Josh Michael
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- Jun 12, 2009
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Kuna Haja ya serikali kuanzisha Back home agreement kwa ajili ya kuona michango ya watu kama hawa wanathamiwa katikaTanzania na maendeleo ya Tanzania
Huyu bwana hana haja ya kushift base yake kuja kuishi bongo kwani akija hapa environment haiwezi kumruhusu kuwa productive kama alivyo huko aliko. Akirudi bongo wanamtandao na serikali yao wataanza kumhusisha na siasa zao za chuki simply because ni kabila moja na mahasimu wao Mwakyembe na Mwandosya!! Unfortunately, hawa wana mtandao sio analytical and objective enough kujua kuwa sio kila mtu wa kabila la wanyakyusa ni victim wa Tribal baronism!!
You are really intelligent man, Nimependa sana kwa kuandika mengu kuhusu Godfrey na pia inaonyesha jinsi gani ulivyo karibu sana na masuala ya Tanzania na pia watu kama nyinyi ni mfano mkubwa sana katika Taifa letu na pia tunaomba hazina zenu zitumike katika taifa letu kwa msaada wa kizazi hiki na mambo yoteUliyeuliza swali mwanzoni kuhusu Godfrey Mwakikagile, sijui kama umepata nafasi ya kusoma vitabu alivyoandika kuhusu Tanzania. Kama bado hujavisoma, nitaandika kwa kifupi anayosema katika vitabu nilivyovisoma.
He has said quite a few things in his books which may rattle nerves on both sides of the political divide. These are just a few examples from his book "Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era" and at least a couple of others I have read:
He says racism played a major role in undermining the presidential candidacy of Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim.
How many political heavyweights in Tanzania want to hear that? They probably say it's a lie in spite of all the evidence against what they say.
Professor Haroub Othman said basically the same thing in his lecture at the University of Cape Town in 2005 when he said racism is rearing its ugly in Tanzania as never before, in pointed reference to the 2005 elections and other events.
These are fair-minded people saying that. And many Tanzanians know it's true. But how many leaders want to hear that? Even many ordinary Tanzanians may not want to hear that.
Mwakikagile also says we need to have a national conference with representatives of all interest groups and from all parts of the country to hammer out proposals for a new constitution so that the people should decided how they want to be governed, not ruled.
Representatives should come from all regions, from all political parties, labour unions, religious organizations, student groups, women's organizations, groups representing the disabled and others to work on those proposals and then form a constituent assembly which should work on a new constitution. The new constitution should not be written by parliament dominated by one party, excluding other groups across the nation.
Will the ruling party agree to that? Of course not.
He also says the country needs one strong opposition party to challenge CCM at the polls. Otherwise CCM is going to rule indefinitely. Opposition parties should unite to form one party, or should disband and their members should join one of the existing parties which should be given a new name; instead of having so many parties, many of them regionally entrenched and identified with certain regions and tribes. One opposition party will also broaden support across the nation embracing members of all tribes and regions, thus helping to defuse tribalism and regionalism in the country.
How many leaders of these political parties are willing to sacrifice their positions of leadership for that? And will CCM agree to that, just stand by and watch a single powerful opposition party emerge to challenge it? No.
He also says we should have an independent electoral commission composed of members of all political parties and other independent bodies including lawyers' associations and not just of the ruling party. An electoral commission dominated by CCM is not going to be fair to the opposition parties.
He also says we should have term limits for members of parliament and for the president. I think he says MPs should be limited to two 3-year terms. But I remember he says the president should be limited to one term of six years only. After that, he should be out, never to be allowed to run again just like the MPs who have ended their terms.
Will the ruling party agree to that? I don't believe it will.
He also says Zanzibar should be given more autonomy to neutralize secessionist sentiments and promote peace and stability in the union. But he also says there should be an internationally supervised referendum to ask the people of Zanzibar if they really want to remain part of the union. This is also necessary for political stability. If they don't want to be part of the union, let them go.
Will CCM agree to that? No.
He also does not believe CCM won elections fairly in Zanzibar since multiparty politics was introduced.
Those are just a few examples, in fact very few, of what he says in his books. There is a lot more.
Many Tanzanians have said the same things he says. The only difference is that he has written them in his books. He is blunt about it, and it's permanent record which will, of course, haunt him for the rest of his life! Or help him, although I don't know in what ways.
From what he says, it's clear he has no political ambitions. If he did, he would not be saying the things he says in his books, and he would have returned to Tanzania a long time ago to seek political office.
It's also clear he does not take sides, of the government or of the opposition, when it comes to matters of principle. He puts principle above politics and partisan interests.
There are many Tanzanians like him. But who is listening to them? Theirs is a voice in the wilderness.