Is Mufuruki suffering the colonial legacy or nobility syndrome?

[Ntwa A. Katule]

Business leadership si kitu cha utani tani hasa kama unatafuta a visionary leader who is expected to set a new direction for the company. Unaweza kupata managers wa kutosha lakini kupata leaders ni ngumu maana hao ni rare specie. Leaders who can disrupt status quo are not easy to find. Na pia leaders hawapimwi kwa kiwango cha elimu. CEO wa Safaricom sidhani kama amemaliza hata chuo, mtanisahihisha kama nimekosea. So I can understand Mr Mufuruki's furstrations to some extent. Such positions should not be restricted by a sense of nationality if you want to get a pool of best candidates. Naomba tusome vitabu vya Richard Branson kuona how he sometimes picks people to head Virgin's subsidiaries. Muda mwingine inabidi ulete mtu tofauti ili kubadilisha culture ya kampuni. Vitu vinabadilika, ushindani unaongezeka, kwa hiyo kuchukua tu mtu sababu ni manager na kigezo cha uzawa vinaweza fanya mkashindwa kukua.

Sekta ya Telcos inazidi kuwa ngumu. Kutegemea Data na Voice pekee inaweza isiwe na future kubwa. Kwa mtazamo wangu labda walimchukua Sylivia kwa kuangalia ambacho amefanya akiwa Safari com. Safaricom wapo vizuri sana upande wa innovation. Ukiangalia trend ya product mpya za safari com zimejikita kwenye content na huko ndo kwenye future. Mfano wana music app inaitwa Songa na pia wameingia kwenye social network.

Tunahitaji kujitathmini kwa kweli. Hili jambo lipo reflected kwenye mambo mengi. Mfano recent kumekuwa na hela nyingi kwenye mambo ya innovation lakini tatizo vijana wetu wengi hawana soft skills. Kwa hiyo tusiishi kwenye denial kuna tatizo kubwa. Kwani kinachofanya tusite site kwenye EAC ni nini? Ni kwamba our people are not ready kushindana na wenzetu hasa wakenya. Kwa hiyo tuyafanyie kazi madhaifu yetu badala ya kuhudhunika. Negative feedback is heart breaking lakini kuna muda inabidi tu tuambiane ukweli tusioneane aibu. Tufanye kazi kwa bidii na tuwe wabunifu. Nazisisitiza ukitaka uonekane kama kiongozi mzuri sehemu unayofanya kazi, acha kufanya kazi kwa mazoea, kuwa mbunifu. Pia wahimize waliochini yako wawe wabunifu na wape nafasi ya kuonyesha vipaji vyao. Tutafika tu taratibu. Tuchukulie haya yote kama ni changamoto ili tuwe bora zaidi.

 

[Kiranga]

Kama Kiingereza ulichoandika na cha wahitimu wengi wa sasa ni kigezo, Mufuruki may be justified.

Na jinsi ulivyomsifia, mtu ambaye kayumba mpaka kumsifia jiwe kisiasa saaana tu, wakati tulijua jiwe atamnyuka huyu malaika naye aishi kama shetani, halafu akamnyuka kweli, unaonesha sio wewe tu hujielewi.

Sio tu hao wahitimu wetu wengi hawana sifa.

Hata Mufuruki mwenyewe ni kati ya wale wale wasio na critical thinking ya kusoma mchezo na kujua huyu jiwe hana akili nzuri na si mtu wa kumshabikia.

Sasa huyo ndiye veteran wa enzi ya Nyerere, chairman wa CEO Roundtable.

Hao Johnny come lately watakuwaje?

Mufuruki alivyomshadadia jiwe nilimshngaa sana.

Serikali ya jiwe ilivyomnyuka mpaka akalalamika nikamsikitikia sana.

Lakini nikasema it serves him right for being "bendera kufuata upepo".

 

[Zygot]

Huyu jamaa nikwambie tu kiukweli ni muhaya mwenye pesa halafu anadharau sana ,namfahamu kindakindaki,niliwahi hudhuria msiba wa baba yake.

Kingine kuna ziara moja rais Magufuli allifanya Uganda ,nakumbuka wakikutana marais wa afrika mashariki,jamaa alipewa nafasi ya kuongea kuhusu biashara,aliponda bongo kiana, Baadae Magufuli alimwambia Mufuruki kuhusu vikwazo unavyokutana navyo njoo uniambie kipi kikwazo tujue namna ya kufanya mimi niko tayari,lakini alikua anainanga nchi .
Huyu kama ulvyosema ukoloni umemjaa

Alianza biashara kwa wizi wa pesa za shirika la serikali, leo hii anajidai mfanyabiashara mwema.

 

[Janjaweed]

I have come across the below article , not sure from which exactly media house or social media network, but most important is the way it has not only caught and drew my attention lather allure my curiosity to the maximum.
I cant discount the fact that i have had great respect to Mr. Mufuruki for quite sometime, and this is not because i know him personally, but firmly because he has successfully built his personal brand and character as A MAN OF RESPECT, which is also attributed by his successful business empire and affluence

Its today that I HAVE QUESTIONED my supposedly respect to this noble man and got more curious to know him personally after seeing these quotes, which are alleged coming from him or maybe his office. I cant believe that Ally may choose to openly insult the TANZANIA education system, professionals and youngsters with energy and zeal to excel to higher positions, the same people he mingle with, hang with and proudly living with in the same country.
So to Ally, out of 55 million Tanzanian, there is no a single well trained, talented leader who can be trusted with the position in VODA TZ, instead he finds all those value to a lady in the neighboring country. If at all this is true , then how can he ,as a board chairman still brag of excellence, nobility, leadership, or mentor.

I remember when Mwalimu Nyerere was advocating for free and independent Tanganyika, the ALLY MUFURUKI alike rushed to the queen accusing Nyerere of in-sighting violence, murmuring that TANZANIAN were too premature to rule and manage the country(some northern chiefs to be specific) . However we have proven them wrong just like how Tanzanian will prove him wrong if at all he wants to be proven wrong

But before he throw stones to his fellow comrades in Tanzania on their supposedly illiteracy to manage huge corporation, I strongly resonate his inability and failures as aboard chairman on the followings, which (in case he is here) i would prefer his comments

1. As a successful business man and entrepreneur, why has he failed to run leadership and management PROGRAM which will see youth and executives being ready for higher position. at least as a social responsibility program
2. As a Boarder Chairman why has he failed to groom his internal Voda Tanzanian executive to be ready for the position, given that he knew Ian had a short term contract. So he runs a corporation without SUCCESSION plan
3. One of the main responsibility of the board is to steer the company to the right direction, including hiring and mentoring the CEO, why he is retracting from this responsibility by choosing to hire someone who has been mentored by another board of directors.
4. IF THE board knows the direction they want the company to Go, why all these fears for Tanzanian, or they want someone who will tell them where to go. Why dont he set standards and bring someone to steer through the standards instead he wants someone who will steer the company independently.
5. Is the board suffering inferiority complex, hence fearing that fellow Tanzanian will prove to be powerful and umbrella their nobility.
6. everyone knows how Kenyan are corrupt, why is he eagerly insisting on hiring them instead? and choose to insult fellow Tanzanian? anything below the curtain here?

Ally , the fitting background your talking here is built and not manufactured, hence if your so on your excellency, why dont you build that fitting background from within.

I know your very busy but am inviting you for a coffee this weekend so that i get out my curiosity, your name is too big for these cheap, unpopular and irrespectable comments .

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He is not serious

 

[thetallest]

Alianza biashara kwa wizi wa pesa za shirika la serikali, leo hii anajidai mfanyabiashara mwema.

Huyu jamaa ndo wale wanakuibia baadae anakuita fala,hafai

 

[Titicomb]

Kama Kiingereza ulichoandika na cha wahitimu wengi wa sasa ni kigezo, Mufuruki may be justified.

Na jinsi ulivyomsifia, mtu ambaye kayumba mpaka kumsifia jiwe kisiasa saaana tu, wakati tulijua jiwe atamnyuka huyu malaika naye aishi kama shetani, halafu akamnyuka kweli, unaonesha sio wewe tu hujielewi.

Sio tu hao wahitimu wetu wengi hawana sifa.

Hata Mufuruki mwenyewe ni kati ya wale wale wasio na critical thinking ya kusoma mchezo na kujua huyu jiwe hana akili nzuri na si mtu wa kumshabikia.

Sasa huyo ndiye veteran wa enzi ya Nyerere, chairman wa CEO Roundtable.

Hao Johnny come lately watakuwaje?

Mufuruki alivyomshadadia jiwe nilimshngaa sana.

Serikali ya jiwe ilivyomnyuka mpaka akalalamika nikamsikitikia sana.

Lakini nikasema it serves him right for being "bendera kufuata upepo".

Mkuu tukiacha mapungufu ya Johnny hivi kweli hakuna mtanzania anaweza kuimudu ile nafasi?

Hata diaspora hawapo wa kuja kuokoa jahazi?

Ukiangalia huyo Sylvia Mulinge alikuwa diaspora wakati anapewa nafasi Vodafone. Alitokea SA.
Akakuzwa zaidi na kufikia pale alipo.

 

[niah]

You have decided to attack mr. Mufuruki on purely political correctness and narrow "patriotic" sentiments, rather than business exigencies on which Ally's decisions ought to be based. It is also ironic that our local commercial banks have hired CEOs from Ghana, Netherlands etc and yet some people find it unacceptable to recruit a competent lady from a neighbouring country with which we share many binding political, social, legal and commercial protocals under the east african community treaty. You see we cannot have our cake and eat it. If have joined the eac we are bound by its treaties therein or else we should quit. In any case what harm would a lady from kenya pose as vodacom tz head bearing in mind the board and most of managemet are under competent tanzanians like Ally as correctly state? None in my opinion.

They should read and watch the news to know the current affairs about Africa esp. Tanzania. This is not a propaganda against our nation it is the reality. The World bank insist on investing in people rather than infrastructure. Elimu, Elimu Elimu. Without best education Tanzania will be always the observer or sit and watch when others are advancing.

How did we get Prof. Rweyemamu, Samuel Lwakatare those are the few I am mentioning. Mwalimu new that without our own specialists in minerals or economy we will never advance. What happended after Mwalimu??? We are crying cos education to us is building labs without teachers or pupils without teachers.

 

[IROKOS]

kama haoni watu wa kariba hiyo namshangaa kuendelea kuishi katika nchi ya wajinga wakati yeye tayari ni mwerevu

Atoke aende wapi wakati amekuta watu wamelala na badala ya kuwaamsha anatumia fursa vilivyo.....si unaona wanasiasa wanavyotumia fursa ya ukondoo wa watanzania?

 

[IROKOS]

have you critically scanned the alleged comments from ally? he doesn't find even a single Tanzanian fit to be CEO? he wonders what our universities are teaching? seriously ....
if we have managed to find two tanzanian who can be president and prime minister are we still short of capable people to be CEOs?/ Thats typical insult to the national.

NONE THE-LESS, he has been a chairman of the CEO round table, current chairman of the VODA board, if he finds this void in terms of CEOs pull, what has he been doing all along ? why wouldn't he groom three or four tanzanian to be on those qualities he wants?

This guy suffers from colonial legacy , which is characterized by inferiority complex, he still believes that its in Kenya where there is good education, dedicated workers, and professionals. Poor him

...."If we have managed to find two tanzanian who can be president and prime minister are we still short of capable people to be CEOs?/ Thats typical insult to the national"....What exactly are you implying here in respect to Mafuruki's comments?

 

[IROKOS]

Huyu jamaa nikwambie tu kiukweli ni muhaya mwenye pesa halafu anadharau sana ,namfahamu kindakindaki,niliwahi hudhuria msiba wa baba yake.

Kingine kuna ziara moja rais Magufuli allifanya Uganda ,nakumbuka wakikutana marais wa afrika mashariki,jamaa alipewa nafasi ya kuongea kuhusu biashara,aliponda bongo kiana, Baadae Magufuli alimwambia Mufuruki kuhusu vikwazo unavyokutana navyo njoo uniambie kipi kikwazo tujue namna ya kufanya mimi niko tayari,lakini alikua anainanga nchi .
Huyu kama ulvyosema ukoloni umemjaa

Nilijua tuu hiki ndicho kinawasumbua, [emoji23] [emoji23] yaani as always mtu ambaye ni mkweli na bold hamumpendi, sasa alipopewa nafasi aongee mazingira ya biashara ulitaka aseme uwongo ili rais afurahi siyo? Hata kama ningekuwa mimi ndiyo chair wa body cha kwanza ni kutafuta mtu competent, hata kama ni mchina, hayo mengine ndiyo yatafuata. Ka mradi tuu ka UDART kanawatoa jasho hapa ndo iwe big company Kama vodacom???

 

[Mfiaukweli]

have you critically scanned the alleged comments from ally? he doesn't find even a single Tanzanian fit to be CEO? he wonders what our universities are teaching? seriously ....
if we have managed to find two tanzanian who can be president and prime minister are we still short of capable people to be CEOs?/ Thats typical insult to the national.

NONE THE-LESS, he has been a chairman of the CEO round table, current chairman of the VODA board, if he finds this void in terms of CEOs pull, what has he been doing all along ? why wouldn't he groom three or four tanzanian to be on those qualities he wants?

This guy suffers from colonial legacy , which is characterized by inferiority complex, he still believes that its in Kenya where there is good education, dedicated workers, and professionals. Poor him

With due respect, the two persons you cite here as an example can never be defined as business managers under any business language. Would you call anyone who invites Ethiopia to use the Dar port for their imports in Ethiopia a business manager?

Guys; for once let's start being honest with ourselves. We don't have many qualified and skilled people in the country; period.

 

[IROKOS]

Business leadership si kitu cha utani tani hasa kama unatafuta a visionary leader who is expected to set a new direction for the company. Unaweza kupata managers wa kutosha lakini kupata leaders ni ngumu maana hao ni rare specie. Leaders who can disrupt status quo are not easy to find. Na pia leaders hawapimwi kwa kiwango cha elimu. CEO wa Safaricom sidhani kama amemaliza hata chuo, mtanisahihisha kama nimekosea. So I can understand Mr Mufuruki's furstrations to some extent. Such positions should not be restricted by a sense of nationality if you want to get a pool of best candidates. Naomba tusome vitabu vya Richard Branson kuona how he sometimes picks people to head Virgin's subsidiaries. Muda mwingine inabidi ulete mtu tofauti ili kubadilisha culture ya kampuni. Vitu vinabadilika, ushindani unaongezeka, kwa hiyo kuchukua tu mtu sababu ni manager na kigezo cha uzawa vinaweza fanya mkashindwa kukua.

Sekta ya Telcos inazidi kuwa ngumu. Kutegemea Data na Voice pekee inaweza isiwe na future kubwa. Kwa mtazamo wangu labda walimchukua Sylivia kwa kuangalia ambacho amefanya akiwa Safari com. Safaricom wapo vizuri sana upande wa innovation. Ukiangalia trend ya product mpya za safari com zimejikita kwenye content na huko ndo kwenye future. Mfano wana music app inaitwa Songa na pia wameingia kwenye social network.

Tunahitaji kujitathmini kwa kweli. Hili jambo lipo reflected kwenye mambo mengi. Mfano recent kumekuwa na hela nyingi kwenye mambo ya innovation lakini tatizo vijana wetu wengi hawana soft skills. Kwa hiyo tusiishi kwenye denial kuna tatizo kubwa. Kwani kinachofanya tusite site kwenye EAC ni nini? Ni kwamba our people are not ready kushindana na wenzetu hasa wakenya. Kwa hiyo tuyafanyie kazi madhaifu yetu badala ya kuhudhunika. Negative feedback is heart breaking lakini kuna muda inabidi tu tuambiane ukweli tusioneane aibu. Tufanye kazi kwa bidii na tuwe wabunifu. Nazisisitiza ukitaka uonekane kama kiongozi mzuri sehemu unayofanya kazi, acha kufanya kazi kwa mazoea, kuwa mbunifu. Pia wahimize waliochini yako wawe wabunifu na wape nafasi ya kuonyesha vipaji vyao. Tutafika tu taratibu. Tuchukulie haya yote kama ni changamoto ili tuwe bora zaidi.

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[thetallest]

Nilijua tuu hiki ndicho kinawasumbua, [emoji23] [emoji23] yaani as always mtu ambaye ni mkweli na bold hamumpendi, sasa alipopewa nafasi aongee mazingira ya biashara ulitaka aseme uwongo ili rais afurahi siyo? Hata kama ningekuwa mimi ndiyo chair wa body cha kwanza ni kutafuta mtu competent, hata kama ni mchina, hayo mengine ndiyo yatafuata. Ka mradi tuu ka UDART kanawatoa jasho hapa ndo iwe big company Kama vodacom???

Umesoma vizuri maelezo ya mleta uzi?,hebu soma tena kama lugha ya kimombo haipandi tafuta makalimani

 

[thetallest]

Nilijua tuu hiki ndicho kinawasumbua, [emoji23] [emoji23] yaani as always mtu ambaye ni mkweli na bold hamumpendi, sasa alipopewa nafasi aongee mazingira ya biashara ulitaka aseme uwongo ili rais afurahi siyo? Hata kama ningekuwa mimi ndiyo chair wa body cha kwanza ni kutafuta mtu competent, hata kama ni mchina, hayo mengine ndiyo yatafuata. Ka mradi tuu ka UDART kanawatoa jasho hapa ndo iwe big company Kama vodacom???

Umesoma vizuri maelezo ya mleta uzi?,hebu soma tena kama lugha ya kimombo haipandi tafuta makalimani

 

[Zygot]

With due respect, the two persons you cite here as an example can never be defined as business managers under any business language. Would you call anyone who invites Ethiopia to use the Dar port for their imports in Ethiopia a business manager?

Guys; for once let's start being honest with ourselves. We don't have many qualified and skilled people in the country; period.

How many many do you want? 1 million? a half ...... Many is immeasurable!

 

[thetallest]

Nilijua tuu hiki ndicho kinawasumbua, [emoji23] [emoji23] yaani as always mtu ambaye ni mkweli na bold hamumpendi, sasa alipopewa nafasi aongee mazingira ya biashara ulitaka aseme uwongo ili rais afurahi siyo? Hata kama ningekuwa mimi ndiyo chair wa body cha kwanza ni kutafuta mtu competent, hata kama ni mchina, hayo mengine ndiyo yatafuata. Ka mradi tuu ka UDART kanawatoa jasho hapa ndo iwe big company Kama vodacom???

Umesoma vizuri maelezo ya miifugayuxleta uzi?,hebu soma tena kama lugha ya kimombo haipandi tafuta makalimani

 

[IROKOS]

Umesoma vizuri maelezo ya mleta uzi?,hebu soma tena kama lugha ya kimombo haipandi tafuta makalimani

Kina kipya gani kisichoeleweka hapo ?

 

[Zygot]

Nilijua tuu hiki ndicho kinawasumbua, [emoji23] [emoji23] yaani as always mtu ambaye ni mkweli na bold hamumpendi, sasa alipopewa nafasi aongee mazingira ya biashara ulitaka aseme uwongo ili rais afurahi siyo? Hata kama ningekuwa mimi ndiyo chair wa body cha kwanza ni kutafuta mtu competent, hata kama ni mchina, hayo mengine ndiyo yatafuata. Ka mradi tuu ka UDART kanawatoa jasho hapa ndo iwe big company Kama vodacom???

Hako kasichana unaamini kaliletwa kwa sababu ya Competence? Mweneyekiti mwenyewe ni huyo ambaye historia inatueleza alianza mafanikio kwa wizi! Wote walikuwa kundi moja la kutaka kufanya sabotage ya Vodacom, baadaye asepe na mabilioni kama walivyozoea. Kenya hakuna CEO wa kuisaidia TZ. Never! Hatuhitaji kufundishwa na mzembe juu ya hilo.

 

[Zygot]

his comments on Tanzania being unable to produce the kind of CEOs Vodacom is looking for are insulting. Pointing this out isn't attacking him, we are simply challenging him in the same manner by asking where is his contribution in making sure the good CEOs are produced in Tanzania?

He never made his fortune out of competence and efficiency rather, out of best criminality.

 

[IROKOS]

Hako kasichana unaamini kaliletwa kwa sababu ya Competence? Mweneyekiti mwenyewe ni huyo ambaye historia inatueleza alianza mafanikio kwa wizi! Wote walikuwa kundi moja la kutaka kufanya sabotage ya Vodacom, baadaye asepe na mabilioni kama walivyozoea. Kenya hakuna CEO wa kuisaidia TZ. Never!

Wewe endelea kulia lia eti kasichana wakati ameaminiwa na big company.... Watu siku hizi wanataka mtu anayeweza ku deliver na pia ambaye tayari ameonyesha wonders in related business.