Victor Bout na JWTZ, Meremeta na DRC, Mwanza na Mapanki: Connecting the dots!

Imeniogopesha nikasinyaa kama nimelundikwa kwenye friji makambako.Hizi laana tena tunazitafutia nini? Tumekosa nini kuanza kujihusisha na merchant of death? Yes niliwahi kujiuliza inakuwaje hawa burundi ambao hawana natural resources nyingi wana hela za kununua silaha na kupigana kila kukicha. Now I know why...and unfortunately for such a big betrayal by some of our own.
 
Mzee Mwanakijiji said:
Hivi kama wabunge wenyewe wameridhika na siri za kijinga za serikali, kwanini sisi wengine haturidhiki? Kama wabunge hawataki kujua kilichofanywa kwa jina la nchi yetu, kwanini wengine sisi tumeng'ang'ania kana kwamba sisi tulichaguliwa na wananchi? NI maswali najiuliza tu labda wakati mwingine tukubali kuwa wao ndio serikali na wenye nchi!!
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Mzee Mwanakijiji, Kinachotakiwa ni kuto kata tamaa. Wabunge wetu wengi wapo pale Bungeni kwa ajili ya posho za vikao tu. Ni wachache sana ambao wana uchungu na nchi hii. Siri nyingi zinazofichwa na serikali ya CCM zitakuwa zinaendelea kuibuliwa humu ndani ya JF.

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato"
 
Arms and the Man

By PETER LANDESMAN

Published: Sunday, August 17, 2003


Victor Bout, by most accounts the world's largest arms trafficker, had agreed to meet me in the lounge of the Renaissance Hotel in Moscow, a monolithic post-Soviet structure populated by third-tier prostitutes and men in dark suits. Bout's older brother, Sergei, waited with me, as did Richard Chichakli, a Syrian-born naturalized American citizen who lives in Dallas. Sergei helps run Bout's many air-cargo companies. Chichakli, an accountant, calls himself a former business associate of Bout and his ''friend and brother.''

As we waited, Chichakli tried to discourage me from pressing Bout about his connections, suggesting that there were some things I didn't want to know. ''They'll put you on your knees before they execute you,'' he said. Then he nodded toward the doorway. ''Here he comes. Does he look like the world's largest arms dealer to you?''

Bout, who is 36, six feet tall and somewhat expansive in girth, nimbly made his way through the crowded lounge. He didn't shake my hand as much as grip it, with a firm nod. Icy blue eyes like chips of glass punctuated a baby face. We sat on one of the lounge's dingy couches, and he placed a thick folder of papers on his lap.

''Look, here is the biggest arms dealer in the world,'' Chichakli said, half mocking me and half mocking Bout. Bout opened his blazer. ''I don't see any guns,'' he said with a shrug. Then Sergei raised his arms. ''None here either.'' (Both spoke excellent English.) ''Maybe I should start an arms-trafficking university and teach a course on U.N. sanctions busting,'' Victor Bout said. The brothers looked at each other and laughed.

No one in the lounge seemed to be paying attention to Bout. Behind us sat four Israeli men who may or may not have been listening. Chichakli, who says he speaks Hebrew, said they were waiting for a phone call to confirm a deal for diamonds.

Bout leaned forward. ''I woke up after Sept. 11 and found I was second only to Osama.'' He put his hand on the papers. The truth, he said, was much bigger than his personal story. ''My clients, the governments,'' he began. Then, ''I keep my mouth shut.''

Later he said, ''If I told you everything I'd get the red hole right here.'' He pointed to the middle of his forehead.

The world of the arms trafficker often feels like the script of a bad Hollywood thriller come to life. At times you are tempted to laugh at the B-movie dialogue and cloak-and-dagger intrigue. But the political and financial stakes are high. And, as a Western intelligence agent in Moscow told me, this isn't celluloid, and the dangers are of a much more complicated sort.

In the summer of 1999, faced with multiple conflicts in West and Central Africa, the National Security Council authorized electronic surveillance of government and militia leaders in war zones like northeast Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Every morning, N.S.C. officials cross-referenced transcripts of overheard telephone conversations with American satellite imagery and with field reports by British spies on the ground. The documentation was massive, without obvious patterns, until, finally, astute analysts noticed that every conflict had something in common: Victor Bout.

The name surfaced in various permutations, and always in one of three contexts: airplanes, diamond transport or weapons shipments. Gayle Smith, the N.S.C.'s top Africanist, whose staff uncovered the Bout connection, sent an e-mail message to her fellow N.S.C. members: ''Who is this guy? Pay close attention to this. He's all over the place.''

An answer was provided by a C.I.A. aviation expert from Langley, who showed up at the White House with covert photographs shot at various African jungle airstrips between 1996 and 1999.

The photos, according to a former White House official who studied them, show different Antonovs and Ilyushins, Russian cargo planes built to land on (and escape from) almost any surface. In the pictures, the planes' bellies are open. African militiamen in fatigues are off-loading crates of weapons. One photo shows a younger Bout standing before one of the planes. The White House official said the planes were traced to Bout
 
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ A Russian arms dealer accused of breaking U.N. arms embargoes by supplying weapons to African war zones was arrested Thursday in Bangkok, Thai police said.

Police Lt. Gen. Pongpat Chayapan, head of the Crime Suppression Bureau, said Viktor Bout was arrested in the heart of the capital Bangkok on a warrant issued by a Thai court. The warrant came out of an earlier one issued by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

A U.S. Embassy spokesman «congratulated» the Thai police for the arrest but could not provide details about the role the Americans played in it. Details of the charges against Bout were also not immediately available.

Victor Bout upon his arrest - AP PhotoBout allegedly has been trafficking weapons to Central and West Africa since the early 1990s. U.N. reports say he set up a network of more than 50 aircraft around the world and trade experts have said illicit diamond trade was likely one source of funds for his smuggled arms shipments.

Although Bout has been investigated by police in several countries, he has never been prosecuted for arms dealing. A 2005 report by Amnesty International, a Britain-based human rights watchdog, alleged that Bout was «the most prominent foreign businessman» involved in trafficking arms to U.N.-embargoed destinations from Bulgaria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and other countries.

The report also implicated Bout in transferring «very large quantities of arms» from Ukraine that were delivered to Uganda via Tanzania aboard a Greek-registered cargo ship.

In 2003, the U.N. imposed an arms embargo on the provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri regions of eastern Congo, and also on groups that were not a part of the 2003 peace agreement for the region.
 
My take: (kama sijakosea)
Victor Bout - A Russian arms dealer and merchant of death !! Two of his registered area of operations by use of forged end-user arms certificates were Kindu in the Congo & Mwanza in Tanzania. Probably Congo ndiko soko lilikuwepo,and Mwanza through JWTZ were taking an agency. Meremeta was used to finance JWTZ and The film mapanki (Darwins nightmare focused world attention on this Tanzanian port) threatened to expose our government's role in arms dealing. It was no surprise our leadership panicked and the fear was transformed to uncalled for anger directed at the film maker...... lol!

serikali, you can fool some people some time but you cant fool all the people at all the time .................................... aibu
 
Kuna Mwana JF mwenye hiyo Agreement kati ya Rand Gold Resources na Tanzania Govt. Nime attacha Abstract tu.
 

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Mzee Mwanakijiji said:
I'm really tempted to go all the way; but I won't do this time. Not worthy it. Kama wabunge waliochaguliwa na wananchi wanaogopa na hawako tayari kwanini wengine tujihangaishe? The connections between the four elements in the subject line are scary at least and deadly at most! (literally!)

We have surrendered out sovereignty as a nation to a corrupt regime, a regime that has abused power and defendend those who have abused power in so many ways and in so many times. A regime that will not on its own reverse course and return our nation to "we the people". A regime that will not tolerate a democratic challenge nor create an environment where such a challenge could take place.

The Meremeta issue if pursued to the fullest extent of possibilities will unveil a clear and obvious failure in leadership and would result to criminal charged to be leveled against the following:

- Ex President Benjamin Mkapa
- EX Attorney General Andrew Chenge
- EX Chief of Defence Forces Robert Mboma
- Ex Secretary of the Defence Ministry Vincent Mrisho
- and others who at the moment I choose to hold them in pectore! The people connecting Victor B. and some corrupt government officials in the Tanzanian Government!

I really would have dared to venture where no MP has dared to.. lakini hilo lingenifanya nifanye kile kinachotakiwa kufanywa nao. Kwa vile wawakilishi wetu wamekubali kupumbazwa na maneno ya kiwoga, then hivyo ndivyo taifa letu liongozwe.

Clue: Kwanini serikali ilireact kwa ukali sana kuhusu filamu ya "mapanki"?

answer: tafuta ripoti yangu ya "Tracing Reports" ya mwaka 2006 iliyopo somewhere here!
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Mzee Mwanakijiji, Wewe unadhani kuwa na mfumo ambao upo corrupt kama wetu huu ni kazi sana hata mwa PM naye kusema Ukweli na pia kwa kuwa Pesa hizo ndio zimewaingiza madarakani. Wabunge wa Wetu wa CCM wanajua kuwa Pesa za Giza ndio zimewaingiza Madarakani na Pia ni Dhambi kubwa sana hata kwa Taifa letu kuona Taifa linangamia mithili ya mbwa mwitu. Usijali MZee wangu tupo pamoja
 
Sasa wabunge tumewapa minofu na mifupa yote... tumewawekea na jikoni na kuwaonesha mwiko.. watapika?
 
It is all business not personal.

The movie Lords of War was based on Viktor Bout, and mambo ya moral issues pembeni capabilities za Viktor Vasilevich Butt ni impressive only kama angefanya legal business.
Huyo Viktor Bout ana mshirika wake mmoja raia wa Kenya anayeitwa Sanjivan Ruprah, master wa kuregister mashirika ya ndege. Kwa wanaokumbuka huyu mhindi ndio alikuwa in charge of Simba Airlines kabla haijafa.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOjmfDTxxn0"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]
 
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Mzee Mwanakijiji said:
Sasa wabunge tumewapa minofu na mifupa yote... tumewawekea na jikoni na kuwaonesha mwiko.. watapika?
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...Mkjj, kupika ni aina ya sayansi, kunahitaji mpangilio ulio makini ili kupata mlo wenye matumaini, kushibisha na kurutubisha mwili. Ukijiwekea mambo kwenye sufuria bila kujali ni joto gani linahitajika na nini kitangulie, utaishia kupata miuji-uji isiyonyweka although contents ni zilezile!

...Lile gazeti la Telegraph la kule Uingereza lililofanikisha kuwatibua na kuwalipua baadhi ya wabunge wa nchi ile hadi spika wao, lilifata mpangilio uliokuwa umefikiriwa kwa makini kabla ya kuwa executed. Bila hivyo gazeti lingeweza kufungiwa na lingeweza kutofanikisha lengo lake ipasavyo, hata kule kuwahabarisha tu watu.

...Kwenye hii ishu ya Meremeta, inatakiwa watu/wabunge wenye uwezo. Tatizo tunao wachache mno kwenye bunge letu. Tukitegemea kupata bonge la menu, bila kufata recipe ipasavyo, tusishangae kujikuta tunaletewa mezani miujiuji isiyonyweka!!


...Kwa wenye kuhitaji kuiona Darwin's Nightmare kupitia kwenye mitandao, documentary hiyo inapatikana hapa: [ame="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9039818938732594749"]Darwin's nightmare - Darwins Albtraum[/ame]
...Kama hupendi kuangalia background issues, unaweza ukaforward hadi dakika ya 40 hivi, mambo ya Mh. Mkapa na Serikali ndipo yanapoanza kuongelewa.

SteveD.
 
Mzee Mwanakijiji,
As a last resort in salvaging our beloved country, may I suggest that this information be passed on to Hon Dr. Willibrod Slaa. Hopefully he can use it in the Bunge as he has so often boldly exposed other scandals of the plunderers of the public purse.
 
kilasara said:
Mzee Mwanakijiji,
As a last resort in salvaging our beloved country, may I suggest that this information be passed on to Hon Dr. Willibrod Slaa. Hopefully he can use it in the Bunge as he has so often boldly exposed other scandals of the plunderers of the public purse.
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taarifa yote ipo hapa. Hawana Ubavu Bungeni.

Wakati wa suala la Richmond, Spika aliiagiza kamati teule kuchunguza yote yanayohusiana na Richmond lakini siyo Dowans.. sasa hivi amesema ameruhusu mjadala wa Deep Green na Tangold lakini siyo wa Meremeta! Wabunge katika upotofu wa fikra zao wamekubali!
 
Mkuu Steve D na wengine naomba msaada wa kui-download hiyo kideo. Thanks
 
Nziku said:
Mkuu Steve D na wengine naomba msaada wa kui-download hiyo kideo. Thanks
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Nimeidownload, ila iko poor quality kwasababu ni ile ya kwenye web. I hope kuna mtu ana copy yenye quality nzuri zaidi. Hata hivyo ngoja nicheck na akina Invisible kama nitaweza kuipandisha hiyo hiyo hapa kama file moja, maana kuna limitation ya ukubwa wa mafile. Au basi hata kwa kui-zip tu. File ni about 240MB.
 
Mwalimu had to go before the 2000 elections - sadly this happened.
Mkapa had to be reelected in 2000 - very sadly this happened too.
Kikwete had to win 2005 - very very sadly this happened too.

Meremeta had to die for Tangold to be born - likewise Richmond paved way for Dowans.


Tanzania’s gold boom continues

Speaking at the Cape Town Mining Indaba in February, Tanzania’s Minister of Mines & Energy, Daniel Yona, said that since 1999 the country had seen a new mine come into production every year. He attributed the growth in the country’s mining sector, which is dominated by gold production, to the introduction of a new fiscal region for investors in 1997 and a new liberalised mining act in 1998.

Almost all the new mines referred to by Minister Yona are gold mines, with the exception of Afgem’s tanzanite mine near Mount Kilimanjaro. The focus of activity is the Lake Victoria Goldfields and the total capital investment in the five new gold mines (excluding the exploration costs) is in the region of US$600 million. Prospects for the expansion of existing mines or the development of further new mines look good although, as the Minister pointed out at the Indaba “finding and developing second-generation deposits require more effort”.

Part of the attraction of Tanzania, apart from its attractive geology, is the fact that it is a democracy – a multiparty system was introduced in 1992 – and ranks as one of the most stable countries in Africa. Under the late President Nyerere, the country’s economy nosedived but the political and economic reforms of the 1990s have resulted in a turnaround. According to a recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, real GDP grew by 5,6 % in 2001. The Unit says it is estimating overall real GDP growth of 5,2 % in 2002, rising to 5,4 % in 2003 and 5,5 % in 2004, driven by growth in both mining and agriculture. Inflation remains under control at around 4,5 %. Mining’s contribution to GDP was still under 3 % in 2001, but this figure is increasing rapidly and the Tanzanian government believes that a 6 % contribution by mining is attainable by 2005, rising to at least 10 % by 2025 .

Despite its many pluses, Tanzania is not without its downside as a mining destination. Particular concerns are poor infrastructure – the national grid is unreliable while large sections of the road network require upgrading – and the aggressive behaviour of artisanal miners, who feel sidelined by the country’s mining boom. But these problems are manageable and have certainly not deterred mining companies from operating in the country.

With the dramatic expansion of gold mining activity, Tanzania has emerged as one of the top gold producers in Africa, vying with Mali for the number three spot after South Africa and Ghana. Production in 2003 will certainly be over 1,3 million ounces and possibly as high as 1,45 million ounces. This is a far cry from the historical position. Although reliable statistics are hard to come by, it seems that official gold production peaked in 1960 at about 106 000 ounces. Thereafter a decline set in as mines such as Mukwamba, Geita, Kiabakari and Buhemba successively closed down and by the early 1970s production was under 100 000 ounces.

The turning point came in 1998, with the opening of Golden Pride, the first of the new generation mines. Located about 200 km south of Lake Victoria and owned by Resolute Mining of Australia through its Tanzanian subsidiary, Resolute (Tanzania) Ltd, the mine was constructed in just 12 months, starting in November 1997, and was completed on time and within budget (US$48 million) despite the construction period coinciding with the most severe wet season experienced in Tanzania for 100 years.

During 2002, subsequent to a significant increase in measured and indicated resources within and adjacent to the existing pit, an upgrade was undertaken to increase throughput to 2,6 Mt/a to maximise the return on these additional reserves. The additional reserves effectively doubled the remaining mine life at that time.

The upgrade included a new tails dam, additional standby power generating sets, installation of a second-hand and refurbished Kidston ball mill, and pebble crushing and cyclone circuits. The capital cost for the upgrade was US$10,2 million and it was completed under budget and progressively commissioned in September and October last year.

The project life has now been extended with the current mine designed to produce approximately 170 000 ounces of gold per annum at a cash cost of US$220 per ounce over a six year mine life.

The Golden Pride mine has to date produced 720 000 ounces of gold since commissioning.

In 2002 the Golden Pride Mine participated in the inaugural Presidential Environmental Excellence and Leadership Award for the mining operation that goes beyond mere compliance to environmental standards and regulations. At a ceremony on 12 September 2002, President Benjamin Mkapa presented Resolute with this prestigious award.

On the exploration front, Resolute has been active over the past two years on a regional study of the Archaean of Tanzania and ground follow-up of selected targets. As part of this study a number of areas were selected for acquisition or joint venture (JV). Out of this work the Nyakafuru region was identified as a key area. In 2002 Resolute entered into joint ventures with Spinifex Gold and Sub-Sahara Resources, both of which hold strategic parcels of ground in this region.

Similarly, additional tenure in the Golden Pride – Kahama area was targeted for JV, as there were indications of potential small tonnage satellite deposits that could be trucked to Golden Pride for processing. Several prospects were pegged directly by Resolute and a number acquired via the Sub-Sahara Kahama JV and the Austan JV (Canuck). Ongoing exploration of these is aimed at delineating resources capable of being trucked to Golden Pride for treatment.

The next modern mine to be commissioned after Golden Pride was Geita, which was officially opened on 3 August 2000 by President Mkapa. Originally an Ashanti project, AngloGold bought a half share in the mine about three months before it entered production. The mine was built in about 13 months – three months less than anticipated – at a cost of US$165 million. As we relate in a story on page xx of this issue, the mine is now Tanzania’s biggest gold producer with its output for 2003 predicted to be in excess of 600 000 ounces – making it one of the great gold mines of Africa.

Geita was followed within a year by Bulyanhulu, opened in July 2001 and owned by Kahama Mining Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of Canada’s Barrick Gold. Barrick acquired Bulyanhulu as an advanced stage exploration project in March 1999 when it purchased Sutton Resources. The mine, brought on stream for US$280 million, is an underground operation and in 2002 produced 356 319 ounces of gold at a cash cost of US$198 per ounce. In 2003 Barrick expects Bulyanhulu to increase its production to 415 000 ounces and to decrease cash cost to US$175 per ounce, reflecting a full year of better grades and recovery rates. Barrick is planning to increase the annual production rate to between 430 000 and 570 000 ounces at an average total cash cost of US$151 per ounce over the 21 years of the mine’s life. At the end of 2002, Bulyanhulu had 11,7 million ounces of gold reserves, up 224 % from March 1999 when the project was acquired.

September last year saw the official opening of the North Mara gold mine, to the east of Musoma and close to the Kenyan border. The mine is owned by East African Gold Mines (EAGM), an Australian company headed by Geoff Stewart in which, interestingly, AngloGold has an 8,3 % share. The actual operating company is EAGM’s subsidiary, Afrika Mashariki Gold Mines. The North Mara gold processing plant utilises conventional Carbon In Pulp (CIP) technology. The plant is capable of treating hard and abrasive ore from the Nyabirama gold deposit at the rate of 2 Mt/a. The processing plant is located adjacent to the Nyabirama deposit, and 7,5 km from the satellite deposits to be mined at Nyabigena and possibly Gokona.

The North Mara ores exhibit relatively fast leaching kinetics, and are only mildly refractory; therefore conventional cyanidation was chosen for the process route.

Run of mine ore is first crushed in a single stage jaw crusher onto a crushed ore stockpile. Reclaim feeders beneath the stockpile allow the ore to be conveyed into the grinding circuit, which consists of a SAG mill, a recycle pebble crusher, and a ball mill. The ore is ground to a target grind size of 80 % passing 106 microns before entering the leach and adsorption train.

A gravity circuit consisting of a Knelson concentrator and Gemini shaking table concentrates coarse gold extracted from the grinding circuit and removes this product ahead of the CIP circuit.

The Nyabirama deposit is being mined by open pit methods while start up at the Nyabigena satellite pit is scheduled for second half of 2003. The contract mining is being undertaken by PW Group with its fleet consisting of O&K RH120 and RH40 excavators loading into six Caterpillar 777Ds. Production is in the region of 12 000 bank cubic metres a day.

A fifth new mine, Buhemba, has recently started production in Tanzania although details are scanty and somewhat confused at this stage. African Mining’s understanding is that Buhemba is owned by Meremeta, which represents a joint venture between the Tanzanian government (via the Ministry of Defence) and South African interests. The mine is managed and operated on behalf of the owners by a consortium of South African companies, Time Mining, WBHO and Jeffares & Green, all well-known names. Buhemba was mined during the colonial era and was the country’s second biggest gold mine after Geita. It closed around 1970 and for a time was the site of an army base. It is located 254 km north-east of Mwanza and about 60 km south of the North Mara mine. Its annual production, so African Mining is told, will be in the region of 100 000 ounces a year – making it the smallest of the country’s five new mines. The CIL plant is designed to treat 100 000 tonnes of ore a month.

Although the exploration effort in Tanzania dipped in 2000 and 2001, it seems to be recovering – if anecdotal evidence can be trusted – on the back of a better gold price. Among the junior explorers operating in the country are African Eagle (see page xx), Tan Range (see page xx ), Spinifex (which is being taken over by Gallery Gold) and Sub-Sahara Resources. Most exploration is centred on the Lake Victoria Goldfields although Barrick has reportedly recently entered a joint venture with Shield Resources, a Tanzanian company operating in the historic Lupa goldfields further south in the country. Much exploration, of course, is concentrated on existing mine properties, with AngloGold/Ashanti and Barrick being particularly successful in pushing up resources and reserves at Geita and Bulyanhulu respectively

Finally, what are the prospects of any new mines in the near term? The best prospect seems to be Tulawaka, a deposit in which Barrick, through its subsidiary Pangea Goldfields, is in joint venture with Northern Mining Explorations, a Canadian explorer. Located about 200 km to the west of Bulyanhulu and 160 km south-west of Mwanza, gold mineralisation was discovered on the property (which had no history of artisanal activity) in September 1998 by drilling soil geochemical anomalies outlined over the area in the previous year.

A feasibility study on the high grade East Zone resource at Tulawaka, which hosts indicated resources of 1,71 Mt averaging 14,9 g/t, is currently at an advanced stage. Met-Chem Canada has been retained to carry out open-pit mine design while Ausenco of Australia has been retained to prepare a conventional gravity and CIL process design for a 1 000 t/day plant. The cost of the proposed mine is put at around US$31 million. Micon International, a Toronto consulting firm, has been retained to consolidate the work done for the feasibility study and produce a final report.

No time frame has been released for the project but it certainly seems possible that work on the mine could start this year and, indeed when African Mining, was in Tanzania recently it heard that tenders had already been invited from open-pit mining contractors. If Tulawaka does get the go ahead, it will be Tanzania’s sixth new gold mine and confirm the country’s status as one of the world’s fastest developing gold mining regions.
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Makes one wonder - Meremeta/TPDF ? What was Mwalimu views on Meremeta, anybody know ? tunaendelea.........
 
Mzee Mwanakijiji said:
well.. ndugu yangu kama uliikosa wakati ule ni vigumu kuipata tena.. it is a forbidden document.
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aise! hata JF kuna forbidden documents? anyway yeyote mwenye hiyo document naomba ani-PM nimpatie E-mail. Nadhani nami ninahitaji kuisoma hiyo document.
 
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