Sunday, September 23, 2012
Je kitendo cha wananchi wa Tanzania kuwazomea viongozi wao ni kukua kwa demokrasia?
Waziri mkuu wa Tanzania
Waziri mkuu mheshimiwa Mizengo Pinda alikutana na zamana ya kuzomewa na vijana katika jiji la Mwanza alikuwa na mkutano na katika kiwanja cha Sahara.Sasatunaelekea wapi jamani ndugu zangu wa tanzania kama hatuna adabu kwa viongozi wetu wa nchi.?
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
career opportunity
POSITION CREDIT & TREASURY MANAGER
Reports To Finance Manager
Duty Station
PUMA ENERGY Tanzania Limited -HQ
Direct Reports
Treasury & Credit Team
Key Relationships
Internal: Business Support & Sales Teams
External: Financial Institutions, Clients etc
Job Purpose Plays a key role in optimizing cash-flow of the Company and Managing the risk related to customer credit
Key Responsibilities Compiles/Generates weekly/monthly cash forecast and credit reports to the Puma Treasury & Credit Management Team Maintains relationships with the local banks and handles all queries in respect of bank accounts. Responsible for the “payment to the suppliers” process. Processes data into the ERP payment GL account Monitors and maintains credit facilities e.g. loans, guarantees, overdraft facilities in line with Company Credit Policy in coordination with the Puma Treasurer & Credit Management Team Ensures timely payments by clients and the DSO and overdue % remains as low as possible as defined in the credit policy. Organizes weekly Credit committee meetings in order to make sure that all credit limits are approved and overdues followed up Makes decisions on accruals and write-offs in coordination with the Puma Credit Manager Responsible for all GL entries related to doubtful debtors
Qualifications & Experience
Relevant degree in accounting Relevant experience in Credit control, Treasury, Accounts Receivables and Risk management with 4/5 years of experience in an industrial business. Oil Industry experience is preferred. At least two years experience in a supervisory role Excellent track record of successful career
Essential Knowledge & Skills Excellent working knowledge of Ms office packages (Excel, Word, P/point, Access, etc) Exposure to ERP systems is critical, preferably Navision Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English Working knowledge of accounting as applies to the role and business Through understanding of credit and treasury issues as applies to our business environment Good management and leadership skills
Personal Attributes Customer service oriented Reliable, approachable & flexible Able to work independently and as part of local and global teams under pressure Confident, mature & excellent professional outlook Demostrate good conduct and professional ethics
How to Apply
Send CV only to job4puma@gmail.com
Or deliver by hand or post to:
Human Resources Manager,
PUMA Energy Tanzania, Bandari/Kurasini Road
P O Box 9043, Dar Es Salaam
Monday, September 17, 2012
In answer to your questions about Underthesame Sun and Tanzania concerning Volunteering
Photo show the albino children
As more people like you show interest in the
UTSS cause by visiting our website, a few key themes have evolved. Our
automated email response is an attempt to answer common questions as
quickly and clearly as possible.
Although this may seem impersonal, please be assured that we take your
request for information very seriously. Staff at our Canadian office is
committed to reading all queries coming from the UTSS website. We will
reply to any email questions not addressed by this automated response.
If the information below does not provide an adequate response and you
do not hear from us within the next 5 business days, please let us know
by requesting a personal response through another email. We appreciate
your understanding and are very thankful for your shared interest in
this very significant cause.
QUESTION
NUMBER 1: Which items can be shipped to
Tanzania?
The following list of items are those
things which can be accepted by UTSS
for shipment to Tanzania (PLEASE NOTE THAT CLOTHING, HATS AND SUNSCREENS MUST
BE NEW):
WIDE-BRIMMED HATS - children's/youth
sizes are needed most. (Unfortunately,
baseball caps cannot be accepted
as they do not provide adequate
sun protection.)
SUNGLASSES -
can be "used",
but must be clean and in good condition.
SUNSCREEN LOTION -
must have a minimum Sun Protection
Factor of 35 - the higher the SPF,
the better. All bottles must be
new and unopened. Please place
each bottle in a zip-lock bag and
seal it before it is mailed/shipped
(this reduces chance of leakage
during transport).
LONG-SLEEVED SHIRTS -
must be light-weight and definitely
LONG-SLEEVED. No T-shirts or short-sleeved
shirts can be accepted. Light colours
are best as they reflect the sun.
SCHOOL
SUPPLIES of any kind will
not be accepted as we prefer
to purchase them in Tanzania
for several reasons:
They are easily purchased in
Tanzania while supporting the
local economy.
-
Out of respect to the schools
who tend to know what is needed
but lack funds.
Shipping costs are higher than
the value of these goods.
MAGNIFIERS -
small, hand-held magnifiers are
accepted. PLEASE
NOTE that UTSS does not accept
battery-operated "flashlight" magnifiers
or stand-alone desk magnifiers. UTSS
is also unable to accept prescription
lenses/glasses/spectacles of any
kind for delivery to Tanzania.
QUESTION
NUMBER 2: To where
do I ship the above items?
US mailing address:
Under The Same Sun
c/o Mike's Parcel Pickup
183 W. Stutsman Street
Pembina, ND 58271-4100
Canadian mailing address:
Under The Same Sun
c/o Multicultural Family Centre
51 Morrow Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2M 1A5
Once goods arrive at either of the
above addresses, they will be shipped
via secure transport to the UTSS
office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
for distribution to people with albinism.
QUESTION
NUMBER 3: Is Under The Same Sun a “legitimate” charity
and are my donations being used honestly?
At UTSS, we understand in today's
world why people ask this question.
Please be assured that Under The
Same Sun is a Canadian federally-registered
charity and is in accordance with
The Income Tax Act of Canada. We
also have a 501(c)(3) exempt organization
in the US known as “Under the Same
Sun Foundation (USA)” for our US donors. Furthermore,
UTSS is also registered and recognized
under The Non-Governmental Organizations
Act, 2002 of the United Republic
of Tanzania. All funds donated go
directly to assist persons with albinism
in Tanzania - they are not used for
administrative purposes.
QUESTION NUMBER 4: How do I contact schools in Tanzania?
Under The Same Sun works with a few
schools in Tanzania which are currently
assisting children with albinism
to remain safe and to receive an
education.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide
mailing addresses for these schools.
They are located in extremely remote
areas with limited, if any, mail
service.
Furthermore, any mailed parcels are
highly unlikely to arrive at these
schools
due to unreliable delivery systems.
Such items are often lost, delayed
or stolen
unless they are delivered directly
by established, reliable contacts.
Therefore, it is best to send any
of the above items listed in Question
Number
1 to the US and Canadian addresses
listed in Question Number 2. From
there,
items will be shipped directly to
the UTSS office in Dar es Salaam
from where
they will be transported directly
to the individual schools.
QUESTION NUMBER 5: How do I send monetary donations to UTSS?
Under The Same Sun accepts credit
card donations through our website:
www.underthesamesun.com
Cheques can be mailed to the Under
The Same Sun office at Suite #400,
15225 – 104 Avenue, Surrey,
BC CANADA, V3R 6Y8. Cheques can be
in US or CDN dollars. Cheques should
be made payable to: Under
The Same Sun
QUESTION NUMBER 6: How do I adopt a child with albinism from Tanzania?
Under The Same Sun is not involved
in or with any adoption procedures
or agencies in Tanzania. As a result,
we cannot offer any advice or information
on this subject.
QUESTION NUMBER 7: Can I write to and be a pen-pal with adults/children
with albinism in Tanzania?
Please be aware that the vast majority
of Tanzanians do not speak or read
the English language. Although English
is spoken more frequently in business,
governmental and tourism realms,
the official language of Tanzania
is Kiswahili. Furthermore, due
to security concerns, we are not
able to release the contact details
of individual Tanzanians.
QUESTION
NUMBER 8: Can I sponsor an individual child
with albinism in Tanzania?
At this time, all donations
will go directly to sponsoring education for
persons with albinism in Tanzania as
a general donation. Due to
the urgency of the situation as well
as security precautions, we are not
able to assign donors to a student
with whom they can be in personal
contact. Their identity and location
are frequently hidden to prevent
further risk.
QUESTION
NUMBER 9: How can I get involved ( partner)
with UTSS?
We admire your passion and desire
to join UTSS in this very significant cause.
UTSS does not have a volunteer program at this
time nor do we have job positions available in
our Tanzanian office. We employ only Tanzanian
citizens with a preference given to persons with
albinism. I'm sure you will understand our reasoning
for this. As for our Canadian office, we are very
small and fully staffed
One thing you may want to consider is initiating
a fund raiser (see FAQ # 5) as a way to
increase awareness. Feel free to use any of the
information on our website. If you plan on
collecting physical items other than financial
donations please see FAQ #1 & #2. Thanks for
your shared concern
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Economic Satire
"Social Reform", (c) George Cruikshank (1819)
GIANT BLACK PISSING GUILLOTINE: I'm coming! I'm coming! I shall have you! And though I'm at your heels now, I'll be at your heads presently.
The best way to begin learning about anything is to read satires of it; satire presents the field's cliches quickly, and criticises them memorably, with a free hand. But! most economists cannot write, and most writers have naive economic views - so the field is short of this source of instruction, counter-pretension and selfconsciousness. Here are some good ones:
The
original: "solve poverty; make them eat their kids." Swift
was targeting the treatment of labourers as commodities that can be
found in hundreds of years of mainstream economic thought (the
Malthusians before Malthus and Walrasians before Walras). Callous
scientism is still around in places. It was quite hard to spot the
satire at the time: the description of Irish people as animals was
fairly commonplace well into the C19th. In proper Classical style Swift includes his actual view, backwards:
"Therefore let no man talk to me of other expedients: Of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound: Of using neither clothes, nor household furniture, except what is of our own growth and manufacture: Of utterly rejecting the materials and instruments that promote foreign luxury: Of curing the expensiveness of pride, vanity, idleness, and gaming in our women: Of introducing a vein of parsimony, prudence and temperance: Of learning to love our country, wherein we differ even from Laplanders, and the inhabitants of Topinamboo: Of quitting our animosities and factions ... 'till he hath at least some glympse of hope, that there will ever be some hearty and sincere attempt to put them into practice."
- "Southey's Colloquies on Society" (1830) by Thomas Macaulay
This
is good and mean. The poet Southey had weighed in on
matters ill-befitting a poet. Most of this is just basic philosophy
couched in snark about how poets can't think: "He does not seem to know
what an argument is. He never uses arguments himself. He never troubles
himself to answer the arguments of his opponents."
"Government is to Mr. Southey one of the fine arts. He judges of a theory, of a public measure, of a religious or a political party, of a peace or a war, as men judge of a picture or a statue, by the effect produced on his imagination."
"Government is to Mr. Southey one of the fine arts. He judges of a theory, of a public measure, of a religious or a political party, of a peace or a war, as men judge of a picture or a statue, by the effect produced on his imagination."
- "A Petition" (1845) by Frederic Bastiat
The book this is from, Economic Sophisms, captures the
snarky side of laissez-faire better than anything else. Depending on yr
ideology, obviously, this will delight or enrage. Here's his send-up of
trade barriers (which, by the way, no economy ever has gotten started without):
"We
are suffering from the ruinous competition of a foreign rival who
apparently works under conditions so far superior to our own for the
production of light that he is flooding the domestic market
with it at an incredibly low price; for the moment he appears, our
sales cease, all the consumers turn to him, and a branch of French
industry whose ramifications are innumerable is all at once reduced to
complete stagnation. This rival, which is none other than the sun..."
Propaganda / forecast of the consequences of Communism. Proved largely correct: depicts mass exodus, draconian border controls and internal monitoring, police brutality, military escalation, unfree labour, ubiquitous corruption -
but there's too much triumph in Richter's arc, and not enough
mercy. (His message: "Socialism started off bad with bad people who got
worse as their powers multiplied.") In its haste to declaim, to derail
the gulag train, it can't really empathise with idealists betrayed . No
jokes either: satire only in the sense of a Juvenalian jeremiad.
"The
quasi-peaeable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the
staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical
efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as
regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the
best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel,
weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities."
Only
quasi-satirical: he is deadly serious about capitalism being frivolous
barbarism. Satire is usually lightly written, but Veblen is as verbose
as stylish prose can get (if not more). The Theory was an
attempt to get economists to address sociocultural effects properly
- but we've come barely any further since, and it was the sociologists
that seized upon him instead.
- "The Cuanduine Trilogy" (1926) by Eimar O’Duffy
"If
there were no incentive to such people to save and invest their money,
there would be no employment for anybody. We should simply stand around
with our hands in our pockets and starve. That was what actually
happened in primitive times. There were no capitalists to employ the
people so they just sat down and died."
"A science-fiction exploration of Social Credit themes". Ignore that bit; this is really funny and humane stuff from a neglected member of Ireland's incredible artistic modernist blurt.
More
than a hoax. Deadpan black comedy capturing the scientific savagery of
think-tanks, very early on in that format's history. Also pushed the military-industrial complex thesis, now almost a truism.
"...even
in the unlikely event that a lasting peace should prove 'attainable',
it would almost surely be undesirable. The "war system" is essential to
the functioning of a stable society: until adequate replacement for it
might be developed, wars and an "optimum" annual number of war deaths
must be methodically planned and budgeted."
The
economic analysis isn't actually any good (it makes the fallacy of
function), though that could be the point. Lewin eventually confessed,
and got this wonderful barb out of the confession: "The charade is over,
whatever is left of it. For the satirical conceit of Iron Mountain,
like so many others, has been overtaken by the political phenomena it
attacked. I’m referring to those other documents -real ones, and
verifiable - that have appeared in print. The Pentagon Papers were not written by someone like me. Neither was the Defense Department’s Pax Americana study (how to take over Latin America). Nor was the script of Mr. Kissinger’s Special Action Group reported by Jack Anderson (how to help Pakistan against India while pretending to be neutral)." See also.
Anthropological
study of academic economists. Captures the thing's cerebral machismo,
which remains despite feminist and pluralist gains, and the 'fall' of
ISLM general equilibrium.
"The facts (a) that the Econ are highly status-motivated, (b) that status is only to be achieved by making “modls,” and (c) that
most of these “modls” seem to be of little or no practical use,
probably accounts for the backwardness and abject cultural poverty of
the tribe. Both the tight linkage between status in the tribe and
modlmaking and the trend toward making modls more for ceremonial than
for practical purposes appear, moreover, to be fairly recent
developments, something which has led many observers to express
pessimism for the viability of the Econ culture."
Curious German book satirising business selfhelp fluff. "Economize on intelligence!"
"When
Russian tanks rolled into Prague in 1968, the population fought back
with wit. Every night graffiti appeared in Wenceslas Square with lines
like “Soviet State Circus back in town! New attractions!” and “Soviet School for Special Needs Children—End-of-Term Outing.” People cracked jokes: Why is Czechoslovakia the most neutral country in the world? Because it doesn’t even interfere in its own internal affairs. And: Are the Russians our brothers or our friends? Our brothers—we can choose our friends."
Actually a history book, and poignant as anything. Could so easily have been an shallow racialist mess, but instead captures the anxieties and desparate humanity of it. A joke could be told about Stalin, or by Stalin: "Stalin
gets a visit from a Georgian delegation: They come, they talk to
Stalin, and then they go, heading off down the Kremlin’s corridors.
Stalin starts looking for his pipe. He can’t find it. He calls in Beria,
the dreaded head of his secret police. “Go after the delegation, and find out which one took my pipe,” he says. Beria scuttles off down the corridor. Five minutes later Stalin finds his pipe under a pile of papers. He calls Beria—"Look, I’ve found my pipe." “It’s too late,” Beria says, “half the delegation admitted they took your pipe, and the other half died during questioning.”" (But under Stalin, 200,000 people were imprisoned for telling jokes.)
- "Blacklisted Economics Professor Found Dead" (2011) by Yves Smith
Incredibly
well-conceived piece in which Outis Philalithopoulos ("Nobody, Son
of Loves-Stones"), explains his theory of academia - one applying the
cynicism of economic method to economics itself. He's cast out for
breaking ranks and endangering their sweet racket. Smith is comparable
to Veblen here, commenting as she is on the self-satisified imperialism
of economic method. For instance Public Choice theory ("politicians just hawk
policies for votes"), or Becker's 'On the Interaction between the
Quantity and Quality of Children' (1973).
"Consider the following seven propositions. All of them have been effectively promoted and publicized by academic economists ... As
a bright high school student like yourself can clearly see, the list
consists entirely of statements that are obviously wrong, and several of
them are internally inconsistent. If economists were simply confused,
we would expect to find no pattern in these statements. Instead, as
predicted by Academic Choice, statements P1-P7 all directly enable
rent-seeking by certain influential minorities (financial sector
employees and corporate executives). Moreover, P1-P7 have also helped to
generate market discontinuities with significant public costs, among
which the recent global financial crisis."
Poem for First World of the Future
Do not forget, sweet superpower of mine,
Do not forget, though now you're fine,
Do not forget that when we weren't
exploiting you we were ignoring you,
chasing our Good Lives in the sun
while you parched in our shadows.
Don't forget -
though, who could?
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Picture show gender base violence in Tanzania
Most of women in Africa got problem of beaten by their husband.we support to stop this culture to continue. example show in this picture.Together we can create changes
Help The VSO Safari Marathon Team Achieve Our Fundraising Goal
Fellow Volunteers
As
you know a team of our volunteers from Tanzania and Rwanda will be
running the Safari International Marathon in Arusha this Sunday.
So
far we have raised only US$1,629 or 32% of our goal of US$5,000 to
support our Mobile Health Project in Pemba to improve maternity health.
We
really need your help in getting us closer to our fundraising goal -
every additional dollar donated can help save the life of a mother and
infant in
Pemba.
So here's
what you need to do - especially if you are not participating :
1. Support our team by making a small donation - you can do so at http://my.e2rm.com/
2. Send the link above with a note to all your friends and family asking them to support us
3. Post the link and a note on your Facebook page encouraging your friends there to donate
Looking forward to your support.
RAIS JAKAYA KIKWETE AZINDUA CHUO CHA TAIFA CHA ULINZI
Monday, September 10, 2012
NYOTA WAZIRI MKUU WA KENYA YAZIDI KUN'GARA KWA VIJANA
Waziri mkuu wa kenya,mheshimiwa Raila Odinga
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ODM Chama chake kilipata
msusuko midogo baada ya kigogo Musalia Mudavadi kujiondoa kwenye
chama cha ODM
Wananchi wengi wa
Kenya mojawapo rika la vijana ambao wanajulikana kama kizazi cha dot.com wanamwona waziri mkuu wao kama chaguo
lao la
urais.Wanamwona Raila Odinga
kama mwanasiasa uzoefu wa
miaka mingi katika medani za siasa za Kenya.
Pia mwenye uwezo
binafsi na mwenye ubora sera kwa
wananchi wa Kenya.
Wananchi wa Kenya
wanamwona Raila Odinga kama
Mwanasiasa anayependa
masuala ya kujenga utaifa na
hasiependa masuala ya ukabila
,udini na rushwa kama wanasiasa wenzake.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
UTAFITI WA USALAMA WA VYOMBO VYA USAFIRI WA BARABARANI KATIKA TARAFA YA KAMACHUMU
MOJA YA GARI NDOGO HUTUMIKA KATIKA KAMACHUMU
Wakazi wengi wa mji wa tarafa ya kamachumu ambayo inapatikana katika wilaya ya Muleba kaskazini wanamiliki vyombo vya usafiri kama vile pikipiki,baiskeli na magari ingawa wamiliki ni wachache. Katika suala la kuzingatia sheria za usalama wa barabarani limeenda likizo kwa wengi wa miliki wa vyombo vya usafiri wa barabarani kwa wachache ndio wanazingatia sheria za barabarani. Madereva wa vibasi vidogo vifanyavyo safari ya kutoka kamachumu kwenda mjini Bukoba hawazingati kanuni za usalama barabarani wanaendesha kwa mwendo wa kasi magari yao bila kujali kama wamebeba abiria ndani ya magari wanayoendesha na abiria nao hata wajali usalama wa usafiri wao wenyewe bora wafike. Tukija kwenye masuala ya usalama wa usafiri wa chombo cha baiskeli wakati wa majira usiku ndio shaghalabaghala kabisa,kutokana na baiskeli nyingi hazina taa za kuwaongoza usiku.kibaya zaidi wanapenda kuziendesha wakati wa usiku bila kuogopa usalama wao kama vile kupata ajali za kuwaletea ulemavu wa viungo vya miili yao. Inabidi polisi wa usa usalama barabarani katika tarafa ya kamachumu wachukue hatua za haraka kudhibiti hali ya usalama wa barabarani ili taifa liepuke majanga ya ajali za barabarani. Kinga ni bora kuliko tiba
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