The US Defence Department “Pentagon” think tank warned Magufuli of political repression

[NABEEL SADIO]

New York, Friday September 11 2020

IN SUMMARY

• The ruling party's anti-democratic actions could call into question any claim of victory it makes in the national elections scheduled for next month, the centre predicted.

• Under President Magufuli, Tanzania has witnessed “a pattern of murders, assaults and disappearances” aimed at opposition activists and figures within CCM who criticise the country's direction.

• The analysts drew a sharp contrast between President Magufuli's autocratic rule and founding President Julius Nyerere's commitment to democratic norms.

New York,

Tanzania's “democratic experiment” is imperiled by repressive laws and political violence being carried out by the country's ruling party, a think tank affiliated with the US Defence Department warned on Tuesday.

Over the past five years, President John Magufuli “has banned rallies, muzzled the press, cowed and co-opted independent institutions and committed overt and covert violence against political opponents and 'dissenters' within the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party,” said an analysis by the Washington-based Africa Centre for Strategic Studies.

“Tanzanians today live in a climate increasingly filled with fear and reticence to exercise their rights lest they run afoul of a raft of new restrictive laws or suffer physical retribution,” the think tank added.

The ruling party's anti-democratic actions could thus call into question any claim of victory it makes in the national elections scheduled for next month, the centre predicted.

“This will necessarily have consequences for ties between the Magufuli government and democracy-supporting regional and international actors.”

The analysts drew a sharp contrast between President Magufuli's autocratic rule and founding President Julius Nyerere's commitment to democratic norms.

Mwalimu Nyerere “conceived of African liberation as the building of inclusive democracy, a free press, tolerance of criticism, respect for minorities and limits on power,” the Africa Centre observed.

Under President Magufuli, however, Tanzania has witnessed “a pattern of murders, assaults and disappearances” aimed at opposition activists and figures within CCM who criticise the country's direction.

“Violence has become deeply embedded in CCM’s current calculus of control,” the Pentagon think tank stated.

The Africa Centre quotes independent commentator Andrew Bomani, whose father worked as an aide to President Nyerere, as lamenting: “We had come to believe in a form of exceptionalism that such practices could never happen in our country.”

Media freedom

Freedom of the press has also deteriorated markedly since President Magufuli came to power in 2015, the assessment noted.

It cited the country's descent from 70th to 124th place in the annual global press freedom index compiled by Reporters Without Borders. That drop was the most precipitous of any country in the world during the past five years.

Many of the restrictions imposed on the Tanzanian society have been tightened this year on the grounds that such measures are needed to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the think tank notes.

President Magufuli has simultaneously claimed, however, that Tanzania has been purged of the virus. And the government has stopped publishing statistics on the number of infections in the country.

“Tanzania’s lack of transparency in response to the pandemic is widely seen as having accelerated the virus’s spread in East Africa,” the Africa Centre stated.

Hope remains, however, that Tanzania will return to a democratic path.

Mwalimu Nyerere's legacy, along with interventions by faith-based bodies, can serve as “a source of resilience in navigating the way forward,” the centre said.

In addition, “regional engagement is vitally important given Tanzania’s historical role in continental affairs,” the analysis suggested.

“This, however, must go beyond traditional diplomacy, given that the CCM is still viewed as a senior leader and mentor by fellow ruling liberation movements.” Much depends on these African leaders “overcoming their aversion to confronting the CCM”, the think tank observed.

Pentagon think tank accuses Magufuli of political repression | The East African

Hapa wangemtumia kwa lugha ya kishwahili wote tunajua mzee wetu n hii lugha mbingu n ardhi kwa umbali[emoji3]

 

[CAPO DELGADO]

Hakika nimesoma neno kwa neno.

Jiwe ni mwana kulitafuta mwana kulipata.

Lissu amekuwa akisisitiza sana kuwa "uchaguzi huu si mwepesi kama wengi tunavyodhania"
na amekuwa akisisistiza kuwa yeye si mjinga.

Barua imejaa matendo yote ya Huyu dicteta uchwara.Hakuna dikteta mwenye mwisho Mzuri.

Mwana kulitafuta mwana kulipata.

 

[Craig]

Kama ni mfuatiliaji mzuri wa mambo haya huwezi kuja na uzi wakijinga na upumbavu kama huu kwa Forum ya watu wanaojitambua.

i/. Hivi ni kweli Marekan ina Demokrasia hiyo unayoihubir hapa?

ii/. Ni kweli Marekan watu hawauwai?

iii/. Hiyo aman yao ikoje?

iv/. Vipi kuhusu uhuru wa kujieleza ni kweli kila individual ana equal opportunity of expressing his views na ushaur wake ukafanyiwa kazi?


By the way sipendi tabia ambazo zinaweza pelekea uvunjifu wa amani, pia sipendi Usahbiki wa kipumbav kama wa mtoa mada kwan uwezo waweza kufikiri ni wa kutatanisha.

Mkuu kabla ya kujibu huwa unatafakari kwanza au unakurupuka??
Anyway Hapo ulipo umepata kifungua kinywa ?? Walau hata uji??

"Unaweza kuukataa ukweli Ila HUWEZI kupinga athari za ukweli" Hiyo nimekupa Shule bila ada.

 

[CAPO DELGADO]

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Kama ni mfuatiliaji mzuri wa mambo haya huwezi kuja na uzi wakijinga na upumbavu kama huu kwa Forum ya watu wanaojitambua.

i/. Hivi ni kweli Marekan ina Demokrasia hiyo unayoihubir hapa?

ii/. Ni kweli Marekan watu hawauwai?

iii/. Hiyo aman yao ikoje?

iv/. Vipi kuhusu uhuru wa kujieleza ni kweli kila individual ana equal opportunity of expressing his views na ushaur wake ukafanyiwa kazi?


By the way sipendi tabia ambazo zinaweza pelekea uvunjifu wa amani, pia sipendi Usahbiki wa kipumbav kama wa mtoa mada kwan uwezo waweza kufikiri ni wa kutatanisha.

Umekurupuka kishamba.

 

[secret file]

Huyu aelewi nguvu ya "mabeberu"aulize historia,CIA ilishawahi kumchomoa raisi wa nchi moja ya ulaya mashariki,Milosoveck,vidume viliingia usiku Ikulu,Raisi akatekwa,akaperekwa the hague,kushitakiwa,alifia jera.
Huyu ikifika siku,ataitwa The hague,akajitee,aende akaongee kisukuma,

Umeandika utopolo mtupu hujui 'r' inakaa wp!?
wala l' inakaa wp!?
akaperekwa!
jera!
Rudi skuli chief hata kwa elimu ya watu wenye umri mkubwa usione aibu

 

[M-mbabe]

johnthebaptist pitia post hii please and make your comment

huku kwetu Lumumba shida ni lugha iliyotumika. kuelewa ni inshu!!

 

[ngalelefijo]

Kama ni mfuatiliaji mzuri wa mambo haya huwezi kuja na uzi wakijinga na upumbavu kama huu kwa Forum ya watu wanaojitambua.

i/. Hivi ni kweli Marekan ina Demokrasia hiyo unayoihubir hapa?

ii/. Ni kweli Marekan watu hawauwai?

iii/. Hiyo aman yao ikoje?

iv/. Vipi kuhusu uhuru wa kujieleza ni kweli kila individual ana equal opportunity of expressing his views na ushaur wake ukafanyiwa kazi?


By the way sipendi tabia ambazo zinaweza pelekea uvunjifu wa amani, pia sipendi Usahbiki wa kipumbav kama wa mtoa mada kwan uwezo waweza kufikiri ni wa kutatanisha.

Labda unafikiri marekani ni gairo???

 

[jingalao]

wakati wa sakata la makinikia tuliambiwa kuna mwanajeshi aliyepigana na kuongoza vita IRAQ

 

[CAPO DELGADO]

Mungu ibariki Pentagon.
Masikini huu ndio mwisho wa jiwe.

 

[All TRUTH]

Huyu aelewi nguvu ya "mabeberu"aulize historia,CIA ilishawahi kumchomoa raisi wa nchi moja ya ulaya mashariki,Milosoveck,vidume viliingia usiku Ikulu,Raisi akatekwa,akaperekwa the hague,kushitakiwa,alifia jera.
Huyu ikifika siku,ataitwa The hague,akajitee,aende akaongee kisukuma,

Mbona huko ze hegi kabla ya Magu kumaliza muda wake mbona tutakuwa tushajitoa toa tayari
Pumbavu sana hao ze hegi wako

 

[kinsakina]

Kama ni mfuatiliaji mzuri wa mambo haya huwezi kuja na uzi wakijinga na upumbavu kama huu kwa Forum ya watu wanaojitambua.

i/. Hivi ni kweli Marekan ina Demokrasia hiyo unayoihubir hapa?

ii/. Ni kweli Marekan watu hawauwai?

iii/. Hiyo aman yao ikoje?

iv/. Vipi kuhusu uhuru wa kujieleza ni kweli kila individual ana equal opportunity of expressing his views na ushaur wake ukafanyiwa kazi?


By the way sipendi tabia ambazo zinaweza pelekea uvunjifu wa amani, pia sipendi Usahbiki wa kipumbav kama wa mtoa mada kwan uwezo waweza kufikiri ni wa kutatanisha.

subirini mje mminywe kunako

 

[JERUSALEMU]

Kama ni mfuatiliaji mzuri wa mambo haya huwezi kuja na uzi wakijinga na upumbavu kama huu kwa Forum ya watu wanaojitambua.

i/. Hivi ni kweli Marekan ina Demokrasia hiyo unayoihubir hapa?

ii/. Ni kweli Marekan watu hawauwai?

iii/. Hiyo aman yao ikoje?

iv/. Vipi kuhusu uhuru wa kujieleza ni kweli kila individual ana equal opportunity of expressing his views na ushaur wake ukafanyiwa kazi?


By the way sipendi tabia ambazo zinaweza pelekea uvunjifu wa amani, pia sipendi Usahbiki wa kipumbav kama wa mtoa mada kwan uwezo waweza kufikiri ni wa kutatanisha.

Americans wako hivyo! Ukiwa mfuatiliaji mzuri Wa matukio utagundua kwamba wametuchoka na wakipata sababu yeyote ile ya kutuhujumu lazima watafanya. Kama hali ya ukandamizaji ikiendelea hivi usishangae hata CCM wakishinda ushindi wao America haitautambua na pengine wakashinikiza aliye haribu uchaguzi ashitakiwe henceforth. Kwa ujumla Magufuli awe makini sana, the going is not in his favour.

 

[All TRUTH]

Naona wanakili kuwa wakosoaji wa chama ndani ya ccm ,wapinzani,vyombo vya habari wamepitia kipindi kigumu ndani ya utawala wa Magufuri hivyo wanaonya dhidi ya vitendo hivi vinahatarisha amani,umoja na mshikamano ulioasisiwa na mwasisi wa taifa hili J.K.Nyerere.

Magufuri atumie likizo yake chato kutathmini ni wapi alipokosea ili afanye marekebisho kuendelea kuaminishwa kwamba yupo sahihi kwa kila jambo ni kujidanganya

Hakuna alipokosea ambapo panahatarisha Amani
Watuache

 

[Tabutupu]

[emoji1][emoji1] wakalumani wenyewe uvccm .. utakuta ujumbe ulio fika ni wa mwaliko kwenda dc

Hahaha walimuandikia kwa kiinglishi au ilipitia kwa wakalimani kwanza?!

UVCC a.k.a JESHI LA AKIBA watakuja kusema ccm imepongezwa na Marekani.

Mgeitafasiri kabla hawajaamka.

 

[Tabutupu]

Magufuli ajirekebishe.. Tanzania ni mipaka tuu ili ni ya wote. Aache uhinafsi..

Kazi ana fanya vizuri sana ila ..

Naona wanakili kuwa wakosoaji wa chama ndani ya ccm ,wapinzani,vyombo vya habari wamepitia kipindi kigumu ndani ya utawala wa Magufuri hivyo wanaonya dhidi ya vitendo hivi vinahatarisha amani,umoja na mshikamano ulioasisiwa na mwasisi wa taifa hili J.K.Nyerere.

Magufuri atumie likizo yake chato kutathmini ni wapi alipokosea ili afanye marekebisho kuendelea kuaminishwa kwamba yupo sahihi kwa kila jambo ni kujidanganya

 

[Nazgur]

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New York, Friday September 11 2020

IN SUMMARY

• The ruling party's anti-democratic actions could call into question any claim of victory it makes in the national elections scheduled for next month, the centre predicted.

• Under President Magufuli, Tanzania has witnessed “a pattern of murders, assaults and disappearances” aimed at opposition activists and figures within CCM who criticise the country's direction.

• The analysts drew a sharp contrast between President Magufuli's autocratic rule and founding President Julius Nyerere's commitment to democratic norms.

New York,

Tanzania's “democratic experiment” is imperiled by repressive laws and political violence being carried out by the country's ruling party, a think tank affiliated with the US Defence Department warned on Tuesday.

Over the past five years, President John Magufuli “has banned rallies, muzzled the press, cowed and co-opted independent institutions and committed overt and covert violence against political opponents and 'dissenters' within the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party,” said an analysis by the Washington-based Africa Centre for Strategic Studies.

“Tanzanians today live in a climate increasingly filled with fear and reticence to exercise their rights lest they run afoul of a raft of new restrictive laws or suffer physical retribution,” the think tank added.

The ruling party's anti-democratic actions could thus call into question any claim of victory it makes in the national elections scheduled for next month, the centre predicted.

“This will necessarily have consequences for ties between the Magufuli government and democracy-supporting regional and international actors.”

The analysts drew a sharp contrast between President Magufuli's autocratic rule and founding President Julius Nyerere's commitment to democratic norms.

Mwalimu Nyerere “conceived of African liberation as the building of inclusive democracy, a free press, tolerance of criticism, respect for minorities and limits on power,” the Africa Centre observed.

Under President Magufuli, however, Tanzania has witnessed “a pattern of murders, assaults and disappearances” aimed at opposition activists and figures within CCM who criticise the country's direction.

“Violence has become deeply embedded in CCM’s current calculus of control,” the Pentagon think tank stated.

The Africa Centre quotes independent commentator Andrew Bomani, whose father worked as an aide to President Nyerere, as lamenting: “We had come to believe in a form of exceptionalism that such practices could never happen in our country.”

Media freedom

Freedom of the press has also deteriorated markedly since President Magufuli came to power in 2015, the assessment noted.

It cited the country's descent from 70th to 124th place in the annual global press freedom index compiled by Reporters Without Borders. That drop was the most precipitous of any country in the world during the past five years.

Many of the restrictions imposed on the Tanzanian society have been tightened this year on the grounds that such measures are needed to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the think tank notes.

President Magufuli has simultaneously claimed, however, that Tanzania has been purged of the virus. And the government has stopped publishing statistics on the number of infections in the country.

“Tanzania’s lack of transparency in response to the pandemic is widely seen as having accelerated the virus’s spread in East Africa,” the Africa Centre stated.

Hope remains, however, that Tanzania will return to a democratic path.

Mwalimu Nyerere's legacy, along with interventions by faith-based bodies, can serve as “a source of resilience in navigating the way forward,” the centre said.

In addition, “regional engagement is vitally important given Tanzania’s historical role in continental affairs,” the analysis suggested.

“This, however, must go beyond traditional diplomacy, given that the CCM is still viewed as a senior leader and mentor by fellow ruling liberation movements.” Much depends on these African leaders “overcoming their aversion to confronting the CCM”, the think tank observed.

Pentagon think tank accuses Magufuli of political repression | The East African

UJinga mtupu na hakuna kitu cha nmna hiyo, na kama ni kweli labda wantafuta mwanaume wa kuwafi,,,
US D DP Hawana haki ya kutukoromea,
Kama wana nguvu waende Korea kaskazini wakione cha moto.

 

[TODAYS]

... pia sipendi Usahbiki wa kipumbav kama wa mtoa mada kwan uwezo waweza kufikiri ni wa kutatanisha.

Umesoma kuanzia paragraph ya ngapi ndg mtanzania?
Mtoa mada kapest au bandiko lake mmh!

 

[Themagufulianz]

Black Life Matter...
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Viva JPM

New York, Friday September 11 2020

IN SUMMARY

• The ruling party's anti-democratic actions could call into question any claim of victory it makes in the national elections scheduled for next month, the centre predicted.

• Under President Magufuli, Tanzania has witnessed “a pattern of murders, assaults and disappearances” aimed at opposition activists and figures within CCM who criticise the country's direction.

• The analysts drew a sharp contrast between President Magufuli's autocratic rule and founding President Julius Nyerere's commitment to democratic norms.

New York,

Tanzania's “democratic experiment” is imperiled by repressive laws and political violence being carried out by the country's ruling party, a think tank affiliated with the US Defence Department warned on Tuesday.

Over the past five years, President John Magufuli “has banned rallies, muzzled the press, cowed and co-opted independent institutions and committed overt and covert violence against political opponents and 'dissenters' within the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party,” said an analysis by the Washington-based Africa Centre for Strategic Studies.

“Tanzanians today live in a climate increasingly filled with fear and reticence to exercise their rights lest they run afoul of a raft of new restrictive laws or suffer physical retribution,” the think tank added.

The ruling party's anti-democratic actions could thus call into question any claim of victory it makes in the national elections scheduled for next month, the centre predicted.

“This will necessarily have consequences for ties between the Magufuli government and democracy-supporting regional and international actors.”

The analysts drew a sharp contrast between President Magufuli's autocratic rule and founding President Julius Nyerere's commitment to democratic norms.

Mwalimu Nyerere “conceived of African liberation as the building of inclusive democracy, a free press, tolerance of criticism, respect for minorities and limits on power,” the Africa Centre observed.

Under President Magufuli, however, Tanzania has witnessed “a pattern of murders, assaults and disappearances” aimed at opposition activists and figures within CCM who criticise the country's direction.

“Violence has become deeply embedded in CCM’s current calculus of control,” the Pentagon think tank stated.

The Africa Centre quotes independent commentator Andrew Bomani, whose father worked as an aide to President Nyerere, as lamenting: “We had come to believe in a form of exceptionalism that such practices could never happen in our country.”

Media freedom

Freedom of the press has also deteriorated markedly since President Magufuli came to power in 2015, the assessment noted.

It cited the country's descent from 70th to 124th place in the annual global press freedom index compiled by Reporters Without Borders. That drop was the most precipitous of any country in the world during the past five years.

Many of the restrictions imposed on the Tanzanian society have been tightened this year on the grounds that such measures are needed to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the think tank notes.

President Magufuli has simultaneously claimed, however, that Tanzania has been purged of the virus. And the government has stopped publishing statistics on the number of infections in the country.

“Tanzania’s lack of transparency in response to the pandemic is widely seen as having accelerated the virus’s spread in East Africa,” the Africa Centre stated.

Hope remains, however, that Tanzania will return to a democratic path.

Mwalimu Nyerere's legacy, along with interventions by faith-based bodies, can serve as “a source of resilience in navigating the way forward,” the centre said.

In addition, “regional engagement is vitally important given Tanzania’s historical role in continental affairs,” the analysis suggested.

“This, however, must go beyond traditional diplomacy, given that the CCM is still viewed as a senior leader and mentor by fellow ruling liberation movements.” Much depends on these African leaders “overcoming their aversion to confronting the CCM”, the think tank observed.

Pentagon think tank accuses Magufuli of political repression | The East African

 

[EvilSpirit]

Kama ni mfuatiliaji mzuri wa mambo haya huwezi kuja na uzi wakijinga na upumbavu kama huu kwa Forum ya watu wanaojitambua.

i/. Hivi ni kweli Marekan ina Demokrasia hiyo unayoihubir hapa?

ii/. Ni kweli Marekan watu hawauwai?

iii/. Hiyo aman yao ikoje?

iv/. Vipi kuhusu uhuru wa kujieleza ni kweli kila individual ana equal opportunity of expressing his views na ushaur wake ukafanyiwa kazi?


By the way sipendi tabia ambazo zinaweza pelekea uvunjifu wa amani, pia sipendi Usahbiki wa kipumbav kama wa mtoa mada kwan uwezo waweza kufikiri ni wa kutatanisha.

Unafoka au unaelekeza

 

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Kama mzungu asingekuepo waafrica tungekua tunachinjana kama kuku....Ova!!

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Kitu usichokielewa ni kuwa mmelipwa ili mpingane na sheria zenu, muuane na kujificha ili ionekane serikali ndo inafanya hayo, wapate pa kuingilia siasa zetu na kufanya wapendayo.

Iko wapi demokrasia na amani baada ya aliyeitwa dikteta Gadaf kuuawa? Je, libya imepata kilichosemwa kuwa demokrasia, uhuru wa vyombo vya habari na amani?

Mzungu hajawahi kupenda demokrasia, amani na utulivu kwa maslahi ya mwafrika hata siku moja.

Mzungu huwaza kutuchonganisha tupigane ili yeye auze silaha na kuchota utajiri wetu.

Shangilieni hayo, siku ikifika tutaelewa kama huo ni upendo au uchochezi.