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NYOTA NDOGO

Bi Nyotta Ndogo

Mombasa-based singer Nyota Ndogo was the only Kenyan act invited for the annual Serengeti Fiesta celebrations in Tanzania that see top acts from the country perform for the members of Parliament in Dodoma.

Nyota spoke to Word Is about the experience, "It was a big event and was full of life and colour. The Serengeti Fiesta is hosted by Clouds FM where the team tours the whole of Tanzania and culminate in a big concert in Dar es Salaam."

She continued: "Being part of these celebrations and making it on the list of performers is a great honour and validation of me as an artiste from Kenya. It shows they recognise and respect my music and talent for which I'm grateful."
The event was held at the Jamuhuri Stadium where thousands attended to watch performances from top acts like Diamond, Godzilla, Belle9, Barnaba, Linah and Mwasiti.
The Watu na Viatu singer had earlier in the year performed at the Zanzibar International Film festival alongside Jamaican singer Shaggy. Nyota is currently riding high with her new song Wao Wao Wanaume with Congolese musician Ricky Mulolo. But her mind is on finishing her three-bedroomed bungalows that she is building in Voi, which she says will be complete "hopefully by next month."

SOURCE: http://allafrica.com/stories/201107070210.html

Opposition urged to give credit where it`s due

BY THE GUARDIAN REPORTER

President Jakaya Kikwete has faulted opposition parties for criticizing everything done by the government, saying it a wrong interpretation of the multiparty system in the country.

Addressing thousands of wananchi on Tuesday at the inauguration of the construction of Kikwete Bridge on Malagarasi River, he said the role of opposition parties was to remind the government of its responsibilities and not to oppose everything done by the government.

“I would like to assure you that I, as your president, recognize my responsibilities to the people I am leading. I do not discriminate anybody on development issues on the basis that they have not chosen members of parliament or councillors from my political party, as doing so, means I don’t understand my duties,” Kikwete said.

He said MPs, councillors, village and divisional functionaries were supposed to fulfill their obligations, irrespective on party affiliation because the multiparty system means providing opportunity to people to elect leaders of their choice.

Citing Kigoma-Ujiji municipality, Kikwete said he would be surprised to see Chadema continuing with its opposition stance because it was the ruling party in the municipality and CCM was in the opposition there.

President Kikwete’s statement came in the wake of a statement by Kigoma-South legislator David Kafulila, who thanked the president for the commencement of the bridge's construction, which had stalled for a long time. The constituency is also set to be the new district of Uvinza.

Kafulila said by electing a member of Parliament from the opposition could possibly cause delays in implementing development projects, something which was different with President Kikwete's leadership.

Kafulila also requested President Kikwete to work on the problem facing Uvinza salt factory, which he claimed was dying while people had not benefited from it since it was privatized 30 years ago.

Earlier, Works minister John Magufuli said construction of the bridge was sponsored by the South Korean government, which footed 80 per cent of the total bill amounting to over 85bn/-.

Magufuli said the construction would take three years.

source: The Guardian 

Arsene Wenger will launch a £27m move for Real Madrid's Karim Benzema 

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Two Royals in a boat: Canoe-dling Kate and William wow Canada's Northwest Territories with their paddling partnership in a kayak

They were welcomed to Yellowknife by native peoples from the Northwest Territories - one of the Commonwealth nation's most remote and unpopulated regions. The royal couple have already experienced the contrasts Canada has to offer from the bustling cities of Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal to the small coastal settlement of Charlottetown in the east - the birthplace of the nation.

Spurs are about to get left at home as Manchester pair and Chelsea kick on

After making it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, Tottenham should really be pushing ahead. 

Instead, as they procrastinate over where a new stadium should be and how much it should cost, they are set to stand still as Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City move on to the next level.

Tough talk over Luka Modric and Gareth Bale is all very well. So is having a good old snigger at the difficulties of their neighbours and hated rivals, Arsenal.

But anyone from Tottenham making fun of the major fault lines appearing in the Arsene Wenger project should prepare for it to come back to haunt them. 

Sooner rather than later, too, based on the way things are going with the so far illusory new 56,000-seat stadium that is supposed to secure Spurs' future.

If Arsenal are to become the top four's selling club because they are not winning trophies or will not pay the highest wages, what is going to happen to Spurs?

Tottenham, restricted by the 36,000-seat White Hart Lane, are already seen as vulnerable to big-money bids for their best players as they reside on the rung below the genuine title contenders.

The cost of them climbing is prohibitive without a bigger, new home that can accommodate the fans on their waiting list and significantly increase their income. 

Manager Harry Redknapp's magic wand cannot be waved every season and the longer Spurs do nothing, the worse things will become. 

Yet, it is nearly three years since Tottenham announced they were going to build a new stadium next to White Hart Lane.

It is eight years since they started buying up and taking options on properties surrounding their ground to facilitate the move. 

No-one is any wiser about where Spurs will be playing in a decade though. 

The Northumberland Park Development Project, as the plan for a new ground near their historical home is called, has been on and off like a strobe light at a nightclub. 

The current position is that it has planning permission and could be revived if the government agree to contribute to the £450million cost from its Regional Growth Fund. 

Spurs' bid for funding has just been submitted but they will not know if they are one of the lucky few until around October. 

Due diligence and negotiations over the amount they might get from the £950m pot could take a further six months and Levy should not hold his breath. 

Of the 450 who applied in the last round for cash, 400 missed out, and a long-term strategy for growth and job creation is required of all successful applicants.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2011708/Leos-London-Spurs-left-home.html#ixzz1RKH8Qvai

Nairobi — East African Community ministers will on Wednesday release the region's scorecard on social development.

East Africa Community permanent secretary David Nalo said the report would highlight social issues captured in the Millennium Development Goals in the health, education, sports sector, social protection and community development as well as conservation of natural resources.

"We will get an update on how we are doing in all these areas and take stock of the progress," Mr Nalo said.

Integration issues

Permanent secretaries from Kenya Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have been attending the third meeting of the Forum of East African Community Ministers Responsible for Social Development in Nairobi.

Their meeting ended on Tuesday. "In implementing the EAC treaty, there is need to deal with issues of social integration," Mr Nalo said,adding that the report would indicate progress in the health and education sectors in particular.

EAC deputy secretary for productive and social sectors Jean-Claude Nsengiyumva said the strides made in education were evident with the completion of a study of the EAC education system and training curriculum.

"The report is ready for education ministers," he said. Among recommendations in the report are that students will be able travel to any of the member states and pay the same fees as locals.

source: http://allafrica.com

Obama atetea Marekani kuwepo Libya

Ajibu tuhuma kutoka kwa baadhi ya wabunge kwamba anakiuka madaraka ya kivita aliyonayo kisheria

Rais Barack Obama ametetea ushiriki wa Marekani katika operesheni za NATO nchini Libya, akisema operesheni hiyo ya kimataifa imesaidia kulinda maelfu ya raia katika nchi hiyo ya Afrika kaskazini.

Obama alisema katika mkutano na waandishi wa habari mjini Washington kuwa hajakiuka Azimio la Madaraka ya Kivita, sheria ya Marekani ambayo inataka rais apate ruhusa kutoka bungeni katika muda wa siku 60 endapo majeshi ya Marekani yanahusika katika mapigano.

Alisema kiongozi wa Libya Muammar Gadhafi alikuwa anatishia kuuwa watu wake, na Marekani, kama sehemu ya ushirika wa kimataifa, ilishambulia ulinzi wa anga za Libya ili msaada wa kibinadamu uweze kufikishwa kwa wananchi wa Libya. Aliserma shinikizo linamzidi kiongozi huyo wa Libya, au kama alivyosema "kitanzi kinakaza."

Rais Obama alisema alizungumza na watu wa Marekani kuhusu Libya na kuwaarifu wajumbe wa Congress na amefanya vile alivyotakiwa kufanya. Alitoa maelezo hayo kujibu madai kutoka kwa baadhi ya wabunge wa upinzani kuwa amekiuka madaraka yake kwa kuyaingiza majeshi ya Marekani vitani bila ruhusa ya bunge.

source: http://www.voanews.com

Suitcase Escape Bid Foiled At Mexican Prison

Suitcase Escape Bid Foiled At Mexican Prison

A Mexican woman has been arrested for trying to sneak her husband out of prison in a suitcase following a conjugal visit.

Maria del Mar Arjona, 19, was stopped as she left the prison in Chetumal, the capital of the Caribbean state Quintana Roo.

Staff became suspicious as the young woman seemed nervous and was struggling with a black, wheeled suitcase which looked particularly bulky.

Police spokesman Gerardo Campos said prison guards checked the bag and found inmate Juan Ramirez Tijerina curled up inside.

Convicted in 2007, Ramirez is serving a 20-year sentence for illegal weapons possession.

He is thought to be a member of the Sinaloa drugs cartel.

Arjona has been arrested and charges are pending

Bill Gates in meeting with Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will continue to assist Tanzania in research on health and agriculture sectors, it has been confirmed.

The Foundation co-chair, Mr Bill Gates, during talks with President Jakaya Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam Tuesday, said they would continue to assist Tanzania if the latter presented their priorities to the foundation.

Mr Gates and his wife Melinda are in Tanzania on a private family trip.

A statement from President Kikwete’s assistant press secretary, Ms Premmy Kibanga, thanked Mr and Mrs Gates for the assistance they have been extending to the country.

Mr and Mrs Gates have visited Serengeti National Park and performed a number of other duties, including inspecting several projects which they have been supporting.

Meanwhile, President Kikwete left in the afternoon for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to attend the annual meeting of the Africa Union (AU), which will be chaired by President Teodoro Obiang' Nguema Mbasogo.

The main agenda of the meeting centres on empowerment of youth for development.

President Kikwete is expected back home on July 2.

source: http://news.africanseer.com