Saturday, June 26, 2010

THE SCIENCE OF LOVE

By Jake MacDonald

Its raining in New York, and in the cavernous gloom of penn station thousands of travellers pour down the hallways, the rustle of their feet and the echo of the train announcements combining into a kind of rapid-heartbeat rhythm.

When the blonde woman seated by herself in the departure lounge looks up and sees a man looking at her, she sends him a hard,wary glance that says 'step forward if you're who I think you are; otherwise, get lost'.

''Dr Fisher, I presume?''

Helen Fisher stands up and extends a small hand towards me. She's a trim 56-year-old dressed in the head-to-toe black ensemble of the seasoned New Yorker. Her manner is courteous and guarded as we head for a train to New Jersey, where she teaches at Rutgers University.

The human species is Fisher's specialty. she has just returned from a week spent living incommunicado with a clan of stone Age hunters in Africa. Among other things, she has determined that we all tend to behave in knee-jerk fashion when we're in the presence of an attractive member of the opposite sex. Put an eligible man and a woman within three meters of each other and they'll often launch into some courtship behavior that evolved long ago and that's invariably comic to watch if you're schooled in recognizing it, which most of us aren't.

When Fisher graduated with a doctorate in physical anthropology, very few scientists were conducting research into human courtship. There was a broad consensus that patterns of flirting,sex and marriage were culturally determined, and therefore varied from one country to the next.

But Fisher didn't buy it and went on to assemble a remarkable body of evidence that human being select mates,marry, cheat on each other and even get divorced in predictable patterns that are as old as the species itself.

Fisher's central message starts with the now-familiar notion that men and women are very different not because they've been raised that way by patriarchal society but because four million years of evolution have saddled them with very different temperaments and brains. She says men, for example, are inherently much more aggressive than women, and this innate aggressiveness has motivated men to excel in the worlds of business and politics. She says that furthermore, despite their protestations, women prefer such high-status males as sex partners and long-term mates. These views have not endeared her to some traditional feminists.

'They think my ideas are harmful' says Fisher, who says she is a feminist herself and has had a successful carrier in the male-dominated world of anthropology.'They think I'm betraying the cause.But my cause is science, my job is to get at the facts.

When it comes to human behavior, the 'facts' continue to be in dispute. Back in 17th century England,the philosopher John Locke described the mind of a child as a 'tabula rasa', or blank tablet, upon which any life imaginable could be written. Then in the 19th century, Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection put most of the emphasis on nature. His view prevailed until 20th century, when his ideas were hijacked by the eugenicists and the Nazis, who argued that natural selection proved the white race was inherently superior.

With the close of the second World War, 'social Darwinism' was discredited and thrown on the scrap heap. By the time Fisher was growing up in 1950's she says 'virtually every social scientist worth his salt had gone back to believing that the dominant force that shaped us was culture'.

During the late 1960's she studied at the University of Colorado. The Vietnam War was at its height and feminism, free love and black power were tearing up the streets. On Campus, the prevailing doctrine was that all human beings were virtually interchangeable. Boys and girls would grow up alike if you took away the Barbie dolls and toy trucks. 'I happen to be an identical twin, so I knew there was biology in behavior, but I did not argue the point,'says Fisher. 'I just quietly decided they were wrong.

She majored in psychology, but found her calling only after reading Jane Goodall's book In Shadow of Man. 'She was talking about chimpanzees, creatures that made friends, were jealous,had enemies, jockeyed for political position. As I read this book,I suddenly saw that here was a field of study that could explain both our physical origins and the origins of our behavior.'That field was anthropology.

A big insight came to Fisher in 1988 when she was travelling in a crowded New York subway carriage, reading divorce statistics. 'These were UN statistics from 62 countries,going back to 1947,' she says.'Incredibly,statistics seemed to show that people tend to divorce around four-year mark. To me,it clearly suggested that divorce might not be cultural malaise but an aspect of our inherited mating behavior. She looked at 'pair-bonds' in the animal world and discovered that many animals stay together only long enough to rear a single litter through infancy. 'In humans,the average time required to raise a child past infancy is four years.' Her investigation of divorce patterns led her into wide ranging research of mating traditions in both the human and animal worlds that grew into a book, Anatomy of Love. In the book,she examines the ancient drives that draw men and women together, weld them into a couple and,perhaps eventually, tear them apart. 'Some readers were alarmed by the book,' She says.'But I was not advocating infidelity,adultery, or divorce. I was explaining the basic aspects of human nature.'

Most couples, of course, survive the four-year crisis. What's the cement that holds them together? Is it friendship, dependency, sexual heat?

Most of us assume that these are all aspects of that complicated force called love.But Fisher's research indicates that lust,infatuation and long-term attachment are distinct drives.'Lust is not love. Lust is driven by brain chemistry, plain and simple.

But it's a dangerous game, sleeping with someone just for the sake of sex, because your levels of oxytocin and vasopressin will go way up and you'd better be ready for the consequences.

These powerful chemical produce feelings of attachment and you can become emotionally involved with someone who's quite inappropriate.'

Romantic love, or infatuation, is associated with a different barrage of chemicals. Romantic love, she hypothesises, produce dopamine, which generates obsessive feelings about the sexual partner.

From the evolutionary point of view, this natural addiction ensures that both parties will stick together and do the hard slogging if a pregnancy occurs. Infatuation is also characterised by persistent 'intrusive thinking' about the loved one. 'People who are infatuated testify that they are thinking about their lover at least 90 percent of the time,' It's no wonder that people in love feel so messed up.'

Fisher is now working on a new book about the brain chemistry of romantic love and says that while lovers are literally intoxicated by romance, the feeling fades. Why? Its possible that the brain nerve endings become used to high levels of natural stimulants, or the levels of chemical begin to drop. Either way, it takes two or three years for the feelings to subside, she says. For some relationships, that's the beginning of the end. 'But speaking as a woman, not as a scientist, I see feeling of love falling into three basic categories: sexual, romantic and attachment love. Long-term love can have some of each, but preserving sexual passion and romance and even attachment does require some work.

'You have to start by picking the right person,' says Fisher. 'Then establish some mutual goals and stick to them. Infatuation is a free ride, an overwhelming physiological and psychological experience that can swamp the rational mind. It is blissful when it is returned, excruciatingly painful when rejected.'

She says couples who survives the death of infatuation can then make the transition into what she calls attachment. Fisher theorizes that as infatuation subsides and attachment grows, so do the attachment chemicals oxytocin and vasopressin. Unlike dopamine, which make all revved up, these calm us down, says Fisher.

'When two people are happily attached, they feel a sense of peace and security. The challenge, of course,is in finding someone to share your life with.'

Fisher was married herself once, when she was 23. The marriage lasted six months. Throughout her life, she has had a series of 'wonderful' long-term relationship, but still she lives alone.

At a traffic light near The Plaza Hotel, she pauses to gaze a happy-looking couple walking hand in hand towards their waiting limousine.'The mystery never goes away,' she finally says. 'It just deepens. Look at me. I have studied love and come to know a great deal about it- but I still haven't learn how to do it-to fall in love and make it last.''

For more information on the work o Helen Fisher, visit her website at www.helenfisher.com

Source: Reprinted from Reader's Digest; February 2004

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

World Cup; less value for our money, and yes our time too!!!

For Africans world cup is a big disappointment.Among Four African countries only one, Ghana has narrowly escaped early exit to enter into second round. Our teams have failed to deliver, period. It is another blow to Africans as we're getting on 'business as usual' always getting lower valued outcomes.

Yes, as we move closer to globalization not only goods and services are of poor quality but also do not reach customers on time.On the other hand fans as well do not enjoy fully potentiality of the talents bestowed by their players.

Entertainment is truly part of the economy; businesses reaps billions out of the world cup as poor folks dishes out a fortune to watch the beautiful game in the bars, and lots of vijiwe in urban and rural areas. Moving around suburban DAR es salaam, bars charges minimum of 500/= as the entrance fee. Again one is expected to drink while watching the game. Even the build up before the first whistle in South Africa, we're already bombarded by marketing strategists from the likes of cellular phones companies,and other fast moving merchandising businesses, Pepsi included. personally I drank lots of Pepsi chancing to win a trip to south Africa.

After all these, we( Africans) have wasted our hard earned money. Our teams, notably South Africa, Algeria, Cameroon, and Ivory Coast did not perform to our expectation, and as customers demanding good value for our bucks we have to moan.

Hang on, we are used to lower quality good and services, and this one should not be the first or the last. Time in memorial, our quality of customer care have been wanting to say the least. Observing the world cup, one mark luck of goals though our players seem to be at par on technical side with their opponents.

Think about it, the issue is not delivery but how we deliver goods and services.End should justify the means, and loosely in almost every African game the final whistle throws sorrows to the esteemed African customers,( fans). Our teams play hard, but at the end fans need to celebrate, but still Drogba,Etto etc did not deliver.

I am not good in football, but looking at deliverance on this beautiful game, its easier to compare with other side of the economy. As producers of goods and services do we soothe our customers thirsty? Take supply of food as the case on hand! is the quality at its best? With much talk about Tanzanian 'Kilimo Kwanza', can we deliver food to customers with highest quality and timely? Or is this the case of 'business as usual'? For example, for years Africans have been used in consuming unprocessed foods with no complains whatsoever. Avocado, tomatoes,oranges, eggs, banana etc have been eaten on their raw forms for years. Just like Didier Drogba, African petty bourgeoisie have failed to add value on these items and thus miss the potential African market.

Africa is booming, and indeed the rapidly emerging African middle class could number as many as 300 million, out of total population of 1 billion, according to development expert Vijay Mahajan, author of the 2009 book Africa Rising. This newly big number of middle class hunger for higher standards of living is not met by African goods and services but shamelessly by imports outside the continent thus causing strain in our balance of payment.According to Newsweek( March 1 2010)in the last four years, the surge in private consumption of goods and services has accounted for two third of Africa's GDP growth. In Tanzania 80% of her citizens depend on agriculture for livelihood and yet their growth has been negligible not supported by the growth of the middle class. In other words what middle class consumes is not originated from African soil but foreign lands.

It is this failure of the system to nurture our own resources that enrich businesses outside the continent while accelerating poverty to our poor peasants in the rural areas.

Take Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest black entrepreneur who has cashed in on this consumer culture with a net worth of $2.5 billion, according to Forbes. Guess what he imports? his empire imports baby foods,cement and frozen fish among other stuff. Then one wonders!!! Is Africa short of fish??? why should my kins around Lake Victoria die miserably while missing 18 million people's market from Lagos?? And this is only Lagos.

Do we deliver goals in football, the answer is Big NO; On the equal proportion do we deliver goods and services to the middle class market, again the answer is NO.

MUNGU IBARIKI TANZANIA, MUNGU IBARIKI AFRIKA.

Monday, June 14, 2010

When old mates meet??

Something good happens.

Yesterday was a day recalling those wonderful days of Uru seminary, my old school.

My mate, Alfred John Nchimbi has declared to vie for the parliament seat through ruling party, CCM.

Nchimbi, a good friend of mine, is currently a member of 'Chama Cha Mapinduzi' political committee at Kinondoni District.

Nchimbi intends to ask the party endorsement for Ubungo parliamentary seat.

We had a good time and of course he has my support.


Alfred John Alfonso Nchimbi. CCM member/old school mate/a friend/ now intends to vie for a parliament seat( Ubungo) through the ruling party


school mates ( Uru seminary) graced a day at Landmark hotel as Mr Alfred Nchimbi announced that he intends to contest for Ubungo parliament seat through Chama Cha Mapinduzi.

joseph Mkirikiti. Once a good prefect at Uru who shaped my discipline.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

NYEGERA WAITU

Nyegera waitu Bukoba mjini!

Padri Privatus Karugendo Machi 3, 2010




LEO napenda kuzungumzia mji wa Bukoba ambao ndiyo makao makuu ya Mkoa wa Kagera. Kuna njia kuu tatu za kuingia mji wa Bukoba. Unaweza kuingia kwa barabara, kwa ndege au kwa meli.

Ukiingia Bukoba kwa ndege utatua kwenye uwanja wa ndege wa Bukoba ulio ufukweni mwa Ziwa Victoria ambao kwa sasa unafanyiwa ukarabati mkubwa wa upanuzi. Ukiwa unakaribia kutua unaweza kuwa na mawazo kwamba labda utatua majini au kwenye kisiwa cha Musira kilicho karibu sana na mji wa Bukoba.

Uwanja huu umelikaribia sana ziwa kiasi cha kuleta woga wakati ndege inatua na kupaa. Ingawa uwanja huu unaonyesha dalili za kutisha wakati wa kutua, si ajali nyingi zimetokea. Kumbukumbu zinaonyesha ndege mbili za jeshi kupata ajali katika uwanja wa Bukoba.

Ajali ya kwanza ilitokea wakati wa vita ya Kagera. Ndege ya jeshi ilikuwa inaruka ikakosea mwelekeo na kukiparamia kisiwa cha Musira. Miaka ya karibuni ndege nyingine ya jeshi ilikosa mwelekeo wakati ikitua na kuziparamia nyumba za wenyeji.

Ndege nyingine ya Precision Air iliokolewa na matuta; vinginevyo ingeserereka hadi ziwani. Jambo la msingi ni kuomba usiku na mchana isitokee ajali nyingine hadi uwanja huu utakapopanuliwa.

“Nyegera waitu”; ikimaanisha: Karibu Bwana ni neno la kwanza utakalolisikia Uwanja wa Ndege wa Bukoba. Baada ya neno hilo, ni mfululizo wa mchanganyiko wa Kihaya na Kiingereza. Mfano: “Omundege twaija comfortably bwana” – ikiwa na maana kwamba safari ya ndege ilikuwa shwari.

Nyegera waitu unaisikia pia ukiingia Bukoba kwa njia ya meli. Bandarini, wenyewe wanaita Kastamu, Nyegera zinakuwa nyingi sana; maana watu wengi wanasafiri kwa meli zaidi ya ndege.

Neno jingine utakalolisikia ni Waiyukayo; ikimaanisha pole ya safari. Neno hili halikusikika sana siku za nyuma. Limeanza kusikika mwaka 1996 baada ya ajali ya MV Bukoba.

Watu zamani walikuwa na imani na usafiri wa meli. Waliamini meli haiwezi kupatwa na ajali. Siku hizi kila anayepanda meli na jamaa zake wanaobaki nyuma wanakuwa na wasiwasi.

Safari hii ya meli ni ya usiku. Meli ya Victoria inachukua muda wa saa nane hivi kutoka Mwanza hadi Bukoba. Meli ndogo kama vile Serengeti inachukua karibu saa 12 kufika Bukoba. Marehemu Kalikawe aliimba wimbo kwamba meli ni kama Nyumba kubwa. Watu wanakula, wanakunywa na kulala….wakati mwingine mtu anaomba Mungu, na kufumba macho ili asiyaone yale yanayotendeka melini!

Siku MV Victoria ilipopoteza mwelekeo na kuingia nchi kavu, watu waliamini kuna kitu kilikuwa kinaendelea kwenye vyumba vya makapteni. Walinogewa hadi asubuhi na kusahau usukani!

Kuna barabara kuu mbili zinazoingia Bukoba mjini. Inategemea unaingia kutokea wapi. Kuna barabara ya Mwanza na Barabara ya Uganda. Zote mbili zinaungana kuwa barabara moja Kilometa moja kabla ya kuingia Bukoba mjini.

Kwenye kituo cha mabasi utaisikia tena Nyegera waitu na Waiyukayo ambayo inamaanisha Pole ya safari. Na inakuwa kweli na maana hiyo pole ya safari; kwani ukifika Bukoba mjini bila basi lenu kutekwa na majambazi ni lazima kumshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu!

Serikali imeshindwa kabisa kuwakamata majambazi hao. Kuna mchezo hapa wa nani amvike paka kengele. Wananchi wanawajua majambazi na wakati mwingine serikali inawajua majambazi.

Ni mpaka pawepo na uwazi na nia kwa pande zote mbili ndio tatizo hili litakwisha. Vinginevyo ningekushauri usitembelee Bukoba wakati wa kipindi cha Krismasi!

Mji wa Bukoba umezungukwa na vilima. Kuna Kilima cha Ihungo. Hapo kuna Sekondari ya zamani iliyokuwa ikujulikana kwa jina la St Thomas Mores College. Wasomi wengi nchini wamepitia kwenye shule hiyo.

Kilima kingine ni cha Kashura. Kilima hiki kinakaliwa kwa wingi na ELCT. Wamisionari walijenga hapo. Ni sehemu nzuri inayokufanya ulione ziwa Victoria vizuri na kuuangalia vizuri mji wa Bukoba.

Hata hivyo, Bukoba inaonekana vizuri zaidi ukiwa kwenye kilima cha Kishasha. Kilima hiki kina majumba mazuri ya kisasa ambayo kwa wale wasio na uwezo wa kuona mbali ya pua zao, wanayaita takataka na uchafuzi wa mji!

Ukiwa hapa unaweza kuona tatu ya nne ya mji wa Bukoba. Unapata picha nzuri ya Bukoba; jinsi mji ulivyozungukwa na milima na kuwa ufukweni mwa ziwa Victoria.

Pamoja na yote unayoyasikia kuhusu Bukoba utashangaa sana kuona maisha yanaendelea kama kawaida. Hakuna anayeogopa UKIMWI. Ukitaka kukutana na mwanamke au msichana na ukiamua kutumia KONDOMU au kutotumia, mwanamke atakwambia uamuzi ni wako.

Maana yake ni kwamba unaweza ukatumia kama unapenda au usitumie. Vituko vya nani kafumaniwa na nani ni vingi mno mjini Bukoba kuzidi kipindi kile kabla ya ugonjwa huu wa hatari haujapiga hodi.

Kama unayapenda maisha yako, ni lazima uingie Bukoba kwa uangalifu mkubwa sana. Mji unaonekana kuwa mzuri sana. Watu ni wakarimu kweli. Nyegera ni nyingi, lakini usipoangalia unaweza kupata Nyegera ya moja kwa moja!

Habari za mitaani ni kwamba kuna watu wenye pesa ambao ni waathirika wa UKIMWI. Watu hao wamepania kueneza ugonjwa huo. Wanatumia pesa zao kusambaza ugonjwa huo. Wanahakikisha wametembea na wanawake, wasichana wadogo kwa wakubwa. Wanatumia pesa zao kuangamiza kizazi kizima.

Watu hawa wana uwezo wa kununua dawa za kusogeza mbele maisha (ARVs); wana uwezo wa kula vizuri na kutunza afya zao. Wana uhakika wa kuishi maisha marefu kidogo. Hawajali kama watu wanaowaambukiza virusi wana uwezo kama wao.

Hivi ni kati ya vituko vya kusikitisha utakavyokumbana navyo mjini Bukoba. Kila mtu anajua juu ya jambo hili. Viongozi wa serikali wanalijua hili na viongozi wa dini wanalijua. Hakuna mtu wa kuwakanya; maana hawa ni watu ‘muhimu’ sana kwa serikali na kwa dini. Ni watu wanaotoa michango mizito serikalini na kwenye madhehebu mbalimbali.

Huwezi kutembelea Bukoba na usikose kuingia kwenye soko la Bukoba mjini. Vyakula utakavyoviona ni kama vile unavyoweza kukuta kwenye masoko yote ya Tanzania. Labda tu kwamba ndizi zitakuwa ni nyingi kupita sehemu nyingine unayoijua.

Mbali na ndizi, kama ni mwezi wa Novemba Au Aprili, utakuta senene. Senene ni aina ya wadudu wanaopendwa na Wahaya. Ni chakula cha heshima. Binti anayechumbiwa ni lazima kupeleka zawadi ya senene kwa mchumba wake.

Mwenye nyumba, baba wa familia, akiwa safari ndefu – tuseme safari ya kumchukua miaka mitatu, ni lazima mama wa nyumba atunze senene za kila mwaka. Atafunga mafungu mafungu hadi bwana atakaporudi.

Bibi mwenye wajukuu, ni lazima afunge mafungu ya senene kwa kila mjukuu. Wajukuu wanapomtembelea kila mjukuu anapata fungu lake! Mtu ukipewa senene ni lazima kuna kusema asante. Mara nyingi asante hii inakuwa ni kitenge, kanga au pesa.

Zamani senene walikamatwa mbugani. Lakini siku hizi wataalamu wamegundua namna ya kuwakamata kwa urahisi. Wanatumia taa za umeme zenye mwanga mkali. Taa hizi zina uwezo wa kuwavuta senene kutoka sehemu za mbali hadi Kilomita kumi.

Wakati wa msimu wa senene wataalamu wa Bukoba mjini wanaweka taa za umeme zenye mwanga mkali kwenye paa za nyumba ili kuwavuta senene. Hii ni biashara nzuri; maana mtu mwenye taa ya mwanga mkali anawatoza pesa watu wanaofika kwake kukamata senene! Zoezi hili ni la kila mwaka hasa mwezi wa Novemba na Machi.

Wahaya wanalima kahawa. Hili ni zao kuu la biashara. Jambo la kushangaza ni kwamba pamoja na kulima kahawa, watu hawa hawanywi kahawa! Hata wale wachache wanaokunywa kahawa, watakwambia wanakunywa Chai (ka-chai).

Wakati bei ya kahawa inaendelea kushuka kwenye soko la dunia na kuathiri kiasi kikubwa uchumi wa mkoa wa Kagera, inashangaza sana Wahaya kulalamikia bei mbaya ya kahawa wakati wao hawanywi kahawa yao! Badala ya kunywa kahawa wana utamaduni wa kutafuna kahawa, na hii ni ishara ya upendo.

Ukimtembelea mtu nyumbani kwake, asipokukaribisha kwa kahawa za kutafuna, ni ishara ya kutokuwepo na upendo kati yenu. Hata hivyo, kiasi kinachotafunwa ni kidogo sana kiasi cha kuweza kupandisha bei ya kahawa.

Kuna haja ya Wahaya na Watanzania kwa ujumla kujenga tabia ya kunywa kahawa kwa lengo la kulinda soko na bei ya kahawa.

Wahaya wanapenda dini. Hili utalitambua kwa misikiti mikubwa na makanisa yaliyo mjini Bukoba. Ukisimama kwenye kilima chochote kile kinachouinamia mji wa Bukoba, utaona misikiti na makanisa ikichomoza.

Utauona msikiti wa Uswahilini uliojengwa kwa mtindo wa kisasa. Utaliona Kanisa Kuu la Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri (KKKT) ambalo linajulikana kama kengele tatu. Linaonekana kuupamba mji wa Bukoba na kuonyesha kwamba mji huu ni wa wacha Mungu.

Nayo Cathedral ya Wakatoliki inafanyiwa ukarabati. Sasa hivi ni zaidi ya miaka kumi tangia ukarabati huo uanze. Ni kanisa kubwa na la kuvutia. Mnara wake unaonekana ukichomoza kuyazidi majengo yote ya Bukoba mjini na kutangaza utukufu wa Roma.

Kanisa hili ndio litakuwa kaburi la marehemu Kadinali Rugambwa. Sasa hivi amezikwa kwenye kaburi la muda kwenye Kanisa la Kashozi. Kwa nini ukarabati wa kanisa hili umechukua muda mrefu? Kila mtu anajua jibu! Lakini kila mtu anafunga mdomo wake! Wale wanaothubutu kusema wanatumia mafumbo.

Lugha ya Kihaya inatumia mafumbo mengi. Ni lazima ujifunze lugha ya mafumbo ukiwa Bukoba. Ukisikia maji usifikiri ni yale ya kunywa na ukisikia chakula usikimbilie meza ya chakula. Hata kituo kipya cha redio kilichoanzishwa mjini Bukoba kijulikanacho kama Kasibante, ni mafumbo matupu. Maana yake inaelekea ni “kumfunga ng’ombe”. Kwa historia ya kiti cha ubunge cha Bukoba Mjini, na ikizingatiwa mmiliki wa Redio Kasibante, ujumbe wa fumbo uko wazi!

Kanisa la Orthodox limeingia kwa nguvu mjini Bukoba. Kanisa lao linapamba kilima kimojawapo kinachouinamia mji wa Bukoba. Pia wamejenga kanisa zuri mjini Bukoba na wanaendelea kujenga makanisa mengine vijijini.

Usishangae kukutana na watoto wengi wa mitaani mjini Bukoba. Pamoja na kwamba watu ni wacha Mungu, wana makanisa mazuri na misikiti mizuri (na kusema kweli makanisa na misikiti inajaa waumini), hakuna anayewajali watoto wa mitaani.

Ukizungumza na watoto hao kwa karibu, utashangaa sana kujua kwamba watoto wengine baba zao ni viongozi katika makanisa na misikiti. Ndio hivyo! Jinsi wanavyosali sana na kumcha Mwenyezi Mungu, ndivyo pia na madhambi kibao.

Mengine sitaki kuzungumza. Acha ukutane nayo mwenyewe. Acha uambiwe Nyegera waitu. Kama wewe ni mtu wa familia, chunga sana usijenge nyumba ndogo Bukoba. Kama wewe ni kijana ambaye hujapata jiko huwezi kukwepa kuitwa Omwami wange (Bwana yangu).

Wengi waliopitia mjini Bukoba wakati wa ujana wao wameoa Bukoba au wana ‘nyumba ndogo’. Sitopenda kuwataja!

Bukoba ni mahali pazuri kweli. Kama wenyewe wanavyoisifia. Pana Ziwa Victoria, pana mito mizuri inayotiririka na kuifanya Bukoba ionekane kijani wakati wote. Ina mvua mwaka mzima. Kama si uvivu wa Wahaya, wangeweza kulima na kuilisha chakula Tanzania nzima.

Bukoba ina vilima na mabonde; vitu vinavyoipamba na kuipendezesha. Bukoba ina vivutio vingi vya kitalii. Bukoba ni nzuri! Hakuna kizuri kisichokuwa na kasoro. Kasoro hizo nimezitaja moja baada ya nyingine. Kama unataka nizirudie nitakwambia Nyegera waitu.
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The longest journey starts with the first step - Chinese
If you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything. - Unknown

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