Miaka 46 ya Muungano uliokumbwa na migogoro lukuki
* Zanzibar ilipojiunga OIC, G55 wakaitaka serikali ya Tanganyika
* Wazanzibari sasa wataka Utaifa wao, mafuta yawapa kiburi
DANIEL MBEGA
Dar es Salaam
ILIKUWA Jumapili, Aprili 26, 1964, saa 4.00 asubuhi wakati Mwenyekiti wa TANU Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere na Mwenyekiti wa Afro-Shiraz Party (ASP) Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume walipokutana mjini Dar es Salaam na kusaini hati ya makubaliano ya kuziunganisha nchi zao.
Muungano huu ulifikiriwa kwa takribani miezi mitatu na siku 24 tu tangu yalipofanyika mapinduzi ya kuung'oa utawala dhalimu wa Kisultani visiwani Zanzibar hapo Januari 12, 1964. Kabla ya kutiwa saini, wakuu hao wa nchi mbili walikuwa wamefanya mazungumzo mara kadhaa mjini Dar es Salaam na Unguja na ndipo wakafikia mwafaka wa kuziunganisha nchi hizo.
Wapo walioupinga (na wanaendelea kuupinga) kwamba haukufuata misingi inayotakiwa katika muungano halisi, lakini pia wapo walioufurahia na wanaendelea kuufurahia kwa kuwa umeleta udugu na kujenga umoja na mshikamano.
Kwa miaka 46 Muungano huo umewaunganisha vyema Watanganyika na Wazanzibari na hivyo kuijenga Tanzania yenye nia, umoja, amani, upendo na mshikamano.
Hata hivyo, Muungano huo umepitia katika vipindi vigumu mno na kuna nyakati ambapo umetiwa msukosuko kiasi cha kutishia hatma yake. Hilo, kwa kiasi kikubwa, limetokana na baadhi ya watu kutoa mapendekezo anuai yanayoashiria muungano huo ama unaweza kuendelea kudumu au kuvunjika kabisa.
Hali hiyo imezidi kuwaweka njiapanda Watanzania, na viongozi wa serikali ya Muungano na ile ya Mapinduzi, na sasa wameazimia kuulinda kwa hali na mali ili kuwaenzi waasisi wake. Katika hotuba yake ya kwanza aliyoitoa mjini Dodoma baada ya kuapishwa, Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete aliweka bayana kwamba suala la muungano litashughulikiwa kikamilifu ili kuunusuru, na kwa kuthibitisha hilo akaunda wizara mpya inayoshughulikia masuala ya Muungano.
Kuundwa kwa wizara hiyo nyeti hakumaanishi kwamba ubabe utatumika kuulinda muungano, bali busara ndizo zinazotumika, kwani miongoni mwa majukumu yake ni kukusanya kero za Muungano na kuzitatua, na pia kuweka misingi imara inayoweza kuudumisha kwa maslahi na ustawi wa taifa hili.
Wananchi wa Tanzania wanazijua faida na hasara za muungano huo kwa kipindi chote hicho na ni wazi kwamba wako katika nafasi nzuri ya kuchangia na kurekebisha kasoro zilizojitokeza ama mapungufu yaliyopo ili kuuimarisha zaidi.
Hoja ya Mwalimu Nyerere na Sheikh Karume ya kuanzisha Muungano haikuwa mbaya asilani, lakini katika kipindi cha karibuni kila upande wa Muungano umekuwa ukiona kama unakandamizwa na upande mwingine.
Wakati Wazanzibari wanasema Muungano umeumeza utaifa wao, baadhi ya Watanganyika nao wamekuwa wakisema rasilimali nyingi za Tanzania Bara zimekuwa zikitoweka kuwanufaisha Wazanzibari katika kile kinachoonekana kama kujipendekeza kwa serikali ya CCM kulinda kwa nguvu zote ili usivunjike.
Wazanzibari, kwa upande wao wanaendelea kusema kwamba kwa kipindi chote hicho wameshindwa kufanya jambo lolote kwa maendeleo yao kutokana na kivuli cha muungano na kwamba kila wanalotaka kulifanya lazima serikali ya Muungano ihoji.
SUALA LA UTAIFA...
Yapo mengi ambayo Serikali ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar (SMZ) imekuwa ikitaka kufanya bila kupitia kwenye Muungano na mojawapo ni uamuzi wake wa kutaka kujiunga na Shirikisho la Nchi za Kiislamu Duniani (Organisation of Islamic Conference - OIC) mwaka 1992. Hapo ndipo hasa 'chunusi' wa Muungano alipoingia.
Lengo kubwa la SMZ kwa wakati ule, chini ya Dk. Salmin Amour Juma, lilikuwa kuifanya Zanzibar kuwa nchi au taifa la Kiislamu, wakati inafahamu fika suala kama hilo lilipaswa kujadiliwa kabla ya kuchukua maamuzi mazito kama aliyokuwa amechukua Dk. Salmin.
Uamuzi huo ukazua mjadala mrefu sana ndani ya Chama cha Mapinduzi (wakati huo serikali ilikuwa bado ya chama kimoja) na hata bungeni, ambako wabunge na wana-CCM wa Bara waliona wamesalitiwa na kiongozi huyo wa Zanzibar ambaye pia kikatiba, ndiye Makamu Mwenyekiti wa CCM upande wa Zanzibar na pia wakati huo alikuwa ndiye Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Muungano!
Lakini Zanzibar haikujiondoa OIC kama tulivyoelezwa na viongozi wetu, bali kilichotokea ni kwamba, OIC ilichunguza na kukuta Zanzibar siyo Taifa linalojitegemea, yaani Sovereignty State, na kwa mujibu wa masharti yao, haikustahili kuwa mwanachama, hivyo wakaiondoa, siyo kwamba yenyewe ilijitoa baada ya shinikizo.
Pamoja na kuondolewa huko, Zanzibar iliendelea kulalamika kwa kuingiliwa katika mambo yake ya ndani kwa kisingizio cha muungano, ambao kwa kizazi cha sasa wanaiona hali hiyo kana kwamba imewadumaza.
Kujiunga kwa Zanzibar katika OIC kuliwazindua wabunge wa Tanzania Bara, ambao waliona kuwepo kwa serikali mbili ndani ya Muungano kulikuwa ni kama kuwapa kiburi Wazanzibari, kiasi cha kufanya lolote wanalotaka bila kusubiri baraka za upande mwingine.
Ndipo katika kikao cha Bunge la Bajeti cha mwaka 1993, aliyekuwa Mbunge wa Chunya, Mheshimiwa Njelu Edward Mulugale Kasaka akawasilisha hoja binafsi bungeni na kudai Serikali ya Tanganyika ndani ya Muungano ili kutoa uwiano sawa.
Kwa bahati nzuri hoja hiyo ilipata baraka za Waziri Mkuu wa wakati huo, John Samwel Malecela 'Cigwiyemisi' na kupitishwa na Spika wa Bunge wa wakati huo, marehemu Chifu Adam Sapi Mkwawa ili ijadiliwe ingawa alizuia mjadala usiwe mrefu sana. Hata katika Bajeti ya Wizara ya Sheria na Katiba iliyokuwa chini ya Spika wa sasa Samuel Sitta, waliainisha kwamba kulikuwa na ‘Waraka wa Kutaka Maoni ya Wananchi kuhusu Hoja ya Tanganyika (White Paper)’.
Ni katika mjadala huo ambapo kulionekana kuna mchanganyiko; wengine wakiunga mkono na wengine wakipinga mabadiliko ya Katiba ya Muungano kufanya ziwepo serikali tatu.
Wabunge 55 waliofahamika kama G55, wakiongozwa na mtoa hoja, Njelu Kasaka, waliiunga mkono hoja hiyo. Baadaye wakaongezeka wengine kumi na kuifanya idadi yao kuwa 65 hadi kufikia Julai 22, 1994. Wabunge waliounga mkono na majimbo yao ya wakati huo yakiwa kwenye mabano ni; Mateo Tluway Qaresi (Babati), Jenerali Twaha Khalfani Ulimwengu (Taifa/Jumuiya ya Vijana), Mbwete Polile Hombee (Mbeya Vijijini), John Byeitima (Karagwe), Chediel Yohane Mgonja (same), Japhet Sichona (Mbozi), Benedict Losurutia (Kiteto), Dk. Mganga Kipuyo (Arumeru Magharibi), Stanley Kinuno (Nyang'hwale), Dk. Aaron Chiduo (Gairo), Edward Oyombe Ayila (Rorya) na Shashu Lugeye (Solwa).
Wengine walikuwa John Mwanga (Moshi Mjini), Dk. Deogratius Mwita (Serengeti), Abel Mwanga (Musoma Mjini), Juma Jamaldin Akukweti (Tunduru), Patrick Silvanus Qorro (Karatu), Steven Mwaduma (Iringa Mashariki), Dk. Ndembwela Ngunangwa (Njombe Kusini), Richard Koillah (Ngorongoro), Ahmed A. Mpakani (Iringa Magharibi), Paschal K. Mabiti (Mwanza), Luteni Lepilal Ole Moloimet (Monduli), Lumuli Alipipi Kasyupa (Kyela), Profesa Aaron Masawe (Hai) na Arcado Ntagazwa (Kibondo).
Walikuwemo pia Phineas Nnko (Arumeru Mashariki), Paschal Degera (Kondoa Kusini), Mussa Nkhangaa (Singida Mjini), Halimenshi Kahema Mayonga (Kigoma Kaskazini), Said Abdallah Nakuwa (Lindi Mjini), na Mosi Tambwe (Taifa/Wanawake).
Wengine ni Luteni Kanali John Mhina (Muheza), Charles Kagonji (Mlalo), Kisyeri Werema Chambiri (Tarime), Tobi Tajiri Mweri (Pangani), William H. Mpiluka (Mufindi), Aidan Livigha (Ruangwa), Philip Sanka Marmo (Mbulu), Erasto K. Lossioki (Simanjiro), Shamim Khan (Morogoro Mjini), Raphael Shempemba (Lushoto), Phares Kabuye (Biharamulo), Evarist Mwanansao (Nkasi), Mussa Masomo (Handeni), Jared Ghachocha (Ngara), na Mariam Kamm (Taifa/Wanawake).
MAMBO WALIYOYATAKA...
Walitaka Muungano wa Tanzania, uliozaliwa bila kupata baraka za wananchi wengine na hivyo kuwa na mapungufu, utazamwe upya. Walifikiria kwamba kwa wakati huo ulizaliwa kwa makubaliano tu kati ya TANU na Afro-Shiraz Party (ASP), lakini bila ridhaa ya wananchi.
Wakaeleza kwamba kwa wakati huo ilikuwa lazima Muungano huo ufanywe haraka ili kulinda mapinduzi ya kumwaga damu ya ndugu zatu wa Zanzibar; Unguja na Pemba, ambavyo ni visiwa vidogo sana, kwa hiyo Sultan Jamshid angeweza kurejea tena kwa msaada kutoka kokote kule duniani na inasemekana tayari alikuwa ameandaa majeshi ili arudi kuivamia Zanzibar.
Lakini baada ya kusikia Zanzibar na Tanganyika zimeungana hata yeye kule alikokimbilia na wafadhili wake walikata tamaa kurejesha tena utawala wa kibwanyenye (Usultani) visiwani humo.
Kwa maana nyingine, tunaweza kusema nchi hizo ziliungana kwa sababu za ki-ulinzi au kiudugu zaidi na kwa uzalendo wa Kiafrika, Muungano ambao haukupata baraka za wananchi kama walivyokuwa wakipigania uhuru wao. Lakini sasa baada ya miaka 43 hakuna tena tishio kama hilo (dhidi ya ndugu zetu wa Visiwani).
Kwanza, hata wale ambao wangefanya hivyo, sasa nao wamekata tamaa kabisa. Pili, kikubwa zaidi ni kwamba hata serikali yenyewe ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar sasa ina uhusiano mzuri tu hata na watawala wake wa zamani.
Ni suala la u-taifa tu kwa sababu chini ya mwavuli wa Muungano, Mtanganyika amepoteza kabisa utaifa wake (National Identity). Hakuna popote katika Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Muungano panapotaja kitu kinachoitwa 'Tanganyika' au u-Tanganyika. Badala yake sehemu kama hiyo imemezwa na neno Tanzania. Lakini Zanzibar ina serikali yake yenyewe, SMZ.
Ndiyo maana hata serikali ya CCM ilipoagiza hoja hiyo iondolewe Bungeni mwaka 1994 na kuamua kuendelea na mfumo wa serikali mbili ndani ya Muungano huku ikifanya mikakati kuunda serikali moja, Wazanzibari waligoma kabisa kuafiki muundo huo wa serikali moja.
Wazanziibari, wakiongozwa na Rais wao wa wakati ule Dk. Salmin Amour Juma, walisema katu SMZ haiwezi kufa na kwamba hawaafiki serikali moja. Wengine wakaendelea kusema kwamba Muungano haujainufaisha Zanzibar kwa lolote, hivyo kumaanisha kwamba hawana haja nao.
CCM iliamua kuendesha kura za maoni kwa wanachama wake na wananchi kwa ujumla ili kuona walikuwa na mtazamo gani kuhusu suala la Muungano. Waliokuwa wakitetea Muungano ilionekana waliutetea kwa lugha kali ya hasira, ghadhabu na hata vitisho vya kuwafukuza wenzao kwenye Chama. Waliodai Utanganyika nao walidai kwa lugha hiyo hiyo ya ukali, wakijibu mapigo.
Kitu kilichopaswa ama kinachopaswa kutazamwa hapa ni mambo machache kama yafuatayo; Kwanza kabisa, kudai Utanganyika siyo kosa la uhaini wala la jinai. Pili, Chama cha Mapinduzi siyo wananchi kwa sababu wananchi wako milioni 35, lakini wanachama wa CCM hadi kufikia mwaka 1994 walikuwa 3,506,355 tu. Pengine kutokana na kuwepo kwa vyama vingi vya siasa idadi hiyo imepungua kwa sasa.
Tatu, walioulizwa maoni hayo kuhusu Muungano mwaka 1994 ni wanachama wa CCM peke yao, tena wapatao 1,349,501. Hesabu hiyo ilikuwa sawa na asilimia 33.49 tu ya wanachama wote nchi nzima. Asilimia 61.75 ya asilimia 33.49 walipendekea serikali mbili, asilimia 29.21 walipendekeza serikali moja, na asilimia 8.27 walitaka serikali ya Tanganyika ndani ya Muungano. Kura za maoni zilizoharibika zilikuwa asilimia 0.67.
Jambo la kujiuliza, kura hizo zilihesabiwa na nani? Waliopiga kura ni wana-CCM na waliozihesabu ni hao hao wanachama wa CCM pamoja na viongozi wao, ambao walikuwa wakipinga hoja hiyo. Unategemea wangetoa majibu gani? Walichosahau ni kwamba, suala hili ni nyeti na linawagusa wote, wananchi wa Tanzania kwa ujumla wao, bila kujali itikadi zao za siasa.
Nakumbuka Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mara wa wakati huo, Bwana Joseph Butiku, alitoa kauli kali kwamba msimamo uliokuwa umefikiwa na CCM ni kuwa na serikali mbili katika Muungano kuelekea serikali moja na kwamba kama Rais wa Zanzibar, Dk. Salmin Amour Juma, alikuwa anapinga shauri yake.
Bwana Butiku aliyasema hayo Jumanne, Agosti 23, 1994 kwenye ukumbi wa Karimjee, Dar es Salaam wakati akishiriki mjadala wa hoja ya serikali ya kufuta Azimio la Bunge la mwaka 1993 la kuanzishwa kwa serikali ya Tanganyika ndani ya Muungano. Nanukuu maneno yake: "Wananiuliza, umemsikia Rais wa Zanzibar? Aah mimi nasema Rais wa Zanzibar ni kiongozi wetu... tunamheshimu ... lakini kakosea ... Huu ndio msimamo wa Chama; serikali mbili kuelekea serikali moja na kama Waziri Mkuu hataki, shauri yake, kama Rais wa Zanzibar hataki, shauri yake, maana Chama cha Mapinduzi kina utaratibu wa kuliongoza taifa hili..." mwisho wa kunukuu.
Mwasisi wa Muungano huo, Hayati Nyerere, aliamua kuingilia kati hoja ya Tanganyika na kusema kwamba, kuundwa kwa serikali hiyo kungemaanisha kifo cha Muungano. Hivyo, akasema asingekuwa tayari kuona Muungano unakufa hali yeye akiwa hai!
Ndipo akaamua kutunga kitabu cha 'Uongozi wetu na hatma ya Tanzania' kilichokuwa kinaponda utaratibu uliotumiwa na viongozi wa Muungano wakati huo kuipitisha hoja ya Tanganyika ijadiliwe bungeni bila kupata baraka za CCM.
Pengine kwa kuwa sasa amekufa ndiyo maana baadhi ya watu wanatumia mwanya huo kutaka kuua Muungano kama walivyoshiriki kuua 'mtoto mwingine' wa Mwalimu, Azimio la Arusha lililosisitiza Ujamaa na Kujitegemea.
Jambo la kusikitisha zaidi ni kwamba, wale wabunge walioonekana kuipigia kelele sana hoja hiyo walipewa vyeo enzi zile za Rais Ally Hassan Mwinyi; wengine walikuwa mawaziri, na wengine manaibu mawaziri, wakuu wa mikoa na nyadhifa nyingine. Sisi akina yakhe ambao tulitegemea kwamba tungeona mabadiliko, tulitafsiri kitendo hicho kama kuwaziba midomo wabunge hao, maana baada ya kupata vyeo hivyo wakakaa kimya, wengine mpaka sasa hawataki kabisa kuisikia hiyo. Ya nini? Mbona wanakula na kusaza?
SERIKALI ILIKUWEPO...
Wazanzibari wanaendelea kupinga muundo wa muungano wa serikali moja, pengine ndiyo maana mpaka sasa - miaka 14 baadaye - CCM haijasema lolote kuhusu muundo wa serikali kwenye muungano, iwe ni serikali mbili kama ilivyo sasa, moja au tatu.
Sababu kubwa inayowafanya Wazanzibari wakatae muundo huo ni kwamba wanadai Zanzibar ilikuwa na serikali yake kamili wakati Muungano ulipofanyika Aprili 26, 1964! Ni kweli kabisa, tangu Januari hadi Aprili 1964 Zanzibar ilikuwa nchi huru (Sovereign State) ikiitwa Jamhuri ya Watu wa Zanzibar. Mnamo Aprili 6, 1964 Zanzibar ilikuwa imefungua Balozi tatu; London, Uingereza alikuwepo Othman Shariff; Cairo, Misri alikuwepo Salim Ahmed Salim, na New York, Marekani alikuwepo Hasnu Makame. Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje alikuwa Profesa Abdulrahman Mohammed Babu.
Pia nchi 17 zilikwishaitambua Zanzibar hadi kufikia Aprili 26, 1964. Nchi hizo ni Ghana (28/1/1964), Cameroon (30/1/1964), German Democratic Republic - GDR (30/1/1964), Poland (30/1/1964), Israel (1/2/1964), Misri (4/2/1964), Urusi (4/2/1964), China (6/2/1964), Czechoslovakia (18/2/1964), Algeria (18/2/1964), India (22/2/1964), Uingereza (24/2/1964), Marekani (24/2/1964), Mali (26/2/1964), Congo-Brazzaville (26/2/1964), Ceylon (26/2/1964) na Liberia (29/2/1964).
Aidha, nchi tisa zilikwishafungua Balozi zao huko Zanzibar kabla ya Muungano. Nchi hizo ni Ghana, GDR, Israel, Urusi, China, Uingereza, Vietnam, Marekani na Ufaransa.
Zanzibar pia tayari ilikuwa mjumbe katika Umoja wa Nchi Huru za Afrika (OAU), Jumuiya ya Madola na Umoja wa Mataifa (UN), mnamo Aprili 6, 1964, na ilikuwa inashirikishwa UNESCO, ADB na mashirika mengine ya kimataifa.
Hata hivyo, hiyo siyo hoja ya msingi kwao kukataa serikali moja eti kwa vile wakati huo ilikuwa na serikali yake. Ikumbukwe pia kwamba Tanganyika nayo ilikuwa na serikali yake kamili kabla ya Muungano.
Cha msingi kuzungumzia ili kuunusuru Muungano ni kuangalia maeneo gani muhimu yanayotakiwa kurekebishwa na muundo gani wa serikali unaoweza kuwa muafaka, maana pamoja na hoja hiyo kuzimwa miaka 16 iliyopita, hivi sasa imeibuka tena na inazidi kufukuta kama moto wa volvano, matokeo yake yatakuwa mabaya zaidi hasa katika kipindi hiki cha siasa ya vyama vingi.
Wazanzibari wameibuka upya wakitaka utaifa wao, hoja ambayo imekuwa ikizusha hata mijadala Bungeni. Hoja hii inonekana kama imezuka mara tu baada ya kuibuka kwa tetesi kwamba Zanzbar kunaweza kuwepo na hazina ya mafuta ya petroli. Je, wenzetu hawa hawataki kushirikiana nasi kula keki hiyo? Mbona mapato yetu ya madini, utalii na raslimali nyingine wanatumia?
Katiba ya Tanzania siyo Msahafu, yaani siyo Biblia wala Qur'an, ambayo haiwezi kukosolewa. Hii imetungwa na wananchi kwa manufaa yao wenyewe, na wanapoona kwamba kuna ulazima wa kufanya matengenezo (marekebisho) basi wanaweza kwa kufuata taratibu. Lakini ni taratibu gani zilizofanyika mpaka sasa miaka 13 imepita kama siyo hoja hiyo kutupwa kapuni? Jibu wanalo wana-CCM, sisi wengine ni wafuasi tu! Pengine kuundwa kwa Wizara ya Muungano kunaweza kuleta picha kalisi. Sijui! Labda, tutaona!
MWISHO.
Friday, May 14, 2010
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JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT
JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT
A person asked God, “What surprises you most about mankind?”
And God answered,
“That they loose their Health to make money and they loose their money to restore their Health.
That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future.
That they live as if they will never die and they die as if they had never lived.….”
A person asked God, “What surprises you most about mankind?”
And God answered,
“That they loose their Health to make money and they loose their money to restore their Health.
That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future.
That they live as if they will never die and they die as if they had never lived.….”
BECAUSE I'M A MAN...
Because I’m a man, when one of our appliances stops working I will insist on taking it apart, despite evidence that this will just cost me twice as much once the repair person gets here and has to put it back together.
Because I’m a man, I don’t think we’re all that lost, and no, I don’t think we should stop and ask someone. Why would you listen to a complete stranger I mean, how the hell could he know where we’re going?
Because I’m a man, there is no need to ask me what I’m thinking about. The answer is always either sex or football, though I have to make up something else when you ask, so don’t.
Because I’m a man, I do not want to visit your mother, come visit us, or talk to her when she calls, or think about her any more than I have to. Whatever you got her for mother’s day is okay, I don’t need to see it. And don’t forget to pick up something for my mommy, too!
Because I’m a man, I am capable of announcing, “one more beer and I really have to go”, and mean it every single time I say it, even when it gets to the point that the one bar closes and my buddies and I have to go hunt down another. I will find it increasingly hilarious to have my pals call you to tell you I’ll be home soon, and no, I don’t understand why you threw all my clothes into the front yard. Like, what’s the connection?
Because I’m a man, you don’t have to ask me if I liked the movie. Chances are, if you’re crying at the end of it, I didn’t.
Because I’m a man, yes, I have to turn up the radio when Bruce Springsteen or The Doors comes on, and then, yes, I have to tell you every single time about how Bruce had his picture on the cover of Time and Newsweek the same day, or how Jim Morrison is buried in Paris and everyone visits his grave. Please do not behave as if you do not find this fascinating.
Because I’m a man, I think what you’re wearing is fine. I thought what you were wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is fine. With the belt or without it looks fine. Your hair is fine. You look fine. Can we just go now?
Because I’m a man and this is, after all, the 90’s, I will share equally in the housework. You just do the laundry, the cooking, the gardening, the cleaning, and the dishes. I’ll do the rest.
Because I’m a man, I don’t think we’re all that lost, and no, I don’t think we should stop and ask someone. Why would you listen to a complete stranger I mean, how the hell could he know where we’re going?
Because I’m a man, there is no need to ask me what I’m thinking about. The answer is always either sex or football, though I have to make up something else when you ask, so don’t.
Because I’m a man, I do not want to visit your mother, come visit us, or talk to her when she calls, or think about her any more than I have to. Whatever you got her for mother’s day is okay, I don’t need to see it. And don’t forget to pick up something for my mommy, too!
Because I’m a man, I am capable of announcing, “one more beer and I really have to go”, and mean it every single time I say it, even when it gets to the point that the one bar closes and my buddies and I have to go hunt down another. I will find it increasingly hilarious to have my pals call you to tell you I’ll be home soon, and no, I don’t understand why you threw all my clothes into the front yard. Like, what’s the connection?
Because I’m a man, you don’t have to ask me if I liked the movie. Chances are, if you’re crying at the end of it, I didn’t.
Because I’m a man, yes, I have to turn up the radio when Bruce Springsteen or The Doors comes on, and then, yes, I have to tell you every single time about how Bruce had his picture on the cover of Time and Newsweek the same day, or how Jim Morrison is buried in Paris and everyone visits his grave. Please do not behave as if you do not find this fascinating.
Because I’m a man, I think what you’re wearing is fine. I thought what you were wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is fine. With the belt or without it looks fine. Your hair is fine. You look fine. Can we just go now?
Because I’m a man and this is, after all, the 90’s, I will share equally in the housework. You just do the laundry, the cooking, the gardening, the cleaning, and the dishes. I’ll do the rest.
A SIMPLE GUIDE TO LIFE
1. Follow your dream! Unless it’s the one where you’re at work in your underwear during a fire drill.
2. Always take time to stop and smell the roses and sooner or later, you’ll inhale a bee.
3. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me alone.
4. If you don’t like my driving, don’t call anyone. Just take another road. That’s why the highway department made so many of them.
5. If a motorist cuts you off, just turn the other cheek. Nothing gets the message across like a good mooning.
6. When I’m feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor’s dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
7. It’s always darkest before dawn. So if you’re going to steal the neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.
8. A handy telephone tip: Keep a small chalkboard near the phone. That way, when a salesman calls, you can hold the receiver up to it and run your fingernails across it until he hangs up.
9. Each day I try to enjoy something from each of the four groups: the bonbon group, that salty-snack group, the caffeine group and the “What ever-it-is-the-tinfoil-in-the-back-of-the-fridge”.
10. Into every life some rain must fall. Unusually when your car windows are down.
11. Just remember: You gotta break some eggs to make a real mess on the neighbor’s car!
12. When you find yourself getting irritated with someone, try to remember that all men are brothers and just give them a noogie.
13. This morning I woke up to the unmistakable scent of pigs in a blanket. That’s the price you pay for letting the relatives stay over.
14. It’s a small world. So you gotta use your elbows a lot.
15. Keep your nose to the grindstone and your shoulder to the wheel. It’s a lot cheaper than plastic surgery.
16. This land is your land. This land is my land. So stay in your land.
17. Love is like a roller coaster: When it’s good you don’t want to get off, and when it isn’t, you can’t wait to throw up.
2. Always take time to stop and smell the roses and sooner or later, you’ll inhale a bee.
3. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me alone.
4. If you don’t like my driving, don’t call anyone. Just take another road. That’s why the highway department made so many of them.
5. If a motorist cuts you off, just turn the other cheek. Nothing gets the message across like a good mooning.
6. When I’m feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor’s dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
7. It’s always darkest before dawn. So if you’re going to steal the neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.
8. A handy telephone tip: Keep a small chalkboard near the phone. That way, when a salesman calls, you can hold the receiver up to it and run your fingernails across it until he hangs up.
9. Each day I try to enjoy something from each of the four groups: the bonbon group, that salty-snack group, the caffeine group and the “What ever-it-is-the-tinfoil-in-the-back-of-the-fridge”.
10. Into every life some rain must fall. Unusually when your car windows are down.
11. Just remember: You gotta break some eggs to make a real mess on the neighbor’s car!
12. When you find yourself getting irritated with someone, try to remember that all men are brothers and just give them a noogie.
13. This morning I woke up to the unmistakable scent of pigs in a blanket. That’s the price you pay for letting the relatives stay over.
14. It’s a small world. So you gotta use your elbows a lot.
15. Keep your nose to the grindstone and your shoulder to the wheel. It’s a lot cheaper than plastic surgery.
16. This land is your land. This land is my land. So stay in your land.
17. Love is like a roller coaster: When it’s good you don’t want to get off, and when it isn’t, you can’t wait to throw up.
DEDICATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE
Youth is a time of hope. Also of uncertainty. But for a person who is young and healthy, uncertainty just means a challenge. It is important to be positive. First of all about yourself. But also about your family and your people. As a unique person and each human being are unique, you have enormous potential. Because you have so much potential, people may sometimes feel negatively challenged by that potential and try to undermine it.
You have to fight for your right to make your place in society. To do that you have to use all the chances given you now to be a positive element in whatever situation you find yourself in, in future. So, it may be necessary to be a ‘rebel in reverse’ as it were. That takes real courage, to set your goal and stick to it. You choose your crowd. You exercise your right to choose.
Don’t lose your freedom for the sake of anyone. Real freedom, freedom to choose the right thing, the best for you.
Always bear a few things in mind while exercising your right to choose.
* Never take a decision when you are in a fit of anger or depression.
* Never take a decision when you are emotionally high.
* Why should fads or the decision of the group tie you down?
* What are you?
* What do you want tomorrow to be for you?
No matter how strong the group decision may be, you must think and make your decision. Many times it is necessary to consult before taking a decision. Go to someone whose life you admire, not necessarily the person you like most, but the person who is whole, who is one person, wherever she or he is and whatever she or he does.
* Remember that there is always tomorrow, and tomorrow is hope. Very few things are ‘written in stone’. Most of the mistakes we make can be rectified. They can be corrected. Problems have a solution, and each new day is a new start, a new chance, a New Hope. Indeed the youth are our hope you are our future.
Also remember that your parents love you unconditionally, you have their support and want the best in life for you ¨
You have to fight for your right to make your place in society. To do that you have to use all the chances given you now to be a positive element in whatever situation you find yourself in, in future. So, it may be necessary to be a ‘rebel in reverse’ as it were. That takes real courage, to set your goal and stick to it. You choose your crowd. You exercise your right to choose.
Don’t lose your freedom for the sake of anyone. Real freedom, freedom to choose the right thing, the best for you.
Always bear a few things in mind while exercising your right to choose.
* Never take a decision when you are in a fit of anger or depression.
* Never take a decision when you are emotionally high.
* Why should fads or the decision of the group tie you down?
* What are you?
* What do you want tomorrow to be for you?
No matter how strong the group decision may be, you must think and make your decision. Many times it is necessary to consult before taking a decision. Go to someone whose life you admire, not necessarily the person you like most, but the person who is whole, who is one person, wherever she or he is and whatever she or he does.
* Remember that there is always tomorrow, and tomorrow is hope. Very few things are ‘written in stone’. Most of the mistakes we make can be rectified. They can be corrected. Problems have a solution, and each new day is a new start, a new chance, a New Hope. Indeed the youth are our hope you are our future.
Also remember that your parents love you unconditionally, you have their support and want the best in life for you ¨
COSTA VICTOR NAMPOKA
Mguu ulivyokatisha ndoto za kucheza soka Ulaya
DANIEL MBEGA
Dar es Salaam
NI majira ya saa 5.20 hivi asubuhi, niko hapa Ukonga-Banana nikiwania kupanda daladala la kwenda kwenye kitongoji cha Kitunda-Kibeberu, moja ya vitongoji vinavyokua kwa kasi hapa jijini Dar es Salaam.
Sijui ni umbali gani kutoka hapa, hivyo namuuliza dereva ambaye nimeketi naye pembeni yake. Ananiambia ni mwendo kama wa dakika 15 tu hivi. Nashusha pumzi kwa kujua kwamba kumbe si mbali sana kama nilivyofikiria.
Nawasili kwenye kitongoji cha Kibeberu, ambako ndiko magari yanakogeuzia, na bila kupoteza muda nampigia simu mwenyeji wangu kwamba tayari nimeshafika. Namhurumia huko aliko kama ataamua kuja kunipokea, lakini nafarijika anaponiambia kwamba nimuulize mtu yeyote hapo kituoni atanileta.
Watoto wawili wanajitolea kunipeleka nyumbani kwa mwenyeji wangu, ambaye namkuta akiwa kajilaza kwenye kochi akizungumza na rafiki zake wawili waliomtembelea. Anapenda kuketi vizuri, lakini hali haimruhusu.
“Poleni jamani kwa safari ndefu!” ndivyo anavyoanza kusema huyu mwenyeji wangu, ambaye si mwingine zaidi ya mlinzi mahiri wa timu ya soka ya Taifa, Taifa Stars, pamoja na klabu ya Simba, Costa Victor Nampoka ‘Nyumba’. Anajaribu kuuweka vyema mguu wake wa kulia ambao bado umefungwa bandeji gumu (POP) baada ya kuvunjia mazoezini takribani mwezi mmoja na nusu uliopita.
“Hakuna shaka, Dar es Salaam ni moja na hakuna sehemu unayoweza kusema ni mbali,” namjibu kumpa matumaini.
“Hapana! Pamoja na ukweli kwamba mkoa kazini, lakini naamini uamua kufunga safari mpaka kuja kuniona ni jambo kubwa sana. Mngeweza hata kuniuliza maendeleo yangu kwa njia ya simu. Sina budi kushukuru kwa kuja kunijulia hali,” anasema.
Mara anaingia dada mmoja mweupe hivi ambaye anaketi pamoja na Costa kwenye kochi moja. Costa mwenyewe anamtambulisha kwamba ndiye mkewe, Dina, ambaye wamebahatika kuzaa naye watoto wawili; Victor Costa mwenye miaka miwili na Rio Costa mwenye mwaka 1.5. Anatukaribisha.
Anapoondoka namwambia ni jambo la kawaida kuwatembelea wagonjwa, na katika suala lake yeye ni mmoja wa watu waliotoa mchango mkubwa katika timu ya taifa ya soka ambayo sasa iko katika nafasi nzuri ya kufuzu kwa fainali za Mataifa ya Afrika mwakani ikiwa tu itashinda mechi yake ya mwisho.
“Nashukuru kusikia hivyo, lakini sura zinazokuja hapa daima ni zile nilizozizowea, yaani marafiki zangu na wachezaji wenzangu wa klabu ya Simba, labda na viongozi wa Simba,” anasema kwa huzuni.
“Una maana kwamba viongozi wa timu ya taifa na hata TFF huwa hawakutembelei?” nauliza.
Anasema tangu alipoumia siku tatu kabla ya Taifa Stars kupambana na Zambia katika mechi ya kirafiki na kupelekwa Muhimbili na daktari wa timu Shecky Mngazija, hajatembelewa wala kujuliwa hali hata kwa simu na kiongozi yeyote yule wa chombo hicho cha juu cha soka nchini.
Anaongeza kwamba, ni wachezaji wenzake wa Simba ndio baadhi yao huwa wanawasiliana naye pamoja na viongozi na marafiki wa klabu ambao wameonekana kumjali vya kutosha kiasi cha kutuma gari kila siku katika mechi zote ambazo Simba ilicheza kwenye hatua ya Sita Bora ya Ligi ya Mpito hadi fainali.
“Kwa kweli viongozi wa klabu yangu wananijali sana na sina budi kuwashukuru,” anasema. Kama vile amekumbuka kitu, anasema anamshukuru pia mtu mmoja wa Benki ya NMB anayeitwa Kajura (Imani Kajura ambaye ni Meneja Masoko).
“Huyu jamaa baada ya kutoa zawadi za shilingi 500,000 kwa kila mchezaji kutokana na timu ya Taifa kushinda kule Burkina Faso, alinipigia simu kuniambia nilitakiwa kwenda kusaini fomu za akaunti. Nikamwambia sina hata pesa ya nauli na kwa jinsi ninavyoumwa nisingeweza kupanda daladala, lakini akaniambia nichukue teksi nay eye angelipa. Namshukuru sana,” anasema.
Hata hivyo, amewaasa wachezaji wengine; wa klabu na hata timu ya taifa, kwamba pindi watakapoumia na kushindwa kujuliwa hali na viongozi wao wasife moyo bali hiyo iwe changamoto kwao kufanya vizuri watakaporejea uwanjani.
“Binafsi sina kinyongo na yeyote. Naomba Mungu nipone nirejee uwanjani, ikibidi niliwakilishe taifa langu, kwa sababu natambua kwamba timu ya Taifa ni ya Watanzania wote wala si ya mtu mmoja. Naamini Watanzania milioni kadhaa wako pamoja na mimi na hata walipojua kwamba nimeumia walinitumia meseji za pole zaidi ya 3,000, hata sijui walikoipata namba yangu,” anasema.
Kuvunjika mguu
Costa anasema kwamba walikuwa kwenye mazoezi kama kawaida kwenye uwanja wa Karume, akauzuia mpira bila kumkwatua ama kukwatuliwa, kisha akaserereka.
“Ghafla nikasikia maumivu makali sana, ikabidi wajaribu kuniganga pale, lakini yalipozidi wakanikimbiza Muhimbili. Huko nikaambiwa kwamba nimevunjika mfupa mdogo wa mguu wa kulia. Sikuwa na jinsi, wakanifunga hogo (bandeji gumu – POP) na kusema kwamba nirudi baada ya wiki sita,” anasema kwa majonzi.
Anasema kwamba, baada ya kutolewa kwa bandeji hilo ndipo atakapojua kama atakuwa nje ya uwanja kwa muda gani, kwani mpaka sasa hajaanza hata kuukanyangia mguu huo.
Akasema kuvunjika mguu kumemnyima nafasi ya kuliwakilisha taifa, na zaidi kumechelewesha kutimia kwa ndoto zake kwani pengine hivi sasa angeweza kuwa Afrika Kusini kujaribu kucheza soka ya kulipwa akiwa njiani kwenda cheza Ulaya.
“Kuna wakala mmoja ambaye kwa muda mrefu sasa amekuwa akinufuatilia, yuko Afrika Kusini, na alikwenda Burkina Faso kunitazama, lakini mimi sikuwepo. Ilikuwa niende Afrika Kusini kufanya majaribio na naamini ningewea kufanikiwa,” anasema mchezaji huyo.
Anasema kwamba, alikuwa na matumaini ya kufuzu kwa sababu soka ya Afrika Kusini haina tofauti na ya huku, tena hakuwa mgeni baada ya kucheza kwa muda nchini humo miaka mitatu iliyopita.
“Wanachotuzidi kule ni promosheni, televisheni zinajitahidi sana kuonyesha mpira hata wa daraja la tatu, na hiyo inamsaidia mchezaji kutazama na kuona wapi alipokosea ili kujirekebisha, ama afanye nini kuongeza jitihada,” anasema.
Anaongeza kwamba alishindwa kuendelea kucheza huko kwa sababu klabu aliyokuwa akiichezea wakati ule ya Marlasburg (Tembas) iliyokuwa daraja la kwanza mwaka 2005 ikiwa chini ya kocha wa zamani wa Simba Trott Moloto, iliinunua klabu moja iliyokuwa ligi kuu. Ikabidi wachezaji wa timu hizo wachekechwe, na majungu ndipo yakaibuka ambapo Moloto, ambaye ndiye aliyemfanyia mpango wa kwenda huko, akamgeuka. Ikabidi afungashe virago kurejea.
Hata hivyo, anasema kwamba ndoto zake bado hazijafutika, kwani anaamini anaweza kucheza Ulaya bila matatizo yoyote, na zaidi anasema angependa siku moja avae ‘uzi’ wa Manchester United akicheza pembeni ya Rio Ferdnand ambaye uchezaji wake unamvutia kiasi cha kumwitia mwanawe mdogo jina hilo kutokana na kumhusudu.
Akizungumzia nafasi ya Taifa Stars kufuzu kwa fainali za Mataifa ya Afrika mwakani, Costa (25) ambaye ni mtoto wa nne katika familia ya watoto watano wa mzee Victor Nampoka – wawili wanawake na watatu wanaume, anasema kwamba nafasi ipo, lakini mechi ya mwisho dhidi ya Msumbiji ni ngumu sana.
“Ile mechi ni kama fainali na inabidi maandalizi ya nguvu yafanyike pengine kuliko mechi zote zilizotangulia. Msumbiji ni wazuri sana kuliko hata Burkina Faso, na ina nafasi ya kufuzu ikiwa itashinda na Senegal wakafungwa, hivyo Watanzania tusibweteke bali tujiandae vizuri,” anasema huku akisikitika kwamba anaweza kuikosa mechi hiyo pia ikiwa ataambiwa apumzike.
Akizungumzia kuhusu maendeleo ya soka, mlinzi huyo anasema kwamba hakuna kitakachoinua zaidi ya soka la vijana, na kuongeza kwamba mashindano ya Copa Coca Cola yawe chachu wa klabu na wadau mbalimbali kuanza kuibua vipaji.
“Kule Brazil tulikokwenda kuna taasisi ya soka ya watoto wadogo. Watoto wanatoka nchi mbalimbali kwenda kufundishwa mpira, na wazazi wao wanalipia wastani wa dola 1,500 kwa mwezi ili watoto wao wajue mpira. Tusione wenzetu wamepiga hatua tukadhani kwamba ni miujiza, wamewekeza.
“Watanzania wanapaswa kuunga mkono juhudi za maendeleo ya soka ya vijana, kuanzia kwa wazazi, ambao wanapaswa kuwapa ‘sapoti’ watoto wao ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwapatia vifaa vya michezo na nauli ya kwenda mazoezini,” anaongeza.
Costa aliyemaliza elimu ya msingi mwaka 1994 Kinondoni Hananasif, jijini Dar es Salaam na kuungana na maelfu ya watoto ambao hawakufanikiwa kuchaguliwa kujiunga na sekondari, amewashauri wachezaji kuachana na anasa na kwamba wawe na malengo kama kweli wanataka kupiga hatua katika mchezo huo.
“Sijafanikiwa sana, lakini niseme ukweli kwamba nimejiepusha na mambo mengi. Sivuti sigara wala bangi, halafu niliacha kitambo kunywa pombe, tena basi nilikuwa nikinywa bia mbili ama tatu tu, lakini sasa sitaki kabisa nahitaji kukazana kwenye mpira ambao pekee ndio mwokozi wangu katika maisha,” anamalizia.
Wasifu:
Jina: Costa Victor Nampoka
Kuzaliwa: Oktoba 11, 1982, Dar es Salaam.
Umri: 25
Klabu za awali:
Five Star Kinondoni, Mkunguni FC Ilala, Eleven FC Buguruni, Saddam FC na International FC za Kinondoni.
Taifa Jang’ombe – Zanzibar (1998 – 1999)
Forodha Zanzibar (2000 – 2001)
Mtibwa Sugar (2002)
Simba (2003 – 2004)
Marlsburg – Afrika Kusini (2005)
Simba (2006 – mpaka sasa).
DANIEL MBEGA
Dar es Salaam
NI majira ya saa 5.20 hivi asubuhi, niko hapa Ukonga-Banana nikiwania kupanda daladala la kwenda kwenye kitongoji cha Kitunda-Kibeberu, moja ya vitongoji vinavyokua kwa kasi hapa jijini Dar es Salaam.
Sijui ni umbali gani kutoka hapa, hivyo namuuliza dereva ambaye nimeketi naye pembeni yake. Ananiambia ni mwendo kama wa dakika 15 tu hivi. Nashusha pumzi kwa kujua kwamba kumbe si mbali sana kama nilivyofikiria.
Nawasili kwenye kitongoji cha Kibeberu, ambako ndiko magari yanakogeuzia, na bila kupoteza muda nampigia simu mwenyeji wangu kwamba tayari nimeshafika. Namhurumia huko aliko kama ataamua kuja kunipokea, lakini nafarijika anaponiambia kwamba nimuulize mtu yeyote hapo kituoni atanileta.
Watoto wawili wanajitolea kunipeleka nyumbani kwa mwenyeji wangu, ambaye namkuta akiwa kajilaza kwenye kochi akizungumza na rafiki zake wawili waliomtembelea. Anapenda kuketi vizuri, lakini hali haimruhusu.
“Poleni jamani kwa safari ndefu!” ndivyo anavyoanza kusema huyu mwenyeji wangu, ambaye si mwingine zaidi ya mlinzi mahiri wa timu ya soka ya Taifa, Taifa Stars, pamoja na klabu ya Simba, Costa Victor Nampoka ‘Nyumba’. Anajaribu kuuweka vyema mguu wake wa kulia ambao bado umefungwa bandeji gumu (POP) baada ya kuvunjia mazoezini takribani mwezi mmoja na nusu uliopita.
“Hakuna shaka, Dar es Salaam ni moja na hakuna sehemu unayoweza kusema ni mbali,” namjibu kumpa matumaini.
“Hapana! Pamoja na ukweli kwamba mkoa kazini, lakini naamini uamua kufunga safari mpaka kuja kuniona ni jambo kubwa sana. Mngeweza hata kuniuliza maendeleo yangu kwa njia ya simu. Sina budi kushukuru kwa kuja kunijulia hali,” anasema.
Mara anaingia dada mmoja mweupe hivi ambaye anaketi pamoja na Costa kwenye kochi moja. Costa mwenyewe anamtambulisha kwamba ndiye mkewe, Dina, ambaye wamebahatika kuzaa naye watoto wawili; Victor Costa mwenye miaka miwili na Rio Costa mwenye mwaka 1.5. Anatukaribisha.
Anapoondoka namwambia ni jambo la kawaida kuwatembelea wagonjwa, na katika suala lake yeye ni mmoja wa watu waliotoa mchango mkubwa katika timu ya taifa ya soka ambayo sasa iko katika nafasi nzuri ya kufuzu kwa fainali za Mataifa ya Afrika mwakani ikiwa tu itashinda mechi yake ya mwisho.
“Nashukuru kusikia hivyo, lakini sura zinazokuja hapa daima ni zile nilizozizowea, yaani marafiki zangu na wachezaji wenzangu wa klabu ya Simba, labda na viongozi wa Simba,” anasema kwa huzuni.
“Una maana kwamba viongozi wa timu ya taifa na hata TFF huwa hawakutembelei?” nauliza.
Anasema tangu alipoumia siku tatu kabla ya Taifa Stars kupambana na Zambia katika mechi ya kirafiki na kupelekwa Muhimbili na daktari wa timu Shecky Mngazija, hajatembelewa wala kujuliwa hali hata kwa simu na kiongozi yeyote yule wa chombo hicho cha juu cha soka nchini.
Anaongeza kwamba, ni wachezaji wenzake wa Simba ndio baadhi yao huwa wanawasiliana naye pamoja na viongozi na marafiki wa klabu ambao wameonekana kumjali vya kutosha kiasi cha kutuma gari kila siku katika mechi zote ambazo Simba ilicheza kwenye hatua ya Sita Bora ya Ligi ya Mpito hadi fainali.
“Kwa kweli viongozi wa klabu yangu wananijali sana na sina budi kuwashukuru,” anasema. Kama vile amekumbuka kitu, anasema anamshukuru pia mtu mmoja wa Benki ya NMB anayeitwa Kajura (Imani Kajura ambaye ni Meneja Masoko).
“Huyu jamaa baada ya kutoa zawadi za shilingi 500,000 kwa kila mchezaji kutokana na timu ya Taifa kushinda kule Burkina Faso, alinipigia simu kuniambia nilitakiwa kwenda kusaini fomu za akaunti. Nikamwambia sina hata pesa ya nauli na kwa jinsi ninavyoumwa nisingeweza kupanda daladala, lakini akaniambia nichukue teksi nay eye angelipa. Namshukuru sana,” anasema.
Hata hivyo, amewaasa wachezaji wengine; wa klabu na hata timu ya taifa, kwamba pindi watakapoumia na kushindwa kujuliwa hali na viongozi wao wasife moyo bali hiyo iwe changamoto kwao kufanya vizuri watakaporejea uwanjani.
“Binafsi sina kinyongo na yeyote. Naomba Mungu nipone nirejee uwanjani, ikibidi niliwakilishe taifa langu, kwa sababu natambua kwamba timu ya Taifa ni ya Watanzania wote wala si ya mtu mmoja. Naamini Watanzania milioni kadhaa wako pamoja na mimi na hata walipojua kwamba nimeumia walinitumia meseji za pole zaidi ya 3,000, hata sijui walikoipata namba yangu,” anasema.
Kuvunjika mguu
Costa anasema kwamba walikuwa kwenye mazoezi kama kawaida kwenye uwanja wa Karume, akauzuia mpira bila kumkwatua ama kukwatuliwa, kisha akaserereka.
“Ghafla nikasikia maumivu makali sana, ikabidi wajaribu kuniganga pale, lakini yalipozidi wakanikimbiza Muhimbili. Huko nikaambiwa kwamba nimevunjika mfupa mdogo wa mguu wa kulia. Sikuwa na jinsi, wakanifunga hogo (bandeji gumu – POP) na kusema kwamba nirudi baada ya wiki sita,” anasema kwa majonzi.
Anasema kwamba, baada ya kutolewa kwa bandeji hilo ndipo atakapojua kama atakuwa nje ya uwanja kwa muda gani, kwani mpaka sasa hajaanza hata kuukanyangia mguu huo.
Akasema kuvunjika mguu kumemnyima nafasi ya kuliwakilisha taifa, na zaidi kumechelewesha kutimia kwa ndoto zake kwani pengine hivi sasa angeweza kuwa Afrika Kusini kujaribu kucheza soka ya kulipwa akiwa njiani kwenda cheza Ulaya.
“Kuna wakala mmoja ambaye kwa muda mrefu sasa amekuwa akinufuatilia, yuko Afrika Kusini, na alikwenda Burkina Faso kunitazama, lakini mimi sikuwepo. Ilikuwa niende Afrika Kusini kufanya majaribio na naamini ningewea kufanikiwa,” anasema mchezaji huyo.
Anasema kwamba, alikuwa na matumaini ya kufuzu kwa sababu soka ya Afrika Kusini haina tofauti na ya huku, tena hakuwa mgeni baada ya kucheza kwa muda nchini humo miaka mitatu iliyopita.
“Wanachotuzidi kule ni promosheni, televisheni zinajitahidi sana kuonyesha mpira hata wa daraja la tatu, na hiyo inamsaidia mchezaji kutazama na kuona wapi alipokosea ili kujirekebisha, ama afanye nini kuongeza jitihada,” anasema.
Anaongeza kwamba alishindwa kuendelea kucheza huko kwa sababu klabu aliyokuwa akiichezea wakati ule ya Marlasburg (Tembas) iliyokuwa daraja la kwanza mwaka 2005 ikiwa chini ya kocha wa zamani wa Simba Trott Moloto, iliinunua klabu moja iliyokuwa ligi kuu. Ikabidi wachezaji wa timu hizo wachekechwe, na majungu ndipo yakaibuka ambapo Moloto, ambaye ndiye aliyemfanyia mpango wa kwenda huko, akamgeuka. Ikabidi afungashe virago kurejea.
Hata hivyo, anasema kwamba ndoto zake bado hazijafutika, kwani anaamini anaweza kucheza Ulaya bila matatizo yoyote, na zaidi anasema angependa siku moja avae ‘uzi’ wa Manchester United akicheza pembeni ya Rio Ferdnand ambaye uchezaji wake unamvutia kiasi cha kumwitia mwanawe mdogo jina hilo kutokana na kumhusudu.
Akizungumzia nafasi ya Taifa Stars kufuzu kwa fainali za Mataifa ya Afrika mwakani, Costa (25) ambaye ni mtoto wa nne katika familia ya watoto watano wa mzee Victor Nampoka – wawili wanawake na watatu wanaume, anasema kwamba nafasi ipo, lakini mechi ya mwisho dhidi ya Msumbiji ni ngumu sana.
“Ile mechi ni kama fainali na inabidi maandalizi ya nguvu yafanyike pengine kuliko mechi zote zilizotangulia. Msumbiji ni wazuri sana kuliko hata Burkina Faso, na ina nafasi ya kufuzu ikiwa itashinda na Senegal wakafungwa, hivyo Watanzania tusibweteke bali tujiandae vizuri,” anasema huku akisikitika kwamba anaweza kuikosa mechi hiyo pia ikiwa ataambiwa apumzike.
Akizungumzia kuhusu maendeleo ya soka, mlinzi huyo anasema kwamba hakuna kitakachoinua zaidi ya soka la vijana, na kuongeza kwamba mashindano ya Copa Coca Cola yawe chachu wa klabu na wadau mbalimbali kuanza kuibua vipaji.
“Kule Brazil tulikokwenda kuna taasisi ya soka ya watoto wadogo. Watoto wanatoka nchi mbalimbali kwenda kufundishwa mpira, na wazazi wao wanalipia wastani wa dola 1,500 kwa mwezi ili watoto wao wajue mpira. Tusione wenzetu wamepiga hatua tukadhani kwamba ni miujiza, wamewekeza.
“Watanzania wanapaswa kuunga mkono juhudi za maendeleo ya soka ya vijana, kuanzia kwa wazazi, ambao wanapaswa kuwapa ‘sapoti’ watoto wao ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwapatia vifaa vya michezo na nauli ya kwenda mazoezini,” anaongeza.
Costa aliyemaliza elimu ya msingi mwaka 1994 Kinondoni Hananasif, jijini Dar es Salaam na kuungana na maelfu ya watoto ambao hawakufanikiwa kuchaguliwa kujiunga na sekondari, amewashauri wachezaji kuachana na anasa na kwamba wawe na malengo kama kweli wanataka kupiga hatua katika mchezo huo.
“Sijafanikiwa sana, lakini niseme ukweli kwamba nimejiepusha na mambo mengi. Sivuti sigara wala bangi, halafu niliacha kitambo kunywa pombe, tena basi nilikuwa nikinywa bia mbili ama tatu tu, lakini sasa sitaki kabisa nahitaji kukazana kwenye mpira ambao pekee ndio mwokozi wangu katika maisha,” anamalizia.
Wasifu:
Jina: Costa Victor Nampoka
Kuzaliwa: Oktoba 11, 1982, Dar es Salaam.
Umri: 25
Klabu za awali:
Five Star Kinondoni, Mkunguni FC Ilala, Eleven FC Buguruni, Saddam FC na International FC za Kinondoni.
Taifa Jang’ombe – Zanzibar (1998 – 1999)
Forodha Zanzibar (2000 – 2001)
Mtibwa Sugar (2002)
Simba (2003 – 2004)
Marlsburg – Afrika Kusini (2005)
Simba (2006 – mpaka sasa).
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