Diamond League - 100m runners' season bests

Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) - 9.93 secs

Michael Frater (Jamaica) - 9.94 secs

Justin Gatlin (United States) - 9.80 secs

Tyson Gay (United States) - 9.86 secs

Trell Kimmons (United States) - 10.02 secs

Christophe Lemaitre (France) - 10.04 secs

Calesio Newman (United States) - 10.07 secs

Michael Rodgers (United States) - 9.94 secs

Richard Thompson (Trinidad) - 9.96 secs

London 2012: Tyson Gay predicts wide open 100m

USA sprinter Tyson Gay believes any of the main contenders in the 100m can achieve gold at London 2012.

Gay ran 100m in 9.86 seconds at the US trials - the same as Usain Bolt did at the Jamaican trials, but 0.11 seconds behind Yohan Blake's trial time.

"I think it's fair to say everyone is on the same playing field right now," said Gay.

The 29-year-old will run against Games team-mate Justin Gatlin at Friday's Diamond League meeting in Paris.

2004 Olympic champion Gatlin, who missed the 2008 Games due to a doping ban, beat Gay at the US trials with a time of 9.80 seconds - the third best time in the world this year.

But the pair were separated by just 0.06 seconds, leading Gay to believe the 100m event could be very competitive at London 2012.

"Everyone is running almost the same time. Yohan has slightly separated himself from the rest of the field but besides that I think everyone is pretty even," he said.

Blake ran 9.75 seconds at the Jamaican Olympic trials, shocking world record holder and current Olympic champion Usain Bolt.

Blake is also the current 100m world champion, winning at Daegu 2011 after Bolt was disqualified for a false start.

"Bolt took his losses but he's shown that he's been able to bounce back, just like he fought hard last year and he bounced back on the 200 so I think it's fair game," said Gay.

"I think Yohan is probably in some of the best shape of his life.

"For him to beat Usain Bolt and some of the other competitors in that race shows that he's serious about this."

Gay and Gatlin will be the headline pair of the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in France, with both expected to make the final at London 2012.

Six of the nine runners in Paris have clocked under 10.00 seconds this season, while only Calesio Newman of the United States has failed to run under the 10 second mark in his career.

LONDON 2012: JUSTIN GATLIN says he has 'more left in the tank'

Justin Gatlin insists he has "got more left in the tank", despite clocking 9.8 seconds in the US Olympic trials' 100m.

The American sprinter takes on compatriot Tyson Gay on Friday in Paris at the latest Diamond League event.

Gatlin, 30, won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics but was later handed a four-year ban for a doping offence he has always strenuously denied.

"I'm more focussed, more determined and I'm wiser now," said Gatlin, who won the recent trials in Eugene, Oregon.

"Eight years ago, it was more of a dream that was accomplished [to become Olympic champion] so now I need to accomplish this mission."

Gatlin, who beat Gay by only 0.06 secs at the trials, always maintained his innocence after testing positive for excessive testosterone at the 2006 Kansas Relays.

"I have never knowingly used any banned substance, nor have I allowed anyone to administer one to me," he said at the time of his appeal.

MICHAEL PHELPS READY TO GO FOR ANOTHER 8 GOLD MEDALS AFTER WIN 100M BUTTERFLY

Michael Phelps' Olympic program is set. He'll be going for another eight gold medals.

He's not the only one who'll be busy in London. Get ready to see a lot of Missy Franklin.

And how `bout Anthony Ervin! After eight years away from swimming, he's going back to Olympics, too.

Phelps wrapped up another stellar week at the U.S. trials Sunday night, rallying to win the 100-meter butterfly and secure his spot in five individual races at the Olympics. Throw in the three relays, and that adds up to eight.

Again.

"I guess that's OK," Phelps said nonchalantly.

Franklin will have four individual races in London after capping her week with a dominating win in the 200 backstroke. She's expected to swim all three relays, as well, setting her up to become the first U.S. woman to swim seven events in a single games.

Uhh, make that the first female. She's still a girl, a 17-year-old who'll be a high school senior in the fall. But first, she's got some important business this summer: the Olympics.

"I can't believe I have seven events," Franklin said. "It's so overwhelming but so exciting. The whole week went really, really well."

LONDON 2012: JUSTIN GATLIN says he has 'more left in the tank'

Justin Gatlin insists he has "got more left in the tank", despite clocking 9.8 seconds in the US Olympic trials' 100m.

The American sprinter takes on compatriot Tyson Gay on Friday in Paris at the latest Diamond League event.

Gatlin, 30, won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics but was later handed a four-year ban for a doping offence he has always strenuously denied.

"I'm more focussed, more determined and I'm wiser now," said Gatlin, who won the recent trials in Eugene, Oregon.

"Eight years ago, it was more of a dream that was accomplished [to become Olympic champion] so now I need to accomplish this mission."

Gatlin, who beat Gay by only 0.06 secs at the trials, always maintained his innocence after testing positive for excessive testosterone at the 2006 Kansas Relays.

"I have never knowingly used any banned substance, nor have I allowed anyone to administer one to me," he said at the time of his appeal.

MICHAEL JOHNSON'S GOLDEN CAREER

• Four-time Olympic champion
• Became the first male athlete to win Olympic gold in both the 400m and 200m in 1996
• The only male athlete to successfully defend the 400m Olympic title
• Still holds the 400m world record (43.18 secs) set in 1999
• Retired from athletics in 2001

USAIN BOLT COULD RUN 100M IN 9.4 SECONDS, SAYS MICHAEL JOHNSON

Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson believes Usain Bolt can run 100m in 9.4 seconds - but only if the Jamaican refines his sprinting style.

The 25-year-old broke his own world record with a time of 9.58 secs at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin

Johnson said: "Bolt could absolutely run faster, but it would take a tremendous commitment on his part to do a complete overhaul of his technique."

But the American still thinks Bolt is favourite to retain his Olympic titles.

"He could probably run 9.4 seconds," added 44-year-old Johnson, who won gold in Barcelona in 1992, did the 200m and 400m double in Atlanta four years later, and claimed another gold in the 2000 Sydney Games.

"But he would have to do some major training and adjustments in the way that he runs."

Bolt, who will also be defending his 200m and 4x100m Olympic titles in London, announced on Thursday he was going to withdraw from the Diamond League meeting on 20 July after suffering a "slight" injury problem.

The Monaco event had been scheduled to be his final race before London

EUROPEAN GP: Fernando Alonso wins brilliantly in Valencia

 

Fernando Alonso became the first man to win two races this year with a spectacular victory in the European GP.

The Spaniard won his home race at Valencia after a series of overtakes and Sebastian Vettel's retirement.

Lewis Hamilton was set to finish second after Romain Grosjean's retirement, but crashed out with three laps remaining.

The McLaren driver was pitched into the barriers after a tussle with Williams's Pastor Maldonado, handing second to Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen.

Alonso started 11th and fought his way up to fourth place before a safety car was deployed.

He gained third after a pit-stop problem for Lewis Hamilton, passed Romain Grosjean on the restart and saw leader Vettel retire with alternator failure on lap 35.

Battling fading tyres, Hamilton was passed by Raikkonen before Maldonado crashed into the side of him having rejoined the race track after running wide trying to pass the Briton around the outside.

Grosjean retired from second with 16 laps to go with alternator failure - the same problem that caused Vettel to retire.

The frantic action promoted Mercedes's Michael Schumacher to third place - the first podium since his comeback in 2010 - and Red Bull's Mark Webber to fourth from 19th on the grid.

It was by far the most exciting race the Valencia street circuit has ever produced and it was won by a top-drawer performance from Alonso

LONDON 2012 Olympics

A statement from the Saudi Embassy in London says the country's Olympic Committee will "oversee participation of women athletes who can qualify".

The decision will end recent speculation as to whether the entire Saudi team could have been disqualified on grounds of gender discrimination.

The public participation of women in sport is still fiercely opposed by many Saudi religious conservatives.

There is almost no public tradition of women participating in sport in the country.

Saudi officials say that with the Games now just a few weeks away, the only female competitor at Olympic standard is showjumper Dalma Rushdi Malhas.

US, N.Korea hold first talks after Kim’s death

Pyongyang and Washington began their first official contact since the death of Kim Jong-il, as senior diplomats from the two countries met in Beijing yesterday to discuss North Korea's nuclear activities.

After meeting on denuclearization, non-proliferation and humanitarian aid with North Korea's negotiator Kim Kye-gwan, Glyn Davies, coordinator for US policy on North Korea, marked the talks as serious and substantive.

"We covered a number of issues," AFP quoted Davies as saying, since "we are in mid-talks. I expect we will wrap up tomorrow (Friday)."

China yesterday supported the efforts of the US and North Korea for resuming the talks, as Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that "China has always believed that it is in accordance with the interests of all parties to resume the Six-Party Talks at an early date and implement the September 19 joint statement," according to the Xinhua News Agency.

Relevant parties should continue to follow the direction and objectives of the six-party talks and create conditions for the early resumption of the six-party talks, Hong said.

The process of negotiating between the two sides, in which the US is demanding North Korea end its nuclear activities, halted after the unexpected passing of Kim Jong-il.

It is the third round of negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang, which began last year, aiming to break a deadlock for the relations between the two Koreas and for an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks.

"The resumption of contact is hard for achieving substantial results, because Pyongyang willl not meet the requirements set by the US on dismantling its nuclear activities," Jeung Young-tae, director of the North Korea Studies Center at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told the Global Times.

However, it is a good sign that Pyongyang would like to take a step on contributing to the early resumption of the Six-Party Talks, he said.

Wang Junsheng, a Korean affairs expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, agreed with Jeung, saying that the process of the Talks depends on the development of US-North Korea negotiations, and the improvement of relations between the two Koreas.

During the ongoing dialogue, Washington is trying to clear Pyongyang's attitude toward US demands on ending nuclear activities, since North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un just took over power at the end of last year, Wang said.

He said the US also wants to see if North Korea is abiding by its 2005 agreement on abandoning nuclear activities in exchange for food aid and security guarantees, adding the bilateral negotiations showed their efforts on pushing forward the Six-Party Talks.

Since Kim Jong-il died in December, the friction between the two Koreas has been growing. North Korea has announced it would no longer deal with the South, and has repeatedly denounced the "inhuman" response by Seoul following Kim Jong-il's death.

Yesterday, South Korea's unification ministry authorized two charitable groups to send medical instruments and drugs worth about $70,000 to the western provinces of North Korea, AFP reported.

South Korea is trying to ease tensions, because the US doesn't want to see any military clash between the two, which would not be consistent with US interests in the region, Wang said.

Agencies contributed to this story

Astronomers reveal new type of planet

 

Using Hubble space telescope, an international team of astronomers have come up with a new class of planet, according to a report published online Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal.

By analyzing the previously discovered world GJ1214b, the team led by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) astronomer Zachory Berta proved that it is a water world enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere.

Our solar system contains three types of planets: rocky, terrestrial worlds (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), gas giants ( Jupiter and Saturn), and ice giants (Uranus and Neptune). Planets orbiting distant stars come in an even wider variety, including lava worlds and "hot Jupiters".

"GJ1214b is like no planet we know of," said Berta in a statement issued Tuesday. "A huge fraction of its mass is made up of water."

GJ1214b was discovered in 2009 by the ground-based MEarth Project. This super-Earth is about 2.7 times Earth's diameter and weighs almost seven times as much. It orbits a red-dwarf star every 38 hours at a distance of 1.3 million miles, giving it an estimated temperature of 230 degree Celsius.

In 2010, CfA scientist Jacob Bean and colleagues reported that they had measured the atmosphere of GJ1214b, finding it likely that the atmosphere was composed mainly of water. However, their observations could also be explained by the presence of a world- wide haze in GJ1214b's atmosphere.

Berta and his co-authors used Hubble's WFC3 instrument to study GJ1214b when it crossed in front of its host star. During such a transit, the star's light is filtered through the planet's atmosphere, giving clues to the mix of gases. Hazes are more transparent to infrared light than to visible light, so the Hubble observations help tell the difference between a steamy and a hazy atmosphere.

They found the spectrum of GJ1214b to be featureless over a wide range of wave lengths, or colors. The atmospheric model most consistent with the Hubble data is a dense atmosphere of water vapor.

"The Hubble measurements really tip the balance in favor of a steamy atmosphere," said Berta.

Since the planet's mass and size are known, astronomers can calculate the density, which works out to about two grams per cubic centimeter. Water has a density of one gram per cubic centimeter, while Earth's average density is 5.5 gram per cubic centimeter. This suggests that GJ1214b has much more water than Earth, and much less rock. As a result, the internal structure of GJ1214b would be very different than our world.

Theorists expect that GJ1214b formed farther out from its star, where water ice was plentiful, and migrated inward early in the system's history. In the process, it would have passed through the star's habitable zone.

GJ1214b is located in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus, and just 40 light years from Earth. It's a prime candidate for study by the next-generation James Webb Space Telescope.

Al-shabab commanders flee towards Yemen

Reports from southern Somalia says that close to 100 members of the militant group Al-Shabab streamed out of the port town of Kismayu, directing towards Yemen, a sign the militant group is under increasing pressure.

Residents say at least three speed boats have docked at the port of Kismayu on Wednesday alone to carry 100 militants — mostly foreign fighters — fleeing to Yemen, only weeks after the Al-shabab and Al-Qaeda announced their merger.

Senior Al-shabab commanders ordered local residents in Kismayu town, which is just 500km away south of Mogadishu to come out in the streets and squares in the city, urging people to join the battlefields of the militants in Somalia.

Al-Shabab has formally merged with Al-Qaeda — a move that analysts say was an attempt to give a boost of confidence to an insurgent force that is losing power.

Only 42% of applicants for certificates in teaching admitted

DURING 2011/12 academic year, only 42.41 per cent of students who applied for certificates in teaching were admitted, the National Assembly was told on Friday.

Deputy Minister for Education and Vocational Training Mr Philipo Mulugo pointed out that out of 41,787 students who applied for admission, only 17,722 were admitted.

According to the deputy minister, out of the selected students, 7,138 were admitted at government teaching colleges and 10,594 at private ones.

Mr Mulugo also pointed out that 8,876 (85.79 per cent) out of 10,345 students who applied for diploma in teaching were admitted in private and public colleges.

“For those who fail to secure admission chances in public colleges, our ministry advises them to apply to private teaching colleges,” he explained.

Mr Mulugo was responding to a question by Jenista Mhagama (Peramiho-CCM), who wanted the number of students, who failed to be admitted and efforts done to address the problem. The legislator claimed that most of the youth who completed secondary schools and who were eligible for admission for teaching at certificate and diploma levels missed the chance for sometimes two consecutive years. Besides the problem, Mr Mulugo said that the students were admitted on merits and criteria for each course. “For a certificate course, priority is given to students who passed in Mathematics, Science and English and got between Division One and Four. “For diploma, priority is given to students who have attained Division Three (One principal and One subsidiary) in Form Six. But admission also depends on available chances and the budget,” he stated. In her supplementary question, Ms Mhagama wondered why the government did not admit all applicants considering acute shortage of teachers. She also complained that most of the admitted students were based in urban areas while applicants from rural areas were left in the cold. Ms Mhagama therefore advised the government to help these youth by opening more vocational and technical colleges. Responding to her, the Minister for Education and Vocational Training Dr Shukuru Kawambwa said that the government was at the time setting slots for each region to have their youth admitted at public colleges. “Plans to build vocational training colleges in every region will be effective from this year and the government will also make maximum use of Field District Colleges (FDCs),” the minister stated. There are about 103 teaching colleges in the country, out of which, 34 are public ones.

US troops to stay in Uganda until Kony is found

The head of the US military''s Africa Command, Army General Carter Ham

WASHINGTON: About 100 US troops that President Barack Obama ordered to Uganda last month to help crush the Lord's Resistance Army will probably remain deployed until the group's leader is captured or dead, the top US commander for Africa has said.

The head of the US military's Africa Command, Army General Carter Ham, said most of the American forces have landed in Uganda and are starting to co-ordinate the efforts of four central African countries as they comb a huge expanse of jungle for Joseph Kony, the messianic founder of the Lord's Resistance Army.

Kony and his rebels are accused of killing, maiming, kidnapping and raping thousands of civilians in Uganda, the Central African Republic, Congo and South Sudan.

Obama administration officials have been vague about how long US forces will remain in central Africa. In congressional testimony recently, a senior defence official said that the mission would last for a matter of 'months' but that it would be reviewed over time.

General Ham said the plan is to keep troops in the region until Kony is killed or brought to justice.

'That's the mission,' General Ham said in an interview during a visit to Washington last week.

The Lord's Resistance Army has been fighting the Ugandan government and attacking civilians for nearly 25 years, but General Ham predicted that the group 'will probably wither' if Kony is apprehended.

'This is not like another organisation where if you take the top guy out somebody else can step in,' General Ham said. 'It really is about him personally.'

Kony is a self-proclaimed prophet whose group emerged from northern Uganda in the late 1980s. The Lord's Resistance Army is known for its brutality and for conscripting children as soldiers and sex slaves.

The International Criminal Court indicted Kony and four other commanders in 2005 on war crimes charges. Kony and his core group of about 250 fighters have dodged their pursuers by retreating to jungle hideouts across central Africa.

A smaller group of US military advisers assisted a previous Ugandan-led offensive against the Lord's Resistance Army in late 2008 and early 2009. That operation backfired as Kony's group escaped and massacred hundreds of civilians.

Congress and human rights groups have pressed the White House to try again, prompting Mr Obama last month to send about 100 Special Operations Forces troops to the region.

It is the largest deployment of US forces to an African conflict zone since marines landed in Liberia in 2003.

MPs blow Shs 2.2bn on trips

Ugandan taxpayers have forked out an astronomical Shs 2.2bn to fund foreign travel for lawmakers for just four months, at a time the economy has come agonisingly close to a shuddering halt.

This financial year, Parliament received a total expenditure vote of Shs 162bn. Of this, Shs 8.5bn has been allocated to facilitate at least 300 of the 344 legislators on foreign

 travel for the financial year 2011/2012.

The Shs 2.2 billion spent so far on MPs’ foreign travel in four months translates into an average of Shs 550m being spent per month. If this rate is to be maintained in the course of its five-year lifespan, it means the 9th Parliament will spend Shs 33bn on allowances for foreign travel alone.

Even then, the figure is likely to rise significantly due to unforeseeable circumstances. For instance, by the time the parliamentary budget was drawn up, it had not been anticipated that an ad hoc committee would be set up to investigate the oil bribery allegations leveled against some government officials.

Parliament’s spokesperson, Helen Kawesa, admitted that the expenditure might appear high to the public, but she put it into perspective, telling The Observer on phone yesterday, that MPs are VIPs who travel Business Class and enjoy relatively high per diems. Kawesa also said that Parliament is sensitive of the current economic situation and thus insists on strict accountability for the money spent on foreign travel, including presentation of reports and boarding passes.

Besides the usual sitting allowances, Parliament will spend money to fund the seven-man committee to travel to London and Malta to verify information that the accused ministers held bank accounts there on which the bribe money was wired. With runaway inflation dampening hopes of economic growth and a majority of Ugandans beginning to feel the knock-on effects, the expenditures appear to be out of touch with the economic outlook.

While presenting the 2011/2012 national budget in June, Finance, Planning and Economic Development minister Maria Kiwanuka said amongst the austerity measures the government would undertake was limiting inland and foreign travel. According to travel records The Observer has obtained, covering the months of August, September, October and November, it appears Kiwanuka and the lawmakers are singing from a different hymn book.

Already overburdened by the high cost of providing other perks for Parliament, like purchasing fuel-guzzling four-wheel vehicles, this travel bill is the last thing taxpayers would want to learn of. MPs are entitled to an allowance of Shs 1.4 million ($550) for each day they spend out of the country on official duty.

An MP is expected to use part of this money to cater for his/her accommodation in case the host does not provide this service. However, the Speaker, deputy Speaker and Leader of the Opposition earn a higher per diem because they are entitled to other perks, like travelling with a spouse and support staff. They also occasionally meet delegations while abroad and need facilitation for this.

Yet, the allowances the legislators carry from home notwithstanding, on many occasions, they also receive a per diem from their foreign hosts. In neighbouring Kenya, East Africa’s biggest economy, the MPs’ per diem for travel abroad has been increased from about $525 to $1,000 (Uganda Shs 2.6 million) per day, a decision that met stiff flak from the public before it was approved.

In Uganda, the lucrative side of foreign travel for MPs came to the fore recently when Kanungu Woman MP, Elizabeth Karungi, questioned the criteria used for choosing who travels.

“Madam Speaker, what criteria are used to select MPs for foreign trips? Some of us have not got a chance to travel outside,” Karungi said in a feat of rage.

Lawmakers indebted to banks and shylocks, and others buffeted by various demands like contributing to funerals in their constituencies, have used the opportunity of foreign travel to offset their debts.

Next week, some lawmakers are scheduled to travel to Bujumbura, the Burundi capital, for the East African inter-parliamentary football games.

Sources have told us that many of those travelling will prefer to use the free bus service provided by Parliament rather than purchase a return air-ticket, which costs about Shs 910,000, to enhance team spirit but also save on their travel allowance. For the ten days that they will spend in Bujumbura, the over 20 MPs will each pocket Shs 14 million.

The costly trips

As others wait for their turn, some have already made the much coveted foreign trips –– but at a heavy cost to the taxpayer.

For instance from October 10 to 15, MPs Odonga Otto, Peter Omollo, Olivia Kwagala, James Mbahimba and Amos Lugolobi, and a parliamentary staff, Alice Nyamwenge, visited the United Kingdom for six days on a study trip. Shs 103 million ($37,025) –– roughly Shs 15m per day — was spent on this trip alone.

From November 22 to 26, MPs Dr Kasiruvu Atwooki, Jennifer Egunyu, Boaz Kafuda, Lucy Ajok and Margaret Kiboijana, and a parliamentary worker, John Jones Ssentumbwe, travelled to Ethiopia to attend a workshop on regional best practices for a textile policy to be implemented in Uganda. This trip cost Shs 67.4million ($24,086), including air-tickets and accommodation.

Earlier this month, Kasirivu Atwooki attended a two-day regional parliamentarians’ dialogue on enhancing competitiveness through increased investment in Nigeria. His trip cost Shs 7m ($2,534).

Before him, Tororo county MP, Geoffrey Ekanya, attended a global conference on the role of Parliament in the governance of oil, gas and mineral resources in Ghana between November 1 and 2. His package for the trip amounted to Shs 12m ($4,330).

But the cost that eclipses all the other travel expenses so far this year was Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s trip to Bern, Switzerland, to attend the 125th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly that took place between October 13 and 19. The seven-day trip cost taxpayers a whopping Shs 755m ($269,547), an average of Shs 107 million per day.

Kadaga’s delegation included MPs Emmanuel Dombo, Paula Turyahikayo, Reagan Okumu, Elijah Okupa, Lulume Bayiga, Rona Ninsiima, Ruth Achieng, Peter Abrahams Loki, Sulaiman Balyejjusa, William Nockrach and Maj Gen Julius Oketta.

Some of the parliamentary staff that attended the conference include: clerks Paul Wabwire and Emmanuel Bakwega; Sergeant at Arms, Ahmed Kagoye; and Parliament’s publicist, Helen Kawesa. Other parliamentary staff that travelled were: Ignatius Kasirye, JB Kagoro, Maria Nassali, Martha Kaganzi, Kenneth Nyiiro, Moses Matovu, Bernard Mubazi, Lillian Nsubuga, Jackson Abigaba and Rebecca Konso.

Between September I and 4, Kadaga, alongside other lawmakers, spent another Shs 175m ($62,613) during the Uganda North American Association (UNAA) convention in the USA.

The MPs who travelled with her were: Sam Otada, Edward Baliddawa, Florence Mutyabule, Ann Maria Nankabirwa, Richard Todwong and Ali Kasule Kabuye.

Last week, the deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, was facilitated to a tune of Shs 112 million ($40,162) to attend the African Caribbean Pacific/European Union joint parliamentary assembly in Togo. The week-long conference, which began last Wednesday, November 16, ends this Wednesday, November 23.

Oulanyah is accompanied by MPs Rose Akullo Akol and Yowasi Bihande, and parliamentary workers Jennifer Mujungu, Martha Kaganzi and Mr R. Kaweesa.

Before he travelled to Togo, Oulanyah, on November 2 to 4, attended the Global majority 3rd International Conference on Genocide, a three-day trip that cost Shs 48m ($17,148).

In defence of Parliament, spokesperson Kawesa noted that foreign travel is governed by thorough procedures to avoid abuse, including approval by the Legal committee, the Parliamentary Commission, the Speaker, and even the Office of the Prime Minister.

Justifiable or not, the travel bill of Uganda’s lawmakers is in sharp contrast with the plight of majority of their constituents, who live on less than Shs 2,600 ($1) a day.

Al-Shabaab attack Kenyan warships on Somali coast

MUGADISHO-A group of armed of somalia's Islamist militant group of Al-shabab boarding on four speed boats is reportedly to have launched a massive attack on a fleet of Kenyan naval warships, burning one the warships, according to reliable sources on Sunday.

Witnesses said, that the 20 minute attack on Kenyan warships happened Madhawa Island, an island in southern coast of Somalia, causing damages not casualties.

Neither Kenya nor Al-shabab has made comments about the attack on the Kenyan Warships on Sunday in the lawless coastal territories of Somalia, but it is the first assault on Kenyan warships by Al-shabab since Kenya has sent last month troops and tanks into Somalia to root out the threat of Al-shabab militants on its national security and tourism.

Government and Chadema reached a compromise over Constituion Review Act 2011 Bill

The chairman of the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation and retired Prime Minister, Dr Salim Ahmed Salim (left), retired Prime Minister Joseph Warioba (centre) and Chadema secretary-general Willibrod Slaa during yesterday’s public forum in Dar es Salaam on the importance of the Constitution in the day-to-day lives of Tanzanians. 

Dar es Salaam. The government and Chadema yesterday reportedly reached a compromise over the Constitution Review Act 2011 Bill.Impeccable sources confided to The Citizen that the deal was reached through a series of meetings and consultations which were initiated by one young MP in earnest on Wednesday.Debate on the Bill descended into chaos after Chadema MPs walked out of Parliament following their demand that the proposals should be tabled for the first reading in order to give wananchi more time to debate it, but this was flatly rejected by the government.

Frantic behind-the-scenes efforts by a number of serving and retired leaders to bring Chadema and the government together to negotiate a compromise on the on-going debate on the Bill started on Tuesday. However, consultations went on with the young MP acting as an intermediary between Chadema, the government and two former top national leaders.The source hinted that under the agreement, the government would today allow Chadema to table a list of amendments which it wants to be included in the Bill.
The two sides have reportedly also agreed that in order to give the Bill wider participation, major amendments should also be made in January next year to accommodate other views that would be collected from members of the public.The said compromise was reached after the government categorically refused to withdraw the Bill. But acting in good faith after the government agreed to talk, Chadema also agreed to loosen its stand.

However, asked yesterday if they had reached a compromise with the government over the Bill, the Chadema secretary general, Dr Willibrod Slaa, declined to give any comment. He said the government had no political will to embrace their sentiments. However, he said his party was ready for negotiations as the new constitution was a very important national issue.

“We are ready for negotiations provided that the government desists from embracing party ideologies. They must understand that this is a national issue and party politics should not be entertained,” he said.

However, sources confided to The Citizen that the negotiations involved indirect consultations between Dr Slaa on one side and a high ranking government official on the other through the young MP and two former leaders.
Earlier, the sources hinted that it was not easy to bring the contending parties to the negotiating table “because every side is thinking of political implications of accepting the position of the other.”

On the other hand, NCCR-Mageuzi MPs announced yesterday that if the Bill would be passed today as it is, they would join Chadema in its mission to conduct a parallel move to write a new constitution.

Investigations by The Citizen established that underground efforts to bring Chadema and the government to the negotiating table started on Tuesday. This was a day after Chadema MPs walked out of Parliament in protest of the government move to table the Bill for the second reading.

The moves involved two retired top government officials, who reached out to the government and urged it to relax its stance and listen to Chadema demands.

They argued that the constitution issue should not be partisan but, as one of major stakeholders in the processing of the Bill, Chadema should not be allowed to stay out of the debate.

Later, the two former leaders contacted Chadema through Dr Slaa who indicated that the party was open to discussions if the government was sincerely ready to listen to its demands.

In an exclusive interview with this paper in Tuesday, the Chadema deputy secretary general, Mr Kabwe Zitto, wondered where were the notable statesmen to give the nation the needed direction at this troubled time.
He hinted that he was going to take personal initiatives to entice top leaders of the government and his party to reach a compromise over the issue.

Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the former secretary of the defunct Organisation of African Unity, Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, called for sobriety in the new constitution debate.

Speaking on the sidelines of a symposium organised by the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation on the new constitution, he urged all contending parties to come together and negotiate the issue to reach an amicable compromise.
In Dodoma, the Parliament extended the time for debating the Bill to today, ostensibly to give ministers time to prepare answers to comments by MPs during the debate which started on Monday.

Meanwhile, the former head of the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services (TISS), Dr Hassy Kitine, yesterday cautioned the government not to continue processing the Constitutional Review Bill amid protests from the public against the process.

Speaking at a workshop focusing on Tanzania Constitution and Ethics organised by the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (MNF), he said: “The government could better read signs and know what wananchi want on issues of national interest.”
He added that Chadema’s action to move out of parliament and other protests in the country should be taken into consideration. Former Prime Minister Salim Ahmed Salim, who is the MNF chairman, also called for an amicable debate on the ongoing new constitution process.

“This is the time we need to stick to our national foundations namely unity, humanity, peace and democracy,” he said.He argued that the formation of constitution was a tough exercise that required wide knowledge and intensified citizens’ participation.

SOURCE; The Citzen

POLICE IS THE MOST CORRUPT INSTITUTION IN TZ

The Director General of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), Dr Edward Hosea, displays a report compiled by the Front against Corrupt Elements in Tanzania (FACEIT) in Dar es Salaam on Friday. The report indicates that the Police Force is the most corrupt institution in the country. (Photo by Yusuf Badi)

FREE WORKSHOP ON INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND TV IN MBEYA

                                                           NATIVE FILMES



                     INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND TELEVISION WORKSHOP

[Camera Operation Skills, Basic Photography, Digital Video Editing, Writing for Films, Directing]

     NOVEMBER 12^ND – 27^{TH 2011}

    MBEYA, TANZANIA

  OFFICIAL HANDBOOK

                   2011

                                         LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER

I believe in talents and the people of Africa, I know God has created so much opportunities and it is upon us to explore. We Africans are blessed with so many things and the nature around us, we have so many things to tell the world, however lack of knowledge among our people has made us dull and stagnant before the world.

When I started Native in 2005 my ambition was to unite young talents of creative minds together, I wanted to prepare a free ground where we will meet and do our things…     The things we love doing!  By 2006 I was able to open a recording studio ‘Native Records’ of which I was a producer, free to anyone; we recorded great music, created vibrant beats and the house was burning every day after we came from school. It was music all day long!

When I was in the school of Arts of the University of Dar Es Salaam I developed a love for films, with same ambition I united brothers and sisters and moved Native to another levels.

I still believe if we engage our minds, if we read and understand the things we love doing, we African people will exhale and tell the world about us. This is why I decided to bring this workshop, I want our people to learn and do the things that they loved doing at next levels and mostly enjoy what they love doing.

I hope this workshop will give you satisfaction and implants you all with great mind in professional trends of making films and TV as programs.

Welcome, and be part of our one great big family, the Native Films!

Mohamed; Shah

Founder

                                               LETTER FROM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

                                      INTRODCTION TO FILM AND TELEVISION OVERVIEW

Welcome to the 1^st Native Films’ introduction to Film and Television Workshop!

This workshop is focusing on introducing young talents to Films and Television practices that will transform their capabilities on understanding movies and the technology behind motion pictures. With series of lectures, discussions, screenings, one to one mentorship and critique sessions, the course will introduce participants to professional trends of making films.

The workshop will include writers’ participants who will be trained as directors and will be responsible to direct their own films; it will also include technical participants that are Cameras, Sound recorders and Editors. Writers must have a synopsis of the story they want to present during the workshop, it is from these stories two films will be produced. And since chances of financing a film project are limited writers are asked to make outstanding stories.

Each participants will have to apply with a 100-words letter of why he/she wants to be in the workshop, aspiring applicants are expected to have a background or (and) an inspiration of a dedicated love for films and TV. It is a must for aspiring applicants to know what they want to achieve in Films and (or) Television whether below the line, above the line as front camera and behind camera personnel.

Introduction to Film and TV workshop will make sure each participant get full access to essentials materials, equipments, mentorship, screenings, lectures and one to one session. And by that each participant is required to behave on his/her best behavior. This is serious!

 The workshop will cover 16 days of which will equip 12 participants in a division of 2 cameras, 2 sound recorders, 2 editors, and 6 writers/directors. On second week 2 treatments will be chosen from the 6 writers/directors of which the participants will be required to produce. Those participants whose treatments will not be chosen will crew on the two teams as Assistant Directors and Production Managers. Thus, on the third week all participants will be in two teams of 6 participants each, which will include

Writer/Director, Assistant Director, Production Manager, Camera person, Sound recorder and Editor

During the workshop there will be a free library of movies in DVD’s and Books of the Arts of Motion Pictures, all participants have free access to these materials.

It is our ambition and yet we are proud to keep the spirit of an Art within dedicated African artists, our team has brought great mentors; therefore, we expect all participants to focus and attend the schedules.

This workshop is free and Native Films will provide free equipment to be used during the workshop which will include digital cameras, editing workstations, sound recording devices, and related devices.

                                                               MENTORS PROFILE

Shah Mohamed

Big Shah did his Music and Film degree at the University of Dar Es Salaam’ department of Fine and Performing Arts. He has photographed, directed and produced documentaries, TV Ads and fiction films in East Africa and Europe. In East Africa he has done several TV and Film Documentaries, commercial videos, TV programs and corporate videos. Recently, one of his short film ‘wende’ was selected in the Kenya International Film Festival. His international projects include ‘Kijiji cha Uvuvi Kunduchi’ a documentary with the Malmo Hogskola, a Swedish University. He has also photographed TV and Film documentary in Kampala and travelled across Africa.

Laurent ‘bob’ Mwalugajah

Laurent is a reggae musician and a contemporary African drama practitioner, he has been at Orebro University in Sweden, has performed stage production all over Europe and he is current leading a popular reggae music band ‘one step’ in Sweden. He owns a recording studio In Mbeya, Tanzania and has produced prominent albums. He has been working with sound since 1998 when he was at Bagamoyo College of Arts, Tanzania. Recently, He has directed his first feature ‘Selumato’ which is about to be released very soon.

                                                                              GOAL

Our goal is to see that you have a successful and yet enjoyable workshop, we want to make it possible for you to realize the dream that was seemed impossible. Here is some information that you will find useful: however, if there is anything that we can execute to support you, let us know first.

·         Introduction

There will be an introduction on the first day to make you understand in details the breakdown of this workshop. This will take place on the 12nd of November 2011 at Kiwira Motel Garden.

·         Office

The workshop office is at Kiwira Motel front office, it shall be opened from 0800hrs to 2100hrs daily during all days of workshop. George who is the supervisor of this workshop will be around in the office in case you need any assistance.

If for any reason we are not around, feel free to call George at 715 608 458 or if very necessary call Hance who is the Program Director at 715 446 363.

·         Workshop handbook

You will be given a handbook, and stationeries at the introductory meeting; the handbook will have a workshop schedules, mentors and participants biographies, and projects.

·         Screenings and Discussions

To enhance your understanding in films, there will be a cinema everyday that will be followed by discussions. It is a must for every participant to attend these screenings.

·         Mentor meetings

The program director will advice each mentor on the schedule of meetings: these meetings will take place at the Hotel

·         Official deals

The general phone number of the Native Filmes is 717 282 217 or at native.filmes@yahoo.com, any additional queries please write to us to help make this workshop superb.

                                         GENERAL WORKSHOP GUIDELINES

1.       Introduction

These guidelines explain what we want to achieve and how to achieve in this workshop

Our aim is to prepare you into becoming a professional filmmaker, and that’s all. Our plan of action to achieve this goal is through:

        i.            Lectures

During the workshop there will be number of 24 lectures on improving your writing script, camera work, directing, sound recording, editing and lighting. It is important for every filmmaker to understand each roll in a film crew

      ii.            Mentors

Three mentors will be available during the workshop. These mentors have made remarkable events in their filming practice and achieved. They are here to help you all to learn fast and understand, make use of them. They have dedicated their time freely for you; make the most out of them.

    iii.            Specialization and Divisions

During the production time of the workshop we will produce 2 short films. Only 2 writers among 6 will direct their own movies; however everyone will be part of the process. Every participant will be assigned to work on one of the 2 teams.

     iv.            Native Filmes

The Native Filmes crew will be around to make sure everything happen.

2.       Teams

Your teams are made up of you; you are all in the learning workshop and it is for everyone. A team will consist of:

i.                    Director

They will be responsible to come up with a script to be shot, and in charge of a whole production.

ii.                  Camera

They will be responsible to shoot the movie on digital cameras

iii.                Sound person

They will be responsible to record sound for the films to be shot

iv.                 Editors

They will edit the selected movie to a final movie project

v.                   Assistant Director

They will work under director order; they assume rolls of a director and help him/her to achieve his/her film

vi.                 Production Managers

They are responsible for shooting schedules, budget, logistics and other front office issues concerning a film.

                                                                LAB SCHEDULE

DAY 1

Sat 12nd Nov
0900 – 1100	Introduction	ALL	Program Director
1100 – 1130	Tea Break	ALL	Supervisor
1130 – 1300	All participants watch movie [MUNGIKI DOC]	ALL	Program Assistant
1300 – 1400	Lunch Break	ALL
1400 – 1555	Difference between Film and TV	ALL	Big Shah
1600 – 1700	Film Production and Crew	ALL	Big Shah
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1730 - 1830	Writers meeting with Mentors	Writers	Mentors

DAY 2

Sun 13rd Nov
0900 - 1100	Introduction to Camera and its technology	Technical	Big Shah
	Writers work on their treatment	Writers	Program Assistant
1130 – 1330	Introduction to sounds for Films Sounds and Silence	Technical	Big Shah
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time	ALL
1430 – 1700	Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro	Editors	Big Shah
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch movie [Marry Madagascar]

DAY 3

Mon 14th  Nov
0900 – 1100	Camera shots	Camera	Big Shah
1130 – 1330	Sound participants visits Jam Vibe records studio Introduction to a recording studio and its equipments i.e. Microphone, Mixer, spools, workstation, tape recorders, digital recorder, sound cards	Sounds	Bob Laurent
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time	ALL
1445 – 1655	Editing Techniques	Editors	Big Shah
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 - 2000	All participants watch movies [City Blade Skater]	ALL	Program Assistant

DAY 4

Tues 15th Nov
0900 – 1200	Camera Angles	Camera	Big Shah
	Sound Devices Testing more than one track recording methods and effects	Sounds	Bob Laurent
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time	ALL
1445 – 1655	Classical Editing techniques [Hollywood style]	Editors	Big Shah
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a movie [secret window]

DAY 5

Wed 16th Nov
0900 – 1100	Cinematographic principles. Film Vs Video, Depth of Field/Lensing, White Balance, Exposure, Shutter Gain, Filming cultural practices and choices depending on environments	Camera	Big Shah
	Sound Recording Exercises Cubase SX software	Sounds	Bob Laurent
1130 – 1330	Writers group session Project approach and design	Writers	Hance Njobelo
	Editors starting learning Adobe Premiere	Editors	Big Shah
1330 – 1400	Lunch Time	ALL
1400 – 1655	Field Exercises	Technical	Program Assistant
	Writers group session with Mentors	Writers	Mentors
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a movie [Madagascar]

DAY 6

Thus 17th Nov
0900 – 1325	Cinematographic principles. Interviewing Techniques	Camera	Big Shah
	Sound Mixing Exercises Cubase SX software Importing audio, Cutting, copying and pasting, deleting, separating sounds, audio mixing engine, rendering and exporting Cubase sound project	Sounds	Bob Laurent
	Writers group session Project Funding and Execution	Writers	Hance Njobelo
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time	Editors	Supervisor
1500 - 1655	Editors start to use Adobe Premiere Importing audio and video, Cutting, copying and pasting, deleting, separating sound and video, audio engine, rendering and exporting movie project	ALL	Big Shah
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a movie [Prof. Jengo Documentary]	ALL	Program Manager

DAY 7

Fri 18th Nov
0900 – 1330	Camera participants doing their field exercise	Camera	Big Shah
	Sound Mixing Exercises Continue with Cubase SX software Importing audio, Cutting, copying and pasting, deleting, separating sounds, audio mixing engine, rendering and exporting Cubase sound project	Sounds	Bob Laurent
1130 – 1330	Writers group session Feedback on treatment with the Mentor	Writers	Mentors
	Editors continue to use Adobe Premiere Importing audio and video, Cutting, copying and pasting, deleting, separating sound and video, audio engine, rendering and exporting movie project	Editors	Program Assistant
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time	ALL
1445 – 1655	Discussions with the Program Director	ALL	Program Director
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a documentary [Sanaa Nyumbani kwetu]

DAY 8

Sat 19th Nov
0900 – 1100	PRESENTATION All Writers/Directors presents to mentors and program director their treatment And selection of two short scripts to be shot	ALL	Program Director Mentors
1130 – 1230	Writers group session Intensifying the chosen story	Writers	Big Shah
	Editors continue to use Adobe Premiere Importing audio and video, Cutting, copying and pasting, deleting, separating sound and video, audio engine, rendering and exporting movie project	Editors
	Camera participants continue field exercise	Camera	Program Assistant
	Sound Mixing Exercises Continue with Cubase SX software Importing audio, Cutting, copying and pasting, deleting, separating sounds, audio mixing engine, rendering and exporting Cubase sound project		Bob Lau
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time	ALL
1445 – 1655	Discussions with Mentors	ALL	Program Assistant
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a movie [Making of Avatar]		Program Assistant

DAY 9

Sun 20th Nov
0900 – 1125	PREPRODUCTION Directors setting up meetings with Assistant Directors and Production Managers, technical participants working on exercises with equipment	ALL	Program Assistant
1130 – 1230	Writers group session Evaluation, Budgeting and Meetings Rolls/Research/Location	Writers	Program Director Big Shah/Bob Lau
	Editors Continue exercises	Editors	Program Assistant
	Camera/Sound working together		Bob Lau/Big Shah
1330 – 1425	Lunch Time	ALL
1430 – 1655	PREPRODUCTION CONT’D The teams work on visualizing the film, shot lists, logistics, and releases.	ALL	Big Shah
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a documentary [Olive Tree]		Program Assistant

DAY 10

Mon 21th Nov
0900 – 1100	PREPRODUCTION Directors, Assistant Directors and Production managers goes field for a pre-study on their films, technical participants working on exercises with equipment	ALL	Program Assistant
0900 – 1230	Editors Continue exercises	Editors	Big Shah
1130 – 1230	Writers group session Feedback on their field study to mentors	Writers	Big Shah/Bob Lau
1130 – 1230	Camera/Sound working together
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time	ALL	Supervisor
1445 – 1655	PREPRODUCTION CONT’D The teams work on visualizing the film, shot lists, logistics, and releases. DRAFTING CREW CALLS	ALL	Big Shah
1700 – 1745	Break	ALL
1800 – 2000	All participants watch movies [Maajabu ya Loliondo, Wende, Bring a Change]		Program Assistant

DAY 11

Tue 22nd Nov
0800 – 0830	Team A Equipment Pickup	Team A	Program Assistant
0830 – 0900	Team B Equipment Pickup	Team B	Program Assistant
1000 - 1500	SHOOT/EDIT/LOGGING/DIGITIZING FOOTAGE Mentors will visit production teams on set to see production progress		Program Manager
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time as time dictates	All Teams	Prod Managers
1545 – 1745	SHOOT	ALL	All Team
1800 - 1830	All Teams returning Equipments	All	Program Assistant
1900 – 2000	Teams reporting to Mentors on Field Production CREW CALL from Production Managers		Mentors Program Director Program Assistant

DAY 12

Wed 23rd Nov
0800 – 0830	Team A Equipment Pickup	Team A	Program Assistant
0830 – 0900	Team B Equipment Pickup	Team B	Program Assistant
1000 - 1500	SHOOT/EDIT/LOGGING/DIGITIZING FOOTAGE Mentors will visit production teams on set to see production progress		Program Assistant
1330 – 1430	Lunch Time as time dictates	All Teams	Prod Managers
1545 – 1745	SHOOT	ALL	All Team
1800 - 1830	All Teams returning Equipments	All	Program Assistant
1900 – 2000	Teams reporting to Mentors on Field Production CREW CALL from Production Managers		Mentors Program Director Program Assistant

DAY 13

Thur 24th Nov
0700 – 0800	Breakfast	ALL	Supervisor
0800 – 1300	Adobe Premiere Pro editing Rough Cut Director and Editors	All Team	Program Assistant
1330 – 1430	Lunch	All Teams
1545 – 1700	Editors Continue Editing the Films	All Teams	Big Shah
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a documentary [Nyayo, Kijiji cha Uvuvi Kunduchi]	All teams	Program Assistant

DAY 14

Fri 25th Nov
0800 – 1300	one-on-one sessions with each group evaluating the edit	ALL	Mentors
1330 – 1430	Lunch	All
1545 – 1700	Edit Rough Cut	ALL	Mentors
1800 – 2000	All participants watch short movies [Get rich or Die Trying, More or Less Human, Ngaweje]		Mentors

DAY 15

Sat 26th Nov
0800 – 1300	REVIEW ROUGH CUTS EDIT/COLOUR CORRECTION/SOUND	ALL	Mentors
1330 – 1430	Lunch	All
1545 – 1700	EDIT/COLOUR CORRECTION/SOUND	ALL	Mentors
1800 – 2000	All participants watch a documentary [Native Talk show ‘ Nafasi ya Kijana]		Program Assistant

DAY 16

Sun 27th Nov
0800 – 1000	TITLES	ALL	Mentors
1000 - 1130	Sound Editing, title graphics and color correction
1130 – 1230	REVIEW	All Teams	Mentors
1245 – 1400	OUTPUTTING	ALL	Mentors
1400 - 1500	All teams final reviewing	All teams	Prod Managers
1500 - 1600	Mentors Final reviews on the film	All	Program Director
1600 – 1700	Setting up Cinema/Projector screening room	Crew	Program Assistant
1700 – 1745	Tea	ALL	Supervisor
1800 – 1900	FINAL FILM SCREENING DINNER BBQ in the Garden	ALL	Program Director

                                                    VIDEO AND DVD LIBRARY

Aids Desert (2011)                                                                           Produced by Xavier Ngaweje,

Students of Performing Art, University of

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

Bring a Change (2010)                                                                    Directed by Kamoga Hassan

                                                                                                                Visual Power, Kampala

Uganda

City Blade Skater (2011)                                                                Directed by Hillary Musinguzi

Maisha Film Lab, Kampala

Uganda

                                     

Kijiji cha Uvuvi Kunduchi (2011)                                                A film by Shah Mohamed, Zena Mchujuko and Gabriela Bringelsson

                                                                                                                University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

                                                                                                                Malmo Hogskola, Sweden

Maajabu Ya Loliondo (2009)                                                       NTV, KENYA

                                                                                                                Tanzania

Madagascar I                                                                                     DreamWorks Animation Inc, USA

Madagascar II                                                                                    DreamWorks Animation Inc, USA

Madagascar III                                                                                   DreamWorks Animation Inc, USA

Making of Avatar                                                                             Mob Scene for 20^th Century Fox, USA

Mungiki                                                                                               Directed by Ross Kemp, Kenya

Sky News London

Nafasi ya Kijana (2011)                                                                  Directed by George Goyayi

Native Filmes, Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

No comment TV (2010-2011)                                                      A series of no comment TV

                                                                                                                Produced by Native Filmes, Dar es Salaam

                                                                                                                Tanzania

Nyayo (2010)                                                                                     A film by Happiness Mang’ondi, Nick Ngowi and Alex Wolf

                                                                                                                University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

                                                                                                                Malmo Hogskola, Sweden

Olive Tree                                                                                           Produced and Directed by Osama Qashoo

                                                                                                                Palestine

Origin of Aids                                                                                    Directed by Peter Chappell

Congo

Pambazuko                                                                                        Produced by Emanuel Makene

                                                                                                                Keen Insights, Dar es Salaam

                                                                                                                Tanzania

Prof. Jengo (2008)                                                                           Directed by Issa Mbura

                                                                                                                University of Dar es Salaam

                                                                                                                Tanzania

Rafiki                                                                                                    Directed by Shah Mohamed

                                                                                                                Native Filmes, Dar es Salaam

                                                                                                                Tanzania

Sanaa Nyumbani Kwetu Documentary (2010)                     Produced by Shah Mohamed

                                                                                                                University of Dar es Salaam

                                                                                                                Tanzania

Secret Window                                                                                                Columbia Pictures

                                                                                                                Sony Pictures Entertainment

                                                                                                                US

Tunda (2011)                                                                                      Directed by Shah Mohamed

                                                                                                                University of Dar es Salaam

                                                                                                                Tanzania

Wende (2011)                                                                                   Directed by Gervas Kasiga

                                                                                                                Native Filmes and Bona Fide Film, DSM

                                                                                                                Tanzania

                                                                                BOOKS & ARTICLES LIBRARY

Post-Theory Reconstructing Film Studies                                                              David Bordwell & Noel Carroll

Understanding Movies                                                                                                 Louis Giannetti

Adobe Premiere Classroom in a book                                                                     Adobe System Incorporated

The Television Studies Reader                                                                                  Robert C. Allen & Annette Hill

Hollywood 101 the film industry                                                                               Frederick Levy

      NATIVE FILMES’ INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND TV WORKSHOP FUNDERS 2011

                                                       www.youtube.com/nativefilmes