Mkuu tusiwapotoshe wanajamvi kwa uvivu tu wa kusoma na kufanya research. Kwanza kabisa lazima uelewe uwezo wa kijeshi au military strength wa nchi huwa unaangaliwa kwa kuchukua vigezo vingi na si kuangalia kigezo kimoja au viwili tu. Hiyo percentage of GDP uliyoweka ni sehemu moja tu kati ya vitu karibia kumi vya kuangalia ili ujue nchi moja inaizidi military strength nchi nyingine. TATU,data za GDP ulizotumia ni za mwaka 2005 na wamekuambia ni estimation tu. Je unajuaje kama kila nchi imefanya update zipi mpaka kufikia hii mwaka 2013?. Ndio maana kwenye research wanakuambia ukiona una andiko au kitabu cha kufanya reference cha mwaka 2005 basi jitahidi utafute andiko la karibuni i.e at least year 2010. SASA BASI: Kwa mujibu wa Report ya Mwaka 2013 ya taasisi ya Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(Yearbook 2013), msimamo/rank kwa kigezo cha world rank,amount spent na %GDP kwenye mabano ni hivi: Kenya (78)(Usd 594000,000)(2.0%),Uganda(95),(Usd 276,000,000)(1.8%),Tanzania(103),(Usd 217,000,000),(1.1%),Rwanda (125),(Usd 77,200,000),(1.4%),Burundi(137) (Usd 46,900,000)(3.8%). Sasa, tazama nyingine chache za nje kidogo ya EAC: Malawi (136)(Usd 48,600,000)(1.2%),DRC (110) (Usd 163,000,000) (1.0), Seycheles (154)Usd 6,600,000) (1.2%). Nimekuwekea figure hizo ili uelewe kidogo kwamba military strength haiangaliwi kwa kigezo kimoja tu. Mfano, kwa kutumia kigezo cha amount spent nchi inayoongoza kwa Africa ni Algeria(29 in world ranks) (Usd 5,586,000,000) but has %GDP 3.8 equivalent to Burundi!. Also Malawi %GDP is 1.2 which is equal to that of Sycheles,does it mean Malawi military strength equal to that of Sycheles?.
Kumalizia ni kwamba,uwezo wa kijeshi wa nchi unapimwa kwa vigezo au parameters nyingi na si tu unatumia kiasi gani cha GDP yako. Je kama hiyo %kubwa unayojivuna kutumia unawalipa askari tu na haununui zana imara itakusaidia nini. Mfano mdogo ni Vita vya Kagera ambapo Iddi Amini kwa kusaidiana na Ghadafi walikuwa na zana za kisasa kuliko Tanzania. Lakini askari wao hawakuwa na ujuzi mkubwawa kutumia zana mbalimbali na pia hawakuwa na nidhamu. Matokeo yake unayajua.Au kama country yako iko vurnerable due to geographic position,weather,small population,number of able and active military personel etc bado hiyo %GDP spent itakuwa kigezo kimojawapo kidogo tu cha nguvu ya kijeshi.
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Hawa jamaa kiukweli wamejitayarisha na tutapigwa...Kwanini??? compare and contrast on CIA figures
Tanzania Military expenditure
Military expenditures:
0.2% of GDP (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
Malawi Military Expenditure
Military expenditures:
1.3% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 112
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]