FDR.jr,
Baada ya kifo cha Nyerere ambacho nina mashaka sana kama Mkapa hahusiki kwa kumpandisha pressure mzee wetu (Mungu anisamehe),
- Benki Kuu na kashfa zote; Meremeta, Epa, CIS, Tangold, Minara na menginewe.
- Miundombinu na Nishati: ATC, TRL, Rada, IPTL, Richmond, Kiwira, Ndege ya Rais, Helikopta za Jeshi na mengine.
- Demokrasia butu: uonevu kwa vyama vya siasa na wafuasi wa vyama ambavyo si CCM, kwa kutumia nguvu ya dola kama kule Pemba, mauaji ya Mwembechai, kufilisi au kutoza ushuru na kodi ya kukomoa kwa mwenye kuipinga CCM na Serikali ya Mkapa na mengineyo.
- Uwekezaji: Mikataba mibovu, sheria mbovu ambazo zinawapendelea wawekezaji na kulipunguzia Taifa mapato.
- Sheria na Katiba: kuendelea kuwepo kwa sheria na mambo mabovu katika sheria na katiba ambayo yameondoa kabisa mihimili ya Bunge na Mahakama kuwa na nguvu za kikatiba na mamlaka kuihakiki Serikali kuu.
- Uchumi wa nchi, kudorora kwa uchumi kwa hali halisi ya uzalishaji mali, kudumaa kwa kilimo na kukimbilia utegemezi wa kuagiza chakula, kupungua uzalishaji mali kutokana na kosekana kwa umeme, maji, barabara nzuri.
- Elimu na Afya: kushuka kwa kiwango cha elimu Tanzania kwa kuruhusu matakwa binafsi ya watu wachache waamue kubadili mfumo wa Elimu bila kupata ushauri wa wataalamu wa Elimu. Afya kuendelea kudorora huku kukiwa na uhaba mkubwawa vifaa, madawa na wataalamu wa afya.
- Uongozi mbovu; kukosekana kabisa kwa uwajibikaji ndani ya serikali ambako kumezaa tabaka la viongozi wa Serikali na Mashirika ambao wanajiona ni Miungu wasio na makosa (Mattaka, Chenge n.k). Kukosekana na Sauti ya kuheshimiwa kuliongoza Taifa.
Ili tuendelee mbele, fungua kesi, Wananchi wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania dhidi ya Benjamin William Mkapa.
… Nilimaanisha kwamba mikataba yote ingepititwa upya na yale yasiyokuwa na tija na nchi yetu yatupiliwe mbali.
2008-12-21 12:03:20
By Staff Reporter
But, according to the secret report made available to The Guardian on Sunday, it has cost the government more dearly than it was expected, painting another gloomy picture to President Benjamin Mkapa`s regime, which was clouded by serious controversial decisions.
In its conclusions, the report summed that the sale of government houses to senior politicians and officials was characterised by contradictory policy objectives and the systematic misuse of public resources.
``As a result of selling public housing and land at a fraction of market values to a relatively small group of politicians and senior officials, the Government of Tanzania has foregone a windfall income of hundreds of billions of shillings (hundreds of millions of USDs), and will continue to lose money on future sales``, says the 27-page report.
In Dar es Salaam alone, according to the report, income foregone from the sales is estimated at over $200 million.
For instance, the report reveals that in Oysterbay, Upanga, Sea view and other prime areas, the current market value of the land on which the auctioned government houses are built ranges between $150,000-$500,000, depending on the location, but yet the buyers paid not more than $50,000 to acquire the property.
Contacted this week for comment about what has been achieved during the execution of the controversial project, Makumba Kimweri from Tanzania Building Agency (TBA) said by August this year, only Sh39.5billion was already earned.
TBA has estimated to earn Sh57billion revenues from the controversial `auctioning` of government`s houses.
According to data released by TBA, a total 7,159 houses were sold countrywide.
Surprisingly, the money earned was used to build only 910 houses, making the project another `white elephant` as it failed even to meet 20 percent of the total houses demanded by the growing number of public servants.
The TBA official added that, the exercise to sell government houses will continue after civil servants, tenants of the proposed houses for sale, complete certain formalities including settling rents for those who are yet to pay.
According to the report, the reasons given for the partial auctioning of state-owned houses were among other things `to generate funds `with which to construct more and better housing units.`
It was assumed, this would be cheaper than refurbishing the dilapidated houses, but knowing what we know today, it is obvious that the project backed strongly by the third phase regime, was another means of looting public resources.
Although the Ministry of Works` Estates Department commissioned an independent valuation of government houses prior to their sale, the valuers were not asked to assess the value of the plots on which the houses stood, the report has found.
Following the situation, the sale of government houses was therefore premised on the fiction that the land on which the houses stood had no market value.
``When senior government staff and politicians learned that they could buy the houses they were living in at what was called `book value`, some had the houses repaired and/or upgraded at government expense, either through the Ministry of Works or their own ministries,`` the report says, adding that eventual prices paid for the houses were supposed to reflect the cost of the repairs, but individual deals were brokered so that the same price was paid for properties differing widely in value.
``I estimate the total value of the 478 government houses/plots sold in Oysterbay at Shs 165 billion, or $149 million�we know that that the TBA sold unimproved houses on one acre plots in prime locations for Shs 33 million and this is unjustifiable,`` says the author of the report
Tales of three officials
A Permanent Secretary bought the house in which he lives, in a choice area of one acre plots in Oysterbay.
The house has previously been extensively improved by the Ministry of Works, though the PS contests the value of the work performed and the quality of the workmanship. The price he pays for his house - over Shs 60 million - includes the agreed cost of the improvements. His plot is worth $500,000.
Just a few metres away, lives a Deputy Permanent Secretary, whose house remains largely as it was when built over half a century ago.
The Ministry of Works has not maintained the property, and the modest improvements to the plot (gate, wall/fence) were provided by the ministry.
He bought the house for Shs 33 million, including the one acre plot. Most of the houses and plots in his area sell for this price.
His plot is worth about $500,000. He has already paid for the property, by selling a house and a plot of land he owned in Dar es Salaam.
He says that the CRDB will offer loans to those who have bought their properties from the government.
He plans to build a modern house to rent after he retires in a few years` time.
Another Deputy PS lives in another typical colonial house off Chole Road. He has lived in the same house for more than twenty years and will retire in three years` time.
The plot (more than one acre) is worth up to $500,000. He intends to continue living in the house after his retirement. His first concern is to find ways to pay off the Shs 33 million that he owes the TBA.
- SOURCE: Sunday Observer
samahani, ina maana mwalimu afya ilianza kwenda ovyo baada ya kuona aliyemwamini, kumpenda na kumpendezesha sana kwetu sisi watanzania mpaka tukampa uraisi ameanza kuharibu? Ikumbukwe kama isingekuwa mwalimu uwezekano wa mkapa kupata uraisi ulikuwa mdogo mno kama sio hamna kabisa.
Du. Noma. Hata mimi naweza ona aibu na kujisikia vibaya nionapo mtu niliyemtegemea sana na kumsifia sana ili akubalike akifanya ovyo.
wazalendo, habari za hapa jamvini
kwa maoni yangu binafsi, nadhani rais mstaafu mkapa alijitahidi kufanya mengi mazuri. Matatizo mengi ambayo rev. Ameyanyambulisha yanatokana na loopholes ya baadhi ya sheria zetu, usimamizi na uwajibikaji.
Hebu tuangalie usa wakati bill clinton alipokuwa na sex scandal na monica, kwa sababu ya sheria, usimamizi na uwajibikaji uliokuwepo wa watu na institutions mbalimbali bado tunaona ni namna gani suala lake lilishughulikiwa. Jiulize kama ingekuwa tanzania lililofanyika kule lingewezekana?
Yawezekana mkapa alishindwa kusimamia mambo yote au kulikuwa na loopholes ambazo si vema zikaachwa tena.
Natoa hoja ni vema sheria zetu nyingi ziangaliwe na kupitiwa upya, pia kuwe na machanism ya kuwafanya watu wawajibike kuliko ilivyo sasa ambapo watu wakipata loopholes wanazitumia.
Swali langu kwa wote ambalo ni kuhusiana na utashi na uzalendo ni hasa katika suala zima la ufisadi: Je, ikiwa kuna loop hole ya wazi ya kujinufaisha binafsi na ambayo at that time umeiona na unadhani kuwa hakuna mtu wa kukuzuia au kukushika au kukushitaki, je utaitumia au utaiacha? Kama jibu lako ni utaiacha basi una utashi mwema na pia ni mzalendo, lakini kama jibu lako ni utaitumia basi wewe ni potential fisadi kama mafisadi wengine ila tu hujapata opportunity ya kuonyesha ufisadi wako.
samaki mmoja akioza...
1. Yesterday, Mr Kimaro was quoted by a section of the press, saying that he was enthusiastically waiting for the private motion to lift legal immunity to the former head state to be tabled in the house early next year.
2. Mr Kimaro, who was the first MP from the ruling party to raise the debate in the parliament by saying that it was high time Mr Mkapa was prosecuted, promised to vote in favour of the motion, once tabled in the house.
3. His remark comes amid currents of public discussions at this time when some ex-ministers are facing criminal charges linked to misuse of public office.
..Raisi Ya' Ardu wa Nigeria amekuwa akiwabembeleza Maseneta wa Nigeria waondoe immunity kwa Raisi. Ya' Ardu kasema anataka kuongoza nchi bila kuwa na immunity.
..umesema ukweli kwamba Bunge likifuata utaratibu wa kawaida wa kuondoa immunity basi itamhusu Raisi Kikwete, Raisi Benard Membe[msinishambulie], na wengine watakaomfuatia.
..lakini pia Bunge linaweza kuweka kipengele kwamba sheria hiyo ihusishe Maraisi woote walioongoza Tanzania. kwa mtizamo wangu naona hiyo itakuwa ndiyo haki.
..siyo siri kwamba hujuma za waziwazi na kubwakubwa zilianzia miaka ya Mzee Mwinyi. Ufisadi ulikithiri mpaka ikafikia wafadhili wakatukatia misaada. hata Mwalimu Nyerere alisema serikali inanuka rushwa. kwa mtizamo huo naamini kwamba hata utumishi wa serikali ya Mzee Mwinyi unapaswa kuchunguzwa.
..serikali ya Mwalimu Nyerere nayo inapaswa kuchunguzwa na kuhojiwa kutokana na wananchi kunyanganywa mali na ardhi yao kutokana na sera zake za Kijamaa. kuna wananchi waliopoteza maisha mikoa ya kusini wakati wa zoezi la operesheni vijiji. kwa mtizamo wako zoezi lile ni mfano wa excessive use of force na abuse of power and office. zaidi, kuna kesi ya wananchi wa kabila la Wadatoga/Barabaig ambao ardhi yao ya asili ya malisho ya mifugo iliporwa na serikali na kupewa muwekezaji wa mashamba ya ngano ya basuto.
..hapa Jamii Forums tuna msemo wetu wa kumkoma nyani giladi. katika masuala ya haki na utawala wa sheria hatupaswi kuoneana haya. Ufisadi ni ufisadi tu haijalishi umefanyika wakati wa Mwalimu,Mwinyi,Mkapa,au Kikwete.
..IMMUNITY YA MARAISI WOTE TANGU UHURU IONDOLEWE NA KILA RAISI ABEBE MSALABA WAKE.
Sorry bob, guess I'm not among those who believe Mr. Clean was the best President! For I know you can't measure economic growth simply by appling inflation of which benefits due under government programs were indexed to the inaccurate figure...Utterly, if we really want to judge former TZ leaders in terms of economic growth we'll all agree that Mr. Clean was the best president ever in the history of Tanzania. This can also be portrayed in among others stabilizing inflation rates and increasing govt reserves. This is quite contrally to the current leadership where really you can not plan something based on gvt plans as reference point as you'll end up in trouble for instance last year the annual plan was to reduce inflation to 4% however, it went up to 9% similarly, this year plan on inflation has failed meaning that is really set politically not feasibly attainable based on strategies behind.
Hii ni kweli kabisa Kaka, inabidi wananchi na wabunge wengine waanze ku-push hii kitu, na ikishajulikana nchi nzima wabunge wengi wataunga mkono kwa kuogopa kupigwa chini 2010.-
Sasa wakuu tutoe support nzito kwa wabunge na hasa huyu mbunge Kimaro, ambaye tayari ninaamibiwa na wakulu kuwa huko kwao tayari amepachikwa jina la "Traitor" kwa kutaka shemeji asulubiwe so be it, Mkapa ni lazima atinge Kisutu ama sivyo kazi nzima ya serikali kusaifsha mafisadi itakuwa ni kufukuza hewa! Na sisi wa-Tanzania sio watoto wadogo wa kudanganywa kila siku imefika mwisho sasa wote waliohusika watinge Kisutu now na hasa kiongozi wao wa wizi wa mali za wananchi, yaani Mkapa!
Ohhh Yeah! I said it, Sauti ya umeme FMES!
Bm21,
Sorry bob, guess I'm not among those who believe Mr. Clean was the best President! For I know you can't measure economic growth simply by appling inflation of which benefits due under government programs were indexed to the inaccurate figure...
Please, refresh my mind how did you came up with Inflation % in declining!.. 'cause all I know our economists and politicians vested interests in the continuance of Ufisadi policies, actually causing inflation, yet pretended that inflation was at decline, strongly minimizing its extent when in reality inflationary forces were manifest themselves like a vacuum of air in a plastic bag (Puto) to a point that now it bust and we look for a witch..
We for a long time ignored all economic factors that cannot be expressed as equations.. simply because we thought those guys are smart, very educated based on tone of their speaches, but in fact they tend to reduce all recognized economic concepts to the simplistic point where they can be mathematically measured or weighted..(changa la macho).
Tulipigwa changa la macho mkuu, na kuwa forced to ignore the existence and extent of inflationary forces until now when everything is clear (baada ya vumbi kuondoka)..It's is like those medical tests that never show what is wrong until the patient is already half dead, now we point our finger at the presiding doctor when in no time we could remember mgonjwa wetu getting better.At no time had economy reflect increase in productive efficiency of any of our technological progress..esp Infrastructure and Industry of which, Mramba just weeks ago reminded us - nothing, I mean zero ennovation during Mkapa's presidency!
I can hardly remember prices being declined during his Presidency other than statistics being understated because what was measured was price inflation under modest rates of deflation instead of the internal pressures that cause real price inflation...I.e Devaluation of Tsh. equivalent to Usd..
Just take a simple thing...Daladala fare was Tsh. 100 in 1995, by 1997 jumped to Tsh.150 and ended at Tsh.250 by the end his 10 years..definetly an incredible hike in % within 10 years..But at the same in 1995 a dollar was Tsh.500 (daladala 20 cent), by 1997 was 850 and he left at Tsh. 1100 (daladala at ..) do the math..
Mkuu, almost every thing you think of had a price tag higher than what local people could afford. High demand from Health, School, Food, Clothings U name it and besides all billions of dollars were stolen from each financial institutions like no tomorrow!..Money which flooded the street and hike prices of almost everything!..
Again I'm Starting to wonder if our problem is leadership or Ndivyo tulivyo! - Mkapa being a Mr. Clean!