Dalai Lama has 'no worries' about Trump presidency

Tibetan spiritual leader says he hopes to meet US president-elect Donald Trump.

Tibetan spiritual leader predicts Donald Trump will conform his policies to "reality" [File: Ennio Leanza/EPA]

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he has "no worries" about Donald Trump's election as US president, adding he expects the right-wing president-elect will align his future policies with global realities.

Dalai Lama's visit risks Mongolia's aid package from China

The 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner's remarks on Wednesday were his most extensive yet regarding the election of the real estate tycoon and reality television star, who has called for putting US concerns first and shown little interest in Washington's traditional espousal of global democracy and social justice.

Commenting at the conclusion of a four-day visit to Mongolia, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism said he looks forward to seeing Trump at some point following the January 20 inauguration.

Such meetings usually draw protests from Beijing, which accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking to split Tibet from China.

The 81-year-old monk said he has always regarded the United States as the leader of the "free world" and wasn't concerned about racist remarks made by Trump during the campaign. 

"I feel during the election, the candidate has more freedom to express. Now once they [are] elected, having the responsibility, then they have to carry their cooperation, their work, according [to] reality," he told reporters in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar.

"So I have no worries."

'Steady development of bilateral ties'

Tenzin Dhardon Sharling, spokeswoman for the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala, said she was not aware of any plans for a meeting between the Dalai Lama and Trump.

She said the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan exile community have enjoyed good relations with successive US presidents and expected that to continue under a Trump administration.

"His holiness has always put great hope in the US as a champion of democracy. He hopes for continued support from the new president and his government," she said.

Asked to comment on climate change - which Trump has denounced as a hoax - the Dalai Lama said he was heartened by the turn to alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power.

"We must now concentrate on these things. I don't know whether we can reduce cars or not. People everywhere busy, busy. I don't know if it will be possible," he said.

Referencing past efforts to minimize damage to the ozone layer, the Dalai Lama said that raised the chance of similar cooperation on climate change.

"So that gives us hope, there is possibility," he said. (ALJAZEERA)

Magazeti ya Tanzania November 24

POLITICS: Data Scientists Encourage Hillary Clinton To Challenge Election Results

A group of computer scientists and election lawyers are urging Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to demand a manual recount of ballots, saying they noticed some statistical irregularities in key swing states.

J. Alex Halderman, a computer scientist, noted that U.S. voting machines have “have serious cybersecurity problems” that open them up to hacking. He emphasized that there’s currently no evidence that machines in key swing states that went to Trump were hacked, but that it’s necessary to examine physical evidence to make sure they were not: 

I believe the most likely explanation is that the polls were systematically wrong, rather than that the election was hacked. But I don’t believe that either one of these seemingly unlikely explanations is overwhelmingly more likely than the other. The only way to know whether a cyberattack changed the result is to closely examine the available physical evidence — paper ballots and voting equipment in critical states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, nobody is ever going to examine that evidence unless candidates in those states act now, in the next several days, to petition for recounts.

New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman previously reported that the activists said electronic voting systems in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania produced discrepancies that hurt Clinton. 

The academics presented findings showing that in Wisconsin, Clinton received 7 percent fewer votes in counties that relied on electronic-voting machines compared with counties that used optical scanners and paper ballots. Based on this statistical analysis, Clinton may have been denied as many as 30,000 votes; she lost Wisconsin by 27,000.

Clinton needed to win all three states for an election victory. Wisconsin and Pennsylvania went for Donald Trump by the smallest margins of all the states that he won. The race in Michigan hasn’t been certified, but the state is likely to go to Trump. A Clinton win in all three states would give her enough Electoral College votes to claim the presidency.

The activists, who have not spoken publicly about their findings, presented their evidence to Clinton’s campaign team last week. An aide to Clinton told HuffPost the campaign is “not saying anything yet.”

Some data scientists and political statisticians, including FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver and The New York Times’ Nate Cohn, cast doubt on the claims, which compared voting in counties that used paper ballots with those that used electronic machines. Silver and Cohn said the suspicious results disappear when controlling for demographic factors like race and education. The Huffington Post

TIGO YAIPIGA "TAFU" HOSPITALI YA WILAYA YA ILEJE

Mkurugenzi wa Kampuni ya simu za mkononi, Tigo-Tanzania, Kanda ya Nyanda za Juu Kusini, Jackson Kiswaga, (kulia) akizungumza na wananchi wa Itumba Wilaya ya Ileje, waliofika kwa ajili ya kushudia msaada waliopatiwa kutoka Tigo-Tanzania kwa ajili ya Hospitali ya Wilaya hiyo, kwa niaba ya kampuni hiyo. Tigo ilikabidhi vifaa vya afya hospitalini hapo ambavyo ni mashuka, mablanketi, Goves, Jokofu na mifagio ambavyo vinagharimu kiasi cha Sh20 Milioni. 

Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Ileje Mkoa wa Songwe, Joseph Mkude (mwenye suti nyeusi) akikabidhiwa msaada wa Jokofu la kuhifadhia dawa muhimu za binadamu kwa ajili ya Hospitali ya Wilaya hiyo, kutoka kwa Mkurugenzi wa Kampuni ya simu za mkononi, Tigo Kanda ya Nyanda za Juu Kusini, Jackson Kiswaga, (kulia kwake) kwa niaba ya kampuni hiyo. Tigo ilikabidhi vifaa vya afya hospitalini hapo ambavyo ni mashuka, mablanketi, Goves, Jokofu na mifagio ambavyo vinagharimu kiasi cha Sh20 Milioni. 

Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Ileje Mkoa wa Songwe, Joseph Mkude (aliyechuchumaa) akichoma moto takataka baada ya kuzikusanya katika usafi walioufanya pamoja na maofisa wa Kampuni ya Simu za Mkononi ya Tigo-Tanzania, katika Hospitali ya Wilaya ya Ileje, baada ya Tigo-Tanzania kukabidhi msaada wa vifaa tiba hospitalini hapo vinavyogharimu kiasi cha 20 Milioni.

Usafi ukiendelea 

Wananchi wa Itumba Wilaya ya Ileje, Mkoa wa Songwe, wakifuatilia matukio wakati Kampuni ya simu za mkononi Tigo-Tanzania wakaikabidhi vifaa tiba kwa uongozi wa Hospitali ya Wilaya ya Ileje, ambavyovinagharimu kiasi cha Sh20 Milioni.

MBUNGE LEMA KESI YAKE YAZIDI KUWA NGUMU...

Mbunge wa Arusha Mjini Godbless Lema amekwaa kisiki kwa mara nyingine katika harakati za kuomba dhamana baada ya Mahakama Kuu Kanda ya Arusha kutupilia mbali ombi la marejeo ya kesi yake na kushauri kuwa Mawakili wake wakate rufaa ya kupinga zuio la dhamana.

Mawakili wa Lema jana walikuwa wakirusha karata hiyo kwa mara ya tatu baada ya mara mbili za awali mteja wao kushindwa kupata dhamana.

Lema amesota rumande tangu alipokamatwa Novemba 3, 2016 akiwa mkoani Dodoma na kusafirishwa hadi Arusha ambapo anashtakiwa kwa kosa la uchochezi dhidi ya Rais Dkt Magufuli.

RAIS MAGUFULI AMUAPISHA KAMISHNA ATHUMANI KUWA KATIBU TAWALA MKOA WA KAGERA,SOMA HAPO KUJUA

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt John Pombe Magufuli akimuapisha Kamishna Diwani Athumani kuwa Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa wa Kagera (RAS) Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo Novemba 22, 2016.

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt John Pombe Magufuli akimuapisha Kamishna Diwani Athumani kuwa Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa wa Kagera (RAS) Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo Novemba 22, 2016.7

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt John Pombe Magufuli akifurahia jambo na Kamishna Diwani Athumani mara baada ya kumuapisha kuwa Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa wa Kagera (RAS) Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo Novemba 22, 2016.

Katibu wa Maadili ya Viongozi – Siasa, Bw. Waziri Kipacha akimuongoza Kamishna Diwani Athumani kula kiapo cha uadilifu cha viongozi wa umma baada ya kuapishwa kuwa Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa wa Kagera (RAs) Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo Novemba 22, 2016.

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt John Pombe Magufuli katika picha ya pamoja na Kamishna Diwani Athumani pamoja na viongozi waandamizi wa serikali na vyombo vya ulinzi na usalama umma baada ya Kamishna Diwani kuapishwa kuwa Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa wa Kagera (RAs) Ikulu jijini Dar es salaam leo Novemba 22, 2016.

NINETY PERCENTAGE OF THE VILLAGES IN MUFINDI DISTRICT HAVE NO RESERVE LANDS

MUFINDI: NINETY-PERCENT of the villages in Mufindi District in Iringa Region have no land reserves for investment by various governmental operations, Mufindi District Land Officer, Simon Mbago explained.

He said that land conflicts occurring in villages in the district is the lack of land reserves for development activities and investments.

Mbago made the statement at a debate held yesterday in the village of Usokami in Kibengu Ward in the district.

He said that the conflicts will end if applicable villages will allocate land for development activities.

This is the seventh village land conflict dialogue since the start debating organized by a non-governmental organization Tanzania Grassroots Oriented Development (TAGRODE) in Iringa region aimed at searching for how to make things in order to reduce conflicts over land in the districts of Iringa and Mufindi in Iringa Region.

The organization in partnership with Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Tanzania (PELUM Tanzania), through the funding from USAID, runs the debates in villages Ikuka, Mbigili, Mawala, Mawambala and Masalali for Kilolo District.

And in villages Usokami, Ugesa, Makungu, Magunguli and Isaula in Mufindi District, through its CEGO project, involving rural communities in terms of the accountability of village land.

The land officer went on to say that villages should set aside land for developmental such as building hospitals, schools and setting up investment areas.

"Most of the villages in Mufindi District does not have land reserves for setting up projects, that forced the said projects into individual lands causing land conflicts ...," he said Mbago.

The district land officer has recommend villages allocate land reserves of so that when the government wants to do any development activities in their respective village projects should to be done in the reserve lands.

He went on to say that any project cannot be invested in village with land disputes or no land reserves but it will move elsewhere in the village with reserve land.

Contributing to the topic in the debate, citizens of Usokami village said that in order to reduce land disputes the government should review the boundaries between village and villages and between district and district because there are some village bordering district boundaries. 

The villagers also said that the village government is a source of conflict because some of the leaders who have failed to manage these laws after the decisions made.

They asked the government to review the boundaries of their village along with the village land use plan (VLUP) in order to avoid land conflicts.

For his part, Usokami Village Chairman Franciso Kaguo requested the government to use the law to set aside areas for farmers and herders to avoid conflicts because both groups are interdependent.

Meanwhile, Usokami Village in Mufindi district, Iringa region is highly affected the problem of safe drinking water due to lack of any water project in the village.

Citizens of the village use water from shallow wells and asked the government to provide tap water project in order to save the health of local residents.

They said that all water projects do not work and they have to spend a lot of time to look for water in shallow wells hence economic retardation.

UGESA VILLAGE WOMEN PERFORM ABORTIONS IN THE BACKYARDS

MUFINDI: Senior Nurse at Ugesa Dispensary in Ihalimba Ward, Mufindi district, Iringa region Theresia Chaula (enrolled nurse) said many women have abortions in the backyards leading to the death for girls and women in marriage.

She said that the problem of abortion in the village of Ugesa is great and they come to hospital with poor health after abortion in street.

"Many women who arrive at the hospital after aborting pregnancy…," said Chaula.

Chaula said yesterday while speaking to The Guardian that there are some women try to have an abortion by inserting sharp objects or objects contaminated with the womb or womb burst.

She said that one of the great harm which comes upon a woman who abortions are hemorrhage and burst womb.

She said that these actions are dangerous and never any woman not to do so, that can cause a significant effect womb injury, including excessive bleeding and so bring death.

She said there are women who give girls and women abortion by inserting sharp objects or objects which contaminate womb.

She said that the village is a facing problem with unsafe sexual activities due to local alcohol kind of Ulanzi.

"In this season of alcohol people have been involved in unprotected sex, unwanted pregnancies and abortions ...," said Chaula.

She said that she intends to convene a village meeting to identify people who involved aborting (ngariba) pregnant girls and women so promptly.

Meanwhile, the senior nurse said the clinic has shortage of health workers, where she added that she is alone and cannot with multitude of patients who come for treatment.

She said that health services continue to exist but it is effectively requires a nurse, a medical attendant and a clinical assistant.

Ugesa Village is one of the villages where the ‘Village land conflict dialogue’ project was done over land disputes implemented by Tanzania Grassroots Oriented Development (TAGRODE) a non-governmental organization based in Iringa in collaboration with Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Tanzania (PELUM Tanzania).

The organization runs the debates in villages Ikuka, Mbigili, Mawala, Mawambala and Masalali for the District of Kilolo.

Other villages are Usokami, Ugesa, Makungu, Magunguli and Isaula Mufindi District through Citizens Engaging in Government Oversight in Agriculture (CEGO-Agriculture) involving rural communities in terms of the accountability of village land.

According to the Coordinator of Tanzania Grassroots Oriented Development (TAGRODE) Dickson Mwalubandu, the village land conflict dialogue held in the districts of Kilolo and Mufindi is focusing on how to make things in order to reduce the complaints of land disputes.

"In order to ensure citizens are grappling with challenges, his organization operates on dialogue and strengthen village land committees and village land councils so that they solve conflicts on their territories," said Mwalubandu.

Mwalubandu said the dialogue aims to empower the citizens of the project districts (Kilolo and Mufindi), so that they can understand land laws, land rights for women and vulnerable groups as well as the resolution of land disputes.

He said that the funding from USAID, through Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Tanzania (PELUM Tanzania), TAGRODE runs the debates in villages of Ikuka, Mbigili, Mawala, Mawambala na Masalali in kilolo.

Others are Usokami, Ugesa, Makungu, Magunguli and Isaula in Mufindi District through Citizens Engaging in Government Oversight in Agriculture (CEGO-Agriculture) project involving rural communities in terms of the accountability of village land.

NGONO ZEMBE YACHOCHEA UTOAJI MIMBA

Muuguzi Mwandamizi wa Zahanati ya Ugesa Theresia Augustino Chaula 

MUFINDI: Muuguzi Mwandamizi wa Zahanati ya Ugesa katika Kata ya Ihalimba wilayani Mufindi, mkoani Iringa Theresia Augustino Chaula wanawake wengi wanatoa mimba kiholela hali inayopelekea vifo kwa mabinti na wanawake waliopo kwenye ndoa.

Alisema kuwa tatizo la utoaji mimba katika kijiji cha Ugesa ni kubwa na wanakuja hospitali wakiwa na hali mbaya kiafya baada ya kutoa mimba mitaani.

“Wanawake wengi wanaofika hospitalini hapo wanadai mimba imetoka yenyewe wanaogopa kukosa huduma…,” alisema Chaula.

Chaula alisema jana wakati akiongea na Nipashe kuwa kuna baadhi ya wanawake hujaribu kutoa mimba kwa kuingiza vifaa vyenye ncha kali au vitu vichafu tumboni au kwa kujipiga makonde tumboni. 

Alisema kuwa mojawapo ya madhara makubwa ambayo yanampata mwanamke anayetoa mimba vichochoroni ni kutokwa na damu nyingi na kupasuka kwa kizazi.

Alisema kuwa vitendo hivi ni hatarishi na kamwe mwanamke yeyote asifanye hivyo, kwa kuwa vinaweza kusababisha majeraha yenye athari kubwa tumboni, ikiwa pamoja na kuvuja damu nyingi na hivyo kuleta kifo. 

Alisema wapo wanawake wanaotoa wasichana na wanawake mimba kwa kuingiza vifaa vyenye ncha kali au vitu vichafu tumboni.

Alisema kuwa Kijiji cha Ugesa kina tatizo la ngono zemba kutokana na ulevi wa pombe za kinyeji aina ya Ulanzi.

“Katika msimu huu wa pombe watu wamekuwa wakishiriki ngono zembe kunakopelekea mimba zisizotarajiwa na hatimaye kutoa mimba kiholela…,” alisema Chaula.

Alisema kuwa anakusudia kuitisha mkutano wa kijiji ili kuwabaini watu wanaotoa (maarufu kama ngariba) mimba mabinti na wanawake ili wachukuliwe hatua.

Wakati huohuo, muuguzi mwandamizi huyo, alisema zahanati hiyo inaupungufu wa watumishi wa afya ambapo aliongeza kuwa kwa pekee yake hataweza kulingana wingi wa wagonjwa wanaofika kwa matibabu.

Alisema kuwa ili huduma za afya ziendelee kwa ufanisi kunahitaji kuwepo na muuguzi mmoja, tabibu msaidizi mmoja na mhuduma mmoja.

Kijiji cha Ugesa ni moja ya vijiji ambavyo kwenye mradi wa kuendesha midhalo kuhusu migogoro ya ardhi inayotekelezwa na Shirika la TAGRODE kwa kushirikiana na shirika la PELUM Tanzania la mkoani Morogoro.

Shirika hilo linaendesha midahalo hiyo katika vijiji vya Ikuka, Mbigili, Mawala, Mawambala na Masalali kwa Wilaya ya kilolo.

Na katika vijiji vya Usokami, Ugesa, Makungu, Magunguli na Isaula Wilaya ya Mufindi kupitia mradi wake wa CEGO unaohusisha jamii ya vijijini katika uwajibikaji wa masuala ya ardhi ya kijiji.

ASILIMIA 90 YA VIJIJI VYA WILAYA YA MUFINDI HAVINA ARDHI YA AKIBA

Wanafunzi wa shule ya msingi Kilimahewa katika Kijiji cha Usokami katika Kata ya Kibengu wilayani mufindi mkoani iringa akipita jirani na mkutano mkuu wa kijiji wakiwa wamejitwisha ndoo za maji baada ya kutoka shuleni jana. Kijiji cha Usokami kinakabiliwa na tatizo la maji safi na salama kutokana na kijiji hicho kutokuwa kuwa na mradi wowote wa maji ya bomba. (Picha na Friday Simbaya)

Afisa Ardhi wa Wilaya ya Mufindi, Simon Mbago

MUFINDI: Asilimia 90 ya vijiji vya Wilaya ya Mufindi mkoani Iringa havina ardhi ya akiba kwa ajili ya uwekezaji na shughuli mbalimbali za kiserikali, Afisa Ardhi wa Wilaya ya Mufindi, Simon Mbago ameelezea.

Alisema kuwa migogoro mingi ya ardhi inayotokea kwenye vijiji wilayani humo ni kukosekana kwa ardhi ya akiba kwa ajili shughuli za maendeleo na uwekezekaji.

Akiwasilisha mada katika mdahalo uliofanyika jana katika Kijiji cha Usokami, Kata ya Kibengu wilayani humo alisema kuwa migogoro hiyo itakoma endapo vijijji husika vitatenga ardhi kwa ajili ya shughuli za maendeleo.

Huu ni mdahalo wa saba tangu kuanza kutolewa kwa midahalo hiyo inayoandaliwa na shirika lisilo la kiserikali la TAGRODE lenye makao yake mkoani Iringa inayolenga kutafuta mambo yakufanya ili kupunguza migogoro ya ardhi katika wilaya za Iringa na Mufindi mkoani Iringa.

Shirika hilo kwa kushirikiana na shirika la PELUM Tanzania la mkoani Morogoro, linaendesha midahalo hiyo katika vijiji vya Ikuka, Mbigili, Mawala, Mawambala na Masalali kwa Wilaya ya kilolo.

Na katika vijiji vya Usokami, Ugesa, Makungu, Magunguli na Isaula Wilaya ya Mufindi kupitia mradi wake wa CEGO unaohusisha jamii ya vijijini katika uwajibikaji wa masuala ya ardhi ya kijiji.

Afisa ardhi huyo aliendelea kusema kuwa vijiji kwa kutotenga ardhi ya akiba kunapelekea vijiji hivyo kukosa miradi ya maendeleo kama vile ujenzi wa hospitali, shule na wakezaji.

“Kwa asilimia kubwa ya vijiji vya Wilaya Mufindi havina ardhi ya akiba kunakopelekeaa miradi mingi kuchukua ardhi ya watu binafsi na kusababisha migogoro ya ardhi…,” alisema Mbago.

Afisa ardhi huyo wa Wilaya ya Mufindi wamevishauri vijiji hivyo kutenga ardhi ya akiba ya vijiji ili serikali inapotaka kufanya shughuli yoyote ya kimaendeleo katika kijiji husika miradi huyo ifanywe katika ardhi ya akiba.

Aliendelea kusema kuwa mradi wowote ule hauwezi kuwekezwa sehemu yenye migogoro ya ardhi au kijiji kutokuwa na ardhi ya akiba itapelekwa mahala pengine au kijiji kingine penye ardhi ya akiba.

Wakichangia mada katika mdahalo huo, wananchi wa kijiji cha usokami kata ya kibengu walisema kuwa ili kupunguza migogoro ya ardhi serikali hainabudi kuhakiki mipaka upya ya vijiji na vijiji na wilaya na wilaya.

Pia wananchi hao walisema kuwa serikali za vijiji ni chanzo cha migogoro kwa sababu zina baadhi ya viongozi wanaoshindwa kusimamia sheria hizo baada ya maamuzi kufanywa.

Wananchi hao wa kijiji cha usokami waliomba serikali kuhakiki mipaka ya kijiji chao pamoja kupelekewa mpango wa matumizi bora ya ardhi ya kijiji.

Kwa upande wake, Mwenyekiti wa Kijiji cha Usokami Franciso Kaguo aliomba serikali kwa kutumia sheria hizo kutenga maeneo kwa ajili ya wakulima na wafugaji hatua itakayosaidia kuepukana na migogoro kwa kuwa makundi yote mawili yanategemeana.

Wakati huohuo, Kijiji cha Usokami wilayani Mufindi, mkoani Iringa kunakabiliwa na tatizo la maji safi na salama kutokana na kijiji hicho kutokuwa na mradi wowote wa maji.

Wananchi hao wa kijiji hicho wanatumia maji ya visima na kuiomba serikali iwapelekee mradi wa maji ya bomba ili kunusuru afya za wakazi hao.

Walisema kuwa miradi yote ya maji haifanyi kazi na kulazimika kutumia muda mwingi kutafuata maji katika visima vya watu binfasi.