Changamoto ya Mto Lukuledi- the full story

Na Christopher Lilai/ftmt/TMF

Ukosefu wa daraja kwenye mto Lukuledi unaounganisha Makao Makuu ya Kata ya Nyengedi na Kijiji cha Mtumbya wilayani Lindi vijijini, kunawafanya wananchi wa vijiji hivyo na wale wa kitongoji cha Mtandi kuwa na wakati kwa kipindi chote cha mwaka hasa wakati wa masika ambapo mto huo ujaa kiasi cha watu kuwa hatarini kupoteza maisha.

Wakazi hao wapatao 1,342 ulazimika kutumia usafiri wa mtumbwi na kamba kuvuka mto huo ambao una mamba wengi ili kwenda upande wa pili wa mto ambako ni makazi kwa wale wa kijiji cha Mtumbya na wa Kitongoji cha Mtandi ambacho ni sehemu ya kijiji cha Nyengendi na wale mashamba ya wanakijiji wengi wa Nyegedi.

Kwa mujibu wa wakazi wa vijiji hivyo kila mwaka watu kati ya watatu hadi watano upoteza maisha baada ya kusombwa na maji ya mto huo na wengi kunusurikana mamba.

Mmiliki wa mtumbwi ambao unatumika hivi sasa kuwavushia watu Bw. Kawanga Abuswamadi Kawanga ameleeza kuwa kila siku mtumbwi wake uvusha watu wapatao sitini ambapo uchangia kiasi cha shilingi mia moja kwa kila mtu na wale ambao ufanya shughuli za kilimo ulazimika kutoa debe moja la mazao ya nafaka ya mahindi,mtama au mpunga.

Bw Kawanga ambae ni mmoja kati ya waliowahi kushambuliwa nakujeruhiwa na mamba kwenye mto huo ameleza kuwa serikali kupitia Diwani wa kata hiyo ilipeleka mtumbwi mmoja ili kusaidia wanachi kuwavusha lakini hata hivyo mtumbwi huo ulisombwa na maji ambayo upita kwa kasi kubwa.

.Naye Afisa mtendaji wa kata ya Nyengedi,Bw,Exvery Ngomo amekiri kuwepo tatizo hilo ambalo licha ya kuathiri utendaji wake wa kazi na shunghuli za kilimo kwa wananchi wanaolima upande wa pili wa mto pia, amesema inahatarisha maisha ya wanafunzi wa kitongoji cha Mtandi ambao wanasoma shule ya msingi ya Nyengedi.

Habari hii ilitoka katika Gazeti la Mwananchi Tarehe 28/09/2010 ISSN 0856-7573 Na 03750.

Kigoma single images

Ufyatuaji, uuzaji na utumiaji wa tofali za kuchoma mkoani Kigoma ulimulikwa za Edward Kigadye.

Kigoma single images

Deogratias Nsokolo na maisha ya wana Kigoma kupitia kwa Mzee Ezekiel Anthony mkazi wa Kijiji cha Kazuramimba, Kigoma Vijijini.

‘Hali ni ngumu sana, nina watoto wanane na wanne kati yao ni walemavu wa viungo kama vile mimi na mke wangu tulivyo na ninachokipata hakikidhi mahitaji ya familia na suala la mavazi na kumudu gharama za matibabu ni tatizo kubwa”anasema Mzee Ezekiel

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Ziwa Tanganyika ambalo ni la pili kwa kuwa na kina kirefu zaidi Ulimwenguni likitanguliwa na Ziwa Baikal lililopo Urusi, lipo kwenye Bonde la Ufa na limezungukwa na nchi za Tanzania kwa upande wa Mashariki, Kaskazini ipo Burundi, upande wa Kusini kuna nchi ya Zambia na DR Congo ipo Magharibi.

Uharamia kwa wavuvi katika ziwa hili ni tatizo kubwa sana, wapo wavuvi waliopoteza maisha na mali zao ama kupata ulemavu na baadhi ya familia kubaki ukiwa baada ya kuondokewa na baba, Anthony Kayanda alimulika tatizo, hii ni moja ya picha toka katika stori yake hii.

Zenji single images

Katika kuimarisha hali za wananchi kiuchumi hususani makundi maalum kumekuwa na jitihada za kuwahamasisha wananchi kuanzisha miradi mbali ya kiuchumi.

Mfano wa miradi hiyo ni mfuko wa maendeleo ya wananchi (TASAF), mradi shirikishi wa maendeleo ya kilimo na uwezeshaji (PADEP), mradi wa usimamizi wa mazingira ya bahari na ukanda wa pwani (MACEMP) nk, ambayo imelenga katika kuimarisha hali za wananchi katika kupambana na umaskini.

Mafanikio na changamoto za miradi hii lilimulikwa na Mwinyimvua Abdi Nzuki.

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Tatizo la utumiaji wa madawa ya kulevya kwa vijana, wake kwa waume na hasa mijini ni kubwa sana kwa Zanzibar na Tanzania kwa ujumla, hii ilipelekea Khamis Mohamed Salum kumulika suala hili.

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Salim Talib Omar alifuatilia uchongaji wa matofari ya mawe huko Micheweni, Pemba.

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VITUO vingi vya afya vijijini nchini, vinakabiliwa na changamoto mbali mbali zikiwemo za miundo mbinu, ukosefu wa madaktari na wahudumu wa afya, ukosefu wa madawa na vifaa vya maabara.

"Nilitembelea zahanati ya kijiji cha Umbuji na kuona hali yake. Zahanati hii ambayo ipo katika Wilaya ya Kati, Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja, ni miongoni mwa zahanati zilizopo Zanzibar vijijini ambazo zinakabiliwa na changamoto kama hizo." Maulid Yusuf Ali Mwandishi Mwandamizi TVZ.

FTMT TEAM IN KIGOMA,

FTMT team is in Kigoma for the ERPC program,

Kigoma or as it famously known as "Mwisho wa Reli" is the last of the six regions for 2010 - 11 Rural Photojournalism coaching program, others are Lindi, Iringa, Mwanza, Shinyanga and Zanzibar.

Singleimages from Zanzibar

Since the introduction of multipart system in early 1990s, the politics of Zanzibar have been marked by repeated clashes between two political parties, CCM and CUF.

Contested elections in late 2000 led to a massacre in Zanzibar in January 2001 when the government shot into crowds of protestors, killing more than twenty people and injuring about 600. Sharifa Rashid Said interviewed the some of the widows and victims in Pemba.

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A large proportion of the Zanzibar export earnings come from cloves. The greatest concentration of clove trees is found on Pemba, as growing conditions here are superior to those on Unguja Island.

During the clove blooming season, visitors are welcomed by the scents of cloves or “marashi ya karafuu” and the songs of honeybees looking for nectar. Because of higher rainfall it receives annually and the dense clove plantations, Pemba is always green, Ms Mgeni Khamis Kombo, from Pemba Press Club sheds light on the clove farming and the welfare of its farmers.

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On August 9, 2010 members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives discussed and overwhelmingly endorsed the island’s 10th constitutional amendment, which paves the way for the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) between rival parties after the October general elections.

This followed the referendum results held on July 31 adopted by 66.4 percent of voters to form the GNU after a long time political turmoil between CCM and CUF parties. Haroub Hussein Khamis interviwed some of the Islanders and get their opinion the coming government.

Singleimages from Zanzibar

Malaria ni janga la kitaifa si tu Tanzania bali Afrika nzima, Zanzibar inasifika na kupigiwa mfano kama ni nchi iliyopiga hatua kubwa katika kutokomeza ugonjwa huu, Haji Khatibu Haji aliangalia kwa kina mafanikio hayo za Zenji katika kutokomeza Malaria.