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TOWARDS OCT. 31st: there are places we should not post our president’s photograph |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:02 |
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The race to national, parliamentary and local government leadership positions in Tanzania is on. All contesting political parties are, of course, doing it in their own style. But, as a nation, there are lots of lessons that we must learn down the lane.
One thing we must appreciate is the fact that our sons and daughters, who were born when we decided to revert to multi-party rule in 1992, will be voting for the first time. They may be having choices that could shock us. They know what they want much better than their older generation does.
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PLAYING THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE- Election graft: PCCB still hounding small fry |
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Friday, 20 August 2010 08:41 |
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By Karl Lyimo
THE Prevention & Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has kicked up a lot of hullabaloo in recent days and weeks. That was when its agents who were apparently prowling around and about preferential polling centres for members of the ruling party CcM aspiring to become election candidates for the Council and parliamentary polling slated for October 31 this year.
In the event, the agents seem to have harvested a goodly crop of corruption suspects countrywide. These are alleged to have bribed party officials and ordinary party members who, in one way or another, could – nay: would – have been in a position to influence the outcome of the preferential polling in such a way as to give undue advantage to the bribers over other aspirants who had not traveled the Corruption Road…
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Tanzania: a land of peace and six ghosts of fear |
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Friday, 20 August 2010 08:38 |
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MWEMEZI MAKUMBA
IF there is anything that political leaders have been proud of in the entire history of Tanzania, it must be the peace and security of our nation.
They’ve also boasted in the generosity and hospitality of the citizens which is complemented by many natural resources and rich flora and fauna. This makes our landscape attractive throughout the year.
Visitors to this beautiful land might easily think our economy is very strong due to tourism and agricultural activities.
This is actually how it should have been, had it had not been for the misfortune of getting corrupt and irresponsible political leaders over the years.
All regimes since the era of Mwalimu Nyerere have been ardent in praise of this peaceful land with generous and kind people.
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Leaving malaria control to the mosquito! |
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Friday, 20 August 2010 08:36 |
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Within the chronicles of the World Bank one will find a horde of information about what is called Indigenous Knowledge, mostly known after its IK acronym. This constitutes grassroots proverbs, idioms and the like sayings, mostly from Third World communities, notably Africa.
Its main objective is to capitalize on what is known on the ground in order to enhance grassroots governance and accountability. The expected outcome is that WB support programmes would deliver.
So, for example, in order to promote a risk taking attitude as an essential component of income generation activities among grassroots Tanzanian communities, one would fall back on IK rather than resort to academic theories of economics.
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Zanzibar Referendum: Getting the terms right |
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Friday, 13 August 2010 10:57 |
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Willing people of voting age in Unguja and Pemba islands making up Zanzibar, a partner in the United Republic of Tanzania, have just been through a referendum on how they want political affairs in their side of the Union to be run.
Come whatever general election results from the forthcoming ones, the majority decision is that they want a unity government in place.
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