HOTUBA YA MAKAMU WA PILI WA RAIS WA ZANZIBAR, MHE. BALOZI SEIF A. IDDI KATIKA UWEKAJI WA JIWE LA MSINGI JENGO JIPYA LA ABIRIA (TERMINAL 11) NA NJIA YA MAEGESHO YA NDEGE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mheshimiwa Rashid Seif Suleiman, Waziri wa Miundombinu na Mawasiliano,<br />Waheshimiwa Mawaziri na Naibu Mawaziri wa Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar,<br />Mheshimiwa Katibu Mkuu, Wizara ya Miundombinu na Mawasiliano,<br />Mheshimiwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mjini/Magharibi, Unguja,<br />Waheshimiwa Wabunge wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania,<br />Waheshimiwa Wajumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi - Zanzibar.<br />Waheshimiwa Viongozi mbali mbali wa Vyama vya Siasa na Serikali,<br />Wageni Waalikwa,<br />Mabibi na Mabwana.<br /><br /> <strong>Asaalam Aleykum,<br /><br /> Ndugu Wananchi,<br /></strong>Awali ya yote napenda nimshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kutujaalia kuwa wazima wa afya na kutuwezesha kukusanyika hapa kwa lengo la kuadhimisha sherehe za miaka hamsini (50) ya Mapinduzi Matukufu ya Zanzibar katika uwekaji wa jiwe la msingi la ujenzi wa jengo jipya la abiria (Terminal II) na pamoja na njia na maegesho ya ndege (Taxway and Apron).<br /><br />Pia napenda kuushukuru Uongozi wa Wizara ya Miundombinu na Mawasiliano kwa heshima kubwa walionipa kwa kunialika kuwa Mgeni Rasmi katika shughuli hii muhimu ambayo ni sehemu ya maadhimisho ya miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi Matukufu ya Zanzibar ya Januari, 1964.<br /><br /><strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Ujenzi wa jengo jipya la abiria (Terminal II) pamoja na njia na maegesho ya ndege (taxway na apron) ni miongoni mwa juhudi zinazochukuliwa na Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar ya kuimarisha Kiwanja cha Ndege cha Kimataifa cha Abeid Amani Karume ili kiweze kufikia hadhi ya juu ya Kimataifa katika kutoa huduma kwa abiria na ndege zinazoingia na kutoka kwa lengo la kuimarisha uchumi wa nchi yetu kwa manufaa ya wananchi wote wa Zanzibar. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> Ujenzi wa jengo jipya la abiria pamoja na ujenzi wa njia na maegesho ya ndege ni miongoni mwa hatua ya utekelezaji wa Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ya mwaka 2010- 2015 ambazo tulikuwa tukizinadi kwenu wakati wa kipindi cha kuomba ridhaa kutoka kwenu ya kuiongoza nchi hii, miongoni mwa ahadi ni kwamba tutaimarisha huduma za kiwanja cha ndege cha Abeid Amani Karume ili kiweze kufikia hadhi ya Kimataifa na leo hii tunathibitisha utekelezaji wa ahadi zetu kwa uwekaji wa jiwe la msingi la ujenzi wa jengo jipya la abiria (Terminal II) ambalo litakuwa na uwezo wa kuchukuwa abiria 1,600,000 kwa mwaka na huduma zote zinazositahiki kwa abiria pamoja na njia na maegesho ya ndege ambayo itakuwa na uwezo wa kukaa ndege aina ya CODE E. 3 na CODE C. 5 – yaani ndege za aina ya Boeing 737 na 777.<br /><br /><strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Nimeelezwa kwamba mradi wa ujenzi wa Terminal (II) umeanza rasmi tarehe 10 Januari, 2011 na unategemewa kukamilika mwezi wa nne, 2015. Aidha, ujenzi wa jengo jipya la abiria linalojengwa na Kampuni ya Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co. Ltd. kutoka nchini China na chini ya uangalizi wa Kampuni ya ADPI kutoka Ufaransa, unategemewa kutumia jumla ya Dola 82.6 Million ambazo ni mkopo kutoka kwa Washirika wa Maendeleo (Exim Bank) kutoka China. Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar inachangia jumla ya T.Shs: 2,000,000,000.<br /><br />Kwa upande wa ujenzi wa njia na maegesho ya ndege, ujenzi wake unatekelezwa na Kampuni ya M/S SOGEA – SATOM na ulianza rasmi tarehe 20 Agosti, 2012 na unategemewa kukamilika tarehe 15 Mei, 2014 chini ya usimamizi wa Kampuni ya JBG Gauff Ingineure GmbH & Co. KG in Association with M/s NIMETA Consulting (T) kutoka Tanzania na unategemewa kutumia jumla ya T.Shs: 75.8 Bilioni hadi kukamilika kwake ambazo ni mkopo kutoka Benki ya Dunia. Aidha, Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar inachangia T.Shs. 1.36 Bilioni katika mradi huo.<br /><br /> Miradi hii itakapokamilika itapelekea kuimarisha uchumi wa nchi yetu kwani kutakuwa na kiwango kikubwa cha ndege za Kimataifa zitakazoingia hapa nchini ikiwemo za mizigo na abiria. Aidha, sekta ya utalii ambayo ndio sekta kuu kwa uchumi wa Zanzibar itaimarika na kupelekea kukua kwa uchumi wa Taifa letu. Lengo la Serikali katika sekta ya utalii ni kupokea zaidi ya watalii 250,000 ifikapo mwaka 2015. Kwa hivyo, mradi huu utasaidia sana kufikia lengo hilo.<br /><br />Vile vile, wafanyabiashara wadogo wadogo nao, biashara zao zitaimarika na kupata kipato ambacho kitawapunguzia ukali wa maisha. Ni matumaini yangu kuwa jengo hili litakapokamilika litatoa nafasi nyingi za ajira ambapo wajasiriamali wataitumia nafasi hii kuimarisha shughuli zao za kibiashara ili kupunguza umasikini wa kipato na hatimae kuweza kujipatia mahitaji yao ya msingi. <br /><br /> <strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Serikali ya awamu ya saba kwa muda mfupi imeweza kutekeleza kwa kiwango kikubwa Ilani ya Uchaguzi, licha ya hali ngumu ya uchumi inayoikabili nchi yetu. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">  Naomba nichukuwe fursa hii kueleza kwa muhtasari, juhudi zinazochukuliwa na Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar katika kuimarisha huduma za viwanja vya ndege, Zanzibar. Serikali ilichukuwa hatua ya kuanzisha Mamlaka ya Viwanja vya Ndege kwa lengo la kuboresha huduma za viwanja vya ndege ili ziendane na hadhi ya Kimataifa.   </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aidha, Serikali tayari imeshajipanga kuimarisha miundombinu ya Kiwanja cha ndege cha Pemba kwa kuweka taa katika kiwanja hicho ili kiweze kutoa huduma wakati wa usiku, kwa sasa hivi kiwanja hicho kinatoa huduma wakati wa mchana tu kiasi ambacho ni tatizo kubwa kwani ikitokea dharura ya kwenda au kuondoka Pemba wakati wa usiku au imetokea dharura ya aina yoyote ile, huwa ni tatizo kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa taa za kuongozea ndege wakati wa kuruka na kutua katika kiwanja cha ndege cha Pemba. Serikali inajitahidi kwa kila njia ili kuhakikisha kuwa kiwanja hicho nacho kinakidhi haja.<br /><br /> <strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br />Juhudi hizi zinazochukuliwa na Serikali zinachangiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa na umoja na mshikamano uliopo hapa Zanzibar katika kutekeleza majukumu yetu. Ni imani yangu kuwa juhudi hizi tutazidumisha na kuziendeleza kwa lengo la kuharakisha maendeleo ya nchi yetu. Sote tunafahamu kuimarika kwa viwanja vya ndege ndio chachu ya maendeleo kwa sekta nyengine za kiuchumi kama vile utalii na biashara. <br /><br /> <strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Kwa kipindi cha miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar, huduma za viwanja vya ndege zimeimarika hapa Zanzibar na kuongezeka kwa Makampuni mbali mbali ya Kitaifa na Kimataifa yanayotoa huduma ya usafirishaji wa abiria na mizigo nje na ndani ya Tanzania. <br /><br /> Hizi zote ni juhudi kubwa zinazochukuliwa na Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar iliyo na Muundo wa Umoja wa Kitaifa katika kuwaletea maendeleo wananchi wa Zanzibar pamoja na kuimarisha uchumi wa Visiwa vya Zanzibar.<br /><br /> <strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Mafanikio yote haya yanatokana na uongozi makini, uadilifu mkubwa, ujasiri wa hali ya juu, ubunifu, mashirikiano na usimamizi mzuri tulionao katika kutekeleza majukumu yetu. Aidha, amani iliyopo Zanzibar pamoja na mshikamano wa Kitaifa uliojengeka miongoni mwa Wazanzibari, umesaidia sana kupatikana kwa mafanikio hayo. Kwani bila ya amani na utulivu hakuna maendeleo. Nawaomba wananchi wote nchini wawe wadau wa kuendeleza amani na utulivu wa nchi yetu.<br /><br /> <strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Sasa napenda kutoa pongezi zangu za dhati kwa Wizara ya Miundombinu na Mawasiliano kwa kusimamia na kutekeleza majukumu iliyopewa kwa vitendo na kwa ufanisi mkubwa. <br /><br />Aidha, naipongeza kwa dhati Mamlaka ya Viwanja vya Ndege, Zanzibar kwa kuimarisha huduma zinazositahiki katika viwanja vya ndege, nawaomba waendelee na moyo huo huo wa kusimamia majukumu yao vizuri kwa lengo la kuwahudumia wananchi Watanzania na nchi nyengine kwa ujumla.<br /><br /> Napenda pia kuupongeza uongozi mpya wa uwanja wa ndege kwa kuboresha mazingira ya uwanja na kuutaka uongozi huo kuzidisha juhudi na ubunifu ili uwanja wetu uwe miongoni mwa viwanja vya ndege vyenye usalama wa hali ya juu wa abiria na usafi wa hali ya juu. Ninayo mifano hai ya viwanja vyengine nje ya nchi ambapo utawakuta wafanyakazi wa usafi wanafanya kazi muda wote wa kazi. Kila saa ufyagio mkononi, wafanyakazi wetu lazima waige mfano huu.<br /><br />Kwa kipekee kabisa, napenda kumpongeza Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Viwanja vya Ndege, Ndugu Said Ndumbogani pamoja na Meneja wake kwa kuugeuza uwanja huu na kuwa katika hali iliyo sasa, ambao umejaa haiba na kupendeza. Aidha, nautaka Uongozi wa Mamlaka kutoa mafunzo kwa wafanyakazi wa uwanja wa ndege kwa lengo la kuwa na uwezo wa kuwahudumia abiria kwa muda mfupi – shorter check-in times kama inavyowezekana bila ya kuathiri usalama wao na wa abiria.<br /><br />Pia napenda kuwapongeza kwa dhati TCRA kwa kusimamia usalama wakati wote katika eneo la viwanja vya ndege, Zanzibar. Nawaomba wazidishe mashirikiano yao kwa Mamlaka ya Viwanja vya Ndege, Zanzibar kwa kutekeleza majukumu yake kwa ufanisi zaidi.  </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Vile vile, nawaomba wajenzi wa jengo jipya la abiria pamoja na njia na maegesho ya kutulia ndege kuhakikisha kuwa mradi huu unakamilika kwa wakati uliopangwa. Pia, nawaomba wasimamizi wa ujenzi wa miradi yote miwili kufanya kazi kwa umakini mkubwa na kuhakikisha tunapata jengo jipya la abiria (Terminal II) la kisasa, njia na maegesho ya ndege (Taxway and Apron) zenye kiwango kinachokubalika.<br /><br /> Napenda pia kutoa shukrani zangu za dhati kwa Mshirika wetu wa Maendeleo hasa Exim Benki ya China na Benki ya Dunia kwa kutuunga mkono katika kutekeleza mipango ya maendeleo ya wananchi wa Zanzibar. Nawaomba waendelee kushirikiana nasi katika kutekeleza miradi ya maendeleo kwa kutupatia, misaada na mikopo yenye masharti nafuu. <br /><br /> Nawaomba wananchi kutoa ushirikiano wa kutosha kwa mjenzi wakati watakapo hitajika kufanya hivyo kwa lengo la kufanikisha kazi hii kwa wakati. Vile vile, nawaomba Wizara ya Miundombinu na Mawasiliano kupitia Mamlaka ya Viwanja vya Ndege, Zanzibar kwa kushirikiana na Wizara ya Ardhi, Makaazi, Maji na Nishati kuweka mipaka ya Viwanja vya Ndege Unguja na Pemba kwa lengo la kuepusha uvamizi wa maeneo ya viwanja vya ndege. Hivyo, ningependa kutoa wito kwa wananchi kuheshimu mipaka ya uwanja wa ndege na kujiepusha na kujenga karibu na uwanja huo, jambo ambalo linaweza kuleta usumbufu wakati Serikali inapotaka kufanya upanuzi wa uwanja huo.<br /><br /> <strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Napenda niwapongeze wale wote walioandaa shughuli hii muhimu na kunialika mimi kujumuika nanyi nikiwa Mgeni Rasmi, shughuli ambayo imetayarishwa vizuri na hivyo kufana sana. Aidha, nawapongeza na kuwashukuru wananchi wote ambao wamekuja kwa wingi katika sherehe hii. Naamini kuwa kwa juhudi hizi, wananchi wana kila sababu ya kutuamini na kujenga imani juu ya Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar ya awamu ya saba kwa kuwapatia maendeleo ya kweli wananchi wa Zanzibar.<br /><br /> Ndugu Wananchi, mwisho ningependa kuwashukuru, msoma quraan, ambaye amesoma aya zenye mnasaba na shughuli yetu hii. Pia nawapongeza wasoma utenzi kwa umalenga wao na kutupa burudani nzuri.<br /><br /> <strong>Ndugu Wananchi,</strong><br /><br />Kwa kumalizia napenda nichukue fursa hii tena kuwapongeza wananchi wote kwa kuhudhuria kwa wingi katika shughuli hii. Naomba Mwenyezi Mungu atuzidishie upendo na utulivu pamoja na kuipenda nchi yetu.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><strong>Ahsanteni kwa kunisikiliza.</strong>       </span></div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mheshimiwa Ali Juma Shamuhuna, Waziri wa Elimu na Mafunzo ya Amali,<br />Mheshimiwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mjini na Magharibi,<br />Katibu Mkuu, Wizara ya Elimu,<br />Wakurugenzi,<br />Viongozi mbali mbali wa Vyama na Serikali,<br />Walimu Wakuu,<br />Wageni Waalikwa,<br />Mabibi na Mabwana.<br /><br /><strong>Asaalam Aleykum</strong>,<br /><br />Awali ya yote sina budi kumshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu kwa kutujaalia uzima na afya njema na tukaweza kukutana hapa, pia kumtakia rehma Mtume wetu Muhammad (S.A.W) katika Mkutano Mkuu wa Jumuiya ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari, Zanzibar (JUWASEZA).<br /><br />Nashukuru pia kwa kunialika katika ufunguzi wa mkutano wa kwanza tukiwa tupo katika shamra shamra za kuadhimisha miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi Matukufu ya Zanzibar ya Januari, 1964. Miaka 50 inatupa nafasi ya kutafakari na kutathmini maendeleo yetu. Malengo ya Mapinduzi yaliangalia na yanaendelea kuangalia maeneo matatu makuu:<br /><br />Jambo la Kwanza - kumkomboa Mzanzibari kutokana na ukoloni mkongwe na ukoloni mamboleo, kuondoa matabaka ya Mabwana na Watwana.<br /><br />Jambo la Pili - Kuleta, kudumisha na kuendeleza maendeleo ya kisiasa, kiuchumi, kijamii na kiutamaduni. Kuweza kupambana na adui ujinga na maradhi. Mapinduzi haya Matukufu ya miaka 50 yanakwenda sambamba na miaka 50 ya Elimu Bila ya Malipo. Kwa sasa Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Amali ipo katika utekelezaji wa sera mpya ya Elimu ya mwaka 2006. Lengo la sera hiyo ni kuweza kukabiliana na kasi ya maendeleo ya dunia, maendeleo ya dunia, maendeleo ya teknolojia kimazingira na kisaikolojia katika kumuandaa mtoto.<br /><br />Baada ya miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi, Wazanzibari tumeweza na Serikali yenu imeandaa mwelekeo utakaoinua vipaji vya vijana wetu ambavyo tumeviwekeza katika sera mpya, ufundishaji wa leo ni ule wa kuzingatia ukuzaji stadi mbali mbali za mashi, kama vile za kutatua changamoto tulizonazo, kutunza mazingira, kujieleza, kujitambua na kujitathmini. Mkiwa katika Mkutano Mkuu ni nafasi pekee ya kutafakari mambo mawili muhimu ambayo ni kujitambua na kujithathmini.<br /><br />Kujitambua ni hali ya kujielewa wewe ni nani, una malengo gani kwa nchi yako na utaifanyia nini katika kuyaenzi Mapinduzi na maendeleo yaliyopatikana.<br /><br />Kujitathmini ni hali ya kutathmini na kuchukua hatua na kulinda utu wako na nchi yako. Mtu anayejitathmini ndiye anaekuwa muumini mwema na raia mwema, ambae anapambana na kila vitendo viovu na vibaya kama vya unyanyasaji, uhalifu, ubadhirifu na kadhalika.<br /><br />Jambo la tatu – kumkomboa Mzanzibari kutokana na husda, choyo, chuki na kuweza kuleta mahusiano na muamala mwema, ndio maana tunasema Mapinduzi Daima kwani maneno hayo ndio hazina ya Mzanzibari na hakuna mbadala wa hayo.<br /><br />Ndugu Walimu Wakuu, nakupongezeni sana Walimu Wakuu kwa uamuzi wenu wa kuunda Jumuiya. Waswahili wanasemao “Umoja ni Nguvu na Utengano ni Udhaifu”. Naamini Jumuiya hii itakuwa chachu ya maendeleo yenu kielimu na kimaisha kwa jumla.<br /><br />Walimu Wakuu baada ya mkutano huu natumai mtapanga na kuweka maazimio. Matarajio yangu ni kuwa mtapanga mipango bora itakayozingatia mambo yafuatayo:-<br />· Kuinua viwango vya upasishaji kwa wanafunzi wetu;<br />· Kuwa na uongozi bora ambao utashirikiana na jamii katika kuziendeleza skuli zetu;<br />· Kuisaidia Serikali kupitia Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Amali kuhusu utekelezaji wa Sera Mpya ya Elimu;<br />· Kuweza kukabiliana na changamoto mbali mbali zinazotokana na maendeleo ya sayansi na teknolojia.<br />· Kulinda na kuimarisha mazingira ya skuli, ili skuli zote ziwe na mazingira rafiki kwa watu wote wanaotumia skuli hizo.<br /><br />Ndugu Walimu Wakuu, naomba kuchukua nafasi hii kuzipongeza skuli binafsi kwa msaada mkubwa wanaoutoa kwa Serikali yenu kwa kutoa elimu bora bila ubaguzi wowote. Skuli hizi zimeisaidia Serikali kuwapatia ajira raia wa nchi hii, aidha imeipunguzia Serikali mzigo wa kurundikana kwa wanafunzi katika skuli zetu. Natoa wito kwa zile skuli binafsi ambazo bado hazijajiunga kushirikiana na Jumuiya hii kwani ndio itakayokusaidieni kueleza na kutatua changamoto zenu.<br /><br /><strong>Ushauri wangu kwenu</strong>:<br /><br />- Nawaomba kusimamia majukumu ya kazi za kila siku kwa walimu na wanafunzi ili kuinua kiwango cha elimu.<br />- Kusimamia skuli na mazingira yake ili kuboresha mazingira.<br />- Kujiendeleza kielimu ili kwenda sambamba na sayansi na teknolojia.<br />- Kutafuta mahusiano na Jumuiya za nje ili muweze kubadilishana ujuzi na uzoefu.<br />- Nakuombeni mfanye uchaguzi wa huru na haki ili kuweza kuchagua viongozi bora ambao wataipatia mafanikio.<br /><br />Mnataka kufanya uchaguzi wa uongozi, hivyo ni jambo la lazima kwa kila mmoja wenu kuwa tayari na yafuatayo:-<br /><br />- Kupokea matokeo kwani hiyo ndio demokrasia;<br />- Kuwa tayari kuongoza na kuongozwa kwa mujibu wa Katiba na taratibu zilizopo.<br />- Kuwa na ari kwa viongozi na wanachama kuhusu utekelezaji wa malengo ya Jumuiya.<br />- Kuhubiri umoja, mshikamano, amani na utulivu tokea katika ngazi ya Jumuiya ili iwe kigezo kwa Taifa na jamii kwa ujumla.<br /><br /> Ndugu Walimu Wakuu, Kiongozi mzuri ni yule ambaye anafahamu na anathamini kwa vitendo kwamba uongozi ni dhamana inayohitaji uwazi, uadilifu na ukweli, ili kujenga imani kwa unaowaongoza. Unapojenga imani kwa unaowaongoza ni kuhamasisha uwajibikaji wa gharama nafuu. Kiongozi unapokubalika unakuwa umesaidia kujenga saikolojia za unaowaongoza na kwamba watafanya kazi kwa hiyari.<br /><br />Ninawashukuru kwa mara nyengine kwa kunialika katika hafla hii adhimu na muhimu kwa nchi yetu na kweli najisikia faraja kuwa na Walimu Wakuu kwani name niliwahi kuwa mwalimu.<br /><br />Nakutakieni hafla njema, yenye kila la kheri na Baraka. Aidha, hakikisheni kuwa umoja wenu huu unaendelea na unadumu ili warithi wenu wakukumbukeni milele.<br /><br />Kabla ya kumaliza hotuba yangu, nakutakieni mafanikio mema katika Mkutano wenu wa siku tatu na natamka rasmi kuwa Mkutano wa Jumuiya ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar umefunguliwa rasmi.<br /><br />Ahsanteni sana kwa kunisikiliza.</span></div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Wakati Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar inaendelea na jitihada za kuimarisha huduma za viwanja vya ndege viendane na hadhi ya Kimataifa Wananchi wameombwa kuheshimu mipaka ya viwanja hivyo kwa lengo la kujiepusha na kujenga karibu na maeneo ya viwanja hivyo.<br /><br />Ujenzi huo endapo utaachiliwa uendelee baadaye unaweza kuleta usumbufu mkubwa kwa wananchi hao hasa wakati Serikali inapopata nguvu zaidi za kutaka kuongeza miundo mbinu ya upanuzi wa viwanja hivyo.<br /><br />Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alisema hayo wakati wa hafla ya kuweka jiwe la msingi la jengo jipya la Abiria na bara bara ya maegesho ya ndege katika uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Abeid Amani Karume ikiwa ni mfululizo wa maadhimisho ya sherehe za Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kutimia miaka 50.<br /><br />Balozi Seif alisema mradi huo mkubwa wa ujenzi wa jengo la abiria na bara bara za kurukia na maegesho ya ndege ambao ni utekelezaji wa ilani ya uchaguzi ya CCM ya mwaka 2010 umelenga kuimarisha uchumi wa Nchi kwa manufaa ya wananchi wote wa Zanzibar.<br /><br />“ Miradi hii itakapokamilika itapelekea kuimarisha uchumi wa Nchi yetu kwani kiwango cha ndege za kimataifa kitaongezeka mara dufu ikiwemo mizigo pamoja na abiria “. Alisema Balozi Seif.<br /><br />Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar alieleza kuwa sekta ya utalii ambayo ndio sekta kuu kwa uchumi wa Zanzibar itaimarika zaidi kufuatia kukamilika kwa mradi huo na kutoa fursa pia kwa wafanyabiashara wadogo wadogo kuuza bidhaa zao na kupunguza ukali wa maisha kutokana na kuongezeka kwa uingiaji wa wageni hapa nchini.<br /><br />Alifahamisha kwamba kipindi cha miaka hamsini ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar, huduma za viwanja vya ndege zimeimarika nchini na kuongezeka kwa Makampuni mbali mbali ya Kitaifa na Kimataifa yanayotoa huduma ya usafirishaji wa abiria na mizigo nje ya Tanzania.<br /><br />Aidha Balozi Seif alieleza kwamba Serikali tayari imeshajipanga kuimarisha miundombinu ya kiwanja cha ndege cha Kisiwani Pemba kwa kukiwekea taa ili kiweze kutoa huduma saa 24.<br /><br />Alisema ukosefu wa taa kiwanjani hapo ni tatizo kubwa linalopelekea huduma za ndege kukosekana wakati wa usiku jambo ambalo ni hatari hasa wakati inapoweza dharura muhimu ya utumiaji wa ndege wakati wa usiku kisiwani humo.<br /><br />Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar aliupongeza Uongozi wa Mamlaka ya uwanja wa ndege kwa kuimarisha huduma pamoja na kuboresha mazingira na kuutaka kuzidisha juhudi na ubunifu ili uwanja huo ulingane na viwanja vyengine vya Kimataifa katika kulinda usalama na usafi wa mazingira yake.<br /><br />“ Uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Zanzibar tunataka uwe kama wa wenzetu wa Dubai. Kwa nini wao waweze na sisi tusiweze ? Tunayo mifano hai ya viwanja vya wenzetu ambavyo utakuta wafanyakazi wanafanya kazi muda wote. Kila saa ufyagio mkononi, wafanyakazi wetu lazima waige mfano huu “. Alisema Balozi Seif.<br /><br />Aliwashukuru washirika wa maendeleo hasa Benki ya Exim ya China pamoja na Benki ya Dunia { World Bank } kwa juhudi zao za kuunga mkono harakati za maendeleo ya wananchi wa Zanzibar.<br /><br />Balozi Seif aliwaomba washirika hao wa maendeleo kuendelea kushirikiana na Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar katika kutekeleza miradi yake ya maendeleo kwa kutoa misaada na mikopo yenye masharti nafuu.<br /><br />Mapema Naibu katibu Mkuu Wizara ya Miundombinu na Mawasiliano Nd.Talib Abdulla alisema kukamilika kwa mradi huo wa jengo la abiria utaweza kuhudumia abiria wapatao laki 156,000 kwa mwaka wakati eneo la maegesho ya ndege litakuwa na uwezo wa kuhudumia ndege kubwa tatu kwa wakati mmoja.<br /><br />Nd. Talib alisema mradi wa upanuzi wa maegesho ya ndege hivi sasa umefikia asilimia 55%,wakati upanuzi wa njia za kupitishia ndege umefikia asilimia 98% na njia za kuunganisha ndege uko katika asilimia 80%.<br /><br />Hata hivyo naibu katibu mkuu huyo wa Miundombinu na Mawasiliano alisema zipo changamoto zilizosababisha kuchelewa kwa mradi huo akizitaja kuwa ni pamoja na ujazazji wa mashimo makubwa pamoja na kuwepo kwa mawe mengi katika eneo hilo la mradi.<br /><br />Mradi wa ujenzi wa jengo jipya la abiria unategemewa kutumia jumla ya Dola za Kimarekani Milioni 82.6 mkopo kutoka Exim Benki ya China ambapo mchango wa SMZ ukiwa shilingi za Kitanzania Bilionimbili { 2,000,000,000/- } wakati ujenzi wa njia za maegesho ya ndege utagharimu Dola Milioni 75.8 mkopo wa Benki wa Dunia ambapo SMZ itatoa shilingi Bilioni 1.36.<br /><br />Wakati huo huo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi ambae pia ni Mwenyekiti wa Halmashauri ya Sherehe na Maadhimisho ya Kitaifa alipokea mchango wa fedha kutoka kwa Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Quality Group ambae pia ni Mwenyekiti wa Klabu ya soka ya Yanga ya Dar es salaam Bwana Yussuf Manji ili kusaidia kuchangia sherehe za Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kutimia miaka 50.<br /><br />Bwana Manji ambae alimuhakikishia Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar ushiriki wa Timu yake ya Yanga katika mashindano ya Mapinduzi Cup alikabidhi mchango huo nyumbani kwa Balozi Seif Mazizini nje kidogo ya mji wa Zanzibar.<br /><br />Alisema Kampuni yake pamoja na Timu yake imehamasika kutoa mchango huo wa Shilingi Milioni Kumi na Tano { 15,000,000/- } kufuatia umuhimu wa Tanzania kukabiliwa na sherehe hizo kubwa za maadhimisho ya Nusu karne ya mapinduzi ya Zanzibar.<br /><br />Akipokea mchango huo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif alimpongeza Bwana Yussuf Manji kwa uwamuzi wa Taasisi zake kuona umuhimu wa kusaidia sherehe hizo zilizokabiliwa na masuala mengi kutokana na umuhimu wake kihistoria.<br /><br />Balozi Seif alimuhakikishia Kiongozi huyo wa Quality Group na Timu ya Soka ya Yanga pamoja na wananchi wote kwamba Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kwa kushirikiana na Serikali ya Jamuhuri ya Muungano iko katika utaratibu wa kukamilisha maandalizi ya mwisho ya maadhimisho hayo.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Othman Khamis Ame<br /><br />Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">United Bank for Africa (UBA), the pan-African financial services group in which investment company Heirs Holdings has a strategic interest, has announced the appointment of a new board chairman, Ambassador Joe Keshi. The appointment of Ambassador Keshi, who brings significant foreign service experience, signals the increasing importance of UBA’s pan-African and global </span><a href="http://www.heirsholdings.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">network</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.<br /></span><a href="http://www.tonyelumelu.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Heirs</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> Holdings Chairman, Tony O. Elumelu , who retired as Group Managing Director and CEO of UBA in 2010 and whose strategic vision is responsible for today’s UBA, confirmed that Keshi's appointment would add significant value to UBA’s shareholders.<br /><br />Elumelu said, "Joe Keshi brings to this position a track record of rigorous governance, an international perspective and experience in policy formulation. These qualities are critical to UBA’s strategy of consolidating its position as the leading pan-African financial services group in Africa."<br /><br />He added, “This appointment lays to rest some of the ill-informed speculation relating to my own possible return to UBA. With Heirs Holdings developing an increasingly diversified portfolio, including </span><a href="http://www.transcorpnigeria.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Transcorp</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> , as well as </span><a href="http://www.tenoilenergy.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Tenoil</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> ,</span><a href="http://www.avonhealthcare.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"> Afriland</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> , our real estate business, and Avon Healthcare, leading Heirs Holdings and ensuring that we capture the many exciting opportunities in Nigeria and across Africa, requires my full time attention. I can think of no better person than Joe Keshi to lead UBA.''<br /><br />Ambassador Keshi has over 35 years of public service, working at the highest levels of government administration in Africa and during his career served as Permanent Secretary, at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Nigeria, The Hague, Netherlands and Consul-General of Nigeria in Atlanta, USA. Ambassador Keshi was first appointed to the UBA Board in 2010 and became Vice Chairman in 2011. Ambassador Keshi’s appointment follows the retirement of Chief Israel Ogbue, a member of the UBA Board since 2005 and who has served as Chairman since January 1, 2011.<br /><br />Speaking on his appointment, Ambassador Keshi said, “UBA has demonstrated ability for creating sustained value for our various stakeholders. Our pan-African footprint, particularly, gives UBA an extremely effective platform for harnessing and indeed contributing to, the growing economic potential of African markets.”<br /><br />UBA Group is a significant investment within Heirs Holdings’ financial services portfolio and is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The UBA Group closed third quarter 2013 with operating income of N130 billion and total balance sheet size of N3.03 trillion.<br /><br />A leading pan-African financial services group with presence in 22 countries globally, UBA has a strong retail franchise providing banking services to over 7 million customers through over 750 branches and other customer touch points in 19 high growth African markets.</span></div> </div>

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Smarter Policies Needed To End Needless Deaths of Migrants

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">For several years I have been saying that migration can be summed up by a series of D words: Demographics, Disasters, Demand, Disparities and Dreams. This year I am adding a new D: Desperation.<br /><br />The world watched in horror in October when some 360 African migrants lost their lives within sight of land while attempting to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa. Untold hundreds have perished on the journey from Indonesia to Australia, or off the coast of Thailand. Migrants from Central America are raped, robbed, beaten and killed as they try to enter the USA from Mexico. African migrants die of thirst in the vast desert reaches – their bones the only testimony to their failed journey.<br /><br />Why do people risk their lives and the lives of their families, over and over, every hour of every day when the best that awaits them is a frosty welcome?<br /><br />The answer is simple: Desperation. They fear staying in a land where they face persecution, or where their family starves. That desperation makes the risk of death a gamble they believe worth taking.<br /><br />Migrants face death, danger and disappointment in search of their dreams. They may be materially poor, and lack hope, they may take on massive debts from corrupt recruitment agencies or traffickers and smugglers in the hope of getting to a safe place, for a new start. They are often forced by economics and lack of land to the most dangerous places – the shoreline, the mountain slope, the riverside – and migrate because their shacks are washed away by climate extremes.<br /><br />We believe that 2013 may have been the worst on record for migrant deaths. We will never know the true total, as many migrants died anonymously in deserts, in oceans or other accidents. However, our figures show that at least 2,360 migrants died this year, chasing the dream of a new life. That’s over six a day; one every four hours.<br /><br />We live in an era of unprecedented human mobility, with more people on the move than any other time in recorded history. Natural disasters and conflict are adding to levels of migration: some 5,000 people a day left the Central Philippines following typhoon Haiyan last month. A further 100,000 fled fighting in the Central African Republic in December alone.<br /><br />For the poorest, most desperate migrants, borders have been shut over the years as countries respond to political drumbeats of alarm and move to curtail immigration. The paradox is that at a time when one in seven people around the world are migrants in one form or another (and more than 232 million people live outside their country of birth), we are seeing a harsh response to migration in the developed world.<br /><br />The few developed countries that are prepared to increase immigration levels generally want only highly-skilled, knowledge workers. The result is tightened border surveillance and reduced opportunities for would-be migrants. This, combined with political and economic upheaval, drives people into the hands of people smugglers whose unscrupulous trade is the fastest-growing sector in the organized crime world, estimated to be worth $35 billion a year. <br /><br />Migration is as old as humanity but we need to start thinking about it in new, smarter ways. On this International Day we focus on the well-being and safety of migrants, IOM calls for strengthening of existing policies or develop new ones to protect human rights of those who leave home to seek better opportunities. We are ready to assist our member states and other partners in the development and implementation of those policies.<br /><br />We need measures that will enable employers in countries with labor shortages to access people desperate to work, and we need to ensure that these people are not exploited or exposed to gender based violence. We must work in a whole-of-government, whole-of-society approach in the best interests of countries, communities and people, in particular migrants themselves.<br /><br />I am not naïve. Managing migration is complicated and we may need hybrid scenarios. Short-term migration visas, seasonal visas, portable social welfare – all these things are being pioneered in different parts of the world and I believe they are moves in the right direction.<br /><br />In 2016 there will be a World Humanitarian Summit: IOM will be asking how the global humanitarian community can ensure that political upheaval, economic stress and natural calamities do not always lead to a second round of challenges whereby desperate migrants, abandoned to their fate, are forced to take desperate measures.  </span></div> </div>

Smarter Policies Needed To End Needless Deaths of Migrants

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It’s Time to Take Action and Save Lives of Migrants

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The International Organization for Migration warns today that unless the international community takes decisive action to address the causes of irregular migration, more migrant lives will be lost at the hands of people smugglers and traffickers.<br /> <br />Observing International Migrants Day (18 December) the Organization’s Director General, William Lacy Swing noted that 2013 may have been the costliest year on record in terms of lives lost, for migrants seeking to cross international borders clandestinely.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /> “We will never know the true total, as many migrants died anonymously in deserts, in oceans or in other accidents,” stated Ambassador Swing. “However, our figures show that at least 2,360 migrants died this year while chasing the dream of a new life. These people are desperate – not even a very real fear of death prevents them from making their journey.”<br /><br /> The Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, the Caribbean, and the seas off Thailand and Indonesia have all seen tragedies involving overloaded, un-seaworthy vessels going down resulting in the deaths of dozens of migrants per episode.<br /><br /> The US Mexico border area and the desert route from West Africa to Libya are the most dangerous land routes, with migrants perishing in train accidents, murdered, or dying of thirst in their quest for a better life.<br /><br /> “On this International Day we focus on the well-being and safety of migrants. IOM calls for strengthening existing policies or developing new ones to protect the human rights of those who leave home to seek better opportunities. We are ready to assist our Member States and other partners in the development and implementation of policies.”<br /><br /> Mr. Swing warned that the doors of previously-welcoming countries are increasingly being shut on the poorest, most desperate migrants. IOM has observed a direct link between tighter border controls and increases in people smuggling, which is now a US35-billion dollar a year business.<br /><br /> “It’s time to take action and save the lives of migrants who would otherwise die while taking desperate measures to cross increasingly restrictive borders. We are calling for measures to enable employers in countries with labour shortages to access potential migrants to work and we need to ensure that these people are not exploited or exposed to gender based violence.<br /><br /> “We need a whole-of-government, whole-of-society approach in the best interests of countries, communities and people, in particular migrants themselves,” continued Mr. Swing.<br /><br /> Conflict and natural disasters are adding to the number of people on the move. Some 5,000 people a day left the Central Philippines following typhoon Haiyan last month. A further 100,000 fled fighting in the Central African Republic in the first half of December.<br /><br /> In 2016 there will be a World Humanitarian Summit: IOM will be asking how the global humanitarian community can ensure that political upheaval, economic stress and natural calamities do not always lead to a second round of challenges whereby migrants feel forced to take desperate measures.<br /><br /> The full figures, trends and analysis will be captured in a report to be issued by IOM.</span></div> </div>

It’s Time to Take Action and Save Lives of Migrants

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SMZ yaahidi kuendeleza mpango wa utafiti

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alisema Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar imekusudia kuweka kipaumbele katika kuendeleza mpango maalum wa kufanywa utafiti katika maeneo yote ya Kiuchumi, maendeleo na ustawi wa jamii.<br /><br />Kauli hiyo aliitoa wakati wa mazungomzo yake na Ujumbe wa Viongozi Wanane kutoka Serikali ya Swisszerland unaoongozwa na Waziri wa Sayansi, Utafiti na Elimu Bwana Mauro Dell Ambrogio aliokutana nao hapo Ofisini kwake Mtaa wa Vuga Mjini Zanzibar.<br /><br />Balozi Seif alisema mpango huo utakwenda sambamba na ongezeko la mitaala pamoja na masomo ya utafiti kupitia skuli za Sekondari na vyuo vikuu ili Taifa lifikie daraja ya kujitosheleza kwa wataalamu wa fani hiyo kufikia daraja la Udaktari.<br /><br />Aliueleza Ujumbe huo wa Serikali ya Swisszerland ambao upo Zanzibar kuhudhuria Kongamano la Utafiti na Ubunifu Zanzibar la kusherehekea miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi ya mwaka 1964 kwamba Zanzibar na Tanzania kwa ujumla zimebahatika kuwa na rasilmali nyingi baharini na Ardhini. <br /><br />Alifahamisha kwamba Rasilmali hizo hadi sasa bado hazijatumika vyema kutokana na ukosefu wa Taaluma ya kina ya utafiti ambazo baadaye zinaweza kusaidia ustawi wa kipato cha Wananchi walio wengi pamoja na Taifa kwa ujumla.<br /><br />Hata hivyo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar alifafanua kwamba zipo baadhi ya tafiti zilizowahi kufanywa na baadhi ya wataalamu wa hapa nchini kwa kushirikiana pia na wale wa kigeni lakini mara nyingi tafiti hizo huishia kuwekwa maofisini bila ya kufanyia kazi zilizokusudiwa.<br /><br />Mapema Waziri wa Sayansi, Utafiti na Elimu wa Swisszerland Bwana Mauro Dell Ambrogio ameipongeza Zanzibar na Tanzania kwa ujumla kutokana na mipango yake ya kutilia mkazo suala la utafiti.<br /><br />Bwana Mauro alieleza kwamba utafiti popote pale ndio silaha na uti wa mgongo wa harakati za maendeleo katika taasisi zote ziwe za kiserikali, Mashirika ya Umma na hata sekta Binafsi.<br /><br />Naye kwa upande wake Mkurugenzi wa Taasisi ya Sayansi na Utafiti ya chuo Kikuu cha Basel Nchini Swisszerland Bwana Marcel Tanner aliyekuwa miongoni mwa ujumbe huo alisema Taasisi mbali mbali Duniani hivi sasa zimejikita zaidi katika kuona suala la Utafiti linapewa msukumo unaostahiki.<br /><br />Bwana Tanner alisema kuwa umuhimu wa tafiti hasa katika sekta za Afya na Kilimo ndio chachu inayosaidia kustawisha maendeleo na ustawi wa jamii popote pale Ulimwenguni.<br /><br />Othman Khamis Ame<br />Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

SMZ yaahidi kuendeleza mpango wa utafiti

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Walimu wanawajibu wa kuwa karibu na wazazi wa wanafunzi wao

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Nchini wanawajibu wa kuendelea kushirikiana zaidi na wazazi katika kuhakikisha ufaulu mkubwa wa wanafunzi unaongezeka zaidi kwa kuzingatia na kutumia akili zao.<br /><br />Ushirikiano huo unaweza kufikia lengo kubwa iwapo utakwenda sambamba na upatikanaji wa uongozi ulio makini wa Kamati za maskuli katika maeneo mbali mbali hapa nchini.<br /><br />Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alieleza hayo wakati akiufungua Mkutano Mkuu wa Kwanza wa Jumuiya ya Walimu wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar unaofanyika katika Ukumbi wa Skuli ya Sekondari ya Lumumba Mjini Zanzibar.<br /><br />Balozi Seif alisema jambo kubwa liliopo hivi sasa katika kuona wanafunzi wengi wanafanikiwa katika muelekeo wa kitaaluma ni kujaribu kutumiwa mbinu za pamoja baina ya pande hizo mbili na namna ya udhibiti wa matumizi mabovu ya mitandao ya mawasiliano ya Kompyuta ambayo hufanywa na wanafunzi walio wengi Nchini.<br /><br />Alifahamisha kwamba wanafunzi wa karne hii wamebahatika kupata nafasi nzuri ya kusoma kupitia mitandao hiyo ya Kompyuta lakini wengi kati yao hutumia fursa hiyo kwa kuangalia michezo na filam zilizo nje ya Maadili jambo ambalo huzorotesha kiwango chao cha ufaulu kwenye mitihani yao.<br /><br />Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar aliwaomba walimu Wakuu hao kusimamia vyema majukumu ya kazi zao za kila siku kwa walimu na wanafunzi wao kwa lengo la kunyanyua kiwango cha elimu kitakachokidhi mahitaji ya sasa ya sayansi na Teknolojia Duniani.<br /><br />Alifahamisha kwamba Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar ya mwaka 1964 kutimia miaka 50 yanakwenda sambamba na miaka 50 tokea kutangazwa kwa elimu bila ya malipo hapa Zanzibar.<br /><br />Alisema katika kuthamini uzito wa Mapinduzi hayo Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kupitia Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Amali Zanzibar ipo katika utekelezaji wa sera mpya ya elimu ya mwaka 2006.<br /><br />Balozi Seif alieleza kwamba lengo la sera hiyo ni kuweza kukabiliana na kasi ya maendeleo iliyopo ulimwenguni hivi sasa, mabadiliko ya Teknolojia kimazingira na kiakili katika kumuandaa vyema mtoto.<br /><br />Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibart aliwapongeza Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar kwa uamuzi wao wa kuanzisha jumuiya hiyo na kutoa wito kwa skuli binafsi ambazo bado hazijajiunga kushirikiana na jumuiya hiyo ili kusaidiana kupata nguvu za pamoja zitakazosaidia kutatua baadhi ya changamoto zinazowakabili.<br /><br />“ Skuli binafsi pia zinapaswa kupongezwa kwa mchango unazotoa wa kuiunga mkono Serikali kutoa elimu bora bila ya ubaguzi. Skuli hizi zimeisaidia sana Serikali kuwapatia ajira Raia wa Nchi hii pamoja na kuipunguzia mzigo mkubwa Serikali wa mrundikano wa wanafunzi katika skuli nyingi Nchini “ Alisema Balozi Seif.<br /><br />Katika kuunga mkono jitihada za Walimu Wakuu hao wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar za Kuunda Jumuiya yao Balozi Seif alichangia shilingi Laki 500,000/- kusaidia mkutano huo pamoja na kuahidi kusaidia Kompyuta moja na Mashine moja ya Foko Kopi kwa ajili ya Ofisi ya Jumuiya hiyo.<br /><br />Aidha Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar aliwaeleza wana jumuiya hiyo kwamba atawasiliana na Waziri wa Ardhi, Makazi, Maji, Nishati na Madini katika kuangalia uwezekano wa kuipatia Jumuiya hiyo eneo la kujenga Ofisi yake pamoja na kupatiwa hati miliki za maeneo yote ya Skuli za Serikali.<br /><br />Akisoma Risala ya Wanajumiya hiyo ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar Katibu wa Jumuiya Hiyo Maalim Fadhil Hamada Mshamba alisema lengo la kuanzishwa kwa jumuiya hiyo ni kuwaunganisha walimu wa Serikali na Binafsi ili kuwa na sauti moja katika kuwafinyaga vyema watoto kielimu.<br /><br />Maalim Fadhil alisema wanajumiya hiyo hivi sasa wanajivunia mafanikio makubwa waliyoyapata tokea kuanzishwa kwake mwaka 2009 ikiwa ni pamoja na kurejea kwa nidhamu katika maskuli mengi nchini, utunzaji wa mazingira pamoja na taaluma ya kuepuka taathira mbaya za ajira kwa watoto.<br /><br />Katibu Mkuu huyo wa Jumuiya ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar alizitaja baadhi ya changamoto zinazoikabili sekta ya elimu kuwa ni pamoja na uchakavu wa baadhi ya majengo ya Skuli, upungufu wa samani, ukosefu wa vyombo vya usafiri kwa walimu Wakuu pamoja na uvamizi wa maeneo ya Maskuli kwa kujengwa nyumba za kudumu za watu binafsi.<br /><br />Mapema Katibu Mkuu Wizara ya Elimu na Mafunzo ya Amali Zanzibar Bibi Mwanaid Saleh alisema Wizara hiyo inaendelea na tathmini ya kupanga vigezo mbali mbali vitakavyotoa fursa kwa walimu kupanda daraja kwa mujibu wa Taaluma wanazozipata.<br /><br />Mada mbali mbali zinajadiliwa katika Mkutano huo wa Siku Tatu wa Jumuiya ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar ukihitimishwa na uchaguzi Mkuu wa kuwachaguwa Viongozi wake wapya.<br /><br />Miongoni mwa mada zitakazojadiliwa katika Mkutano huo kuwa ni pamoja Maendeleo na mafanikio ya elimu katika miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar, Utekelezaji wa Sera ya Elimu ya mwaka 2006 pamoja na changamoto zake, pamoja na Utawala wa Mwalimu Mkuu na utekelezaji wa majukumu .<br /><br />Nyengine ni Mchango wa Skuli Binafsi katika kuleta maendeleo ya Elimu Zanzibar, usimamizi wa Mwalimu Mkuu katika somo la Hesabu pamoja na muelekeo Mpya wa tathmini ya mwanafunzi ndani ya Zanzibar.<br /><br />Mkutano Mkuu huo wa Jumuiya ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar umepata baraka ya kuhudhuriwa pia na baadhi ya Viongozi wa Jumuiya ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Tanzania Bara { TAHOSSA }.<br /><br />Ujumbe wa mwaka huu wa Mkutano huo wa Jumuiya ya Walimu Wakuu wa Skuli za Sekondari Zanzibar { JUWASEZA } ni Muelekeo mpya wa Tathmini ya Mwanafunzi Zanzibar.<br /><br />Othman Khamis Ame<br />Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

Walimu wanawajibu wa kuwa karibu na wazazi wa wanafunzi wao

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Western Union’s PASS initiative reaches 250,000 pass milestone

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">PASS initiative turns every successful pass in the UEFA Europa League competition into funding for education, contributing to UNICEF’s efforts to enable access for children to one million days of education<br /></span><a href="http://www.westernunion.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">The Western</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> Union Company () (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment services and a Global Partner of the UEFA </span><a href="http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Europa League</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, today announced that, as the Group Stage in this season’s competition comes to an end, over 250,000 successful passes have been made since the launch of its three-season PASS initiative in September 2012.<br /></span><a href="http://foundation.westernunion.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">With the</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> PASS initiative, Western Union and the Western Union Foundation in collaboration with </span><a href="http://www.unicef.org/"><span style="font-size: large;">UNICEF</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> , are turning every successful pass in the UEFA Europa League into funding for better education, harnessing the power of football to support vulnerable children around the world.<br /><br />At the end of last season, the PASS fund totaled 178,231 passes, a figure which has now reached 282,568 since the 2013/14 season started on September 19, 2013.<br /><br />The top 5 clubs/players for passing in the UEFA Europa League 2013/14 season to date are as follows1:<br /><br /><strong>Leading Passing Teams                     Leading Passing Players</strong><br />1. Tottenham Hotspur FC (3,673) 1. Mousa Dembélé, Tottenham Hotspur FC (451)<br />2. Swansea City AFC (3,269)   2. Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, AZ Alkmaar (352)<br />3. AZ Alkmaar (2,663)                   3. Thanos Petsos, SK Rapid Wien (346)<br />4. Valencia CF (2,651)                   4. Alexandros Tziolis, PAOK FC (340)<br />5. PSV Eindhoven (2,532)              5. Jan Wuytens, AZ Alkmaar (337)<br /><br /><br />In September, Western Union announced that Jamaica, Nigeria and Turkey were the first countries to receive funding raised by the PASS initiative. In Jamaica, PASS is supporting UNICEF programs aiming to achieve high levels of attendance, retention, numeracy and literacy among secondary school children with a focus on adolescent boys. In Nigeria, Western Union is helping increase the number of qualified female teachers and, in turn, the enrollment of female students, contributing to UNICEF’s efforts to meet the country’s need for 1.3 million more2 qualified teachers in the country. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In Turkey, funding raised by the PASS initiative is being used to ensure disadvantaged children and ethnic minorities have access to a quality secondary education, with a focus on rural and low income areas where only 30 percent of children attend secondary school.<br /><br />As part of Western Union’s three-year partnership with UNICEF, Brazil will be a future recipient of funding from the PASS initiative.<br /><br />Brazilian International and Tottenham Hotspur FC midfielder, Sandro Raniere said: “The Western Union PASS scheme means a lot to me because we can help children go to school, and children in Brazil need this help as some children are very poor”.<br /><br />“It means a lot to me also because I am from Brazil so I can help children from my home country and around the world. I’m so happy on the pitch doing my job and helping people around the world. Tottenham are the highest passing team this season and that is amazing – I feel great, helping people, it’s amazing”.<br /><br />Patrick Gaston, president of The Western Union Foundation, commented: “Since the PASS initiative commenced in September 2012, we have experienced an outstanding level of support from players, fans and customers, which has been instrumental in allowing us to not only use the power and reach of football to build awareness of the global education challenge, but to also start to make a real difference to young people and their communities.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> PASS is a key part of Western Union’s Education for Better campaign for secondary and vocational education, and it is fantastic to see the positive impact funding from this initiative is making in the countries that need it most.”<br /><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Western Union.</span></div> </div>

Western Union’s PASS initiative reaches 250,000 pass milestone

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New three-way partnership to tackle Africa’s infrastructure challenges

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The BUILD Africa Forum will be held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, from the 5th to the 7th of February 2014<br /><br />The BUILD Africa Forum is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the Institute for Infrastructure Studies (I.I.S.), a leading infrastructure think-tank based in London, UK and Doha, Qatar.<br /><br />The BUILD Africa Forum, together with the I.I.S. and the African Development Bank’s Africa50 Fund, have joined forces and committed their combined expertise in infrastructure investment and finance to develop solutions to Africa’s infrastructure funding gap.<br /><br />The strategic relationship aims to answer the following key questions:<br /><br />• How will infrastructure investment risk profiles develop over the next 20 years and what mitigations can governments implement to incentivize investment?<br /><br />• How can infrastructure financing and delivery models be developed to attract private finance into the region?<br /><br />• How can Africa improve infrastructure delivery and avoid the costly overspends that have afflicted other regions?<br /><br />Through these strategic partnerships, BUILD Africa aims to develop an understanding of the various ways in which projects can be accelerated and increase the number of infrastructure projects that reach bankability. Using its ability to bring together the private sector, governments, multi-lateral organizations and global investors, the BUILD Africa Forum will ensure that the results and ideas developed in </span><a href="http://registration.buildafricaforum.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Brazzaville</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> are successfully executed in future African infrastructure projects.<br /><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of BUILD Africa Forum.</span></div> </div>

New three-way partnership to tackle Africa’s infrastructure challenges

The BUILD Africa Forum will be held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, from the 5th to the 7th of February 2014 The BUILD Africa F...

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AfDB gathers partners in Tunis to advance Sustainable Energy for All in Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Since its launch, more than 80 Governments from around the world have formally engaged with the initiative, with 42 African countries “opted-in”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The African Development Bank as host of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Africa Hub organized a two-day workshop in Tunis with representatives of partner institutions. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the Global Facilitation Team headed by Kandeh Yumkella, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on SE4ALL. Since its launch, more than 80 Governments from around the world have formally engaged with the initiative, with 42 African countries “opted-in”.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.afdb.org/">The workshop</a> was attended by the SE4All Africa Hub partners: the African Union Commission (AUC), the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as well as by representatives of the European Commission, World Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), UN Foundation, Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), Eskom, the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the Ghana Energy Commission, amongst others. The workshop was successful in agreeing on a common framework and methodology to move SE4ALL forward at country-level, notably the development of SE4ALL Action Agendas and Investment Prospectuses that will provide a tool for mobilizing public and, in particular, private sector investments in the energy sector. The workshop participants also agreed on a tentative list of around 10 African countries on which efforts will focus in 2014.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">During the workshop, Kandeh Yumkella met with AfDB President Donald Kaberuka, who is also an SE4ALL Advisory Board Member, and praised the work of the Bank as host of the SE4All Africa Hub. Donald Kaberuka said that the Bank considers it critical for the success of SE4ALL to be able to relatively quickly demonstrate concrete progress at the country level. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Bank will support a number of African countries with developing SE4ALL Action Agendas. In addition, the Bank stands ready to mobilize its full range of financing instruments to advance the SE4ALL agenda and to leverage additional investments notably from the private sector.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This workshop followed the 2nd Advisory Board meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative held in New York on November 26-27, 2013. It demonstrated both the momentum of the initiative and the opportunities that the initiative presents for Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">About SE4All Africa Hub: The UN Secretary General’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative was launched in September 2011 with the aim of achieving three main goals by 2030: (i) ensuring universal access to modern energy services; (ii) doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and (iii) doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The African Development Bank is at the forefront of the implementation of the SE4ALL Initiative and hosts the SE4ALL Africa Hub since May 2013 in partnership with the African Union Commission and the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency and with the support of UNDP. The mission of the SE4ALL Africa Hub is to coordinate and facilitate the implementation of the SE4ALL initiative on the African continent. The Hub will promote African ownership, inclusiveness and a comprehensive approach to the initiative’s implementation.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the African Development Bank (AfDB).</span></div> </div>

AfDB gathers partners in Tunis to advance Sustainable Energy for All in Africa

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Agribusiness set to boom in Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">It is no secret that Africa is on the rise and increasingly offering lucrative opportunities to local businesses due to the continent’s steady economic growth, increased disposable income and high consumer confidence.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan <a href="http://www.dhl.com/">Africa</a>, says that one particular sector which has seen significant growth in Africa is agribusiness, which entails the full value chain from agricultural production/farming through secondary processing, distribution and retailing to the end user/consumer (farm-to-fork concept). </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The retail sector is booming in Africa, as is the rapid growth of populations and the African middle class. As a result of this expansion, there is a greater availability of and demand for good quality agricultural produce and processed food products than ever before.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">He points to the recent report by World Bank - Growing Africa: Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness – which revealed that Africa’s farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 – a three-fold increase from the current size of the market which is estimated to be worth $313 billion.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“This expected growth highlights the growing market and many opportunities for South African agribusiness and related value chain role players to expand into Africa,” says Brewer.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">According to Hennie van der Merwe, CEO of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC), based in South Africa, Africa provides a new market for agribusiness firms.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Given its increased spending power, demand for goods and untapped land resources, Africa is currently experiencing a revival in terms of its focus on agribusiness, not only to increase food self-sufficiency, but also to create jobs and economic activity, specifically in rural areas,” says van der Merwe.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“In the current climate, Africa is increasingly offering greater growth forecasts,” he notes. However, he explains that while Africa is well-endowed with resources, it often lacks much of the necessary expertise to unlock the commercial potential of its agriculture resources, whereas South Africa is well regarded for its expertise in commercial farming and agribusiness.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“One of the major limitations on agribusiness development in Africa is a human capacity and human skills constraint. The ability and experience to develop and manage commercial farming and agribusiness ventures are largely lacking in the African environment and that major technology transfer and capacity building would be necessary in this regard.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Van der Merwe says this is where the opportunity lies for local businesses and farmers to expand beyond their borders and offer expertise in neighbouring countries. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Van der Merwe adds that it is vital to have partnerships in place before venturing into projects in Africa. “Partnerships with a local business or association in the specific country are necessary as business owners need to be provided with assistance, guidance and sometimes protection when in the area. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">It is also essential/indispensable to ensure that all the building blocks for working value chains are in place to ensure and support successful operation. A local partnership will also assist with analysing the market carefully to evaluate what the real market needs, requirements and opportunities are.” </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The market in Africa is there and ready, but the question is how local businesses create a direct link to service the market needs,” concludes Brewer.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Deutsche Post DHL.</span></div> </div>

Agribusiness set to boom in Africa

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Polisi watakiwa kusimamia utekelazaji washeria

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Jeshi la polisi Zanzibar limehimizwa kutekeleza na kusimamia utekelezaji wa sheria za nchi, ili wananchi waendelee kuishi katika hali ya amani na usalama.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Akizungumza na kamishna mpya wa jeshi la polisi Zanzibar ofisini kwake Migombani, Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amesema licha ya polisi kuwa na jukumu kubwa la kulinda usalama wa raia na mali zao, jeshi hilo pia linapaswa kuwa mstari wa mbele katika utekelezaji na usimamizi wa sheria.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Amesema licha ya kuwepo sheria nzuri katika nchi lakini utekelezaji wake umekuwa wa kusuasua, hali inayopelekea kuwepo kwa ukiukwaji mkubwa wa sheria na kupelekea kuwepo kwa vitendo vya uhalifu na ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Amelitaka jeshi hilo kuondosha muhali katika kusimamia utekelezaji wa sheria, ili kuona kwamba sheria zilizotungwa zinafuatwa na kuleta ufanisi katika jeshi hilo na taifa kwa ujumla.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais amesisitiza kuwa iwapo sheria zilizopo zitatekelezwa ipasavyo, jamii itaziheshimu na kuepukana na vitendo vya uvunjaji wa sheria, na hatimaye kufikia malengo yaliyokusudiwa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />“Hata haya matuta tanayowekwa kila pahala barabarani sio dawa ya kuzuia ajali, lakini naamini alama za barabarani iwapo zitafuatwa ikiwa ni pamoja na kudhibiti mwendo wa madereva, basi ajali nyingi zingeepukwa”, alisema Maalim Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Aidha Maalim Seif amelishauri jeshi hilo kuimarisha uhusiano wake na raia wema, ili kusaidia kuwafichua wahalifu na watu wanaojihusisha na vitendo viovu vikiwemo uingizaji na utumiaji wa dawa za kulevya.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Amesema ofisi yake bado inakabiliwa na changamoto ya dawa za kulevya, na kulitaka jeshi la polisi kufanya juhudi za makusudi kuona kuwa changamoto hiyo inatatuliwa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Amesema serikali itatoa kila ushirikiano kwa kamishna huyo mpya, ili kuhakikisha kuwa anatekeleza majukumu yake kwa ufanisi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Kwa upande wake Kamishna wa Jeshi la Polisi Zanzibar Hamdani Omar Makame, amemuhakikishia Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais kuwa atatekeleza majukumu yake ya kusimamia sheria, ili wananchi waendelee kuishi katika hali ya amani na usalama.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Aidha amesema jeshi la polisi kupitia kitengo chake cha “Intelijensia” kitaimarisha utafiti ili kupata taarifa za uhakika za kuweza kukabiliana na wahalifu na kuhakikisha usalama wa raia na mali zao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Ameongeza kuwa atatumia uzoefu alionao katika masuala ya teknolojia ya mawasiliano ili kuona kuwa kitengo hicho kinafanya kazi kwa uhakika na kuleta ufanisi uliokusudiwa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />Kamishna Hamdani amesema mafanikio aliyoyapata katika kipindi cha miaka 30 ndani ya jeshi la polisi, yametokana na mashirikiano aliyopata kutoka kwa viongozi na wananchi, na kuomba mashirikiano zaidi ili aweze kuyafikia matumaini na matarajio ya taifa katika ulinzi wa raia na mali zao.<br /> <br />Hassan Hamad (OMKR).</span></div> </div>

Polisi watakiwa kusimamia utekelazaji washeria

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Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, akiwa pamoja na Kamishna mpya wa jeshi la polisi Zanzibar Hamdani Omar Makame, baada ya mazungumzo yao ofisini kwake Migombani

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Polisi watakia kuwa karibu na ofisi za DPP

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-52Y_JyAfG4c/UrFKNqQgEMI/AAAAAAAAD_w/4_lPLBYzwb8/s1600/036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-52Y_JyAfG4c/UrFKNqQgEMI/AAAAAAAAD_w/4_lPLBYzwb8/s400/036.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Jeshi la Polisi Nchini limetakiwa kuongeza ushirikiano wa karibu zaidi na Ofisi ya Mkurugenzi Mashtaka ili kuona imani ya wananchi kwa jeshi hilo inaendelea kubakia wakati wote hapa Nchini.<br /><br />Wito huo umetolewa na Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi wakati akizungumza na Kamishna Mpya wa Jeshi la Polisi Zanzibar Kamishna Hamdan Omar Makame aliyefika kujitambulisha rasmi hapo katika Ofisi yake iliyopo kwenye jengo la Baraza la Wawakilishi Mbweni nje kidogo ya Mji wa Zanzibar.<br /><br />Balozi Seif alisema wananchi wamekuwa wakilalamikia matatizo yanayojitokeza kwenye kesi mbali mbali zinazowahusu baadhi ya watu ambazo huleta athari ndani ya jamii na baadhi yake hufifia bila ya wahusika kutiwa hatiani kwa madai ya kukosekana kwa ushahidi.<br /><br />Alisema hali hiyo ikiachiliwa kuendelea ambayo iko chini ya dhamana ya uwajibikaji wa vyombo hivyo viwili inaweza kuleta sura mbaya na matokeo yake itafikia wakati wananchi kujichukulia hatua mikononi mwao.<br /><br />“ Tumeshuhudia matukio mbali mbali yenye kutia wasi wasi kwa jamii katika maeneo yao vikiwemo vitendo vya mauaji, udhalilishaji, ujambazi na hata hili lililoibuka la watu kumwagiwa tindi kali. Lakini matokeo yake uchunguzi huo hufifia bila ya jibu muwafaka wanalolipata wananchi “. Alisisitiza Balozi Seif.<br /><br />Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar aliutaka Uongozi wa Jeshi hilo kuzidisha mashirikano yake na wananchi pamoja na taasisi zote ili kuona usalama wa raia na mali zao unaendelea kupatikana hapa nchini.<br /><br />Balozi Seif alimueleza Kamishna huyo mpya wa Polisi Zanzibar kwamba Ofisi yake kwa vile ndiyo inayoratibu masuala yote ya Muungano hapa Zanzibar itakuwa tayari wakati wote kumpa ushirikiano utakaomuwezesha kutekeleza vyema jukumu alilokabidhiwa na Taifa yeye na askari wake.<br /><br />“ Ofisi yangu ndio iliyopewa jukumu la kuratibu masuala yote yanayohusu mambo ya Muungano kwa hapa Zanzibar. Hivyo nakuhakikishia kwamba mlango wa Ofisi yangu utakuwa wazi wakati wowote unapopata tatizo la kiutendaji usione tabu kunifuata “. Alisisitiza Balozi Seif.<br /><br />Hata hivyo Balozi Seif alimueleza Kamishna Hamdan Omar Makame kwamba ipo changa moto hasa wakati wa muelekeo wa uchaguzi mkuu ujao wa mwaka 2015 jambo ambalo jeshi hilo linapaswa kujipanga mapema katika kuhakikisha amani ya jamii inaendelea kuwepo Nchini.<br /><br />Mapema Kamishna wa Polisi Zanzibar Hamdan Omar Makame alimuhakikishia Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar kwamba atatekeleza vyema majukumu aliyokabidhiwa na Taifa katika misingi ya haki na uadilifu.<br /><br />Kamishna Hamdan aliyepewa jukumu la kusimamia Kamisheni ya Polisi Zanzibar alieleza kwamba anachokitarajia katika muda wote wa utumishi wake ni kupata ushirikiano wa karibu kutoka pande zote mbili zile za viongozi pamoja na raia wa kawaida.<br /><br />Kamanda Hamdan Omar Makame alipandishwa cheo na Jemedari Mkuu wa Majeshi ya Ulinzi na Usalama Tanzania Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete na kuwa Kamishna wa Polisi Tarehe 3/12/2013 na baadaye kuteuliwa kuwa Kamishna wa Polisi Zanzibar.<br /><br />Nafasi hiyo ya Ukamishna Zanzibar ilikuwa ikishikiliwa na Bwana Mussa Ali Mussa ambaye kwa sasa ameteuliwa na Rais wa Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete kuwa Kamishna wa Polisi Jamii.<br /><br />Othman Khamis Ame<br />Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

Polisi watakia kuwa karibu na ofisi za DPP

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Chuo cha maendeleo ya Utalii chafungua jengo jipya

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amesema ujenzi wa jengo jipya la chuo cha maendeleo ya utalii Zanzibar utasaidia kuimarisha sekta ya utalii nchini.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema ujenzi huo unakwenda sambamba na kuinua hadhi ya chuo hicho kitaaluma, pamoja na kutekeleza malengo ya Mapinduzi ambayo ni pamoja na kuleta maendeleo kwa wananchi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mhe. Maalim Seif ameeleza hayo katika hafla ya ufunguzi wa jengo jipya la chuo hicho ikiwa ni shamrashamra za maadhimisho ya miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amefahamisha kuwa lengo la Serikali ni kukifanya chuo hicho kuwa kituo bora cha utoaji wa taaluma ili kuimarisha sekta ya utalii ambayo ndio sekta kiongozi kwa uchumi wa Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amewataka wanafunzi wa Chuo hicho kujiendeleza kitaaluma, ili waweze kushika nafasi za ajira ambazo kwa sasa baadhi yake zinachukuliwa na wageni.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wake Waziri wa Habari, Utamaduni, Utalii na Michezo Mhe. Said Ali Mbarouk amesema katika kukijengea hadhi chuo hicho, wanakusudia kujenga jengo la ghorofa nne ambapo ujenzi wake unatarajiwa kuanza mwaka ujao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nae Mkuu wa Chuo hicho Bi. Zuleikha Kombo Khamis amesema ujenzi wa jengo hilo la kisasa umeondoa usumbufu waliokuwa wakiupata kwa kipindi kirefu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema kabla ya ujenzi huo walikuwa wakikabiliwa na tatizo la upungufu wa madarasa ya kusomea pamoja na maktaba, mambo ambayo sasa yamepatiwa ufumbuzi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ujenzi huo wa vyumba 23 vikiwemo vyoo vinne vya watu wenye ulemavu, umegharimu shilingi milioni mia nane (800 mil.)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad, OMKR</span></div> </div>

Chuo cha maendeleo ya Utalii chafungua jengo jipya

Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amesema ujenzi wa jengo jipya la chuo cha maendeleo ya utalii Zanzibar ...

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Maalim Seif akaguwa uwanja wa Amani

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, ametembelea uwanja wa Amaan Mjini Zanzibar kukagua maendeleo ya zoezi la uwekaji wa nyasi bandia katika uwanja huo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Meneja wa uwanja huo Khamis Ali Mzee, amesema zoezi hilo linaendelea vizuri, huku wakiendelea kukusanya vifaa zaidi kwa ajili ya kukamilisha zoezi hilo kwa wakati muafaka.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema vifaa vinavyoendelea kukusanywa kwa sasa ni pamoja na mchanga maalum ambao unakwenda sambamba na uwekaji wa nyasi hizo ili kuweka umadhubuti zaidi wa uwanja huo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wake mkandarasi wa uwekaji wa nyasi hizo bw. Ben Mushi kutoka kampuni ya EKIKA ya Dar es Salaam, amesema mvua zinazoendelea kunyesha zinazorotesha zoezi hilo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo amesema watafanya kila juhudi kuona kuwa zoezi hilo linakamilika kwa wakati, ili uwanja huo uweze kutumika kwa sherehe za miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi, zinazotarajiwa kufika kilele chake tarehe 12 Januari, 2014.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad, OMKR.</span></div> </div>

Maalim Seif akaguwa uwanja wa Amani

Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, ametembelea uwanja wa Amaan Mjini Zanzibar kukagua maendeleo ya zoezi ...

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First ever Sports Ministers Summit and landmark initiatives announced at second edition of global forum

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Doha GOALS 2013 will be remembered for the series of firsts that were delivered throughout the forum amongst them, the first ever Sports Ministers Summit and the launch of the first initiatives to benefit from the actions agreed at Doha GOALS last year.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />The second edition of the forum - the world’s leading platform focusing on sport as a driver for social change and economic progress - was attended by 1,500 participants from 70 countries, including 150 speakers and 30 sporting champions with star names including Michael Johnson, Boris Becker, Nadia Comaneci, Tony Hawk, Hicham el Guerrouj and Dame Kelly Holmes.<br /><br />International media gathered en masse in Doha with over 250 media and press delegates in attendance, with 30 countries and 110 media outlets represented. 400 students from 20 universities and high schools also joined the forum.<br /><br />Concluding today, the three day forum hosted the first ever Sports Ministers Summit where 16 Sports Ministers and senior representatives of government from over 20 countries gathered in Qatar's capital to discuss the important role played by sport to promote innovation, economic growth, social inclusion and cohesion.<br /><br />The discussion, hosted by H.E. Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali, Qatar’s Minister of Youth and Sports, co-hosted by H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al-Thani, executive director, and Richard Attias, executive producer Doha GOALS, and facilitated by Lord Mandelson, chairman of Global Counsel, saw the participants consider how sport can play an important role in addressing some of the most important economic, social and political challenges facing the world today, including youth unemployment, corruption and poor health.<br /><br />The outcomes of the Summit were summarised in the Doha GOALS Accord, which will be combined with the 100 recommendations from participants during the Forum. Attias announced at the closing session that, following dialogue with the Australian government, the new host nation of the G20, the outcomes of Doha GOALS will be heard by the G20.<br /><br />H.E. Minister Al Ali said: “This has been an important step towards better and stronger collaboration between Ministers of Sport so that we can build a case for sport to be given higher priority at a policy level.”<br /><br />H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al Thani said: “Important discussions have been had about how sport can be used as a bridge for cultures, as well a way to promote peace and fight prejudice.”<br /><br />Attias confirmed: “I am delighted to be able to say that we will be here again next year to ensure we continue to act upon the many interested and varied discussions that we have had here this year. Hundreds of ideas were discussed in the task forces and these will be brought to G20 in 2014 ahead of the third edition of Doha GOALS 2014 in December, which will also see the second Sports Ministers Summit take place.”<br /><br />Four life-changing initiatives were announced at the opening session of Doha GOALS, and MoUs were signed by H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al Thani, Executive Director of Doha GOALS with Afghanistan, Gabon and Palestine. They included a Sport Fields Initiative, a program to give children around the world access to prosthetics, the Sport Solidarity Fund ‘from the athletes to the athletes’ to support them and their families when suffering from sustained injuries as well as during post-retirement, and an international U15s football championships to take place in Qatar.<br /><br />In a headline conversation with Francois Moriniere, director general of L'Equipe group, Hassan Al-Thawadi, secretary general of Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, declared that Qatar will be ready to stage the World Cup - whether it's held in winter or summer. “From the beginning, we’ve always said we can stage the World Cup in summer. If the football world or FIFA want it to be staged in the winter then we are happy and ready. If they want it in summer, then we are still ready.”<br /><br />Al Thawadi also underlined how the 2022 FIFA World Cup was a boost not only for Qatar but also for the entire Middle East. “There are so many misconceptions about the Middle East and the World <a href="http://www.dohagoals.com/">Cup in 2022</a> will go a long way to showing the world the friendliness, hospitality and sense of humour of the Middle East. It is a great opportunity for us all to come together."</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Richard Attias & Associates.</span></div> </div>

First ever Sports Ministers Summit and landmark initiatives announced at second edition of global forum

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Reforming policies and regulations to unleash agribusiness potential in Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">AGRA Strengthens Efforts to Help Governments Attract Private Investment in Local Agribusinesses<br /><br />The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (</span><a href="http://www.agra.org/"><span style="font-size: large;">AGRA</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">) announced a five-year project that seeks to increase incomes of smallholder farmers through the creation of an enabling policy environment in Africa. The initiative –Micro Reforms for African Agribusiness (MIRA) – will identify, prioritize and reform specific agricultural policies and regulations that currently deter or limit private investment in small- and medium-sized agribusinesses operating in smallholder agricultural value chains.<br /><br />Over a period of five years, AGRA aims to motivate at least 25 significant policy or regulatory reforms in selected countries, leading to measurable increases in private sector investment in local agribusinesses. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, is expected to increase the number of smallholder farmers accessing improved technologies supplied by agribusinesses operating in local staple food value chains. It will also help them access stable, predictable income-generating market opportunities. This enhanced access to input and output markets is in turn expected to lead to increased smallholder productivity and incomes, and reduced poverty for smallholder farm-dependent families.<br /> <br />“We are very excited about this new initiative,” says AGRA President Ms. Jane Karuku. “It will help African Governments unlock agricultural potential in their countries by supporting their efforts to develop progressive agricultural policies that will attract increased private investment in smallholder agricultural value chains. The initiative aims reform retrogressive agricultural regulations that deter rather than encourage such investment”.<br /> <br />“The MIRA project will provide African Governments with access to high quality local and international technical assistance for identifying, prioritizing and reforming specific agricultural regulations,” says Dr. Steven Were Omamo, AGRA’s Director of Policy and Advocacy. “Current regulations often discourage private investment in small- and medium-sized agribusinesses that serve the needs of smallholder farmers. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The project will help build the capacity of African Government leaders and analysts to make better-informed, economically-robust assessments and decisions about which regulations need to be reformed in order to facilitate increased private investment in smallholder value chains.<br /><br /><strong>The MIRA project has four key objectives: </strong><br />• To strengthen African Governments' demand for regulatory reforms, by supporting efforts to identify and assess regulations that unintentionally limit private sector investment in smallholder value chains;<br /><br />• To support African Governments’ efforts to reform regulations that limit private sector investment in smallholder value chains;<br /><br />• To promote reformed regulations to local and international private sector investors, in order to raise awareness about improved agribusiness-enabling environments in Africa; and<br /><br />• To enhance the capacity and commitment of African Governments to continuously review, assess and reform regulations that limit private sector investment in smallholder value chains.<br /> <br />By the end of the project, three major outcomes are expected:<br /><br />• Reformed agricultural policies and regulations creating more conducive environments for private sector investment in local agribusinesses operating smallholder value chains in five countries;<br /><br />• Increased private sector investment in the “throughput capacity” of existing and new local agribusinesses – those supplying inputs to smallholders and/or purchasing farm outputs from them; and<br /><br />• At least 25 significant policy or regulatory reforms that induce measurable increases in private sector investment in local agribusinesses operating in smallholder agrifood value chains.<br /> <br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).</span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> </span> </div>

Reforming policies and regulations to unleash agribusiness potential in Africa

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Extractives currently contribute just one per cent to Kenya’s national income; Current estimates suggest the sector may grow to 10 per cent of GDP

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The African Development Bank (AfDB) has today launched the Information Center for the Extractive Sector (ICES), a platform that promotes knowledge-based dialogue with the aim of promoting informed policies for the sector.<br /><br />AfDB Director for the Eastern Africa Resource Centre (EARC) Gabriel Negatu pointed out the timeliness of the information center, saying the opportunity to use the sector to accelerate national development and promote economic growth requires careful planning at this critical stage.<br /><br />According to government estimates, extractives currently contribute just one per cent to Kenya’s national income, and less than two per cent of export earnings. This contribution is set to grow significantly. Current estimates suggest the sector may grow to 10 per cent of GDP.<br /><br />“AfDB supports the Africa Mining Vision, which sets out how mining can be used to drive continental development. We believe that, as stakeholders, we has a special role to play in promoting knowledge-sharing in Kenya, given our proven track record as a trusted convener and facilitator of Africa’s sustainable development agenda. In order to assist all those who will be affected by extractive industries – citizens, civil society organizations, businesses, development partners and donors – the AfDB has set up the Information Center for the Extractive Sector,” he said.<br /></span><a href="http://www.afdb.org/"><span style="font-size: large;">Housed</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> by the AfDB, the information center will be supported by the United Nations Development Programme and Governments of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.<br /><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the African Development Bank (AfDB).</span></div> </div>

Extractives currently contribute just one per cent to Kenya’s national income; Current estimates suggest the sector may grow to 10 per cent of GDP

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Economic growth, exponential urbanization and a growing middle class are hampering the provision of adequate housing in Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (</span><a href="http://www.afdb.org/"><span style="font-size: large;">AfDB</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">) approved on Wednesday, December 11 a US $20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for the Company for Habitat and Housing in Africa/Shelter Afrique (SHAF) to boost the availability of Trade Finance (TF) instruments to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in real estate and construction related activities in Africa. Thereby, this facility will contribute to addressing the critical shortage of building materials while creating jobs and income in the region.<br /><br />Economic growth, exponential urbanization and a growing middle class are hampering the provision of adequate housing in Africa. The construction industry is growing at 20 per cent per annum, but this cannot sufficiently address the rising demand for housing partly due to a wide financing gap for construction and building materials. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The public and private sectors have so far been unable to deliver sufficient resources to meet this expanding working capital requirement. Where funding is available, pricing remains prohibitive.<br /><br />SHAF is the only pan-African organization devoted to financing the development of proper housing and human settlements in Africa. Created in 1982 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, this pan-African housing finance and development institution addresses acute shortage of housing by providing financial and technical resources for sustainable housing and urban development. SHAF’s current shareholding comprises 44 African countries, AfDB and Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re). It is worth noticing that AfDB played a key role in the establishment of SHAF as the vehicle for supporting sustainable housing and urban development in Africa.<br /><br />The AfDB’s four-year facility will allow SHAF to expand its Trade Finance Program, launched in June 2011, under a product diversification strategy to address the acute financing shortage facing real estate developers in Africa. SHAF will also partner with other financial institutions offering TF services to SMEs in real estate construction and building industry and those involved in trading/leasing of building materials and equipment. Through this contribution, AfDB would leverage SHAF’s market knowledge and networks across the continent and hence assist to alleviate some of the structural financing inefficiencies encumbering Africa’s real estate growth.<br /><br />This facility, boosting the availability of affordable housing in Africa through financial institutions and SMEs involvement, will thereby enhance inclusive growth and private sector development as espoused in the AfDB Long Term Strategy for 2013-2022. Trade facilitation is one of the three strategic objectives of the Bank’s Regional Integration Strategy 2009-2012 as the AfDB seeks to mainstream and institutionalize its engagement in Trade Finance development in Africa.<br /><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the African Development Bank (AfDB).</span></div> </div>

Economic growth, exponential urbanization and a growing middle class are hampering the provision of adequate housing in Africa

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Tigo Tanzania wins GSMA Highly Commended Award in Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /><span style="font-size: large;">Tigo Tanzania has won the Highly Commended Award under the Best Network Improvement category, awarded by global mobile association - GSMA during the continent’s prestigious and largest annual communications Congress & Exhibition, Africa Com, held recently in Cape Town, SA.<br /><br />Tigo was short listed under the Best Network Improvement Category as the sole mobile operator in Africa in the category.<br /><br />Commenting on the award, Tigo Tanzania’s Head of Operations, Mr. Deon Geyser, said that having won in this category is not only an honor for Tigo Tanzania but also a demonstration of its continuous commitment towards quality improvement in mobile services and solutions in the country.<br /><br />“We have invested heavily in the past year in network quality so that we make our services more accessible and reliable to our valuable customers. Tigo is now available everywhere in the country and at a better quality, therefore this award is a great celebration towards this achievement.” he said.<br /><br />According to Mr. Geyser, Tigo’s improvement on network quality is a result of the management teams’ turnaround strategy which started implementation in December 2012 across all Tigo operations. "This strategy has led to incredible results such as a 70% reduction in network outage time, 63% reduction in call drops and 300% increase in data throughput."<br /><br />“Tigo has equally invested in coverage by reaching out to more rural areas and customers across all 30 regions in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. This nationwide presence allows our customers to enjoy calls with better voice enhancement, use data with better 3G internet connectivity and have more reliable Tigo Pesa services where now they can send and receive money with less inconveniences, thus giving them another big reason to smile," further stated Mr. Geysor.<br /><br />Tigo Tanzania’s Head of Planning and Optimization, Mrs. Halima Idd, further explained that the company successfully managed an extremely focused Quality Transformation Program and invested money and other resources into the right areas.<br /><br />“During our surveys we got a lot of feedback from our customers that our network quality needed improvement, this for us meant urgent measures must be taken. We are a customer centric company and that is in the core of our operations where we develop products and services around key findings from consumer understanding and feedback,” Mrs. Idd explained.<br /><br />She continued, “The Quality Transformation Program that we started implementing in 2012 included; right investments into network resilience, coverage and capacity; controlled changes and project execution; as well as improved operational management. However, all this was complimented by a great team effort internally, a robust organizational structure and key strategic partnerships to achieve the results that were required.”<br /><br />In September, Tigo kicked off an activation caravan dubbed ‘Tigo Smile tour’ to celebrate the widespread network coverage and reach in rural Tanzania due to launch of more than 280 quality towers in all 30 regions this year.<br /><br />This massive network investment by Tigo has also given rise to employment growth as a result of the introduction of new customer care centres and Tigo shops across the country; an increase of Tigo Pesa agents, a critical factor to implement the nation's efforts towards financial inclusion; and accessibility of Tigo products and services everywhere in the country due to widening of distribution channels thus cementing Tigo's nationwide presence.<br /><br />AfricaCom is Africa's largest annual communications Congress and Exhibition which this year took place in Cape Town, South Africa on 12-14 of November.<br /><br />This year’s awards included 14 categories covering the whole telecom business from networks to services and marketing, including 4 new awards: Connectivity Solution, Mobile Marketing, Digital </span><a href="http://www.tigo.co.tz/"><span style="font-size: large;">Music</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and Mobile Money.<br /><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Tigo Tanzania.</span></div> </div>

Tigo Tanzania wins GSMA Highly Commended Award in Africa

Tigo Tanzania has won the Highly Commended Award under the Best Network Improvement category, awarded by global mobile association - GSMA...

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