MO APATA TUZO NYINGINE, ADHIHIRISHA TAMAA YA KUWATUMIKIA WATANZANIA

Mfanyabiashara maarufu ambaye pia ni Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Mohammed Dewji akitembea kwenye 'Red Carpet' mara baada ya kuwasili katika hotel ya Hilton Sandton jijini Johannesburg, Afrika Kusini kwenye hafla ya utoaji tuzo iliyoandaliwa na jarida maarufu la Forbes na kutunukiwa tuzo ya "Forbes Africa Person Of the Year 2015".(Picha zote na Zainul Mzige wa Modewjiblog).

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MFANYABIASHARA na mtu mwenye taasisi ya kusaidia jamii, Mohammed Dewji maarufu kama Mo ametunukiwa tuzo ya jarida maarufu la Forbes ya "Forbes Africa Person Of the Year 2015" katika hafla iliyofanyika Novemba 27 mwaka huu jijini Johannesburg, Afrika Kusini.

Mfanyabiashara huyo pia ni Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya Mohammed Enterprises T Ltd (MeTL Group) kampuni iliyoanzishwa na na baba yake katika miaka ya 1970 ambayo sasa imekua na kujikita katika viwanda vya nguo, usagaji nafaka, utengenezaji wa vinywaji baridi, usindikaji wa mafuta ya kula, usindikaji wa chai na kuendesha mashamba ya mkonge ambapo tayari anashea ya asilimia 40 ya soko.

Mo ametwaa tuzo hiyo kwa kuwashinda watu watano mashuhuri barani Afrika. Watu hao ni Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, mke wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Afrika Kusini, Jacob Zuma. Mama huyo kwa sasa ndiye Mwenyekiti wa Umoja wa Afrika (AU). Mwingine ni Rais wa sasa wa Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari aliyetambuliwa kutokana na kuanzisha vita dhidi ya rushwa nchini mwake.

Aidha wapo Arumna Otei, mchumi mahiri raia wa Nigeria ambaye kwa sasa ni Makamu wa Rais wa Benki ya Dunia. Pia alikuwemo Mwandishi maarufu wa vitabu wa Nigeria, Chimanda Ngozi Adichie ambaye moja ya vitabu vyake vinaelezea picha halisi ya Afrika inavyofikiriwa duniani.

Akitoa neno la shukurani baada ya kukabidhiwa kwa tuzo hiyo Mo, alisema anatoa tuzo hiyo kwa vijana wa Kitanzania kwani ndio nguvu kazi inayobeba uchumi wa nchi.

Mo ambaye kampuni yake ya MeTL inaongoza kwa kutoa ajira nchini, ikiwa imetoa ajira 26,000 kote katika viwanda vyake 31 vilivyopo nchini na katika mataifa matano ya Afrika, alisema amefurahishwa na tuzo hiyo ambayo anaitoa kwa vijana kwa kutambua pia wajibu mkubwa walionao katika kukabiliana na umaskini.



Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Mohammed Dewji akifurahi jambo na baadhi ya wageni waalikwa nje ya ukumbi wa hafla hiyo ya utoaji tuzo iliyoandaliwa na jarida la Forbes.
Alisema ajira 26,000 zimegusa watu wengi nchini na kwamba ana matumaini makubwa ya siku za usoni kutoa ajira zaidi kutokana na biashara zake kuendelea kukua.

"Heshima yangu kubwa haitokani na utajiri, maana kama utajiri wako hauna msaada wala kugusa watu masikini hauna maana yeyote, hivyo basi heshima hii ni kutokana na kwanza bidhaa zangu kugusa maisha ya watu kila siku kuanzia sukari na majani ya chai asubuhi pamoja na unga wa ngano, lakini pia chakula cha mchana kwa unga wa sembe, mafuta ya kupikia na maji ya kunywa, bidhaa zote hizo za Mohammed Enterprises zinagusa maisha kila nyakati katika siku.

"Nina viwanda 31 ambavyo vimekuwa vikitengeneza bidhaa za Kitanzania na kuziuza kwa Watanzania kwa bei yenye unafuu mkubwa, mathalani tunauza maji kwa bei chini ya dola moja kwa shilingi za Kitanzania 200, hakuna hata Ulaya, nina kiwanda cha khanga na vitenge ambacho malighafi zake zote ni za Kitanzania, hivyo kuna kusaidia serikali kwa kulipa kodi ipasavyo, lakini pia kusaidia moja kwa moja ajira za Watanzania walio wengi ambao tatizo lao kubwa katika kundi la vijana ni ajira"

Alitumia fursa hiyo kumshukuru na kumpongeza baba yake kwa kumwita mjasiriamali shujaa ambaye alitoka kuanzia dereva wa malori baada ya kuhitimu kidato cha nne mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1960 hadi kufikia ubilionea. Alisema alipata maono ya utajiri hasa kutoka kwa baba yake huyo aliyekuwa akimshirikisha biashara tangu akiwa mdogo.

“Mwanaume mwenye ndoto huhitaji mwanamke mwenye maono. Na nimebarikiwa mwanamke ambaye kwa miaka 15 amekuwa akinipa sapoti isiyoyumba.



Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Mohammed Dewji akibadilishana 'Business card' na mmoja wa wageni waalikwa katika hafla hiyo.

“Saira, nina shukurani nyingi kwako kwa kuwa nguzo ya familia yetu, mama wa heshima kwa watoto wetu watatu,” alisema Mo kwenye hafla hiyo.

Kwa utulivu, Mo alisema: “Baba, zawadi kubwa ambayo ulinipa katika maisha yangu ni muda wako, na kwa hilo nitakuwa mwenye deni la shukurani kwako siku zote za maisha yangu.”

Mo ambaye moyo wake wa binadamu ulimfanya awanie uwakilishi Jimbo la Singida Mjini kwa tiketi ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) na kushinda nafasi hiyo na hivyo kuwawakilisha wanasingida kuanzia 2005 na 2015 amesema maisha ni changamoto kubwa inayobadilishwa kwa utumishi wenye nia ya dhati kwa umma.

Alisema alipowania uwakilishi alikuwa na sababu: “Nilikuwa na umri wa miaka 24, nilikwenda Singida kutoa heshima kwenye kaburi la marehemu babu yangu. Sikuwa nimefika huko tangu nilipoondoka nikiwa na umri wa miaka mitatu.

“Nilipokuwa njiani, nilimuona mzee akiwa na maji yenye rangi ya njano, machafu ambayo aliyatumia kwa kunywa. Nilishangaa, maana hali ile sikuwahi kufikiri kama ipo vile. Kipindi hicho nilikuwa nimemaliza Chuo Kikuu cha Georgetown, Marekani.”

Mo anasema kuwa aliingiwa na hisia kutaka kujua nini hasa alichokuwa anahitajika kufanya, alimfuata yule mzee aliyekuwa na maji yale, alipozungumza naye, aliwazungukia watu wengine na kuridhika kuwa ile ndiyo hali halisi, hapo ndipo fikra ya kwa nini agombee ubunge ilipoanzia.

Anasema kuwa baada ya kujiridhisha hivyo, alirudi kwa mzee wa kwanza, alizungumza naye na kumuuliza ni kwa nini shida ile ilikuwa haizungumzwi kwa upana katika mamlaka husika.



Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Mohammed Dewji pamoja na ujumbe wake alioambatana nao kutoka Tanzania.

“Nilipojitambulisha yule mzee alisema anamkumbuka babu yangu, kisha akanishauri nigombee ubunge, alinisisitiza mno ili nisaidie kuondoa lile tatizo la watu wa Singida kunywa maji machafu,” alisema Mo.

Anaeleza kuwa alipokuwa njiani kurejea Dar es Salaam, alilifikiria tatizo hilo kwa mapana zaidi, akalifanyia utafiti na kubaini kwamba katika kila watu 10, watatu walikuwa wakipoteza maisha kutokana na maradhi yanayosababishwa na maji machafu.

Anaendelea kusema kuwa aligundua kuwa Singida kulikuwa na tatizo kali la maji safi na salama. Anasema kuwa alibaini uwepo wa tatizo la elimu kuhusu matatizo ya maji.

Jambo lingine ambalo anasema aliligundua ni uwepo wa tatizo la huduma za afya. “Niliwafikiria watoto wangu, jinsi ninavyowapenda, na namna ambavyo kila mzazi anavyompenda mwanaye. Nilipingana na hali kuwa watoto wa Uingereza na Marekani wamependelewa zaidi. Maisha ni sawa bila kujali chochote,” anasema Mo.



Sehemu ya ujumbe kutoka Tanzania uliombatana na Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Mohammed Dewji kwenye hafla hiyo.

“Niliona lazima nitimize wajibu wangu. Kutimiza malengo yangu ya kusaidia jamii, kufanikiwa katika biashara. Mambo hayo mawili hisani na biashara nimeyaweka pamoja na ndiyo maana nimefika hapa leo, tunajivunia sana kuitwa METL nembo ya Watu. Katika miaka yangu 10 kama mbunge, nimefanya mabadiliko mengi. Nilikuwa na sababu ya kupata mkopo nafuu wa dola milioni 35, ambao ulisababisha kuwekwa kwa miundombinu ya maji safi na salama Manispaa ya Singida.

“Niliitumia MeTL, tuliweza kudhamini shughuli nyingi za maendeleo ya kijamii. Kuhusu elimu, nilifanikisha kujenga shule 15, zikawa 17, kabla ya hapo tulikuwa na shule mbili tu. “Kuhusu huduma za afya, hapa nimshukuru mke wangu kwa jitihada zake. Alikuwa Mwenyekiti wa taasisi ya Tumaini la Maisha ambayo imekuwa ikisaidia watu wengi, hasa watoto dhidi ya maradhi ya saratani.”



Burudani mbalimbali zikiendelea ukumbini hapo.



Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Jarida la Forbes Afrika, Sid Wahi akitoa neno la ukaribisho kwa wageni waalikwa. Kulia ni Head of Events wa ABN Productions, Alexander Leibner.



Mwanzilishi na mchapishaji wa jarida la Forbes Afrika, Bw. Rakesh Wahi ( wa pili kushoto) akikamkabidhi Mfanyabiashara maarufu nchini Tanzania na Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Mohammed Dewji (wa pili kulia) tuzo ya Heshima Barani Afrika "2015 Forbes Africa Person of the Year" iliyotolewa na Jarida la Forbes Afrika kwa kutambua mchango wake katika kusaidia jamii ikiwemo kutoa ajira kwa zaidi ya watu 26,000 nchini na mambo mengine yanayoigusa jamii. Wanaoshuhudia tukio hilo ni Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Forbes Afrika, Sid Wahi (kulia) na MEC Panyaza Lesufi kutoka kitengo cha elimu, Gauteng Province (kushoto).



Mfanyabiashara maarufu nchini Tanzania na Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Mohammed Dewji akitoa neno la shukurani baada ya kukabidhiwa kwa tuzo, alisema anatoa tuzo hiyo kwa vijana wa Kitanzania kwani ndio nguvu kazi inayobeba uchumi wa nchi.





MO akiteta jambo na Mchumi mahiri raia wa Nigeria ambaye kwa sasa ni Makamu wa Rais wa Benki ya Dunia, Arunma Oteh (kulia) ambaye walikuwa pamoja kwenye kinyang'anyiro cha kuwania tuzo hiyo ambapo pia alimpongeza sana.



Pichani juu na chini MO akiendelea kupongezwa na wadau mbalimbali walioalikwa kwenye hafla hiyo.





Pongezi kwa MO zikiendelea kutolewa.





MO katika picha ya pamoja na baadhi ya wafanyakazi wa kampuni ya Jaguar Land Rover ambao ni miongoni mwa wadhamini wa sherehe za tuzo hizo.

MO katika picha ya pamoja na Makamu wa Rais wa Makampuni ya MeTL Group, Vipul Kakad mara baada ya kutwaa tuzo hiyo.



Makamu wa Rais wa MeTL GROUP, Vipul Kakad na Shemane Amin wakipitia moja ya taarifa iliyowavutia kwenye jarida la Forbes Afrika.



Baadhi ya wafanyakazi wa kampuni ya Jaguar Land Rover ya Afrika Kusini wakipozi kwenye 'Red Carpet'.

BAND YA SKYLIGHT KUENDELEA KUWAKONGA NYOYO MASHABIKI WAKE LEO NDANI YA ESCAPE ONE MIKOCHENI

Sony Masamba akiongoza marapa wenzake wa Skylight Band, Suzy (wa kwanza kushoto) akifuatiwa na Bijal Valentine(wa pili kutoka kushoto), Leah pamoja na Kasongo Junior (kulia) wakiendelea kutoa burudani kwa mashabiki wa Skylight Band Jumapili iliyopita ndani ya kiota cha Escape One Mikocheni ambapo leo pia burudani iko pale pale na ndio kwanza weekend imeanza kwa fans wa Skylight Band.






Rapa mkongwe kwenye muziki wa Live Joniko Flower akiimba huku akisindikizwa na wasanii wenzake.






Suzy (wa pili kulia) akiongoza waimbaji wenzake wa Skylight Band, huku akisindikizwa na Bijal Valentine(wa kwanza kushoto), Kasongo Junior pamoja na Leah (kulia)






Waimbaji wa Bandi ya Skylight wakiongozwa na Leah(wa kwanza kulia) akiimba moja ya nyimbo zinazobamba hapa nchini Tanzania na hata nje ya nchi huku akisindikizwa na wasanii wenzake Suzy pamoja na Kasongo Junior wakiwapa raha mashabiki wa Skylight Band (hawapo pichani) ndani ya kiota cha Escape One jumapili iliyopita sasa leo sio siku ya kukosa njoo ujionee mambo mapya kutoka kwenye bandi ya Skylight






Sam Mapenzi wa Skylight band akiimba kwa hisia kali mbele ya mashabiki i wa bendi hiyo (hawapo pichani) waliofika kwenye kiota cha Escape One Mikocheni.





Bendi ya waimbaji wakali wa Skylight ikirindimisha baadhi ya nyimbo zao ndani ya kiota cha Escape One hii ni kwa kila jumapili njoo wewe na yule upate muziki mtamu kutoka kwenye bandi hiyo







Burudani ikiendelea kwenye kiota Escape One hakika wewe sio mtu wa kuikosa shoo za kila siku ya jumapili njoo upate muziki mzuri kutoka kwenye bendi ya wastaarabu


Kifaa kipya kutoka Bandi ya Skylight, Bijal Valentine akishusha mistari ya kufa mtu mbele ya mashabiki wao waliofika kwenye kiota Cha Escape One huku akisindikizwa na waimbaji wenzake kushoto ni Leah na kulia ni Suzy

Ni mwendo wa kuzirudi maana ndani ya Skylight ni burudani mwanzo mwisho



Sony Masamba ambaye ni mmoja wa waimbaji wa Skylight akiendelea kutoa burudani akisindikizwa na waimbaji wenzake katika kiota cha Escape One Mikocheni.






Mwimbaji wa Bendi ya Skylight, Kasongo Junior (kulia) akiimba sambamba na Suzy mbele ya mashabiki wao (hawapo pichani ) ndani ya Kiota cha Escape One jijini Dar

Managing Herpes During Pregnancy

Having herpes during pregnancy is a cause for caution but definitely not for alarm. Here’s how your doctor will treat this common infection during pregnancy and birth.

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If you’re a mom-to-be with herpes, you’re not alone: Approximately one in every six adults in the U.S. is infected with genital herpes. That means there’s a better-than-average chance that your doctor has treated many expectant mamas with herpes before you and is well-equipped to ensure your baby is delivered safe, sound and completely unaffected by this common virus — especially if you and your practitioner take protective steps during pregnancy and delivery.
 

WHAT IT IS

There are two types of herpes simplex virus (HSV), the viral infection that causes genital herpes:
HSV-1 usually causes cold sores or blisters around the mouth, though it can be spread to the genital area during oral sex
HSV-2 more commonly causes genital herpes, which can also be spread to the mouth during oral sex

Both are spread through skin-to-skin contact and are actually most often transmitted by someone who has no visible sores or blisters. It’s a lifelong infection, and there is no cure — though medications can help manage symptoms and outbreaks, even during pregnancy.
SYMPTOMS

Many people infected with the herpes virus never experience symptoms. However within two to 10 days after initially contracting the virus, a person might experience flu-like symptoms including:
Chills, fatigue, fever, headache, achiness and general malaise for two or more days
Accompanying genital pain, itching, pain when urinating, vaginal and urethral discharge, tenderness in the groin
Small, painful, fluid-filled blisters or sores that often occur in clusters which blister and then crust over

The first bout with herpes can last from two to four weeks, during which time it can still be transmitted. Since it’s during a first episode that genital herpes is most likely to be passed on to a fetus, call your practitioner if you experience the above symptoms.

Note that subsequent outbreaks are less severe, as the immune system develops antibodies. You may experience tingling, burning or itching where the infection initially occurred a few hours before sores appear, but usually no fever or swelling. The outbreak will likely be less painful and last less time — three to seven days.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING PREGNANCY

If you have recurrent herpes (that is, you’ve experienced an outbreak before), you’re at an extremely low risk — less than 1 percent — of transmitting herpes to your unborn baby. Same goes if a routine screening for sexually transmitted diseases at your first prenatal visit diagnoses HSV for the first time, or if you’re infected any time during the first half of your pregnancy and are asymptomatic. Only women who are infected for the first time in late pregnancy have a greater risk (30 to 60 percent) of infecting their unborn babies, because their bodies have not yet produced HSV antibodies.

In the rare case a newborn is infected, transmission most often occurs when the baby passes through the mother’s infected birth canal. To prevent this from happening, your health care provider may prescribe medication in your third trimester to decrease the chances of a herpes outbreak around the time you give birth.
TREATING HERPES

The symptoms of herpes can be managed with medication. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends Zovirax (the generic name is acyclovir) during pregnancy, which can lessen symptoms and reduce discomfort. While the safety of acyclovir during pregnancy is not definitively established, it’s routinely used to suppress herpes in pregnant women.
COMPLICATIONS

Remember, herpes is rarely transmitted to a baby during pregnancy — 80 to 90 percent of newborns with HSV are infected when they pass through an infected birth canal. If the amniotic sac breaks before birth, very rarely the fluid in an infected birth canal can infect a baby who has not yet passed through the birth canal. In the unlikely event a baby is exposed to herpes during birth, because infection can cause severe problems including brain and eye damage he will be treated with antiviral medications.
WHAT HAPPENS AT BIRTH

When you go into labor, your doctor should carefully examine you for herpetic lesions. If you aren’t experiencing sores or symptoms at delivery time, a vaginal birth may be possible. If, however, you are experiencing sores or early symptoms of a herpes outbreak (such as vulvar pain and itching), a cesarean delivery is recommended to reduce the chance the baby will come in contact with the virus.

Once your baby arrives, you’re free to breastfeed; the virus can’t be passed through breast milk. But be on the lookout for sores and lesions on your breasts, which can spread the virus to your baby.

Placenta Previa

Most cases of placenta previa, a pregnancy complication, are detected early and managed well — resulting in a normal (if surgical) delivery.

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What is placenta previa?

The placenta is what nourishes and protects your baby in utero, filtering out what she doesn’t need and delivering the oxygen and nutrients she does. Most of the time, it attaches to the top or side of the uterus. But when the placenta implants low in your uterus, part of it can cover the cervix — a condition known as placenta previa.

There are several types of previa:
Complete previa: The placenta covers the entire cervical opening
Partial previa: The placenta covers part of the cervical opening
Marginal previa: The placenta borders the cervix

No matter what kind of previa it is, the placenta physically blocks the opening to the birth canal (a.k.a. the vagina) — your baby's way out come his or her big B-day.
How common is placenta previa?

If you’re diagnosed with the condition before 28 weeks, don’t worry: As many as 15 percent of women are diagnosed with some degree of placenta previa during the second trimester, usually during a routine ultrasound. But because the uterus grows at such an accelerated rate in early pregnancy, the majority of these cases — 90 percent, thankfully — resolve, meaning the placenta moves up and away from the cervix before week 30 of pregnancy. (In fact, your practitioner may not even mention a possible previa to you until your third trimester, since the odds are it won’t persist until then.) In fact, only about one of every 150 to 300 expecting women is diagnosed with placenta previa during the third trimester, when the placenta is unlikely to budge.
Risk factors

A number of conditions put you at greater risk of placenta previa, including:
Advanced maternal age. Placenta previa is three times more likely to occur in women over the age of 30 than those under the age of 20.
Second or later pregnancy. The condition is more common in women who have had at least one other pregnancy.
Multiples. Being pregnant with two or more babies increases your likelihood of placenta previa.

Abnormalities of the uterus. Women who have naturally abnormally- shaped uteruses or have scarring on their uterine lining due to uterine surgeries, including C-sections and D&C procedures, are also at higher risk.
Smoking. Cigarette use during pregnancy increases your chances of developing a host of complications including placenta previa.
Symptoms and diagnosis

Placenta previa is most commonly discovered and diagnosed not on the basis of symptoms but during a routine second-trimester ultrasound (though there isn't even the potential for problems with a previa until the third trimester). But sometimes the condition announces itself in the third trimester (occasionally earlier) with the following symptoms:
Bleeding. The changing shape of your uterus during the third trimester can destabilize the connection between your uterus and placenta if it is low-lying, causing bleeding. Placenta previa is, in fact, considered the most common cause of abnormal bleeding in the latter part of pregnancy. It's estimated that 70 to 80 percent of women with the condition experience some bright-red bleeding (not just vaginal spotting, which is typically normal) sometime after the week 20 — though it happens most frequently between weeks 34 and 38.
Cramping. While it’s not common to feel pain, some women do experience cramping.
Breech position. Your baby is more likely to be in a breech position when you have placenta previa. That’s because in a typical pregnancy, the most comfortable third-trimester position for a baby is head down at the bottom of the uterus, where there’s the most room. But with a previa, the placenta occupies that space where your baby’s head would normally gravitate, causing her to stay in (or move to) a breech position.
What happens if you bleed

Many bleeding incidents can be treated effectively before blood loss puts you or your baby at risk. However severe bleeding may be cause for an immediate delivery. If premature labor seems imminent, you may receive steroid shots to mature your baby's lungs more rapidly before a C-section is performed. Likewise, if bleeding occurs after 36 weeks, your practitioner may also advise an immediate C-section. In very rare cases, heavy bleeding may require a blood transfusion.
Prevention and treatment

While there’s no way to prevent placenta previa, once you’ve been diagnosed and have reached your third trimester your health care provider may recommend measures to ensure a safe pregnancy and delivery, especially if you experience any bleeding. These might include:
Pelvic rest. This means abstaining from intercourse, discontinuing any use of tampons or vaginal douches, and foregoing pelvic exams.
Increased fetal monitoring. Your doctor may want to keep an eye on your baby to make sure his heartbeat remains strong and his movements are consistent.
Hospital care. Although studies have not shown bed rest has clear benefits for women with placenta previa, your practitioner may want you to remain at a hospital until your delivery, particularly if you’ve had a bleeding incident, in order to monitor you and your baby continuously.

You'll also want to keep a lookout for signs of preterm labor, which is more common with placenta previa. 

Labor and delivery

About 75 percent of women with placenta previa in the third trimester deliver via C-section before labor starts. Although women with a marginal previa can sometimes deliver vaginally, nearly all partial and complete placenta previas require a C-section to avoid severe, life-threatening bleeding. 

What you need to know

Unfortunately a placenta previa diagnosis during the third trimester means that you may not realize your ideal birth plan. And a previa-induced bleeding incident, if you experience one, can be frightening. But since you’ll be on vigilant lookout for symptoms and you know to seek immediate treatment if you bleed, you and your baby will be OK. The most important thing to keep in mind: The vast majority of women with placenta previa safely deliver healthy babies.