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North Korea proves it CAN hit Guam with fresh missile launch
Written By CCMdijitali on Saturday, September 16, 2017 | September 16, 2017
North Korea proves it CAN hit Guam with fresh missile launch: Kim Jong-un brags that he has 'won a shining victory' over America after firing missile 2,300 miles - enough to hit US territory
North Korea has launched another intercontinental ballistic missile over northern Japan
Test missile landed 1,240 miles off the island of Hokkaido, just before 7am local time on Friday
It flew some 2,300 miles, which is far enough to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam
Yesterday, North Korea threatened to bomb Japan after the latest round of UN sanctions
In response to the launch, the Japanese government said they will not tolerate more provocation
Kim Jong-un has called Friday's missile test launch over Japan a 'shining victory in the standoff with the United States', claiming that the U.S. is in 'mortal fear' of North Korea.
The missile flew over the northern island of Hokkaido, where thousands were awoken by air-raid sirens for the second time in just three weeks, and landed some 1,240 miles off the cape of Erimo just before 7am local time (10pm Thursday GMT).
The rocket, believed to be a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), flew for about 19 minutes over a distance of about 2,300 miles, according to South Korea's military - far enough to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, which is 2,100 miles from North Korea.
In a statement released by North Korea's state media, Pyongyang claimed that rather than condemnation and horror, the nuclear missile test had been met with 'admiration'.
'People from across the world have expressed admiration at the DPRK's bold pluck and great potentiality,' the statement began.
'Media of many countries are zealously reporting about the DPRK's nuclear attack capability, which has reached the high level able to ensure the accuracy and freely control the striking power according to targeted object and purpose, and about the failure of the U.S. policy toward the DPRK.
'The DPRK has won a shining victory in the standoff with the U.S.
'Now no one can disregard the immense national strength and potentiality of the DPRK and deny its strategic position as a responsible nuclear weapons state with a great clout.
'The U.S. has tightened sanctions and blockade by mobilizing its vassal forces to stifle the DPRK. But it could not check the advance of the army and people of the DPRK.
'The U.S., styling itself as a superpower while boasting of its strength before other big powers, is in mortal fear of the DPRK. It is always seized with phobia of nuclear disaster.
'No one in the world can block the advance of Juche Korea and its heroic people dashing ahead for bright future under the banner of the line of simultaneously developing the two fronts raised by the great Party.'
The missile test was carried out mere hours after North Korea threatened to nuke Japan and reduce the US 'to ashes and darkness' in response to the latest sanctions imposed by the UN, which puts a cap on textile exports and import of crude oil.
Japan's defence minister Itsunori Onodera said Friday he believed North Korea has the U.S. territory in mind with its recent nuclear missile tests. as he warned that 'similar actions (by the North) would continue'.
'We cannot assume North Korea's intention, but given what it has said, I think it has Guam in mind,' Onodera said.
The U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis branded North Korea 'reckless', however, he said he did not want to talk about a possible American military response to the new missile test.
This morning's launch was the second aggressive test-flight over Japanese territory in less than a month and it followed the sixth and most powerful nuclear test by North Korea to date on September 3.
Residents on Hokkaido were awoken by sirens and loudspeakers calling out: 'Missile launch! Missile launch! A missile appears to have been launched from North Korea. Take cover in a building or underground,' causing widespread panic.
The UN Security Council will meet this evening to discuss the latest North Korea missile test at the request of the US and Japan.
Moscow has responded to Friday's missiles test, voicing 'deep concern' at the latest in what it called a series of unacceptable provocations.
'In Russia we are deeply concerned about these provocative launches which are further stoking tensions. Clearly demonstrating that our position is that such launches are unacceptable is the most tangible thing we can do right now,' said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
'Judging by the United Nations' Security Council, that is a unanimous point of view which unites Security Council members.'
President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron later agreed in a phone call that resuming direct talks with North Korea was the only way to resolve tensions over its nuclear programme, the Kremlin said.
In a statement, the Kremlin said the two leaders "were united in the opinion that it was unacceptable to allow an escalation in tension."
The crisis needs to be resolved "exclusively through political and diplomatic means, by restarting direct negotiations," they reportedly said.
The United Nation's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has today said talks on the crisis would be held on the sidelines of the General Assembly meeting next week.
Guterres called on the North Korean leadership 'to cease further testing, comply with the relevant Security Council resolutions, and allow space to explore the resumption of sincere dialogue on denuclearization,' read a statement by his spokesman.
The UN leader 'condemns the launch' and said he will be discussing the situation 'with all concerned parties in the margins of the upcoming high level week of the United Nations General Assembly.'
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an early morning statement saying North Korea was 'trampling' on international peaceful efforts, saying the UN sanctions needed to be firmly imposed.
He added that the international community must send a clear message to North Korea over its provocative actions.
He said: 'We can never tolerate that North Korea trampled on the international community's strong, united resolve toward peace that has been shown in UN resolutions and went ahead again with this outrageous act.'
'If North Korea continues to walk down this path, it has no bright future. We must make North Korea understand this,' he added.
A government spokesman said earlier that Japan would 'never tolerate this repeated provocative action by North Korea,' adding that the country will make an appropriate response.
'We have strongly protested to the North, telling them the strong anger by the Japanese people and condemn with the strongest words possible.'
In an immediate response to Friday's launch, South Korea said its military fired a Hyunmoo-2 ballistic missile into the sea during a live-fire military drill on the east coast.
President Moon Jae-in called an emergency meeting of Seoul's national security council during which he said South Korea is able to destroy the North 'beyond recovery' if they attack.
'In case North Korea undertakes provocations against us or our ally, we have the power to destroy [them] beyond recovery,' Yonhap news agency quoted President Moon as saying.
'Dialogue is impossible in a situation like this. International sanctions and pressure will further tighten to force North Korea to choose no other option but to step forward on the path to genuine dialogue.'
The international response has been swift and condemning, with British foreign secretary Boris Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calling for global action against North Korea.
Stoltenberg called for a 'global response' to North Korea's latest missile launch, calling it 'a reckless breach of UN resolutions.'
'North Korea's missile launch is another reckless breach of UN resolutions - a major threat to international peace and security which demands a global response,' he said in a tweet.
Mr Johnson also took to Twitter, writing: 'Yet another illegal missile launch by North Korea. UK and international community will stand together in the face of these provocations,.'
In a subsequent statement, he added: 'The UK and the international community have condemned the aggressive and illegal actions of the North Korean regime, and the succession of missile and nuclear tests. We stand firmly by Japan and our other international partners.
'We are working to mobilise world opinion with the aim of achieving a diplomatic solution to the situation on the Korean peninsula.
'This week the most stringent UN sanctions regime placed on any nation in the 21st century was imposed on North Korea, after being unanimously agreed at the UN Security Council. These measures now need to be robustly enforced. We urge all states to play their part in changing the course North Korea is taking.'
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is in London today for talks with Mr Johnson and Prime Minister Theresa May, said Kim Jong Un's nuclear ambitions were 'not acceptable to any member of the international community'.
Mrs May also released a statement via a spokesperson, saying 'the prime minister is outraged by North Korea's continued reckless provocation and she strongly condemns the regime's illegal tests.'
'Our key focus now is continuing to press China to keep up the pressure on North Korea to change course.'
China is the North's main trading partner, and - while condemning the launch - continued today to refuse to take blame for the development in Pyongyang.
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing had made 'enormous sacrifices at a great price' by implementing UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea.
'The core lies in a conflict between the DPRK and the US. The focal point of the contradiction is not China,' Hua told a regular news briefing, using the acronym for the North's official name.
'China is not the driver behind the escalation of the tensions. China also does not hold the key to the Korean peninsula issue. The initiators of a trouble should end it,' she said.
'It's irresponsible and unhelpful for the settlement of the issue to unjustly blame others and shirk responsibilities in any form.'
The North previously launched a ballistic missile from Sunan on August 29, which flew over Japan's Hokkaido island and landed in the Pacific.
The South Korean and US militaries are analysing details of the launch, the South's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Friday morning.
U.S. President Donald Trump has been briefed about the launch, his Chief of Staff John Kelly said early Friday morning.
The U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said 'these continued provocations only deepen North Korea's diplomatic and economic isolation'.
He said that 'all nations' should take new measures against the dictatorship.
'China and Russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless missile launches by taking direct actions of their own,' he added.
He also said China supplies North Korea with most of its oil and 'Russia is the largest employer of North Korean forced labour.'
South Korea's presidential Blue House has called an urgent National Security Council meeting.
Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said there is no evidence yet of any missile fragments landed on Japanese territory.
The UN Security Council imposed its eighth round of sanctions on the country over its banned missile and nuclear programmes.
In a statement released by the North Korean news agency KCNA Thursday, a spokesman for the regime said: 'The army and people of the DPRK are unanimously demanding that the Yankees, chief culprit in cooking up the 'sanctions resolution', be beaten to death as a stick is fit for a rabid dog.
'There's limit to patience. Now is the time to annihilate the U.S. imperialist aggressors. Let's reduce the U.S. mainland into ashes and darkness.
'Let's vent our spite with mobilization of all retaliation means which have been prepared till now. These are voices of the Korean army and people.
'Also heard in the DPRK are strong accusations against the Japs who have zealously joined in the US racket for sanctions.
'The behaviour of Japs, sworn enemy of the Korean nation, are enraging us. The wicked Japs should not be pardoned...
'A telling blow should be dealt to them who have not yet come to senses after the launch of our ICBM over the Japanese archipelago.
'The four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche. Japan is no longer needed to exist near us.'
North Korea has threatened to reduce the US 'to ashes and darkness' and 'sink Japan' with a nuke after their latest test of what the regime claims was a hydrogen bomb at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site (pictured before the launch)
Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga called the statement 'outrageous', saying it 'escalates tension in the region and is absolutely unacceptable.'
Seoul's military carried out a ballistic missile drill of its own yesterday in the East Sea, Korea's name for the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency reported.
In July, Pyongyang fired two intercontinental ballistic missiles that appeared to bring much of the US mainland into range.
It followed that up with an announcement it was planning to send a salvo of rockets towards the US Pacific territory of Guam, home to significant military facilities.
US President Donald Trump threatened it with 'fire and fury', heightening fears of conflict.
The United Nations Security Council sanctions imposed on Monday are the strongest so far, banning the North's textile trade and imposing restrictions on shipments of oil products, among a series of other measures.
But analysts expect them to do little to dissuade Pyongyang, which says it needs nuclear weapons to defend itself against the threat of invasion by the US.
KIM'S MISSILE OBSESSION: HOW NORTH KOREA DEVELOPED ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM
For the second time in less than a month, North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, days after the international community further tightened its sanctions over its banned weapons and nuclear programme.
Here's how the programme got to where it is:
Late 1970s: North Korea starts working on a version of the Soviet Scud-B (range 300 kilometres or 186 miles). Test-fired in 1984
1987-92: Begins developing variant of Scud-C (500 km), Rodong-1 (1,300 km), Taepodong-1 (2,500 km), Musudan-1 (3,000 km) and Taepodong-2 (6,700 km)
Aug 1998: Test-fires Taepodong-1 over Japan
Sept 1999: Declares moratorium on long-range missile tests as ties with US improve
March 3, 2005: Ends moratorium on long-range missile testing, blaming Bush administration's 'hostile' policy
Oct 9, 2006: First underground nuclear test
May 25, 2009: Second underground nuclear test, several times more powerful than the first
December 13, 2011: Leader Kim Jong-Il dies, is succeeded by his son Kim Jong-Un
December 12, 2012: The North launches multi-stage rocket and successfully places satellite in orbit
February 12, 2013: Third underground nuclear test
January 6, 2016: Fourth underground nuclear test, which Pyongyang claims was hydrogen bomb
March 9, 2016: Kim Jong-Un claims the North has successfully miniaturised a thermo-nuclear warhead
April 23, 2016: North test-fires a submarine-launched ballistic missile
July 8, 2016: US and South Korea announce plans to deploy an advanced missile defence system -- the US THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense)
August 3, 2016: North Korea fires a ballistic missile directly into Japanese-controlled waters for the first time
August 24, 2016: Successfully test-fires another submarine-launched ballistic missile
September 9, 2016: Fifth nuclear test
February 12, 2017: Tests ballistic missile, which flies about 500 kilometres (310 miles) before falling into the Sea of Japan
March 6, 2017: North fires four ballistic missiles in what is says is an exercise to hit US bases in Japan
March 19, 2017: North Korea says it has tested a new rocket engine
April 5, 2017: North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan
May 2, 2017: THAAD anti-missile system goes operational in South Korea
May 14, 2017: North fires what it says is a 'newly-developed mid/long-range strategic ballistic rocket, Hwasong-12', which flies 700 kilometres before landing in the Sea of Japan
May 29, 2017: Test fires a short-range ballistic missile which lands in Japan's exclusive economic zone
June 8, 2017: North Korea launches what it claims is new type of 'cruise rocket'
June 22, 2017: North Korea tests a rocket engine which could be fitted to an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ahead of South Korean President Moon Jae-In's first trip to Washington since taking office
July 4, 2017: North Korea says it successfully tests an ICBM which is capable of reaching Alaska. Kim Jong-Un says it is a gift for the 'American bastards'
July 28: Second successful ICBM test
August 6, 2017: UN Security Council unanimously adopts tougher sanctions on the North
August 9, 2017: US President Donald Trump threatens Pyongyang with 'fire and fury' over its missile program. Hours later, North Korea says it is considering strikes near US strategic military installations in Guam
August 29, 2017: North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan. Tokyo says it is an 'unprecedented, serious and grave threat'
September 3, 2017: North Korean state media claims the country has developed a hydrogen bomb which can be loaded into ICBM and North conducts its sixth and largest yet nuclear test. Monitoring groups estimate a yield of 250 kilotons, which is 16 times the size of the 15-kiloton US bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945
September 4: South Korea and the US say they will deploy more anti-missile defences
September 12, 2017: UN Security Council unanimously adopts new sanctions, slapping a ban on textile exports and restricting shipments of oil products to North Korea
September 15: North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific, responding to new UN sanctions with what appears to be its furthest-ever missile flight.
Kenyans found with plastic bags now face arrest
Written By CCMdijitali on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | September 12, 2017
In Summary
- This comes after the authority said that it was now embarking on strict enforcement of the ban, two weeks after the Ministry of Environment banned the use of plastic bags.
- Nema corporate communications manager, Evans Nyabuto, said that it was now illegal to be found in possession of plastic bags as the grace period that was given by the authority’s enforcement team had elapsed.
- He said that the environmental authority was still engaging in public awareness campaigns in readiness for the full implementation of the ban.
By COLLINS OMULO
Environmental watchdog Nema on Tuesday warned of arrests if found carrying banned plastic bags.
This comes after the authority said that it was now embarking on strict enforcement of the ban, two weeks after the Ministry of Environment banned the use of plastic bags.
Nema corporate communications manager, Evans Nyabuto, said that it was now illegal to be found in possession of plastic bags as the grace period that was given by the authority’s enforcement team had elapsed.
He said that the environmental authority was still engaging in public awareness campaigns in readiness for the full implementation of the ban.
“We had earlier given Kenyans and businesses a grace period to comply with the ban that took effect last month as we set on checking for non-compliance and advising those who had not complied to do so but now the window is now closed,” he said.
Mr Nyabuto further said that Nema was currently engaging the authority’s county directors and county executives in charge of environment to work together in ensuring that the ban is complied with in each of the 47 counties in the country.
“Our enforcement team is currently in Mombasa County where we are meeting county directors and county executive in charge of environment on the level of compliance in the county. We have gone round to certain stores to check for their levels of compliance,” Mr Nyabuto said.
He also said that the authority was working with the Red Cross, National Youth Service, recyclers and other small supermarkets across the country to set up adequate drop off points to enable citizens who still have polythene bags to dispose them.
Last month, the authority struck a deal with three largest supermarkets in Kenya, Tuskys, Uchumi and Nakumatt, to act as drop-off points after the countrywide ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags.
WAZIRI MKUU AKUTANA NA MKURUGENZI WA KAMPUNI YA NAMERA GROUP INDUSTRIES
Waziri Mkuu Kassim Majaliwa amekutana na kufanya mazungumzo na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Kampuni ya Namera Group of Industries Bw. Hamza Rafiq Pardesi ambaye ameahidi kununua pamba yote itakayozalishwa nchini kuanzia msimu ujao.(L) Ni Meneja wa Namera Bwana Muhammad Waseem. Waziri Mkuu amekutana nao leo Septemba 12/ 2017 Ofisini kwake Dar es salaam. Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu.
“Aahidi kununua pamba yote itakayozalishwa nchini”
WAZIRI MKUU Kassim Majaliwa amekutana na kufanya mazungumzo na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Kampuni ya Namera Group of Industries Bw. Hamza Rafiq Pardesi ambaye ameahidi kununua pamba yote itakayozalishwa nchini kuanzia msimu ujao.
Amekutana na Bw. Pardesi leo (Jumanne, Septemba 12, 2017) kwenye makazi ya Waziri Mkuu Oysterbay jijini Dar es Salaam na amesema kwamba tayari Serikali imeanza kuwahamasiha wakulima kuongeza uzalishaji kwa kuwa kuna soko la uhakika.
Waziri Mkuu amempongeza Bw. Pardesi kwa kuiunga mkono Serikali katika mpango wake wa kukuza uchumi kupitia sekta ya viwanda. Kampuni ya Namera Group of Industries inamiliki kiwanda cha nguo cha NIDA na cha Namera vya jijini Dar es Salaam.Kampuni inatarajia kufungua kiwanda kingine cha nguo wilayani Kahama.
Pia Waziri Mkuu amesema katika kuhakikisha zao la pamba linapewa kipaumbe alikutana na wakuu wa mikoa yote inayolima pamba Ijumaa, Septemba 8, 2017 na aliwaagiza wasimamie zao hilo kwa karibu ili kuinua uzalishaji wake na kuwaongezea kipato wananchi hususan wakulima wa zao la pamba.
JPM AMJULIA HALI MEJA JENERALI MSTAAFU MRITABA NA WAGONJWA WENGINE HOSPITALI YA JESHI YA LUGALO JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli leo tarehe 12 Septemba, 2017 ametembelea hospitali ya Jeshi la Ulinzi la Wananchi Tanzania (JWTZ) Lugalo, Jijini Dar es Salaam na kumjulia hali Meja Jen. Mstaafu Vincent Mribata aliyelazwa hospitalini hapo baada ya kushambuliwa na watu wenye silaha wakati akiingia nyumbani kwake Ununio, Kinondoni Jijini Dar es Salaam.
Meja Jen. Mstaafu Mritaba alishambuliwa kwa risasi jana tarehe 11 Septemba, 2017 majira ya mchana na kisha kukimbizwa katika hospitali ya Jeshi Lugalo kwa matibabu.
Mkuu wa kituo cha tiba cha hospitali hiyo na daktari bingwa wa magonjwa ya moyo Brigedia Jenerali Paul Massawe amemueleza Mhe. Rais Magufuli kuwa Meja Jen. Mstaafu Vincent Mritaba anaendelea vizuri baada ya madaktari kufanikiwa kutoa risasi alizopigwa mkononi, kiunoni na tumboni.
Meja Jen. Mstaafu Mritaba amemshukuru Mhe. Rais Magufuli kwa kumjulia hali na kumuombea dua ili apone haraka.
Mhe.Rais Magufuli aliyeongozana na Mkuu wa Majeshi ya Ulinzi, Jen. Venance Mabeyo pia ametembelea wodi ya majeruhi na kuwajulia hali wagonjwa wanaotibiwa katika wodi hiyo na baadaye akawasalimu wananchi waliofika hospitali hapo kwa ajili ya kupata matibabu.
Mhe.Dkt. Magufuli amewapongeza Madaktari wa hospitali ya Jeshi Lugalo kwa huduma za matibabu wanazotoa kwa askari na wananchi wengine na amewahakikishia kuwa Serikali itaendelea kufanyia kazi changamoto mbalimbali zinazowakabili katika utekelezaji wa majukumu yao.
Vigogo wastaafu polisi wampa mbinu Sirro
Written By CCMdijitali on Sunday, September 10, 2017 | September 10, 2017
Imeandikwa na Regina Mpogolo - Habari Leo
VIGOGO wastaafu wa Jeshi a Polisi wamekutana na Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi (IGP), Simon Sirro kumpa mbinu mbalimbali za kudhibiti uhalifu nchini ikiwa ni pamoja kumtaka akae chonjo na wanasiasa.
Kikao hicho kilifanyika jana jijini Dar es Salaam, ambapo Sirro alikutana na Wakuu wa Jeshi hilo wastaafu, makamishna na manaibu waliostaafu, walioko kazini na wale waliopangiwa kazi katika idara nyingine lengo ikiwa ni kujadili mambo mbalimbali kuboresha kazi za jeshi hilo.
Sirro alisema lengo ni kufahamiana na kukumbushana kazi pamoja na kupata ushauri kutoka kwa wazoefu hao. “Wazee wetu waliostaafu hawa walikuwa wanatukumbusha mambo ya msingi na hasa weledi, kwamba wakiwa huko wanatuangalia wanaona kuna mapungufu kwa baadhi ya askari wetu na pia wametusisitiza mafunzo,” alisema Sirro.
Alisema ili jeshi liwe imara ni muhimu kutoa mafunzo mbalimbali na hasa yale ya kazi maalumu kama vile kesi za kimtandao ili jeshi liendane na wakati. Alisema pia imesisitizwa jeshi hilo kuendelea kuwa karibu na wastaafu katika jeshi hilo kupata ushauri wa kikazi ambapo wastaafu wameahidi kuendelea kutoa ushirikiano na hasa katika kutoa ushauri wa maboresho ya kazi.
“Wazee wetu hawa wamefanya kazi kwa muda mrefu, kwa hiyo ukimwita anakuwa na ujuzi wa kutosha ambao utatusaidia sana, na tumekubaliana kila baada ya miezi miwili au mitatu tutakuwa tunakutana ili tuendelee kujirekebisha,” alisema Sirro.
Naye Mkuu wa Jeshi hilo mstaafu, Omari Mahita alisema changamoto kubwa ya kwanza kwa jeshi hilo kwa sasa ni wanasiasa na kwamba mikakati waliyoiweka anaamini yatasaidia kuboresha kazi ya jeshi la polisi.
“Niwe muwazi tu changamoto ya kwanza ni namna ya kushughulika na wanasiasa, ni kazi kubwa sana ku deal nao, kwa mikakati tuliyoiweka tutaenda tu,” alisema. Mahita katika uongozi wake katika jeshi hilo alikuwa maarufu kwa jina la ‘ngunguri’ kutokana na kauli yake alipokuwa akikabiliana na wafuasi wa Chama cha Wananchi (CUF), alikuwa akisema kama viongozi wa chama hicho wako ‘ngangari’, basi jeshi la polisi liko ‘ngunguri’ kukabiliana nao.
Hivi karibuni pia Mahita alinukuliwa na vyombo vya habari kuwa uhalifu katika vituo vya polisi ni dhahiri kuwa polisi imekosa kuungwa mkono, hivyo kupunguza ufanisi wake katika kutekeleza majukumu yake.
Aidha Mahita alikaririwa pia akikosoa kitendo cha askari polisi kuwa wapole na kueleza kuwa mhalifu habembelezwi. Aliyekuwa Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi nchini (IGP), Ernest Mangu alisema wastaafu ni watu sahihi wa kutoa ushauri kwa jeshi hilo kuboresha kazi zao.
“Sisi tuliokuwa watumishi wa jeshi hili ni kioo, tunayosikia na kukutana nayo ni vizuri tuwafikishie ili waboreshe utendaji wao ili waweze kuboresha utendaji wao wakidhi matarajio ya jamii Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi mstaafu, Inspekta Jenerali Saidi Mwema alisema kikao hicho, ambacho muasisi wake ni Rais John Magufuli kitasaidia kuweka mikakati mbalimbali ndani ya jeshi hilo ili kuzuia uhalifu nchini, ambapo amempongeza sana IGP Sirro kwa kuamua kukutana nao.
MADINI YA ALMASI YAKAMATWA UWANJA WA NDEGE WA KIMATAIFA WA MWALIMU JULIUS NYERERE JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM
yalikuwa tofauti kabisa na uhalisia mara baada ya kuhakikiwa na timu ya Wataalamu wa Kitanzania wazalendo.
ya Tsh. Bilioni 65.
Uchunguzi wa Madini hayo ya Almasi jijini Dar es Salaam.
Picha na Mpiga Picha Maalum.
Dare es Salaam, 09 Septemba, 2017: Waziri wa Fedha na Mipango Dkt. Philip Isdor Mpango (Mb), ameviagiza vyombo vinavyohusika kuchukua hatua za kisheria dhidi ya kampuni ya Williamson Diamond Ltd na wote waliohusika kuidhinisha usafirishaji wa madini ya almasi kutoka migodi ya kampuni hiyo na kudanganya thamani halisi ya madini hayo kwa lengo la kuisababishia hasara Serikali.
Dkt. Mpango ametoa agizo hilo leo tarehe 09 Septemba, 2017 baada ya kukagua madini ya almasi yaliyokamatwa katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere Jijini Dar es Salaam yakisafirishwa kupelekwa nchini Ubelgiji.
Miongoni mwa hatua za kisheria ni pamoja na kutaifisha madini yote ya almasi yaliyokamatwa baada ya kubainika udanganyifu wa thamani yake halisi, kuwakamata na kuwachunguza wote waliohusika katika udanganyifu huo wakiwemo wajumbe wa bodi zilizomaliza muda wake na wafanyakazi waliopo na waliostaafu.
Almasi hiyo ilikamatwa tarehe 31 Agosti, 2017 muda mfupi kabla ya kupakizwa kwenye ndege ili isafirishwe kwenda nchini Ubelgiji, na ilipochunguzwa ilibainika kuwa nyaraka za kampuni ya Williamson Diamond Ltd zimeonesha kuwa almasi hiyo ina thamani ya Dola za Marekani Milioni 14.798 sawa na Shilingi Bilioni 33 za Tanzania wakati thamani yake halisi ni Dola za Marekani Milioni 29.5 sawa na Shilingi Bilioni 65 za Tanzania.
Kabla ya kukagua almasi hiyo Waziri Mpango amepokea taarifa ya timu ya wataalamu iliyofanya tathmini ya thamani halisi ya madini hayo ambapo kiongozi wa timu hiyo Prof. Abdulkarim Mruma amesema pamoja na kubaini upotevu mkubwa wa fedha, kuna dosari nyingine zikiwemo kukosekana kwa vifaa ya kupimia madini hayo, almasi kusafirishwa na kuuzwa sokoni bila uwepo wa mwakilishi wa Serikali na ameshauri hatua za udhibiti huo zifanyike katika madini yote yanayochimbwa hapa nchini.
Pamoja na kuipongeza timu iliyofanya tathmini hiyo na vyombo vya dola vilivyokamata madini hayo Waziri Mpango amesema Serikali itatekeleza ushauri wote uliotolewa na timu ya Prof. Mruma na kwamba kuanzia sasa almasi inayozalishwa hapa nchini itasindikizwa na maafisa wa Serikali hadi sokoni na inataka kuanza kupokea gawio halali kutoka mgodi huo.
Waziri Mpango ametoa maagizo hayo mbele ya viongozi wa vyombo mbalimbli wakiwemo Kamishna Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Mapato Tanzania (TRA) Bw. Charles Kichere, Mkurugenzi wa Mashtaka (DPP) Bw. Biswalo Mganga, Naibu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (TAKUKURU) Brigedia Jenerali John Julius Mbungo, Kamishna wa Madini Tanzania Mhandisi Benjamin Mchwampaka na Kamanda wa Kanda Maalum ya Dar es Salaam SACP - Lazaro Mambosasa.
Imetolewa na Benny Mwaipaja
MKUU WA KITENGO CHA MAWASILIANO SERIKALINI
WIZARA YA FEDHA NA MIPANGO
Zoezi la upimaji Afya bure Jijini Dar es Salaam laingia siku ya NNE.
Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam Mhe Paul Makonda akizunguza na wananchi waliojitokeza katika viwanja vya Mnazi Mmooja kwa ajili ya kupima afya.
Balozi wa Jamhuri ya watu wa China anaemaliza Muda wake nchini amemtembelea Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam Mhe Paul Makonda katika Viwanja vya Mnazi Mmoja ambapo zoezi la upimaji wa Afya bure kwa wakazi wa Dar es Salaam limeingia siku ya Nne.
Mhe Balozi wa China akiwa ameambatana na Maofisa wa Ubalozi huo hapa nchini Ameshangazwa na UBUNIFU wa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam Mhe Paul Makonda wa kuwasaidia wananchi wengi wa Mkoa kwa WAKATI MMOJA hususani ni wenye vipato vya Chini ambao idadi kubwa hawawezi kumudu Gharama za matibabu nje ya mifumo rasmi iliyowekwa na Serikali mfano wa Bima ya Afya.
Kutokana na Mkusanyiko huo wa Maelfu ya wananchi Mhe Balozi wa China amesema Serikali ya Jamhuri ya watu wa China imeamua KUUNGA mkono jitihada za Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam Mhe Paul Makonda na kuanzia sasa na kuendelea serikali ya ya Jamhuri ya watu wa China itaungana na Serikali ya Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam katika kusaidia zoezi upimaji Afya BURE kwa kufanya yafuatayo :-
1. Serikali ya China italeta Madaktari Bingwa kutoka China ambao wataungana na Madaktari wa Timu maalum ya Mhe Makonda ambao wamekuwa wakitoa huduma za upimaji Afya Bure hivyo Madaktari wa Tanzania wataungana na Madaktari wa China katoka kuendesha huduma ya Utoaji wa Afya Bure Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam.
2. Serikali ya China itatoa vifaa vya kisasa vya UPIMAJI ambazo vitasaidia kuongeza kasi ya upimaji kwa watu wengi zaidi.
3. Serikali ya China ITAGHARAMIA dawa kwa watu wasio na UWEZO wa kumudu Gharama za ununuaji dawa mara baada ya kupimwa na kuandikiwa dawa.
Mhe Balozi wa China amewashukuru wananchi wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam kwa kumuunga mkono Mhe Makonda hatua ambayo imeishawishi serikali ya China kusaidia katika zoezi hilo zuri lenye Malengo ya kutoa huduma bora za Afya kwa Wananchi.
Kwa upande wake, Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam Mhe Paul Makonda AMEMSHUKURU balozi wa China kwa Niaba ya wananchi wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam kwa kukubali kuunga mkono Jitihada za kuboresha Afya za wananchi wake, ambapo amesema wazo hilo la kutoa HUDUMA ZA upimaji bure wa Afya alilianza tangu akiwa Mkuu wa Wilaya ya KINONDONI, na kumuhakikisha balozi huyo kuwa hilo litakuwa zoezi ENDELEVU kwa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam likiwa na Malengo makubwa matatu ambayo ni :-
1. Kuongeza UELEWA kwa Wananchi kuhusu umuhimu wa Upimaji wa Afya hata kama hawaumwi.
2. Kuwawezesha wananchi WANYONGE kupata huduma za AWALI za upimaji wa Afya ili kuwasaidia mapema katika hatua za AWALI kugundua matatizo yao.
3. Kubaini magonjwa ambayo husababisha VIFO katika hatua za AWALI.
Mhe Makonda amesema kwa ujumla hatua anazozifanya Katia Sekta ya Afya zinalenga kuunga mkono jitihada na kipaumbele cha Mhe Rais, Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli katika masuala ya Afya, na ni kwa sababu hiyo ameamua kuendelea kupambana na changamoto zilizoko kwenye Sekta ya Afya pasipo kusubiria fedha za Bajeti ambazo hata hivyo hazitoshelezi mahitaji halisi ya Afya kwa Wananchi wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam.
KAIMU KATIBU MKUU WA UVCCM AMTEMBELEA WAZIRI MKUU MSTAAFU JOHN MALECELA MJINI DODOMA.
RC MAKONDA AZIDI KUBORESHA JESHI LA POLISI
Written By CCMdijitali on Friday, September 8, 2017 | September 08, 2017
Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam Paul Makonda leo amekabidhi Pikipiki
za Traffic 10, Computer 100 na Baiskel za kisasa 200 kwaajili ya
kuimarisha utendaji kazi wa Jeshi la Polis Dar es Salaam na kulifanya
kuwa la kisasa.
Kupatikana kwa Vitendeakazi hivyo ni matokeo ya jitiada binafsi za RC Makonda kutafuta Wahisani.
Makonda amesema amedhamiria kuleta Mapinduzi Makubwa kwa Jeshi la Polisi kwa kuhakikisha Askari wanakuwa na Vifaa vya kutosha ikiwemo Magari, Pikipiki za kawaida na zile za Traffic,Baiskeli za Doria,Silaha na Computer ilikuwafanya kufanya kazi katika Mazingira mazuri.
Amesema amechoka kuona Askari wakipoteza Maisha wakitekeleza majukumu yao kwa kuvamiwa na Majambazi na kuporwa Silaha ndio maana anapambana kutafuta vitendeakazi ili Askari wake wajivunie kufanya kazi katika Mkoa wake.
Aidha amesema Pikipiki za Traffic zitaenda kusaidia kwenye Misafara ya Viongozi, Misiba na kuwahisha wagonjwa Hospital.
Kuhusu Computer 100 alizotoa amesema zitagawanywa kwenye Vituo vya Polisi 20 na kufungwa mfumo wa kisasa wa kupokea taarifa za Uhalifu, kubainisha maeneo yaliyoshamiri Uhalifu, kutambua wahalifu Sugu ambapo mfumo huo utatoa taarifa kwa Mkuu wa Mkoa,Kamanda wa Mkoa,Wilaya na Mkuu wa kituo ili kuwezesha Viongozi kufanya maamuzi.
Amesema Baiskeli 200 alizozitoa zitaendelea kuimarisha Doria mitaani na kuongeza kuwa Baiskeli nyingine za kisasa 1,000 zipo Nchini China zikifanyiwa Maboresho ambapo zikikamilika zitakuja kuongeza nguvu kupambana na Uhalifu.
Sanjari na hayo amesema Magari Mabovu 15 ya Polisi kati ya 26 yaliyopelekwa Kilimanjaro kufanyiwa marekebisho yamekamilika ambapo yatakuwa na Mwonekano wa kisasa kama ilivyo kwa Magari ya Jeshi ya UN.
Pamoja na kuligusa Jeshi la Polisi kama Taasisi ameona pia aguse maisha ya Askari mmoja mmoja kwa kuwatafutia Mkopo wa Viwanja sababu gharama ya Viwanja ni kubwa hivyo kufanya Askari kushindwa kumudu gharama hali inayosababisha baadhi yao kustaafu wakiwa hawana makazi na kuishi kwa tabu.
Viwanja hivyo vilikuwa vikiunzwa kwa Tsh 20,000/= kwa Square meter lakini RC Makonda amepambana hadi kufikia Tsh 5,000/= kwa Square Meter ambapo Askari watakuwa wakilipa mkopo huo kidogokidogo kwa muda wa Miaka Mitano na wataruhusiwa kujenga hata kama hawajamaliza mkopo wao.
RIPOTI ZA UCHUNGUZI WA BIASHARA YA ALMASI NA TANZANITE YAKABIDHIWA KWA WAZIRI MKUU
Written By CCMdijitali on Thursday, September 7, 2017 | September 07, 2017
Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa akipokea kutoka kwa Spika wa Bunge, Job Ndugai Taarifa ya Kamati Maalum ya Bunge ya Kuchunguza Biashara ya Tanzanite na Almasi kwenye viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma Septemba 6, 2017. Katikati ni Kiongozi wa Upinzani Bungeni, Freeman Mbowe.(Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu)
Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa akizungumza baada ya kupokea Taarifa ya Kamati Maalum ya Bunge ya Kuchunguza Biashara ya Tanzanite na Almasi kwenye viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma Septemba 6, 2017.
Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa akiteta na Spika wa Buge, Job Ndugai baada
ya kukabidhiwa na Spika Taarifa ya Kamati Maalum ya Bunge ya Kuichunguza
Biashara ya Tanzanite na Almasi kwenye viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma
Septemba 6, 2017.
Spika wa Buge Job Ndugai akizungumza baada ya kupokea Taarifa ya Kamati Maalum ya Bunge ya Kuchunguza Biashara ya Tanzanite na Almasi kwenye viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma Septemba 6, 2017.
Baadhi ya wajumbe wa Kamati Maalum iliyoundwa na Spika wa Bunge Job Ndugai kuchunguza Biashara ya Tanzaniate wakimsikiliza Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa wakati alipozungumza baada ya kukabidhiwa na Spika wa Bunge Job Nduga Taarifa hiyo kwenye viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma Septemba 6, 2017.
Baadhi ya Wabunge walioshiriki katika hafla ya kupokea Taarifa ya Kamati Maalum ya Bunge ya Kuichunguza Biashara ya Tanzanite na Almasi kwenye viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma Septemba 6, 2017.
Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa na Spika wa Bunge, Job Ndugai (kushoto kwake) wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja na wajumbe wa Kamati Maalum iliyoundwa na Spika ya Kuchunguza Biashara ya Tanzanite baada ya Spika kupokea Tarifa hiyo na kumkabidhi Waziri Mkuu kwenye Viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma Septemba 6, 2017. Aliyekaa kushoto ni Naibu Spika wa Bunge, Dkt. Tulia Ackson na aliyeka kulia ni Kiongozi wa Upinzani Bungeni, Job Ndugai.
Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa na Spika wa Bunge, Job Ndugai (kushoto kwake) wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja na wajumbe wa Kamati Malum iliyoundwa na Spika Kuchunguza biashara ya Almasi baada ya Spika kupokea Taarifa hiyo na kumkabidhi Waziri Mkuu kwenye Viwanja vya Bunge mjini Dodoma Septembea 6, 2017. Aliyekaa kushoto ni Naibu Spika wa Bunge, Dkt. Tulia Ackson na aliyeka kulia ni Kiongozi wa Upinzani Bungeni, Job Ndugai.
WAZIRI MKUU Kassim Majaliwa amepokea ripoti mbili za kamati ya Maalumu ya Bunge ya kuchunguza biashara ya madini ya almasi na tanzanite na kuahidi kuiwasilisha kwa Rais Dkt. John Magufuli kesho asubuhi.
Pia amesema Serikali haina mchezo katika usimamizi wa rasilimali za Taifa, hivyo amewataka viongozi na watendaji wote waliokabidhiwa dhamana ya kusimamia sekta ya madini hakikisha wanatimiza vyema wajibu wao.
Waziri Mkuu amepokea ripoti hizo leo (Jumatano, Septemba 6, 2017) kutoka kwa Spika wa Bunge, Bw. Job Ndugai ambaye alikabidhiwa ripoti hizo na Wenyeviti wa kamati Bw. Mussa Zungu (Almasi) na Bw. Dotto Biteko (Tanzanite).
“Kesho saa 4.30 asubuhi nitaziwasilisha ripoti hizi kwa Mheshimiwa Rais Dkt. Magufuli. Hakuna ucheleweshaji katika jambo hili na Mheshimiwa Spika (Job Ndugai) kesho twende tukakabidhi wote.”
Waziri Mkuu amesema kamati hizo zimefanya kazi nzuri na kwamba Serikali inaimani na ripoti hizo na ushauri uliotolewa utawezesha Taifa kunufaika na rasilimali zake, hivyo mapendekezo na hoja zote zilizoibuliwa zitafanyiwa kazi katika kipindi kifupi.
Amesema taarifa hiyo zimewasilishwa katika kipindi muafaka na zimeonyesha dhamira ya dhati ya Bunge, kuunga mkono juhudi za Rais Dkt. Magufuli na Serikali yote kwa ujumla katika kulinda rasilimali za Taifa.
“Watanzania ni mashahidi kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu ameijalia Tanzania utajiri wa rasilimali za kila aina. Tunayo ardhi yenye rutuba, madini ya aina mbalimbali na mengine hayapatikani katika nchi nyingine isipokuwa Tanzania tu kama vile Tanzanite.”
Amesema ni lazima rasilimali hizo zisimamiwe na kutunzwa vizuri ili ziwezeshe kuboresha hali na maisha ya Watanzania wote na kila mwananchi ana jukumu la kuunga mkono jitihada za Serikali katika kuleta mageuzi katika Sekta ya madini nchini.
Waziri Mkuu amesema suala la kusimamia rasirimali za nchi ni la Watanzania wote kama ilivyoainishwa kwenye ibara ya 27 ya Katiba ya Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, ambapo aliinukuu Ibara hiyo kama ifuatavyo:
“(1) kila mtu ana wajibu wa kulinda mali asilia ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania mali ya Mamlaka ya Nchi na mali yote inayomilikiwa kwa pamoja na Wananchi na pia kuiheshimu mali ya mtu mwingine.
“(2) Watu wote watatakiwa na Sheria kutunza vizuri mali ya Mamlaka ya nchi na pamoja vita aina zote za uharibifu na ubadhilifu na kuendesha uchumi wa Taifa na kuendesha uchumi wa taifa kwa makini kama watu ambao ndio waamuzi wa hali ya baadaye ya taifa lao.”
Kamati hizo zilipewa jukumu la kutathmini mfumo wa uchimbaji, usimamizi, umiliki na udhibiti wa madini ya Tanzanite na Almasi Nchini, ambazo zimeishauri Serikali kuhusiana na mfumo bora wa uendeshaji na udhibiti wa biashara ya Tanzanite na Almasi nchini.
