A Dictator on the Rise? How President Magufuli Is Now Showing His True Colours

[dumuzi]

Fatma ni CHADEMA.. so whatever she points out will not be fair for CCM government, she is an opposition..!! Secondly, she has no man to screw her up on daily basis to calm her internal pressure down, sasa hizo genyes zake na pressure za upinzani anatuletea katika maendeleo yetu..!! Mtetea mashoga ana kazi kweli sasa hv, na bado au aende kabisa waliko tangaza ushoga ni halali.. Firauni huyu..!!

Mkuu so your issue is personal, with Fatuma Karume. Hujachangia hoja iliyopo. Matusi uliyomtukana huyo dada hayabadilishi kilichoandikwa. Mchango wako ungekuwa wa maana kama ungeeleza kama kwa nini unafikiri hii habari hakuzungumzia ukweli au kama ni kweli nini kifanyike. Nilfikiri JF ni jukwaa la GT, mahali tunapo eleweshana na kujifunza. More over mkuu throwing insults tend to show you civilization level and the level of your intelligence.

 

[Retired]

Huyu ni rafiki wa mabeberu hasa! Kuna kosa gani kutumia wanajeshi kujnga nchi wakati wa amani? mwananchi gani ameingiwa na woga kwa uwepo wao?

Hatukuzoea, tukianza na hili la kuwa involve wanajweshi mitaani, tutakwenda mbali zaidi na kuwa involve katika ........

 

[Retired]

Fatma ni CHADEMA.. so whatever she points out will not be fair for CCM government, she is an opposition..!! Secondly, she has no man to screw her up on daily basis to calm her internal pressure down, sasa hizo genyes zake na pressure za upinzani anatuletea katika maendeleo yetu..!! Mtetea mashoga ana kazi kweli sasa hv, na bado au aende kabisa waliko tangaza ushoga ni halali.. Firauni huyu..!!

Ukitukanwa usilalame , kuwa oh wamenitukani mama etc, chunga maandishi yako! Have a nice day! There is no need of ad hominen argument, just respond to the "accusation"; of what you do not like etc... intelligently!

 

[Retired]

Mkuu so your issue is personal, with Fatuma Karume. Hujachangia hoja iliyopo. Matusi uliyomtukana huyo dada hayabadilishi kilichoandikwa. Mchango wako ungekuwa wa maana kama ungeeleza kama kwa nini unafikiri hii habari hakuzungumzia ukweli au kama ni kweli nini kifanyike. Nilfikiri JF ni jukwaa la GT, mahali tunapo eleweshana na kujifunza. More over mkuu throwing insults tend to show you civilization level and the level of your intelligence.

Dumuzi asante sana tena sana!

 

[dumuzi]

But wouldn't you agree with me that we have to start again somewhere ? Do you think we should maintain status quo indefinately ? We shouldn't lose hope like this...

Mkuu it is only until can we be in a position to say quits. It takes time to build the sustainable economy through ujamaa kujitegemea. It's not something you can do overnight.

 

[Chief Kabikula]

W

Is this new ? We already know their position ! So what ? We can not depend on aid ad infinitum ! We have to cut lose at some point in time and start standing on our own feet !

which feet Will you stand with while a country depends about forty % of its budget from donors country (EU) etc

 

[komamgo]

“We as Tanzanians are not accustomed to this ... Since independence, we have not seen the army on the streets like this,” said lawyer Fatma Karume.

Wanaojua kizungu someni, msiojua piteni tu! Sina muda wa kutafsiri.

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The soldiers started fanning out in the cashew nut growing regions of southern Tanzania - a jolting sight for traders and, campaigners say, a watershed moment for a country once held up as a darling of development groups.

The government said the troops were there last week to make sure growers and markets were obeying new orders by President John Magufuli, known to his supporters as “the bulldozer”. His forceful interventions on everything from commerce to sexual morality have placed him on a collision course with donors.


On Monday, soldiers were out again further north in the tourist hub of Arusha, this time to crack down on street black market currency dealers.

“We as Tanzanians are not accustomed to this ... Since independence, we have not seen the army on the streets like this,” said lawyer Fatma Karume who has represented opposition lawmakers in a series of lawsuits.

“There’s a climate of fear. To suggest that Magufuli’s policies are populist or popular is not understanding the mood among the average person. These policies are not popular, they’re authoritarian.”

Magufuli, 59, has said his interventions protect the economy. He appeals to nationalism - railing against foreign interference and telling women not to use birth control because Tanzania needs more people.

“Some countries are now facing declining population growth. They are short on manpower ... I see no reason to control births in Tanzania,” the president said in a speech in September.

But donors and investors have looked on with increasing alarm, wondering at the speed of the decline of Tanzania’s international standing. They say the economic and social interventions have been accompanied by increasing restrictions on the opposition, the press, even bloggers.


“Respect for human rights and the rule of law has been repeatedly undermined,” the EU mission in the country announced last week after saying government pressure had led to the “forced departure” of its ambassador.
Foreign Affairs Minister Augustine Mahiga told Reuters that the government had had a number of unspecified issues with the ambassador, without elaborating.
“Tipping point”

Denmark suspended $10 million in planned aid last week over “unacceptable homophobic comments” by the governor of commercial capital Dar es Salaam, after he said a new security squad would start rounding up LGBT people. The foreign ministry later said his statement did not reflect official policy.

“What we are now seeing is a tipping point where (the government) has gone after so many different groups that international donors are saying ‘Enough is enough’,” said Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy at Britain’s Birmingham University.

“The question is whether donors are going to continue to pull out,” he said. “Tanzania is not a country that can survive without this support, even though it has significant natural resources.”

The government has for years received more than a billion dollars annually in foreign grants, putting it among the five biggest aid recipients in Africa, according to the World Bank.

Such grants are expected to account for more than 8 percent of spending, according to this year’s budget.

The government response to criticism has ranged from a defiant defence of its record to quieter retreats on individual disputes.

Mahiga, the minister, dismissed pressure from aid groups as “intimidation”.

“They are using the words ‘You will suffer the consequences’”, the minister told Reuters, declining to name the government he had been speaking to.

“If these are the consequences we are ready to suffer,” he said. “We cannot kneel down and be blackmailed, because they have money and we are poor. I think this is not how international behaviour should be between neighbours.”

“Direction of travel”

Other responses have been less confrontational.

The World Bank this month put a planned $300 million loan for an education project on hold, partly in response to a law preventing pregnant girls from returning to school.

World Bank Vice President Hafez Ghanem flew into the country to discuss the issue, then said a cautious agreement had been reached to get the loan process back on track after Tanzania agreed to reconsider the legislation.

It is a world away from Magufuli early days, when he came to power in 2015, and won international praise for his promises to crack down on corruption.

He courted popularity with surprise visits at government departments, at one point walking into the country’s main public hospital and sacking senior managers, saying they were not delivering.
But for Murithi Mutiga of the International Crisis Group, the populist alarm bells were already there.

“The world has only begun to pay attention to the situation after Magufuli weighed in on social wedge issues that typically attract media coverage, “ he said.

“But the direction of travel in which he was taking Tanzania was clear from the start.”

CHANZO: A Dictator on the Rise? How President Magufuli Is Now Showing His True Colours | The African Exponent

Chadema hayana nyimbo mpya. Wanarudia kukuu, Maskini Wachagga na kifo cha mende.

 

[PumziNdefu]

But wouldn't you agree with me that we have to start again somewhere ? Do you think we should maintain status quo indefinately ? We shouldn't lose hope like this...

Start with what? What will you replace the billions of dollar in aid we currently depend on? Starving your own people??
Ask Zimbabwe they started, where did they end up??

 

[Mnyaluhala.]

Huyu demu mpeni uenyekiti chadema tuu hizi nyege zake zitulie maana anahangaika sana.

 

[chagonjam]

Hatukuzoea, tukianza na hili la kuwa involve wanajweshi mitaani, tutakwenda mbali zaidi na kuwa involve katika ........

Hakuna issue mkuu, wanajeshi ni watoto wetu wenyewe.

 

[OKW BOBAN SUNZU]

Fatma ni CHADEMA.. so whatever she points out will not be fair for CCM government, she is an opposition..!! Secondly, she has no man to screw her up on daily basis to calm her internal pressure down, sasa hizo genyes zake na pressure za upinzani anatuletea katika maendeleo yetu..!! Mtetea mashoga ana kazi kweli sasa hv, na bado au aende kabisa waliko tangaza ushoga ni halali.. Firauni huyu..!!

Mama yako mwenye man to screw her up on daily basis hana pressure?mbona anapigwa mashine mpaka umekuwa jitu zima na anaugua pressure. Jenga hoja acha matusi,Fatima ni sawa na mama yako,

 

[OKW BOBAN SUNZU]

Start with what? What will you replace the billions of dollar in aid we currently depend on? Starving your own people??
Ask Zimbabwe they started, where did they end up??

Achana na huyo ana hoja za kufikirika. Anaongea kujitegemea kama vile ni jambo la kufumba na kufumbua

 

[Retired]

Mama yako mwenye man to screw her up on daily basis hana pressure?mbona anapigwa mashine mpaka umekuwa jitu zima na anaugua pressure. Jenga hoja acha matusi,Fatima ni sawa na mama yako,

asante sana Boban angalia post #23. Nimemjibu, asante kwa kumalizia!

 

[Retired]

Achana na huyo ana hoja za kufikirika. Anaongea kujitegemea kama vile ni jambo la kufumba na kufumbua

anasahau kuwa vyote tunavyouza tunawauzia hao hao, wakivikataa kwa trade embargo unauza wapi ili upate pesa ujitegemee! au ukiwa na korosho gharani hazina soko inatosha kujitegemea?

 

[Phillipo Bukililo]

Uzi mwingine wa kulialia, uzi mwingine kutoka kwa mawakala wa mabeberu. Tutakomaa na nyinyi mpaka mwisho wa nyakati.

 

[HEKIMA KWANZA]

Fatu

“We as Tanzanians are not accustomed to this ... Since independence, we have not seen the army on the streets like this,” said lawyer Fatma Karume.

Wanaojua kizungu someni, msiojua piteni tu! Sina muda wa kutafsiri.

========

The soldiers started fanning out in the cashew nut growing regions of southern Tanzania - a jolting sight for traders and, campaigners say, a watershed moment for a country once held up as a darling of development groups.

The government said the troops were there last week to make sure growers and markets were obeying new orders by President John Magufuli, known to his supporters as “the bulldozer”. His forceful interventions on everything from commerce to sexual morality have placed him on a collision course with donors.


On Monday, soldiers were out again further north in the tourist hub of Arusha, this time to crack down on street black market currency dealers.

“We as Tanzanians are not accustomed to this ... Since independence, we have not seen the army on the streets like this,” said lawyer Fatma Karume who has represented opposition lawmakers in a series of lawsuits.

“There’s a climate of fear. To suggest that Magufuli’s policies are populist or popular is not understanding the mood among the average person. These policies are not popular, they’re authoritarian.”

Magufuli, 59, has said his interventions protect the economy. He appeals to nationalism - railing against foreign interference and telling women not to use birth control because Tanzania needs more people.

“Some countries are now facing declining population growth. They are short on manpower ... I see no reason to control births in Tanzania,” the president said in a speech in September.

But donors and investors have looked on with increasing alarm, wondering at the speed of the decline of Tanzania’s international standing. They say the economic and social interventions have been accompanied by increasing restrictions on the opposition, the press, even bloggers.


“Respect for human rights and the rule of law has been repeatedly undermined,” the EU mission in the country announced last week after saying government pressure had led to the “forced departure” of its ambassador.
Foreign Affairs Minister Augustine Mahiga told Reuters that the government had had a number of unspecified issues with the ambassador, without elaborating.
“Tipping point”

Denmark suspended $10 million in planned aid last week over “unacceptable homophobic comments” by the governor of commercial capital Dar es Salaam, after he said a new security squad would start rounding up LGBT people. The foreign ministry later said his statement did not reflect official policy.

“What we are now seeing is a tipping point where (the government) has gone after so many different groups that international donors are saying ‘Enough is enough’,” said Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy at Britain’s Birmingham University.

“The question is whether donors are going to continue to pull out,” he said. “Tanzania is not a country that can survive without this support, even though it has significant natural resources.”

The government has for years received more than a billion dollars annually in foreign grants, putting it among the five biggest aid recipients in Africa, according to the World Bank.

Such grants are expected to account for more than 8 percent of spending, according to this year’s budget.

The government response to criticism has ranged from a defiant defence of its record to quieter retreats on individual disputes.

Mahiga, the minister, dismissed pressure from aid groups as “intimidation”.

“They are using the words ‘You will suffer the consequences’”, the minister told Reuters, declining to name the government he had been speaking to.

“If these are the consequences we are ready to suffer,” he said. “We cannot kneel down and be blackmailed, because they have money and we are poor. I think this is not how international behaviour should be between neighbours.”

“Direction of travel”

Other responses have been less confrontational.

The World Bank this month put a planned $300 million loan for an education project on hold, partly in response to a law preventing pregnant girls from returning to school.

World Bank Vice President Hafez Ghanem flew into the country to discuss the issue, then said a cautious agreement had been reached to get the loan process back on track after Tanzania agreed to reconsider the legislation.

It is a world away from Magufuli early days, when he came to power in 2015, and won international praise for his promises to crack down on corruption.

He courted popularity with surprise visits at government departments, at one point walking into the country’s main public hospital and sacking senior managers, saying they were not delivering.
But for Murithi Mutiga of the International Crisis Group, the populist alarm bells were already there.

“The world has only begun to pay attention to the situation after Magufuli weighed in on social wedge issues that typically attract media coverage, “ he said.

“But the direction of travel in which he was taking Tanzania was clear from the start.”

CHANZO: A Dictator on the Rise? How President Magufuli Is Now Showing His True Colours | The African Exponent

Fatuma Karume anawasema Babu na Baba yake au nani?

 

[Sandinistas]

Murithi Mutiga was damn right; he saw it coming. I for one was never hoodwinked. As soon as the invasion of public places started and street cleaning I knew we had been taken for a ride. I have never believed in those petty things from a true leader.

 

[Sijijui]

Is this new ? We already know their position ! So what ? We can not depend on aid ad infinitum ! We have to cut lose at some point in time and start standing on our own feet !

Mkuu kwa namna ccm inavyoongoza nchi yetu kwa kuwekeza kwenye ujinga ili waendelee kuwepo madarakani,nakuhakishia no way tunaweza kujitegemea hata kwa miezi miwili-Kuwa na kiongozi tu mwenye mawazo kuwa Serikali haipati hasara-hiyo tu ni hasara on its own

 

[Sijijui]

But wouldn't you agree with me that we have to start again somewhere ? Do you think we should maintain status quo indefinately ? We shouldn't lose hope like this...

before that we need to go back to the basics otherwise tunajilisha upepo-tuwekeze kwenye elimu na si STR or Ndege-vitu hivi haviwezi kutuwezesha kujitegemea

 

[Sandinistas]

Alichofanikiwa sana Rais Magufuli katika mwaka 2018 ni kuiweka Tanzania kwenye 'chart' isichokistahili kabisa. Mafanikio haya sasa ndio yatakuwa yanatutambulisha waTanzania duniani kote.

Tumeanza kuwa nchi ya kutajwa kila mara kwa mabaya na sio kwa mazuri, kwa nini, kwa sababu ya staili tu ya utekelezaji wa mambo wa mtu mmoja!

Mambo ya msingi kabisa ambayo yalipashwa kutekelezwa kwa kufuata taratibu na sheria tu za kawaida, sasa ndio inakuwa lebo ya kututambulisha katika jumuia za kimataifa.

Sasa ni sisi, kupambana na hao 'mabeberu' na wote wasaliti wanaoshirikiana nao!

Mabavu, mabavu tu kila kitu, tunatumia akili kidogo katika kutafuta majibu na suluhisho ya matatizo, sisi manguvu haya tumeyatoa wapi? Urais wetu utawatisha hata hao mabeberu kama unavyotutisha sisi tuliopo hapa? Wakisikia rais akiunguruma, 'ana-bulldozer' raia zake na hao mabeberu watatishika na kuufyata kama tunavyoufyata sisi raia?

Sasa tunajisemea hatuhitaji misaada ya masharti toka kwa 'mabeberu'. Sawa, sote tunataka iwe hivyo, lakini huhitaji kukorofishana na watu ili wakunyime misaada. Waambie tu, wakati wowote kwamba wewe huhitaji misaada wataacha kukupa hiyo misaada. Kwani ni lazima wakupe?

Great. Hate kwenye makinikia hatukuhitaji kugombana nao wakati tulichotaka ni sheria mpya.