Rais mwenye mawazo ya kuombaomba!

[Interested Observer]

I think you have poor analytical skills, or you doing deliberately to mislead people, to be honest, you can never compare Asian colonization which was nowhere near as extensive as African colonization; there was no slave trade in Singapore like in East Africa.
My brother history is very open, which clearly express why country likes Singapore Developed faster than Tanzania.

Singapore was a strategic base of economic expansion of British Empire to south East Asia and china which tells you volume that when British left there the country was in good shape than Tanzania ,which was left with one engineer and two doctors .Singapore served as a centre for trade and transhipment, up to early twentieth century at the same time in Tanzania we were recovering from slavery, also the primary goods, mainly rubber and tin was processed in Singapore and it was popular economic activities in early twentieth century , also at the same time Singapore was a regional centre for the distribution of European manufactured goods.

Secondly it wise for Kikwete to seek for Foreign Direct Investment for Tanzania because that is the best way to Economic growth but because we stupid enough we call him ombaomba. You mentioning the success of China but what you failing to mention is that FDI have played vital role of pushing China to Market oriented Economy. For example from 1978 -1995 China received FDI worth of USD Billion 128. with that amount of FDI you can understand why its turning point was too fast.

Second example, between 1989 to 1994 the FDI to Africa was only USD 15.28 Billion at the same time, the FDI to Malaysia alone in respective time was USD 21 Billion, in Singapore at the same time was 33 Billion ,while to Thailand was 21 USD billion. That’s shows you that the Huge infusion of FDI to those countries has contributed to their growth you talking about therefore when our president is outsourcing for FDI to come to our country and you calling him ombaomba that is hypocrisy .


Third, I am not connected to Government, I am a private citizen like you but who happen to differ with you in thinking, thank you for putting it very well on your own word I quote ,“Tanzanians are backward, uninformed and unmotivated; and most do not know what are the priorities and also such opportunities are not open to their eyes”

Kwahiyo Mzee that was a collective blame which goes to all Tanzanians not Kikwete only that was inclusive ukiwemo na wewe mwenyewe , Nakutuonesha kuwa Uko backward ume prove kwa kusema kuwa , You are not a change we need in Tanzania,because your success is yours but is not for the nation , Kumbe hata utaifa huna. Untill you recognise that responsible citizen can change Tanzania ndipo nchi itasonga mbele

Leokweli,
Without doubt, kweli wewe uko-brainwashed. Pamoja kuwa all the news in this "internet era" is free; but still you are lacking knowledge. Let us go step by step:

FDI = Foreign Direct Investment
Hakuna mtu hata mmoja ambaye amemlaumu JK kwa kutafuta investments. Investments are the economic backborn of all nations, developed and developing.

Who are the biggest recipient of FDI: China have surpassed USA as a number one recipient of FDA in the world and USA is number 2. So my friend differetiate between "begging" and "FDA" these are different things.

Why China is receiving more of the FDA:
1. Proper policies
2. Cheap Labour
3. Perfect State of the Art Infrastructure
4. Stability (political Stability)
5. Rule of Law
Of the factors above, I can explain well on the number 3. Wewe umewahi kufika China miaka ya 1986 1990s na 2000s? In case you can answer this question so you will be on par to my explanation.
Unajua FDA ku-flow katika nchi recipient you need all sorts of industries, and those who will start are light industrial products to heavy industries investors. Lazima ukaribishe wawekezaji wote, wadogo na wakubwa. Wawekezaji wadogo wadogo huwa ni wengi kuliko wakubwa. Muwekazaji mdogo au mkubwa utam-identify kwa capital yake. Wawekezaji wengi wa Marekani, Ulaya magharibi, hata wengine kutoka Nchi zinazoendelea walikimbilia China kuwekeza. Kwa mfano mwaka 1989; mfanyabiashara ambaye angependa kutengeneza Garments in China, could form a joint venture for only Dollars 50,000. Ujuwe hapo jengo lipo, machines zipo na serikali inahakikisha unapata backing ya infrastructure kama Simu, Umeme, barabara etc. Tanzania ukitaka garment factory itabidi ujenge jumba, warehouse, usembue barabara, uweke miti ya simu, halafu no incentives. You need a 50thousand dollar in China to invest in the same thing but in Tanzania will cost you 500,000 dollars. Where will you go to invest?
Chinese ports are very busy, but very efficient. A container arrives the same day at the port and leaves the same day. Tell me about Tanzania Ports. Do you know what is the discharge rate and loading rate of our port (the biggest port in Tanzania)? Utacompare na port ya kijiji cha China. So when you try to compare FDA flows you must take in consideration that investors want to make profits all the time. No investor will put money at a risky place. Sasa wewe unataka tumblame nani; kama siyo ukosefu wa IQ nzuri kwa viongozi wetu na sisi wenyewe.
Kwa hiyo kufikia investors waje huku is a dream which will never come true in our life time, lazima aje mesiha kutuwekea hizo factors hapo juu. JK kishashindwa.

Ila tu naona huruma sana kwako wewe, and I congratulate you, you may have charisma to your country; unajua ni vigumu sana kumwambia mtu hanisi kuwa hawazi kuzaa, ingawa ni ukweli. Leokweli, kwa standard mie navyoona, na nilivyoongea na hawa viongozi wetu wewe unaosema wanafanya kazi, aisee, uki-compare na standard ya ulimwengu unakokwenda itabidi nchi zetu tuzikabidhi ziongozwe siku moja. We have to work hard; inabidi wananchi tuwe wakali kwa viongozi wetu.

Kuhusu motivation: Susuviri ameeleza visuri sana. My friend, do you know why we elect a president, and a president forms a government? We require him to mapout proper policies which can propel us to development. Among other things is motivation for the people and their development. Mie sijui Waziri wa Viwanda au Biashara anaitwa nani, lakini kwa ninavyoona mie hawa mawaziri wawili kwa Tanzania walikuwa wafanye ziada kubwa kufanya biashara na investment. Tumeongelea EPZ muda mrefu sana hadi leo hakuna kilichotokea. AGOA and others; I am sure they even do not know how to approach such issues and implement them.
Halafu kuhusu hii motivation, unajua hakuna nchi duniani ambayo huwatupa watu wake kwenye development ya infrastructure. development ya infrastructure need big flows of money; na tunapo-invest kwenye infrastructure kama barabra, simu, umeme, maji wanao-benefit, ni direct and indirect. Mie hadi leo huwa nashangaa sana; hivi siye tuna akili nzuri kuua shirika kama MECCO? kuwapa TRA wahindi, TANESCO na NetSolution, nasikia Tazara wamepewa wAchina, airoport na AirTanzania nayo watapewa Wachina. Hata maji tuliwapa watu wengine waongoze, halafu wanatumia pesa yetu. Au wanakopa IFC na World bank sisi tunaWa-guarantee. They do not bring money; they come with their brains and we give them our market and our own money. Mabarabara yanajengwa na foreigners, instead ya ku-promote Tanzanian born big companies ziwaajiri hao wageni tunaowamini lakini wasichukue mifweza yote hiyo kwao kwa kuwapa project zetu zote.
I ask you, for example TTCL, TANESCO, DAWASCO what was the problem? Market? these all are money makers!

Kuhusu Singapore naona una-confuse na Hong Kong, but anyway this is a part of knowledge which is everywhere in the net.

Believe me; if there was motivation for the people of Tanzania, this country would be very far.

 

[Ngekewa]

New hope as Obama gives Dar what Bush took away

President Barack Obama
By Irene Mchomvu

Tanzania now has fresh hopes of accessing billions of shillings in contraceptive funds from the United States following the departure from office of former President George W. Bush.

President Barack Obama, who succeeded Mr Bush after his historic win in year's election, has reversed an executive order by Mr Bush that dried up family planning funds to mostly poor countries, including Tanzania.

Health and Social Welfare minister David Mwakyusa admitted in an interview with The Citizen that the means for providing family planning services were constrained following a decision by Mr Bush to restrict funding to agencies considered as helping in abetting abortion.

Crucial contraceptives, like family planning pills, condoms and other related health services were funded heavily by money donated by the US to organisations such as Marie-Stopes International and USAID, which channelled the funds to national family planning associations.

In Tanzania, the magnitude of the Bush policy was quickly manifested in a drastic reduction in government budgetary allocations to family planning programmes that fell to zero in the last financial year.

Official details indicate that the Government had not released any funds this current financial year for the essential services. This huge gap, falling from Sh7.7 billion in 2005, alarmed service providers who, are concerned about its negative consequences to the nation.

Mr Tim Roche, the head of USAID's Deliver Project, told a recent forum that Sh3.2 billion had been budgeted for contraceptives, but nothing had been released.

The trend has been declining, with allocations dropping from Sh8.7 billion in 2006/2007 to Sh2.2 billion in 2007/2008.

But Prof Mwakyusa was optimistic that the situation will now be reversed following Mr Obama�s decision to resume funding.


The minister said the Government had not yet taken stock of the full impact or effects of the funds shortage. "But I assure the public that this problem will be over since the funding is to resume," said Prof Mwakyusa.

Health experts say contraceptives were key to among other things, family planning, and reduction of maternal and infant deaths.

Marie-Stopes Tanzania head of communication John Bosco told The Citizen that it was unfortunate funds had not been set aside locally to procure the contraceptives.

He added that a number of negative effects were likely to occur among families that depended on contraceptives.

"The contraceptives are very useful in family planning and unplanned pregnancies could now shoot up if the Government does not have a budget for these products," Mr Bosco said.

He warned that abortion cases could rise if contraceptive pills were not provided to those who depended on them to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

Meanwhile, medical experts called for the establishment of a procurement monitoring mechanism to prevent misappropriation of the contraceptive funds.

The scheme did not receive any funds for the year 2008/2009.

Mr Roche argued for family planning as a worthwhile investment as it could reduce maternal deaths by up 35 per cent.

It could also reduce, he said, infant deaths by 24 per cent and child deaths by per cent.

He argued that contraceptives cut incidences of infant HIV infection and reduced recourse to abortion.

He called for the immediate release of funds allocated for contraceptive procurement in the current financial year.

Mr Roche also called for commencing of advocacy now for a 2009/2010 allocation substantial enough to cover needs and rebuild the pipeline

"Include funds for contraceptive procurement in the next Global Fund proposal and mobilize donors to make emergency "gap-bridging" pledges," he said.

He said that during the years 2004 to 2007, contraceptive funding was forthcoming and sufficient to cover the projected needs as determined by the annual quantification exercise but the allocations had since decreased dramatically.

There were also challenges such as uncertain funding levels, unpredictable procurement and unpredictable timing of release of funds by the Treasury.

Others were poor availability of logistics data at facility level and weak forecasting and monitoring capacity.

According to the February stock, the report shows the needs of microgynon doubling while others like LoFemenal, injectables, IUD, implants and condoms remain the same in the 2010 projections.




HAYA NDIO MAWANZO YETU WATANZANIA SIO RAIS PEKE YAKE. waandishi, mawaziri na wengineo huchekenua kwa misaada hivyo Rais wetu tusimlaumu bure kwa hilo.

 

[Bobby]

Kaka mdogo, Mkjj na wengineo. Binafsi natamani kulia kwa kweli huyo ndio rais tuliyempa nchi jamani mbona tumekwishaa ndugu zangu. Hivi tufanyeje ili ajuwe kwamba hatuhitaji misaada kiasi hicho na wala haiwezi kutusaidia kuendelea zaidi ya kuuza uhuru wetu?? Hivi yeye kama rais hajuwi ni kiasi gani cha fedha zetu zinapotea kwenye rasilimai zetu zaidi ya mara mia ya hiyo misaada asiyochoka kuitaja muda wote??? Next time is it not possible kuwapima mapema hao wagombea ili wale wote wenye mentality ya umasikini kama hii wapigwe chini mapema jamani mbona uchungu?? Almost hotuba nzima ya rais inazungumzia matatizo bila mikakati ya kuyaondoa hayo matatizo hivi ni nani huyo atakayetupa hiyo mikakati? After all nani huyo asiyejuwa kuhusu matatizo tuliyonayo kama ya umeme??? Mimi nasikia kuchoka kweli kweli na katiba yetu ilivyomfanya rais Mungu basi ndio tumekwisha kabisa.