Aliyekuwa jemeradi na Simba wa Vita katika ukombozi wa Tanganyika na hatimaye Tanzania. mheshimiwa Rashid Mfaume Kawawa, amefariki dunia siku ya leo Alhamisi, 31 Disemba 2009 katika Hospitali ya Muhimbili alikokuwa amelazwa kwa muda mfupi kwa matibabu baada ya kujisikia vibaya kiafya.

Alizaliwa 27.05.1926 - Amefariki 31.12.2009. Mwenyezi Mungu aipumzishe roho ya marehemu Rashid Mfaume Kawawa mahala pema. Amin.

Tunaiombea faraja familia, ndugu, jamaa na rafiki wa familia ya Kawawa.

Zifuatazo ni picha mbalimbali za hayati Simba wa Vita, aiyekuwa kamanda wetu:

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Kichwa cha habari hapo ni tafsiri niliyoikokotoa kwenye nukuu ya comment inayosomeka hapo chini.
Tafadhali usiache kusoma sehemu ya 'comments' (maoni BOFYA HAPA) zipo hoja moto sana  zimeibuka kutokana na hii comment ya huyu mtu aliyesema IQ za Waafrika zimelala doro.

Ukishasoma hiyo comment sasa, usikasirike wala kunikasirikia mimi. Hebu ujiulize, 'utafanya nini kwa vitendo  vizuri kupinga kauli hiyo'? Hii kusema ooh, sisi tuna akili, historia inajieleza, kuna weusi walifanya maajabu, sijui nini na nini, saaawa yote hiyo, lakiniii kiasi cha mboga tu hicho, kwa wakati huu je? What can you show? Mkono mtupu haulambwi  bwana, what do you have to show (not say) pliz? Kazi unayoifanya unaweza kujismama na kujipiga kifua na kusema 'mweupe' asingeweza kufanya hii? Ninawapongeza wale wote ambao hata kama hawawezi kusimama kusema nimefanya zaidi, bado wanao ujasiri wa kusema, nimefanya kwa levo ile ile ya kwao, tena bila mawaa.

Sawa. Najua fika kuwa hata wao 'weupe' si wote wametengeneza kitu cha ku-show, lakini, ukweli unabakia kuwa wemetengeneza vya ku-show na wametuzidi. Utadai waliturubuni na kutuibia. Kweli?

Sisi mbona tusiwarubuni sasa na kuwaibia? Wametuzidi kete? au  waache tu Mungu anawaona eeh? teh teh teh usitake 'ncheke. Utadai tena kuwa wao wengi zaidi yetu, hivyo yatarajiwa kuwa yao mengi kuliko yetu . Hivyo ni sawa kabisa? hivi eeh... hebu statistician afafanue hapo katika uwiano wa wao wengi, vyao viwe vingi na sisi wachache, vyetu viwe vichache, halafu itabalansi? Ufafanuzi pliz.

Na kama umekasirika, pole! halafu, what can you show? hasira haisaidii kufuta hii deep rooted mentality ya some 'white' folks.

What can you show? Jitetee.

Ukishindwa kusoma hapo, ifuate nilikoitoa kweye linki ambapo utakuta comment ya kwanza kisha ya pili:
allafrica.com/comments/list/aans/post/post/id/200912280212.html

Naulizaje, hawa (pichani) waliweza wana nini, nasi tunashindwa hatuna nini?

Tunapokaa ama kusimama majukwaani na kuanza kubishana sisi ni masikini kwa laana, na Mungu (au Yeye mwenye Ulimwengu huu) ametuonea kutufanya masikini tuwatumikie wengine, tujaribu kufikiri tofauti. Ikiwa kweli tunafanya tunachopaswa kwa faida yetu na ya wengine, visingizio vyatokapi? Kulala na kuamka n imakelelee kelele juu ya IMF hivi, WB vile, mashirika ya jamii ya Kimataifa sijui nini, kwani, wamekukateni mikono? Nchi zilizoendelea za Ulaya na Asia ambazo zilikuwa sawa kiuchumi na Tanzania (au nchi nyingine za Kiafrika) katika nyakati fulani, zenyewe hazikuwa na usumbufu wa IMF, WB na UN vile eh?

Ikiwa hatuelewi jambo na tunataka kujifunza, si ajabu kukawepo ubishani. Lakini hiyo si hoja, alimradi letu lengo ni moja, hoja yetu kuu -  kufanikiwa! Ni ujinga kabisa mtu anapomzuia mwingine asikamilishe jambo fulani kwa kisa cha wivu tu kwamba sifa hataipata yeye, ataonekana yeye dhaifu. Watu waacha kutilia mkazo mambo ya maana, wabaki kulumbania kasoro ndogo ndogo, kisha utekelezaji mzima unagota! Hiyo akili hiyo?

Nasemaje, It can be done. Just play your part. Do Good, but that's not enough, Do it well.

Katika picha zifuatazo (hapo chini), utaona kuwa kweli mambo yalitokea, yamekuwa historia. Yaliyotokea jana ni historia ya leo na yatakayotokea leo yatakuwa historia ya kesho.  Ya kesho yatatengeneza historia ya mtondo na mtondo utazaa ya mtondogoo. Faida ya haya yote ipo katika kujifunza kutokana na yaliyopita,  ili tuache ndwele, tuganye yajayo. Tuige mazuri, tuepuke mabaya. Taabu yetu siye, twabishana mno hata kwa yale mambo ya msingi kabisa yaliyokwisha fanikiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa sehemu nyingine.

DO GOOD and DO IT WELL!

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What if, it were, ...say, ME? Yeah, I don't know how to swim.

Lesson: Weddings around the swimming pool, river, lake, ocean or any other water source it's a - HAPANA, well to some people. (Hapana is Swahili for NO).

"Kutofikia malengo sio tatizo, tatizo ni kutokuwa na malengo ya kufikia" - Dr. Barnabas Mbogo

Bofya kwenye kichwa cha habari kupata undani wa habari yenyewe:
- Mahabusu Dar wagoma    
- Mrema awalaani wanaompinga JK      
- Mashine ya ATM yateketea kwa moto       
- Adaiwa kutapeli viloba 113 vya unga wa sembe
- Kesi ya Rama 'mla vichwa' vya watu yaahirishwa
- Mtoto wa miaka 10 aua mwenzake wakigombea chakula cha Krismasi    

Taifa Stars coach Marcio Maximo has named the squad that will challenge Ivory Coast.  The team mates will move to a residential camp on Monday for two friendly matches against Ivory Coast next month. The list includes:

Goalkeepers: Mwarami Mohamed, Shaaban Hassan Kado, and Shabani Dihile.
Defenders: Nadir Haroub Canavaro, Salum Sued, Kelvin Yondani and David Naftal, Erasto Nyoni, Shadrack Nsajigwa, Juma Jabu and Stephen Mwasika.
Midfielders: Juma Said Nyosso, Ibrahim Mwaipopo, Nurdin Bakari, Henry Joseph, Abdulahhim Homoud, Nizar Khalfan, Abdi Kassim, Kigi Makasi, Shaban Nditi, Samatta Mbwana.
Forwards: Danny Mrwanda, Mussa Hassan Mgosi, Jerryson Tegete, Mrisho Ngassa, Yusuf Soka, Zahoro Pazi, John Bocco.

Meanwhile, James Momanyi has reported on the Goal.com that, the Taifa Stars' coach, has said he will stay in charge of the team until July next year to conclude his contract.  Maximo said that though the contract gives room for either party to terminate it, he has no plans to leave before July.

"When I came here, I had plans to ensure that Taifa Stars play at the highest level possible. I am happy that we have achieved that partly, ...now that we have missed out a chance in the Africa Cup of Nations  finals in Angola next year, I would like to remain and guide the team to qualify for Africa finals for players in the domestic leagues in Sudan. ...I had promised Tenga (TFF president) and President Jakaya Kikwete that I would not depart until the country qualifies for CHAN, and I would live to that promise" he told the Daily News.

He admitted that the national team's performance this year has not been good but "not too bad" despite the fans disquiet.

I just liked this article and thought I should share it with you. Please find the email address of the writer at the end of the article should you want a chit-chat or for some more info on what else transpired during their course of stay in Tanzania or an opinion on what you might need to improve on, especially if you an employer or employee in the tourism and hospitality industry. We learn from the mistakes and take constructive criticism positively in order to advance. We should stop being too defensive especially when there is some truth in the story.
 
By RASNA WARAH, December 27 2009
THE GENERAL CONSENSUS is that unlike Tanzanians, Kenyans tend to be a brash, crude and arrogant lot who don’t care much for niceties or politeness.

It is a stereotype that has stuck, even though, in my opinion, most ordinary Kenyans are generally quite polite and have a high tolerance for bad behaviour, which means they don’t lash out or fight back when treated badly. The other stereotype is that Kenyans are always in a hurry and will never lose an opportunity to make a quick buck.

This go-getting attitude has often been confused with greed. But after visiting Tanzania, I am beginning to wonder if it is not precisely this attitude that has kept the Kenyan economy going even in the worst of times. And nowhere is this more evident than in the hospitality industry.

Like Kenya, Tanzania is blessed with physical beauty, ample wildlife and sandy beaches. In terms of tourism, it is Kenya’s closest rival after South Africa. But in terms of human resources, particularly in the hospitality and services industries, it lags way behind Kenya.

My own experience during a short visit to Dar es Salaam was enough to convince me that Kenyan hotels need not fear competition from Tanzania because they manage to do one critical thing right — they train their staff to respond to a clients’ needs.

In Dar es Salaam, I could barely get the attention of the receptionist at the front desk of the hotel, nor could I expect things that I take for granted in Kenyan hotels, such as room service. At first I thought it was because I did not use the magic word “Naomba” often enough. But repeated use of the word did not yield results.

On its Website, the hotel claimed to be four-star, but the only four-star thing about it was the clean, crispy bed sheets and the bathtub. The owner clearly had big ambitions, but failed on the small details.

For instance, there was no bedside lamp for reading in the room and the TV had only one international channel. In the dining area, there were too few waiters, and it was almost impossible to get their attention.

Quite often it was difficult to predict exactly when dinner would be served as it varied from any time between 7 and 9pm. This was extremely frustrating for the clients with small children.

The décor and design of the hotel also left a lot to be desired. The swimming pool area, for instance, was stripped of all trees, which made swimming unpleasant as the water heated up to almost 30 degrees in the blazing sun.

MY SWEDISH COLLEAGUES WHO were staying in the same hotel were even more frustrated. A few of them almost missed their ferry to Zanzibar because the taxi-driver booked the day before arrived an hour later than expected.

Do I sound like an arrogant self-righteous Kenyan? Maybe. But I highlight these shortcomings, not because I want to feel smug about Kenya, but because I think Tanzania is going to lose a lot of tourism revenue if it continues like this.

We can’t entirely blame Tanzanians for the state of their hospitality industry. Until the early 1990s, the country operated like most socialist states with a heavily subsidised and centralised systems that left little room for risk-taking and innovation. This meant that a civil service mentality pervaded all industries.

When the economy was liberalised, it was not accompanied by human resources development. People were not trained to compete in the free market system. For instance, Tanzania has no training college for hotel staff. There is no Utalii College, as in Kenya, that churns out chefs, waiters, receptionists or housekeepers.

Moreover, the Tanzanian economy is heavily donor-dependant, which has created its own problems. I was told, for instance, that the Tanzanian participants in the conference I was attending expected to receive a daily allowance simply for being there. This would be unheard of in Kenya, especially if the conference is among peers belonging to the same profession.

Donor dependence has created a citizenry that looks to foreigners to solve their problems. It has also stifled entrepreneurship and hindered economic development.

Perhaps in the spirit of the East African Community (and the future political federation), Kenya could offer Tanzania a helping hand through training of people working within the hospitality industry or via exchange programmes between hotels in both countries.

In return, Tanzanians could instil in Kenyans a sense of solidarity or Utu. God knows, Kenya could use a dose of kindness and co-operation right now.

rasna.warah@gmail.com