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MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY DONATING YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS
Do you have an old item lying around that you do not need or never use anymore, which seems a waste to just keep in your house. Or throw it away and you feel guilty. TAI is looking to collect items that you want to get rid of, with or without value. While this will reduce the amount of unwanted items from you it will help to improve someone’s living condition in Tanzania. It’s a Win-Win situation. Items collected will then be shipped to Tanzania to a cause involved in improving the human condition.
Due to logistical costs, we recommend small size items. If you wish to donate electronic items with data on them,referring to you, please wipe them clean to protect your privacy.
Currently we are in the process of sourcing the organisation that we’ll be sending items, following successful collection. Please get ready & we’ll inform you of our collection places near you.
Due to logistical costs, we recommend small size items. If you wish to donate electronic items with data on them,referring to you, please wipe them clean to protect your privacy.
Currently we are in the process of sourcing the organisation that we’ll be sending items, following successful collection. Please get ready & we’ll inform you of our collection places near you.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
MWENYEKITI MPYA ATOA SHUKRANI
Nashukuru sana kwa salamu zenu, na nachukua nafasi hii,kupokea uteuzi huu,wa Acting Chairwoman (caretaker) nitauendeleza kwa kutegemea msaada na mawazo yenu pia kwa pamoja.
ASANTENI,NA KIDUMU CHAMA.
ASANTENI,NA KIDUMU CHAMA.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Standoff in Zanzibar worrisome - Maajar
BY GUARDIAN REPORTER
22nd July 2009
Tanzania`s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar
Tanzania's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar, has cautioned over the belief by some investors that efforts to resolve the post-election political standoff in Zanzibar were slowing down and might not bear fruit.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Guardian in London recently, the envoy said the investors’ risk analysis was not an issue as such but she was worried over their general perception of developments in the Isles.
“The opinion makers are not worried about Zanzibar, but they are worried about the reform process. They believe our reform process is slowing down,” said the envoy.
“In my opinion, it is not slowing down, but we fail to let people know what we are doing,” she added
Maajar said she had read the investors’ risk analysis and discovered that “it doesn’t appear to be an issue”, elaborating: “The investors analyse short term and long term security concerns. When the elections draw close, there is usually some apprehension that the polls could breed violence.”
Countries scoring highly in the international arena economically are doing exactly what Tanzania has been doing since the 1990s, she noted.
“They are introducing commercial courts, which we have already introduced. All the same we are still scoring lowly in judicial reforms. We need to work on that more enthusiastically than on anything else,” said the envoy.
She was reacting to fears that last year’s collapse of the ‘muafaka’ (reconciliation) talks between the ruling CCM and the opposition Civic United Front might touch off unrest in the coming (late 2010) general election in Zanzibar and eventually drive away investors.
“Peace talks are good if they are home-grown. They become successful in the end. I don’t think there will be violence in Zanzibar. I also don’t think we should expect an agreement so soon, if we couldn’t reach one all this time,” Maajar pointed out.
The envoy also commented on the pace of Tanzania’s anti-poverty crusade, saying the country was “on course towards redefining itself” after undergoing a myriad of economic changes from socialism and self-reliance to free the market economy.
“If you look back, we had ujamaa (socialism) and self-reliance that aimed at helping bring home-grown development. We wanted to create a society that would help people to access free basic services such as education and health from the government,” she said.
“The economy was small and couldn’t support all those services, and so we ran bankrupt. If the economy isn’t producing enough revenue, the country is unlikely to succeed,” she added
However, she said the above facts clearly “show clearly that the issue isn’t only aid but the choices that we make as a country.”
She quickly added that President Jakaya Kikwete’s predecessors, meaning Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Alhaj Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Benjamin Mkapa, “were quite genuine and this was the rational choice at that time”.
Maajar also explained that the impact of the fall in remittances due to global economic crisis was yet to be felt very much in Tanzania because not many Tanzanians tapped resources abroad for investing or sending money back home.
“Historically, Tanzanians never liked to go abroad. They only started going out relatively recently. So we don’t have a big population overseas,” she said. She gave the example of London, where most of the people forming the large group of Tanzanians in London are students who traditionally leave after completing their studies.
The envoy elaborated that there were a lot of informal remittances by Tanzanians living in the UK, saying: “On the part of Zanzibar, we had people who were ready to talk to us about informal remittances. There were 14 million pounds coming from the UK to Zanzibar in 2007 through Western Union.”
On the war on grand corruption, Maajar said people in other countries didn’t necessarily judge Tanzania by considering the number of reports on corruption and other scandals appearing in the media but by the way the country was fighting the vice.
“International opinion makers always focus on what governments are doing about the vice. For example, people are keen to know what the UK government will do to ensure that expenditure-related scandals involving Members of Parliament do not recur because that is what matters the most,” she explained.
Whatever the government in Tanzania is seen doing to address the problem of corruption is perceived and treated similarly, she noted, adding: “And I think it has done quite a lot.”
During the now-stalled ‘muafaka’ talks following the results of the 2005 Isles’ presidential election disputed by CUF, both CCM and the opposition party had agreed in principle to form a unity government after the 2010 general election.
However, the ruling party early last year called for improvements on the modalities earlier agreed by the bipartisan negotiating team. The team had made recommendations with regard to the structure of the Zanzibar government, including the cabinet, and the possibility of setting up a reconciliation council.
CCM later passed a resolution calling for a referendum in the Isles, saying that would afford Zanzibaris the opportunity to decide on the matter. CUF has rejected the plan wholesale.
22nd July 2009
Tanzania`s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar
Tanzania's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mwanaidi Maajar, has cautioned over the belief by some investors that efforts to resolve the post-election political standoff in Zanzibar were slowing down and might not bear fruit.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Guardian in London recently, the envoy said the investors’ risk analysis was not an issue as such but she was worried over their general perception of developments in the Isles.
“The opinion makers are not worried about Zanzibar, but they are worried about the reform process. They believe our reform process is slowing down,” said the envoy.
“In my opinion, it is not slowing down, but we fail to let people know what we are doing,” she added
Maajar said she had read the investors’ risk analysis and discovered that “it doesn’t appear to be an issue”, elaborating: “The investors analyse short term and long term security concerns. When the elections draw close, there is usually some apprehension that the polls could breed violence.”
Countries scoring highly in the international arena economically are doing exactly what Tanzania has been doing since the 1990s, she noted.
“They are introducing commercial courts, which we have already introduced. All the same we are still scoring lowly in judicial reforms. We need to work on that more enthusiastically than on anything else,” said the envoy.
She was reacting to fears that last year’s collapse of the ‘muafaka’ (reconciliation) talks between the ruling CCM and the opposition Civic United Front might touch off unrest in the coming (late 2010) general election in Zanzibar and eventually drive away investors.
“Peace talks are good if they are home-grown. They become successful in the end. I don’t think there will be violence in Zanzibar. I also don’t think we should expect an agreement so soon, if we couldn’t reach one all this time,” Maajar pointed out.
The envoy also commented on the pace of Tanzania’s anti-poverty crusade, saying the country was “on course towards redefining itself” after undergoing a myriad of economic changes from socialism and self-reliance to free the market economy.
“If you look back, we had ujamaa (socialism) and self-reliance that aimed at helping bring home-grown development. We wanted to create a society that would help people to access free basic services such as education and health from the government,” she said.
“The economy was small and couldn’t support all those services, and so we ran bankrupt. If the economy isn’t producing enough revenue, the country is unlikely to succeed,” she added
However, she said the above facts clearly “show clearly that the issue isn’t only aid but the choices that we make as a country.”
She quickly added that President Jakaya Kikwete’s predecessors, meaning Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Alhaj Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Benjamin Mkapa, “were quite genuine and this was the rational choice at that time”.
Maajar also explained that the impact of the fall in remittances due to global economic crisis was yet to be felt very much in Tanzania because not many Tanzanians tapped resources abroad for investing or sending money back home.
“Historically, Tanzanians never liked to go abroad. They only started going out relatively recently. So we don’t have a big population overseas,” she said. She gave the example of London, where most of the people forming the large group of Tanzanians in London are students who traditionally leave after completing their studies.
The envoy elaborated that there were a lot of informal remittances by Tanzanians living in the UK, saying: “On the part of Zanzibar, we had people who were ready to talk to us about informal remittances. There were 14 million pounds coming from the UK to Zanzibar in 2007 through Western Union.”
On the war on grand corruption, Maajar said people in other countries didn’t necessarily judge Tanzania by considering the number of reports on corruption and other scandals appearing in the media but by the way the country was fighting the vice.
“International opinion makers always focus on what governments are doing about the vice. For example, people are keen to know what the UK government will do to ensure that expenditure-related scandals involving Members of Parliament do not recur because that is what matters the most,” she explained.
Whatever the government in Tanzania is seen doing to address the problem of corruption is perceived and treated similarly, she noted, adding: “And I think it has done quite a lot.”
During the now-stalled ‘muafaka’ talks following the results of the 2005 Isles’ presidential election disputed by CUF, both CCM and the opposition party had agreed in principle to form a unity government after the 2010 general election.
However, the ruling party early last year called for improvements on the modalities earlier agreed by the bipartisan negotiating team. The team had made recommendations with regard to the structure of the Zanzibar government, including the cabinet, and the possibility of setting up a reconciliation council.
CCM later passed a resolution calling for a referendum in the Isles, saying that would afford Zanzibaris the opportunity to decide on the matter. CUF has rejected the plan wholesale.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
NAM KIBACHA- THE NEW CHAIRWOMAN FOR TAI
Dear TAI associates
Following the departure of Maria Mnzava, former chairwoman for TAI, the secretary kinldy requested Nam Kibacha to serve as caretaker/chairwoman. Nam has accepted to take this challenge!
While we're working to improve the welfare of the association in general, Nam Kibacha shall act as the association's chairwoman, preferably caretaker, until further notice when the association shall decide to elect a chairman to fill the role.
Nam is a hardworking member of this association; she's been upfront in helping to organise key events as well as offering positive ideas to develop the Tanzania community in Ireland. As a veteran Tanzanian in Ireland, I'd ask all of you Tanzanian's to support her as our new party leader.
Umoja Oye!
Makunja Jogoo
Following the departure of Maria Mnzava, former chairwoman for TAI, the secretary kinldy requested Nam Kibacha to serve as caretaker/chairwoman. Nam has accepted to take this challenge!
While we're working to improve the welfare of the association in general, Nam Kibacha shall act as the association's chairwoman, preferably caretaker, until further notice when the association shall decide to elect a chairman to fill the role.
Nam is a hardworking member of this association; she's been upfront in helping to organise key events as well as offering positive ideas to develop the Tanzania community in Ireland. As a veteran Tanzanian in Ireland, I'd ask all of you Tanzanian's to support her as our new party leader.
Umoja Oye!
Makunja Jogoo
Monday, July 13, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
WATU WAABUDU MTI - Co. LIMERICK
Jamani maajabu haya, yaletwa na Recession!
Huko county Limerick kumetokea maajabu kufuatia mti uliokatwa na watu, na kuacha alama (mfano wa picha) kubwa kwenye shina la lake; alama ambayo kwa kuiangalia kwa muda mrefu yajionesha kama picha ya Bikira Maria.
Yasadikika kuwa watu wawili waliohusika katika ukataji wa mti huo-walizidiwa wakati wa ukataji-walielemewa na mti- mti ulionekana kuwaangukia. Baada ya kugundua picha ya Bikira Maria ikijionesha, mti huo ulibadili uelekeo wa mwanguko na kuangukia upande tofauti. Tukio hili limevutia watu wengi toka Dublin kwenda kuabudu. Padre wa Parokia, karibu na tukio hili ameonya kuwa hakuna ishara yoyote ya uponyaji hivyo watu waache kuabudu mti. Mpaka hivi sasa watu wanazidi kuongezeka na kutoa sara zao. Pia yasemekana kuwa wengi wao wenye magonjwa mbalimbali wemeponywa.
Baada ya kuongea na wenyeji wa hapa Ireland, yaonekana kuwa matukio kama haya siyo mageni- kama kisiwa kilichowahi kuwa na watu wengi wachamungu mambo yaya yamewahi kutokea huko county Carlo na Cork. Lakini ajabu kubwa ni kwamba matukio kama haya hutokea sana hapa Ireland wakati wa Recession. Wenyeji wanadai kuwa tukio kubwa la ki-ushuhuda kama hili lilitokea huko Cork miaka ya 80 (Wakati wa recession kali hapa Ireland)
Huko county Limerick kumetokea maajabu kufuatia mti uliokatwa na watu, na kuacha alama (mfano wa picha) kubwa kwenye shina la lake; alama ambayo kwa kuiangalia kwa muda mrefu yajionesha kama picha ya Bikira Maria.
Yasadikika kuwa watu wawili waliohusika katika ukataji wa mti huo-walizidiwa wakati wa ukataji-walielemewa na mti- mti ulionekana kuwaangukia. Baada ya kugundua picha ya Bikira Maria ikijionesha, mti huo ulibadili uelekeo wa mwanguko na kuangukia upande tofauti. Tukio hili limevutia watu wengi toka Dublin kwenda kuabudu. Padre wa Parokia, karibu na tukio hili ameonya kuwa hakuna ishara yoyote ya uponyaji hivyo watu waache kuabudu mti. Mpaka hivi sasa watu wanazidi kuongezeka na kutoa sara zao. Pia yasemekana kuwa wengi wao wenye magonjwa mbalimbali wemeponywa.
Baada ya kuongea na wenyeji wa hapa Ireland, yaonekana kuwa matukio kama haya siyo mageni- kama kisiwa kilichowahi kuwa na watu wengi wachamungu mambo yaya yamewahi kutokea huko county Carlo na Cork. Lakini ajabu kubwa ni kwamba matukio kama haya hutokea sana hapa Ireland wakati wa Recession. Wenyeji wanadai kuwa tukio kubwa la ki-ushuhuda kama hili lilitokea huko Cork miaka ya 80 (Wakati wa recession kali hapa Ireland)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
TANZANIA YAPANDA NGAZI LA KANDANDA DUNIANI (FIFA)
Tanzania Imepanda daraja ngazi 12 juu. Tumekuwa namba (97 ) Duniani Chini ya syria na Juu ya Montenegro. Namba (23) barani Africa chini ya Sudan juu ya Gambia.
Nchi ya kwanza Duniani ni Brazil, kufuatiwa na Spain na Uholanzi. Afrika namba moja ni Ivory Coast kufuatiwa na Cameroun, Gabon, Nigeria.
Tanzania Best performance ilikuwa 1995 ( 65) na worst 2005 (175) .
Gonga hapa chini ujionee mwenyewe
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tan/ranking/gender=m/index.html
Nchi ya kwanza Duniani ni Brazil, kufuatiwa na Spain na Uholanzi. Afrika namba moja ni Ivory Coast kufuatiwa na Cameroun, Gabon, Nigeria.
Tanzania Best performance ilikuwa 1995 ( 65) na worst 2005 (175) .
Gonga hapa chini ujionee mwenyewe
http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=tan/ranking/gender=m/index.html
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