In International Trade we call that 'concession which are non concessions', one offers opportunity which is not there, so that you reciprocate with an offer which is real and hurts your economy. Yes, you do it together with Rwanda, but again there is notrhing in your countries. No good land, barren land, no minerals, no what, no what..no nothing. If it was good over there, why you resenting, why deserting your countries to TZ. We clever yo!
kwani za Kenya nani anakula au kasumba yako ya kipuuzi hapa unakufanya uropoke? chunguza mambo kwanza ujue undani wake unajua Kenya wana migodi pia! hebu uliza the strategic earth metals zao nani wanamiliki au titanium deposits zao nani wanamiliki au their gold deposits (though small) nani anamiliki!? Pia uliza flower and tea industry yao nani wanamiliki Kenya! Ukiacha ardhi yao! Nakushauri auche short-sightedness yako kama hujui jinsi back-stabbing inayoendelea kwenye hii EA block! Wewe kama Mtanzania ukitaka kumiliki mgodi Kenya utakutana na hurddles the same way Wakenya wanakutana nazo TZ though in TZ at a lower level! tatizo la hawa jamaa ni Wanafki na wanatumia media zao ku-victimize competitors! Kenya as a country haina muscles to invest in the larger EA block ila wanachofanya ni ku-act kama an argency of foreign companies while trying to invest in the wider EA block! we angalia makampuni mengi wnayosema ni ya kenya majority shareholders wao ni Britain/EU companies na in really sense this companies are just expanding and since incorporated in Kenya they look Kenyan! the likes of Haco Tiger brands, Unilever, KQ, EABL, Equity bank and even KBC look at their shareholding breakdown utakuta over 50% ya owners ni foreign equity funds au companies! I would rather be proud of a company like Bakhresa Group or Mac Group or Sumaria Group or Precision Air or Exim Bank or CRDB Bank or NMB Bank if expands since the shareholding break down show majority remains to be locals!
SIR: What is Tanzania's biggest problem? This is the question my son asked me on a beautiful morning, September 27 , 2009 after breakfast in Springfield, PA. He promptly followed this question with another, even before I answered the first. "Well dad, if you were the Tanzanian president what would you do?"
This line of questioning, discussion, debates, a huge arguments on
politics, race, history, education, religion - you name it, we battle
over it - is commonplace in our home. But for whatever reason, instead
of launching into the usual diatribe of possible flawed but well
meaning reasoning, I actually paused for thought. My mind wandered, as
I recollected the many discussions I had with countless Tanzanians at
home in Tanzania and in far away places in divergent circumstances
and settings about what ails Tanzania.
In the opinions of most Tanzanians I have encountered, the issues the
country faces are those of Minerals , corruption, religion, ethnicity,
infrastructure, poverty, hunger, disease, brain drain, civil
liberties, etc. so with very broad strokes I pigeonholed all the
people I have had discussions with into three groups. Group one the
naysayers. They've lost faith and believe the problems are so
entrenched in the national psyche that the country is without hope.
Group two - the optimists. This set of folks believe the country is on
the upswing. They quickly point out their successful family members
and friends. The proliferation of cell phones. the Dar es salaam stock
exchange, expensive cars on the streets, expensive foreign imports, or
sprawling mansions owned by the few. And the final group - the
opportunists. This is the set that doesn't really care whether the
country moves forward or backwards, but is more interested in gaining
a piece of the giant pie of ill gotten wealth.
The reality is that most of the problems that Tanzania and other
African nations experience plague other developing nations too. We can
look at history and point to colonialism tyrannical rule by
dictatorships, mass exploitation, and corruption. But the original
question that got me reminiscing is Tanzania's biggest problem.
In my opinion Tanzania's biggest problem is the mind-set of the
average Tanzanian. For there to be real change, people have to want
change and a re-education of sorts. Expectations have to be realistic.
Tanzania's yearly income is less than that of two major cities in the U.S. with
20 per cent of Tanzania's population, yet most cry foul for not
receiving their piece of the black gold.
As Tanzanians, we all need an attitude readjustment. Although,
materialism is deeply interwoven in the national fabric. It is indeed
possible to break away from the various cycle of trying to acquire
wealth at all costs. As a youngster, I marveled at people, who would
borrow money to have block parties to celebrate one event or another.
I also shook my head in disbelief at people who drove expensive cars
but lived in a single room with 10 people. It is actually funny to see
owners of fancy cars navigate their way through endless potholes and
bad roads. I was even more amazed to see people vie for government
contracts, receive payments and not perform any part of the contract.
There is no doubt in my mind that Tanzanians are a hardworking,
industrious people, so given the right mind-set and focus they can
overcome their economic, political and social issues. With the right
attitude the naysayers can again have faith, the optimists can be even
more optimistic and the opportunists will have the occasion to work
Signs of a looser who can't argue constructively and resorts into posting some stuffs from Wanabidii! There are plenty of such posts on Kenya including the one that says Kenya is a failed state! Go and sleep boy!
Typical Tanzanian argument. Using others wrongs to justify our wrongs. Subjectivity, hypocrisy na kalalama kwa sana. Aliyeandika hii artcle hakukosea: allAfrica.com: Tanzania: The Country Has Become a Nation of Complainers
Labda kabla ya kuandika (neno baya, ban) ungejiuliza kama intergration and competition are antagonistic or not?
Kwanini iwe bei rahisi kutumia bandari ya Mombasa? Ilhali operation costs za Mombasa ni kubwa kuliko za Dar?.... hata Jomo Kenyatta operation costs zake ni kubwa kuliko Dar, hata tukiamua kupunguza operation costs zetu, bado profitability inakuwa hugely affected, inakkuwa kazi ku-control security na movement of illegal goods through our ports..
Mkuu, ijue serikali unayoiongelea, what they do is sabotage nearby econmies by violating many, many international laws. They are brothers to South Sudan, but they are one of Bashir's major trading partners, ask about their beef with Kabila, Museveni (that now they claim to be their friend ,but he just sign a pact with tz to use Tanga port).Ask why Botswana is regretting entering a manpower contract with these fools.... ask urself before yapping!!
You are so used to being against your government to a point that you make most of us here wanna puke!!.. shame on you shallow man! go back and hit the books/journals.
oh yeah!.. on that note I would still loove to say " Blank Kenya!"
Kama mna uhakika kuwa tukifunga mipaka hamtaumia kwanini mnalialia tunapowapandishia ushuru? Halafu nani kasema karasha ni mtanzania? au wee ndo unaongea kwa hisia! Lakini hata kama ni mtanzania bado watanzania ni fraction ndogo mno kulinganisha na wakenya wanaohangaika kuingia Tz, hivyo kwetu sie hiyo movement ya watu kati ya TZ na kenya haitulipi kama na nyie mlivyoona haiwalipi miaka ile ya 1977. Kwasasa flow ya waTZ kwenda nchi za SADC ni kubwa mno kulinganisha na nchi za EAC hasa kenya na hata hao wachache wanaoenda kenya wengi wao ni waganga wa kienyeji na wale wanafunzi waliofeli na kushindwa kuendelea kimasomo TZ hivyo wanatafuta pa kutokea ndo maana wengi huwakuti ktk public universities kama Nairobi, kenyatta, moi n.k bali unawakuta kwenye vyuo kama USIU ambako pesa ni kama tai. Kwa upande wa wafanya biashara ni wachache mno, jaribu kutafiti ktk malawi miji ya chitipa, karonga, mzuzu, lilongwe na blantyre halafu nenda ktk miji ya zambia; kuanzia nakonde mpaka Lusaka utaona jinsi kulivyo na watanzania wengi. ukifanya utafita utagundua ni kwanini TZ haiwezi kuiacha SADC na jinsi ilivyo rahisi kwa TZ kuidamp EAC. Halafu hoja yako ya kiswahili ni dhaifu sana, kwa maelezo yako unamaanisha Uganda tuko mbali nao kwasababu wanatumia zaidi kiingereza na hawajui kiswahili. Ukweli ni kuwa kenya iko mbali zaidi na TZ kiitikadi kuliko ilivyo kwa uganda na TZ japo kenya mnajitahidi kuongea kiswahili cha kuungaunga, na kuonesha kuwa lugha sio ishu ndo maana Zambia na Msumbiji ndo nchi zilizokaribu mno na TZ kiitikadi kuliko nchi yoyote ya EAC lakini Zambia kiingereza tupu na Msumbiji kireno tupu.
Mie kwa ushauri wangu kama tunataka kuwe EAC yenye nguvu na hatimaye shirikisho ni lazima kwanza tuanza kujenga mahusiano mazuri kati ya kenya na Tanzania halafu ndio baadae tuanze kufikiria kushirikiana kiuchumi. Lakini kwa jinsi historia kati ya TZ na kenya ilivyokwenda haiwezekani kabisa Tanzania ikaitrust kenya labda kama itatokea Tanzania ikashikwa na wafanyabiashara wanaotegemea sana soko la EAC.
Mr Straddler,
Those who are making the most noise about the fee increment and know how to howl and trade insults could be have never walked out of their borders. but it seems this whole issue is politicized and not careful to take care of people who who use the border frequently. This is the problem with African authorities. there can never be a distinction between straight policies and politics, both seem to be intertwined which should be a thing of the past and the current generation of leaders must be able to separate this two.
But mzalendo number what sijui, mbona unatumia effort kubwa sana kwenye masuala ya TZ na Kenya. at times you have a balanced analysis, lakini mbona unatumia nguvu ya ziada.?? Nikiunganisha posts, it is a whole book, almost!
Unashangilia kufungwa border? Why?
Read what the Kenyans brother are saying. Is there a logic?
Hizo trucks zinakuja TZ na mizigo ya TZ.
It is easy for Arusha and Kilimanjaro people to use Mombasa. So wanaoumia ni wafanya biashara wa TZ na sio wa Kenya.
Anyway, Kenya should charge the same on their side.
As for tour operators, tuwaachie TANAPA kazi ya kuwatoza, they are already managing the fees well.
kwani za Kenya nani anakula au kasumba yako ya kipuuzi hapa unakufanya uropoke? chunguza mambo kwanza ujue undani wake unajua Kenya wana migodi pia! hebu uliza the strategic earth metals zao nani wanamiliki au titanium deposits zao nani wanamiliki au their gold deposits (though small) nani anamiliki!? Pia uliza flower and tea industry yao nani wanamiliki Kenya! Ukiacha ardhi yao! Nakushauri auche short-sightedness yako kama hujui jinsi back-stabbing inayoendelea kwenye hii EA block! Wewe kama Mtanzania ukitaka kumiliki mgodi Kenya utakutana na hurddles the same way Wakenya wanakutana nazo TZ though in TZ at a lower level! tatizo la hawa jamaa ni Wanafki na wanatumia media zao ku-victimize competitors! Kenya as a country haina muscles to invest in the larger EA block ila wanachofanya ni ku-act kama an argency of foreign companies while trying to invest in the wider EA block! we angalia makampuni mengi wnayosema ni ya kenya majority shareholders wao ni Britain/EU companies na in really sense this companies are just expanding and since incorporated in Kenya they look Kenyan! the likes of Haco Tiger brands, Unilever, KQ, EABL, Equity bank and even KBC look at their shareholding breakdown utakuta over 50% ya owners ni foreign equity funds au companies! I would rather be proud of a company like Bakhresa Group or Mac Group or Sumaria Group or Precision Air or Exim Bank or CRDB Bank or NMB Bank if expands since the shareholding break down show majority remains to be locals!
Ni nini inakupa hiyo dhana, when tanzania is investing in the SADDC areas, does it mean that the EAC bloc Uganda Rwanda and the rest of the members wako na finacial muscle kuliko Kenya, au it is your wishful thinking. Your post is limited to what you know. Is this the financial muscle for TZ in SADDC you are talking about?. Kwasababu TZ Malawi na DRC are the worst perfomers huko. In essence Tanzania wraps up the bottom three in SADC. If you claim to be the second best economy in East African Bloc. why scamper to SADDC. Offcourse, do not forget that you can relate GNI with a country's PP because that is a country's coffer.
SADC's average level of per capita income, as measured by Gross National Income (GNI), is very low and has been declining in most countries over the last three decades. In the year 2002, SADC average GNI per capita stood at USD 1,563. Seychelles, a SADC country with approximately only 82,000 inhabitants, has the highest GNI per capita at US $6,530. Other high-income countries in the region include Mauritius (US $3,830), Botswana (US $3,100) and South Africa (US $2,820). The low per capita income countries in the SADC region, with income levels below USD $500, are DRC (US $80), Malawi US $160), Mozambique (US 210), Tanzania (US $270), Zambia (US $320), and Zimbabwe (US $480).
from now on I think tunafaa tuongelee tangible facts, not cooked data or wishful thinking!! fuata mkondo moja katika hoja zako, unajaribu kuwasilisha too many ideas in a short space, which is impossible.
mzalendo..whatever the scenario, no kenyan aka nyang'au will ever be allowed to patronize anything on TZ... you need to shut up and listen while we decide what to do about the largest country in the bloc..and forget about wealth, kenyans are equally in deep shi.t for majority of you are languishing in abject poverty! even deserting the country in droves! and one of the destinations being TZ!
si SADDC bali ni SADC! Tanzania GDP per capita ni US$ 1500! U r not scoring points by demeaning the figure u just demonstrate ur foolishness since u can't even use credible sources!