Mkandara,
You must be kidding! the problem is with our leaders and not leadership style, people have to change their attitude towards work and leaders, In Tanzania there is no accountability nor responsibility, thats the problem, for sure if i know that after so many years of leadership if I messed up I am going to end in jail...I definetely wont mess. But as you know this "mwenzetu" and "ndugu yetu" kind of a thing is slowly killing us!!, "got access? use it! style of leadership" is prominent in Tanzania, thats why people are willing to pay "takrima" for the leadeship!
Lets change our attitude, everything will be alright.
FD
Damn this topic was a one of kind..When was it? 2006, 9 years today and things haven't changed a thing. WE want Accountability and Responsibility, yeta decision by itself changes nothing. After a decision is made, we still faces the problem of implementation. Now here is my question - How to get things done in a timely and effective manner?.
Where do we start? strange thing you might think is -
It Start with us all! but funny is, In Tanzania we don't have such as thing as US. The word Us scare people, It stands for UJAMAA kinda a thing! believe me or not, it is false among the truth! Remember what I said about real Truth? that
real truth never be found in dramatic event. That truth challenge each other, recoil from each other, reflect each other, ignore each other, tease each other, and are blind to each other!. well this is the truth that is false "Kila mtu anabeba Msalaba wake" - and we got Used to it" Might not always be ideal, but this is who we are, and we doing it every day. Ain't that the truth?
On the other hand, we have people who wonna be leaders, leaders to lead who? if the term Us scare everyone then who they want to lead though!. Here we will find the term "WE" standing for US, it's US against THEM, a division within. Now, the WE leaders wonna lead certain group of people, be it Religious, Tribal, Racial or even Gender politically. Today we find leaders who stand for who THEY are rather than who WE are, and the rest piles behind.
Approaching elections it's all drama in full swing and we kinda accept the fact that this time We're getting true leadership. Mind you my brothers and sisters, True leadership is sometimes hard to distinguish from falseleadership, which is merely a form of pretending. There are people out there who wish to appear to be leaders, but aren't actually. They posture as if theyare setting direction and inspiring others. Yet often they aremerely pretending. Leaders are to be leaders..You may wonder why I do say so..The fact is just here for you if you can stomach.
What is leadership?
It is a process by which one person influences the thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors of others.Leaders set a direction for the rest of us; they help us see whatlies ahead; they help us visualize what we might achieve; they encourage us and inspire us.
Yap, that is leadership and are very few of us who can qualify into THAT..And don't say who cares, it matters who is in office, Without true and genuine leadership we will quickly degenerates deep into argument and conflict because we see things in different ways and lean toward different solutions.
They say Nyerere was a dictator, but I will say - Yes he was but a true leader 'cause true Leadership is hard to find. A true leader helps to point us in the same direction and harness our efforts jointly. True Leadership has the ability to get other people to do something significant that they might not otherwise do. It's energizing people toward a goal. and from that, will say again Nyerere was the only true leader we had. Hope and only I can Hope that in the future if not this election we may find another true Leadership.
So we participate in a democtratic We realize that it matters who isin office, so as we participate in a contest, an election to choosethe best candidate. Each one of us must recognize the importance of change and leadership when wevote for our political leaders. We do realize that absence of leadership is equally dramatic in its effects. True or false we have ourselves to blame.
Mkandara