Why Magufuli administration misses the point on Government splurge

Why Magufuli administration misses the point on Government splurge

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Food for thought. Is it proper and fair to engage prisoners in employment without compensation?

Is serving prison time for correction or retributive justice?
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The debate of distribution of funds between Tarura and Tanroads misses a [emoji360] point that before Tarura was formed all politicians were asking the government to move local government roads to Tanroads. So, unless those roads are restored to local governments inequitable distribution of funds may exacerbate further poor maintenance of trunk roads even if we pay a blind eye to Tanroads sheer incompetence...


Rural roads without trunk roads is like Islands without passage to mainland...the two are interdependent

The real debate ought to have been why the cost of per kilometers road construction is more than twice spent by Kenyan roads of similar stature....that is the debate few are willing to engage in because it scratches the heart of politics of official graft and how that alone has catapulted many a political career...how Tanroads spend and why answering this question more profitable than how much Tarura gets....in fact, Tarura is more of a problem than a solution because top management is duplication of Tanroads and that gobbles money earmarked for road making just to keep top bosses happy there....it is like having the police then you have Takukuru, the anti drugs authority etc etc ...few consider proliferation of bodies consumes almost a third of resources to keep top managers happy and only two third of resources is left to cater for the real needs...similar argument can be made upon the increase of number of regions...the first things after those regions pop up like a champagne are the wants of top managers like the RC, RAS, RPC, etc etc are taken care off before the real objectives are even considered.
The amalgamation of NHC may be a case in hand as a vital top management cost cutting measure...


We are poor because we are poor planners so to speak...and the claim that we are rich because of abundance of natural resources is extremely deceitful...

If more than 67% money taken by Tanroads is wasted in overinvoicing, poor workmanship and poorly designed roads which provoke recurrent works on the same year the roads have been constructed then the duress not to share that cake with Tarura in equal footing based on mileage considerations will be adamant.

But we have a president who always lauds the money guzzling Tanroads misleading some of us that "Tanroads wamefanya kazi nzuri sana...." and our question has always been what motivates him to applaud a loss maker? The inertia is if you pat the back of a loss maker then you are putting breaks to meaningful reforms...everybody will say why fix something which is working incredibly fine but the inconvenient truth is running to the opposite direction..Tanroads top managers have run out of ideas no wonder they ingratiate themselves with the political class to keep their high paying jobs...most of construction companies clutch political connections to stay in business and if you severe political patronage those companies will die natural death...hemming in on the cost of road construction and revamping the quality of road designs demand divorcing political influence in contract awarding and ownership of construction companies from political influence peddlers...who are politicians..and their henchmen posing as CCM lobbyists...and diehard cadres...

We have always advised desolution of Weigh bridge department because of cost benefit analysis well thought out considerations...most money of vehicles collected by fuel so this is double tax and most cash is spent on unnecessary human resources there


Three axial loads per vehicle is sufficient to control weight than penalising overweight


There too much waste in Tanroads and cutting its funding to mileage ownership criterion with Tarura may be a first step but Tarura should not mimick Tanroads loss making habits....but in long run Tarura ought to be absorbed by Tanroads to save money spent by top managers there....it is quantity versus quality debate rejuvenated must enthuse...

These and other reforms may have to wait until this regime is out of power because it owes her perch to the official graft in Tanroads...and for those clamouring to change the constitution and knock off presidential terms limit or lengthening presidential terms limits like Rwanda which copied the French with caveats...may be unwittingly shooting themselves in the knee because unless meaningful reforms are carried out both Tanroads and Tarura will have a limited impact in road making...and, this regime resents any type of reforms at Tanroads because they are a beneficiary of the sleazy going down there....



 
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