Albino killings: Acknowledge witchcraft 2009-02-15 12:06:33 By Ley Melwa
In order to win the fight against killings of people with albinism, the Government should first of all accept the fact that witchcraft exists, contrary to the laws of the land which categorically dispel such existence. The President of the University of Dar es Salaam Human Rights Association (UDHRA), Onesmo Olengurumwa, said yesterday that the Government should make that u-turn, claiming that the entire population was convinced of its presence despite the absence of scientific verification. Olengurumwa was taking part in the Mlimani Hard Talk on How to Battle Atrocious Killings of Albino in Tanzania jointly organised by the UDHRA and Tanzania-German Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Law. ``The war against these killings becomes all the more difficult because the law does not provide for the existence of witchcraft while individuals do,`` said the UDHRA chief, adding that once the problem is addressed to that an extent it would be easier to deal with the culprits. Killings of albinos are fuelled by the lust to get rich quickly. Greedy, heartless gold miners and fishermen in the Lake Zone and people in other businesses elsewhere in the country are trading in the body parts of albinos, including limbs, hair, skin and genitals which are controversially reported to enable them catch more fish or strike huge precious minerals. The belief that albinos have magical power is widespread in the superstition and witchcraft industry which tempts some politicians and business people to apply it, in order to increase their prospects for success. However, Lawyer George Bakari suggested that the Judiciary, the media, CSOs, religious leaders, politicians and communities should bolster response to weed out the deeply entrenched superstitious beliefs that incite the murders through the systematic violation of human rights. Bakari warned that nobody knows who is next after the albinos, quoting the late pastor Martin Niemoller of Germany who said, `first they came for Jews, I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. They came for the communist, I did not speak out because I was not a communist. They came for the trade unionist, I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, no one was left to speak out`.
SOURCE: Sunday Observer
Monday, April 27, 2009
Wanafunzi washupalia mauaji ya maalbino 2009-02-15 12:47:50 Na Mwandishi Wetu
Wanafunzi wanachama wa chama cha kutetea haki za binadamu wa Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, wamesema watatumia nafasi yao katika jamii kufanya mabadiliko ya kumaliza ukatili nchini kwa kuishinikiza serikali kuongeza kasi ya kudhibiti mauaji ya maalbino. Rais wa chama hicho, Onesmo Ngurumwa, aliyasema hayo jijini Dar es Salaam jana wakati wa mdahalo maalum uliojadili mauaji ya maalbino ulioandaliwa na chama hicho kwa kushirikiana na chuo kikuu kishiriki cha kimataifa cha mafunzo ya sheria cha Ujerumani. Alisema pamoja na kwamba mauaji ya maalbino yameendelea kutokea kila mara, serikali imeshindwa kushughulikia tatizo hilo kwa kasi inayostahili. Alisema ili kufanikisha mabadiliko wanayokusudia, wapo katika mkakati wa kuandaa mapendekezo ya namna ya kukabiliana na mauaji hayo ambayo watayapeleka serikalini ili yafanyiwe kazi. ``Tutabuni mikakati itakayosaidia kutokomeza ukatili wa binadamu hasa mauaji ya albino na tutayawasilisha kwa wadau ikiwemo serikali ili yafanyiwe kazi,`` alisema Ngurumwa. Mkurugenzi wa uhariri wa magazeti ya IPP, Sakina Datoo, alisema vyombo vya habari vina nafasi kubwa ya kupambana na ukatili huo. Amewataka waandishi kuendelea kuandika habari za uchunguzi kuhusu mauji ya maalbino na kuwafichua wauaji ili kutokomeza vitendo hivyo. ``Kama mnakumbuka, vyombo vya habari ndivyo vilivyofichua mauaji haya, kwa hivyo ninaamini bado waandishi wa habari wanao mchango mkubwa sana katika hili,`` alisema.
SOURCE: Nipashe
Habari za Leo
Wanafunzi wanachama wa chama cha kutetea haki za binadamu wa Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, wamesema watatumia nafasi yao katika jamii kufanya mabadiliko ya kumaliza ukatili nchini kwa kuishinikiza serikali kuongeza kasi ya kudhibiti mauaji ya maalbino. Rais wa chama hicho, Onesmo Ngurumwa, aliyasema hayo jijini Dar es Salaam jana wakati wa mdahalo maalum uliojadili mauaji ya maalbino ulioandaliwa na chama hicho kwa kushirikiana na chuo kikuu kishiriki cha kimataifa cha mafunzo ya sheria cha Ujerumani. Alisema pamoja na kwamba mauaji ya maalbino yameendelea kutokea kila mara, serikali imeshindwa kushughulikia tatizo hilo kwa kasi inayostahili. Alisema ili kufanikisha mabadiliko wanayokusudia, wapo katika mkakati wa kuandaa mapendekezo ya namna ya kukabiliana na mauaji hayo ambayo watayapeleka serikalini ili yafanyiwe kazi. ``Tutabuni mikakati itakayosaidia kutokomeza ukatili wa binadamu hasa mauaji ya albino na tutayawasilisha kwa wadau ikiwemo serikali ili yafanyiwe kazi,`` alisema Ngurumwa. Mkurugenzi wa uhariri wa magazeti ya IPP, Sakina Datoo, alisema vyombo vya habari vina nafasi kubwa ya kupambana na ukatili huo. Amewataka waandishi kuendelea kuandika habari za uchunguzi kuhusu mauji ya maalbino na kuwafichua wauaji ili kutokomeza vitendo hivyo. ``Kama mnakumbuka, vyombo vya habari ndivyo vilivyofichua mauaji haya, kwa hivyo ninaamini bado waandishi wa habari wanao mchango mkubwa sana katika hili,`` alisema.
SOURCE: Nipashe
Habari za Leo
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (UDHRA)
P.O.BOX 35O93,
DAR ES SALAAM,
http://udsmhumanrights.blogspot.com.
EMAIL udsmhumanrights@yahoo.com
.MOB ..0717 -082228 /0754710063./0783172394
09ND /02/2009________________________________________
MLIMANI HARD TALK ON HOW TO BATTLE ATROCIOUS KILLINGS OF ALBINO IN TANZANIA.
THE WAY FORWARD
BY UDHRA PRESIDENT ONESMO P.OLENGURUMWA
``A person who has not met these people and listened to them can take this as a simple issue, but it is really sad. We cannot let such people continue to kill others with impunity,`` said Pinda
Whereas human rights and freedom are inherent in all human beings regardless of their races, ethnicity, religion, gender or creed, and status. Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania,particularly Artical 14 which provides that every one has the rights to live. UDHRA Pursuant to its constitution realizes the role of Universities in various matters concerning dignity and the rights of people. We conduct seminars, moot courts, workshops, panel discussions etc to raise awareness to the University community and entire country about Human rights issues,
. In the past 2 years this right has been increasingly violated in number of ways but mainly the killing of Albino. The vicious killings of Albino have become a National shame and embarrassment to our country. The current critical conditions towards Albino jeopardize their life.
Now therefore, UDHRA comes forward with the following recommendation as the way forward to end this sort of impunity.
1. The security forces, particularly Police force need to be closer to the matter to have immediate cease of the killings, saying it had negative impact to the country. Police Investigations Department should use its most endeavors to identify and reach to all people who are key engineers of the killings.
2. All people who were responsible fore killings of Albino, being directly or indirectly should be brought before the law. We as well suggest their trial to be in a different way .The ad hoc based Tribunal to prosecute the dealers and perpetrators of albino killings should be established closer to affected areas.
3. Dealing with this type of crime we need to involve the whole community to curb this problem. The principle of community based security should be encouraged. Community should vehemently condemn the killings. This is simply because all criminals are from the community; it therefore becomes easy for them to identify groups of people who are behind the killings
4. The campaigns against witchcrafts belief should be of priority. This campaign should be done in collaboration with National Council of Traditional Healers in Tanzania (BAWATA) .This will enable them to uncover fake healers and those who are fanning ritual killings..
5. This kinds of atrocities should be curbed once for all. Our country has worse history on the killings related to superstitions .We therefore suggest that we should check on the strength of security forces .There is laxity of our security forces hence this can be the reasons of this kinds of atrocities.
6. We also call up all Civil societies dealing with human rights issues in Tanzania to form a National Solidarity to condemns these heinous acts to ensure albinos like other citizens enjoy their fundamental rights to life, freedom and protection.
We lastly but not least keep on calling every one of you to take seriously the vicious killing of albino as our daily prayers.
P.O.BOX 35O93,
DAR ES SALAAM,
http://udsmhumanrights.blogspot.com.
EMAIL udsmhumanrights@yahoo.com
.MOB ..0717 -082228 /0754710063./0783172394
09ND /02/2009________________________________________
MLIMANI HARD TALK ON HOW TO BATTLE ATROCIOUS KILLINGS OF ALBINO IN TANZANIA.
THE WAY FORWARD
BY UDHRA PRESIDENT ONESMO P.OLENGURUMWA
``A person who has not met these people and listened to them can take this as a simple issue, but it is really sad. We cannot let such people continue to kill others with impunity,`` said Pinda
Whereas human rights and freedom are inherent in all human beings regardless of their races, ethnicity, religion, gender or creed, and status. Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania,particularly Artical 14 which provides that every one has the rights to live. UDHRA Pursuant to its constitution realizes the role of Universities in various matters concerning dignity and the rights of people. We conduct seminars, moot courts, workshops, panel discussions etc to raise awareness to the University community and entire country about Human rights issues,
. In the past 2 years this right has been increasingly violated in number of ways but mainly the killing of Albino. The vicious killings of Albino have become a National shame and embarrassment to our country. The current critical conditions towards Albino jeopardize their life.
Now therefore, UDHRA comes forward with the following recommendation as the way forward to end this sort of impunity.
1. The security forces, particularly Police force need to be closer to the matter to have immediate cease of the killings, saying it had negative impact to the country. Police Investigations Department should use its most endeavors to identify and reach to all people who are key engineers of the killings.
2. All people who were responsible fore killings of Albino, being directly or indirectly should be brought before the law. We as well suggest their trial to be in a different way .The ad hoc based Tribunal to prosecute the dealers and perpetrators of albino killings should be established closer to affected areas.
3. Dealing with this type of crime we need to involve the whole community to curb this problem. The principle of community based security should be encouraged. Community should vehemently condemn the killings. This is simply because all criminals are from the community; it therefore becomes easy for them to identify groups of people who are behind the killings
4. The campaigns against witchcrafts belief should be of priority. This campaign should be done in collaboration with National Council of Traditional Healers in Tanzania (BAWATA) .This will enable them to uncover fake healers and those who are fanning ritual killings..
5. This kinds of atrocities should be curbed once for all. Our country has worse history on the killings related to superstitions .We therefore suggest that we should check on the strength of security forces .There is laxity of our security forces hence this can be the reasons of this kinds of atrocities.
6. We also call up all Civil societies dealing with human rights issues in Tanzania to form a National Solidarity to condemns these heinous acts to ensure albinos like other citizens enjoy their fundamental rights to life, freedom and protection.
We lastly but not least keep on calling every one of you to take seriously the vicious killing of albino as our daily prayers.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
UNIVERSITY CRISIES
TV PROGRAM PAMBANUA 19/11/2008 CHANNEL TEN
DIALOGUE ON CURRENT UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNREST IN TANZANIA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES REASONS AND THE WAY FORWAD .
BY ONESMO P.OLENGURUMWA PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
PART ONE
The reason behind un endless university students strikes can be categorized into 2 groups.
Before all the public should know that students have basic claims as provided by the constitutions of Tanzania Article 11.and other relevant laws
The first category relates to crises originating from principal demands or complaints directed to the University, for example the ‘Akivaga crisis’ of 1971whose source was the undemocratic way the University was run.
Second category of the causes of crises in universities, especially Tanzanian public universities, is the declining capacity and growing unwillingness of the state to finance universities.
A reactionary, obsolete and/or irrelevant curriculum, bad and unfair examination rules and systems; shortage of learning facilities like space, books and desks; shortage of competent staff; lack of research funds, and others, are the day to day questions that lay the foundations for student unrest.
These factors have been unfairly misrepresented by the state and the state-controlled media, which always depicts students as greedy and unreasonable in their demands.
The second category can be seen as major cause of current university crises due to an abrupt and poorly established loans board for higher learning institutions. , Building viable student loan programs is difficult in countries with high and variable inflation, low data-gathering capacity and high unemployment rates even for college graduates. We can therefore say that Tanzania adopting the high leaning institutions in 1999 was a grace offence to majority of Tanzania students who are poor.2004 the High learning education loans board Act was enacted without proper research on how it can be implemented without harming the poor.
Students claim against the way the disbarments of loans are conducted.
The board has no good ways of testing economic status of students, therefore due to means testing program many students who are eligible for loans have lost that right or they get it not fully as it is provided by section 17 of the loans Act when reads mutandis mutandis with its 2005 regulations and the constitutions.
The constitutions of Tanzanian Article 11(3) provides that the government shall endeavor to ensure that there are equal and adequate opportunities to all people to enable them to acquire education and vocational training at all level of schools and learning institutions. Therefore classifying students by giving others sufficient loans and giving others inadequate loans is unconstitutional and it infringes the rights of students from poor families access to education,
Many students have been given loans inadequately and this is the basis of their claims.
This introduction describes current research on student loans by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the World Bank, and draws on the conclusions of a series of Educational Forums on student loans organized by IIEP, to conclude that student loans are feasible, and can generate additional resources for higher education, but only if loan programmes are well designed and efficiently managed.
In Tanzania the repayment proportion of loans has not been very significant in most cases The element which contributes to the lack of financial viability of student loan programs is the low level of managerial efficiency, especially in public agencies, which results in high administrative costs.
According to the Act 2004 and it’s regulations of 2005 Eligible student for loans, beginning must attain the following criteria:-
Be a Tanzanian (as defined in the Act)
Have been Admitted to an accredited (recognized) Institutions as a candidate for a First Degree or Advanced Diploma.
Make a written application in the prescribed form which when approved by the Board shall form the basis of the loan contract, to be known as the Student Loan Agreement between the applicant and the Board.
Be a person who is not fully funded by other organizations or sources.
Students pursuing approved undergraduate degrees or advanced diploma courses on full time basis at recognized institutions in Tanzania.
Be a continuing student who has passed the examinations necessary to enable him to advance to the following year or stage of study.
Overseas undergraduate students under bilateral arrangements/ agreements between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and other Governments.
The Needy students must be
v is an orphan
v is disabled or has disabled poor parents
v is from a poor single parent family
v is from marginalized and disadvantaged groups
v is from a low income threshold family earning national minimum wage or below.
The Board may before granting a loan to an applicant must seek and consider confidential appraisal report of the applicant from: sections 7 ,8, 9 and sections 10 of the 2005 high learning educations loans regulations
(a) village secretary of the village in which the applicant comes from;
(b) faith based Organization in which the applicant is a member; or
(c) a secondary school or college in which an applicant attended.
(3) Where it is proved by the Board that an applicant-
(a) is poor or disadvantaged person; and
(b) has been granted an admission letter by a higher education Institution,
.
.
Experience from other countries shows that there is good and efficiency system of granting loans to students. Student loan programs are funded from any one of the following sources:
government, the students, companies in the productive sectors, alumni and philanthropists,
and international agencies.
Venezuela, works in partnership with a commercial bank responsible for the financial evaluation of applicants, loan disbursement and collection. A similar arrangement operates in Jamaica, involving a larger number of domestic and foreign banks. In Canada and Poland, the government is only responsible for program design, interest rate subsidy, and provision of guarantees against
default. The capital used to offer loans to the students is raised by the commercial banks
themselves.
PART TWO
THE WAY FORWARD
.
v Students need to be aware of the existence and availability of the program. Second, they must understand clearly what is involved in a loan (eligibility criteria, grace period, repayment obligations, , etc) in terms of responsibilities and obligations as Article 18 (d) of constitutions.
v A good information and marketing strategy to promote the student loan program and
Ensure widespread awareness among eligible students and institutions;
v Transparent eligibility criteria to ensure that any subsidy element be targeted to the most
deserving students (academically and socially); ;
v Efficient collection mechanisms, including an appropriate legal framework, to minimize
default;
v Because the country is still poor in data collection and gathering, therefore all students in public university should be given 100%
v Means testing has proved failure ,it should therefore be stopped.
v Efficient institutional management of all key processes (evaluation and selection of
beneficiaries, academic monitoring, loan collection, financial management), based on an
adequate computerized management information system; and
v A stable management team.
v The most straightforward approach consists of requiring official income tax data to
check the family background of applicants
v of the view that, together with universities themselves, the government should play its role in finding permanent solutions aimed at pre-empting and/or preventing such crises. It should not play the role of a spectator
DIALOGUE ON CURRENT UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNREST IN TANZANIA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES REASONS AND THE WAY FORWAD .
BY ONESMO P.OLENGURUMWA PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
PART ONE
The reason behind un endless university students strikes can be categorized into 2 groups.
Before all the public should know that students have basic claims as provided by the constitutions of Tanzania Article 11.and other relevant laws
The first category relates to crises originating from principal demands or complaints directed to the University, for example the ‘Akivaga crisis’ of 1971whose source was the undemocratic way the University was run.
Second category of the causes of crises in universities, especially Tanzanian public universities, is the declining capacity and growing unwillingness of the state to finance universities.
A reactionary, obsolete and/or irrelevant curriculum, bad and unfair examination rules and systems; shortage of learning facilities like space, books and desks; shortage of competent staff; lack of research funds, and others, are the day to day questions that lay the foundations for student unrest.
These factors have been unfairly misrepresented by the state and the state-controlled media, which always depicts students as greedy and unreasonable in their demands.
The second category can be seen as major cause of current university crises due to an abrupt and poorly established loans board for higher learning institutions. , Building viable student loan programs is difficult in countries with high and variable inflation, low data-gathering capacity and high unemployment rates even for college graduates. We can therefore say that Tanzania adopting the high leaning institutions in 1999 was a grace offence to majority of Tanzania students who are poor.2004 the High learning education loans board Act was enacted without proper research on how it can be implemented without harming the poor.
Students claim against the way the disbarments of loans are conducted.
The board has no good ways of testing economic status of students, therefore due to means testing program many students who are eligible for loans have lost that right or they get it not fully as it is provided by section 17 of the loans Act when reads mutandis mutandis with its 2005 regulations and the constitutions.
The constitutions of Tanzanian Article 11(3) provides that the government shall endeavor to ensure that there are equal and adequate opportunities to all people to enable them to acquire education and vocational training at all level of schools and learning institutions. Therefore classifying students by giving others sufficient loans and giving others inadequate loans is unconstitutional and it infringes the rights of students from poor families access to education,
Many students have been given loans inadequately and this is the basis of their claims.
This introduction describes current research on student loans by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the World Bank, and draws on the conclusions of a series of Educational Forums on student loans organized by IIEP, to conclude that student loans are feasible, and can generate additional resources for higher education, but only if loan programmes are well designed and efficiently managed.
In Tanzania the repayment proportion of loans has not been very significant in most cases The element which contributes to the lack of financial viability of student loan programs is the low level of managerial efficiency, especially in public agencies, which results in high administrative costs.
According to the Act 2004 and it’s regulations of 2005 Eligible student for loans, beginning must attain the following criteria:-
Be a Tanzanian (as defined in the Act)
Have been Admitted to an accredited (recognized) Institutions as a candidate for a First Degree or Advanced Diploma.
Make a written application in the prescribed form which when approved by the Board shall form the basis of the loan contract, to be known as the Student Loan Agreement between the applicant and the Board.
Be a person who is not fully funded by other organizations or sources.
Students pursuing approved undergraduate degrees or advanced diploma courses on full time basis at recognized institutions in Tanzania.
Be a continuing student who has passed the examinations necessary to enable him to advance to the following year or stage of study.
Overseas undergraduate students under bilateral arrangements/ agreements between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and other Governments.
The Needy students must be
v is an orphan
v is disabled or has disabled poor parents
v is from a poor single parent family
v is from marginalized and disadvantaged groups
v is from a low income threshold family earning national minimum wage or below.
The Board may before granting a loan to an applicant must seek and consider confidential appraisal report of the applicant from: sections 7 ,8, 9 and sections 10 of the 2005 high learning educations loans regulations
(a) village secretary of the village in which the applicant comes from;
(b) faith based Organization in which the applicant is a member; or
(c) a secondary school or college in which an applicant attended.
(3) Where it is proved by the Board that an applicant-
(a) is poor or disadvantaged person; and
(b) has been granted an admission letter by a higher education Institution,
.
.
Experience from other countries shows that there is good and efficiency system of granting loans to students. Student loan programs are funded from any one of the following sources:
government, the students, companies in the productive sectors, alumni and philanthropists,
and international agencies.
Venezuela, works in partnership with a commercial bank responsible for the financial evaluation of applicants, loan disbursement and collection. A similar arrangement operates in Jamaica, involving a larger number of domestic and foreign banks. In Canada and Poland, the government is only responsible for program design, interest rate subsidy, and provision of guarantees against
default. The capital used to offer loans to the students is raised by the commercial banks
themselves.
PART TWO
THE WAY FORWARD
.
v Students need to be aware of the existence and availability of the program. Second, they must understand clearly what is involved in a loan (eligibility criteria, grace period, repayment obligations, , etc) in terms of responsibilities and obligations as Article 18 (d) of constitutions.
v A good information and marketing strategy to promote the student loan program and
Ensure widespread awareness among eligible students and institutions;
v Transparent eligibility criteria to ensure that any subsidy element be targeted to the most
deserving students (academically and socially); ;
v Efficient collection mechanisms, including an appropriate legal framework, to minimize
default;
v Because the country is still poor in data collection and gathering, therefore all students in public university should be given 100%
v Means testing has proved failure ,it should therefore be stopped.
v Efficient institutional management of all key processes (evaluation and selection of
beneficiaries, academic monitoring, loan collection, financial management), based on an
adequate computerized management information system; and
v A stable management team.
v The most straightforward approach consists of requiring official income tax data to
check the family background of applicants
v of the view that, together with universities themselves, the government should play its role in finding permanent solutions aimed at pre-empting and/or preventing such crises. It should not play the role of a spectator
Monday, November 10, 2008
PETS REPORTS NGORONGORO
NGORONGORO PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING SYSTEM COMMITTEE (PETS)
NGORONGORO PETS REPORT. SEPTEMBER 2008
ONESMO OLENGURUMWA NGORONGORO PETS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND FEMA SAIDEYA RECEIVING A CERTIFACATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EXAMPLARY WORK FROM USA AMBASSADOR M.GREEN
APPRECIATION
Ngorongoro PETS Committee sends our gratefulness to PINGO’S for their exemplary work to see PETS activities in Ngorongoro are effectively done, We thank Ngorongoro district council Chairman and district executive director for their mutual support to see PETS activities are well done ,we as well cast our thanksgiving to PACT Tanzania for the great role they played to see public expenditure tracking is funded and sponsored.
ONESMO OLENGURUMWA NGORONGORO PETS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND FEMA SAIDEYA RECEIVING A CERTIFACATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EXAMPLARY WORK FROM USA AMBASSADOR M.GREEN
INTRODUCTION.
Ngorongoro PETS committee was formed on July 2008 encompassed with 12 members. Before that PETS members were well trained on how to conduct PETS and after training they worked as a team together with the citizens to track where the problems lies and look the way forward . The committee managed to conduct Public Expenditure tracking survey/system (PETS) through five(5) wards include Digodigo, Soit sambu, Orgosorok, Arash and Pinyiny out of 14 wards.
The committee conducted PETS in three areas mainly livestock, education and natural resources’
.
FINDINGS.
Ngorongoro PETS committee have realized that the district is lugging behind in terms of development despite the fact that there are vey rich in natural resources. It is vey unfortunate that Citizens are suffering and is only few individuals who are enjoying the fruits of the whole district.
The committee managed to conduct PETS to all five wards mentioned and came out with the following
The district has various sources of income being money from central government , taxes, fains from wildlife as well as natural resources, that divides the district sources income into 2 sources of income:
(i) External sources
(ii) Own sources
The committee successfully managed to pass through the district budget for 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and discovered that the recurrent budget is 80% while the development budget for the district is only 20% . The committee suggested that it should at least be 50% equally .
In education sector the committee found various programs for development like TASAF, MMEM, MESS as well as community contribution. Through this programs the committee realized that to a large extent those programs were not properly implemented. A good example at Enguserosambu village can be noted, TASAF meant to build a house for primary school teachers, but surprisingly they did not finish building the house claiming that the money allocated was over, and there is no money to finish the building. When conducting PETS the committee realized that there was a linkage of money at district as well as at the village level. The only money used to build the house is 70%, then where are the 30% ?. the committee also discoved that the village school committees in Ngorongoro need knowledge (capacity building) which will enable them to manage their duties.
According to the District Education Officer he told PETS committee that the district lacks 400 school primary teachers. And he insisted that, this is a big problem.
Another problem is of capitation grants. The committee noted that money for capitation grant is less useful to schools. The policy states on papers that every child should get 10 USD but this is not what is practiced on the ground. Teachers even complained that the money for capitation in most cases is not released on time. And not given according to the number of pupils found at that particular school.
There was a problem in public procurement and tendering process. This is a very serious problem in Ngorongoro and the committee observed various cases where some intelligent people use these processes to enrich themselves and leave behind various programs incomplete.
The committee managed to find out that livestock services offered to livestocks are not offered on time and some time not offered to other places like Loliondo village and Sakala village. Villagers complain that services are not offered at the rain season instead are offered at summer time where the livestock have nothing to feed.Hence the vaccination turns out to be a disease to death to most of livestocks.
No education of modern livestock keeping system is offered to people in Ngorongoro .
We managed to track the maintenance of the Enguserosambu village cattle dip and found out that the money said to be used 300,000/= was not equivalent to what observed, when valuing the money and activities done it is only small percent of the money was used for maintenance even the heads of the departments admitted that the constructor who was given the tender was not a constructor.
We found that the district is rich of natural resources but not benefiting from these resources. Per year the district can collect only 350 million from various sources as owns sources from wildlife and natural resources.
This is very tiny amount of collection of revenue regarding that the district is rich of resources. The Ngorongoro conservation Authority can collect per year up to 30 billion from wildlife and tourism but sympathetically the district council is given 175 million as the distribution and contribution for development of people living in Ngorongoro district. The district had to be given 250 million but they said 75 million was not released due to tax payment. This is puzzle to people in the district. This shows that there is no proper distribution of public funds.
The 20% of money collected from natural resources had to be sent to villages but this is not done even to one village.
The Engaresero gate collects up to 65 million per year but the village does not benefit, even the 20% is not returned in due time and if returned they don’t follow the 20% requirement.
The villagers complained that they started practicing the program of Opportunity and Obstacle for Development(O and O.D) by having by-laws to improve village own resources but the District council up to day refused to approve the by-laws to enable the village to benefit from tourists who seem to visit the lake Natron freely.
We as well managed to find that many of the village finance committees like Ololosokwan village finance committee lack knowledge on money management despite the fact that they collect huge amount of money. Ololosokwan collects 184 million per year from various tourist companies. The village manage to use the many collected for development programs like sending and paying for their school fees many student from the village, the village currently sponsoring 10 university student and 122 secondary students.
We then recommend that the village committees to be empowered on how to manage their duties and enable them to use public fund with great care and lastly make the other government officials accountable.
We recommend the development programs money to be exposed to all people before any implementation.
There should be equal distribution of money collected from natural resources.
School teachers working in hard condition in Ngorongoro and other public servants to be provided with incentives to enable them to sustain their livelihood.
Pupils should be provided with lunch because we found many of them skip that meal due to long distance between schools and their homes.
The district council should collaborate with villages to advertise the resources we have in Ngorongoro like the like Natron, mount Lengai and flamingoes.
The district budget should be put in a simple way and exposed to all notice boards to increase transparency in the use of public fund.
ONESMO OLENGURUMWA PETS CHAIRMAN NGORONGORO
NGORONGORO PETS REPORT. SEPTEMBER 2008
ONESMO OLENGURUMWA NGORONGORO PETS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND FEMA SAIDEYA RECEIVING A CERTIFACATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EXAMPLARY WORK FROM USA AMBASSADOR M.GREEN
APPRECIATION
Ngorongoro PETS Committee sends our gratefulness to PINGO’S for their exemplary work to see PETS activities in Ngorongoro are effectively done, We thank Ngorongoro district council Chairman and district executive director for their mutual support to see PETS activities are well done ,we as well cast our thanksgiving to PACT Tanzania for the great role they played to see public expenditure tracking is funded and sponsored.
ONESMO OLENGURUMWA NGORONGORO PETS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND FEMA SAIDEYA RECEIVING A CERTIFACATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EXAMPLARY WORK FROM USA AMBASSADOR M.GREEN
INTRODUCTION.
Ngorongoro PETS committee was formed on July 2008 encompassed with 12 members. Before that PETS members were well trained on how to conduct PETS and after training they worked as a team together with the citizens to track where the problems lies and look the way forward . The committee managed to conduct Public Expenditure tracking survey/system (PETS) through five(5) wards include Digodigo, Soit sambu, Orgosorok, Arash and Pinyiny out of 14 wards.
The committee conducted PETS in three areas mainly livestock, education and natural resources’
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FINDINGS.
Ngorongoro PETS committee have realized that the district is lugging behind in terms of development despite the fact that there are vey rich in natural resources. It is vey unfortunate that Citizens are suffering and is only few individuals who are enjoying the fruits of the whole district.
The committee managed to conduct PETS to all five wards mentioned and came out with the following
The district has various sources of income being money from central government , taxes, fains from wildlife as well as natural resources, that divides the district sources income into 2 sources of income:
(i) External sources
(ii) Own sources
The committee successfully managed to pass through the district budget for 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and discovered that the recurrent budget is 80% while the development budget for the district is only 20% . The committee suggested that it should at least be 50% equally .
In education sector the committee found various programs for development like TASAF, MMEM, MESS as well as community contribution. Through this programs the committee realized that to a large extent those programs were not properly implemented. A good example at Enguserosambu village can be noted, TASAF meant to build a house for primary school teachers, but surprisingly they did not finish building the house claiming that the money allocated was over, and there is no money to finish the building. When conducting PETS the committee realized that there was a linkage of money at district as well as at the village level. The only money used to build the house is 70%, then where are the 30% ?. the committee also discoved that the village school committees in Ngorongoro need knowledge (capacity building) which will enable them to manage their duties.
According to the District Education Officer he told PETS committee that the district lacks 400 school primary teachers. And he insisted that, this is a big problem.
Another problem is of capitation grants. The committee noted that money for capitation grant is less useful to schools. The policy states on papers that every child should get 10 USD but this is not what is practiced on the ground. Teachers even complained that the money for capitation in most cases is not released on time. And not given according to the number of pupils found at that particular school.
There was a problem in public procurement and tendering process. This is a very serious problem in Ngorongoro and the committee observed various cases where some intelligent people use these processes to enrich themselves and leave behind various programs incomplete.
The committee managed to find out that livestock services offered to livestocks are not offered on time and some time not offered to other places like Loliondo village and Sakala village. Villagers complain that services are not offered at the rain season instead are offered at summer time where the livestock have nothing to feed.Hence the vaccination turns out to be a disease to death to most of livestocks.
No education of modern livestock keeping system is offered to people in Ngorongoro .
We managed to track the maintenance of the Enguserosambu village cattle dip and found out that the money said to be used 300,000/= was not equivalent to what observed, when valuing the money and activities done it is only small percent of the money was used for maintenance even the heads of the departments admitted that the constructor who was given the tender was not a constructor.
We found that the district is rich of natural resources but not benefiting from these resources. Per year the district can collect only 350 million from various sources as owns sources from wildlife and natural resources.
This is very tiny amount of collection of revenue regarding that the district is rich of resources. The Ngorongoro conservation Authority can collect per year up to 30 billion from wildlife and tourism but sympathetically the district council is given 175 million as the distribution and contribution for development of people living in Ngorongoro district. The district had to be given 250 million but they said 75 million was not released due to tax payment. This is puzzle to people in the district. This shows that there is no proper distribution of public funds.
The 20% of money collected from natural resources had to be sent to villages but this is not done even to one village.
The Engaresero gate collects up to 65 million per year but the village does not benefit, even the 20% is not returned in due time and if returned they don’t follow the 20% requirement.
The villagers complained that they started practicing the program of Opportunity and Obstacle for Development(O and O.D) by having by-laws to improve village own resources but the District council up to day refused to approve the by-laws to enable the village to benefit from tourists who seem to visit the lake Natron freely.
We as well managed to find that many of the village finance committees like Ololosokwan village finance committee lack knowledge on money management despite the fact that they collect huge amount of money. Ololosokwan collects 184 million per year from various tourist companies. The village manage to use the many collected for development programs like sending and paying for their school fees many student from the village, the village currently sponsoring 10 university student and 122 secondary students.
We then recommend that the village committees to be empowered on how to manage their duties and enable them to use public fund with great care and lastly make the other government officials accountable.
We recommend the development programs money to be exposed to all people before any implementation.
There should be equal distribution of money collected from natural resources.
School teachers working in hard condition in Ngorongoro and other public servants to be provided with incentives to enable them to sustain their livelihood.
Pupils should be provided with lunch because we found many of them skip that meal due to long distance between schools and their homes.
The district council should collaborate with villages to advertise the resources we have in Ngorongoro like the like Natron, mount Lengai and flamingoes.
The district budget should be put in a simple way and exposed to all notice boards to increase transparency in the use of public fund.
ONESMO OLENGURUMWA PETS CHAIRMAN NGORONGORO
HISTORIA YA NGURUMWA
HISTORIA FUPI YA ONESMO OLENGURUMWA
ONESMO PAUL OLE NGURUMWA ni kijana wa mzee Paul Ngurumwa, amezaliwa mwaka 1980 katika kijiij cha Sakala wilayani Ngorongoro, kwa sasa ana umri wa miaka 28 ,ameoa na ana mtoto mmoja wa kiume , makazi yake yapo katika kijiji cha Sakala. Amesoma shule ya msingi Sakala ,elimu ya secondary ordinary level amesoma katika seminary ya Roman Arusha na badaye akamalizia elimu ya advanced secondary Dakawa Morogoro mwaka 2004.Safari yake ya elimu iliendelea pale alipofaulu na kuchaguliwa kusomea fani ya sheria katika chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam kwa mkopo wa serikali.Hadi hivi sasa ni mwanafunzi wa sheria mwaka wa mwisho na anategemea kuhitimu degree ya kwanza mwakani mwezi wa tano.
WASIFU WA NDANI
Ni kijana mcha Mungu na mwenye misimamo na mitazamo ya kidini katika mambo mbalimbali.Ni mwanaharakati wa haki za binadamu na mwanafunzi alieyejikita katika sheria na masuala ya haki za binadamuna na za kimataifa.Ana misimamo thabiti pale anapoona haki za binadamu zinapovunjwa.Anauwezo mkubwa wa kusimamia kile anachohamini kama ni sahihi vile anapenda kukosolewa.Ana moyo wa kujituma na kujitoa kwa ajili ya maslahi ya umma, hana ubinafsi na anajali utu wa binadamu: akiamini binadamu wote ni sawa.Ni mkweli na muwazi.Anajiamini na ni mbunifu.Siasa zake ni za kiliberali na anapingana na ubeberu wa kimaghararibi pamoja na ubaguzi wa kiukoo.kikabila,kidini,kirangi,kimajimbo,nk.
WASIFU WA KIUNGOZI NA SHUGHULI MBALIMBALI
Onesmo ni kijana wa mzee alieyekuwa kiongozi aliyeheshimika katika jamii yake ya kimasai na hata nje ya jamii.(laiguanani).Toka utotoni wake alionekana akiwa mzuri katika kuongoza wenzake.Ni kiongozi aliyeonesha umahiri wa uongozi hasa alipoanza maisha ya shule.Aliwahi kuwa kaka mkuu katika shule ya msingi na vile vile aliweza kuchaguliwa na wenzake katika elimu ya sekondari na kuwa Rais wa serikali ya wanafunzi katika Dakawa High school. Pia aliaminiwa na kupewa dhamana ya kuwa mwenyekiti wa umoja wa wanafunzi wa kikatoliki hapohapo Dakawa na hatimaye alitunikiwa cheti cha kiongozi bora.Vile vile, kipindi cha masomo yake aliweza kutunukiwa tuzo mbalimbali,kwa mfano, alipokuwa kidato cha kwanza na cha pili alipewa tuzo za utendaji kazi bora (self –reliance awards) na mwanafunzi aliyeacha historia kwa kufanya vizuri kitaluuma wakati huo.
Kabla ya kujiunga na chuo Onesmo alijitolea kufundisha shule ya secondary Emanyata kwa mwaka mmoja na huko nako aliaminika na utendaji wake unakumbukwa.
Talanta yake ya uongozi kamwe haikuweza kufichika hata alipofika chuo kikikuu kwa mwaka uleule wa kwanza aliweza kuchaguliwa na kuwa katibu mkuu msaidizi wa chama cha wanasheria chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam.Na baadaye umoja wa wanafunzi wakifugaji kule Dar es salaam OSOTWA walimwamini na kumchagua kuwa mwenyekiti wao.Hapa napo hakukawia kuonyesha umahiri wake katika uongozi wake hasa alipobuni lile suala la kuanzisha kampeni ya kuwasaidia walinzi wa jamii ya kifugaji waliojaa mijini.
Hadi wakati huu yeye ni Rais wa chama cha kutetea haki za binadamu chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam(University of Dar es salaam Human Rights Association) na mapema tu alipopewa dhamana hiyo chama hiki kimeanza kuwika.Vile kwa kutumia falsafa ya ‘‘ panda mlima huku ukiwavuta na wenzako na sio panda kwanza ndipo uwarushie kamba” ameweza kupewa dhamana ya kusimamia kamati ya ufuatiliaji wa fedha za umma(puplic expenditure tracking survey-PETS) Wilaya Ngorongoro kama Mwenyekiti wa kamati hiyo iliyoundwa na PINGOS.Hapa napo umakini wake ulijiweka wazi pale kazi na taarifa ya Wilaya Ngorongoro ilipotunukiwa cheti cha utambuzi wa kazi bora na Balozi wa Marekani kupitia shirika la Pact Tanzania.Hata hivyo akishirikiana na wenzake walifanikiwa kuunda umoja wa wanataaluma mbalimbali Wilayani Ngorongoro(NDUSA) ambapo Rais wake wa muda ni Ndg.Fema Saideya(Mkazi wa Digodigo) na yeye (Onesmo) ni makamu, kama chombo kitakachotumika kuwaunganisha wanachi na wasomi wa wilaya katika harakati za kupambana na umaskini,rushwa na ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu wilaya hapa na utawala bora.
Ni mwandishi na mtafiti mzuri na amekuwa akifuatilia mambo mbalimali kama vile ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu na kutoa kweye vyombo vya habari akiamini kuwa njia mojawapo ya kumaliza udhalimu ni kuweka mambo wazi.
MAHUSIANO
Popote pale anapopita imekuwa ni rahisi kwa yeye kujenga mahusiano mazuri kotokana na karama aliyonayo ya kuweza kuishi na watu wa kada mbalimbali.Uhusiano wake mzuri mara nyingi umekuwa ukigeuka kuwa msaada kwa jumuiya au watu anawaongoza.Mfano kwa kushirikiana na Marafiki za watu wa jamii za Kifugaji pamoja na wengine kutoka Sweden wamefikia hatua ya kuanzisha shirika lisilo la kiserikali(TANZANIA MOBILE ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND INTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG INDIGENOUS(TAMOSEREKI) litakalokuwa likitoa huduma za kijasiria mali katika jamii za wamasai,amang’ati,wabarbeig,wasonjo,wairaq nk ili kutoa ajira kwa mwananchi wa rika mbalimbali.
“MAENDELEO HULETWA NA WATU,ARDHI,SIASA SAFI NA UONGOZI BORA”
MWL NYERERE.
ONESMO PAUL OLE NGURUMWA ni kijana wa mzee Paul Ngurumwa, amezaliwa mwaka 1980 katika kijiij cha Sakala wilayani Ngorongoro, kwa sasa ana umri wa miaka 28 ,ameoa na ana mtoto mmoja wa kiume , makazi yake yapo katika kijiji cha Sakala. Amesoma shule ya msingi Sakala ,elimu ya secondary ordinary level amesoma katika seminary ya Roman Arusha na badaye akamalizia elimu ya advanced secondary Dakawa Morogoro mwaka 2004.Safari yake ya elimu iliendelea pale alipofaulu na kuchaguliwa kusomea fani ya sheria katika chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam kwa mkopo wa serikali.Hadi hivi sasa ni mwanafunzi wa sheria mwaka wa mwisho na anategemea kuhitimu degree ya kwanza mwakani mwezi wa tano.
WASIFU WA NDANI
Ni kijana mcha Mungu na mwenye misimamo na mitazamo ya kidini katika mambo mbalimbali.Ni mwanaharakati wa haki za binadamu na mwanafunzi alieyejikita katika sheria na masuala ya haki za binadamuna na za kimataifa.Ana misimamo thabiti pale anapoona haki za binadamu zinapovunjwa.Anauwezo mkubwa wa kusimamia kile anachohamini kama ni sahihi vile anapenda kukosolewa.Ana moyo wa kujituma na kujitoa kwa ajili ya maslahi ya umma, hana ubinafsi na anajali utu wa binadamu: akiamini binadamu wote ni sawa.Ni mkweli na muwazi.Anajiamini na ni mbunifu.Siasa zake ni za kiliberali na anapingana na ubeberu wa kimaghararibi pamoja na ubaguzi wa kiukoo.kikabila,kidini,kirangi,kimajimbo,nk.
WASIFU WA KIUNGOZI NA SHUGHULI MBALIMBALI
Onesmo ni kijana wa mzee alieyekuwa kiongozi aliyeheshimika katika jamii yake ya kimasai na hata nje ya jamii.(laiguanani).Toka utotoni wake alionekana akiwa mzuri katika kuongoza wenzake.Ni kiongozi aliyeonesha umahiri wa uongozi hasa alipoanza maisha ya shule.Aliwahi kuwa kaka mkuu katika shule ya msingi na vile vile aliweza kuchaguliwa na wenzake katika elimu ya sekondari na kuwa Rais wa serikali ya wanafunzi katika Dakawa High school. Pia aliaminiwa na kupewa dhamana ya kuwa mwenyekiti wa umoja wa wanafunzi wa kikatoliki hapohapo Dakawa na hatimaye alitunikiwa cheti cha kiongozi bora.Vile vile, kipindi cha masomo yake aliweza kutunukiwa tuzo mbalimbali,kwa mfano, alipokuwa kidato cha kwanza na cha pili alipewa tuzo za utendaji kazi bora (self –reliance awards) na mwanafunzi aliyeacha historia kwa kufanya vizuri kitaluuma wakati huo.
Kabla ya kujiunga na chuo Onesmo alijitolea kufundisha shule ya secondary Emanyata kwa mwaka mmoja na huko nako aliaminika na utendaji wake unakumbukwa.
Talanta yake ya uongozi kamwe haikuweza kufichika hata alipofika chuo kikikuu kwa mwaka uleule wa kwanza aliweza kuchaguliwa na kuwa katibu mkuu msaidizi wa chama cha wanasheria chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam.Na baadaye umoja wa wanafunzi wakifugaji kule Dar es salaam OSOTWA walimwamini na kumchagua kuwa mwenyekiti wao.Hapa napo hakukawia kuonyesha umahiri wake katika uongozi wake hasa alipobuni lile suala la kuanzisha kampeni ya kuwasaidia walinzi wa jamii ya kifugaji waliojaa mijini.
Hadi wakati huu yeye ni Rais wa chama cha kutetea haki za binadamu chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam(University of Dar es salaam Human Rights Association) na mapema tu alipopewa dhamana hiyo chama hiki kimeanza kuwika.Vile kwa kutumia falsafa ya ‘‘ panda mlima huku ukiwavuta na wenzako na sio panda kwanza ndipo uwarushie kamba” ameweza kupewa dhamana ya kusimamia kamati ya ufuatiliaji wa fedha za umma(puplic expenditure tracking survey-PETS) Wilaya Ngorongoro kama Mwenyekiti wa kamati hiyo iliyoundwa na PINGOS.Hapa napo umakini wake ulijiweka wazi pale kazi na taarifa ya Wilaya Ngorongoro ilipotunukiwa cheti cha utambuzi wa kazi bora na Balozi wa Marekani kupitia shirika la Pact Tanzania.Hata hivyo akishirikiana na wenzake walifanikiwa kuunda umoja wa wanataaluma mbalimbali Wilayani Ngorongoro(NDUSA) ambapo Rais wake wa muda ni Ndg.Fema Saideya(Mkazi wa Digodigo) na yeye (Onesmo) ni makamu, kama chombo kitakachotumika kuwaunganisha wanachi na wasomi wa wilaya katika harakati za kupambana na umaskini,rushwa na ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu wilaya hapa na utawala bora.
Ni mwandishi na mtafiti mzuri na amekuwa akifuatilia mambo mbalimali kama vile ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu na kutoa kweye vyombo vya habari akiamini kuwa njia mojawapo ya kumaliza udhalimu ni kuweka mambo wazi.
MAHUSIANO
Popote pale anapopita imekuwa ni rahisi kwa yeye kujenga mahusiano mazuri kotokana na karama aliyonayo ya kuweza kuishi na watu wa kada mbalimbali.Uhusiano wake mzuri mara nyingi umekuwa ukigeuka kuwa msaada kwa jumuiya au watu anawaongoza.Mfano kwa kushirikiana na Marafiki za watu wa jamii za Kifugaji pamoja na wengine kutoka Sweden wamefikia hatua ya kuanzisha shirika lisilo la kiserikali(TANZANIA MOBILE ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND INTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG INDIGENOUS(TAMOSEREKI) litakalokuwa likitoa huduma za kijasiria mali katika jamii za wamasai,amang’ati,wabarbeig,wasonjo,wairaq nk ili kutoa ajira kwa mwananchi wa rika mbalimbali.
“MAENDELEO HULETWA NA WATU,ARDHI,SIASA SAFI NA UONGOZI BORA”
MWL NYERERE.
HISTORIA YA NGURUMWA
HISTORIA FUPI YA ONESMO OLENGURUMWA
ONESMO PAUL OLE NGURUMWA ni kijana wa mzee Paul Ngurumwa, amezaliwa mwaka 1980 katika kijiij cha Sakala wilayani Ngorongoro, kwa sasa ana umri wa miaka 28 ,ameoa na ana mtoto mmoja wa kiume , makazi yake yapo katika kijiji cha Sakala. Amesoma shule ya msingi Sakala ,elimu ya secondary ordinary level amesoma katika seminary ya Roman Arusha na badaye akamalizia elimu ya advanced secondary Dakawa Morogoro mwaka 2004.Safari yake ya elimu iliendelea pale alipofaulu na kuchaguliwa kusomea fani ya sheria katika chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam kwa mkopo wa serikali.Hadi hivi sasa ni mwanafunzi wa sheria mwaka wa mwisho na anategemea kuhitimu degree ya kwanza mwakani mwezi wa tano.
WASIFU WA NDANI
Ni kijana mcha Mungu na mwenye misimamo na mitazamo ya kidini katika mambo mbalimbali.Ni mwanaharakati wa haki za binadamu na mwanafunzi alieyejikita katika sheria na masuala ya haki za binadamuna na za kimataifa.Ana misimamo thabiti pale anapoona haki za binadamu zinapovunjwa.Anauwezo mkubwa wa kusimamia kile anachohamini kama ni sahihi vile anapenda kukosolewa.Ana moyo wa kujituma na kujitoa kwa ajili ya maslahi ya umma, hana ubinafsi na anajali utu wa binadamu: akiamini binadamu wote ni sawa.Ni mkweli na muwazi.Anajiamini na ni mbunifu.Siasa zake ni za kiliberali na anapingana na ubeberu wa kimaghararibi pamoja na ubaguzi wa kiukoo.kikabila,kidini,kirangi,kimajimbo,nk.
WASIFU WA KIUNGOZI NA SHUGHULI MBALIMBALI
Onesmo ni kijana wa mzee alieyekuwa kiongozi aliyeheshimika katika jamii yake ya kimasai na hata nje ya jamii.(laiguanani).Toka utotoni wake alionekana akiwa mzuri katika kuongoza wenzake.Ni kiongozi aliyeonesha umahiri wa uongozi hasa alipoanza maisha ya shule.Aliwahi kuwa kaka mkuu katika shule ya msingi na vile vile aliweza kuchaguliwa na wenzake katika elimu ya sekondari na kuwa Rais wa serikali ya wanafunzi katika Dakawa High school. Pia aliaminiwa na kupewa dhamana ya kuwa mwenyekiti wa umoja wa wanafunzi wa kikatoliki hapohapo Dakawa na hatimaye alitunikiwa cheti cha kiongozi bora.Vile vile, kipindi cha masomo yake aliweza kutunukiwa tuzo mbalimbali,kwa mfano, alipokuwa kidato cha kwanza na cha pili alipewa tuzo za utendaji kazi bora (self –reliance awards) na mwanafunzi aliyeacha historia kwa kufanya vizuri kitaluuma wakati huo.
Kabla ya kujiunga na chuo Onesmo alijitolea kufundisha shule ya secondary Emanyata kwa mwaka mmoja na huko nako aliaminika na utendaji wake unakumbukwa.
Talanta yake ya uongozi kamwe haikuweza kufichika hata alipofika chuo kikikuu kwa mwaka uleule wa kwanza aliweza kuchaguliwa na kuwa katibu mkuu msaidizi wa chama cha wanasheria chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam.Na baadaye umoja wa wanafunzi wakifugaji kule Dar es salaam OSOTWA walimwamini na kumchagua kuwa mwenyekiti wao.Hapa napo hakukawia kuonyesha umahiri wake katika uongozi wake hasa alipobuni lile suala la kuanzisha kampeni ya kuwasaidia walinzi wa jamii ya kifugaji waliojaa mijini.
Hadi wakati huu yeye ni Rais wa chama cha kutetea haki za binadamu chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam(University of Dar es salaam Human Rights Association) na mapema tu alipopewa dhamana hiyo chama hiki kimeanza kuwika.Vile kwa kutumia falsafa ya ‘‘ panda mlima huku ukiwavuta na wenzako na sio panda kwanza ndipo uwarushie kamba” ameweza kupewa dhamana ya kusimamia kamati ya ufuatiliaji wa fedha za umma(puplic expenditure tracking survey-PETS) Wilaya Ngorongoro kama Mwenyekiti wa kamati hiyo iliyoundwa na PINGOS.Hapa napo umakini wake ulijiweka wazi pale kazi na taarifa ya Wilaya Ngorongoro ilipotunukiwa cheti cha utambuzi wa kazi bora na Balozi wa Marekani kupitia shirika la Pact Tanzania.Hata hivyo akishirikiana na wenzake walifanikiwa kuunda umoja wa wanataaluma mbalimbali Wilayani Ngorongoro(NDUSA) ambapo Rais wake wa muda ni Ndg.Fema Saideya(Mkazi wa Digodigo) na yeye (Onesmo) ni makamu, kama chombo kitakachotumika kuwaunganisha wanachi na wasomi wa wilaya katika harakati za kupambana na umaskini,rushwa na ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu wilaya hapa na utawala bora.
Ni mwandishi na mtafiti mzuri na amekuwa akifuatilia mambo mbalimali kama vile ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu na kutoa kweye vyombo vya habari akiamini kuwa njia mojawapo ya kumaliza udhalimu ni kuweka mambo wazi.
MAHUSIANO
Popote pale anapopita imekuwa ni rahisi kwa yeye kujenga mahusiano mazuri kotokana na karama aliyonayo ya kuweza kuishi na watu wa kada mbalimbali.Uhusiano wake mzuri mara nyingi umekuwa ukigeuka kuwa msaada kwa jumuiya au watu anawaongoza.Mfano kwa kushirikiana na Marafiki za watu wa jamii za Kifugaji pamoja na wengine kutoka Sweden wamefikia hatua ya kuanzisha shirika lisilo la kiserikali(TANZANIA MOBILE ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND INTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG INDIGENOUS(TAMOSEREKI) litakalokuwa likitoa huduma za kijasiria mali katika jamii za wamasai,amang’ati,wabarbeig,wasonjo,wairaq nk ili kutoa ajira kwa mwananchi wa rika mbalimbali.
“MAENDELEO HULETWA NA WATU,ARDHI,SIASA SAFI NA UONGOZI BORA”
MWL NYERERE.
ONESMO PAUL OLE NGURUMWA ni kijana wa mzee Paul Ngurumwa, amezaliwa mwaka 1980 katika kijiij cha Sakala wilayani Ngorongoro, kwa sasa ana umri wa miaka 28 ,ameoa na ana mtoto mmoja wa kiume , makazi yake yapo katika kijiji cha Sakala. Amesoma shule ya msingi Sakala ,elimu ya secondary ordinary level amesoma katika seminary ya Roman Arusha na badaye akamalizia elimu ya advanced secondary Dakawa Morogoro mwaka 2004.Safari yake ya elimu iliendelea pale alipofaulu na kuchaguliwa kusomea fani ya sheria katika chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam kwa mkopo wa serikali.Hadi hivi sasa ni mwanafunzi wa sheria mwaka wa mwisho na anategemea kuhitimu degree ya kwanza mwakani mwezi wa tano.
WASIFU WA NDANI
Ni kijana mcha Mungu na mwenye misimamo na mitazamo ya kidini katika mambo mbalimbali.Ni mwanaharakati wa haki za binadamu na mwanafunzi alieyejikita katika sheria na masuala ya haki za binadamuna na za kimataifa.Ana misimamo thabiti pale anapoona haki za binadamu zinapovunjwa.Anauwezo mkubwa wa kusimamia kile anachohamini kama ni sahihi vile anapenda kukosolewa.Ana moyo wa kujituma na kujitoa kwa ajili ya maslahi ya umma, hana ubinafsi na anajali utu wa binadamu: akiamini binadamu wote ni sawa.Ni mkweli na muwazi.Anajiamini na ni mbunifu.Siasa zake ni za kiliberali na anapingana na ubeberu wa kimaghararibi pamoja na ubaguzi wa kiukoo.kikabila,kidini,kirangi,kimajimbo,nk.
WASIFU WA KIUNGOZI NA SHUGHULI MBALIMBALI
Onesmo ni kijana wa mzee alieyekuwa kiongozi aliyeheshimika katika jamii yake ya kimasai na hata nje ya jamii.(laiguanani).Toka utotoni wake alionekana akiwa mzuri katika kuongoza wenzake.Ni kiongozi aliyeonesha umahiri wa uongozi hasa alipoanza maisha ya shule.Aliwahi kuwa kaka mkuu katika shule ya msingi na vile vile aliweza kuchaguliwa na wenzake katika elimu ya sekondari na kuwa Rais wa serikali ya wanafunzi katika Dakawa High school. Pia aliaminiwa na kupewa dhamana ya kuwa mwenyekiti wa umoja wa wanafunzi wa kikatoliki hapohapo Dakawa na hatimaye alitunikiwa cheti cha kiongozi bora.Vile vile, kipindi cha masomo yake aliweza kutunukiwa tuzo mbalimbali,kwa mfano, alipokuwa kidato cha kwanza na cha pili alipewa tuzo za utendaji kazi bora (self –reliance awards) na mwanafunzi aliyeacha historia kwa kufanya vizuri kitaluuma wakati huo.
Kabla ya kujiunga na chuo Onesmo alijitolea kufundisha shule ya secondary Emanyata kwa mwaka mmoja na huko nako aliaminika na utendaji wake unakumbukwa.
Talanta yake ya uongozi kamwe haikuweza kufichika hata alipofika chuo kikikuu kwa mwaka uleule wa kwanza aliweza kuchaguliwa na kuwa katibu mkuu msaidizi wa chama cha wanasheria chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam.Na baadaye umoja wa wanafunzi wakifugaji kule Dar es salaam OSOTWA walimwamini na kumchagua kuwa mwenyekiti wao.Hapa napo hakukawia kuonyesha umahiri wake katika uongozi wake hasa alipobuni lile suala la kuanzisha kampeni ya kuwasaidia walinzi wa jamii ya kifugaji waliojaa mijini.
Hadi wakati huu yeye ni Rais wa chama cha kutetea haki za binadamu chuo kikuu cha Dar es salaam(University of Dar es salaam Human Rights Association) na mapema tu alipopewa dhamana hiyo chama hiki kimeanza kuwika.Vile kwa kutumia falsafa ya ‘‘ panda mlima huku ukiwavuta na wenzako na sio panda kwanza ndipo uwarushie kamba” ameweza kupewa dhamana ya kusimamia kamati ya ufuatiliaji wa fedha za umma(puplic expenditure tracking survey-PETS) Wilaya Ngorongoro kama Mwenyekiti wa kamati hiyo iliyoundwa na PINGOS.Hapa napo umakini wake ulijiweka wazi pale kazi na taarifa ya Wilaya Ngorongoro ilipotunukiwa cheti cha utambuzi wa kazi bora na Balozi wa Marekani kupitia shirika la Pact Tanzania.Hata hivyo akishirikiana na wenzake walifanikiwa kuunda umoja wa wanataaluma mbalimbali Wilayani Ngorongoro(NDUSA) ambapo Rais wake wa muda ni Ndg.Fema Saideya(Mkazi wa Digodigo) na yeye (Onesmo) ni makamu, kama chombo kitakachotumika kuwaunganisha wanachi na wasomi wa wilaya katika harakati za kupambana na umaskini,rushwa na ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu wilaya hapa na utawala bora.
Ni mwandishi na mtafiti mzuri na amekuwa akifuatilia mambo mbalimali kama vile ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu na kutoa kweye vyombo vya habari akiamini kuwa njia mojawapo ya kumaliza udhalimu ni kuweka mambo wazi.
MAHUSIANO
Popote pale anapopita imekuwa ni rahisi kwa yeye kujenga mahusiano mazuri kotokana na karama aliyonayo ya kuweza kuishi na watu wa kada mbalimbali.Uhusiano wake mzuri mara nyingi umekuwa ukigeuka kuwa msaada kwa jumuiya au watu anawaongoza.Mfano kwa kushirikiana na Marafiki za watu wa jamii za Kifugaji pamoja na wengine kutoka Sweden wamefikia hatua ya kuanzisha shirika lisilo la kiserikali(TANZANIA MOBILE ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND INTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG INDIGENOUS(TAMOSEREKI) litakalokuwa likitoa huduma za kijasiria mali katika jamii za wamasai,amang’ati,wabarbeig,wasonjo,wairaq nk ili kutoa ajira kwa mwananchi wa rika mbalimbali.
“MAENDELEO HULETWA NA WATU,ARDHI,SIASA SAFI NA UONGOZI BORA”
MWL NYERERE.
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