Nakubaliana nawe ktk mengi maadam sina tafiti ya maswala haya kwa undani zaidi maana nimetolewa hata mifano ya Watindiga!..binafsi, sioni tatizo la watu kuhifadhi tamaduni zao wakati huo huo wakichukua yaliyo bora kwenye tamaduni za kigeni, tofauti na sisi tunaotaka hawa Watindiga waache kabisa tamaduni zao za hifadhi ya misitu, wanyama na nguvu kazi ya asili za uchungaji ili waingie mjini kupuyanga matokeo yake ndio haya na hao Masai siku hizi nasikia ndio Mashoga!..
Kuhusu Regia Mtema sidhani pia kama anafanya makosa kusema Mbunge unatakiwa uwe na ushawishi kwa sababu ndivyo inavyotakiwa kisiasa. Ndivyo siasa zinavyochezwa mahala popote toka anagombea Ubunge ni swala la ushawishi wake bungeni kuweza kupeleka maendeleo jimboni kwa sababu lazima tukubali kwamba Wabunge sii tu wawakilishi wa wananchi bungeni kwenda kukaa na kupiga usingizi wakitegema serikali imeshapanga kila kitu, bali pia wanatakiwa kuwa na uwezo wa kushawishi kulingana na ilani zao kwa nini tujenge barabara ya lami Igunga kwenda Tabora kabla ya daraja la Kigamboni na kadhalika. Hizi ahadi ndizo zilizompa kura hivyo ni lazima aziwakilishe bungeni.
Na yatakuwa makosa makubwa kwa mbunge kwenda bungeni akitegemea kwamba serikiali ityabuni miradi ya maendeleo ikiwa yeye mwenyewe hana mpango wa maendeleo ya jimbo lake, bila shaka sababu kubwa ya kugawa majimbo ni kurahisisha kazi ya utawala kuweza kupata wawakilishi wa wananchi badala ya rais ama viongozi wa serikali kuu kutembelea kila jimbo kutazma wataweza kupeleka kitu gani ktk maendeleo ya wananchi.
Mimi nilivyomwelewa Regia ni kwamba hakutegemea mbunge mwenye sifa na majigambo kama Rostam angeshindwa kabisa kuwapelekea wananchi wa Igunga maendeleo kwa kupanga vizuri sehemu za huduma kama shule na zahanati kiasi kwamba kaeleza kuna watu wanatembea maili 10 kutafuta maji, shule au zahanati..sehemu kubwa bado kabisa iko nyuma sana na sidhani kama haya ni makosa ya wananchi ati hawataki kubadiliko isipokuwa hakuna mazingira bora ya wao kuweza kubadilika..Amini maneno yangu mkuu wangu kama utaweka mazingira bora wananchi watabadilika tu, sisi huku majuu tumebadilika sii kwa kupenda isipokuwa imetulazimu tubadilike ili tuweze kuishi nchi hizi.
Haya ni mawazo mabaya sana na ni chembechembe za Ubinafsi kama wazungu wanavyotuona sisi weusi hatupendi maendeleo. Wanatuona wavivu na wajeuri tusopenda maendeleo lakini ukitazama deal packages zao huyaoni mazuri wanayotutakia isipokuwa wanachozungumzia ni jinsi ya kukutumia zaidi.. Na pengine hawa Watindiga, Wasukuma wa Maswa na wengineo hutazama kwanza malengo ya kuwepo vitu hivi maanake siku hizi watu wanajengewa shule na zahanati ili waachie ardhi na machimbo yao ya dhahabu... Tena wakiahidiwa kusomeshwa bure watoto zao na kupewa makazi mapya..
Ningeomba sana tujadili issues na sii kumjadili Regia ambaye kaiweka mada hii na kwa bahati nzuri sote hapa tunakubaliana kwamba sii Igunga tu ambako hakuna maendeleo, bali umaskini wa Igunga upo sehemu kubwa ya Tanzania na hapo ndipo tunatakiwa kuanzia mjadala mrefu kuhusu maendeleo yetu. Kumzungumzia Regia ndio simple minded lakini sii kumzungumzia Rostam kutokana na madai yake ya kupeleka maendeleo makubwa Igunga hali hakuna kitu kabisa..
Mkuu nakubaliana na wewe kwa mengi lakini sidhani tukishamchagua mbunge basi tukae tuu atatuletea maendeleo. Kwangu suala sion kutotegemea mbunge mwenye sifa na majigambo kama Rostam ashindwe kabisa kuwapelekea wananchi wa Igunga maendeleo. Suala kwangu ni baada ya kushindwa kupeleka hayo manendeleo Wana Igunga walifanya nini kuhakikisha anafanya aliyohaidi?
Sikatai kuwa mazingira bora yanasaidia wananchi kubabadilika. Lakini at the same time inabidi tukubali kuwa pamoja na mazingira bora still mtu anaweza asibadilike kama bado hajaamua kufanya hivyo. Sijaelewa unaposema huko majuu umebadilika si kwa kupenda isipokuwa imekulazimu kubadilika ili uweze kuishi nchi hizo. Mimi naongelea willingness ya kubadilika bila kulazimishwa. Hata wewe wenyewe ujiangalia kwa undani you just changed from the outset ili uweze kuishi huko majuu but the true inner of you, bado you are a truly an African. You are not a westerner na sidhani kama unajiita hivyo. Siku ukiamua kurudi Tanzania, you will just behave like other Tanzanians.
Mkuu kuna principles mbili za human behaviour. Principle ya kwanza ni kwamba people do not change. Principle ya pili ni kwamba kama mtu amekuwa akifanya kitu same way kwa miaka mingi atakuwa mgumu kubadilika which is moot since principle ya kwanza still applies. Kuna usemi mmoja wa Kiingereza unasema "You can take people out of the gutter but you can't take the gutter out of the people'. Huu usemi una ukweli kwa asilimia 99 ya Watanzania. Wapo wanaosema once people pass their early teenage years, they remain the same person for the rest of their life. Labda ndio maana wazee wengi hawapendi mabadiliko? Watu wengine wako tayari kufa ili wasibadilike.
Uinaitisha mkutano wa hadhara watu wanajaa wanashangilia yote unayosema na kusukuma hata gari gari. Unamaliza mkutano very confident kuwa lazima watakupa kura za kumwaga. Still unashindwa uchaguzi. Why? Mkuu nafikiri ni muhimu hasa kwa wanasiasa wa vyama vya upinzani kujua kuwa behavior ya Watanzania haitokani na spur of the moment decisions or whims. Behavior za Watanzania zinatokana na vitu kama experinces zao tokea wazaliwe, experiences za familia zao za karibu, experiences za jamii wanayotoka na experiences of generations of people who have influenced the members of their community.
Ndio maana kwa mfano tatizo la umeme limeendelea kuwepo kwa miaka na miaka. Why? Kwa sababu kila kunapokuwepo na tatizo, Watanzania tuna tabia la kuliongelea sana bila kuchukua drastic actions kutatua tatizo. Pia tuna tuna kasumba kuyaacha matatizo na kumwomba Mungu ayatatue. Likitokea tatizo tuu utasikia Ewe Mungu tusaidie. We don't bother to address our problems. Kwa nini huko majuu likitokea tatizo hawamsubiri Mungu kutatua tatizo? Hii ni rooted behavour kwa Watanzania wengi sana.
Kwa hiyo wakati watu wanapo behave kwa namna fulani kuna maelfu ya miaka ya evolution kwenye matendo yao. No one can simply say they are being stupid or ignorant for behaving the way they do. Put yourself in their shoes for their lifetime and you would do exactly the same. Kwa hiyo watu hawatabadilika ghafla kwa sababu someone who has not earned their trust or respect tells them to.
You have to undo their deep-rooted beliefs one by one to get them back to the basics again. The deeper you dig, the more you will find that each of their behaviours was set in place for a legitimate reason. To undo it will require changing the factors and circumstances (mazingira?) that initially spurred each change. However, that will only and only be possible if they themselves are willing to change. So, simply changing ideology or rhetoric is not going to change people.