Dr.
Mdondoaji:
Unajaribu sana kujenga hoja juu ya numbers na kutumia hoja hiyo kutafuta ushindi wakati kama wewe kweli ni PhD holder, majadiliano sio kutafuta ushindi bali kuelimishana, kubadilishana mawazo, ujuzi na uzoefu.
Nadhani sasa ni muhimu for me to explain to you why I don't want to deal with numbers as a starting point, pamoja na wewe kushinikiza sana kwamba Numbers should be the starting point, huku ukija na hoja kwamba nyinyi wachumi mnaamini katika "no facts, no right to speak".
Dr:
Napingana na wewe kuja copy and paste ya bajeti kama framework of analysis to determine mfumo upi wa serikali ni bora for our union. Hii ni kwasababu, nikiazima maneno yako hapo juu
"no facts, no right to speak"
, naunga mkono hoja lakini kuna kitu muhimu zaidi, ninacho amini kama mwananchi wa Kijiweni, nacho ni kwamba:
Numbers don't lie but, the very same numbers may ignore our most important TRUTH
Nikuulize:
Do you know how our most important truth that has been ignored for the last 50 years? Jibu ni kwamba - a lot of it, na ndio maana tunaoitwa "maoni ya wachache" tunajaribu kutumia fursa iliyopo to rectify tatizo lililopo. Lakini kikwazo kikubwa ni kwamba wanaojiita "maoni ya wengi" wanajaribu kuboresha tatizo kupitia serikali tatu, sio kutatua tatizo (rejea mabandiko yangu mwanzoni mwa uzi huu). Kinachoshangaza zaidi ni kwamba, for 50 years, tumegundua serikali mbili hazitufai. Badala ya kuwa na consensus kwamba two subnational governments with fiscal autonomy are inevitable, PhD holders kama Dr.
Mdondoaji wanashauri jibu ni serikali moja. Hawa wapo out of touch completely kwani the zanzibar question (1984, 2010), has been all about autonomy and self determination kwa sababu ya mfumo wa serikali mbili. Serikali moja sasa ya nini tena???
Dr.
mdondaji pamoja na wanasiasa wetu wana tabia to "over use") statistics, figures, na hilo ndio limekuwa linaendelea katika mfumo wetu wa bajeti na uchumi kwa ujumla. Mnafanya kama vile - its for anyone who doesnt believe it until they see the numbers.
Ukiwa kama mchumi, ulitakiwa uelewe kwamba huwa pia kuna a false correlation between numbers and evidence. Baadae nitakuonyesha jinsi gani this conflation undermines trust and na pia jinsi gani inapelekea to less-than-honest results, kwa kutumia namba zako hizo hizo za copy and paste.
Tatizo la msingi with numbers halipo katika numbers, per se; tatizo ni where numbers fall in our order-of-operations. Wanasiasa wetu (including you Doctor), mnazitazama numbers kama vile "they are an end point", "they are the holy grail of research and analysis". Kwa miaka 50, matokeo yake yamekuwa ni nini nchini? Halafu mnasema jibu ni serikali mbili au moja????
Nilichojadili
#108 ni kujenga hoja kwamba numbers aren't the end to themselves kama wewe na kina Mwigulu mnavyotaka tuaminisha kwa kuchukua bajeti na kuichambua kwa miwani ya mbao. Badala yake,
numbers zinatakiwa kuchukuliwa as a step along the journey towards a better understanding. Ni bahati mbaya sana wewe, mwigulu, "
MwanaDiwani" na wengine mnajaribu kufanya numbers kuwa ni
"An end". Katika muktadha huo, ndio maana hamuishiwi na pressure ya kuzichakachua, fiddle them, reconfigure them, ili mradi tu numbers zikidhi matakwa yenu. Ndio maana katika mchezo wa numbers hizo za bajeti, tena ambazo hazina input ya wananchi, hautanipata n'go. Call me foolish or whatever.
As much as you might like to pretend, and even force us kwamba hizo numbers represent "an infallible scientific rigor", tupo wachache wenye uzoefu ambao tunajua fika kwamba hata a figure ambayo may not look as a significant, kwa mfano 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000001, bado namba hii has an interpretive flexibility, hasa kama unaihitaji kuchomeka maslahi ya kisiasa kama yenu.
Kuwa na subira, uzi wa gharama utakuja tu dr
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