US ELECTS A PRESIDENT- IN PICTURE

 

Huge numbers of reporters awaited results as polls suggested a neck-and-neck race, but at this stage gave the president a slender lead in crucial swing states.

As polls across the country closed Mr Obama's supporters heard he had taken key states Michigan and Pennsylvania, as well as many others he won in 2008.

Mr Romney's supporters were also hopeful as they heard he had carried solid Republican states, in addition to taking Indiana from Mr Obama.

Republican supporters were left to wonder what might have been despite the fact that several swing states, including Florida and Virginia, had yet to report results.Source Getty Image and Reuters.

Obama wins second term, Romney concedes defeat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won a second term in the White House on Tuesday, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the U.S. economy to score a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Americans chose to stick with a divided government in Washington, by keeping the Democratic incumbent in the White House and leaving the U.S. Congress as it is, with Democrats controlling the Senate and Republicans keeping the House of Representatives.

Obama told thousands of supporters in Chicago who cheered his every word that "we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back" and that for America, the best is yet to come.

He vowed to listen to both sides of the political divide in the weeks ahead and said he would return to the White House more determined than ever to confront America's challenges.

"Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you. And you have made me a better president," Obama said.

The nationwide popular vote remained extremely close with Obama taking about 50 percent to 49 percent for Romney after a campaign in which the candidates and their party allies spent a combined $2 billion.

Romney, the multimillionaire former private equity executive, came back from a series of campaign stumbles to make it close after besting the president in the first of three presidential debates.

The 65-year-old former Massachusetts governor conceded in a gracious speech delivered to disappointed supporters at the Boston convention center. He had called Obama to concede defeat after a brief controversy over whether the president had really won Ohio.

"This is a time of great challenge for our nation," Romney told the crowd. "I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation."

He warned against partisan bickering and urged politicians on both sides to "put the people before the politics."

Obama told his crowd that he hoped to sit down with Romney in the weeks ahead and examine ways to meet the challenges ahead.

The president Obama scored impressive victories in the crucial state of Ohio and heavily contested swing states of Virginia, Nevada, Iowa and Colorado. They carried the Democrat past the 270 electoral votes needed for victory in America's state-by-state system of choosing a president, and left Romney's senior advisers shell-shocked at the loss.

Obama, America's first black president, won by convincing voters to stick with him as he tries to reignite strong economic growth and recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. An uneven recovery has been showing some signs of strength but the country's 7.9 percent jobless rate remains stubbornly high.

Obama's victory in the hotly contested swing state of Ohio - as projected by TV networks - was a major step in the fight for the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the White House and ended Romney's hopes of pulling off a string of swing-state upsets.

Obama scored narrow wins in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire - all states that Romney had contested - while the only swing state captured by Romney was North Carolina, according to television network projections.

Romney initially delayed his concession as some Republicans questioned whether Obama had in fact won Ohio despite the decisions by election experts at all the major TV networks to declare it for the president.

The later addition of Colorado and Virginia to Obama's tally - according to network projections - meant that even if the final result from Ohio were to be reversed, Romney still could not reach the needed number of electoral votes.

While Obama supporters in Chicago were ecstatic, Romney's Boston event was grim as the news was announced on television screens there. A steady stream of people left the ballroom at the Boston convention center.

THE SAME PROBLEMS

At least 120 million American voters had been expected to cast votes in the race between the Democratic incumbent and Romney after a campaign that was focused on how to repair the ailing U.S. economy.

SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS

Msimamo wa Mnyika wa sasa juu ya Kauli yake bungeni!

Nitatoa tamko la kina baadae kuhusu kilichotokea lakini kwa ufupi ubovu wa bajeti hii ni matokeo ya udhaifu wa Rais Kikwete, yeye ndiye aliyesaini Mpango wa Taifa wa miaka mitano kama Kiongozi Mkuu wa Nchi tena kwa wino mwekundu kama Amiri Jeshi Mkuu. Na yeye ndiye Mwenyekiti wa baraza la mawaziri, bajeti hii iliyoacha kuzingatia mpango wa Taifa imepita kwenye baraza alilloliongoza, pia kushindwa kutekelezwa kwa bajeti iliyopita ni matokeo pia ya udhaifu wa taasisi ya Urais.

Pia kwa mujibu wa Katiba Rais ndiye ambaye anapeleka bajeti bungeni, Waziri mwenye dhamana anapeleka tu kwa niaba. Rais amepewa mamlaka makubwa juu ya bajeti ibara ya 99 imeweka mipaka kuhusu mambo ambayo bunge lina mamlaka nayo huku ibara ya 90 inasema bunge likikataa bajeti rais ana mamlaka ya kuvunja bunge. Hivyo Rais Kikwete anapaswa kuagiza Waziri wa Fedha bajeti iondolewe irudi kwenye baraza la mawaziri ikafanyiwe marekebisho!

John Mnyika

19 Juni 2012

WANANCHI WA MPOKEA KWA SHANGWE FILIKUNJOMBE

Picha zimepigwa na mdau wa Mjengwablog aliyekuwepo Ludewa kwenye mapokezi ya Mbunge Deo Filikunjombe.

MAGEUZI YA MSISIMAMO WA OBAMA ZIDI YA NDOA YA JINSIA MOJA

Obama Jumatano tangazo ilikuwa mabadiliko ya mtazamo wake wa 2004 kuwa "ndoa ni kitu kutakaswa kati ya mwanaume na mwanamke." Wakati huo, pia alisema kuwa vyama vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe walikuwa kutosha kwa ajili ya mashoga na wasagaji Yeye uridhike. Kwamba tofauti kati ya ndoa na vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe vyama vya wafanyakazi ni sehemu tu suala la "semantiki."

According to Chicago's Daily Herald, while Obama was running for Senate in early 2004, he told the newspaper's editorial board that the gay rights struggle was comparable to the 1960s civil rights movement, saying that his father and mother wouldn't have been allowed to marry in some Southern states. Kwa mujibu wa Daily Chicago wa Herald, wakati Obama alikuwa akikimbia kwa ajili ya Seneti ya mwanzoni mwa mwaka 2004, aliiambia gazeti la bodi kuwa mashoga haki za mapambano alikuwa kulinganishwa na miaka ya 1960 harakati wa haki za kiraia, akisema kuwa baba na mama yake ingekuwa asiruhusiwe kuoa katika baadhi ya majimbo ya Kusini. "So it's not as if I'm not sympathetic to the idea that … politics shouldn't get in the way if something's right," Obama told the newspaper. "Kwa hiyo si kama nina huruma sana na wazo kwamba siasa ... haipaswi kupata njia ikiwa haki ya kitu," Obama ameliambia gazeti hilo.

ORODHA YA MAWAZIRI NA NAIBU MAWAZIRI

MAWAZIRI

1. OFISI YA RAIS

 Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais (Mahusiano na Uratibu)

Ndugu Stephen M. Wasira, Mb.,

Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais, (Utawala Bora)

Ndugu George Mkuchika, Mb.,

Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais (UTUMISHI)

Ndugu Celina Kombani, Mb.,

2. OFISI YA MAKAMU WA RAIS
 Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais (MUUNGANO)

Ndugu Samia H. Suluhu, Mb.,

Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais (MAZINGIRA)

Dr. Terezya P.L. Huvisa, Mb.,

3. OFISI YA WAZIRI MKUU
 Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu (Uwekezaji na Uwezeshaji)

Ndugu Mary M. Nagu, Mb.,

Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu (TAMISEMI)

Ndugu Hawa Ghasia, Mb.,

Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu (Sera, Uratibu na Bunge)

Ndugu William V. Lukuvi, Mb.,

4. WIZARA

Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki

Ndugu Samuel J. Sitta, Mb.,

Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa

Ndugu Shamsi Vuai Nahodha, Mb.,

Waziri wa Ujenzi

Dr. John P. Magufuli, Mb.,

Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii

Dr. Hussein A.H. Mwinyi, Mb.,

Waziri wa Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi

Dr. Shukuru J. Kawambwa, Mb.,

Waziri wa Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia na Watoto

Ndugu Sophia M. Simba, Mb.,

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa

Ndugu Bernard K. Membe, Mb.,

 Waziri wa Katiba na Sheria

Ndugu Mathias M. Chikawe, Mb.,

Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi

Ndugu Emmanuel Nchimbi, Mb.,

Waziri wa Maendeleo ya Mifugo na Uvuvi

Dr. David M. David, Mb.,

Waziri wa Kazi na Ajira

Ndugu Gaudentia M. Kabaka, Mb.,

Waziri wa Mawasiliano, Sayansi na Teknolojia

Prof. Makame M. Mbarawa, Mb.,

Waziri wa Ardhi, Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi

Prof. Anna K. Tibaijuka, Mb.,

Waziri wa Maji

Prof. Jumanne Maghembe, Mb.,

Waziri asiyekuwa na Wizara Maalum

Prof. Mark Mwandosya, Mb.,

Waziri wa Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika

Eng. Christopher Chiza, Mb.,

Waziri wa Uchukuzi

Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe, Mb.,

Waziri wa Habari, Vijana, Utamaduni na Michezo

Dr. Fenella E. Mukangara, Mb.,

Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii

Ndugu Khamis Kagasheki, Mb.,

Waziri wa Viwanda na Biashara

Dr. Abdallah O. Kigoda, Mb.,

Waziri wa Fedha

Dr. William Mgimwa, Mb.,

Waziri wa Nishati na Madini

Prof. Sospeter Muhongo, Mb.,

5. NAIBU MAWAZIRI

              OFISI YA RAIS
              HAKUNA NAIBU WAZIRI

 6. OFISI YA MAKAMU WA RAIS

Naibu Waziri, Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais

Ndugu Charles Kitwanga, Mb.,

7. OFISI YA WAZIRI MKUU

 Naibu Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu (TAMISEMI)

Ndugu Majaliwa K. Majaliwa, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu (TAMISEMI)

Ndugu Aggrey Mwanry, Mb.,

8. WIZARA MBALIMBALI

Naibu Waziri wa Kazi na Ajira

Dr. Makongoro M. Mahanga, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo, Chakula na Ushirika

Ndugu Adam Malima, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani ya Nchi

Ndugu Pereira A. Silima, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Viwanda na Biashara

Ndugu Gregory G. Teu, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Maendeleo ya Mifugo na Uvuvi

Ndugu Benedict N. Ole-Nangoro, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa

Ndugu Mahadhi J. Maalim, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Ardhi, Nyumba na Maendeleo ya Makazi,

Ndugu Goodluck J. Ole-Medeye, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia na Watoto

Ndugu Ummy A. Mwalimu, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Elimu na Mafunzo ya Ufundi

Ndugu Philipo A. Mulugo, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki

Dr. Abdulla Juma Abdulla, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii

Ndugu Lazaro Nyalandu, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Ujenzi

Ndugu Gerson Lwenge, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii,

Dr. Seif Suleiman Rashid, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Nishati na Madini

Ndugu George Simbachawene, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Mawasiliano, Sayansi na Teknolojia

Ndugu January Makamba, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Uchukuzi

Dr. Charles J. Tizeba, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Habari, Vijana, Utamaduni na Michezo

Ndugu Amos Makala, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Maji

Eng. Dr. Binilith Mahenge, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri Nishati na Madini

Ndugu Stephen Maselle, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Katiba na Sheria

Ndugu Angela Jasmine Kairuki, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Fedha

Ndugu Janet Mbene, Mb.,

Naibu Waziri wa Fedha

Ndugu Saada Mkuya Salum, Mb.

Waziri Mkuu Pinda katika viwanja vya Bunge leo

Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda akizungumza na Kiongozi wa Upinzani Bungeni, Freeman Mbowe kwenye viwanja vya Bunge Mjini Dodoma Aprili 23,2012. (Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu)

Waziri Mkuu,Mizengo Pinda akizungumza na Mbunge wa Musoma Vijijini, Nimrod Mkono kwenye viwanja vya Bunge Mjini Dodoma, Aprili 23,2012. (Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu)

Waziri Mkuu, Mizengo Pinda akiwa katika picha ya pamoja na wanafunzi wa shule ya Msingi ya Eckernforde ya Tanga kwenye viwanja vya Bunge Mjini Dodoma Aprili 23, 2012.(Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu).