ubun2
Senior Member
- Jun 23, 2011
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Hi Ben,
Good topic!
The current "thugocracy" state of Tanzania deeply saddens me. In looking back over the past twenty years, this emergence of a thug like governing mentality to create some sort of an "elite" ruling class just for the sake of accumulating power and money is not only a shame to the founding father of this great country but also, an insult to him. It also reveals the "ignorance" and the "stupidity" of a whole ruling class to the matters of state governance. I mean really how many ministers are really qualified to hold the position they hold? They probably are not occupying their position of power through any type of experience but through nepotism. The prevailing arrogant attitude of "entitlement" produces a tunnel vision-blind to the needs of the public but serve the "friend".
1) For the past twenty years, in Tanzania, what happened to education, what happened to training people for a future workforce, what happened? Nothing. Nothing happened in education, in agriculture. Because this "thug like mentality" was a major road block to any sort of development for the country, as is evident today in Tanzania. All the individuals responsible for turning a once beautiful country into a 'gangsters casino" should be held responsible (if there was a rule of law and good governance in effect).
2) The western model of AID cannot work for Africa because it creates a welfare like mentality, it supports dependency but what Africa needs is to work, to produce, to manufacture. And this can only happen if people care about their country enough to say no to corruption, for where there is corruption, there is economic decay. Not development. There is limitless per diems for ministers, limitless first class flights to other countries, limitless unaccounted expenditure. Tanzania's budget is 40% dependent on AID.
3) Today, we are in a new century, and the words of Mwalimu Nyerere ring true when he said corruption was the enemy of justice, he was right. When he promoted agriculture-he was talking about sustainable economics way before "sustainable" became the buzzword of today. When he said that it was the duty of the Tanzanian to help his countrymen, if he went to a foreign land to study, it was his duty to come back and help his country for if he did not then he was a traitor. Mwalimu was right.
4) What corruption does is that it destroys completely. Its aim is complete destruction like an unstoppable virus which has no antidote. Corruption destroys dreams, annihilates hope, breeds despair, frustration, and strips one completely of any dignity. Violates a persons basic rights-education, human. Blatantly disregards rule of law and good governance. Steals from people their livelihood. For women, its worst, for it strips them off their self respect. Ultimately, what corruption produces is an ignorant, arrogant, selfserving biased visionless "entitled" class who rules with fear. As is evident today in what has occurred in Tanzania for the past twenty or so years.
Looking back at history and learning from it in order to go into the future is not a bad idea.
Good topic!
The current "thugocracy" state of Tanzania deeply saddens me. In looking back over the past twenty years, this emergence of a thug like governing mentality to create some sort of an "elite" ruling class just for the sake of accumulating power and money is not only a shame to the founding father of this great country but also, an insult to him. It also reveals the "ignorance" and the "stupidity" of a whole ruling class to the matters of state governance. I mean really how many ministers are really qualified to hold the position they hold? They probably are not occupying their position of power through any type of experience but through nepotism. The prevailing arrogant attitude of "entitlement" produces a tunnel vision-blind to the needs of the public but serve the "friend".
1) For the past twenty years, in Tanzania, what happened to education, what happened to training people for a future workforce, what happened? Nothing. Nothing happened in education, in agriculture. Because this "thug like mentality" was a major road block to any sort of development for the country, as is evident today in Tanzania. All the individuals responsible for turning a once beautiful country into a 'gangsters casino" should be held responsible (if there was a rule of law and good governance in effect).
2) The western model of AID cannot work for Africa because it creates a welfare like mentality, it supports dependency but what Africa needs is to work, to produce, to manufacture. And this can only happen if people care about their country enough to say no to corruption, for where there is corruption, there is economic decay. Not development. There is limitless per diems for ministers, limitless first class flights to other countries, limitless unaccounted expenditure. Tanzania's budget is 40% dependent on AID.
3) Today, we are in a new century, and the words of Mwalimu Nyerere ring true when he said corruption was the enemy of justice, he was right. When he promoted agriculture-he was talking about sustainable economics way before "sustainable" became the buzzword of today. When he said that it was the duty of the Tanzanian to help his countrymen, if he went to a foreign land to study, it was his duty to come back and help his country for if he did not then he was a traitor. Mwalimu was right.
4) What corruption does is that it destroys completely. Its aim is complete destruction like an unstoppable virus which has no antidote. Corruption destroys dreams, annihilates hope, breeds despair, frustration, and strips one completely of any dignity. Violates a persons basic rights-education, human. Blatantly disregards rule of law and good governance. Steals from people their livelihood. For women, its worst, for it strips them off their self respect. Ultimately, what corruption produces is an ignorant, arrogant, selfserving biased visionless "entitled" class who rules with fear. As is evident today in what has occurred in Tanzania for the past twenty or so years.
Looking back at history and learning from it in order to go into the future is not a bad idea.
