Makangale SATELLITE

By Damas Makangale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

TTCL's Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, Peter Ngota.

Mara nyingine unaweza kuona kama haina maana vile. Lakini huo ukaweza kubakia ndio ukweli kwa miujiza ya kimahesabu na kimantiki , timu ya Manchester City bado wako kwenye michuano ya Klabu bingwa ya Ulaya.

Mkombozi wa aliyerudisha uhai wa Man City Ulaya , mfungaji wa mabao matatu jana usiku

Mwenyekiti wa iliyokuwa Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba, Jaji Joseph Warioba.

Wananchi wakiwa katika foleni na huku kukiwa na ukaguzi wa hali ya juu ili kuwaruhu kuingia katika ukumbi wa mdahalo

Aliyekuwa Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba Jaji Joseph Warioba akizungumza katika mdahalo ulioandaliwa na Taasisi ya Mwalimu Nyerere kuhusu Katiba inayopendekezwa na kufanyika jijini Dar es Salaam.

Mwanaharakati wa mambo ya vijana Humphrey Polepole na aliyekuwa mjumbe wa Tume ya mabadiliko ya katiba akzungumza katika mdahalo huo.

Aliyekuwa Mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba Jaji Joseph Warioba akizungumza katika mdahalo ulioandaliwa na Taasisi ya Mwalimu Nyerere kuhusu Katiba inayopendekezwa na kufanyika jijini Dar es Salaam

Picha zote: Francis Dande

Waswahili tuna msemo kuwa “kila jambo lina kheri yake“, tukiamini kuwa hata kutoka kwenye matumbo ya shari, huweza pia kukazaliwa kheri. Ndivyo tulivyo, tumeumbwa kuwa watu wa kuyapa maana machungu na majaaliwa yanayotukumba maishani.

Nami najaribu kuyapa maana machungu yaliyomo kwenye kashfa ya Tegeta Escrow Account, ambayo – kwa sababu ya mfumo – sisi Wazanzibari hatujioni kuguswa nayo. “Baada ya yote, hizo si ni pesa za TANESCO, ambalo ni shirika la umeme la Bara. Linatuhusu nini sisi tunaoelea kwenye visiwa vya Bahari ya Hindi?“ Ndivyo wenzangu wengi wanavyodhani.

Lakini hili linatuhusu, kwa pande na rangi zake zote. Kwanza, na kubwa kuliko yote, ni kwamba bado tunabakia kuwa Watanzania – kwa sheria na kwa kodi tunayolipa. Hata kama tupo ambao utiifu wetu kwa huo Utanzania ni mdogo sana na tunajinasibisha zaidi na utiifu kwa Uzanzibari, ambao hauna jeshi, mizinga wala jela.

Pili, ingawa sijui ni wangapi miongoni mwa wanaoshukiwa kujipatia manoti hayo ya TANESCO ni Wazanzibari, lakini nafahamu kuwa Waziri wa Fedha Saada Salum Mkuya ni Mzanzibari na sasa anatakiwa awajibike kwa kuzembea kwake kusimamia fedha za wananchi. Namuhurumia Da Saada, mwalimu mwenzangu wa muda wa ziada pale kwenye kituo cha Ruec Center, Mlandege.

La tatu, na ndilo ninalokusudia hasa, ni kuwa juu ya uwazi wa kashfa hii ambao hautugusi Wazanzibari, kuna uficho wake ambao unatuhusu sana – ambao unahusiana na siasa za Muungano kuelekea Zanzibar.

Unakumbuka kuwa Alhamisi iliyopita ya tarehe 20 Novemba, wabunge kadhaa kutoka upinzani na kutoka Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) walisimama bungeni Alhamisi iliyopita (20 Novemba) kuhoji kile walichosema ni barua ya mahakama kuzuia mjadala wa ripoti ya Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Serikali (CAG).

Moja ya hoja iliyorejewa takribani na wote, akiwamo Naibu Spika Job Ndugai, ni kwamba kumekuwa na tabia ya mahakama kutumika kwa maslahi ya kifisadi nchini Tanzania. Kwamba vita dhidi ya ufisadi vimekuwa vigumu kwa kuwa chombo kinachopaswa kusimamia utekelezwaji wa sheria zinazopitishwa na bunge, nacho kimevamiwa na mafisadi. Kwa hakika, katika orodha ya waliopokea fedha za akaunti hiyo ya Tegeta Escrow ni pamoja na majaji wa ngazi za juu.

Kama nilivyosema, suala zima la kashfa hii ni shari lakini ndani yake inaweza ikazalika kheri, hasa kwetu Wazanzibari. Kwa nini? Kwa kuwa hili linatupa hoja ya kuhoji uadilifu wa mahakama za Tanzania Bara, ambako hivi sasa Wazanzibari wenzetu wamekuwa wakipelekwa kushitakiwa kwa makosa ya ugaidi.

Ni sisi wenyewe raia wa kulisemea na kulifanyia kazi hili, na tusitegemee serikali, maana kiongozi wake mkuu, Rais Ali Mohamed Shein, ameshasema wazi kwake hilo ni sawa tu. Sisi kwetu si sawa. Halikuwa sawa tangu awali. Awali tulilipinga kwa kuhoji uhalali wa kisheria wa kuwachukuwa Wazanzibari wanaotuhumiwa kufanya makosa ndani ya ardhi ya Zanzibar yenye mamlaka yake tafauti kisheria na kuwapeleka na kuwafungulia mashitaka Bara kwenye mamlaka nyengine ya kisheria.

Sasa tuna hoja ya ziada. Hii inahusu kuhojika kwa uaminifu na uadilifu wa mahakama hizo, ambazo tayari Bunge limeambiwa kuwa ni vichaka vya mafisadi. Hoja yetu ni kuwa kamwe mahakama hizi haziwezi kuaminika kuendesha kesi inayowahusu washukiwa ambao tangu hapo kesi yao ni ya kisiasa zaidi kuliko ya kisheria. Mahakama ambazo kesi zake huendeshwa kwanza kwenye vikao vya baa, vyumba vya hoteli au ofisi za mabwana walio nje na juu ya sheria, hazina uhalali wa kusikiliza mashitaka haya.

Ndio maana kwa msingi huo wa uadilifu, sasa sisi Wazanzibari tunaoamini kuwa kesi dhidi ya Wazanzibari wenzetu waliopelekwa Bara ni ya kisiasa, tuna wajibu wa kuanzisha kampeni ya BringBackOurPeople.

Hiyo ni kheri moja miongoni mwa yatokanayo na shari za kashfa ya Tegeta Escrow Account kwa Zanzibar.

Iko kheri nyengine pia. Hivi umewahi kulisikia jina la Dokta Thomas Kashililah? Huyu ni Katibu wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania. Katika mkasa huu wa Escrow, ripoti za magazeti zinasema kwamba kumbe ndiye huyu aliyeiandikia Mahakama Kuu kuiomba kile alichokiita “orodha ya kesi za Escrow zilizoko mahakamani ndani na nje ya nchi.“ Wachambuzi wanasema kuwa barua hiyo ilikusudiwa kupata idhini ya Mahakama Kuu kuzuia mjadala wa ripoti ya CAG juu ya kashfa hiyo usifanyike bungeni.

Ni kuwepo kwa barua hiyo ndiko kulikotaka kutumiwa na Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda kuuzuia mjadala huo. Yaliyobakia ni hadithi moja ya aibu sana kwa Mwana wa Mkulima Pinda, kwani hajawahi “kukosewa adabu“ na wabunge hata wa chama chake, kama siku aliyoonesha muelekea huo bungeni!

Lakini yalianza na Dk. Kashililah, yumkini kwa kimbelembele chake au kwa kufuata maagizo ya nguvu zisizoonekana nyuma yake.

Sasa Mzanzibari mwenzangu nikurudishe nyuma kidogo kwenye ‘ilivyopatikana‘ thuluthi mbili ya kura za Zanzibar kupitisha Katiba Iliyopendekezwa kwenye Bunge Maalum la Katiba, wakati huyu huyu Dk. Kashililah akiwa ndiye Katibu Mwenza wa Bunge hilo akishirikiana na Yahya Hamad wa Baraza la Wawakilishi.

Mimi na wewe tunajuwa kuwa bunge hilo lililoongozwa na Samuel Sitta halikuweza kupata thuluthi mbili kutokea Zanzibar kupitisha Katiba Iliyopendekezwa na iliyoandikwa chini ya uwenyekiti wa Andrew Chenge, ambaye mwenyewe anatuhumiwa kupokea shilingi bilioni 1.6 kwenye kashfa ya Akaunti ya Tegeta Escrow.

Uliofanyika ulikuwa ni udanganyifu. Udanganyifu, kwa mfano, wa kuigeuza kura ya Zakia Meghji kuwa ya Zanzibar, ilhali mwenyewe hakutokea Zanzibar (kwa nafasi yake ya ubunge wala kisiasa). Udanganyifu, kwa mfano, wa kuipiga kura ya Ambar Khamis kuwa ya ndiyo, ilhali mwenyewe hata hakupiga kura. Udanganyifu, kwa mfano, wa kura hewa za mahujaji waliokuwa Makka, ambao ushahidi wa ubalozi wa Tanzania nchini Saudi Arabia, unasema wazi kwamba hawakuweza kupiga kura. Udanganyifu, kwa mfano, wa Mohamedraza Dharamsi na Mohamed Turki, ambao kura zao hazikupigwa lakini zilihisabiwa kupigwa na zikaitwa ni za NDIO.

Hili unapoliunganisha na jitihada za kuzuia mjadala bungeni juu ya kashfa ya Akaunti ya Tegeta Escrow, hapana shaka, linakupa jawabu inayohoji uadilifu wa watendaji wa bunge, akiwamo Dk. Kashililah.

Na hili nalo linatupa hoja na haja ya kuanzisha kampeni nyengine kama Wazanzibari – BringBackOurKatiba!

• Makala: Faida ya kashfa ya Escrow kwa Mzanzibari imeandikwa na Mohammed Ghassani via Zanzibar Daima Online.

International donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.

The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto Kabwe, said several high-ranking officials colluded with corrupt businessmen to transfer $122m from a holding account in the central bank to private accounts overseas.

A group of 12 funders, including the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID), have given Tanzania $69m for general budget support so far this year and the group has committed to contributing $559m towards the current budget.

The donors announced, however, that they would suspend further general budget support payments until more information about the scandal has been released, freezing $490m in financing.

“Disbursements have not been made because we are waiting for the controller auditor general report and the government action following that,” said Sinikka Antila, Finland’s ambassador to Tanzania and chair of the donors’ general budget support committee.

“If in the report there is misappropriation or some wrongdoing, then we want to see prudent action by the government.”

Two businessmen have been accused by Kabwe of selling mispriced electricity to the government of Tanzania over the past two decades. Kabwe’s committee is investigating the scandal.

Tanzania has struggled to generate electricity and its economy has been plagued by power shortages. Lawmakers and donors bemoan the effect of corruption on the country’s development.

“We have been having huge problems with electricity in Tanzania for the last 20 years,” said Kabwe, who is a member of parliament for Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo, Tanzania’s main opposition party. “There is no story of power in Tanzania, of the energy sector in Tanzania, without corruption.”

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have long been involved in infrastructure projects in the country, with the World Bank overseeing more than $230m of financing to the country. But their willingness to work with government officials has meant that they are “becoming allies of the corrupt regime”, Kabwe said.

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the African Development Bank (AfDB), Canada, Denmark, the European commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the World Bank.

General budget support is designed to fund programmes “in accordance with the government’s development priorities”, most of which focus on poverty alleviation, according to Antila.

A DfID spokesman said: “The UK takes a zero tolerance approach to fraud and corruption. In line with other donors, we will not disburse any further budget support to Tanzania until we have considered the findings of the inquiries currently under way.”

Politicians are worried that the scandal could taint Tanzania’s political and business climate as it prepares for large-scale gas production in the coming years.

“It’s about the credibility of the country before the eyes of the international community and international investors, but also the impunity that public officials can be involved in corrupt deals and the prime minister will stand up and defend them,” Kabwe said.

“This is the right time to fight and set very strong deterrent measures against corruption, because if we don’t do this now, the moment we start to receive a lot of gas revenues … we are going to have a big problem.”

• •This article was updated on 15 October 2014 to include a statement from the UK’s Department for International Development

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Manager Sales POSITION DESCRIPTION:

                                    


Manager Sales (HEAD OFFICE DSM)

Working under the Head - Retail Banking, successful candidate will be responsible to provide business justification for the
marketing strategy through development of creative tactics including but not limited to-:
Lead a team of Marketing officer at branches for enhanced sales
Development of effective sales strategies, exploring new markets and utilizing new/existing contact to
ensure growth in sales of banking products and liability business.
Managing Sales promotions, marketing and campaign processes for the organization.
Maintaining good customer relationship to ensure that customer needs are met.
Offering competitor, business and market analysis.
Cross selling of other banking products including credit, forex services and asset products.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
University graduate preferably in Business/Management.

EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
5 years minimum experience 2 years being in sales /marketing position in a commercial bank.
Strong evaluation, communication and reporting skills
Able to provide advice and cause/effect evaluation to support business decision making.
Successful candidates will be responsible to achieve branch targets on all parameters and provide first class customer service and management of the branch in all areas of the Bank's business in order to enhance profitable operations of the
Branch by:
Implementation of proactive market plans and business development programs that will optimize the Bank's retail, wholesale & corporate customer needs.
Cross selling and marketing CASA growth.
Managing the operations and support activities at the branch; including guiding, supporting, motivating and supervising the staff to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in all areas of branch operations.
Monitoring the administrative activities in the branch to ensure adequate control and. cost-effectiveness in all areas.

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University graduate preferably in Banking/Business/Management. Professional qualification e.g. Institute of Bankers diploma
would be desirable.

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5 years minimum experience in a managerial position in Commercial banks.
Some experience at bank branch management Level would be desirable.
Builds relationships and networks easily.
Strong service ethic.

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The College of Social Sciences (CoSS) of the University of Dar es Salaam is organizing an international conference titled the “Voice of Social Sciences” (VSS) under the theme of “Achieving Sustainable Development in an Interconnected World”. 

Hoja kuwa hali ya elimu ya taifa hili ni mbaya imeendelea kuungwa mkono na wadau mbalimbali, safari hii Waziri Mkuu Mstaafu, Frederick Sumaye, ameeleza kushangazwa kwake kuwa kwa Tanzania kadri mtu anavyozidi kusoma ndivyo anazidi kuwa tegemezi kwa ajira.

Alisema kipimo cha elimu kuporomoka ni hali iliyopo katika vyuo vikuu ambavyo viongozi wake wanakiri kutopata watu wenye viwango vinavyotarajiwa kuingia vyuo vikuu.
Katika mahojiano maalum na NIPASHE wiki iliyopita, Sumaye alisema ubora wa elimu nchini unazidi kuporomoka.

Kauli ya Sumaye inashabihiana na ile aliyotoa Jaji Mkuu Mstaafu, Augustino Ramadhani, katika mahojiano maalum na NIPASHE akisema kuwa baadhi ya mahakimu wa mahakama nchini hushindwa kuandika hukumu za kesi wanazoziendesha kiasi kwamba zinapofikishwa Mahakama ya Rufaa huwa hazieleweki.

Sumaye naye alisema kuwa tatizo halipo kwa mahakimu tu bali pia kwa wahitimu wengine wa fani mbalimbali wanaoingia katika soko la ajira kwani hushindwa kuonyesha uwezo wao wa kitaaluma kwa sababu wengine hufundishwa kwa mtindo wa bora liende alimrad wanamaliza vyuo vikuu.

“Ukweli ni kwamba siyo jambo linalojificha na wala hatuwezi kulikwepa … elimu imeshuka na ndiyo maana idadi ya wanaofeli ni kubwa na ili waonekane wanafaulu, viwango vya ufaulu vimerekebishwa,” “Mtu ambaye zamani alikuwa anafeli (katika baadhi ya alama), sasa tunaambiwa amefaulu. Lakini ukweli uko pale pale kuwa kichwani hakuna kitu… kurekebisha madaraja ndiko kumemfanya naye aonekane miongoni mwa waliofaulu.”

Sumaye ambaye alikuwa Waziri Mkuu kwa kipindi chote cha miaka 10 ya utawala wa Rais wa awamu ya tatu, Benjamini Mkapa, alisema kiwango cha elimu kinazidi kuporomoka kutokana na wanafunzi kutokuwa na maandalizi ya kutosha.
Aidha, alisema wapo wanaosema anapiga vita shule za kata, lakini siyo kweli kwani huwezi kuwa na shule nyingi kwa mara moja wakati hujaandaa walimu, vitabu na mahitaji mengine.

Alisema mpango wa maendeleo wa Dira ya Taifa 2025, imepanga mambo vizuri na hakuna kurukia jambo bila utaratibu, na imeelezwa elimu iongezeke kwa kiwango gani na uchumi kwa kiwango gani ili viweze kutegemeana.

“(Dira) imepanga mambo vizuri, hakuna kurukia kitu bila utararibu, inaeleza elimu iongezeke kwa kiwango gani na uchumi, ili jinsi kadri elimu inavyopanuka kuwe na mahali vijana wanakwenda na pia walimu wawepo wa kutosha,” alisema.

Alisema kwa sasa vimeanzishwa vyuo vikuu vingi nchini, lakini hakuna walimu wa kutosha na hivyo kutoa baadhi ya wahitimu wasio na viwango.

“Kila mwenye kinyumba kidogo tumemwambia fanya chuo kikuu, hata aliye na nyumba kama hii yangu tumemwambia aanzishe chuo kikuu… hakuna walimu, kuandaa mwalimu wa Chuo kikuu siyo jambo la haraka, unahitaji kuwafundisha kwa muda mrefu na (tena) katika taaluma nyingi,” alifafanua.

Sumaye ambaye alikuwa Mbunge wa jimbo la Hanang’ kwa takribani miaka 20, alisema kwa sasa ni kawaida kukuta mwalimu mmoja akifundisha Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, Chuo Kikuu cha Dodoma na Iringa, na kwamba matokeo yake, mwalimu wa aina hiyo muda wote huwa yupo barabarani na mwishowe, wanafunzi wanaishia kukosa elimu inayotakiwa.

“Niliongea na mwalimu mmoja wa Udom (Chuo Kikuu Dodoma), akaniambia anafundisha wanafunzi 1,000… sasa utawezaje kuwamudu wanafunzi wote hao? Elimu imeshuka, lakini yote ni matokeo ya kupanua elimu bila kuwa na maandalizi ya kutosha,” alisema.

Alisema kwa sasa serikali imeanza mpango wa ujenzi wa maabara kwenye kila shule ya sekondari, lakini kama hakutakuwa na vifaa vya maabara, itakuwa ni sawa na madarasa ya kawaida na mwishowe kurudi kwenye hali ile ile ya shule za kata.

Sumaye alisema enzi zake akiwa anasoma, waliokuwa wanafanya vizuri wanakwenda shule za serikali na waliofahuu kwa kiwango cha kawaida wanakwenda shule binafsi, lakini hali ni tofauti sasa kwani wanaofanya vizuri wanakwenda shule binafsi na wa kawaida shule za serikali na mwishowe shule nyingi za serikali kuonekana zikiwa na kiwango kisichoridhisha.

“Ukitaka kujua kwamba elimu ya nchi ni nzuri lazima upimie hapo… tunayo kazi kubwa. Lazima tuboreshe elimu yetu ili ifanane na wengine. Tuache kujitengenezea viwango vyetu, (elimu) haiwezi kuwa yetu pekee. Ifanane na Afrika Mashariki ambao tunashindana nao katika soko la ajira,” alisema.

Alisema kwa sasa tunaingia katika soko la Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki na hivyo ni lazima kutakuwa na ushindani wa elimu ambao viwango vya nchi husika vitawezesha Tanzania kushindana vyema.

“Una shahada mbili, lakini ulifundishwa kwa muundo wa chapchap (haraka haraka), hakukuwa na walimu, mwisho wa siku ataajiriwa aliye na shahada moja, lakini anayefanya vizuri kuliko mwenye shahada tatu au mbili… hili tunaliona sasa katika mahoteli na shule binafsi.

“Wengi wa waajiriwa ni kutoka nchi jirani. Hicho ni kipimo cha tofauti ya utoaji wa elimu. Katika utandawazi lazima tuwe na utaalamu unaoheshimika duniani. Hatuwezi kuwa na utaalamu wetu tu na hilo litawezekana kwa kuboresha elimu yetu,” alisema.

TATIZO LA AJIRA

Mwenyekiti wa CHADEMA, Freeman Mbowe akiwahutubia wananchi wa kijiji cha Kazuramimba mkoani Kigoma, katika mkutano wa hadhara wa Oparesheni Delete CCM juzi.

Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Freeman Mbowe, amesema hana ugomvi na Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini, Zitto Kabwe, kwa kuwa amemlea na amemesaidia vitu vingi zikiwamo fedha, gari, kula na kulala nyumbani kwake.

Mbowe alisema CHADEMA haijamtenga Zitto bali alijitenga mwenyewe na kufafanua kuwa Chama hicho hakiwezi kujengwa na viongozi ambao ni wapenzi wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).

Aliyasema hayo jana katika Kata ya Kalinzi, Jimbo la Kigoma Kaskazini katika ziara zake za ‘operesheni delete CCM’ kuelimisha wananchi kuhusiana na uchaguzi wa serikali za mitaa na kuikataa Katiba iliyopendekezwa.

Mbowe alisema hayo baada ya kuruhusu maswali kutoka kwa wananchi ndipo Cheche wa Cheche alipomuuliza kwamba kwa nini Zitto hayumo katika ziara hiyo wala ya
Katibu Mkuu, Dk.Willibrod Slaa.

“Kuna baadhi ya watu wanafikiri kuwa nampiga vita Zitto, siwezi kumpiga vita Zitto kwa kuwa nimemlea, amekula na kulala nyumbani kwangu nami ndiye nilimshauri kugombea ubunge na kumpa fedha pamoja na gari, iweje leo nimpige vita?” alihoji Mbowe wakati akijibu swali hilo.


MWENYEKITI wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Freeman Mbowe, amewataka wananchi wa Mkoa wa Kigoma kuijua historia ya mageuzi ya Mkoa huo ili kuepuka kuwalaumu viongozi wanaosimamia vyama hivyo pindi wanapochukua maamuzi magumu.

Alisema wananchi wengi wamekuwa wakishabikia na kuwahukumu viongozi hao bila kuangalia chimbuko la vyama hivyo, vilikotoka na hatimaye kufikia hatua vilipo sasa hususan katika mkoa huo ambao umekuwa chimbuko la mabadiliko.

Akijibu swali lililoulizwa na mtu ambaye alijitambulisha kwa jina la Cheche wa Cheche, katika mkutano wa hadhara wa ‘Oparesheni Delete CCM’, uliofanyika kwenye kijiji cha Mnanila Manyovu mkoani hapa jana, Mbowe alisema Mkoa wa Kigoma ulizalisha viongozi wengi maarufu katika mageuzi.

Alisema utumishi ndani ya chama hicho haupimwi kutokana na mtu kutoka mkoa gani, bali hupimwa kutokana na ujasiri, uwezo wa mtu na kamwe kiongozi makini hawezi kumpiga vita mtu kwa sababu ya kabila au dini yake.

Akitoa mfano wa viongozi waliotegemewa na wanachi wa mkoa huo katika kuendeleza mageuzi, Mbowe, alisema Daniel Nsanzugwanko, Aman Kabourou na Zitto Kabwe walionyesha umahiri wao katika kuongoza vyama vya siasa enzi zao kabla ya kurubuniwa na kuvisaliti.

Akifafanua zaidi kuhusu lawama ambazo zimekuwa zikielekezwa kwake na chama anachokiongoza, hususan kuondolewa kwa aliyekuwa Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa chama hicho, Zitto Kabwe, Mbowe alisema kuwa kamwe hawezi kumzibia kwa kuwa ndiye aliyemtafuta na kumuingiza katika siasa akiwa kijana mdogo.

Labda nilazimike kutoa ufafanuzi huu ili muelewe ukweli wake. Mimi ndiye nilimwingiza Zitto katika siasa akiwa kijana madogo, nilimwita akitokea masomoni Ujerumani, kisha nikamshauri akagombee ubunge katika jimbo la Kigoma Kaskazini, nikampa pesa na gari ambalo mpaka sasa hajalirudisha,” alifafanua.

Alisema Zitto ndiye aliyetia mchanga kitumbua chake kwa kusaliti chama kutokana na kukubali kurubuniwa na viongozi wa CCM, jambo ambalo lisingelivumiliwa ndani na nje ya chama.

Huku akishangiliwa na umati mkubwa uliofurika katika Uwanja wa Community Centre mjni Kigoma, Mbowe alisema kuwa, atahakikisha anakilinda chama hicho kwa gharama yoyote bila kumwonea mtu ili kukijengea imani kwa watanzania.

Akizungumzia usaliti wa aliyewahi kuwa Mbunge wa Kigoma Mjini kupitia chama hicho, Dk. Aman Kabourou, alisema kwamba akiwa kijana mwanzilishi wa chama hicho, alishiriki kikamilifu kumpigania Dk. Kabourou kumleta nchini na hatimaye kugombea ubunge mwaka 1993 katika uchaguzi mdogo.

“Nyinyi vijana wengi inawezekana hamjui hiki chama kilianza vipi katika mkoa huu. Mimi nilishiriki kikamilifu kumwezesha Dk. Kabourou kuwania ubunge wa Kigoma Mjini kwa kutoa nauli ya kumleta kutoka Uingereza alikokuwa akiishi, yeye na mkewe na pia nikampa pesa kumwezesha kufanya kampeni, leo hii mnanihukumu Mbowe,” aliongeza.

Alisema kuwa kuna baadhi ya watu wanafikiri kuwa anampiga vita Zitto, jambo ambalo si kweli kwa kuwa amemlea, amekula na kulala nyumbani kwake kabla hajakua kiuchumi.

Jana, Mbowe alifanya ziara yake katika jimbo la Manyovu, Kigoma mjini katika uwanja wa Community Centre Mwanga, Munawila na Mahembe ambako aliendelea kuwasisitiza wananchi kuwapa dola upinzani kwa kuanzia uchaguzi wa serikali za mitaa.