Hatma ya EPA:

Marekani:

Kikwete awe mkali

*Yataka sheria ziachwe zifuate mkondo wake 

*Yasubiri uamuzi kuhusu sakata la ufisadi 

*Yaguswa na usanii wa kampuni ya Richmond 

*Yaahidi Rais Obama au McCain kuja nchini 

Na Hassan Abbas 

BALOZI wa Marekani nchini, Bw. Mark Green amekuwa mwanadiplomasia wa kwanza nchini kumshauri Rais Jakaya Kikwete kuhusu nini anachopaswa kukifanya saa chache kabla hajaamua hatima ya waliokwapua mabilioni kwenye Akaunti ya Madeni ya Nje (EPA). 

Balozi Mark Green

Balozi Green aliyesisitiza kuwa mafisadi si watu wa kuachwa hata kama ni vigogo na kutaka sheria zichukue mkondo wake, ameifafanulia Majira jinsi alivyoguswa baada ya kuona kampuni ya kimarekani ya Richmond ilivyohusika katika utata kwenye sekta ya umeme nchini. 

Balozi Green alisema hayo jana katika mahojiano maalumu na gazeti hili ofisini kwake Dar es Salaam kuzungumzia masuala mbalimbali kuhusu uchaguzi wa Marekani, mtikisiko wa uchumi, hali ya kisiasa nchini na mtazamo wake kuhusu wagombea, maseneta Barack Obama na John McCain. 

Bofya  na endelea>>>>>

Na Imelda Mtema

Lile sakata la Miss Tanzania 2008, Nasreen Karim kudaiwa kutembea na mume wa mtu aitwaye Mwinyi Ahmed limefikia tamati kufuatia Mhariri wa gazeti hili na uongozi wa Kampuni ya Global Publishers, kuwakutanisha wawili hao na kuongea nao huku akiwataka kuvunja uhusiano wao haramu....

bofya na endelea>>>>>

Leo ni leo,

asemaye kesho

mwongo!

Jua Kali (Cali)

Mjini Oslo

31 Oktoba 2008

Saa 22.00 -  03.00

Kirkegata 34

Kiingilio kr. 100,-

Kashfa ya EPA:

Warioba, Lipumba

waijia juu serikali

Na Peter Edson na Noya Kizito

WAZIRI Mkuu wa zamani, Joseph Warioba amesema anashangazwa na kitendo cha serikali kufanya mazungumzo na wezi fedha kwenye Akaunti ya Madeni ya Nje (EPA) badala ya kuwafikisha mahakamani akisema kufanya hivyo ni kuligawa taifa katika matabaka, ikiwa ni siku moja kabla ya muda wa mwisho waliopewa kurejesha fedha hizo.

Warioba, ambaye amekuwa akikemea rushwa, ukosefu wa uadilifu kwa viongozi wa umma na kuunga mkono harakati za kutetea wanyonge, alikuwa akizungumza kwenye kongamano la Haki za Binadamu lililomalizika jana jijini Dar es salaam.

Wakati Warioba akisema hayo, mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Wananchi (CUF), Ibrahim Lipumba pia alizungumzia suala hilo alipoitaka serikali kuwafikisha mahakamani wote waliochota fedha hizo, badala ya kuwasamehe wale watakaokuwa wamezirejesha kabla ya siku ya mwisho iliyowekwa na Rais Jakaya Kikwete ambayo ni kesho....bofya na endelea>>>>

UFIKISHAJI MAHAKAMANI MAFISADI WA EPA Vigogo wa Kagoda, Jeetu Patel waogopwa Yadaiwa ushahidi dhidi yao 'dhaifu' 'Kondoo wa kafara' ndiyo watakaoshitakiwa ZIKIWA zimebakia siku mbili kwisha kwa muda uliotolewa kwa timu ya Rais iliyokabidhiwa jukumu la kuchunguza wizi wa fedha katika Akaunti ya Madeni ya Nje (EPA) ndani ya Benki Kuu ya Tanzania, watuhumiwa wakuu watatu wa wizi huo wanaelekea kuumiza vichwa vya viongozi na watendaji wakuu serikalini na ndani ya chama tawala cha CCM kutokana na nguvu kubwa waliyonayo........bofya na endelea>>>>>.

Hali mbaya ya uchumi

wa dunia yaikumba

Norway..

Kampuni ya ndege ya

Sterling yafilisika!

Hali mbaya ya uchumi inayoendelea hivi sasa duniani imeikumba Norway. Jana kampuni ya usafiri wa ndege ya Sterling  iliyokuwa na makao yake makuu Iceland, imefilisika. Kufilisika kwa Sterling kunatabiriwa kuwa ni hali ambayo itaathiri kila sekta ya uchumi na biashara hapa Norway. Hayo pia yalidhihirishwa na Gavana wa Benki Kuu ya Norway, Bw. Svein Gjedrum, ambaye alisema kuwa hali itazidi  kuwa mbaya kwa siku zijazo. Uchumi utazorota, watu watafukuzwa kazi hivyo watu wajitayarishe kwa hilo.

********************************

Dear customers, employees and other stakeholders,

During the last few weeks, the management, board of directors, and the shareholder of Sterling Airlines A/S have been fighting a battle to keep the company alive. Sadly, this has not had a positive outcome, and we have therefore decided to file for bankruptcy which will be done later today.

Background

During the last three years, Sterling Airlines A/S has been through a lot of changes and since acquired by new shareholders in spring 2005 the company has taken on a merger with Maersk Air A/S.  In 2005, the total loss of both airlines exceeded 800 MDKK and both owners wanted out one way or the other.  Therefore, all jobs in both airlines were at stake and so was also the competitive landscape in Scandinavian aviation since only the presence of a low cost carrier would ensure healthy competition and pricing on the market. 

The merger process started in the autumn of 2005 and lasted until mid-year 2006, and by that time we employed over 1,200 employees with far more job security than before, and we had expanded our route network to enable more customers in Scandinavia to travel for less money. 

Our operation was progressing positively and our finances were improving considering the massive losses that had been encountered in the preceding years.  In 2007, we were doing very well and saw that more and more customers were choosing Sterling, and we ended the year with a positive EBITDA (operational profit) for the first time in many years. 

Oil and financial crisis

With the global financial recession that started in the autumn of 2007, Sterling by winter 2007 – 2008 was seeing signs of stagnation in the market. Significant fuel cost increases, and at the same time a planned heavy expansion of our activities, made us more exposed than we would have been otherwise. 

By spring 2008, the airline industry was hit by decreasing demand and rapidly increasing fuel prices. That led to Sterling accumulating large losses. During summer and autumn the management of Sterling implemented a restructuring plan of the company resulting in a reduction in fleet and manpower, and a pull-out of a lot of loss-making activities, without compromising our services. The full effect of these actions were planned to have impact start of 2009. 

To get the company restructured, the shareholder of Sterling gave financial support from the end of July 2008 to the end of September 2008 transferring 444.5 million DKK to the company. The plan was to continue financial support into 2009.  On the 29^th September 2008, the Icelandic financial environment started to collapse. Over a 3 to 4 weeks period, the whole financial system melted down, and that resulted in our shareholder being unable to continue his support to the company. Negotiations have been conducted with several potential investors, but it was impossible to make ends meet.  The inevitable result is that Sterling Airlines A/S has no option but to file for bankruptcy. 

Sterling Airlines’ trademark has always been excellent staff and service. Among the staff the Sterling spirit will continue to exist.  We have made our mistakes over the years. But hopefully we have done more right than wrong, and at least we have made the market more competitive to the benefit of our customers.

Information to Sterling Passengers

Customers who have directly purchased their tickets on Sterling’s website will unfortunately not be refunded neither will their return flights. You therefore have to book your return flights with another airline company.

If you have paid for a flight by credit card, we advise you to contact your bank or credit card company to ask for a possible refund.

Customers who have booked their flights through a travel agency or tour operator should initially contact them.

Passengers who have booked their tickets through Sterling, but is flying with Norwegian, should contact Norwegian directly on one of the below phone numbers:

+47 21490015 (from outside Norway)

815 21 815 (from Norway)

Passengers currently staying abroad in hotels, or hiring a car through Sterling business partners, are still able to stay in their hotel or keep the hired car for the relevant period of time, as such services are paid for through our business partners and not Sterling. However as for your return flight, you will need to find alternatives for your final destination.

Please note that if you have booked your travel/hotel/car through a travel agency or tour operator, please contact them upon your return for possible refund of expenses for your return flight.

We understand that most travel insurance does not protect holders from airline insolvency but should you have taken insurance please contact your insurance company for clarification. 

We will later put on a FAQ and hope that this will help you in this very unfortunate situation.

Sterling Airlines A/S

29^th October 2008

FAQ www.sterling.com

Mikhail Saakashvili,

Georgia´s President in Oslo

Mikhail Saakashvili, embattled president of Georgia, paid a visit to Norway's top officials on Wednesday, and firmly blamed Russia for an armed military conflict in August.

The tensions between Georgia and Russia no longer top the news scene like they did last summer, having given way to the drama surrounding the international financial crisis. But for the Georgians, the conflict remains very much at the top of their agenda.

Saakashvili brought his message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who wasn't willing to place blame himself.

"There is disagreement about what happened in August, and there have been serious accusations made from both sides," Stoltenberg said. "Therefore we need an independent, international investigation."

Stoltenberg said he was glad Saakashvili was positive about such an investigation. "If it results in findings that there has been a serious violation, this will of course be a case for an international court," he said.

Georgia launched a major attack on South Ossetia, which has tried to break out of the republic with assistance from Russia. Saakashvili claims an international investigation will reveal that the war was "a clear case of aggression by a large country."

Stoltenberg welcomed the Georgian leader to Oslo. Saakashvili was also meeting King Harald at the palace.

Aftenposten English Web Desk/NTB

JUA CALI - KENYA BEST

MC COMING TO

OSLO NORWAY 

I was born Paul Nunda on the 12th of September 1979.I started rapping when I was in Jamhuri high school but I was not that actively involved in music. After finishing school in 1998 that´s when I got active into music. 

I hooked up with Clemo my childhood friend and started calif records in the year 2000.At first I was meant to be a producer and look for guys who would rap. We hooked up with a few guys but things did not work out coz they did not have faith in us. So with pressure from clemo and a few friends I was forced to pick up the mic myself. And in the year 2001 'JUACALI' was born.

Basically the name 'JUACALI' comes from my estate. It simply means 'know California ' coz so many guys don’t know where calif is. I released my first song 'RUKA' a dedication to Calif the same year which to our surprise went on to top the charts. In 2002 I released my second single NIPEASALI, which also did well on the local charts. In 2003 I decided to lay low for a while and do videos for my previous songs. By mid 2003 I had done videos for 'RUKA' and 'NIPEASALI'. 

That´s when things started opening up and people started to appreciate calif records more. In 2004 I released my third single 'NIKIPOTEA TENA, which blew up like nitro. Basically the song was a big up to all the towns we had toured in 2003. Mid 2004 I hooked up with Pilipili a guy who had just signed with Calif records and did a party joint called 'KAMATA DAME' which blew up like crazy. 

It topped the charts on all radio stations. You can still hear it in clubs and in all matatus. And the video a luch production is one of the hottest videos ever produced in Kenya . I have just released a mini album 'juacalisekta the mini album' which contains my old songs and a new song featuring Jimwat.The mini album is currently doing well on the underground scene. Am now putting the final touches on my full album 'JUACALISEKTA' hopefully it will be out by midyear. So watch out!

Theluji ya kwanza

yaanguka kusini na

mashariki ya Norway 

kwa vishindo!!!

Walioathirika ni waendesha magari (kama hiyo picha hapo juu inavyoonyesha) waliokuwa wanasubiri hadi wikiendi hii  ili wabadili matairi ya majira ya Kiangazi na kuweka matairi ya theluji.  Magari mengi yamekwama barabarani leo kwa sababu hayakuwa na matairi yanayostaili. Theluji imeanguka nyingi na kulikuwa na utelezi!!!

 

 

Major overhaul planned

for exam system

SEBASTIAN MRINDOKO 

Dar es Salaam 

THE country’s exam system will soon undergo a radical shake-up following recent leakages of secondary school examination papers, THISDAY can reveal today. 

Government sources say a major overhaul is expected to be done at the Dar es Salaam-based National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA), which is the main body responsible for curbing pupils’ cheating. 

’’Massive changes are coming at NECTA ... Preliminary investigations show that there are various systematic failures and weaknesses in handling exam papers, which is critical for avoiding leakages,’’ said a source familiar with the planned changes....more>>>>>

Obama anazingua

Watu duniani…!!??

Mshambuliaji wa Kimataifa wa Yanga, Benny Mwalala amedai bao alilofunga dhidi ya Simba katika mchezo wa Ligi Kuu ya Tanzania Bara, mwishoni mwa wiki liliwekwa kimiani na mgombea urais wa Marekani kupitia Chama cha Democratic, Barack Obama....bofya na endelea>>>>>

Je, umebadili matairi?

Ule muda umefika.

Nyevunyevu za theluji

zimeanza kuanguka..

barabara zinateleza...

muda wa kubadili matairi

ya majira ya Kiangazi

hadi ya theluji hapa Norway

ni Novemba Mosi.

Mpe nyama ya ulimi uone!

Wiki iliyopita niliguswa sana na maoni yenu mliyoniandikia. Nataka nisema ahsante sana kwa wale wote mliotumia muda wenu kuniandikia na hata wale ambao mlishuka tu kumalizia kuisoma makala ile mpaka mwisho.

Lakini si hivyo tu, bali naomba pia nisema ahsante tena kwako kwa kuendelea kupitisha macho hapa na leo nakuja na maneno matamu ya kumpa mpenzi wako.

Wakale watakwambia "...Nenda kampe nyama ya ulimi mumeo utaona." Na kama utakumbua hata wiki iliyopita niligusia hili.

Sasa taratibu mwenzangu, usije ukakimbilia buchani, utachekwa; nyama ya ulimi kwa mwanamme ni yale maneno matamu anayopenda kuyasikia. Na ndiyo ambayo nataka nikuonyeshe leo nguvu ya maneno hayo.

Kule kwetu Tanga tunaambiwa si maneno tu kuwa matamu bali hata sauti ya manano hayo kwa mumeo shurti ivutie ati, ibadilishe kidogo iwe na deko deko. Ujue kubembeleza, uje kutumia maneno hayo matamu kumpumbaza mumeo, na ikibidi hata kupata unachotaka.

Wanawake wa mjini bwana huwa wanakosea hapo tu, na ndo' maana utasikia... "Loh mwanamke wa pwani akikuchukulia mume shoga sahau..." Kwani basi unadhani wanafanya mambo ya ajabu sana basi... Ni hiyo hiyo nyama ya ulimi ndio wanayotumia.

Maneno matamu kwa mumeo ni yale yanayotoka mdomoni kwa upole, kwa utaratibu yakiwa na ujumbe mzito wa kusifia, kutia moyo na kushukuru; hapo mwanamme umefikisha shosti......bofya na endelea>>>>>

Personalized plates

finally come to Norway

Nearly forty years after they debuted in places like California, personalized license plates can soon start adorning cars in Norway. Some Norwegians are already calling them an "ego trip," others think they'll just be plain fun.

RELATED STORIES:

Transport Minister shifts gears on 'vanity' plates - 27.06.2008

No 'vanity' plates in Norway - 25.06.2008

It was back in the early 1970s that Californians started sporting plates like "10SNE1" (Tennis, anyone?). The trend spread through the US, and eventually overseas.

Norway is coming a bit late to the game, and not without controversy. Some egalitarian-minded Norwegians, who don't always value those who stick out in a crowd, have been skeptical to the idea and Transport Minister Liv Signe Navarsete initially vetoed a plan to introduce personalized plates (also known as "vanity plates" in some areas). "Fancy plates are just vanity," she told news bureau NTB last year. "I don't want a system here in Norway where car owners can buy themselves a special plate."

But when it became clear that the state could generate more needed revenues by producing such plates, and that public opinion was against her, she changed her tune.Highway officials are now working on a new data system that, when introduced next year, likely will allow Norwegians to create and order their own personalized plates.

Motorists will need to pay extra to do so. That in turn can bring in more money for needed highway projects.

It remains unclear how much the extra fee will be for personalized plates, but newspaper Aftenposten reported it likely will be around NOK 300 (about USD 40). Earlier reports have speculated it will be much more.

Plates stick with the motorist
The plates also will stay with the motorist ordering them, not with the car itself. So if the motorist sells his or her vehicle, the plates will be removed and can be remounted on another car. That's a change from the current system in Norway.

Ivar Fjeldberg, chief engineer for the state highway department, said it hasn't yet been decided how many numbers or letters can be used on a plate. Today's maximum is seven.

Motorists are fairly free to let their imaginations run wild, but state officials won't allow any phrases that can be considered offensive.

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund

Je, tutafika kweli?

Baadhi ya wanafunzi katika darasa hili huko Zanzibar wakisoma huku wamekaa kwenye sakafu kutokana na upungufu wa madawati. Picha na Mdau Mrocky Mrocky

A woman admires her face through a mirror as a Maasai beads vendor decorates her before buying a necklace along Tandamti Street in Kariakoo area in 

Dar es Salaam. 

Photo: Courtsey of ThisDay online.

Young Africans (Yanga)

”Daima mbele,

nyuma mwiko”

yamaliza uteja

kwa Simba

Mchezaji wa Yanga Ben Mwalala akipachika bao wavuni huku kipa wa Simba Amani Simba akiuangalia bila bila kufanya lolote katika mchezo wa Ligi Kuu uliofanyia jana 

Dar es Salaam. YANGA 1, SIMBA 0.

...........................

UIMARA wa kipa Mzungu, Obren Curkovic, vurugu, imani za kishirikina na matukio yakiwamo ya mashabiki kurusha uwanjani chupa za maji ni baadhi ya matukio ambayo yalitawala mechi ya Ligi Kuu ya Vodacom iliyomaliza miaka karibu minane ya ubabe wa Simba dhidi ya Yanga.
Katika mchezo huo ambao ulikuwa gumzo na ubishi mkubwa miongoni mwa mashabiki, Yanga imefaulu kushinda kwa bao 1-0 katika Uwanja Mkuu wa Taifa, Dar es Salaam.

Mchezo huo uliokuwa wenye ushindani, ufundi mkubwa ikilinganishwa na mechi zinazohusisha timu hizo, Yanga walipata bao, dakika ya 15 kupitia kwa Ben Mwalala baada ya kupokea pasi ya Boniface Ambani ambaye aliwatoroka mabeki wa Simba.

Kabla ya ushindi wa leo, kwa mara ya mwisho Yanga kuifunga Simba katika Ligi Kuu, ni Agosti 5, mwaka 2000, kwa Yanga kushinda 2-0.

Sept 1, 2001, Simba 1, Yanga 0.

Agosti 18, 2002, Simba 1, Yanga 1.

Sept.  28, 2003 Simba 2, Yanga 2

Novemba 2, 2003 Simba 0, Yanga 0

Agosti 7, 2004 Simba 2, Yanga 1

Sept 18, 2004, Simba 1, Yanga 0

Aprili 17, 2005, Simba 2, Yanga 1

Agosti 21, 2005 Simba 2, Yanga 0

Oktoba 29, 2006 Simba 0, Yanga 0

Julai 8, 2007, Simba 5, Yanga 4

Oktoba 24, 2007, Yanga 0, Simba 1

Aprili 27, 2008 Yanga 0, Simba 0.

Yanga: Obren Curkovic, Shadrack Nsajigwa, Nurdin Bakari, Nadir Haroub ‘Cannavaro’, George Owino, Godfrey Bonny, Shamte Ally, Athumani Iddy ‘Chuji’/Castory Mumbala, Benard Mwalala, Boniface Ambani/Amir Maftah na Mrisho Ngassa/Kiggy Makassy.

Simba: Amani Simba, Salum Kanoni, Juma Jabu, Kelvin Yondan, Meshack Abel, Henry Joseph, Nico Nyagawa/Mohamed Kijuso, Mohamed Banka, Emmanuel Gabriel/Ulimboka Mwakingwe, Mussa Hassan Mgossi, Haruna  Moshi. 

Bofya na endelea...>>>>>>

Balozi Dr. Ben Moses

Amaliza muda wake

Nchi za Nordic na za

Baltics

Mheshimiwa Balozi Dr. Ben E. Moses, akiwa na Mkewe Balozi wa Tanzania Nchini Sweden.

Mheshimiwa Benn Moses leo jioni aliagwa rasmi na baadhi ya Watanzania waishio mjini Stockholm kwa kumaliza muda wake wa kuiwakilisha Tanzania nchi za Nordic (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Åland na visiwa na Faeroe) na nchi za Baltics (Estonia, Latvia na Lithuenia) katika Sherehe fupi iliyoandaliwa na umoja wa Watanzania waishio Stockholm, ambayo ilifanyika nyumbani kwa balozi. 

Kwa picha zaidi ingia 

www.malumbosjr.blogspot.com na

www.kilimanjaroclub.com

Norway boosts aid

to Iceland

The prime ministers of all five Nordic countries were meeting in Finland on Monday, to discuss the ongoing financial crisis. Norway planned to offer bigger loans to Iceland.

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says it's "natural" to help a Nordic neighbour in need. PHOTO: MORTEN HOLM/SCANPIX

RELATED STORIES:

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Bank drama escalates into political row - 21.10.2008

State fund to cover Kaupthing Bank's deposits - 10.10.2008

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on national radio Monday morning that it was "only natural" to step in and help a fellow Nordic country when it faced such acute problems as Iceland does.

Stoltenberg noted that Iceland faces declines in national revenues, acute liquidity problems and rising unemployment.

He said it was most likely that Norway, which already has promised aid, would extend and increase its offer of credit from Norges Bank, Norway's central bank.

Iceland also stands to be granted an emergency loan equivalent to around NOK 14 billion (USD 2 billion at current exchange rates) from the International Monetary Fund. Stoltenberg said he thinks that's a better solution than the prospect of seeing Iceland borrow money from Russia.

Stoltenberg said the other four Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland) could build on the IMF funding.

"That's a much safer and better arrangement than having just one country (Russia) stand for the entire loan," said Stoltenberg, stressing the need for Nordic cooperation.

Tackling trouble from Glitnir
Icelandic officials now handling the assets of Reykjavik-based Glitnir Bank, meanwhile, said they will try to pay claims made by Norway's export finance agency Eksportfinans. The Norwegian agency last week accused Glitnir's Norwegian operation of misappropriating funds involving loans it had handled as an agent for Eksportfinans.

Arni Tomasson, leader of the new emergency board now running Glitnir Bank, said the alleged misappropriation was a result of errors, not intentional fraud. He said the bank's administrators feared Eksportfinans' claims would sour relations with Norway itself.

Glitnir's administrators stated that relations between Iceland and Norway were "very important," and if the bank had made mistakes, they would do everything in their power to resolve the trouble, in close dialogue with Eksportfinans.

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund/NTB

Jua Kali (Cali)

Mjini Oslo

31 Oktoba 2008

Saa 22.00 -  03.00

Kirkegata 34

Kiingilio kr. 100,-

Jua Cali - Bidii yangu

Jua Cali na Sanaipe - Kwaheri