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JPRS-SSA-85-018
7 March 1985
TANZANIA
HAMAD INTERVIEWED ON UNION, GOVERNMENT ASPIRATIONS
Dar es Salaam
DAILY NEWS in English 18 Jan 85 p 1
The Zanzibar Chief Minister, Ndugu Seif Shariff Hamad,
has said
the people of Tanzania are generally happy with the Union of the Isles
and Tanganyika, attributing this to correct understanding of the true
nature, aspirations and problems of the Union.
He said in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
at his Dar es Salaam residence that
only rumour-mongers and a few misguided
and disgruntled elements still questioned the value and relevance of the
"historic fact."
The Chief Minister said while
the enemies of the Union were raising hell
over "such imaginary problems as Mainland resentment over apparent overrepresentation of the Isles in the Union affairs," available data spoke
a totally different story.
He said the Party and Government had effectively educated the people into
thinking Tanzanian and not Zanzibari or Tanganyikan. "There is no longer
any racial, religious or ideological resentment over the fact of the Union,"
he said.
Ndugu Hamad also said there was now a more mutual understanding between
the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and Union Government.
While the past administration in the Isles sought to tackle the problems
there through "corridor grumbles behind the back of the Union Government,"
the present one will always inform the Union Government on whatever problems
arose and measures being taken to solve them.
The interview will form part of a 45-minute documentary programme on Tanzania to be aired by the BBC national radio network on February 6 and 8 this
year under the "Analysis" series.
Others interviewed by the two-man BBC team which has been in the country
since Monday are the Minister of State in the President's Office Responsible
for Cabinet Affairs, Ndugu Amir Jamal; Finance Minister Cleopa Msuya and
Planning and Economic Affairs Minister Kighoma Malima.
133On the economic problems facing both the Isles and Mainland, the Chief
Minister said these were basically the same as those facing many other
developing countries.
"It is principally a balance of payments problem," he said, adding that
the only sure solution lay in increased production of agricultural and
other commodities.
On whether Tanzania's ideological aspirations were not in principle opposed
to tourism, Ndugu Hamad said the Party and the Government never felt that
this could corrupt the country's socialist morality.
On external aid and its effect on the country's socialist policies, Ndugu
Hamad said the policy now was to seek and accept "only assistance which
is sure to help us become more socialist and more self-reliant."
"We are going to look for assistance to help us develop our agriculture,"
he said, adding that this would include investment in irrigation and
factories for manufacturing farm implements.
He said Tanzania had used aid availed to it more judiciously than many
other beneficiaries. "While in some countries there have been reports
of leaders diverting the aid to personal uses, there are no private
pockets in Tanzania. All aid is spent on projects that benefit the people.
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He also said the Isles Government was working out more comfortable modalities regarding taxation and repatriation of profits to attract foreign
investors in a new drive to revive the economy.
He said there should be no reason to fear "unreasonable nationalisation"
since the new Isles Constitution provided adequate safeguards. :
Ndugu Jamal said the Union was "a natural and irreversible historical
development" binding together peoples with a common heritage.
He told the BBC that the Union was "a very much living organism which
Tanzanians highly prize." There was nothing that could derail Tanzanians
off their unity track, he said.
He added: "We are consolidating our hard-won unity brick by brick. There
is no reason to be too happy over the progress we have made. We shall
only be satisfied with our achievements the day it will be possible for us to safely say good-bye to external aid."
Source:
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA338345
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