Tanzania would rather be in Southern Africa, it seems...

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By PETER WANYONYI

As if expelling Banyarwanda was not enough, Tanzania has been in focus the last few months for some decidedly anti-integrationist statements and actions.

When Dar is not slapping arbitrary charges on other East African
Community citizens for daring to step onto its territory, it is behaving like a jealous regional sibling bent on making life as difficult as possible for everyone else.


When the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport caught fire recently, all
regional airports chipped in to help with passenger traffic except, officials claim, for Tanzania’s airports, which were immediately closed to Kenyan traffic.

When Kenya had a big food shortage two years ago, Tanzania immediately banned maize sales to Kenya, citing its own food insecurity.

A week later, Dar sold the maize to Uganda. And last year, Kenya
expressed interest in buying any excess natural gas from Tanzania’s
vast Songo Songo fields. The Tanzanian response was curt: The gas is for domestic consumption only and is not for sale. This sounded like a good domestic policy until Tanzania went ahead and sold the gas to the Chinese.


The pattern that emerges is one of Tanzania walling itself away from the rest of the region, perhaps informed by its dalliance with the Southern African Development Community, a South-Africa-run group that rivals the East African Community, for Dar’s attentions.


Amusingly, Tanzania, like Kenya and the rest of the EAC, is desperately
poor. In fact, slightly worse. One would have imagined that opening up its borders to investment and skills from across the region, like Kagame’s Rwanda has done, would be a no-brainer.


But when Kenyan tour agents began selling Mt Kilimanjaro trips to
Europeans, who first sunbathe in Kenya before going to Tanzania,
Tanzanians asked Kenyan tour agents to stop using photos of “its” Mt
Kilimanjaro on their brochures!



Last Updated: June 13, 2014 00:10
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[manning]

We unakerwa nini kana unaona Tanzania imejitenga yenyewe kwenye jumuia ya Afrika mashariki, Ninyi si ndio mlianza na coallition of the will na mkaitenga Tanzania kwa hiyo ikaona bora ielekeze nguvu zake SADC. Pia kumbuka Tanzania ni nchi huru na ina maamuzi yake ambayo hayawezi kuingiliwa na Nchi nyingine au jumuia yoyote . Mbona Rwanda iliposhauriwa na JK kumaliza matatizo yake ya ndani kwa mazungumzo mpaka leo ni uadui !!? Ninyi endeleeni kivyenu kama mlivyoanzisha na sisi baadae tutafuata lakini sio kila siku kulalamikia Tanzania.

 

[Kilamuluzi]

Kwanza hiyo kitu inaitwa East Africa bali huwa ni miradi ya baadhi ya watu,

 

[masopakyindi]

By PETER WANYONYI

As if expelling Banyarwanda was not enough, Tanzania has been in focus the last few months for some decidedly anti-integrationist statements and actions.

When Dar is not slapping arbitrary charges on other East African
Community citizens for daring to step onto its territory, it is behaving like a jealous regional sibling bent on making life as difficult as possible for everyone else.


When the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport caught fire recently, all
regional airports chipped in to help with passenger traffic except, officials claim, for Tanzania's airports, which were immediately closed to Kenyan traffic.

When Kenya had a big food shortage two years ago, Tanzania immediately banned maize sales to Kenya, citing its own food insecurity.

A week later, Dar sold the maize to Uganda. And last year, Kenya
expressed interest in buying any excess natural gas from Tanzania's
vast Songo Songo fields. The Tanzanian response was curt: The gas is for domestic consumption only and is not for sale. This sounded like a good domestic policy until Tanzania went ahead and sold the gas to the Chinese.


The pattern that emerges is one of Tanzania walling itself away from the rest of the region, perhaps informed by its dalliance with the Southern African Development Community, a South-Africa-run group that rivals the East African Community, for Dar's attentions.


Amusingly, Tanzania, like Kenya and the rest of the EAC, is desperately
poor. In fact, slightly worse. One would have imagined that opening up its borders to investment and skills from across the region, like Kagame's Rwanda has done, would be a no-brainer.


But when Kenyan tour agents began selling Mt Kilimanjaro trips to
Europeans, who first sunbathe in Kenya before going to Tanzania,
Tanzanians asked Kenyan tour agents to stop using photos of "its" Mt
Kilimanjaro on their brochures!



Last Updated: June 13, 2014 00:10
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Kenya is moaning for its loss and lack lustre in business.
Tanzania has learned the hard way in how to deal with Kenya when it comes to business, we are also catching up in a mean and cunning business posture, that has been Kenyas posture for decades.

Kenya needs our market to grow, but we have to use our market as our own yard stick for growth, thus Kenyas now constant moaning and bickering.

 

[masopakyindi]

We unakerwa nini kana unaona Tanzania imejitenga yenyewe kwenye jumuia ya Afrika mashariki, Ninyi si ndio mlianza na coallition of the will na mkaitenga Tanzania kwa hiyo ikaona bora ielekeze nguvu zake SADC. Pia kumbuka Tanzania ni nchi huru na ina maamuzi yake ambayo hayawezi kuingiliwa na Nchi nyingine au jumuia yoyote . Mbona Rwanda iliposhauriwa na JK kumaliza matatizo yake ya ndani kwa mazungumzo mpaka leo ni uadui !!? Ninyi endeleeni kivyenu kama mlivyoanzisha na sisi baadae tutafuata lakini sio kila siku kulalamikia Tanzania.

Kweli kabisa mkuu.
Ati wanaungana na kaRwanda kwa kujenga mradi mkubwa wa reli, ambacho si kitu kibaya.
Tatizo hiyo reli italipwa na miradi gani toka Uganda na Rwanda?

Kenya imefanya mistake big time na itslipia kosa hilo kizazi na kizazi.

 

[Zanzibar-Nyamwezi]

East Africa has ended already, Tanzania enjoy your massive growth in Southern Alliance! Eac mikononi mwa Mateja na Assassins, full of blood on their hands.

 

[Swat]

Your bolded sentences:all are lies! Kenya wakiwa na njaa tunawaokoa kila siku kwa mahindi. Kenya wameiomba officialy Tanzania iwauzie gas. Barua yao ipo wizara ya fedha na wizara ya nishati na madini,WAMEKUBALIWA!

 

[manywisa]

Wakenya wamalize matatizo yao wao wenyewe, siyo kila kitu kisichochao wanataka wao. Tanzania tulikuwa na tatizo la mbegu za mahindi, tukawaomba kenya watuuzie kwa ajili ya msimu wa kilimo na walikataa. Baadaye wanataka wauziwe mahindi, wakaambiwa mahindi hakuna kwa sababu hawakukuwa na mbegu Wanalalamika. Kenyans they are not trustful, always complaining like babies. Tanzanian resources are for Tanzanians not for EA, It is still in our memory what happen in 1977 about the former EAC

 

[Obugwa Izoba]

coalition of willing ndo iliwavuruga mlidhan mmepata kumbe...

 

[Commanche]

Wanyonyi can go eat a bowl of scat. Kenyans should leave us alone. Hawa watu wanaangalia interests zao tu, sasa JK alipowashtukia katika hili wanaanza propaganda za kitoto. Sisi huwa wanatusaidia nini zaidi ya kutudhihaki. Kenya relies on the Tanzania market to sell its manufactured goods. I am sick and tired of Kenya patronizing Tanzania for their own interests. Screw Kenya, let them whine like little kids and see if we care. They think we don't know their decades-long dirty tricks to take advantage of us e.g mount kilimanjaro and tourism. Airspace yetu, ardhi yetu, mahindi yetu, gas yetu na bado wanataka kutupangia? Wamejaa kibao hapa Tanzania halafu bado wanataka kutufanya wajinga.

 

[Mpanzi]

Hawa jamaa kweli ni manyang'au, zamani wakati tumelelala walikuwa wanauza Tanzanite yetu, Wanatumia Mlima wetu, leo tumeamka wanalia, hakuna gas yoyote tumeuza China, gas ya songo songo ni kidogo kwa ajili ya matumizi ya ndani, wasubiri tuanze kuvuna ya bahari kuu ndo tuwauzie

 

[ROBERT MICHAEL]

Wanyonyi can go eat a bowl of scat. Kenyans should leave us alone. Hawa watu wanaangalia interests zao tu, sasa JK alipowashtukia katika hili wanaanza propaganda za kitoto. Sisi huwa wanatusaidia nini zaidi ya kutudhihaki. Kenya relies on the Tanzania market to sell its manufactured goods. I am sick and tired of Kenya patronizing Tanzania for their own interests. Screw Kenya, let them whine like little kids and see if we care. They think we don't know their decades-long dirty tricks to take advantage of us e.g mount kilimanjaro and tourism. Airspace yetu, ardhi yetu, mahindi yetu, gas yetu na bado wanataka kutupangia? Wamejaa kibao hapa Tanzania halafu bado wanataka kutufanya wajinga.

Hawa jamaa wataweweseka sana,maana sasa hivi kila muda wanaiota Tz.

 

[Commanche]

Hawa jamaa wataweweseka sana,maana sasa hivi kila muda wanaiota Tz.

Wakenya nawafahamu vizuri sana. Hawana jipya. Wasichojua ni kuwa watanzania tumeamka, sio ma-bangusilo waliyoyazoea kuyapiga masingi zamani.

 

[papa anayevutia]

Jamani hivi kulikoni..mbona Tanzania inawanyima usingizi......si mfanye yenu..mmesikia sisi tunalia hivyo..endeleemi na coalition of the willing..muongeze jina mseme coalition of the running...Achana nasi

 

[tunduruman]

In fact southern Africa has a big market as compared to eastern block

 

[BINARY NO]

JK is a silent killer dont play with.....Songo Songo GAS is for domestic use only take that on ur mind..Mtwara Gas which is massively axtracted will b fordomestic and for export to this moment the production is zero..we TZnians we do export maize to Kenyans on daily basis bt their not thankful....if we close our borders coalition of the willing will suffer the most and TZ.....Rwandan economy has fallen from 8% to 5% coz TPDF/JWTZ is in DRC to safeguard congolese and their natutal resources which hav been stolen by KAGAME..Kenya has done very big mistake to side with dictators we TZnians we are watching u very closely with now challenged with alshabab so u better mind ur security issues rether than TZ

 

[Grand Jury]

in kenya, land, property and businesses are massively owned and/or controlled by few politicians-turned business tycoons through force grabbing. the kenyattas, mois and the like fall under this category. there is nothing for kenyans at large. if we were serious, we could enhance tarriffs on kenyan imports rather than embrance the one sided common market propaganda.

 

[Kengela]

kelele za chura,Dr Kikwete songa mbele, you are the best president in east africa, hao ma jenerali hawajui siasa, wanajaribu bunduki tu, hata huko wamekuta tuko vizuri, wamebaki kupiga kelele

 

[Bavaria]

I would support Burundi, Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique to be our faithful trading partners sio hawa blood mongers. CoW

 

[Abunuas]

Tanzania is not for sale.