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Five grand corruption `sharks` named
IPP Limited Executive Chairman Reginald Mengi yesterday named five people he described as ``notoriously corrupt sharks``.

He also called on the public to be more courageous in stamping out corruption, a monster he said has been eating up Tanzania’s resources and stealing people`s precious time.

Addressing a news conference in Dar es Salaam, Mengi said the country was facing serious problems due to grand corruption and was ``troubled by the fact that the people involved in acts of corruption do not want to be touched``.

He explained that the “notoriously corrupt people” were involved in almost all scandals the country has been witnessing.

These include those revolving around the Richmond and Dowans emergency power generation contracts, the Bank of Tanzania`s external payment arrears account (EPA), purchases of military helicopters and vehicles, the presidential jet, Radar, National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF) and National Lottery.

Here is the full text of the statement the IPP Executive Chairman issued at yesterday`s news conference:
``Our country is currently facing a huge problem of corruption and is troubled by the fact that the people involved in acts of corruption do not what to be touched.

The resolve by our President, His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, to fight corruption and all other evils has shaken these people and they are now determined more than ever to combat all the people who are supporting the President in stopping further plunder of our country`s resources.

``Tanzanians should know that people who are being accused of being corrupt in our country do not exceed ten, and out of the ten, five are being accused of being notoriously corrupt - ``corrupt sharks``.

``These are: Rostam Aziz, Tanil Somaiya, Yusuf Manji, Jeethu Patel and Subash Patel.

These people are being accused of stealing billions of public money, and to make this worse, the billions have been transferred out of the country.

``These notoriously corrupt people are involved in almost all scandals that have happened in our country, including those concerning Richmond, EPA, Dowans, Army helicopters and vehicles, the Presidential Jet, Radar, NSSF, PSPF, National Lottery etc, etc.

``The great efforts of His Excellency the President to hasten economic development and better living for every Tanzanian are weakened by the horrendous theft of national resources.

A great majority of Tanzanians still face extreme poverty; they are unable to determine where the one meal a day is going to come from.

To make things worse, where a Tanzanian with better means provides assistance to lessen hardship within the society and to eradicate poverty, these people involved in corruption allege that such assistance has political agenda. They want Tanzanians to starve or die as a result of other problems.

``It seems that their aim now is to cause national havoc; it will not be surprising to learn that these people support what is behind DECI while Tanzanians remain chasing Pastors instead of asking themselves the real source of the havoc.

``These notoriously corrupt people are not only stealing our national resources; they are also stealing our precious time.

Instead of using our time for economic development we are using most of it to combat corruption.

``Our efforts have failed to even cause a dent; instead these corrupt people have been hardened in their determination.

They have established newspapers that are abusive and treat Tanzanians with contempt.

``They have created a scenario where the thief chases and attacks the person from whom he has stolen.

Even as Tanzanians continue to cry foul, the notoriously corrupt people continue to use their ill-obtained wealth to influence the granting of big contracts to them often in different names.

``Millions of Tanzanians are combating corruption, but there are a few who have come forward vehemently and are known by their names.

The notoriously corrupt people have been heard to say that they will annihilate these vehement combatants.

``The notoriously corrupt people should know that if the combatants are harmed in any way in this country or any other country, they will be answerable to the people of Tanzania.

``We Tanzanians must now ask ourselves - what gives these notoriously corrupt people the audacity to treat Tanzanians with contempt?

``I would like to conclude by saying that all corrupt people and especially those who are being accused of notorious corruption must be dealt with conclusively, otherwise they will rock the stability of our nation. We must realise that we have now reached the stage when we must say enough is enough.``
SOURCE: Guardian
2009-04-24 12:52:23
By Patrick Kisembo

Taarifa ya Serikali Kuhusu Ugonjwa wa Mafua ya Nguruwe

Wizara ya Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii

Tarehe 28 Aprili 2009

TAARIFA KWA UMMA KUHUSU UGONJWA WA MAFUA YA NGURUWE
(SWINE INFLUENZA/FLU)

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Utangulizi
Mafua ya Nguruwe ni ugonjwa wa njia ya hewa kwa nguruwe unaosababishwa na virusi (type A influenza viruses) ambavyo mara nyingi husababisha mlipuko wa ugonjwa huo kwa nguruwe.
Kwa kawaida watu hawapati ugonjwa huo wa mafua ya nguruwe lakini maambukizi kwa binadamu huwa yanatokea. Hata hivyo ilishawahi kuripotiwa kuwepo kwa maambukizi kwa binadamu kati ya mtu na mtu.

Nchi ambazo ugonjwa huu umeripotiwa
Kuanzia mwezi Machi mwaka huu hadi sasa, nchi 8 zilizotoa ripoti ya ugonjwa huu kama ifuatavyo: Mexico – wagonjwa 1,614 (suspected and confirmed) na vifo 106; Marekani – wagonjwa 20 (confirmed); Canada - wagonjwa 6; New Zealand – wagonjwa 13 (suspected); Spain – wagonjwa 7 (suspected); France – mgonjwa 1 (suspected); Israel – mgonjwa 1 (suspected); na Brazil – mgonjwa 1 (suspected).

Mafua ya Nguruwe yanavyoambukizwa
Katika wanyama, kati ya nguruwe na nguruwe ugonjwa huo unaambukiza kwa wanyama kuwa karibu na pia kugusana na kitu chenye virusi vya ugonjwa huo. Aidha ugonjwa huo unaweza kuambukiza kati ya nguruwe kwa nguruwe, nguruwe kwa binadamu, binadamu kwa nguruwe, na binadamu kwa binadamu.

Dalili za ugonjwa huu kwa binadamu
Dalili za ugonjwa wa mafua ya nguruwe kwa binadamu ni sawa na dalili za mafua ya kawaida kwa binadamu pamoja na homa, kukohoa, maumivu ya koo, kukosa hamu ya chakula, maumivu ya mwili, kuumwa kichwa, kutetemeka baridi na mwili kuchoka. Kwa baadhi ya watu huharisha na kutapika. Aidha wagonjwa wengine huzidiwa na kupata vichomi (pneumonia), kushindwa kupumua na kusababisha kifo.

Dalili za ugonjwa huu kwa nguruwe
Dalili za ugonjwa kwa nguruwe ni kama ifuatavyo: Homa ya ghafla, mfadhaiko/kuzubaa, kukohoa, mafua, kupiga chafya, kupumua kwa shida, macho kuwa mekundu, na kukataa kula.

Jinsi virusi vya mafua ya nguruwe vinavyoenea kwa binadamu
Ugonjwa unaweza kuambukiza kati nguruwe na bindamu kwa kuwa karibu au kumgusa nguruwe mwenye ugonjwa.

Virusi huenea kutoka kwa mtu kwenda kwa mwingine kwa njia ya hewa kwa kukohoa na kupiga chafya; kugusa kitu chenye virusi hivyo na kujigusa mdomo au pua.

Mtu mwenye ugonjwa huo anaweza kuambukiza wengine siku moja kabla ya dalili za ugonjwa kujitokeza hadi siku saba (7) au zaidi baada ya kuwa mgonjwa. Kwa hiyo mtu anaweza kumwambukiza mwingine kabla ya yeye kujua kama anaumwa na wakati akiwa mgonjwa

Je unaweza kupata ugonjwa wa mafua ya nguruwe kwa kula nyama ya nguruwe?
Huwezi kupata ugonjwa wa mafua ya nguruwe kwa kula nyama ya nguruwe iliyotayarishwa na kupikwa vizuri (nyuzo joto 100 centigrade). Hata hivyo inatakiwa kuchukua tahadhari wakati wa maandalizi kabla nyama haijapikwa.

Jinsi ya kujikinga na ugonjwa wa mafua ya nguruwe

• Kitu muhimu cha kwanza ni Kunawa mikono vizuri kwa sabuni na maji mara kwa mara
• Kuepuka kuwa karibu na watu wanaonekana kuwa na dalili za ugonjwa huo
• Zuia mdomo na pua kwa kitambaa au karatasi laini wakati unapokohoa au kupiga chafya
• Kuepuka kushika macho, pua na mdomo
• Kufuata kanuni za afya bora kwa mfano kufanya mazoezi ya viungo, kupumzika vizuri, kula chakula bora, n.k.

Jinsi ya kutambua na kuthibitisha ugonjwa wa mafua ya nguruwe
Baada ya mtu kuhisihiwa kuwa na ugonjwa, sampuli huweza kuchukuliwa na kuthibitisha katika maabara maalumu. Hapa nchini maabara hiyo ipo katika jengo la Taasisi ya Kitaifa ya Utafiti wa Magonjwa ya Binadamu (NIMR/National Influenza Centre).

Tanzania tumejenga uwezo wa kuyatambua magonjwa kama haya hapa nchini baada ya kuwepo maabara za kisasa za kufanyia uchunguzi.

Tiba ya ugonjwa huu
Ugonjwa wa mafua ya nguruwe unatibika na kuzuia kwa dawa aina ya Tamiflu au Zanamivir. Hakuna chanjo kwa binadamu.

Tunawasiliana na Shirika la Afya Duniani hapa nchini ili tuweze kupata dawa za kudhibiti ugonjwa huu.

Hatua zinazochukuliwa na Wizara

• Kutekeleza mikakati ya kuimarisha ufuatiliaji hasa katika viwanja vya ndege na vituo vya mipakani
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• Kuwasiliana na mikoa pamoja na wilaya kuchukua tahadhari
• Vifaa kinga vipo vya kutosha kwa makundi maalumu ambayo yatahusika kwa karibu iwapo ugonjwa unatokea