PCCB urges religious leaders to corporate on corruption battle

The Acting PCCB regional commander for Kinondoni Frida Wikesi (Right) speaking to religious leaders in Dar es Salaam recently (Phpto by Hussein Ndubikile)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Elisha Magolanga TUICo, and Hussein Ndubikile TUICo

Religious leaders have been urged to use their position in the society and persuade their followers in the fight against corruption which is on the increase in recent years.

The call was made yesterday by Kinondoni regional Acting PCCB commander Frida Wikesi at a one day seminar on corruption for religious leaders in Dar es Salaam.

She said that due to the lust for quick richness among leaders from all walks of life, corruptions has become rampart in many places, something which can be easily defeated with joint efforts between the government and the religious leaders. 

The Acting commander explained since many people are now more educated on civic education than before, there is also increase and willingness in reportage of corruption acts.

“The fighting against corruption is the obligation of all citizens including religious leaders, it should not be the work of PCCB as some people think, your support is highly needed to make a difference” said Wikesi.

For his part, Full Gospel Bible Fellowship of Coast Diocese Bishop Mtemi Mathias said that some leaders lack fear of God hence involve in corruption acts which is a very set back to social justice, good governance and economic development.

 “It is impossible to end corruption actions if some section of the society including leaders will lack moral ethics which is key to integrity, honest, and dignity” He added.

The Bishop said that PCCB should educate people on the impacts of corruption from the grassroots level so that many people from the local level can get on board in the fight against the menace.

Rev. Wilbert Mwasumbi, who represented the Christian Council of Tanzania, cited poor social services like health, and education as the main sources of corruption through which the executives and leaders solicit bribe at the expense of poor people.

For his part, the Sheikh for Kinondoni District, Mohamed Muhenga said that Tanzanians should build a culture of hating corruption because it is a sin and causes injustice in the society.

He said all religious leaders must use their platforms to preach against corruption because it is against God’s willing.

He urged the ant-corruption body to make sure that it leaves no stone unturned in the war on corruption saying it denied poor people’s rights.

“The poor people are robbed of their rights, and their economy. There is a need to step up our efforts if the battle has to be won” he said.

Commenting on the participation of religion leaders in the battle, Imam for Ndugumbi Masjid, Ibrahim Kibwana said that religion leaders are the most trusted and influential people in the society which means their involvement can easily scale up the fight against corruption.

World Hands Washing Day commemoration peak at Karimjeee

The Secretary General for The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Blandina Nyoni speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam recently.

By Elisha Magolanga, Hussein Ndubikile TUICo

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has prepared the commemoration of the World Hands Washing Day which commemorates on October 15^th each year.

The commemoration peak which will be held in Dar es Salaam at Karimjee grounds and has given the slogan “Hands Washing with Soap, Save Lives”  

The aims of commemoration is to educate and encourage the society about the importance of hands washing with soap to prevent from communicable diseases including cholera, diarrhea, hookworm, eye diseases, fungus as well as air transmitted diseases like cough and pneumonia.

Addressing journalists the Secretary General Blandina Nyoni said that the commemoration will continue to encourage societies on environmental cleaning, research on hygiene habits that will improve health services to the society and facilitating private sectors on the values of hands washing with soap.

     

Blandina said that failure to consider washing hands behavior resulted to spread of diseases where by children under five years are most affected their growth hence mortality rate. 

“The World Health Organization statistics shows that about 1.5 million children die of diarrhea each year while in Tanzania 2010 statistics shows 102,351 under five years    children were transmitted diarrhea diseases whereas 440 among them were died” said Blandina.   

She said that if the society could consider hands washing with soap behavior, death could not happen because the research shows that hands washing with clean water and soap diarrhea could be reduced for 42 to 50 percent as well as 30 percent for air transmitted diseases.

“We are witness of diseases which spread through dirty hands as they disturb our society. This is due to the fact that there is big number of people who do not wash their hands after toilet service, after cleaning toilet, before food preparation, and before eating and feed children” added the Secretary General.

The Ministry of Health urges the general public to have habits of hand washing because the statistics shows that only 20 percent of Tanzanians wash their hands before food preparation and only 13 percent of toilets have hand washing equipments.

“This is the sign that hands washing after toilet service rate are still in low capacity” stressed Blandina.

Tanzania Bema chef's Award at hand

Tanzania Health Food Organisation Chairperson,
Benedict Maato
addresing journalists in Dar es Salaam recently  

By Elisha Magolanga

The Tanzania Health Food Research Organization (TAHEFORO) has introduced the best chef’s award (Bema Chef’s Award Tanzania) that will encourage extending creativity on Tanzanian natural food cooking art which are in danger to disappear.

Addressing to journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday the Chair person Benedict Paul Maatoo said that the competition will be launched recently after completing preparations.

“Our society has abandoned eating our natural foods which has a lot of natural and safety fertilizers for human health, and we prefer using modern package food that are not safe healthily” said the chairperson.     

The award will be competing to obtain the best chefs, hotels, television stations, radio stations, features writers, and researchers that will deal with Tanzanian natural food.

“We will offer award to the best television station that will show and encourage natural food cooking art programs” added Maato.   

According to TAHEFORO research, there are some forest fruits, local beers, and vegetables like mushroom had ignored to be used by some members of the society hence become unknown to current generation.

The Secretary General of TAHEFORO, Dr. Gabriel T. Ndunguru said that there is a possibility of loosing nature drinks since modern culture has affected the new generation hence ignored using local beer.

Dr. Ndunguru urges researcher to volunteer in conducting research in order to rescue the nation from ignoring natural food which are very secure for human kind health.

Fire accident burn Star Times equipments

The Star Tumes generator and others equipment
burned by fire accident in Dar es Salaam
this afternoon (Photo by Elisha Magolanga)

By Elisha Magolanga

The fire accident has occurred yesterday in Dare s Salaam at the Star Times Company office after blasting of TANESCO electricity transformer and burn generator and others equipment which the total cost still unknown.

The incidence happened two times now as the day before yesterday another transformer was blasted and burn one of TANESCO technician.

Speaking to this paper the Deputy Executive Supplying Director for TANESCO Eng. Felchesim Mramba said that in Tuesday another transformer was exploded at the same place and they decided to change another one which also has busted out two ours after fixing completed.

“The real technical source of the problem is not known and we will make the technicians team to find out the problem and we will inform the mass, may be the Star Times equipments system is wrong hence the incidence happen twice” said Eng. Mramba.

On the other side, the Chief Executive Officer of Star times, William Lan said that the fire accident has caused by TANESCO since it happen two times now and promised to solve the problem immediately as possible.

“The problem is not Star Times but electricity power supply because two hours after fixing a new transformer it blasted again” added Lan.

He added that the check up will first made to know what exactly source of the problem and which equipments has damaged for making process of solving the problem.

The company has apologized to the customers and promise to take immediate efforts to solve the problem as well as to request changing of transformer the position since the generator being nears the transformer is very dangerous.

During exclusive interview with The Guardian, the Police Commander of Kinondoni district Charles Kanyela has justified the presence of accident where by the he mentioned TANESCO transformer as the source of fire 

“The fire has controlled off by the Knight Support fire army in assistance to TANESCO. No people damaged in this incidence but the total cost is not known and the investigation will proceed to prove the source of the problem” said Kanyela