Businesses should be allowed to go on without all these disruptions. Anyone who has tried their hand in business will agree with me that keeping a business afloat in a competitive market is already a full time job even without government interference.
Celtel/ Airtel is a done deal and should be left alone. Rome was not built in one day, and neither was it built by one government. Each succesive [Roman] regime took from its predeccesors and moved ahead, not backwards - to purputedly correct historical wrongs. The people who were around during divestiture of celtel from ttcl made decisions that were valid in the circumstances obtaining at that time. They were operating with parameters provided to them and under scrutiny of relevant authorities at that time.
What Tanzania needs is more investment, and not scaring away of potential investors, who are already lookin with horror at what happened to Dangote (USD 500M), Acacia (USD 4B), Bagamoyo Port Project (USD 10B), Central Line Project (USD 7.6B) and now Airtel. FDI is the sweetest thing any country in its right senses will try to attract. It brings in new capital to an economy and kick starts multiplier effects within local industries, creating new demand and exponential economic growth. The sum of the parts is greater than the whole.
Finally, there is nothing to be gained by reattaching Airtel to TTCL. Airtel business will stagnate and suffer a long painful death. TTCL's own capital will be eroded as it tries to keep the newly appropriated company afloat in a very red market.