CNN: 'Don't use birth control,' Tanzania's President tells women in the country

[Mwingereza]

Rais wetu Mpendwa Dr. Pombe on CNN tena kwa mabaya. Tumekuwa kichecho cha Dunia. Tena Front Page

'Don't use birth control,' Tanzania's President tells women in the country

'Don't use birth control,' Tanzania's President tells women in the country

Tanzanian President John Magufuli urges citizens to keep reproducing​

(CNN)Tanzania's President John Magufuli has told women in the East African nation to stop taking birth control pills because the country needs more people, according to local media reports.

"Women can now give up contraceptive methods," Magufuli said.

"Those going for family planning are lazy ... they are afraid they will not be able to feed their children. They do not want to work hard to feed a large family and that is why they opt for birth controls and end up with one or two children only," he said at a public rally on Sunday.

He was quoted in a local newspaper, The Citizen, as saying that those advocating for birth control were foreign and had sinister motives.

Magufuli urged citizens to keep reproducing as the government was investing in maternal health and opening new district hospitals.

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative for Tanzania, Jacqueline Mahon, was present when Magufuli made his comments, reports said.

CNN has reached out to the UNFPA for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

"I have traveled to Europe and I have seen the effects of birth control. In some countries they are now struggling with declining population. They have no labor force," the Citizen newspaper quoted him as saying.

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Tanzania's population is around 53 million people, and 70% of them living on less than $2 a day, according to a 2015 World Bank report.

"You have cattle. You are big farmers. You can feed your children. Why then resort to birth control?" he asked. "This is my opinion, I see no reason to control births in Tanzania," Magufuli, who has two children, said.

Opposition MP Cecil Mwambe criticized the President's comments, saying they were against the country's health policy.

President Magufuli is known as 'The Bulldozer' for his tough stance against corruption and his hardline policies, which include denying education to schoolgirls who become pregnant.

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In another development, the speaker of the Tanzanian parliament banned female lawmakers from wearing fake nails and eyelashes in parliament.

"With the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, I now ban all MPs with false eyelashes and false finger nails from stepping into Parliament," Job Ndugai said, a day after Magufuli's comments.

The new rules also ban women MPs from wearing short dresses and jeans. Female visitors to parliament are also expected to adhere to the dress code.

 

[Glenn]

Haya sio mabaya kuzaa ni asili yetu tuukubali ukweli, mimi sio timu Magu lkn ni ukweli mtupu sisi ni wakuzaana tu na tunaweza kweli kweli

 

[Daimler]

Wewe ndiye umekuwa kicheko kwao siyo sisi. Wao Trump wao anajichanganya kila siku mpaka Wamarekani wnyewe wanalalamika kuwa Trump hamnazo, sasa wewe unadhani kuna issue hapo? Udaku tu huu. Ungekuwa South Africa ambako Mbeki alidai haamini mapenzi ndio yanayosababisha maambukizi ya VVU, si ungekufa?

 

[Mr Mikazo]

Ndo maana mnaitwa local reporters

 

[mulwanaka]

This a shame to our nation, yoyote angesema lkn asingekua Raisi wetu, inaonyesha Raisi kwamba hana international exposure.

 

[JF Member]

This a shame to our nation, yoyote angesema lkn asingekua Raisi wetu, inaonyesha Raisi kwamba hana international exposure.

Duh. Tukiwa na watu kama ninyi tutakuwa tucopi kila kitu kwa wazungu. Kisa international exposure.

 

[Lord Diplock MR]

Hii aibu gani hii? Huyo aliyemuambia Magu kuwa uzazi wa mpango ni kutokuzaa amempotosha. Uzazi wa mpango ni nyenzo ya kumpa binadamu freedom of choice inapokuja kwenye familia. Uzazi wa mpango unamsaidia mtu kuamua lini azae na idadi gani ya watoto na jinsia gani.

Lazima tukubali kuwa uzaaji usio na mpangilio umepitwa na wakati. Siyo kila tendo la ndoa lipelekee mimba mengine yatumike kama burudani. Mtu hutegemei unasikia wife anasema ana mimba lazima vizuizi vitumike na hata kama tutazaa watoto saba lazima kuwepo mpangilio siyo wa kwanza ana mwaka mmoja unapata wa pili no no no

 

[JF Member]

Waache waandike. Naona wanaandika hadi sketi fupi. Gazeti kama hili ni vichekesho kweli. Waandike basi na mirandi inayozindua.

 

[sheiza]

This a shame to our nation, yoyote angesema lkn asingekua Raisi wetu, inaonyesha Raisi kwamba hana international exposure.

He is african president exposure ndio itajenga sgr, exposure itanunua ndege, zamani hakukuwa hata na madawa ya uzazi..siku hizi imekuwa mateso kwa wanawake..mara kansa za mlango wa uzazi, mara fibroids..lengo ni kuendelea kupunguza Waafrika huku unaambiwa usizaliane unapewa dawa za kumalizwa.

 

[Son of Gamba]

Imeandikwa; "enendeni mkazaliane mkaongezeke mkaijaze dunuia",....... waacheni watu wazaliane wapendavyo, kwani ni agizo la MUNGU na siyo agizo la wanadamu. Waacheni Watanzania wazaliane mpaka mayai ya uzazi yaishe, ninyi CNN hangaikeni na Rais wenu "chizi" Donald Trump!

 

[Msengapavi]

This a shame to our nation, yoyote angesema lkn asingekua Raisi wetu, inaonyesha Raisi kwamba hana international exposure.

Seriously jamaa anatufanya wote tunakuwa kichekesho kwa mataifa!

 

[Lutifya]

Duh. Tukiwa na watu kama ninyi tutakuwa tucopi kila kitu kwa wazungu.. Kisa international exposure.

Zaa au totoa kama panya lakini usitegemee mlo kwa jirani .

 

[RECEIPT]

Lazima ushangilie kwa kuwa unakula chipsi mayai. Unategemea uzae kwa kula chipsi? Vijijini wanakolima na kila vizuri wanazaa hadi 10. Nenda katavi, kigoma, KAGERA, Iringa na ruvuma. Wewe ukipiga kamora tu uko hoi unategemea kuzaa?

 

[Lord Diplock MR]

This a shame to our nation, yoyote angesema lkn asingekua Raisi wetu, inaonyesha Raisi kwamba hana international exposure.

Ni kweli ni aibu hii yaani mkuu wa nchi anaongea mambo kama haya at the same time kampeni ya uzazi wa mpango ipo nchi nzima na kila redio ukifungulia hazipiti dk tano hujasikia tangazo uzazi wa mpango hii maana yake nini?

Halafu anajisifu ametembea ulaya eti hakuna nguvu kazi wakati nchi za ulaya kuna watu wengi tu hawana ajira.

 

[lukesam]

Rais wetu wala usione aibu,tembea kifua 'mbere'.

Hayo mambo ya kuzaa kwa mpango yangekuwepo tangu mwanzo pengine leo mimi nisingekuwepo.​

 

[Regnatus Cletus]

Maneno yanatoka bila breki.

 

[Quinine]

Hii ni aibu tupende tusipende tutamtetea tu kwa vile ni rais wetu lkn tukubali rais kachemka hana break ya mdomo, kuna vingine havitakiwi kusemwa na kiongozi wa kitaifa kama yeye, kwanza ni against national health policy,

Dunia nzima inaimba uzazi wa mpango kwa nini sisi tutake kujitenga na dunia.

 

[Kiranga]

World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision | Multimedia Library - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations

World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision
21 June 2017

The current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report being launched today. With roughly 83 million people being added to the world’s population every year, the upward trend in population size is expected to continue, even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline.

The World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, provides a comprehensive review of global demographic trends and prospects for the future. The information is essential to guide policies aimed at achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals.

Shifts in country population rankings

The new projections include some notable findings at the country level. China (with 1.4 billion inhabitants) and India (1.3 billion inhabitants) remain the two most populous countries, comprising 19 and 18% of the total global population. In roughly seven years, or around 2024, the population of India is expected to surpass that of China.

Among the ten largest countries worldwide, Nigeria is growing the most rapidly. Consequently, the population of Nigeria, currently the world’s 7th largest, is projected to surpass that of the United States and become the third largest country in the world shortly before 2050.

Most of the global increase is attributable to a small number of countries

From 2017 to 2050, it is expected that half of the world’s population growth will be concentrated in just nine countries: India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Uganda and Indonesia (ordered by their expected contribution to total growth).

The group of 47 least developed countries (LDCs) continues to have a relatively high level of fertility, which stood at 4.3 births per woman in 2010-2015. As a result, the population of these countries has been growing rapidly, at around 2.4 % per year. Although this rate of increase is expected to slow significantly over the coming decades, the combined population of the LDCs, roughly one billion in 2017, is projected to increase by 33 % between 2017 and 2030, and to reach 1.9 billion persons in 2050.

Similarly, Africa continues to experience high rates of population growth. Between 2017 and 2050, the populations of 26 African countries are projected to expand to at least double their current size.

The concentration of global population growth in the poorest countries presents a considerable challenge to governments in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which seeks to end poverty and hunger, expand and update health and education systems, achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, reduce inequality and ensure that no one is left behind.

Slower world population growth due to lower fertility rates

In recent years, fertility has declined in nearly all regions of the world. Even in Africa, where fertility levels are the highest of any region, total fertility has fallen from 5.1 births per woman in 2000-2005 to 4.7 in 2010-2015.

Europe has been an exception to this trend in recent years, with total fertility increasing from 1.4 births per woman in 2000-2005 to 1.6 in 2010-2015.

More and more countries now have fertility rates below the level required for the replacement of successive generations (roughly 2.1 births per woman), and some have been in this situation for several decades. During 2010-2015, fertility was below the replacement level in 83 countries comprising 46 % of the world’s population. The ten most populous countries in this group are China, the United States of America, Brazil, the Russian Federation, Japan, Viet Nam, Germany, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Thailand, and the United Kingdom (in order of population size).

Lower fertility leads also to ageing populations

The report highlights that a reduction in the fertility level results not only in a slower pace of population growth but also in an older population.

Compared to 2017, the number of persons aged 60 or above is expected to more than double by 2050 and to more than triple by 2100, rising from 962 million globally in 2017 to 2.1 billion in 2050 and 3.1 billion in 2100.

In Europe, 25% of the population is already aged 60 years or over. That proportion is projected to reach 35% in 2050 and to remain around that level in the second half of the century. Populations in other regions are also projected to age significantly over the next several decades and continuing through 2100. Africa, for example, which has the youngest age distribution of any region, is projected to experience a rapid ageing of its population. Although the African population will remain relatively young for several more decades, the percentage of its population aged 60 or over is expected to rise from 5% in 2017 to around 9% in 2050, and then to nearly 20% by the end of the century.

Globally, the number of persons aged 80 or over is projected to triple by 2050, from 137 million in 2017 to 425 million in 2050. By 2100 it is expected to increase to 909 million, nearly seven times its value in 2017.

Population ageing is projected to have a profound effect on societies, underscoring the fiscal and political pressures that the health care, old-age pension and social protection systems of many countries are likely to face in the coming decades.

Higher life expectancy worldwide

Substantial improvements in life expectancy have occurred in recent years. Globally, life expectancy at birth has risen from 65 years for men and 69 years for women in 2000-2005 to 69 years for men and 73 years for women in 2010-2015. Nevertheless, large disparities across countries remain.

Although all regions shared in the recent rise of life expectancy, the greatest gains were for Africa, where life expectancy rose by 6.6 years between 2000-2005 and 2010-2015 after rising by less than 2 years over the previous decade.

The gap in life expectancy at birth between the least developed countries and other developing countries narrowed from 11 years in 2000-2005 to 8 years in 2010-2015. Although differences in life expectancy across regions and income groups are projected to persist in future years, such differences are expected to diminish significantly by 2045-2050.

The increased level and reduced variability in life expectancy have been due to many factors, including a lower under-five mortality rate, which fell by more than 30 % in 89 countries between 2000-2005 and 2010-2015. Other factors include continuing reductions in fatalities due to HIV/AIDS and progress in combating other infectious as well as non-communicable diseases.

Large movements of refugees and other migrants

There continue to be large movements of migrants between regions, often from low- and middle-income countries toward high-income countries. The volume of the net inflow of migrants to high-income countries in 2010-2015 (3.2 million per year) represented a decline from a peak attained in 2005-2010 (4.5 million per year). Although international migration at or around current levels will be insufficient to compensate fully for the expected loss of population tied to low levels of fertility, especially in the European region, the movement of people between countries can help attenuate some of the adverse consequences of population ageing.

The report observes that the Syrian refugee crisis has had a major impact on levels and patterns of international migration in recent years, affecting several countries. The estimated net outflow from the Syrian Arab Republic was 4.2 million persons in 2010-2015. Most of these refugees went to Syria’s neighbouring countries, contributing to a substantial increase in the net inflow of migrants especially to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

Related information

• World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision

 

[Lord Diplock MR]

Seriously jamaa anatufanya wote tunakuwa kichekesho kwa mataifa!

Ametuaibisha sana kiukweli aisee so sad, iam devastated!

 

[Lord Diplock MR]

Lazima ushangilie kwa kuwa unakula chipsi mayai. Unategemea uzae kwa kula chipsi? Vijijini wanakolima na kila vizuri wanazaa hadi 10. Nenda katavi, kigoma, KAGERA, Iringa na ruvuma. Wewe ukipiga kamora tu uko hoi unategemea kuzaa??

Wamezaa kumi ndiyo hawa watoto wao wanakimbilia mjini kuwa mahouse girl na mahouse boy, wengine ndiyo hawa ombaomba. Sasa mtu kama huyu anayeombaomba na watoto watano alikuwa na ulazima gani wa kuzaa? Angefunga kizazi akatulia zake angeonekana hajakamilika? Kama mtu huna uwezo wa kutunza na kuhudumia its better ufe bila mtoto kuzaa its not mandatory. Hata biblia inaposema enendeni duniani mkazaliane haimaanishi kila mtu lazima azae, ndiyo maana kuna manabii na mitume wengi tu walikufa bila watoto.