Wakionekana katika nyuso za furaha ni baadhi ya wahitimu wa shahada ya kwanza ya uandishi wa habari chuoni Tumaini wakiwa katika picha ya pamoja mara baada ya kutunukiwa shahada zao.

TUMETHUBUTU,TUMEWEZA,TUNAZIDI KUSONGA MBELE

MAONYESHO YA MIAKA 50 YA UHURU IRINGA(BANDA LA CHUO KIKUU CHA TUMAINI

TUTSo conducts voting Campaign for Mt. Kilimanjaro

By Kibyelu Kikali

Tumaini University Tourism Society, (TUTSo) is carry out a vigorous campaign to convince people to vote for Mount Kili­manjaro to be among the new sev­en natural wonders of the world.

The Switzerland based Com­pany dubbed as ‘New7Wonders’ which oversees the exercise list­ed Mount Kilimanjaro among the finalists of the new 7 wonders of nature whereas people can ei­ther vote online or by sending Small Message Service (SMS).

“We have been campaigning since the second of November for the mountain to be voted in. Our campaign will end on eleventh (11th) this month”, said Gothard Pagungile, the TUTSo president.

In fulfilling the mission, TUT­So has allocated some inter­net connected computers in the old library and a team that guides people to vote properly.

For the online voting, people can go to http;//www.new7­wonders.com/archives/won­der/Kilimanjaro to register the vote while for the SMS, one can a keyword KILI to number 15771 for all cellular networks.

Another option is voting by in­ternational telephone by dialing one of these international num­bers: +23 9220 1055 or +1 869 760 5990 or +1 649 339 8080 or +44 758 900 1290. When you dial at the end of the message, after a tone, insert the code 7716 for Kilimanjaro. When you here a thank you message you are done. Some phone companies in Tan­zania offer the service for free, while others charge up to Tshs 300/- per SMS. One can vote as many times as possible.

Pangungile said, even though the process began in June this year, at campus the exer­cise started early this month.

“We are encouraged that the campaign bares fruits because through the fliers and posters are persuaded to vote” said Pa­gungile adding that “In the first five days more than five hun­dred (500) people have voted”.

“I have voted to show patrio­tism to my country… if the mountain wins will attract more tourists to our country and earn us foreign currency” said Evance Bonephace (BACD 1).

However students expressed to face the challenged of balancing between class schedules and the task of accomplishing their mission to see Mount Kilimanjaro wins.

50 years of independence

By Ricardo John

The claims of student’s funds mis­appropriation facing the former TUSO –IUCo President John Juma Kanyolo is now under the hands of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB).

PCCB is investigating the pos­sible misuse of money that forced the impeachment of the former TUSO-IUCo president as ex­posed by the then sucked Gen­eral Secretary Geoffrey Kunambi.

Speaking to Tumaini Weekly, the seating TUSO-IUCo President, Method Kagoma said PCCB are investigating the matter and have already started going through the documents related to the opera­tion of the National Microfinance Bank (NMB) and National Bank of Commerce (NMB) accounts.

“If you want more explanations you can consult the Speaker

 (TUS­ RC) since my office have given to them a go ahead to deal with the issue” explained President

The matter seems to take long to be resolved and some stu­dents are now raising question on why to date no any audi­tors report has been released.

The TUSRC Speaker, Henry Mwinuka told Tumaini Weekly that at University level, the mat­ter is at the office of the Deputy Provost Administration, Ordina­tion Mgongolwa for follow up.

“We wrote the letter via the Dean of Students, Rev.Oswald Ndelwa requesting that they should not give certificates to the alleged previous leaders but no any answer was so far given” lamented the Speaker.

The efforts by Tumaini Weekly to get explanations form the DPA was fruitless as he was not in office.

Let’s observe patriotism to lift up our development

Its fifty years since our county achieved independence from German. On 9, December 1961, Tanzania under the leadership of the late Mwl. Julius Nyerere became an independent country. The problem remained was un­derdevelopment, this was a result of colonial legacy to not only Tanzania but also other African countries.

We still have the challenge of lacking enough capital to run our schemes including agricultural schemes, but this should not discourage us with our mission in growing our economy. What we need is to know the ob­stacles of the development.

The illiteracy class is the one which is in a position to bring changes to the country. The most important things for the development of any county are accountability and patriotism. We as the educated class need to have love and respect to our country. These two, in the combination with personal morality will make the civil servants and the leaders to behave in accountability manner.

The dishonest practices like scam and corruption are the great enemies of our country’s economy. Many corruption cases have been experienced in our country; these are those which including the prominent leaders who are expected to mobilize strategic plans for sustained development.

We Tumaini University, the educational institution also have the great role to bring changes in our society as well as the whole nation. As we participated in the fifth independence exhibition in Iringa region, we need to make sure we bring positive changes in our society.

Tumaini University extends its branches and accredits its colleges to University status. This is very beneficial thing to the students, the staff and the whole country at large as it widens the chance to the people to attain high education.

The incensement of the educated people should also rise simultaneously with the spirit of patriotism to our societies and the country as well. Tu­maini University and its branches are therefore supposed to prepare the future leaders who will effectively be responsible to bring development to our country.

We believe that Tumaini is one of the universities in Tanzania that shapes the students to be good future leaders, but still there is a need to shape them in more patriotic manner. This will contribute to the termina­tion of the scam and dishonest in the government and its system as well.