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na mimi pia ntajibu kwa point based na muda na mahala nilipo so i will make it as short as necessary
1... moja elimu bure si jambo baya kwa wote, hila in economic sense based on the state of the current economy it is not worth it. Ndio maana nikasema may be in the long run. Without wasting time elaborating the cost of the policy (which is going to prove that it is impossible based on the cost) lets concentrate on the matter if it were to be implemented. The gov needs to spend alot of money to make it possible and we also know the same money is also needed else where (in hospitals, wages, infustucture etc etc), so what is the point of funding a policy knowing at a certain point your just wasting money as those students are not going to enter into the economy for some time based on the current size of it (that is the economy).
On the same subject do your investigation to see what sector employs the most between the private and the gov. Based on the size of our economy you dont need to be a genius to figure out it is the gov. Kumbuka kama kipato cha serikali ni ushuru unao toka private meaning if the gov employs more than the private it hasn't got enough to pay its bills (usishangae tunakopa). Bado hela hiyo hiyo ilipie hawa wanafunzi, more teachers will be needed, school buildings will be need etc etc etc.
Now tell me which is a priority expanding the size of the economy first by increasing the private sector first au kulazimisha an expensive policy ambayo aina matunda in the end. Kibaya zaidi hawa wanafunzi wakimaliza shule watataka ajira ndio maandamano ya ajabu huko mbeleni.
2.... tunayo potential ya hivyo vitu tourism, ports, madini etc lakini are they giving us enough income to be ambitious au tunahitaji muda wa kuviweka sawa hili tuweze maximise potential on those sector you mentioned, kwa sababu unaweza ukawa na mbuga lakini watalii si vile na unaweza ukawa na port lakini volume si vile na unaweza ukawa na madini lakini kama umeya gawa bure tu kwa policy za sasa. Until you sort those sectors first and they are producing at max you can plan based on that income lakini for now it is what it is.
3....Bidhaa za mkulima zinahitaji demand kwa sababu mkulima anaweza akawa na hekari elfu tano baada ya mavuno akajikuta anauza vitu vyenye thamani ya hekari elfu moja, less demand to what he can produce. Sababu either people can not afford the product or the demand is just not there. So far Tanzania ni watu wangapi wanao fanya biashara kubwa na wakulima as their main suppliers ni wachache and this is what you call low demand either through poverty kwa wengi or poor gov policies.
Kujenga barabara sio sababu itakayo mfanya mkulima kufikisha biashara zake mjini extra capital kwenye new machinery kama malorry ndio itakayo weza kufikisha biashara mjini until then he will produce what he can sell. Kwa hivyo bara bara will not necessarily increase demand wafanyabiashara ndio wanahitajika kumuongezea mkulima demand. Without that economics look at demand at its existing state and not its possibilities, and currently demand is very low na bila ya wakenya ndio inaoneka ingekuwa balaa. It is for our politicians to find the factors and solve the problem either through friendly loans or lower taxes to encourage business participation.
Mwisho interest si kuwa na maana na taxes (but higher bank loans, meaning higher interest rates) taxes are also high (hila hapa sina huhakika na rates in businesses in terms of the sizes, that is kama hao jamaa wana akili timamu ya kukata ushuru kwa namna ya ku encourage economic growth).
Higher loans maana yake unawafanya watu wafikiri mara mbili kuchukua mkopo na watu wengi wenye business ideas without capital will be put off if they can not find money else where, ndio maana nikasema that is not a business friendly scenario.
Kesho.