Adhabu kali kwa Mchina Kenya

Mahakama nchini Kenya imemtoza faini ya shilingi milioni 20 au dola laki mbili na thelathini raia mmoja mchina kwa kuhusika na biashara haramu ya pembe za ndovu.

Tang Yong Jian ametozwa faini ya dola laki mbili na thelathini

Adhabu hii inatokana na sheria kali za kudhibiti uwindaji wa wanyama pori.

Ikiwa atashindwa kulipa faini hiyo huenda akafungwa miaka saba gerezani.Tang Yong Jian alikamatwa wiki jana akiwa na Pembe za Ndovu zenye kilo 3.4 katika sanduku lake katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Jomo Kenyatta.

Kenya iliharamisha biashara ya pembe za Ndovu mwaka 1989, lakini kumekuwa na ongezeko la biashara hiyo haramu katika miaka ya hivi karibuni.

Kuna hitaji kubwa la pembe hizo barani Asia kwa matumizi ya mapambo huku wahifadhi wa mazingira wakishuku kuwa pembe za Vifaru hutumiwa kama dawa Mashariki mwa Bara Asia.

Nchini Kenya kilo moja ya Pembe za Ndovu, inaweza kukugharimu kati ya shilingi 12,000-18,000.

Uwindaji haramu umetajwa kama bishara haramu ya kimataifa ambapo wawindaji hasa huwawinda ndovu na vifaru kwa wingi. Ni hapo jana tu ambapo kifaru mmoja aliyetambulika kwa jina Josephina, aliuawa katika mbuga ya wanyama ya Nairobi.

Alikuwa kifaru wa kike mwenye umri wa miaka minne. Maafisa wa kulinda wanyama pori wanasema kuwa, kuuawa kwa Joeshina ni mfano mbaya kwani Vifaru wa kike wana umuhimu mkubwa katika kuongeza idadi ya wanyama hao wanapozaana.

Kwa muda wa wiki moja nchini Kenya, kimeripotiwa matukio manne ya uwindaji haramu katika mbuga tofauti tofauti.

Mkuu wa shirika la kulinda wanyama pori nchini Kenya, bwana William Kipsang, anasema kuwa tatizo la uwindaji linachangiwa na maswala ambayo hawawezi kudhibiti kama shirika.

''Serikali ya Kenya imetumia mamilioni ya fedha kuhifadhi wanyama pori , lakini nchini Kenya na kwingineko barani Afrika raia wengi wangependa kuona usalama wa binadamu ukishughulikiwa kwanza badala ya wanyama pori. Vile vile watu wengi huishi katika miji iliyo mbali na misitu na wanyama hao,'' alisema Kipsang

Mashirika ya kulinda wanyama wanasema ikiwa tatizo la uwindaji haramu halitatatuliwa, basi kwa muda wa miaka ishirini, ndovu na vifaru barani Afrika hawatokuwepo tena.

Asilimia kumi ya uchumi wa Kenya hutegemea utalii, ikiwa Kenya itapoteza Ndovu na vifaru wake, basi sekta ya utalii itaathirika pakubwa.

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MDADA WA KENYA ALIYE KUWA MWANDISHI WA BBC Anne Waithera: AFARIKI AKIWA NA MIAKA 39 KWA CANCER

Kenya-based BBC broadcast journalist Anne Waithera has died, aged 39, in a Nairobi hospital.

She had been battling cancer for the past two years.

Described as among the most talented Kenyan journalists of her time, she joined the BBC in 2009 after many years with local TV and radio stations.

She was the first BBC bilingual - English and Swahili - reporter to be appointed to the Ethiopia capital, Addis Ababa.

Her death comes less than a fortnight after that of another celebrated BBC journalist, Komla Dumor from Ghana, in London.

A minute's silence was observed by BBC Africa staff in Nairobi, London, Dakar and Abuja.

BBC Africa editor Solomon Mugera described her as "a brave, well-organised and talented journalist".

BBC international bureaux manager Razvan Scortea added: "I am very saddened by this. Anne was a lovely person, bright, gentle and positive, and she fought so hard. God bless her."

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Kifaa cha alcohol blow.kenya na tanzania

Court fines magistrate Sh20,000 for drunk-driving

 

A motorist takes a breathalyser test during a crackdown on drunk- driving last month in Nairobi.

A magistrate who was arrested during the crackdown on drunk drivers was Tuesday fined Sh20,000 at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi after admitting he committed the offence.

Charles Kamau Mwaniki, who was scheduled to appear in open court, was taken straight to the chambers of principal magistrate Enock Cherono where he answered the charge filed against him by police from Kasarani Division.

Mr Mwaniki admitted he drove the his Toyota Prado car while drunk, becoming the first high ranking public official to be caught in breach of road safety regulations.

“This court convicts you on your own plea of guilty. You are hereby fined Sh20,000 or serve a six months in jail in default,” Mr Cherono ruled. The maximum fine for the offence is Sh100,000.

Police accused Mr Mwaniki of driving the vehicle while drunk on January 25.

Besides the magistrate, TK Katana (Teacher Kilunda) of Tahidi High, a local television drama series, was charged on Monday for driving while under the influence of alcohol.

The actor said that he was remorseful and would not break the law again. More than 100 motorists were charged with the offence, earning the government Sh2 million in fines.

The suspects were charged after breatherlyser (alcoblow) tests showed the alcohol in their blood exceeded the set limits.

Police are also hunting down 20 traffic offenders who skipped court after being given police bonds.

A police report released in December showed that motorists were fined Sh1.05 billion by the courts for traffic offences last year.

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Waziri wa Fedha amjibu Prof. Lipumba

Prof LIPUMBA





Waziri wa fedha amjibu Prof. Lipumba


MWENYEKITI wa Chama cha Wananchi (CUF), Profesa Ibrahim Lipumba, amelishushia tuhuma nzito Baraza la Mawaziri, baada ya kudai baadhi ya mawaziri walioteuliwa hawana elimu ya kutosha.


Waziri wa Fedha, Saada Mkuya


Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jijini Dar es Salaam jana, Profesa Lipumba alisema mmoja wa mawaziri hao ni Waziri wa Fedha, Saada Mkuya.

Alisema chama chake, kina wasiwasi na elimu ya Waziri Mkuya, kutokana na wasifu wake kutoonyesha vyuo alivyosoma wakati wa kupata shahada ya kwanza na ya pili katika masuala ya biashara.

Alisema katika tovuti ya Bunge, wasifu wa waziri huyo umeonyesha sehemu aliyosoma elimu ya sekondari na kuhitimu kidato cha sita.

Alisema katika tovuti hiyo, haionyeshi chuo alichosoma shahada ya kwanza ya biashara, ingawa inaonyesha masomo aliyochukua jambo ambalo linatia mashaka uhalali wake kuongoza wizara hiyo nyeti.

“Ukiingia kwenye tovuti ya Bunge, utaona wasifu wake kuanzia elimu ya msingi hadi kidato cha sita na shule alizosoma, lakini kuanzia elimu ya shahada imeonyesha masomo aliyochukua na kupata shahada ya kwanza ya biashara, haionyeshi vyuo, jambo ambalo linatia mashaka,” alisema Lipumba.


Alisema nafasi aliyopewa inahitaji kiongozi mwenye upeo wa hali ya juu, kuweza kupambanua mambo yanayohusu uchumi wa nchi kwa kushirikiana na taasisi mbalimbali za kifedha za ndani na nje ya nchi.

“Napata wasiwasi kama Rais Jakaya Kikwete, aliangalia wasifu wa waziri wake kwa sababu asingeweza kumchagua kushika nafasi kubwa kama hii, wakati vyeti vyake vina mashaka,” aliongeza.

Alisema kitendo cha kumuweka mtu mwenye vyeti vya mashaka, kunaweza kusababisha nchi kuyumba kiuchumi, kuongezeka kwa deni la taifa, kwa sababu uamuzi wake unatokana na ufahamu wake.


WAZIRI AJIBU

Akizungumza na MTANZANIA Jumatatu kuhusu madai hayo, Waziri Mkuya alisema elimu yake wala haina mashaka, kwani alisoma kidato cha tano na sita katika Shule ya Sekondari Lumumba mjini Zanzibar.

Baada ya hapo, alijiunga na masomo ya diploma ya Biashara katika Chuo cha Stamford cha Malaysia, ambapo pia alichukua diploma nyingine ya biashara nchini Uingereza.

Alisema mbali na masomo hayo, pia amesoma shahada ya pili ya biashara katika Chuo Kikuu Huria cha Tanzania (OUT) na kuhitimu mwaka 2009.
“Nimehitimu Shahada ya Uzamili ya Utawala na Biashara (MBA) ya Chuo Kikuu cha WATT kilichopo Edinburgh, Scotland.

“Kwa sasa nachukua Shahada ya Uzamivu (PhD) ya Utawala wa Biashara Chuo Kikuu Huria cha Tanzania, tawi la Dar es Salaam,” alisema Mkuya.

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