Haters*

A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all
their time trying to make you look small so they can look tall.
They are very negative people to say the least. Nothing is ever
good enough! When you make your mark, you will always attract some
haters…That’s why you have to be careful with whom you share your
blessings and your dreams, because some folk can’t handle seeing you
blessed…

It’s dangerous to be like somebody else…

If God wanted you to be like somebody else, He would have given
you what He gave them! Right? You never know what people have gone
through to get what they have.

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but
they don’t know my story… If the grass looks greener on the other side
of the fence, you can rest assured that the water bill is higher there
too!

We’ve all got some haters among us! People envy you because you can:

Have a relationship with God
Light up a room when you walk in
Start your own business
Tell a man / woman to hit the curb (if he / she isn’t about the right thing)
Raise your children without both parents being in the home

Haters can’t stand to see you happy, Haters will never want to
see you succeed, Haters never want you to get the victory, most of our
haters are people who are supposed to be on our side. How do you handle
your undercover haters?

You can handle these haters by:

1. Knowing who you are & who your true friends are *(VERY IMPORTANT!!)
2. Having a purpose to your life? Purpose does not mean having a job.
You can have a job and still be unfulfilled. A purpose is having
a clear sense of what God has called you to be. Your purpose is not
defined by what others think about you.
3. By remembering what you have is by divine prerogative and not
human manipulation. Fulfill your dreams!

You only have one life to live…when it’s your time to leave this earth,
you ‘want’ to be able to say, ‘I’ve lived my life and fulfilled
‘my’ dreams,… Now I’m ready to go HOME! When God gives you favor, you can
tell your haters, Don’t look at me…Look at Who is in charge of me…’

Maya Angelou

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*Hii poem/shairi imetungwa na mtunzi maarufu Maya Angelou. Mjue kuwa hata waMarekani weusi wanatatizo kubwa ya chuki na wivu. Msidhani hiyo tatizo iko Afrika tu!
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Source: Chemi Che-Mponda Blog

Disability Discrimination should be eradicated!

Disability charities have expressed anger after a number of parents complained that a one-armed children's TV presenter was frightening their kids. Skip related content
Related photos / videos One-Armed CBeebies Host 'Scaring' Children Cerrie Burnell, who was born with one arm, began co-presenting Cbeebies 'Do And Discover' slot with Alex Winters last month.

She has a broad range of success as an actor, both in the theatre and on television.

But parents on online forums have claimed she 'frightens' their children.

Poster Barry wrote: "Is it just me, or does anyone else think the new woman presenter on Cbeebies (Cerrie Burnell) may scare the kids because of her disability?

"I didn't want to let my children watch the filler bits on the bedtime hour last night because I know it would have played on my eldest daughter's mind and possibly caused sleep problems... and yes, this is a serious post."

Other posters suggest the BBC employed Miss Burnell to 'score points' and accused the channel of positive discrimination.

But the vast majority of comments have offered support to the presenter, who they describe as 'lovely' and 'talented'.

"As for Cerrie, I think her being 'disabled' ensures that children are exposed to 'different' people and situations," wrote 'Caligula' on the Digital Spy forum.

Sue Stokes, from the charity Reach, said they were appalled by the negative reaction.

"We are appalled that parents are talking on behalf of their children," she said.

"Children don't notice the differences. The parents need to think about how they would feel if it were their child born without an arm.

"It is great for children with disabilities to see people like them on the television."

A BBC spokesman said nine official complaints had been made about Miss Burnell, who has a four-month-old daughter.

CBeebies controller Michael Carrington said she is 'warm and natural'.

"It's a big ask to entertain millions of children every day," he said.

"We think that in time all mums and dads and children will love her as much as we do."

Miss Burnell was disappointed by the criticism but welcomed the discussion.

"It can only be a good thing that parents are using me as a chance to talk disability with their children," she said.

"It just goes to show how important it is to have positive disabled role models on CBeebies and television in general."


source: yahoo news website

Nov 04, 2008: Remarks from Sen McCain

SEND JOHN McCAIN YOUR THOUGHTS

Remarks from Senator John McCain
November 4, 2008
Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.

My friends, we have -- we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.

In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.

This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.

I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.

A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.

Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer in my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day, though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.

Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences, and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.

Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.

It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought as hard as we could.

And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.

I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.

I am especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother and all my family and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign. I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.

You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign. All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude, and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.

I am also, of course, very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I have ever seen and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength. Her husband Todd and their five beautiful children with their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign. We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.

To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly month after month in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.

I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.

This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life. And my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Senator Obama and my old friend Senator Joe Biden should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.

I would not be an American worthy of the name, should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century. Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone and I thank the people of Arizona for it.

Tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Senator Obama, I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president.

And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.

Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history, we make history.

Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all very much.



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source: www.johnmccain.com

Uwanja Mpya wa Taifa uko tayari sasa

JK akabidhiwa Uwanja

Rais wa Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Watu wa China, Hu Jintao jana alizindua na kukabidhi Uwanja mpya wa Taifa ulioko, jijini, Dar es Salaam kwa serikali ya Tanzania.

Rais Jintao alikabidhi uwanja huo kwa Rais Jakaya Kikwete katika shughuli iliyofanyika uwanjani hapo kuanzia saa tisa alasiri.

Uzinduzi huo, ambao pia ulifanywa kwa pamoja na Rais Kikwete na kushuhudiwa na viongozi mbalimbali akiwemo Rais Mstaafu wa awamu ya tatu, Benjamin Mkapa, ulifanyika jijini Dar es Salaam jana.

Rais Jintao alisema ujenzi wa uwanja huo, ni kiashiria cha ushirikiano mkubwa uliopo kati ya serikali ya China na Tanzania na kwamba nchi yake imekuwa ikifadhili miradi mbalimbali ikiwemo ya sekta za uchumi, afya na miundombinu.

Akimkaribisha Rais Jintao kuzungumza na hadhara hiyo, Rais Kikwete, ambaye alizungumza kwa lugha mbili za Kiingereza na Kiswahili, aliishukuru Serikali ya China kwa msaada huo.

Alisema kuwa ujenzi wa uwanja huo ulifuatia ombi lililotolewa na Rais Mstaafu Mkapa, kwa Rais Jintao mwaka 1998 wakati alipofanya ziara nchini humo.

Alisema yeye ndiye aliyesaini mkataba huo wakati huo alikuwa ni Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa na leo hii ndiye aliyefungua kwa pamoja na Rais Jintao.

Alisema uwanja huo ni kumbukumbu nzuri ya kihistoria ya ushirikiano kati ya Serikali ya Jamuhuri ya Watu wa China na Tanzania.

Hafla hiyo ya takribani saa mbili ilipambwa na vikundi vya ngoma za kitamaduni, bendi ya muziki na nyimbo za kichina ambapo Rais Jintao na Rais Kikwete mara baada ya kumaliza kuzindua uwanja huo walipeana mikono na baadhi ya wasanii.

Mbali na hafla hiyo kushuhudiwa na Rais Mstaafu Mkapa, wengine walioshuhudia ni Waziri Mstaafu wa awamu ya Tatu, Fredrick Sumaye, mawaziri na viongozi wengine wa Serikali na chama.

Uwanja huo ulianza kujengwa mwaka 2005 una uwezo wa kuingiza watu wapatao 60,000, una vikolombwezo kibao vikiwamo televisheni kubwa, chumba cha kinachoweza kutumika ofisi ya Rais na vyoo vipatavyo 3000.


SOURCE: Nipashe 2009-02-16 10:04:36
By Sharon Sauwa

Charles Robert Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)

Throughout 2009, the BBC is celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin with a variety of special programmes. Find out more at bbc.co.uk/darwin.


Charles Darwin was a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world.

Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire into a wealthy and well-connected family. His maternal grandfather was china manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood, while his paternal grandfather was Erasmus Darwin, one of the leading intellectuals of 18th century England.

Darwin himself initially planned to follow a medical career, and studied at Edinburgh University but later switched to divinity at Cambridge. In 1831, he joined a five year scientific expedition on the survey ship HMS Beagle.

At this time, most Europeans believed that the world was created by God in seven days as described in the bible. On the voyage, Darwin read Lyell's 'Principles of Geology' which suggested that the fossils found in rocks were actually evidence of animals that had lived many thousands or millions of years ago. Lyell's argument was reinforced in Darwin's own mind by the rich variety of animal life and the geological features he saw during his voyage. The breakthrough in his ideas came in the Galapagos Islands, 500 miles west of South America. Darwin noticed that each island supported its own form of finch which were closely related but differed in important ways.

On his return to England in 1836, Darwin tried to solve the riddles of these observations and the puzzle of how species evolve. Influenced by the ideas of Malthus, he proposed a theory of evolution occurring by the process of natural selection. The animals (or plants) best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on the characteristics which helped them survive to their offspring. Gradually, the species changes over time.

Darwin worked on his theory for 20 years. After learning that another naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, had developed similar ideas, the two made a joint announcement of their discovery in 1858. In 1859 Darwin published 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.

The book was extremely controversial, because the logical extension of Darwin's theory was that homo sapiens was simply another form of animal. It made it seem possible that even people might just have evolved - quite possibly from apes - and destroyed the prevailing orthodoxy on how the world was created. Darwin was vehemently attacked, particularly by the Church. However, his ideas soon gained currency and have become the new orthodoxy.

Darwin died on 19 April 1882 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.


source: bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/darwin_charles.shtml

Matokeo ya Mitihani kidato cha IV 2008

Kilimanjaro yafanya kufuru matokeo kidato cha nne

Shule za mkoa wa Kilimanjaro zimeongoza katika
kundi la shule 20 zilizofanya vizuri katika matokeo ya mtihani wa Taifa wa Kidato cha Nne yaliyotangazwa jana na Baraza la Taifa la Mitihani, ambayo mwaka huu ufaulu ni wa asilimia 75.8.

Taarifa ya Baraza hilo iliyotolewa kwa vyombo vya habari jana na kusainiwa na Katibu Mtendaji wake, Dk Joyce Ndalichako, jumla ya watahiniwa 233,848 walifanya mtihani huo Oktoba mwaka na waliofaulu ni 168,420.

Katika kundi la shule 20 bora zenye watahiniwa zaidi ya 35 na chini ya 35, mkoa wa Kilimanjaro umeingiza shule sita, ukifuatiwa na Iringa ambayo imeingiza shule nne Dar es Salaam, Singida, Pwani na Kagera zikiingiza shule mbili kila moja. Wakati Mbeya na Tanga zimeingiza shule moja kila moja.

Dk. Ndaliachako katika taarifa yake kinyume cha miaka ya nyuma ambayo hakufanya mkutano na waandishi wa habari kutoa tangazo hilo muhimu, imezitaja shule kumi bora zenye watahiniwa 35 au zaidi kuwa ni sekondari ya wasichana ya St. Francis ya mkoani Mbeya iliyoshika nafasi ya kwanza Marian Girls ya Pwani nafasi ya pili St. Joseph-Kilocha Seminari ya Iringa nafasi ya tatu Uru Seminari ya Kilimanjaro nafasi ya nne na Seminari ya Dungunyi mkoani Singida nafasi ya tano.

Nyingine ni Sekondari ya Wasichana ya Anwarite ya Kilimanjaro nafasi ya sita St. Mary Goreti ya Kilimanjaro nafasi ya saba Sekondari ya Wavulana ya Feza ya jijini Dar es Salaam nafasi ya nane Seminari ya Don Bosco ya Iringa nafasi ya tisa na sekondari ya Rosmini ya Tanga bafasi kumi.

Taarifa hiyo ilitaja shule kumi bora zenye watahiniwa chini ya 35 kuwa ni sekondari ya Scolastica ya Kilimanjaro iliyoshika nafasi ya kwanza.

Feza Girls ya Dar es Salaam nafsai ya pili
Brookebond ya Iringa nafasi ya tatu Bethelsabas Girls ya Iringa nafsai ya nne Maua Seminari ya Kilimanjaro nafasi ya tano Rubya Seminari ya Kagera nafasi sita St. Mary`s Junior seminari ya Pwani nafasi ya saba Katoke Seminari ya Kagera nafasi ya nane Kilomeni Sekindari nafasi ya tisa na St. Carolus ya Singida nafsai ya kumi.

Taarifa hiyo ilitaja shule kumi za mwisho zenye watahiniwa 35 au zaidi ambazo zimepangwa kuanzia ya kwanza hadi ya mwisho kuwa ni: Selembala ya mkoani Morogoro Kilindi ya Pemba Ngwachani ya Pemba Michiga mkoani Mtwara Ummussalama ya Pwani Chunyu ya Dodoma Busi Dodoma Uondwe pemba Nala ya Dodoma na Maawal ya mkoani Tanga.

Kwa mujibu wa taarifa hiyo shule kumi za mwisho zenye watahiniwa chini ya 35 ni Juhudi Academy ya Zanzibar, Mima ya Dodoma, Selenge ya Singida, Kijini ya Zanzibar, Kwamkoro ya Tanga, Kwala ya Pwani, Mtende ya Zanzibar, Ng\'oboko ya Shinyanga, Mbuzini ya Pemba na Sekondari ya Ufundi ya Mwadui Shinyanga.

Kati ya waliofaulu wasichana ni 76,472 na wavulana ni 91,948 na waliofeli mitihani hiyo ni 65,428.

Taarifa hiyo inaonyesha kuwa kuna ongezeko la watahiniwa 3,284 waliofaulu mtihani huo ikilinganishwa na idadi ya waliofaulu mwaka jana.

Hata hivyo, taarifa hiyo ilisema kuwa asilimia ya ufaulu inaonyesha kushuka kwa asilimia 10 kutoka asilimia 85.9 ya mwaka juzi hadi asilimia 75 kwa mwaka jana.

Katika ubora wa ufaulu, wavulana wameongoza kwa waliopata daraja la kwanza na kuwaacha wasichana mbali.

Takwimu za Baraza hilo zinaonyesha kuwa wavulana waliopata daraja la kwanza ni 3,743 wakati wasichana ni 1,578.

Katika matokeo ya mwaka 2007 wavulana waliopata daraja la kwanza walikuwa 4,349 wakati wasichana walikuwa 1,900.

Taarifa hiyo ilisema watahiniwa 41,018 waliofanya mtihani wamefaulu katika daraja la kwanza hadi la tatu ikilinganishwa na watahiniwa 44,348 waliopata madaraja hayo mwaka 2007.

Kwa upande wa ubora wa ufaulu katika masomo ya lazima, wavulana wameongoza katika kufaulu wakiwa ni 56,172 ikilinganishwa na wasichana 40,459 waliofaulu.

Katika somo la Hisabati wavulana waliofaulu ni 26,532 kati ya watahiniwa 85,625 wavulana waliofanya mtihani huo, wakati wasichana waliofaulu ni 11,145 kati ya wasichana 69,214 waliofanya mtihani huo.

Kwa upande wa somo la Kingereza wavulana waliofaulu ni 57,122 kati ya wavulana 86,158 waliofanya mtihani huo, wakati wasichana waliofaulu ni 41,314 kati ya wasichana 69,522 waliofanya mtihani huo.

Katika somo la Baiolojia wavulana waliofaulu ni 46,183 kati ya wavulana 85,510 waliofanya mtihani huo, wakati wasichana waliofaulu ni 25,385 kati ya 69,121 waliofanya mtihani huo.

Wavulana wameendelea kuongoza pia katika somo la Kiswahili ambapo waliofaulu somo hilo ni 69,051 kati ya wavulana waliofanya mtihani huo na wasichana waliofaulu ni 57,960 kati ya 69,512 waliofanya mtihani huo.

Kwa upande wa somo la Jiografia wavulana waliofaulu ni 55,449 kati ya wavulana 86,002 waliofanya mtihani huo wakati wasichana waliofaulu ni 36,256 kati ya wasichana 69,505 waliofanya mtihani huo.

Taarifa hiyo ilionyesha kuwa wavulana wameongoza pia katika somo la Civics ambapo waliofaulu walikuwa 56,172 kati ya wavulana 86,112 waliofanya mtihani huo, wakati wasichana waliofaulu ni 40,459 kati ya wasichana 69,527 waliofanya mtihani huo.

Kwa mujibu wa taarifa hiyo, ufaulu kwa masomo unaonyesha kuwa watahiniwa wamefanya vizuri zaidi katika somo la Kiswahili ambapo asilimia 81.5 ya watahiniwa wamefaulu.

Ufaulu katika somo la Hisabati uko katika kiwango cha chini ambapo ni asilimia 24.3 tu ya watahiniwa waliofaulu somo hilo.

Baraza hilo limesitisha matokeo ya watahiniwa 5,135 ambao hawajalipa ada ya mtihani na kwamba yatatolewa mara watakapolipa.

Pia limesitisha matokeo ya watahiniwa 495 kutokana na wakuu wa shule husika kutolipa ada ya watahiniwa pungufu ya 35 hadi hapo watakapolipa ada wanayodaiwa.

Baraza hilo pia limefuta matokeo ya watahiniwa 347 kwa kubainika kufanya udanganyifu katika mitihani.

(SOURCE: Nipashe, 2009-02-09 10:10:02 Na Joseph Mwendapole)

Mapinduzi ya kijeshi sio mazuri -Jakaya Kikwete

TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI

RAIS Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete jana, Jumanne, Februari 3, 2009, alizima jaribio la kubadilisha msimamo wa Umoja wa Afrika kuhusu mapinduzi ya kijeshi katika Afrika, akisisitiza kuwa kamwe hakuna mapinduzi yoyote ya kijeshi mazuri duniani.



Katika mchango wake uliokatishwa zaidi ya mara nne kwa makofi na mamia ya wajumbe waliofurika katika Ukumbi wa UNCC-ECA mjini Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, kuhudhuria Mkutano wa 12 wa Kawaida wa Umoja wa Afrika (AU), Rais aliwaomba viongozi wenzake wa nchi za Afrika kuwa wakweli katika kujadili masuala muhimu ya maendeleo na ustawi wa Afrika.



Rais Kikwete aliungwa mkono katika hoja yake na baadhi ya viongozi waandamizi wa Afrika akiwamo Rais Idriss Deby wa Chad, Rais Yoweri Kaguta Museveni wa Uganda, na Waziri Mkuu wa Ethopia, Zenawi Meles na hivyo kukatisha mjadala huo.



Rais Kikwete aliingia kati kuzima jaribio hilo baada ya Mwenyekiti mpya wa AU, Kanali Muammar Gaddafi wa Libya, akiungwa mkono na Rais wa Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade kuwasilisha pendekezo kwenye mkutano huo wa kuzirejeshea tena uanachama nchi za Mauritania na Guinea, ambazo zimesimamishwa kwa sababu ya mapinduzi ya kijeshi.



Katika mchango wake, Rais Wade alisema kuwa mapinduzi hasa ya Guinea ni tofauti na mapinduzi mengine ya kijeshi, na kuwa utawala wa kijeshi wa nchi hiyo unaungwa mkono na wananchi.



Rais Wade alitoa uzoefu wake kuhusu utawala huo wa Guinea baada ya kuwa ametembelea nchi hiyo na kudai kuwa aliona jinsi wananchi wa nchi hiyo walivyozitokeza kwa wingi mitaani kumpokea na kuonyesha kuunga mkono utawala huo mpya.



Majeshi katika nchi hizo mbili yalitwaa madaraka katika Guinea na Mauritania mwaka uliopita wakati wa uenyekiti wa Rais Kikwete, ambaye mara moja aliamuru nchi hizo mbili kusimamisha uanachama wa AU kwa mujibu wa maamuzi ya viongozi wa nchi wanachama wa AU.



“Nawaombeni wenzangu tuwe wakweli katika kujadili mambo haya. Ni rahisi sana kwa jeshi kuwapanga watu mitaani na wakashangilia. Na hilo haliweza kuwa msingi wa kubadilisha uamuzi wa msingi kabisa wa Umoja huu,” alisema Rais Kikwete na kuongeza:



“Unaweza kufanya lolote ukiwa na bunduki, na niamini mimi kwa sababu nilipata kuwa jeshini. Chini ya utawala wa kijeshi, unaweza hata kuitisha kura ya maoni na kupata asilimia 99,9. Ndugu zangu hebu tuheshimu misingi mikuu ya Umoja wetu kama tulivyokubaliana.”



“Hakuna mapinduzi mazuri ya kijeshi, na lazima tukomeshe utamaduni wa mapinduzi ya kijeshi. Tusirudi nyuma katika miaka ile ya 1960 na 1970. Mtu anayetaka kuwa rais anatakiwa aingie katika siasa na kuomba ridhaa ya wananchi,” alisema, akisisitiza:



“Kama unataka kuwa Rais, unajiuzulu kutoka jeshini.. kama mimi nilivyofanya tena nikiwa na umri mdogo na sasa nimekuwa Rais. Isitoshe, hawa ni watu wanaosema kuwa watakuwa madaraka kwa muda mfupi…lakini angalia yule Lassana Conte wa Guinea aliahidi miaka miwili, akaishia akishikilia madaraka kwa miaka 24.”



Rais Kikwete, kwa hisia na ufasaha mkubwa alielezea historia ya mapinduzi katika Afrika, akitoa mifano ya karibuni zaidi ya mapinduzi katika nchi za Ivory Coast, Guinea, Madagascar na Mauritania. Mwishoni mwa mjadala hata Rais Gaddafi alibadilisha msimamo na kuunga mkono msimamo wa Rais Kikwete na wenzake.



Rais Kikwete aliungwa mkono mara moja na Rais Deby wa Chad ambaye aliwaambia viongozi wenzake: “Kama alivyosema Rais Kikwete, hakuna mapinduzi ya kijeshi mazuri. Tunapoteza muda tu kujadili jambo hilo ambalo tulikwishakulichukua uamuzi….tuache kuzungumzia suala hili, tunapoteza muda tu…”



Naye Rais Museveni alisema kuwa kazi ya jeshi ni kulinda amani ya nchi. “Sasa hawa badala ya kulinda amani ambao ndio wajibu wao wanajaribu kutawala nchi. Hakuna mapinduzi ya kijeshi mazuri na hayajawahi kutokea katika historia. Mapinduzi ya kijeshi ni jam bo lisilokuwa na maana. Ni jambo lisilokuwa na thamani.”



Alisisitiza: “Tokea mwaka 1963, tumekuwa na watu hawa wa kustajabisha…akina Idi Amin. Tutauua Umoja huu kwa mawazo na mijadala ya ovyo na ajabu kama hii. Tuyakatae mapinduzi katika Afrika…na kwenye hili tuko tayari kutofautiana. Hatuwezi kamwe kuzikubali Guinea na Mauritania kurudisha wanachama mpaka zitimize masharti.”



Museveni alisema kuwa yeye ana uzoefu wa kutosha wa kuendesha Serikali zote mbili, ya kijeshi na iliyoingia madarakani kwa kuchaguliwa na wananchi.



“Niamini mimi. Nimekuwa hata mpiganaji wa misituni (rebel). Lakini mchakato wa uchaguzi ni mzuri, unawalazimisha viongozi kufanya kazi. Lakini watu kama Gaddafi wanaukejeli…Ni muhimu kuwapo uchaguzi. Mimi nimeongoza serikali zote mbili, ya kijeshi na isiyokuwa ya kijeshi, najua ninachokisema,” alisisitiza Rais Museveni.



Naye Waziri Mkuu Meles alisema: “Pengine masuala haya ni muhimu lakini siyo ya lazima. Sisi ni viongozi tuache kushinda tunazunguka tu kuhusu hoja zisizokuwa na msingi na kuhusu suala ambalo tayari limeamuliwa. Tuwe na ajenda, vinginevyo tutakuwa sawa na wasusi wa nywele wa jadi katika Ethiopia, ambao kwa sababu wana muda tokea asubuhi hadi jioni, na kwa sababu hawana ajenda, huzungumzia jambo lolote linaloingia kichwani.”



“Hii ni mikutano ya kuzungumzia mambo muhimu na ya maana. Siyo nafasi ya kuja na kupiga picha kwa baadhi ya viongozi,” alisema Meles.

(source: www.tanzania.go.tz/pressrelease/Rais1.htm)