
While two years seems to be such a long stretch, in politics days are counted differently. 365 days could as well mean 65.
They say politics is a sneaky game. You need to be prepared, you need to know yourself and your potential opponents way ahead. That, of course, makes politics take the title of a dirty game as well. Before you realize, the streets knows you as Mr. Inappropriate.
Your lights are punched out and all you can see is darkness. You are no longer in control.
The scene of dirty games and dirty wars I am trying to explain above is already on. If you are not aware please raise your hands up and better be in a don't shoot pose because I know you are not telling me the truth.
I believe you have heard how some politicians are already exchanging words[ in a war-like styles] whenever they get a chance or whenever they see cameras flashing and microphones are set. They aren't telling jokes. They mean it. Holly! They love the attention.
Now,we live in a different era. Nowadays, you can easily tell what is in someone's mind just from their status posted on their pages over social network platforms. You can see excitement, anger, frustrations, jealousy, hopelessness, craziness from those lines. You just gotta master the art of reading between the lines.
Few people and certainly few politicians are going to survive against the power of social networks. You gotta be a social lion to survive or completely avoid to expose your true feelings and arguably your "agenda".
The ugly part is; if you are a politician and you are not on social networks, your chances are cut in half or unless if the office you are aiming is just Mjumbe wa Nyumba Kumi Kumi. In that case, all you need is ability to walk and drink evening tea with watu wako wa kitaa.
Given some of the factors I am talking about above [political jabs, war of words, social networks expose etc] it has become a bit easier [ I said a bit easier because please never underestimate a Politician] to do some guess work on our politicians' [they want to be called Waheshimiwa] next move or the office and position they are aiming for.
I could be wrong and I could be damn right!
Long story short, the men and women[ sorry a woman] whose photos appear above, are mentioned [and some have openly mentioned themselves] to be potential Presidential Candidates for Tanzania's next General Elections come October 2015. And honestly speaking, given their credentials and experiences [good and bad] and the nature of our politics or political system, anyone can the next man/woman who keeps you in "foleni" for hours because he/she is going "out".[You know]
The list above is not final. It can change anytime. Politicians are known to attract scandals too. So we may wake up the day after tomorrow and hear some rape charges or sale of national treasure and boom,some dreams are shattered.
Who do you think we missed in the list?[that's why we left rooms] And most important question; Who would you vote for if elections were held today?
Your opinion matters.Speak!
Jeff Msangi is a Writer/Blogger and Owner of www.bongocelebrity.com. You can reach him at bongocelebrity@gmail.com
Mh. Bernard Membe...Jembe la ukweli.
ReplyDeleteMdau wa Oxford.
sitta au slaa
ReplyDeleteSo no candidates from Zanzibar? Is the union assumed dead?
ReplyDeleteHakuna anaefaa. Badili katiba tumchague JK tena!
ReplyDeleteMagufuli .
ReplyDeleteslaa
ReplyDeleteLowassa
ReplyDeleteNot dead Ally but may be as you Mathematicians say "Statistically insignificant" :)
ReplyDeleteAsha rose Migiro.
ReplyDeleteukianza kuuliza kuhusu Zanzibar name ntauliza mbona hakuna na Tanga?
ReplyDeleteI would like to see Mh January Makamba & perhaps add the name Mh Mo Dewji. As for candidate from Zanzibar, I do not see any one educated & smart who can lead...so at the moment I have no suggestion
ReplyDeleteMembe Kifaa na hana longo longo kwenye uchapaji kazi. Ana mizimamo kwa maslahi ya taifa.
ReplyDeleteProf. Anna Tibaijuka, Dr. Mwakyembe
ReplyDeleteDr. Asha Rose Migiro au Zito Kabwe
ReplyDeleteBakressa
ReplyDeleteFrom your list;
ReplyDelete1. Sitta
2. Slaa
3. Lowassa/Nchimbi
To add in ambae mimi ndio number moja wangu kabisaa is Dr. Sheni Rais wa Zanzibar.
Asha Rose Migiro au Zito Kabwe
ReplyDeleteNaungana na mdau wa kwanza. Bernard Membe anaweza kuwa Rais wetu. Mungu endelea kuibariki nchi yetu.
ReplyDeleteWewe Mr.Ally-Umeambiwa utaje wale unaodhani amewasahau na wanastahili kuwa kwenye Orodha.Soma maelezo mpaka mwisho kabla ya kutoa comment.
ReplyDeleteDavid V
John Magufuli.he sticks to the principles and law.nitaongeza jina la kinana
ReplyDeleteProfessor Ibrahim Lipumba ni mtu anayeweza kuiendeleza nchi na wananchi katika hali nzuri ya maendeleo na amani.
ReplyDeleteEdward Lowasa. anayo maamuzi na uwezo wa kusimamia maamuzi hayo, sio kulalamika tu kama ilivyo desturi ya walio wengi sasa.
ReplyDeleteJanuary makamba wll be our next president...
ReplyDeleteNone from the list, I'll vote for independent candidate!
ReplyDelete..Edward Ngoyai Lowassa
ReplyDeletesioni raisi mtarajiwa hapo.
ReplyDeleteEdward Lowasa tunataka mtu thabiti mwenye kuweza kufanya maamuzi magumu.
ReplyDeleteNone of the above
ReplyDeleteLowassa
ReplyDeleteMheshimiwa Lowassa.
ReplyDeleteDr.Magufuli - true Jembe!
ReplyDeleteJohn Pombe Magufuli
ReplyDeleteMh. Edward Lowassa
ReplyDeleteSlaa and Tibaijuka
ReplyDeleteMembe is great.
ReplyDeleteSlaa kiboko
ReplyDeleteMwakembe au Magufuri tu
ReplyDeleteprof.lipumba
ReplyDeleteCCM has nine candidates followed by Chadema 3 and last CUF 1, ooh no what a poor research! Hili ni tatizo Tanzania akili zetu zimekwama kati ya CCM,Chadema na CUF kwenye majina tunayoyazoea tu kiasi cha kuisahau Unguja na Pemba! hii inamaana mtafiti huyu amesahau kuwa uchaguzi husika ni wa Tanzania pia amesahau kuwa vyama huteua wagombea karibu na uchaguzi hivyo upo uwezekano wa kuteua majina mapya kabisa na mwisho tunavyama vingine zaidi ya hivyo ambavyo yeye anavyoviona kuwa vyenye uwezo.
ReplyDeleteMWISHO KURA YAKO SIYO ITAKAYOKUPA RAIS UNAYEMPENDA, ATAPATIKANA KUTOKANA NA MAAMUZI YA WATAWALA, HII NDIYO AFRIKA NA NDIVYO ILIVYO; KUMBUKA SERIKALI YA UMOJA UNGUJA NA PEMBA IMETOKANA NA UTASHI WA WATAWALA KUAMUA NANI AWE RAIS HIVYO KUPELEKEA MAPIGANO NA KUZALIWA WAKIMBIZI.
Kwa sasa sina hata mmoja.
Mhe Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe
ReplyDeleteJohn Mashaka would be the perfect
ReplyDeleteMUHIDINI ISSA Wamjua nani.
ReplyDeleteProf. Ibrahim Lipumba hana harufu ya ufisadi, anafaa kutuongoza angalau tutoke kwenye giza hapa twende kwenye mwanga
ReplyDeletenon of them, may be mwakyemba was'nt seen in the list.
ReplyDeleteJamani they don't have presidential character.too much talking.
jamani tanzania inawasomi wengi, mimi binafsi bado sijamuona nani anaeweza kuiongoza tanzan,
some are fighting for presidential candidates kwenda kurudisha mamillioni yao wanayo toa sasa.
mungu ibariki Tanganyika
Hakuna hata mmoja,mradi wanaruhusu mgombea binafsi nitajipigia mwenyewe,waongeze hapo jina na picha yangu
ReplyDeleteGhalib Bilal
ReplyDeleteAnafaa and may b Lowassa
The mdudu K is back again,,kuanzia huyo alieweka hayo majina na wengi wenu woote mmechemsha vibaya sn,,CCM kama wanataka kubaki madarakani na pasipokufanya kampeni 2015 basi mm watu wangu hao MWAKYEMBE raisi W,MKUU MAGUFULI,huko kwingine wekeni yoyote lakini watanyoshwa na hao watu
ReplyDeleteLOWASSA TU
ReplyDeletehapo hakuna raisi, raisi yuko kwenye question mark hizo... utaniambia, hilo group hakuna raisi kabisaa...hizo tatu question mark ndio raisi atatoka,
ReplyDeleteMagufuli tu hapo ndo anayeweza kazi hiyo.Akiwa Rais najua wazembe na wafujaji wa mali za umma watakiona kilichomtoa kanga manyoya.Martin UK.
ReplyDeleteI would vote for Edward Lowassa becoz yuko makini
ReplyDeleteDr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein; Dr. Hussein Mwinyi
ReplyDeleteEdward N.Lowassa angefaa sana;maana waTz tumechoka na longolongo ya Uswahili..yaani maneno mengi bila matendo au ahadi mingi bila ufatiliaji.Lowasa katuonesha Usokoine.Ila tuombe afya yake isiendelee kulegalega.
ReplyDeleteWANAOTAKA KUOMBA KAZI YA KUWA RAISI 2015 WATUTUMIE MAOMBI KWA UNYENYEKEVU WAKIELEZA JINSI WANAVYOTAKA KUTUFANYIA KAZI KATIKA SEKTA MBALI MBALI NA KUUNGANISHA TAIFA. TUWAITE KWENYE USAILI (INTERVIEW) TUWAULIZE MASWALI HADHARANI KUHUSU UWEZO WAO UZOEFU NA MATUKIO YANAYOWAHUSU. WANAOTAKA KUNUNUA UONGOZI PESA ZAO ZILIWE WANANCHI WASIWE WAJINGA KUWACHAGUA.TUKUMBUKE HUU SIYO MCHEZO NI UONGOZI WA MAISHA YA WATANZANIA. MWALIMU ALIUANDIKIA KITABU MSIFANYE MCHEZO.
ReplyDeletewengine uzanzibar umewatawala,ati bilal,shein, huwezi kuwa wa kawaida.
ReplyDeleteLOWWASSA CHANGUO LANGU.
TANZANIA NI MUUNGANO WA NCHI MBILI, TANGANYIKA NA ZANZIBAR. TURUDISHE SYSTEM YA KUBADILISHA MARAISI. THIS TIME FROM ZANZIRA THEN NEXT TIME FROM TANGANYIKA. AU KAMA ATAKUWA MTANGANYIKA AWE MWANAKE MAANA HATUJAPATA RAISI MWANAMKE.
ReplyDeletekwenye list muongezeni James Mbatia, namkubali huyu mtu.
ReplyDeleteHalafu kwenye hiyo list muondoeni Lowassa, Sumaye na Nchimbi.
Lowassa na Sumaye walikuwa mawaziri wakuu na wali tu disappoint sasa tena tunataka kuwapa uraisi!!?? Hapana jamani tujifunze kwa jirani zetu Kenya, walichagua viongozi wenye dosari huku wakijua dosari zao ila waliamua kuzipuuzia sahizi wanajuta, wanahaha.
Lowassa, Asha
ReplyDeleteLowassa to the throne
ReplyDeleteMagufuli .I wil add Mwakyembe.wengine waliobaki are either untested or walishachafuka.tatizo watanzania kumbukumbu zetu huwa hazidumu kwa muda mrefu.tumeshasahauuu...juzi tu leo unambiwa mtu safi..
ReplyDeleteLowasa, Jembe ! huyu mzee ana vision tatizo kashfa za ufisadi zimemharibia lakini ndio raisi anaefaa Tanzania ana vision na mkali hataki mchezo mchez watu hawajui tu
ReplyDeleteNO ONE!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNafikiria KAPUYA anafaa
ReplyDeleteDr Ali Mohammed Shein, he is very smart, akifuatiwa na Mh Membe. Wengine wasubiri 2025
ReplyDeleteEdward lowassa makamu wake rose migiro waziri mkuu dr silaa..yani hapa mtakwenda kijeshi mpaka muone raha hakuna cha baba waziri wala mama mbunge wote sawa...after five years tz inakuwa jorbeg
ReplyDeletemi hapa lowassa na migiro,we need competent people,wapo wenye phd lakini kila kukicha wanatuleta majanga..mf" wizara ya elimu" wasomi wanaiongoza ilam atokeo yake sasa mpaka div 5 zinaenda form six
ReplyDeleteLowassa anafaa sana tu.
ReplyDeletena muungano uishe.. na sisi wazanzibari tuwe na uhuru wetu.. dhana ya kuwa Zanzibar hakuna waliosoma ama smart enough ni mbovu sana na ya kijinga insaonesha wewe ndio hukosoma. Huwezi kuweka poll namna hii bila kuhusisha pande zote mbili za muungano. ZANZIBAR inaweza kusimama na itasimama peke yake, badala ya kukabwa roho kulazimishwa kuwe lazima nchi mmoja.
ReplyDeleteAs for those above none of them qualified but will end up with one of them being our puppet.
Mhe.lowassa
ReplyDeleteMagufuli or Mwakyembe with Tibaijuka as a Pm.
ReplyDelete-Lowasa, alichafuka na corruption ambayo ni key problem to our economic under development. Na hajaweza kijisafisha kwa hilo.
-Ngeleja, issue ni kama ya mzee Lowasa.
-Membe, hayuko makini mara kadhaa amekuwa akitoa kauli kama msimamo wa taifa na kuend up kuwa controversial.
-Nchimbi, wizara aliyo nayo hajaimudu vyema.uhalifu umeongezeka mara dufu.
-Makamba, good feature leader, need more experience. Patience pays..
-Migiro, anahitaji kuwa tested kwenye siasa za ndani.
'Candidates kutoka opposition, nawapa benefit of doubt. Hawajakuwa tested. Kwani madaraka ya nchi humbadili mtu
JEMBE LOWASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TU, MZEE WA MAAMUZI MAGUMU HATA KAMA NI YA HATARI!HAO AMBAO HAWAFANYI MAAMUZI MAGUMU WAMETUSAIDIA NINI? NI KITU GANI UTAJIVUNIA KWA SASA KUWA SERIKALI YAKO INAKUSAIDIA? KILA KUKICHA HERI YA JANA. TUINGIE KWENYE MAAMUZI MAGUMU TU!
ReplyDeleteJANUARI SONGA!!!
ReplyDeleteMIMI NATAMANI KIKWETE AENDELEE MIAKA HATA 20.LAKINI HAIWEZEKANI.BASI NITAMWEKA MAGUFULI RAISI,WAZIRI MKUU MWAKYEMBE MAKAM WA RAIS ZITTO KABWE.NATAMANI IWE HIVYO.
ReplyDeleteVUNJA KATIBA MUONGEZEENI MUDA MHE. JAKAYA KIKWETE:
ReplyDeleteSABABU NI HIZI:
1.MIRADI YA NISHATI ALIYO SAINI NA OBAMA INABIDI AFIKISHE MWISHO WAKE KWA KUWA AKIONDOKA KABLA HAIJA KAMILIKA PANA WASIWASI UJIO WA RAISI MWINGINE KTK TANZANIA NA MAREKANI WATAVUNJA MIKATABA YOTE!
2.ABAKIE ILI AWABANE KTK AFRIKA YA MASHARIKI EAC NA KUWEKA MAMBO SAWA KWA KUWA YEYE KIKWETE NDIYE DAKITARI WA MARAISI WENZAKE WA EAC WAKOROFI KAMA KAGAME , UHURU NA MUSEVENI!
-TAZAMENI ALIVYO BADILI UPEPO KWA ILE HOTUBA YAKE, WENGI TULIJUA TANZANI INAODNIOKA KTK EAC, LAKINI MATOKEO YAKE MTAALAMU KIKWETE AKATOA MSIMAMO NA KENYA WAKAKUBALIANA NA TANZANIA!,,,INAWEZEKANA KABISA HATA RWANDA NA UGANDA WAMEKUBALI LICHA YA KUTAMKA WAZI.
-AMEWEZA KUTUMA MAJESHI JWTZ-UN BRIGADE NA KUWAKABILI WAASI WA M-23 NA KUWACHAKAZA WAKATI WAMESUMBUA ENEO LA MASHARIKI YA KONGO KWA MIAKA ZAIDI YA 20 NYUMA.
3.AONGEZWE MUDA KIKWETE ILI AWAANGAMIZE MAFISADI NCHINI NA TUPATE MAENDELEO KWA KUWA AMESHAANZA KUFANIKIWA SASA.
Am big fan of Makamba, but he does not have enough experience to be President.Take a second look at your advisors , they might be having hidden agenda against your future.
ReplyDeletepatience brother, you are on the right course.
Wewe Mdau wa 68 Mzanzibari:
ReplyDeleteUpo dunia gani?
Watu wanafuta jasho za vipara duniani kutafuta Muungano wewe unawaza kuvunja Muungano!
Hujui ya kuwa YOU CANNOT DEVELOP WHILE ISOLATED?
KWA TAARIFA YAKO MUUNGANO HAUFI NG'O TUTAKUFA MIMI NA WEWE !!!
LOWASAAAAAAAAAA TU
ReplyDeleteMigiro mama hana mkuu, hana majungu hana kashfa......kifupi cha hapo Lowassa
ReplyDeleteWewe Mdau wa 68 Mzanzibari:
ReplyDeleteUpo dunia gani?
Watu wanafuta jasho za vipara duniani kutafuta Muungano wewe unawaza kuvunja Muungano!
Hujui ya kuwa YOU CANNOT DEVELOP WHILE ISOLATED?
KWA TAARIFA YAKO MUUNGANO HAUFI NG'O TUTAKUFA MIMI NA WEWE !!!
MAGUFULI,MWAKYEMBE NA MEMBE
ReplyDeleteMdau wa 68 hapo juu:
ReplyDeletena muungano uishe.. na sisi wazanzibari tuwe na uhuru wetu..
MUUNGANO UTAVUNJIKA KAMA JARIBIO LA KISAYANSI AMA 'SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT' HII HAPA CHINI ITAFAKINIWA,,,PIA MUUNGANO HAUTAVUNJIKA ENDAPO JARIBIO LA KISAYANSI AMA 'SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT' HIYO ITASHINDWA NA NDIVYO MUUNGANO HAUTAWEZA KUVUNJIKA!
1.WEWE KAMA NI MWANAUME UTAFANYA MWENYEWE JARIBIO NA KAMA NI MWANAMKE UTAMTAFUTA MWANAUME UNAYE MMUDU KAMA MUMEO AU HAWARA ILI ETEKELEZE NA WEWE USHUHUDIE MATOKEO.
2.MWANAUME AJARIBU KUJILAWITI YEYE MWENYEWE KAMA ATAFANIKIWA INA MAANA MUUNGANO PIA UTAFANIKIWA KUVUNJIKA NA KAMA HAIWEZEKANI ZOEZI HILO NA VIVYO HIVYO NA MUUNGANO HAUWEZI KUVUNJIKA !!!
3.SAYANSI (siyo kama Siasa inayo jiendesha kwa kufuata muelekeo wa upepo) SAYANSI INAENDESHWA KWA MATOKEO YA MAJARIBIO NA HILO NDIO JIBU LAKE!!!
Ndau wa 68 hapo juu,'
ReplyDeleteWatu wenye akili zao huko Zanzibar ndio kwanza TENA WANAUTAFUTA MUUNGANO WA AFRIKA YA MASHARIKI (sio Bara na Visiwani)
Wakati wewe Kilaza usiye na akili hata moja unawaza kuvunja Muungano!
Hukuona ktk Hotuba ya Raisi Kikwete Dodoma kuhusu EAC Timu nzima akina Dr.Bilal na Dr.Shein ilikuwepo pale mbele?
Dr. Asha Rose Migiro
ReplyDeleteSalim Ahmed Salim
ReplyDeleteJina la Ankal lingekuwemo, pengine nigefikiria ni yupi ambae angetufaa. Lakini kwa hapo Just a list of shame.
ReplyDeleteJohn Pombe
ReplyDeleteKuna mtoto anaitwa Jerry Slaa jamani. Hata kama hatokuwa Rais lakini tumuweke kwenye list. Atazifanya Presidential candidate race kuwa interested. Zitto Kama angekuwa CCM angefaa. Kule aliko hana timu kabambe.
ReplyDeleteKuna Methali ya Kiswahili inasema CHEMA CHAJIUZA NA KIBAYA CHAJITEMBEZA.....Mimi namuomba Mola wangu Uhai na Uzima wa Afya nijionee yatakayojiri 2015 .
ReplyDeletelowasa fisadi
ReplyDeleteJembe ni KIKWETE tu ni vizuri sana katiba ibadilishwe aendelee kuwa rais wetu.
ReplyDeleteAnkal hii platform usiiondoe mapema....watu bado wana cha kutuambia hapo...hiyo ndiyo demokrasi watu wanatoa mawazo yao bila woga wala hofu!
ReplyDeleteUnajua hapo kuna baadhi ya vyama vya siasa wagombea wao huwa wanajulikana siku zote ni haohao tu kwahiyo haileti mvuto wowote....Isipokuwa CCM ambako wagombea ni wengi kwahiyo ndiko wengi wanaona ambako unapozungumzia our next "prezidaa" basi macho na masikio ni huko huko "sisiemu" hii ni changamoto sana kwa uwanja wa demokrasia ndani ya vyama vya upinzani hapa TZ!
Dr. Salim, Prof. Lipumba
ReplyDeleteIssa Michuzi for President
ReplyDeleteLowassa. Mimi nitampa kura yangu kwa sababu hao wengine siasa zimezidi. Pamoja na kashfa zinazomkabili Lowassa katika uliowataja ni pekee nimeona kazi na matunda ya kazi zake.
ReplyDeleteprof lipumba
ReplyDeletekutoka zanziba - isimaili jussa
aliyetoa madaa kwamaba eti hakuna wasomi zanzibar na they are not smart enough ni mbumbubu mzungu wa reli sijui katoka katika sayari gani namuonea huruma sana kwanza hata siasa ya kwao hawaijui ya UTANGANYIKA, UKO WAPI UTANGANYIKA WENU mpaka mnajivisha guba la UTANZANIA.
ReplyDeleteUnaijuai histori ya zanzibar wasomi wote wametoka zanzibar na ku husda zenu mpaka hii leo mnahusudu zanzibar na kuwafanya mbumbubu lakini si mbumbubu si vichwa vya wandawazimu wao si koti la mwandawazimu
tunataka nchiyetu tafrani tumechoka hatutaki kutawaliwa na nyinyi tuachieni nchi yetu halafu mje kuona kama sisi si wasomi au we are not smart enough wajinga sana nyinyi
BERNARD MEMBE.
ReplyDeleteANA MSIMAMO WALA SIO MWIZI HAO WOTE WALIOBAKI WEZI. MADAME ASHA ROSE PIA ANA FAA UMAKAMO SIO MWIZI HUYU PIA.
ASANTENI,
MDAU.
INDIA.
Mhe. lowassa....kichwaaaa bwanaaaa alikuwa mbie mtu,
ReplyDeleteSALOME SIJAONA AMBASSADOR
ReplyDeleteKwanza Vyama vya upinzani waungane mapema(coalition) kama walivyofanya Kenya,na wachague mtu mahiri.Nawashangaa hadi leo hawapendekezi jambo hili katika mchakato wa katiba mpya.Kwa hali ya hewa ya sasa wamuweke James Mbatia kama Rais wao Mtarajiwa.Otherwise wataula wa chuya:maana Lowassa atachukua bila noma!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBABU wa LOLIONDO
ReplyDeleteDR.slaa
ReplyDeleteHhahahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteUmenichekesha sana Mdau wa 81 hapo juu:
Uliyeeleza Jaribio la Kisayansi kuhusu ''Uwezekano wa kuvunjika Muungano ama Kutovunjika kwa Muungano'' (Kupiga U-Turn na kujichomeka mwenyewe 'Mtambo')
WAZANZIBARI WENGI NI WAOGA SANA, NINA IMANI HAKUNA MZANZIBARI HATA MMOJA ATAMUDU ZOEZI HILI !
Mayor Jerry Silaa
ReplyDeleteKila kukicha afadhali ya Jana...sioni Rais hapo...
ReplyDeleteweweunatukana,unasema waznz waoga hujui kua znz ni nci ya pili kupindua serikali katika afrika?unajua ya kua znz wamegeuza maraisi watatu kuliko tanganyika? unajua waznz ndio waliomuhgoa nyerere akagwatua? achana na fikra finyu waznz ni watu wasisa.sio wababe.
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