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PRINCESS OF SAUDI ARABIA VISIT TANAPA HEADQUARTERS

                 Princess Haifa and her delegation in a discussion with the Management of TANAPA

 1.                  Princess Haifa signing a visitors book at the office of the Director General of TANAPA.

 .                  Princess Haifa Bin AbdulAziz of Saudi Arabia (far left) inspired by the statue of the Father of Nation the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere at the reception of the TANAPA Headquarters in Arusha.In the middle with black suit is the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Tanzania H.E. Hani Mominah while TANAPA’s Public Relations Manager Pascal Shelutete (first right) is also looking on.

 TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS

PRESS RELEASE

PRINCESS OF SAUDI ARABIA VISIT TANAPA HEADQUARTERS

Princess Haifa Bin AbdulAzizi Mogrin of Saudi Arabia visited Tanzania National

Parks Headquarters in Arusha yesterday and held talks with the Management of

TANAPA regarding the forthcoming youth forum on Biodiversity Conservation

scheduled for January next year in Arusha.

The Princess who is the coordinator of the forum, discussed with TANAPA on

how best the forum can be conducted. The main theme of the forum is

“Construction and Implementation of the Regulatory Framework for

Biodiversity Conservation” and will involve about 50 youths from both

Tanzania and Saudi Arabia who will have an opportunity to interact and discuss

on the future of biodiversity conservation in the two countries.

TANAPA has been appointed by the Government of Saudi Arabia to host the

forum in Arusha.

The youth forum is an initiative by King Abdullah Bin Abdulazizi for dialogue

among the forums worldwide under the program Saudi International Youth

Dialogue Forums. These forums provide the platform for Saudi youth to interact

with their peers from different countries, while adopting their creative initiatives

and solutions under various themes.

The upcoming Saudi-­‐‑Tanzania Youth Dialogue Forum (STYF) will include a

delegation of Saudi Youth who will be visiting Tanzania to learn about and

review, with their Tanzanian counterparts, the structural framework of various

agencies or societies and their roles in addition to the implementation systems of

regulatory framework for biodiversity conservation in the two countries. The

objective of the forum is to develop initiatives to ensure more effective

conservation practices locally and globally.

On his side, Director General TANAPA Allan Kijazi said TANAPA will do

everything possible to ensure that the forum will bear fruitful results.

ISSUED BY

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT

TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS

28TH NOVEMBER, 2013

TPSF:Kagasheki kuwa jasiri kukabili majangili

Na Mwandishi wetu

28th November 2013

Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii, Balozi Khamis Kagasheki (wa pili kushoto), akiwa kwenye mazungumzo na baadhi ya wajumbe wa Bodi ya Taasisi ya Sekta Binafsi (TPSF), ikiongozwa na Mwenyekiti wake, Dk. Reginald Mengi (wa tatu kushoto), jijini Dar es Salaam jana.

Taasisi ya Sekta Binafasi Tanzania (TPSF) imemshauri Waziri wa Mailiasili na Utalii, Balozi Khamis Kagasheki, kuwa na moyo wa ujasiri kukabiliana na unjangili hasa wa kuua tembo kwa kuwa biashara ya pembe zake inafanywa na watu wakubwa.

Ushauri huo ulitolewa jana katika mkutano wa mashauriano kati ya sekta binafsi na Waziri Kagasheki ambayo mambo kadhaa ya ushirikiano baina ya serikali sekta hiyo yalijadiliwa.

TPSF pia iliitaka serikali kulinda hifadhi za misitu kwani miti imekuwa ikikatwa ovyo na kutoa mifano kwenye hifadhi ya Mlima Kilimanjaro na Mufindi, mkoani Iringa.

Katika mkutano huo ulioandaliwa na TPSF na kumwalika Waziri Kagasheki ukiwa ni mkakati wa kukuza ushirikiano kati ya sekta binafsi na serikali na kupeana ushauri juu ya namna ya kuzitumia rasilimali za taifa kwa ajili ya manufaa ya Watanzania, Balozi Kagasheki alisema kuwa sekta binafsi ina umuhimu mkubwa katika maendeleo ya uchumi wa nchi na zisiposhirikishwa kikamlifu, serikali haiwezi kufika popote.

Ujumbe wa TPSF uliongozwa na Mwenyekiti wake, Dk. Reginald Mengi.

Balozi Kagasheki alitaka serikali isionekane kuwa ndiyo yenye kufanya mambo yote ikiwa ni pamoja na masuala yote ya kufanya maamuzi kwani inahitaji kuzishirikisha sekta binafsi na kwa kutofanya hivyo, hawawezi kufika popote.

Alisema serikali haiwezi kufanya biashara isipokuwa inaandaa mazingira kwani katika nchi yoyote, kwa sehemu kubwa wenye kuendesha  shughuli hizo ni sekta binafsi, hivyo mchango wao unahitajika kwa ajili ya kuleta mabadiliko ya kiuchumi nchini.

 “Nilipata barua pale ofisini, sekta binafsi ni chombo muhimu, hivyo nikaona kuna umuhimu wa kuja kwenye mkutano huu. Bado naamini kwamba kukiwa na uhusiano mzuri kati ya serikali na sekta binafsi, tutafika mbali,” alisema Kagasheki na kuongeza:

 “Ile ‘bureaucracy’ (urasimu) ya kuona wengine hawawezi kutunga sera wala kufanya maamuzi  ila ni serikali pekee, hatuwezi kusonga mbele wala kupiga hatua.

Ni lazima pawepo na ‘interaction’ (majadiliano ya pamoja), ‘participation’ (ushirikishwaji) kati ya serikali na sekta binafsi ili kuweza ‘ku-solve’ (kutatua) baadhi ya matatizo yanayojitokeza.” 

Waziri Kagasheki aliongeza kuwa serikali inapaswa kuchukua hatua madhubuti mapema kwa ajili ya kutatua changamoto mbalimbali zinapojitokeza, kinyume cha hapo itapokea malalamiko.

Pia alitaka mazingira ya uwekezaji yaboreshwa ili kuwavutia wawekezaji kwani kinyume cha hilo, wanaweza kukatishwa tamaa.

Kwa upande wake, Dk. Mengi alimpongeza Balozi Kagasheki kwa kuonyesha kuijali sekta binafsi ikiwa ni pamoja na kukubali kushiriki mazungumzo hayo ya kupeana ushauri juu ya kuzitumia vyema rasilimali zilizopo ikiwa ni  pamoja na uwekezaji wenye tija kwa taifa.

 “Kwa nini sekta za umma na za binafsi zinapokutana zinaonekana kama hazijatoka nchi moja?” alihoji na kuongeza: “Zinakuwa kama maadui.

Kuna fikra potofu ya kuona kwamba sekta binafsi ni wanyonyaji, lakini wewe (Waziri Kagasheki) unaonyesha  kuwa tupo pamoja.”

Dk. Mengi aliongeza kuwa: “Sekta binafsi zinaweza kusaidia kutia msukumo sekta ya maliasili ambayo kama yenyewe isingeweza… Tunakushukuru kwa kuanzisha hiyo ‘interactions’ (majadiliano ya pamoja) kwani sasa tunajiona tupo pamoja katika kujenga taifa letu.”

Aliitaka serikali kuwahamasisha Watanzania  juu ya umuhimu wa misitu kuwa ni biashara kwani mchango wa sekta ya misitu kwenye pato la taifa unakuwa mdogo kwa sababu wananchi hawajaelimishwa vya kutosha namna ya kuzitumia na kufaidika na rasilimali hizo.

Dk. Mengi vilevile aliitaka serikali kuweka mazingira mazuri ya sekta ya utalii ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwapa mafunzo mazuri wanaofanya kazi kwenye eneo hilo huku ikipunguza gharama za utalii ili kupata watalii wengi wa ndani na nje.

Naye Juma Mgoo, kutoka sekta ya misitu wizarani hapo, alisema kuwa sera ya taifa ya sekta hiyo ya mwaka 1998, inatambua umuhimu wa sekta binafsi katika kuendeleza rasilimali hizo nchini.

JANGILI AJERUHI ASKARI WA TANAPA,

Novemba 24,2013.

Serengeti:ASKARI wa hifadhi ya Taifa ya Serengeti Yusuph Namwandila amenusurika kufa na  amelezwa hospitali ya wilaya ya Nyerere baada ya kushambuliwa na jangili kwa simu na kumkata kichwani na  sikio,wakati wa kuwakamata.

Mhifadhi Mkuu wa hifadhi ya Serengeti William Mwakilema ambaye yuko nje ya hifadhi kikazi ,uongozi wa hospitali ya wilaya wamethibitisha kutokea kwa tukio hilo novemba 22 majira ya kati ya saa 4 na 5 usiku ndani ya hifadhi hiyo eneo la Bisarara kata ya Sedeco.

Akisimulia mkasa huo mkuu wa kituo cha Tabora B,mhifadhi Martini Magoko alisema jangili huyo akiwa na wenzake zaidi ya watano walikutwa ndani ya hifadhi na walipoamriwa kukaa chini ya ulinzi ,ghafla akachomoa sime na kumkata askari sehemu ya kisogo na sikio la kulia.

“Kutokana na kukithiri kwa ujangili usiku ,askari wanaweka doria …majangili walikuwa wengi na wanatembea kwa kuwasha tochi na kuzima…askari wangu wakaamua kubana sehemu ya kichuguu ambako walikuwa wanaelekea,…kukaribia kama hatua nane wakawekwa chini ya ulinzi…wakatawanyika na kukimbia…huyo mmoja akachomoa sime na kwa kuwa ilikuwa giza akamkata askari vibaya….alitarajia kumuua”alisema.

Alisema baada ya kushambuliwa alipiga kelele kuomba msaada na wenzake wakaaacha kuwafukuza wengine na kurudi kutoa msaada na kumkuta ana hali mbaya kwa kuwa damu ilivuja sana .

“Alikatwa mshipa na damu zikavuja sana….akaonekana kuzidiwa sana na kulazimika kumweka ndani ya gari na kumkimbiza hospitalini na kuongezewa damu”alisema Magoko.

Kuhusu kasi ya ujangili wa wanyama mbalimbali alisema unaendelea hasa wakati wa usiku kwa vijiji vilivyoko kando kando ya hifadhi hiyo,kutokana na kuhama kwa makundi makubwa ya nyumbu kutoka Kaskazini kwenda magharibi na Kusini .

“Majangili wanaingia na tochi za mwanga mkali na mapanga kipindi hiki… wanawamulika wanyama na kuwafukuza na kuwakata …wanaua wanyama wengi sana…na wengine wanaachwa humo hali ambayo ni hatari zaidi kwa uhifadhi”alisema.

Mhifadhi huyo ambaye ni mkuu wa kanda ya Kaskazini alibainisha kuwa kwa kipindi cha julai hadi sasa ambacho nyumbu huingia maeneo ya jilani na vijiji wamekamata majangili zaidi ya 200 wakiwemo watoto wadogo wa miaka 12-14 wanaotumiwa na wazazi katika maeneo hayo hasa kijiji cha Merenga kata ya Nyansurura.

Kwa upande wake Meneja uhusiano wa Tanapa Paskael Shelutete alisema kuwa mapambano ya ujangili ni makubwa na askari wako hatarini kupoteza maisha kutokana na hali ilivyo kwa kuwa wanafanya kazi usiku na mchana na katika mazingira magumu ,jamii na wadau wengine wanatakiwa kutambua na kuunga mkono juhudi za uhifadhi.

Mganga wa zamu hospitali ya Nyerere Nyanzirali Kitara alisema majeruhi anaendelea vizuri ,”kwa sasa hali zi mbaya,aliumizwa njia ya sikio na damu zikavuja nyingi…tumepiga picha hajaumia fuvu kwa hiyo hali yake si mbaya sana”alisema.

Mwisho.

Jangili amkata kwa sime askari wa hifadhi ya Taifa ya Serengeti baada ya kukamatwa hifadhini,habari kamili nawaletea

Why Tanzania needs a smarter,all combating anti-poaching drive

Features

By Lucas Liganga,The Citizen

Posted  Monday, November 18 

In Summary

• When the operation was suspended in the first week of November, 952 suspected poachers had already been  arrested and 104 pieces of ivory seized
• 10,000; The number of weapons seized during the 1989/1990 Operation Uhai, a successful anti-poaching operation that was conducted in the Selous Game Reserve. About 700 poachers were arrested during the operation.

Stakeholders in wildlife conservation have reacted angrily to the suspension of the operation. Mr Eric Pasanisi, chairman of Tanzania Hunting Operators Association (Tahoa), said his association fully supported Mr  Kagasheki’s crusade. “We recognise the courage of the minister in fighting poaching,” he said. “Tahoa fully supports his efforts to protect the elephants.  We hope this operation will resume.”

In an interview with The Citizen, the chairman of the US-based Conservation Force, Mr John J. Jackson III said: “No, it is time to step up anti-poaching efforts like never before.”

He wants the penalties raised and the law vigorously enforced.  Mr Jackson added: “It is time to take extraordinary measures to protect the resources of the people of Tanzania and their children.”

Mr Gerald Bigurube, Programme Manager at the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s Africa regional office, is also in the “no” camp.  “Elephant poaching has steadily risen in the past years until it reached crisis level. You need unconventional means to avert a crisis and an operation is one such means.”

Mr Bigurube, a former director general at Tanzania National Parks, said all operations have shortcomings because they are emergency measures. He added:  “There will always be anomalies during operations but the way to deal with them is not to stop the operation. Rather, you correct the anomalies and let the operation run its course and realise the intended objective.”

Stopping the operation just means  all the investment go to waste, he added, and operations are generally expensive.

Given that the rise in poaching has been blamed on highly placed personalities, stopping the operation suggests that those high level suspects may have felt threatened and could be behind the stoppage.

According to Mr Bigurube, many Tanzanians do not understand the value of their natural resources, including wildlife.  While minerals and other extractable resources dwindle over time, leading to wild price fluctuations, the value of wildlife resources keeps appreciating.

“We should value and protect such resources since they offer the best return in the long term,” the wildlife biologist added. “Even industries that are associated with these natural resources keep flourishing and increase year after year. They include hotels, lodges, tour operation, aviation, airports and so on.” 

But the natural resources on which all these developments hang are not adequately protected for lack of funding and other important support services.

Tanzania reportedly has the best protected areas in Africa in terms of abundance, diversity and attractiveness. “We should recognise the value and importance of these resources and invest more in their upkeep,” he added.

Mr Bigurube took part in Operation Uhai, the 1989/90 anti-poaching campaign in the Selous Game Reserve. The security situation improved tremendously after that operation and funding for conservation also rose. 

Stakeholders in wildlife conservation have reacted angrily to the suspension of the operation. Mr Eric Pasanisi, chairman of Tanzania Hunting Operators Association (Tahoa), said his association fully supported Mr  Kagasheki’s crusade. “We recognise the courage of the minister in fighting poaching,” he said. “Tahoa fully supports his efforts to protect the elephants.  We hope this operation will resume.”
In an interview with The Citizen, the chairman of the US-based Conservation Force, Mr John J. Jackson III said: “No, it is time to step up anti-poaching efforts like never before.”
He wants the penalties raised and the law vigorously enforced.  Mr Jackson added: “It is time to take extraordinary measures to protect the resources of the people of Tanzania and their children.”
Mr Gerald Bigurube, Programme Manager at the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s Africa regional office, is also in the “no” camp.  “Elephant poaching has steadily risen in the past years until it reached crisis level. You need unconventional means to avert a crisis and an operation is one such means.”
Mr Bigurube, a former director general at Tanzania National Parks, said all operations have shortcomings because they are emergency measures. He added:  “There will always be anomalies during operations but the way to deal with them is not to stop the operation. Rather, you correct the anomalies and let the operation run its course and realise the intended objective.”
Stopping the operation just means  all the investment go to waste, he added, and operations are generally expensive.
Given that the rise in poaching has been blamed on highly placed personalities, stopping the operation suggests that those high level suspects may have felt threatened and could be behind the stoppage.
According to Mr Bigurube, many Tanzanians do not understand the value of their natural resources, including wildlife.  While minerals and other extractable resources dwindle over time, leading to wild price fluctuations, the value of wildlife resources keeps appreciating.
“We should value and protect such resources since they offer the best return in the long term,” the wildlife biologist added. “Even industries that are associated with these natural resources keep flourishing and increase year after year. They include hotels, lodges, tour operation, aviation, airports and so on.” 
But the natural resources on which all these developments hang are not adequately protected for lack of funding and other important support services.
Tanzania reportedly has the best protected areas in Africa in terms of abundance, diversity and attractiveness. “We should recognise the value and importance of these resources and invest more in their upkeep,” he added.
Mr Bigurube took part in Operation Uhai, the 1989/90 anti-poaching campaign in the Selous Game Reserve. The security situation improved tremendously after that operation and funding for conservation also rose. 
“That  funding started to go down again to a level today where these protected areas make more money but only a little goes back to secure them,” he said. “We need to recognise that we have valuable natural resources—green gold—which  we need to care for and we should invest in their upkeep as this is what makes sense economically.”
Tanzania is putting in place mechanisms that will enable revenue generation and retention by independent bodies/agencies/ parastatal institutions.  “This is the way to go,” said Mr Bigurube, adding that in terms of national parks, Tanzania is the only country in the world whose national parks authority  finances itself and does not seek  government subsidies.
But conservation institutions in Tanzania have responsibilities that far outweigh their finances.  “We should strive to support our protected area systems so that they can do their jobs well,” he said. “They need to be helped to become paramilitary as soon as possible and they should be allowed to use all the income they generate to protect the areas they manage and develop the necessary infrastructure to support tourism.”
Moreover, taxation and other monetary extractions should be stopped. This way, the management authorities of protected areas will be able to recruit and retain well trained, motivated and capable staff to safeguard the natural resources and be effective in preventing runaway poaching.
Investigations by the Environmental Investigation Agency in 2007 cited the complicity of a range of government officials in the illegal trade.
The proportion of elephant mortality attributed to illegal killing shot from 18 per cent in 2004 to 63 per cent in 2009. Aerial observations in one sector of the park in 2008 recorded 53 recently poached elephants compared with 18 the previous year, according to the EIA findings.
In 1988, Tanzania launched a major anti-poaching initiative called Operation Uhai. The combined effort of wildlife rangers, police officers and the military rapidly brought an end to most poaching in the country.
The operation was jointly conducted by the Tanzania Police Force, Customs, the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces and the Wildlife Division in the ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism. It led to the arrest and prosecution of 700 poachers and the seizure of more than 10,000 weapons. The number of elephants had dropped dramatically from 184,000 in 1977 to 80,000 in 1987. The operation was overseen by the no-nonsense director of wildlife then, Costa Mlay.
This operation was magnified by a decision taken during the Washington Convention in 1989 that put in Annex I the ivory trade, resulting in a drop in poaching. Tanzania also teamed up with six other countries in successfully petitioning for the listing of the African elephant as an Appendix 1 species (those threatened by extinction) at the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
This ruling effectively banned all international trade in elephants and their products. Publicity surrounding the issue turned public sentiment so far against the ivory trade that it nearly eliminated demand for ivory worldwide and most poaching stopped abruptly in response.
Western nations helped maintain the peace by pouring large sums of aid into anti-poaching efforts throughout Africa. Collectively, this was probably the most effective act of international wildlife legislation in history, and public pressure was instrumental to its success.
In fighting poaching today, Tanzanians should recall the Arusha Manifesto launched by founding President Julius Nyerere in 1961. He said then:  “The survival of wildlife is a matter of grave concern to all of us in Africa. These wild creatures amid the wild places they inhabit are not only a source of wonder and inspiration, but are integral part of our natural resources and of our future livelihood and wellbeing

In accepting trusteeship of our wildlife, we solemnly declare that we will do everything in our power to make sure that our children’s grandchildren will be able to enjoy this rich and precious inheritance.

“The conservation of wildlife and wild places calls for specialist knowledge, trained manpower and money and we look to other nations to co-operate with us in this important task, the success or failure of which not only affects the continent of Africa but the rest of the world as well.”

Lembeli: Makambare ya ujangili yakamatwe

19/11/2013 | 

by Asha Bani | Dar

 Mwenyekiti wa kamati ya Maliasili na Mazingira James Lembeli

M WENYEKITI wa Kamati ya Maliasili na Mazingira, James Lembeli, amesema wanaokamatwa na kuhusishwa na utoroshwaji wa nyara za serikali nje ya nchi ni vidagaa huku  makambare yakiachwa.

Lembeli alitoa kauli hiyo jijini Dar es Salaam jana na  kupongeza juhudi za Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii, Balozi Khamis Kagasheki, kwa kufanikisha kukamatwa kwa majangili hao.

“Waliokamatwa na wanaoendelea kukamatwa ni vidagaa, lakini makambare wameachwa, ingawa wanajulikana sasa ni vema wakakamatwa wahusika wenyewe na sio hao watumwaji,” alisema Lembeli.

Lembeli ambaye pia ni mbunge wa Kahama, alishauri  ni vema operesheni ya Tokomeza Majangiri ikaendelea baada ya wao kumaliza uchunguzi na kubaini kasoro zilizojitokeza katika operesheni hiyo.

Alisema dunia nzima kwa sasa inapingana na kitendo cha ujangili na wanaiunga mkono operesheni iliyoanzishwa nchini hivyo ni vema pia serikali na wadau wengine mbalimbali wakaunga mkono juhudi hizo.

Hivi karibuni shehena yenye urefu wa futi 40 ilinaswa Zanzibar ikiwa na nyara za serikali ambapo hadi sasa watuhumiwa watano wamekamatwa huku uchunguzi ukiwa unaendelea kubaini wengine.

UWINDAJI WA KITALII USIMAMISHWE

 Mwenyekiti wa TATO,Wilbard Chambulo akiongea na waandishi wa habari kuhusiana na suala la ujangili unavyoathiri sekta ya utalii.

Journo Tourism-Arusha.
Arusha,Chama cha Mawakala  wa utalii nchini(TATO),kimeitaka serikali, kupiga marufuku,uwindaji wa vibali wa Tembo na Simba ili kudhibiti,matukio ya ujangili ambayo yamekithiri nchini.
Chama hicho,pia kimeisihi serikali,iendelee na operesheni ya kutokomeza ujangili,kwani kusitisha operesheni hiyo ni sawa na kuwapa ushindi majangili.
Wakizungumza na waandishi wa habari,viongozi wa TATO,ambao ni wakurugenzi wa makampuni yanayotoa huduma za utalii nchini, walisema serikali sasa inapaswa kusitisha uwindaji ili kufanya tathimini ya Tembo na Simba waliopo.
Mwenyekiti wa TATO,Wilbard Chambulo,alisema kama serikali isipositisha uwindaji wa Tembo na Simba na pia ikisitisha operesheni, wanyama hao watatoweka kabisa na kubaki historia.
"Kama wanyama hawa wakitoweka tujue ndio mwisho wa utalii,kwani maelfu ya watalii wanakuja nchini kuona wanyama hawa"alisema Chambulo.
Alisema umefika wakati serikali kufanya maamuzi magumu ya kusitisha uwindaji na kuhamasisha utalii wa picha kama zilivyo nchi nyingine duniani.
"Utalii wa kupeleka wageni hifadhini na maeneo  mengine ya utalii, unaingiliza zaidi ya dola bilioni 1.8  wakati uwindaji unaingiza dola 40 milioni pekee"alisema Chambulo.
Alisema ubaya wa uwindaji ni kuwa unafanyika jirani na hifadhi za Taifa na hivyo ni vigumu kubaini majangili na wawindaji wenye vibali .
Mwisho

jela miaka 70 kwa meno ya tembo

Walter Mguluchuma | Katavi

 

MAHAKAMA ya Hakimu Mkazi ya Wilaya ya Mpanda, mkoani Katavi imewahukumu watu watatu kutumikia kifungo cha  miaka 70 jela baada ya kupatikana na hatia ya kukamatwa na meno manne ya tembo yenye thamani ya sh milioni 45.

Hukumu hiyo ilitolewa jana na Hakimu Mkazi Mfawidhi, Chiganga Ntengwa, baada ya kuridhika na ushahidi uliotolewa mahakamani hapo na upande wa mashtaka.

Waliohukumiwa kifungo hicho ni Gwabi Mayala (39)  mkazi wa kijiji cha Majimoto, wilaya ya Mlele, ambaye amehukumiwa kifungo cha miaka 30  jela na kulipa fidia ya sh milioni 45; na Mashaka Mabanga (33),  mkazi wa Sumbawanga, mkoani Rukwa na Adam Kalinzi (30), mkazi wa kijiji cha Majimoto, wamehukumiwa kila mmoja kifungo cha miaka 20 jela.

Kabla ya hukumu hiyo, washtakiwa Mashaka na Adam walikiri kukamatwa na meno hayo ya tembo, lakini walidai meno hayo ni ya Mayala ambaye alikuwa amewaomba wamtafutie wateja.

Kwa upande wake, mshtakiwa Mayala aliiomba mahakama isikubaliane na maelezo ya washtakiwa wenzake kwa kuwa hayana ukweli.

Awali katika kesi hiyo, Mwanasheria wa Serikali, Fadhili Mwandoloma,  alidai washtakiwa hao walitenda kosa hilo Oktoba 10  mwaka huu, saa 4:00 usiku katika kijiji cha Majimoto, wilayani Mlele.

Alidai siku ya tukio washtakiwa walikamatwa wakiwa na meno manne ya tembo yenye uzito wa kilo 16 wakiwa katika harakati ya kuyauza.

Kamati ya Maliasili kuanza kazi Jumatatu

 Asha Bani | Dar |

MWENYEKITI wa Kamati ya Maliasili na Mazingira, James Lembeli, amesema kamati hiyo itaanza kazi ya kuchunguza tuhuma mbalimbali zilizotolewa na wabunge kuhusu mwenendo mzima wa Operesheni Tokomeza Majangili iliyositishwa hivi karibuni Novemba 18 mwaka huu.

Akizungumza na Tanzania Daima jana alisema kamati yake itaanza kazi ya kuchunguza mikoa mbalimbali iliyolalamikiwa kuwa operesheni hiyo imesababisha mauaji ya mifugo na binadamu.

Alisema maeneo watakayoenda ni Kigoma, Rufiji, Maswa, Meatu, Simiyu, Bukombe, Kahama na Biharamulo huku akiahidi yeye na kamati yake kufanya kazi hiyo kwa ufanisi, maadili na kutoa ripoti iliyo sahihi.

Hata hivyo, Lembeli ambaye pia ni Mbunge wa Kahama alimpongeza Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii, Balozi Khamis Kagasheki, kwa kuendelea kuwanasa majangili wanaoendelea kuua tembo.

Alisema watu wengi na hasa wanasiasa wanafanya jambo hilo kuwa la kisiasa na wakidhani kuwa ni jambo la kitoto bila kujua ukubwa wa tatizo lenyewe na kuwataka badala ya kuweka siasa wawape moyo wale wote walio katika mapambano hayo.

Maafisa wawili wa TRA watiwa ndani kesi ya meno ya tembo Zanzibar

Na Mwinyi Sadallah, Mwananchi

Posted  Ijumaa,Novemba15  2013 

Kwa ufupi

Maofisa waliotiwa nguvuni ni Mohamed Hija Mashaka na Omar Hamad Omar wote ni maofisa wa TRA kituo cha Bandari Malindi mjini Unguja wenye dhamana ya uhakiki na usafirishaji wa mizigo nje ya nchi.

Zanzibar. Maofisa wawili waandamizi wa Mamlaka ya Mapato Tanzania (TRA) Zanzibar wamekamatwa na Jeshi la Polisi wakihusishwa na mtandao wa usafirishaji wa magendo ya meno ya tembo yaliyokamatwa Bandari ya Malindi, Zanzibar.

Kukamatwa kwa watu hao kunafanya idadi yao kufikia wanne.

Akizungumza na gazeti hili, Kamishna wa Jeshi la Polisi Zanzibar, Mussa Ali Mussa alisema maafisa hao wamekamatwa na watafunguliwa mashtaka yao Tanzania Bara kutokana na Zanzibar kutokuwa na Sheria ya Nyara za Serikali.

Maofisa waliotiwa nguvuni ni Mohamed Hija Mashaka na Omar Hamad Omar wote ni maofisa wa TRA kituo cha Bandari Malindi mjini Unguja wenye dhamana ya uhakiki na usafirishaji wa mizigo nje ya nchi.

“Watafunguliwa mashkata Bara kwa vile Zanzibar hakuna sheria ya nyara za Serikali,” alisema Mussa na kuongeza uchunguzi bado unaendelea.

Hata hivyo, alisema kampuni iliyokuwa ikisafirisha mzigo huo ya Island Sea Shells imebainika kuwa haina ofisi na wala anuani zake hazifahamiki.

“Tumefuatilia kwa Msajili wa Kampuni Zanzibar, hatukuona jina la kama hilo,” alisema Kamanda Mussa.

“Hii ni kampuni ya mifukoni (briefcase company), ingawa kuna majina ya watu waliosajili kampuni hiyo.”

Wananchi: Govt should not have stopped crackdown on poachers

By The Citizen Reporter

Posted  Friday, November 15   2013 

In Summary

• While some are glad Operation Tokomeza Ujangili (in its then-atrocious-form) was put to a stop, most of our readers say they are worried this might give poachers license to butcher Tanzania’s magnificent jumbos with impunity. 

Some people have commended the government for suspending the anti-poaching drive it called ‘Operation Tokomeza Ujangili’ because some of those involved were mishandling it, including harassment of innocent people, and seizing the properties of others. There are others, though, who fear that poaching will be intensified. In their own words:

Mbaruk, Tabora

Because of its sensitivity and diverse effects on our wildlife, the government is not right to suspend the anti-poaching operation; on the contrary, the government was supposed to play double roles.

First is to deal with dishonest and greedy servants who ruined the operation through harassing innocent people and illegally acquiring properties for their personal benefits.

And secondly, due to the intensity of poaching and threat posed to the tourism industry, the operations could go on to save our wild animals from extinction.

Suspension of the operation has given room to poachers to commit more crimes.

The operation should also focus on eliminating the network of crimes which include poachers, elephant tusk smugglers and some irresponsible and dishonest servants who cooperate with the culprits.

Anonymous via SMS

This was absolutely wrong, as we are on the brink of wiping out our elephants.

The government should discipline the officers at the top level and villagers on the ground, or else we will have no elephants by the year 2020.

Juma Mtasa, Dar es Salaam

It is right to suspend the operation because it was being mishandled. Many innocent lives and properties have been lost, and it looks like the operation benefited some individuals in the government.

Irene Mmari, Dar es Salaam

It is not right to suspend the operation because our elephants are being killed.

What should have been done is to re-structure its objectives and strategies, to include aspects like deployment of the army or police force.

But again, the investigation should be done so that if there are any government officials involved, they should face the music. 

KONTENA LA MENO YA TEMBO YALIYOKAMATWA ZANZIBAR NI SAWA NA TEMBO 305

CHANZO-Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism - Tanzania

KAZI YA KUUNGANISHA VIPANDE VYA MENO YA TEMBO YALIYOKAMATWA IMEKAMILIKA.

VIPANDE VYA MENO YA TEMBO 1013 VILIVYOKAMATWA JANA KISIWANI ZANZIBAR VIMEUNGANISHWA NA KUPATA IDADI YA TEMBO WALIOUAWA KUWA 305. THAMANI YA TEMBO 305 NI DOLA ZA KIMAREKANI 15,000 SAWA NA SHILINGI BILIONI 7,480,125,000.

HII NI SHEHENA KUBWA KUWAHI KUKAMATWA KATIKA MIAKA YA KARIBUNI KUSINI MWA JANGWA LA SAHARA

Ujirani mbovu chanzo cha moto Mlima Kilimanjaro

Rodrick Mushi-Tanzania daima

MLIMA Kilimanjaro umelijengea heshima kubwa taifa la Tanzania ukiachilia mbali mapato yanayopatikana kutokana na wageni wanaofika kupanda mlima huo. Mlima huu ambao una urefu wa mita 5,895 (futi 19,340) unachangia zaidi ya asilimia 40 ya pato la taifa, huku kila mwaka mapato yanayotokana na utalii wa Mlima Kilimanjaro ni zaidi ya sh bilioni 80. Licha ya mapato makubwa yanayotokana na mlima na fursa ya ajira, kuna hatari ya kutoweka kwa mlima huo, kutokana na theluji ya mlima kuendelea kupungua na kuwapo kwa moto ambao umekuwa ukiwaka na kuchoma misitu ya asili karibu kila mwaka. Ripoti mbalimbali za tafiti juu ya hali ya Mlima Kilimanjaro zimekuwa zikifanywa na kueleza hali mbaya ya mlima hususan theluji ya mlima kutoweka. Mmoja wa watafiti, Jacques Blot wa Chuo Kikuu cha Bordeaux, Ufaransa kwenye moja ya tafiti zake anasema tangu mwaka 1912 theluji ya mlima imepungua kwa zaidi ya asilimia 80. Ripoti nyingine zinaeleza kuwa theluji ya  mlima ilikuwa kwenye maeneo sita yenye barafu lakini sasa ni maeneo matatu pekee yaliyobaki. Licha ya kuwapo kwa sababu za asili ambazo zimechangia kupungua huko lakini pia kuna sababu nyingine zinazotokana na uzembe wa kiutendaji wa viongozi wetu. Ilikuwa Julai 7, mwaka huu nilipopokea simu ya mwananchi mwenye uchungu na nchi hii akisema eneo la kaskazini mwa Mandara katika Mlima Kilimanjaro moto mkubwa unawaka. Eneo lenye ukubwa wa ekari 40,000 liliteketea kwa moto. Kwa mujibu wa Mkuu wa Idara ya Mahusiano na Mawasiliano wa Shirika la Hifadhi za Taifa Tanzania (Tanapa), Pascal Shelutete, anasema kuibuka kwa moto huo si mara ya kwanza kwani mwaka 2009 eneo lenye ukubwa wa kilomita za mraba 70,000 pia ziliteketea kwa moto. Tangu miaka ya 1960 Mlima Kilimanjaro umekuwa ukiwaka moto, lakini licha ya madhara yake kwa miaka hiyo, si kama ilivyo sasa, ambapo kuna uhaba wa mvua na unyevu, hivyo lazima madhara yawe makubwa. Mlima Kilimanjaro unaozungukwa na halmashauri za wilaya sita; Siha, Hai, Moshi Vijijini, Moshi Mjini, Rombo na Same, licha ya kuzalisha mapato mengi lakini wananchi wanaouzunguka mlima huu hawanufaiki, wengi wao ni maskini. Lakini viongozi wa hifadhi wamebaki kushikilia kuwa mahusiano ni mazuri na wanaendelea kuimarisha mahusiano huku mambo wanayozungumza yakiwa kwenye maneno na maandishi lakini wananchi hawanufaiki kwa lolote. Wananchi hawaoni faida yoyote ya kuwa karibu na mlima, wengine wanadiriki hata kutosaidia shughuli za kuzima moto, hivyo utaona ni jinsi gani itakuwa vigumu kwa hifadhi kuendelea kubaki salama na kupambana na vitendo vya uharibifu wa mlima. Mlima Kilimanjaro una eneo kubwa na msitu mnene; ni dhahiri kuwa kwa kutokuimarishwa kwa ujirani mwema lazima vitendo hivi vya moto vitaendelea na hatimaye mlima huu barafu itakwisha pamoja na uoto wa asili na kubaki jangwa. Tatizo jingine ni kutokuwepo kwa mahusiano mazuri kati ya majirani wa mlima na askari ambao wamepewa jukumu la kulinda mlima huo. Najua Tanapa wanatekeleza wajibu wao ila kwenye vijiji vingi nilivyopata fursa ya kutembelea kuna umuhimu wa kuwachukulia hatua askari ambao wamekuwa wakilalamikiwa kuwafanyia wananchi vitendo ambavyo si vya kibinadamu wanapowakuta wameingia kwenye hifadhi. Hushangai kukutana na mwananchi, tena mwanamke akakuambia amekutwa na askari wa Hifadhi ya Kilimanjaro (Kinapa) akikata majani akalazimishwa ale majani. Sisemi wananchi wavunje sheria zilizopo, la hasha! Ila sheria ichukue mkondo wake, hata kama mtu amevunja sheria pia ana haki ya kuwajibishwa kwa kutumia sheria aliyoivunja na si kumuwajibisha utakavyojisikia. Kinapa ijitazame upya katika hili, kwani vitendo hivyo vikiendelea vya ukatili kwa wananchi ambao ndio wanaoishi karibu na mlima kuliko askari wachache ni dhahiri kuwa lazima vitendo vya uharibifu vitaendelea. Kwanini hatuwezi kujiuliza ni kwanini tangu tunapata taarifa za moto haujawahi kuwahiwa kuzimwa bila kuteketeza ekari nyingi? Tanzania yetu tunaijua na viongozi wetu tunawajua, wakizungumza ni kama malaika, lakini matendo yao hayaendani na wanachozungumza, hivyo ni vema Kinapa ikaimarisha mahusiano ya ujirani mwema ili wananchi waone faida ya kuwa karibu na mlima kabla ya kuchukua hatua nyingine. Hivi sasa wizara ndiyo inaona umuhimu wa kuanzisha mfuko wa kuulinda Mlima Kilimanjaro dhidi ya majanga ya moto, yaani utafikiri moto umeanza mwaka huu, ambapo tunarudi palepale kwa niliyoyazungumza, kwani mpango huo utategemea wananchi katika vijiji vinavyozunguka hifadhi, ambao wametelekezwa na hawaoni faida ya kuwa karibu na hifadhi, hivi kweli tutafanikiwa? Tunapaswa kujiuliza.

Tourism beats gold in earnings

By  Alawi Masare,The Citizen 

Posted  Wednesday, November 13   2013 

In Summary

The fall of gold export partly affected the performance of export of goods and services that declined 1.4 per cent to $8.242 billion during the year ending September this year compared to $8.362 billion recorded in the corresponding period in 2012.
Dar es Salaam.Travel has surpassed gold as Tanzania’s leading foreign exchange earner. The latter has suffered some shocks in recent months following falling prices at the world market.
The Bank of Tanzania said in its September Monthly Economic Review that the value of gold export declined from $2.15 billion in the year ending September 2012 to $1.748 billion in the year ending September 2013 while tourism surged from $1.61 billion to $1.82 billion during the same period.
Export value of gold declined following a decrease in both export volume and unit price. Export unit price for gold declined by 8.2 per cent to an average of $1,524.59 per troy ounce from the price recorded in the year ending September 2012, according to the central bank review.
The fall of gold export partly affected the performance of export of goods and services that declined 1.4 per cent to $8.242 billion during the year ending September this year compared to $8.362 billion recorded in the corresponding period in 2012.
“Despite the decline in export values, gold and manufactured goods continued to dominate nontraditional exports,” the MER shows in part.
However, overall balance of payments recorded a surplus of $419.5 million compared with a surplus of $593.4 million recorded in the corresponding period in 2012.
The narrowing of the surplus was partly explained by a widening of the current account deficit.
The current account deficit, according to the BoT, widened by 26.1 per cent to $4.676 billion in 12 months to September pushed by Official current transfers declined by 43.7 per cent from the levels recorded in the year ending September 2012, said the central bank.
Data also shows that the value of import of goods and services increased by 2.9 per cent to $10.847 billion from the levels recorded in the year ending September 2012, topped by oil at $4.15 billion this September .
Gross official reserves amounted to $4.59 million as at end of September 2013, sufficient to cover 4.5 months of projected imports of goods and services excluding those financed by foreign direct investment.

Mengi revives gas deal debate

The government, however, has said that if local investors feel they are capable, they should bid for the eight blocks which are on auction and compete with the international companies. 

By Mkinga Mkinga and Alawi Masare,The Citizen

Posted  Thursday, November 14   2013 

In Summary

The government, however, has said that if local investors feel they are capable, they should bid for the eight blocks which are on auction and compete with the international companies.
Dar es Salaam. It is a debate that has refused to die even after the intervention by President Jakaya Kikwete himself two weeks ago. Yesterday, its architect came forward again, reaffirming that Tanzanians are capable of participating in $430 billion gas sector – if they are empowered.
The debate resurfaces at just as Ophir Energy, a foreign owned gas exploration firm, announced yesterday a new discovery of 700 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas.
The Tanzania Private Sector Foundation chairman (TPSF), Mr Reginald Mengi, said the citizens of this country have the capacity to invest in oil and gas exploration, contrary to the government position that locals have no financial and technical muscle needed to invest in the multi-billion dollar sector.
Mr Mengi’s comment follows the government stance that local companies don’t have enough capital and skills to engage in exploration and later on, in production of the natural petroleum.
The government, however, has said that if local investors feel they are capable, they should bid for the eight blocks which are on auction and compete with the international companies.
Tanzania has so far discovered gas resource amounting to 43 trillion cubic feet (tcf) and last month there was a launch of the 4th licensing round for Seven Deep Sea Offshore blocks and the Lake Tanganyika North Offshore block.
The private sector, through its umbrella body TPSF, wanted the licensing round halted until the new policy that would include a clause on the local participation is endorsed but the government said it would use the Petroleum Act 1980 and state interest represented by TPDC.
Mr Mengi was speaking to winners of his Twitter Best Idea at his office in Dar es Salaam, where he said it was heartening that more Tanzanians were thinking of establishing business even when they don’t have capital, so long as they have good ideas. He said having bright ideas and the knowledge of doing business can to riches.
In a move which is seen as hitting back at government officials who recently argued that locals don’t have the necessary capital to invest in the gas sector, Mr Mengi said it was unfortunate that Tanzanian leaders don’t consider their people’s brains the most important resource.
“I can give the example here, where the so-called investor comes with a mere $200 million and he is given our resources worth $400 billion… the government could have involved locals who would have asked for a joint venture with those having money,” Mr Mengi said