No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24 New King James Version).
Similarly one cannot belong to two countries, and serve these two countries equally. His or her loyalty will definitely be in question.
However, I believe Dual citizenship to be worse than serving two masters, worse than the promiscuity of a husband or wife who chooses not to have one lover but prefers a nyumba ndogo to satisfy his/her gluttonous, carnal and covetous needs, it is more so similar to homosexual tendencies whereby people born male (want to) behave as female and those born as female (want to) behave as male, choosing to belong to both and to neither all at the same time! Confusing society! What toilets should they use? How should they be addressed e.t.c.
If you have a gender identity crisis HAVE A SEX CHANGE AND LIVE WITH IT! Save society the confusion.
Equally dual citizenship will fuel rise of such characters who will confuse society, to whom I equally say HAVE YOUR CITZENSHIP CHANGED AND LIVE WITH IT! You will confuse society! Are you Tanzanian or American? If there is conflict of interest in business or political interactions are you with us or against us? Where will your vote be?
Advocates of dual citizenship use the possibility of Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) as an advantage of this idea. AN ADVANTAGE TO WHOM I ASK? The 90% of poor peasant farmers in rural Tanzania who are the ones we need to alleviate from the burden of poverty or the 0.5% elites and 9.5% middle class easing their way into laundering more wealth for themselves here in TZ while taking profits abroad to take advantage of high interest rates and non volatile economies? (Who wants to save millions in a volatile economy of any African country?)
Dual citizenship will further increase the already large gap between the have and the have nots in Tanzania, a recipe for certain disaster! There will come a time that the poor will say no more to the injustices perpetrated by others under the guise of accelerated development. Tanzania will become another Zimbabwe when the have nots who are a majority of the population will rise and rebel since they will not be profiting from a proclaimed strong economy!
Supporters of dual citizenship should realize that there is more that our country needs than their promises of possible investment. For money is the creation of men, here today gone tomorrow, setting our principles and country laws on such a volatile entity is very unwise, but patriotism is the true measure of character and a persons worth, to serve his or her country no matter what the situation. If you have money to invest in TZ, come and invest it and employ us to run it, wont dual citizenship give more jobs to foreigners as they undoubtedly have an advantage. There will be an influx of foreign workers and the poor Tanzanian as always will be left out!
Its a shame to see our brothers and sisters having been corrupted by the mighty dollar, and to think that they can come flash their money and lure us to a trap set to lock us in poverty and create extreme wealth to an elite few! I say keep your money and enjoy your western life!
I AM READY TO TAKE ARMS FOR THIS CAUSE AND FOR MY COUNTRY, THE QUESTION IS ARE YOU?(and which country will that be I wonder? Male or female I wonder?)