Things Samia Suluhu should avoid to do in Kenya

Things Samia Suluhu should avoid to do in Kenya

Geza Ulole said:

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I should be frank to Madam President on her rushed visit to Kenya to do agreements with unpredicted regime that is full of surprises and about to wind up as early as February 2022.

Though I understand through our constitution every President is allowed to have different approach on regional issues and international policies, I still want my president to avoid the following:
  • Allowing tour vans from Kenya to access our national parks that have clear environmental management plans unlike Kenya's Game Reserve as Kenya tourism stakeholders have always had a chance to partner with tourism stakeholders in Tanzania and create more jobs. That win-win arrangement should remain untouched;
  • Permitting any sort of cross-border grazing thats to disregard our borders and undermine overall country's, Madam President should not dare to allow any idea of normads of Kenya bringing their herds to our territory on the mere fact of being Masais! As a matter of fact when such an issue arise, she should just ask GoK where did Masailand in Kenya go? A grazing corridor that stretched all the way to Nairobi and Rift Valley;
  • Giving more landing permits to Kenya airways or Jambo jet to land at more airports across Tanzania (inside and outside the parks) as matter of fact, I expect her hastened tour of Kenya to be a chance for her to ask for equal frequencies to be accorded to Tanzanian airlines across Kenyan airports be JKIA, Moi airport and Kisumu from Tanzanian airports of JKIA, KIA, AAKIA, Dodoma, Songwe n Mwanza!
  • Bowing to any trade agreement outside existing East Africa common market framework that protectionist Kenya deliberately sabotaged;
  • Giving in to any sort of arrangement to port (sea and inland) charges/tarrifs be it harmonization or allowing Lamu port to be a transhipment hub for cargo destined to Tanzania as that will jeopardise advantages our ports and SGR have to the regional trade as far as our geographical strategic position Tanzania have or poised to have with current modernization and SGR construction not forgetting n increment of insurance premiums as Lamu port is a high risk zone;
  • Agreeing to anything about Kenya-EU EPA negotiations. EPA or any international trade agreements were supposed to be discussed as a block i.e. within EAC protocols but unfortunately greedy Kenya went alone and for that matter Kenya should accomplish them alone. Moreover, I don't expect her to give in to either Kenya-US or Kenya-China or Kenya-UK agreements as doing so will be a lethal balkanizing of regional block, tantamount weakening the agreed existing EA common market structures in place;
  • Supporting Kenya in any way on her territorial sea dispute with Somalia currently at ICJ;
Common markets are meant to allow fair competition among member states in the region. Any agreements outside common markets are usually intended to undermine that and I would not agree to that. Samia Suluhu should ask why is Tanzania forced to sell maize and not flour in Kenya! BTW I will be shocked if she will be going without any MOU of Dar-Mombasa natural gas pipeline as her meaningless to Tanzania's interests.

To be fair enough I am not pleased with her hasted tour of Kenya! I would have expected her to be conducting meeting with our business communities especially our tourism, horticulture and farmers stakeholders. But instead, she chooses to go and listen to grievances from business community in a neighboring country, did she even have time to have prio consultation with our economists? To me this visit it is a wasted golden opportunity for her to listen to our business community first before an encounter with a neighbor's, I wonder whose interests is she representing in Nairobi?










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MY TAKE

Pleased to see her pushing for Dar-Mombasa pipeline aside energy sharing with Kenya as i am 100% sure our affordable gas and power fromJNHPP will get the market and benefit Tanzania greatly!




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Madam Suluhu has done almost everything i begged her to be cautious and therefore i rest my case and i pray to Allah to continue bless her with wisdom to lead the nation.
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umeandika vitu vya msingi sana
 
Shehullohi said:
Why Kenya and not somewhere else?

Asirudi hapa akiwa kajazwa hofu ya corona na mawazo ya kutuletea chanjo isiyo na kichwa wala miguu.

Amuulize Kenyatta kwa nini walizuia mahindi ya Tanzania kuingia Kenya wakati wameshindwa kuthibitisha tuhuma zao. Tabia hii ya Kenya dhidi ya Tanzania wataiacha? Ajiulize kwa nini Kenyatta alituma mjumbe wake maalumu wa mwaliko huu mara tu ya Mh Rais SSH kushika madaraka? Shauku hii ina nini nyuma yake? Ziara hii Rais kaambata na mwenza wake?
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Hilo la kuandamana na mwenza ni ‘swahili’ mindset, Lakini pia ni dharau na udhalilishaji kwa wanawake, kama hukuwai kuhoji maraisi wote watano waliopita kuhusu kusafiri na wenzi wao!
Suala la mahindi yetu na sumukuvu linapaswa kuendana sambamba na wale vifaranga tuliwachoma Namanga, na ile kejeli ya “wakati wao wakijifungia sisi turime, tutawauzia chakura!”
 
Geza Ulole said:
MY TAKE
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Who are you?

I thought this was Geza Ulole's posting?

I support everything that Geza Ulole has cautioned about in our dealings with Kenya.

Furthermore, we should be very clear about our interests in trade. Whenever Kenya imposes any barrier to our commodities, an equal embargo should be imposed on theirs immediately before negotiations take place.
They should not be allowed to have advantage in trade over us.
 
Kalamu1 said:
Who are you?

I thought this was Geza Ulole's posting?

I support everything that Geza Ulole has cautioned about in our dealings with Kenya.

Furthermore, we should be very clear about our interests in trade. Whenever Kenya imposes any barrier to our commodities, an equal embargo should be imposed on theirs immediately before negotiations take place.
They should not be allowed to have advantage in trade over us.
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Mimi ndo nimeandika hiyo update! Sikiliza makubaliano yaliyofanyika!
 
Son of Gamba said:
I think the best way, grammatically should be ; "things Samia Suluhu should avoid to do while in Kenya".

By the way concerning the "contents" of your thread, I agree with you 100%.
You've elaborated your points very clearly.
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Gamba, even that version doesn't cut it... i.e., "things Samia Suluhu should avoid to do 'while' in Kenya"

It implies that she can do them "while out of Kenya"?
 
You can calculate the motion of the heavenly bodies but not the wit of the people! How did you fail to grasp the unspeakable damage Magafuli did to our country by destroying decades good relationships with our neighbours? I fail to understand how any person of wit would think Magufuli stroke a deal with the signing of the Tanga-Hoima oil pipe! Besides failing to materialize it for years, thanks that he luckily failed. TOTAL has suspended its huge investment in gas and pipeline in Mozambique as of this week. Are you awarer of this and can you guess why?

Fossil fuel business is coming to an end in no more than 15 years, who would waste their precious capital by investing in obsolete endeavors? The world is changing faster than you think, electric cars are taking up the place of dizel engines. You and Maguful, the hard necked type wont figure this out until it happens, and this is how Maguful destroyed most things while he gained much praise from the stupid..., like you?
 
Kalamu1 said:
Gamba, even that version doesn't cut it... i.e., "things Samia Suluhu should avoid to do 'while' in Kenya"

It implies that she can do them "while out of Kenya"?
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We are always learning from one another. Well, what is the best version from you grammatically.
 
Gangilovela said:
You are such a nasty man. Do you know how much we achieved in the past five years? Or you are just writing? JPM tried his best to make sure that our country is in a Win - Win situation. We were a state which stand firm on its ambitions and goals together with its development plan.
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Don't prove to those who know the truth that you are so stupid! Magufuli worked harder to ensure Chato and the Lake zone are well off before he dies, that was his greatest worry, unfortunately the lake zone would not develope even if he lived another 20 years in office.

Magufuli never knew what is win-win situation, unlike his successor mama Samia who knows how to sit and dialogue with people.
 
fazili said:
It is the Office of the President that works and not an individual as such. This time we can believe the Office of the President to be more efficient compared to the previous regime where one man's show replaced the Office.

Mama Samia being humble and open to negotiations and professional advice I am much optimistic everything will be all right. It's time to open up our country for talks and negotiations once again after 5 years of so much destruction and retreat.
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Well said
 
R.I. P, Chuma; H. E. President Dr. Magufuli.
Let's assume that Madam to follow your feet-steps of which I real doubt!
 
Jasmoni Tegga said:
A lot of talks and so many travels with no concrete actions. The money would have been better used to supply books and study materials to our numerous wailing schools. She is busy and eager to make her own name at the expense of our people? Shame!
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Barely two months and yet pessimists and antagonists have started to conspire against madame president's effort to rehabilitate the country. Currently,rebuilding our fragmented foreign relationship & trade is very pivotal. Ironically, her predecessor rarely faced criticism despite embarking in white elephant projects such as undesirable buying of passenger planes, countless malpractices and nonconformities of all aspects. That being said, constructive criticism is what required at the moment and not raising frivolous issues.
 
..i hope madame president did not give in to the pressure to open bologonja gate btn serengeti and maasai mara.

Cc Geza Ulole
 
Just a reminder @HE Samia Suluhu Hassan as ongoing negotiations on 50+ transboundary deadlocks!
 
Geza Ulole said:
Just a reminder @HE Samia Suluhu Hassan as ongoing negotiations on 50+ transboundary deadlocks!
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"... ongoing negotiations on 50+ transboundary deadlocks..." meaning what?

I find it rather baffling, that one could put up for negotiation an area where s/he is a clear winner?

What was there to negotiate in the first place; and for that matter, on an area that is the prime revenue generator for the country!
 

Tanzania asks for fresh report on Kenya’s industrial sugar​



WEDNESDAY JUNE 09 2021​

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A trader arranges sweets at a factory in Industrial Area, Nairobi. Tanzania has said it will not grant Kenyan confectionery duty-free access to its market. FILE PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL


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Tanzania has refused to grant preferential tariff treatment to Kenyan made confectionery after faulting the report of the industrial sugar verification by Kenya.

Instead, President Samia Suluhu’s administration has demanded another verification to determine the taxable status of Kenyan made confectionery.

This comes even as the two East African neighbours work on a new beginning of mutual co-operation after years of tit-for-tat trade and diplomatic relations.

In 2018, Tanzania imposed a 25 per cent import duty on Kenyan confectionery, including juice, ice cream, chocolate, sweets and chewing gum, claiming Kenya had used zero-rated industrial sugar imports to produce them, in contravention of the East African Community (EAC) Rules of Origin.

The EastAfrican has learnt that Tanzania presented its case about the glaring anomalies in the verification report during the fifth bilateral meeting between the two countries in Arusha last month (May).

Presidential directive​

The meeting followed a directive by the countries’ Heads of State earlier in May, requiring ministers of Trade and EAC Affairs from both countries to address and resolve non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and other obstacles affecting trade and investment between them.

According to a section of the report on the deliberations, and seen by The EastAfrica, both Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to carry out another verification on Kenya’s industrial sugar within a month and the EAC Secretariat to communicate the findings of the verification within a week of conclusion.

The findings of the verification mission will help Tanzania decide whether to abolish the 25 percent import duty it imposed on Kenyan made confectionery in 2018.

“Moreover Tanzania noted that the verification report had some contradicting information in which on some areas it indicates that Kenya did not import industrial sugar while on other areas figure of importation are indicated,” according to the report.

“In addition, the report is silent on the recommendation to whether the confectionaries enjoyed duty free sugar or not. Therefore the Tanzania government is of the view that verification should be redone to address the inconsistency in the report.”

Kenya informed the meeting that EAC conducted a verification mission which Tanzania was a part of, and as a result of the verification, it was noted that industrial sugar was not used for manufacturing.

During the EAC Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (SCTIFI) meeting held in November 2018, Tanzania raised reservations about the outcomes of Kenya’s industrial sugar verification report arguing that there were discrepancies in the findings.

Repeat verification​

As a result Tanzania prepared another verification exercise for avoidance of doubt. Then Kenya clarified that its annual demand of industrial sugar is 160,000 metric tonnes and “we have never exceeded this,” and that all industrial sugar imported in 2017/2018 was fully utilised.

Kenya also argued that the 4,050 tonnes flagged in the verification report was imported by the United Nations World Food Programme for relief purposes.

During the bilateral meeting in May, Kenya urged Tanzania to allow its confectionery products into its market because these products did not enjoy duty free sugar.

Political will​

Kenya’s Trade and Industry Principal Secretary Johnson Weru told The EastAfrican last week the political will to remove the duty on Kenyan made confectionery is there, but “when it comes to fiscal issues they are not instantaneous.”

Kenya and Tanzania are pushing to resolve trade disputes, which have slowed down the flow of goods across common borders.

During the bilateral meeting co-chaired by Tanzanian minister for Industry and Trade Prof Kitila Mkumbo and his Kenyan counterpart Betty Maina, the trade officials resolved 30 out of the 64 contentious issues and made decisions on how to handle the remaining 34 issues.

Among issues resolved on the side of Tanzania are facilitating clearance of soft drinks such as juices and removal of inspection fees for processed products with standardization mark including wheat flour.

The parties also agreed to facilitate maize entry into Kenya as well as to waive the Excise duty for glass products from Tanzania. The parties agreed to grant Kenyan cement products preferential treatment.

According to the joint communique released after the meeting the parties also agreed to meet in the next three months to assess the level of implementation.

This story was first published in The EastAfrican print version on June 5.

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Tanzania asks for fresh report on Kenya’s industrial sugar

Tanzania presented its case about the glaring anomalies in the verification report and demanded another verification to determine the taxable status of Kenyan made confectionery.
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