Wewe,kama ilivyo kwangu na watu wengine wengi,hupenda kuutumia muda wa mwisho wa wiki(weekend) katika kutafakari mambo kadhaa ambayo yametokea katika wiki na pia kupanga mikakati kwa ajili ya wiki ijayo.Unaweza kuwaza ukiwa umepumzika na marafiki,ndugu au jamaa na pia unaweza kuwaza ukiwa peke yako.Haijalishi ulipo kwani kuwaza ni kuwaza tu.

Leo au weekend hii nakuomba uwaze kuhusu hili.Una mchango gani katika hali ambayo unaiona katika picha hiyo hapo juu?Umechangia namna gani katika kutatua tatizo hilo au kulianzisha?Unalo jambo ambalo unaweza kulifanya au ungependa nawe kuwa miongoni mwa walalamikaji tu? Inawezekana kwamba ile rushwa uliyotoa au kupokea juzi ni mchango mmojawapo katika kuanza na kukomaa kwa tatizo hili? Unayo furaha ya miaka 50 ya Uhuru wa Bara katika hali hii?

BC’s Weekend Thought:Uwe na weekend njema

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INVITATION TO FACULTY OF LAW GOLDEN JUBILEE ACTIVITIES AND CLIMAX CEREMONY

Esteemed Alumni, Former and Current Staff, Stakeholders and Friends of the Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam

In the week of 17^th to 22^nd October 2011, the Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam will be organising events to mark 50 years of its establishment. The highlights of the activities are:

• 17^th and 18^th October 2011: The Inauguration ceremony and Symposium on ‘Constitutionalism and Constitution Making in Tanzania which will be addressed by experts from within and outside the country.
  
• 18^th October 2011: Faculty of Law Open Day: Book Launch, Exhibitions and Moot Court.
  
• 19^th and 21^st October 2011: A Colloquium on 50 Years of Pioneering Scholarship and Legal Education in East Africa which will be addressed by, among others first members of the staff of the Faculty of Law.
  
• 20^th October 2011: Graduation Ceremony for Postgraduate and Honorary degreed (University Programme)
  
• 22^nd October 2011: Climax of celebrations including A Procession of Alumni, addressed, entertainment, awards and recognition ceremony and Alumni reunion. Official Attire for Lawyers is highly encouraged.
  

On behalf of the Faculty of Law, I cordially invite all alumni, former and present staff both academic and administrative, members of the legal profession, stakeholders and friends to attend all or some of the above events. In particular, I would like to urge the Alumni WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY to attend the climax celebration events.

For further information you may call: Ms. Asina Omari: +255713453639 or Reginald Mhango +255 7548000043. Email: fol50@udsm.ac.tz ,

Prof. Palamagamba John KABUDI

Dean & Chair, Faculty of Law Golden Jubilee Organizing Committee (GOJOC)

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Dr. Jane Goodall will on July 21, 2010 make a public lecture on Environment & Humanitarian issues at State University Zanzibar(SUZA), Vuga Campus- the main lecture room at 11.00am. Thus, all public and reporters are welcome to participate and share interested information.

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall, DBE (born 3 April 1934), is a British
primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. She is well-known for and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, and for founding the Jane Goodall Institute.

She obtained a Ph.D degree in Ethology in 1965 from Cambridge University. She is one of only nine people to receive a Ph.D without first obtaining a BA or B.Sc. Her Thesis Advisor was Robert Hinde.Goodall was set on the path of chimpanzee study by Louis Leakey.

She became the first of “Leakey’s Angels” when she began her first field study of chimpanzee culture in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Goodall had always been passionate about animals and Africa, which brought her to the farm of a friend in the Kenya highlands in 1957.

From there, she obtained work as a secretary, but acting on her friend’s advice she telephoned Louis Leakey with no other thought than to make an appointment to discuss animals.

The call was far-reaching in its impact. Leakey, believing that the study of existing great apes could provide indications of the behaviour of early hominids, was looking for a chimpanzee researcher but he kept the idea to himself for a time. Instead, he proposed that Goodall work for him as a secretary. Louis sent Goodall to Olduvai Gorge, where he confessed his plans.

In 1958, Leakey sent Goodall to London to study primate behavior with Osman Hill and primate anatomy with John Napier. In 1959, Leakey became romantic about Goodall, but she refused him firmly. Neither bore any ill will. The funds were found in that year, and in 1960 Goodall went to Gombe with her mother Vanne Morris-Goodall.

Goodall has received many honors for her environmental and humanitarian work, as well as others. She was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in a ceremony held in Buckingham Palace in 2004. In April 2002, Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Dr. Goodall a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Other honors include the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the French Legion of Honor, Medal of Tanzania, Japan‘s prestigious Kyoto Prize, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, the Gandhi-King Award for Nonviolence and the Spanish Prince of Asturias Awards. She is also a member of the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine. In 2002, the Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario dedicated a walking trail, highlighting some of the city’s efforts to rehabilitate environmental damage from the local mining industry, to Goodall.

On 7 July 2007 Goodall presented at Live Earth. In April 2008, Goodall was awarded the Montana State University Medal for Global and Visionary Leadership

Photo:Robert Gray/Getty Images AsiaPac

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Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Global Publishers & General Enterprises Ltd na mjasiriamali, Bw. Eric Shigongo(pichani), anatarajiwa kuhutubia nchini Marekani katika Mkutano maalum ulioandaliwa na Watanzania waishio nchini humo (Diaspora Council of Tanzanians in America – DICOTA).

Katika mkutano huo unaotarajiwa kufanyika kwa muda wa siku nne kuanzia Julai 1, mwaka huu katika jiji la Minneapolis, Marriott Hotel, Minnesota, Rais wa Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar, Mh. Aman Abeid Karume, amealikwa kuwa mgeni rasmi. Viongozi wengine watakaohudhuria mkutano huo ni pamoja na maofisa waandamizi na wafanyabishara wakubwa kutoka Serikali ya Tanzania na Marekani.

Aidha, Mwenyekiti Mtendaji wa makampuni ya IPP, Bw. Reginald Abraham Mengi, naye ni miongoni mwa wageni waalikwa wa mkutano huo ambao unafanyika kwa mara ya pili nchini humo ukiwakutanisha Watanzania waishio ughaibuni. Mada mbalimbali zitatolewa na Watanzania waishio ndani na nje ya Marekani.

Katika mkutano huo, Bw. Shigongo anatarajiwa kutoa mada itakayoelezea jinsi ya kufanikiwa kiuchumi katika mazingira ya Tanzania na anatarajiwa kuwahamasisha Watanzania waishio ughaibuni kuwekeza nyumbani Tanzania.

Katika siku za hivi karibuni, Bw. Shigongo amejipatia umaarufu kwa kutoa elimu, ushauri kwa vijana na wanafunzi wa shule za msingi, sekondari na vyuo vikuu nchini kupitia mikutano na hafla mbalimbali anazoandaa au kualikwa kwa lengo la kutoa elimu ya ujasiriamali kwa vijana wa kitanzania.

Kwa taarifa zaidi juu ya mkutano huo tafadhali tembelea ukurasa wa Diaspora Council of Tanzanians in America-DICOTA)

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Diary of Kelly Rowland from mtv staying alive on Vimeo.

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Obama anaweza kuwa anaongea na kundi fulani tu la watu lakini akawa anatoa ujumbe mkali kwa jamii mbalimbali.Cha msingi labda ni kusikiliza kwa makini na kufanya tathmini makini. Hivi majuzi Obama alialikwa na kutoa hotuba wakati wa kusherekea miaka 100 ya chombo muhimu cha Wamarekani Weusi kinachoitwa NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

Katika hotuba yake,Obama aliongelea mengi.Muhimu zaidi ambalo naamini hata sisi watanzania tunaweza kujihusisha nalo ni suala la elimu kwa watoto wetu,jamii zetu. Ulimwengu wa leo,wa ushindani wa namna hii,unahitaji elimu makini.Je tunafanyaje katika hilo? Viongozi wetu wanatupeleka wapi? Hebu tujiulize, tangu marais wetu waliofuatia baada ya J.K.Nyerere wametusaidia kujenga maktaba ngapi? Hivi unajua jiji la Dar-es-salaam lina maktaba ngapi?

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Mwezi wa Mei mwaka huu,Freddy aliitikia wito wa kurudi nyumbani Tanzania na kugawana na wengine ujuzi mbalimbali alionao katika masuala ya uandishi,fasihi, muziki, maisha ya ughaibuni, mazoezi,afya na chakula bora. Alifanya hivyo kupitia semina mbalimbali alizoziendesha pale British Council,Soma Cafe(Mikocheni), Shule ya Sekondari Mwandege na Nyumba ya Sanaa.

Semina alizozifanya Macha ziliandaliwa na Jarida jipya la Lucky-Ideas For Living.Freddy anatarajiwa kurudi tena Tanzania mwezi Septemba mwaka huu ili kuendesha semina zingine.Usikose

Freddy Macha akiongelea uandishi wa vitabu na makala.Hapa ilikuwa Nyumba ya Sanaa jijini Dar-es-salaam.

Freddy akimuelekeza mmoja miongoni mwa waliohudhuria semina jinsi ya kufanya mazoezi ya tumbo.

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Ni wazi kwamba tukiuliza swali kwamba kwanini Tanzania bado ni nchi ambayo,pamoja na rasilimali zote ilizonazo,bado haijaweza kupata maendeleo ya kiuchumi inayostahili,majibu yatakuwa ni mengi na pengine yanayotofautiana sana.Pamoja na tofauti ambazo zinaweza kujitokeza tunapojadiliana, mijadala ya namna hiyo ni muhimu kufanyika kwani inatupa mwanga wa nini pengine kifanyike ili tusije warithisha wanetu nchi ambayo hata wakitaka kuiuza,wasipate mnunuzi.

Miongoni mwa watu ambao wanatarajiwa kuchochea mijadala kama hiyo ni pamoja na wasomi mbalimbali tulionao.Haishangazi basi kusikia kwamba leo Prof.Issa Shivji(pichani) anatarajiwa kuzindua kitabu kinachoainisha mambo mbalimbali yanayosababisha nchi yetu kutopata maendeleo makubwa ya kiuchumi tangu tupate uhuru miaka arobaini na ushee iliyopita.Kwa habari zaidi bonyeza hapa.

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Hakuna ubishi kwamba kijana Hamis Mwinjuma au maarufu kama MwanaFalsafa(MwanaFA) ni miongoni mwa wanamuziki wa muziki wa kizazi kipya ambao wamefanikiwa.MwanaFA amefanikiwa sio tu kufikisha ujumbe alioukusudia kwa jamii bali pia kuwa na uwezo wa kuendesha maisha yake kupitia muziki.Miziki yake imekuwa ikiimbwa na watu wa rika mbalimbali.Hayo nayo ni mafanikio.

Pamoja na mafanikio ya kimuziki au kisanii aliyonayo MwanaFA,anabakia kuwa mfano wa kuigwa linapokuja suala zima la elimu,muziki na maisha.Hivi karibuni alithibitisha hilo pale alipoamua kurejea tena shule.Safari hii ameelekea nchini Uingereza.

Nini kinamsukuma kijana huyu katika nyanja ya elimu? Na je hivi karibuni alipoachia wimbo unaokwenda kwa jina “Msiache Kuongea” alikuwa anamjibu Inspekta Haruni?Anazungumziaje maisha ya nchini Uingereza?Fuatana nasi katika mahojiano haya mafupi na MwanaFA

BC: Pamoja na mafanikio mazuri katika muziki kule Bongo bado umeamua kurudi tena shule.Nini kinakusukuma?Hapo UK umeenda kusomea nini na katika chuo gani?

FA: Kuna mengi yanafanya nifanye nnachofanya.Lakini kubwa na la msingi zaidi ni kuwa na nguzo nyingine kwa ajili ya maisha ninayoishi(Plan B).Kama unavyojua muziki pamoja na kuwa unakwenda vizuri lakini hautabiriki sana.Ni ngumu kujihakikishia nafasi ya moja kwa moja kwa angalau miaka 10 ijayo.

Na zaidi ni kuwa naona kama kuna muda mwingi kama msanii wa kibongo nakuwa naupoteza kwa kutofanya chochote baada ya kurekodi(ambayo sio kila siku),kufanya shows(mara nyingi huwa weekends),matangazo(mara chache kama una bahati) na interviews ambazo nazo sio kila siku.Kwa hiyo kwenye wiki kunakuwa na muda mwingi unaenda bure ambao nimeona ni vyema nikautumia kufanya kitu kitakachozalisha.
Hapa UK nasoma Msc Finance na nipo Coventry University.

BC: Una mpango gani na muziki kwa hivi sasa?Kama utaendeleza muziki na shule vilevile,lini labda wapenzi watarajie albamu yako mpya?

FA: Nimeacha album ikiwa tayari,inaitwa ‘mabibi na mabwana’ na naomba maswali kuhusu hiyo ayajibu Hermy B,ndio ipo mikononi mwake..sijapumzika kabisa muziki,ila nimepunguza kiwango ninachoufanya kwa sababu ya umbali.Ngoma zitaendelea kushuka kama kawa..patience kidogo inahitajika nitulize haya ya kwa Bi Eliza kwanza.

BC: Katika wimbo ulioutoa hivi karibuni kabla hujaondoka Bongo(ukishirikiana na Lady Jay Dee),inaelekea kwa namna fulani umemjibu Inspekta Haruni na wengineo wengi.Kwanini umefanya hivyo ikizingatiwa kwamba ulishasema siku za nyuma kwamba hutomjibu?

FA: Kama utakuwa umeniskiza vizuri sikumjibu..nilisema ‘…nisemeni hadharani hata bila hoja kama Inspekta’,nikimaanisha natoa ruhusa kwa kila mtu kunisema hata kama hana sababu za msingi za kufanya hivyo kama alivyofanya jamaa.Na,aina ya mziki tunayoifanya hairuhusu kabisa unyonge,ilikuwa haki yangu ya kimsingi.Watu wengi wanaongea vitu vingi vibaya siku hizi,hivyo inabidi niwaambie najisikiaje wakifanya hivyo.

Ukweli ni kuwa hawaingii kwenye lines zangu za maisha na wananipa nguvu na hasira za kufanya vyema zaidi.Na sio kwangu mwenyewe,kila mtu ana matatizo yanayofanana na yangu kwa namna moja ama nyingine kwa hiyo anaweza kuitumia kimpango wake.

BC: Umekuwa ukiingia na kutoka nchini Uingereza mara kadhaa.Ni mambo gani ambayo unadhani unayafurahia hapo UK na ambayo labda nchini kwetu tungeyaiga yangesaidia katika kusukuma mbele gurudumu la maendeleo?

FA: Uingereza kama nchi imejipanga.Ni dunia ya kwanza.Kuna mengi tunaweza jifunza,siwezi hata kuorodhesha.Lakini napenda namna wanavyoheshimu utawala na nguvu za sheria.Natamani kwetu kungekuwa hivi kwa kuanzia.

BC: Una mpango wowote wa kushirikiana kimuziki na wasanii wa hapo UK?Ni kina nani ambao unawazimia?

FA: Muziki wa UK hauendani sana na wa kwetu.Wana muziki tofauti na sisi.Pamoja na umbali wa kimaendeleo waliotuacha nao sijui hata wanamuziki 10 wa hapa.Hata rap/hiphop ya hapa siamini kama inapendwa mahala pengine popote zaidi ya UK.Haina mafanikio makubwa nje ya hapa.

Hata hivyo napenda mziki wa Lemar na Jay Sean na natamani nifanye nao kitu kama ninavyotamani kuifanya hii shughuli na 2face.

Nimekutana na Amit(Mentor) ambaye apparently ndio amemtoa Jay Sean(japo sasa Jay amepata record deal Cash Money),na tunajaribu kuona nawezaje kufanya mawili matatu toka nyumba yake ya muziki.Huwezi jua..nasubiri nione kitakachotokea!

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