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Quick Info : The 2015 G(irls)20 Summit will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.  While exact dates have not yet been set, we anticipate that the 6th Summit will take place late September/early October.

Five Summits have taken place : 
Toronto, 2010; Paris, 2011; Mexico City, 2012; Moscow, 2013 and Sydney, Australia (2014)..  Each Summit produces a communique which is presented to the G20 Leaders, Ministers of Industry, Health, Innovation, Economic Development and Foreign Affairs and Ambassadors. Each Summit also results in the development of community based initiatives led by the delegates.
We invite you to apply if you meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • female, 18-23 years of age (at the time of the Summit);
  • live and hold citizenship in one of the G20 member countries plus the Afghanistan, African Union, Azerbaijan*, the European Union,  Pakistan, MENA region, Spain* or Singapore*.  (These represent the members of the G20 plus countries invited by the Government of Turkey)
  • have an interest in the economic advancement of girls and women;
  • can commit to launching a post Summit initiative/project in your own community;
  • have parental or guardian permission to travel to Turkey and to fully participate in the summit for the duration of the Summit.  This may require absence from school;
  • consent to appear in any and all media; and,
  • can obtain valid visa and passport for travel by March 31, 2015.
Please note that it will be the responsibility of the delegate to arrange her own ground transportation to and from her home and the airport as well as passport and visas (some countries will require a visa).
Upon being chosen, delegates will be required to participate before Summit training (media & leadership assessment), connect with the G(irls)20 alumni and complete a reading package to be familiar with the G20 process and issues and G(irls)20 partners.
While in Turkey, delegates will attend skills building training sessions, hear from a global panel of experts and work toward a set of recommendations for G20 Leaders.
The following will be provided to all G(irls)20 Summit Delegates:
  • Summit learning materials and supplies;
  • Return economy air travel arrangements, from the closest international airport to the delegate’s home to Istanbul;
  • Accommodations while in Turkey (in transit accommodations to be covered by the delegate);
  • Meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner and refreshments each day;
  • All ground transportation while in Turkey.
LANGUAGE:  English language proficiency, both verbal and written, is required.  The Summit will be conducted in English and Turkish. All final delegates will have a phone interview in which their language skills will be evaluated.
IMPORTANT DATES
  • Deadline for applications JANUARY 15, 2015
  • Applications will be reviewed by G(irls)20 Global Advisory, partners and volunteers
  • Two finalists from each country will be selected by the end of FEBRUARY and phone interviews will be held shortly thereafter
  • G(irls)20 2015 Final Delegates will be announced MARCH 6, 2015.
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  • Signed Expectation Form
  • YouTube Submission (If you do not have the means to submit a video please let us know and this will be taken into consideration).
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  • Head & shoulders photograph (if selected this may be used on our website)
  • Scan of Passport (if possible at the time of application, if not, proof of age)
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LONDON; GAZETI LA MAIL ONLINE LAIBUA SIRI NZITO JUU YA SAKATA LA ESCROW TANZANIA

Tanzanian PM tries to halt debate on energy sector graft, angering lawmakers

                        Naibu spika wa bunge Job Dungai, yeye ndiye kashikilia rungu, Ripoti "


DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Tanzania's government asked parliament on Thursday to cancel a planned debate on corruption allegations in the energy sector, angering some lawmakers who complained of a cover-up and potentially jeopardising some foreign aid.
The east African nation has made big discoveries of natural gas, but its energy sector has long been dogged by allegations of corruption. Investors say graft is one of the main reasons for the high costs of doing business in Tanzania.
A group of 12 international donors have said they will only pay out outstanding pledges of budget support worth nearly $500 million if the findings of an investigation into the graft claims are published and appropriate action is taken.
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said parliament should not debate the findings of the energy sector investigation by the chief auditor as this would interfere with ongoing court cases.
"Based on the principles of rule of law, when there is an ongoing court proceeding, we are constitutionally obliged ... not to publicly debate that issue because it could jeopardise the court case," Pinda told parliament on Thursday.
"At the moment, there are more than 10 pending court cases from protracted legal wrangling over this matter."
The investigation, ordered by the government in May, followed claims by opposition lawmakers that senior government officials had fraudulently authorised payment of at least $122 million of public funds to a private company.
The opposition said the money came from an escrow account held jointly by state power company TANESCO and independent power producer IPTL and went to IPTL's owner, Pan Africa Power (PAP) in 2013. PAP said the transfer was legal.
The government has denied any wrongdoing by its officials. The government's anti-corruption watchdog has also investigated the fraud allegations.
Some lawmakers said the government sought to muzzle them.
"The only way to put an end to these (graft) allegations ... is to debate this issue in parliament and bring it to a close," said Zitto Kabwe, chairman of the parliamentary watchdog Public Accounts Committee. The panel is scheduled next week to present the auditor's report on the IPTL allegations to parliament.
The parliamentary speaker's office is expected to rule on the issue after considering arguments from both sides, but said parliament would not allow its independence to be undermined. (Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Editing by George Obulutsa and Gareth Jones)
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MASAA 72 YAPANGWA KWA KIFO CHA NIMROD MKONO

IN SUMMARY


  • MYSTERY: He says he was warned before flying out to the United Kingdom that he should be careful

  • The prominent lawyer and politician fell ill suddenly during a parliamentary trip to London and his doctors said he had been given poison that was meant to destroy his kidneys within 72 hours 
Dar es Salaam
Musoma Rural MP Nimrod Mkono was poisoned while he was on a parliamentary trip to London, The Citizen has learnt.

Mr Mkono, who is also a prominent lawyer, fell ill suddenly in London. His doctors said he had been given poison that was meant to destroy his kidneys within 72 hours.

“It was exactly two days after arriving in London and I collapsed as I attended to the matters that took me there,” he told The Citizen. “I fell unconscious and lost my memory for about six hours.”

Mr Mkono is reported to have suddenly started sweating profusely before he collapsed.

“After I was attended to, the doctor in London said the poison was categorically damaging my kidney.” he told The Citizen.

According to Mr Mkono, he was warned shortly before flying to London that he should be careful and avoid the hotel booked for the delegation from Tanzania—and he chose to go directly to his residence in London. “I received two messages from some colleagues warning me to take care during my stay,” Mr Mkono said. “I was embedded with some legislators on that trip.” Security agents from CID headquarters are already on the case.

Parliamentary Clerk Thomas Kashililah said the case had been reported to his office but he did not have details.“I know that Hon Mkono had a health problem while in London but he is doing well,” Mr Kashililah said. “Details of his illness remain a secret between Mkono and his doctor.”

Mr Mkono was the lead counsel for the Tanzania Electric Supply Co Limited (Tanesco) and the government in the case against Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) in the past decade and represented both at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) before his contract expired earlier this year.

Tanesco declined to renew Mr Mkono’s contract. He is perceived as the man behind the leak in the escrow saga, given the amount of information he must be having about the entire scandal.

In July, minister for Energy and Minerals Sospeter Muhongo accused Mr Mkono of plotting to oust him via the escrow scandal—an allegation that the lawyer vehemently denies. A few weeks later, the Speaker asked Mr Mkono for details on how he handled the cases of IPTL and Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong filed against Tanesco and the government. Mr Mkono presented a detailed dossier on the withdrawal of the escrow billions amounting to Sh207 billion from the Bank of Tanzania at a time when there was a case pending at the international court.

The Citizen could not independently verify whether there are links between the poisoning case and the scandal. Mr Mkono would only say that investigations would establish the truth.

Source: The Citizen
 

DIAMOND PLATNUMZ; Ntampata wapi wimbo mpya sasa sokoni



RASIMU YA KATIBA YA PILI NA MAJIBU KWA CHANGAMOTO ZOTE ZA SERIKALI 3

 

RASIMU YA KATIBA TOLEO LA PILI ILISHATOA MAJIBU KWA CHANGAMOTO ZOTE ZA SERIKALI 3

NINAANDIKA KAMA SEHEMU YA KUONDOA HOFU KWA WALE WENYE HOFU

Hofu iliyozungumzwa juu ya Serikali 3 haina mashiko na ni ya kufikirika zaidi

Leo nimeona nifafanue hii sintofahamu kuhusu changamoto za Muundo wa Serikali Tatu. Kimsingi muundo huu ukiacha ukweli kwamba wananchi wameutolea maoni, kwa hoja na sababu lakini pia Tume ya Katiba iliufanyia utafiti, ikazingatia uhalisia wa historia na uhalisia wa utendaji katika mazingira ya sasa. Kwa unyenyekevu mkubwa nieleze changamoto zilizoibuliwa na Taarifa ya Utafiti juu ya Masuala ya Muungano na nieleze majibu ambayo Rasimu imeyatoa kwa umakini mkubwa. Majibu ninayoyatoa hapa yametolewa pia katika Ripoti ya Tume juu ya Mchakato wa Katiba Mpya. Nitoe rai watu kuzungumza changamoto za muundo huu na kuona ni mapendekezo gani yametolewa kukabiliana na changamoto hizo. Naomba usomapo Makala hii fanya rejea kwenye Rasimu ya Katiba Toleo la Pili.

Changamoto hizo ni kama ifuatavyo;

1.   Muundo huu unaweza ukawa na gharama kubwa za uendeshaji wa shughuli za umma;

Muundo unaopendekezwa katika Rasimu hauna gharama kwasababu zifuatazo kwa ufupi;

(i)   Mambo ya Muungano ni Machache, yamepungua kutoka 22 hadi 7, Ibara ya 63
(ii)  Mambo ya yasiyo ya Muungano sasa yatatekelezwa na Tanganyika na Zanzibar Ibara ya 64
(iii)Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano ni ina Mamlaka Makubwa ila ndogo, Mawaziri wake hawatozidi 15, Ibara ya 98
(iv)Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano lina Mamlaka Makubwa lakini ni dogo, Wabunge jumla ni 75, Ibara ya 113
(v)  Utaratibu mzuri wa kuhakikisha kunakuwepo na nidhamu ya matumizi ya fedha za umma soma ibara za 227, 228, 229 na 232

2.   Muundo huu unaweza kuibua tatizo la uchangiaji gharama za uendeshaji wa muungano baina ya washirika;

Rejea Majibu ya Rasimu kwa suala hili hapa kwa ufupi;

(i)   Kwanza itambulike, suala la uchangiaji ni la Kikatiba, sio takwa la mtu, utashi wa kiongozi au maamuzi ya Serikali ya Tanganyika au Zanzibar. Ambaye atakataa kuchanga ama Rais wa Tanganyika au Zanzibar anahatarisha uwepo wa mamlaka ya Jamhuri ya Muungano na anataka kutweza mamlaka ya muungano, huyo ni mhaini kwasababu aliapa kuutetea na kuudumisha Muungano, rejea Ibara ya 9, 69 na 88(2)(d)

(ii)  Masuala ya uchangiaji wa gharama za uendeshaji wa muungano, ni masuala ya kiutaalamu, kiutendaji na kiuongozi. Masuala haya kimfumo yataratibiwa na Tume ya Uhusiano na Uratibu rejea Ibara za 109, 110, 111 na 112

(iii)Ikumbukwe anayetunza akaunti za fedha za Nchi Washirika ni Benki Kuu ya Jamhuri ya Muungano kupitia Benki za Serikali za Nchi Washirika, rejea Ibara ya 233(1)(d) na isome pamoja na Ibara ya 234

(iv)Vyanzo vya Mapato vilivyo ainishwa na Rasimu vinatosha Kabisa kukidhi mahitaji ya Jamhuri ya Muungano na Serikali yake, Michango ni aina moja tu ya vyanzo, viko vyanzo vitano ambavyo kwa tathmini ya Tume vinatosha kabisa, rejea Ibara ya 231

3.   Muundo huu unaweza ukasababisha uwepo wa sera zinazotofautiana au kukinzana juu ya masuala ya msingi ya nchi na hivyo kuleta migogoro kati ya Washirika wa Muungano au baina ya Washirika wa Muungano na Serikali ya Muungano;

Rejea Majibu ya Rasimu hapa kama ifuatavyo;

(i)   Rasimu imefafanua, Mamlaka ya Serikali ya Muungano ambayo yako bayana zaidi tofauti na sasa na hata pale Serikali ya Muungano ikitaka kutekeleza jambo lililo chini ya mamlaka ya Serikali ya Tanganyika au Zanzibar itafanyika hivyo kwa mujibu wa Katiba, rejea Ibara ya 62

(ii)  Rasimu inatoa maelekezo kwa Nchi washirika kuzingatia misingi ya ushirikiano kwa haki na usawa kwa ajili ajili ya ustawi ulio bora wa wananchi kutoka pande zote mbili za Jamhuri ya Muungano rejea Ibara ya 65(1)

(iii)Rasimu imetatua changamoto tajwa hapo juu kwa kuweka mfumo thabiti kikatiba ambao utakuwa na jukumu la kusimamia, kuratibu na kuhakikisha kuna kuwiana kwa sera na sheria kwa mambo yasiyo ya muungano, rejea Ibara ya 111(1)(b)

(iv)Rasimu pia imeweka Misingi Mikuu ya Maendeleo ya Nchi ambayo inapaswa kuwa ndio Dira ya Taifa na maelekezo kwa Mamlaka ya Nchi. Masuala ya Misingi na Malengo ya Taifa (Dira) usimamizi na uratibu wake uko kitaifa, hapa rejea Ibara za 10, 11, 111(1)(d) na 116

4.   Kuna uwezekano mkubwa kwa muundo huu kuleta tofauti za kimaendeleo baina ya pande mbili za muungano kutokana na uwezekano wa kuwa na sera na mipango tofauti. Uwezekano wa kuwa na tofauti kubwa za kiitikadi na utendaji unaweza kuchangia hali hiyo.

Rejea Majibu ya Rasimu kama ifuatavyo;

(i)   Rasimu imetatua changamoto tajwa hapo juu kwa kuweka mfumo thabiti kikatiba ambao utakuwa na jukumu la kusimamia, kuratibu na kuhakikisha kuna kuwiana kwa sera na sheria kwa mambo yasiyo ya muungano, rejea Ibara za 110 (a)(b)(c) na (d), 111(1)(a)(i)(ii), 111(1)(b) na 111(1)(d)

(ii)  Itikadi inaongozwa na Dira ya Taifa, ni dira ndio inasema ndoto za wananchi na itikadi ni namna ya kufika huko ambako watanzania wanataka kufika. Kidesturi itikadi huwa katika ngazi ya vyama vya siasa. Kwa mara ya kwanza Rasimu inapendekeza Dira ya Taifa Katika Sura ya Pili ya Rasimu ambayo ndio itakuwa ni maelekezo kwa Serikali (ya chama chochote) na Mamlaka zote za nchi, rejea Ibara ya 10, 11, 111(1)(d) na 116

5.   Muundo wa Serikali tatu unaweza ukakuza hisia za utaifa (nationalistic feelings) kwa Washirika wa Muungano na hivyo kufifisha Muungano na kuhatarisha uwepo wake;

Rasimu ililitizama suala hili na yafuatayo ni majibu katika Rasimu;

(i)   Kwanza ifahamike kuwa, uraia ndio msingi mkuu wa uzalendo katika Nchi yoyote. Kama ambavyo mamlaka ya nchi huwa na ukomo katika eneo la kijiografia vivyo hivyo mamlaka ya nchi huwa na ukomo kwa watu inaowajibika kwao, watu hawa hutambulika kwa mujibu wa sheria kama raia. Utaifa wa mtu hujengwa katika uraia, Taifa la Tanzania litajengwa na raia wa Tanzania. Rasimu imependekeza Uraia Mmoja na ni wa Jamhuri ya Muungano na utapatikana kwa njia mbili, kuzaliwa na kujiandikisha, rejea Ibara ya 56

(ii)  Zanzibar na Tanganyika hazina raia wala sio Mataifa, ni maeneo tu ambayo tumeyapa hadhi katika Rasimu ya “Nchi Washirika” na ieleweke Nchi washirika sio Nchi kwa tafsiri ya Sheria za Kimataifa na Rasimu yenyewe. Wanaokaa Tanganyika na Zanzibar sio watanganyika wala sio wazanzibari bali ni wananchi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania wanaoitwa “Watanzania”, rejea Ibara ya 64

(iii)Hisia za utaifa huibuka pale ambapo historia na asili ya wale wanaoungana inapofutwa. Uzoefu umeonesha kuwa kwa kufuta asili na historia ya Tanganyika kwa makusudi ndio umekuwa mwiba mkubwa kwa utangamano na umoja wa Jamhuri ya Muungano. Tanganyika imendelea kujifufua na kujionesha katika nyanja zote kwa sura ya Jamhuri ya Muungano na kuiweka kando Zanzibar kana kwamba ni ka-sehemu ka Tanganyika Mkuu. Salama yetu ni kuiweka Tanganyika kwenye mwanga na kuiwekea masharti ya kikatiba ambayo yataiongoza na kuifanya sehemu na eneo la Nchi Moja inayoitwa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, rejea Ibara ya 64 na 65

(iv)Mwisho wa siku Tanganyika na Zanzibar si Mataifa, si nchi na hazina raia, Taifa ni Moja, Nchi ni Moja na Raia ni Wamoja na ni wa Nchi inayoitwa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania yenye Muundo wa Shirikisho lenye Mamlaka kamili na lenye serikali tatu, rejea Ibara za 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 110, 111,117, 119, 156 na 235

6.   Muundo huu unaweza ukaleta misuguano (paralysis and deadlocks in decision making) katika kufanya maamuzi juu ya masuala magumu ya kitaifa.

Rasimu imelitizama suala hili na kuliwekea masuluhisho yafuatayo;

(i)   Rasimu imeweka mifumo na vyombo vya kikatiba vya kuhakikisha hakuna misuguano na kwamba kuna fursa pana zaidi ya kufanya maamuzi kwa kuzingatia majadiliano, maridhiano na muafaka kwa maslahi ya Taifa na wananchi wa Tanzania. Rasimu inaanzisha Tume ya Uhusiano na Uratibu ambayo ndani yake ina viongozi wakuu ambao wana jukumu ya kulitizama taifa. Mwenyekiti wa Tume ni Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano, wajumbe ni Rais wa Tanganyika, Rais wa Zanzibar, Mawaziri Wakaazi wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar pamoja na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje. Utagundua kila mtu anayeweza kuamua yupo, rejea Ibara ya 109

(ii)  Kuna njia rasmi na zisizo rasmi za kutatua migogoro au kuondoa misuguano katika kufanya maamuzi na zimefafanuliwa bayana katika Rasimu Toleo la Pili. Njia rasmi ni pamoja na Tume ya Uhusiano na Uratibu, lakini pia iwapo majadiliano yatashindikana na ukatangazwa kuwa ni mgogoro basi mgogoro huwa utapelekwa kwenye Mahakama ya Juu ya Jamhuri ya Muungano ambayo uamuzi wake utakuwa ni wa mwisho, rejea Ibara za 111(1)(e), 111(2) na 156

(iii)Njia nyingine za kutatua migogoro na kuondoa misuguano katika kufanya maamuzi kama Tume imeshindwa ni pamoja na kumtumia Rais na Taasisi ya Urais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano, rejea Ibara za 71 na 72

(iv)Njia nyingine ni pamoja na Baraza la Ulinzi na Usalama ambalo limepewa dhamana ya kuunganisha sera za ndani, kushughulikia masuala ya ulinzi na usalama, rejea ibara ya 237 na 238.

ISS supply rocket explodes at Nasa base seconds after launch


 
The company behind a resupply mission to the International Space Station that ended in a spectacular explosion over a Virginia launchpad has defended the use of ageing Soviet rockets amid growing questions over Nasa’s reliance on private contractors to fill gaps in the US space program.

Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment, ranging from “classified cryptographic” gear to school science experiments, was destroyed in a giant fireball on Tuesday evening after technicians detonated a self-destruct mechanism six seconds after launch because of a “catastrophic” equipment failure.

Though stressing the exact cause of the failure was unknown, an executive at Orbital lamented the lack of more modern alternatives to its rocket engines, which were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the failed aim of putting Soviet cosmonauts on the moon.

“When you look at it there are not many other options around the world in terms of using power plants of this size, certainly not in this country, unfortunately,” Frank Culbertson, Orbital’s executive vice-president, said after the crash.

He also indicated the problem involved failures of the first stage of the Antares rocket, powered by a refurbished Aerojet engine left over from the NK-33 program when the Soviet Union abandoned its moonshot.

“The asset stopped, there was some, let’s say, disassembly of the first stage, after which it fell to earth,” said Culbertson, in a deadpan description of an explosion that could be seen for miles and terrified observers.

The technology has been ridiculed by commercial rivals but used regularly by Orbital to resupply the ISS in recent years, despite growing criticism in Congress of Nasa’s reliance on commercial partners to maintain a human presence in space.

“Their rocket honestly sounds like the punchline to a joke,” said Elon Musk, founder of rival SpaceX, in an interview in 2012. “It uses Russian rocket engines that were made in the 60s. I don’t mean their design is from the 60s — I mean they start with engines that were literally made in the 60s and, like, packed away in Siberia somewhere.”

Amid growing questions over the technology on Tuesday night, Culbertson insisted its age could also be an advantage but said Orbital would carry out an urgent inquiry to determine the cause of the latest failure before launching any further missions.

“The history of this engine has been well documented. Basically this was an engine that was designed to carry cosmonauts to the moon,” he said. “A number of them were bought by Aerojet to be refurbished and Americanised. It’s an extensively tested engine, very robust and rugged.

“We don’t know whether the engine was involved in this or not and that’s something we will try to determine as quickly as possible.

Astronauts on the space station, who watched the launch and were said by Nasa to be “disappointed” at the outcome, will now have to rely on supplies from a Russian launch planned on Wednesday.

Nasa said it would also be reordering the manifest on a separate SpaceX mission due next month to make sure necessary supplies reached the crew before a safety buffer runs out in March.

The accident is likely to have caused extensive damage to Nasa Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and its director, Bill Wrobel, urged members of the public to be cautious in approaching hazardous wreckage near the site. He reported no injuries from the explosion itself.

Mike Pinkston, the Antares program manager for Orbital Science, told Reuters that the spacecraft had been carrying “some classified cryptographic equipment, so we do need to maintain the area around the debris in a secure manner”.

The rocket was propelling an unmanned cargo ship loaded with 5,000lb (2,200kg) of supplies such as food, tools, parts and experiments.

Zambian President Michael Sata has died at the age of 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, the government says.




President Sata, who was being treated in the UK, died in London's King Edward VII hospital on Tuesday night.
Media said that he died after "a sudden onset [of] heightened heart rate".
It is not immediately clear who will succeed the president. The issue may be decided by the Zambian cabinet which meets on Wednesday morning.
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing on of our beloved president," cabinet secretary Roland Msiska said in a statement read out on national TV.
He said that Mr Sata's wife and son were at his bedside.
"I urge all of you to remain calm, united and peaceful during this very difficult period," Mr Msiska added.
The president's death comes just days after Zambia celebrated the 50th anniversary of independence from the UK.
'King Cobra' Earlier this month reports in Zambia said that President Sata had gone abroad for a medical check-up amid persistent speculation that he was seriously ill.
After he left the country, Defence Minister Edgar Lungu was named as acting president.
Vice-President Guy Scott has regularly stood in for the president at official events. But he is of Scottish descent and his parents were not born in Zambia, so he may fall foul of a constitutional clause on parentage which would nullify his candidacy.
Known as "King Cobra" for his venomous tongue, Mr Sata was elected Zambia's president in 2011.