No Mister President, we do not need more Investments to improve our lives!

[Rev. Kishoka]

Your excellency President Kikwete,

I beg to differ with you Sir on your statement during May Day celebrations that we need more investements as a way of improving our living conditions.

What we need Mister President is hard work, self discipline, living fiscally, clear and objective goals, become smarter and accountable managers of our resources!

Mister President, your government has a thousand innitiatives on paper and continues to publish more, but there is inefficiency, bureaucracy, corruption and lack of accountability and follow through on anything.

Please stop making political statements and start walking the talk!

By Felix Andrew
2nd May 2011
President Jakaya Kikwete has said the government will continue to improve the investment environment so as to have more local investors, particularly small and medium entrepreneurs invest in various sectors.
He said this yeaterday when addressing workers at the climax of May Day celebrations marked at national level in Morogoro municipality.
He said the government will continue to reduce bureaucracy, improve issuance of business permits and improve the economic infrastructure.
Kikwete said the government wants to see the increase in employment opportunities, particularly for youth, who complete education in institutions of higher learning and those in the streets.
The President requested the workers’ unions and employers’ associations to cooperate with the government to ensure that these goals are achieved.
According to President Kikwete, such cooperation would attract more investors, especially from abroad, to support the nation’s economic growth.
The President also ordered transfer of labour officers who have worked at one station for a long time to clear the air that such officers deny fellow workers to get their rights on time.
Kikwete also assured Tanzanians that no one will work as a ‘slave’ in this country, challenging higher learning institutions to establish programmes that would make graduates compete, especially in the newly set up East African Common Market.
He told employers to abide by labour laws and improve labour relations in order to increase productivity.
Turning on the side of employees, he advised them to fulfill their obligations, work hard, respect their jobs and demand their rights according to the laws.
“It is true that if the workers’ rights are not protected, this could bring chaos, but I thank you for realizing that this issue is not for government only,” he stressed.
President Kikwete directed the Labour and Employment and Youth minister Gaudentia Kabaka and Home Affairs minister Shamsi Nahodha, to make sure that government officers do not allow foreigners to do works which can be done by Tanzanians.
He said procedures for employment of foreigners are known, adding that once recruited against the stipulated laws the responsible officials should be answerable.
“I believe Nahodha is listening even if he is not here. It is a sin to leave Tanzanians without employment and recruiting foreigners without following required procedures and laws. Please (workers) do not hesitate to inform us,” he said.
Earlier, Acting General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA), Nicholas Mgaya, reiterated his call on the government to improve their welfare.
He said workers were still unhappy with the working environment, while many retired civil servants did not enjoy their retirement dues due.
“We still appeal to you President Kikwete to improve our welfare, pay us at least living wages and improve tax policies as workers are overburdened with high taxes, particularly Pay As You Earn (PAYE),” he said.
On PAYE, he said workers want the tax rate to fall to at least a single digit from the current double digits.
Workers, according to him, were not contented with the massive misappropriation of public funds and properties within government ministries, departments and agencies, he said.
“We are equally not satisfied with how the state responds to this kind of robbery within these organisations and we would therefore like to see quick measures taken on this trend,” he said.
He urged the government to cut unnecessary expenses in order to improve the workers salary. Citing, he said per diems, seminars, motor vehicle maintenance, purchasing of luxurious motor vehicles and motorcades should be trimmed off.
Mgaya also proposed reduction of tax exemption saying a total of 600bn/- could be saved and used other development activities.
He said most of the tax exemptions benefited investors in sectors of mining, industries, trade hence should it diverted to the agricultural activities.

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

Neno la Mchungaji.. mwenzio anasema bila uwekezaji hatuwezi kuendelea.. haijalishi huo uwekezaji unasimamiwa vipi, unafanywa na nani, kwa vipi na katika malengo gani.. ingekuwa uwekezaji peke yake ni dawa ya kuendelea kuna nchi zingekuwa mbali sana na sisi!

 

[Rev. Kishoka]

Porojo tupu huyu ndugu!

 

[Ben Saanane]

Your excellency President Kikwete,

I beg to differ with you Sir on your statement during May Day celebrations that we need more investements as a way of improving our living conditions.

What we need Mister President is hard work, self discipline, living fiscally, clear and objective goals, become smarter and accountable managers of our resources!

Mister President, your government has a thousand innitiatives on paper and continues to publish more, but there is inefficiency, bureaucracy, corruption and lack of accountability and follow through on anything.

Please stop making political statements and start walking the talk!

Long time Reverend,

Tanzania's policy on development in general or investment in particular is not supposed to and cannot be a ruling political party slogan but a meaningful and purposeful statement of intent with a coherent, consistent and commensurate set of well thought out and achievable objectives and instruments to ameliorate a properly diagnosed policy problem. The policy process should neither be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency as is often the case with many policies nor be a journalistic or newspaper story. A developmental policy for Tanzania must be predicated on a vision to transform the economy and society at large.
The Chinese government has carried out a full-scale fight against poverty in an organized and planned manner over the past two decades, having amassed human, material and financial strength and mobilized all sectors of society for this purpose. While increasing investment to improve production and living conditions in poverty-stricken areas,
China has also paid more attention to ecological and environmental protection and for sustainable development. This was all attributable to broad participation in subsequent reform drive economic growth and a well funded national poverty reduction program

Neno la Mchungaji.. mwenzio anasema bila uwekezaji hatuwezi kuendelea.. haijalishi huo uwekezaji unasimamiwa vipi, unafanywa na nani, kwa vipi na katika malengo gani.. ingekuwa uwekezaji peke yake ni dawa ya kuendelea kuna nchi zingekuwa mbali sana na sisi!

Tatizo ni kwamba pamoja na kusoma Uchumi bado anafarijika kusikia watu wakisema Rais anadanganywa na washauri wake wa Uchumi.
Yes,we cant deny that we need Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) .Lakini ni lazima tuweke clear policies zitakazomfaidisha mtanzania,kuna ile sheria ya Private partnership ina mapungufu.nikipata muda nitaileta hapa au kule kwingine tuichambue

Porojo tupu huyu ndugu!

Anaongelea Investment ilihali hawezi kudhibiti mfumuko wa bei na madhara yake wawekezaji uchwara wanakuja na kuzuia fursa za watanzania kuajiriwa,lengo la healthy Investment ni kuongeza Ajira.Sasa hata gharama za malighafi zipo juu,sarafu imeporomoka,Import ni Expensive,Kenya wananufaika kutokana na kuwa karibu na Potential Economic Power in the region waliolala(Tanzania).

Ukimsikia anaongelea Investment anaongea kama vile anaongelea wakenya kuja kujenga shule tu.Kazi kweli,tabu tupu!Anadanganywa

 

[zumbemkuu]

Porojo tupu huyu ndugu!

kamuambukiza na mwanae porojo.

 

[zumbemkuu]

nalinganisha usemi wake (mkuu wa nchi) na tabia ya kizamani ya wazee kuzaa watoto wengi kama njia ya kuongeza labor force kwenye kashamba kanakoweza kulimwa na watu wawili au mmoja, ni ulimbukeni tu.

 

[mkulimamwema]

Wajemeni tumpe muda mh JK ili atize ahadi ya maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania pia na ile chorus"ARI MPYA NGUVU MPYA NA KASI MPYA" lakini kwa mwendo huu labda tumpe MH miaka 20 mingine atimize ahadi zake

 

[zumbemkuu]

Wajemeni tumpe muda mh JK ili atize ahadi ya maisha bora kwa kila Mtanzania pia na ile chorus"ARI MPYA NGUVU MPYA NA KASI MPYA" lakini kwa mwendo huu labda tumpe MH miaka 20 mingine atimize ahadi zake

:closed_2: by CDMA

 

[THINKINGBEING]

nalinganisha usemi wake (mkuu wa nchi) na tabia ya kizamani ya wazee kuzaa watoto wengi kama njia ya kuongeza labor force kwenye kashamba kanakoweza kulimwa na watu wawili au mmoja, ni ulimbukeni tu.

Kweli mkuu.Imani hii potofu aliyonayo rais wetu iapaswa kukemewa.

 

[Ntemi Kazwile]

Imani ya Rais wetu mpendwa ni kwamba Tanzania haiwezi kuendelea bila misaada ya nje, na misaada anayoitaka yeye ni kwa ajiri ya kununua bidhaa kama madaftari na vifaa vya kufundishia mashuleni, vifaa na madawa mahospitalini. Na ikiwezekana tujengewe miundombinu ya mabarabara!

Kama angekuwa anakopa kwa ajiri kujenga miundombinu ya kuwezesha kesho tujitegemee kama mabwawa na mifereji ya umwagiliaji, n.k tungeweza kumwelewa.