ES & Mkandara, Kudos! I fully agree, TZ we have millions of excuses. Granted playing field isnt levelled, Incumbency factor, resources na mengineyo..so what? ni wapi..opposition walishawahi kushinda kwa sababu chama tawala kilitaka iwe hivyo especially in Africa? as long as system inaisaidia CCM, forget kupata sheria inayotoa haki sawa kwa wote! Nini kifanyike, operate within and with what you have. It doesnt require new law for me or another JF member kujua kwamba top leaders in CCM ni accomplice wa wizi wa richmond, madini etc! I mean tunaelewa lakini tatizo ni alternative tulizo nazo!
Iam not a politician but Iam very kin with "my secret vote". I always vote my belief and fortunately wengi wetu Tanzania we are slowly coming to terms in dealing with those who tell us on what political values we should believe in. From Senagal to Zambia to Malawi....chama tawala always is strong. waungwana wa chadema et al, we fully appreciate the difficult environment you work in, but hiyo haitoshi..propound policies and try to invest katika uwakilishi wa sauti zetu bungeni, for now dont invest much in presidency maana mkienda bungeni mka-influence mambo, people will trust you more...just saying...
Niongeze pia kuwa wakati haya yote yakifanyika vyama vya upinzani pia viibuke na falsafa na sera mbadala. Kwa maana ingine, we have to change the strategy from merely being against something, to being for something! For instance, instead of being against cost sharing in higher education, we can say we are for increased public funding of higher education channelling more resources to public services than to utawala.
Furhermore whatever proposal we make it has to be evidence based. Kwa mfano, inabidi kuonesha kimahesabu kabisa kuwa inawezekana serikali kulipia gharama za elimu ya juu kwa kupunguza gharama za utawala na kuonesha maeneo ya utawala ambayo yangeminywa na idadi ya fedha zitakazopatikana, kama vile ku-phase out wakuu wa wilaya, kuwa na wizara 13 badala ya 30, etc. Nahisi hatujafikia hii hatua na nafikiri ni scenario critical in rebranding the opposition in the eyes of the public.
I better call you "Mkuki" - why 'Mikuki?'
I know Mnyika is listening/reading this and internalizing the sense behind it. He is an astute young fellow.
All the Mnyikas in the "Vyama Mbadala" I have a question for you:
Since the last general election (2005), how many of you have gone back and critically evaluated your performances in each of the constituencies where you competed and lost? Have you put in place a better plan for the next election?
This is getting a bit personal, but I've to ask Mnyika specifically - if an election is held today in Ubungo, do you think you stand a better chance than last time? (You don't have to answer this, just keep the answer to yourself). I'm asking because yours was one of the most competitive run. If you have lost ground, ask yourself why, and work hard to reverse the situation; but never be disheartened, because that is the nature of politics.
Now, all of this has to be going on 24/7/52/365/ until the next election, and at the basic level - home by home, and village by village. How else would you expect people to know you exist? I would say, you should forgo the presidency for the moment. Aim at building gradually your parliamentary representation, and the rest will follow in place in due course.
Mzee Es, this topic is another pointer to the very magnifiscent utility of JF. Where else would one find such an insightiful plethora of ideas!
Uchambuzi mzuri wa Tambwe Hiza, twaipongeza sisim kwa juhudi za kuongeza shule za msingi na idadi ya wanafunzi.
Kwa upande wa pili wa shilingi sisim imeonyesha udhaifu mkubwa kutokana na takwimu za tambwe, wakati wa mkoloni shule zilikuwa chache, ilikuwa ni fahari kuwa mwalimu na kiwango cha elimu kilikuwa juu.
ongozeko la shule chini ya utawala wa sisim imepelekea kuongeza idadi ya shule, ualimu imeguuka kuwa laana, na kiwango cha elimu kimeporomoka, kuna baadhi ya shule vijijini zenye idadi kubwa ya wanafunzi kuna walimu wawili, imekuwa ni kawaida kwa wahitimu wa darasa la saba kumaliza elimu ya msingi huku akiwa hakui kusoma na kuandika.
Pamoja na mapungufu yao mengi, CCM ina viongozi wengi mno yaani almost kama Brazilian Soccer Team, unaweza kuwapumzisha kikosi kizima cha kwanza na kuiweka team B, na mabo yakawa sawa tu, leo ukimtoa Mrema TLP, basi na siasa imeisha, anyway bado najaribu kuchota elimu nzito kwenye posting zilizopita kwenye hii ishu kabla ya kuja na more!
Mkoloni alipoondooka, alituachia shule takribani za msingi 3,000 zilizokuwa na wanafunzi 486,000,
Leo miaka 45 baada ya mkoloni kuondoka CCM imeanzisha shule za msingi 11,560 zenye wanafunzi millioni 7,957,884.
Serikali imejitahidi kwa kuongeza sekondari kutoka 549 hadi 1,333 katika kipindi kifupi cha mwaka 1995-2004 sawa na ongezeko la aslimia 142.8%, huku serikali ya CCM, awamu ya nne ikiongeza shule kama hizo mpya 480, ambazo hadi mwaka jana zimetuwezesha kama taifa kufikisha shule za sekondari za serikali 1,715 na 640 zisizo za serikali, zote kwa pamoja zikiwa na wanafunzi 700,000.
Katika miaka mitano ijayo serikali ya CCM, inategemea kuongeza na kufikisha taifa kuwa na shule 2,556, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwa na shule moja katika kila kata, nchini.