Mwalimu

In Japanese, the term Sensei loosely means “teacher”, however its literal meaning, “person born before another”, is even more appropriate in encapsulating…

Shit Out Of Luck

Like Peter Msigwa’s June 20th, 2012 passionate comments during the discussion of last year’s budget, I too think the opposition’s purpose is to criticize government’s implementation of policy. Our democracy can only become increasingly vibrant and resilient if the opposition is strong in this regard.

The People’s Constitution: Fact or Fiction?

Warioba and his constitutional review commission have presented their draft after collecting the views of the people. They conducted a total of 1,942 meetings, attended by 1,306,500 people, with 395,000 people providing face-to-face interviews, with 160 focus groups providing their views, and 43 current and retired national leaders. If these meetings took on average 2 hours, that constitutes 233,040 minutes or approximately 2,590 soccer matches.

Viongozi wetu wanataka wakumbukwaje?

Ili mtu awe kiongozi lazima awe na hamasa ya kuleta mabadiliko na awe na hamasa ya kuacha jina zuri nyuma yake. Lazima awe mtu mwenye maono ya mbali, uelewa wa kutosha wa jamii hii ya Watanzania, anayefahamu matatizo ya Watanzania na kama aliwahi kuwa kwenye uongozi basi angalau tujue aliwahi kufanya nini kwenye uongozi.

Lucky Number 13

I am hopeful as this New Year trudges on. I am not always a fan of nationalistic sentiment, as it often results in dangerous rhetoric, however, I cannot help but be nationalistic this year. Let us work hard to continue to build our economy.