Results from Poll #10 and beyond
Most voters agreed that Tanzania is a secular state.
Regional Integration Is Inevitable: Two Things Can Derail It
In preparation for the first East Africa Future Day to be held in Nairobi on November 12, Ahmed Salim and Aidan Eyakuze of the Society for International Development preview what is at stake for East Africa’s future.
Nyerere: Why should we remember him?
A conversation with my father…
No Longer Child’s Play
In the end, it all boils down to each and every one of us to uphold the relative peace that Tanzania enjoys and prides itself for…
Who to blame when a ship sinks
What do I know about sinking ships?
Lives lost,
Loved ones, left to find pieces of their hearts that never made it to shore…
Mimi ni mtumishi wa Umma!
The “Tuwachore Tu” animated series is a collaboration between the cartoonist Masoud Kipanya and the organization Hivos Twaweza.
We mustn’t draw our swords. Mighty Pen, Almighty Sword.
In light of what happened to Dr. Ulimboka. Reflecting about Peace. We mustn’t draw our swords.
Paying the Piper: Per Diems and Other Allowances in Tanzania
“The nature of this allowance system only creates perverse incentives where people seek to get more training, attend more meetings and so forth. What is worse is that donors seem not to have caught on and by their finance, perpetuate this system.”
“We are all wading in blood”
In this compelling article, Jonathan Littell describes the view from sniper-watched streets earlier this month in Homs, Syria. Reader discretion is advised.
This Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Written or Spoken About
The Zanzibar Revolution marked a dark period in Tanzania’s history but a very much unknown period. The collective memory of the Revolution has either been suppressed or purposely forgotten leaving us with a history that is unwritten.
Vazi la Taifa kwa kamati, imla iso tamati
Una maoni gani? Je, Watanzania tunahitaji Vazi la Taifa? La kuchaguliwa na kamati maalumu ya serikali?
Wakati ni upi, ujanani au uzeeni?
Upi ni wakati muafaka wa kutumikia wana wa nchi! Ujanani au uzeeni?
Things Fell Apart
All of you by now have seen, read and simply been overwhelmed with images, videos and commentary from the pundits, laymen and goons alike about the life and death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Here is another goon’s take on the issue.
Whats your occupation?
The goal of these questions is to raise critical awareness about how each demonstration, protest and riot around the world is told to the rest of the world, and to imagine other ways to “occupy” a way of thinking.
Sukuma Wiki
When we read cables released by WikiLeaks, we should know who wrote them and for what purpose.
The undeciding bought Tanzania government
We are in this situation because our government has firmly decided to be an undeciding government when it comes to serious issues for the advantage of common citizens.
It’s about time we talked economics, not politics
Surely a nation half a century old must ask itself the tough question, what has it done with its freedom? Are we freer from poverty than we were fifty years ago? Are our children more literate than they were in 1961? Is the life for a normal Tanzanian any easier fifty years after independence?
Spitting on Marshall
An analysis of Tanzania’s current fuel strike relative to Alfred Marshall’s Principles of Economics.
The Deafening Silence
Democratic government is supposed to bring about, more or less, the wants of the people. Tanzanian democracy should be no different. The problem with the Tanzanian people, however, is that they do not always know what they want.
Wawepo, wasiwepo, mambo safi!
Mbunge atakoma kuwa Mbunge ikiwa atakosa kuhudhuria vikao vya “mikutano” mitatu ya Bunge mfululizo bila ruhusa ya Spika.
Bamako
A screening and conversation at the UDSM campus.
Sitting allowances and other treats
Last week Hon. Zitto Kabwe (MP Kigoma North) requested the parliament to cancel all future payments of his sitting allowances as he believes they are a waste of Government of Tanzania’s (GOT) resources. Should others follow suit?
Zebras with spots and leopards with stripes
“CHADEMA and CCM are simply not zebras and leopards; they are zebras with spots and leopards with stripes, respectively.”
How prepared is East Africa for opposition?
Indeed, there is no single country in the region that has never harassed opposition parties. The only difference is perhaps the scale of such harassment that puts such events in the Pearl of Africa to a level that could be compared to what is done by occupants of Mirembe or Butabika hospitals in Tanzania and Uganda, respectively.
Mbwa wa Pavlov
Nikisikia kengele tu kinywa changu kinajaa mate…
Besigye is still benched
Kizza Besigye continues to be sidelined following the Ugandan Presidential election in February 2011, from which the incumbent Yoweri Museveni was found to be victorious.
Osama is dead; but…
“…unlike many, I am not swamped with butterflies of joy, but baffled with what I should write on my facebook status. Rest in Peace or Rot in Hell.”
Drowning Fish: One of give and get nothing in return
“Between 6 and 8 billion shillings worth of gold leaves Geita every week.” – Privatus Karugendo, Raia Mwema.
I am African
Thabo Mbeki defining the essence of what it is to be an African in the 21st century. He made this speech in 1996 upon taking the SA Presidency in the parliament…
Tanzania withdraws application for World Heritage Site
The President’s office in Tanzania has recently rejected a nomination to consider the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.