Selasa, 20 Januari 2009
KUAPA KWA OBAMA KUFANYIKA SAA 12.00 SAA ZA MAREKANI. SASA NI SAA 11.10. OBAMA , MICHELLE OBAMA , BUSH NA LAURA BUSHI WAPO CAPITOL HILLS .
ITS AMAIZING............
obama kuapa rasmi
Millions of people have gathered in the US capital to see Barack Obama sworn in as America's 44th president - and its first African-American leader.
Crowds packed into the National Mall from dawn in a cold and wintry Washington DC, to witness Mr Obama take the oath of office at 1200 (1700 GMT).
Unprecedented security is in place, with 40,000 security personnel either on duty or stand-by in the city.
Across the US, there is a sense of history being made, correspondents say.
The roar of approval that will greet Barack Obama when he takes the oath of office will be genuine, heartfelt and will come from all corners of America, BBC North America editor Justin Webb says.
But the new president faces serious challenges. America is gripped by uncertainty as the economy faces its worst crisis in decades. Mr Obama must also handle wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Lincoln Bible
Anticipation has been building across the US ahead of the ceremony, held on the steps of the US Capitol, where Congress sits.
 |   Dr King said it might take 40 years. It's been 45 years, I can wait another hour  Ronald Brisbon Washington resident  |
Hundreds of thousands of visitors have been arriving in Washington in recent days. Competition for tickets along the parade route has been fierce.
Inauguration Day began early for Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle. Before 0900 local time (1400 GMT), the couple travelled in a heavily-armoured motorcade for a private church service at St John's Episcopal Church alongside Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his family.
The motorcade then headed to the White House, where Mr Obama and Mr Biden are taking coffee with outgoing President George W Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney.
The group will then travel to the US Capitol along a packed route. There Mr Biden will be sworn in, followed by Mr Obama.
America's first black president will place his hand on a Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration in 1861 and repeat the oath of office, promising to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States".
He will then deliver his inaugural address - a 20-minute speech which, aides say, will focus on dual themes of responsibility and accountability.Crowds in the National Mall will watch proceedings on huge video screens. At least two million people are expected, a record number for an inauguration event.
They will be braving unusually cold weather, with temperatures of -1C expected. Wind chill would make it feel several degrees colder, forecasters said, urging people to guard against possible hypothermia and frostbite.
Early on Tuesday, tens of thousands defied the pre-dawn cold to secure a good spot in the Mall when it opened at 0400 (0900 GMT) to those without tickets.
There was a huge sense of excitement, a BBC reporter at the scene said, with people breaking out in cheers. The subway was as busy at 0500 as it would normally be at rush hour, but most seemed happy to battle through the crowds.
"I've been queuing for hours, I don't care how long I have to wait," Washington resident Ronald Brisbon, 55, told the BBC.
"Dr [Martin Luther] King said it might take 40 years. It's been 45 years, I can wait another hour."
Hardships'
Security chiefs say they are prepared for all eventualities. Roads and bridges into Washington will be closed and thousands of police, soldiers and plainclothes agents are on the streets.
| OBAMA'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGE Unemployment rate up to 7.2% - 16-year high Retail sales fell for six months in a row in December - down 2.7% Car sales down to 22.4% below level seen a year ago New home sales in November at lowest level in 17 years Mid-price of a new home sold in November: $220,400 (£149,900) - down 11.5% from a year ago Trade deficit dropped to $40.4bn (£28.82bn) in November - five-year low |
Snipers will be in position along the parade route, while helicopters and fighter jets will patrol the skies.
The feeling among the crowds in Washington, correspondents say, is that the changing of the presidential guard will be far more than the sum of its ceremonial parts.
As if to emphasise the historic significance of the occasion, the eve of Mr Obama's inauguration coincided with the annual public holiday in memory of black civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
As he helped decorate a community project in Washington in memory of Dr King, who was assassinated in 1968, Mr Obama called on Americans to work together amid the economic downturn.
"Given the crisis that we're in and the hardships that so many people are going through, we can't allow any idle hands," he said.
Follow the inauguration on the BBC News website, with live text updates from 1400 GMT (0900 ET), streaming video from 1600 GMT, full coverage from our correspondents in Washington and reaction from across the world.
There will be live coverage of the ceremony on BBC One and BBC News channel, simulcast on BBC World News and BBC America, from 1600-1800 GMT. BBC World Service will also be broadcasting the event live.
| INAUGURATION DAY  1. 1700GMT/1200EST Obama is inaugurated as US president on the West Front Lawn of the Capitol building 2. Obama escorts former President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on the presidential procession prior to their departure 3. 1920GMT/1420EST Parade starts along Pennsylvania Avenue 4. Obama will review troops from behind a bullet-proof screen in Lafayette Park, behind the White House 5. President Obama and the First Lady will attend a series of celebration balls, returning to the White House at 0725GMT/0225EST Wednesday |
ulinzi waimarishwa mara dufu....
Obama to step into history as 1st black presidentWASHINGTON – Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasps the reins of power as America's first black president in a high-noon inauguration amid grave economic worries and high expectations.
Braving icy temperatures and possible snow flurries, hundreds of thousands of people descended on the heavily guarded capital city Tuesday for the first change of administrations since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Two years after beginning his improbable quest as a little-known, first-term Illinois senator with a foreign-sounding name, Obama moves into the Oval Office as the nation's fourth youngest president, at 47, and the first African-American, a racial barrier-breaking achievement believed impossible by generations of minorities.
Around the world, Obama's election electrified millions with the hope that America will be more embracing, more open to change.
The dawn of the new Democratic era — with Obama allies in charge of both houses of Congress — ends eight years of Republican control of the White House by George W. Bush. He leaves Washington as one of the nation's most unpopular and divisive presidents, the architect of two unfinished wars and the man in charge at a time of economic calamity that swept away many Americans' jobs, savings, homes and dreams — leaving behind a sickening feeling of insecurity.
The unfinished business of the Bush administration thrusts an enormous burden onto Obama's shoulders. Pre-inauguration polls show Americans believe Obama is on track to succeed and are confident he can turn the economy around. He has cautioned that improvements will take time and that things will get worse before they get better.
Culminating four days of celebration, the script for Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden at the nation's 56th inauguration was to begin with a traditional morning worship service at St. John's Episcopal Church, across Lafayette Park from the White House, and end with dancing and partying at 10 inaugural balls lasting deep into the night.
By custom, Obama and his wife, Michelle, were invited to the White House for coffee with Bush and his wife, Laura, followed by a shared ride in a sleek, heavily armored Cadillac limousine to the U.S. Capitol for the transfer of power, an event flashed around the world in television and radio broadcasts, podcasts and Internet streaming. On Monday, Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back, leaving him in a wheelchair for the inauguration.
Before noon, Obama steps forward on the West Front of the Capitol to lay his left hand on the same Bible that President Abraham Lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861. The 35-word oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, has been uttered by every president since George Washington. Obama was one of 22 Democratic senators to vote against Roberts' confirmation to the Supreme Court in 2005.
The son of a Kansas-born mother and Kenya-born father, Obama decided to use his full name in the swearing-in ceremony.
The Constitution says the clock — not the pomp, ceremony and oaths — signals the transfer of the office from the old president to the new one.
The 20th Amendment to the Constitution specifies that the terms of office of the president and vice president "shall end at noon on the 20th day of January ... and the terms of their successors shall then begin."
To the dismay of liberals, Obama invited conservative evangelical pastor Rick Warren — an opponent of gay rights — to give the inaugural invocation.
About a dozen members of Obama's Cabinet and top appointees — including Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton — were ready for Senate confirmation Tuesday, provided no objections were raised.
More than 10,000 people from all 50 states — including bands and military units — were assembled to follow Obama and Biden from the Capitol on the 1.5-mile inaugural parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue, concluding at a bulletproof reviewing stand in front of the White House. Security was unprecedented. Most bridges into Washington and about 3.5 square miles of downtown were closed.
Obama's inauguration represents a time of renewal and optimism for a nation gripped by fear and anxiety. Stark numbers tell the story of an economic debacle unrivaled since the 1930s:
_Eleven million people have lost their jobs, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.2 percent, a 16-year high.
_One in 10 U.S. homeowners is delinquent on mortgage payments or in arrears.
_The Dow Jones industrial average fell by 33.8 percent in 2008, the worst decline since 1931, and stocks lost $10 trillion in value between October 2007 and November 2008.
Obama and congressional Democrats are working on an $825 billion economic recovery bill that would provide an enormous infusion of public spending and tax cuts. Obama also will have at his disposal the remaining $350 billion in the federal financial bailout fund. His goal is to save or create 3 million jobs and put banks back in the job of lending to customers.
In an appeal for bipartisanship, Obama honored defeated Republican presidential rival John McCain at a dinner Monday night. "There are few Americans who understand this need for common purpose and common effort better than John McCain," Obama said.
Young and untested, Obama is a man of enormous confidence and electrifying oratorical skills. Hopes for Obama are extremely high, suggesting that Americans are willing to give him a long honeymoon to strengthen the economy and lift the financial gloom.
On Wednesday, his first working day in office, Obama is expected to redeem his campaign promise to begin the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq under a 16-month timetable. Aides said he would summon the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Oval Office and order that the pullout commence.
Senin, 19 Januari 2009
MAUAJI YA ZANZIBAR KUMFIKISHA MKAPA THE HAGUE?
Mkapa akumbana na jipya jingine ATAKIWA APANDE MAHAKAMA YA THE HAGUE
RAIS wa serikali ya awamu ya tatu, Benjamin Mkapa, ambaye amekuwa akisakamwa kwa tuhuma za matumizi mabaya ya ofisi, huku akitakiwa kuvuliwa kinga na kupandishwa kizimbani, sasa anakabiliwa na tuhuma nyingine nzito; anatakiwa afikishwe Mahakama ya The Hague baada ya Wapemba kuuawa Januari 27, 2001.
Mauaji ya Wapemba hao yalitokea mara baada ya kutangazwa kwa matokeo ya urais wa Zanzibar wakati Amaan Abeid Karume alipotangazwa mshindi na kusababisha wapinzani kuandamana kupinga ushindi huo. Serikali inasema ni watu wasiozidi 27 ambao waliuawa, lakini wapinzani wanasema ni zaidi ya 100.
Na wazee wa Pemba walioshiriki kuandaa barua ya kuuomba Umoja wa Mataifa uwasaidie kupatikana kwa serikali huru ya kisiwa hicho, ndio walioibua hoja hiyo wakisema wanakusudia kumfikisha rais wa awamu ya tatu, Benjamin Mkapa Mahakama ya The Hague kutokana na mauaji waliyoyaita ya kikatili ya Wapemba yaliyotokea Januari 27 mwaka 2001.
Akizungumza na Mwananchi jijini Dar es Salaam jana, katibu mtendaji wa wazee hao, Hamad Ali Musa, alisema tayari walishafikisha suala hilo kwenye ofisi za Umoja wa Mataifa kwani mauaji hayo yalitokea wakati viongozi hao wakiwa madarakani.
Idadi ya watu waliouawa baada ya kutangazwa kwa matokeo iliibua mjadala na katika mahojaino na Shirika la Utangazaji la Uingereza (BBC), Mkapa alionekana kupata hasira baada ya mtangazaji kumweleza kuwa idadi ya waliouawa ni zaidi ya 100.
Mkapa alisema katika kipindi hicho cha Hard Talk kuwa, anashangaa waandishi kuokota habari wakati mtoaji rasmi wa taarifa kama hizo ni serikali.
Musa pia alisema wanakusudia kumfikisha katika mahakama hiyo aliyekuwa mkuu wa Jeshi la Polisi, Omary Mahita wakidai kuwa, damu iliyomwagika bila hatia katika kipindi hicho haiwezi kufumbiwa macho na hivyo ni muhimu haki itendeke na sheria kuchukua mkondo wake.
Kiongozi huyo alisema, hivi sasa wapo katika mchakato wa mwisho wa kutafuta mawakili watakaosimamia kesi yao ipasavyo wakati itakapoanza kusikilizwa.
Katika suala la kumfikisha Waziri Seif Khatib mahakamani, Musa alisema kuwa, mapema mwishoni mwa mwezi huu mchakato huo utakuwa umekamilika, kwani mawakili wa kusimamia kesi hiyo tayari wameshapatikana.
"Ni vema viongozi wetu wakaelewa kuwa hakuna haja ya kuwafumba midomo watu wanapotafuta haki zao za msingi. Waziri Khatib alitufumba midomo kwa kutumia nguvu za dola na ndiyo maana tukawekwa ndani," alisema Musa.
Katika hatua nyingine, mjumbe wa kikundi cha wazee hao, Ally Makame alisema bado wanaendelea kuzitaka jumuiya za kimataifa kushughulikia suala la kisiwa hicho kujitenga na kuwa na dola yake kwani hatua iliyopo hivi sasa inaonyesha dhahiri kuwa watu wake wameendelea kudhalilishwa kila siku.
Alisema mapema mwezi uliopita walipeleka maombi yao ya kutaka kujitenga katika ofisi za Umoja wa Mataifa, lakini walijibiwa kuwa Pemba haina sababu za kujitenga kutokana na ukweli wa mambo kwamba, Rais Jakaya Kikwete anashughulikia mpasuko uliopo ndani ya Zanzibar.
"Jambo hili ni uongo kwani suala letu halihusiani kabisa na masuala ya siasa, katika suala la kutaka Pemba iwe na dola yake si suala la CUF, ni suala letu wananchi, hivyo ni vema viongozi wakafahamu jambo hili," alisema Makame.
Alisema baada ya kupokea majibu hayo ya awali ya barua yao kutoka UN, tayari wameshaandika barua nyingine wakieleza hisia zao kuwa, kama suala la mpasuko lisiposhughulikiwa mapema, hali itakuwa mbaya tena kwenye uchaguzi wa mwaka 2010.
"Wapemba hawatakubali kuendelea kufedheheshwa kama wakimbizi, hivyo ni vema mashirika ya UN yakaanza kujiandaa mapema kupokea wakimbizi nchini Kenya wakati wa uchaguzi," alisema Makame.
Baada ya vurugu hizo za mwaka, watu kadhaa kutoka Pemba walikimbilia Shimoni, Mombasa wakisaka hifadhi ya kisiasa.
Juni mwaka jana kikundi cha wazee 12 wa Kisiwa cha Pemba waliibuka na kuzua hoja ya kutaka kujitenga kwa kisiwa chao kwa madai kuwa, serikali ya CCM inawabagua kimaendele
Obama honors Martin LUTHER KING on final pre-presidency day
WASHINGTON – Fresh off a rollicking celebration in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama is shaping the final day of his pre-presidential life around another giant figure, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Obama is taking part in a community renovation project in the Washington area to honor King, the civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. Monday is the federal holiday commemorating the birthday of King, who advocated peaceful resistance and equality among all races. He blazed a trail for Obama, soon to be the nation's first black president.
The vice president-elect, Joe Biden, is also taking part in volunteer service on Monday. His wife, Jill, and Obama's wife, Michelle, are helping with a service project, too.
Transition aides declined to name the locations or details of the projects.
The run-up to Obama's inauguration on Tuesday has, like his election itself, been defined by enormous public enthusiasm, carefully choreographed events and a lofty spirit of unity. What awaits, as Obama often reminds the nation, is many months, if not years, of tough work.
The weekend celebrations began Saturday with Obama's whistle-stop tour, from Philadelphia to Washington, along the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861. Then came a roaring celebrity-filled concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, where several hundred thousand people flanked the reflecting pool, hearing actors, singers and then Obama himself rally for national renewal.
Now Obama is asking the nation to honor King's legacy by making a renewed commitment to service. That has long been the goal of the King holiday, even if many see it as a day off.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee has launched a Web site, USAService.org, to help people find volunteer opportunities close to their homes.
"I am asking you to make a lasting commitment to make better the lives of your fellow Americans — a commitment that must endure beyond one day, or even one presidency," Obama said in a YouTube appeal last week. "At this moment of great challenge and great change, I am asking you to play your part; to roll up your sleeves and join in the work of remaking this nation."
The president-elect has a busy Monday evening, too.
He is to attend three private dinners to honor the public service of former Secretary of State Colin Powell; Biden, a longtime senator from Delaware; and Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. Those dinners will be held at the Hilton Washington, National Building Museum and Union Station.
Michelle Obama, the future first lady, is hosting a children's evening concert.
Meanwhile, with the nation's transition of power now just more than a day away, a new hero has been invited to join the inauguration.
US Airways Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, who safely crash-landed a failing jetliner in the Hudson River on Thursday, has been invited by the president-elect to attend Tuesday's inauguration. So has Sullenberger's crew and his family.
An aide to Obama said the inaugural committee is working on the details.
Israel to pull out of Gaza by Obama inauguration
JERUSALEM – Israel plans to pull all of its troops out of the Gaza Strip by the time President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated Tuesday, but only if Hamas militants hold their fire, Israeli officials said.Thousands of troops have left Gaza since Israel declared Saturday its intention to unilaterally halt fire after a devastating, three-week Israeli onslaught. Gaza's Hamas rulers ceased fire 12 hours later. Large contingents of Israeli soldiers have kept close to the border, prepared to re-enter the territory if violence re-ignites.
A swift troop withdrawal would reduce the likelihood of clashes between militants and Israeli forces that could rupture the truce.
By getting its soldiers out before the Obama inauguration, Israel hopes to pave the way for a smooth beginning with the Obama administration and spare the incoming president the trouble of having to deal with a burning problem in Gaza from his first day, the Israeli officials said.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the plan.
Israel has been quietly concerned about possible policy changes by the incoming administration after eight years of staunch support from President George W. Bush. Obama has said Mideast peace will be a priority even as he grapples with a global economic crisis and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Israel made its troop withdrawal plan known at a dinner Sunday with European leaders who came to the region in an effort to consolidate the fragile cease-fire, the Israeli officials said.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his guests that his country had no desire to stay in Gaza, a Mediterranean strip of 1.4 million people that Israel vacated in 2005, while retaining control of its airspace, coastal waters and border crossings.
"We didn't set out to conquer Gaza. We didn't set out to control Gaza. We don't want to remain in Gaza and we intend on leaving Gaza as fast as possible," Olmert told the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic, according to the officials.
Israel also holds elections next month, and polls show Israel's wartime leaders have been strengthened by the offensive that drew overwhelming support at home even as it attracted widespread condemnation across the globe because of the high Palestinian casualties.
At least 1,259 Palestinians were killed in Israel's air and ground onslaught, more than half of them civilians, according to the United Nations, Gaza health officials and rights groups. Thirteen Israelis died, including four soldiers killed inadvertently by their own forces' fire.
Neither side has reported a violation of the truce since Hamas halted its fire. But the quiet remains tenuous because neither side achieved its long-term goals.
Israel won a decisive battlefield victory but did not end Hamas' rocket fire into the southern part of the country or solve the problem of smuggled arms reaching Gaza militants.
Hamas remains firmly in power in Gaza, but Palestinian casualties were steep and large swaths of the tiny seaside territory were devastated by the Israeli air and ground assault. Gaza municipal officials said an initial assessment showed some 20,000 residential and government buildings were severely damaged and another 4,000 destroyed. Some 50 of the U.N.'s 220 schools, clinics and warehouses were battered in shelling and crossfire.
Before arriving in Jerusalem, the European officials met with Arab leaders in Egypt to discuss ways to cement the truce. Delivering humanitarian aid to rebuild Gaza and opening borders blockaded by Israel emerged as key goals.
Gaza's border crossings have been sealed since Hamas violently took over the territory in 2007, deepening the already grinding poverty there and trapping the residents inside.
The gathering failed to deliver a specific plan to stanch the flow of arms into Gaza by sea and through tunnels built under the 8-mile border Gaza and Egypt share. Israel wants international monitors, but Egypt has refused to have them on its side of the border.
The truce brought relief to Gaza's citizens, who took stock of the devastation in relative safety for the first time since Israel launched the offensive on Dec. 27. And it brought more trauma, as rescue workers in surgical masks ventured into what were once no-go areas and pulled 100 bodies from buildings pulverized by bombs.
"We've pulled out my nephew, but I don't know how many are still under there," Zayed Hadar said as he sifted through the rubble of his flattened home in the northern town of Jebaliya.
Despite losses suffered, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh claimed "a heavenly victory" in remarks broadcast on Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel.
Siku ya mwisho ya George Bushi kuisha kwa kufunguliwa mashtaka ya matumizi mabaya ya madaraka...Spika wa bunge Nancy Pelosi afaamisha...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is receptive to the idea of prosecuting some Bush administration officials, while letting others who are accused of misdeeds leave office without prosecution, she told Chris Wallace in an interview on "FOX News Sunday.""I think you look at each item and see what is a violation of the law and do we even have a right to ignore it," the California Democrat said. "And other things that are maybe time that is spent better looking to the future rather than to the past."
Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced Friday he wants to set up a commission to look into whether the Bush administration broke the law by taking the nation to war against Iraq and instituting aggressive anti-terror initiatives. The Michigan Democrat called for an "independent criminal probe into whether any laws were broken in connection with these activities."
President-elect Barack Obama has not closed off the possibility of prosecutions, but hinted he does not favor them.
"I don't believe that anybody is above the law," he told ABC News a week ago. "On the other hand, I also have a belief that we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards."
Pelosi, during the interview in her ceremonial office, said there is merit in both arguments.
"I don't think that Mr. Obama and Mr. Conyers are that far apart," she said. "There are different subjects and you treat them differently."
She hinted that the law might compel Democrats to press forth on some prosecutions, even if they are politically unpopular, adding: "That's not up to us to say that doesn't matter anymore."
"We cannot let the politicizing of, for example, the Justice Department to go unreviewed," she added. "I want to see the truth come forth."
pakistan yafunga barabara inayotumiwa na marekani katika afrighanistan
Pakistan Closes Supply Route to U.S., NATO in Afghanistan
temporarily closed the major supply route to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday after suspected insurgents firing rockets killed a soldier at a Pakistani military camp — the latest attack to highlight the vulnerability of the legendary Khyber Pass.
Growing militant activity along the road has prompted several temporary closures in recent months.
Truck drivers that carry fuel, food and other goods to Western troops face constant intimidation and threats of violence. Militants have even ransacked and burned vehicles waiting in terminals in the nearby city of Peshawar.
Afghan-based U.S. and NATO forces get up to 75 percent of their supplies via routes that traverse Pakistan. Military officials say the disruptions have not hurt their operations, but acknowledge they are searching for other routes, possibly through Central Asia.
The Pakistani government has responded by dispatching paramilitary escorts and staging a military operation in the Khyber tribal region, but militant activity continues.
Khyber is part of Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal belt, where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have bases and hold tremendous sway.
Fazal Mahmood, a senior government official in Khyber, said 14 soldiers also were wounded in the early Monday rocket attack.
He said the suspected militants fired eight rockets at the camp in the Landikotal area. A daylong curfew was imposed in Landikotal while security forces hunted down the militants in the neighboring Khugi Khel area.
Minggu, 18 Januari 2009
YANGA YAUA.........
YANGA ya Dar es Salaam imeendeleza wimbi lake la ushindi baada ya kuifunga JKT Ruvu bao 1-0 katika mchezo mkali wa ushindani kwenye Uwanja wa Taifa, Dar es Salaam.
Ushindi huo umeifanya Yanga kukaribia utetezi wa ubingwa wake pamoja na kujichimbia kileleni kwa kufikisha pointi 36.
JKT Ruvu imepoteza mechi zote mbili kwa Yanga, kwani katika mchezo wa mzunguko wa kwanza ilichapwa mabao 2-1.
Mchezo wa jana ulikuwa wa mashambulizi ya hapa na pale, na Yanga walilifikia lango la wapinzani wao katika dakika za 15 na 30 lakini Jerry Tegete na Boniface Ambani mashuti yao hayakulenga lango.
Kipa wa JKT, Abdallah Ngachimwa alisimama imara na kuokoa shuti la Ambani katika dakika ya 22 kabla ya Kessy Muhsin kupiga shuti la umbali wa mita 30 lililodakwa kifundi na Juma Kaseja.
Kipindi cha pili, Yanga waliongeza kasi ya mashambulizi na katika dakika ya 67, Shamte Ally aliipatia bao kwa kichwa baada ya kuunganisha krosi ya Mrisho Ngassa.
Shamte alifunga bao hilo baada ya kuingia dakika ya 65 kuchukua nafasi ya Ambani.
Yanga iliendelea kushambulia na katika dakika za 55 na 63 walikosa mabao mfululizo kupitia kwa Tegete kabla ya Mashaka Maliwa wa JKT naye kukosa bao akiwa na Kaseja katika dakika ya 77.
Kocha wa Yanga, Dusan Kondic alisema timu yake imekosa umakini kutokana na wachezaji wake kutokaa pamoja muda mrefu. Hata hivyo aliwapongeza kwa ushindi.
Akizungumzia mchezo huo, kocha wa JKT Ruvu, Charles Kilinda alisema ngome kukosa umakini ndiyo chanzo cha wao kufungwa. Hata hivyo alilalamikia maamuzi ya Kazi, kuwa hakuwa makini.
Naye Dorice Malyaga anaripoti kuwa Mtibwa Sugar imeichapa Kagera Sugar mabao 2-1 katika mchezo wa ligi hiyo kwenye Uwanja wa Manungu, Turiani.
Mabao ya Mtibwa yaliwekwa kimiani na Rashid Gumbo katika dakika 20 na Abdallah Juma katika dakika 89 baada ya kuunganisha mpira wa kona wa Yahaya Akilimali.
Bao pekee la Kagera lilifungwa na Paul Kabange katika dakika ya 25.
SIMBA KULIZWA MWAKA HUU...............
KOCHA Mkuu wa timu ya Polisi Morogoro John Simkoko ametamba kuibuka kidedea katika mchezo wao dhidi ya Simba ya jijini Dar es Salaam timu hizo ambazo zitakutana leo katika Uwanja wa Taifa jijini.
Akizungumza na Mwananchi Jumapili jijini jana, Simkoko alisema kuibuka kifua mbele itakuwa ni muhimu kwao kwa kuwa watajiwekea mazingira mazuri katika msimamo wa ligi ya Vodacom
'"Uwezo wa kushinda tunao, vijana wangu wana hari ya ushindi na ninamshukuru Mungu kwa kuanza mzunguko wa pili vizuri na huo ndio msimamo wetu wa sasa tunataka kucheza kwa ushindi au suluhu" alisema kocha Simkoko.
Kocha huyo alisema timu yake ilikuwa katika maandalizi mazuri ya ligi na wachezaji waliingia kambini muda wa mwezi mmoja kabla ya mzunguko kuanza huku wakicheza michezo mbali mbali ya kujipima nguvu na wanaamini kwa mazoezi hayo yatawafanya wao kuwa timu ya kutisha katika mzunguko huu.
Akiwazunguzia Simba alisema ni timu nzuri kwani wanawaelewa kwa kupitia michezo yao mbalimbali waliyoiona lakini kwa staili yao mpya waliyoanza nayo wanaamini watafanikiwa kutika na ushindi kupitia kwa wekundu hao wa msimbazi.
Timu ya Polisi wao waliibuka na ushindi kwenye mechi yao ya kwanza dhidi ya Kagera Sugar walipoifunga kwenye uwanja wao wa nyumbani wa Jamuhuli mjini Morogoro.