DHI NUREYN DONATES FOOD

Senior women at Ismani-Tarafani Village are enjoying eating dates.Residents at Ismani-Tafarani Village gathered together waiting food handouts.

DHI NUREYN Islamic Foundation in Iringa Region has yesterday donated food aid to the residents of Ismani-Tarafani Village in Iringa District who have being affected by drought situation for consecutive three years now.


A total of 80 senior residents both Muslims and non-Muslims at the village received the food support after famine which resulted into food shortage including maize meal, rice, sugar, beans, cooking oil and dates weigh 1.5m/-, it has been learnt.


According to the Executive Secretary of the Islamic Foundation Shams Elmi, they have decided to give and distribute food support to the residents of Ismani-Tarafani Village, Ismani Division within Iringa District in Iringa Region after they have learnt that people there were affected by drought.


Elmi, who made sure the food support is reached to the intended residents, noted that there are a lot people who needed humanitarian support in the area including the surrounding villages but the little they have provided will help few especially the senior residents, was like only drop of water in the sea.


“Although there a lot of people who need humanitarian aid in the village but we can only afford just little to a few people regarding but we hope other people will come give aid as while,” he anticipated.


However, the food aid donated to the residents at Ismaini-Tarafani included 200kilograms of maize meal, 300 kilograms of rice, 100 kilograms of sugar, 200 kilograms of beans, 60 liters of cooking oil and 30 packets of dates.


On his part, the Village Executive Officer (VEO), Andrew Mgowole said that residents who received food aid came from the four sub villages of Mti Ulaya, Lugolola, Lianika and Luang’a mostly the senior residents.


Mgowole thanked the Islamic Foundation for the food support on behalf the village residents, and also the government has already given some maize and some other well wishers they have also brought some support towards the affected residents of famine.


He added a total 80 senior residents received the food aid that he also makes sure that the distribution of food was done accordingly.


The Holy Month of Ramadan is all about fasting and teach Muslims about patience, humanity and spiritually.


During Ramadan, Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, and try to purify themselves through self-restraint and good deeds.

OFISI YA TLP MJINI IRINGA YAPIGWA KUFULI

Zikiwa zimebaki siku chache kabla ya Uchaguzi Mkuu kufanyika Oktoba mwaka huu, Chama cha Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) Mjini Iringa kimefukuzwa na kutolea vyombo vya nje na Majembe Auction Mart-vijana wa kazi leo baada ya kushindwa lipa kodi pango la ofisi yao ya Shilingi milioni 2,483,624.64 wanalodaiwa na shirika NSSF leo. TLP walipanga katika jengo la NSSF lakini walikuwa hawajalipa kodi ya panga kwa mwaka miwili na hivyo vyombo vyao kuchuliwa na Majembe ilikufidia deni na hatimaye kupiga kufuli ofisi hiyo.

TIMU YA POLISI IRINGA YA AFRICAN LYON 1-0

Timu ya Polisi Mkoa wa Iringa wenye jezi za bluu wakicheza mechi ya kirafiki na Timu African Lyon ambapo timu ya Polisi Iringa iliibuka na ushindi wa bao 1-0 uliyofanyika katika Uwanja wa Samora mjini Iringa leo. Goli hilo lilifangwa na Mshambuliaji na Maiko Mamba wenye jezi nambari 10 mgongoni baada ya kupata pasi kutoka kwa midfielder Bunda Odeni katika dakika 10 kipindi cha kwanza.Bw. Aristos Nakitas Katibu wa Chama cha Soka Morogoro kisalimiana na wachezaji wa timu ya African Lyon  wenye jezi ya orange kabla ya kuanza kwa mechi ya kirafiki leo mjini Iringa.Timu ya Polisi Iringa na picha pamoja na Timu ya Lyon wenye jezi ya rangi ya machungwa.Timu ya Polisi ikipiga picha ya pamoja na viongozi wake wa kwanza kulia ni Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Timu hiyo  Mohamed Semunya.

MBUNGE WA MUFINDI KASKAZINI ATINGA KORTINI TENA LEO

KESI ya kutoa hongo katika mchakato wa kura za maoni za Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) inayomkabili aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Mufindi Kaskazini na Waziri katika serikali za awamu zote nne, Joseph Mungai imetajwa tena leo (Agosti 25) katika Mahakama ya Mkoa wa Iringa.
Mungai (66) pamoja na makada wengine wawili ambao ni Katibu wa Umoja wa vijana wa CCM wa Wilaya ya Mufindi, Fidel Cholela (39) na Moses Masasi wanakabiliwa na mashtaka 15 ya rushwa kinyume na sheria ya kuzuia na kupamna na rushwa ya mwaka 2007 na sheria ya gharama za uchaguzi ya mwaka 2010 .
Watuhumiwa hao kwa pamoja, kwa mara ya kwanza walipandishwa kizimbani Agosti 11, mwaka huu na kusomewa mashitaka hayo ambayo pia waliyakana.


Kesi hiyo ilitajwa jana mbele ya Hakimu Mkazi Mkoa, Marry Senapee, ambapo upande wa mashitaka uliokuwa ukiongozwa na Prisca Mpeka kutoka Takukuru, uliomba tarehe nyingine ya shauri hilo kwa ajili ya kusoma maelezo ya awali yanayoweza kuruhusu kuanza kusikiliza kesi hiyo.


Hata hivyo, Wakili anayewatetea washitakiwa hao, Basil Mkwatta aliomba tarehe itakayopangwa na mahakama hiyo alete pingimizi la awali la kisheria kwamba kesi hiyo haistahili kuwepo mahakamani hapo.


Pande zote mbili zilikubaliana ambapo Hakimu Senapee alipanga kesi hiyo irejeshwe mahakamani hapo Septemba 30 mwaka huu ambapo Mkwatta ataleta pingamizi hilo na hivyo kumfanya mwendesha mashitaka wa Takukuru,Prisca Mpeka asisome maelezo ya awali siku hiyo na badala yake atalazimika kusubiri kusikia pingamizi hilo na kutoa hoja za kujibu.


Inadaiwa kuwa Julai 08, mwaka huu, katika kata ya Ihalimba, Wilaya ya Mufindi, Mungai akiwa mmoja wa makada wa CCM waliokuwa wanawania kupitishwa katika kura za maoni kugombea ubunge wa Jimbo la Mufindi Kaskazini, kwa pamoja na watuhumiwa wenzake, walitoa hongo ya Sh.10,000 kwa Mwenyekiti wa CCM tawi la Vikula kama kishawishi cha kumpigia kura wakati wa zoezi la upigaji wa kura za maoni.


Katika shtaka la pili, inadaiwa kuwa watuhumiwa wote kwa pamoja, siku na katika eneo hilo walitoa hongo ya Sh.10,000/- kwa Konjesta Kiyeyeu ambaye alihudhuria kikao cha kamati ya CCM Kijiji cha Vikula.


Mwendesha mashitaka huyo aliendelea kudai mahakamani hapo kuwa, katika shtaka la tatu, nne, tano na sita, watuhumiwa wanadaiwa kutoa hongo ya Sh.10,000/- kwa Aldo Lugusi, Ezekiel Mhewa, Tulaigwa Kisinda na Jiston Mhagama kwa lengo hilo hilo la kuwashawishi wampigie kura za maoni.


Katika shitaka la saba,watuhumiwa hao wanadaiwa kutoa hongo ya Sh.20,000/- kwa Maria Kihongosi na shtaka la nane kutoa hongo ya Sh.5,000/- kwa Lurent Mdalingwa wakati shtaka la tisa wanadaiwa kutoa hongo ya Sh.20,000/- kwa Victory Kalinga ambaye ni Mwenyekiti wa CCM Kijiji cha Ugessa.


Katika mashtaka namba kumi hadi 12 washtakiwa wote kwa pamoja wanadaiwa walitoa hongo ya Sh.2,000/- kwa Francis Chonya, Alfred Kisinga na Issac Tewele wakati shtaka la 13 wanadaiwa walitoa hongo ya Sh.10,000/- kwa Sosten Kigahe.


Aidha, Mwendesha mashitaka huyo alidai kuwa shitaka namba 14 watuhumiwa wanadaiwa kutoa hongo ya Sh.10,000/- kwa Raphael Lutumo na shitaka la mwisho walitoa hongo ya Sh.20,000/- kwa Andrew Mkiwa.


Mwisho.

SEX TOURISM IN KENYA

Sex tourism in Kenya: One girl’s story

© UNICEF Kenya/2006/Rohio
A recent UNICEF-backed report on the effect of sex tourism in Kenya finds that exploitation thrives because many in local communities look the other way.
By Pamella Sittoni

A new report conducted by UNICEF and the Government of Kenya finds that thousands of girls in coastal tourist areas are being exploited in the sex-for-cash industry. Here is one girl’s story.

MOMBASA, Kenya, 20 December 2006 – “If my father knew that I do this, he would kill me,” says Annie (not her real name). “But he does not provide enough for me and my daughter, so I have to do this to make some extra cash.”

Annie is from a lower middle-class family in Mtwapa, a coastal township near Mombasa. Kenya. She lives with her parents, who put food on the table and pay rent and other bills. As far as the family is concerned, Annie is an obedient child who is never out of the home beyond the 8 p.m. curfew set by her father.

But what they do not know is that Annie goes out almost daily in search of men. “Most of the men are Kenyans,” she says, adding that they pay her from $3 to $8 for sex.

Occasionally she has had sex with tourists, who pay up to three times more. “But it is not easy to get tourists. I can’t go to the beaches to hunt for tourists because police are always on patrol and they would arrest me,” she notes.

Influenced by peers


Annie is barely fifteen. Her daughter is 11 months old.

Her troubles began when she got pregnant while in Standard Eight. “My parents started treating me like an outcast,” Annie recalls. “If I asked for anything, they would ask me to find the man who gave me the baby to buy whatever I needed. They always reminded me that I had let them down in school.”

Like many other teenagers in Mtwapa, Annie was introduced to sex-for-cash by her peers. “They told me I could earn money easily by simply having sex with men,” she says.

‘I will forget about this life’


But Annie is aware that what she is doing is dangerous. “This is not a good life,” she admits. “Sometimes the men treat me badly. Sometimes they refuse to pay me and chase me away. Sometimes they do terrible things to me which I can’t even describe.

“The most horrible ones are the bouncers, who demand that I have sex with them before they allow me into the club where I could meet the tourists,” she adds.

“My father has said I should go back to school next year and repeat Standard Eight. Once I go back to school, I will forget about this life,” Annie says hopefully.

MASHINDANO YA SHIMIWI 2010 KUFANYIKA TANGA

Mwandishi wa habari za michezo wa Nipashe kulia Bi. Bahati Moleli akifanya mahojiano na Kocha wa timu ya Ras Mkoa wa Iringa Bw. John Ndambalo (katikati) Ijumaa kuhusiana na mashindano ya wizara na serikali (SHIMIWI) 2010 na wa kwanza kushoto ni Mwandshi wa habari wa Mtanzania Bw. Onesemo Joseph (MIJO). Mashindano ya SHIMIWI yamepangwa kufanyika mkoani Tanga kuanzia Septemba 17 hadi Oktoba 2. Michezo itakayeshindanishwa ni soka, netiboli, riadha na kuvuta kamba. Kwa mjibu wa Katibu Mkuu wa SHIMIWI Bw.Ramadhani Sululu alisema, viwanja sita vitatumika kwenye michezo hiyo ambavyo ni Mkwakwani, Popatlati, Gymkhana, Disuza, Tanga School na Uwanja wa Bandari.Timu ya soka ya Ras wakijifua na mazoezi katika viwanja vya Mkwawa mjini Iringa.Timu ya Ras wakifanya mazoezi ya viungo jana.

RETURNING OF NOMINATION FORMS IS OVER

THE exercise of returning nomination forms by parliamentary aspirants in both Iringa urban and Iringa District has been done well without any complaints, it has been discovered.

The Guardian yesterday went around the two offices of National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Iringa Urban with one constituency and Iringa District which is comprises of two constituencies, and found the implementation of returning nomination forms was done fantastically well.

In Iringa Urban Constituency, there were four parliamentary candidates seeking votes from the electorates and all the candidates returned their nomination forms to the Assistant returning Officer (ARO), Martin Ndamo from various political parties that are taking part in the forthcoming general election in October this year.

Among the hopefuls who are contesting in the race in the Iringa Urban constituency, are Monica Mbega (CCM), Mariam Mwakingwe (NCCR-Mageuzi), Zaituni Mwaibula (CUF) and Reverend Peter Msigwa (CHADEMA).

But all the aspirants have called on for level political playground hence free, fair and peaceful general election come October this year.

On other hand Ismani Constituency in Iringa District, William Lukuvi (CCM) has gone on unopposed in his constituency after other two candidates from the opposition could turn up to return the nomination forms due to unknown reasons.
Joseph Kapwani (CHADEMA) and Juma Fufumbe (CUF) could not be seen yesterday until the Returning Officer for Iringa District, Tina Sekambo put up the names of those who managed to beat the deadline on the notice board.

According to Sekambo, there was not information from the two parliamentary hopefuls to notify her why they could not bring the forms to NEC.

She noted that in Kalenga Constituency, all the aspirants who collected nomination form returned them on time and have qualified to go on the race in the coming election.

The candidates are Katindasa Lukunko (TLP), Dr. William Mgimwa (CCM), Mkuke Isimail (Jahazi Asilia) and Rehema Paulo (CHADEMA).

The national wide campaigns to all political parties to lead to October 31 general elections has officially launched today (20th August, 2010).

Mariam Mwakingwa (NCCR-Mageuzi) is getting instructions from the Assistant Retrning Office for Iringa Urban Constituency on Thursday before returning the nomination form at NEC. She is among the four hopefuls constesting for the constituency including Monica Mbega (CCM), Zaituni Paulo (CUF) and Rev. Peter Msigwa (CHADEMA) in Iringa Region.

POLICE

RPC Assistant Commisioner of Police (ACP) Mangalla when he was speaking to reporters today not in the picture at his office in Iringa region.

IRINGA Regional Police Commander (RPC), Evarist Mangalla has attributed that the hit and run accidents have increased the number of accidents recorded in January to June this year.


RPC Mangalla told reporters yesterday at the press briefing that there were a lot of hit and run accidents than that of involving passenger buses, whereby there was 99 recorded accorded last this year and last there was 95, increase of four accidents.


Vis-à-vis, there were 74 fatal accidents last year but this year between the same period 75 deadly accidents were reported.
He noted that number of accidents that caused injuries last year was 21 and this year is 24 respectively.


“The numbers of people who died and injured last year were 86 and 73 respectively, and this year there were 85 deaths and 78 injuries respectively,” he said.


In Iringa region, number of accidents involving public passenger buses is smaller compared to other regions in the country due to intensive police patrols and checking on timetables at police checkpoints that are established along the road.


The hit and run accidents involve vehicles is mostly that are public but private, he noted.


In last, 20 licenses were cancelled due to reckless driving and drivers were penalized by using road traffic Act of 1973, which was revised in 2002, which empowers police to arrest any person violation the law.


He however pointed out that most people in Iringa don’t know how to use roads therefore is big challenge.


People also abuse the use of zebra crossings, whereby they stand there and start greeting each other on the zebra crossing.
But the zebra crossing is meant cross as faster as possible without delay by making that th


In order to reduce the road accident in the region, he urged pedestrians to use service roads if possible and driver to refrain from driving while they are drunk hence reduction both fatal and injury accidents respectively.

FOMU ZA UTEUZI

Dkt. William Mgimwa (CCM) wa kwanza kulia kusalimiana na mzee baada ya kurudisha fomu ya uteuzi leo.Dkt. Mgimwa aliyeshika fomu akisindikizwa na wananchi wa Kalenga baada ya kurudisha fomu yake ya uteuzi leo.Msimamizi wa Uchaguzi Msaidizi Bw. Martin Ndamo (wa tatu kulia) wa jimbo la Iringa mjini akibandika fomu zilizorudishwa na wagombea ubunge leo.Dkt. Mgimwa akiongea na wana habari muda mfupi baada ya kurudisha fomu ya uteuzi leo.

WAGOMBEA WAREJESHA FOMU ZA UTEUZI

WAGOMBEA ubunge katika majimbo ya Iringa mjini, Kalenga na Ismani mkoani Iringa warejesha fomu za uteuzi katika ofisi ya tume ya uchaguzi za Iringa Mjini na Iringa Vijijini leo.


Katika Jimbo la Ismani, ni mgombea mmoja tu ambaye ni Bw. William Lukuvi (CCM) ndiye karudisha fomu ya uteuzi kati ya wagombea watatu waliochukuwa fomu pamoja na Bw. Joseph Kapwani (CHADEMA) na Bw. Juma Fufumbe (CUF).


Bw. Lukuvi atatangazwa mshindi wa bila kupingwa katika Jimbo la Isimani baada ya maasa 24 na Msimamizi wa Uchaguzi, Bi. Tina Sekambo wa Wilaya ya Iringa, baada ya wagombea wengine kutorudisha fomu zao kabla ya saa 10 jioni.


Katika Jimbo la Kalenga, waliochukuwa fomu walikuwa wanne na wote wamerudisha fomu zao kabla ya muda uliopangwa na tume ya uchaguzi (NEC).


Waliochukuwa fomu za uteuzi na kurejesha ni pamoja na Bw. Katindasa Lumunko (TLP), Dkt. William Mgimwa (CCM), Bw. Makuke Majinga (Jahazi Asilia)na Bi. Rehema Paulo (CHADEMA).


Katika jimbo la Iringa Mjini ambapo aliyekuwa mshindi katika kura za maoni mwanzoni mwa mwezi huu, Bw. Frederick Mwakalebela ambaye pia ayeeuenguliwa NEC ya chama cha CCM baada ya kashfa ya kutoa rushwa na kesi yake inaendelea mahamani, na kumteuwa mshindi wa pili Bi. Monica Mbega kupitia tiketi ya CCM, basi urejeshaji wa fomu za uteuzi za ubunge umekamilika vizuri leo.

Bw. Willam Lukuvi akiongea na wana habari leo baada ya Msimamizi wa Uchaguzi katika Wilaya ya Iringa Bi. Tina Sekambo kumaliza kubandika fomu za uteuzi ubaoni.Mchungaji Peter Msigwa akirudisha fomu ya uteuzi leo kwa msafara wa gari mjini Iringa.

Waliochuwa na kurudisha fomu katika jimbo la Iringa mjini ni pamoja na Bi. Monica Mbega (CCM), Bi. Mariam Mwakingwa (NCCR-Mageuzi), Bi. Zaituni Mwaibula (CUF) na Mchungaji Peter Msigwa (CHADEMA).