The Quonquerer
JF-Expert Member
- May 14, 2009
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By The African Team
The African has learnt Kenyan High Commissioner to Tanzanian Mutinda Mutiso, a flamboyant Kiswahili speaker easily and comfortably mingles with ordinary people.
He is a man of the people who rarely shows elements of his diplomatic status and goes undetected and chats at common people's hangouts all places including his neighborhood at Namanga or any place he happens to visit, thus creating some doubts in some quarters of the Government and businesspeople.
According to media reports, he seems to have commented of Tanzanian politics and in favor of the ruling party which is against the decorum and privileges of the credited diplomat.
"A diplomat should not interfere with internal affairs of the host country; he should remain aloof and if anything to report, he should do so home country through a diplomatic bag," noted an experienced diplomat under anonymity.
He said diplomats' privileges and access include the Parliament request and audience with Government officials and approved meetings through the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
"There is a growing concern on the manner he conducts himself undercover and as diplomat and many people asked have shown doubts on his sincerity and his true colors and intention on his mission to the country especially after the showdown of the two countries in the just ended CITES conference in Doha, Qatar where Tanzania was badly defeated and humbled through a vote in a bid to get permit to sell its ivory stockpile," observed one respondent to the inquiry in a commentary on the high commissioner's character and behavior.
The well committed anti-ivory sale move orchestrated by Kenya and its allies frustrated genuine Tanzania's efforts and creating in the process an unprecedented and uncalled for fracture in the revamped five-member East African Community (EAC), Kenya was closely backed by Rwanda, showing the general divide pattern of the EAC to come, which undermines confidence over the institution.
"It is unfortunate that we have found ourselves fighting each other when we have established instruments in our joint commission protocols and that of the Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF)," said the Kenya High Commissioner.
A survey conducted by this paper has shown a divided public stand on Mutinda's actions with many people recommending review and censure of his extra-diplomatic activities in the country, while some of them saying he has an undivided commitment of serving his country's interests.
"This man was the one who initiated the movement that made Tanzania lose its bid for getting something from its natural resources and here is left freely to scout our country for further damages in the economic infrastructure like tourism. The Government should do something to control his activities before he finishes us," said one member of Mwenge Curios Cooperative Society along Sam Nujoma Road where the High Commissioner is a frequenter.
Tourism is the largest generator of Tanzania's foreign currencies and forms over 15 per cent of the GDP.
The high commissioner has travelled widely and deeply in this country in search of land and investment opportunities as a front man to Kenya's interests and in the process acquired land, business stakes in sometimes obscure and remote places. The high commissioner has been seen often at off road places like Lindi, Tunduru, Mbamba Bay, Loliondo, Lushoto, Kigoma and Kilosa.
"It is against the convention and one could be deported when a diplomat conducts himself in a manner not conducive to decorum and decency attached to diplomatic activities exposing one to known dangers," said a diplomatic expert.
In many instances, the high commissioner was spotted without diplomatic etiquette or escort on matters that seemed in all intentions were strictly private and confidential creating doubtful impressions on his true diplomatic intentions.
"He is always busy and dislikes elaborate diplomatic stature and etiquette," said the informant, adding that last week was seen at the gate of CENT Garden Park in Arusha City at midnight like a guard of the club busy reviewing passers- by who entered and left the bar in Sanawari area.
The aforementioned listed far off places he visited in the surface look desolate but are quite rich in potential resources that include tourism beach sites, agricultural land, wildlife and marine resources, agro-forestry products and natural gas that are highly needed by Kenya's business community and Mutiso is preparing the way.
When asked about his rather higher mobility and off-the road presence he said in impeccable Kiswahili that the was an East African and regarded himself as a son of the soil here and was in fact promoting Tanzania to Kenyan investment in a win-win situation.
In the bilateral relations he initiated and negotiated last year and signed on September 6, in Arusha, on a number of issues despite being members of the EAC it was observed that the two countries pursued divergent policies on wildlife conservation but agreed to collaborate in the areas of cross-border law enforcement in line with the LATF and exchange in training programs between the training institution.
"The separate deal was made by Kenya to avoid the asymmetry conditionality's adopted by the EAC in Kampala whereby fewer member could have their own arrangements to meet their specific needs that were not common to the regional body and incorporate it into the main body functions," noted one diplomat.
Meanwhile, the issue of concern for Kenya in tourism was the banning of tourist vans from Kenya to enter Tanzania and the same was resolved by establishing an inter-ministerial committee to address the matter adequately. It is alleged that this incongruency was the reason behind Kenya's ferocity on blocking Tanzania's bid to sell its ivory stockpile.
The ambassador stayed by the stand of his Government in a policy in which he formulated and that has brought anxiety to economic relations that seem to antagonize each other.
KARIBUNI KATIKA TAFAKURI HII:
The African has learnt Kenyan High Commissioner to Tanzanian Mutinda Mutiso, a flamboyant Kiswahili speaker easily and comfortably mingles with ordinary people.
He is a man of the people who rarely shows elements of his diplomatic status and goes undetected and chats at common people's hangouts all places including his neighborhood at Namanga or any place he happens to visit, thus creating some doubts in some quarters of the Government and businesspeople.
According to media reports, he seems to have commented of Tanzanian politics and in favor of the ruling party which is against the decorum and privileges of the credited diplomat.
"A diplomat should not interfere with internal affairs of the host country; he should remain aloof and if anything to report, he should do so home country through a diplomatic bag," noted an experienced diplomat under anonymity.
He said diplomats' privileges and access include the Parliament request and audience with Government officials and approved meetings through the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
"There is a growing concern on the manner he conducts himself undercover and as diplomat and many people asked have shown doubts on his sincerity and his true colors and intention on his mission to the country especially after the showdown of the two countries in the just ended CITES conference in Doha, Qatar where Tanzania was badly defeated and humbled through a vote in a bid to get permit to sell its ivory stockpile," observed one respondent to the inquiry in a commentary on the high commissioner's character and behavior.
The well committed anti-ivory sale move orchestrated by Kenya and its allies frustrated genuine Tanzania's efforts and creating in the process an unprecedented and uncalled for fracture in the revamped five-member East African Community (EAC), Kenya was closely backed by Rwanda, showing the general divide pattern of the EAC to come, which undermines confidence over the institution.
"It is unfortunate that we have found ourselves fighting each other when we have established instruments in our joint commission protocols and that of the Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF)," said the Kenya High Commissioner.
A survey conducted by this paper has shown a divided public stand on Mutinda's actions with many people recommending review and censure of his extra-diplomatic activities in the country, while some of them saying he has an undivided commitment of serving his country's interests.
"This man was the one who initiated the movement that made Tanzania lose its bid for getting something from its natural resources and here is left freely to scout our country for further damages in the economic infrastructure like tourism. The Government should do something to control his activities before he finishes us," said one member of Mwenge Curios Cooperative Society along Sam Nujoma Road where the High Commissioner is a frequenter.
Tourism is the largest generator of Tanzania's foreign currencies and forms over 15 per cent of the GDP.
The high commissioner has travelled widely and deeply in this country in search of land and investment opportunities as a front man to Kenya's interests and in the process acquired land, business stakes in sometimes obscure and remote places. The high commissioner has been seen often at off road places like Lindi, Tunduru, Mbamba Bay, Loliondo, Lushoto, Kigoma and Kilosa.
"It is against the convention and one could be deported when a diplomat conducts himself in a manner not conducive to decorum and decency attached to diplomatic activities exposing one to known dangers," said a diplomatic expert.
In many instances, the high commissioner was spotted without diplomatic etiquette or escort on matters that seemed in all intentions were strictly private and confidential creating doubtful impressions on his true diplomatic intentions.
"He is always busy and dislikes elaborate diplomatic stature and etiquette," said the informant, adding that last week was seen at the gate of CENT Garden Park in Arusha City at midnight like a guard of the club busy reviewing passers- by who entered and left the bar in Sanawari area.
The aforementioned listed far off places he visited in the surface look desolate but are quite rich in potential resources that include tourism beach sites, agricultural land, wildlife and marine resources, agro-forestry products and natural gas that are highly needed by Kenya's business community and Mutiso is preparing the way.
When asked about his rather higher mobility and off-the road presence he said in impeccable Kiswahili that the was an East African and regarded himself as a son of the soil here and was in fact promoting Tanzania to Kenyan investment in a win-win situation.
In the bilateral relations he initiated and negotiated last year and signed on September 6, in Arusha, on a number of issues despite being members of the EAC it was observed that the two countries pursued divergent policies on wildlife conservation but agreed to collaborate in the areas of cross-border law enforcement in line with the LATF and exchange in training programs between the training institution.
"The separate deal was made by Kenya to avoid the asymmetry conditionality's adopted by the EAC in Kampala whereby fewer member could have their own arrangements to meet their specific needs that were not common to the regional body and incorporate it into the main body functions," noted one diplomat.
Meanwhile, the issue of concern for Kenya in tourism was the banning of tourist vans from Kenya to enter Tanzania and the same was resolved by establishing an inter-ministerial committee to address the matter adequately. It is alleged that this incongruency was the reason behind Kenya's ferocity on blocking Tanzania's bid to sell its ivory stockpile.
The ambassador stayed by the stand of his Government in a policy in which he formulated and that has brought anxiety to economic relations that seem to antagonize each other.
KARIBUNI KATIKA TAFAKURI HII:
