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Hii balaa yote sijui angetoka vipi, angetuhumiwa makubwa na kufedheheshwa sana.....ingemharibia sana CV/wasifu.
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British MPs raise questions about Vodafone's involvement in censoring Tanzania's opposition
By Will Brown, Africa Correspondent 28 October 2020 • 6:28pm
Vodafone is under pressure from British MPs after it emerged that the telecoms giant has been helping to censor the Tanzanian opposition during a highly contested election.
Voters went to the polls on Wednesday in the East African nation, where strongman president John Magufuli is seeking a second five-year term in a poll marred by allegations of fraud and violent repression.
The government he controls last week ordered major telecoms companies to block individual text messages containing the names of leading opposition figures.
Vodafone, which operates in the country under the name Vodacom Tanzana and is the country’s largest telecoms provider with more than 12m customers, is believed to be complying with the directive.
It has been impossible to send a message on Vodacom with the names of Zanzibar's presidential candidate, Maalim Seif, the Chadema opposition party leader, Freeman Mbowe, or the presidential candidate, Tundu Lissu, since late last week, multiple sources told the Telegraph.
In Westminster, MPs from across the political divide condemned the censorship and raised questions about the involvement of a British firm.
“This is clearly a direct assault on democracy and the democratic process and should be resisted. That means all companies involved in this way, not just Vodafone should stand together and make it clear that this sort of unfair approach is not acceptable,” said senior Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell.
Stephen Doughty, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, said: “It is vital that UK corporations ensure the highest standards across their international operations when it comes to human rights and democracy.”
“They must urgently respond to allegations that they have been involved in suppressing opposition parties communications at the behest of the Tanzanian government, and if true - cease doing so immediately.”
“This is part of a deeply worrying trend of regimes around the world blocking telecommunications and online services in an affront to democracy, transparency and human rights. UK companies should have no part in it,” Mr Doughty added.
Africa-focused academics have also condemned the news. “The willingness of Vodacom Tanzania to help rig the Tanzanian elections is a staggering moral failure. There should be resignations throughout the Vodafone Group,” said Nic Cheeseman of Birmingham University.
One Tanzanian political scientist said she felt scared at the news that such a powerful organisation was working with the government. “Vodacom Tanzania collaborates with the state on repressive actions. I feel a lot of fear...The state has put an iron hand into these companies, and they failed to resist or react,” said Aikande C. Kwayu, a political analyst.
In a statement to the Daily Telegraph, a Vodacom spokesperson said: “Vodacom adheres to government directives in all the markets in which it operates, in keeping with relevant licence requirements.”
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huyo alinyimwa kibaliHii balaa yote sijui angetoka vipi, angetuhumiwa makubwa na kufedheheshwa sana.....ingemharibia sana CV/wasifu.
Tanzania imekuwa shit-hole sasa. Ligi yenu imekuwa North Korea sasaDah no kweli kabisa mkuu tupeane pole tu binamu zetu from North
Na tena saivi activism yoyote imeanza kuhusishwa na Kenya Intelligence angepata sana tabu
Kwanza angeanzia jela kama yule Mmisri na saivi baada ya uchaguzi angekua anaelekea jela tena kwa mashtaka ya "ugaidi" na kina Mbowe
Katika maisha bwana usilaumu kwa jambo unalokosa hata kama no cheo/fursa nzuri kiasi gani huwezi jua Mungu anakuepusha na nini
Sikujua kwamba lazima utumie VPN ili uingie JF. Hawa Wabongo wanasifia ujinga kwa nini? Wao ndio wanaumia na wao ndio wako mstari wa mbele kushangilia huyo mkubwa. Inaonekana hata huyo mkubwa akianza kula wake zao watashangilia tu. Inasikitisha sanaBila VPN hufiki JF....hii ni wiki ya pili now!
Halafu kuna majinga yapo hapa yameingia kwa VPN yanasifia Magufuli na CC yake kufunga internet!
Yaani we have large group of dunderheads in this country
Mkuu
Kuna phase fulani muhimu sana kama yenu ile ya mwaka 2007 inatakiwa tupite tufe kama watu laki 2 au laki 5 hivi ili twende kwenye true liberation!
Its sad katiba mpya ilitushinda na hawataki kuisikia tena,yaani ilishakufa kabisa!
Sad....
Jina lake lenyewe shingwaa pombeDuh
Brother,upo humu JF kwa kutumia VPN as we speak!
Upo hapa kutetea serikali iliyozuia internet ambapo umeenda arms and legs length kutumia VPN kuingia humu kuitetea iendelee kuzuia internet?
Hii inaitwa Stockholm syndrome, yaani ume-fall in love na your oppressor!
What an irony!
unaona ulivyo tuckle mkuu??Mkuu
Kuna phase fulani muhimu sana kama yenu ile ya mwaka 2007 inatakiwa tupite tufe kama watu laki 2 au laki 5 hivi ili twende kwenye true liberation!
Its sad katiba mpya ilitushinda na hawataki kuisikia tena,yaani ilishakufa kabisa!
Sad....
hiyo ndio aina ya akili zinazowasapoti wapinzani tanzania imagine[emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]Duh! Hapana usiombe kitu kama hicho kiwatendekee huko, 2007/08 nilikua hapa hapa kwetu Kenya na nilichoshuhudia siwezi nikaomba kitendeke kwingine, lazima kuna namna nyingine ya kutatua issue zenu bila kupitia hapo.
Binafsi ningeshauri muache vijana wapitie cha moto miaka ijayo mitano, nchi kuendeshwa bila ya mtu yeyote kuwa na uwezo wa kuhoji chochote, waliwe hadi watie akili kiasi cha kuwa tayari kulinda demokrasia ikija kufikia uchaguzi wa 2025.
Kwa mataifa yenye uchungu wa hiki kitu na ambayo vijana walishatia akili hukomaa yaani kura zikipigwa zinahesabiwa wakiwemo, kura moja baada ya nyingine, ukihesabu lazima uwaonyeshe wote kabla kuitia pembeni, polisi huwa hawana la kusema, hukaa kutazama tu maana vijana wenyewe maelfu, utaua wangapi. Lakini hapo Tanzania, vijana wote walitelekeza vituo vya kura na kugeuza kwenye mishe zao na ndio ikawa ilivyokua.
Sio lazima iwe half a million. vijana elfu moja jasiri wakitokea barabarani kuandamana kwa sababu ya wizi wa kura halafu polisi waue 100 basi hio imetosha JPM kuona moto faya kutoka kwa wazungu. Atakimbizwa hadi aseme po! Lakini mkijifungia majumbani hata USA wanashindwa watawasaidia vipi?Upo sawa
Ila tushajaribu amani kwa miaka 60 sasa...CCM inatuona wapumbavu kabisa!
Inatakiwa half a milion au one milioni tufe nadhani ndio itatokea meaningful change!
Sio lazima iwe half a million. vijana elfu moja jasiri wakitokea barabarani kuandamana kwa sababu ya wizi wa kura halafu polisi waue 100 basi hio imetosha JPM kuona moto faya kutoka kwa wazungu. Atakimbizwa hadi aseme po! Lakini mkijifungia majumbani hata USA wanashindwa watawasaidia vipi?
[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Nimecheka kibwege.Wewe umewahi kusoma comments za Watanzania kuhusu Kenya? Mnatuita Wakunya. Mnatuita nyang'au. Mnatuita failed state. Mnasema uchumi wetu ni wa kwenye makaratasi. Mnasema eti tunakufa njaa. Mnasema eti kila Mkenya hapa JF anaishi Kibera. Mnasema eti mnatulisha, kwanza wazimu fulani anaitwa Naton Jr huwa anasema eti Kenya inaagiza 90% ya chakula chake kutoka Tanzania. Baada ya matusi yote haya bado ulikuwa unategemea tutaendelea kucheka na nyinyi?
Watanzania mnatumia VPN kuingia JF?
Bila VPN hufiki JF....hii ni wiki ya pili now!
Halafu kuna majinga yapo hapa yameingia kwa VPN yanasifia Magufuli na CC yake kufunga internet!
Yaani we have large group of dunderheads in this country
Lakini swali ni je ukiwa na simu mbovu unashindwa kuingia JF?Inategemea kiwango cha ubora wa simu yako.
Wacheni uwoga. Ingieni kwenye street muitishe haki yenu.Kama una hamu ya kufa, si uende mwenyewe ukakumbatie transformer? Uiache Tanzania, uliikuta utaiacha.
What is misaada they take trillions wealth of resources in Africa and give a couple of billions. So hiyo misaada nayo ni ujinga tu hamna kitu, But anyway USA hana that positive publicity in Tanzania so kuimpose sanctions may make matters worse na yeye anajua hivyo hawezi kui-sanction Tz as simple as abc.Hizo loans kukataliwa ndio imefanya uchumi wa Sudan to grind to a halt. World bank, Imf, European Investment bank, US banks even AFDB ambayo US ni shareholder zitakataa kuwapea loan.
Nchi za Africa ni masikini zote, hakuna nchi inaweza survive bila hizo loans na for a poor country like Tanzania, they can't survive without foreign aid which makes up 30% of their budget.
If they cannot get foreign aid and they cannot borrow loans and we know their tax collection is less than half of KRA's tax collection then this country will grind to a halt. Hizo miradi mikubwa mikubwa zitasimama.
nyie rukenirukeni tuu apa jf mkija kustuka sgr phase 3 tunaipa kampuni la USA af tunanunua silaha UK then tunamalzia na mgodi 1 wa dhahabu kule singida tnawapa campuni la canada.Blah blah blah.....
Maana wewe ni keyboard realist?Ungeficha ID yako kama mimi keyboard warrior?
Tuache hoja ya authenticity here,jana nilikua na Zitto tuna demonstrate,siwezi prove zaidi maana sitaki kuweka my identity wazi....
Nothing I can do more to prove to you!
Kama jinsi wewe huwezi prove anything to me as huwezi open up your identity just like me here!
Lete hoja za hapa hapa!