Mwaliko uliletwa haraka haraka, kana kwamba kuna dharura!
Sasa mama ameamua kuitikia mwaliko huo wiki ijayao. Haieleweki yaliyokuwemo ndani ya barua ile iliyowasilishwa kwake Dar es Salaam yalihitaji atembelee haraka hivyo; bila shaka ni ya manufaa makubwa kwao; na pengine na kwetu pia hadi mama akaona asichelewe zaidi.
Ni mwezi juzi tu, March, hawa jamaa walipokataza mahindi ya wakulima wetu yasiende kwao kwa visingizio vya kuwa yana 'mycotoxins', uamzi waliofanya kibabe na wakustukizia, kumbe ulikuwa ni uamzi uliotokana na kulinda maslahi ya wakulima wao zaidi kuliko athari za afflatoxins..., hivi huko kwao mahindi ya wakulima wao hayana tatizo hilo!
Na huko miaka ya nyuma je, walipokuwa wakila mahindi yetu, walikufa wangapi? Sisi tunaokula hayo mahindi, miili yetu ni sugu? Uamzi huo haukuwa wa kiungwana kwa jirani unayeshirikiana naye katika biashara.
Siyo hivyo tu, hawa jamaa ni wazuri sana wa kulaumi na kulalamikia wengine huku wao wakijiona kuwa ndio kipimo kinachotakiwa kutumiwa na majirani zao.
Sukari, maziwa mayai, kuku wa Uganda wamezuia kuingia kwao wakilinda wazalishaji wao, huku wao wakihimiza Uganda inunue bidhaa kutoka kwao.
Sasa angalia wanavyomkaribisha mama atakapotembelea -
Wanaandika:
Tanzania President to visit Kenya this week.
"She has the responsibility of correcting the continuous tariff between the two neighbouring countries."
Kwa hiyo ni wajibu wa mama kurekebisha, wao hawana linalowahusu!
Wakati mama Samia akitembelea huko, ni vema awe na uelewa mpana kuhusu majirani zetu hawa. Hawa tumetoka nao mbali sana, na bila shaka historia yote anaifahamu vyema.
Ni vizuri pia ajikumbushe wenzake (marais) walivyoshughulika na hawa majirani. Asije akajikuta yeye anasakamia tu toka kwa huyo mwenzake ambaye anajulikana kuwa kizabinazabina mkubwa. Hana msimamo yupo kila mahala, akijiuza na kuwachimba wenzake.
Kahangaika sana na EPA, akitaka tutumbukie tu humo kwa manufaa yake bila kujali sisi tutafaidika vipi. Anatafuta kuingia kwenye mikataba ya kibiashara na mataifa mengine, bila kujali uhusika wake katika jumuia yetu...
Bila shaka haya yatakuwa ni sehemu ya maongezi kati yao, na pengine mama naye kajiandaa ipasavyo.
Tutamsikiliza kwa makini.
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By Aggrey Mutambo
Senior Diplomatic Writer
Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
If the visit goes ahead as planned, the Tanzanian leader will be coming to Nairobi nearly five years since her predecessor made a similar visit.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu is likely to visit Nairobi this week in a trip laden with diplomatic significance.
If the visit goes ahead as planned, the Tanzanian leader, who took over from John Pombe Magufuli following his death in March, will be coming to Nairobi nearly five years since her predecessor made a similar visit.
The trip was confirmed by two diplomats familiar with the arrangement.
She has the responsibility of correcting the continuous trade tiffs between the two neigbouring countries.
In a speech to Parliament last week, President Suluhu told legislators that her administration will pursue economic diplomacy with partners in the region and across the world, signaling intent to repair relations with the outside world.
“If you call it a change, then it will be a renewed effort on economic diplomacy,” she said, referring to better ties with the East African Community, Southern Africa Development Community and the recent Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA).
Collaboration
President Suluhu’s policy, she pledged, will run on a smoother domestic programme to attract investors, while sustaining relations with key partners the country trades with.
She thinks her diplomats must work better at making the country attractive rather than being an island.
“Our diplomatic staff have to be competent in striking deals in investment and trade promotion as well as seek strategic partners in tourism”, she said.
The itinerary of the planned Kenyan trip had not been made public by Saturday with officials indicating there were still final touches to be made. But the Sunday Nation understands she intends to meet with business lobbies in Nairobi, after holding talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss bilateral issues.
Renewed trust
This would be her first State visit since taking power, although she has already made an official trip to Uganda where the two countries signed a multi-billion-dollar oil pipeline deal with French oil giant Total and China’s CNOOC.
Frequent non-tariff wars with Kenya have slowed down trade to an average of Sh40 million a year, down from Sh64 billion during Jakaya Kikwete’s era.
Nairobi has indicated renewed trust in the organs of the East African Community whose secretariat is now headed by Kenyan, Dr Peter Mathuki. “We intend to sort out the issues through the established organs of the EAC,” said Johnson Weru, PS for Trade when asked on Kenya’s plan to eliminate the trade wars.
amutambo@ke.nationmedia.com
UPDATES:
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to jet into Kenya Tuesday, May 4th, for a two-day State Visit.
According to @StateHouseKenya,H.E Pres. Uhuru Kenyatta will receive H.E Pres. Suluhu at State House.