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[wanabidii] Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do - Happy and Prosperous 2014!

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[wanabidii] Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do - Happy and Prosperous 2014!

Greetings from Amsterdam, We are only 2hrs and 3 minutes shy from 2014!

And I know in East Africa, particularly Tanzania,Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, you are only 3 minutes away from 2014! Stay in one place safe in those 15 minutes!, Personally and my family are at home, just hearing from safe distance Dutch Fireworks, frankly speaking, Amsterdam is a bit of Juba or Baghdad or Kandahar in those really fireworks prime times! speaking of blast sound... it's really like battle ground!

Dutch started really early as a matter of fact, those blast wake me up this morning!, I do not know if this signify economic power, in a sense of buying fireworks or just tradition.

Anyhow, let me wish you a very prosperous and brave 2014!

Just remember, when you thought you have exhausted all possibilities, FACT IS; you have not!

Happy new year !!!!!!!

Africa Jumanne Bwamkuu
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[wanabidii] 14 things to watch in Africa 2014

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[wanabidii] 14 things to watch in Africa 2014

As election season hits Africa's four biggest economies, fears mount over further radicalisation from the Horn of Africa to the Sahel, African governments stand up to the Chinese and Cape Town is World Design Capital 2014. The new year will also bring debates about the new global development agenda and how to attract more infrastructure investment for the continent.

A guide to the year ahead

Africa in 2014: Infrastructure funders from near and far rally around Africa

Africa in 2014: African design, innovation on the global stage

Africa in 2014: Will Kinshasa, DRC win the peace?

Africa in 2014: The beginning of the end for the OPEC bloc

Africa in 2014: China Africa and the power of "No"

Africa in 2014: The many stages of African unity

Africa in 2014: US-Iran reconciliation and its impact in Africa

Africa in 2014: Kenya, Somalia return flows grow in 2014

Africa in 2014: Threat of jihadism from West Africa to the Horn

Africa in 2014: African voices in the development debate

Election Watch 2014: Algerian succession worries loom

Election Watch 2014: A Nigerian go slow for Goodluck

Election Watch 2014: South Africa's born frees and battlegrounds

Election Watch 2014: Egypt's tight deadlines and military precision

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[wanabidii] MAONI YA RASIMU YA KATIBA , MLIZINGATIA MAONI YA NANI, WARIOBA?

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MLIZINGATIA MAONI YA NANI, WARIOBA?

· Tume imechakachua maoni ya Wazanzibari.

· Watu elfu 16 kuamua hatma ya taifa la watu milioni 45.

Na Mwl. Sabatho Nyamsenda

Ilikuwa majira ya saa 11 jioni, tarehe 30 Desemba 2013, muda mchache baada ya Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba kukabidhi Taarifa yake pamoja na rasimu ya pili ya katiba kwa marais wa Muungano na Zanzibar, simu yangu ya kiganjani iliponiashiria kuwa nimepokea ujumbe. Nikausoma: "Haujambo? Vipi, siku zako za mwisho zikoje?" Rafiki yangu wa Kijerumani aliyekuja hapa nchini alitaka kujua nimejiandaaje kuondoka nchini siku chache zijazo kwa ajili ya masomo ya juu. Nami kwa uchokozi nikamjibu, "Unaulizia siku za mwisho, unanitakia kifo?"

"Nilijua tu utasema hivyo", alijibu. Kisha akalipua bomu ambalo lilinifanya nidondoshe machozi: "Nimerudi kutoka Zanzibar leo. Ni kuzuri, na watu wake ni wakarimu kama wa huku Dar. Ama kweli nchi yenu imebarikiwa. Mna kila aina ya utajiri, tangu maliasili hata umoja na ukarimu!"

Eti huyu ndugu anadhani Wabara wanajivunia rasilimali na vivutio vya Zanzibar. Bila shaka huko Visiwani pia aliwasimulia mengi kuhusu mlima Kilimanjaro na uzuri wa Bara na kuwaambia ni vyao. Maneno "nchi yenu" na "umoja" yalijirudiarudia akilini mwangu. Nilisikia mwili ukinisisimka, moyo ukanidunda, kijasho chembamba kikanitoka huku machozi yakidondoka. Mjerumani huyu alikuwa amenisimulia hadithi nyingi za kwao, na namna ukuta wa Berlin ulivyoangushwa mwaka 1989, na Wajerumani wakaiunganisha nchi yao.

Hivyo nikamjibu kijana huyo, "Labda hukukosea kunitabiria kifo. Hivi karibuni naelekea kufa kama Mtanzania, na kuzaliwa upya kama Mtanganyika. Ama kweli, sijui mlitumia uchawi gani kuturoga. Mpaka sasa tunatukuza mabaki ya ukoloni."

Akanipa matumaini, "Usikate tamaa rafiki. Wapenda Muungano endeleeni kupambana. Tanzania yenye marais watatu, na Afrika yenye marais 54 haina mustakabali katika dunia ya leo."

Hebu nieleze, ewe msomaji wangu, ingekuwa wewe ungejisikiaje? Huyu ndugu sio Mwafrika. Ni Mjerumani. Anaihurumia Afrika kwa kuendeleaza siasa za utengano. Yeye anajivunia kwamba nchi yake imeungana, na wanapigana kuunganisha Ulaya. Huku kwetu ndio kwanza tunazalisha vi-nchi, halafu tukitegemea tutakuwa na nafasi katika dunia ya leo?

Pengine kilichoniumiza zaidi sio maneno ya heri toka kwa mzungu huyo. Ni maneno niliyoyasikia katika hotuba ya Jaji Joseph Sinde Warioba, wakati wa makabidhiano ya taarifa ya tume. Kabla sijaichambua nitaomba tukumbushane kitu kimoja: Wakati wa uzinduzi wa rasimu ya kwanza, jaji Warioba alisema kuwa uamuzi wa Tume wa serikali tatu ulizingatia maoni ya watu walio wengi. Baadaye, na hasa baada ya kugundua kuwa mabaraza ya Katiba yamejaa wajumbe wa chama tawala, alibadili msimamo na kusema kuwa katika rasimu ya pili uamuzi wa Tume hautaangalia tena uwingi wa watu bali uzito wa hoja! Alidiriki kuwaambia wajumbe wa mabaraza ya Katiba wajadili mambo mapya, kwani ya zamani yote Tume inayo na hakuna haja ya kuyarudia. Kwa maana nyingine, aliwatisha wajumbe kurudia suala la Muungano, huku akijua wazi kuwa masuala ya msingi kuhusu maisha ya wananchi kama elimu, maji, afya, ardhi, serikali za mitaa n.k hayakuwa masuala ya Muungano, na kuyajadili kwake kungetegemea muundo wa utakaoundwa.

Ilipotoka rasimu ya kwanza, tupo tuliohoji uhalali wa Tume kupendekeza serikali tatu. Je, ilifikiaje uamuzi huo? Ilizingatia maslahi ya nani? Maswali hayo yalikosa majibu kwani Tume haikuwa imetoa ripoti. Ni ripoti ya Tume ndiyo ingetuondoa katika giza.Na sio kweli kwamba tume yoyote hufikia kutoa mapendekezo kwa kuzingatia idadi ya wananchi waliozungumza. Tume ya Nyalali ilipendekeza vyama vingi licha ya kuwa takribani ya asilimia 80 ya watoa maoni walipendekeza tuendelee na mfumo wa Chama kimoja. Hali kadhalika, Tume hiyo ikapendekeza serikali tatu licha ya kuwa watoa maoni wengi walitaka tuendelee na serikali mbili. Uzoefu huu unatuambia kwamba kazi ya Tume ni kusikiliza maoni na kisha kuyafanyia uchambuzi wa kina kwa kuzingatia hali halisi ya nchi na dunia pamoja na misukumo inayowafanya watu watoe maoni ya aina fulani.

Kwa uzoefu ambao nchi iliupitia kutokana na utawala wa kiimla wa chama kimoja pamoja na mabadiliko yaliyokuwa yakitokea duniani, haikuwa busara kuendelea na Chama kimoja hata kama ndiyo yalikuwa matakwa ya wengi. Lakini watoa maoni wengi ni watu ambao walikuwa wameaminishwa na chama tawala kuwa upinzani ni vita na uvunjifu wa amani. Tume ya Nyalali iliyazingatia haya ikapendekeza vyama vingi. Je, Tume ya Warioba imezingatia hali halisi ya Dunia ya sasa? Imezingatia historia ya nchi za kiafrika zilizojaribu kuungana na kisha muungano kuvunjika? Imezingatia ukweli kwamba watoa maoni wengi kuhusu Muungano ni watu waliolishwa "sumu" na vyama vyao kutaja idadi za serikali (mbili, tatu, mkataba)? Je, iliona wimbi la kuvunjika kwa Muungano?

Na sio kweli kwamba Tume ya Warioba ilizingatia idadi ya wananchi waliotoa maoni. Hebu tuzichambue kidogo takwimu zilizotolewa na Warioba kuhusu Muungano. Kwa Tanzania Bara, waliozungumzia Muungano walikuwa 39,000. Kati yao, ni watu 27,000 tu ndio waliozungumzia Muundo. Na kati ya hao 27,000, watu 3,510 (au 13%) walitaka serikali moja, 6,480 (au 24%) serikali mbili na 16,470 (au 61%) serikali tatu. Kwa Tanzania Visiwani, waliozungumzia Muungano walikuwa 38,000 na ni nusu yao tu (19,000) waliozungumzia muundo. Kati ya hao 19,000, watu 6,460 (au 34%) walitaka serikali mbili, na 11,400 (au 60%) serikali ya mkataba, na watu 25 (0.001%) walitaka serikali moja. Katika mikutano ya Tume huko Visiwani wapo pia waliopendekeza serikali nne : ya Tanganyika, ya Pemba, ya Unguja na ya Muungano, huku wakisisitiza kuwa Muungano uwe kati ya Tanganyika na Unguja. Hao, idadi yao, Jaji Warioba kukwepa kuitaja!

Je, takwimu hizo zinatueleza nini? Ukijumlisha idadi ya watu ambao hawakugusia muundo wa Muungano, Bara na Visiwani, ni 27,000. Hawa ni wengi kuliko watu 16,470 waliotaka serikali tatu. Jumla ya waliotaka serikali moja na mbili ni 16,475, na idadi hii pia ni kubwa kuliko waliotaka serikali tatu. Tume inaweza kujitetea kuwa watakao mkataba wakikosa sana wanaweza kuhamia kwenye serikali tatu. Ukikokotoa jumla ya waliotaka mkataba na serikali tatu ni watu 27,870, na hawa ni 36% (takribani theluthi moja tu) ya watu waliozungumzia Muungano. Na jumla hii ni kijitone cha maji baharini ikilinganishwa na watu wapatao 333,537 waliotoa maoni katika Tume ya Katiba. Pia hakuna utafiti wowote wa kisayansi unaoonyesha kuwa sampuli ya watu 16,000 inaweza kuwa inawakilisha maoni ya Watanzania milioni 45. Wanaweza kuwa ni watu wa wilaya au mkoa mmoja.

Katika lugha rahisi, ni kuwa waliotaka mkataba au serikali tatu walikuwa asilimia nane tu ya waliotoa maoni. Pia, watoa maoni 287,537 sawa na asilimia 86% hawakugusia kabisa kuhusu Muungano au muundo wake. Je, uwingi aliousema Jaji Warioba kautoa wapi? Na kwa nini adanganye mchana kweupe?

Ni vema tukajifunza kutokana na mchakato wa Katiba mpya, ambao ulitekwa na Wajasiria-Katiba kutoka vyama vya siasa na asasi zisizo za kiserikali. Na mvutano baina yao ndio ukateka mijadala na kufifisha maoni ya wananchi wa kawaida. Kuna wakati ambapo baadhi ya asasi zilitaka kwenda mahakamani kuusimamisha mchakato baada ya kuona kuwa umetekwa nyara na chama tawala. Chama kikuu cha upinzani pia kikatishia kujitoa na hata kumwandikia mjumbe wake barua ili ajitoe.

Lakini baada ya kunong'onezwa yaliyomo kwenye rasimu, wakafyata. Rasimu ilipotoka, hata kabla hawajaisoma wakaisifu na kusema imezingatia maoni ya wananchi! Sasa takwimu ndio hizo, je, ni maoni gani ya wananchi yaliyozingatiwa? Huko Zanzibar, hakuna kitu kinachoitwa serikali tatu: wengi hawakugusia muundo. Wowote utakaokuwepo kwao sawa. Kwa waliogusia muundo, wengi wanataka mkataba, kwa maana kwamba Muungano uliopo uvunjike, nchi washirika zipate mamlaka kamili kisha ziamue kushirikiana kama zikipenda. Kwa nini Tume imeyapuuza maoni yao?

Sababu zilizotolewa na Warioba kwamba Muungano kwa sura yake ya sasa hauwezi kudumu pia hazina mashiko. Eti kwamba Zanzibar tayari imeshajitangaza kuwa ni nchi, na Wabara wanaionea wivu. Na hapa, Warioba anasema, kuna majawabu mawili: ama Zanzibar ibadili katiba au Tanganyika nayo ijitangazie uhuru kamili. Kuhusu Zanzibar kubadili katiba, Tume inaona kuwa "ukarabati" huo hauwezekani, hivyo bora Bara nayo iwe na mamlaka kamili. Kwa maneno ya Warioba, "Hii ndiyo sababu kubwa ya kupendekeza muundo wa serikali tatu!" Kwa hiyo, hapa tunaona kabisa kuwa sababu ya kupendekeza serikali tatu sio maoni ya wananchi bali "busara" za Tume.

Lakini kwa busara hizo hizo, Tume ya Jaji Warioba inaiomba Zanzibar ikubali kubadili katiba ili uraia uwe ni suala la Muungano. Kwa maana nyingine, Tume ya Warioba inataka Zanzibar iendelee kuwa nchi (state) lakini isiyo na raia! Na katika busara za Tume ni kuwa hilo ni jambo linalowezekana. Tume inadhani kuwa uraia ukibaki katika nchi washirika kutaibuka utaifa (utanganyika na uzanzibari), na hili ni hatari kwa Muungano. Lakini Tume haioni shida kama kila nchi ikiwa na bendera yake, wimbo wake wa taifa na serikali yake. Wala Tume haikuona hatari kwa nchi washirika kuwa na mamlaka ya kushiriki katika mahusiano ya kimataifa kiasi kwamba siku moja Tanganyika na Zanzibar zitajikuta zimejiunga katika mashirika ya kimataifa, kila moja kivyake, na wakifika huko waanze kupigana vikumbo. Lakini kwa busara za tume, hayo yote ni bora yakawepo, na hayatatishia kuvunjika kwa Muungano.

Tume inatuambia kuwa serikali tatu ndio 'kiboko' cha Tanganyika iliyoendelea kuimeza Zanzibar kwa kisingizio cha Muungano. Serikali tatu zitaleta usawa. Ni kweli zitaleta usawa, lakini usawa wa kisiasa. Je, usawa wa kiuchumi utakuwepo kwa wabia wasio na uwezo sawa wa kiuchumi? Bado Tanganyika, kama mbia tajiri, ndiyo itabeba gharama kubwa ya kuundesha Muungano. Amlipaye mpiga zumari ndiyo huchagua wimbo! Ukaka mkubwa wa Tanganyika ndio utadhihiri. Hata huo usawa wa kisiasa hautakuwapo kwani katika Bunge la Shirikisho, wabunge wengi watatoka Tanganyika (wabunge 50 toka Tanganyika dhidi ya 20 wa Zanzibar). Kwa ufupi, shirikisho litaendelea kutawaliwa na Watanganyika iwe ni katika gharama za uendeshaji, nafasi za kisiasa na hata utumishi wa umma. Watanganyika ni wengi kwa idadi, hivyo wao ndio watakaomua nani awe Rais wa Shirikisho, na uwezekano kwamba Rais wa Shirikisho atatoka Zanzibar ni utandelea kuwa ndoto ya mchana. Uzalendo finyu ndio utatawalaa Shirikisho.

Kwa ufupi, muundo wa serikali tatu una matatizo na kero nyingi kuliko ule wa serikali mbili. Ubabe wa Tanganyika utadhihiri katika mfumo huu kuliko ulivyokuwa katika serikali mbili, ambako Tanganyika alikuwa kaburini. Na kero zenyewe ni zile zinazohusu mamlaka ya wanasiasa kwani ndizo zinazotawala mijadala ya sasa. Wanasiasa wataendelea kupigana vikumbo hata kwa mambo ya kipuuzi; mathalani, katika itifaki nani awe wa kwanza kutajwa kati ya rais wa Tanganyika na yule wa Zanzibar, au nani mkubwa kati ya Rais wa Tanganyika na makamu wa rais wa Shirikisho. Katika makabidhiano ya ripoti ya Tume ya Warioba tulimsikia Rais Kikwete akilalamika wakati wa kutaja itifaki kwamba vyeo vingi kweli. Huko baadaye katika itifaki wataongezeka rais wa Tanganyika, makamu wake, waziri mkuu, spika wa Tanganyika, jaji mkuu wa tanganyika, n.k. Barabarani wataenda kwa ving'ora, hivyo tutegemee foleni zaidi. Vyeo vyote hivyo vinaendana na mishahara na 'miposho' mikubwa mno ambao ni mzigo kwa wananchi. Na wabara ndio watakaoubeba hasa!

Uchambuzi huu wote unatuambia kuwa tuwe makini wakati wa kujadili rasimu ya pili ya Katiba. Kabla ya kuijadili lazima kwanza tupate taarifa kamili ya Tume ili kujua vigezo na busara zilizowaongoza kutupatia mzigo huo wa "Danganyika". Nasisitiza mamlaka zinazohusika zitoe taarifa hiyo ya Tume kwa wananchi ili tuijadili na kuikosoa kwani dondoo tu tulizopata toka kwa Warioba zinaonyesha kuwa kuna mengi ya kuhoji! Bado naamini tunaweza kuikoa nchi yetu isitumbukie katika shimo la utengano. Hii ni kama wengi wetu tutapiga kelele kuuokoa Muungano wetu na kuwasihi wenzetu waliokuwa wamedandia "Basi la Warioba" kushuka ili tutafakari kwa kina zaidi!

Mwandishi wa makala haya ni mwalimu wa Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, idara ya Sayansi ya Siasa na Utawala wa Umma. Anapatikana kwa barua-pepe: sany7th@yahoo.com

[wanabidii] TUJADILI RASIMU YA KATIBA MPYA - Sura ya Nne kifungu namba 32

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[wanabidii] TUJADILI RASIMU YA KATIBA MPYA - Sura ya Nne kifungu namba 32

NAOMBA MSAADA TAFADHALI:

Rasimu ya pili ya katiba:

Sura ya Nne kifungu namba 32

Kifungu kidogo cha 5 na 6

(5)"Ni marufuku kwa mtu, kikundiau taasisi ya dini kutumia uhuru wakutangaza dini kwa namna ambayo italeta uvunjifu wa amani,kujenga chuki au kuchochea vurugu na ghasia kwa madai ya kutetea imani au dini hiyo.

(6) Dini na imani ya dini haitatumika kwa namna yoyote itakayowagawa wananchi, kuletauhasama au kuharibu amani miongoni mwa wananchi."

Utata wangu je

1.waislamu wakiandaa Muhadhara na kuhubiri kua YESU si Mungu watakua wamekashifu imani nyingine?

2.Kama Wakristo nao wakaandaa Muhadhara na kudai kua Yesu ni Mungu watakua wamkashifu Imani nyingine kama za Waislamu ambaowanaamini Yesu SI MUNGU?

Tafsiri ya Neno kukashifu ni ipi ikiwa hicho unachohubiri ndio mafunzo ya Dini yako??

Wanaojua kesi ya Dibagula watakua wamenielewa zaidi.

[wanabidii] Ikulu yakwamisha talaka ya Obama kwa Mkewe Michelle

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[wanabidii] Ikulu yakwamisha talaka ya Obama kwa Mkewe Michelle

Obama akiwa 'busy' na Waziri Mkuu wa Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt wakati wa mazishi ya Mandela Afrika Kusini.
WASHINGTON, Marekani
NDOA ya Rais Barak Obama na mkewe Michelle haitaweza kuvunjika kwa sasa kwa vile mke huyo mrembo atatakiwa kuendelea kuishi katika Ikulu ya White House hadi mumewe atakapomaliza muhula wake wa pili wa uongozi mwaka 2016.

Obama akimbusu Helle Thorning-Schmidt mbele ya mkewe.

Kwa mujibu wa vyanzo mbalimbali, Michelle, mama wa watoto wawili, Sasha na Malia, hata kama ataachika atalazimika kuendelea kubakia ikulu kwa ajili ya mahitaji ya kuwa pamoja na mumewe katika hafla za kiserikali zinazohitaji uwepo wa mke. Hiyo ndiyo sera ya Ikulu ya Marekani.

Juzi, Gazeti la The Nation la Marekani liliripoti kuparaganyika kwa ndoa hiyo iliyowahi kutajwa kama ndiyo bora zaidi duniani, kwa kile kilichoelezwa kuwa kuchukia kwa Michelle baada ya kumwona mumewe akishoboka na Waziri Mkuu wa Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt wakati wa shughuli za kumuaga rais wa zamani wa Afrika Kusini, hayati Nelson Mandela 'Madiba'.

Obama akipiga picha na Helle.

Vyanzo katika mitandao mbalimbali vilisema ndoa hiyo ilikuwa inawaka moto kwa muda mrefu na kwamba hata kabla Michelle hajaanza kuishi katika jengo la peke yake katika viwanja hivyo vya ikulu, walikuwa wakilala 'mzungu wa nne'.

Mwaka 2012, uvumi ulisambaa kwa kasi duniani ukielezea kutengana kwa watu hao wawili maarufu zaidi, hali iliyosababisha Ikulu ya Marekani kukanusha taarifa hizo.
Hata hivyo, hadi gazeti hili linakwenda mitamboni, hakuna taarifa yoyote iliyotolewa na ikulu, Obama wala Michelle juu ya madai ya kutengana kwao.

Read more: http://mambomsetonews.blogspot.com/2013/12/ikulu-yakwamisha-talaka-ya-obama-kwa.html#ixzz2p3i3HmNM

[wanabidii] Obama akimbusu Helle Thorning-Schmidt mbele ya mkewe

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[wanabidii] Angalizo na Salamu za Kurugenzi ya Mawasiliano Ikulu kwa Wahariri

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[wanabidii] Angalizo na Salamu za Kurugenzi ya Mawasiliano Ikulu kwa Wahariri

MEDIA ADVISORY

KWA WAHARIRI WOTE

Wakubwa Wahariri

Naungana nayi katika kuumaliza vizuri Mwaka 2013. Aidha, nachukua nafasi hii kuwatakia Heri nyingi za Mwaka 2014. Uwe ni mwaka wa Baraka na Mafanikio kwetu sote.

Napenda pia kuwapongezeni nyote kwa detailed reporting ya shughuli ya jana ya Kukabidhiwa kwa Ripoti (which includes Rasimu ya Katiba) ya Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba kwa Mheshimiwa Rais Kikwete na Mheshimiwa Rais Ali M. Shein. Ni kazi nzuri – well done!

Jambo moja tu la msingi ambalo Mheshimiwa Rais Kikwete alilisisitiza jana ni kwamba there already appears some sections

of the Press ambazo tayari zimeanza kupotosha shughuli nzima ya jana kwa kuielezea Ripoti ya jana kuwa ni Katiba Mpya.

Naamini kuwa kila mmoja wetu anajua kuwa Ripoti ya Tume ambayo inashirikisha Rasimu ya Katiba, siyo Katiba Mpya. Mchakato wa kupata Katiba Mpya ndio kwanza umeingia katika hatua nyingine, hatua muhimu sana. Ripoti ya Tume, ikiwa ni pamoja na Rasimu ya Katiba, lazima viende sasa kujadiliwa katika Bunge la Katiba.

Na hata baada ya kujadiliwa na Bunge la Katiba na Wabunge wa Bunge hilo kufikia maamuzi, ni kwamba maamuzi hayo lazima yaende kwa wananchi kwa ajili ya Kura ya Maoni – Referendum. Ni sisi wananchi ambao tutaamua, Kwa sasa tunaendelea kutumia Katiba ya sasa na hakuna Katiba Mpya.

Natumai kuwa tuzingatie ukweli huu wakati tunaendelea kuandika na kutangaza habari za jambo hilo kubwa na la kihistoria katika nchi yetu.

Once again – A Happy and Prosperous New Year to us all.

SALVA RWEYEMAMU
MKURUGENZI WA MAWASILIANO
IKULU,

DAR ES SALAAM.

[wanabidii] TUJADILI RASIMU YA KATIBA MPYA - MARUFUKU YA BAADHI YA VITENDO KWA WATUMISHI WA UMMA

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[wanabidii] TUJADILI RASIMU YA KATIBA MPYA - MARUFUKU YA BAADHI YA VITENDO KWA WATUMISHI WA UMMA

MARUFUKU BAADHI YA VITENDO.

22. -(1) MTUMISHI WA UMMA ALIYE KATIKA AJIRA YA KUDUMU HATARUHUSIWA KUINGIA KATIKA AJIRA NYINGINE YOYOTE YA KUDUMU YENYE MALIPO NA MSHAHARA.

(2) MTUMISHI WA UMMA HARUHUSIWI KUGOMBEA KUCHAGULIWA AU KUTEULIWA KUSHIKA NAFASI YA MADARAKA KATIKA CHAMA CHA SIASA AU NAFASI YA MADARAKA YA KISIASA YA AINA YOYOTE CHINI YA KATIBA HII.

(3) ENDAPO MTUMISHI WA UMMA ATAAMUA KUGOMBEA, KUCHAGULIWA AU KUTEULIWA KUSHIKA ;-

(A)NAFASI YA MADARAKA YA KISIASA YA AINA YOYOTE CHINI YA KATIBA HII, AU;
(B)UONGOZI WA NGAZI YOYOTE KATIKA CHAMA CHA SIASA

MTUMISHI HUYO ATACHUKULIWA KUWA UTUMISHI WAKE UMEKOMA TANGU SIKU YA KUTEULIWA KUWA MGOMBEA, KUCHAGULIWA AU KUTEULIWA KUSHIKA NAFASI YA MADARAKA YA KISIASA AU UONGOZI KATIKA CHAMA CHA SIASA.

[wanabidii] Transparency for what? The usefulness of publicly available budget information in African countries

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[wanabidii] Transparency for what? The usefulness of publicly available budget information in African countries

Advocacy and civil society groups around the world are increasing their calls for governments to publish budgets and expenditure reports, not least in Africa, where budget transparency remains low by global standards.

However, while governments are often praised internationally for the number and type of budget documents they release, less attention is given to the content of these documents and whether they allow for meaningful budget analysis. This note considers whether the budget documents released by African governments are sufficiently comprehensive to answer basic questions about budget policy and performance. It spotlights those African governments surveyed in the Open Budget Survey with the strongest transparency records, examining:

• whether their budget reports are accessible online;
• the number of years for which reports are available;
• the coverage and detail of these reports; and
• the comparability of the budget data across countries.

While the national budget is but one of the many reports and documents citizens need to scrutinise government performance, it is an important foundation for other performance information, as it allows stakeholders to understand how their local concerns fit into the broader canvas of revenue collection and resource allocation. Improving the usability of national budget information should therefore be of interest to both international and domestic stakeholders.

Link:http://www.odi.org.uk/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/8754.pdf

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[wanabidii] Masculinity and Violence in Conflict

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[wanabidii] Masculinity and Violence in Conflict

Why does masculinity devolve into madness in the face of violence? Why is it that we time and time again see a marked increase in the horrific misdeeds committed by men toward women when conflict arises? Throughout history, including up to this very day, a consequence of large-scale violence and war is a significant increase in the rate of gender-based violence that women experience in the form of rape and specific targeting by combatants. During widespread conflict, the breakdown of society and normalization of violence that extends from war into broader society is a commonly used explanation for rampant gender-based violence. Hypermasculinity, a term used to describe an increase in aggressive and misogynistic masculine traits, is also used in explaining why gender-based violence is practically treated as a given component of war. Even after a conflict has been politically resolved, the impact that widespread violence and societal conflict has on the people that experience it and live through it is profound, traumatizing, and proves difficult to overcome.

Link:http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/12/masculinity-and-violence-in-conflict/

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[wanabidii] Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020

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[wanabidii] Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020

Modern research builds on extensive scientific dialogue and advances by improving earlier work. Moreover, the Europe 2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy underlines the central role of knowledge and innovation in generating growth. Fuller and wider access to scientific publications and data therefore help to:

• build on previous research results (improved quality of results);
• foster collaboration and avoid duplication of effort (greater efficiency);
• accelerate innovation (faster to market = faster growth);
• involve citizens and society (improved transparency of the scientific process).

For these reasons, the European Union (EU) strives to improve access to scientific information and to boost the benefits of public investment in the research funded under the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (2014-2020).

Link:http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-pilot...

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[wanabidii] TAARIFA YA MWELEKEO WA HALI YA HEWA KWA MWEZI JANUARI NA FEBRUARI 2014

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[wanabidii] TAARIFA YA MWELEKEO WA HALI YA HEWA KWA MWEZI JANUARI NA FEBRUARI 2014

JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA

WIZARA YA UCHUKUZI

MAMLAKA YA HALI YA HEWA

Simu: 255 22 2460706/7/8

Telefax: 255 22 2460735, 2460700 S.L.P. 3056,

Tovuti: www.meteo.go.tz

Barua pepe: met@meteo.go.tz DAR ES SALAAM.

Tafadhali jibu: 30 Desemba 2013

Kumb. No. TMA/4060/6/7

TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI

YAH: TAARIFA YA MWELEKEO WA HALI YA HEWA KWA MWEZI

JANUARI NA FEBRUARI 2014

Tafadhali husika na somo tajwa hapo juu.

Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania atatoa taarifa ya mwelekeo wa hali ya hewa kwa mwezi Januari na Februari 2014. Taarifa hiyo itatolewa kwa vyombo vya habari Jumanne tarehe 31 Desemba 2013, saa 5 (tano) asubuhi, katika ofisi za Makao Makuu ya Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania zilizopo kwenye jengo la Ubungo Plaza, Barabara ya Morogoro, kwenye ukumbi wa mikutano, ghorofa ya tatu.

Tafadhali usikose kuhudhuria ukiwa kama mdau mkubwa wa hali ya hewa nchini.

IMETOLEWA NA MAMLAKA YA HALI YA HEWA NCHINI

[wanabidii] Taarifa ya Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii kuhusu kusitishwa kwa “Operesheni Tokomeza Ujangili”

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[wanabidii] Taarifa ya Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii kuhusu kusitishwa kwa “Operesheni Tokomeza Ujangili”

Itakumbukwa kuwa Serikali iliamua kuanzisha "Operesheni Tokomeza Ujangili" kufuatia kukithiri kwa vitendo vya ujangili katika maeneo yote yaliyotengwa kisheria kama Mapori ya Akiba; Hifadhi za Taifa na Hifadhi za Misitu katika miaka ya karibuni. Hata hivyo, Serikali iliamua kusitisha operesheni hiyo kwa muda.

Kufuatia kusitishwa kwa Operesheni Tokomeza, matukio ya uvunjaji wa sheria za hifadhi kama vile uingizaji holela wa mifugo katika maeneo ya hifadhi; ujangili wa tembo pamoja na uvunaji wa miti katika hifadhi za misitu yanaonekana

kushamiri. Aidha, kumekuwa na ongezeko la kuvamiwa watumishi wa Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii na hata kuwasababisha madhara yakiwemo vifo na majeraha. Baadhi ya matukio hayo ni pamoja na:

Majangili kuua takriban tembo 60 katika Hifadhi/Mapori ya Selous, Rungwa, Burigi na Katavi na Ngorongoro. Hawa ni takriban tembo wawili kwa siku. Ikumbukwe kuwa wakati wa kipindi chote cha operesheni kilichodumu kwa mwezi mmoja ni tembo wawili tu waliokuwa wameuawa.

Watumishi wa Pori la Akiba Mkungunero (Kondoa) waliokuwa doria kuvamiwa na kundi la watu wapatao 80 waliokuwa na mikuki na silaha nyingine za jadi tarehe 24 Desemba, 2013.

Kuuawa kwa Askari mmoja wa wanyamapori aliyejulikana kwa jina la Ramadhani Magengere (40) na mwingine, Bwana Yahaya Ramadhani (34), kujeruhiwa vibaya na Wafugaji walioingiza mifugo ndani ya Hifadhi ya Wanyamapori ya Jumuiya (WMA) Ukutu (au JUKUMU) iliyoko Morogoro vijijini tarehe 6 Decemba, 2013.

Mtumishi mmoja wa wanyamapori, Sajidi Majidi, kujeruhiwa kwa kuchomwa mkuki kichwani na kuvunjwa mkono na wafugaji walioingiza ng'ombe katika Eneo la Ramsar la Kilombero tarehe 14 Novemba, 2013.

Kukamatwa kwa gari lililokuwa na mizoga 20 ya swala wilayani Simanjiro siku za karibuni

Kuanzishwa kwa kambi ya majangili katika Pori la Akiba Burigi ambapo vitendo vya ujangili vinaendeshwa. Majangili waliokuwa na silaha za moto walikimbia na kuacha nyuma nyani 30 waliokuwa wamewaua baada ya kukurupushwa na askari wa wanyamapori.

Kuongezeka wimbi la uvamizi na ufugaji wa mifugo ndani ya mapori ya akiba na hifadhi za misitu iliyopo magharibi mwa nchi yetu, hasa Burigi-Biharamulo-Kimisi, malagarasi-Moyowosi, Rukwa Lukwati, Luwanda, Ugalla, Ibanda-Rumanyika, Minziro na Katavi.

Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii inapenda kuwakumbusha wananchi kuwa kwa mujibu wa Sheria ya Wanyamapori Na. 5 ya mwaka 2009 pamoja na Sheria zinazosimamia maeneo ya Hifadhi za Taifa na Misitu kuwa hairuhusiwi wananchi kuingia katika maeneo haya bila kibali ikiwa ni pamoja na uingizaji wa mifugo kwa ajili malisho. Aidha, bado vitendo vya ujangili haviruhusiwi chini ya sheria hizi. Kifungu cha 15 ni marufuku mtu yeyote kuingia kwenye pori la akiba bila kibali. Aidha, Sheria hiyo inakataza kuwa na silaha yoyote ndani ya Pori la Akiba bila kibali cha Mkurugenzi wa Wanyamapori [kifungu cha 17]; kuwinda, kuua, kukamata au kujeruhi mnyama [Kifungu cha 19] na kuchunga ng'ombe ndani ya Pori la Akiba [Kifungu cha 21].

Ikumbukwe kuwa matukio yaliyotokea bungeni Dodoma, hayajatengua Sheria yoyote ya Wanyamapori au Misitu. Hamna maamuzi yoyote ya Bunge yaliyohalalisha ukiukwaji wa Sheria za Uhifadhi. Hivyo, wananchi wanatakiwa kutii na kufuata Sheria hizo kama zilivyo. Tahadhari inatolewa kuwa Serikali haitasita kumchukulia hatua kali yeyote atakayekiuka Sheria ya Wanyamapori kwa makusudi. Tunawaomba wananchi wasikubali kudanganywa na mtu yeyote yule kuvunja Sheria za nchi.

Aidha, nachukua nafasi hii kuwaagiza watumishi wote wa Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii wahakikishe kuwa wanaendelea kutekeleza majukumu yao ya ulinzi wa maeneo ya Hifadhi za Taifa, Mapori ya Akiba na Misitu ya Hifadhi bila kutetereka. Sanjari na hilo wasisite kuchukua hatua stahiki dhidi ya mhalifu yeyote mradi tu wanazingatia Sheria, Kanuni na taratibu. Utekelezaji huu wa sheria ufanyike bila kuathiri haki za msingi za binadamu.

Serikali ina maadili na miiko inayotawala utendaji kazi wa watumishi wake wote wakiwemo wale wa maliasili. Wizara ya Maliasili itaendelea kuwakumbusha watumishi wake juu ya maadili na miiko hii kupitia mafunzo ya mara kwa mara na mbinu nyingine. Aidha, Wizara itaendelea kuboresha miongozo inayohusu maadili na miiko hii ili iweze kuendana na wakati.

Mwisho, Serikali inasisitiza kuwa, kwa kutumia vyombo vyake, itaendelea kutekeleza majukumu yake na kusimamia ipasavyo Sheria ikiwa ni pamoja na kuchukua hatua kali dhidi ya yeyote atakayeshiriki moja kwa moja au kusaidia vitendo vya ujangili ili kunusuru rasilimali za Taifa. Jukumu la uhifadhi wa maliasili zetu liko pale pale, ni letu na lazima litekelezwe kwa manufaa ya kizazi hiki na vizazi vijavyo.

Imetolewa na:

Mh. Lazaro Nyalandu, MB.
NAIBU WAZIRI, MALIASILI NA UTALII
Desemba 29, 2013.

[wanabidii] Taarifa ya kuteuliwa Ernest Mangu kuwa Mkuu Mpya wa Jeshi la Polisi Tanzania

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Ernest Mangu

TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete leo, Jumatatu, Desemba 30, 2013, amemteua Kamishna wa Polisi Ernest Mangu kuwa Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi nchini.

Taarifa iliyotolewa usiku wa leo na Katibu Mkuu Kiongozi Balozi Ombeni Sefue inasema kuwa Kamishna Mangu anachukua

nafasi ya Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi nchini anayestaafu, Saidi Mwema.

Kabla ya uteuzi wake unaoanza keshokutwa, Januari Mosi, 2014, Kamishna Mangu alikuwa Mkurugenzi wa Inteligensia ya Jinai (Director of Criminal Intelligence)katika Jeshi hilo la Polisi.

Aidha, taarifa hiyo inasema kuwa Rais Kikwete amemteua Kamishna Abdulrahman Kaniki kuwa Naibu Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi, ambayo ni nafasi mpya katika muundo wa sasa wa Jeshi la Polisi.

Kabla ya uteuzi wake, Kamishna Kaniki alikuwa Kamishna wa Uchunguzi wa Kijinai (Commissioner for Forensic Investigations).

Mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi mpya ataapishwa kesho, Jumanne, Desemba 31, 2013 katika Viwanja vya Ikulu, Dar es Salaam.

Imetolewa na:
Kurugenzi ya Mawasiliano ya Rais,
Ikulu.
Dar es Salaam.

[wanabidii] Jeshi la Polisi laanza operesheni dhidi ya wanaotumia vibaya mawasiliano simu na internet

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[wanabidii] Jeshi la Polisi laanza operesheni dhidi ya wanaotumia vibaya mawasiliano simu na internet

Hatimaye, Jeshi la Polisi nchini, limeanzisha operesheni maalumu ya kuwabaini na kisha kuwachukulia hatua za kisheria wale wote wanaotumia vibaya mitandao ya kijamii kama vile Twitter, Facebook pamoja na laini za simu.

Jeshi la Polisi limeamaua kuchukua hatua hiyo baada ya kuona teknolojia hizo zinatumiwa vibaya na watumiaji ikiwa ni pamoja na kuhamasisha vitendo vya uvunjifu wa amani ya nchi, kutishia usalama wa maisha ya watu na kutengeneza njama ovu za matukio ya kijambazi.

Baadhi ya hatua ambazo jeshi hilo limepanga kuwachukulia wote watakaobainika kutumia vibaya mitandao hiyo ni pamoja

na kuwapeleka mahakamani.

Akizungumza na NIPASHE jana, Mratibu Msaidizi wa Polisi kutoka Makao Makuu ya Jeshi hilo, Kitengo cha Cyber Crime, Joshua Mwasungasa, alisema operesheni hiyo ni endelevu kwa nchi nzima, lakini kwa sasa wameanza na Jiji la Dar es Salaam kuanzia mwezi huu hadi Aprili, mwakani.

Alisema jeshi hilo linafanya operesheni hiyo kwa ushirikiano na kampuni mbalimbali za simu pamoja na Mamlaka ya Mawasiliano nchini (TCRA), na kwamba wote watakaobainika kutumia mitandao hiyo kwa matukio yoyote ya kiuhalifu, watachukuliwa hatua za kisheria ikiwa ni pamoja na kupelekwa mahakamani bila kujali hali au mahali alipo mtuhumiwa.

Kwa mujibu wa Mwasungasa, wanayo idadi ya watuhumiwa wanaotumia vibaya teknolojia hizo za mawasiliano, lakini alisema asingeweza kuiweka wazi ili isivuruge zoezi hilo ambalo wanaendelea nalo kwa sasa na kwamba wameamua kuanzisha operesheni hiyo mapema kwa ajili ya kuzuia athari kubwa ambayo ingeweza kujitokeza hapo baadaye baada ya kuonekana kwa dalili za vitisho vya uvunjifu wa amani kutokana na watu wanaotumia vibaya teknolojia hizo.

"Zoezi hili si la muda mfupi, ni la muda mrefu. Hatuwezi kusubiri mpaka uharibifu utokee ndipo tuanze. Tumeona vyema tuanze sasa kwani kuna 'threats' (vitisho) mbalimbali vinakuja kutokana na matumizi mabaya ya laini za simu na mitandao ya kijamii. Ni lazima tuwe na 'Line Patrol' kabla ya kitu kutokea na kuleta uvunjifu wa amani," alisema na kuongeza:

"Kutumia laini za simu kwa mambo ya kiuchochezi ni kosa kisheria, na Sheria ipo ya EPCO inayosimamia matumizi ya mtandao hiyo. Kama mtu anatumia mtandao wa simu kwa kukashifu mtu ni kosa, na siyo simu tu bali hata mitandao ya kijamii.

Kutokana na hili, tumeanzisha operesheni maalumu inayoitwa 'Line Patrol' kwenye simu na mitandao ya kijamii na endapo tutakutana na kitu ambacho kinakiuka sheria ya matumizi ya mitandao hiyo, tutamchukulia hatua za kisheria ikiwa ni pamoja na kupelekwa mahakamani mhusika."

Aliongeza kuwa mtu yeyote atakayetuma meseji za uchochezi kwa mwingine kupitia mitandao hiyo ya mawasiliano, atakuwa hatiani na yule atakayepokea na kurusha kwa mwingine bila kuifuta, naye pia atakuwa ameshiriki vitendo hivyo vya uhalifu kwani atakuwa ameingizwa na kuonekana kuwa ni mmiliki wa meseji hizo za kiuhalifu.

Alitaja baadhi ya matumizi mabaya ya mitandao hiyo kuwa ni pamoja na kuzungumza au kuandika ujumbe wa uchochezi, kukashfu, kutengeneza njama za matukio ya uhalifu na kuchochea uvunjifu wa amani.

Aliwaasa Watanzania kuwa makini na matumizi ya teknolojia hizo kwani kwa mujibu wa sheria zinazosimamia matumizi ya mitandao hiyo ya EPCO, mtu yeyote akipokea ujumbe wa uchochezi bila kuufuta na kuurusha kwa mwingine, tayari ameshakuwa mmiliki wa kosa hilo.

Alisema baada ya kumalizika kwa awamu ya kwanza ya uchunguzi huo katika Jiji la Dar es Salaam ifikapo Aprili, mwakani, watafanya tathmini na kisha kuwachukulia hatua za kisheria wote watakaobainika, na kisha kuendelea na maeneo mengine.

Aliongeza kuwa katika zoezi hilo, pia wanalenga kutoa elimu kwa Watanzania na watumiaji ambao hawana uelewa wa kutosha kuhusu matumizi ya mitandao hiyo kwani wengi wameingizwa kwenye matukio ya uhalifu kwa sababu ya kutokuwa na elimu hiyo.
Kutolewa kwa taarifa hiyo ya Jeshi la Polisi, kunafuatia malalamiko mengi kutoka kwa watumiaji wa mitandao nchini kutokana na kukashfiwa, kutishiwa usalama wa maisha yao na kudhalilishwa.

Baadhi ya viongozi ambao kwa siku za hivi karibuni walipewa vitisho kupitia mitandao hiyo ni pamoja wabunge akiwamo Mbunge wa Arusha Mjini, Godbless Lema; Mbunge wa Viti Maalum, Esther Bulaya; Spika wa Bunge, Anne Makinda na Naibu wake, Job Ndugai.

NIPASHE lilizungumza na Cyber Crime baada ya TCRA hivi karibuni kusema kuwa wanaoshughulika na udhibiti wa mitandao ya mawasiliano ikiwamo hiyo ya kijamii, ni Jeshi la Polisi.

[wanabidii] PLS GET ME CONNECTED

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[Mabadiliko] Uganda deploys troops to South Sudan amid unrest

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[Mabadiliko] Uganda deploys troops to South Sudan amid unrest

Good People,

Museveni must be stopped urgently and immediately from destroying the Great Lakes of East Africa. He has equally spread out his insurgency and terrorism committing genocide and atrocities in the South Sudan and he is the problem why tension is high and things are not working. He stole Migingo in Kenya and was the main financier of M23 insurgency and terror attacks in Congo a situation that has taken a different shift. The world must not let things fall apart before situation is put right by stopping Museveni from his conspiracies of crimes, violation and abuse of humanity Rights and as well destroying livelihood and survival of many. It is simply unacceptable.

The Great Lakes of East Africa has investments from different parts of the world and people will not sit as their interests are invaded and destroyed.

It is the reason why Museveni's insurgencies and terror attacks with his network must be stoped before Civil War in East Africa spill over and spreads out to retaliation on his own Country and eventually spread out to the whole world and ignites the 3^rd world war as interests from different angles are beginning to mount and grow from all corners of the world……...

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com/

Uganda deploys troops to South Sudan amid unrest

By JASON STRAZIUSO and RODNEY MUHUMUZA

Monday 30th 2013 9.00A.M. ..... 3 hours ago

A young displaced girl starts crying after the relative she was with disappears into a row of latrines, at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Some 25,000 people live in two hastily arranged camps for the internally displaced in Juba and nearly 40,000 are in camps elsewhere in the country, two weeks after violence broke out in the capital and a spiralling series of ethnically-based attacks coursed through the nation, killing at least 1,000 people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Violence since mid-December in South Sudan has displaced up to 180,000 people, the United Nations said Monday, as regional leaders intensified efforts to bring South Sudan's president and his main political rival to the negotiating table.

A meeting of East African leaders last week said it "welcomed the commitment" by South Sudan's government to cease hostilities against rebels, but hopes for a cease-fire.

Riek Machar, the fugitive former vice president who now commands renegade troops, instead called for a negotiated cease-fire that includes a way to monitor compliance.

Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry said Monday that a regional bloc known as IGAD has named a Kenyan and an Ethiopian as special envoys who will "spearhead mediation and broker peace" between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and the opposition, the ministry said in a statement. IGAD members must create an environment "conducive" for both sides to participate in direct talks, it said.

In Uganda, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni visited South Sudan Monday "in the spirit" of IGAD's diplomatic efforts to forge a political solution in South Sudan.

"The mood among regional leaders, and in Uganda, is that these guys must get to the table and talk," said Fred Opolot, talking about Kiir and Machar.

Uganda's influence is strong in South Sudan, where special forces from the neighboring country have been deployed at the request of Kiir, raising questions about the impartiality of Uganda as a possible mediator in a conflict that many fear could lead to civil war in the world's newest country.

Museveni and Kiir are strong allies. The Ugandan leader is believed to be concerned about the security implications for Uganda of a violent takeover of South Sudan's government.

For years the brutal warlord Joseph Kony, who once operated in the expansive jungle that now falls within South Sudan's territory, was a source of tension between Uganda and Sudan. Sudan's government faced persistent allegations of supporting Kony's rebellion against Uganda's government. Kony was forced to flee, and is thought to have fled to Congo and then Central African Republic, as the south moved closer to independence from Sudan.

South Sudan peacefully broke away from Sudan in 2011 after a decades-long fight for independence, giving Uganda a new sense of border security. Uganda, one of the south's strongest supporters in its quest for independence, denies it has taken sides in South Sudan's latest conflict, saying its forces provided security as Western countries and others safely evacuated their citizens from South Sudan.

Ugandan military spokesman Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda insisted Monday that Ugandan forces are stationed only at the international airport in Juba, the South Sudan capital, and that their task is to "facilitate evacuation of civilians." But United Nations workers in Juba told The Associated Press that Ugandan troops have been guarding the only bridge that crosses the Nile River.

Although Juba is now calm, unrest persists in other parts of the country.

Col. Philip Aguer, the South Sudanese military spokesman, said Monday that, although there was "no major fighting" over the weekend, tension remained because "Machar has not committed himself to a cease-fire. We've not seen one." Pro-Machar forces still control Bentiu, the capital of oil-producing Unity state, and renegade troops are poised to attack Bor, the contested capital of Jonglei state, according to Aguer.

"There's a force advancing toward Bor," he said.

Although Kiir insists the latest unrest was sparked by a coup mounted by soldiers loyal to Machar late Dec. 15, this account has been disputed by some officials with the ruling party who say violence broke out when presidential guards from Kiir's majority Dinka tribe tried to disarm guards from the Nuer ethnic group of Machar.

South Sudan has been plagued by ethnic tension and a power struggle within the ruling party that appears to have escalated after Kiir sacked Machar as his deputy earlier this year. Machar has criticized Kiir as a dictator and says he will contest the 2015 presidential election.

The U.N., South Sudan's government and other analysts say the dispute is political at its heart, but has since taken on ethnic overtones. The fighting has killed more than 1,000 people, according to the U.N.

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Muhumuza reported from Kampala, Uganda. Associated Press reporter Elias Meseret in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, contributed to this report.

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Uganda's Museveni threatens S. Sudan rebel leader with "defeat"

By Aaron Maasho and Carl Odera

Monday 30th 2013 9.00A.M------------4 hours ago

By Aaron Maasho and Carl Odera

JUBA (Reuters) - Uganda's president said on Monday East African nations had agreed to unite to defeat South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar if he rejected a ceasefire offer, threatening to turn an outburst of ethnic fighting into a regional conflict.

Two weeks of clashes have already killed at least 1,000 people in the world's newest nation, rocked oil markets and raised fears of a civil war in a region ravaged by fighting in Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo.

"We gave Riek Machar four days to respond (to the ceasefire offer) and if he doesn't we shall have to go for him, all of us. That is what we agreed in Nairobi," Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni told reporters in South Sudan's capital, Juba.

Asked what that meant, Museveni said: "to defeat him."

There was no immediate confirmation of the pact from other countries, including economic powerhouses Kenya and Ethiopia, who have been trying to mediate and last week gave the sides until December 31 to lay down their weapons.

The United Nations, Washington, and other Western countries who have poured millions of dollars of aid into South Sudan since it won its independence from Sudan in 2011, have also scrambled to stem the unrest.

Fighting between rival groups of soldiers erupted in the capital Juba on December 15, then triggered clashes in half of South Sudan's 10 states - often along ethnic lines, between Machar's group, the Nuer, and President Salva Kiir's Dinka.

Kiir, who sacked Machar in July, accused him of starting the fighting in a bid to seize power - a charge denied by Machar. He has since retreated into the bush and acknowledged he is leading rebel fighters.

The fighting, alongside unrest in Libya, has lifted oil prices, holding it above $112 a barrel on Monday. South Sudan has the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa after Angola and Nigeria, according to BP.

WHITE ARMY THREAT

Machar has responded coolly to the ceasefire offer and the army has said it has continued to fight his soldiers.

Thousands of people fled South Sudan's flashpoint town of Bor as the army warned of an imminent attack by the Nuer "White Army" militia on Monday, officials said.

The White Army - made up of Nuer youths who dust their bodies in white ash - has in the past sided with Machar.

But a spokesman for the government of South Sudan's Unity state, now controlled by forces loyal to Machar, on Sunday denied he was in control of the White Army fighters, raising the prospect that the violence was spreading beyond the control of widely-recognised ethnic leaders.

"The (White Army) are now not very far from Bor so an attack is imminent," Sudan army (SPLA) spokesman Philip Aguer said by phone from Juba, 190 km (120 miles) south of Bor by road.

Civilians had fled the town, crossing the White Nile river and heading for the swamps, Information Minister Michael Makuei told Reuters. Nuer militias massacred Dinkas in Bor during an outburst of ethnic fighting in 1991.

Bor's mayor, Nhial Majak Nhial, said he was urging civilians to escape Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, as the White Army militia neared.

"They have attacked the village of Mathiang (18 miles from Bor), killing civilians and burning civilian houses down. They are butchering civilians," Nhial told Reuters from Bor.

The reports of clashes and advances came from remote areas largely inaccessible to journalists and it was not possible to verify them independently.

SPLA spokesman Aguer said an SPLA reconnaissance unit clashed with White Army militia on Sunday night. Tribal elders over the weekend persuaded many of the Nuer youths to abandon their march, but officials said about 5,000 refused to turn back.

"People in Bor are scared," Makuei told Reuters. "Some of them have turned towards the swamps, and motorboats are crossing frequently to the other bank of the (White Nile) river.

Hello4 hours ago

Museveni is a war monger himself! He has been linked to wars in Rwanda, DRC, CAR, Somalia and now S. Sudan. Remember that came to power in 1986 through the burrow of the gun..after wedging a guerrilla war against an "elected" government of Obote. He has been clinging to power since then for the last 27 years, stealing votes along the way.

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Odongo1 hour ago

Ugandan armies may create other new rebels groups to South Sudan because this is an opportunity for the president Museveni of Uganda and he has just been driven out from DR Congo in the name of M23 rebels and his UPDF may renter DR. Congo for second time. Right now the Uganda's, presidential guards are operating in the Lira City of northern Uganda both day and night to oversee the situation in the region. The insecurity in South Sudan might lead to the death of people of northern Uganda which comprises of the Acholi, Langi, Iteso, Karamojong and west Nile people due to UPDF patrol at night. Presently the UPDF high command has order the local militia forces, for example the Amuka boys, Arrow boys of Teso subregion and other veterans who served in Obote 2 government which fought Joseph Kony and his Lord Resistance Rebels but they are not willing because some of them said that they are not spanners and toilet tissues. The UPDF fear Joseph Kony and his forces so much and if he comes back to Uganda this time, president Museveni of Uganda may go and many Ugandans does not want him in power now across the countries. Uganda must leave South Sudan alone.

Dr. Machar cannot be among the three snakes inside the house. The peace talk was organized by people who are completely condemned by the UNICC. The people who disowned Machar are the one on the chair to preside over his case and very impossible. Salva Kiir must leave power at will, if he want peace in South Sudan and he does remember that he came in power by accident, otherwise he would not have been their competly. Salva Kiir being so closed with Mr. president Museveni of Uganda has brought to him problems. I pray that the revolution in South Sudan will or shall open a way in East Africa. When you do bad things to people, people will one time do bad things on you and the reverse is true.

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Gunmen attack state TV, airport in Democratic Republic of Congo

By Bienvenu Bakumanya

Monday 30th 2013 9.00A.M-------------5 hours ago

By Bienvenu Bakumanya

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked the airport and seized control of the state television headquarters in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday in what appeared to be an attempt to seize power by supporters of religious leader Paul Joseph Mukungubila.

Police put a security cordon around the state television building where gunmen had taken several people hostage, journalists told Reuters. Witnesses also reported shooting at the Tshatshi military camp, close to the Defence Ministry.

Congo, a vast country at the heart of Africa, is struggling to emerge from decades of violence and instability, particularly in its mineral-rich east, in which millions of people have died, mostly from hunger and disease. The country is home to a 21,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO).

Before transmission was shut down at state television, two gunmen appeared on camera to deliver what appeared to be a political message against President Joseph Kabila, who took office in 2001 after the assassination of his father Laurent.

"Gideon Mukungubila has come to free you from the slavery of the Rwandan," said the message, according to a Reuters reporter who saw a tape of the transmission. Gideon is the nickname used for Mukungubila by his followers.

Mukungubila, who calls himself 'The prophet of the Eternal', ran unsuccessfully for the presidency against Kabila in 2006.

He has been an outspoken critic of a peace deal signed this month with the Tutsi-led M23 rebel group in eastern Congo, accusing Kabila's government of bowing to Tutsi interests and pressure from neighbouring Rwanda.

Information Minister Lambert Mende said security forces had the situation under control.

"The attackers presented themselves as supporters of Mukungubila. We are checking because this could be an attempt to fool us," he told Reuters.

In central Kinshasa, the streets emptied and shopkeepers closed their shutters. A customs official at the international airport on the outskirts of Kinshasa reported heavy gunfire there just minutes after the attack on state television.

"Shooting has started here," the official told Reuters. "They are shooting everywhere. We are all hiding."

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Subject: The South Sudan Crisis comprehensive Approach: The Etiology of the Political Crisis in South Sudan

By Abraham Deng Lueth

December 29, 2013 (SSNA) --The, hopefully, simmering down political situation in South has a long history. The aspirations of the people of South Sudan that emerged during the CPA and referendum times were abused by the leadership. Instead of building on those, a stern sectarian politics emerged and time and time again, hatred and greed continue to guide the institutional and individuals relationships.

The leadership of south Sudan failed to convene its political and social forces to amend the movement vision to suit South Sudan as an independent nation. National vision and shared values were eroded and sectarian visions and values based on hatred and greed arisen. Ministerial positions just become symbols of status to many folks in the government as opposed to delivering the services.

The SPLM, since its last convention in 1994 in Chukudum has not sat down and revised its essential documents to reflect its change from a guerilla movement to a professional ruling political party. Some elements within the party have shown their interests in the party leadership. The SPLM party leadership politics is linked to that of the nation in the sense that a chairperson of the party is the one who runs on the party ticket for president in the national elections.

This situation has caused a crack between the party members in the government and those outside the government. For sure, there are interests. The party elements in the government do not want President Kiir challenged for the post of the party chair. They like to continue to have him as the party chair; hence, its candidate for president in the 2015 general elections to give them another round of power in the post 2015 era. On the other hand, the party elements mainly outside the government wants democracy to allow those vying for the chairmanship of the party a chance to challenge President Kiir and hence, giving them a shot at the presidency comes 2015.

Several requests for meetings of the political bureau, the SPLM highest structure, are reported to have been tabled by the then Secretary General of the party, Pagan Amum, but they were turned down by the president. After the pressures for the leadership of the party amounted on the President and his close aides, he started to swirl his powers and hit everyone he deems opposition to him.

Consequently, a series of decrees were officiated; private presidential guards (believed to have hailed from the President's regional states) were recruited and trained without the knowledge of relevant military leaders, some elected governors gone, the entire cabinet gone, the entire SPLM party structures gone, requested meeting for the political bureau, denied, NLC meeting called without consultation from the political bureau and there were more threats only decrees away.

December 6 Press Conference

As a result, a team of SPLM high ranking officials, headed by Dr. Riek machar called a press conference to explain to the party members their unaddressed grievances. This team also scheduled a public rally on December 14 to do the same to the members of the public. The rally was later canceled to give room for dialogue after the spiritual leaders urged both sides to resolve their political differences internally through dialogue. Among the group, 3 individuals, namely; Mama Nyandeeng, Pagan Amum and Dr. Riek Machar were vying to challenge president Kiir for the party chairmanship. The group was united to fight the dictatorship tendencies within the party which normally spillover into the national affairs time and time again (e.g. firing of elected governors). Many had hoped that something positive was going to come out of the vice President's press conference on Monday. Nevertheless, hate speeches and nicknaming of the dissident voices group were what came out of the press conference.

The group had hoped that canceling their rally to give room for dialogue would also necessitate the president to cancel the NLC meeting so that a meeting for the political bureau was convened and the differences would be worked out and agenda items for the NLC meeting would be set. However, to no avail, this opportunity to resolve the outstanding issues was also ignored and the NLC scheduled meeting continued.

The dissident voices group gave dialogue another chance and attended the meeting, hoping that the outstanding differences will be given a consideration but again, none was considered. Instead, the president, a leader of the party and the nation, came out intimidating and was rubbing on past historic wounds within the party such as 1991 Bor massacre. This rigidity of the President and his close aides to open up to addressing fierce political differences caused the dissident voices group to boycott the NLC meeting on its last day.

December 15 Sunday Presidential Guards Incident

The darkest days of South Sudan since its independence began on Sunday, December 15. A fight broke out within the PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS. The causes (s) of this incident are storied differently and none is yet confirmed as the reliable cause because there has not been an investigation into the incident so far or at least that is known by the public. On December 16, the president was seen in military uniform on SSTV, flanked by some cabinet members, addressing the nation that what occurred on Sunday night was "a failed coup." Dr. Riek was accused for the coup and, interestingly, arrest orders were also issued for other linked politicians to the "coup" who turned out to be members of the dissident voices group with no connection to the presidential guards or the army, whatsoever.

Dr. Riek has come out and denied the coup and claimed that President Kiir took advantage of the incident that happened within his own presidential guards and used it to deter or eliminate the opposition. There has not been a strong proof that the alleged coup d'état (which the world would not recognize) was, indeed, an attempted coup. That leaves the public to wonder about what is going on. Is it a poor judgment in differentiating between a mutiny and a coup or is it a pure calculated politics based on ill-hatred of fellow citizens and obsessive greed for power?

Dialogue and Negotiation Process

Regardless of the fact that the public seems to remain divided on who to blame for the crisis and process differently the potential conditions leading to the conflict, it is apparent that it is opposed to the unwarranted violence and would like a peaceful way of addressing political differences. Therefore, in a rare circumstance, allow me (member of the public) to say thank you to both warring factions for agreeing to sit down and talk.

Moreover, it should also be noted that the crisis has taken different forms over time and in the process, has created slightly differentiated but substantially linked cohorts. It is important to understand how those slightly differentiated groups developed and how they still link to the main issue that brought our country here. In my own view, I think it will be necessary to approach the dialogue in two phases.

A. Solving Political Differences Through Political Dialogues

Phase one should focus on the political differences within the SPLM party and the SPLM national policies because as a ruling party, its policies influence how the affairs of the nation are run. Therefore, it is critical to address political differences within the party and the party national policies under this phase of negotiation. This is where Dr. Riek and the detained politicians are one group. Therefore, in this context, yes, Pagan or any other member or members of the detained group may part-take in the negotiation process. Therefore, Dr. Riek is not wrong to appoint Pagan if he is thinking in this context and Pagan, on the other hand, is not wrong to accept the appointment if he is sticking to his December 6 conference allegiance.

B. Reconciling The Warring Factions: Kiir vs. Riek (Dinka vs. Nuer)

The second phase should focus on the violence that began on Sunday, December 15 and its effects. This phase should cover President Kiir unconfirmed coup accusation, risking the lives of Dr. Riek, other accused politicians and the killing of innocent citizens in Juba. It should be noted that the killing in Juba fitted the Nuers against the Dinkas more than the coup accusation itself.

On the other hand, this phase will also focus Dr. Riek and the killings in Bor, Akobo, Bentiu and Malakal. President Kiir has an indirect responsibility for the killings in those other towns because the killing in Juba catalyzed the actions of the Nuers against Dinkas in those towns. The main goal here should be to give the two leaders a chance to reflect back on their actions and how they could have contributed to the unwarranted crisis that caused several losses of lives and resulted in several war crime accounts. When that is done, it is when the two will see a dire need to reconcile and move on.

Most of the talks under this phase should be between Kiir and Riek. If they want to use other people to represent them, they should pick people from their warring sides. For example, Dr. Riek can appoint either Gatdet or any of the people fighting with him now because they are the ones who can answer why they killed people. Kiir, on the other hand, should appoint someone within his inner circle to explain why they were rigid to changes and eventually, rushing to calling what happened on Sunday an "attempted coup." Moreover, they should be the one to answer why they ordered the presidential guards to kill innocent civilians in Juba who may not have any clue about politics.

Last but not least, the three parties (warring factions, Kiir & Riek, and the accused politicians) affiliated with the crisis should converge here as well and collectively reconcile. The detained politicians should help mediate both sides. Their contribution, especially, at this point will be a key catalyze for the reconciliation between the two leaders and the affected ethnic groups of Nuers and Dinkas. The two leaders must first reconcile before the reconciliation of the Nuers and the Dinkas, followed by a national healing process if a meaningful and comprehensive peace can be achieved in the country.

Matters pertaining to the security of Riek, members of his forces and the accused politicians must be negotiated and it will not surprise me if power-sharing becomes the solution. Therefore, continuation of talks to involve the detained politicians is necessary regardless of the fact that they are not affiliated with the war. Pagan Amum can continue as one of the chief negotiators but Dr. Riek will need to appoint other co-chief negotiator (either directly or indirectly involved in the war) to sit alongside with Pagan to answer questions regarding the war.

Power-Sharing between the warring factions

So, yes, a power-sharing may not be a bad idea given the fact that the president has continuously shown his inability to lead with the nation interest in the center and continuously misuse his presidential powers. It will also be the best way to guarantee trust and security between the warring factions, including the detained politicians. Power-sharing will create enabling, safe ethnic and political environments that will be necessary to move the nation forward.

The power-sharing resolution should have a life span, ranging from when the negotiation deal is sealed until next election when the nation will elect its next leader. Both President Kiir and Dr. Riek should lead the country during the power-sharing period and must not run for election in 2015 in order to forgo the war crimes. Otherwise, if they choose to take part in the leadership and still run in 2015, they must be investigated for the war crimes committed over the last 2 weeks.

The Resolutions of the Political Dialogues

The resolutions of the political dialogue should ensure the following:

I. Provide comprehensive solutions to the SPLM party political processes relative to the nation political processes, hence, reconciling the party ranks;

II. Reconcile President Kiir and Dr. Riek while acknowledging where each of the two leaders could have prevented the crisis (power-sharing should be obvious);

III. Reconcile the Nuers and the Dinkas to bridge the ethnic gap created by the conflict;

IV. Provide national healing because the current conflict has affected every South Sudanese in a very profound way.

Abraham Deng Lueth is a Community Support Specialist at Truman Behavioral health Emergency Department in Kansas City, Missouri, United States; he is the President of Greater Bor Community-USA. He previously worked as a critical care laboratory technician and conducted an independent undergraduate biomedical research project which was published in the Plant Science Journal in 2007.

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December 29, 2013

Press Release

Alliance for South Sudanese in Diaspora (ASSD) Condemns Ugandan Yoweri Museveni Involvement in South Sudanese internal Affairs

Alliance for South Sudanese in Diaspora (ASSD) condemns the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for his involvement in the internal South Sudanese Affairs. ASSD urge all Eastern African Countries to stay neutral without meddling in the South Sudanese internal affairs as this may complicate and widen this conflict to the entire region.

ASSD specifically urge Kenya and Ethiopia to stay neutral and not follow what Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is doing in South Sudan. We urge President Museveni to stop using latest weaponry to massacre innocent South Sudanese in the Greater Upper Nile Region and immediately stop aiding Kiir's militants with air support.

We would like to ask the UN, United States of America, African Union, Canada, United Kingdom, and Norway to intervene and ask Uganda to leave South Sudanese alone.

The Alliance urge Ugandan forces in South Sudan's soil to leave immediately and failure to do so constitute an invasion and meddling in South Sudan's internal affairs.

For more information, please call us at +1(202) 709- or via email at southsudaneseindiasporaallianc@gmail.com

Department of Information and Public Affairs

Alliance for South Sudanese in Diaspora (ASSD)

Washington, DC, USA

+1(202) 709-7322

Southsudaneseindiasporaallianc@gmail.com

About the ASSD: ASSD is an umbrella organization for South Sudanese organizations and individuals championing the causes for freedom, democracy, human rights, governance and development in South Sudan.

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South Sudan's neighbors threaten to step in to end fighting
By Dr. Peter Kopling Joseph
December 29, 2013 (SSNA) --East African leaders on Friday gave South Sudan's warring factions four days to lay down their arms after nearly two weeks of widening violence.
If they don't, the leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) warned they'll "take action" to stop the conflict that the United Nations says has killed more than 1,000 and forced some 121,000 from their homes.
The group didn't specify what sort of action it would take. But a communiqué issued Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, appears to throw the group's weight behind South Sudanese President Salva Kiir."
The above is an excerpt from CNN news online. If true then I must say I am bitterly disappointed but yet not surprised by the move of Kampala and Nairobi in particular. How can those who live in glass houses throw stones?
Museveni of Uganda, rules his people with iron fist and manipulates the constitutions to allow him to rule till death do him in and groomed his son to take over, he essentially murdered his opponents and democracy in Uganda, do we expect anything different from him than support one like him and that he understands Kirr and supports him? As I write his UDF are already fighting for Kirr at the frontline, so what is new here other than making it formal and now with kenyan support?
In Kenya the Kenyata's tribe have ruled and monopolized power and economy which kirr is copying for his Jiengs in South Sudan. The Kenyan President himself is a wanted man, so why will AU and international leaders give us those with blood stein in their hands to mediate?
Is it surprising they would throw their weight behind Kirr who clearly has destroyed democracy in South Sudan and now have massacre women and children in the capital Juba, in the footsteps of these leaders who pledged him their supports?
Kirr committed the first sin of recruiting tribal militia; the same that initiated mutiny among them after Kirr ordered those opposed to his rule be arrested to include Riek. This same militia went about and killed women and Children and the elderly of the Nuer people not too far from Kirrs Palace and to say these leaders of Uganda and Kenya support such and these are the very same one to mediate who are now throwing threats here and there?
If these East African mediators are honest, they should and must condemn Kirrs Massacre of Nuer people in Juba, Which they have not done till today. Without which, Musevenis Soldiers who are already in the front line are now being Join by Kenyan soldiers to come and complete the genocidal ethnic cleansing of the Nuer people started in juba by Kirr. Is this really what Nairobi and Kampala are advocating for? Are they prepared for this?Have they really understood this?
Let the Kenyan and Ugandans ask themselves very carefully, when they join Kirr in the front line, who are at the other end of the firefight?
The answer is very simple; at this point it is the very same Nuer people who are fighting for their dear lives, preventing being wiped out by Kirr as he started it in Juba not just to topple Kirr. Their fight is a direct response to kirrs intents and massacre. Do the Kenyan and Ugandan wants to make it easy for Kirr to complete his work of genocide and ethnic cleansing?
I am not a Nuer but a very concerned Southern Sudanese and I must warn the Ugandan and Kenyan, the day you step into this war, it is the day the wait if over for the rest of us. We shall not stand by and see our Nuer brothers and Sisters wiped out by combined forces of Kirr's tribal gangs and his foreign mercenaries. The rest of South Sudan shall join in and we shall fight it out to the very last man.
Given Museveni armies are already in the front line for Kirr and if Kenya too joints them, they have already lost credibility of being neutral and they should abandon mediation to Ethiopia and other world leaders, unless they are ready to participate with Kirr in genocide he started in Juba only halted by Riek and his forces.
Kenya and Uganda must not swallow kirrs poison and buys all that he says, The rest of South Sudan is watching closely, instead of pouring water, they are pouring gasoline and the fire that shall flair as a result, they will find it hard to extinguish.
He who maintains Silence in the face of massacre is a murderer
Dr Peter Kopling Joseph can be reached at drkopling@aol.com

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