East African Federation (EAF) public Views

Cash incentives for returning Burundian exiles

2007-07-05
By Guardian Reporter


The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in collaboration with Burundi, Tanzania, key donors, UN Agencies and operational partners are launching a new measure as part of efforts to promote voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees to their home country.

A statement released by the UNHCR in Dar es Salaam yesterday said a cash grant would be availed to every registered refugee returning home from the four Burundian camps in northwestern Tanzania.

`The individual cash grant amounting to Burundian francs 50,000 (about 46 US dollars) per returnee will complement the assistance presently provided upon arrival in Burundi, namely household items plus four months food ration,` it stated.

The grant will assist returning refugees to restart life back home where socio-economic conditions continue to be difficult, the statement said.

It reads: `The cash grant will be available on a `first come first served basis,` subject to the availability of funds.` It said the cash grant programme will commence on July 10 this year.

`The money will be distributed to returnees through a network of local co-operatives (COOPEC) upon arrival in Burundi,` read the statement. All measures for proper implementation and monitoring have been put in place both in Burundi and Tanzania,` it said.

Judging by the pace of return in past years, UNHCR anticipates an increase in the number of Burundian refugees wishing to go home in between July and November following the end of the school year, rainy and harvest seasons.

The UNHCR 2007 planning figure for voluntary repatriation has been set at 60,000 returns from Tanzania. Since the beginning of the year, 3,539 Burundians have been repatriated from Tanzania under the auspices of UNHCR.

The announcement on introduction of the additional measure has been welcomed by both the Tanzanian and Burundi governments as a timely initiative of promoting the voluntary repatriation of the exiles and facilitating their initial stage of reintegration.

There are currently 153,000 Burundian refugees living in camps in northwestern Tanzania. Since UNHCR started to facilitate the return of Burundians in 2002, some 300,000 Burundians - mainly returnees from Tanzania - have come back home.
SOURCE: Guardian

Languages condition for EAC

Story by PETER NGARE
Publication Date: 7/5/2007

Rwanda and Burundi will have to promote the use of Kiswahili and English by their citizens as a condition for joining the East African Community (EAC).

This is one of the conditions laid for the two French speaking states before they were allowed to join EAC last month, East African Affairs minister John Koech said yesterday.

The two countries assumed full membership of the community on Sunday after they signed the accession treaty during an extraordinary summit in Uganda last month.

Other conditions include making equal contributions as other partner states to EAC secretariat kitty, appointing ministers in charge of the East African Affairs and nine members each to represent them in the East African Legislative Assembly. This will bring the total number of MPs in the assembly to 45, up from 27.

They will also appoint two judges to the East African Court of Justice.

Mr Koech said Rwanda and Burundi will also have to synchronise their fiscal years to run from June as is the practice with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Currently, the financial year in Rwanda and Burundi runs from January to December.

Implement legislation

He said the two new member states have 12 months to implement legislation, policies, protocols and programmes already realised by the community.

The new partner states will also be required to participate in all the institutions, projects and programmes of the EAC including the Customs Union. This will open up their markets for goods from other member states.

At the same time, the minister announced a pay increase for members of the East African legislature and judges seconded to the regional Court of Justice.

The assembly’s speaker, who has been earning a basic salary Sh160,800, will now get Sh335,000.

He will also enjoy a host of allowances including Sh20,100 for entertainment, responsibility Sh20,100, transport Sh33,500 monthly.

The minister said EALA members will now earn Sh221,100 as basic salary, up from 147,400.

They will also be entitled to a sitting allowance of Sh10,720, daily per diem of Sh16,750 during sessions, subsistence daily allowance of Sh16,750 and Sh33,500 for transport.

The judges seconded to the East African Court of Justice will now earn a monthly salary of Sh67,000 plus a subsistence allowance of Sh16,750.

The court’s president and his deputy will be entitled to a subsistence allowance of Sh20,100 and Sh18,425 respectively.

The new pay for judges is on top of what they earn in their home countries.

Previously, they were only entitled to a daily per diem of Sh20,100 and Sh16,750 sitting allowance plus an annual pay of Sh13,400 as robe allowance that has now been adjusted upward to Sh20,100.

Wasomi: Watanzania wanapenda shirikisho, lakini...

NA LEON BAHATI

WASOMI na wanasiasa nchini, wamesema kuwa kimsingi Watanzania wanapenda liundwe Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki, lakini wanapenda yaandaliwe mazingira yatakayolinda maslahi yao.

Wakizungumza katika mjadala ulioandaliwa na Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Idara ya Sayansi ya Siasa na Utawala kupitia Mpango wa Utafiti na Elimu ya Demokrasia Tanzania (REDET), walisema kuwa hakuna haja ya kuharakisha kuundwa kwa shirikisho hilo.

Mmoja wa watoa mada, Fundikira James, alisema kuwa wananchi wanataka wapewe muda wa kuelimishwa juu ya shirikisho, ili watoe uamuzi muafaka huku wakijua jinsi ya kukabiliana na changamoto za shirikisho. Mmoja wa wahadhiri wa UDSM, Laurian Mugaro, alisema kuwa utafiti unaonyesha kuwa wananchi wengi hawajaandaliwa vya kutosha kuweza kujua faida na hasara za shirikisho.

Wajumbe kadhaa waliochangia, walisema kuwa ni hatari kubwa kwa shirikisho kuharakishwa wakati nchi zinazoliunda zina tofauti kubwa za kiuchumi, kisiasa na kiutamaduni.

Walitaka pia Tanzania kusahihisha kwanza kasoro za muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar, kwa kuwa kuna hatari ya kusababisha malumbano mengi yatakayohusu haki na maslahi ya pande zote kwenye shirikisho.

Katika hatua nyingine, Katibu Mkuu wa TADEA, Juma Khatib, alisema kuwa ameshangazwa na kitendo cha viongozi wakuu wa Afrika Mashariki kuwa mstari wa mbele katika kupinga shirikisho la nchi za bara la Afrika, wakati wao wamekuwa kimbelembele kwa kutaka uharakishwe kwenye eneo lao.

Let East Africans elect their MPs


Publication Date: 2007/07/07
A new report on the East African Community makes some significant recommendations that deserve serious attention. Among these is the proposal to allow East Africans to directly elect their representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly.

This is a major departure from the current practice that has several flaws and has been a serious setback on the path towards real integration.

In the current practice, Eala MPs are nominated by parliamentary parties, which completely locks out the citizens in making decision on their representatives. At the party level, this has been turned into a tool for rewarding loyalists, not the people who will articulate the views and feelings of their country at the Arusha caucus. The end result is that we have people who should not have been anybody's Member of Parliament sitting at the Eala.

Moreover, the MPs find themselves indebted to the parties that nominated them, which denies them the freedom and independence they need to discharge their duties at the regional assembly.

For Kenya, there was even a worst case scenario when power brokers in the ruling National Rainbow Coalition forced through some names as the party's representatives at Eala, which names were thrown out by the regional court, leading to a standoff for several months.

It was only last month that Kenya finally sent its representatives to the regional assembly, again after Narc bulldozed its way in Parliament and had its nominees approved by the August House.

The rancour that unfolded and the disdain with which the nominees were received were clear indications that these members do not have the goodwill of the people, who, ironically, they should be representing at Arusha.

Looked at against this background, it becomes extremely critical that the mode of electing the Eala MPs be changed. Besides, the role of the MPs should be clearly spelt out so that the electorate can put them to count. As things stand to date, the role of the Eala MPs is not well known to the taxpayers. In fact, people only hear about them when they are being nominated.

For example, what powers do they have to influence policies that affect the community? How do their activities come to bear on national policies of the member states?

As East Africans begin the path towards integration and even federation, institutions like Eala, which are central to regional unity, must be strengthened and given teeth to operate independently.

Dua
Mimi kwa kweli unavyoongea unazidi kunipandisha hasira,hawa viongozi sijui wametoka wapi?
kweli wanatia huruma yani saizi tunawakoloni weusi tena hawa ni hatari mno.
wabishi wote wanaotetea shirikisho na vigenzo vyao vyote vimeonekana wazi kuwa ni zero eti walisema-
1.eti block ni kubwa lina watu wengi tutaweza kusonga mbele ehe
swali East afrika na Afrika nzima ni ipi yenye watu wengi????
mbona hawa hawa wanaowaisha hili shirikisho la afrika mashariki wamepinga kwa nguvu zote kuanzisha shirikisho la afrika.

2.eti sisi ni wamoja tulitenganishwa tu kuwa wakarejing na baganda na wasukuma ni wamoja,ehe
swali je? wamakonde wa msumbiji ni tofauti na wamakonde wa mtwara,manyema wa kigoma ni tofauti na manyema wa DRC,wangoni wa huko kusini mwa Tz ni tofauti na wale wa kwa mzee mbeki? na vipi wangazija wa comoro? .
3.eti tukiungana uchumi utakuwa kwa kasi duuu kichekosho
mbona tunakataa kuungana na nchi zenye uchumi mkubwa ili zitubebe kama vile afrika ya kusini,misiri,libya na zingine,mimi naona nchi masiki ulaya zinang'ania kuungana na nchi tajiri ili zibebwe sasa sisi kulikoni????

huyu huyu mseveni na pointi zake za kijinga eti anasema tusiunde shirikisho la afrika mpaka mambo fulani yarekebishwe ,well done hayo matatizo yamerekebika kwenye nchi za afrika mashariki???

unajua miaka 1995 kuna mnywaranda aliwahi kuniambia kuwa wao wana progamu ya kuitawala afrika mashariki yote mimi nilicheka sana nikamwambia tz hamtaweza akasema nchi nyingene wataingia kwa mtutu lakini TZ watajipenyeza kwa gharama yoyote ile na hata kama iwe miaka mia lazima watawale.sasa naona yananza kutimia,

Hivi sisi watanzania ninani aliyeturoga?? kwani Rais kitu gani??
tumemweka sisi madarakani kwa nini tumuogope?? hivi wewe unaweza kuajiri kijakazi harafu ukaanza kumuogopa hata anapokosea??
kijakazi akafanya kitu hakikuridhishi mweleze ungependelea kuwa hivi,akikataa kufuata utakavyo ina maana unakatisha mkataba naye,
sasa sisi tunamuogopa nini rais??
Tuamkeni kama ni shirikisho tuwaambieni tunataka la afrika nzima ambapo naweza hata kuzamia kule bondeni au botiswana kusaka maisha sasa unanifungulla Nairobi hii kweli si nikulengesha kwa akina MGIKI-

Tanzanians Lead in Opposing EAC Pact

8 July 2007
Posted to the web 9 July 2007

By Amos Kareithi
Nairobi

Nearly half of Dar-es-Salaam residents are opposed to the already existing East African Community.

According to a new survey by the Steadman Group, 46 per cent of Tanzanians were not in favour of the regional body's formation.

The findings come against a backdrop of advanced initiatives by the presidents of the member states to establish a Federation with one president.

But the issue has generated debate among the citizens of the five States.

The East African Community was initially formed in 1967, but collapsed in 1977. It was later revived in 2002.

The EAC has made significant strides in attempts to forge one economic and political bloc, with the formation of the East Africa Customs Union and the East African Legislative Assembly, which are operational.

The Community recently incorporated two new members - Rwanda and Burundi - after the latter met stipulated conditions on governance and democracy.

The EAC citizens have expressed reservations about the proposal to form an EAC political Federation, which is attributed to suspicion among the States.

Ten per cent of the Kenyans are opposed to the existing EAC, while in Uganda, 13 per cent are in opposition.

The recent survey, dubbed the East Africa Social Political and Cultural, sampled 500 respondents.

Only 28 per cent of all the residents of Dar-es-Salaam, Kampala and Nairobi cities are opposed to the Community.

The survey further shows that half of the Tanzanians are not happy with the inclusion of Rwanda and Burundi in the EAC, followed by Uganda at 25 per cent. In Kenya, only 17 per cent have objected

The survey found that 89 per cent of the respondents in all the three countries are aware of the EAC.

Nairobi residents are more enlightened on the existence of the regional body, at 91 per cent, followed by Uganda and Tanzania at 89 per cent each.

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Mkamap na Dua ningependa kuwatembeza Nairobi, Karibu sana.

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-51356.0.html

Hivi ni vile tungeipenda EA iwe miji yote, sio kuangalia mambo ya Mungiki, Land grabbing(Tz land), tribalism, Genocide nk. Kwa miaka Nne tume jitihadi kiasi.

Mkenya: Hivi ni vile tungeipenda EA iwe miji yote, sio kuangalia mambo ya Mungiki, Land grabbing(Tz land), tribalism, Genocide nk. Kwa miaka Nne tume jitihadi kiasi.

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Uchafu kama huo hapo juu utaupata wapi kama sio Nairobi? Hayo mapicha kwenye web ni ya wazungu ambao wameifanya Nairobi ghetto lao la kupumzika wewe ukimaliza kazi unakimbilia Mathare au Kibera kwenye vibanda. Majengo yote hayo yanamilikiwa na wazungu. AMKA NDUGU.

Mnapenda shirikisho kwani wazungu wamewakaba kooni hamuwezi kukohoa afueni yenu ni kututongoza lakini sisi tumekataa. Ule uongo wa miaka nenda rudi wa nyie kuwa na mbuga nzuri za utalii utakwisha na ndoto yenu ya kuwa na Serengeti au Kilimanjaro haitakuwa kweli. Sifia kilicho chako. Hebu uliza nani anamiliki hayo majengo uliyoweka? Just curious, Ukija Dar nitakwambia Tunamiliki sisi wenyewe majengo yetu sio vibaka kutoka Ulaya. Tulipigania uhuru tuwe huru sio watumwa wa rangi nyeupe mtaendelea kutawaliwa.

Mzee Dua, my intentions of posting those photos were not to rubbish any City in Tz, as much as you have done with Nairobi, Intention was to change the stereotype of some members here who do nothing the whole day but unleash venom on some EA members, despite the fact that the whole EAF agenda has been rejected by members of the public in member states at least in opinion polls, not all of us want to join the federation if thats what you think Kenyans want. You seem to have deep hatred for Kenya one way or another, I dont know what we did to you.

As much as i am not active in this forum, i found it unwise for a "ndugu" to turn this to a Matusi charade,and had to reply, Just show me any of those buildings are "owned" by wazungu?, Please think positive and suggest you get a permanent job, stop wasting your time 24/7 posting hatred.

Think again!!

Mkenya: Mzee Dua, my intentions of posting those photos were not to rubbish any City in Tz, as much as you have done with Nairobi, Intention was to change the stereotype of some members here who do nothing the whole day but unleash venom on some EA members, despite the fact that the whole EAF agenda has been rejected by members of the public in member states at least in opinion polls, not all of us want to join the federation if thats what you think Kenyans want. You seem to have deep hatred for Kenya one way or another, I dont know what we did to you.

As much as i am not active in this forum, i found it unwise for a "ndugu" to turn this to a Matusi charade,and had to reply, Just show me any of those buildings are "owned" by wazungu?, Please think positive and suggest you get a permanent job, stop wasting your time 24/7 posting hatred.

Think again!!

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Show me one tusi? This is the problem of you guys, you started by saying all those nonsense, but when someone put down the reality you start mourning.

I asked you a very simple question who owns Nairobi city skyscrapers? You should have come with an answer as: I know certain Insurance companies owned by few Brits and some few elite corrupt politicians or I don't know.

If you believe others spend 24/7 on this site ask yourself one question – Do you feed them? Have they asked for your money? Off course the answer is NO. The truth will always hurt and you're not happy when we show the suffering of our fellow Africans. Just imagine if the money spent on this dubious exercise were put to improve the lives of those Kenyans above with good sanitation and few decent housing. You need to see the reality as it is.

You talk about deep hatred, ask yourself if someone everyday preaches to the world that he goes out with your wife/husband will you be a happy man/woman? The Kenyan Government failed to pay our fellow Tanzanians who worked for the EAC in the 1970's until recently almost 30 years (Others died without seing their money) and you think we will be happy with any new ideas. Once beaten ...............................

LETS HELP THOSE WHO ARE BEING ROBBED WHAT IS RIGHTLY THEIRS.

FYI THE MAJORITY OF CONTRIBUTORS HERE EARN THEIR MONEY AND CONTRIBUTE A LOT IN TERMS OF MONEY AND ADVICE TO THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. WE NEED AFRICA TO BE FREE, REALY FREE.

Dua acha matusi kama hupendi Federation toa hoja za msingi na za kweli sio kuandika uwongo uwongo ili mradi kutetea hoja na kuwatisha wengine....Kenya sio mbaya kama unavyoiongelea na hizo slums zimejaa almost Dar nzima sasa sijui point yako ni nini?

Koba

Tusi ni lipi hapo? Hebu tuambie uwongo ni upi? Nani kaanza kubandika picha? Ukweli unauma eh!

Dua said:

Koba

Tusi ni lipi hapo? Hebu tuambie uwongo ni upi? Nani kaanza kubandika picha? Ukweli unauma eh!

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Dua,Mkenya na wengine!
Tuachane na mambo ambayo hayatajenga Africa Mash. na hayatatusaidia kusonga mbele. Tuheshimiane, tupendane na tuepuke kupandikiza mbegu za chuki. Hakuna aliyemwomba Mola azaliwe Tz au Kenya, au Rwanda au India au Ulaya! Ilitokea tu!
Wana JF Tusonge mbele tujadili hoja ya East African Federation! Wengine ambao ni wageni JF wakiangalia hizi picha wanaweza wakatudharau!
Naomba kuwasilisha!

Mkenya: Mkamap na Dua ningependa kuwatembeza Nairobi, Karibu sana.

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Huyu bwana kasema anapenda kututembeza Nairobi wakati mimi naifahamu Nairobi kuliko yeye ili awadanganye wasioijua Nairobi. Kaweka hapo yale ambayo anataka kuwahadaa wana wa Tanzania kwamba kwao ni neema tupu. Mimi nimemalizia tu circle ambayo ni ya kuonyesha maisha ya jirani zetu mara mnakuja juu oh ni uongo, sasa hebu niambieni uongo ni upi? Matusi ni yapi?



PERSEVERANCE: Retired army sergeant Musa Salum, a World War Two veteran now aged 88, is given a ride by his grandson Hamad Said as he continues to follow up on his East African Community pension claims in downtown Dar es Salaam yesterday (March 2007).

Kama kulalamika WTZ ndio walalamike maana hata pesa zilizoijenga Kenya zinatokana na uongo na dhuluma ya mali za Jumuiya ya kwanza. Leo hii mnataka kutuingiza mjini tena. Kila uchwao mnasema mbuga zetu ni zenu huu ndio uongo (angalia gazeti la Daily Nation hapo chini), tangu lini Mt. Kilimanjaro ikawa Kenya? Serengeti ikawa Kenya?

Bado hatujalala eti tuko macho mchana kweupe. Unasema wakiangalia hizi picha watatudharau una maana gani? Haya ndio maisha ya wananchi pale Mathare au Kibera kwani nani hafahamu (wale wote tulio na upeo na tumetembelea Kenya) au kama Mzee Ole alivyoweka link hapo juu: http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...Images&gbv =2 Kwani ni nini cha aibu hapa?
Acheni kasumba haya ndio mambo ya kuficha ukweli ambayo hayatakiwi, msitake kuwalazimisha wananchi kwa mambo ya siri siri.

The Daily Nation of the 18th November splashed its headline with "Kenya's Maasai Mara named among the most spectacular place on the planet" and later in the article in smaller print "The Maasai Mara and Serengeti and the Wildebeest migration were selected as one of the new wonders" etc. So The American Broadcasting Corporation and a group of panelists, hosted by our neighbours, told the world what we have known all along. The annual migration is a "Wonder of the World."

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Huu ndio uongo wa kupigiwa kelele. Mnataka kutuingiza kwa nguvu kwenye mambo ambayo hayana msingi kwa kutumia ulaghai.

Dua,

As much as i sympathize with the WW2 KAR vet. one thing must be understood,mzee Salum needs help he'll not benefit by you throwing tantrums here, neither will he if Serengeti and Mt Kilimanjaro were in Kenya.

KAR Pension.

You very well know that Kenya had nothing to do with WWII except forceful conscription of its citizens as porters etc.. much as Mzee Musa was, if you feel he has not been assisted get in touch with the UK Foriegn office www.fco.gov.uk or call Mr. Gordon Brown on +4456934545.

Mt Kilimanjaro & Serengeti

We all know Serengeti & Kili are in Tz, Do not confuse tourism marketing etc.. ideally ask those viewers of the NBC programme "new wonders of the world" if they can point on a map where Kenya and Tanzania is? remember the confusion is brought about by marketers whose main aim is to profit and not to cling on to some national pride etc.. wont take you anywhere..😕

Dont get emotional man, Welcome to capitalism.. the new world order!!

wewe mkenya-mkenya
unapotea kabisa na hizo picha zako, i dare to say ur in comma situation , totally ur witched ,but we do try pull u out from colonial way of thinking still ur coming up with idiot defends.
Hey my comrade wake up join us and we together emphasise zero tolarence to unlasting stupid movements processed by our goverments.
Twende kiuelewa sio kutetea ujinga ujinga
Nairobi ni kijiji kama vijiji vingine tu vilivyo huwa kwingine kote hakuna huduma harafu kuna sehemu wanakijiji wanapaita center palipo na vijiduka duka ndivyo ilivyo hata Nairobi.

Picha unazoonyesha ni ki ji center cha Nairobi ambapo unaweza pata huduma na hapa ndio wahindi ,waarabu na wazungu wanaishi na imezungukwa na vijiji ambako wakenya halisi wanaishi .

Angalia Mji wa Nairobi population yake ni watu wangapi? halafu ukipata hesabu vijiji kama Mathare vilivyo hapo Nairobi ni vingapi? ukivipata zidisha kwa idadi ya watu wanaoishi mathare najua unayo hata mimi ninayo ila kuweka hapa ni upotezaji wa muda
ukipata jibu toa kwa population ya watu wa Nairobi ukimaliza tupe jibu na uhakika wakenya wote watakuwa wanaishi kama mathare ukitoa ma corruptors kama Bwort, Murungi Murubaru na wadosi wa kizungu-
na majengo mengi hayo utakuta ni ofisi zao.

Inashangaza kuona mkenya hua anafurahi akiona jengo linakaliwa na mzungu wakati yeye akipita chini ya jengo hilo anatemewa mate na mhindi na anakwenda kwenye makazi yake mathare ambapo hata maji ya kunawa hayo mate aliyotemewa hayapati.
Come on u guy time time before time times you.

Mkamap,

Please nielewe kuwa sikutaja hata jina nairobi kwa huwo mjadala, sijui kwanini picha ya Nairobi yakumiza roho!!, hoja ni Mzee Salum ,Seregeti na Kilimanjaro.

Funga macho usiangalie hizo picha.. sawa?

Haya sasa mwangalie "Rais" wa hiyo EAF.

http://eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143971128

Museveni roots for federation

By John Oywa

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has told East Africans to support the proposed political federation.

Museveni said the federation, which has been opposed by certain quarters, was inevitable, explaining that it would help solve the region’s woes.

"We have no option but to unite and pursue a common agenda. We need a platform from which to negotiate with the rest of the world," he said on Monday when he paid a private visit to Vice-President Mr Moody Awori at his Funyula home.

Museveni is asking the rank and file of the region to support the political federation as the three Presidents put their heads together in weaving the organisation.

He said in August, together with President Kibaki of Kenya and President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, they will be meeting to put together the finer details of the federation.

"The black man is suffering because of lack of integration. The developed world will only recognise us if we have strength as a region," Museveni said.

Renewed plea on the regional integration

He added: "Look at the Americans, they are controlling our lives from outer space. They monitor whatever we do while we still ague over whether to integrate or not."

The Ugandan leader spoke in Western in the company of his wife, Janet, who accompanied him in the tour of thanking those who helped him ascend to power.

He presented Awori and his wife, Rose, with Presidential medals for their assistance during the National Resistance Army’s war that helped topple former dictator, Idi Amin.

On Tuesday, Museveni travelled to Mwanza to present similar commendation to the family of Tanzania’s founding President, the late Julius Nyerere, whose soldiers, he said, helped him in the war.

Museveni’s renewed plea on the regional integration came in the wake of opposition from some leaders.

In Kenya, former Attorney General, Mr Charles Njonjo, has said the three countries were not ripe for a federation.

Early this week, an opinion poll conducted by the Steadman Group showed that 46 per cent of Dar-es-Salaam residents were opposed to the East African Community (EAC), under which the federation would be created.

The study says that 16 per cent of Kampala residents were not for the regional body while only 10 per cent in Nairobi do not feel it can work.

Picha kama hizi zitamuumiza roho nani?

Post 1055 Tuesday

Mkamap na Dua ningependa kuwatembeza Nairobi, Karibu sana.

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Please nielewe kuwa sikutaja hata jina nairobi kwa huwo mjadala, sijui kwanini picha ya Nairobi yakumiza roho!!,

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Huyu ndio Mkenya halisi uongo ni kama jadi.

Mzee Salum anadai pesa ya pension kutoka East African Community alikokuwa anafanya kazi, hiyo ya KAR ipo kwenye CV yake tu mwajiri ni EAC ambapo mlitudhulumu hadi juzi juzi tu ndio mmelipa kwa kuhofia uwongo mpya wa Federation.

Hivyo vibanda hasara hakuna mwenye husda navyo. Tabia huwa haibadiliki ukisikia tu KAR unakimbilia kwa UK walipe sisi hatukuzoea Dezo ya kupewa bure bure.

Huyo M7 ndio atakuwa rais wenu kwenye federation ya Kenya, Uganda, Sudan na Somalia na wengine wanaopenda sisi muungano wetu na Zanzibar unatutosha. Nilimuona jana alipokuwa analia na machozi ya mamba kule Butiama.

Huyo huyo M7 alisema hivi:

I have got my hands on the Ugandan president's speech. He is cross-breeding the tortoise and the hare - fast-track African integration in some areas but not all. In the hare and tortoise race towards a single African government he does not want to cross the finish line.

Yoweri Museveni is firmly against political integration at the continental level: "It will bring together incompatible linkages that may create tension rather than cohesion. This will especially be so if you bring together groups which want to impose their identity on others. I cannot give up my identity for anything." "While economically I support the integration with everybody, politically we should only integrate with people who are either similar or compatible." He prefers the strengthening of regional blocks and talks of the current reason for fast-tracking the federation process in East Africa - where he says it can work because people have much in common in that region especially when it comes to similar languages.

The Ugandan president says there are definitely functions that can best be done at the continental level and he lists the environment, trade negotiations, managing a defence pact and, later on, managing and promoting an African common market. "If the African Commission could concentrate on these four instead of being everywhere and nowhere, we would start moving forward," he told the summit of presidents.

In what seemed to be a wink to Gaddafi and the hares, Yoweri Museveni said, "I salute the enthusiasm of those who advocate for continental government now. I however do not want us to move from one mistake - Balkanization - to another mistake of over-simplification of very complex situations".

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We have much in common ya ukabila na kuuana ama sivyo? Walio na much in common ndio hapo juu nimeandika (Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Rwanda na Burundi).

mara kwa mara nasoma mumu humu katika maskani hii vile kuna umezesh juu ya EAF. Saa mie pia nasema hizi stori za miungano zidedishwe. Wakenya lazima waelewe mambo kule jiji ni diblo sana. Saa ni vipi? Naendekeza, mie nikiwa mkenya halisi, kenia haitoshi. Kisirani ni mob kenya. wakenya ni mambo na mosmos. Wakenya wakae kwao. Vile vile wabongo, waganda, nyarwanda, burudians na kadhalika. Na hiyo ni maendeleo.