PRESIDENT KIKWETE IN SOUTH AFRICA

President Jakaya Kikwete was among African leaders who opened talks on Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa, to discuss the formation of a rapid-deployment emergency force to swiftly intervene in crises on the continent.

The idea of the new force is to bridge the gap pending the coming into operation of the long planned fully-fledged peacekeeping African Union’s African Standby Force.

The new force will go by the name the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC).

The aim of the summit being attended by a handful of leaders — including those of Chad, Tanzania and Uganda is “to enable Africa to act swiftly and independently in response to the urgent security challenges this continent faces”, said host South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma.

“This decision came about due to the realisation that independent and swift African responses to crises that arise on our continent could not wait while the building blocks of the African Standby Force are carefully being put in place,” he said.

The AU’s standby brigade has made little headway since preparations for a proposed force of 32,500 troops and civilians drawn from the continent’s five regions started a decade ago.

“We believe that the time has come that African leaders must be able to act in the interim — swiftly, decisively and when needed,” said Zuma.

The AU was criticised for not responding fast enough to the crisis in Mali after the military seized power in a coup in March 2012.

“We need to ensure that we are not helpless or slow to respond without the help of external partners,” said Zuma.

“Africa can, and has the capacity and the means to act swiftly and decisively,” he added. “All what we need is to better organise ourselves.”  He expressed the hope that by end of this year there will be “a mechanism that can breathe life into our aspirations for African ownership and leadership in immediately and urgently responding to security challenges faced by this great continent”.

The meeting is being attended by countries that have said they are willing to contribute to the force. It was not immediately clear how many countries have so far pledged troops to the new force.

UZINDUZI WA MPANGO WA USHIRIKIANO

 Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda akizungumza na Waziri wa Nchi wa Uingereza anayeshughulikia masuala ya Maendeleo ya Kimataifa, Justine Greening  (kushoto) kabla ya kuzindua Mpango wa Ushirikiano wa Maendeleo kati ya Tanzania na Uingereza katika Maendeleo ya Soko la Makampuni ya Kati uliofanyika katika hoteli ya  Hyatt Regency- Kilimajaro mjini Dar es salaam Novemba 5,2013. (Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu)

  Baadhi ya washiriki wa  Uzinduzi wa Mpaango  waUshirikiao wa Maendeleo kati yaTanzania na Uingereza katika Maendeleo ya Soko la Makampuni ya Kati uliofanyika  katika hoteli ya Hyatt Regency mjini Dar es salaam Novemba 5, 2013 wakimsikiliza Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda wakati alipohutubia. (Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu)

RAIS KIKWETE NCHINI AFRICA YA KUSINI

 Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akikaribishwa na Rais Jacob Zuma katika mkutano wa pamoja wa SADC NA ICGLR katika ukumbi wa kimataifa wa Oliver Tambo jijini Pretoria, Afrika Kusini, usiku wa kuamkia leo Oktoba 5, 2013

PICHA NA IKULU

 Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimpokea Rais Uhuru Kenyatta wa Kenya aliyemtembelea na kumsabahi hotelini kwake Sandton Sun jijini Johannesburg, Afrika ya Kusini, leo Oktoba 5, 2013

DR.KIKWETE AMTEMBELEA DR. MVUNGI

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete na Mama Salma Kikwete na Mwenyekiti wa NCCR-Mageuzi Mhe James na daktari wa zamu wakimwangalia Mjumbe wa Tume ya Katiba Dkt Sengondo Mvungi aliyelazwa katika Hospitali ya Taifa ya Muhimbili kitengo cha Mifupa (MOI) leo Oktoba 3, 2013 kufuatia kujeruhiwa kwake na watu wanaosadikiwa ni majambazi usiku wa Jumamos Oktoba 2, 2013

 

PICHA NA IKULU

RAIS KIKWETE AWASILI TOKA NCHNI UINGEREZA

 Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiwasili katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam leo Oktoba 2, 2013 akitokea London, Uingereza, alikohudhuria Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Serikali Uwazi (Open Government Partneship Summit). Anayeongozana naye ni Kaimu Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es salaam ambaye pia ni Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Pwani Mhe. Mwatumu Mahiza

 Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiwasili katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam leo Oktoba 2, 2013 akitokea London, Uingereza, alikohudhuria Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Serikali Uwazi (Open Government Partneship Summit), akiongozana na Makamu wa Rais Dkt Mohamed Gharib Bilali aliyefika kumlaki.

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akisalimiana na viongozi mblaimbali baada ya kuwasili katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam leo Oktoba 2, 2013 akitokea London, Uingereza, alikohudhuria Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Serikali Uwazi (Open Government Partneship Summit).

MATUKIO YA MASHINDANO YA MITUMBWI

 Kamanda wa jeshi la polisi mkoani Kagera, Philip Kalangi aliyekuwa mgeni rasmi akifuatilia kwa makini mchuano wa mitumbwi uliofanyika kwenye ufukwe wa ziwa Victoria.

 Mama Kalangi mwenye mtoto.

 Baadhi ya washiriki.

 Washiriki wakichuana.

 Baadhi ya wadau mkoani Kagera.

 Kalunde Antidius mwandishi maarufu alikuwa miongoni mwa warioudhuria mashindano hayo.

Mmiliki wa mtandao huu kulia alikuwa ni miongoni mwa waliudhuria mashindano ya mitumbwi.