Benedict XVI is welcomed by the Rev Nikolaus Schneider, head of the Evangelical Church in Germany 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

As I begin to speak, I would like first of all to thank you for this opportunity to come together with you. I am particularly grateful to Pastor Schneider for greeting me and welcoming me into your midst with his kind words. At the same time I want to express my thanks for the particularly gracious gesture that our meeting can be held in this historic location.

As the Bishop of Rome, it is deeply moving for me to be meeting representatives of Council of the EKD here in the ancient Augustinian convent in Erfurt. This is where Luther studied theology. This is where he was ordained a priest in 1507. Against his father’s wishes, he did not continue the study of Law, but instead he studied theology and set off on the path towards priesthood in the Order of Saint Augustine. On this path, he was not simply concerned with this or that. What constantly exercised him was the question of God, the deep passion and driving force of his whole life’s journey. “How do I receive the grace of God?”: this question struck him in the heart and lay at the foundation of all his theological searching and inner struggle. For him theology was no mere academic pursuit, but the struggle for oneself, which in turn was a struggle for and with God.

“How do I receive the grace of God?” The fact that this question was the driving force of his whole life never ceases to make an impression on me. For who is actually concerned about this today – even among Christians? What does the question of God mean in our lives? In our preaching? Most people today, even Christians, set out from the presupposition that God is not fundamentally interested in our sins and virtues. He knows that we are all mere flesh. Insofar as people today believe in an afterlife and a divine judgement at all, nearly everyone presumes for all practical purposes that God is bound to be magnanimous and that ultimately he mercifully overlooks our small failings. But are they really so small, our failings? Is not the world laid waste through the corruption of the great, but also of the small, who think only of their own advantage? Is it not laid waste through the power of drugs, which thrives on the one hand on greed and avarice, and on the other hand on the craving for pleasure of those who become addicted? Is the world not threatened by the growing readiness to use violence, frequently masking itself with claims to religious motivation? Could hunger and poverty so devastate parts of the world if love for God and godly love of neighbour – of his creatures, of men and women – were more alive in us? I could go on. No, evil is no small matter. Were we truly to place God at the centre of our lives, it could not be so powerful. The question: what is God’s position towards me, where do I stand before God? – this burning question of Martin Luther must once more, doubtless in a new form, become our question too. In my view, this is the first summons we should attend to in our encounter with Martin Luther.

Another important point: God, the one God, creator of heaven and earth, is no mere philosophical hypothesis regarding the origins of the universe. This God has a face, and he has spoken to us. He became one of us in the man Jesus Christ – who is both true God and true man. Luther’s thinking, his whole spirituality, was thoroughly Christocentric: “What promotes Christ’s cause” was for Luther the decisive hermeneutical criterion for the exegesis of sacred Scripture. This presupposes, however, that Christ is at the heart of our spirituality and that love for him, living in communion with him, is what guides our life.

Now perhaps you will say: all well and good, but what has this to do with our ecumenical situation? Could this just be an attempt to talk our way past the urgent problems that are still waiting for practical progress, for concrete results? I would respond by saying that the first and most important thing for ecumenism is that we keep in view just how much we have in common, not losing sight of it amid the pressure towards secularization – everything that makes us Christian in the first place and continues to be our gift and our task. It was the error of the Reformation period that for the most part we could only see what divided us and we failed to grasp existentially what we have in common in terms of the great deposit of sacred Scripture and the early Christian creeds. The great ecumenical step forward of recent decades is that we have become aware of all this common ground and that we acknowledge it as we pray and sing together, as we make our joint commitment to the Christian ethos in our dealings with the world, as we bear common witness to the God of Jesus Christ in this world as our undying foundation.

The risk of losing this, sadly, is not unreal. I would like to make two points here. The geography of Christianity has changed dramatically in recent times, and is in the process of changing further. Faced with a new form of Christianity, which is spreading with overpowering missionary dynamism, sometimes in frightening ways, the mainstream Christian denominations often seem at a loss. This is a form of Christianity with little institutional depth, little rationality and even less dogmatic content, and with little stability. This worldwide phenomenon poses a question to us all: what is this new form of Christianity saying to us, for better and for worse? In any event, it raises afresh the question about what has enduring validity and what can or must be changed – the question of our fundamental faith choice.

The second challenge to worldwide Christianity of which I wish to speak is more profound and in our country more controversial: the secularized context of the world in which we Christians today have to live and bear witness to our faith. God is increasingly being driven out of our society, and the history of revelation that Scripture recounts to us seems locked into an ever more remote past. Are we to yield to the pressure of secularization, and become modern by watering down the faith? Naturally faith today has to be thought out afresh, and above all lived afresh, so that it is suited to the present day. Yet it is not by watering the faith down, but by living it today in its fullness that we achieve this. This is a key ecumenical task. Moreover, we should help one another to develop a deeper and more lively faith. It is not strategy that saves us and saves Christianity, but faith – thought out and lived afresh; through such faith, Christ enters this world of ours, and with him, the living God. As the martyrs of the Nazi era brought us together and prompted the first great ecumenical opening, so today, faith that is lived from deep within amid a secularized world is the most powerful ecumenical force that brings us together, guiding us towards unity in the one Lord.

Archbishop Gaenswein will now work for two masters, both Benedict XVI and his successor

Benedict is keeping his private secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein.

But Archbishop Gaenswein is also currently head of the papal household and therefore papal gatekeeper, though it is likely the incoming pontiff will make a new appointment. Benedict will continue to live in the Vatican.

In pictures: Pope leaves office

Pope Benedict XVI kisses a child as he arrives in St Peter’s Square for his final general audience on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pontiff attended his last weekly public audience before stepping down tomorrow. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He cites ailing health as his reason for retirement and will spend the rest of his life in solitude away from public engagements. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Pope gives farewell speech

A smiling Benedict looked relaxed as his white "popemobile" bore him through the famous plaza where more than 150,000 people had gathered under a bright, cloudless sky for his historic sendoff.

A woman clutching a rosary wiped away tears as the octogenarian Benedict passed. One of the hundreds of cardinals and bishops in their red and purple-sashed robes could also be seen tearing up.

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the altar during his last weekly audience at the Vatican's St Peter's Square on Wednesday.

Some in the throng held up huge banners with messages such as "Benedict, we'll miss you!" and "The pope is the heart of this city!" or waved the Vatican's yellow and white flag at the pontiff's last public event.

A hush fell over the sea of pilgrims as the pope began speaking.

Benedict drew an analogy between his reign and a miracle recounted in the Bible when Jesus Christ calmed the waters as he was sailing on a fishing boat with his disciples including St Peter -- who is believed by Christians to be the first pope.

"The Lord gave us days of sun and of light breeze, days in which the fishing was good. There were also moments when there were stormy waters and headwinds... as if God was sleeping," the pope said in an apparent reference to the multiple scandals that have plagued his pontificate.

"But I always knew that God was in that boat and I always knew that the boat of the Church is not mine, is not ours, but is his and he will not let it sink," the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics told the cheering crowd.

Benedict also said his decision to resign -- which makes him the first pope to do so since the Middle Ages -- had not been an easy one but had been taken for the good of the Church.

"I took this step in full awareness of its gravity and novelty but with profound serenity of spirit," he said, adding: "I will continue to accompany the Church with prayer and reflection."

The frail 85-year-old stunned the world with his abrupt decision to end an eight-year reign dogged by scandal and Vatican infighting, declaring he was too weak to keep up with the modern world.

The scourge of paedophile priests and cover-ups by their superiors cast a dark shadow over Benedict's papacy, combined with a longstanding money-laundering scandal at the Vatican bank, which exposed infighting among Benedict's closest allies.

What observers said may have been the last straw was the scandal that came to be known as "Vatileaks", in which his trusted butler leaked secret papal memos revealing intrigues between rival groups of cardinals.

But Wednesday's crowds did not dwell on the scandals.

"I have come in gratitude for everything he has done these past eight years," said Father Giulio, a 67-year-old priest from the Abruzzo region.

"Resigning is a powerful message for every Christian. He resigned without bitterness but instead in sweetness and serenity," he said.

Giuseppe Fan, a Vietnamese seminarian, stood on tiptoe on the steps of one of the square's fountains for a better view.

"I love the pope," he told AFP. "I'm sad that he's leaving, but he has made a grand gesture of love for the Church."

A top Vatican prelate, Rino Fisichella, praised Benedict's speech as a "true hymn to the Church".

The pope "has put all his faith in the hands of the spirit (in) a great testimony of faith," said Fisichella, who heads the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelisation.

Benedict's resignation is a break with Catholic tradition that has worried conservatives but kindled the hopes of Catholics around the world who want a successor who will breathe new life into the Church.

Sharon Clark, a tourist from the United States, told AFP: "I admire Benedict, but I hope the next pope will have the strength to unite the Church and help it grow again -- and bring back a bit of morality."

While most appeared to accept the pope's imminent departure, at least one banner pleaded: "Benedict, change your mind!"

But Jan Graubner, archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic, said that while he was sad to see the pope leave, "gratitude outweighs sadness because I see that the Holy Father wants this. It's his will."

Later Wednesday the pope followed up his farewell speech with what the Vatican said would be one of his last Tweets: "If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God who gave his Son for us!" the pope wrote.

The Vatican has said Benedict will receive the title of "Roman pontiff emeritus" and can still be addressed as "Your Holiness" and wear the white papal cassock after he officially steps down at 1900 GMT on Thursday.

Rome has been gripped by speculation over who the leading candidates might be to replace him -- the so-called "papabili" -- as cardinals from around the world fly in ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope.

Rumours and counter-rumours in the Italian media suggest cloak-and-dagger lobbying, prompting the Vatican to condemn what it has called "unacceptable pressure" to influence the papal election.

Campaign groups have also lobbied the Vatican to exclude two cardinals accused of covering up child sex abuse from the upcoming election conclave.

A total of 115 "cardinal electors" are scheduled to take part in next month's conclave to choose a successor to Benedict.

Low-key departure as pope steps down

CARDINALS PREPARE THE FUTURE

Once the chair of St Peter is vacant, cardinals who have assembled from around the world for Benedict's farewell will begin planning the closed-door conclave that will elect his successor.

One of the first questions facing these "princes of the Church" is when the 115 cardinal electors should enter the Sistine Chapel for the voting. They will hold a first meeting on Friday but a decision may not come until next week.

The Vatican seems to be aiming for an election by mid-March so the new pope can be installed in office before Palm Sunday on March 24 and lead the Holy Week services that culminate in Easter on the following Sunday.

In the meantime, the cardinals will hold daily consultations at the Vatican at which they discuss issues facing the Church, get to know each other better and size up potential candidates for the 2,000-year-old post of pope.

There are no official candidates, no open campaigning and no clear front runner for the job. Cardinals tipped as favorites by Vatican watchers include Brazil's Odilo Scherer, Canadian Marc Ouellet, Ghanaian Peter Turkson, Italy's Angelo Scola and Timothy Dolan of the United States.

BENEDICT'S PLANS

Benedict, a bookish man who did not seek the papacy and did not enjoy the global glare it brought, proved to be an energetic teacher of Catholic doctrine but a poor manager of the Curia, the Vatican bureaucracy that became mired in scandal during his reign.

He leaves his successor a top secret report on rivalries and scandals within the Curia, prompted by leaks of internal files last year that documented the problems hidden behind the Vatican's thick walls and the Church's traditional secrecy.

After about two months at Castel Gandolfo, Benedict plans to move into a refurbished convent in the Vatican Gardens, where he will live out his life in prayer and study, "hidden to the world", as he put it.

Having both a retired and a serving pope at the same time proved such a novelty that the Vatican took nearly two weeks to decide his title and form of clerical dress.

He will be known as the "pope emeritus," wear a simple white cassock rather than his white papal clothes and retire his famous red "shoes of the fisherman," a symbol of the blood of the early Christian martyrs, for more pedestrian brown ones.

(Reporting By Tom Heneghan; editing by Philip Pullella and Giles Elgood)

UNAWEZA USIELEWE NI NINI KILITOKEA.

 HAPA NI KARIBU KABISA NA ILIPOKUWA CRDB 

YA ZAMANI-MKOANI IRINGA

At the Diocese of Iringa (DIRA)

At the Diocese of Iringa (DIRA)

This morning we got up to cold showers and no coffee (hard to say which is the worst).  I am afraid that the power is once again out here in Iringa.  Our electricity has been going on and off for the past week or so.  Last night it went off for about 4 hours – so we got to read and have dinner by candle light.  This morning it was out once again – who knows for how long this time.  We are sure it will come on sometime soon – but after all, TIA (this is Africa).

About 9:00 I took a short walk over to the Diocese offices (DIRA).  (Sandy was feeling under the weather and stayed in the apartment.)  Walking into the DIRA complex is always a surprise.  You never know who you will meet there.  There was Protus (the manager of Radio Furaha), Rev. Benito (a long time friend), Peter, Rev. Ngangango, and many others.  One thing which always stands out to me is the sign on the main building.  The Tanzanian name for the ELCA is the KKK Tanzania.  Somehow the irony of this sign is never lost on me.

I arrived a little late, but that was no problem of course, because the SACCOS members had not yet shown up for the meeting – TIA.  The chairman and secretary showed up shortly after 10.  Soon afterwards the members came in.  Of the 43 members of this SACCOS, 29 made the meeting.  (I was surprised there was this many because many of the DIRA folks had left for the funeral of the ELCT bishop from Arusha the day before.) 

Before we got started I spent a few minutes visiting with the chairman about this SACCOS.  The DIRA SACCOS now has 43 members (up from 26 last year).  They had started to give out loans last year but then stopped when we advised them that they  had to increase their savings first and apply for registration.  Over the last year they have managed to save over 4,300,000 Tsc (about $2,700) and have now completed their application for registration.  I congratulated them on their good work and advised them to start lending to their members.

The meeting was fairly short today.  I talked about their status and welcomed them into the Iringa Hope network.  I told them that we were going to set aside an additional 3,200 Tsc for them to use in making loans.  Peter gave a brief lesson on the rights and obligations of members. 

DIRA is of course an urban location.  As a result their members are hoping to take larger loans and will earn a lower return than our rural locations.  I briefly discussed this with them and told them that we were advising our members to limit loans to no more than 800,000 Tsc (about $500).  This was a bit of a disappointment to them since they were thinking of borrowing over 1,000,000 Tsc.

After the meeting some more people that I knew came over to visit.  It almost seems that I know more people here than I do in Lakeville.  Finally Peter and I interviewed a few of the members.

We spoke with Rev. Joyce Ngandango, 32.  She is married with 2 children.  She and her husband find it very hard to live on what the Diocese pays them (the Diocese often pays many months in arrears and then pays far less than the “official” salary of $1-200/month).  She wants to borrow 1,000,000 Tsc ($650) to raise chickens and pigs.  It will take her about 6 months to raise and sell them.  She expects that she can earn $650 in profit from this.

Rev. Kurwa Sadataley, 28, also wants to borrow 1,000,000 Tsc.  He wants to sell eggs from the chickens he plans to buy.  He believes that if he buys 120 chickens he can get 3 trays of eggs a day from them.  Selling these in the market will net about 450,000 Tsc/month income for a profit of about 200,000 Tsc($125).  He estimates that they will lay eggs for at least 18 months – making his total profit $2,250 – or $1,500/year.

As I walk back to our apartment I start to make some estimates.  So far we have visited seven SACCOS.  We have talked with 189 members, 20 officers, and have interviewed 20 of them in depth!  Still, we have just begun!

As I write this my internet connection keeps crashing!  The power here has been out for about 6 hours now and it raining something fierce.  We are very glad we did not go out of town today and can stay in tonight!  Hope we have hot water by morning.

I walked over to the DIRA compound.

The name "KKK Tanzania" has always struck me as ironic.

Pastor Koko, the chairman, started the meeting.

The members gathered as we got started with the meeting.

Rev. Joyce Ngandango, 32, is married with 2 children.  She and her husband find it very hard to live on what the Diocese pays them (the Diocese often pays many months in arrears and then pays far less than the “official” salary of $1-200/month).  She wants to borrow 1,000,000 Tsc ($650) to raise chickens and pigs.

Rev. Kurwa Sadataley, 28, wants to borrow 1,000,000 Tsc.  He wants to sell eggs from the chickens he plans to buy.  

source:Iringahopeblog

ZIARA YA RAIS  KIBAKI INCHINI

Vikundi mbalimbali vya ngoma vikitumbuiza wakati Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimsindikiza mgeni wake Rais Emilio Mwai Kibaki wa Kenya anayehitimisha leo Februari 21, 2013 ziara yake ya Kiserikali nchini **katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam.* **

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete na mgeni wake Rais Emilio Mwai Kibaki wa Kenya anayehitimisha leo Februari 21, 2013 ziara yake ya Kiserikali nchini, wakisiliza taarifa ya pamoja ikisomwa na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa Mhe Bernard Membe katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam.

Vikundi mbalimbali vya ngoma vikitumbuiza wakati Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimsindikiza mgeni wake Rais Emilio Mwai Kibaki wa Kenya anayehitimisha leo Februari 21, 2013 ziara yake ya Kiserikali nchini **katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam.* *

                                       

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akimsindikiza mgeni wake Rais Emilio Mwai Kibaki wa Kenya anayehitimisha leo Februari 21, 2013 ziara yake ya Kiserikali nchini **katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam.*

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete na mgeni wake Rais Emilio Mwai Kibaki wa Kenya anayehitimisha leo Februari 21, 2013 ziara yake ya Kiserikali nchini wakisimama kupokea heshima wakati nyimbo za taifa zikipigwa **katika uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es salaam. HABARI   PICHA KWA HISANI YA Lukwangule blog

 PICHA ZA MAZISHI 

YA 

PADRE  EVARISTUS G. MUSHI

Askofu wa Zanzibar akiweka udongo kwenye kaburi la Marehemu Padri Mushi leo.

Padre Evaristus Mushi alifariki dunia Jumapili baada ya kushambuliwa kwa risasi na watu wasiojulikana wakati alipokuwa akishuka kwenye gari lake ili aende kuendesha ibada ya asubuhi katika kanisa la minara miwili na kufariki papo hapo.

MUNGU AILAZE ROHO YA MAREHEMU MAHALA PEMA PEPONI.

AMIN 

SALAMU YA MWENYEKITI WA CCT-IBADA YA MAZISHI YA HAYATI BABA ASKOFU DKT. THOMAS O. LAISER

(15 FEBRUARI 2013)

“Kwa maana kwangu mimi kuishi ni kristo, na kufa ni faida” Wafilipi 1:21

Jumuiya ya Kikristo Tanzania ina masikitiko makubwa ya kumpoteza kiongozi mahiri, mkweli, shujaa mwenye ujasiri na nabii wa Kanisa aliyetoa mchango mkubwa sana katika maendeleo na Maisha ya Kanisa na Jamii.

CCT inapenda kutoa salamu ya pole kwa mama mjane Mary Laiser na watoto wake; kwa Dayosisi ya Kaskazini Kati na pia kwa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania.

Kiongozi huyu amelitumikia Kanisa lake, CCT, Jukwaa la Wakristo Tanzania na Kanisa zima la Ulimwengu katika nyadhifa na nyanja mbalimbali kwa uwezo na uaminifu mkubwa.

Katika kumkumbuka kiongozi huyu na kuheshimu mchango wake ndani ya CCT na taifa kwa ujumla, CCT inapenda kuweka bayana kwamba Hayati Ask. Dkt. Laiser ametuachia pengo kubwa sana ambalo kuzibika kwake hakutakuwa rahisi hasa ikizingatiwa kuwa sauti yake ya kinabii imekuwa ikihitajika sana katika vipindi vingi na hasa wakati kama huu ambao umegubikwa na changamoto nyingi zinazohatarisha amani, mshikamano, utulivu na umoja wa kitaifa.

Ili kumuenzi na kumheshimu Hayati Askofu Dkt. Thomas Laiser, CCT inatamka bayana mambo yafuatayo:

1.    Ziko dalili za wazi zinazoonyesha kuwa  wakati huu Kanisa katika Tanzania limeingia kwenye kipindi cha mateso ya wazi ambayo yamejidhihirisha katika matendo ya uchomaji wa makanisa, kutishia usalama wa watumishi wa Kanisa na wengine hata kuuwawa. Mfano wa wazi ni wa kuuwawa Mchungaji wa Kanisa mojawapo huko Buselesele-Geita. Kifo chake ni matokeo ya wazi ya uchochezi unaotolewa kiwaziwazi kama alivyofanya mmoja wa mashehe wa huko Mwanza aliyesema wazi wazi kuwa ‘ukimuona Kadinali ua, ukimwona Askofu ua, ukimwona Mchungaji au Padri ua; iwe ni kwa wazi au kwa kificho. Tunashangaa kuona serikali haijamchukulia hatua kwa uchochezi huo. kwa hiyo tunatafsiri kuwa kifo cha Mchungaji wa Buselesele kuwa ni mwanzo tu wa vifo vya watumishi na wakristo wa Tanzania. Kwa hiyo tunaiomba serikali ielewe kuwa kifo cha Mkristo mmoja ni tangazo la kifo kwa wakristo wote.

2.    CCT inaikumbusha Serikali kwa mara nyingine kwamba nchi yetu inatawaliwa kwa kufuata misingi ya Katiba na Sheria inayobainisha kwamba Serikali haifungamani na dini yoyote. Na hakuna Kiongozi wa Serikali anayeweza kuisemea dini au Kiongozi wa dini anayeweza kuisemea Serikali. Kwa maana hiyo basi viongozi wa Serikali wasiwe na tabia ya kuegemea upande mmoja na kuulemea upande mwingine.

3.    Maadamu sasa imekuwa dhahiri kuwa kuchinja nyama itakayotumiwa na walaji wengi ni jambo la ibada linalogusa imani ya dini husika, kwa msingi huo huo na kwa mantiki hiyo hiyo watu wengine wa imani nyingine wasilazimishwe na kiongozi wa aina yoyote kushiriki jambo la kiimani na kiibada lisilowahusu.

4.    CCT inawatia moyo wakristo wasiopenda kushiriki mambo ya imani na ibada zingine zisizowahusu kwamba wasishurutishwe kushiriki imani na ibada hizo wasizohusika nazo kwa namna iwayo  yoyote ile.

5.    Aidha CCT kwa kuheshimu mchango wa Hayati Askofu Dkt. Laiser inawasihi Wakristo waendelee kutoa ushirikiano na vyombo vya dola na jamii vinavyotenda haki katika kudumisha amani, mshikamano, utulivu na umoja wa kitaifa.

Mungu ailaze pema roho ya Hayati Askofu Dkt. Thomas O. Laiser: BWANA ALITOA NA BWANA AMETWAA, JINA LA BWANA LIBARIKIWE.

Mungu Ibariki Afrika, Mungu Ibariki Tanzania.

BWANA AWABARIKI! AMEN.

MATOKEO  KIDATO CHA NNE 2012
SHULE ZA DAYOSISI YA IRINGA

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 MAUAJI YA PADRE ZANZIBAR

 

ZANZIBAR-TANZANIA,

Makamu wa Rais wa Baraza la Maaskofu Katoliki Tanzania (TEC),Severin Niwemugizi alisema tukio hilo linatia mashaka kwa kuwa mauaji hayo yanaonyesha kuwa ni ya kupanga.

“Nimepata taarifa kwamba kuna mwenzetu ameuawa huko, lakini inaonekana ni mauaji ya kupangwa kwa kadiri ya hamasa ambazo zinatolewa na dini fulani, kwani waliwahi kusema hatutaifurahia Pasaka, nadhani ndiyo wanatekeleza hilo,” alisema Niwemugizi.

Alisema tukio hilo ni la kuogopesha na linaonyesha nchi inakoelekea si kuzuri kwa kuwa kikundi fulani kimeachiwa na kinafanya mauaji na kuwatendea maovu wengine lakini viongozi wamekaa kimya.

“Hii ni ishara mbaya kwani Serikali ipo hivyo tunahitaji kauli yao kuhusu haya mambo, kwa kweli nina mashaka na yanayotokea ili yasije yakatufikisha kwenye mauaji ya kimbari yaliyotokea Rwanda,”alisema Niwemugizi.

JK atuma rambirambi

Rais Jakaya Kikwete alisema amepokea kwa mshtuko na masikitiko makubwa taarifa ya kuuawa kwa Padri Mushi.

“Nimeliagiza Jeshi la Polisi nchini kukusanya nguvu zake zote na maarifa yake yote kuhakikisha kuwa uchunguzi wa kina na wa haraka sana unafanyika ili kubaini mhusika ama wahusika na kuwakamata ili kuwafikisha mbele ya vyombo vya sheria.”

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RAIS KIKWETE ASHIRIKI MAZISHI YA ASKOFU LAIZER ARUSHA

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,Rais Mstaafu awamu ya Pili Mzee Ali Hassan Mwinyi,Rais Mstaafu awamu ya Tatu Benjamin William Mkapa na Waziri Mkuu Mstaafu Edward Lowassa wakishiriki ibada ya Mazishi ya Askofu Dkt.Thomas Laizer iliyofanyika katika kanisa na Usharika wa mjini Kati.mjini Arusha leo.

Rais Dkt,Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiteta jambo na Rais Mstaafu wa Awamu ya Tatu,Mh. Benjamin William Mkapa wakati wa Mazishi ya Askofu Thomas Laizer leo katika kanisa la KKKT Usharika wa mjini Kati

Askofu Mkuu wa Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT),Askofu Dk. Alex Malasusa akiongoza ibada ya Mazishi ya Askofu Thomas Laizer leo katika kanisa la KKKT Usharika wa mjini Kati,jijini Arusha

Rais Dkt.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiweka shada la Maua katika kaburi la Marehemu Askofu Dkt.Thomas Laizer wakati wa mazishi yaliyofanyika katika Kanisa KKKT Usharika wa mjini Kati,Arusha mjini leo.

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JK ATOA HESHIMA ZA MWISHO KWA ASKOFU LAIZER

Friday, 15 February 2013

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete jioni ya jana, Alhamisi, Februari 14, 2013 ameungana na waumini wa Dayosisi ya Kaskazini Kati ya Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT) kuuaga mwili wa Askofu wa Jimbo hilo, Askofu Dkt. Thomas Laizer.

Rais Kikwete na ujumbe wake amewasili kwenye Kanisa Kuu la KKKT mjini Arusha kiasi cha saa 10:50 akaenda moja kwa moja kuaga mwili wa Marehemu Laizer na baadaye akakuta na kuwafariji wafiwa akiwamo Mke wa Askofu Laizer, Mama Maria Laizer.

Rais pia atashiriki mazishi yake yaliyopangwa kufanyika kesho, Ijumaa, Februari 15, 2013 katika Kanisa Kuu hilo la KKKT la mjini Arusha.

Askofu Dkt. Thomas Olmorijoi Laizer ambaye alizaliwa Machi 10, mwaka 1945 katika Kijiji cha Engarenaibor, Wilaya ya Longido, Mkoa wa Arusha alifariki dunia Alhamisi iliyopita, Februari 7, majita ya saa 12 jioni kwa magonjwa ya Kisukari na Shinikizo la Damu.

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JK AONGOZA MAELFU MAZISHI YA ASKOFU MSARIKIE

RAIS Jakaya Kikwete, jana aliongoza maelfu ya waumini wa Kanisa Katoliki Jimbo la Moshi, mkoani Kilimanjaro, wananchi na wageni kutoka ndani na nje ya nchi, katika mazishi ya aliyekuwa Askofu mstaafu wa kanisa hilo jimbo la Moshi, Amedius Msarikie (82).

Mazishi hayo yalifanyika katika Kanisa Kuu la Kristu Mfalme, mjini humo ambapo katika salamu zake, Rais Kikwete alisema marehemu alipenda maendeleo, kusimama na kushiriki kwa vitendo katika mambo mbalimbali ambayo aliyaamini.

“Askofu Msarikie alianzisha Chuo Kikuu kinachotoa mafunzo
kwa walimu wa sayansi eneo ambalo Serikali inahitaji kubwa,
hii ni kazi nzuri ambayo haina budi kuigwa na kuendelezwa,” alisema Rais Kikwete na kuongeza kuwa, Serikali itaendeleza
juhudi zote alizoanzisha ili kuchochea maendeleo zaidi.

Alisema marehemu alikuwa muumini mkubwa wa amani, upendo
na mshauri mzuri katika mambo mbalimbali ambayo yatamfanya aendelee kukumbukwa siku hadi siku.

    Rais akitoa heshima za mwisho 

              Rais akiweka shada la maua

    Rais akiweka mchanga katika kaburi la Askofu

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