Monday 1 December 2008

Hongo, Rushwa and Ufisadi

The scandals on corruption in Tanzania has come to the extent that new Swahili words have to be put in use.
'Hongo' ~ is bribery.
'Rushwa' ~ is corruption.
'Mlaruswa' ~ is someone who 'Eats' corruption ('walarusha', pl.).
'Ufisadi' ~ is the word to describe what the Tanzanians call 'grand corruption', and what has happened recently is categorised as such.
'Fisad' is a person acting corrupt, someone who has no shame, no conscience in regards of i.e. management of public resources'.
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Attalia Trophy

Attalia Trophy
Open University MK

Attalia Trophy ~ OUSA

Ref: IP/MJ 21 March 1984

Kuldip Attalia,
Sherwood House,
Sherwood Drive,
Bletchley,
Milton Keynes.


Dear Kuldip,

On behalf of the Open University Students’ Association, I would like to thank you and your family for the very generous gift of the “Attalia Trophy”.
We are delighted that you have presented us with this and it will used to encourage our students to raise funds to help their less advantaged, disabled and housebound fellow students.

Each year the “Attalia Trophy” will be presented to “The Branch coming up with the best idea for fundraising”.

We will thus be able to encourage the smaller branches to compete to raise funds.

My thanks once again to you and your family for this most generous and thoughtful donation.

Yours sincerely,


Iris Price
VP Welfare
OUSA ~ The Open University Students Association
OUSA Office Sherwood House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6RN
Phone: 0908 71131

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