Naunga mkono Uwanja wa Ndege wa Chato. Una justification, utakuwa kama Ggabolite au Yamoussoukro. Watalii watamiminika!

Hakuna anaekataa kusijengwe uwanja, watu wanapinga kwakuwa si kipaumbele maana sehemu Kama Dom ingefaa sana kuwa na inter airport kabla ya kwenda kujenga huko
 
Hakuna anaekataa kusijengwe uwanja, watu wanapinga kwakuwa si kipaumbele maana sehemu Kama Dom ingefaa sana kuwa na inter airport kabla ya kwenda kujenga huko
Kweli, hata ile iliyotakwa kujengwa Bagamoyo poa tu, nakubaliana nawe twende na kipaumbele...
 
Mkuu Paschal na wewe siku zingine sijui huwa unatumia kinywaji gani jioni? Mwanza kwenyewe hawana uwanja wa ndege, Mkulu akimaliza muda wake nani atakuwa anaenda Chattle?
Labda JPM mwenyewe atageuka kuwa kivutio cha utalii! Lakini je, akitoweka Duniani, wananchi wa Chato au wanawe ndio watakuwa vivutio?
 
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The president of what was then Zaire lavished millions on a palace complex and international airport in the remote town of Gbadolite. Guardian photographer Sean Smith heads for the jungle to document the pitiful shell that remains

Where Concorde once flew: the story of Mobutu’s ‘African Versailles’

Sean Smith in Gbadolite

Tuesday 10 February 2015 13.04 GMTLast modified on Wednesday 31 May 2017 11.17 BST


  • A mural of former President Mobutu outside the mayor’s office in Gbadolite. When Joseph Desire Mobutu took power he renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Waza Banga (meaning ‘the all-powerful warrior who, because of endurance and an inflexible will to win, will go from conquest to conquest leaving fire in his wake’)

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  • The air-traffic control tower of Gbadolite’s international airport, whose runway is long enough to accommodate Concorde. Now it welcomes only two or three tiny aircraft a week from the UN and a commercial operator
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  • Inside the abandoned control tower

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  • The VIP arrivals terminal: Pope John Paul II, UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros Ghali and American televangelist Pat Robertson may have all passed through here
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  • Inside the main airport terminal

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  • The main terminal at Gbadolite airport
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  • The Water Ministry building was never finished and is now used as a school

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  • The Motel Nzekele, built by Mobutu, had five stars when it opened in 1979

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  • The motel’s empty swimming pool. Guests reportedly included the pope, the Belgian king and French president François Mitterrand
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  • Ripped cinema seating inside the Motel Nzekele

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  • An unfinished bridge in Gbadolite
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  • The main gates to Mobutu’s private palace still stand. Locals charge visitors $20 to access the former president’s estate

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  • The entrance gate and road to the main palace complex
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  • Walking among the ruins. Mobutu’s private palace, seven miles outside town in Kawele, once brimmed with paintings, sculptures, stained glass, ersatz Louis XIV furniture and marble from Carrara

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  • Francois Kosia Ngama, whose grandmother was a teacher to Mobutu’s mother, stands in the disused swimming pool
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  • Mobutu’s palace. In its heyday it employed more than 700 staff - including chauffeurs, chefs and servants - as well as 300 soldiers

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  • Inside the palace grounds. Slowly but surely, the palace is being reclaimed by the jungle
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  • Inside Mobutu’s bedroom. The entire roof of the palace has gone, leaving only a skeleton of red steel girders

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  • A fountain with statues of lions. Only two of the original four remain
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akili ndogo, umeshindwa kuelewa bandiko!
 
Mkuu Pascal Mayalla sahihisha ni Gbadolite
 
Lampuni iliyopita tender ya kujenga uwanja ni ZMayanga Construction ambayo MD wake alikuwa Magufuli akiwa waziri
 
Sawa...mkuu hatuna budi sasa kuamisha makao makuu ya mkoa wa geita na yawe chato, maana kwa mjibu wa upeo wako baada ya miaka kumi chato itaipeta mbali geita....tukiamisha makao makuu itakuwa rahis chato kuipa heshima ya jiji. Ila umesahau kuweka namba mkuu wasio[emoji185] hawata kupigia
 
nilitaka kuandika matapu matapu nikasema labda kuna point ngoja nisome then bwana pascal kanishawishi na mimi nikubali kuwa nyumbani kwanza sarcastic indeed
 
Huyu jamaa anatumi kejeli kufikisha ujumbe wake sasa ili umuelewe huo mji wa mobutu aliojenga uwanja wa ndege nadhani sasa hivi wanatua kunguru anachokimaanisha huyu jamaa ili uelewe inabidi utulie kumuelewa hahahahaha
 
akili ndogo, umeshindwa kuelewa bandiko!

Hivi kumbe na Wewe ' Bwege Nazi ' siku hizi unajiona una akili kubwa? Kwa taarifa yako tu ' Kamarada ' wangu Paskali ameshanielewa kwani tunaelewana vizuri sana tu kwa lugha zetu zilizotukuka kabisa za Kifasihi hasa katika Uandishi au uwasilishaji wa mada ila yawezekana sana Wewe ' Guluguja ' umeshindwa kulitambua / kulielewa / kuling'amua.
 
asee mkuu... chato ipi unayozungumzia wewe?
labda wakashangae yale magorofa yalio jengwa kwa kina mkulu pale

chato n kijijini vile vilami na maji vskuzingue ....Hakuna hata maduka makubwa ya kufanya shopping na wao wenyewe wanajua je unajua shopping wanafanyia ap?

chatle ni uchafu brother yani leo umepuyanga

bora angewajengea kiwanda cha samaki maana samaki chato ni bei rahisi na kuna lami to mwanza
uwanja ni takataka nyingine hakuna mtu atashukia chato aende bukoba au aje mwanza au geita
 
Bomoa kimara, piga chini Omukajunguti jenga, Chato uishi miaka mingi yenye wingi wa kheri. I love my country, I love chattle
 
Nitake radhi upesi kwa kuniita Bwege Nazi kabla sijakuchafulia hapo kibaruani kwako.

Kubali kuwa umetoka kapa kumuelewa paskali.
 
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