Death by a thousand cuts

[Kiranga]

Death by a thousand cuts is what the ‘main’ opposition party, CHADEMA, is going through right now.

The steady drip drip of defections...a councilman/ councilwoman here, an MP there, is what eventually will lead to CHADEMA’s waterloo.

A painful demise right in front of our very eyes.

But tell that to the ‘few’ remaining party stalwarts and they’ll make a beeline for your windpipe.

These people are so rabid, so delusional, so deep in denial that it renders it almost impossible to reason with them.

They label anyone who dares to criticize their party or their ‘Dear Leader’ as being on CCM’s payroll.

To them, their ‘Dear Leader’ is above criticism. He is sacrosanct.

Some of us don’t operate like that, though. To us, no one is above criticism and no one is below praise.

If you do good, we’ll praise you. If you eff up, we’ll call you out.

Sad to see CHADEMA end this way.

Once upon a time they carried the hopes of so many Tanzanias, myself included.

If this is scathing to CHADEMA, it is only because I want CHADEMA to do better.

For, my concern is not so much with CHADEMA per se. I like the idea of an strong opposition for the sake of the country.

The folly of a young democracy is in the malleability of its formation.

We are at a very formative stage that will be used as the foundation for many a year.
Precedents are being set as we speak, norms forged, traditions fortified, with them, cancers calcified in the national lore, some indelibly so.

Hence, CHADEMA's failure, is not merely CHADEMA's failure.It is a failure of the foundation of multi party democracy in Tanzania.

This failure is twofold.

1. CHADEMA, in an ironic twist that makes a mockery of the "Demokrasia" part of its name, is itself undemocratic and little more than a personal fiefdom of the families at the top. I do not merely read this from the papers like most people. I hear the publicly unheard from family sources.

2. The ruling party, through the Draconian and Hammurabi like unwritten code, has enacted a rather grotesque carte blanche of despicable impunity that purchases political debauchery of manners of unspeakable in the interest of staying in power, unchecked. CHADEMA had a chance to stop this, or at least limit the damage, if CHADEMA itself had a leadership without integrity questions. It does not.

I beleieve the defectors are sensing that, there is no point rejecting CCMs impunity, only to be under the dictatorship in CHADEMA.

The Swahili saying "ukitaka kula nguruwe, chagua aliyenona". If you want to go out and sin, go out and sin big, else stay a saint at home. There is no point of acquiring the sinner label for small sins.

This begs the question, is imported liberal democracy in the format of multiparties suitable for our barely emerging economies and LHD countries that have no history of meaningful class division en masse, divisions that are crucial in establishing political parties in the first place?

Do most CHADEMA members know the party's stance on Foreign Policy? Energy? Inflation? Or are they bent on regime change without even know what is the program of their party once there is regime change?

What is the opposition actually doing to combat the current rut in democracy, the vote rigging, the dilapidated fuckery that passes for a constitution, the oppressive laws,the imperial presidential powers, the obviously partial electoral commission, the lack of rule of law, the crazy decrees, the list goes on and on.

Complaining without doing anything substantive seems to be a national pass time sport.I was reading a piece by one Godlisten Malisa. He was rightly critcising the overreach of legal powers carried out by Regional and District Commissioners. He was pointing out the errors of their ways in thet "Young Turk" whippersnapper lawyerly way of his. I was like yes, someone sees these things I have been saying all along. But the whole thing ended in a very anti-climatic way. There was noplan of action. Even though, the law that gives powers to DCs and RCs is very clear on the reprimands to be meted out to the DC/ RC who will use thse powers out of context or illegally. Malisa did not mention any court case we should support or one that he is planning to strart.

How does the government change its course based on mere words? Even Gandhi and King demonstrated.

It was a joke.

This is why Kikwete used to say "ni upepo tu,utapita". He knew people talked too much,for a number of days, weeks, even months. Then they move on to the next topic and do the same. Come election time, the government and CCM pacifies them using this trick or that.If all pacification failis, they just steal de damn votes in the open, who is going to do anything about it?

The opposition should be renamed to the noposition.

If this was a game of chess, it would be in check.

Unless it rearranges the entire game in an unorthodox way, It has no position to play.

Checkmate.

 

[Chaliifrancisco]

Niaje Chaliii?

Gudi tu

 

[Tindo]

Pole sana na negli yako ya kikoloni. Hilo lichama tulishawaambia siku kibao tu lilishakufa kwa sababu hicho hakikuwa chama bali ilikuwa NGO ya uanaharakati wa mbow na ba mkwe wake, pia kibaya iliuzwa kwa bil 10 kwa mzee nyeupe. Njoo CCM mdau, achana na wanaharakati wafia tumbo akina lis, mbow na wengine kama akina lem

Ccm sio chama cha wanasiasa tena bali ni kikundi cha tiss, vyombo vya dola na viongozi wachache. Nyie wengine ni wabeba briefcase za viongozi. Na ukitaka kuamini ccm sio ya wanachama bali kikundi cha mabavu, ona wabunge na madiwani wakihama wanachaguliwa ili kwenda kutangazwa tena kwenye nafasi walizoacha wakiwa cdm. Mngekuwa na wanachama tusingeona mfumo ukifanyika. Kama ccm kingekuwa chama cha kisiasa tungeona kikishindana kisiasa sio kupitia vyombo vya dola na kubebwa na tume ya uchaguzi.

 

[Chaliifrancisco]

How?

Do you comprehend English?

 

[Magonjwa Mtambuka]

Do you comprehend English?

Of course I do.

 

[Chaliifrancisco]

Of course I do.

I do not wish to indulge into a conversation with a petty man like you.

That's all i was trying to say.

 

[Mudawote]

Ccm sio chama cha wanasiasa tena bali ni kikundi cha tiss, vyombo vya dola na viongozi wachache. Nyie wengine ni wabeba briefcase za viongozi. Na ukitaka kuamini ccm sio ya wanachama bali kikundi cha mabavu, ona wabunge na madiwani wakihama wanachaguliwa ili kwenda kutangazwa tena kwenye nafasi walizoacha wakiwa cdm. Mngekuwa na wanachama tusingeona mfumo ukifanyika. Kama ccm kingekuwa chama cha kisiasa tungeona kikishindana kisiasa sio kupitia vyombo vya dola na kubebwa na tume ya uchaguzi.

CCM ni chama cha siasa kama vyama vingine, tunashindana ktk changuzi kama vyama vingine, tunapiga kampeni kama vyama vingine. Kinachotofautisha CCM na vikundi kama kikundi cha uharifu cha akina mbow ni mfumo wa uongozi unaokubali kutumia mifumo sahihi ktk kupata viongozi ndani ya chama, kuwa na wanachama wenye kuelewa itikadi na dira ya chama, kuwa na demokrasia ktk kutoa maoni juu ya mwenendo wa chama. Vile vile hata kwenye mifumo ya serikali, katiba ya nchi yetu inaruhusu kuwatumia yombo vya ulinzi mfano kufanya vettinng ya viongozi wa chama bila kujali kama ni chama tawala au pinzani. Ila nyie wapinzani mmelishwa changa la macho mkiamini vyombo vya ulinzi vipo kwa ajili ya CCM. Mmerogwa ugonjwa mbaya sana tena sana. Ona leo mbow kawashika makalio, akitaka anatomasa la kushoto, then anatomasa la kulia kama mmliki wa nyumba wa kijiji cha pig village alivyokuwa anawafanyia wapangaji wake.

 

[Magonjwa Mtambuka]

...That's all i was trying to say.

We always write i with a capital "I", as a nominative form of the singular first-person pronoun.

 

[Chaliifrancisco]

We always write i with a capital "I", as a nominative form of the singular first-person pronoun.

Unless it was a formal conversation, i do not care.

 

[kidole007]

Haya kachukue buku 7 yako

 

[Magonjwa Mtambuka]

Unless it was a formal conversation, i do not care.

There you go.

 

[Chaliifrancisco]

There you go.

"Eeehhh" - in Huey's voice

 

[Magonjwa Mtambuka]

"Eeehhh" - in Huey's voice

Take a hike.

 

[KikulachoChako]

Death by a thousand cuts is what the ‘main’ opposition party, CHADEMA, is going through right now.

The steady drip drip of defections...a councilman/ councilwoman here, an MP there, is what eventually will lead to CHADEMA’s waterloo.

A painful demise right in front of our very eyes.

But tell that to the ‘few’ remaining party stalwarts and they’ll make a beeline for your windpipe.

These people are so rabid, so delusional, so deep in denial that it renders it almost impossible to reason with them.

They label anyone who dares to criticize their party or their ‘Dear Leader’ as being on CCM’s payroll.

To them, their ‘Dear Leader’ is above criticism. He is sacrosanct.

Some of us don’t operate like that, though. To us, no one is above criticism and no one is below praise.

If you do good, we’ll praise you. If you eff up, we’ll call you out.

Sad to see CHADEMA end this way.

Once upon a time they carried the hopes of so many Tanzanias, myself included.

Mkuu

Wewe ni muandishi mzuri wa kiswahili na huwa nafurahia kiswahili chako.....

Ungeleta bandiko hili kwa kiswahili ingepeza zaidi...na ingewapa watu wigo mpana wa kuchangia na kuchambua!!!...

 

[Tindo]

CCM ni chama cha siasa kama vyama vingine, tunashindana ktk changuzi kama vyama vingine, tunapiga kampeni kama vyama vingine. Kinachotofautisha CCM na vikundi kama kikundi cha uharifu cha akina mbow ni mfumo wa uongozi unaokubali kutumia mifumo sahihi ktk kupata viongozi ndani ya chama, kuwa na wanachama wenye kuelewa itikadi na dira ya chama, kuwa na demokrasia ktk kutoa maoni juu ya mwenendo wa chama. Vile vile hata kwenye mifumo ya serikali, katiba ya nchi yetu inaruhusu kuwatumia yombo vya ulinzi mfano kufanya vettinng ya viongozi wa chama bila kujali kama ni chama tawala au pinzani. Ila nyie wapinzani mmelishwa changa la macho mkiamini vyombo vya ulinzi vipo kwa ajili ya CCM. Mmerogwa ugonjwa mbaya sana tena sana. Ona leo mbow kawashika makalio, akitaka anatomasa la kushoto, then anatomasa la kulia kama mmliki wa nyumba wa kijiji cha pig village alivyokuwa anawafanyia wapangaji wake.

Narudia tena kwa herufi kubwa, CCM SIO CHAMA CHA SIASA BALI NI KIKUNDI CHA TISS, VYOMBO VYA DOLA NA VIONGOZI KADHAA WA SERIKALI NA WASTAAFU. Ukiona ccm inapanda jukwaani ni kuzuga tu kwani haitegemei kura kushinda bali tume ya uchaguzi na vyombo vya dola kugeuza matakwa ya wapiga kura. Leo hii viongozi wa vyombo vya dola wanaona fahari kuitumikia ccm kwani ndio inayowapa mlo na wala sio watanzania. Pitia clip inayozunguka mitandaoni ya polisi anayesalimia kwa salamu ya ccm. Je polisi yule au yoyote anaweza kusalimia kwa lugha zitumikazo na wanacdm?. Rejea mapokezi ya madiwani kwenye hafla ya jeshi huko Arusha. Je cdm wangeweza kutumia vyombo vya dola kwa mtindo ule? Ww kama ni mwanaccm ni mbeba briefcase za hicho kikundi.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Mkuu

Wewe ni muandishi mzuri wa kiswahili na huwa nafurahia kiswahili chako.....

Ungeleta bandiko hili kwa kiswahili ingepeza zaidi...na ingewapa watu wigo mpana wa kuchangia na kuchambua!!!...

Huo wigo mpana ungetoa pia fursa ya watu kuonyesha ujinga na umajnuni wao!

Wakati mwingine inachosha kujibizana na watu wa sampuli hizo.

Niwie radhi tu.

 

[KikulachoChako]

I’ve always said that when we [as a nation] decided to back to multipartism from one party rule, we should have started with a clean slate.

By that I mean, we should have



Huo wigo mpana ungetoa pia fursa ya watu kuonyesha ujinga na umajnuni wao!

Wakati mwingine inachosha kujibizana na watu wa sampuli hizo.

Niwie radhi tu.

Bila shaka shaka....ndugu.....

 

[mangatara]

Chadema carried the aspirations of many people but unfortunately the leadership has let the people down for their own selfish reasons. The party is slowly disintegrating and the leadership does not even know that its days are numbered!! Fanyeni uchaguzi na pateni viongozi watakaokifufua chama; uongozi wa sasa hauendani na kasi ya mabadiliko ya nchi!!

Ati, Leadership has let the people down. Wapi hapo mkuu?? The party is slowly disintegrating..its days are numbered!!! What a wishful thinking.
Kweli kuna raha ukijua kuwa andiko hili halikuhusu. When yu use English hapa JF na kuandika kitu cha maana inamaanisha kuwa unataka a very very special type of people to hear yu. Hivyo, changizo lenu hapa nashukuru halitawasumbua wengi.
Mfano; When yu say; Fanyeni uchaguzi....Ok, tumchague nani na katokea wapi, sayari gani, afanyie wapi siasa zake?? Mnajaribu kufunika kombe tuuu hadi lini?? Wekeni wazi kuwa; Hatuutaki upinzani, familia hii ni ya ukoo mmoja tu na msemaji wa hii familia ni mmoja tu.
Why plunder our very scarce economy kwa chaguzi figisu wakati hiyo fweza ungenunulia hata madawati au vifaa vya Science Subjects kwa maabara za wanafunzi wetu?? Why, why, waste soo much money bure kumbe mngelinunulia hata meli ziwa Victoria au Tanganyika wananchi wakapata usafiri mzuri. Si ingelikuwa fimbo ya kuwatandikia hao hao wapinzani kwenye uchaguzi??
I think tumelogwa si bure, na mchawi wetu kishakufa.

 

[Kiranga]

"Eeehhh" - in Huey's voice

Hahaha, unanitoa kwenye mstari kunitajia Huey.

Boondocks kuna Babu linapenda wazungu kuliko Mkenya anayefanya kazi hoteli ya watalii.

Uncle Ruckus.

Saa zingine nikifikiria matatizoya nchi yetu huwa nafikiria Benjamin Mkapa ni Uncle Ruckus wa kisirisiri.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Hahaha, unanitoa kwenye mstari kunitajia Huey.

Boondocks kuna Babu linapenda wazungu kuliko Mkenya anayefanya kazi hoteli ya watalii.

Uncle Ruckus.

Saa zingine nikifikiria matatizoya nchi yetu huwa nafikiria Benjamin Mkapa ni Uncle Ruckus wa kisirisiri.

Oh no you didn’t

Hahahaaaa