Why Magufuli administration misses the point on Government splurge

The wise forsee danger and hides himself behind a mask but a simpleton passes by and is punished with Covid-19 and lost manhours..and sickbed

Mourning those who truly care for survival of humanity

When there is no love lost with the subjects investment on human resources is torpedoed in favour of "miundombinu" where politicians make a huge killing filling their pockets along the way...why mock Covid-19 as western tool to control us but you keep on ordering and consuming western medicines?

When will you begin telling the truth...now the pandemic is offering an excuse not to order vaccines. We are aware production is unaffected with the global pandemic...the only reason is lack of political will...

Contact Norway now before it is too late because they are willing to let us off the hook and cover the full cost of Covid-19 vaccine...no more denials, no more conspiracy theories as an excuse not to part with a penny

I believe

Ninaamini

Ukaidi wa CCM

Amina

Covid-19 very indiscriminate..

TCRA sim card registration is fake and a wastage of time because they cannot stop cybercrime and cyberbullying

Sim card registration makes sense if new unregistered sim cards cannot work until they are registered

So far, this is not the case as unscrupulous losers exploit the mediocrity of TCRA to attempt to steal, vex of our spirit with strange doctrines and they get away because there are no consequences as nobody can trace them

But TCRA should start tracking the owners of this number because they are looking for Tshs 22.5K for a form. So because they are motivated by a quick buck it is easier to set a trap and capture them...

But this too is chasing the wind because it is much easier to stop the crime before it happens

To do it, TCRA ought to impose hefty fines to all sim card service providers whose unregistered sim cards work and have been used in cybercrime or cyberbully

Each reported case, service provider ought to be fine Tshs 10M per SIM card for issuing workable unregistered sim cards..that will fix this problem once and for all.

No more unregistered sim cards poses a cybercrime to us if you add this in your pathetic regulations which are more geared to suppress free speech and freedom of expression...

Professor Ibrahim Lipumba today in 100 years of judiciary made a case of the proposed constitution. He lied that the proposed constitution was solely based on people's views.

We know it was not. Lipumba drools for an independent election commission but the proposed constitution does not deliver it but changes the powers to appoint NEC commissioners from the president to his direct or indirect appointees

These are chief justice, speaker and AG among others who are presidential subordinates from CCM not different from DEDs whom we now know the president can direct them to flout election laws and massively rig the elections in his political party favour. These appointees introduce an even more constitutional mess of the violations of the doctrine of separation of powers which the proposed constitution vowed to prevent...rights given by one Article of the Constitution are withdrawn by another Article of the same constitution...

So, albeit inadvertently, Lipumba is pitching a tent for CCM NEC to reign after cosmetic changes which are no game changer.

This is a major problem with our opposition luminaries that they are dumb despite clutching World class academic papers

Their paper qualifications did not nurture independent and critical minds am afraid to make such a damning finding...

Both Magufuli and the Chief Justice looked at judicial reforms in the prisms of money but justice is distinguishable from money but the fear of God.

And, Magufuli was dead wrong to attach the use of Kiswahili language will advance the rule of law...the truth Kiswahili or no Kiswahili but it is bribes behind the appeals clogging our judicial system...primary and labour courts apply Kiswahili but appeals are not assuaged by Kiswahili but despite of it bribes shape the nature and extent of appeals

The meaningful reforms must address access, accountability and focus on merits rather than technicalities of the proceedings in courtrooms

To begin, bring transparency and public participation during recruitment and promotion of members of judiciary. From this we rule Magufuli was dead wrong to promote a high court judge to the court of appeal because the use of language has no bearing on the dispensation of justice. Parties to understand a decision because it is written in Kiswahili does not necessarily mean that decision is just. The only reason a judge can be promoted is the quality of the decisions he delivers but not the language he uses. Politics have a way of misplacing values and may strengthen the hand of unscrupulous judges, as well, though not necessarily applicable to the case in hand...

Then expand the appeals court services in all regions rather than all justices of appeals court reside in Dar.

Then if more money goes to capacity building of access, accountability and decisions based on merits we will then pat the judiciary on the back...so far, we have nothing to celebrate despite the elites making a vociferous case to the contrary. They bragged about achievement with "Tekahama" but if you open a cause list link does not open so litigants cannot follow their cases from the comfort of their living rooms. The link of registered advocates work but cause lists does not but they still congratulate themselves of this feat

The death of Simeone Nyachae may have taken the steam out of what Martha Karua commented upon the most divisive constitutional onslaught BBI...

She said BBI is not about the rank and file but about five representatives of very few tribes in Kenya which is a proud host of over 40 tribes..

She said BBI is all about expanding the executive pages to give the executive what they want but not what the citizens need..

May we extend our heartfelt condolences to the Nyachae loved ones of whom suffer most from his untimely death in our own sight

An interesting figure today was Mutungi because everything he said was either a lie or pure misinformation and here is our take:-

One, the opposition last official statement was they do not have faith in judiciary as abundantly demonstrated by no election related petition of 2020 elections has been lodged in any Court. Mutungi made a case to the contrary, we rule it a misinformation

Two, Mutungi said since his rulings against the opposition were referred to the courts demonstrated how much faith the opposition has on judiciary we rule it as misinformation to distract our attention following the finding we just established above

Third, on constitutional issues he blamed the opposition for staging picketing during parliamentary proceedings....we rule it false news because opposition took part in constituency assembly which was peacefully concluded so we regard this as false news...besides, the opposition is no longer in parliament so his case was at best an oversight and at worst misleading

Fourth, his ad hominem against the opposition confirmed our worst fears that he is not an impartial umpire lacking a crucial qualification to be the registrar of political parties

Magufuli has no residual powers to direct the courts how to run their business as much as the courts have no powers to interfere with how the executive carries its business


So we rule Magufuli had violated the doctrine of separation of powers and his presidential orders have no legal effect

The problem not so much in the content or context because he only restated the correct position of the law albeit conveniently overlooking a couple of "caveats" but he ought to have reminded the registrars to respect the law rather than ordering them on what to do because the issues not as straightforward as he thought they were...

Ordering the judiciary is bad governance and he had exercised very poor judgment.


It is horrendous when that misplaced order came on 100 years of the judiciary exuberance and fizzy elation.. albeit they have very little reason to feel in clouds seven as judicial independence is assailed from every angle by executive manipulation, intrusion, interference and bullying...

Magufuli wrongly presumed "kesi ya msingi" is lawful therefore it should not be frustrated by legal challenges but that in certain cases it may be a killer assumption.

For instance, "kesi ya msingi" may be unlawful as a result of law of limitation, lack of jurisdiction or simply "res judicata" being a lower court is asked to adjudicate a matter which was finally disposed of by a superior court or the matter is "functus officio"

"Kesi ya msingi" may be laden with misjoinder of parties or misjoinder of the issues or charges, or requires certificate of law or leave of the court or was lodged in a court lacking jurisdiction or the plaintiffs lacked locus standi or the court was not properly moved to seize of the matter among a slate of legal pitfalls.

Under such circumstances, "kesi ya msingi" may be potentially unlawful deserving facing an ultimate test of preliminary legal challenges to terminate it in the interest of justice ...whereas to order registrars not to entertain appeals may have grave consequences

The courts may waste valuable time deciding a matter which is prohibited by laws...making the whole adjudication a wastage of meager judicial resources.

All these issues are highly technical but we are discussing them because of executive interference unto judiciary ambit which we have already ruled was poor judgement


What we found of much interest is why he prioritized tax disputes and commercial cases over other civil and criminal cases...is the government on the receiving end on such cases is a matter we find very intriguing...if so, litigants against the government may have a reason to worry....

Use It or Lose It

Myra Hindley was one of the most notorious murderers of the twentieth century. Her crimes were almost unbelievably horrific. Yet, one person took it upon himself to visit her regularly while she was in prison.
Lord Longford (1905–2001) was a controversial figure who spent much of his life visiting prisoners, including Myra Hindley. Yet, no one can doubt his compassion and his faithfulness, both to God and to those he visited.
When he died, former prisoners joined hundreds of mourners to say farewell to the man who had spent his life faithfully fighting for society’s outcasts.
He found inspiration in the words of Jesus from today’s passage. On his deathbed he asked his wife, ‘You know what the most important quotation from the Bible is?’ He spoke his last words by answering his own question, quoting the words of Jesus: ‘I was in prison and you came to visit me’ (Matthew 25:36).
Life is not a competition that you have to win. It is not supposed to be a rat race. Life is a huge privilege and an opportunity. God has trusted you with gifts and abilities, which he wants you to use. Use them or lose them. He is faithful to us and he expects us to be faithful to him.

Psalm 18:43-50

God’s faithfulness

‘Be kind,’ said the philosopher Plato, ‘for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.’ The Bible gives us an even stronger reason to always be kind. God is always kind to us. In his faithfulness, he shows us ‘unfailing kindness’ (v.50).
David is able to look back at his life and see how God has shown ‘unfailing kindness’ to him and his children and grandchildren, (‘his descendants’, v.50). God had delivered him from all ‘the attacks of the people’ around (v.43a). He had put him in a position of leadership with great responsibility (v.43b).
He had given David ‘great victories’ (v.50a) and had saved him and exalted him (v.48). David responded in worship (‘I will sing praises to your name’, v.49b), thanking God for his faithfulness to his ‘anointed’ (v.50b).
You also are ‘anointed’ (2 Corinthians 1:21–22; 1 John 2:20). God will show you his ‘unfailing kindness’ (Psalm 18:50). He is kind all the time. And, if you want to be like him, try to be kind to others all the time.

Thank you, Lord, for your faithfulness to me, that you show me unfailing kindness. Help me to be kind to everyone I meet.

Matthew 25:14-46

A life of faithfulness

How can you be ‘faithful’ (vv.21,23)?

Use it or lose it
God is generous and kind. He gives us so much. A ‘talent’ was a huge sum of money – probably equivalent to twenty years’ wages. Even the person with one talent was given much. In the parable, the talent (this is the origin of the English word ‘talent’) represents not only your money but your gifts, skills, time, energy, education, intellect, strength, influence and opportunities.

Be faithful with whatever you have been given. It is no good wishing that you had been given more. You are simply called to do the best you can with what you have.

To be faithful means to use the gifts and abilities that God has given you. I am sometimes tempted to be like the third servant who said, ‘I was afraid’ (v.25). We hide our talents because we are afraid of failure and what others may think of us, or of the hard work and responsibility that may be involved.

It has been said that, ‘The greatest mistake you could make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.’

The servant who received five talents and the one who received two talents must both have had to risk losing it all. Step out in faith, use your gifts and risk failure.

Jesus says, in effect, ‘use them or lose them’ (vv.28–30). If you do the very best with what you have, God will give you more and say, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ (vv.21,23).

See the least and the last as Jesus in disguise
Jesus said, ‘Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me’ (v.40). He tells us that faithfulness to him is shown in what we do for the most vulnerable and most needy in our world (vv.35–36,42–43):

The hungry
Millions of people are dying of starvation. Every time you feed the hungry, you encounter Jesus. Mother Teresa said, ‘The dying, the unwanted, the unloved – they are Jesus in disguise.’

The stranger
To be homeless, a refugee or an asylum seeker must be one of the most painful experiences of life. When you encounter people who are ‘strangers’ and when you look after the homeless, provide them with shelter and invite them into the heart of your community, you encounter Jesus (vv.35b,38).

The sick
Another way in which you can meet Jesus is through ministering to those who are sick, whether they are in hospital, at home or at church. Every time you pray for the sick you have the opportunity to encounter Jesus.

The prisoners
Those in prison often come from the category of ‘the last and the least’ of our society. Jesus challenges us to imitate his grace and acceptance of ‘sinners’. We need to remember that we too are forgiven sinners.

It is a huge privilege to go into the prisons or to care for and mentor ex-offenders. I remember the chaplain general to the prison service saying that when he first went into the prisons he thought he would take Jesus in with him. He soon realised that Jesus was already there. He said that from then on he went into the prisons in order to encounter Jesus.
In all these areas Jesus says, ‘Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me’ (v.40). Jesus tells us that when he comes again in glory there will be a judgment (vv.31–33), and it will involve a separation that will surprise people (v.37,44). How we respond to Jesus has eternal consequences (vv.30,46).

Lord, thank you that when I reach out to the least and the last, I encounter you.