Sunday 12 August 2012

RE: [wanabidii] I shall die for Malawi – President Banda

Odour,
Altering the borderlines inside Lake Victoria will affect borders on the dry land and I don't anyone will be ready for that. Besides, Kenyans are not denied anything in the lake and that is why Kenya is competing with Tanzania and Uganda in exporting fish from the lake. The case of Malawi-Tanzania is different because Malawi claims that the whole lake belongs to them. Tanzania is not trying to get half of the lake or anything like equitable what and what, but half of the lake north of River Ruvuma (about 20% to 25% of the whole lake), which means Malawi will still keep the bigger portion of the lake. We will do our best to resolve the crisis, and should all means fail ,then we will take it by force, let Joyce Banda die for her dear country - if dying is that much easy.
Matinyi.
 
> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:45:24 -0400
> Subject: Re: [wanabidii] I shall die for Malawi – President Banda
> From: mauricejoduor@gmail.com
> To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com
>
> Leila,
> I support the Tanzanian position that the lake be shared right down
> the middle according to international standards.
> That is what every country is doing now. It would be ridiculous if
> Tanzanians living near the lake are denied fishing rights in Lake
> Nyasa. Infact that would be pure lunacy.
>
> This issue reminds me that Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda should sit down
> and divide Lake victoria equitably. As things stand now, Kenya owns
> only 6% of L Victoria with TZ and Uganda sharing the remaining 94% !!!
> that to me is rodiculous too.
>
> We should set aside all these artificial boundaries set by the
> colonialists. The AU should take a lead in helping settle these
> disputes.
>
> Courage,
> Oduor Maurice
>
> On 8/12/12, Leila Abdul <hifadhi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Malawi President Joyce Banda on Saturday made an emotional declaration
> > that she shall die for the sake of her country, in what others see as
> > a defiant insinuation to the threats of war by Tanzania on the
> > ownership of Lake Malawi.
> >
> > Speaking at a Ngoni traditional festival in the northern district of
> > Mzimba on Saturday, Banda said emphatically in unrelated to the
> > function: "I shall die for the people of Malawi. I shall die for the
> > land of Malawi."
> >
> > The Malawi leader has not commented on the row with Tanzania.
> >
> > Tanzania has been warmongering on the standoff over oil and gas
> > exploration in Lake Malawi – also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania.
> >
> > But Malawi has been diplomatic on the issue and are arranging showdown
> > talks on August 20.
> >
> > The dispute of the third-largest fresh water resource in Africa has
> > escalated because Tanzania is demanding Malawi to halt exploration
> > activities granted to British company Surestream Petroleum for oil and
> > gas. Surestream is currently conducting an environmental impact
> > assessment.
> >
> > Meanwhile, a history and political science lecturer at the Malawi
> > Polytechnic, Simburashe Mungoshi suggests the dispute can only be
> > resolved by compromise.
> >
> > "When these boundaries were agreed upon by the British and Germans it
> > was a give and take game," said the lecturer on VOA.
> >
> > "The British had to give up claims in some territories in Tanganyika
> > area. Needless to say the Germans had also to give up. So in which
> > case, if Tanzania wants a change in boundaries it would be a give and
> > take. If they want something they must give something. Malawi is a
> > land locked country; we need access to the sea. May be they could give
> > us an equivalent piece of land to take us to the sea."
> >
> > Malawi insists the whole lake belongs to her and there is no way the
> > country can halt oil and gas exploration.
> >
> > A home to about 1,000 endemic species of fish Lake Malawi is located
> > at the junction of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It sustains nearly
> > 10 million people in these three countries.
> >
> > http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/08/11/i-shall-die-for-malawi-president-banda/
> >
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