KIMARO'S BLOG: 2013

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Umezisikia salam za Mwaka mpya kutoka kwa Mh Lowas...

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Our Father, which art in heaven, Holy be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. -JESUS in Matthew 6:9-13. ***Write "Amen" if you have time, or just Like to show support for God.

Leo Media: MASTAA WA BONGO NA MAZITO 2012

Leo Media: MASTAA WA BONGO NA MAZITO 2012: *Stori: Sifael Paul* Hakuna tamu isiyokuwa nachungu! Kwenye ulimwengu wa mastaa Bongo kulikuwa na matukio ya mengi ya kusikitisha mwa...

Leo Media: SAJUKI IS NO MORE

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Leo Media: WAFA KWA KUGOMBEA MWANAMKE

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Jamaa wawili walikutana kwenye kituo cha basi wakafanya mazungumzo. Mmoja aling'ang'nia kuzungumzia kero za familia yake hatimaye mwenzake akasema " Unadhani familia yako ina matatizo?" Basi sikiliza kisa changu hiki…. "Miaka michache iliyopita nilikutana na mwanamke mjane aliyekua na binti mkubwa tu na mimi na huyo mjane tukaamua kuoana. Baadaye baba yangu akamuoa binti yangu wa kambo (yaani binti wa huyu mke wangu niliyemwoa akiwa mjane), hivyo huyo binti yangu wa kambo akawa mama yangu wa kambo na Baba yangu akawa mtoto wangu wa kambo wa kiume ambapo mke wangu akawa mama mkwe wa mkwe wake. Baadaye binti ya mke wangu yaani binti yangu wa kambo (ambaye kwa sasa ndiye mke wa baba yangu na hivyo kuwa pia mama yangu wa kambo) alipata mtoto wa kiume. Mtoto huyo wa kiume akawa mdogo wangu kwa sababu tulichangia baba mmoja. lakini kwa vile pia alikua ni mtotowa binti wa mke wangu papo hapo akawa mjukuu wa mke wangu na mimi nikawa babu yake huyo mdogo wangu. Lakini hayo yote yalikua si kitu mpaka mimi na mke wangu tulipopata mtoto wa kiume. Sasa msichana (yaani binti ya mke wangu ambaye pia ni mke wa baba yangu) ambaye ni ndugu wa mtoto wangu huyo wa kiume kwa kuchangia mama yao mmoja, akawa pia bibi yake na mwanangu (mwee!!). Hali hiyo ilimfanya pia baba yangu kuwa shemeji wa mtoto wangu (achilia kuwa babu yake!!) ambaye ndugu yake wa kike kwa upande wa mama yao ndie mke wake baba yangu. Kwa hiyo mimi ni shemeji yake mama yangu wa kambo ambapo mke wangu ni mama mdogo (anti) wa binti yakemwenyewe . Mtoto wangu wa kiume ni mpwa wa baba yangu ambapo mimi nikawa babu yangu mwenyewe.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

A tricky challenge as population hits 45m Tuesday, 01 January 2013 09:40

By The Citizen Reporters Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s population stands at about 45 million, an increase from the 34.4 million recorded in 2002.This was the highlight of the announcement by President Jakaya Kikwete in Dar es Salaam yesterday, of results of the Population and Housing Census 2012. The president told the audience at a colourful ceremony at Mnazi Mmoja Grounds – plus people who kept track of the proceedings via the electronic media – that 44,929,002 was the specific nation-wide population. The results are preliminary. It emerged from the president’s briefing, that, the population’s average annual growth rate had declined to 2.6 per cent between 2002 and 2012, compared to 2.9 per cent between 1988 and 2002. Tanzania’s population growth is the second lowest in the East African region after that of Burundi of 2.3 per cent, according to a World Bank report. Uganda has the highest growth rate of 3.2 per cent, followed by Rwanda at 2.96 per cent and Kenya 2.7 per cent. Analysts told The Citizen yesterday that the declining growth rate was a sign that the economic development status of the country was improving with key productive segments of the population, especially that of women, “becoming more and more economically engaged.” “Decreased population growth rate could point to the fact that women are getting more educate, post-primary level,” remarked seasoned economist Professor Ibrahim Lipumba, who is also national chairman of the Civic United Front. He noted that evidence had shown that more and more women are engaged in productive sectors both in rural and urban areas. “When women access more economic and education opportunities in any country, the rate of population growth slows down,” Prof Lipumba said. National Census Commissioner, Ms Amina Mrisho, for her part told the The Citizen yesterday that the decrease in population growth rate was made possible by an improvement of health services. “In recent years the issue of awareness on family planning has increased, and the use of family planning methods has also increased,” she said, noting that details on the real factors of the decrease in the population growth rate will be released later. Economic growth does not support population growth rate Analysts cautioned, however, that despite a decrease, the current rate of economic growth of about 6.5 per cent does not support a population growth rate of 2.6 per cent. Even President Kikwete said if the same population growth rate continues, it will pose a burden to social services, the infrastructure and the general wellbeing of the society. “With 50 million people, it will be very difficult for the government to cater for the needs of its people because there will be resource scarcity,” said Mr Kikwete. He called on wananchi and authorities to devise strategies for improving the country’s economy so that it could sustain the population. To that end, Mr Kikwete urged wananchi to observe family planning methods so as to limit the rate of population growth. He also called for public and private institutions to use the 2012 census results when planning and implementing various economic development projects. “The population growth rate of 2.6 per cent must be supported by an economic growth rate of eight per cent. Currently the economy grows at between six and seven. This is not enough,” said Dr Honest Ngowi, an economist from Mzumbe University. The census results indicated that there has been an increase of 10.5 million people over the past ten years, from 34.4 million in 2002 to 44.9 million in 2012. This is the fifth population survey to be conducted since independence. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), the first census was conducted in 1967 and it showed Tanzania had a population of 12.3 million. By the 1978 census, that number had jumped by 47 per cent to around 18 million people. In 1988, the country reached a new milestone; 23 million people and counting. In the latest census that number had ballooned by a remarkable 11 million people bringing the total population of Tanzania to around 34 million in 2002. Population increase means a large market for businesses Dr Omari Mbura from the University of Dar es Salaam Business School said the increase in population is good news for businesses because the market for goods and services also expands. “I’m of the view that the increasing population is good, we only need to find the best ways on how we can utilise them productively,” said Dr Mbura. He said currently it is important that the government and private sector play an important role in fostering the level of economic development and economic growth. He added that if the increasing population remains idle, there is a danger that per capita income will drop. Much to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) expectations, the census results announced yesterday lived up to the agency’s earlier projections of 45 million. A day before survey takers started going from house to house taking count of family members who had spent the night in a certain house, in August last year, the bureau of statistics had projected the country’s population count to reach 45 million from that of 2002 which saw the number of Tanzanians getting to 34.2million. Analysts urged the government to improve the infrastructure and social services because the current facilities cannot support the bigger population. “Certainly, measures need to be taken, both in quality and quantity, to improve the transport system,” said Ali Mkunza, head of Consultancy and Production Bureau at the National Institute of Transport (NIT). “The railway system has to be developed, as well as the Tanzanian airports and roads.” Other stakeholders said the provision of water and electricity were currently not good due to many factors, including the low performance of the utility companies. Director of policy and research for Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) Mr Hussein Kamote, stressed that the government should spread basic services to as many people as possible. He said: “The number of people is up while the numbers of those accessing water and electricity are still low.” Mr Kamote noted that the exploration of gas in Mtwara might be a catalyst for widening the network of water and power supply. However, others said the increase in the population cannot affect health services as the figure revealed yesterday had been estimated even before. Speaking with The Citizen over the phone, the Executive Director of Sikika, a Non-Governmental Organization that deals with the national budget and expenditure in the health sector, Mr Irenei Kiria, said the problem was mismanagement and misuse of health facilities. “Since the available figure is the one that was estimated by the government before, the problem is not population growth but misuse of available resources as we believe that it has already organized how it will deal with the situation in every sector; what is needed is the implementation of those prior-organized plans,” said Mr Kiria. In his view, Dr Francis Frederick of the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) said that, since the available figure was that expected by the government, it should expand its budget a little bit, to facilitate deployment of more health personnel to rural areas that have physical structures but aren’t functioning due to staff shortage. http://www.ripoti.com/openx/www/delivery/ck.php?oaparams=2__bannerid=581__zoneid=256__source=_blank__cb=841f21c864__oadest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ippmedia.com%2Fdownloads%2Fbajeti%2F2012.pdf

JK: Population growth too high

1st January 2013

44.929 million now; to hit 51 million in 4 years

President Jakaya Kikwete presses computer key to launch 2012 Population and Housing Census results at Mnazi Mmoja grounds in Dar es Salaam yesterday. The figure displayed on the computer screen shows that Tanzania�s population is now 44,929,002. Looking on are Vice President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal and Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda. (Photo: Tryphone Mweji)

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday released preliminary results of this year’s National Population and Housing Census showing that in ten years the country’s population has grown to 44,929,002 from 34.4 million people in 2002.

Of these 43,625,434 people were counted on Tanzania Mainland and 1,303, 568 in Zanzibar.

According to the figures, the population grew by 26 percent over the last ten years, or at the average rate of 2.6 percent annually, which the President described as too big in such a period of time, noting that the population was projected to reach 51 million, in the next four years.

“This figure may not seem to be a problem to the people for such a vast country like Tanzania, but it is burden as it affects the country’s economic development and the community in general,” President Kikwete said.

He said the government will need to come up with development strategies in order to accommodate the present and future population, calling on people to work hard to provide basic needs to their families.

The President also challenged the public to use family planning to control the population growth or else the situation could worsen in the future.

He said while the government will strive to provide important services needed by the population, families must plan the number of children they can take care of within their means.

The President said government will release further information on the country’s population indicating the number of men and women and other groups in the society by February, next year.

He said despite the challenges encountered during the counting, the exercise set to cost a total of 140bn/- has been successful, adding that the government had already spent 124bn/-.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda thanked all those who made the exercise succeed, including development partners and wananchi.
He cited a bigger input of local expertise in the preparation and execution of the 2012 population of housing and census.

“We made a promise that at end of December we will release the results and today everybody is here to witness it happen. It was not a simple task, but the close collaboration of the community and other stakeholders from Zanzibar and Mainland enabled us to complete the exercise,” he said
Zanzibar Second Vice President Ambassador Seif Ali Idd said public institutions and organisations should use the population and housing census to bring development in the country and to families.

“The results will have a great meaning if only people use them effectively. I call upon you to increase productivity, add effort in work,” he said
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Tanzania Representative Mariam Khan, said the census results were an opportunity to adjust development policies and programmes so that the national and global goals set by the government can be met sooner rather than later.

She said the importance of a census cannot be overstated particularly for developing countries like Tanzania with development commitments and agendas that require integration of population aspects into short, medium and long term development plans.

Commenting on the results Prof Ibrahim Lipumba, who is an economist, said the population growth has great impact on the economy, especially on youth employment.

He said it was time the government ensured that the country’s resources were efficiently utilised and proper strategies to solve youth joblessness.

“The President has stressed family planning which is very crucial in addressing this kind of growth rate …people should have children they could manage to provide for in terms of basic needs,” Prof Lipumba said.

A University of Dar es Salaam student Elias John said apart from family planning, there was also need for the government to come up with clear policies to manage the resources of the country.
He said with proper management and utilisation of the resources the country can meet the needs of the growing population without any problem.

“There are a few people who have been enjoying the country’s resources while others languish in poverty …this growth is a challenge to the government especially in ensuring proper use of the country’s resources,” he said.

Temeke resident Raphael Maganga said the population figure was a threat to the economy because it was difficult for the government to meet the needs of all people. The government needed to come up with plans that will enable its people access important services such as health, education and water among others.
Maganga cited unemployment facing the majority of the youths in the country, wondering how the government would address the problem.

The 2012 national population housing census exercise started on August 26 ended 8 September in Zanzibar and Mainland.
The first census to be conducted in Tanzania took place in 1910. Last four censuses after independence were held in the years 1967, 1978, 1988 and 2002. According to the last census held in August 2002, the population in Tanzania was 34,443,603.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

Population to hit 51m in next 3yrs

Tuesday, 01 January 2013 09:55

By Joseph Mtebe, The Citizen Correspondent

Dar es Salaam. Should the current population growth projection remain intact, Tanzania’s population will be 51 million in 2016.

According to President Jakaya Kikwete, there are 44, 929, 002 people: 1, 303, 568 of them are in Zanzibar and 43,625,434 are on the Mainland.

He was announcing the results of the August 2012 census yesterday at the Mnazi Mmoja grounds. Tanzania had a population of 34.4 million in 2002.

“It may not be seen as a problem, especially for a vast country like ours, but it is a big burden economically and socially,” he said.

Dr Joseph Mshafi, a medical advisor with PSI Tanzania, agrees.

He says: “Tanzania has a lot of children. The population increase corresponds with an increase in the number of people of child-bearing age. These will soon reach the age of child bearing and we will have a massive reproduction rate. With such a big population growth there will be a big impact on the economy.”

President Kikwete underscored the importance of formulating development strategies to meet the needs of the projected 51 million people in the next three years.

The President urged Tanzanians to plan families so as to take care of their members adequately.

However, the 2012 census results are below the projection of 45,798,475 people set in 2002.

Nevertheless, the total population by 2002 had almost tripled in 35 years.

Dr Mshafi said: “The segment of the population with unmet needs accounts for 22 per cent. This is a section of the population that is potentially supposed to use family planning methods, but does not do so.” Reasons for such a situation include accessibility to the services, their affordability and/or the consent.

Although the country’s policy advocates free family planning services, they are not provided free of charge.

According to him, Tanzania fares well in family planning in spite of such problems.

“We are on the right track despite budgetary constraints. “Funds provided are inadequate for the services.”

JK: Population growth too high

1st January 2013

44.929 million now; to hit 51 million in 4 years

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

JK: Population growth too high

1st January 2013

44.929 million now; to hit 51 million in 4 years

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

Year 2013 should make a difference

By Kimaro D

1st January 2013

Editorial Cartoon

Year 2012 has ended with a number of daunting challenges still staring our country and nation in the face. They include inclement weather, intermittent power outages, corruption, the threat of religious intolerance boiling over, extra-judicial killings and the plundering of natural resources.

Bad weather, mainly in the form of severe drought and flash floods wreaked havoc in most of East Africa, with parts of Tanzania experiencing yet another period of erratic weather.

Yet what befell with respect to climatic conditions did not come as much of a surprise, as scientists have kept warning that Planet Earth was heating and worse was to come.

This has manifested itself partly in droughts maize, wheat and soybean prices registering rises in all but very few countries. Several UN organisations have warned that these price shocks might affect tens of millions people over the coming months.

Experts see Tanzania being especially vulnerable, at least going by recent increases in the prices of such major food crops as rice, maize and sorghum in the local market.

The bad weather being experienced now generally translates into the threat of food insecurity to the majority of our people, whose livelihoods heavily depend on agriculture – easily the most important pillar of the economy.

We do not intend to present an apocalyptic vision of how the country will look with the climate change the world is witnessing. On the contrary, we sincerely believe that it is not too late for us to mitigate the impact of these developments.
Another key challenge still hampering investment efforts in the country is unreliable and, indeed, inadequate power supply.

Efforts to boost supply have yet to bring the situation to anywhere near normal, and all sectors including manufacturing continue to experience frequent rationing –with power often being cut for long hours at the most awkward of times.

Unannounced power stoppages or interruptions as well as voltage fluctuations all lead to serious disruptions of service delivery and industrial production.

We may decide to blame these challenges on worn-out power generation and distribution infrastructure or on the fact that we depend too heavily hydro-production, which is prone to the vagaries of weather, but we all the same need to come up with a realistic and lasting way out of the mess.

The state-run Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) looks so evidently underfed and overwhelmed that its plight ought to be taken up as a national emergency calling for an immediate solution if the national economy is to weather the storms of 2013 and beyond.

Year 2012 also saw a surge in cases of religious intolerance, if the burning of several churches in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar is anything to go by. Religious fundamentalism that threatens peace and harmony is simply unacceptable and should not be allowed room to rear its ugly head in Tanzania.

Nor should extra-judicial killings, be it by ordinary citizens or by law-enforcement agents gone mad. Rather, courts of law should be left to dispense justice without let or hindrance. Trouble is that there are also complaints about this recourse coming across all manner of stumbling blocks!

Law-enforcement agencies should feel obliged to live up to expectation by delivering on their core constitutional mandate of ensuring the rule of law and the maintenance of law and order.
Going by the plethora of allegations of inefficiency, corruption, abuse of power directed at those charged with law enforcement, reconstruction that would arrest the sad trend would be most welcome.

Corruption is one of the biggest problems is grappling with, and no amount of force will rid our country of the vice unless it is a war waged by the nation as a joint force. One only wishes 2013 made this possible – that Tanzanians in their millions will this time really walk the walk and take the bull by the horns!
There are as many suggestions on how to confront the cankerworm that corruption has become. When it comes to corruption, everybody is involved in that if you are not the giver or the taker, then you are an onlooker – and all three are guilty.

We wish you all a rewarding 2013. May these words by Oprah Winfrey fire us into positive action: “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

Are you lonely? Jesus is a Friend that will never leave you. Dear Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner. I have done many things that don’t please You. I am sorry. I believe that You died on the cross for me and rose again. I ask You to forgive me and come into my heart today! I love You, Jesus, and I thank You for eternal life. Amen! Write "Yes" if you just asked Jesus to forgive you

Let us pray: Heavenly Father, we thank you for another year that you have blessed us to see. Thank you for all that you have done for us. We ask that you would cover us under your precious blood as we go into the new year. Shield and protect us from all hurt harm and danger. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen!

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