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Friday, February 12, 2016

Officer Liang Guilty in Shooting Death

A jury in Brooklyn convicted Officer Peter Liang of manslaughter in the shooting of Akai Gurley in the stairwell of a housing project in 2014.
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A New York City police officer was convicted of manslaughter on Thursday for killing an unarmed man who was hit by a ricocheting bullet fired from the officer’s gun in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project in a case that highlighted concerns over police accountability.

The officer, Peter Liang, and his partner were conducting a so-called vertical patrol on Nov. 20, 2014, inside the Louis H. Pink Houses in the East New York neighborhood. At one point, Officer Liang opened a door into an unlighted stairwell and his gun went off. The bullet glanced off a wall and hit Akai Gurley, 28, who was walking down the stairs with his girlfriend, and pierced his heart.

Mr. Liang, a rookie officer who had graduated from the Police Academy the year before the shooting, was also found guilty of official misconduct for failing to help Mr. Gurley as he lay on a fifth-floor landing. Mr. Gurley’s girlfriend, Melissa Butler, had testified that while she knelt in a pool of his blood trying to resuscitate him, the officer stopped briefly but did not help before proceeding down the stairs.

The verdict, delivered in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, comes amid a national debate on the policing of black neighborhoods after a string of killings of unarmed black men by police officers. And the jury’s decision is a rare instance in which a police officer was convicted of killing someone in the line of duty.
The jury deliberated a little more than two days before reaching a verdict. The Police Department said soon after the verdict that it had fired Officer Liang.
After hearing the verdict, Officer Liang bowed his head and sank his face into his hands. His lawyer placed a hand on the officer’s back. The officer left the courthouse without speaking to reporters.
“Clearly it’s a terrible tragedy Mr. Gurley died,” said one of Officer Liang’s lawyers, Robert E. Brown, who had described the shooting as a freakish accident. “My client feels terrible about it, but what he did wasn’t a crime.”

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The jury’s decision elicited tears from Mr. Gurley’s family and friends. They huddled in a group embrace, crying, swaying and offering words of relief and thanks.

Mr. Liang, 28, faces up to 15 years in prison on the second-degree manslaughter charge when he is sentenced on April 14. Most of the jurors left the courtroom quickly, but one juror, who declined to give his name, said in a brief interview that the decision had been “very, very, very difficult.”
“I’ve got to face my family; half of them are cops,” he added.

The prosecutors portrayed Officer Liang as acting recklessly in pulling out his weapon and firing inside a public space where residents come and go. They also accused him of being more concerned over what the shooting would mean for his career than in abiding by police rules and trying to help Mr. Gurley, a father to two young girls, after he had been shot.

Akai Gurley’s family, including his mother, Sylvia Palmer, center, after Officer Peter Liang was found guilty of manslaughter on Thursday. Credit Bryan R. Smith for The New York Times

Mr. Liang’s lawyers had argued that he was in a state of shock over what he had done; they said he felt unqualified to perform CPR, as is required of an officer under such circumstances, because he received poor training at the Police Academy. His partner, Officer Shaun Landau, who was provided immunity from prosecution, also testified about receiving little training. He said Officer Liang sank to the floor, in tears, shortly after realizing he had shot someone. The prosecution introduced a radio call Mr. Liang made into evidence, saying he did not call for an ambulance. The defense said the dispatch was tantamount to a call for help for Mr. Gurley.

In a statement on Thursday night, Mayor Bill de Blasio said: “The death of Akai Gurley was a tragedy. The jury has now spoken, and we respect its decision. We hope today’s outcome brings some closure to the Gurley family after this painful event.”

Patrick J. Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the city’s largest police union, denounced the verdict, saying it would have “a chilling effect on police officers across the city because it criminalizes a tragic accident.”
And Ed Mullins, the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said that Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, “who so often brags of the evolution of policing, now needs to suspend the efforts of vertical patrol and re-evaluate his policy.”
The Brooklyn district attorney, Ken Thompson, told reporters that as the verdict was read he turned to Sylvia Palmer, Mr. Gurley’s mother, and whispered, “I’m sorry.”
“I told his mother, ‘I’m sorry,’” he said. “I’m sorry we were in that courtroom at that point.”

Mr. Thompson made it clear that the conviction “was is in no way a conviction of the New York City Police Department.”

“What we are saying, and what we said in this case, is that we have to have police officers who follow the training they’re given,” he added.

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Fatal Police Encounters in New York City
Some of the fatal encounters since 1990 involving New York Police Department officers. Most did not lead to criminal charges.

The shooting came at a tense moment in relations between the police and the city’s black population — four months earlier, a Staten Island man, Eric Garner, died after he was placed in a chokehold by a police officer who had been trying to help arrest Mr. Garner for selling loose cigarettes.

More broadly, Mr. Gurley’s death became linked by many to the string of killings across the country of unarmed black men at the hands of the police.
In New York, officers are rarely indicted by grand juries, let alone put on trial, for deaths that occur in the line of duty — no officer has been charged in the death of Mr. Garner in 2014.
In 2005, an undercover police officer was convicted by a State Supreme Court judge for killing an unarmed African immigrant, Ousmane Zongo, 43, during a raid inside a Chelsea warehouse. And in a case that set off protests and widespread condemnation, three detectives were found not guilty of all charges in 2008 after a nonjury trial in the death of Sean Bell, 23, who was killed on his wedding day in Queens by police gunfire.
In opening statements, a lawyer for the defense, Rae Downes Koshetz, strove to make clear that the trial was “not a referendum on policing in the United States.” The defense also argued that patrolling housing projects is one of the most dangerous assignments for a police officer, a point that seemed to be driven home during the trial when two officers conducting such a patrol inside a Bronx housing project were shot and wounded.
The key moment of the trial was perhaps the emotional testimony of Mr. Liang himself, who said he was startled when he heard a sound in the stairwell, causing him to flinch before his weapon fired. He said he did not realize anyone had been hit until he went down the stairs to look for the bullet. As he described finding Mr. Gurley lying wounded, Mr. Liang turned his back to the courtroom and started to cry.
Mr. Gurley’s relatives, many of whom sat in the front row of the courtroom every day of the more than two-week trial, have viewed Mr. Gurley’s death as inextricably linked to the issues of how black communities are the victims of excessive and unjust policing. Officer Liang, who is Chinese-American, has strong support in the Chinese community, and his mother and several members of his family have attended much of the trial.
His mother declined to comment after the verdict.
Outside the courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn, one of Mr. Gurley’s aunts, Hertencia Petersen, stood next to his mother, while behind them, his stepfather swayed back and forth, at times raising his palms skyward as if in praise. Ms. Petersen said she was moved that the jury had convicted a police officer, adding that the guilty verdict was an outcome “that has not come down in how long?

Fashion is a way of defining both the personal and the group on the world stage. It marks upward economic mobility — or at least the appearance of it. It’s a way of emphasizing the past, remarking upon it and announcing that it’s time to move on. The many and varied first ladies of African nations use fashion to celebrate culture, individuality and that universal human weakness: conspicuous consumption.

10: Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta (Kenya)

Margaret is the wife of Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, making her Kenya’s First Lady. She is 50 years of age and still look elegant even with whitish hair.

She likes to remain simple as well as decent and not only looks that way but also presents herself in a similar manner. She is quite reserved and some might say shy, but that only adds to her beauty.

9: Dominique Folloroux-Ouattara (Ivory Coast)

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Even being 61 years old, Dominique makes a beautiful First Lady – among the most beautiful in the whole world, in fact. She is Algerian by birth and is a businesswoman.

She was the CEO of the vast corporate of French Beauty Services. However, after becoming First Lady, she dropped all her previous businesses and dedicated herself to her new status.

8: Olive Lembe di Sita Kabila (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Marie Olive is one of the youngest women in Africa to be an official First Lady (at age 38).

She stayed President Joseph Kabila’s fiancée for a long time before they were married.

7: Ana Paula dos Santos (Angola)

Ana Paula, before being a First Lady, was a model and air hostess, which is how she got to know her current husband, President Jose Eduardo dos Santo, during a presidential flight shift.

She has three kids with him and they make an absolutely stunning couple. She holds degrees in law and teaching and is also part of the International Steering Committee.

6: Queen Inkhosikati LaMbikiza (Swaziland)

A widely known fact is that King Mswati the III has 15 wives, and out of them, LaMbikiza is the first wife he chose for himself, apart from the arranged brides. Even though Queen LaMbikiza dropped out of school when she was 16 just to marry the King, she managed to attain a degree in law after being married.

5: Zeinab Suma Jammel (Gambia)

Zeinab Suma is originally from Morocco, a mother of two, and a beautiful and elegant woman. However, the talks that go around about her are harsh, and many people call her many negative terms such as, “gold digger” and “devilish”.
The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh married another wife Alima Sallah in the presence of his first wife Zeinab Suma. She protested about it until the President reportedly divorced the second wife.

4: Hinda Deby Itno (Chad)

Often by her husband, Hinda Deby Itno is a beautiful, humble, and fashionable person. She is known for her signature style of flowing gowns and matching scarves.

She is also an intellectual lady and the president claims she helps him in his affairs. Hinda’s smile and mature sense of mind makes her the most famous wife of all the president’s wives.

3: Chantal Biya (Cameroon)

Chantal Biya is a woman of fashion – she is just as much renowned for her style and hairstyles as she is for being a First Lady. She always manages to whip up something new and creative in her style, and Chanel and Dior are her favorite designers.

Most of the outfits she wears are custom-made. Some people believe her fashion sense is too over the top but a vast argument always denies that.
Chantal Biya is extremely social; she has met many famous personalities who cherish her style

like Paris Hilton, and is a member of the African Synergy.

2: Sylvia Bongo Ondimba (Gabon)

Topping the list of the most beautiful First Ladies in Africa is Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, who is also considered to be one of the most beautiful first women of the world, even succeeding the beautiful Chantal Biya, First Lady of Cameroon.

She ranked #7 on our list of world’s most beautiful First Ladies. The Gabon First Lady’s beauty is further advanced by her love for fashion; she is a big fan of famous designer, Valentino and the brand, Chanel, and is also a member of the haute couture club.
Likewise, her own style is never off, and she wears great custom-tailored clothes. Sylvia is also a women and children activist and her confidence and passion makes her shine.

1: Princess Lalla Salma (Morocco)

Princess Lalla Salma is married to the King of Morocco, Mohammed the. VI. Physically as well as intellectually, Lalla Salma is beautiful.

She has a beautiful face crowned with red hair, and holds a degree in engineering. As she is married to the King, Lalla Salma has a lot of influence in the government of Morocco but apart from that she also has started an organization with the objective to fight cancer.

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

A Newark woman died from getting a maggot infested weave sewn into her hair. According to authorities, Banks’ died from an infestation of maggots in her head.
Sharonda Banks, 23, of Newark was found dead in her apartment on the 200 block of S. 17th Street. According to reports, Banks had visited Princess Fatima African Hair Braiding salon on Springfield Avenue three days prior to get her hair done. Banks frequently used the hair salon for years without any prior incidents.
Jackie Thompson, a neighbor of Banks, stated “I called Sharonda around 3 p.m. to have her kids come over to play with my kids. She didn’t answer her phone but I saw her car outside. I decided to walk next door to see if she was home. When I got to the front porch, I heard her kids crying. I banged on the door but no one answered. I rung the bell to the 2nd floor neighbor’s house. They came downstairs and opened the front door for me. When I got inside the hallway, it smelled like something had died. That’s when I called the police to see what was going on.”
Newark Police responded to Banks’ resident to discover her lifeless body in the living room. According to Detective Gonzales, “I found Ms. Banks laying on the sofa in her living room. Her five children were sitting around her crying. I noticed worm like insects crawling on her head, face and nose. As I got closer, I saw that they were maggots on her head and face.”
Bob Cunningham, from the Essex County Coroner’s Office, responded to the scene to examine Banks’ body. According to Cunningham, “We thought the maggots found on Banks’ body were from the initial stages of decomposition but after a closer look, we found that there were eggs embedded into the weave on Ms. Banks’ head. The weave appeared to be sewn into her scalp which gave the eggs access to Banks’ skin layers. A thorough autopsy is necessary but from what we have found at the scene, Banks’ cause of death was an infestation of maggots into her head.”
Additional reports indicated that the eggs hatched from within her head and ate away at parts of her brain which caused Banks to go unconscious. The maggots then slowly crawled from any hole available on Banks’ face. The maggots had crawls from her eyes, nose, ears, and had begin to come from her mouth.
The children were placed with their grandmother until the case is completed.

Ushirika College Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 70 years ago Yoweri Museveni (now the President of Uganda) with his son. Meanwhile Yoweri Museveni was a teacher in Moshi University College of Cooperatives.

Now he tells you he can not leave power even if he lost the election because he had been planted the crop and now is first starting to give fruit. What can you advices this President?

Mke wa waziri mkuu mstaafu wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mizengo Pinda, mama Tunu Pinda amepata ajali akitokea mkoani Dodoma baada ya gari aliyokuwa akisafiria kujaribu kumkwepa mwendesha pikipiki na kupinduka na kusababisha kifo cha mwendesha pikipiki papo hapo katika eneo la Mkundi, barabara kuu ya Morogoro Dodoma.
Mwenyekiti wa kamati ya ulinzi na usalama mkoa wa Morogoro, ambaye pia ni mkuu wa mkoa wa Morogoro Dkt. Rajabu Rutegwe amesema ajali hiyo imehusisha gari aina Land Cruser lenye namba za usajili STK 9442 lililokuwa likitokea mkoani Dodoma kuelekea jijini Dar-es-salaam lililokuwa limembeba mke wa waziri mkuu mstaafu mama Tunu Pinda, ambapo imepinduka ikijaribu kumkwepa.
Mwendesha pikipiki aliyetokea njia ndogo na kuingia ghafla barabara kuu bila kuchukua tahadhari, ambapo watu wanne akiwemo mama Pinda, mlinzi wake Bi Gaudensia Tembo, dereva wa gari hilo Angelo Mwisa na ndugu wa mama Pinda, Gilbert Sampa ambaye ameumia sehemu ya kifua.
Akizungumzia hali za majeruhi,mganga mkuu mfawidhi wa hospitali ya rufaa ya mkoa wa Morogoro Dkt. Rita Lyamuya amesema hali zao zinaendelea vizuri na wanapatiwa matibabu na baadaye wataruhusiwa kuendelea na safari kuelekea jijini Dar-es-salaam

Mtu mmoja amefariki na wanne kujeruhiwa akiwemo mama Tunu Pinda katika ajali ya gari iliyotokea leo mkoani Morogoro.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Gage Park stabbing: Audio between city police dispatcher and officer

Hours after six bodies were discovered Thursday in a Gage Park bungalow, Noemi Martinez waited by the phone nearly 1,000 miles away in Texas, still not sure whether the victims were family members her husband had just visited over Christmas.
"This is shocking, and I don’t know what to think,” she said. “We’re trying to find out what’s going on.”
Finally, about four hours after police found the bodies of five adults and one child around 10 years old, Martinez was resigned to the idea that they were her relatives. But she still had many questions about what happened inside the brick bungalow in the 5700 block of South California Avenue.
“We’re still trying to figure it all out,” she said through tears. “We don’t know what happened.”
Police say the six victims were found throughout the home around 1:05 p.m. after a co-worker of a man who lived there called 911, police said. The victims appeared to have been stabbed, but police were waiting for autopsies.
The co-worker told police the man had not shown up for work Wednesday or Thursday, interim police Superintendent John Escalante said at a news conference near the home. From outside, an officer saw "what they believed to be a body" inside on the floor, he said. The officers entered and discovered the bodies in different locations in the home.

Escalante said there were "signs of trauma to the bodies.” Responding to a reporter's question, Escalante said there was no indication anyone inside had committed suicide, though police had not ruled out anything.
Investigators were being careful and thorough as they “collect as much evidence as possible," he said.
The Chicago Lawn District added patrols in the area, but Escalante said he did not think there was a threat to the community. The deaths were "contained within the residence," he said, without explaining.
Martinez said a couple in their 60s lived downstairs in the bungalow with their son, in his 40s. Their daughter, in her 30s, lived on the second floor with her two children, one around 9 and the other in his teens.
Martinez said by phone that she feared the entire family was dead, but she was having problems getting answers from police. Her description of the family -- one matched by neighbors -- does not match the description of victims given by police, who said five adults and one child had been found slain.
Police could not explain the discrepancy Thursday night.
Martinez said she and her husband planned to drive to Chicago as soon as possible. "My husband's mother is distraught. She has lost her brother. She's here in Texas, so we're driving her there as soon as we can. The police said they need us."
The father of the two children who lived in the house is in Mexico, Martinez said.
She described the grandparents as devoted to their children and grandchildren. The grandmother "was always a stay-at-home wife and mother who loved taking care of her grandkids," Martinez said. Their son "treated those boys like they were his own. They were his nephews, but people thought they were his sons. He was close to them."
Through the years, the grandparents allowed relatives to stay in their spacious house until they could get on their feet. Martinez said she and her husband had stayed there.
"We were close because we were together," she said. "My husband was just there with them for Christmas. He had a good time, and was just chilling with his uncle and cousins. Nothing seemed to be wrong.
"They were great people, and we don't know who would want to harm them," she said. "Our entire family is in shock, and we can't believe this happened."
A neighbor across the alley, Orlando Almanza, said his 13-year-old son played with the older of two boys. They went to school together at Carson Elementary School.
"Those kids played soccer in the alley a lot," he said. "My son played with them a couple times."
Teens on the block said they played with the older boy but hadn't seen him in a few days.
"I was wondering when he was coming back," said a classmate, Aaron Villazana, 13. "Last time we saw him was Monday, and he left after an early dismissal. He was kind of sad-looking and I asked him why was he sad and he said he was just tired."
Another classmate, Jesus Andrade, 13, said he noticed the older boy acting out of character lately when he tried speaking with him as he walked in the neighborhood. "He was just quiet, with his head down and not listening to what I was saying," Jesus said.
The older boy had recently gotten his photograph taken for graduation at Carson Middle School. He enjoyed playing soccer and competed in a youth league on the Chicago Red Wings.
Down the block, Rosa De La Torre wept on the porch of a home just outside the police tape after she spoke with investigators. One of the victims was her friend, the police confirmed to her.
Her son Hugo De La Torre, 13, said she had been calling family members asking if they'd heard from the woman after news broke about the bodies being discovered.
"My mom is just really sad because one of her friends is the victim," Hugo said.
Another neighbor, Markita Williams, told reporters she knocked on the door Wednesday to get someone to move a van on the street but got no answer. She said her son was a friend of a child who lived in the home.
The block is lined with bungalows, most of them red brick. Gage Park High School is a few blocks away.
Lisa Adams, 31, lives about half a block from where the bodies were found. She moved on the block from Richton Park about 2 1/2 years ago.
"Never had any problems," she said. "It's quiet over here. No problems. No shootings. None of that.
"I thought a construction worker had gotten hurt at first," she said, because work is being done on the street.
As police expanded the crime scene, students and families were guided around the tape.
Later, when crowds thinned and eventually dispersed, Chicago police detectives combed through the back alley, peering into garbage cans and shining a flashlight in behind the home.
When a van arrived around 8 p.m. to bring taking the bodies away, an evidence technician in a white jumpsuit lifted open the door to the garage behind the home. Workers then carried a white body bag on a stretcher from the garage to the back of the van.

Ufisadi kwa kiasi kikubwa unahusishwa na watu wenye madaraka ya kisiasa, taaluma, wenye uwezo wa kifedha na kiuchumi ambao hutumia uwezo huo kujineemesha na kujipatia mafao na masilahi wasiyostahili, hasa kwa njia za kihalifu na kuvunja sheria za nchi na kimataifa.

Hata hivyo, taasisi na mashirika makubwa ya uchumi ya Kimataifa yanatumiwa na wajanja kuendeleza vitendo vya uhalifu na kifisadi. Pale mashirika na taasisi yanapobanwa na ufisadi wao kutambuliwa, hutafuta njia za kutokea. Kama kawaida hutatafutwa mbuzi wa sadaka (bangusilo) ili kutuliza mizimu.

Taaasisi ya Kimataifa ya Uchunguzi na Uraghibishaji dhidi ya Vitendo va Rushwa (Corruption Watch) imefanya uchambuzi wa kina na kutoa angalizo, mapitio na maoni kuhusu kuhusika kwa benki ya kimataifa ya Standard iliyoko London katika ufisadi ambao benki hiyo imekiri na kujishtaki kwa vyombo vya uchunguzi wa makosa makubwa ya jinai (SFO).

Uamuzi huo umefanywa kwa msingi wa sheria za Uingereza (Deferred Prosecution Agreement). Kwa mujibu wa sheria hiyo, taasisi au shirika la biashara linapogundua kwamba ndani yake kuna makosa ya jinai yaliyotendeka, huchukua hatua za kutafuta makubaliano na upande wa mashtaka ili tuhuma ziainishwe na mahakama itoe adhabu kwa kuzingatia kwamba mhusika anachotaka kufanya ni kurekebisha tabia yake na arudi katika njia iliyochaguliwa ya kutii sheria.

Mambo mengi yameandikwa na watu wameshangaa kwa Tanzania kujikuta katika kashfa na ufisadi mwingine wa mabilioni ya fedha kuchotwa kwa ushiriki wa Benki ya Standard kwa kupitia benki yake ya hapa nchini. Mpango wenyewe ulikuwa kwamba Standard inunue dhamana ili upatikane mkopo wa Dola 600 milioni za Marekani (sawa na Sh1.4 trillioni) kwa Serikali ya Tanzania kwa ajili ya shughuli za maendeleo.

Kesi hii, ambayo ina mchakato mrefu tangu mwaka 2011, imehusisha mawaziri wawili: Mustafa Mkullo na marehemu Dk William Mgimwa kwa nyakati tofauti. Kilicho wazi ni kwamba Tanzania inahitaji utaalamu wa kujifunga katika mikataba mikubwa ya kimataifa; iwe ya madini, uchimbaji gesi na ununuzi, benki na kampuni za kimataifa zinatambua udhaifu huo na licha ya kuutambua, kila mara yako kwenye maabara ya kubuni bidhaa mpya kwa madhumuni ya kujiongezea faida katika biashara zao, bila kujali gharama watakayopata washirika na wateja wao.

Katika hili la Benki ya Standard, kuna mambo muhimu ambayo ni muhimu wasomaji wayajue. Yale ambayo Benki ya Standard imeyafanya kuyaandika na kuyasambaza ni upande mmoja wa shilingi. Lakini kwa kuyazingatia na kujua matukio na kuyapa matukio hayo tafsiri kama ilivyofanya Corruption Watch ndiyo njia sahihi ya kuwahabarisha Watanzania na Serikali ya Awamu ya Tano kwamba nyuma ya pazia la sakata la Benki ya Standard kuna mengi yamefunikwa.

Tunayaandika na kuyaelezea ili yajulikane, haki itendeke na Tanzania isiendelee kuwa uchochoro wa mtaji wa kimataifa.

Mambo ya kuzingatia katika mfululizo wa makala haya ni kama ifuatavyo: Benki ya Kimataifa ya Standard ambayo inamiliki na kudhibiti benki za Standard na Stanbic Tanzania ni mojawapo ya taasisi kubwa za kibenki duniani yenye kufanya shughuli zake kubwa kwenye Jiji la London.

Shughuli zake nyingine kubwa ziko pia New York, Frankfurt, Hong Kong na Johannesburg nchini Afrika Kusini. Ina leseni ya kufanya biashara ya kimataifa ya kibenki jijini London na kwingineko. Kimuundo na kiutawala, habari, shughuli na ruksa kwa kila kitu kinachofanyika kinapelekwa London kwa uamuzi na maelekezo.

Hakuna kinachoweza kufanyika bila ya ruksa kutoka London. Hivyo lilipotokea hili la tuhuma na madai kuhusiana na kutoa rushwa ili Benki ya Standard ipewe zabuni na Serikali ya Tanzania, benki hiyo ilijua wapi pa kukimbilia ili kujikosha.

Benki hiyo ilikimbilia kwenye vyombo vya sheria vya Uingereza (Serious Fraud Office) SFO na “kujishtaki” kwa msingi wa sheria ijulikanayo kama Deferred Prosecution. Sheria hii inatoa nafasi kwa mhusika kukiri mbele ya vyombo vya uchunguzi wa makosa ya jinai na kutoa maelezo yote ya hujuma bila kushurutishwa na mwishowe kukubali kushitakiwa, kwa mategemeo kwamba mhusika atapewa adhabu isiyo kubwa ili aweze kurekebisha tabia na kurudi kwenye mstari.

Swali la kujiuliza ni kwa nini Standard iliamua kujishtaki au “kujilipua” kwa Kiswahili cha kileo? Bila kuingia kwa undani, ni wazi benki hiyo ilijua fika kwamba kama ingelishtakiwa kwa njia za kawaida, kosa la kutoa rushwa ili kupata zabuni ni kubwa kwa sheria za Uingereza na hivyo adhabu yake ni kubwa.

Hapa tunafikiria adhabu ambayo inaweza kutolewa kuwa ni pamoja na kufungiwa leseni ya kufanya biashara ya kifedha katika Jiji la London. Adhabu nyingine ambazo zinaweza kutolewa ni pamoja na kutozwa faini kubwa kama inavyofanyika Marekani. Vilevile kuamriwa kurejesha mkopo wa Dola 600 milioni na gharama nyingine kwa wale wafanyabiashara binafsi walionunua dhamana.

Kubwa ya yote ni pamoja na uwezekano wa kukwama kwa mpango wa uliokuwa umeshatayarishwa wa kuiuza Benki ya Standard kwa Wachina kwa sababu benki ingeingia matatani na thamani yake kwenye soko kupungua. Kwa kifupi hayo ndiyo mambo yaliyokuwa yanaisumbua Benki ya Standard hadi ikabuni mkakati wa kujikwamua.

Mkakati wa Benki ya Standard ulisukwa kiufundi. Benki iliamua kujishtaki kwa SFO. Mkakati huu ulilenga kuhamisha kosa kutoka Benki ya Standard Kimataifa na kutwisha zigo benki zake za Stanbic na Standard zilizoko Tanzania, kwa madai kwamba maofisa wake wakuu walificha habari, hasa kuhusu shirika binafsi la kitaaluma la masuala ya fedha (EGMA), ambalo linadaiwa liliingizwa kinyemela katika mchakato wa Benki ya Standard kutafuta zabuni na katika majadiliano.

Kutokana na Standard kujishtaki, matatizo mengi tuliyoyaainisha hapo mwanzoni yametafutiwa ufumbuzi. Kwanza, mahakama katika uamuzi wake imetamka wazi kwa kukubaliana kwamba benki hiyo ya kimataifa na wala maofisa wake hawakuwa na hatia ya kuhusika moja kwa moja katika uvunjaji wa sheria kwa kutoa rushwa kwa maofsa wa Serikali ya Tanzania ili benki ipate zabuni ya kuipatia Serikali mkopo huo wa Dola 600 milioni.

Hata hivyo, mzigo wa nani alitoa rushwa kwa maofsa wa Tanzania zimetupiwa taasisi za mamlaka nchini Tanzania. Wale maofisa wa Benki ya Standard na Stanbic Tanzania eti ndiyo wana hatia.

Kwa kiasi kikubwa ripoti ya Corruption Watch inaibua maswali kuhusu jinsi Benki ya Standard ilivyotoa habari nusu na zinazojikanganya kuhusu kuhusika kwake katika mchakato mzima na kwa hakika ni wazi kwamba wale ambao sasa wanatajwa katika hukumu ya Jaji wa Mahakama ya Uingereza katika kesi ya Benki ya Standard kujishitaki kwa uvunjifu wa sheria yawezekana kabisa ni mbuzi wa kafara hasa kwa kuzingatia nani ana mamlaka na kwa lipi katika biashara hizi kubwa za kimataifa? Je, ni makao makuu au matawi yake?

Kampuni binafsi ya EGMA ilitoka wapi katika mchakato? Tanzania kweli imefidiwa ipasavyo kwa uamuzi wa mahakama ya Uingereza? Haya ni maswali tutakayojibu katika matoleo yajayo ya makala haya.

New York officials issued indictments for a black gang known as “No Love City,” an offshoot of the “Folks” gang. The vicious street gang was responsible for terrorizing the Black community through murder, gun violence and drug activity. The gang ruled the streets for over two years until Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced the indictments.
According to Thompson, “These defendants caused a wave of terror throughout the streets of Brooklyn with no regard for human life. Some of these shootings happened in front of children.” The DA’s office issued 76 indictments that include 10 shootings that left one person dead and 10 wounded, including an innocent senior citizen who was left paralyzed by a stray bullet. Fifteen of the suspects are young Black men between the ages of 18 to 27. Two of the suspects remain at large and one is awaiting extradition from New Jersey. The group faces a host of other charges that include conspiracy to commit murder and weapons possession, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Visuals from last Sunday of the accident site in Bengaluru where a Tanzanian student was allegedly assaulted by mob

Tanzanian student was attacked and stripped by mob anger in the city of Bangalore, in southern India.

He was attacked after a student from Sudan car hit and killed a local woman.

A mob attacked a female student at the age of 21 with his three friends, all from Tanzania.

They passed through the area shortly after the accident happen.

The crowd chased the woman and "catch blouses", police said.

Embassy of Tanzania has called for information about the incident, reports say.

The incident happened on Sunday night, but reportedly the first time Tuesday.

Police have told the BBC Hindi, Imran Qureshi in Bangalore that a crowd gathered Hessarghatta area after a student from Sudan who was drunk stamp woman who was lying at the side of the road with his car.

The student from Sudan was beaten and burnt his car but he managed to escape.

"About 30 minutes later, four students (from Tanzania), were passing they stopped to ask what had happened. Then they attacked," Bernandoo Kafumu, president of the association of students in college in Tanzania has said.

"The woman did not even know the man (of Sudan) was involved in the accident," a member of the party of students who requested anonymity said.

"After they attacked, they fled to Tanzania in their car and tried to escape. But there was a barrier, and they came down and fled on foot. He settled in his life. The inhabitants were chased and undressed," he added.

They also torched the car.

vehicle of the Tanzanian student was destroye

Chief of the highest levels of the police has confirmed that "iliraruliwa and stripped her blouse, but not sexually abused."

"After the information to appear on the media Wednesday, we asked (the student) present a formal complaint. We follow all the procedures, he examined by a doctor," TR Suresh, deputy police commissioner of Bangalore North, told the BBC Hindi.

Bangalore, has hundreds of foreign students, including 150 from Tanzania.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

At first, Sarah Nakintu was grateful to her friend for alerting her to job opportunities in marketing and retail in Dubai.
Nakintu, a 27 year-old woman from the Ugandan capital Kampala, trusted her friend, who had worked in the United Arab Emirates and seemed successful with plenty of money.
She followed her friend's instructions. Present a valid passport to the recruiter who would organise airline tickets and a visa. Once the documents were in order, Nakintu paid the recommended "token of thanks" to her friend - $200 (Sh20,604) in cash.
Nakintu (who requested her real name not be used) was advised to only keep her boarding pass to Kigali, Rwanda, in sight and hide her connecting pass to Dubai as immigration officials stop migrants who bypassed government recruiting agencies to seek employment.
But when Nakintu was met at Dubai airport by a Ugandan woman going by the name Jane Saad, she was told to hand over her passport and then informed she would be working as a sex escort.
"From the start I was terrified and tried to protest but she threatened us and said there were no alternatives as she had invested a lot of money in our trip," Nakintu told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"Slowly we resigned and started following her instructions."
Nakintu is just one of thousands of women every year to be trafficked into sex slavery, with the Australia-based anti-slavery campaign group Walk Free estimating there are 36 million people trapped in modern-day slavery around the world.
Duped by other women
Like many others, Nakintu said she had not suspected her friend or other women from her own country would trick her into sex work and this approach meant she had let her guard down.

An annual report on human trafficking by the US State Department in 2015 commented on the network of Ugandan women coordinating the sending of Ugandan women for sex exploitation.
It listed the top destination countries as Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Kenya.
On her first day in Dubai, Nakintu

was told that she owed Saad around $8,000 (Sh824,200) in recruitment fees that had to be paid back in instalments as well as costs for accommodation and meals.
The cost was high for a newly-arrived immigrant. A bed in a room housing up to three women typically costs Dh1500 (US$400, Sh41,210).
To meet the target income, Saad told her she had to entertain about 10 men in the first two days.
In addition to turning over her passport, Nakintu had to undergo a witchcraft ritual during which she swore to hand over her income to her pimps with the threat of death in 10 days if this order was defied.
The US State Department Trafficking in Persons 2014 report noted that sex traffickers had been using voodoo rituals and violence to coerce Ugandan women into trafficking schemes.
"The pimps were ruthless women who sold our passports and return tickets to old prostitutes who wanted to retire and return to Uganda," said Nakintu.
Nakintu was moved by Saad to Abu Dhabi where sex workers can earn more as she was deemed a good sale for higher-end clients.
There she met another Ugandan woman, identified as Maydina, who had worked her way up from being a night club prostitute in Abu Dhabi to a pimp married to a high-level business executive.
Tricking the clients
Maydina told Nakintu that the secret of wealth in Abu Dhabi's sex work was white male clients - and to ensure she got their phone numbers supposedly for repeat business.
A few days after the first encounter, the worker would call the client to say she was pregnant, demanding cash not to expose his identify or $10,000 (Sh1 million) to return to Uganda for an abortion.
The sex workers could then continue the ruse, asking their clients for more money because of medical complications.
Nakintu said new workers were expected to target three men in their first month with these schemes and few women resisted because this was often the only way they could repay their debt.
"We were just desperate," said Nakintu.
Nakintu managed to leave
Abu Dhabi in May last year having been there for just short of a year and having paid off most of her debts. She returned to Uganda, devastated by the way she had been tricked and mistreated.
Some of her roommates did not hesitate in becoming recruiters themselves once back home, targeting other young women in Uganda tired of limited wages and high unemployment.
"Pimping was easy as one would ask friends to look for victims and pay that friend $100 (Sh10,300) for each victim they brought on board. I refused to do this," Nakintu said during an interview in a small shop she now runs in Kampala selling household goods.
The US State Department lists Uganda as a Tier 2 nation in its annual trafficking report, meaning its government does not fully comply with the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act's minimum standards, but is making significant efforts to do so.
Moses Binoga, the police commissioner who heads the Uganda National Counter Human Trafficking Task Force, said the government has boosted vigilance on all exit ports to protect vulnerable young women such as Nakintu from sex trafficking.
Last year, the government stopped about 300 young women from exiting the country after ascertaining that they were being sent abroad specifically for the sex trade.
Binoga, whom the US State Department has recognised for his efforts to combat human trafficking, said the government had also prosecuted and convicted several traffickers but it was complicated to combat the problem.
"The main challenge we have is that although we can prosecute traffickers on Ugandan soil we don't have jurisdiction to prosecute those in the receiving states," he said.
"Also when we're prosecuting traffickers we have to distinguish between victims coerced into sex trade and those who agreed to a deal to go to Arab states and work as prostitutes."

A woman burned her son and two of her co-wife's children after they ate a meal of githeri she had asked them not to, in Webuye West on Monday. Photo/FILE

A woman burned her son and two of her co-wife's children, leaving them with injuries, after they ate a meal of githeri she had asked them not to.
The woman identified as Monica, 35, fled after allegedly committing the offence in Bwabia village, Webuye West, on Monday.
Her co-wife had gone to her parents' home after disagreeing with their husband, who was also away.
Monica used burned polythene bags in the incident, and left the children with injuries all over their bodies, said Nangeni sub-location assistant chief Samuel Nayombe.
Nayombe said the children - 10 year-old Boniface, eight year-old Erick and Monica's son Simiyu, four - were taken to Webuye district hospital.
"This is not the first time this woman has been accused of mistreating these children since their mother left. Neighbors have reported her to me several times," he said.
He said she had fled to nearby Sango village but was caught by members of the public who handed her over to officers from Webuye police station. The woman will be charged in court.
Nayombe cautioned parents against harming their children following misunderstandings that do not concern them, and disciplinary measures that could be fatal.

Tanzania Magistrate court Iringa Region, sentenced to five years in prison, Driver Hance Mwakyoma (28yrs) and his assistant, Alex Adam (32yrs) for the offense of assisting evacuation of foreign nationals who entered the country without a permit.

The driver who was driving a Scania used to transport the illegal immigrants who are citizens of Ethiopia, was also ordered to pay a fine of Sh1.5 million.

There are some amazing facts about men that would blow off your mind. We’ve brought you some amazing and interesting facts about women, now it’s time to get some amazing facts about men.
Enjoy some facts about men below
1. Men’s brains are 10% larger than women’s brain, but this doesn’t make them any smarter than women.
2. Men spend more on their fiancés than their wives. A Valentine’s Day poll found that on average, men spend about $154 on their fiancés, and spend $136 on their wives.
3. Men first wore high heels before women. Men wore heels around the 1600s, women only began to wear them to look masculine.
4. Men lie twice as often as women in a day. Men lie about six times a day.
5. A survey found that men spend almost a year of their lives staring at women
6. Men waste gallons of fuel every year driving around rather than asking for directions.
7. A man spends almost six months of his lifetime shaving.
8. According to a study, men with attractive wives report higher levels of satisfaction in their marriages.
9. A man walks about 7% slower when with his wife or girlfriend, but speeds up when with other men.
10. Men sweat twice as much as women.
11. According to a UK study, men need at least two guys fun nights a week to stay healthy.
12. The man who kisses his wife goodbye before going to work on average earns a higher income than the man who doesn’t.
13. Men tend to be less promiscuous when women are scarce.
14. According to a study, men are more likely to say “I love you” first before a woman.
15. Contrary to popular beliefs, studies have shown that men are not more flatulent than women

The Iron Order Police Gang struck once again in Denver this past weekend, this time pursuing a confrontation with members of the Mongols MC, a veteran based club of motorcyclists with an established history since 1969 who participate in the pursuance of unity amongst clubs in America.
Here is a never before released unedited photo of the corrections officer and everyone who was there when he fired the only shots that day. how can anyone look at this disgusting creature and not be sickened that he wasn’t even arrested?

Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya’s largest city and capital, Nairobi is the most populous city in eastern Africa. It is one of the most leading cities in Africa, both politically and financially (Africa’s 4th largest exchange in terms of trading volume).

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Former capital, richest and largest city in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam is the major city for both business and government in Tanzania.

KAMPLA ,UGANDA

Kampala City, the capital of Uganda is one of the rapidly developing cities of Africa. Its economy is flourishing and its population has stretched to one million. One can now see Kampala as a beautiful landscape of new buildings, roads, malls, apartments and hotels. It is rapidly becoming the best region in East Africa to do business.

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A demented Manhattan woman burned her live-in boyfriend with hot oil, repeatedly stabbed him and then locked him in their bedroom while he begged her to call 911, police sources said.
Myeshia Hawkins-Taylor, 38, kept Carlton Adams, 52, locked in the bedroom they shared in a Harlem apartment for about 36 hours and took his phone away, cop sources said.
She finally called 911 Sunday at about 12:30 p.m. because “she thought he was going to die,” one source said. Adams was in the burn unit at Harlem Hospital, in stable condition.
“She was tired of all the stuff he does. She was tired of his nonsense," a police source said.
Felixia Camacho, who rented a room to the couple, came home to the horror at her W. 144th St. apartment Sunday afternoon after spending the weekend out of town. Camacho found Hawkins-Taylor outside, on the phone with police.
“There was a lot of blood. Fingerprints with blood were on the floor,” Camacho said.

Their falling out was over money and Adams' infidelity, a police source said.

She needed the help of a handyman to clean up the apartment.
"They were fighting because she wanted more money and over his cheating," Camacho said. “I never thought she’d do something crazy like that.”

The pair had been in a “domestic partnership” since April 2015, according to Hawkins-Taylor's Facebook page.

Adams' bed was stained with blood after the incident.

The handyman, Phillip Rogers, watched as emergency personnel took Adams away, unconscious but still alive.
“He was burned bad. His face, his arm, his legs. She burned him with hot grease. He was stabbed twice in the stomach and once in the leg," Rogers said.
On her Facebook page, Hawkins-Taylor says she’s been in a “domestic partnership” with Adams since April. She also makes several references to going through recovery.
The couple graduated from a substance-abuse rehab program last year, Camacho said.
Hawkins-Adams Faces charges of attempted murder, felony assault and unlawful imprisonment. She's in a hospital, where she's expected to have a bedside arraignment, court records show.

Chris Brown's chances to spend time with his daughter may have just gone up in smoke.
The troubled hip-hop star's ex-girlfriend, Nia Guzman, believes the "Run It" singer is responsible for giving their 1-year-old daughter asthma by frequently smoking in front of her, TMZ is reporting.
Guzman has reportedly filed paperwork to alter Brown's visitation rights — requesting that he either hire a full-time nanny or lose the right to spend time with Royalty altogether.
It's unclear whether Guzman believes Brown has been smoking marijuana or tobacco in front of their daughter, though he has been known to use both extensively, according to the gossip website.

Guzman claims Royalty reeks of smoke every time she returns from a visit with the singer, and she is requesting that a judge ban Brown from smoking — or consuming drugs or alcohol — in front of their child. She also wants Brown to be subjected to random drug testing.
Brown has a history of substance abuse, and TMZ reported in November that the singer’s friends and family are concerned he might lose custody of Royalty because he often drinks codeine-based sizzurp in front of her.
These alleged parental issues serve as the latest dilemmas for the much-maligned Brown.
The "Say Goodbye" crooner pleaded guilty to assaulting singer and then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, and three years later, his entourage got into a bottle-throwing altercation with fellow artist Drake and his posse at a New York nightclub.
Brown was also arrested for three separate crimes in 2013 — including allegedly shoving a woman at an Anaheim nightclub.
This long line of bad behavior has forced the popular artist to cancel several shows — as both Canada and Australia denied his visa requests last year due to his criminal background.
Then last month, Brown was investigated by authories for allegedly punching a women in the face at a Las Vegas hotel — but authorites later ruled he won’t be charged.

Friday, January 29, 2016

Dar es Salaam. Manispaa ya Kinondoni imepewa Sh3.5 bilioni za kujengea kiwanda cha kuchakata takataka ili kutengeneza mbolea baada ya meya wake kufanikiwa kuishawishi Halmashauri ya Mji wa Hamburg nchini Ujerumani.

Kiwanda hicho kitajengwa Mabwepande nje kidogo ya Jiji la Dar es Salaam.

Akizungumza na wanahabari jana ofisi kwake, meya huyo kutoka Chadema, Boniface Jacob, ambaye alikuwa pamoja na mwakilishi wa mji wa Hamburg, alisema maandalizi ya ujenzi wa kiwanda hicho yataanza baada ya mwezi mmoja.

Alisema kwa siku Kinondoni inazalisha takataka tani 2,026 na zinazopelekwa dampo ni tani 700, huku 1,326 zikibaki katika maeneo mbalimbali, hivyo kiwanda hicho kitakuwa kinachukua tani 500 ili kupunguza wingi wa takataka hizo.

Katika mahojiano na gazeti hili mapema wiki hii, meya huyo alisema alifanya kazi kubwa ya kuushawishi mji huo kufadhili mradi huo.

Jacob ambaye pia ni Diwani wa Ubungo, alisema kiwanda hicho kitakamilika Juni mwakani na kutoa fursa ya ajira kwa vijana watakaokuwa wakikusanya takataka na wale watakaokuwa eneo la uzalishaji.

“Baada ya mwezi mmoja tunatarajia kuanza ujenzi huu. Kinondoni na Humburg ni kama kaka na dada, ndiyo maana walituambia tutafute ardhi na watasimamia gharama za ujenzi,” alisema Jacob.

Mwakilishi wa mji huo, Dk Florian Koelsch alisema halmashauri hiyo ina furaha kutekeleza mradi huo kwenye Manispaa ya Kinondoni, kutokana na uhusiano mzuri wa muda mrefu uliopo kati ya halmashauri hizo mbili.

“Malengo yetu ni mawili; la kwanza ni kupunguza takataka katika manispaa hii, pili ni kuhakikisha takataka hizi tunazozichukua zinazalisha mbolea itakayowasaidia wakulima wa Tanzania kuzalisha mazao yao kwa ufanisi,” alisema Dk Koelsch.

Virus AIDS continues to build immunity against the disease drugs used to prevent and combat the disease, the study said.

The HIV virus are becoming immune to the medicine Tenovir in 60 percent of cases among several African countries according to the survey, conducted between 1998 and 2015.
The study, led by University of London, the associate approximately 2,000 people who have the virus world.
The leader of the study Dr. Ravi Gupta has said that its results sparked widespread concern.
The work kukamilisha.Ilianza iliochukua four years in 2012 and iliwalinganisha patients of the disease in Africa and those living in Europe.
While these patients were divided into two groups, the study revealed that in Africa 60 percent of patients were not incurable and medicine in Europe Tenovir with that number dropping to 20 percent.

These findings are published in the Lancet about disease transmission, said that management m'baya of these drugs as well as the greater the need to use it with similar standards are possible because of this problem.
'' If the same rates of the drug not be used, the virus can respond to the drug and have immunity ', Doctor Gupta told the BBC.
'Tenovir is important medicine in the fight against HIV, so it is worrying to see the amount of HIV that are immune to the drugs'', he added.
The study also says that the virus in the protection against Tenovir can be transmitted from one person to another.

The Tanzanian Government has recently announced that construction works have started at Bagamoyo port and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Tanzania’s coastal northern region to make Tanzania a trade and transport hub in East Africa.

The project is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2014 between the Tanzanian Government, the Sultanate of Oman through the State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) and China Merchants Holding International (CMHI), a Hong Kong based company involved with port operations, general and bulk cargo transportation.

The Bagamoyo Port and SEZ’ total cost has not been disclosed yet by any of the MoU’s members, but it is known to be around the USD 11 billion with the majority being financed by the Chinese Government through the China Development Bank (CDB). The whole project’s construction works including the port, SEZ, roads, and railways are expected to last 10 years.

The Bagamoyo port will be able to handle shipping traffic from mega deep sea ships with container vessels size of 8,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) with the possibility of being expanded and is expected to process 20 million containers annually.

The port will also reduce burden on Dar Es Salaam port’s that is working over capacity with traffic from mega deep sea ships having increased from 26.0 million gross register tonnage (GRT) in 2011/12 to 26.4 million GRT in 2012/13, according to Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) latest statistics. The Bagamoyo SEZ is expected to host more than 1,000 factories and raise the current labor demand 31,923 generated by 130 registered companies at EPZs, to 500,000 jobs.

SEZs were established in Tanzania in 2006 to promote quick and significant progress in economic growth, export earnings and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Among the benefits the SEZs offer to investor are exception on corporate and withstanding tax for the first ten years, on custom duties for any good used for purposes of development of infrastructure, on value added tax (VAT) on raw materials, capital goods and administrative vehicles, and unconditional transferability of profits, dividends and loyalties abroad.