Kina nani hawakupinga misaada ya kigeni kabla ili kutaka kujitegemea?

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

Sijui ni kina nani ambao hawakuwahi kuandika kuhusu utegemezi. Mimi si mmoja wao. Msimamo wangu kuhusu misaada ya kigeni haujaibuka sababu ya MCC kusitishwa kama baadhi ya watu wanataka tuamini. Kama kuandika juu ya hili nimeandika sana na tena wazi kabisa. Sijabadilika msimamo wangu. Na wengine wanalizungumzia hili la MCC leo wakati wengine tulilizungumzia miaka sita nyuma! Hili la MCC limenipa tu sababu ya kuendelea na msimamo huo huo niliokuwa nao. Ushahidi wangu upo hapa:

Niliandika hili - STOP FOREIGN AID TO TANZANIA CAMPAIGN - hili ilikuwa Nov 19, 2008. Nikimjibu Mwalimu Augustino kwenye mada hiyo nilihoji hivi "Mwalimu ni kitu gani ambacho sisi wenyewe tunaweza kukifanya kwa uwezo wetu na fedha zetu wenyewe. Unafikiri misaada ya kigeni??? imetusaidia kuendelea na kiwango cha maendeleo kinaakisi misaada tuliyopokea hadi sasa?"

Niliandika hili -ARE WE ADDICTED TO FOREIGN AID? - hii ilikuwa Feb 17, 2009. Nikaandika hivi mle "Alas! May the truth be told, as a nation we can only function at least semi-effectively as long as there is this constant flow of foreign through the veins and capillaries of Tanzania, without which we will collapse like pieces of cookies in a milk jar! We depend on this drug, we beg for it, we long for it, we sing with high pitched voices, screaming and rukarukaring like kids in a candy store. Whenever we are promised that there is some more coming we smile so wide and our eyes get teary with joy! Our desires are stirred like a man tempted by that midnight temptress in the fortress of passion! "

Katika mada iliyoanzishwa na Mzalendo Halisi Cutting Off Aid - A Condition to lift Africa from Poverty - ya Feb 24, 2009 nilichangia na kuhoji ifuatavyo: "najiulizana sana kwamba endapo misaada ya kigeni itasitishwa:

a. tutaendelea kuwa na NGOs nyingi hivi?
b. Je watanzania wanaweza kujitolea fedha zao kufanya kazi za kujitolea?
c. Itakuwaje kwenye misaada ya visima iliyoanzishwa na fedha za wahisani, tutamudu kuiendeleza?
d. Vipi kuhusu miradi mingine inayosapotiwa na wahisani nayo itakuwaje?"

Nikaandika mada nyingine WAFADHILI MMEIDEKEZA TANZANIA, BADO TUNATAKA NYONYO - hii ilikuwa ni mada ya Feb 26, 2009. Niliandika mle jambo hili "Ninachosema ni kuwa, wakati wa kutukatisha kunyonya umefika. Tayari tuna wasomi wa kutosha, tuna raslimali ya kutosha, tuna watu wa kutosha na tuna sababu za kutosha kujitegemea. Lakini zaidi ya yote tunaweza kujitegemea kwa kiasi kikubwa katika kujiletea maendeleo. Hadi hivi sasa ninachokiona ni importation of development ambapo kile tunachokiita "maendeleo" kwa kweli ni vitu tulivyocopy and paste kutoka ng'ambo! Juzi nilimsikia Waziri Mkuu akitaka watu wanunue vitunguu vya Tanzania!!! Yaani kwa maneno mengine Tanzania inaagiza hadi vitunguu kutoka ng'ambo ambayo wenyewe tunaviona ni 'bora'!" Na watu wananituhumu sijaandika kuhusu "kujitegemea"!

Niliandika tena muda si mrefu baadaye hili RAIS MWENYE MAWAZO YA KUOMBAOMBA - Hii ilikuwa Aprili 9, 2009 Nilikuwa nainukuu hotuba ya Rais na nilitanguliza kusema hivi kabla ya hotuba yenyewe "Sehemu ya hotuba ya Rais Kikwete inayothibitisha kuwa hana mawazo ya kuinua hali ya maisha ya watanzania bila ya kukinga mikono kwa nchi matajiri; asilimia 99 ya mambo anayotaka nchi matajiri zifanye kwa Afrika yanaweza kufanywa na Afrika wenyewe!"

Hiyo ni mifano tu ya nilichokisema na kukiandika humu kuhusu fikra zangu juu ya misaada ya Kigeni; kuna tofauti yoyote na nilichosema leo? Na nimeandika vingi vingine kwa mfano,

Niliandika hivi juu ya MCA ambayo ndio ilikuja mwanzo kabla ya kuwa MCC. Ni katika mada ya SYMBION POWER ACQUIRES DOWANS POWER PLANT

"tatizo liko toka mwanzo tulipokubali kuwa sehemu ya hii MCA. Wengi walifikiria kuwa MCA ina lengo la kutupa sisi uwezo na kujenga uwezo wetu wa ndani la hasha. Masharti ya MCA kama yalivyo masharti ya miradi mingine mingi tu ya Wamarekani ni kuwa fedha za walipa kodi wao ni lazima zinufaishe Marekani. Sasa mimi siwezi kuwalaumu kwa hili. Fikiria dola milioni 700 zinaweza kufanya nini Marekani? Kweli tulifikiria Wamarekani watatoa hizo milioni 700 kwa Tanzania bure tu? Kwa undugu gani?"

Na nikaongeza na kusema,

Hatuwezi kuwalaumu. Kama tungekuwa tunataka kweli iwe ni misaada ya kutunufaisha na sisi watawala wetu wangesema mapema kwenye masharti kuwa kwa kila dola moja inayopelekwa Marekani dola nyingine moja ibakie Tanzania. Lakini hatuna sera ya misaada ya kigeni Tanzania hivyo tunakuwa katika huruma ya wale wanaotoa misaada na hatuwezi kuwalaumu. Kwa wananchi wa kawaida kwa kweli hiyo haiwajalishi maana kama serikali yao imeshindwa kutatua tatizo la nishati na Wamarekani kwa kutumia fedha zao, na makampuni yao wanakuja kusaidia why not?

Sasa leo naambiwa ati sijawahi kuandika juu ya hili; na nina uhakika licha ya kuweka rekodi yangu wazi kuwa sijabadilika kama inavyodaiwa wapo wengine wanaweza wasikiri kuwa "kweli mwanakijiji msimamo wako haujabadilika juu ya misaada ya kigeni". Watajaribu kuuelezea kwa kunilazimisha nizungumzie masuala ya Zanzibar kwa mitazamo yao.

Mwaka 2003 - zingatia kuwa nimesema yale yale tangu 2008! niliandika mada iitwayo
Stop unscrupulous Foreign Aid to Tanzania campaign towards 2015. Niliandika hivi mle:
What would happen if we were to initiate such a campaign to demand that foreign aid ought to be halted until a new policy on solicitation of the same is put in place? Unafikiri CCM na serikali yake watafanya nini kampeni hiyo ikianza?

Je wrwe kama Mtanzania utaathirika vipi na usitwishaji wa misaada hiyo? Je kama kuna misaada kweli inahitajika ni ipi na kwa maeneo gani au kwa muda gani?

Unafikiri tunaweza kupiga hatua ya haraka ya maendeleo bila misaada ya kigeni?

Sasa ni kweli nimebadilika? Ni kweli sijazungumzia kuwa huru kutoka misaada ya kigeni? Ni kweli msimamo wangu wa leo unatokana na matukio ya juzi ya uchaguzi? Au ni msimamo unaotokana na kuthibitika katika kanuni ninazozisimamia. Mtu anayesoma anaweza kuamua mwenyewe bila kuongozwa na hisia za kisiasa au kisasi au kutotaka kuwa mkweli au kuogopa kusema "mwanakijiji yuko sahihi" kwa sababu ataonekana anakubaliana na mtu ambaye hakudandia mabadiliko yale feki!

Naendelea kuamini kusitishwa MCC iwe sababu tu ya kutaka kuondoka na misaada hii ya kitegemezi ya kigeni ambayo imetufanya tuwe watu tusiojiamini, wenye mawazo ya kubembeleza na ambao tuko tayari tufanywe lolote ili mradi dawa hii nzito ya kulevya iingie kwenye damu zetu!

Nitaendelea kupinga misaada ya kigeni ya aina ambayo tunapokea sasa hadi tutakapokuwa tayari kuwa na ushirikiano wa kigeni ambao msingi wake ni heshima, utu, kusaidiana na kuinuana. Na kabisa napinga misaada ya kigeni inayoingizwa kwenye bajeti ya nchi moja kwa moja au ile ambayo inakuja nje ya maeneo yale matatu niliyoyaanisha katika ile mada nyingine. Katika hili inawezekana nimebakia "mimi tu, mimi kuwaletea habari"

MMM

 

[Sumu]

Umeeleweka mkuu.

Tanzania bila misaada ya kigeni inawezekana.

 

[Fortilo]

Shida sio misaada, Hoja walizojenga mbona hamzungumzii???? mbona unajitoa ufahamu bure? wewe upo marekani, unaelewa maana ya kukaa na kiza mwezi mzima? acha kufurahisha genge kaka....
Tumejiandaaje kujitegemea kama sio unaongea vitu vya kufikirika? unadhani maisha ni riwaya?

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

Umeeleweka mkuu.

Tanzania bila misaada ya kigeni inawezekana.

Ni sawasawa na mtu anayetumia madawa ya kulevya, unapomtoa mwanzoni anapata shida kidogo, wasiwasi, maumivu, na hisia ya kuhitaji sana inakuwepo. Na wakati mwingine unaweza kufikiria atakata roho; lakini baada ya kumaliza detox akaanza kujijenga vizuri kiafya anaweza kujikuta kumbe yale madawa yalikuwa ni dawa tu mbaya; siyo ya kutibu. Kuna watu wana wasiwasi kweli nini kitatokea misaada ikisitishwa; hizi ni dalili tu za 'withdrawal anxiety"

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

Shida sio misaada, Hoja walizojenga mbona hamzungumzii???? mbona unajitoa ufahamu bure? wewe upo marekani, unaelewa maana ya kukaa na kiza mwezi mzima? acha kufurahisha genge kaka....
Tumejiandaaje kujitegemea kama sio unaongea vitu vya kufikirika? unadhani maisha ni riwaya?

Utajiandaa vipi kujitegemea wakati hata kufikiria kujitegemea hutaki? Utaweza vipi kujiandaa kuacha kunyonya wakati kila nyonyo ikichomolewa unalia "mama kaa chini ninyonye". Well.. ikisitishwa labda tutapata watu wenye akili ya kuona ni vipi tutaweza kujitegemea kwa sababu hatuna 'mjomba' wa kuturushia vijihela...

 

[Gamba la Nyoka]

Tatizo kule kwenye mada mama umeandika hivi:
Nanukuu

"Hivi, kuna mtu alikatazwa kupiga kura siku ya Jumapili kwenye marudio? Hivi, ni kweli kabisa kwa vile wanatutakia mema Wamarekani na wengine wamechukua wakati gani kwenda kukaa chini na kuangalia ushahidi au madai ya serikali juu ya kuvurugwa kwa uchaguzi wa Oktoba 25? Au na wao walitaka tu uchaguzi ufanyike ili ufanyike? Hivi kweli kabisa tunataka tukubali kuwa kwa vile hawa watoa misaada wanasema ‘uchaguzi ulikuwa huru na wa haki’ ina maana ni lazima uwe hivyo?"

Hapa unajaribu kujustify yaliyofanyika Zanzibar, kwa kutumia kivuli cha kukataa Msaada, hapa ndipo Tatizo lilipo. Mwanafalsafa mmoja aitwaye Richard Burke alipata kusema kuwa "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing", Wewe muda wote umekaa kimya kuhusu yaliyotokea Zanzibar, Na ulipokuja kutoa statement yako leo bado upo katika denial juu ya dhulma iliyotokea kule, Maandishi yako hapo juu yanakuonyesha kuwa umeamu Kuside na kina Jecha na maigizo yao, sasa Utatuconvince vipi kuwa andiko lako la awali halikuwa na motive ya kula kwenye karamu ya udhalimu?

Ama kuhusu kujitegemea, na kujijengea uwezo hilo ni jambo muhimu sana, Lakini walisema wahenga UKWELI NI UKWELI TU, AUSEME KICHAA AU AUSEME MMAREKANI UTABAKI KUWA UKWELI, YALIYOTOKEA ZANZIBAR NI AIBU KUBWA.

 

[bigonzo]

Kujitegemea haiwezekani kabisa .. Gesi tunayo lakini bei inapangwa na wazungu..mafuta yapo bei inapangwa na wazungu..dhahabu ipo bei inapangwa na wazungu...tukubali tu maendeleo yetu yatatokana na wazungu.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Mimi nimekuwa nikipinga misaada kwa muda mrefu sana sasa.

Kuna wakati huwa nafikia sehemu nadhani labda niko peke yangu tu kwenye kupinga hilo.

 

[Fortilo]

Utajiandaa vipi kujitegemea wakati hata kufikiria kujitegemea hutaki? Utaweza vipi kujiandaa kuacha kunyonya wakati kila nyonyo ikichomolewa unalia "mama kaa chini ninyonye". Well.. ikisitishwa labda tutapata watu wenye akili ya kuona ni vipi tutaweza kujitegemea kwa sababu hatuna 'mjomba' wa kuturushia vijihela...

Akili za kuanza kujitegemea zinakuja ukiwa unafanya kazi au ukinyimwa misaada kwa sababu ya ukandamizaji wa Demokrasia?
Au kujitegemea kwa matamko tu? kwa strategy zipi? kukusanya kodi za imprtations na mishahara??

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Mimi nimekuwa nikipinga misaada kwa muda mrefu sana sasa.

Kuna wakati huwa nafikia sehemu nadhani labda niko peke yangu tu kwenye kupinga hilo.

 

[Salary Slip]

Tatizo kule kwenye mada mama umeandika hivi:
Nanukuu

"Hivi, kuna mtu alikatazwa kupiga kura siku ya Jumapili kwenye marudio? Hivi, ni kweli kabisa kwa vile wanatutakia mema Wamarekani na wengine wamechukua wakati gani kwenda kukaa chini na kuangalia ushahidi au madai ya serikali juu ya kuvurugwa kwa uchaguzi wa Oktoba 25? Au na wao walitaka tu uchaguzi ufanyike ili ufanyike? Hivi kweli kabisa tunataka tukubali kuwa kwa vile hawa watoa misaada wanasema ‘uchaguzi ulikuwa huru na wa haki’ ina maana ni lazima uwe hivyo?"

Hapa unajaribu kujustify yaliyofanyika Zanzibar, kwa kutumia kivuli cha kukataa Msaada, hapa ndipo Tatizo lilipo. Mwanafalsafa mmoja aitwaye Richard Burke alipata kusema kuwa "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing", Wewe muda wote umekaa kimya kuhusu yaliyotokea Zanzibar, Na ulipokuja kutoa statement yako leo bado upo katika denial juu ya dhulma iliyotokea kule, Maandishi yako hapo juu yanakuonyesha kuwa umeamu Kuside na kina Jecha na maigizo yao, sasa Utatuconvince vipi kuwa andiko lako la awali halikuwa na motive ya kula kwenye karamu ya udhalimu?

Ama kuhusu kujitegemea, na kujijengea uwezo hilo ni jambo muhimu sana, Lakini walisema wahenga UKWELI NI UKWELI TU, AUSEME KICHAA AU AUSEME MMAREKANI UTABAKI KUWA UKWELI, YALIYOTOKEA ZANZIBAR NI AIBU KUBWA.

Huyu jamaa anahija maombi tena ya kukesha!

 

[nankumene]

Tatizo kule kwenye mada mama umeandika hivi:
Nanukuu

"Hivi, kuna mtu alikatazwa kupiga kura siku ya Jumapili kwenye marudio? Hivi, ni kweli kabisa kwa vile wanatutakia mema Wamarekani na wengine wamechukua wakati gani kwenda kukaa chini na kuangalia ushahidi au madai ya serikali juu ya kuvurugwa kwa uchaguzi wa Oktoba 25? Au na wao walitaka tu uchaguzi ufanyike ili ufanyike? Hivi kweli kabisa tunataka tukubali kuwa kwa vile hawa watoa misaada wanasema ‘uchaguzi ulikuwa huru na wa haki’ ina maana ni lazima uwe hivyo?"

Hapa unajaribu kujustify yaliyofanyika Zanzibar, kwa kutumia kivuli cha kukataa Msaada, hapa ndipo Tatizo lilipo. Mwanafalsafa mmoja aitwaye Richard Burke alipata kusema kuwa "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing", Wewe muda wote umekaa kimya kuhusu yaliyotokea Zanzibar, Na ulipokuja kutoa statement yako leo bado upo katika denial juu ya dhulma iliyotokea kule, Maandishi yako hapo juu yanakuonyesha kuwa umeamu Kuside na kina Jecha na maigizo yao, sasa Utatuconvince vipi kuwa andiko lako la awali halikuwa na motive ya kula kwenye karamu ya udhalimu?

Ama kuhusu kujitegemea, na kujijengea uwezo hilo ni jambo muhimu sana, Lakini walisema wahenga UKWELI NI UKWELI TU, AUSEME KICHAA AU AUSEME MMAREKANI UTABAKI KUWA UKWELI, YALIYOTOKEA ZANZIBAR NI AIBU KUBWA.

mkuu we umenena..yaan watu wanatumia swala la kujitegemea wanafunika kwamba dhulma ya zanzibar ni moja ya mambo yaliyofanya tusitishiwe huu msaada...watu mbona hawajibu hoja za MCC za kusitisha msaada wananza kuzunguka mbuyu!

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

Akili za kuanza kujitegemea zinakuja ukiwa unafanya kazi au ukinyimwa misaada kwa sababu ya ukandamizaji wa Demokrasia?
Au kujitegemea kwa matamko tu? kwa strategy zipi? kukusanya kodi za imprtations na mishahara??

Hapo sasa angalau ubongo umeanza kufanya kazi; kila mmoja anatakiwa kuwa na mawazo ya namna gani tunaweza kujitegemea, siyo kusema hatuwezi. Hivi kesho MCC wakiamua kurudisha misaada yao na mambo ya Zanzibar hayajabadilika si mtageuka kinyume nyume tena?

 

[sifongo]

Mkuu nasikia upo Marekani......tafadhali tunakuomba urudi tujifunze wote kujitegemea.

 

[HAMY-D]

WanaCCM tumeshaeleza wazi kuwa hatuna shida na vijimisaada vyenye masharti. Hili hata mstaafu Kikwete alilizungumza na sasa rais Dkt Magufuli anazidi kulikazia.

 

[nankumene]

Sijui ni kina nani ambao hawakuwahi kuandika kuhusu utegemezi. Mimi si mmoja wao. Msimamo wangu kuhusu misaada ya kigeni haujaibuka sababu ya MCC kusitishwa kama baadhi ya watu wanataka tuamini. Kama kuandika juu ya hili nimeandika sana na tena wazi kabisa. Sijabadilika msimamo wangu. Na wengine wanalizungumzia hili la MCC leo wakati wengine tulilizungumzia miaka sita nyuma! Hili la MCC limenipa tu sababu ya kuendelea na msimamo huo huo niliokuwa nao. Ushahidi wangu upo hapa:

Niliandika hili - STOP FOREIGN AID TO TANZANIA CAMPAIGN - hili ilikuwa Nov 19, 2008. Nikimjibu Mwalimu Augustino kwenye mada hiyo nilihoji hivi "Mwalimu ni kitu gani ambacho sisi wenyewe tunaweza kukifanya kwa uwezo wetu na fedha zetu wenyewe. Unafikiri misaada ya kigeni??? imetusaidia kuendelea na kiwango cha maendeleo kinaakisi misaada tuliyopokea hadi sasa?"

Niliandika hili -ARE WE ADDICTED TO FOREIGN AID? - hii ilikuwa Feb 17, 2009. Nikaandika hivi mle "Alas! May the truth be told, as a nation we can only function at least semi-effectively as long as there is this constant flow of foreign through the veins and capillaries of Tanzania, without which we will collapse like pieces of cookies in a milk jar! We depend on this drug, we beg for it, we long for it, we sing with high pitched voices, screaming and rukarukaring like kids in a candy store. Whenever we are promised that there is some more coming we smile so wide and our eyes get teary with joy! Our desires are stirred like a man tempted by that midnight temptress in the fortress of passion! "

Katika mada iliyoanzishwa na Mzalendo Halisi Cutting Off Aid - A Condition to lift Africa from Poverty - ya Feb 24, 2009 nilichangia na kuhoji ifuatavyo: "najiulizana sana kwamba endapo misaada ya kigeni itasitishwa:

a. tutaendelea kuwa na NGOs nyingi hivi?
b. Je watanzania wanaweza kujitolea fedha zao kufanya kazi za kujitolea?
c. Itakuwaje kwenye misaada ya visima iliyoanzishwa na fedha za wahisani, tutamudu kuiendeleza?
d. Vipi kuhusu miradi mingine inayosapotiwa na wahisani nayo itakuwaje?"

Nikaandika mada nyingine WAFADHILI MMEIDEKEZA TANZANIA, BADO TUNATAKA NYONYO - hii ilikuwa ni mada ya Feb 26, 2009. Niliandika mle jambo hili "Ninachosema ni kuwa, wakati wa kutukatisha kunyonya umefika. Tayari tuna wasomi wa kutosha, tuna raslimali ya kutosha, tuna watu wa kutosha na tuna sababu za kutosha kujitegemea. Lakini zaidi ya yote tunaweza kujitegemea kwa kiasi kikubwa katika kujiletea maendeleo. Hadi hivi sasa ninachokiona ni importation of development ambapo kile tunachokiita "maendeleo" kwa kweli ni vitu tulivyocopy and paste kutoka ng'ambo! Juzi nilimsikia Waziri Mkuu akitaka watu wanunue vitunguu vya Tanzania!!! Yaani kwa maneno mengine Tanzania inaagiza hadi vitunguu kutoka ng'ambo ambayo wenyewe tunaviona ni 'bora'!" Na watu wananituhumu sijaandika kuhusu "kujitegemea"!

Niliandika tena muda si mrefu baadaye hili RAIS MWENYE MAWAZO YA KUOMBAOMBA - Hii ilikuwa Aprili 9, 2009 Nilikuwa nainukuu hotuba ya Rais na nilitanguliza kusema hivi kabla ya hotuba yenyewe "Sehemu ya hotuba ya Rais Kikwete inayothibitisha kuwa hana mawazo ya kuinua hali ya maisha ya watanzania bila ya kukinga mikono kwa nchi matajiri; asilimia 99 ya mambo anayotaka nchi matajiri zifanye kwa Afrika yanaweza kufanywa na Afrika wenyewe!"

Hiyo ni mifano tu ya nilichokisema na kukiandika humu kuhusu fikra zangu juu ya misaada ya Kigeni; kuna tofauti yoyote na nilichosema leo? Na nimeandika vingi vingine kwa mfano,

Niliandika hivi juu ya MCA ambayo ndio ilikuja mwanzo kabla ya kuwa MCC. Ni katika mada ya SYMBION POWER ACQUIRES DOWANS POWER PLANT

"tatizo liko toka mwanzo tulipokubali kuwa sehemu ya hii MCA. Wengi walifikiria kuwa MCA ina lengo la kutupa sisi uwezo na kujenga uwezo wetu wa ndani la hasha. Masharti ya MCA kama yalivyo masharti ya miradi mingine mingi tu ya Wamarekani ni kuwa fedha za walipa kodi wao ni lazima zinufaishe Marekani. Sasa mimi siwezi kuwalaumu kwa hili. Fikiria dola milioni 700 zinaweza kufanya nini Marekani? Kweli tulifikiria Wamarekani watatoa hizo milioni 700 kwa Tanzania bure tu? Kwa undugu gani?"

Na nikaongeza na kusema,

Hatuwezi kuwalaumu. Kama tungekuwa tunataka kweli iwe ni misaada ya kutunufaisha na sisi watawala wetu wangesema mapema kwenye masharti kuwa kwa kila dola moja inayopelekwa Marekani dola nyingine moja ibakie Tanzania. Lakini hatuna sera ya misaada ya kigeni Tanzania hivyo tunakuwa katika huruma ya wale wanaotoa misaada na hatuwezi kuwalaumu. Kwa wananchi wa kawaida kwa kweli hiyo haiwajalishi maana kama serikali yao imeshindwa kutatua tatizo la nishati na Wamarekani kwa kutumia fedha zao, na makampuni yao wanakuja kusaidia why not?

Sasa leo naambiwa ati sijawahi kuandika juu ya hili; na nina uhakika licha ya kuweka rekodi yangu wazi kuwa sijabadilika kama inavyodaiwa wapo wengine wanaweza wasikiri kuwa "kweli mwanakijiji msimamo wako haujabadilika juu ya misaada ya kigeni". Watajaribu kuuelezea kwa kunilazimisha nizungumzie masuala ya Zanzibar kwa mitazamo yao.

Mwaka 2003 - zingatia kuwa nimesema yale yale tangu 2008! niliandika mada iitwayo
Stop unscrupulous Foreign Aid to Tanzania campaign towards 2015. Niliandika hivi mle:
What would happen if we were to initiate such a campaign to demand that foreign aid ought to be halted until a new policy on solicitation of the same is put in place? Unafikiri CCM na serikali yake watafanya nini kampeni hiyo ikianza?

Je wrwe kama Mtanzania utaathirika vipi na usitwishaji wa misaada hiyo? Je kama kuna misaada kweli inahitajika ni ipi na kwa maeneo gani au kwa muda gani?

Unafikiri tunaweza kupiga hatua ya haraka ya maendeleo bila misaada ya kigeni?

Sasa ni kweli nimebadilika? Ni kweli sijazungumzia kuwa huru kutoka misaada ya kigeni? Ni kweli msimamo wangu wa leo unatokana na matukio ya juzi ya uchaguzi? Au ni msimamo unaotokana na kuthibitika katika kanuni ninazozisimamia. Mtu anayesoma anaweza kuamua mwenyewe bila kuongozwa na hisia za kisiasa au kisasi au kutotaka kuwa mkweli au kuogopa kusema "mwanakijiji yuko sahihi" kwa sababu ataonekana anakubaliana na mtu ambaye hakudandia mabadiliko yale feki!

Naendelea kuamini kusitishwa MCC iwe sababu tu ya kutaka kuondoka na misaada hii ya kitegemezi ya kigeni ambayo imetufanya tuwe watu tusiojiamini, wenye mawazo ya kubembeleza na ambao tuko tayari tufanywe lolote ili mradi dawa hii nzito ya kulevya iingie kwenye damu zetu!

Nitaendelea kupinga misaada ya kigeni ya aina ambayo tunapokea sasa hadi tutakapokuwa tayari kuwa na ushirikiano wa kigeni ambao msingi wake ni heshima, utu, kusaidiana na kuinuana. Na kabisa napinga misaada ya kigeni inayoingizwa kwenye bajeti ya nchi moja kwa moja au ile ambayo inakuja nje ya maeneo yale matatu niliyoyaanisha katika ile mada nyingine. Katika hili inawezekana nimebakia "mimi tu, mimi kuwaletea habari"

MMM

hakuna mtu anayepinga swala la kuacha utegemezi..issue hapa ni kwann jamaa wamesitisha hio misaada..mbona mkuu unataka kuzima ukweli kuwa swala la zanzibar ni moja ya chanzo cha kusitishiwa msaada...hebu kwanza tusifiche kuwa mauzauza ya zenji ni moja kati ya sababu tuache kufunikafunika mambo hapa

 

[kat.ph]

America’s MCC Decision a Reward to Magufuli

The United States has announced that it is suspending partnership with Tanzania on the Millennium Challenge Account’s new Compact development supposedly because of the election in Zanzibar and the application of the Cyber Crimes Act.

For starters, this decision was expected. Those of us in diplomatic circles have long been privy to the US Ambassador’s constant complaints and badmouthing the government about things mundane and substantive. Since Dr. John Pombe Magufuli took office, the United States has been treated like any other country. And Symbion Power, literally a State Department offshoot, has been having trouble here. And this is what this thing is all about.

The American decision is not about democracy. Why? Because Tanzania had already gone through all the rigorous criteria, including democratic governance, and qualified. The decision is not about Cyber Crimes Act. Why? Because the Act was signed into law in April 2015 and, three months later, in July 2015, the MCC notified Congress of its intention to enter into Compact agreement with Tanzania. And in September 2015, the MCC Board cited Tanzania's passage of control of corruption indicator as the only outstanding issue before approval of the Compact. Nothing about Cyber Crimes Act was mentioned. The decision moves the goalpost, making the whole MCC approval process a joke. Could it be that this has become a factor because the opposition cyber criminals, who wanted to tamper with vote tallies in the October 25 election, were busted using Cyber Crimes Act?

The American decision is also not about the election in Zanzibar. Had the America’s decision been about democracy, we would have seen it stay away from Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Egypt, who overthrew a democratically-elected government, who has now killed his people and thwarted all forms of freedoms, but he is still receiving a cool $1 billion of American aid. Had the America’s decision been about democracy, the United States would have at least hand-slapped Paul Kagame in Rwanda, who is always winning in sham elections, who has changed the constitution to become Rwanda’s life president, and who has admitted to going after his opponents and who has gotten the press and the entire country to sing to his tune. In January this year, the Saudis beheaded Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shiite cleric, simply for stating his mind. And what does the United States plan to do about it? Award Saudi Arabia with Obama visit in April. In Cuba, where there are still political prisoners, where there are no elections, and no free press, the United States opened USAID office – to facilitate aid to Cuba, aid that is being denied to Tanzania for exact stated reasons that made the US embrace Cuba!

I probably should not go down the path of comparing Tanzania to Rwanda, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Cuba. We are a much better country – and American assistance shouldn’t be seen as affirmation of our worth for we know that that assistance is at times offered, and has been offered, to people who we wouldn’t want to be in their company. We are a small country trying to build our own democracy, in our own way. The Americans have been part of messing Zanzibar up in the Cold War plays and the historical electoral challenges should be very familiar to them. But what calls for indignation is the arrogance, the holier-than-thou attitude that is embedded in the structure of some development partnerships.

God made human in His image. America wants Tanzanian democracy in its image. Would you accept MCC money for a democracy that elevates and celebrates Donald Trump? Would you accept MCC money for a democracy with laws such as the Patriots Act? Would you accept MCC money for a democracy that tortures war captives, that spies on its people and foreign allies, that hold people without trial? Perhaps the appropriate stance, a moral position, would be for us to ask the United States to keep its money, and its mouth shut, until Guantanamo Bay prison is closed, until NSA stops spying on the Americans and foreign leaders, until torture by its jail-masters is ended, until drone killings are stopped, until its complicity (by silence and military aid to Israel) in the annexation and annihilation of Palestine is ended.

One can say that this riff is familiar, especially from people who are defending themselves – the Mugabes, Castros and so forth. But the basic point here, without going into details of explaining the Zanzibar election, is that partnership, a term used by the Americans in describing the MCC suspension, should be equally fulfilling and beneficial. And, if, as indeed MCC apparently is, the partnership is structured to correct bad behaviors, the correction should be both ways. So, how does MCC partnership correct Americans’ behavior? It does not. It is simply a doormat to rub the big feet of America, with blood stains from trampling over small people around the world, to cleanse its conscious, before it enters the house of family of nations.

The cheer that this decision has met from the unthinking section of our intelligentsia, and in opposition, is pathetic and sickening. Colonialism of the mind has been extremely powerful and everlasting such that our elites’ yearning to be positioned close to, and to think like, and to speak as, the Americans has been the greatest threat to our pride and emancipation as Tanzanians and Africans in general. Right or wrong, our country first.

What we should be proud as Tanzanians is that the basic trajectory of our democracy is a positive one. Tanzania is one of the freest countries in the world and we continue to build our young democracy. We have a vibrant (albeit foreign funded) civil society and a free press, people here can write anything, can insult political leaders, without the slightest fear of reprisal. We didn't get here because of America's pressure or demands. We didn't believe in democracy and human rights because of MCC criteria. We are proud as a nation for spilling blood and treasure to fight for freedom and democracy and human rights in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa - at times at odds with the United States. No one can lecture us about the importance of freedom and human rights, certainly not a country that has been in the wrong side of freedom and human rights and democracy in so many places and so many times.

Regular Americans are eminently decent people, and they love this country, and Tanzanians have tremendously benefitted from their generosity. Unfortunately, in certain cases, the actions of their government and its officials give them a bad rap. As a Tanzanian, I hope that we don't lose Americans as our friends because of misguided actions of their government.

As President Magufuli works to build a new and better society, and as he has shown complete independence of mind as to treat the US Ambassador just like any other diplomat, he is bound to be punished. Perhaps he should take this as a reward. We have been in this situation before during Mwalimu Nyerere's time. He taught us what to do when our dignity as a people is equated with some cash. The path to independence is hard and painful. The Americans have reminded us that we are not there yet. We have our own flag and national anthem. Time to capture our own sovereignty.

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

hakuna mtu anayepinga swala la kuacha utegemezi..issue hapa ni kwann jamaa wamesitisha hio misaada..mbona mkuu unataka kuzima ukweli kuwa swala la zanzibar ni moja ya chanzo cha kusitishiwa msaada...hebu kwanza tusifiche kuwa mauzauza ya zenji ni moja kati ya sababu tuache kufunikafunika mambo hapa

Hilo ndio tatizo; kwa hiyo kama Uchaguzi wa Zanzibar usingefutwa na Shein angeshinda kihalali bado watu mngeendelea kutaka misaada?

 

[OKW BOBAN SUNZU]

Longolongo kibao lakini hugusi hoja za MCC kwamba.em lete nyuzi zako khs demokrasia na cyba kraim,nyuzi kabla hujawa msaliti

 

[Mzee Mwanakijiji]

America’s MCC Decision a Reward to Magufuli

I love this piece.. a very candid take on the whole question of American Aid.. thanks for sharing