HKigwangalla
JF-Expert Member
- Feb 6, 2008
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Colleagues,
I am thinking of using this forum and other online fora to catalyse discussions on how we use our potentials to bring about change in our country. I need us to use the internet as an opportunity to do something about our daunting challenges as Tanzanians and therefore I expect contributions that would enlighten us or which provide solutions for furtherance of our development cause. The premise behind this is that; a lot of people concentrate and thus waste a lot of time looking at one closed door instead of exploring for possibilities of many other open doors. Many people focus on just talking about the challenges we face as a nation instead of working hard to find solutions for them. A lot of us focus on looking up to the government for solutions instead of working hard to offer solutions. Some few young elites, and of course even our mentors/teachers, have become myopic and thus are looking only on one thing - uprooting the ruling party. Is it the only door open? What about other options like forging partnerships? What about adopting political consultation systems to govern our economy?
To me the following forms the major challenges we face today as a nation: poverty and food security, unemployment, illiteracy, diseases, energy paucity, widening inequities, maintaining peace and security, poor mindset, poorly performing institutions, and having a true form of democracy...not just having elections and winning the majority votes but how do we protect the rights of the minorities? How about the rule of law?
To address the problems we face, I suggest the following: we embark on major reforms on our institutions that govern our politics, economics and social fabrics. We have a golden opportunity now that we are in the process of writing our new constitution. What do you think? Lets enjoy a fruitful discussion here.
I am thinking of using this forum and other online fora to catalyse discussions on how we use our potentials to bring about change in our country. I need us to use the internet as an opportunity to do something about our daunting challenges as Tanzanians and therefore I expect contributions that would enlighten us or which provide solutions for furtherance of our development cause. The premise behind this is that; a lot of people concentrate and thus waste a lot of time looking at one closed door instead of exploring for possibilities of many other open doors. Many people focus on just talking about the challenges we face as a nation instead of working hard to find solutions for them. A lot of us focus on looking up to the government for solutions instead of working hard to offer solutions. Some few young elites, and of course even our mentors/teachers, have become myopic and thus are looking only on one thing - uprooting the ruling party. Is it the only door open? What about other options like forging partnerships? What about adopting political consultation systems to govern our economy?
To me the following forms the major challenges we face today as a nation: poverty and food security, unemployment, illiteracy, diseases, energy paucity, widening inequities, maintaining peace and security, poor mindset, poorly performing institutions, and having a true form of democracy...not just having elections and winning the majority votes but how do we protect the rights of the minorities? How about the rule of law?
To address the problems we face, I suggest the following: we embark on major reforms on our institutions that govern our politics, economics and social fabrics. We have a golden opportunity now that we are in the process of writing our new constitution. What do you think? Lets enjoy a fruitful discussion here.