By Mobhare Matinyi, Washington DC
The Kenyans have once again smirched the operations of the East African Community (EAC) by objecting to the commencement of the construction of the new headquarters building in Arusha.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the highly placed source informed me that, the Council of Ministers meeting, which convened on February 27th in Arusha, wasted time listening to Kenyan clamor.
The Kenyan delegation lead by the Minister for East African Cooperation, Amason Jeffar Kingi, contended that the inclusion of Rwanda and Burundi in the Community disqualifies Arusha as the center-point of the region and called for a fresh look into the matter.
Although the Kenyan officials did not mention their preference, it was apparently clear that the move was designed to make sure Tanzania does not continue to be the seat of the Community.
Common sense tells us that if a Kenyan representative objects to Arusha as the headquarters of the Community, the only possible suggestion would be Nairobi – dubbed the capital of slums and crime in the region.
Without shame, the Rwandan delegation supported the Kenyan objection, but the cool-headed Ugandans and Burundians opposed the Kenyans with perplexity.
Last year the Rwandans, like the Kenyans, were annoyed by the Tanzanian stand on the land issue. Arguably this could easily be interpreted as childish vengeance; otherwise, where did the impetus come from?
The source noted that the Tanzanian delegation led by the Minister for East African Cooperation, Dr. Diodorus Buberwa Kamala, reminded the vociferous Kenyans that the treaty states that Arusha is the headquarters.
In fact, Chapter 29, Article 136(1) states as follows: The headquarters of the Community shall be in Arusha in the United Republic of Tanzania.
When contacted for comment over the week-end, Dr. Kamala told me he was shocked and amazed at the Kenyans move to delay the construction. The minister is expected to speak with the media in Dar es Salaam some time this week.
According to Minister Kamala, the matter will have to be forwarded to the summit, which meets in April for further deliberation. He said the Community operates under the principle of consensus; thus the matter must be resolved amicably.
The Council of Ministers is the policy organ of the Community and reports to the summit, which is comprised of the presidents of the five member states, namely Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
The Kenyan interference comes at a time when Germany has added another 6 million euros for the construction project to the earlier committed 8 million euros. The additional financial assistance came after the entry of Rwanda and Burundi in the EAC, which changed the original architectural plan.
The whole project is estimated to cost 14 million euros if completed on time in Arusha, where the government of Tanzania donated land free of charge in 2005. Currently, the Community is housed at the Arusha International Conference Center (AICC).
Although it is true that the defunct Community that collapsed in 1977 established Arusha as the headquarters based on its centrality in relation to the three capitals of Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Kampala, the current treaty is silent on the equidistant argument.
Kenyans did not address a scenario in which another African country might join the Community in the future as has happened with Rwanda and Burundi. Will that prompt the Community to change the headquarters again? It’s absurd.
As a matter of fact, some international analysts are anticipating the possibility of Southern Sudan applying to join the Community in the near future should the cession deal from the Khartoum regime succeed in 2011.
Interestingly, a quick geographical analysis suggests that four big cities approximately meet the qualification of “centrality” in the region: Arusha and Mwanza in Tanzania, Nairobi in Kenya and Kampala in Uganda.
From observation on the map, the cities’ locations draw an irregular polygon, something that is neither a trapezoid in shape nor a rhombus, but close to a quadrilateral. Arusha is in the south-east corner of the quadrilateral, Nairobi in the north-east corner, Kampala in the north-west corner and Mwanza in the south-west corner.
Based on the actual locations of the four cities in relation to Rwanda and Burundi, which are located in the south-west of the quadrilateral shape, Mwanza reasonably meets the criteria of being in the middle of all five capitals of member states.
However, it is ridiculous that a Kenyan minister would fight to move the headquarters from one Tanzania city to another Tanzanian city that is even further from Nairobi. The Kenyan demands are laughable.
This is not the first time that Kenyans have stalled the processes in Arusha. Only last year, the Kenyans disrupted the negotiations of the Protocol on the Establishment of the Common Market demanding access to Tanzanian land and arbitrary permanent residence.
In the past, the Kenyan officials have even demanded equal employment opportunities among member states for non-skilled positions. These positions are jobs such as janitors, office messengers, watchmen, drivers, etc. The move failed.
In another incident in 2001, the Kenyans attempted to knock out the most qualified applicant in the position of the Registrar of the East African Court of Justice in favor their fellow Kenyan.
However, the no-nonsense Ugandans stopped the bad move and even threatened to quit and blow up the issue in the media. The suppressed applicant was a young Tanzanian lawyer with a doctorate degree from Britain.
The Kenyans, like the Ugandans, had four applicants against the Tanzanian, Dr. John Eudes Ruhangisa, who beat them all in all qualifications and in the interview. I met him in September 2008, and he is still serving the Community in Arusha with all his heart.
The selfishness and arrogance of Kenyan officials is blamed for the collapse of the earlier Community in 1977 after only ten years. The then Ugandan Dictator, General Idi Amin Dada, also tainted the Community with his evil endeavors.
Senselessly and foolishly, some Kenyans in 1977 drank wine to celebrate the death of the Community and grabbed everything they could from planes to pencils.
General Amin and his entire army were later overthrown by heroic Tanzanian troops in April 1979. The three countries resumed cordial relations in the mid-1980s and signed the Agreement for the Establishment of the Permanent Tripartite Commission for East African Co-operation in 1993.
The Community was later re-established on July 7, 2000, and on July 2007, Rwanda and Burundi were fully admitted into the Community.
The upcoming summit will thus have to decide on the fate of the headquarters. It is unlikely that the headquarters will be changed just to satisfy egocentric and incongruous behavior.
It is very unfortunate that the Kenyan regime, after grabbing power over the dead bodies of slaughtered hungry Kenyans, now wants to export impishness to everywhere in the region. Shame!
Mobhare Matinyi worked with Business Times Limited between 2000 and 2003 as the Chief Editor of a daily newspaper in Tanzania.
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Good news,and this minister has point.
ReplyDeleteIkajengwe Rwanda au Burundi.
MOBHARE MATINYI ACHA JAZBA, KILA MTU ANAYOHAKI YA KUTOA MAONI YAKE KINACHOTAKIWA NI HOJA INAYOHALALISHA MAAMUZI BADALA YA KUTUMIA MATUSI NA KASHFA. KUKUBALIANA AU KUTOKUBALIANA NA MAWAZO YAKO SI KOSA, TUNACHOHITAJIWA NI KUTOA HOJA PALE SERIKALI YA KENYA ITAKAPOTOA MSIMAMO WAKE NA SI KUANZA KUTUKANA HATA KABLA YA KENYA KUONESHA MSIMAMO WAKE. WATANZANI TUACHE KULALAMIKALALAMIKA KILA WAKATI HII NI DALILI YA UNYONGE. TUTOE HOJA ZA MSINGI KWANI MAAMUZI YA MIAKA YA SITINI NA SABABU ZAKE ZINAWEZEKANA ZIKAWA TOFAUTI.JE, WAKIPENDEKEZA ENTEBE TUTAJITOA KWENYE JUMUIA?
ReplyDeleteHawa jamaa vipi? Yaani huku Bongo kuna wazee bado wanadai mafao yao ya EAC ya zamani hawajalipwa, wao wanataka tena tutengane kwa kuanzisha mgogoro usio na miguu wala mikono. Dawa yao ni kukomaa tu hakuna kuhamisha makao lau hawataki basi na sisi tumwage mboga...wajijue kivyao vyao hatitaki kuburuzwa. Alikataa Mwalimu enzi zake itakuwa sisi bwana? wasituchanganye, hatutakiii mmesikia? Na nyie Rwanda ni wageni iweje mtuonyeshe mwezi kwenye mji wetu? Au ndio maana wa Kenya walitaka tuungane fasta fasta?
ReplyDeleteWhy we push ourself in this mess again.
ReplyDeleteThis EAC will not work again because of the evils of other Countries and the cost we will incur to builds the EAC.
Mjusi
Thanks for the Article Mr. Matinyi,
ReplyDeleteIt is very difficult figuring where your argument is headed to though.
You missed it, Kenya is not interested in hosting the EAC HQ. The heart of the problem is that Kenya and Rwanda doubt if Tanzania is really committed to the future of the EAC. Don't substitute this point with your own propaganda.
If Tanzania pulls out of the EAC sometimes in the future (this looks imminent), a change of the HQ would be necessary and expensive.
The pressing issue now is that Tanzania unequivocally states her committment to the future of EAC sooner than later. With all due respect, if Tanzania is taking long in deciding what kind of EAC she wants to belong to, then the rest of EAC is entitled to applying the same delay tactics to stall building of the EAC until it is clear whether Tanzania is for EAC or not.
Kindly argue for Arusha remaining the seat of EAC especially in the light of Tanzania's recent reservations regarding land and travel documents.
It is sad that you misrepresent EAC issues and hence cheapen this blog by advancing your anti-Kenya, anti-Kenyans, and anti-Nairobi sentiments.
"Nairobi – dubbed the capital of slums and crime in the region" - this is laughable, the "capital of slums and crime" is the seat of UNEP worldwide.
Another alternative is Bukoba, just improve the infrastracture and move in.
ReplyDeleteDr. Kamala, don't let us down, we're proud of your post in the cabinet together with Magufuli. Make your tireless efforts to convince other delegates about BK City.
Hawa wakenya mbona hawatumii comon sense?naona wanataka kuleta mambo yao ya ukabila in EAC.My dear kenyans huku kwetu hatuna ukabila..wala hatugombani kwa vitu visivyokua na msingi....Nairobi is famously known as a CENTRE OF SLUMS AND CRIMES....seriously speaking can u make such a city as a headquarter ya EAC?HICHO NI KICHAa.Arusha is known as a Geneva of africa..do they know how long it took Tanzania kuitangaza Arusha and to make it the most adorable city in Africa?they should work hard to reduce the crime rate in Nairobi and help out people living in the bigest slums in africa(KIBERA).again who would want to take the EAC Headquartes to a city that would be destroyed every time there is election?jifunzeni kua na amani kwanza ndio mng'ang'anie mambo makubwa.dunia imebadilika ndugu zangu wa kenya...vita havisaidii bali hurudisha maendeleo nyuma.muombeni mwenyezi mungu atawasaidia.wekeni maslahi ya taifa lenu mbele
ReplyDelete...hii habari ni majungu tuu,mwandishi unaonekana wewe ndio mwenye kuleta shida na chuki zako kwa wakenya ni wazi kabisa,haisaiddi chochote zaidi ya kupandikiza chuki zisizo na sababu,mambo ya wakenya kudai discussion ya employment,land katika vikao ni legit kabisa na ni vizuri waliweka wazi wanataka nini ili isje ikawa shida baadaye,nafikiri ulitaka wakae kimya tuu kama nidhamu zenu wa woga mlizozoea,najua unaweza fikiri mimi ni mkenya lakini sio ni Mtanzania lakini propaganda za kitoto kama hizi ili kuwaona majirani wabaya hazina maana na ndio mwanzo wa matatizo yote.
ReplyDeleteMimi nadhani hao wakenya ambao ni ndugu zetu wana agenda yao, lakini kwa mawazo yangu makao makuu ya EAC sasa yangezogezwa Mwanza kwa maana mwanza ni eneo la kati kwa zote wanachama wa EAC.
ReplyDeleteHawa wakenya Vipi? Ina maana kila tunavyoongeza nchi tutahanmisha makao makuu? fikiria siku tu7meongeza somalia, Sudani, Ethiopia. labda hata Kongo, Msumbiji hata Misri na zinaongezeka kila baada ya miaka 10, tutahamisha makao makuu mara Ngapi? wazembe kweli hawa?
ReplyDeleteEU ziliongezeka moja moja kwa muda mrefu sana na bado zingine zinaomba kuongezeka lakini makao makuu ni Brussels siku zote.
I could sense some kind of mischief coming out of some quarters deliberately intended to provoke a useless and nonsensical debate!Whatever the pretext,all will be said but when it comes to the LAND ISSUE and UNWANTON FREE LABOUR MOBILITY among the partner states,those issue must wait!Nobuddy is going to push us Tanzanians into any such deal without ill intentions.Free access to Land and Unrestricted Labour Mobility should never be allowed to be set as a PRECONDITION for anything,be it the construction of new Community Head Offices in Arusha or elsewhere or any Common Market Matters!Any insistence on those issues on the part of Rwanda and Kenya will signify a mischievous hidden agenda for which Tanzania is well prepared to handle.after all the East African Common Market can always wait,for we still have a lot of more pressing social agenda back at home!We dont have the industries to worry about,BUT Kenya has a lot of industries to think about!We have plenty of agricultural Land for our people,BUT Kenya has a shortage of arable Land for her people!So let nobuddy rush us into something without coming to terms with the impending consequences of such actions in the domestic front!Every country in EAST AFRICA needs a Common Market,but one without any PRECONDITIONS!the intended new structures of the EAC Headquarters should not be allowed to take us as "Hostages to the Looming Crisis".Tanzanians are just too clever for that gimmick!---papperazzi antonnio-----
ReplyDeleteHii geometry imenikumbusha mbali:
ReplyDeleteFrom observation on the map, the cities’ locations draw an irregular polygon, something that is neither a trapezoid in shape nor a rhombus, but close to a quadrilateral. Arusha is in the south-east corner of the quadrilateral, Nairobi in the north-east corner, Kampala in the north-west corner and Mwanza in the south-west corner.
Hongera mshikaji kwa kula sahani moja na watani wa jadi. Hawana mpango hawa. Na dawa yao ni kuwatwanga kwa Umombo kama hivi na data.
Mdau, London.
Tibaijuka replaced at UN Nairobi office
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Leader of the UN Nairobi Staff Union, Rhoda Atana addresses journalists after a demonstration by UN staff at their headquarters in Gigiri on Tuesday. Photo/PETERSON GITHAIGA (NAIROBI)
By DAVE OPIYOPosted Tuesday, March 3 2009 at 14:20
In Summary
UN staff in Nairobi protest changes effected March 1 by UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki Moon, where Mrs Tibaijuka was replaced as the Director General UN Office in Nairobi but retained her post as the Executive Director of UN Habitat.
Mrs Anna Tibaijuka has been replaced as the Director General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi.
The position has consequently been taken over by Mr Achim Steiner, who is also the United Nation’s Environmental Programme Executive Director.
Mrs Tibaijuka however retains her post as the Executive Director of UN Habitat.
The changes, which were effected on March 1, were done by UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki Moon.
However, on Tuesday, a section of the UN staff led by their Union President Mrs Rhoda Atana, protested at the move to replace Mrs Tibaijuka terming this as unfair.
And they took issue with process to replace Mrs Tibaijuka saying it lacked respect for ‘gender and diversity’ principles within the UN system.
“Where is that gender and geographic balance where the only UN headquarter duty station headed by a woman is transferred to a man with no justification?” she posed.
Added Mrs Atana, “Where does the Secretary General’s report on improvement of the status of women in the UN system, discussed at the 63rd of the General Assembly, take us?”
“We have nothing against Mr Steiner, but are disturbed by the process followed in the replacement of Mrs Tibaijuka,” said Mrs Atana.
She went on, “We have high confidence in the Office of Secretary General (Ban Ki-moon) but we would like to express our utmost confidence in Mrs Tibaijuka’s performance.”
Mrs Atana, who was addressing the media at the Unep Complex in Gigiri, expressed concern with the criteria used in replacing her as Director General of the UN Nairobi office.
The timing of her replacement, she added, was wrong coming at a time when the UN Habitat Governing Council was scheduled to meet at the end of the month.
“This does not augur well for her... she has worked hard to reform Unon and would have concluded her term with even greater reforms,” said Mrs Atana.
Wakenya ni WIZI MTUPU mnaowasapoti wooote wajinga tu! washatuibia sana, na sasa hasira zao za kukosa ardhi yate ndio wanazimalizia kwenye jengo, kama vipi wachukue time huko, na tukijitoa sisi kwenye EAC hamna mtu atakaye kaa, they want everything for themselves, ili ikivunjika wabaki navyo kama last tyme, wanadhani tumesahau ehe? dawa yao ni kula nao sahani moja hivihivi, BIG UP KAMALA!
ReplyDeletewe anony wa 1.21 pm ulikuwa unatoka usingizini nini ? we don, wan' eithe mother f%#8 !then when commenting u shouldn' sound as your from kibera or else where in kenya
ReplyDeleteca u shut ua BIG mouth No Natin about this union! ! get lost
heheheeeeee proud haya jamani mmh magufuli will no longer be there jamani since BIG TIBA anounce voting agaist him another big P TEHE TEH TEH
ReplyDeletewaondoe HQ za EAC ktk ardhi ya Tanzania. nataka tupate kisingizio cha kujitoa kabisa kwenye hili dubwana.
ReplyDeleteWATANZANIA TUJIAMINI JAMANI. WE DONT NEED EAC TO DEVELOP.
Mobare Matinyi hili bonge la hoja umetoa, lakini tujue fika Wakenya wameangalia zaidi maslahi yatakayotokana na uwepo wa Makao Makuu ya EAC, ikiwa yatakuwa kwao Kenya, ina maana fursa za ajira kama madereva,watunza bustani,wapishi,walinzi, mahouse girl na House boyz zitaongezeka sana kwao achilia mbali other major posts, vilevile biashara ya hoteli ya utalii kwa ujumla vitaongezeka kwa kasi kubwa, si unajua wanavyojitangaza kwa fujo? Sasa watasema rasmi kuwa ukifika Kenya umefika Afrika Mashariki, hili sio wazo baya kwao ila ni muendelezo wa "Harambee" yaani maslahi ya Wakenya kwanza.
ReplyDeleteWadau wanaowasapoti wakenya,hawajui kwa walitendalo tunapaswa kuwaelimisha taratibu wataelewa na watattusaidia sana kutetea maslahi ya Tanzania huko tuendako.
Mungu ibariki Tanzania
Mdau
Nelspruit.
hatuwezi kuhamisha makao kwa kongezeka nchi. dunia ni kijiji. waache mawazo ya kizamani.
ReplyDeletetunajua wanayataka sana haya makao makuu ila watafute jinsi ya kuadreess suala lao. hiyo point waliyokuja nayo ni dhaifu sana. HAIWEZEKANI IDDI SIYO SIKUKUU YA CHAMA
IM TANZANIAN LEAVING IN UGANDA.MY ADVICE TO TANZANIAN DONT RUSH TO JOIN EAC FEDERATION WE HAVE OUR PROBLEM WITH OUR UNION WITH ZANZIBAR NOT YET SOLVED.... I REMEMBER 1977 COLLAPSE OF EAC MY FATHER HE LOST EVERYHING,I KNOW NEW EAC WILL COLLAPSE AGAIN
ReplyDelete......ismakabengo@yahoo.com
Halafu Wakenya wanashangaa kwa nini hatuwaamini....
ReplyDeleteMimi sijawahi kuona watu wa ajabu kama sisi Watanzania! Yaani Wakenya wanataka kutupiga bao halafu sisi tunagombana wenyewe? Tuamke jamani, hii si dunia ya kulala na kusema wakichukua waache wachukue kama tulivyofanya mwaka 1977 na Nyerere wetu. Arusha ni makao makuu na hakuna kubadili. Mimi nakwenda Nairobi mara kibao, sioni lolote la maana zaidi ya magorofa ya wezi tu.
ReplyDeleteMtanzania Mzalendo, Arusha.
Why embark on that gigantic building of a "headquarters" when the global economy is plummeting?
ReplyDeleteHivi kweli tuna akili sisi watu wa Afrika Mashariki...ama ni uchu wa wapalilia kazi?
Watanzania walitamka bila kuficha, hawataki hilo dude la "umoja"!
Huyu anony kanikera sana: angalia pointi zake:
ReplyDeleteMOBHARE MATINYI ACHA JAZBA, KILA MTU ANAYOHAKI YA KUTOA MAONI YAKE KINACHOTAKIWA NI HOJA INAYOHALALISHA MAAMUZI BADALA YA KUTUMIA MATUSI NA KASHFA.
Ngoja nimuulize: Kama Wakenya wanayo haki ya kutoa maoni, sasa kwa nini na sisi Watanzania tusitoe maoni kama alivyofanya Mobhare?
Kama Wakenya wanatoa maoni ya kipuuzi, kwa nini tusijitee? Arusha ni mji mkuu wa Jumuiya, hii ya kutafuta mji wa katikati inatoka wapi? Hizo gharama zingine nani atatoa wakati jengo lenyewe linalipiwa na Ujerumani?
WATANZANI TUACHE KULALAMIKALALAMIKA KILA WAKATI HII NI DALILI YA UNYONGE.
Mbona Wakenya wakilalamika husemi ni dalili ya Unyonge? Si wanalalamika hata kwa hili la mji mkuu kuwa Arusha? Si walilalamika kuhusu ardhi na ukazi wa kudumu?
Tumia akili mshikaji.
We Mkenya uliyesema eti the heart of the problem is that Kenya and Rwanda doubt if Tanzania is really committed to the future of the EAC, siliza shida yenu ni ardhi. Tanzania tumekataa kuwapa ardhi sasa mnasema eti hatuko serious na Jumuiya. Nani aliwaambia kuwa Jumuiya lazima ardhi ya Tanzania ichukuliwe na Wakenya na Wanyarwanda? Matinyi yuko sahihi, hajafanya propaganda, mnataka ardhi ndiyo maana sasa mnahangaika kutaka kuchukua makao makuu kama kisasi. Hampati kitu hapa.
ReplyDeleteKwendeni zenu.
Mimi nina swali: Kama ukioa mke mwembamba ki-portable, halafu baada ya mafanikio ya fedha wowowo yake ikanenepa, je, utahamisha viungo vyako ili umudu unene wake?
ReplyDeleteKama la! Sasa kwa nini tuhamishe Arusha baada ya Rwanda na Burundi kuingia? Wakijitoa je? Tanzania ndiyo mhimili wa hii jumuiya, inabidi iwe makao makuu kwa sababu pia ina amani.
mambo yenyewe yakiwa ni kama hivi mawaziri wanajazba za kitoto unadhani umoja huu utadumu? ngojeeni tu, labda wengi hamkumbuki hasa sababu ya kuvunjika EAC huko nyuma. Yote yalisababishwa na "mazungumzo baada ya habari" watu wakala dongo na hatimae umoja kuvunjika. na huu ndio hivo hivo eti tu kwa sababu tanzania haikubaliani na suali la ardhi basi nao hawakubaliani na hili. uongozi wa kiafrika bwana!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnon wa 1:21pm
ReplyDeleteI would like to concur with you in thanking mr matinyi for his article, and also in stressing the fact that kenya has no where expressed a desire to be the HQ. If it has that in its agenda, then its playing a hidden hand very tactically and that is for the politicians to find out.
however, I think stalling a development project just because tanzania refused to accede to some demands on policy does not make sense. Tanzania is willing to go ahead with the union, only that due to its internal conditions and recent developments as regards her security, Tanzania feels it's not viable to accede to free mobility, labor and land laws - simple. It's amazing how other countries brand tanzania as not forward thinking, but if only they could put themselves in Tanzania's shoes then they can tell us how they would react. Everybody, esp Kenya is set to gain lots and it's to Kenya's advantage that the Union be formed quickly and the land and labor laws be ammended. It's in Tanzania's best interest for land to remain public property ,and it has to a great measure sustained the peace and tranquility that exists, together with other measures.
I would implore all people looking into the matter, and we humble bloggers here to think of the sustainability of any suggestions we make.
And Mr Matinyi, thanks for the article but I feel it's biased and bent towards branding Kenya as a thug nation. Be balanced next time, I can only imagine how good you can be in a balanced environment....
Mobhare wacha hizo huna objectivity. Mwandishi wa habari anatakiwa awe balanced. Wewe unaleta jazba na mawazo yako yaliyo biased. Unaandika based on majungu ?
ReplyDeleteMY FELLOW TANZANIANS ITS A TIME TO WORK UP AND CHALLANGE THESE GUYS,we have been sufferings from these guys in every angle,i think if these Kenyas were having human hearts they cld realise that they don't have the best friends than tanzanians,just few months they have been killing eachother coz of election and its tanzania who resolved their conflict,but everywhere in the world where u will find a kenyan they consider tanznaias as dtupid people and people who don't have direction,but for sure if people have started showing their differences in this process of forming the federation how are we going to sit on the same table having the same leader and the same constitution,i real support the editer and we as tanznians should stand together supporting and advising our leaders of what we real want,together we shall reach there and no matter how these stupid kenyans consider us,for my opinion tanzania is a big country and we have amot of potentials,MUNGU IBARIKI TANZANIA
ReplyDeleteKama Watanzania hatuwezi kuona hili balaa linaloelezwa hapa kwenye hizia aya, basi tuna mdudu kichwani........
ReplyDeleteThis is not the first time that Kenyans have stalled the processes in Arusha. Only last year, the Kenyans disrupted the negotiations of the Protocol on the Establishment of the Common Market demanding access to Tanzanian land and arbitrary permanent residence.
In the past, the Kenyan officials have even demanded equal employment opportunities among member states for non-skilled positions. These positions are jobs such as janitors, office messengers, watchmen, drivers, etc. The move failed.
In another incident in 2001, the Kenyans attempted to knock out the most qualified applicant in the position of the Registrar of the East African Court of Justice in favor their fellow Kenyan.
Wakenya wabinafsi sana jamani, tukae chonjo.
Kwa mawazo haya inaelekea EAC imeshindwa kabla ya kuanza.
ReplyDeleteHAWA WA-KENYA WANA MATATIZO YA KUJIONA KAMA WAKO ZAIDI IN ALL THINGS, KWANI TOKA LINI NAIROBI IKAWA NDO KATIKATI YA JUMUIYA YA AFRIKA MASHARIKI HATA KAMA NA HUO UONGEZEKO WA RWANDA NA BURUNDI. NI WATU HATARI NA WACHOYO SANA WABINAFSI KAMA HATA WANAFIKIA MAHALA PA KUDAI NAFASI ZA KAZI ZA WAOSHA VYOO NA WAOOSHA MAGARI YA JUMIYA NA ZA UKOLOKOLONI WA MAKAO MAKUU, MBONA HATUDAI AU HAWADAI KAZI ZA KUOSHA VYOO VYA UNITED NATION, HUKO NEW YORK! AU ZA KUOSHA VYOO ADDIS-ABABA ETHIOPIA KWA UMOJA WA AFRIKA. AU ETI NI SAHIHI KUTO KUENDELEA NA ARUSHA KWA VILE TANZANIA ITAJITOA, MBONA TULIENDELEA NA ECC HADI 1977 PAMOJA NA WIZI WA WA KENYA NA MALI NYINGI ZIKABAKI KENYA, MIDEGE, BANDARI RAILWAYS, POSTA, SIMU NA HATUKUPATA KITU, WAKENYA NI HATARI SANA NA ROHO ZAO NGUMU NA MBAYA.
ReplyDeleteBro Michuzi na wadau wote, mimi naungana na mdau wa kwanza hapo juu kuzungumzia jinsi hii mada ilivyowasilishwa. Wakati naunga mkono hii mada kuletwa hapa ukumbini ili tuijadili na ikiwezekana tupate suluhisho lake, simuungi mkono mdau Matinyi kwa jinsi ambavyo ameianika hii mada kwetu. Mara nyingi (hasa kwenye hili suala la EAC) Mdau amekuwa akitumia lugha ya Msuli (Jazba) sana kufikisha ujumbe kwa Watanzania.Inawezekana kuwa ni maumbile au ndio namna yake ya kuongea na hadhira yake.Najua Matinyi ana uchungu sana na Nchi yake kwahiyo asingependa kuona tunanyanyaswa na watu wengine kwa namna yoyote ile. Hata hivyo mimi kwangu naona kutumia lugha ya jazba (na wakati mwingine matusi) namna hii sio kujenga, bali ni kuendeleza chuki, sio tu kati ya members of EAC bali hata kati yetu watanzania. Ikumbukwe kuwa sasa hivi tumeshajichanganya kwa kiasi kikubwa sana, kuna baadhi ya watanzania wenzetu wameoa au kuolewa nchi za jirani (mfano tu mh. mkuu wa wilaya ya tegeta....tehe..tehe..)na hivyo kufanya sehemu ya familia za watanzania wenzetu. Sasa tunapotumia lugha ambayo inajenga chuki kati ya watu wawili wanaoishi nyumba moja (in particular chumba kimoja)ni wazi kuwa siku moja hawa watu wanaweza kuchinjana ndani ya nyumba. just imagine unasema Mganda anatabia mbaya (kwa mfano tu)wakati mheshimiwa hapa jioni anaenda kupata lunch ya usiku pamoja na mganda na half 'Wagandas', unategemea nini kitatokea hapo mezani au chumbani kwake? najua busara itatumika kwa shemeji yetu, lakini sio wote wanaoweza kutumia busara.Nafikiri kuna njia nyingi za kufikisha ujumbe na watu wakaweza kukuelewa na kutoa mchango unaouhitaji. Mfano leo nimeona the same story kwenye vyombo vya habari vya IPP, lakini sijaona mwandishi aliyetumia lugha kali kama ya Matinyi. Kumbe hata kwenye baraza la Mawaziri la Kenya hii habari haijajadiliwa. Sasa wakisoma maoni kama haya nao wakapata picha ya jinsi tunavyowatazama, nini itakuwa hatima yake mara suala hili litakapojadiliwa. ni wazi nao watakasirika against Watanzania kwa kuwa tumeonesha chuki dhidi yao.Article yenyewe ni hii hapa:
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Serikali kutoa msimamo leo wa kuhamisha EAC
2009-03-03 10:58:30
Na Muhibu Said
Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, Dk. Diodurus Kamala, leo anatarajia kutoa msimamo wa serikali kuhusu pendekezo lililotolewa na Waziri wa Kenya anayeshughulikia masuala ya Afrika Mashariki, Amason Kingi la kutaka makao makuu mapya ya Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki (EAC) yahamie nchini mwake badala ya Arusha.
Dk. Kamala aliliambia Nipashe jana kuwa atatoa msimamo huo atakapokutana na waandishi wa habari katika ofisi za wizara yake jijini Dar es Salaam leo.
Nipashe ilikuwa imemtaka kueleza msimamo wa serikali kuhusu mapendekezo ya Waziri Kingi.
Hatua hiyo inatarajiwa kuchukuliwa na Dk. Kamala ikiwa ni siku tatu tangu Waziri Kingi kuonyesha dhamira yake hiyo kwa kupendekeza makao makuu mapya ya EAC yasijengwe Arusha, ambako pamekuwa makao makuu ya Jumuiya hiyo tangu ilipofufuliwa mwaka 1999.
Waziri Kingi ameripotiwa kutoa pendekezo hilo kwenye kikao cha Baraza la Mawaziri wa EAC, kilichofanyika Arusha Februari 27, mwaka huu akisema makao makuu yahamishwe kwa sababu Arusha siyo tena katikati ya eneo la nchi wanachama wa Jumuiya hiyo.
Pendekezo hilo liliungwa mkono na Rwanda, ambayo ni moja ya nchi mbili mpya katika EAC.Arusha ndio mji unaotajwa katika Mkataba wa Kuanzishwa EAC kuwa itakuwa ndipo Makao Makuu ya Jumuiya hiyo.
Hata hivyo, nchi za Tanzania, Uganda na Burundi zimeripotiwa kupinga pendekezo hilo na habari kutoka Nairobi, Kenya zilieleza kuwa hata Baraza la Mawaziri la Kenya halijapata hata wakati mmoja kuzungumzia wazo au pendekezo la kuhamisha makao makuu ya Jumuiya kutoka Arusha.
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Je kwenye hii article hatujapata the same ujumbe kuwa Waziri wa kenya ametoa pendekezo la kuhamishwa makao ya EAC n.k? Lakini kila mtu anaweza kuisoma hii article na akachangia mawazo yake akiwa huru na bila chuki kwa mwenzake.
Kwa hiyo ningependa kuwashauri wadau wenzangu kwamba kama kweli tuna lengo la kupata possitive contributions kutoka kwa majority,tuepuke kutumia lugha ambayo inaweza kuwa na negative impact zaidi kuliko positive impact kwa jamii.
Ni mtazamo wangu tu.
Mdau
Cardiff
Watanzania mnaowatetea Wakenya, nasema +#@& $*^@% zenu.
ReplyDeleteMobhare safi brother, unawamudu sana hawa jamaa, data unazo, connections unazo, achana na Wabongo wanaokupinga kama wapo, ndiyo tulivyo, akili zetu bado, ndiyo maana Wakenya wanatuchezea. Bravo Matinyi, you love your country man. And I believe JK should know that there are great Tanzanians abroad too.
Huyu ni editor, anajua anachosema, inaelekea anafuatilia kwa karibu, siyo wengine kazi yetu kudakia mambo tu bila hata kujua undani wake. Huyu jamaa anachukua muda wake hadi kumpigia simu waziri, yuko serious na nchi yetu. Hii ndiyo inatakiwa.
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Toronto, Canada.
HII NI UJANJA WA HAWA WAKENYA. SASA WANATUMIA BLACKMAIL ILI TUKUBALIANE NAO KWA KILA WATAKALO. WAMEONA TANZANIA IMEKATAA FEDERATION SASA WANATISHIA HQ YA AFRIKA MASHARIKI IWE NAIROBI. WALIKUA WANAUTAKA HUO MUUNGANO ILI WAWEZE KUNUNUA ARDHI YA TANZANIA NA KUTAWALA UCHUMI WETU ETI KWASABABU WAO WAKO MBELE KIELIMU NA UCHUMI WAO NI WAJUU ZAIDI YA TANZANIA. SASA WANAONA WATANZANIA WAMEWAGUNDUA UJANJA WAO WANATUMIA BLACKMAIL. TANZANIA ISIKUBALI HATA KIDOGO HQ YA JUMUIYA YA AFRICA MASHARIKI KUAMISHWA.
ReplyDeleteKweli waafrika wa mashariki tuna mambo, yaani tunategemea kitu cho chote kutoka kwa hivi vichwa vya ... M7 (dictator wa kufa), Kibaki (mwizi wa kura), JK (siasa pendwa), Kagame (tutsuism tupu). pengine kidogo wa burundi nimemsahau jina!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteKwa wale wote mnaosema hii story ya Matinyi si balanced au ni biased:
ReplyDeleteHata kama si Mtanzania, kubali kwamba hii story iko balanced na si biased. Matinyi alinifundusha uandishi wa habari TSJ na nakumbuka alikuwa akisisitiza vitu hivi: 5W and H, tena kwa utani kwamba ni 5 Wives and 1 Husband. Habari hii iko hivi:
WHAT (Which issue) – Kuzuiwa kwa ujenzi.
WHERE – Arusha.
WHEN – Februari 27, 2009.
WHO – Maofisa wa Kenya chini ya Waziri wao.
WHY – Kwa sababu wanadai Arusha si katikati.
HOW – By objecting in the meeting of Council of Ministers.
Hii habari ina jambo linalohusika, mwanzilishi wa jambo (Waziri wa Kenya), na jibu la anayebanwa (Waziri Kamala). Pia inaeleza nini kinafuatia kwamba ni mjadala kwenye Summit. Pia inanukuu Mkataba wa Jumuiya kuonesha kwamba suala hili si suala. Inaeleza wanachama wengine wana msimamo gani. Inatoa mifano mingine ya matatizo ya awali, na hivyo huku si kuwa biased, ni facts tupu.
Mtitiriko wake uko clear, lugha imenyooka. Kama watu hamjui uandishi wa habari kaeni kimya, jamaa yuko hivyo alivyo, tunaomjua tunasikia raha tu. Alikuwa mhariri dogo kuliko wote mjini lakini mshua kichizi, waandishi wa michezo tunamkumbuka sana.
Ofisa Uhusiano, Dar es Salaam lakini safarini Majuu.
Msikie huyu..................
ReplyDelete...hii habari ni majungu tuu,mwandishi unaonekana wewe ndio mwenye kuleta shida na chuki zako kwa wakenya ni wazi kabisa,haisaiddi chochote zaidi ya kupandikiza chuki zisizo na sababu,mambo ya wakenya kudai discussion ya employment,land katika vikao ni legit kabisa na ni vizuri waliweka wazi wanataka nini ili isje ikawa shida baadaye,nafikiri ulitaka wakae kimya tuu kama nidhamu zenu wa woga mlizozoea,najua unaweza fikiri mimi ni mkenya lakini sio ni Mtanzania lakini propaganda za kitoto kama hizi ili kuwaona majirani wabaya hazina maana na ndio mwanzo wa matatizo yote.
Sikiliza wewe, Jumuiya ni Jumuiya na Tanzania ni Tanzania. Sheria yetu inasema ili ufanye kazi Tanzania lazima kuwe na uthibitisho kwamba hakuna Mtanzania anayeweza kuifanya kazi hiyo. Je, Arusha hakuna mtu wa kufagia ofisi?
Hii ndiyo Mitanzania inayoramba miguu Wakenya. Na kama hii jungu basi waambie Wakenya wako wakanushe. Nenda wakaku%$#@.
mbavu zangu,,,,,
ReplyDeleteannon apo umeniacha hoIIIII ",,,MKE MWEMBABA KI-PORTABLE,,,THEN AKANENEPA MAKALIO,,UTAAMISHA VIUNGO?"
wakenya habari ndo iyo,,,
ardhi ya Tz hampati,uraia wetu hatuuzi ng'o,headikota yaweza baki arusha au ata ikihamishwa sie hatuna shida/noma wala nini!!!
Ili kuepusha vita kati ya hao watakaojiunga excluding Tanzania napendekeza kitafutwe kisiwa Ziwa Victoria ijengwe huko.Tehe tehe!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletenanihii zenu sana nyie wooote,,,
ReplyDeletetutafika tu taratibu
ILA NASEMA KWA MSISITIZO ILA SIO:
1.ardhi (mtakoma)
2.permenent residence
3.HQ-Arusha***optional
4.nafasi za kazi:kubwa au ndogo tutabanana tu
5.kulazimishana
6.sii muondokee??lazima tukubaliane nyani?i mean nanyi?
if cant work-out,lets walk away/let go from this
Kenya kuna uhuru wa habari, labda tutasikia tamko toka Kenya, ila soma habari hii:
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By BERNARD NAMUNANE and NJERI RUGENEPosted Tuesday, March 3 2009 at 21:30
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki has threatened to sue anybody who says he has a second family.
The President, who appeared uncharacteristically furious, called a rare press conference on Tuesday at State House, Nairobi attended by the First Lady to state that he had only one wife, Mrs Lucy Kibaki, and four children.
With the First Lady standing by his side, the President accused the media of continuously publishing lies about his marital status, saying he had publicly clarified facts about his family twice.
“Everyone knows that I am married and I only have one wife. The media keep reporting that I have another wife or wives. I have only one wife and I don’t have any other,” he said.
The President admitted that he was angered by the claims, saying: “I have gotten in this foul mood after listening to some statements that were made yesterday (Monday), the other day or even recently. I want to state that anyone who is bent on that course will see me in court or wherever he will see me. There is no other way.”
President Kibaki, with pain and anger, started by introducing the First Lady. “This is my dear wife Lucy, and I want to say something that I hold dear in my heart to you. I only have one wife and four children. You know their names and if you don’t know, you can ask me. I will tell you.”
He said lies were being told about his family and challenged the media to tell the public the truth.
“I don’t know why people are spreading lies about me because I am a genuine person who doesn’t tell lies. It doesn’t help anybody to tell lies,” he said.
The President also explained that his relatives were well known and appealed to the public to ignore any other allegations.
Statements
He then said he had been driven to the point of restating his marital status due to statements made by former Kabete MP Paul Muite on Monday.
Mr Muite remarked that the government ordered a raid on the Standard Group three years ago to stop it from publishing a story on the composition of the President’s family.
He made the remarks at a function to mark the third anniversary of the 2006 raid on the Standard offices during which equipment was vandalised and computers confiscated.
On Tuesday, he claimed the information about the alleged reason for the raid was given by Mr John Michuki, who was the Security minister when he appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and Legal Affairs, which Mr Muite chaired at the time. Mr Muite said he would neither retract his claims nor apologise.
First Lady Lucy singled out KTN and expressed her anger at the station for allowing Mr Muite to speak “falsehoods” against the First Family.
Pointing at a KTN reporter, she said: “You are from KTN? Last night I nearly came to your offices to attack you the same way I did to Nation.
"You allow foreign diplomats, international journalists, name them, to listen to somebody called Muite tell lies. The President may not take him to court but I and my family will take him to court. Tell him that.”
Nairobi Wed 4th March 2009
Source: www.nation.co.ke
Michuzi
ReplyDeleteNauliza hivi kwani Adiss ni katikati ya Africa?pumb.....
mbona hilo hawalisemei.Wasitutie uchizi wao.
It is clear that the Tanzanian government needs to outline clearly mwelekeo wake as far as EAC is concerned...EAC HQ is a long term project and a serious investment. I thought it was a wake up call! 21th century requires a timely response to issues...Tutaangalia kind of business is over! Tanzanian stands are legitimate and clear... but it needs to put them into perspective especially as far as the future is concerned..!Some of needs to stop to be haters though, there will always be people with a different opinion!
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...watanzania wengi bado mnaishi 1947,mnasikitisha sana na hoja zenu na msitegemee maendeleeo hivi karibuni kama mawazo yenu wengi yako hivyo,sitashangaa TZ ikiwa ya mwisho kwa maendeleo EA na wengi kuanza kukimbilia nchi jirani kutafuta vibarua,badilikeni nyie sio makelele tuu kama wacheza bao kijiweni,kama mna hoja toeni sio kila kitu wenzenu waki challenge mnakimbilia wanataka ardhi yetu na madini yetu kumbe hata sasa mnaibiwa 97% na hizo 3% mafisadi wanagawana...ni aibu kubwa sana na umaskini wa akili kudhani bila TZ EA haitakuwepo,chungulieni Rwanda tuu hapo ndio mtatia akili na mtajiona mmechelewa na mna mengi ya kujifunza ili kuwafikia,vibali vya kazi na free movement ya raia wote wa EA popote EA ni lazima lakini ni kweli mambo ya land lazima yachukuliwe kwa makini kabla ya kuamua chochote lakini isiwe sababu ya kutoa accusations hizo hizo kila siku,Kagame yuko mbele kishaamua yeyote kutoka EA ukifika Rwanda hakuna kusumbuliwa na ukipata kazi hakuna haja ya kibali,inasikitisha sana mambo muhimu kama haya ya ushirikiano wa kiuchumi na siasa mnavyoyachukulia kama wacheza bao,uliza wafanyabishara wa Mwanza na Arusha jinsi wanavyotengeneza millions kila siku kwa ajiri ya biashara kati ya Nairobi na Kigali,tafadhari jielimisheni umuhimu wa EA ili hata kama hamtaki muwe na sababu za maana lakini sio kusma wakenya wezi au wanajidai,mna safari ndefu sana inaonekana.
ReplyDeletethis EA isue it did not work and will never work..wht community ...still some country are poor ...hawa wakenya they cant push us hamna muungano bana...africa bado wakati wa kuungana kila mtu abaki ajenge nchio yake...ea til today hata hamjamaliza kulipa mafao ya watu...what are u talking about ea...hatuuhitaji bwana tuina mambo mengi na umaskini siku hadfi siku tujenge nchi yetu kwanza.
ReplyDeleteKICHAA KAPEWA RUNGU HAKUNA KULALA. VYURA WAMEPEWA MAKOROMEO MEMBAMBA KELELE USIKU KUCHA.
ReplyDeleteMichuzi mwambie huyu jamaa akutumie picha yake tumfahamu, jamaa ana ubavu wa kuitetea nchi yake.
ReplyDeletekwa kweli watanzania mwachekesha. Hivi mwataraji kuheshimiwa ikiwa vinywa vyenu vyatema chuki na matusi kiasi hiki? acheni inferiority complex yenu bwana.
ReplyDeleteTanzania ilichukua AICC ambayo ilijengwa na EAC ya kwanza. Sasa AICC imewamea watanzania kiasi cha kuikodishia EAC Mpya maofisi kama ambao ni wageni!! Mbona hayo hamyasemi? Itakuwaje mtu kulipia kodi nyumba yake mwenyewe.
Ni wazi kwamba watanzania hawako tayari kuendelea na EAC. wako tayari kubaki na SADC. Sasa ikiwa mumedhihirisha nia yenu kwa majirani, kwa nini majirani wasijipange mapema?
Enyi watanzania, mumeonyesha kwa matendo, maandishi na mienendo kwamba mwataka kuwanyonya wenzenu. Ndiyo maana mwang'ang'ania EAC HQs kwa maana mwataka kubaki nayo mara tu mtakapoisambaratisha EAC. Majirani zenu wamewagundua. UKWELI MCHUNGU lakini lazima usemwe. Ikiwa kuna watu wenye hawaithamini EAC ni watanzania wenyewe.
We anony wa March 06, nenda kajifunze Kiswahili kwanza.
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