kuna born fighters na born followers. I am of the first nature. Naamini the change starts somewhere na kwa vile kuna watu wengi hawaipendi hiyo tabia nimeona na sisi tutoe mtazamo wetu baada ya the boss kutoa mtazamo wao.
Tunaweza kutoa mitazamo yetu but they won't change the reality. Hate or love it, nyumba ndogo is now part ya maisha ya Watanzania. It is part of our culture now. I agree with you changes starts somewhere but there are things which cannot be changed. Pia nakubali kuna ku-born as a fighter. However, a good fighter is not the one who was born as a fighter but the one who choose not to fight for a loosing battle.
Halafu umejuaje kuwa kuna watu wengi hawaipendi hiyo tabia? Kwa kusoma tuu post za wachangiaji? Kuna watu hapa wanapinga nyumba ndogo kwa brains zao lakini in their heart, they're gagging for it! Sema tuu they have not got that chance. Hata tafiti za kisayansi zinasema nyumba ndogo is here to stay.
Nirudi kwenye post yako ya mwanzo ambapo umesema huoni sababu ya kumlaumu The Boss kwa kuanzisha ile thread on the ground that inahalalisha kitu kilicho haramu. Nani amekuambia nyumba ndogo ni haramu Tanzania? Kwanza kabisa polygamy inakubalika kisheria Tanzania. Wapo watakaotaka kutofautisha kati ya polygamy na nyumba ndogo. Lakini nyumba ndogo inaweza isiwe tuu extra-marital affairs but also part and parcel of a polygamous marriage.
Pia umesema kuwa kitu kinachikukwaza zaidi na thread The Boss ni heshima ndogo ya utaratibu mzima kwa wanawake. Nakubaliana na wewe kwa hili. Lakini katika jitihada zote zinazofanyika kumkomboa mwanamke wa Kitanzania (women emancipation) sijawahi kusikia kampeni yoyote ya hizo NGOs za kina mama dhidi ya nyumba ndogo. In fact, inasemekana nyumba ndogo nyingi zinahusisha zaidi wanawake na wanaume ambao social status yao sio mbaya. Hii inanikumbusha kipindi fulani Uingereza ilitaka kupitisha sheria kuwa mwanaume akifanya ngono na mwanamke ambaye amelewa pombe then, automatically ni ubakaji. Wanawake walipinga huo mpango na sheria haikupitishwa.
Sina maana kuwa wanaume should not also be blamed; I am trying to be objective. Sababu zinazosababisha tatizo hili ni nyingi sana Nyingine ni za kijamii, kitamaduni, kibayolojia na kimaadili. Na sidhani kama kuna njia ya mkato katika utatuzi wake. It will take centuries to eradicate Nyumba ndogo Tanzania.
In broader sense, inawezekana thread ya The Boss inajaribu kutoa temporary solution especially where the children are involved whilst looking for a permanent solution, which still looks impossible at the moment. Thus, for the foreseeable future, nyumba ndogo ni kitu ambacho mama na dada zetu itabidi waishi nacho as a fact of life.
Sorry kama nimekuwakwaza wewe na wengine kwa kuandika huu uhalisia.