Tuesday, July 31, 2012

AMAZING CREATURES OF KIHANSI SPRAY TOAD..

I am proud to be Tanzanian, a country that is full of amazing creatures and natural resources like The Kihansi spray toad which was originally discovered and described in 1998, now the Kihansi spray toad lived in the spray wetland of the Kihansi Falls in the Kihansi Gorge in the Udzungwa Mountains of Eastern Tanzania. Though the species is believed extinct in the wild, Wildlife Conservation Society has been able to breed hundreds of these...

I SAW IT COMING ..TEACHERS GO ON STRIKE...

On my way to the office yesterday i heard some striking news on the radio,i wondered who is it now cause last month we had the the doctors going on strike..after listening carefully to the National radio i realized its the Teachers.Oh i knew it was coming ,Teachers have been at it for decades,We have become a nation of endless strikes and they get more unconventional by the year. I mean did you see Teachers strike coming? Tanzanian teachers...

What Women Want Part 2

 University is a place of growth, education and re-invention (and if that fails... pretend). By this point, I was not the same lad I was in the puberty years. I had grown up and the hormones had dissipated. I had embraced ignorance of women as a religion. There were far more interesting things around me like cameras, microphones, clubs and literature class. Who had time for women? It was during this state of educational bliss that I met “The...

Monday, July 30, 2012

LETTER TO TANZANIAN SWIMMERS ...

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EBOLA OUTBREAK IN UGANDA..

After weeks of speculation about several mysterious deaths, Ugandan officials confirm 14 people have died from the Ebola virus. Health officials told reporters in Kampala that the 14 dead were among 20 reported with the disease. Among those who died were a woman and her four-month-old baby. Two of the infected have been isolated for examination by researchers and health officials. ...

What Women Want: Part 1 (A.Onyango)

 God made the world and rested. Then God made man and they rested. Then God made woman… and the word “rest” rested. I am on record as referring to women as wild animals who should be tranquilized and ignored until they mature to look like Halle Berry. But like my uncle The Actuary usually tells me, "women are a calculated risk every man must take to ensure the continuation of the family name" (screw the species).  But I am not above admitting that my skepticism about the “fairer sex” is due to empirical evidence compiled from interactions...

Sunday, July 29, 2012

PLACES TO VISIT IN TANZANIA ON AUGUST..

Bagamoyo    The town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, was founded at the end of the 18th century. It was (also spelled Bagamojo) the original capital of German East Africa and was one of the most important trading ports along the East African coast. Today the town has about 30,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the District of Bagamoyo, recently being considered as a world heritage site.            Tarangire...

BIG MIRACLE...(operation breakthrough)

Its so sweet how people can sacrifice there lives to help a bunch of innocent animals,i once heard about this story when i was a kid,Justin a friend of mine which back then he was among my  oldest friends i had,he had this magazine (it wasn't in good shape i remember) where it explained about this tragic event that happened in Alaska in 1988, three gray whales from pack ice in the Beaufort Sea near Point Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska ...

Saturday, July 28, 2012

BRING US A PRESENT...

Bring me a present my brother ,bring me a present my sister ,it has been long since you brought me one .Please don't be stingy this time ,or act you have forgotten to bring me one ,i would love Gold ,but i wouldn't mind if you bring me silver .Its so important that you bring at least one this seasons . Dad is expecting Gold ,remember how dad sacrificed for you ,all the trainings he gave you ,he never cared how much it did cost ,your family of about...