sasa kwanini hawa watu wanakuja na kutuahidi kufanya mambo 1001 wakati status quo iko vile vile? Yaani wananiboa sana mtu anatangaza nia ya kugombea na kuahidi kushirikiana kutatua matatizo ya wananchi na kufanya x,y, z huku mfumo ukiwa umebakia ulivyo. Wataweza vipi? Maana nikikumbuka wabunge wanaoondoka mwaka huu na wenyewe walisema hivyo hivyo 2005, na wengine the same was said in 2000 na before..
Hapo ndipo utajua kama mtu anatafuta mabadiliko ya kweli kwa wananchi au anatafuta kura ili kula.
Kwa mtu mwenye akili na anayetafuta mabadiliko ya kweli bungeni kwetu ni pa kupaogopa, kwa sababu mtu unaweza kuji set up to fail kama kweli unatafuta kuweka mabadiliko yanayofuata standards, labda ukubali ku sacrifice principles nyingi tu ili uweze kuwa na gradual change, na ukishaanza kusacrifice principle moja who is to say huta sacrifice nyingi au zote?.Sehemu yenyewe (bunge) bila patronism, innuendos na rushwa you are almost guaranteed kwamba huwezi kuingia, na hata ukiingia by the slimmest chance bila kutumia rushwa utapambanaje na ma party machinery huko juu ambayo yako corrupt by default? And I am not talking only about the ruling party, this applies to the opposition as well.
Ndiyo maana wagombea ndiyo walewale waliokuwa ofisi ya rais wakashindwa kufanya kitu (The January Makambas and Pindas) wanaopitia upinzani ni wachache na wako prone kuwa enticed and silenced (sijaona mbunge wa upinzani machachari ambaye hajafail victim kwa machinations za CCM/ party machineries, from Mrema to Zitto Kabwe and Slaa).Kwa hiyo hata hawa, the more they spend time bungeni, the more they start to lose their edge and start to be career politicians who are going through the motions without convictions.
Ndiyo maana nikauliza, wagombea wenyewe ni wapi? Hawa watumishi wa serikali na mashirika ya umma wanaostaafu na kukosa kazi, pamoja na wanaoacha kazi wengine na incumbents, au kuna watu walio na some fresh ideas?
Maana kama ulivyo imply, hatuwezi kubadilisha kitu kwa kufanya mambo vile vile.