Regional News

Nyani Ngabu ,

I didn't say that I am educated...please don't put words into my mouth . Nevertheless, to be educated doesn't mean one has to be competent in the english language. A classic example are the Japanese, they can't speak english but they are the best when it comes to science and technology. I understand that I am not good at English, but that will not stop me from using the aforementioned language. As the old saying goes ,"Practise makes perfect."
 
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mkuu unamwaga utirio wa nguvu....

turudi kwenye mada.....kwanini unafikiria moshi kakosea?
 
Wajukuu wa Nyerere awachoki kubishana kuhusu usomi kama babu yao vile.
 
Yo Yo,

I am not going to repeat the obvious. Please go back and read what I have written, and you will know why I vehemently disagreed with Moshi's assertions. Besides, why do you want to waste your precious time following what uneducated Rufiji has stipulated? Moreover, aren't you the guy who sarcastically labeled me as a PhD holder. In conclusion, if one wants to know why Tanzania is poor and will continue to be poor then he/she should visit this blog. It is preposterous that people are spending a lot of time scrutinizing punctuations and verb-tense agreement, instead of the content. This is not only a sign of myopia but also mental slavery.
 
Duuuh!
 
Rufiji,

You are a touchy one! I apologize for hurting your feelings. But tell me: what would a sizeable group of well educated people be doing in Mtwara? Are there significant institutions where they could be working? I know that there are well educated Mtwarans, but they prefer to live elsewhere.

Please be assured that I harbor no prejudice against the lovely people of Mtwara. I unreservedly apologize to those among them that might have found my sentiments hurtful.

I am thankful to LazyDog for trying to protect me. Thank you also Masanja for your outright defense of my sentiments. Yours is a powerful argument.

It is true, as Mzalendohalisi says, that many of our seemingly intractable problems would melt away if we "allowed a thousand flowers to flourish". Is it not ironic that we "fought" for the right to rule ourselves but we adamantly refuse the regions the right to elect their regional governments (to rule hemselves)? The local intrigues and ups and downs of democratically constituted regional governments would be material enough for local papers to flourish on.

People in the regions do not read Dar papers much because they find them boring. That would change if they had papers that wrote about the happenings in their surroundings. Which Mtwara resident wouldn't want to know what the papers wrote about the very things they did the previous week?

We are not talking abstractly. We know, from experience, that even village people like to know what others think about them. KUSARE and KOMKYA (former local papers in Kilimanjaro) flourished. Its time they resurfaced!
 
That is what Shihata used to do. To give us news from all corners of Tanzania.
I do not know who killed Shihata and why.
 

Hehehehehehe...babu..."in conclusion" na "moreover" kama vile unaandika paper au unafanya presentation....duuuuh
 
Masasi hatujakuelewa…….. Anyway ung’eng’e mzuri
 
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That is what Shihata used to do. To give us news from all corners of Tanzania.
I do not know who killed Shihata and why.
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I wouldn't want news from the center about the regions. I long for regional news from the perspective of the regional people

SHIHATA used to look at the regions from the perspective of "Chama na Serikali". Besides, did SHIHATA have true writers? People who can describe events in an interesting way as do the guys of Arusha Times? SHIHATA had Henry Muhanika and just about no one else.

It is a pity if UDSM does not have a student weekly (or at least monthly). When I was there, we used to have a serious student paper called Maji Maji. It was a successor to a more fiery publication called CHECHE (I think they never patented the name, otherwise Mzee Mwanakijiji could find himself in a whole lot of trouble). I know about these papers well because I used to be on the Editorial Board of Maji Maji.

It is unthinkable that a center of excellence like a university would settle for just some music on a radio. Where are we heading?
 
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safi sana
 
Perhaps we could end the dearth of news about Mtwara and Rukwa by starting a Southern Weekly on line. That would require someone who knows about Mtwara and Rukwa, say Rufiji, to offer to be Editor. Others who have stories to share about our "South" could submit them to the Editor, for consideration and posting.

Many of us have never had the opportunity to hear encouraging news about Mtwara and Sumbawanga. Does such news exist? When I was little (which is very long ago), it used to be said that they didn't eat meat in Mtwara. That stuff was simply not there. But I must hasten to add that "meat", as used here, refers to flesh that is derived from cattle, goats and sheep. I do so because there are well established rumours that the people of Mtwara had other forms of "meat". It was not wildlife meat either!

Much has changed since then. But has Mtwara changed? I wouldn't know because no one writes about Mtwara. Dar based newspapers mention the place only when the President goes there. Trouble is, Presidents go to Mtwara only when campaigning for elections!

Do we now have meat in Mtwara? I am aware that some cattle herders were forcibly relocated there in the recent past, but did they stay? Are there barbeque restaurants in Mtwara? What do restaurants really serve in Mtwara? Are there significant eating and watering places in Mtwara?

What about Sumbawanga? Do we have a hotel there? Are there any tertiary educational institutions in Sumbawanga? I know that the people of Rukwa grow maize, but do they do anything else? Do they have a music band in Sumbawanga? What makes the people there tick?
 
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We have revived the Cheche, but it is now renamed: Chemchemi. It is a biannual publication-In English and Kiswahili. The first issue, which was in English, was in April this year, and the next issue is in October and it will be in Kiswahili. Contributions are welcome. Anybody interested in contributing an article can email me at: kitilam@edu.udsm.ac.tz and I will connect him/her with the editors.
 

Khaaa! why through you?!
 
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