When your house is leaking you do not continue building until you take care of the leaking problem. Today the house of Tanzania is reeking of ufisadi. Granted it is not the only problem, it is a major problem and you cannot fix other problems if you ignore corruption and its effects on efforts to bring about development, in education, health, infrastructure, etc.etc. Have you ever wondered why a lot of young people abroad are flocking to join CCM? Because it is a ticket to get rich quick. Ule moyo wa kulitumikia taifa letu aliotuasa Mwalimu Nyerere umeuawa kabisa na tabia za kifisadi. Look at Lowassa! Look at Chenge! Do I need to go on?It is not the only problem. Contrary to what everybody else is making it seems. That we fix ufisadi--then voila, shilingi itapanda, our exports will double and we will be energy efficient.
Simplifying our problems to only ufisadi; make some of us feel like maybe you don't even know our other equally big challenges.