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Na Mwamvua Mwinyi, Pwani

MKUU wa Mkoa wa Pwani, Stanslaus Nyongo, na Mbunge wa Jimbo la Chalinze, Ridhiwani Kikwete, wametaka maeneo maalumu ya kilimo na ufugaji kutengwa na kusimamiwa ipasavyo ili kudhibiti migogoro kati ya wakulima na wafugaji.

Nyongo ametoa agizo hilo kwa viongozi wa wilaya, akiwataka kuhakikisha maeneo ya malisho ya mifugo yanatengwa ili kupunguza migogoro inayojirudia kati ya makundi hayo.

Amesema tayari ametoa tamko la kutenga maeneo maalumu ya malisho, akisisitiza kuwa hataki kuona mauaji yanayotokana na migogoro hiyo.

“Nimeshatoa tamko la kutenga maeneo hayo kuondoa magomvi hayo na katika mkoa wangu sitaki kuona mauaji ya wakulima na wafugaji,” alisema Nyongo, akibainisha kuwa ameliagiza Jeshi la Polisi mkoani humo kuhakikisha hali hiyo inadhibitiwa.

Aidha, amewataka wakulima na wafugaji kuacha kujichukulia sheria mkononi na badala yake kutumia kamati za usuluhishi kutatua changamoto zao kwa mujibu wa sheria.

Pia, amewataka wakulima na wafugaji kuzingatia taratibu zinazokubalika katika matumizi ya ardhi, huku akisisitiza umuhimu wa wafugaji kuepuka kuingiza mifugo katika mashamba ya watu na kuharibu mazao.

Kwa upande wake, Kikwete amewataka viongozi wa vijiji, Serikali na vyombo vinavyohusika kusimamia matumizi ya ardhi na kudhibiti uingizaji holela wa mifugo katika mashamba ya wakulima.

Amesema migogoro hiyo inachangiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa na ushindani wa matumizi ya ardhi, maji na malisho, pamoja na uhamaji wa wafugaji wanaotafuta rasilimali hizo.

Kutokana na hali hiyo, amependekeza kutengwa kwa maeneo maalumu ya kilimo na ufugaji, kusimamiwa kwa njia za kupitisha mifugo na kusajiliwa kwa wakulima na wafugaji ili kurahisisha usimamizi wa shughuli zao.

Kikwete pia amesisitiza umuhimu wa kuimarisha vikao vya ujirani mwema vitakavyowapa wakulima na wafugaji nafasi ya kujadili na kutatua changamoto zao kwa pamoja kabla hazijazua migogoro mikubwa.

Naye Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Bagamoyo, Shaibu Ndemanga, amesema Serikali imekuwa ikifanya operesheni za kukabiliana na migogoro ya ardhi, ikiwemo inayohusisha wakulima na wafugaji.

Amesema jitihada hizo zinaambatana na kuhamasisha umoja, amani na kuheshimiana, kwa kuzingatia maeneo na shughuli za kiuchumi za kila kundi.

Kwa upande wake, mfugaji wa Chalinze, Seleman Hassan, ameishukuru Serikali kwa kutoa elimu kwa wafugaji, akisema wataendelea kushirikiana na wakulima ili kuondoa kero zinazojitokeza na kudumisha amani katika maeneo wanayoishi.

Migogoro ya wakulima na wafugaji imeendelea kuwa changamoto katika baadhi ya maeneo ya Mkoa wa Pwani, yakiwemo Chalinze, Bagamoyo, Rufiji, Kisarawe, Kibaha Vijijini na Kibiti.











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Na Mwandishi Wetu, Mirerani

KAMATI ya Kudumu ya Bunge ya Nishati na Madini imeelezwa kuwa jumla ya gramu 274,634.32 za madini ya Tanzanite, zenye thamani ya Sh3.23 bilioni, zimezalishwa katika kipindi cha Julai hadi Septemba 2026.

Takwimu hizo zimetolewa na Ofisa Madini Mkazi wa Mkoa wa Kimadini wa Mirerani (RMO), George Kaseza, mbele ya kamati hiyo ilipotembelea maeneo ya uchimbaji wa madini ya Tanzanite kwa lengo la kujifunza na kutathmini shughuli za uchimbaji, biashara na uongezaji thamani wa madini hayo.

Kaseza amesema uzalishaji huo ni wa robo ya kwanza ya mwaka wa fedha 2026/2027, huku akieleza kuwa Serikali imeendelea kuchukua hatua mbalimbali kuimarisha usalama na usimamizi wa shughuli za uchimbaji ndani ya Ukuta wa Mirerani.

Amesema hatua hizo zinajumuisha ujenzi wa ukuta uliokamilika Aprili 2018, kuanzishwa kwa Soko la Madini la Mirerani mwaka 2021, pamoja na uwekaji wa kamera 310 za CCTV na taa 573 za usalama.

Aidha, amesema mwaka 2026 Serikali iliagiza kofia ngumu 12 zenye kamera kwa ajili ya wadhibiti wa shughuli za uchimbaji chini ya migodi.

Akizungumzia biashara ya Tanzanite, Kaseza amesema katika mwaka wa fedha 2025/2026, mnada wa wafanyabiashara wadogo uliofanyika Mei 15, 2026, ulihusisha uuzaji wa gramu 2,809.31 za madini hayo, zilizoripotiwa kuwa na thamani ya Sh271.270 bilioni.

Amesema mnada wa wafanyabiashara wakubwa uliofanyika Mei 21, 2026, uliwezesha kuuzwa kwa gramu 10,174.92 za Tanzanite, zenye thamani iliyoripotiwa kuwa Sh721.750 bilioni.

Kwa upande wake, Mwenyekiti wa Kamati hiyo, Subira Mgalu, amesema ziara hiyo imelenga kujifunza na kutathmini shughuli za uchimbaji, biashara na uongezaji thamani wa madini zinazofanyika ndani ya Ukuta wa Mirerani.

Akitoa maoni ya wadau wa sekta hiyo, Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Wachimbaji Madini Mkoa wa Manyara (MAREMA), Elisha Mnyawi, ameiomba Serikali kuruhusu lango la kuingia na kutoka ndani ya ukuta wa madini ya Tanzanite kufanya kazi saa 24.

Mnyawi amesema kwa sasa, ifikapo saa 12 jioni, wachimbaji hawaruhusiwi kuingiza zana za kazi, hali ambayo amesema inahitaji kuangaliwa ili kurahisisha shughuli za uchimbaji.

Naye Mwenyekiti wa MAREMA Tawi la Mirerani, Samwel Rugemalila, ameishukuru Serikali kwa hatua mbalimbali inazoendelea kuchukua kuboresha sekta ya madini.

Kwa upande wake, Mwenyekiti wa Wafanyabiashara wa Madini ndani ya Ukuta wa Mirerani, Magreth Nelson, ameishukuru Serikali kwa kurejesha minada ya madini, akisema hatua hiyo imewawezesha wafanyabiashara kuuza madini yao kwa uwazi na katika mazingira ya ushindani wa bei.

Hata hivyo, mjumbe wa chama cha wafanyabiashara wa madini, Victor Kunyara, ameiomba kamati hiyo kuangalia uwezekano wa kuweka kanuni zitakazowataka wachimbaji kutenga asilimia 10 ya uzalishaji wao na kuwauzia wafanyabiashara wa ndani.

Amesema hatua hiyo itasaidia wafanyabiashara kupata madini kwa ajili ya biashara zao na kuongeza uwezekano wa kulipa kodi kwa mujibu wa sheria.



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Kamati ya Uchumi, Afya na Elimu ya Halmashauri ya Mji Mafinga ikiongozwa na Mwenyekiti wa Halmashauri,Kaimu Mkurugenzi pamoja na Wakuu wa Idara wa Halmashauri imefanya Ziara katika Kata ya Wambi na kupongeza Maendeleo ya Ujenzi wa Kituo cha Afya cha Wambi.

Akiwasilisha ripoti ya Ujenzi wa Kituo hicho cha Afya, Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Ujenzi Ndugu Eusebius Ngatunga amesema wamepokea Fedha za Ujenzi Kutoka Serikali kuu Tsh.Milioni Mia Tatu na hatua ya ujenzi inakaribia kukamilika kwa wakati ili kuwawezesha Wakazi wa Kata ya Wambi kupata huduma ya Afya.

Akizungumza katika Ziara hiyo Diwani wa Kata ya Wambi ambaye pia ni Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Uchumi,Afya na Elimu Mhe.Frank Kalinga amesema anampongeza Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe.Dkt.Samia Suluhu Hassan kwa kuwatengea Fedha za Mradi kwa sababu ujenzi ukikamilika utasaidia kutatua changamoto za Afya kwa Wananchi wa Kata ya Wambi.

Naye kiongozi wa Ziara hiyo ambaye ni Mwenyekiti wa Halmashauri ya Mji Mafinga Mhe.Regnant Kivinge amepongeza jitihada za Wananchi na kamati ya Ujenzi kwa ushirikiano na amewasihi waendelee kusimamia Mradi huo kwa weledi ili waweze kufikia Malengo.

Aidha,Diwani wa Viti Maalumu wa Halmashauri ya Mji Mafinga Mhe.Dainess Msolwa amewapongeza Wananchi wa Kata ya Wambi kwa kutenga muda wao kusaidia shughuli za ujenzi pamoja na kushirikiana vyema na kamati ya Ujenzi kwa lengo la kukamilisha Jengo kwa wakati.

Sambamba na hayo,Kaimu Mkurugenzi wa Halmashauri ya Mji Mafinga Ndugu Peter Ngussa amepongeza jitihada za ujenzi pia amewasisitiza kamati ya ujenzi ifikapo January 2027 ujenzi wa Kituo hicho uwe umekamilika ili huduma za awali za Afya zianze kutolewa kwa Wananchi wa Kata ya Wambi.






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Kamati ya Kudumu ya Bunge ya Hesabu za Serikali za Mitaa (LAAC), ikiongozwa na Mwenyekiti wake, Mhe. Ado Shaibu, imeridhishwa na kasi ya utekelezaji wa miradi ya maendeleo inayotekelezwa na Halmashauri ya Manispaa ya Iringa, huku ikisisitiza kukamilishwa kwa miradi hiyo kwa wakati na kwa kuzingatia viwango vya ubora.

Leo, Oktoba 24,2026, Kamati hiyo imetembelea na kukagua miradi mbalimbali ya kimkakati, ikiwemo ujenzi wa barabara ya Mtwivila machinjio ya kisasa Ngelewala na Soko la kihesa kwa lengo la kufuatilia maendeleo ya utekelezaji wake.

Akizungumza baada ya ukaguzi, Mhe. Ado Shaibu amesema ameridhishwa na kasi ya utekelezaji na kutoa maelekezo kwa Halmashauri kuhakikisha miradi yote inakamilika kwa wakati na inakidhi viwango vinavyotakiwa.

Ziara hiyo imehudhuriwa na Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Iringa, Mhe. Kheri James; Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Iringa, Mhe. Benjamin Sitta, Katibu Tawala wa Mkoa, Bi. Doris Kalasa; Mkurugenzi wa Manispaa ya Iringa, Bi. Zaina Mlawa; Mstahiki Meya wa Manispaa, Mhe. Ibrahim Ngwada; Katibu Tawala Wilaya, Ndg. Bernard Urassa, Wajumbe wa Kamati ya LAAC, pamoja na wakuu wa idara na vitengo wa ofisi ya Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Iringa na wa Halmashauri ya Manispaa ya Iringa.








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Waziri wa Nishati, Mhe. Dkt. Juma Homera, amepongeza juhudi za Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Wakala wa Nishati Vijijini (REA), Mhandisi Hassan Saidy, katika kusimamia utekelezaji wa miradi ya umeme vijijini, huku akitangaza kuongezwa kwa kasi ya operesheni ya kuwasha umeme katika kila kitongoji nchini.

Waziri Homera amesema operesheni hiyo ni sehemu ya mkakati wa Serikali wa kuhakikisha huduma ya umeme inawafikia wananchi katika maeneo yote nchini, sambamba na kuchochea maendeleo ya kiuchumi na kijamii, hususan katika maeneo ya vijijini.

Akizungumza wakati akiwasha umeme Kitongoji cha Lindi B, Wilaya ya Namtumbo, na Kitongoji cha Nakanyonyo, Wilaya ya Tunduru, mkoani Ruvuma, amesema Wakuu wa Mikoa wataendelea kushiriki katika kuwasha umeme kwenye miradi iliyokamilika ili kuhakikisha wananchi wanaanza kunufaika na huduma hiyo kwa wakati.

Ameeleza kuwa hatua hiyo inalenga kuongeza kasi ya matumizi ya miundombinu ya umeme iliyokamilika, huku Serikali ikiendelea kutekeleza miradi mipya katika vitongoji ambavyo bado havijafikiwa na huduma hiyo.

Akizungumzia hali ya upatikanaji wa umeme mkoani Ruvuma, Waziri Homera amesema mkoa huo una jumla ya vitongoji 3,691, ambapo vitongoji 2,235 tayari vimefikiwa na umeme, sawa na takribani asilimia 61 ya vitongoji vyote.

Amesema Serikali imewekeza zaidi ya shilingi bilioni 224.7 katika miradi mbalimbali ya umeme inayotekelezwa na REA mkoani humo, ikiwa ni sehemu ya juhudi za kupanua wigo wa upatikanaji wa nishati hiyo kwa wananchi.

Kwa mujibu wa Waziri Homera, vitongoji 799 vipo katika hatua mbalimbali za utekelezaji wa miradi ya kuviunganishia umeme, huku vitongoji 657 vikiwa bado havijafikiwa na huduma hiyo na havipo katika miradi inayoendelea kutekelezwa.

Amefafanua kuwa kukamilika kwa miradi inayoendelea kutasaidia kuongeza kiwango cha upatikanaji wa umeme katika vitongoji vya Mkoa wa Ruvuma kutoka asilimia 61 ya sasa hadi takribani asilimia 82.

Amesema ongezeko hilo linatarajiwa kufungua fursa zaidi za shughuli za kiuchumi, ikiwemo biashara, uzalishaji mali na utoaji wa huduma za kijamii, hivyo kuboresha maisha ya wananchi wa maeneo ya vijijini.

Aidha, Waziri Homera amewataka wananchi kuendelea kuiombea Wizara ya Nishati ili iweze kutekeleza majukumu yake kwa ufanisi, akisisitiza kuwa Serikali itaendelea kushirikiana na wadau mbalimbali kuhakikisha azma ya kufikisha umeme kila kitongoji inafikiwa.

Kwa upande wake, Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa REA, Mhandisi Hassan Saidy, amesema kasi ya utekelezaji wa miradi ya umeme vijijini imeendelea kuongezeka na kwamba Wakala hautarudi nyuma katika kutimiza dhamira ya Serikali ya kuhakikisha wananchi wote wanafikiwa na huduma ya umeme.

Mhandisi Saidy amesisitiza kuwa Wakala utaendelea kuongeza juhudi za kusogeza huduma ya umeme katika maeneo ambayo bado hayajafikiwa, sambamba na kufungua fursa mpya za kiuchumi, kuongeza uzalishaji na kuboresha ustawi wa wananchi wa vijijini.






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Na Karama Kenyunko Michuzi Tv

TANZANIA imetoa wito kwa nchi wanachama zinazopakana na Ziwa Tanganyika kutekeleza kwa vitendo makubaliano ya kikanda ya kukabiliana na uchafuzi wa mazingira, mabadiliko ya tabianchi na shinikizo la matumizi ya rasilimali zinazotishia mfumo wa ikolojia wa ziwa hilo.

Wito huo umetolewa na Katibu Mkuu wa Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais anayeshughulikia Muungano na Mazingira, Dk. Richard Muyungi, leo Oktoba 25, 2026, wakati akifungua Mkutano wa 15 wa Kawaida wa Kamati ya Usimamizi ya Mamlaka ya Ziwa Tanganyika unaofanyika Dar es Salaam.

Dk. Muyungi amesema kulinda ziwa hilo kunahitaji ushirikiano wa kikanda, ufuatiliaji madhubuti wa mazingira na uwajibikaji ili kuhakikisha maazimio yanayofikiwa yanatekelezwa kwa vitendo.

Amesema mkutano huo unajadili mpango kazi na bajeti ya mamlaka hiyo kwa mwaka 2026 pamoja na utekelezaji wa maazimio ya mawaziri yaliyopitishwa mjini Livingstone, Zambia.

Ameonya kuwa kuharibika kwa mazingira ya ziwa hilo kunatishia maisha na kipato cha mamilioni ya watu wanaotegemea rasilimali zake, hivyo Tanzania, Burundi, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo na Zambia zinapaswa kuratibu mikakati ya kulinda ziwa hilo.

Kwa upande wake, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Mamlaka ya Ziwa Tanganyika, Dk. Emma Liwenga, amesema mamlaka hiyo inaendelea kuboresha Mpango Mkakati wa Utekelezaji wa mwaka 2012 na kuandaa ripoti ya kina ya bonde la ziwa hilo kwa msaada wa Shirika la Maendeleo la Ujerumani (GIZ) na Mfuko wa Dunia wa Mazingira (GEF).

Amesema mipango mingine ni pamoja na tathmini ya hali ya samaki katika ziwa lote inayoungwa mkono na Shirika la Chakula na Kilimo la Umoja wa Mataifa (FAO), pamoja na miradi ya uhifadhi wa bayoanuwai na usalama wa maji.

Mwenyekiti wa mkutano huo, Richard Mlungu, amesema Ziwa Tanganyika ni rasilimali muhimu kwa nchi wanachama kutokana na mchango wake katika upatikanaji wa maji, uvuvi, bayoanuwai na shughuli za kiuchumi.

Hata hivyo, amesema ziwa hilo linakabiliwa na changamoto zinazoongezeka, zikiwemo uvuvi usio endelevu, uchafuzi wa mazingira, uharibifu wa makazi ya viumbe hai, mabadiliko ya tabianchi na ongezeko la watu.

Amesema mkutano huo pia unajadili ripoti ya mwaka ya Mamlaka ya Ziwa Tanganyika (LTA), mpango kazi na bajeti ya mwaka 2027, huku akizitaka nchi wanachama kuongeza ushirikiano na rasilimali za kifedha kwa ajili ya kulinda ziwa hilo.

Naye Mkurugenzi wa Mazingira na Mjumbe wa Kamati, Kemilembe Mutasa, amesema Ziwa Tanganyika si mpaka wa kijiografia unaotenganisha nchi wanachama, bali ni rasilimali inayozileta pamoja kutokana na mchango wake katika maisha ya wananchi, usalama wa chakula na maendeleo ya kiuchumi.

Amesema maamuzi na ushauri wa Kamati ya Usimamizi kwa Baraza la Mawaziri la mamlaka hiyo ni muhimu katika kuhakikisha linatekeleza wajibu wake kwa ufanisi na kusimamia rasilimali za ziwa hilo kwa uendelevu.



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Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii, Dkt. Ashatu Kijaji, ameitaka Menejimenti ya Mamlaka ya Hifadhi ya Ngorongoro (NCAA) kuhakikisha miradi ya kuboresha miundombinu ya utalii inakamilika kwa wakati na kwa kuzingatia viwango vinavyotakiwa.

Amesema uboreshaji wa miundombinu katika vivutio vya utalii vya Maporomoko ya Maji ya Endoro na Mapango ya Tembo ni sehemu ya jitihada za kufanikisha azma ya Ilani ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ya kufikisha idadi ya watalii milioni nane ifikapo mwaka 2030.

Dkt. Kijaji ameyasema hayo wakati akikagua maendeleo ya miradi hiyo, ambapo alieleza kuridhishwa na kasi ya utekelezaji wake, akisisitiza kuwa fedha za miradi inayofadhiliwa na Mfuko wa Maendeleo ya Utalii (TDL) zinapatikana na hivyo hakuna sababu ya kuchelewesha utekelezaji wake.

Amesema hadi sasa Mamlaka ya Hifadhi ya Ngorongoro imetengewa Sh bilioni 10 kwa ajili ya kutekeleza miradi mbalimbali, ikiwemo ujenzi wa barabara, huku akibainisha kuwa wakandarasi wanaendelea kulipwa kulingana na hatua za utekelezaji wa kazi.

Aidha, amesema Sh bilioni 1.67 zimetengwa kwa ajili ya kuboresha vivutio vya utalii vya Endoro na Ngoitoktok vilivyopo ndani ya Hifadhi ya Ngorongoro. Miradi hiyo imefikia asilimia 68 ya utekelezaji na inatarajiwa kukamilika Desemba 2026.

Msimamizi wa miradi hiyo, SACC Mariam Kobelo, amesema mradi wa Endoro unahusisha ujenzi wa majengo ya ofisi, geti, njia za kutembelea kwa miguu zenye urefu wa mita 2,200, njia za mbao (boardwalk), alama za maelekezo, vyoo pamoja na maeneo ya wageni kupumzikia.

Ameongeza kuwa mradi wa Ngoitoktok unalenga kuboresha mazingira ya eneo la mapumziko ya wageni kwa kuongeza miundombinu itakayowawezesha watalii kukaa na kupumzika kwa urahisi.

Kwa upande wake, Kamishna wa Uhifadhi wa Ngorongoro, Abdul-Razaq Badru, amesema ujenzi wa barabara ya tabaka gumu kutoka Loduare hadi Geti la Seneto, yenye urefu wa kilomita 29.5, unaendelea vizuri.

Amesema mradi huo unaotekelezwa kwa kipindi cha miaka miwili kwa gharama ya Sh bilioni 80.36 umefikia asilimia nane ya utekelezaji, huku juhudi zikiendelea kuimarisha usimamizi na kuongeza kasi ya kazi ili kuhakikisha unakamilika kwa wakati.










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Msemaji Mkuu wa Serikali, Gerson Msigwa, amefafanua kuwa makadirio ya Shilingi Bilioni 730 yaliyotajwa katika Mpango wa Taifa wa Dharura wa Kujiandaa na Kukabiliana na Madhara ya El Niño kwa mwaka wa fedha 2026/2027 si bajeti mpya ya Serikali, bali ni jumla ya makadirio ya rasilimali zinazohitajika kutoka taasisi mbalimbali za Serikali na zisizo za Serikali kwa ajili ya kutekeleza shughuli za kukabiliana na athari zinazoweza kujitokeza.

Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jijini Dodoma, Oktoba 25, 2026, Msigwa amesema mpango huo umeandaliwa kufuatia utabiri wa Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania (TMA), ulioonesha uwezekano wa kutokea kwa El Niño yenye nguvu na kusababisha madhara yakiwemo mafuriko, maporomoko ya ardhi na magonjwa ya mlipuko kwa binadamu na wanyama.

Amesema maandalizi ya mpango huo yaliratibiwa na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu kwa kushirikisha Wizara, Idara na Taasisi za Serikali, Mamlaka za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa, mashirika ya kitaifa na kimataifa, taasisi zisizo za kiserikali pamoja na sekta binafsi. Amefafanua kuwa taasisi hizo zitatekeleza majukumu yake kwa kutumia rasilimali na bajeti zilizoidhinishwa kwa mwaka wa fedha 2026/2027, huku kipaumbele kikitolewa kwa shughuli za kulinda maisha na mali za wananchi.

Kwa mujibu wa Msigwa, shughuli zilizopangwa ni pamoja na kuboresha miundombinu ya barabara, madaraja na mitaro, kuimarisha huduma za afya, elimu, maji na umeme, kuhifadhi akiba ya chakula, kununua vifaa vya uokoaji, kuandaa maghala ya misaada ya kibinadamu na makazi ya muda kwa wananchi watakaolazimika kuhama maeneo hatarishi. Serikali pia itaendelea kutoa elimu kwa jamii kuhusu namna ya kujiandaa na kukabiliana na majanga.

Katika hatua nyingine, Msigwa amesisitiza kuwa Serikali itaendelea kukamilisha miradi ya maendeleo iliyoanzishwa, akieleza kuwa utekelezaji wake unaendelea katika hatua tofauti kulingana na upatikanaji wa rasilimali. Amesema pamoja na dhamira ya kukamilisha miradi yote, Serikali haiwezi kutekeleza mahitaji yote kwa wakati mmoja, hivyo baadhi ya miradi hutekelezwa kwa awamu ili kuzingatia vipaumbele vya maendeleo na majukumu mengine ya kitaifa.

Akizungumzia maendeleo yaliyofikiwa, Msigwa amesema idadi ya watu nchini imeongezeka kutoka milioni 12.3 mwaka 1967 hadi takribani milioni 70 mwaka 2026, huku umaskini wa mahitaji ya msingi ukipungua kutoka asilimia 38.6 mwaka 1991/92 hadi asilimia 25.1 mwaka 2025. Aidha, ametoa wito kwa wananchi kufuatilia taarifa rasmi za tahadhari zinazotolewa na TMA na mamlaka husika, huku akizitaka pia taasisi za habari kuzingatia weledi, maadili na misingi ya uandishi wa habari katika kuripoti masuala ya umma.


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Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan, anatarajiwa kuzindua rasmi majengo ya ofisi za Wizara na Taasisi za Serikali pamoja na miundombinu ya kisasa katika Mji wa Serikali Mtumba, jijini Dodoma, Oktoba 30, 2026.

Msemaji Mkuu wa Serikali, Gerson Msigwa, amethibitisha tarehe hiyo alipokuwa akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jijini Dodoma kuhusu utekelezaji wa shughuli mbalimbali za Serikali. Amesema uzinduzi huo, ambao uliahirishwa kufuatia kifo cha mume wa Rais, sasa utafanyika kama ulivyopangwa upya, ukiwa hatua muhimu katika kuimarisha utendaji wa Serikali na hadhi ya Dodoma kama makao makuu ya shughuli za Serikali nchini.

Mradi wa Mji wa Serikali Mtumba umetekelezwa kwa awamu, ambapo awamu ya kwanza ilianza Novemba 28, 2018, kwa ujenzi wa majengo 23 ya ofisi za muda yaliyokamilika Machi 22, 2019. Awamu ya pili ilianza Oktoba 2021, ikilenga kujenga majengo ya kudumu ya Wizara na Taasisi za Serikali pamoja na miundombinu wezeshi. Kwa mujibu wa taarifa iliyotolewa na Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu, Sera, Bunge, Uratibu na Wenye Ulemavu, Profesa Palamagamba Kabudi, mradi huo unahusisha majengo ya Wizara 26, Taasisi 11 za Serikali na barabara za lami zenye urefu wa kilomita 57.1. Miundombinu hiyo inatarajiwa kuwezesha watumishi 18,510 kufanya kazi katika eneo hilo.

Mji huo umeendelezwa kwa kuzingatia dhana ya mji janja (Smart City), kwa kuweka mifumo ya kisasa ya umeme, maji, mawasiliano na usalama. Mradi unajumuisha kilomita 42 za miundombinu ya umeme inayopita chini ya ardhi, mifumo ya maji safi na maji taka, TEHAMA pamoja na kamera za ulinzi (CCTV). Aidha, Wakala wa Ufundi na Umeme Tanzania (TEMESA) ni miongoni mwa taasisi zinazoshiriki katika kufunga mifumo ya umeme, mawasiliano, viyoyozi, lifti na vifaa vingine vya kielektroniki katika baadhi ya majengo hayo.

Mbali na majengo ya ofisi, Mji wa Serikali Mtumba una barabara za lami, Uwanja wa Mashujaa, kituo cha zimamoto na mifumo ya mifereji ya maji. Usanifu wa eneo hilo pia umezingatia utunzaji wa mazingira kupitia mipango inayohusisha matumizi ya nishati mbadala, uvunaji wa maji ya mvua, upandaji miti na uboreshaji wa mandhari, kwa lengo la kujenga mazingira bora na endelevu ya kufanyia kazi.

Uzinduzi huo unatarajiwa kuimarisha uratibu wa shughuli za Serikali kwa kuzikutanisha Wizara na Taasisi mbalimbali katika eneo moja lenye miundombinu ya kisasa. Hatua hiyo inalenga kuboresha mazingira ya kazi, kuongeza ufanisi katika utoaji wa huduma kwa wananchi na kuchochea shughuli za kiuchumi na kijamii jijini Dodoma. Kukamilika na kuanza kutumika kwa miundombinu hiyo ni sehemu ya juhudi za Serikali za kuendeleza Mtumba kuwa kitovu muhimu cha shughuli za kiutawala nchini.


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Na Janeth Raphael - MichuziTv


Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Habari, Utamaduni, Sanaa na Michezo na Msemaji Mkuu wa Serikali, Gerson Msigwa, amesema Serikali inaendelea kutekeleza majukumu yake kama kawaida, huku akiwataka wananchi kuepuka vitendo vya vurugu vinavyoweza kuhatarisha amani na utulivu wa nchi.

Msigwa amesisitiza kuwa malengo ya maendeleo hayawezi kufikiwa iwapo wananchi watahamasishana kushiriki katika vitendo vinavyovunja amani, akibainisha kuwa madai na changamoto zinazowakabili wananchi zinapaswa kushughulikiwa kwa njia za amani badala ya kutumia vurugu.

Akizungumza leo jijini Dodoma, eneo la Mtumba, katika mkutano wake na waandishi wa habari, Msigwa amesema wananchi wanapaswa kujiepusha na migogoro na vitendo vinavyoweza kuvuruga utulivu wa nchi, kwa kuwa amani ni msingi muhimu wa maendeleo.

Ameeleza kuwa matukio ya vurugu yaliyotokea Oktoba 29 mwaka jana ni somo kwa Watanzania, akisema baadhi ya watu waliohamasisha vurugu hizo walikimbia na kuiacha Serikali ikikabiliana na jukumu la kurejesha na kuimarisha amani.

Msigwa amesisitiza kuwa hakuna mtu aliye juu ya sheria na kwamba kila anayekiuka sheria anapaswa kuwajibika kwa mujibu wa taratibu zilizowekwa.

Aidha, amewataka vijana, ambao ni miongoni mwa watumiaji wakubwa wa mitandao ya kijamii, kuepuka kutumiwa vibaya katika shughuli zinazoweza kuhatarisha amani na badala yake kutumia majukwaa hayo kama fursa za kujifunza, kufanya biashara na kujipatia kipato.

Amesema matumizi sahihi ya mitandao ya kijamii yanaweza kuwasaidia vijana kujenga fursa za kiuchumi na kuchangia maendeleo ya taifa, badala ya kushiriki katika shughuli zinazoweza kuleta migogoro na kuvuruga utulivu wa nchi.





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The strength of an intelligence agency lies in its ability to collect information, protect its sources, maintain operational security and transform fragmented information into reliable assessments that help decision-makers formulate policies, assess risks and anticipate threats. Yet these capabilities depend on the integrity of those entrusted with classified knowledge. Vetting helps assess that integrity, but trust, once broken from within, can prove more damaging than any external attack.


1. Introduction.

Intelligence is a profession based on secrecy, trust, and the careful handling of information that governments cannot afford to lose. Its work can influence national decisions, expose foreign intentions, and help leaders prepare for threats that remain invisible to the public. Yet the greatest danger to an intelligence service does not always come from an adversary beyond its walls. It can arise when someone entrusted with sensitive knowledge is suspected of using that access to disclose classified information or serve interests that conflict with the institution's duty.

Former German intelligence chief August Hanning led Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, known as the BND, from 1998 to 2005. Years after leaving office, he became the subject of a criminal investigation following a search linked to a separate child-abduction case. Prosecutors allege that he obtained sensitive BND material through a former aide and may have used some of it in private consulting and contacts with foreign intelligence personnel. Arrested on 6 October 2026 on suspicion of espionage and treason-related offences, Hanning now faces questions about whether classified information may have been mishandled under his watch. The case raises questions about trust and accountability within intelligence agencies.

Reports on the investigation allege that a former associate, identified as Manfred D., supplied Hanning with approximately 2,000 documents between 2010 and 2022. Many reportedly contained classified BND material. The scale of the alleged transfers has raised questions about the handling of sensitive intelligence. The authorities have not publicly identified the state or service that may have benefited, and no recipient country can yet be named as an established fact. Media reports have mentioned possible contact with an Azerbaijani intelligence operative, while reporting has indicated that Russia is not believed to be involved. The full route, reach and damage of any disclosure remain unclear.

The Hanning affair invites closer examination of how intelligence institutions manage those entrusted with sensitive knowledge. Security depends on technology and formal rules but also on access controls, oversight and accountability regardless of rank. Leaving office does not erase the duty to protect classified information, and years of service do not place anyone beyond scrutiny. The case also puts the effectiveness of internal controls under scrutiny. But the questions do not end there. How deep did the breach go, and what vulnerabilities might it expose?

1.1. The Bundesnachrichtendienst.

To understand why the Hanning affair carries such weight, it is necessary to understand the institution he once led. The Bundesnachrichtendienst, known as the BND, is Germany’s federal foreign intelligence service, established on 1 April 1956. Unlike Germany’s domestic intelligence and law-enforcement bodies, the BND gathers and assesses intelligence from abroad. Its findings help government leaders assess risks, understand events beyond Germany’s borders and make informed decisions on foreign policy and national security. Much of its work takes place away from public view, but its findings can influence Germany’s response to threats and changes abroad.

The BND’s work goes beyond collecting secrets. Its work involves three stages, obtaining information, analysing it, and reporting assessments to the German federal government. To do this, the service relies on several intelligence disciplines, each revealing different parts of the picture. These include human intelligence (HUMINT), which involves obtaining information through human sources, and signals intelligence (SIGINT), which involves collecting and analysing signals and electronic communications.

By combining human sources with technical collection, the BND can examine developments abroad from different angles. Its work brings together functions comparable to those of the CIA and NSA in the United States and MI6 and GCHQ in the United Kingdom, although their mandates and responsibilities differ. Intelligence gathered through these methods can reveal information that diplomatic channels and public sources may not provide. However, exposing sources, methods or classified material can compromise operations and undermine government confidence in the service.

2. The Vulnerability Within.

Every intelligence scandal begins with a question that reaches beyond the person whose name fills the headlines. How did information entrusted to the state become vulnerable, and what allowed the risk to continue? History shows that espionage rarely has one universal explanation. Some people are recruited through money, others through ideology, resentment, divided loyalties, personal relationships, coercion or the promise of status. Others begin with a seemingly small compromise that gradually becomes harder to reverse.

Money has often provided a direct route to betrayal, but proven cases warn against treating payment as the only motive. Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer arrested in 1994, passed secrets to Soviet and Russian intelligence for substantial sums, compromising human sources and operations. Other cases have involved ideological allegiance, personal grievance, divided loyalty, coercion, ego or the wish to impress a foreign contact. A person may be manipulated through a relationship, threatened with exposure, or drawn further after an initial unauthorised disclosure. The route into espionage can differ from the reason it continues, as the motives that lead someone to begin may differ from those that keep them involved.

Espionage can grow from conditions that seem ordinary until someone deliberately exploits them. Debt, addiction, a damaged career, resentment toward management, ideological conviction, a need for recognition or misplaced loyalty may create leverage for a recruiter. Coercion and blackmail can turn private vulnerabilities into instruments of control, while gradual persuasion can make each next step appear less serious than the last. Sometimes a person volunteers information, believing the risk is manageable or that personal grievances justify the act. Sometimes a foreign service develops a relationship, testing boundaries before asking for secrets.

2.1. The Insider Threat.

The insider threat is distinct from the personal vulnerabilities that make espionage possible. It concerns the danger posed when someone with authorised access deliberately misuses that position. Insiders may understand how information is stored, which procedures are routinely followed and where oversight is weak. Their familiarity with internal systems can allow them to access, copy or disclose sensitive information without immediately attracting attention. The same access that allows employees to perform sensitive work can also give a determined individual the means to betray it. The threat arises when legitimate access is turned toward unauthorised ends, often concealed behind ordinary duties and professional reputation.

Ana Montes, a senior analyst at the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), provides another example of how an insider can exploit a trusted position. She passed classified information to Cuban intelligence for years before her arrest in September 2001. Her access allowed her to obtain sensitive military information and disclose the identities of four American intelligence officers working undercover in Cuba. She pleaded guilty to espionage in 2002 and received a 25-year prison sentence. Her case shows how trusted employees can misuse legitimate access and conceal their activities, making insider threats difficult to detect without close attention to how classified information is accessed and handled.

The challenge for intelligence agencies is to recognise that insider threats can emerge at any level of an organisation, regardless of an employee's experience or position. Money, ideology, resentment, ego, coercion, divided loyalties and a desire for recognition can overlap or change over time. Effective prevention therefore cannot depend on guessing a person's motive from one sign. Agencies need proportionate vetting, access limited to genuine duties, reliable audit records, routes for reporting concerns and fair investigation of credible warning signs. Counterintelligence also plays a role in identifying and investigating attempts to exploit trusted personnel from within.

2.2. The Intelligence Afterlife.

An intelligence career may end, but obligations attached to classified information can continue long afterwards. Former officials move into consultancy, corporate advice, research or public commentary, where their experience can contribute to debate. The boundary is not between public service and private employment, but between professional judgement and disclosing protected information. A former officer may explain a government's past approach using experience and public facts, but retirement does not authorise the release of classified assessments, confidential sources or operational details. The challenge grows when former officials enter settings where their knowledge is valuable, relationships remain active and professional insight can approach protected information.

Private work can create pressures that complicate this boundary. A client may expect unusually detailed insight, and an adviser may feel tempted to prove value by revealing information unavailable in public sources. Financial incentives, conflicts of interest, personal loyalty or a desire to impress can encourage poor judgement, while foreign-linked clients may create additional concerns that require careful assessment. These possibilities do not make consultancy inherently improper, nor do they establish misconduct by any former official. They explain why agencies should clearly communicate continuing confidentiality duties, establish lawful procedures for managing conflicts of interest and make sure that departing personnel understand which information cannot be shared.

The post-service boundary also depends on the conduct of current employees. Friendship with a former colleague, respect for a past superior or a professional history cannot justify disclosing protected material. Agencies should make continuing obligations clear and explain what former personnel may and may not access through official contacts. Any suspected breach must be assessed through evidence, with investigators establishing what information moved, who received it and whether harm followed. An official's authority to access classified information is tied to an authorised role, not a lifetime entitlement. Retirement may close an office door, but it does not erase the duty to respect the law and protect information entrusted in confidence.

3. Beyond Berlin.

An intelligence breach does not stop at the border where the documents were first held. Its consequences can travel through the partnerships that made the information valuable in the first place. The allegations surrounding August Hanning, Germany’s former BND chief, have raised questions about whether information shared by foreign partners could have been exposed. Information collected by one service may support another country's assessments, protect its personnel or help it make security decisions. If that information is compromised, the consequences may reach governments that had no involvement in the original incident.

Intelligence cooperation depends on an exchange of information under agreed conditions. Partner services share knowledge about terrorist networks, military developments, weapons proliferation, cyber operations and other security threats that no government can fully understand alone. Their contributions may be brought together to help governments assess risks and decide how to respond. However, shared information is not automatically available for unrestricted use or onward distribution. Restrictions may govern who can access it, how it is stored and whether it can be passed to another recipient. If a suspected breach raises doubts about these protections, partner services may review their exposure, reassess handling arrangements or request additional assurances.

The consequences will depend on what investigators establish. If classified material reached an unauthorised recipient, the affected services would need to determine what was revealed, whether sources or methods were exposed and whether operational adjustments were necessary. Some disclosures may require immediate protective measures, while others may pose limited risks because the information is outdated, incomplete or already available elsewhere. The response must therefore reflect evidence of corrected vulnerabilities and confidence that information partners share today will not become tomorrow's intelligence advantage for an adversary.

3.1. When Secrets Become Weapons.

A foreign intelligence service does not need to obtain a complete operational file to gain an advantage. A single assessment may reveal what another government considers threatening, which developments attract its attention or where uncertainty remains. When separate documents are combined with public reporting and information already held by the recipient, their collective value can increase considerably. This process may expose patterns that were never clear in any individual record. The lesson is that intelligence can be exploited by piecing together separate details as well as through direct disclosure. Sometimes, the greatest prize is not a secret itself, but the ability to understand what an adversary knows, what it fears and what it may do next.

Potential exploitation involves more than learning classified facts. A hostile service might use exposed assessments to identify collection gaps, adapt its behaviour to avoid detection or investigate people whose roles appear in the material. The risks depend on the information involved, its age, its level of detail and what the recipient already knows. An outdated report may offer little immediate operational value, while a seemingly routine briefing may reveal sensitive patterns when compared with newer intelligence. One document may disclose a single piece of the puzzle, but several documents assembled together may reveal the picture an agency has spent years trying to understand. The question is what an adversary could discover by connecting the information, not simply by reading each document on its own.

The consequences of exploitation can last long after a disclosure has been discovered. An exposed human source may face danger, while an intelligence method that becomes identifiable may need to be changed or abandoned. An agency may also lose access to information that took years to obtain, and partners may become more cautious about sharing material until they are satisfied that it can be protected. During periods of geopolitical tension, such hesitation can complicate the assessment of threats that cross borders and demand coordinated responses. The longer-term task is to correct weaknesses and restore confidence through verifiable action. In intelligence, a breach may be discovered in a single moment, but the advantage gained by an adversary can last for years.

4. The Price of Betrayal.

An intelligence breach is not measured only by the secrets that leave a protected office. Its full price emerges in the questions that follow. Who was trusted with the information, what security measures were in place, why was the risk not detected earlier, and what must change before another breach occurs? The answers can reveal costs that reach well past the information disclosed. Human sources may be placed in danger, operations may have to be abandoned and years of intelligence work may lose their value. Investigating the breach also consumes time and resources, while officers and partner agencies may face consequences for a failure they did not cause. The full price of betrayal lies in the danger faced by sources, the disruption of intelligence operations and the confidence that may take years to regain.

The damage can be difficult to assess because investigators may not immediately know how much information reached an unauthorised recipient or how it has been used. A disclosed document may reveal little on its own, yet become valuable when combined with other material already held by an adversary. Some consequences may emerge quickly, while others may remain hidden until a source is exposed, an operation fails or an adversary acts on information that was once confidential. Investigators must establish what was taken, who received it and what opportunities the disclosure may have created. This process can take time, particularly when records are incomplete or the information has passed through several recipients.

The diplomatic consequences of an intelligence breach can reach into the relationships between governments, particularly when they depend on each other for information about shared security threats. Governments share intelligence because threats do not stop at national borders, and no intelligence agency can gather everything it needs on its own. When a breach raises doubts about the handling of shared information, intelligence partners may need to trace exposed material, reassess the risks and reconsider what they can safely provide. Such precautions do not automatically mean that an alliance has broken down, but uncertainty can change the way cooperation works.

4.1. Accountability and Reform.

Vetting must be treated as an ongoing responsibility rather than a certificate granted once and trusted forever. Recruitment checks are only the beginning, as agencies must also monitor whether staff continue to meet security requirements and report any changes that could affect their access to classified information. Clear rules should explain what employees must disclose, how potential conflicts of interest are handled and what conduct could compromise confidential information. These requirements should also apply when officials leave their posts and take up private work involving sensitive knowledge gained during public service. Before departure, organisations should recover documents, end unnecessary system access and explain continuing obligations in plain language.

Accountability must reach every level of an organisation. Access logs, document controls and reporting channels are useful only when someone reviews the evidence and acts on credible concerns. Seniority should not shield conduct from scrutiny, and junior staff should not carry all responsibility for failures created by weak supervision. After a suspected breach, an independent review should establish what information was exposed, which rules applied, how controls performed and whether warning signs were missed. Findings should lead to specific corrective action, assigned responsibility and later checks that reforms have taken effect. Accountability must be fair, documented and capable of bringing about real change.

4.2. Global Intelligence Vulnerabilities.

Although the Hanning affair concerns Germany, the questions it raises apply to intelligence services worldwide. Every service must give its personnel enough access to perform their duties while preventing that access from being abused. The scale of an agency, its technical resources and its reputation cannot remove the risks that come with entrusting people with classified information. Past cases of espionage have shown that established institutions can be penetrated from within, sometimes without recognising the danger until sensitive information has already been exposed.

The risks differ between intelligence services. Their ability to identify and deal with them depends partly on how authority is exercised, how concerns are raised and whether internal criticism is taken seriously. In organisations where seniority discourages questioning, warning signs may be overlooked or dismissed. Where departments operate in isolation, relevant information may remain in separate offices, making it harder to recognise a developing threat. Heavy reliance on established procedures can create another problem when staff assume that compliance with written rules proves that information is being handled properly.

An intelligence service may have detailed procedures and experienced personnel yet still fail to recognise weaknesses in its own practices. Staff may follow established routines without questioning whether those routines remain effective, while managers may overlook warning signs because previous checks have raised no concerns. The absence of a detected breach does not prove that classified information is fully protected or that internal weaknesses have been identified. Intelligence agencies must be willing to examine their own practices, question established assumptions and recognise where their procedures fall short before someone exploits those weaknesses. No service can eliminate every risk, but it can avoid treating past success as proof that its security arrangements are sufficient.

5. Conclusion.

Espionage history rarely ends when a spy is exposed. Aldrich Ames betrayed American intelligence to the Soviet Union and later Russia, while allegations involving former BND chief August Hanning have raised fresh questions about Germany’s intelligence service. The cases differ in evidence, circumstances and legal status. Ames pleaded guilty, while the allegations against Hanning must be tested through due process. Yet both lead to the same unsettling possibility. A service may spend years studying foreign enemies and still fail to recognise danger among the people trusted with its deepest secrets. In the shadow wars between states, a stolen file is not always the first sign of defeat. Sometimes the decisive breach begins quietly, with access granted, a warning missed and a confidence that no one thinks to question until the consequences are already coming to light. Suspicion alone, however, is not proof.

These shadow wars are not fought only in dark rooms or through secret exchanges. They play out through patient observation, recruitment, deception and the search for weaknesses that an adversary may not know it has revealed. Counterintelligence is meant to detect hostile activity, investigate suspicious conduct and uncover attempts to exploit trusted personnel. But the work is often difficult. Investigators must separate evidence from rumour, distinguish unusual behaviour from proof of betrayal and act while much of the picture remains hidden. A missed warning can give an adversary time to use information, protect its own operations or expose a source whose identity was never meant to be known. By the time a breach becomes public, the most valuable damage may already have occurred, far from the office where the secret first disappeared. The same danger remains in even the most experienced intelligence services.

That is why the public record may tell only part of the story. An investigation can establish that sensitive material was exposed without immediately showing who received it, what they understood or how they used it. Some consequences may surface years later, in a source who suddenly goes silent, an operation that no longer works or a decision made on a false sense of security. Other losses may never be confirmed openly, because disclosing them would expose further secrets. The Hanning affair must therefore be judged by established evidence, not by speculation about what an adversary might have gained. Yet its unanswered questions expose a hard truth about intelligence work. A secret can leave its rightful hands in seconds, while discovering where it went and what it changed may take years. The real test is whether anyone notices when controls fail silently, before the damage becomes visible to those outside.

The files may one day be closed, the headlines fade and the public turn to another story. The shadow war will continue. Somewhere, an officer will meet a source, an analyst will study a report and a counterintelligence team will decide whether a small inconsistency deserves attention. None will know every consequence of the choices made that day. Intelligence services must trust people to uncover the intentions of others, while accepting that those same people remain difficult to read. No procedure can remove that uncertainty, and no reputation can guarantee that betrayal will be detected in time. The next failure may begin without a stolen file or a dramatic confrontation, with only one decision that appears harmless. One secret still waits. When the truth finally comes to light, will the service have seen the warning, or will it discover that the secret it protected has long since become its adversary’s advantage?

Thank you.

Written by Christopher Makwaia
Tel: +255 789 242 396


— The writer, is a University of West London graduate (formerly Thames Valley University) and an expert in Management, Leadership, International Business, Foreign Affairs, Global Marketing, Diplomacy, International Relations, Conflict Resolution, Negotiations, Security, Arms Control, Political Scientist, and a self-taught Computer Programmer and Web Developer.


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Na George Maziku, Bukombe

MGODI wa dhahabu wa Msasa Gold Mine uliopo Kata ya Lunzewe Magharibi wilayani Bukombe, mkoni Geita umejiandaa kikamilifu kuzikabili mvua kubwa za El -Nino zinazotabiriwa kuanza kunyesha mwezi huu au mapema mwezi Novemba.

Kwa sasa mgodi huo unaaminika kuwa ndio mkubwa kuliko migodi mingjne yote ya wachimbaji wadogo katika kanda ya ziwa, umejiandaa kwa kujenga miundombinu imara ya mitaro kuzunguka eneo lote la mgodi pamoja na mabanda yatakayofunika eneo lote la uzalishaji wa madini ya Dhahabu.

Hayo yameelezwa na Meneja Mkuu wa mgodi huo Kessy Maira wakati alipokuwa akizungumza na vyombo vya habari ofisini kwake hivi karibuni.

Maira alisema hayo mara baada ya kupokea maagizo ya serikali kupitia Tume ya Madini Tanzania juu ya kujiaandaa kujikinga na athari za mvua za El Nino, uongozi wa mgodi wake ulitenga bajeti maalum ya kujenga na kuimarisha miundombinu ya mitaro na mabanda ili kuzuia maji kutuama eneo la mgodi huo.

"Tunaendelea vizuri na maandalizi ya kujikinga na athari za mvua za El Nino kama serikali ilivyoagiza. Tumetenga fedha kwaajili ya kujenga mitaro mipya na kuimarisha ya zamani ili kuhakikisha hakuna maji yanayosimama eneo lote la mgodi", alifafanua Maira.

Aliongeza, "Pia tumejenga mabanda makubwa na imara zaidi kwenye eneo la maduara ya uzalishaji ili kuzuia maji kuingia maduarani na hivyo kuwahakikishia usalama wachimbaji na kuwezesha kazi ya uchimbaji kuendelea kipindi chote cha masika", alisisitiza meneja Maira.

Nae Mkaguzi Mkuu wa mgodi huo James Nkamba aliupongeza uongozi wa Msasa Gold Gold Mine kwa kutekeleza kikamilifu ushauri wa kiusalama uliotolewa na Idara ya Ukaguzi anayoiongoza, ikiwemo ujenzi wa mitaro mikubwa na ya kisasa, pamoja na mabanda makubwa na imara kuzunguka eneo lote la mgodi ili kuzuia maji kutuama mgodini.

"Idara yangu ndio iliyoandaa mpango mzima wa usalama wa mgodi huu. Tuliandaa michoro ya mitaro kuzunguka mgodi wetu na tukaushauri uongozi kuijenga kisasa ili iwe imara na kuweza kuhimili mvua kubwa za El Nino zinazotabiriwa", alibainisha Nkamba.

"Pia tulishauri kujengwa mabanda makubwa na imara eneo la uchimbaji lenye maduara yanayofanya kazi ili kuzuia maji kuingia maduarani, kuwezesha uzalishaji kuendelea wakati wa masika ambapo uongozi umetekeleza kikamilifu", alisisitiza Mkaguzi huyo mkuu.

Aliongeza, "Lakini vile vile tumefanyia ukarabati mkubwa maduara yetu yote ikiwemo kufunga vizuri matimba (magogo) ili kuimarisha kuta za maduara yote na hivyo kuhakikjsha usalama kwa wachimbaji na watu wote wanaofanya kazi eneo la uchimbaji".

"Kwahihiyo tunapenda kuwahakikishia usalama wachimbaji, wawekezaji na wadau wote wa mgodi wetu, kazi zitaendelea kama kawaida wakati wote wa masika", alisisitiza Nkamba.





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Na Mwandishi Wetu, Dar es Salaam

VIJANA nchini wametakiwa kutumia fursa zinazopatikana katika sekta za elimu, fedha, uwekezaji, biashara na utamaduni, huku wakitumia teknolojia ya kisasa kujiletea maendeleo na kuchangia ukuaji wa uchumi wa taifa.

Wito huo umetolewa na Mtendaji Mkuu wa Jukwaa la Wafanyabiashara Wanawake Afrika Mashariki (EAWiBP), Janice Benson Kimaro, wakati wa uzinduzi wa TAWEN Youth Dar es Salaam, tawi la vijana la Mtandao wa Uwezeshaji Wanawake Tanzania (TAWEN), uliofanyika jijini Dar es Salaam.

Janice amesema uzinduzi huo unaendana na Dira ya Maendeleo ya Taifa 2050 inayosisitiza upatikanaji wa fursa sawa kwa wote, akibainisha kuwa vijana wanapaswa kuwa washiriki hai wa maendeleo kupitia ubunifu, uongozi na utekelezaji wa shughuli za maendeleo.

“Tunaposema fursa sawa kwa vijana wetu, tunamaanisha kujenga mazingira ambayo kila kijana anapata nafasi ya kujifunza, kukuza kipaji chake, kuanzisha biashara na kupata ujuzi,” amesema.

Amewataka vijana kutambua na kuendeleza vipaji vyao badala ya kutegemea elimu ya darasani pekee, huku akiwahimiza kujifunza Dira ya Maendeleo ya Taifa 2050 ili kufahamu fursa zilizopo na namna ya kuzitumia.

Aidha, amesema ukuaji wa teknolojia, ikiwemo Akili Unde (AI), umefungua fursa nyingi kwa vijana, hivyo wanapaswa kutumia ujuzi wao wa teknolojia kupata taarifa sahihi, kutafuta fursa na kuunganishwa na watu na taasisi zinazoweza kuwasaidia kufikia malengo yao.

“Vijana mko vizuri sana katika mambo ya teknolojia. Tumieni elimu hiyo kutazama maudhui muhimu na kutambua mitandao inayowaunganisha na fursa. TAWEN Youth itoe semina kwa vijana ili kuwaonesha fursa muhimu zilizopo,” amesema.

Amesisitiza kuwa uzinduzi wa TAWEN Youth unapaswa kuwa mwanzo wa utekelezaji wa mipango yenye matokeo yanayopimika, badala ya kuishia katika kuandika malengo bila kuyafanyia kazi.

Amesema ni muhimu kwa viongozi wa jukwaa hilo kuweka utaratibu wa kutathmini utekelezaji wa mipango yao baada ya muda maalumu ili kubaini mafanikio na maeneo yanayohitaji maboresho.

Kuhusu soko la Afrika Mashariki na Soko Huru la Afrika, Janice amewataka vijana kujifunza kwa kina kuhusu fursa za masoko hayo ili waweze kuzitumia kukuza biashara, uwekezaji na shughuli nyingine za kiuchumi.

Kwa upande wake, Mwenyekiti wa TAWEN Taifa, Balozi Amina Salum Ally, amesema TAWEN Youth itakuwa jukwaa muhimu la kuendeleza falsafa ya vijana na kuwahamasisha kujitolea kushiriki katika shughuli za maendeleo ya taifa.

Naye Mwenyekiti wa TAWEN Youth Dar es Salaam, Tarik Ninga, amesema jukwaa hilo limeanzishwa kwa lengo la kuwawezesha vijana katika uongozi, stadi za maisha na ujasiriamali.

Amesema pia litawaunganisha vijana na fursa za elimu, ajira, uwekezaji, masoko na mitandao ya kibiashara, huku likihamasisha ubunifu katika matumizi ya teknolojia kama nyenzo ya maendeleo na upatikanaji wa ajira.

Malengo mengine ya jukwaa hilo ni kuimarisha ushiriki wa vijana katika uhifadhi wa mazingira na matumizi ya nishati jadidifu, kukuza mchango wao katika utafiti, pamoja na kuandaa mijadala, midahalo na mafunzo ya mara kwa mara.

Ninga amesema TAWEN Youth pia inalenga kuwaunganisha vijana na taasisi zinazoweza kuwapatia fursa, mitaji na ushauri utakaowawezesha kutekeleza mawazo yao na kujenga msingi imara wa kujitegemea kiuchumi.










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