Subject: FW: RE: MY NIGHTMARE IN TANZANIA
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:04:53 -0400
From: Ray Bergen
To: Lisana Koliskowski
Hello Lisa,
I am glad to be back in America after such a disastrous trip to Tanzania. The most important thing was getting back home safely and seeing my family. The only thing I can assure you is that, I will never set my foot in that country, and will advice anybody planning to visit Tanzania to refrain from doing so.
The nightmare started at the airport, when my luggage checked in from Amsterdam disappeared mysteriously in Dar es Salaam. And my inquiry with the airport authorities was forwarded to the police. At the police station (Central) I was told that I could not get help unless I bribe them $500, because they needed the money for fuel and other necessary needs to investigate the theft. Supposedly the police officer did not open the case and turned me to be the criminal, constantly coming to my Hotel room, asking me for money. In short all my four year work was lost with the laptop at the Airport.
Came clearing the vehicle we were supposed to use in the research, from the agents to the customs authorities, the vehicle exceeded the actual cost. I would have paid $38,000 for a $16,000 vehicle. I could not bear being in such a corrupt country and decided to terminate my research, and left the vehicle uncleared after one month of struggle with the customs, who needed money after money and bogus letters.
Supposedly these exuberant fees were not supposed to be there in the first place, because all registered NGO’s are supposed to be exempted from paying these taxes and fees, but then the deal had been cooked to rip Muzungu off. Being a Muzungu is being a cash cow in Tanzania. They don’t even fucken know that we are trying to help them. I pity the African continent and her people, I am glad they did not confuse me with Albino.
Please advise any potential traveler to Tanzania to look for alternative country to visit, and if possible pass the message to the State Department as a warning to other Americans intending to visit this poor and corrupt country. I visited Botswana with my family in 2006.
I tell you, could not be more satisfied with their politeness and straightforwardness , the same was in Mozambique where we received utmost hospitality. Please, be careful and only travel to Tanzania when there is need and not to visit and do not carry any valuable. As soon as you arrive, register with the American Embassy
Sincerely,
Ray Bergen
Sincerely,
Ray Bergen
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A CYBER PR WARI
do take this email serious.
It is a cyber PR war aiming at bad mouth a competitor, in this case Tanzania. It is all about the new emerging tourism competition. By reading between the lines I have some questions to ask if this incident really happened or it is just a fake incident aiming at tarnishing the good image of Tanzania: Ray says was suppose to be in Tanzania for a research, well a good, which organization sent him to conduct that research? What is the thesis of the research I mean what is research all about?
If he knows the importance of registering at the embassy why didnt he use or ask the American embassy in Dar es Salaam to make a follow up on his case? Why didnt he complain to the ambassador who could have raised the issue to the appropriate Tanzanian authorities. The embassy would have made a follow-up and make sure his vehicle is cleared from the port and know what really happened to his luggages.
Ray is trying to exaggarate the albino incidences by saying that, 'I am glad they did not confuse me with Albino.' This means that in Tanzania the wazungu are even the targeted by the barbarians who kill alibinos because the they think the Wazungu are also Albinos! And this is not true.
Yes, it is true that Albinos are being killed in Tanzania. But the fact is that the government is working hard to arrest the sitution. Ray says: 'Please advise any potential traveler to Tanzania to look for alternative country to visit, and if possible pass the message to the State Department as a warning to other Americans intending to visit this poor and corrupt country.' Which alternaltive country does he refer to in East Africa? Why doesnt he pass the message by himself to the State Department?
He is an America, he is free to tell the his government what he experienced in Tanzania. Why is he asking Lisa to pass the message. The State Depertment has a website, email and free telephone contacts why didn't he use these facilities provided by this appropriate authority raise his concerns? I am not saying that he shouldn't have told his Lisa. Why the email he sent doesnt have email addresses, the sender's and receiver's?
What I can say is that this email represent the PR-cyberwar, even propaganda, which is going on all over the world to win business and sphere of influences. Tanzania is not as corrupt as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia nor DRC.
Visit Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index of 2006 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781359.html
or year 2008
room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table
Mysterious disappearance of luggages is everywhere in the world. It is the same story at Heathrow, Frankfurt and JFK in New York. Tanzania has no exception. Why didnt he contact and involve his airline to track his luggage? Why take the issue in his own hands to go to the airport authority and then to police?
What kind of image does he want to portray about Tanzania when he says: 'Please, be careful and only travel to Tanzania when there is need and not to visit and do not carry any valuable. As soon as you arrive, register with the American Embassy'
Yes, there are thugs and thieves in Tanzania as they are in New York, London and Washington. Nothing new. If you compare Tanzania and Kenya for example in terms of thugs we have lowest rate. Dar es Salaam is more peaceful than Nairobi.
Ray says: 'They don’t even fucken know that we are trying to help them. I pity the African continent and her people,' Does Ray really know the history of what most of the Rich western countries have done to Africa? From Angola to DRC-Zaire, From Lumumba to Nkurumah. From Mobutu to Savimbi? The Apartheid in South Africa, Structural Adjustment programmes, debt crisis, the current economic recession, the list goes on and on.
Yes, there are some changes taking place in terms of aid and bilateral assistance and we really welcome that. We hope that these changes will benefit Africa because it too early to comment/judge on how genuine/sincere they are due to the fact the rich world including the emerging economies like China, India and Brazil are now looking for the strategic areas of influence.
The areas to get raw materials, land for farming, markets, investment and damp their surplus labour in the name of foreign aid, investment and free trade. The question here is who is benefiting more from this new ways of exproitation? They are not trying to help us. They are helping themselves for their survival.
Please Ray stop using this dirty Cyber PR against Tanzania.
Mungu Ibariki Tanzania
Bwana Michuzi nyie ndo waandishi wa khabari tena wa serekali, sasa sijui ni kwa nini vitu kama hivi haviandikwi kwenye magazeti yenu ya Serekali ??
ReplyDeleteInatia aibu sana hivi siyo vitu vya kufurakhia hata kidogo na hii umeweka kwenye Blog yako hapa ni sawa lakini je watu wanaotakiwa kuona au kusoma haya malalamiko je watayona haya ??
Kama hao watu wa Forodha, Customs na Polisi.
Well sina mengi ni AIBU SANA.
Kwani ulifikiria jina la bongo limetoka wapi? Bongo--Darisalama!
ReplyDeleteOur government must act NOW on these issues, tumechoka kutoa malalamiko mara kwa mara na serikali letu lipo tu! this is a SHAME for real. Idara mbalimbali za serikali hasa huko customs hakufai! kabisa Rushwa imekithiri Tanzania imekuwa kama nchi ya Kenya huwezi kupata haki yako mwenyewe mpaka uinunue ni aibu mno! Tunandaa waraka maalum kuuwasilisha kwa Obama ili aondoe mawazo kwamba Tanzania ni paradise ya Africa, na kwamba iwekewe jicho kali katika kupambana na rushwa na utawala mbovu. Nashukuru kwa barua ya huyu mtu maana ni mojawapo ya references tutakazo ambatanisha na waraka huo maalum.
ReplyDeleteWE NEED TO GROW UP GUYS.CAN SOMEONE
ReplyDeletePLEASE EXPLAIN TO THOSE TANZANIAN
POLICE OFFICERS AND AIRPOT EMLOYEES
THAT ALMOST 50% OF THEIR SALARIES
COME FROM AMERICAN TAX PAYERS.
TOTO TUNDU-UPPER MARLBORO.
This is a fliping lie.. You loose your laggauge at the airport you contact the airline who then track your missing items of refund you said items..Pili if he knew NGO do not pay taxes why not stop corruption on it's heels by going to some Governemnt office and stating his claim, Better yet nenda USA embassy and ask for assistance.. This is slander of a nation..yes we are corrupt, yes we want kitu kidogo but this sounds very far fetched..
ReplyDeleteTZ/US citizen
Hee jamani! hata haya hatuna. Watu watoke watokako kuja kutusaidia, sisi hatujui kujisaidia, tunajua kuibatu! tena kwa jina la serekali! Serekali yenyewe inafanya nini??
ReplyDeleteKwa ufupi story nzima inanisikitisha sana.Tanzania ni nchi yangu lakini inanikatisha tamaa kwakweli sitaki hata kurudi nyumbani. Nampa pole huyu jamaa mungu amsaidie awe na moyo wa kusamehe.
ReplyDeleteJamani serikarui yetu iamke sasa.
Really?? this dude is tripping...mstzzzzz ka michuzi kwanini mambo ya f**k usiyaweke kistaarabu manake hii ni blog ya kistaarabu sio kama zeutamu, mbona unatuangusha? huyu jamaa mwambie kama hataki kuja asije kama JK alivyowaambia watu wanaotaka pasi 2 "basi mbaki huko huko, hakuna kula kuwili kuwili" ndio kwa huyu mzungu/albino abaki kwao :(
ReplyDeleteAnayodai kuwa yamempata, sio ajabu kutokea na ipo haja kupigana vita dhidi ya udokozi, nk. Kilichonishtua kidogo ni iwapo huyu mzungu anasema ukweli
ReplyDelete"In short all my four year work was lost with the laptop at the Airport."
yeye anapakia laptop kwenye sanduku??!!??
Lakini niongeze anachosema kuhusu Botswana. Mwezi wa Juni nilikwenda Botswana na wakati nikirejea nilisahau peni (ambayo mfuniko wake pia ulikuwa ni flash card iliyokuwa na data zangu) kwenye counter ya mgahawa wa pale airport. niligundua kuwa niliiacha pale baada ya kuingia ndani ya dept lounge. nilirusiwa na watu wa security kurejea mgahawani na mara tu nilipotaja peni kijana wa counter akaitoa mahali walipokuwa wameihifadhi na kunipatia. Ninakubali Botswana bado hawajanyemelewa na ugonjwa wa udokozi na ni mfano wa kuigwa! ni utamaduni mzuri.
While Americans kindly extend their hands welcoming tens of thousands of poor Tanzanians to live free and achieve American dream in the US,we screw them up in
ReplyDeletereturn.Mimi nafikiri tumelaaniwa.
Thx.
Nikitumia gharama zangu mwenyewe
ReplyDeletenikaiweka hii taarifa kwenye gazeti
la Washington Post,je nitakuwa nimewakosea Watanzania wenzangu?
Naomba ushari tafadhari kabla mambo
hayajaharibika.
Mwakipesile.
This is absolutely so true..I am a Tanzanian (born and raise) and every time I go home-for vacation I go through the same crap, same uizi, same uchokoraa, and same utapeli..kila ukigeuka kunamtu anataka hongo, kila ukipiga atua kuna kijitu nyuma kina taka hongo, haswa mapolisi wawe wa Arusha, Dar, Moshi, Mbeya, Tanga, Mwanza au popote lazima watake hongo!!! This is so bad and so sad people..what we dont understand is "Mzungu is not a cash cow" njaa zetu zitatufanya tukose misahada au utalii kwasababu huyu mzungu amelalamika na kuituma hiyo barua kwa kaka michuzi hatujui atatuma hayo malalamika sehemu nyingini zipi????? Mzungu anasaidia sanaaa nchi yetu hiyo iliyo jaa umasikini..sio siri na wala sio uongo, sasa tukiwa tuna watapeli kiasi hicho jamani tutafika kweli?? we need to watch it and be careful and have some respect. STOP THE MADNESS TANZANIANS, UMEASIKINI HAUISHI HATA UKIMTAPELI MZUNGU WA WATU..STOP! STOP!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely so true..I am a Tanzanian (born and raise) and every time I go home-for vacation I go through the same crap, same uizi, same uchokoraa, and same utapeli..kila ukigeuka kunamtu anataka hongo, kila ukipiga atua kuna kijitu nyuma kina taka hongo, haswa mapolisi wawe wa Arusha, Dar, Moshi, Mbeya, Tanga, Mwanza au popote lazima watake hongo!!! This is so bad and so sad people..what we dont understand is "Mzungu is not a cash cow" njaa zetu zitatufanya tukose misahada au utalii kwasababu huyu mzungu amelalamika na kuituma hiyo barua kwa kaka michuzi hatujui atatuma hayo malalamika sehemu nyingini zipi????? Mzungu anasaidia sanaaa nchi yetu hiyo iliyo jaa umasikini..sio siri na wala sio uongo, sasa tukiwa tuna watapeli kiasi hicho jamani tutafika kweli?? we need to watch it and be careful and have some respect. STOP THE MADNESS TANZANIANS, UMEASIKINI HAUISHI HATA UKIMTAPELI MZUNGU WA WATU..STOP! STOP!
ReplyDeleteHii habari imenisikitisha sana! Asante sana Michuzi kwa kuiweka hapa...Huu ni mfano hai kabisa kwamba kuna waroho wachache wanaendelea kutuchafulia nchi yetu!Haya siyo malalamiko ya kwanza dhidi ya Airport yetu! Nahisi kwamba hakuna hatua zinazochukuliwa kumaliza tatizo hili au hatua zinazochukuliwa hazitoshi!! Hii ni aibu......
ReplyDeleteLORD HAVE MERCY!! THIS IS SO BAD! STOP IT TANZANIANS,,.. MZUNGU IS NOT A CASH COW OR AN ATM MACHINE!!! STOP THE MADNESS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.. WHAT A CORRUPT COUNTRY YOU ARE REALLY???!! POOR MZUNGU! TE,TE,TE, GOOD IDEA NEVER FLY THERE ANYMORE..U R LUCKY U WERE ABLE TO COME HOME SAFE!! AM VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT..THOSE PEOPLE DONT PLAY THEY WILL TAKE EVEN YOUR UNDERWEAR IF NOT CAREFUL..WOOOOW!! WHAT A CRAZY COUNTRY IT IS EEHHH?? AM SO SORRY ABOUT THAT AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU MZUNGU... :-)
ReplyDelete@anon 3:39am We are trying to solve the problem here, it is not time to speculate the legitimacy of this claim. We have to admit that there is a real problem in our country and the victims are us. This is a no-brainer fact that our country need to be fixed, the bloated corruption is overwhemingly poisoning the country. I really do not care if this story was fabricated or not, but I do believe this situation is real and should be addressed seriously.
ReplyDeleteNakuunga mkono mtoa mtoa maoni 03:39, kwanini asitaarifu sehemu husika? Ni mpango wa kutuchafulia jina nchi yetu na yawezekana watu wasiopenda maendeleo yetu. Au ndo competitors waja kwa staili hii Tanzania tunasifika kwa ukalimu we acha tu!Otherwise una gundu kama yalikupata kweli.
ReplyDeleteHii ni aibu kubwa sana jamani, Michuzi wewe ni mojawapo wa waandishi wa habari wa selikali, utakuwa huna busara kama haya matukio ya ajabu unayatuma kwenye blog yako wakati wahusika wenyewe kama vile police vyombo vingine vya habari, inasikitisha sana kwani hata sisi watanzania wenyewe tunaiogopa nchi yetu kwa jinsi rushwa na ufisadi ulivyo kithiri.Tunaomba Mtu yeyote mojawapo Michuzi mwenyewe kufikisha hizi taarifa kwa wahusika na sio kuanika tu kwenye blog na kuishia hapo, itakuwa ni utoto tu, ufisadi na rushwa utazidi kuendielea
ReplyDeletestupid country.
ReplyDeletemaneno teleeeee,hamna lolote.
stupid system.
ndio faida ya kuchagua ccm
corrupted leaders.
hata rais ni mlaji rushwa,jee wengine
80% of Tanganyikan is uneducated.
80% of Tanganyikan is masikini mno.
40% of Tanganyikan hawajui kusoma wala kuandika.
80% of Tanganyikan ni walevi na wapenda anasa.
80% of Tanganyikan hwana kazi za uhakika.
80% of Tanganyikan huzaliwa nje ya ndowa.
80% of Tanganyikan huvunja ndowa zao ndani ya miaka mitano ya kuowana.
80% of Tanganyikan hawajui tofauti ya bahari ,mto au ziwa.
80% of Tanganyikan washawahi kula rushwa.
80% of Tanganyikana workers ni matapeli.
80% of Tanganyikan hawana dini au hawajawahi kutekeleza dini zao kwa vitendo.
80% of Tanganyikan's budget ni kutokana na pesa za kuomba au kugaiwa.
80% of Tanganyikan wameanza kufanya tendo la ndoa wakiwa bado ni wadogo kiumri.
80% 0f Tanganyikan 's children hufanyishwa kazi wakiwa wadogo mno.
Lakini Michuzi umeileta hii kwa manufaa ya nani hasa? Is this what you call responsible citizenship? Why didn't you take the claims straight to the relevant authorities? Tusijisahau sana na kulewa haya mambo ya ICT. Msipost kila kitu tu,gate keeping inatakiwa as well. Be ethical and alert humu kwenye mtandao kuna waongo wengi sana. I believe mwandishi wa hii barua sio Mzungu.
ReplyDeleteI know we have theft and corruption problems in Tanzania as exeperienced in most of these third countries but that can not be enough justification to illy advise the potential visitors to Tanzania to look for alternative country.
ReplyDeleteHIVI ASKARI WA BONGO WANAIJUA THAMANI YA $500 AU WALIITAJA TU
ReplyDeleteSHAME FOR OUR DIRT POOR NATION.HOW THE HELL CAN YOU TELL SOMEONE WHO HAS LOST HIS BELONGING TO PAY $500.00 AS COST INTENDED TO RECOVER HIS LOST LUGGAGES? IF HE CAN'T GET THEM BACK WHAT WILL HAPPEN?...OBVIOUS IS GONNA BE A DOUBLE LOSE! RETARDED COPS!!!
ReplyDeleteIs this a fake story? If not Bwana Bergan is a jerk-off.
ReplyDeleteHII HABARI HAINA UKWELI WOWOTE NI KUIPONDA TU NCHI YETU YA BONGO.UKIPOTEZA LUGGAGE UTAWASILIANA NA AIRLINE ULIYOFLY NAYO AU UTAENDA POLISI KAMA SI UONGO.HII HADITHI USIKUTE IMETOLEWA NA MBONGO NA WALA SI MZUNGU KAMA ALIVYOANDIKWA
ReplyDeleteHuyu si mzungu wala nini? ni mbongo anaji present kama mzungu alieibiwa. Nadhani ni hadithi ya kufikirika! ata hivo ongera kwa kuweza kutunga stories!
ReplyDeleteThat why i dont want to go back to Tz, ufisaidi is way too much. Tunajitia aibu wenyewe na tunalizalilisha taifa, sijui viongozi wetu wataamka lini kwenye huo usingizi wao.
ReplyDeleteJamani wizi wa kila aina nchi yetu. Majambazi wanavamilia majumba ya watu wanaiba na kuuwa watu, hivi wanajeshi wanafanya nini kwanini wasilinde usalama wa wananchi wanalipwa na kukaa tu mpaka vita itokee!! kwanini tusiige mfano wa nchi kama Ghana, yaani wananchi wanalala usinginzi kwa raha zao, wanajeshi wanachapa kazi yakuhakiksha kuna usalama wakisaidiana na polisi. Mungu Ibariki Tanzania.
ohhhh,pity for us tanzania.aibu
ReplyDeleteNaungana na jamaa aliyesema kuwa hii uongo. Ni ajabu. Dada yangu aliibiwa mzigo tena na KLM hivyo hivyo, kilichofanyika ilikuwa kuripoti KLM na kisha akafanyiwa mpango wa malipo ambapo maximum ni dola 800. Huyu jamaa anadanganya eti aliweka laptop yake na imekwenda na kazi yake ya miaka minne. Jinga hili. Kwa nini asiitunze hiyo kazi kwenye sehemu nyingine pia? Kwa nini uweke laptop kwenye begi? Hata hizo hadithi za NGO ni uongo, NGO ipi hiyo? Kwa nini uhangaike na rushwa kama unajua NGO hazilipi? Kwani Marekani hakuna rushwa? Huyu mtu mpuuzi, achaneni naye lakini tukubali kuwa Watanzania tuna tatizo, tena sana tu.
ReplyDeleteMr. Michuzi would you for sure confirm these allegations,they add on a very bad picture to our country, but before we start to cast our first stone can you get to the bottom of this.
ReplyDeleteIf it is true though, you have to be in America to understand how shameful, and disgraceful conduct committed againist this individual!
Achukue zake time nae! ni kama mwarabu/Mpakistan pia anapotaka kwenda USA hukutana na vioja kama hivyo pia ndani ya US! this is what we call blowing things out of context!
ReplyDeletethis is to the very shallow minded Tanzanians who embrace such dishonest behavior by quickly disputing the authenticity of Ray's story and pretend as if you don't know that such behavior is common in Tanzania?
ReplyDeleteThe man gave you his full name, shouldn't you take few second to Google him? I did.. you can find the guy info and contact him if you want!! Lazy Lazy sisi wabongo.....
Let's all not react in illiterate way, do a little research if you are not sure of your findings please be quite...
Not even 2 months ago somebody(I believe is a native Tanzanian)was here with similar complaint toward Dar Int Airport for his lost luggage, you didn't question him!!
I believe Ray's Story, the system is very corrupt and should be condemned!
Shame to the authority concerned!
Shame to airline for not pulling off to compel the government to do something!
Shame to everybody who can do something to eliminate this but they haven't done a thing!
wabongo tunakuwa tunapoteza hela kwa wakenya na majirani zetu wengine walio-honest na wenye system za ukweli...
If i was in the government, I would have contacted Ray, run investigation and correct what needs to be corrected!!
I am glad i left that country..
well ulaya marwekani upuuzi kama huu upo saana... just one bad apple doesnt make all apples rotten. he needs to dust it off and try it again. alifikiri watamsujudu kwa kuwa yeye mzungu! ebo! hapendwi mtu kutesa kwa zam. I mean I feel sorry but that should not make me embarrased of my country i still believe in my country,... betrter luck next time...mxiiii!
ReplyDeleteKweli Tanzania tumezidi na namsupport huyu mzungu 100% kwasababu najua jinsi rushwa ilivyo Tanzania tena ya kutumia nguvu na pia kuhusu customs zetu ndio usiseme kweli tanzania hatutafika never bila kuondoa hao wazee wenye mavijitambi wanaojifikiria wenyewe tu mpaka kufa na ata wakifa hizo pesa hawaendi nazo kweli inauma sana kwa viongozi wetu.
ReplyDeleteNilikwenda kuomba nyongeza ya visa ubalozi wa taifa kubwa nilipokuwa likizo. Kilichonishangaza ni kuombwa kitu kidogo wazi wazi na walinzi mlangoni sikuamini na sikuwapa. Nasikia ni tabia yao. Siku naondoka airport tangu naingia uwanjani hadi napanda ndege, nilizongwa kudaiwa rushwa bila sababu zaidi ya mara 7 na walinzi na check-in associates. Mzigo wangu haukuzidi hata kilo 10 huku tiketi yangu ikiruhusu mizigo miwili. Walinzi nilipowaambia sina hela walining'ang'ania kuona pochi yangu imetuna nilipoiweka kwa screening! La kutisha zaidi, jirani yangu alisafiri na ndege ya ufalme wiki 2 zilizopita alishuhudia wafanyakazi wasiowaaminifu wakipenyezewa na watu walioko chini 'vifurushi' kupitia madirisha ya chooni departure lounge na kisha kuwakabidhi wasafiri. Tuombe Mungu iwe ni unga, siku nyingine itakuwa makubwa. Mungu ibariki Tanzania.
ReplyDeleteYou stupid moron, we know how corrupt our country is. But you don't have the right to insult us like that. The US isn't that good to blacks either, have you ever heard any Tanzanian call the US a fucking immorral country?
ReplyDeleteThe one who compose this message is a damn lier... He doesnt sound like American.
ReplyDeletePlease! lets dont make up things. There is no a single American that will write "Straighfowardness"??? what a broken english??? An American will say "more straight foward(somethng like that)".
I know its true Tanzania we have issues, bunch of problems. Corruption imezidi...corruption is everywhere in almost every sector.
Ni wajibu wetu kila mtanzania kupigana na hili swala, but serikali yetu ndio iwe kipa umbele...
Wewe Michuzi nawe, ukitumiwa kitu unatundika, hata haufanyii uhakiki...hii kitu siyo ya kweli - sijui ulisomea wapi uandishi wa habari UTAFUNGWA uncle!!
ReplyDeletethis is just the beginning! now that white person has spoken may be people will realize that Tanzania we have huge problems! this will definately affect our tourism sector because white poeple do act when they are pissed! Michuzi you need to get this passage publish to a local news papers so the authorities become aware of the issue! translate into swahili so everbody can understand it! damn its so embarrasing
ReplyDeletemiaka 4 iliyopita niliibiwa nami laptop yangu,na ilikuwa na project yangu nzima ya PhD,uzuri nilikuwa nimeisave katika kompyuta mbili incase of anything,
ReplyDeletesina hamu na tanzania kabisa...
This fellow must be a supper liar. Losing luggage happens all the time at airports and not only Tanzania. Why was this considered a police case? If the police were asking for a bribe why did't he contact his embassy? NGOs are not automatically exempted from paying taxes. If he made even a casual enquiry he would have found out that all tax exempt charities must be registered with the Tax Authorities. This is necessary to check abuse. If he wants to help Africa he should do so by first paying taxes. If he is only doing a research why should he not pay due import duties like everyone else? He must be one of those bogus researchers because the real ones know that they can not just import a car and expect to get it out tax free. it is good that he says he will never return to Tanzania again because we do not want such fake researchers.
ReplyDeleteMy advice to all muzungus who want to travel to Tanzania, dont travel with KLM british Airways is the best! coz no connection flights direct from Uk or travel through kenya airways very nice and the staff in the airport are very friendly and helpful trust me! I hate Tanzania and I hate that Airport, hope it rot! and am from Tanzania! shame country! I wish I can bring nyerere back
ReplyDeleteni kweli!nilienda bongo holiday mimi na mume na mtoto kufika kule mizigo yote ikawa haipatikani watu wa airline wakasema iliwekwa so kumbe ni watu wa carrier wakitoa mizigo ndegeni mingine wanaificha ili utoe hongo wakupe..this is very bad nilihangaika nikapata mizigo ila masanduku yalikuwa yamechanwa na sum zawais zimeibiwa this is total rubbish tz sina hamu nako kabisaaa
ReplyDeletehapa ndio panaitwa mtakuja.
ReplyDeleteno matter how bad you gossip about our country, lazima mje.
jamani kwa nini hakwenda ubalozi wao au haujui? endapo Tanzania haijakusaidia si unaenda ubalozi wenu? tena endapo ulikuja kwa ajili ya kusaidia nchi manake serikali zote ziko aware sasa inakuwaje ukubali kirahisi rahisi msaada uishie hewani...? mbona story hii hainishawishi vile? PLEASE MR. RAY I AM VERY SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED BUT YOU CAN STILL CONTACT YOUR EMBASSY AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE WHOLE ISSUE, I ASSURE YOU WILL NOT REGREAT UNLESS OTHER WISE THERE IS ANOTHER HIDDEN TRUTH.....MIND YOU WE HAVE TO HELP EACH OTHER FIGHTING CORRUPTION..GOOD DAY..
ReplyDeleteAnon wa Aug 16, 5:22 (80%) Wewe unaangukia katika kundi lipi kwenye hiyo 80% ya stupid country??
ReplyDeleteMimi n imekuwa nje zaidi ya miaka 20 na nimekwenda nyumbani mara chungu mzima sijawahi kusumbuliwa hata kidogo. Last time mizigo yetu ilichelewa tukawapa sehemu ya mizigo simu watupigie ikifika. Walitupigia simu na tulipokwenda kuichukua walituuliza tuicheki kama kila mkitu kipo. Kweli kilakitu kilikuwa poa kabisa. Huyu Bwana Bergan inabidi ahojiwe vizuri ili aitoe maelezo kamili na yeye mwenyewe ajieleze vizuri isiwe kama mtu ndiyo labda alipoteza mzigo kweli lakini barua imekuwa exaggerated. Sikatai wizi upo na yote hii sababu ya umaskini na elimu. Na sheia ikiwekwa kali na kufuatiliwa wizi utaisha. Na wizi hautaisha kama viongozi nao wizi.
ReplyDeleteKwa kiasi kikubwa mambo haya yanatokea Tanzania, sio uongo, lakini mwandishi wa barua hiyo sio Mmarekani kutokana na kiingereza chake alichotumia na hali nzima ya uandishi ambao unaonyesha kuwa huyo mtu hana tawsira ya kiutaalamu. Hata hivyo kuna haja kubwa sana na ya haraka ya kukemea vitendo kama hivyo na wanaohusika katika kuviendeleza wachukuliwe hatua kali sana za kisheria, bila kujali cheo wala jina. Hii ni cancer ambayo inaenea nchi nzima, na dawa ya cancer ni kuondoa kabisa kiungo au sehemu ambapo inaanzia.
ReplyDeleteMY DEAR MUZUNGU WHO LOST YOUR SO CALLED VALUABLE THINGS AT THE DAR ES SALAAM AIRPORT, I WANNA TELL YOU THAT NEVER MIND ABOUT THE SITUATION. THAT IS MY COUNTRY. IF THEY ARE DOING TO OUR COUNTRYMEN WHY NOT TO YOU A PINK DOG?? YOU'VE WRITTEN SO BAD ABOUT MY LOVELY TANZANIA!! INFACT TANZANIANS ARE NOT LIKE THAT, NO BODY CAN STILL YOUR PROPERTIES UNLESS KNOWS WHAT IS THEREIN. I THINK THERE IS SOMEONE BY YOURSIDE WHO KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN ANYBODY WHO ARRANGED FOR ALL THIS THINGS!! WELL, THIS WAS YOUR TIME...NEXT TIME WHEN YOU COME AGAIN YOU WILL BE ALERT!!! LIFE IS ALL ABOUT PLAYING A GAME OF CHANCE. THIS TIME YOU'VE LOST...NEXT TIME YOU GONNA WIN...SO, MOVE ON AND LOOK FORWARD FOR BETTER....DON'T EVER TRY TO CONVINCE OTHER PEOPLE FROM VISITING TANZANIA, IF YOU THINK THAT IS RIGHT THEN TELL THEM TO VISIT AND HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED LIKE SOMALIA, LIBERIA, IVORY COAST ETC...
ReplyDeleteGOOD LUCK....
KARIBU TENA NYUMBANI....
Nashukuru kwa watoa maoni waliojitokeza. Nami pia napenda kuongeza machahe juu ya jambo hili. Ni ukweli usiopingika kuwa baadhi ya vitu kwenye viwanja vya ndege vinaibiwa sana. Jambo jema ni kufanya utafiti uliyo sahihi kabla hata ya kuitukana selikali yetu na wengineo.
ReplyDeleteKumekuwa na mamalalamiko mengi sana juu ya kuibiwa vitu mbali mbali kutoka kwenye ndege ya KLM, kwa nini basi isiwe ndege nyinginezo?? Kwa nini uchunguzi usianzie uwanja wa ndege wa Schipho, Amsterdam? Au kwa vile ndegi hii inaenda kwenye nchi masikini kama yetu basi lawama zinakuwa kenye nchi yetu. Mara nyingi vitu vinavyoibiwa ni vya aina ya electronics. Nani ajuae kuwa mzigo fulani unavitu vya aina hiyo? Je, watu wanaelewa sheria za mashirika ya ndege juu ya kuhifadhi wa vitu vya aina hiyo wakati ya kusafisha? Nami sitachelea kusema kuwa mtoa hoja ametoa hoja ya kufikirika na pia ni mwenzetu anayependa kuichafua nchi.
Zipo taasisi nyingi tu angeweza kuzifikia na kutoa mamalamiko yake. Shirika la ndege lilompatia huduma linawajibu wa kumsikiliza mteja wao. Ubalozi wa nchi yake ulikuwepo alishindwa nini kuupitia? Iweje sasa tena akiwa nje ya nchi aseme atawasilisha hoja yake kwenye ubalozi wake??
Tunakubali kuwa sisi kama moja ya nchi masikini tunamatatizo yetu ikiwemo hilo la udokozi. Hata wao pia wanamatatizo yao.
mkuu wa libeneke na nanihii umekuwaje siku hizi? Mbona unabana sana comments mzee? Sijachafua hali ya hewa nimetoa maoni lakini sioni kitu na hii si mara ya kwanza.Mzee usitubanie maoni yetu manake ushasema hii blog ya jamii ati..let the freedom of speech have its chance here dude.
ReplyDeleteHuyu Mzungu kaja kumsaidia nani hapa TZ? aende mbele hatuitaji misaada yao, wanatuibia sana kuliko misaada wanayodai wanatupatiaKeep your msaada we don't need it in Bongo
ReplyDeleteKwani wa africa wangapi huko Marikani mnawafanyizia? mnawauwa? manwakashifu? Rudi kwenu na msaada wako wasaidie wamerikani wenzako,
Tena wewe Mzungu unabahati sana hapa Bongo.
Mwambie na dadako Clinton nae asije, wanatuletea magonjwa na mavita hapa Afrika , JIKATENI!!!
"Americana" kwa sanaa ndo wenyewe! Bush aliweza kukomaa miaka zaidi ya 5 kudanganya dunia Iraq ina silaha za maangamizi ndo ishinde huyo mpotea njia! Nakubaliana naye ni vizuri mtu ukaishi "peponi" America na sio Tz. hebu tuone ni % ngapi ya Americans ipo magerezani? 2.5x Tz population?
ReplyDeleteKazi ya miaka 5 kwenye laptop bila hata backup ni "advanced" data mgt! Pumbavu! Watu wana-backup hata spea tairi!!!
This is the piece of lie.The characters in this fiction story moving by the names of Bergen and Koliskowsky are not truly existing.Lakini mtunzi katika hadithi yake hii amefikisha ujumbe kwa sababu mambo yanayofanana na haya yako kibao Bongo na wengi wetu yameshatukuta kwa namna moja au nyingine.Huyo anaeandikiwa huu ujumbe ana jina(surname) la kirusi(Koliskowski) sasa kama ni Mrusi au baba/babu yake ni mrusi basi huko Russia ndio hovyo kabisa in terms of corruption,racism na bureaucracy ya ajabu ambayo huwezi amini kama bado inaexist hapa duniani katika karne hii.Kwa ufupi watanzania tunatakiwa tuamke na tuzuie hali hii(na sijui hiyo PCCB inafanya nini) hasa airpot,bandarini na sehemu nyinginezo ambazo rushwa inakaribia kutuua lakini pia sio kwamba nchi yetu ndio the worst in everything kwa sababu ya kisa cha Bergen na laptop yake.Naamini ukiondoa hayo mijizi,miviongozi mizembe na mafisadi, Tz bado ina watu wakarimu na nchi nzuri pamoja na umasikini wetu tofauti na judgement ya mtunzi wa hadithi ya "NDOTO YA RAY".
ReplyDeleteHahahah eti mzungu analia kaibiwa kalaptop, na anabahati sana anasema wakati kaondoka tungemla 'ndogo' ndo alie vizuri.
ReplyDeleteTena yeyote ambaye amepifga huo mzigo aje nimkatie, na hilo gari tutalipiga mnada.
Pongezi sana kwa hilo, juzi tu hapa walikamtwa wageni hao wakiiba nyara zetu wapeleke kwao leo eti tumhurumie na kalaptop kake kenye vairas za trojan hapa.
Hakuna chukueni nyingi zaidi.
salamu kwa wadau,kwa kweli hii stori niliyoisoma inasikitisha sana kwasababu sisi watanzania wenyewe wazaliwa yanatukuta mambo jee ukiwa mgeni itakuwaje?mimi ombi langu ni moja namuomba rais wa zanzibar kabla hajamaliza muda wake wa urais afanye iwe isiwe ndege zianze kutua zanzibar direct from majuu kwasababu tunapotua dar tunasumbuka sana kwa kuibiwa mizigo yetu na vile vile tunatumia gharama nyingi sana inatubidi tutafute usafiri mwengine wa kutupeleka zanzibar kwanini tunadhalilika kiasi hiki?wakati sisi tunasema tuna nchi yetu na serikali yetu na ikulu yetu.ahsanteni wenu ami j.
ReplyDeleteHii story ndio inasikitisha sana, hata sisi wazawa yanatukuta mambo kama hayo kuanzia huko polisi kama una shida ndio usiende kabisa maana ni gharama utakayotumia kumkamata tu mshitakiwa inatosha kuachana nae na kwenda kujenga ghorofa. This is Stupid..... Lakini turudi upande mwengine inashangaza saana kuona watu wanailaani nchi yao, huu ni ushamba hata kama unabena box huko uliko najua utarudi tuu bcoz hata wazazi wako na nndugu zako wanaishi kwenye hiyo hiyo stupid Country mbona hujahamisha familia nzima kubena Box. Stupid arguments... Sasa na huyo anayesema anataka kuweka kwenye mtandao mwengine ili ichafue nchi yetu unauhakika na huo upuuzi alioandika huyo mzungu hata kama hiyo ni Bongo DSM anatakiwa kujifunza.. na unajifunza kutokana na makosa.. we unaweka Laptop kwenye Beg au ni mara ya kwanza kusafiri Stupid Mzungu na Stupid Wa Arguments above.
ReplyDeleteMungu Ibariki Tanzania Mungu Ibariki Africa.
Mhh Michuzi,
ReplyDeleteTopic hii hujachuja maoni ya watu kabisa, umeyaweka yote kama yalivyo. Natamani topic zingine zingekuwa kama hii..!!
Jamani huu uoza ulioandikwa upo lakini baadhi ya watu hawataki kukubali.Hata ukiwa mbongo mwezao wahusika wengi wa airport wanatafanya kila njia ili wakuibie au wakutoe rushwa kwa kujaribu kuleta usumbufu fulani usio na kichwa wala miguu.Hii sio haki na viongozi wetu waondoe huu uoza mara moja na wafanyakazi mafisadi waachishwe kazi bila kulindana kwani wanatualibia jina zuri la nchi yetu, pia sio wote ni waharifu.
ReplyDeleteInasikitisha sana ukifikiria Tanzania yetu inapoelekea.Hii habari ya huyu ambaye amejiita mzungu hata kama si ya kweli lakini hiyo ndiyo hali halisi kwenye customs zetu.Mimi labda nihoji swala moja kuwa hakuna fixed duties ambazo mtu anatakiwa kulipa kwa mizigo ambayo atakuwa ameingiza ndani ya nchi?Na kama zipo ni za viwango vya kimataifa au zinalingana na nchi jirani,kwanini hazifuatwi?Haingii akilini mtu kulipia mzigo kodi zaidi ya mara 2 ya bei uliyonunulia hiyo bidhaa yako.Kama hakuna viwango ambavyo vipo fixed mi nashauri TRA ianzie hapo kwa kuweka wazi na ikiwezekana viwekwe katika mfumo ambao utakuwa unaeleweka kwa wateja kirahisi na siyo afisa kuja kukagua bidhaa kwa macho na kukadiria kodi kizembe tu.
ReplyDeleteThis story is very interested and fun at the same tym..from my own experience i know if u loose ur luggage you just contact the airline not the police..so that is a lie,but if it is not then that dude must be crazy.. on the those other issue i might agree..but anyway Tanzania is our country and we must work and put all of our efforts to change things,,but not by blaming the government but by acting and think positive.
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Mimi wadau woote waliochangia kwa kusema eti hii habali sio kweli niwapumbavu.
ReplyDeleteHata kama sio kweli hapo bongo watu weeengi wameshalizwa na wengi hawaonekani hapa kwenye blog ya mithupu.Kingine sio hapo uwanja wa ndege tu....kubali nchi yetu niya wizi mtupu!!! kweli tutarudi lakini ukweli unatakiwa kusemwa Tanzania ni nchi imejaa wezi wengi kuanzia mjini mpaka vijijini.Sasa nashangaa watu wanaolopoka hapa eti nikutangaza nchi vibaya duniani!! na badooo itakuja kuwa kama Zimbabwe,kwani kitu gani TZ sasa hivi imejiimalisha tofauti na kujaza kesi za wizi,,mauwaji,ufisadi,Tanzania itajisifu nawenye nayo lakini sio nchi ya kutembelea kwa starehe..Kuna mdau aliyesema eti yeye alisafili kwenda bongo na hakuona shida yeyote,,..siku yako ipo watakuliza mpaka utajikuta hamu ya kurudi TZ imekuishia.wewe zoea tuu..ni nchi yawezi tupu nawasiopenda kufahamika kuwa ni wezi.Tanzania Puuuuuuu!!!!!
michuzi, naomba uelewe aliyeandika habari hii ni mtanzania , tena mzawa. mimi siafiki hata moja kutoka hayo anayo yaongea. ninauhakika. NGO yake imesajiliwa.sasa kama kweli hata walifikia kuachia gari yao kwa kuwa TRA waliwawekea ugumu, hilo simini. mimi sio mfanyakazi wa TRA. ila misamaha yote inayotolewa na TRA inaanzia kuthibitishwa na idara muomba msamaha anakotoka. kama huyu mwanamke alisumbuliwa aliwaambia wakuu wake???? anazidi kutoa kashfa kuwa angechanganywa na albino, huyu alikuja kama reseacher au kama mtoa matusi??? kwa uhakika 100%+ huyu ni mtanzania, tena aangalie maneno haya makali yatamrudia yeye siku moja. mzigo umepotea earport. central police habari zilipelekwa kufanya nini??? mafuta yanatumika wapi???. kama alimjua pilisialiyekuwa akimfuata kila siku hotelini kwanini alishindwa kuripoti ubalozini kwake??? sasa tanzania ni mbaya , na huo ubalozi wake unafanya nini Tannzania??? nao umeambukizwa - u-tanzania??? ndo maana hakutaka kuomba wamsaidie>>??? zaidi anawataka wenzake wakajiandikishe ubalozoni wakati huohuo ameanza kuwaomba wasije tanzania , wakajiandikishe kwa vipi wakati hawapo tanzania???. researcher, unaweka notebook kwenye begi?????. wewe ni resercher????. kibaya zaidi, michuzi huyu mtu anaandika matusi ;lakini unaacha habari yake hapa kwanini???. mbina matusi ya kiswahili unayazuia??? anaposema"they dont even fucken know that we are trying to help them" huyu ndo resercher wa kusaidia tanzania na lugha hizo za matusi???
ReplyDeletemichuzi nakuomba sana angalia huu uchafu watu wanakuletea, wewe ni mtu mzima jaribu kutunza heshima ya blog yako, kwani kuamua kuwa na blog, manake heshima yako ipo kwenye hii blog. usipo u control watu wataona wewe ndo unautetea. kwa uhakika huyu ni kijana wa kitanzania ndiyo ameandika huu upuuzi, ni baada ya kujifunza kingereza huko amerika,lakini haujifunza heshima na ustaarabu. nimeandika kwa kiswaili ili kila mmoja atakae soma aelewe. narudia huyu kijana alaaniwe na kauli zake za ajabu. hata kama rushwa ipo, tusipo tumia njia sahihi za kupambana nayo, wala rushwa watazidi kula wakijua kuwa kitakachofuata ni kama tu huu upuuzi alioandika huyu ndugu yetu ambaye anajipa jina na utaifa usio wake.
Hivi hela tunayoibiwa na wazungu katika mikataba ya hovyo hovyo wanayoingia na nchi yetu tanzania kwa kuwahonga wanasiasa walafi..na thamani ya hiyo Laptop vinalingana?? Aanze mbele huyo mzungu, wao ndio wezi wakubwa wa mali zetu WaTZ, AMEIBIWA KWA SABABU YA TABIA ZAO ZA KUINYONYA AFRICA MPAKA WATU WANAKUWA MASKINI NA WASIO NA ELIMU KIASI HICHO...AKOME!!!
ReplyDeleteKT WA GONGO LA MBOTO
Mdau 06:47 Punguza jazba mzee discuss hoja.Michuzi ni mjumbe tu na hii ambayo mimi pia naona ni hadithi au utunzi wa mtu fulani ni changamoto kwetu kwa jinsi yoyote ilivyo.Kama unaamini hii si kweli bali ni utunzi basi jadili hoja iliyoandikwa na sio kutoa lawama kwa nini iwepo au isiwepo na sidhani kama lawama hizi anastahili michuzi.Katika mafunzo ya vita askari hujifunza mbinu zote kupambana na adui na wakufunzi wao huwa wakali wakitambua mapigano yaliyopo mbele yao si mzaha.Vivyo hivyo article hii pamoja na ukali wa maneno yake imeamsha hisia za watanzania wengi na mjadala uliopo hapa unawajenga wengi katika kupambana na vita ya wizi na ufisadi
ReplyDeletekinyume na wewe unavyofikiri kwamba usingewekwa hapa.Ndio ni utunzi labda lakini vitu hivi vipo sana TZ usiniambie hujui hilo!hivyo kufahamu jambo ni sehemu ya kulitatua au sio wadau?
Hello,
ReplyDeleteAs an American who has visited Tanzania many times (and had a wonderful experience many times), I am saddened anyone would write such a harsh critique of an entire country based on one experience.
BUT, I actually question the legitimacy of this document. First, as an American I can tell you that the document is not written in American English and has numerous grammatical mistakes not usually made by native speakers. The author claims to be American, but I question the authenticity. The document also contains numerous cliches and idiomatic expressions not regularly found in American or British lexicons.
It appears to be a spoof, fake, or forged and I urge you to just ignore it. The real author seems to want to make a statement about Tanzania or Tanzanians by fabricating an "experience" of a Mzungu, but it is as authentic as Richmond (real in consequence but otherwise fake).
Take it from this Mzungu: Tanzania is a great place and I highly recommend it to all of my friends and family.
Peace.
I truly understand where Ray's frustration over the way he was treated at the airport. Just a few weeks ago I travelled with my fiance for our wedding. The airline (Qatar) was kind enough to let my wife to be carry her wedding dress on board besides the normal hand luggage. When we got to Dar, I found the TRA officials to be very rude and lacked professional mannerism. Overhearing their conversation, they were discussing how much money there was in wedding dresses. They insisted on knowing how much my fiance had paid for her dress so that they could charge her. Firstly the dress was for personal use so there should not be any tax on it and secondly if there was any tax due someone should have explained to us rather than discussing in Swahili how much money they can extort from us. My fiance luckily was on transit as she had to travel to her country for a send off party before coming back to Tz, so we insisted on the exemption being on transit that she did not need to pay any tax on the dress. We wasted a good 20 minutes arguing with the custom officials.
ReplyDeleteIt is wrong of Ray to say people should avoid visiting Tanzania but I can understand where he is coming from. If we can treat a tourist or any person in that manner, we surely deserve what we are getting in terms of our bad reputation. In this case they are showing total lack of respect for regulations and paying too much attention in bureaucracy and corruption for personal gain. Yes blame the systems in place, but isn't it about time we also blamed the individuals doing these acts and action being taken against them?
Mdau wa Ukerewe
MDAU WA Tarehe Sun Aug 16, 04:55:00 PM, Mtoa Maoni: Anonymous
ReplyDeleteULIANDIKA HIVI......
"""This story is very interested and fun at the same tym..from my own experience i know if u loose ur luggage you just contact the airline not the police..so that is a lie,but if it is not then that dude must be crazy.. on the those other issue i might agree..but anyway Tanzania is our country and we must work and put all of our efforts to change things,,but not by blaming the government but by acting and think positive.
thanks..""""
JAMANI KWA NINI TUSITUMIE KISWAHILI TU? HEBU ANGALIA HUYU MJAMAA.....HATA KINGEKUWA KIINGEREZA SAHIHI MTU HUPUMUI KATIKA KUSOMA?? Michu mdogo wangu, naona inabidi kila mtu atambulike katika kutoa hoja, ili tuwajue hawa waungwana. Michu pokea hoja. MH
Habari za udokozi huu zimekuwa kama wimbo wa Taifa,na serikali imekuwa kimya sana ila unajua nini?yatarudi yale mambo ya mapanki ya sangara na ile filamu Darwin's Nightmare maana ilikuwa mjadala mrefu sana na serikali kujikosha ila mwisho wa siku wakazi wa mwanza ndio wanajua nini ukweli wa ile ishu! Ingawa mwanzoni ilikuwa ni kawaida tu na imezoeleka kwa sisi kwa sisi. My point kwa hii ishu ni simple sana,naona kama tutawapa deal tena watengeneza film za Documentary and then serikali ndio itajitokeza sasa na mambo yake....
ReplyDeleteYangu Macho,natazama!!
Mdau
The Dreamer
This is true. Ndiyo maana watanzania waliopo nje wanaamua kukaa kimya na ku-mind their bussiness!Maana wanaogopa aibu hata wakiwapata wafadhili wanaotaka kutuma vitu nyumbani hata kwa msaada it's a big deal huko nyumbani. THIS IS VERY DISAPOINTING AND DISGUSTING! THE SYSTEM IS MESSED-UP. Hata mimi nilipotua bongo from vacation USA, jamaa mmoja pale wanapocheck passport akaanza kunibom dola bila haya na mimi nikamwambia kuwa mimi ninakaa bongo na sina dola
ReplyDeleteHii tabia ya kuomba rushwa na mizigo kupotea DIA ni kitu cha kawaida.Nasikitika sana kuona kuwa kitu hiki kinaandikwa sana bila kupatiwa ufumbuzi.
ReplyDeleteMtu anaweza kuuliza hivi Tanzania kuna serikali kweli?Inasikitisha sana.
Kwa mtazamo wangu, swala la rushwa limekuwa sugu kutokana na wafanyakazi wengi kulipwa mishahara midogo na kuona kuwa rushwa ndiyo waitumie kusawazisha pengo la kipato.
Nadhani sasa wakati umefika wa serikali kusafisha uozo uliopo DIA kwani wageni wanaweza kupata picha mbaya kuanzia hapo.Kama Botswana na Mozambique wameweza kukabiliana na hili kwanini Tanzania tunashindwa?Safari za nje za viongozi wetu zifanywe kwenda kujifunza maendeleo ya wenzetu na kuja kuyafanyia kazi wanaporudi ili tuweze kusonga mbele.
fuckin country......aitakiwi kufunzwa wala kusaidia iache ipotee....big up bro michuzi upo juu bro..
ReplyDeleteJamani
ReplyDeleteSomeni tena hiyo email ya Ray. Kiingereza cha Kitanzania kitupu hicho. Huyo sio mmarekani. Gramma na mnyumbulisho wa sentensi zake zote zimekaa ki-shule ya wazazi zile za (double session) tena mwandishi wa email hii atakuwa alikuwa anaenda session ya pili.
Ni mie
Mdau mpelelezi mshiriki wa CIA
Watanzania wenzangu, huo ndiyo ukweli halisi wa mambo. Mtu atakayemlaumu huyo jamaa anafanya hivyo makusudi au ndiyo wale wafichao ugonjwa wakati ni kweli upo,kifo kitakuja kuwaumbua. Wengine humu wanaandika eti hiyo siyo lugha ya mmarekani! Hata sijui wanatumia vigezo gani. Usikute baadhi yao hata hawana knowledge yoyote ya American English na terminolgy zake. Kama mtu ninayeishi nchi hii kwa zaidi ya miaka 17 ,sioni kama hiyo ni sababu ya sisi kubishana zaidi ya kujaribu kuelewa tatizo lililopo.
ReplyDeleteHuyo jamaa ameelezea kuwa baada ya kufuatilia mzigo wake kwa airport authority, kesi yake ilipelekwa central police.Nadhani hapo tutakuwa tumeelewa kuwa watu wa Airline na aiport walishahusishwa, ila mazingira ya upotevu ule, ilibidi kesi ipelekwe central. Kwa wale wanaojua hapo Dar bila shaka watajiuliza kuwa kwanini haikuwa Police station uwanja wa ndege !! Hilo tuachane nalo, point explained.
Suala la NGO kutokulipa ushuru, hawakutakiwa kulipa, ila mpango ulisukwa ili mzungu aibiwe! Au hata hilo nalo lina utata katika kulielewa ?
Nilikuwa hapo nyumbani kwa mapumziko si zaidi ya wiki mbili zilizopita. Nikihangaikia mizigo yangu. Rafiki yangu mmoja Padri naye alikuwa na same issue ya NGO. Baada ya Bunge ku screw up juu ya NGO kulipa ushuru, huyu bwana ilibidi alipie milioni 26 na ushehe ili atoe container lililojaa maziwa kwa ajili ya watoto wa shule ya yatima. Sikumuamini mpaka aliponionyesha documents na risiti.Ndipo nikabaki mdomo wazi. Na hizo hela ametoa mfukoni mwake wala si za kanisa, ndiyo ujue watu wanavyoenda that extra mile.You tell me about disappointments on helping others. Aliambiwa mchakato unaendelea wa ku reinstate ile tax exempt ya NGO na religious organization kwa hiyo asubiri kwanza. That means storage wanazidi kutoza, and mind you, hilo container lilishaenda kwenye storage even before that mess started. Nilimwambia lakini kama umelipa si unaweza tu kuja kupeleka hizo documents ukarudishiwa hela? Akaniambia hilo hawezi kulifanya. Hataki kuwakwaza watu! Sababu hiyo process ni ndefu na inahitaji rushwa ili urudishiwe hiyo hela, na yeye hayuko tayari kufanya hivyo.Ameshamalizana nao. Akaniambia wala hiyo siyo mara yake ya kwanza, ni mara nyingi amekuwa anafanya clearance kama mtu binafsi angalau apunguze gharama na watoto wapate mahitaji kwa muda unaotakiwa.Hiyo process ya tax exempt nayo anasema imejaa mizengwe kupindukia.Mara nyingi unajikuta unalipa hela nyingi kwenye storage kuliko uliyosamehewa ushuru.Huyu jamaa yeye yuko nchini tokea 1957, kwa kweli kama Tanzania anaijua na anajua mabadiliko yake kuliko mimi niliyezaliwa seventies.Ananiambia mwanangu kama unahangaika Marekani na kupata shilingi elfu moja ni bora kuliko ukiwa hapa na upate laki moja.Hapo ni baada ya kumuuliza kama ni sawa mimi nikirudi kuja kufanyakazi nyumbani.Na yeye ananiambia sasa anarudi kwao ulaya kupumzika.Mara hii haitakuwa ile likizo yao ya miezi mitatu.Anaenda kukaa moja kwa moja sababu umri wake umeshaenda na hawezi ku take it anymore na uzee wake !! Wala simsifii, ila kama ni uthibitisho ambao mimi mwenyewe nimeuona mnautaka, nitamuomba ili niulete kama utatusaidia sisi watanzania.Huo ni ukweli wetu wananchi wenzangu na tuukubali and stick with it!Wala msitake niwape experience yangu mimi kwa jinsi ilivyo chafu, nadhani nimeshaandika more than eneough.
Mheshimiwa Michuzi mimi naomba kuchangia mjadala huu.
Wewe anonimous wa Mon Aug 17, 01:19:00 AM
ReplyDeleteUnandika kama vile unafahamiana na huyo mchuro Ray kwa kila kitu anachosema.
Tupo wengi tu tunaoishi nchi hiyo inayoitwa Marekani. Na kila siku tunaeda na kurudi bongo Dar es Salaam. Na tunafikia airport hiyo hiyo ya pugu road hakuna nyengine.
Na kwambia huyo Ray ni msanii tu. Ndio Bongo kuna ishu kibao lakini huyo alivyo zieleza hazina kichwa wala miguu.
Kwanza mmarekani gani ana check-in computer/laptop? Wamerekani wote wajanja.....Computer ni carry on, unakuwanayo kwapani. Waswahili tu ndio wanatabia ya kuweka laptop kwenye sanduku. Mambo ya kuficha ficha au kubema mizigo iliyokidhiri. Sasa kama laptop ina data muhimu kwanini asiingie nayo ndani ya ndege. Mwongo huyo ukimsoma maelezo yake anajikanyaga tu.
Alafu toka lini kupoteza mzigo airport polisi wana ingilia? Piga ua mzigo ukipotea airline peke yake inashughulikia na hatimaye wanakulipa fidia.
Jamani humu kwenye blogu yetu ya jamii hakuna watoto. Wote sisi watu wazima na suruali/sketi zetu. Na tupo tulio na ufahamu mkubwa sana. Aache danganya toto.
Mizigo hupotea kila mahali na sio Dar es Salaam peke yake. Watu wengine hovyo !!!
Anon wa 5.22 unakimbia kivuli chako ukitegemea utakiacha.Mimi wala sifahmiani na huyo mzungu and I don`t need to! Rudia messge yangu labda wewe ni mgumu wa kuelewa na mwepesi wa kusahau! Mimi ni mmojawapo huweka laptop yangu au zangu kwenye carry on.Je hairuhusiwi? Au ni lazima iwe kwenye carry on tu? Ray kama ni msanii au la I reealy don`t care.What I care most is those stuffs he said are real and do exists.Mimi yamenitokea,including May of this year!
ReplyDeleteIssue ya polisi nadhani nilieleza,ukasjindwa au ukakataa kuielewa.I know sometimes polisi inabidi wahusishwe, whether you like it or not,that is the truth and truth will set you free.
Tatizo la mizigo kupotea kila mahali liswe kisingizio cha sisi kubweteka au kutoshughulikia hali hiyo vizuri pale inapotokea.
Inaonekana una tatizo la bypolar, labda nakushauri ukamuone daktari utaweza saidiwa.So far ulichoandika kiko kwenye mood zaidi ya substance.Wote does it mean that "wamarekani wote wajanja"? Do you compose yourself when writing that?
Huyu anonymous wa 01;19;00, nimemshangaa sana kwanza hajui hata kuongea.Yeye ameonyesha kupenda saana nchi yake akadhani kwamba wengi hapa hatuipendi nchi yetu.Hivi wewe unadhubutu kulopoka eti ukiibiwa mzigo airline wanakulipa fidia??? umechanganyikiwa kabisa.Jamaa jinsi walivyo ukifatalia eti upewe fidia utazidi kuombwa hongo tu yani rushwa tuu,na mzigo kupata mpuu! fidia unaweza kuisubuli hata mwaka,kwanza hilo mpaka litokee pale airport eti umelipwa fidia ya mzigo wako utakua umetoa rushwa inayozidi mzigo wenyewe.Sio unalopoka lopoka tuu kama unaye jua peke yako habali ya pale airport,watu hapa tunaibiwa mpaka unafatilia mzigo wako lakini unapiga kona kutokana na jinsi unavyoombwa hongo mpaka upewe fidia.Na hayo uliyosema eti ujambazi sio bongo tu,,nafikili hakuna nchi yeyote duniani isiyokuwa na ujambazi!! lakini TZ napo tumezidi,majambazi hawangalii pakuiba ,na niwote kuanzia viongozi mpaka mtu wa chini utakuta ni jambazi,kwasababu pale uwanja wa ndege watu wanaoibiwa niweeengi sana,,juzi rafiki yangu kutoka Japan ameibiwa ziadi ya mzigo wa dola 12elfu pale pale airport,,na amefatiliiiia mpaka sasa ni kugongwa talehe tu...
ReplyDeletehili mbona ni cha mtoto ?
ReplyDeleteserikali ya china walitaka kufumua reli nzima ya kati ili na wao waitumia kupitisha mizigo toka/kwenda DRC.na sisi tunufaike pia kwa mizigo yetu ..watu waliomba rushwa jamaa wakala kona
kuna kipindi jeshi la ****** walitaka kutoa msaada wa helikopta 4 used za 1990s (kwetu ni better manake ndege za jeshi zinazoruka ni mig 17 za 1950s) .balozi alitaka rushwa
duh kumbe hii newzz imeanzia apa???
ReplyDeletehhahahaaaaa kwi kwi kwi sina mbavu kwakweli...
yan wee acha kuna watu wanapenda rushwa??acha utani bwana,mboni ichi cha mtoto?nenda ofisini binti/mwanamke anapoomba kazi utatoa rushwa ya*** adi jicho linakutoka.
ndo ivo uyo mzungu aombe mungu apate roho ya msamaha tu maana amelizwa najua
ata me sielewagi izi newzzz km ni KWELI kwanini hazichapishwi magazetini?oooh mayb utakuta ile body ya directors sijui wahariri nao wamefungwa midomo hahahaaa
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KWA Mnaotetea sijui nini.
ReplyDeleteinamaana ni uzushi kuwa vitu vinapotea airport, na si kweli kuna urasimnu kutoa magari bandarini ????
Hii Ray,
ReplyDeleteKama ni kweli karibu Bongo!
Hata mimi pale NYC niliibiwa, nikakabwa koo (nilipigwa ngetta/i was mugged).
Je Ray nakuuliza hivi: unataka na mimi niandike barua ya kusema kwamba ni marufuku kwa watu wa nchi yoyote kukanyaga tena marekani? Nani atakubebea mabox yenu? Nani ataangalia wazee wenu? Nani atakufundishia watoto wenu?
Unafikiri na mimi nikikufanyia hivyo taifa lako utaliita taifa kubwa tena? Sasa hivi utaporomoka na utamwachia mchina ambaye ndie anakuendelea nchi yako kwa mikopo!
Una ujasiri gani wa kuandika upuuzi kama huu katika barua yako Ray? Hata kama kuna wizi ulikutokea ungetumia taratibu zilizopo pale kwenye nchi yetu na wala si kama unavyojidai umeleta pesa za NGO. Kwanza wewe ni kidampa tu katika nchi yenu, na hakuna atakaekusikiliza upuuzi wako.
Michu mdogo wangu, nafikiri huyu mjamaa, kama kweli ni barua yake, hana agenda yoyote. Ni wa kumpuuza tu. Lakini kwa kuwa nji yetu ina uhuru wa kila mtu kutoa maoni yake, basi tumwie radhi kwa hilo.
Michu mdogo wangu nakusalimu, MH
Piga ua galagaza, Kiswahili kinatugharimu, nawaapia.
ReplyDeletethis guy has no business trashing tanzania the way he did... first thing they tell you while traveling to tanzania is for you to register at the embassy and if you have any problems before you could register you can still call them for help at all time...This goes for all countries.i have been to Tanzania once with my wife(who is Tanzania) and our son. she had told me a lot about tanzania and she is very proud of her country even tho she hates the corruption she says tanzanians just needs to speak up more and not put up with it ....i saw a little of it while there but that doesnt mean i will not visit again after all my son is half tanzanian.The people are the most giving and polite i have met. Ray must have come to TZ with his American Pride thinking that he is better than them and they did put him at his plave ..if you ask me he deserves it.... as for being mistaken to Albono thats a crap i was in tanzania for a month and most of the time i walked around alone and all the people i met knew i was a MZungu... they ere polite and when i got lost they did the best to show me the way . i learned a lot while there not only from my wfes family but the communities we visited.....asante for your hospitality napenda tanzania
ReplyDeletethis is absolutly true, I agree with Ray Tanzania is very corrupted country plus the police and most of the government authorities.To be honesty we need to grow up na kufanya kazi kama inavyotakiwa sio kuweka rushwa mbele kuliko utendaji wa kazi. mimi ni mtanzania naishi nje lakini nikienda nyumbani likizo nakutana na mambo karibu yote aliyoyasema Ray. Serikali inabidi ibadilishe mfumo wake wa kufanya kazi.
ReplyDeletealichokisema bwana ray hata kama si ukweli lakini bado vitu kama hivyo vinatokea TANZANIA na wala siwezi kukanusha!!! Mara ngapi polisi wameniuliza ongo mchana mchana hata saa nyingineyo kwa makosa ambayo sikufanya!!?, kiufupi NCHI NI MASKINI KUTOKANA NA UONGOZI!! NA NDIO MAANA MTU HAKIPATA KAUPENYO NAYE ANAJARIBU KUPATA CHAKE KWANI KAMA VIONGOZI WANAJILIPA MISHAHARA NA MARUPUPU AMBAYO HATUYAJUHI WANA MAISHA MAZURI(WANAISHI KAMA WAFALME)MTU WA CHINI NAYE HAKIPATA NAFASI HANAIGA MFANO....NA NDO MAANA BWANA RAY ANALALAMIKA KUHUSU SWALA AMBALO LIPO,LILIKUWEPO NA LITAENDELEA KUWEPO.
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