VIOLENCE

Violence Machinga, their first test

Association for Democracy and Development (Chadema) in Mbeya City is in the crossroads, rules or enjoyable manage small businesses 'unfairly'.
The party kimejikuta the confusion was due to the violence of the traders, occurred last Saturday morning causing major damage to the Highway that leads to neighboring Zambia, after finding kiosks and their products have been destroyed and people are soldiers amen City.
When entrepreneurs are reaching their workplace and found huts dissolved and product labels trampled and plunder, they closed the main road that passes the area of ​​Mwanjelwa towards neighboring Zambia by piling up stones and burn the wheels of cars.
The violence of Machinga have caused extensive damage to the road necessary for the country's economy, due to the burns to his pitch.
Information leaking from Mbeya City Chadema, identify the party and mingled with the violence that was to discuss the matter at their meeting on Monday.
Our source states that kinachowachanganya more to address this problem is the House of Councillors of the city, which is led by Chadema kutolijadili issue of taking Machinga them from the area of ​​Kabwe, but at the same time ikifahamika clear that Machinga they are not legal in the area and that they know that they should leave the area and move on lotengewa the city.
Mayor of the City of Mbeya, David Mwashilindi, he was not ready to talk about it in detail, saying the Finance Committee met after the session then they can have a say about the crisis.
Citizen lilipotaka aware about the impact of the crisis in his party, was asked to wait a discussion session, however, said; "All things are possible, we consider in the session, but I trust the wisdom of the majority will decide."
Violence of the traders, known as Machinga, appeared on the small bus station making his journey into the city, Kabwe, located in the famous commercial center of Mwanjelwa.
Military Police lilizima the violence, after sending a squad of riot (FFU) with a drive to turn the water. However, unlike the usual, the army did not use you do not tear strength, they manage to calm the traders not to do damage.
Eyewitnesses of the violence, they mentioned that began the morning, when the merchants came to their area of ​​work and found the huts and their products have been removed and some of which are scattered down after the dissolution of their huts.
City keeper, who runs the uvunjajii, allegedly breaking huts, looting goods and entrepreneurs are doing some damage to the product.
Such businesses have become common stop their products to their places of business, and the action of the soldiers raided the city at night and remove them along with their products, created a loss affecting their capital.
"Soldiers of the City had passed the night, broke booths Machinga and destroy their products, they trample and other pooled, consenting kiliwaudhi Machinga, where they were initiated violence," says one trader in the area of ​​Kabwe, who introduced himself as one of Neto.
The city administration is accused of using tactics to ambush the night when the characters are on the scene to do destruction and looting of property.
Machinga creditors no notice
Some of these dealers have claimed that they decided to do an act of violence from the city troops raided the area and break down their huts, destroying products to trample and even loot.
According to the traders who spoke to the Citizen scene, they were never informed about the elimination of their products, but they are about to do hygiene being communicated in accordance with the national programs of every last Saturday of the month.
With that last day of the month earmarked for cleanliness, the traders claim they have their methods of cleaning every Wednesday and Saturday, and that every trader is liable to have a tool for storing waste in its area of ​​business.
The position of the City
However, the facts that are not kept open by the traders as well as some leaders of Chadema in the country, it moves the vendors selling their places were given to the city in the area of ​​Station Bus lane on the outskirts of the region, the Nanenane.
Mbeya City Acting Director, Dr. Samuel Lazaro told the Citizen that even Machinga themselves understand that they should not present area of ​​Kabwe and the road that leads to the existing health center, near the new Market Mwanjelwa.
"Walishapewa Nanenane area, they sell to big business, the government implemented its responsibility to help them," says Dr. Lazaro.
The position of the leadership of the city is that the task of removing directly Machinga in those areas of bus stations and on the road to health center will continue and that they kwishatangaziwa before you start working with it to remove their products.
The main objective of the city's position is to maintain cleanliness and eliminate congestion in key areas such as those of health service provision.
The city decided to use the procedure for the removal Machinga night to avoid disruption and violence that occurs as they work the same day.
However, the same procedure is opposed by some residents of Mbeya saying it causes losses to traders from the City troops carry out operations relevant to aggressive and looting.
Area Mwanjelwa has been a stronghold of the Chadema since 2011, broke out in violence first great made with Machinga and lead all operations within the city stand for about a week, including a stand for all the activities of transportation, from and entry to Mbeya with safari of neighboring countries.
In the violence, described more angry kuchangiwa some CCM heavyweights sparked by losing the province to Chadema, the power used to control large dollar without success, and had to use the Constituency Member of Parliament, Joseph Mbilinyi grounding.
The event is described elevate the member is to conclude the popularity of CCM in the politics of the city of Mbeya. Provoking violence are to be called 'President' of Mbeya, and its effects on the CCM yameendela chew up today.
Since then, the regional government has no power in front of the traders, which had reached the point of all the chokiamua were released remain, including putting their products wherever they wished they, even if it is blocking the road, plotted on the trees until the stores of other traders.
To them, the business was blocked everywhere and they were threatening to do violence. Throughout the powers enjoyed them, and they enjoyed Chadema have seen their political capital while continuing slowdown CCM feared, so they were pinching his government kutowaudhi Machinga.
Chadema succeeded, had capital and confirmation is the last General Election where CCM have been forced to sit on the opposition in the House of Councillors of the City. Honeymoon is over, now Chadema are responsible for enforcing the law, their capital is slowly turned span.
Some of these Machinga have started complaining that they chose their party from the promise of continuous oversight, and start dealing with it kimewageuka.
One veteran of the party he watched the crisis with cautious eye, he saw a threat to their party, saying they should serve their citizens, but must oversee the rules and cooperate with actors, otherwise it's what their party will suffer.
In the last General Election, Chadema kilizoa most county and state together, who will lead the House of Councillors, now find themselves a crossroads, oversee the rules or develop their philosophy of "People's power," the city lisitawalike.
Sources within the party of control points reveal that some Chadema councilors, council last, they began to see the problem, so any protest movement advocate violence have Machinga cause damage to the road infrastructure and property of the City and its people.