EAC STUDENTS' DEBATE 2014 SET FOR SEPTEMBER IN NAIROBI

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EAC Students’ Debate 2014 set for September in Nairobi

…3 day Preparatory meeting currently on-going

East African Community, Nairobi, Kenya, July 29, 2014: The 3^rd East African Community University Students’ Debate 2014 is scheduled to be held on September 4-5, 2014, in Nairobi, Kenya.

The debate which brings together students from various Universities and institutions of higher learning from the EAC region is an important avenue for sharing information, exchange of ideas and promoting discourse and sensitization.

Towards this end, the EAC in collaboration with the GiZ-EAC Programme, is holding a three-day preparatory meeting (July 28-30, 2014) in Nairobi to map out the strategies for the forthcoming debate.   The meeting was opened yesterday by the Deputy Secretary General of the EAC, Mr. Charles Njoroge. 

In his remarks, the Deputy Secretary General urged the youth to continue to be advocates championing the tenets of integration. Mr. Njoroge commended the EAC Youth Ambassadors Platform for the noble work of spearheading and popularizing EAC integration within the university community.

‘I also want to assure you that EAC is committed to strengthening the networks the Platform has created with University administrations over time as well as the EAC Youth Clubs in fulfillment of the principal of participation and involvement of all segments of the society in the integration agenda’, he said.

The Deputy Secretary General maintained that the Regional Economic Community was geared towards mobilizing sustainable resources for the Nyerere Centre for Peace and Research.

The meeting is evaluating the impact of sensitization programmes that have been undertaken from the period February – June 2014. It is also hopes to validate the lessons and challenges learnt by the Platform.

According to the Principal Political Affairs Officer at the EAC, Isabelle Waffubwa, the opportunity affords the EAC an opportunity to rethink, refocus where necessary, and evaluate the performance as well as the impact on targeted groups.

The Chair of the EAC Youth Ambassadors, Ms. Effie Owour lauded the Members of the Platform for their commitment and said that their contribution towards the integration progress was already bearing fruit.The GiZ-EAC Junior Advisor on Peace and Security in the EAC, Ms. Venelina Gancheva, affirmed the Organization’s commitment to assisting the region realize full integration. 

“To date, the Youth Ambassadors have been engaged in close to 30 sensitisation activities and over 6000 stakeholders have been targeted”, Ms. Gancheva remarked.

The University Debate was mooted by the EAC under the Nyerere Centre for Peace Research.  The debate among other things envisages the full participation of the young people in dialogue as well as in the exchange of ideas on concrete issues that have impact.

Notes for the Editors

The EAC University Students’ Debate on Regional Integration 

The Forum was established to interest University students in regional integration. To this end, students have demonstrated commitment towards exchange of ideas and sharing of knowledge among themselves. Arising from the 2^nd EAC University Students’ Debate, the EAC Secretariat launched the EAC Youth Ambassadors’ Platform (EAC-YAP) last year to enable structured engagement with the youth at Universities and other Higher Institutions of Learning.

The Platform spearheads information sharing and sensitization of young people through writing articles, debates on topical issues in the social media, hosting talk shows on the EAC Integration as well as holding sensitization forums across universities. The outcome of such activities has enhanced sensitization of peers and dissemination of information of the EAC integration, opportunities and challenges.

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MAUAJI YA KUTISHA KWA MUAJI KULA UBONGO WA MAREHEMU NA BAADAYE 'NYETI' ZAKE

MAUAJI ya kutisha yanaendelea kuuandama mkoa wa Kilimanjaro, baada ya kijana Laurance Flavian (20), mkazi wa Marangu Mashariki kumuua Mwanafunzi wa darasa la Pili katika Shule ya Msingi Marangu Hills, Francis Fortunatus (9), kwa kumkata mapanga sehemu za kichwani na kula ubongo wake, kisha na yeye kujikata uume wake na kusababisha mauaji hayo.  

 

Akizungumza Kamanda wa polisi mkoani humo, Robert Boaz, amesema tukio hilo limetokea leo Ijumaa Julai 18, 2014 saa7:15 asubuhi katika eneo la Marangu Pentekoste katika Wilaya ya Moshi mkoani humo.

 

  Amesema mtoto huyo ambaye pia ni mwanafunzi wa darasa la pili katika Shule ya Msingi Marangu Hills alikutwa na mauti wakati akielekea shuleni na kuwa kijana huyo (Laurance Flaviani), alianza kumshambulia kwa kumkata na mapanga sehemu za kichwani nakutoa ubongo wake na kuula hali iliyomsababishia, kufariki dunia papo hapo. 

 

Kwa mujibu wa taarifa ya Kamanda Boaz, kijana huyo baada ya kumuua mtoto huyo nayeye alijijeruhi kwa kuukata uume wake, na kukimbizwa katika Hospitali ya Kilema ambapo alikufa wakati akipatiwa matibabu kutokana na dutokwa na damu nyingi kaatika sehemu aliyojikata. 

 

“Mtoto huyu akielekea shuleni asubuhi ghafla kijana huyo ambaye nay eye sasa ni marehemu, alianza kumshambulia kwa kumkata kwa panga kichwani bila sababu yeyote, hali iliyosababisha  kifo cha mtoto huyo papo hapo”alisema Kamanda Boaz.  

Aidha, amesema chanzo cha mauaji hayo hakijajulikana na kuwa taarifa za awali kuhusu tukio hilo kinasadikiwa kuwa kijana huyo alikuwa na ugonjwa wa akili na kwamba kabla ya kutenda tukio hilo alikuwa akifanya vurugu na kuvunja vioo vya nyumba yao za watu katika eneo hilo. 

 

Mashuhuda wasimulia  Hata hivyo, taarifa kutoka eneo la tukio zinasema kijana huyo baada ya kutekeleza mauaji hayo ambapo inadaiwa mtoto aliyemuua ni mtoto wa bosi wake wake na kwamba baada ya kuukata uume wake alianza kuula kama nyama choma huku akikata kipande kimoja baada ya kingine. 

 

Mmoja wa mashuhuda wa tukio hilo, Tetrula Kimario, amesema kijana huyo ambaye alikuwa akifanya kazi ya kutengeneza Sanamu za mapambo katika kiwanda kilichopo Marangu Pentekoste, na kuwa Julai 17, 2014 alianza kubadilika kwa kufanya vitu visivyoeleweka ambapo tajiri yake ambaye ni Baba wa mtoto aliyeuawa alimchukua na kumrudisha nyumbani kwao karibu na alipokuwa anaishi mwanzoni. 

 

Amesema, ilipofika leo asubuhi mtoto wa bosi wake alitoka kwenda shule, ndipo kijana huyo alipomkata kichwa na kisha kuanza kula ubongo wake, ambapo watu walifikia katika eneo la tukio waliamua kumpiga kwa mawe hadi polisi walipofika katika eneo la tukio. 

 

Kumbukumbu zinaonyesha kuwa, mkoa huo umekumbwa na matukio ya mauaji na unyanyasaji wa watoto waliochini ya umri wa miaka kumi na nane (18)

EAST AFRICAN YOUTH MEET IN MWANZA TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 24 July, 2014: The East African Regional Youth Summit on Climate Change opens Friday, July 25, 2014 in Mwanza, Tanzania. The conference, organized by the East African Community Students Union in collaboration with the Tanzania Youth Vision Association, is being supported by the EAC Secretariat.

The East African Regional Youth Summit is a platform that brings together young people from different parts of East Africa to address various challenges. The youth meet once every year to discuss issues such as the EAC integration agenda, and how to take advantage of the opportunities that it (integration) presents.  The Mwanza conference will bring together over 200 participants mostly from Secondary Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning.

This year, the youth are focusing on climate change. Climate change is already wrecking lives in Africa. Changing weather patterns and extreme weather events, such as floods or droughts, have had debilitating consequences on the regional agricultural production. These changes have led to unreliable farming seasons. A December 2009 estimate put the number of people facing starvation across East Africa at 23 million as a result of successive failed rainy seasons.

With support from the European Union, United Kingdom Department for International Development and the Government of Norway, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are implementing a joint initiative to address climate change in the three Regional Economic Communities.

In the COMESA-EAC-SADC, climate change effects include increased frequency of extreme weather events, flooding, storms, and droughts, which has affected the region’s food production and its progress towards poverty reduction. Climate change may also spark conflict between and within nations as resources become scarcer and disasters destroy livelihoods.

In order to develop a unified African position on Climate Change, the programme is engaging key stake holders such as farmer organizations, women, youth and children to participate in climate change decision-making processes, strategies and interventions. Thus this three-day Youth Summit on Climate Change is a great platform to engage young people to build regional and continental consensus for the African Climate Solution.

TAARIFA YA MATENGENEZO YA BARABARA WILAYANI HAI KWA MWAKA 2014/2015

ACTION PLAN FOR MAINTENANCE OF DISTRICT ROADS BY ROAD FUND FINANCE YEAR 2014/2015

PACKAGING OF WORKS

SN	Road Name	Type of Maintenance	Length (Km)	Approved Budget (Tshs)	Implementation Period
1	Construction of Mnepo bridge	Bridge Construction	1No.	357,000,000	July-September
	Total Package No.1		0	357,000,000
2	Shirinjoro-Lyamungo Sinde Lyamungo Sinde-Mfoni Shirinjoro-Lyamungo Sinde Lyamungo Sinde-Kyalia Elitira Mengi-Kyalia Shirinjoro-Lyamungo Sinde	RM RM SI RM RM PM	12 3 2 4 2 2	14,400,000 3,600,000 10,000,000 4,800,000 32,000,000 32,000,000	July-September
	Total Package No.2		25	96,800,000
3	Kwasadala – Longoi Bomang’ombe – Kikavuchini Kwasadala – Longoi Bomang’ombe - Kikavuchini	RM RM SI PM	12.5 12 2 3	15,000,000 14,400,000 10,000,000 48,000,000	July-Septemba
	Total Package No.3		29.5	87,400,000
4	Sonu – Saawe Kwasadala – Uswaa Kwasadala –Uswaa Sonu – Saawe Lambo – Makoa Bwani - Kyeeri	RM RM PM PM RM RM	4 5.6 1 4 5 4	4,800,000 6,720,000 16,000,000 64,000,000 6,000,000 4,800,000	October-December
	Total Package No.4		23.6	102,320,000
5	Kyuu – Lukani Lukani – Mashua Kwa Frank – Kyuu Mbweera – Ufisi Lukani – Mashua Marukeni – Kyuu Marukeni - Kyuu	RM PM RM SI SI SI RM	4 2.79 4 1.4 2 2 7	4,800,000 44,640,000 4,800,000 7,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 8,400,000	October- December
	Total Package No.5		23.19	89,640,000
6	Marukeni - Kyuu	PM	5	80,000,000	January-March
	Total Package No.6		5	80,000,000
7	Hai Town Roads KIA – Mtakuja Hai Town Roads Construction of 1No.Vented Drift	PM RM PM Construction	10 7.3 2 1No.	12,000,000 8,760,000 32,000,000 20,000,000	January-March
	Total Package No.7		19.3	72,760,000
8	Shirinjoro – Mijongweni Mferejini – Kimashuku – Kwatito Shirinjoro – Mijongweni Construction of 1No.Vented drift 1No.Bridege Repair-Weruweru	RM RM SI Construction Repair	5.17 7 0.83 1No. 1No.	6.204,000 8,400,000 4,150,000 20,000,000 10,000,000	April - June
	Total Package No.8		13	48,754,000
9	Culvert Installation(No. 1 – No. 8)			52,270,000	July’13 – June’14
10	Supervision and Vehicle Maintenance(No.1 – No.8)			39,490,000	July’13 – June’14
	GRAND TOTAL		138.59	1,026,434,000

Abbreviations

RM – Routine Maintenance

SI -    Spots Improvement

PM – Periodic Maintenance

DC HAI AWATAKA WANANCHI KUWACHARUKIA WACHAKACHUAJI WA MIRADI YA MAENDELEO

Mkuu wa wilaya ya Hai,Novatus Makunga akizungumza katika mkutano wa kijiji cha Mbatakero

Diwani wa kata ya Machame kusini,Nasibu Mndeme akizungumza katika mkutano wa kijiji cha Mbatakero

Wananchi wa kijiji cha Mbatakero wakifuatilia mkutano wao wa kijiji

Wananchi wa kijiji cha Mbatakero wakifuatilia mkutano mkuu wa kijiji

Wananchi wa kijiji cha Mbatakero katika mkutano wa kijiji

Na Richard Mwangulube,Hai

Mkuu wa wilaya ya Hai,Novatus Makunga ametoa wito kwa wananchi kufuatilia kwa ukaribu utekelezaji wa miradi mbalimbali kuanzia hatua ya awali mpaka pale inapokamilika na endapo katika hatua Fulani watapatwa na wasiwasi wa viwango vinavyotakiwa wawasiliane na viongozi wa juu.

Makunga ametoa wito huo katika mkutano mkuu wa kijiji cha Mbatakero kilichopo katika kata ya Machame Kusini ambapo wananchi wa kijiji hicho wakitoa kero zao walibainisha kutoridhishwa na ukarabati wa barabara inayoanzaia kijiji cha Kwasadala hadi kijijini kwao.

Mkuu huyo wa wilaya ameeleza kuwa hivi sasa kila mwananchi imefikia wakati wa kubadilika na kuondokana na dhana kwamba miradi ya jamii inayotekelezwa katika maeneo yao ni mali ya serikali.

“Nimefurahishwa kukerwa kwenu na ukarabati wa kila mwaka wa barabara ya Kwasadala hadi  Mbatakero,hicho ndicho tunachotaka na kila tunapoenda tunatoa nambari za simu,mimi na mkurugenzi wa halmashari ya wilaya ili mtupe taarifa pale mambo yanapoenda kombo,”alifafanua.

Kwa upande wake,diwani wa Machame Kusini,Nasibu Mndeme aliwaomba wananchi hao wampe wiki moja ya kushughulikia tabia ya kuwekwa hovyo kwa matuta ya barabarani katika barabara hiyo ya changarawe na hivyo kuwa chanzo za ajali hasa kwa wanaotumia boda boda.

 

Aidha Makunga ameeleza moto huo ni lazima kuenea katika miradi yote ikiwemo ya ujenzi wa shule na zahanati pamoja na usambazaji wa maji safi kwa lengo la kudhibiti mianya kwa watu wenye tabia ya kuchakachua fedha za umma na kusababisha ubovu kutambulika siku ya kuzindua miradi husika.

Akizungumzia hali ya ukarabati wa barabara Makunga ameeleza kuwa katika mwaka huu wa fedha serikali kupitia mfuko wa barabara kwa ajil ya kutekeleza kazi mbalimbali za barabara imetenga jumla ya shilingi 1,026,433,150.

Amesema kati a fedha hizo,kiasi cha shilingi 357,000,000 zimetengwa kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa daraja la Mnepo ambalo ni kiungo muhimu sana kati ya wilaya ya Hai na manispaa ya moshi.

Makunga ameeleza kuwa halmashauri ya wilaya ya Hai kupitia vyanzo vyake pamoja na nguvu za wananchi watachangia kiasi cha shilingi 30,000,000 kwa ajili ya matengenezo ya barabara hususani za vijijini

Aidha Halmashauri ya wilaya kupitia mapato yake tangu mwaka wa fedha uliopita ilianza kutenga kiasi cha fedha kwa ajili ya kujenga kilometa moja ya barabara ya lami kila mwaka

Makunga ameeleza kuwa wilaya ya Hai ina mtandao wa barabara zenye jumla ya urefu wa kilometa 471.5 ambapo kati ya hizo kilometa 32 ni barabara za kitaifa na kilometa 27.5 ni barabara za mkoa