Ventilation on MCC move is primed on wrong assumptions

[Daata]

Kikwete tutakukumbuka daima.

Nimestushwa kusikia hili kutoka kwako.

 

[kadoda11]

magufuli alitakiwa aanze na kushukughulika na awamu yake,sio kufuatilia mambo yaliyotokea awamu iliyopita

We bwege kweli,kwani sakata la escrow liliisha?.kwanini mnataka kumpangia JPM kutofatilia maovu yaliyotendeka nchini ya JK?.mnahofia nini?.

 

[FaizaFoxy]

Nnauhakika wengi humu lugha iliyotumika inawapiga chenga na wanarukia rukia na wao waonekane eti wamo.

Tumjibu Mafuruki kwa lugha aliyotumia kama kweli tumemuelewa.

 

[Kindus]

sasa hapa kweli mkuu ataelewa???

 

[THE BIG SHOW]

Ni kweli tutamkumbuka Kikwete kwa RICHMOND,Escrow............

In connection with Escrow sisi tutakumbuka zaid yale makanisa na maaskofu walioshiriki kwenye ule wizi...its a shame..!hata maaskofu?

 

[bantu.garage]

Faiza.....kinywa na watu dada yangu.

 

[THE BIG SHOW]

Ningeshangaa kama bepari na nabii wa utajiri angeandika tofauti na haya. Hizi ndizo gharama za kuwanyenyekea wazungu kana kwamba Mungu wao ni mwingine.

Uwe unatumia akili...usiwe unaongea kama kihiyo.

Achilia mbali kuwanyenyekea wazungu angalia suala la zanzibar kama ni miongoni mwa rootcause ya hiyo mcc na mengine...unawezaje kumtupia lawama mzungu?

Mzungu kwan ndiye mshirika wa babu yako jecha?

 

[Ulukolokwitanga]

Kuna fact moja ambayo watanzania hatutaki kuikubali, tunakusanya wastani wa trilioni moja kwa mwezi na tuna bajeti iliyozidi trilioni 19 hivyo basi mapato trilioni 12 na matumizi trilioni 19. Tofauti inayobaki inazibwa na mikopo na misaada. Wakati huo huo hata dawa hospitali hakuna na watoto wetu wanakaa chini. Kujitegemea ni wazo zuri ila linahitaji maandalizi

 

[Black Sniper]

Crocodile tears

 

[1954]

By Ali Mufuruki; alimufuruki@infotech.co.tz

I have read some articles by concerned members of the public, government officials and politicians about US government’s recent decision to suspend all relations between our government and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Sadly, however, articulate as some of these statements are, they miss the simple point that the world is not as simple and as straightforward as the writers/speakers seem to assume.

They also seem to suggest, unfairly in my opinion, that we Tanzanians bear no responsibility for what has happened and are mere victims of imperialist bullying by the mighty United States, but the truth is much more complex than that.

I have been arguing since this matter came up that, smart diplomacy is the only way to go in today’s complex world. Our diplomatic institutions have been caught napping by this predictable decision by the US. They should swing into action rather than resort to mere complaining and passing blame.

Without pointing an accusing finger at our intelligence and diplomatic institutions, in all fairness, our government should have anticipated the (US) reaction. The Americans more or less telegraphed their reaction with a threat to suspend relations, when the Escrow scandal broke out early last year. This was in connection with an MCC covenant in fighting against corruption in government institutions.

The government knew or should have known how MCC would respond to its handling of the Zanzibar election stalemate and taken necessary pre-emptive steps such as engaging the Americans and other partners immediately after it became clear we were going to have an electoral crisis.

I will not dwell on the disagreement over the cybercrimes law because in my estimation it is a mere red herring.

We should have demonstrated to the Americans and the whole world that the Zanzibar problem, while complicated, is firmly under control and a solution will be found, but it will take time and the world must work with us, not against us.

I have no doubt in my mind that this alone would have gone a long way in reassuring our partners and even various constituencies at home that serious efforts are being made to resolve the problem at hand and we would have secured the much needed political space to deal with this delicate matter internally in an atmosphere of calm without all attendant economic and political pressures that now seem inevitable.

It is a well-known fact that relations between nations are driven by interests not emotions. We should, therefore, not be surprised if the US leverages its considerable financial muscle to achieve its foreign policy objectives, including, but not limited to wanting to be an influential player in a region that is quickly becoming very interesting in the wider global geopolitical context.

Our reaction to this MCC announcement, therefore, should not be one of indignation and surprise, but rather, we should pick up a phone or dispatch our diplomats to Washington, Brussels, Beijing and Tokyo, clarify our position, name the red lines that cannot be crossed, but also ask our partners to be reasonable and supportive of our efforts to resolve our problems.

It is understandable that some people are offended by the hypocrisy and double standards of the US, but we must also understand that the US has never had any problems being called out as a hypocrite. It has never stopped them from doing what they do, be it the unjust 50 yearlong economic embargo of Cuba or the false claim of weapons of mass destruction in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq 15 years ago.

We must be smarter than that and we can learn about how to deal with people you are in disagreement with from none other than the US itself.

A good example is that although President Obama cannot stand his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, he calls him regularly to discuss important matters of state. He even keeps the infamous red phone in his office desk and on his bedside table in case of that unthinkable eventuality. He calls him even when they are in violent disagreement on ways of resolving ongoing global conflicts such as the one in Syria or Ukraine.

The MCC event is bigger than the money involved. Our failure to comply with the covenants we voluntarily agreed to, is a sign of weakness not strength. It is an admission that we have slipped on the governance scale even by our own standards. It will have consequences beyond the loss of the money being offered under the compact both locally and internationally.

Even if we did not need financial assistance for our development, we would need to maintain good relations with the likes of US, UK, China and EU if we want to avoid unnecessary disruptions to our development plans.

More importantly, however, we must ask ourselves if the decision to reject the MCC funds under these circumstances has the support of the majority of our people and the rights of some of our fellow citizens are not being sacrificed in the name of sovereignty and political expediency.

And while I wish it was not the case, Tanzania doesn’t have sufficient resources to fund all its ambitious development plans using internal sources even if we managed to stop all forms of tax evasion.

And running to the Chinese is not a sustainable solution in the long run. For all I know we will soon reach the ceiling of the debt we can sustainably take from the Chinese if this has not happened already.

The writers of various articles may be right when they claim that our relationship with the US cannot be defined by the MCC alone, but they are terribly mistaken if they think the US will leave us alone simply because we have decided to forgo the MCC money. That’s not how the world works.

We can be as certain as the sun will rise tomorrow that other development partners will soon follow in the footsteps of the US and the implications for us will become significant very quickly.

And let us be honest, Zanzibar is a real problem that requires urgent fixing. These recent elections were a terrible error of judgment. Soon we will see Dr Ali Mohamed Shein struggling to rule by himself in a country, whose Constitution assumes the government will always be made up of the two main political parties.

Now we have no opposition party based on the election results of March 20 and, of course, CCM has the numbers to amend the Constitution to enable it to govern, but such a move would deepen the crisis, not alleviate it.

I wrote a piece last year suggesting that the Zanzibar issue is too complex to be resolved through a one-man-one-vote solution. I also said that Tanzania Mainland could not stay out of the Zanzibar problem because for better or worse, for we are one and the same country.

A negotiated outcome would not have been a perfect solution to the election crisis in Zanzibar, but it would definitely have been better than the sham elections we just had. There was no rush to do this election because Dr Shein was constitutionally in office back then. Now, however, his legitimacy is shaky and he has become part of the problem - not the solution.

My hope is that when JPM takes over as chairman of CCM he will appoint a CCM leader in Zanzibar and on the mainland that can work with CUF and other opposition parties to bring peace and tranquillity back to the Isles.

I also hope that this new leadership will have wise answers to many pertinent questions that are being asked about the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar on both sides of the Union.

As for the MCC, we need to engage the Americans and push for the restoration of relations as soon as possible. Americans no doubt have an agenda, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have our own, because that is how the world works.

Mr Mufuruki is Chairman & CEO, Infotech Investment Group and co-founder and chairman of the CEO Roundtable.
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My take:
serikali kuwakorofisha international partners, na sasa kui-disappoint hata business community (a key source of tax revenue) ndiyo mwanzo wa kutengeneza lile anguko kuu.
i only pray kuwa hatuta-end up kuwa DRC nyingine!

Ali Mufuruki, ndiyo jina lake...ameandika vizuri na points zake ni appealing, lakini this man is a capitalist and pro western countries. Asingeweza kuandika otherwise. The Americans will be enjoying...reading this article, which to them is a master piece, and it is, anyway in the eyes of supporters. That is, we have to engage the Americans and kneel to them to "to push for the restoration of relations as soon as possible". Mufuruki ni mnufaika wa mfumo uliokuwepo kabla ya Utawala huu. JPM, my President, ana kazi kubwa mno. We have to continue praying for him.

 

[kilimbamula]

Ukitaka kujua kuwa mtu kafilisika akili kichwani ni kukosa kwake uwezo wa kufikiri. Vijana humu upeo wao umefika mwisho na kuilazimisha akili itafute mtu wa kumtupia mzigo (scape goat).

Masuala mengi ya mahusiano ya kimataifa yanataratibu zake, nchi inaamua kufuata kile inachokiamini kwa maslahi ya watu wake kwa siku za usoni hata kama kina madhara kwa muda mfupi.

Kabla ya kujiingiza kwenye kujadili hoja kwa kubuni tu, ni lazima kuitaka mamlaka inayohusika kutoa hoja za msingi juu ya sintofahamu hii ili kutupa nafasi ya kina kuijadili hiyo ripoti.

Waziri wa mambo ya nje ya nchi alitoa ufafanuzi ambao inawezekana haukukidhi haja na kushindwa kueleweka kwa kina.

Mamlaka husika wanasoma hizi sintofahamu, tafadhali watupatie maelezo ya kina ili tuachane na kujadili hoja kwa kubuni tu.

 

[JoseEli]

Tutalaumiana sana kwa hili kwa hatua hii tuliyofikia. Wengine watamlaumu Jecha Salum Jecha, wengine watamlaumu Kikwete kwa kutoingilia mgogoro huu wa kisiasa na hata wengine watalaumu Maalim Sefu kwamba kungangania kwake madaraka ndiyo kumetofikisha hatua hii.

UKWELI wa mambo ni huu: Kosa limeshafanyika na matokeo yake ndiyo haya. Hakuna njia nyingine ya kututoa hapa zaidi ya kukubali kosa na kuweka Realistic Corrective Action Plan

 

[mng'ato]

Tutajua kati ya polepole vs Ali mafuruki nani ni nani

 

[Elungata]

We bwege kweli,kwani sakata la escrow liliisha?.kwanini mnataka kumpangia JPM kutofatilia maovu yaliyotendeka nchini ya JK?.mnahofia nini?.

ha ha ha,we ndo bwege kweli,kwani sakata la kagoda liliisha?

 

[sohwa]

Ati vibuyu wa lumumba! Hahahaha

 

[Elungata]

Tutalaumiana sana kwa hili kwa hatua hii tuliyofikia. Wengine watamlaumu Jecha Salum Jecha, wengine watamlaumu Kikwete kwa kutoingilia mgogoro huu wa kisiasa na hata wengine watalaumu Maalim Sefu kwamba kungangania kwake madaraka ndiyo kumetofikisha hatua hii.

UKWELI wa mambo ni huu: Kosa limeshafanyika na matokeo yake ndiyo haya. Hakuna njia nyingine ya kututoa hapa zaidi ya kukubali kosa na kuweka Realistic Corrective Action Plan

hakuna cha jecha wala nini,diplomatically mahiga anapwaya,actually hakujishughulisha hata kuzunguka kujaribu kuweka mambo sawa kama mwenzake membe alivyokuwa anafanya.
Nakumbuka tangu awe waziri mahiga amekwenda rwanda kumuomba kagame eti asahau yaliyopita,ha ha ha ha

 

[Elungata]

In connection with Escrow sisi tutakumbuka zaid yale makanisa na maaskofu walioshiriki kwenye ule wizi...its a shame..!hata maaskofu?

saa hizi Pengo anakula pensheni tu,raha msitarehe

 

[msebia]

some people do comment as if they have never been in Tanzania and experience the difficulties of living under irresponsible leaders, the best thing to do ;never comment lest you expose your foolishness

 

[MchunguZI]

I have a feeling the first one to be sodomized in the contry was you, otherwise you wouldn't have come with such a gayish comment.

I challenge all those who are answering this thread to use the language used in the first post, by doing so we will be enlightened as to those who have really understood Mafuruki's message.

Foremost, Correct those parts which are underlined in red fonts. They are unusual collocations.

What a shame! What language did you use to appreciate the hopeless performance of the past? You know what, FaizaFoxy, as I was trying to emulate your good kiswahili, I ran short of differentiating words. by kulawiti, I meant to defile not to sodomize. Can you now see your misconception? The country was defiled by your darling.

Be calm, read carefully and try to think. This will help you avoiding misquotation of simple names like Mfuruki. I advise you not to despise Kiswahili for english language. Are you that much good at this language? I can try and whenever I fail, le français est l'option.

Note, we are not answering the thread, we are discussing.

 

[mzalendo-wa-tz]

mufuruki mwenye mwizi na tapeli mkubwa kapata fedha za dili dili tu

Jibu hoja zake acha porojo