Sitta helped Simba humiliate rivals Yanga 6-0, says Zitto

KIGOMA Urban Member of Parliament (MP), Zitto Kabwe (ACT-Wazalendo), said Simba SC record 6-0 victory against their arch rivals Young Africans in 1977 was greatly contributed by the fallen former Speaker of the Parliament, Samuel Sitta.

Zitto described Sitta’s death as a great loss to Simba, saying the Mainland giants has lost a loyal member and fanatic supporter. Until his death, Sitta was a member of the club’s Board of Trustees together with Ramesh Patel, Hassan Dalali and Adam Mgoi. Zitto, an ardent Simba fan, was among MPs who delivered a moving eulogy as the House gave the fallen speaker a befitting goodbye.

He said Sitta organised Simba’s tour of Brazil in 1972, where the team played several friendly matches. After which, Simba returned home as a fierce squad and they remained in top form which saw them snatch a record 6-0 win over Yanga in 1977 that still stands to date.

“One of the great successes he had contributed is the 6-0 record victory over archrivals Young Africans (Yanga) in 1977. It was all due to his contribution.

“The late Sitta had enormous contribution that will not be forgotten by Simba supporters ... this record victory against Yanga will live among the club members and fans for many years,” said Zitto, who described Sitta as ‘People’s Speaker’.

In the match played at the former National Stadium currently known as Uhuru Stadium, Simba’s goals were scored by Abdallah Kibadeni, who had a hat-trick in the 10, 42 and 89 minutes.

Other goals were netted by Jumanne Hassan alias ‘Masimenti’ who had a brace in the 60 and 73 minutes and the sixth goal was netted by Selemani Sanga in the 20 minute of the game.

Kabwe hailed the late former speaker and MP for Urambo constituency as a true Simba supporter, who took his time and efforts to make sure that the team prospers both at local and international stage.

Sitta, the former Speaker of the Ninth Parliament and Chairman of Constituent Assembly, died on the wee hours of Monday at the Technical University Hospital in Munich, Germany where he had been flown for medical treatment.

On Monday, Simba’s Head of Communication, Haji Manara said Sitta’s death was a big loss to the club, saying the former speaker was hugely involved in making the existing club’s constitution.

Former Simba Chairman, Ismael Aden Rage, also said the club has suffered a big loss because the late Sitta was always committed to helping the team he loved dearly.

“People should know that Sitta was a holder of card number six. There was a time even club jerseys were taken for washing at Sitta’s house,” revealed Rage.

On Thursday the National Assembly resolved to temporarily invoke House Standing Orders to allow the body of former Speaker Samuel Sitta into the debating chamber for last respects yesterday.

Known for his ‘Speed and Standard’ catchphrase, he will be mostly remembered for his five years of steering the ninth Parliament between 2005 and 2010 and his leadership when he chaired the Constituent Assembly that came up with the proposed draft constitution that awaits the referendum.

 

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Trump likes main Obamacare provisions 'very much'

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama's healthcare bill.

Mr Trump, who has pledged to repeal the 2010 law, said he will keep the ban on insurers denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.
He told the Wall Street Journal that he also favoured allowing young adults to be insured on their parents' policies.
"I like those very much," Mr Trump said of the two pillars of the bill.
It was a meeting he had with Mr Obama on Thursday that made him reconsider his calls for an all-out replacement of the Affordable Care Act, he told the newspaper.
In a separate interview with CBS, Mr Trump said the parts of Mr Obama's healthcare bill he was "going to try to keep" were "the strongest assets".
He said that while the bill would be repealed and replaced, the changes would provide Americans with "great healthcare for much less money".
He made the statement during an interview with the 60 Minutes programme, which is due to air on Sunday.
Also on Friday Mr Trump put Vice-President-elect Mike Pence in charge of his transition team, replacing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

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OPPOSITION Chief Whip Tundu Lissu said former speaker, Mr Samwel Sitta, is the cornerstone of the National Assembly foundation.

Mr Lissu said the former speaker removed the Parliament from the shadow of the government after the era of single party rule.

“He made the House that is known today … and living what he cherished is the best way of honouring him,” Mr Lissu, who is MP for Singida East, said.

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PM leads MP to bid farewell to Hafidh Ali

PRIME Minister today led other Members of Parliament to pay their last respects to Hafidh Ali Tahir who passed away at the General Hospital in Dodoma.

The last respects started in the morning and ended around noon prior for the body of Mr Hafidh, 63, transported to Unguja, Zanzibar for burial ceremony today.

PM, Kassim Majaliwa, in his message during the last respects at Bunge grounds today, said the death of Hafidh should send a lesson of love and respect among one another as no one anticipated he will die that soon.

“I have known Hafidh as committed leader and sportsman, who stood, by what he believes, " Mr Majaliwa said. The National Assembly Speaker, Mr Job Ndugai said they attended a Bunge Sports Club meeting Thursday evening, planning for the East African Assemblies competition in Mombasa, Kenya next month.

“He [Mr Hafidh] was happy and health," Mr Ndugai said, “after the meeting, he gave a vote of thanks and as usual we teased one another and especially Simba fans, I was shocked when I was informed of his demise."

Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament, Mr Freeman Mbowe, who was also in yesterday’s Yanga fans election meeting, said they should all follow the good work of Hafidh whom he described as a person who love all members of parliament regardless of their political affiliation.

"His death should remind us, this world is not our home, we should be happy with everyone, as was the case with Hafidh, my fellow Yanga fan" he said.

Mr Hafidh was a journalist, FIFA badge referee and a politician.

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Breaking News: Former First Lady Lucy Kibaki Passes On

It is sad to announce the death of the former first lady Mrs Lucy Kibaki who had been flown out to receive treatment in London.
She was pronounced dead early this morning while receiving treatment abroad. Two months ago she had been admitted at the Nairobi Hospital but the Kibaki family did not reveal her health status .
Messages of condolences are currently streaming in from family, friends and from Kenyans.
She will be remembered for her toughness and a woman who stood by what she believes in.
We from the Niaje team send our heartfelt condolences to the first family.

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Trump on Clinton: 'Now I'm going to say she's not qualified'

Trump on Clinton: 'Now I'm going to say she's not qualified' Donald Trump on Thursday picked up a recent spat between the Democratic candidates and said he thinks Hillary Clinton is not qualified for the presidency.
At a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., Trump said he would like Bernie Sanders to continue his battle with Clinton over the Democratic presidential nomination.
"He's been tough on her," he said. "In fact, I'd like him to keep going. The longer he goes the more I'm going to like it."
Trump then rehashed a recent clash between the two Democrats over qualifications, first saying that he thinks Clinton is qualified for the job and then switching positions.
"[Sanders] said she suffers from bad judgement and she said - now I don't know, I think she's qualified, I guess. But that doesn't mean she's good," Trump said. "He said she's not qualified to be president. Now what he meant is because her judgement is so bad- so Bernie Sanders, not me, said she's not qualified. So now I'm going to say: She's not qualified, OK?"
"We have all of the mistakes Hillary made as secretary of State," Trump continued. "We have a mess. The war in Iraq has been devastating. We have probably spent $4 trillion in the Middle East."
But Trump said he would prefer facing Clinton in a general election because of her past political subterfuge.
"Now Bernie's over, I guess," the Republican presidential front-runner said. "It's over for Bernie. I don't want to run against Bernie. I want to run against crooked Hillary Clinton. We are going to beat her so badly. Is there anyone more crooked than this woman?"
Clinton defeated Sanders in New York's Democratic presidential on Tuesday, dealing his Oval Office bid a major blow.
She leads Sanders by just over 1 point nationwide, but boasts 741 delegates more than her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Clinton's delegate total includes 1,428 delegates and 502 superdelegates, versus Sanders's 1,151 delegates and 38 superdelegates. At least 2,382 delegates are needed for avoiding a contested Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next July.

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US election 2016: Trump and Clinton win New York primaries

Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in New York while Hillary Clinton has triumphed in the Democratic race.

With the majority of votes counted, Mr Trump looks set to extend his lead over rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich.
Meanwhile Democratic hopeful Mrs Clinton, a former senator for New York, is on course for a resounding victory over Brooklyn-born Bernie Sanders.
Wins will put Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump closer to securing their nominations.
With almost 95% of the results in, Mr Trump is leading with just over 60% of the vote while Mrs Clinton has just under 58%.

As it happened: Trump and Clinton win in New York
New York primary results
US networks projected that Mr Trump had won in his home state barely seconds after the polls closed at 21:00 EDT (01:00 GMT).
Speaking at Trump Tower in Manhattan, he said: "I have to say to the people that know me the best - the people of New York - when they give us this kind of a vote it's just incredible."
He said he was going to get more delegates than "anyone projected even in their wildest imaginations".

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Media captionHillary Clinton triumphed in the Democratic primary contest

The big question is whether the billionaire businessman will make a clean sweep of all 95 Republican delegates at stake in New York by earning the majority of votes.
This would reduce the chances of a contested nomination at the Republican party convention in July.

A new-look Trump has a chance - by Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter

Donald Trump needed a commanding victory, and he got it. Although the results in the state's 29 congressional districts - which allocate three convention delegates apiece - have yet to be finalised, it appears likely that Mr Trump will claim the lion's share of the 95 delegates at play.
Perhaps even more importantly, however, is the new, restrained Donald Trump on the campaign trail in the past few days. Gone are the incendiary tweets bashing his opponents (and their spouses). Instead on Tuesday night the candidate gave a short speech hammering home his economic message, emphasising his delegate and vote lead, and laying the groundwork to argue that he should be the party's nominee even if he doesn't win the 1,237 delegates necessary to claim the nomination outright.
Mr Trump recently brought in several experienced political hands to manage his campaign after a turbulent few weeks. If this new demeanour is part of the change they have inspired, Mr Trump could prove to be a more formidable opponent not just at the ballot box in upcoming primaries but in the contest to win over those in the party still deeply suspicious of his candidacy.
"Tomorrow, we go back to work," Mr Trump said during his victory speech. It was a very un-Trump-like line - and something that should have his opponents very concerned.
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Claiming her win, Mrs Clinton told supporters her campaign for the nomination was "in the home stretch and victory is in sight".
"New Yorkers, you've always had my back and I've always tried to have yours," she said. "Today together we did it again and I am deeply, deeply grateful."
It has been a fierce campaign in the state, with the leading candidates using their local ties to attract voters.
The Democratic campaign has turned increasingly negative, with Mrs Clinton and Mr Sanders trading barbs about their qualifications.
But following the latest result in the race for the Democratic nomination, Mrs Clinton said there was "much more that unites us than divides us".

The two front-runners for both parties cast their own votes in New York on Tuesday. Mr Trump cast his ballot at Central Synagogue in Manhattan in the morning, while Mrs Clinton voted with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, near their home in the suburb of Chappaqua.
They are the last presidential candidates to vote in the primary contest. Mr Sanders voted in his home state of Vermont in March, while Republican challengers Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich went to the polls in Texas and Ohio.
The voting in New York was marred by widespread complaints of irregularities, including more than 125,000 people missing from New York City voter rolls. The city's chief auditing officer, Scott Stringer, ordered a review of the city's Board of Elections (BOE) over what he called "chaotic and inefficient" organisation.
Although Mr Trump was sweeping to victory across most of the state, Ohio Governor Mr Kasich, otherwise in a distant second place, was leading in his home borough of Manhattan.
Meanwhile Mr Sanders, who has vowed to fight on in the nomination process, spent Tuesday in Pennsylvania before heading home to Vermont for a day off the campaign trail.
Republican hopeful Mr Cruz, whose criticism of "New York values" attracted scorn in the state, had also moved onto Pennsylvania and dismissed the New York result as nothing more than "a politician winning his home state", according to the Associated Press.
Pennsylvania is the most important of five states holding both Republican and Democratic primaries on 26 April, and then candidates will look to score successes in Indiana on 3 May.

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Brazil crisis: Rousseff loses lower house impeachment vote

Pro-impeachment deputies emerged victorious after a marathon voting session in Brasilia

Brazil's lower house has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts.

The "yes" camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority, after a lengthy session in the capital.
The motion will now be sent to the upper house, the Senate, which is expected to suspend Ms Rousseff while it carries out a formal trial.
She denies the charges, and accuses her opponents of mounting a "coup".
Brazil's governing Workers' Party said "the fight continues now in the Senate", which is expected to consider the case in May.

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Mr Rousseff's opponents secured 367 votes in the lower house - exceeding the 342-vote mark needed to send the motion to the Senate.
The "no" camp secured 167 votes, while seven other deputies abstained. Two deputies were not present during the voting.

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MP casts deciding vote

Voting began after passionate statements from MPs and party leaders in a session broadcast live on television as well as on large screens in city centres.
Defending Ms Rousseff, Afonso Florence, of the Workers' Party, urged MPs to have a "democratic conscience", and attacked her opponents who are facing their own charges of corruption.
Pro-impeachment MP, Antonio Imbassahy of the PSDB party, told lawmakers to "choose the country that we want from now on", and said Brazil needed "moral reconstruction."
If the Senate votes for impeachment, Ms Rousseff will be put on trial in the upper chamber and will be removed from office permanently if found guilty. She has two opportunities to appeal during the whole process.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters watched the voting marathon on huge TV screens in cities across the country - Ms Rousseff's supporters wearing red and her opponents wearing the green-and-yellow of the Brazilian flag.
Some 25,000 protesters from both sides were outside the Congress building - separated by a 2m (6.5ft) high wall, that stretches for 1km (0.6 miles).
The "yes" camp burst into celebrations even before the two-thirds of the votes were secured.

Dilma Rousseff's opponents - many of them dressed in yellow and green - celebrated across the country

Meanwhile, supporters of the president - wearing red - looked dejected

The atmosphere has so far been peaceful; almost festive with music, fancy dress and people blowing trumpets and vuvuzuelas.
The 68-year-old president has vigorously denied any wrongdoing, and on Saturday wrote in one newspaper her opponents "want to convict an innocent woman and save the corrupt".
The BBC's Wyre Davis in Brazil says Ms Rousseff is an unpopular leader in a country facing a severe economic crisis.
She is accused of juggling the accounts to make her government's economic performance appear better than it was, ahead of her election campaign two years ago - charges she vigorously denies.
But her supporters say many of the congressmen who are sitting in judgement have been accused of far more serious crimes.
If she is impeached, Vice-President Michel Temer would take over as interim president, but he is also facing impeachment proceedings over the same allegations as Ms Rousseff.
Ms Rousseff accused him this week of being one of the ringleaders of the "coup" attempt against her.
She has also indicated lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha - who would be second in line to replace her - is among those trying to oust her. He is being investigated over allegations of taking multi-million-dollar bribes.
Next in line to replace her is Renan Calheiros, head of the Senate. But he, too, is under investigation in connection with a massive corruption scandal at state-oil company Petrobras.
All three are from the PMDB - the largest party in the coalition, which abandoned Ms Rousseff in recent weeks to support the impeachment. They deny the allegations against them.

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Donald Trump throws a thumbs-up to supporters at a campaign rally Saturday in Fountain Hills, Arizona

Donald Trump easily won Arizona’s Republican presidential primary Tuesday, adding another key winner-take-all state in his push toward the GOP nomination.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz picked up a win in Utah, where he had been polling ahead of Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Yet the key point of intrigue in that race – what his margin of victory will be – remained early Wednesday morning as votes were still being counted.

If he can capture 50 percent of the vote in Utah, Cruz would win all 40 delegates at stake, slightly offsetting Trump’s 58 delegates in Arizona. If no candidate exceeds 50 percent, the delegates would be awarded proportionally, a significant loss for Republicans scrambling to stop Trump from securing the party nomination ahead of what increasingly looks like a contested GOP convention this summer.

With his victory in Arizona and before losing in Utah, Trump had 739 delegates, compared to Cruz’s 425. Kasich trailed a distant third, with just 143 delegates. A candidate needs 1,237 delegates to secure the nomination.

As Utah Republicans headed to caucus, Trump unleashed a familiar Election Day play, slamming Cruz for dirty campaigning. On Twitter, Trump accused the Texas senator of using a provocative photo of his wife, Melania, in an ad attacking his campaign.

“Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a GQ shoot in his ad,” Trump wrote. “Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!”

The ad the New York real estate mogul was referring to was actually paid for by an anti-Trump super-PAC called “Make America Awesome.” The online spot, aimed at Mormon voters in Utah, featured a January 2000 photo of the then-model posing nude on a bearskin rug on her future husband’s plane for British GQ. “Meet Melania Trump. Your next first lady,” the super-PAC ad read. “Or, you could just support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.”

Responding to Trump’s tweet, Cruz denied involvement with the ad and slammed him for threatening his wife. “Pic of your wife not from us,” he wrote. “Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought.”

The social media bickering between Trump and Cruz marked the end of an election day that was largely overshadowed by the terrorist attacks in Brussels. At least 30 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a series of explosions at the airport and at a subway station in the heart of the Belgian capital. The Islamic State took credit for the attacks.

Trump quickly seized on the event to reiterate his call to close the U.S. borders to Syrian refugees, and he doubled down on his call for terrorist suspects to be subject to waterboarding and other severe interrogation measures. At the same time, Cruz called for stricter surveillance of Muslim communities in the United States, urging law enforcement to “patrol and secure” such areas “before they become radicalized.” In response, Trump told CNN he agreed with Cruz’s position, but touted himself as the candidate who would do the most to protect the nation.

At the same time, Trump, who made no public appearances on Tuesday, took to Twitter, talking up his tough stance on terrorism. “I have proven to be far more correct about terrorism than anybody — and it’s not even close,” he wrote. “Hopefully AZ and UT will be voting for me today!

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