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Fish, the Sea and Man
The Name Mtwara
Tide Table
Fish, the Sea and Man
The Name Mtwara
Tide Table
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Dear Readers / Ndugu Msomaji
Welcome to the sixth issue of the “Southern Gateway Magazine”. As we
venture towards a better tomorrow, we thank all our counterparts who have
supported us during the past issues including this one and look forward to
seeing you all again in the coming issues.We would like to invite any business
small or big, young or old to advertise with us as we grow together.
development, sustainability and degradation of the oceanic environment,
not forgetting a negative impact it brings to the tourism industry in the South.
It is our civic duty to enable our fellow humans to show an example and give them good reasons to carry out
History is part and parcel of our every day lives. Not only in schools, but as a means to solving problems and
knowing our identity. It is important to know where we came from in order to understand where we are and
the origin of the name of the Regional capital of Mtwara. Mtwara is among many names echoing in our minds
On closing, we hope you enjoy our publication and urge you to look after our environment, not for praise, not
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tunawashukuru wote ambao wame tuunga mkono katika matoleo yalio pita hadi hili na tunategemea
kujitangaza na tukue kwa pamoja.
Katika toleo hili tunaangalia sekta ya uvuvi ya Kusini, changamoto wanazokabiliana nazo pamoja na madhara
ya uvuvi haramu katika kurudisha maendeleo, uvuvi endelevu, uharibifu wa sakafu ya bahari, bila kusahau
athari zake katika sekta ya utalii wa Kusini. Ni jukumu letu wote kuwawezesha wenzetu kwa kuonyesha
mfano mzuri na kutoa sababu na kutimiza wajibu wetu wakiraia kwa faida yetu na vizazi vijavyo katika
utunzaji wa mazingira yetu.
Historia ni sehemu ya maisha ya kila mtu. Sio tu shuleni bali inatuwezesha kutatua matatizo na kutambua
utambulisho wetu. Kuna umuhimu wakujua tulipotoka ili kuelewa tulipo na tunapoelekea. Kwa kusema hivi,
tunaangalia simulizi mojawapo ya asili ya jina la Mji mkuu wa mkoa wa Mtwara. Mtwara ni miongoni mwa
Kwa kukamilisha, tunatumainia kwamba unafurahia michapisho yetu na kukusihi kutunza mazingira yetu, sio
kwaajili ya sifa wala mapato, bali kwa faida yetu wenyewe na vizazi vyetu vijavyo. Pamoja tutakua.
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Contents / Yaliomo
Dear Readers /
Ndugu Msomaji
Fish, the Sea and Man /
Samaki, Bahari na Banadamu
The Name Mtwara /
Jina la Mwara
Tide Table /
Ratiba ya Muda wa Bahari
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Fish, the Sea
and Man
The Name
Mtwara
Cover Picture / Picha ya Jarida
Mtwara Peoples’
Umbrella Organisation
KIMWAM

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Cover Story
Fish, the Sea and ManShort Line Fishing /
Uvuvi wa ndoana fupi
Socialism / Ujamaa
March - April 2016
Local Fish market - Mtwara /
Soko la Samaki - Mtwara

8. around 1992. Some of the elders were
Mpelumbe do not throw bombs,
STOP!
a seahorse or a whale that one might not
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illegal method is the use of a poisonous
a bowl and mixed with sand and is poured
Ngane

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Sekta ya uvuvi wa ndani mkoani Mtwara
inakua siku hadi siku. Japo kua ni kazi ya
hiyo sawa kwa sawa. Hii ni kuunga sera ya
wavuvi wanaenda kuvua kwa matumaini
Pia inasemekana kua wavuvi wanakutana
hao. Unaweza kusikia hadithi za samaki mtu
“Mpelumbe!!!
Mzee
Samaki, Bahari na
Binadamu
Fishing Dhows /
Mitumbwi ya Uvuvi

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baada ya muda mfupi.
Manitki ya hadithi hizi za ajabu ni rahisi,
mzimu, lakini huwezekana ikawa pweza au
nyangumi. Kupata kuelewa hii nikujaribu
ya kwanza.
zinajulikana zaidi.
zinaletwa na serikali kwakufanyia shughuli
matumizi ya mmea wenye sumu inaitwa
ngane au ulumba au utupa. Mmea huu
unaweza kuzuru na kuua binadamu pia au
anadhurika.
zakupata samaki bila kusumbua makazi
uharibifuwasamaki,uharibifuwamazingira
na sakafu ya bahari. Shughuli nyingine
nakutafuta makazi mapya. Bila kuelewa
kua matumbawe hutumia zaidi ya miaka
Local Fish market - Mtwara /
Soko la Samaki - Mtwara
Kwa taarifa zaidi, msaada, ziara na elimu, wasiliana na:
Wind propelled Dhow /
Ngalawa

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Know
The Name Mtwara
Mtwara (Portuguese: Montewara) Region
Kilimanjaro. The regional capital is the
Municipality of Mtwara. According to the
rate was the 26th highest in the country.
It was also the fourteenth most densely
square kilometer.
and energy infrastructures. The Dar es
electricity for powering industrial and
may come to know that each town/city in
this history as a part of life and culture.
The name Mtwara originated from a small
area called Msanga Mkuu. It started when
anelderfromMsangaMkuuknownasMzee
the founder of Msanga Mkuu. During this
old man decided to snatch all the women he
Mkuu. The act of snatching anything in

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Fahamu
Jina la Mtwara
Mtwara (Kireno: Montewara) ni Mkoa
Mtwara ina bandari yenye kina kirefu
kama sehemu yamaisha na utamaduni.
mkazi wa kwanza Msanga Mkuu akijulikana
na hata wajerumani na waingereza pia
Mtwara.
Story imandikwa na Joseph Mayuni 0755 671 568
Mkufunzi & Mwanahistoria

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DAY 1st Tide 2nd Tide 3rd Tide 4th Tide
1 02:10; 1.2m 08:10; 2.8m 14:10; 1.2m 20:40; 2.9m
2 02:55; 1.4m 08:55; 2.5m 14:55; 1.4m 21:40; 2.7m
3 04:15; 1.4m 10:20; 2.3m 16:20; 1.6m 23:25; 2.6m
4 06:30; 1.6m 12:40; 2.3m 18:35; 1.6m
5 01:15; 2.8m 07:55; 1.3m 14:05; 2.6m 19:55; 1.4m
6 02:20; 3.1m 08:45; 1m 14:55; 2.9m 20:45; 1m
7 03:05; 3.4m 09:20; 0.7m 15:3-; 3.3m 21:30; 0.7m
8 03:45; 3.7m 09:55; 0.4m 16:10; 3.6m 22:10; 0.4m
9 04:25; 3.9m 10:30; 0.2m 16:45; 3.9m 22:45; 0.2m
10 05:00; 4m 11:05; 0.1m 17:20; 4m 23:25; 0.1m
11 05:40; 4m 11:40; 0.1m 18:00; 4.1m
12 00:05; 0.1m 06:15; 3.9m 12:15; 0.2m 18:35; 4m
13 00:45; 0.3m 06:55; 3.6m 12:55; 0.4m 19:15; 4m
14 01:25; 0.5m 07:35; 3.3m 13:35; 0.6m 20:00; 3.5m
15 02:15; 0.9m 08:25; 3m 14:20; 1m 20:55; 3.2m
16 03:15; 1.2m 09:25; 2.6m 15:20; 1.3m 22:10; 2.9m
17 04:45; 1.5m 11:10; 2.4m 17:05; 1.6m
18 00:05; 2.8m 06:55; 1.4m 13:10; 2.5m 19:10; 1.5m
19 01:04; 2.9m 08:10; 1.2m 14:25; 2.8m 20:20; 1.2m
20 02:40; 3.1m 08:55; 1m 15:10; 3m 21:05; 1m
21 03:20; 3.3m 09:30; 0.8m 15:45; 3.3m 21:40; 0.8m
22 03:55; 3.5m 10:00; 0.6m 16:15; 3.5m 22:15; 0.6m
23 04:25; 3.6m 10:25; 0.5m 16:40; 3.6m 22:04; 0.5m
24 04:55; 3.6m 10:55; 0.4m 17:05; 3.7m 23:10; 0.4m
25 05:20; 3.6m 11:20; 0.4m 17:35; 3.7m 23:40; 0.4m
26 05:45; 3.5m 11:45; 0.5m 18:00; 3.7m
27 00:05; 0.5m 06:15; 3.4m 12:10; 0.6m 18:25; 3.6m
28 00:35; 0.6m 06:40; 3.3m 12:35; 0.7m 18:55; 3.5m
29 01:05; 0.8m 07:10; 3.1m 13:05; 0.9m 19:25; 3.3m
30 01:40; 1m 07:40; 2.8m 13:35; 1.1m 20:00; 3m
31 02:20; 1.3m 08:25; 2.6m 14:20; 1.4m 20:55; 2.8m
DAY 1st Tide 2nd Tide 3rd Tide 4th Tide
1 03:25; 1.5m 09:40; 2.4m 15:35; 1.6m 22:30; 2.6m
2 05:25; 1.6m 11:50; 2.4m 17:50; 1.6m
3 00:25; 2.7m 07:05; 1.4m 13:25; 2.6m 19:25; 1.4m
4 01:45; 3m 08:05; 1.1m 14:20; 3m 20:25; 1m
5 02:35; 3.3m 08:50; 0.7m 15:05; 3.4m 21:10; 0.6m
6 03:20; 3.5m 09:25; 0.5m 15:40; 3.7m 21:50; 0.3m
7 04:00; 3.8m 10:05; 0.2m 16:20; 4m 22:30; 0.1m
8 04:40; 3.9m 10:23; 0.3m 16:32; 3.3m 23:10; 0m
9 05:20; 3.9m 11:15; 0.1m 17:35; 4.2m 23:45; 0m
10 06:00; 3.8m 11:55; 0.2m 18:15; 4.1m
11 00:25; 0.2m 06:40; 3.6m 12:30; 0.4m 18:55; 3.9m
12 01:10; 0.5m 07:20; 3.3m 13:15; 0.7m 19:40; 3.5m
13 01:55; 0.8m 08:10 3m 14:00; 1m 20:30; 3.2m
14 02:50; 1.1m 09:10; 2.7m 15:01; 1.4m 21:45; 2.8m
15 04:15; 1.4m 10:50; 2.5m 16:45; 1.6m 23:30; 2.7m
16 06:10; 1.4m 12:40; 2.5m 18:45; 1.5m
17 01:10; 2.7m 07:30; 1.3m 13:55; 2.8m 20:00; 1.3m
18 02:10; 2.9m 08:20; 1.1m 14:40; 3m 20:45; 1m
19 02:55; 3.1m 08:55; 0.9m 15:15; 3.3m 21:20; 0.8m
20 03:30; 3.2m 09:30; 0.7m 15:45; 3.5m 21:50; 0.6m
21 04:00; 3.3m 09:55; 0.6m 16:10; 3.6m 22:20; 0.5m
22 04:30; 3.4m 10:25; 0.5m 16:40; 3.7m 22:50; 0.4m
23 04:55; 3.4m 10:50; 0.5m 17:05; 3.7m 23:15; 0.4m
24 05:25; 3.4m 11:15; 0.5m 17:35; 3.7m 23:45; 0.5m
25 05:50; 3.3m 11:45; 0.6m 18:00; 3.6m
26 00:15; 0.6m 06:20; 3.2m 12:15; 0.8m 18:30; 3.5m
27 00:45; 0.7m 06:55; 3m 12:45; 0.9m 19:05; 3.3m
28 01:20; 0.9m 07:30; 2.9m 13:20; 1.1m 19:40; 3.1m
29 02:05; 1.1m 08:15; 2.7m 14:05; 1.3m 20:35; 2.9m
30 03:05; 1.3m 09:30; 2.5m 15:20; 1.5m 21:55; 2.7m
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Tide Table / Ratiba ya Mawimbi ya Bahari