kuelekea ndani ya nyumba iliyokuwa
ikiwaka moto bila woga kama ilivyokuwa awali.
Manjit alijua yaliyotokea yote yalikuwa ni hujuma
lakini hakujua ni nani aliyemfanyia hujuma hiyo
mbaya.
Watu waliokuwa eneo hilo walimwona mtu
akikimbia kuingia ndani ya moto, kitendo hicho
kiliwashangaza sana na kujikuta wakijaribu
kukimbia kwa nyuma wakimfuata kwa lengo la
kumuokoa lakini tayari Manjit alishapotelea ndani
ya moshi mkubwa uliokuwa umetanda! Walijua
naye anakwenda kuteketea.
“Huyu sijui mjinga? Sasa kwanini ameingia ndani
ya nyumba inayowaka moto kiasi hiki?” Walijiuliza
baada ya kushindwa kumpata.
Je, nini kitaendelea?
Tukutane wiki ijayo hapahapa.
Unaweza kuendelea kuifuatilia kwa kuLIke.

AzamTV News imeripoti kwamba Inadaiwa
Wanajeshi wamehusika kwenye mauaji ya kijana
mmoja wa Tanga ambaye kazi yake ilikua ni
Kondakta wa daladala.
Mmoja wa Wananchi waliohojiwa na AzamTV
amesema kilichotokea ni Mwanafunzi wa kike
ambaye ni mtoto wa Mwanajeshi kupanda
Daladala bila kulipa nauli lakini Kondakta
akachukua maamuzi ya kumzuia yule binti
kwamba lazima alipe nauli.
Inadaiwa Baba mzazi wa Binti huyo ambaye ni
Mwanajeshi aliagiza vijana kwenda kumkamata
Kondakta na kumpeleka kwenye kambi ya Jeshi
na wakampiga mpaka hali yake ikawa mbaya
kisha wakamrudisha nyumbani kwake na baadae
watu wakaona akichukuliwa na kupelekwa
Hospitali akiwa ameshafariki.
Sehemu ya Wananchi wengine waliotoa maoni
yao ni Mwanamke mkazi wa Nguvumali aliesema
huyu ni mtu wa tatu anauwawa na Wanajeshi
kwenye mji wa Tanga ‘ Wamezidi kutuonea ndio
kawaida yao… tumechoka’
Kamanda wa Polisi Tanga Benedict Wakulyamba
amethibitisha kutokea kwa tukio hilo na kusema
mpaka sasa watu watatu wanashikiliwa na Polisi
na taratibu za upelelezi zikikamilika hatua dhidi
yao za kufikishwa Mahakamani zitachukuliwa.
‘ Tukio kufanyikia kwenye kambi ya jeshi haina
maana kwamba Wanajeshi wamehusika
kwasababu ndani ya kambi ya jeshi tunazo
familia za Askari ambao sio Askari bali ni raia
wa kawaida na ndio maana mpaka sasa
tunaowashikilia kuanzia yule binti ni raia tu wa
kawaida pamoja na hao wengine tuliowakamata‘
– Kamanda Wakulyamba

Mkuu wa shirika la fedha duniani bibi Christine
Lagarde ameyashauri mataifa yanayoendelea
hasa ya bara Afrika kujiepusha na athari za
msukosuko wa kiuchumi unaoikumba dunia kwa
sasa.
Miongoni mwa mapendekezo yake ni kwa
mataifa kujihadhari dhidi ya kuingia ubia na
mataifa mengine ambayo lengo lao kubwa ni
kunusuru uchumi wa nchi zao. Mataifa hayo
hufanya hivyo pale yanapogeuza Afrika kuwa
soko la bidhaa zao na huduma zao bila kujali
kwamba hii inasababisha ukosefu wa ajira
pamoja na kupungua kwa shughuli za uwekezaji
barani afrika.

Askari aliyejiua ametambulika kwa jina la G.4185
PC Geofrey Mwenda (32 ) ambaye inadaiwa
hawara yake mpya ndio chanzo cha kuchukua
maamuzi ya kutoa uhai wake.
By Robert Kakwesi, Mwananchi
Tabora. Askari aliyekuwa akifanya kazi kituo
kidogo cha polisi tarafa ya Igurubi wilayani
Igunga mkoani Tabora, amejiua kwa kujinyonga
kwa kutumia shuka kutokana na kinachodaiwa
kuwa ni wivu wa mapenzi.
Askari aliyejiua ametambulika kwa jina la G.4185
PC Geofrey Mwenda (32 ) ambaye inadaiwa
hawara yake mpya ndio chanzo cha kuchukua
maamuzi ya kutoa uhai wake.
Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Tabora, Hamisi Issa
alisema tukio hilo limetokea juzi saa tatu usiku.
Akisimulia tukio hilo, Kamanda Issa alieleza kuwa
askari huyo baada ya mke wake kusafiri, aliamua
kuchukua uamuzi ya kuwa na mpenzi wa nje.
Alieleza askari huyo baadaye alikuja kugundua
mpenzi wake ambaye hakuweza kumtaja jina
lake, kuwa alikuwa na mwanaume mwingine
mbali ya askari huyo.
Kutokana na ugunduzi huo ambao ulimfanya
askari huyo achukie ndio alipoamua kujiua kwa
kujinyonga kwa kutumia shuka na kujining’iniza
kwenye mti.chanzo mwanachi

Mchungaji wa kanisa la Free Pentekoste Church
Tanzania (FPCT) Tawi la Gezaulole wilayani Hai,
Emanueli Mwikizu (42) amefikishwa katika
Mahakama ya Wilaya ya Hai kwa tuhuma za
kumbaka mtoto wake mwenye umri wa miaka 7.
Akisoma hati ya mashtaka mahakamani hapo
mbele ya hakimu anayesikiliza kesi hiyo, Anold
Kirekiano mwendesha mashtaka wa polisi, Elisha
Moleli amesema mtuhumiwa huyo alitenda kosa
la kuzini akijua kufanya hivyo ni kosa la jinai.
Alisema kuwa mtuhumiwa huyo alitenda kosa hilo
mnamo Januari 17 mwaka huu nyumbani kwake
mtaa wa Gezaulo majira ya saa 3:30 asubuhi kwa
kumwingilia kwa nguvu na kumsababishia
maumivu makali sehemu zake za siri.
Mtuhumiwa huyo alikana shtaka hilo ambapo
hakimu anayesikiliza kesi hiyo aliharisha hadi
Februari 9 mwaka huu itakapotajwa tena na
mtuhumiwa yupo rumande baada ya kushindwa
masharti ya dhamana.

Watu 6,000 wameyakimbia makazi yao na
mmoja amefariki dunia baada ya moto
mkubwa kuteketeza sehemu ya Mji wa
Santa Olga nchini Chile.
Mataifa yameanza kutuma wazima moto
nchini Chile kusaidia taifa hilo kukabiliana
na moto mbaya zaidi katika historia ya
taifa hilo.
Urusi imetuma ndege yenye uwezo wa
kubeba tani kadha za maji kujaribu
kusaidia kuzima moto huo wa nyika.
Moto huo umeenea kwa kasi sana
maeneo ya kati ya Chile, ambapo
unasaidiwa na upepo mkali, kiwango cha
juu cha joto na hali kwamba maeneo
hayo yamekabiliwa na kiangazi kwa muda.
Mji Santa Olga, unaopatikana kilomita 240
kusini mwa Santiago umeharibiwa kabisa
na moto huo.

Kundi la al-Shabab nchini Somalia
limesema wapiganaji wake
wameshambulia kambi ya wanajeshi wa
Kenya wanaohudumu chini ya kikosi cha
Umoja wa Afrika (Amisom)nchini Somalia.
Wapiganaji hao wanadai kuwaua
wanajeshi wengi kwenye shambulio hilo
katika kambi ya Kulbiyow kusini mwa
Somalia karibu na mpaka wa nchi hiyo na
Kenya.
"Mujahideen (wapiganaji) wawili
walivurumisha magari yaliyokuwa na
mabomu na kuyalipua kwenye lango la
kambi hiyo ya mji wa Kulbiyow kabla ya
wapiganaji wengine kuingia. Baada ya
makabiliano makali, tumefanikiwa kuiteka
kambi," mmoja wa wasemaji wa al-Shabab
Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab ameambia
shirika la habari la Reuters.
Msemaji huyo amedai kundi hilo limewaua
wanajeshi zaidi ya 50 na kutwaa magari
na silaha za wanajeshi hao, taarifa
ambazo msemaji wa majeshi ya Kenya
amekanusha.
Kanali Paul Njuguna ameambia Reuters:
"Ni uongo. Operesheni ya kijeshi
inaendelea. Tunaendelea kupokea taarifa."
Al-Shabab wamekuwa wakipigana dhidi ya
serikali ya inayoungwa mkono na mataifa
ya magharibi na jamii ya kimataifa.

Kuna taarifa kuwa Mkuu wa Wilaya ya
Uyui mkoani Tabora, Mwanasheria msomi
ameachia ngazi hiyo mchana wa leo
baada ya kwenda kuiaga Kamati ya
Madiwani wa CCM ya Wilaya hiyo.
Ndugu Gabriel Simon Mnyele ameamua
kufanya hivyo kwa hiari yake pasipo
shuruti.chanzo jamii forums

Takribani wachimbaji 14 akiwemo raia
mmoja wa China wamefukiwa na kifusi
cha udongo katika mgodi wa dhahabu wa
RZ Nyarugusu uliopo mkoani Geita.

AMA kweli ukistaajabu ya musa utayaona ya
firauni.... Katika hali isiyotarajiwa chui wa ajabu
amezua taharuki kubwa kwa wagonjwa na
wauguzi katika Hospitali ya Rufaa ya mkoa wa
Iringa baada ya mnyama huyo kuibuka katika
mazingira ya kutatanisha.
Akizungumzia juu ya tukio hilo muunguzi
mfawidhi wa Hospitali ya Rufaa ya mkoa wa
Iringa Rustica Tung’ombe alisema tukio hilo
limetokea majira ya saa 7 na saa 8 usiku wa
kuamkia leo Jumatano na kwamba chui huyu
alionekana nje eneo la wodi namba 6 .
Alisema kwa mujibu wa taarifa zilizoripotiwa na
muuguzi msimamizi wa zamu usiku ni kwamba
wanawake ambao walikuwa wakitoka
kunyonyesha watoto wao wodini walikimbia huku
wakipiga kelele za kuomba msaada baada ya
kukutana na chui huyo.
"Kulikuwa na kundi la kwanza la akina mama
waliotoka kunyonyesha watoto wao lilipita eneo
hilo na kundi la pili lilifuata na mwanamke mmoja
kati yao alikuwa nyuma akifuata wenzake na
ndipo alipomshuhudia chui huyo na kuanza
kupiga kelele ……wauguzi walipochungulia
madirishani walipata uhakika kuwa mnyama huyo
ni chui ", alisema.
Kutokana na kuwa na uhakika juu ya mnyama
huyo kuwa ni chui walilazimika kuomba msaada
kwa askari magereza ambao wamepakana na
hospitali hiyo kwa ajili ya kutoa msaada.
Alisema baada ya kufika askari magereza pamoja
na kundi kubwa la wananchi kwa ajili ya
kupambana na chui huyo ghafla mbwa aliibuka
nyuma ya chui huyo na kuanza kumfukuza chui
huyo ambaye aliruka ukuta wa uzio na kutoweka
kusikojulikana.
“Wakati askari magereza wanajiandaa
kupambana na chui huyo alitokea mbwa ambaye
kweli hatujui alitokea wapi na kuanza kumfuatilia
chui huyo ….. hili ni tukio la aina yake na
halijapata kutokea katika Hospitali hii maana
hapa ni mjini na hatujui chui huyu kafikaje hapa

Haijapita wiki moja toka Donald Trump aapishwe
kuwa Rais wa 45 wa Marekani na kukabidhiwa
ofisi, leo BBC wameripoti kwamba raia takriban
90 wa Somalia na wawili wa Kenya
wameondolewa kutoka Marekani.
Serikali ya Kenya imethibitisha kwamba raia wote
hao wamewasili katika uwanja wa kimataifa wa
Jomo Kenyatta Nairobi ambapo msemaji wa
serikali ya Kenya Eric Kiraithe amesema raia hao
wa Somalia watasafirishwa moja kwa moja hadi
Mogadishu.
“Ni watu 90 kulingana na habari ambazo
tulipewa, na wakati unaondolewa nchi fulani
kurejeshwa kwenu, huwa unarejeshwa hadi
kwenu,” kuhusu sababu iliyowafanya kuondolewa,
Kiraithe amesema: “Inategemea sheria za nchi
ambayo walikuwa wamehamia (Marekani),”
Trump alisema Jumatano itakuwa siku muhimu
kwa usalama wa Marekani ambapo anatarajiwa
kuweka masharti makali kwa raia wa mataifa
saba ya Mashariki ya Kati na Afrika yenye idadi
kubwa ya Waislamu wanaotafuta vibali vya
kwenda Marekani.
Nchi hizo ni Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia,
Sudan na Yemen ambapo kama unakumbuka
wakati wa kampeni yake ya urais, Donald Trump
aliahidi kufanyia mageuzi suala la uhamiaji
Marekani.
Aligusia ujenzi wa ukuta kati ya Mexico na
Marekani kuzuia wahamiaji haramu na kuwapiga
marufuku Waislamu kuingia katika taifa hilo kama
sehemu ya vita dhidi ya ugaidi lakini baadae
alibadili msimamo kidogo na kufafanua kwamba
watakachofanyiwa Waislamu ni kufanyiwa
ukaguzi mkali kabla ya kuruhusiwa kuingia
Marekani.

SIKUBALI: Mtuhumiwa wa kesi ya kutishia kuua
kwa kisu na kujeruhi, Siza Patrick akiwa
amepanda juu ya bati la Mahakama ya Wilaya ya
Tarime akipinga kesi hizo mbili alizosomewa
mahakamani hapo jana. Mtuhumiwa huyo anadai
amebambikiwa kesi hizo. Picha na Dinna
Maningo.chanzo mwananch.

Dar es Salaam. Mahakama ya Hakimu
Mkazi Kisutu imeyaondoa mashtaka ya
uchochezi yaliyokuwa yakimkabili Mbunge
wa Jimbo la Ubungo, Saed Kubenea (46).
Hakimu Mkazi Mkuu, Wilbroad Mashauri,
leo ameyaondoa mashtaka hayo
mahakamani hapo kwa sababu hati ya
mashtaka ilikuwa na utata na aiendani na
kifungu cha 132 cha Sheria ya Mwenendo
wa Makosa ya Jinai (CPA).
Akitoa uamuzi huo, Hakimu Mashauri
alisema kifungu hicho cha sheria kinataka
kosa lielezwe kwa uwazi ' kinaga ubaga'.
Alisema katika kesi ya uchochezi
iliyokuwa ikimkabili Kubenea ya
kusambaza habari ya uongo yenye kichwa
cha habari 'yuko wapi atakayeiokoa
Zanzibar' ambayo ingeweza kuleta
uvunjifu wa amani, Hakimu Mashauri
alisema maneno hayo pekee kisheria siyo
kosa.
Akiendelea kutoa uamuzi huo, Hakimu
Mashauri alisema upande wa mashtaka
ulishindwa kueleza maneno yenyewe hasa
ya uchochezi yenye lengo la uvunjifu wa
amani.
Hivyo, Hakimu Mashauri aliiondoa kesi
hiyo mahakamani hapo na mshtakiwa
akaachiwa huru na kwamba upande wa
mashtaka unaweza kumshtaki upya.
Hata hivyo baada ya Kubenea kuachiwa
huru alikamatwa na kupelekwa polisi kati
na baadaye akaachiwa kwa dhamana.chanzo jamii forums

MBUNGE wa Morogoro Mjini, Abdulaziz Abood
(CCM), amekabidhi Sh milioni 48 kwa ajili ya
kulipia ada wanafunzi wa elimu ya juu, shule za
sekondari na shule za msingi waliopo ndani ya
Manispaa ya Morogoro kwa kipindi cha Januari
mwaka huu.
Makabidhiano hayo yalifanyika jana mjini hapa
mbele ya wazazi, ambapo Abood alisema suala la
elimu linapaswa kupewa kipaumbele kwa kuunga
mkono jitihada zinazofanywa na wadau kwa
kushirikiana na Serikali.
Alisema kuwa hakuna haja ya mzazi na mlezi
kuacha ama kushindwa kumpeleka mwanae shule
wakati Serikali iliondoa mfumo wa malipo kwa
wanafunzi wa shule za msingi na kuacha
majukumu ya kununua sare, mahitaji mengine
kwa wazazi na walezi.
“Mimi kama mzazi nimeamua kujinyima na
familia yangu tuwapokee baadhi ya wazazi
majukumu, maana hawa ni watoto na wengijne ni
vijana wangu wanastahili kupata elimu bora,
hakuna urithi mzuri kama kumpa mtoto elimu,”
alisema Abood.
Alisema fedha alizotoa ni kutokana na vyanzo
vyake vya mapato huku akiwa amedhamiria
kuimarisha elimu hasa kwa watoto, vijana wa
jimbo lake kwa kuwasaidia wazazi sehemu ya
majukumu yao.
Mbali na hilo mbunge huyo amekabidhi mbao
zenye thamani ya Sh milioni 9.8 kwa ajili ya
ukarabati wa Shule ya Msingi Kauzeni
iliyoezuliwa na mvua kubwa iliyoambatana na
upepo mwishoni mwa mwaka jana.
Akizungumzia hatua hiyo mkazi wa Morogoro,
Said Mkwinda alisifu jitihada zinazofanywa na
mbunge huyo katika kuboresha sekta ya elimu
pamoja na huduma mbalimbali jimboni humo.
“Hakuna mtu anayefika katika ofisi ya mbunge
kuomba msaada ana kosa, Abood anatoa msaada
kwa watu wote bila itikadi ya chama, dini wala
kabila,huyu ndiyo kiongozi watu anapaswa
kuungwa mkono katika kazi yake ya ubunge,”
alisema.chanzo mtanzania

Mlipuko mkubwa umetokea kwenye mji wa
Mogadishu nchini Somalia katika hoteli ya Dayax
wanasema.polisi.
Waandishi.wengi.wa habari wamejeruhiwa.
Kulikuwa na zaidi ya wabunge 20 kwenye hoteli
hiyo.
Sasa kuna ufyatulianaji wa risasi kwenye.hoteli
hiyo.kati ya polisi na washambuliaji
wanaoshukiwa kuwa wa al-Shabaab.

Kuna jamaa alikuwa masikini sana mkoani
Kigoma. Alikuwa akiishi na mke wake huku
wakiwa na mtoto wao mdogo. Kutokana na
maisha kuwa magumu, akaamua kuwa mkulima.
Akalima na kulima lakini hakufanikiwa. Akakata
tamaa hivyo kuamua kujiingiza kwenye uuzaji wa
mafuta ya mawese.
Alihisi kwamba mambo yangebadilika lakini baada
ya yeye kuanza biashara hiyo, soko la mafuta ya
mawese likashuka kwa kasi ya ajabu hivyo
hakufanikiwa. Maisha yaliendelea kumtesa,
umasikini ulimtafuna yeye na familia yake.
Kikafika kipindi akachoka, hakutaka kuona
akiteseka na familia yake hivyo kumwambia
kwamba ni lazima aondoke na kwenda nchini
Kongo kuchimba dhahabu, labda bahati yake
ilikuwa huko. Mkewe alipinga lakini akamshawishi
kwa kipindi kirefu na hatimaye akakubaliana
naye.
Baada ya kutafuta fedha za kuungaunga,
akaelekea huko. Alipofika, alikaa kwa miaka saba
ndipo akafanikiwa kupata dhahabu kubwa, nzito
ambayo aliamua kuibeba katika begi lake na
kurudi Kigoma kwa meli.
Ndani ya meli kulikuwa na watu wengi, hasa
Wazungu ambao walikwenda huko kufanya utalii.
Wakati meli ikiwa imefika katikati ya ziwa
Tanganyika, ikaanza kuzama. Watu walipiga
kelele sana, kwa jamaa hakukuwa na tatizo
kwani alijua sana kuogelea, hivyo akawa anapiga
mbizi na wakati mwingine kuelea juu ya maji.
Wakati watu wengi wamekufa, akasikia sauti ya
msichana mmoja mdogo akilia, alikuwa mtoto wa
Kizungu, wa kike aliyekuwa akiomba msaada.
Jamaa alimuona mtoto yule wa miaka kumi na
tano, akaamua kumfuata na kumbeba, kitu cha
ajabu kabisa ambacho hakujua ilikuwaje, akaanza
kuzama kutokana na uzito.
Kulikuwa na mambo mawili makubwa, alitakiwa
kufanya moja ili anusurike. La kwanza lilikuwa ni
kumuacha mtoto yule afe na yeye aondoke zake,
au kuiacha dhahabu ile ili amnusuru yule mtoto.
Ulikuwa mtihani mkubwa mno kwake. Aliondoka
nyumbani miaka saba iliyopita, alimwambia
mkewe kwamba anakwenda kutafuta utajiri nchini
Kongo.
Alifanikiwa kwa kupata dhahabu kubwa ambayo
aliamini ingemfanya kuwa bilionea. Sasa iweje
aiache dhahabu kwa ajili ya mtoto asiyemjua
ambaye wazazi wake walikufa? Moyo wake
ukagawanyika, upande mmoja ukamwambia
aachane na mtoto kwani hata angemuokoa,
angeishi naye wapi?
Angemsaidia nini na wakati hawakujuana?
Ukamkumbusha maisha aliyokuwa amepitia,
maisha ya kimasikini, yaliyomuumiza, yakamletea
picha ya mkewe na mtoto wake walivyokuwa
wakiteseka kwa kupigwa na umasikini.
Upande mwingine ukamwambia lilikuwa jambo
jema kumsaidia mtoto yule. Utajiri hauna kitu
mbele ya utu. Ilikuwa ni lazima amsaidie mtoto
yule kwani hata kama angepata fedha, bado
angekufa baadaye, ni wangapi walikuwa na fedha
ila wamekufa na kuziacha fedha hizo?
Moyo wake ukawa mgumu kufanya maamuzi
lakini mwisho wa siku akaitupa dhahabu kubwa
majini. Moyo ulimuuma sana lakini hakuwa na
jinsi. Akambeba msichana yule wa Kizungu na
kuanza kuogelea naye, saa moja mbele,
wakaokolewa na meli nyingine.
Mtoto yule akasaidiwa na Umoja wa Mataifa
kurudishwa Marekani alipokuwa akiishi huku
nyuma jamaa alipofika nyumbani na
kumuhadithia mkewe kilichotokea, alimtukana
sana na kumuona mjinga, iweje atupe dhahabu
na wakati alipoteza miaka saba kuitafuta?
Majirani wakamcheka, wakamdharau na mkewe
akaamua kuondoka kurudi kwao kwani
asingeweza kukaa na mwanaume mpumbavu
kama yeye.
Jamaa akaanza upya, maisha yakaanza kumpiga
tena. Alilia sana, alichekwa kila kona. Alitamani
kurudi Kongo kutafuta tena dhahabu lakini
hakuwa na fedha. Akawa ombaomba, kila kona
mkoani Kigoma alikuwa akipita kuomba, kuanzia
Ujiji, Mwanga, Mwembetogwa, Mji Mwema,
Bangwe na kila sehemu alikuwa akiombaomba.
Baada ya miaka mitano, wakati akiwa amepigwa
sana na maisha, ghafla akamuona msichana wa
Kizungu akija mbele yake. Hakumjua, msichana
yule alipiga hatua mpaka kule nyumbani kwake
alipokuwa. Alipofika, akamsalimia huku akiwa na
Mkalimani wake. Akamuuliza kama alimkumbuka,
jamaa akasema hamkumbuki ndipo yule
msichana akasema kwamba yeye ndiye yule binti
wa miaka kumi na tano aliyekuwa amemuokoa
kipindi cha nyuma.
Jamaa alifurahi kumuona, akamkumbatia.
Msichana yule akamwambia kwamba alikuwa
akimkumbuka kila siku kwa wema
aliomuonyeshea. Kipindi hicho, msichana huyo
alifanikiwa sana, alikuwa mfanyabiashara
mkubwa Marekani, mwenye kampuni nyingi kwani
wazazi wake walimuachia utajiri mkubwa.
Jamaa akamwambia kila kitu kilichotokea katika
miaka mitano ya mateso. Msichana yule
akahuzunika sana, alichokifanya ni kumwambia
jamaa kwamba alikuja Kigoma kwa ajili ya
kumchukua yeye na familia yake kwenda kuishi
nchini Marekani kama fadhila kwake. Ila kwa
sababu mkewe aliondoka na mtoto na hakujua
walipokuwa, basi aondoke naye tu.
Jamaa akafurahi. Huo ndiyo ukawa mwisho wa
kuishi Tanzania. Akaondoka na kuelekea
Marekani, kama alivyokuwa msichana yule, naye
akawa mfanyabiashara mkubwa. Ameoa huko na
maisha yake yanaendelea kama kawaida.
FUNZO: Unapotakiwa kutenda wema, wewe tena
pasipo kujali itakugharimu kiasi gani.
Inawezekana jamaa angeona dhahabu ni mali,
angekufa njiani au ingepotea. Kwa kumsaidia
msichana yule, Mungu akaileta meli. Kwa
kumuokoa msichana yule, leo hii yupo nchini
Marekani akila maisha.
Alisubiri kwa miaka mitano, kama kukata tamaa
angekata mapema sana. Msichana hakumsahau,
aliendelea kumkumbuka, aliukumbuka wema
wake na kurudi Tanzania kutoa fadhila.
E.J SHIGONGO.

:Rais wa Marekani Donald Trump
anatarajiwa kutoa tangazo la kuidhinisha sheria
kali za kupata ‘visa’ kwa wageni kutoka maeneo
ya Mashariki ya Kati na Afrika ambayo yana
Waislamu wengi.

Walimu wakuu 21 wa shule za msingi
katika halmashauri ya wilaya ya Ukerewe
mkoani Mwanza wamevuliwa madaraka
kwa tuhuma mbalimbali ikiwemo
kuisababishia serikali hasara ya mamilioni
ya fedha kwa kuruhusu usajili wa
wanafunzi hewa pamoja na matumizi
mabaya ya madaraka.
Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa halmashauri ya
wilaya ya Ukerewe,Frank Bahati amesema
amelazimika kuchukua uamuzi huo baada
ya walimu hao kushindwa kuwajibika
ipasavyo na kukosa umakini katika
usimamizi wa maendeleo ya
shule,ikiwemo taaluma na miradi ya shule
pamoja na vitendo vya ukiukwaji wa
maadili.
Amedai kuwa uzembe wa walimu wakuu
hao,pia umesababisha shule tano za
msingi wilayani humo kufungwa kwa
kukosa vyoo,baada ya walimu hao
kushindwa kutekeleza agizo lake la
kuwasilisha mpango mkakati wa kutatua
baadhi ya changamoto katika shule zao
ikiwemo ujenzi wa vyoo na vyumba vya
madarasa.
Halmashauri ya wilaya ya ukerewe
inayoundwa na jumla ya visiwa 38 ina
shule za msingi za serikali 123,walimu
1600 na wanafunzi 102,114.
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