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HOTUBA YA KIKWETE MWISHO WA MWEZI JULAI 31, 2010 Videos, Watch Free HOTUBA YA KIKWETE MWISHO WA MWEZI JULAI 31, 2010 Videos Online : IN.com
President Kikwete starts to talk about the road Arounnd 09:26 (on the video timer)
Fellow countrymen, it is a fundamental policy of the government of Tanzania to link all the administrative regions (provinces/ states) of Tanzania by tarmac roads. In implementing that policy on the part of the Arusha and Mara regions, the government has decided to build a tarmac road, from Musoma , Bunda to Mto wa Mbu passing through Mugumu and Loliondo.
In recognizing that this road must pass through the Serengeti Reserve/ Park, and in recognizing the importance of environmental conservation in the Serengeti Reserve, the part of this road which will be inside the Serengeti reserve will not have tarmac. This part will be paved with gravel like all other roads in the Serengeti reserve as of now, as well as other roads in other reserves in the country.Fellow countrymen this decision of the government has caused a passionate debate among people with interests in the environment and wildlife conservationist.I am aware there are people opposed to the construction of this road, for sure they are vehemently opposed to it, and most of them are coming from outside of our country.
I would like to assure these friends of ours, that I am one of the chief environmental activists and a great admirer of the Serengeti reserve, I have visited the reserve many times, I think more than twenty times now. Because of that, I will be the last person to accept something that has a great negative impact to the Serengeti reserve to take place, I will not accept that. I am also passionate about the development of our country, and the development of our it's people, including the people living near the Serengeti reserve, but outside the reserve.
These countrymen deserve and have a right to get access to development just as their fellow countrymen do all over the country when they get tarmac roads. For one to deny them that right because of the Serengeti reserve, while they live outside the reserve, and they have been living outside the reserve all their lives, it is difficult to get agreeable/ fitting explanation to tell them so they can understand you. I would like my fellow environmental activists, and fellow admirers of the Serengeti reserve, to recognize this truth and give it it's proper weight. It is not wise to have a thinking that cares only for one side, without caring for the interests of the other side. We must have a thinking that
aims to consider the interests of both sides.
Fellow countrymen, sometimes when I hear these noises (protests) I wonder and ask myself many questions without getting adequate answers. The truth is that vehicles going to Musoma and Mwanza from Arusha do pass right through the center of the Ngorongoro and Serengeti reserves, and when you consider the length, from the Ngorongoro gate , where the vehicles enter into the Ngorongoro reserve all the way to where the vehicles leave at the 40 Ikoma gate, where the Serengeti reserve end, these vehicles traverse 204 kms inside the reserves, and if you will go to emerge at the gate on the way to Mwanza, one place called Kidabaga, the distance is even longer. But using this newly proposed road, vehicles will pass through the reserves for only a distance of 50 km, they will have passed through. The tarmac road from Bunda and Musoma through Mugumu will end at a place called Tabora B. And the one from Mto wa Mbu through Loliondo will end at a place called Klein's camp, and the distance from Klein's camp and Tabora B is the Serengeti reserve, which is a distance of 50 kms only, and the thinking is once we have this road vehicles will not pass through the center of the reserves for the distance of 204 kms, the only vehicles which will continue to pass through that area will be for those going to look at animals, so my fellows, is that enterprise that bad ?
Fellow countrymen those of us in government are ready to listen to different views, but their suggestions should also answer the questions and issues from the people of the districts of Ngorongoro and Serengeti who are living outside the reserves
END OF part 1 VIDEO,
Part 2
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The people of Mugumu, meaning from the district of Serengeti are asking why shouldn't they get a good road, tarmac like their fellow Tanzanians, this is a legit question that needs appropriate answers. Fellow Tanzanians according to the Electoral Commision's timetable... he then goes on to talk about the election timetable and motivating people to vote.
[video][/video]
HOTUBA YA KIKWETE MWISHO WA MWEZI JULAI 31, 2010 Videos, Watch Free HOTUBA YA KIKWETE MWISHO WA MWEZI JULAI 31, 2010 Videos Online : IN.com
President Kikwete starts to talk about the road Arounnd 09:26 (on the video timer)
Fellow countrymen, it is a fundamental policy of the government of Tanzania to link all the administrative regions (provinces/ states) of Tanzania by tarmac roads. In implementing that policy on the part of the Arusha and Mara regions, the government has decided to build a tarmac road, from Musoma , Bunda to Mto wa Mbu passing through Mugumu and Loliondo.
In recognizing that this road must pass through the Serengeti Reserve/ Park, and in recognizing the importance of environmental conservation in the Serengeti Reserve, the part of this road which will be inside the Serengeti reserve will not have tarmac. This part will be paved with gravel like all other roads in the Serengeti reserve as of now, as well as other roads in other reserves in the country.Fellow countrymen this decision of the government has caused a passionate debate among people with interests in the environment and wildlife conservationist.I am aware there are people opposed to the construction of this road, for sure they are vehemently opposed to it, and most of them are coming from outside of our country.
I would like to assure these friends of ours, that I am one of the chief environmental activists and a great admirer of the Serengeti reserve, I have visited the reserve many times, I think more than twenty times now. Because of that, I will be the last person to accept something that has a great negative impact to the Serengeti reserve to take place, I will not accept that. I am also passionate about the development of our country, and the development of our it's people, including the people living near the Serengeti reserve, but outside the reserve.
These countrymen deserve and have a right to get access to development just as their fellow countrymen do all over the country when they get tarmac roads. For one to deny them that right because of the Serengeti reserve, while they live outside the reserve, and they have been living outside the reserve all their lives, it is difficult to get agreeable/ fitting explanation to tell them so they can understand you. I would like my fellow environmental activists, and fellow admirers of the Serengeti reserve, to recognize this truth and give it it's proper weight. It is not wise to have a thinking that cares only for one side, without caring for the interests of the other side. We must have a thinking that
aims to consider the interests of both sides.
Fellow countrymen, sometimes when I hear these noises (protests) I wonder and ask myself many questions without getting adequate answers. The truth is that vehicles going to Musoma and Mwanza from Arusha do pass right through the center of the Ngorongoro and Serengeti reserves, and when you consider the length, from the Ngorongoro gate , where the vehicles enter into the Ngorongoro reserve all the way to where the vehicles leave at the 40 Ikoma gate, where the Serengeti reserve end, these vehicles traverse 204 kms inside the reserves, and if you will go to emerge at the gate on the way to Mwanza, one place called Kidabaga, the distance is even longer. But using this newly proposed road, vehicles will pass through the reserves for only a distance of 50 km, they will have passed through. The tarmac road from Bunda and Musoma through Mugumu will end at a place called Tabora B. And the one from Mto wa Mbu through Loliondo will end at a place called Klein's camp, and the distance from Klein's camp and Tabora B is the Serengeti reserve, which is a distance of 50 kms only, and the thinking is once we have this road vehicles will not pass through the center of the reserves for the distance of 204 kms, the only vehicles which will continue to pass through that area will be for those going to look at animals, so my fellows, is that enterprise that bad ?
Fellow countrymen those of us in government are ready to listen to different views, but their suggestions should also answer the questions and issues from the people of the districts of Ngorongoro and Serengeti who are living outside the reserves
END OF part 1 VIDEO,
Part 2
[video=dailymotion;xe7uuk]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe7uuk_hotuba-ya-kikwete-mwisho-wa-mwezi-j_news#from=embed[/video]
The people of Mugumu, meaning from the district of Serengeti are asking why shouldn't they get a good road, tarmac like their fellow Tanzanians, this is a legit question that needs appropriate answers. Fellow Tanzanians according to the Electoral Commision's timetable... he then goes on to talk about the election timetable and motivating people to vote.