Why Magufuli administration misses the point on Government splurge

[Rutashubanyuma]

State owned distribution outlets parastatals such as NMC and RTC failed to meet demand

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[Rutashubanyuma]

So trolling Kenyans while we couldn't feed our own people became an exercise in futility

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[Rutashubanyuma]

At a peak of scarcity of goods and services, Nyerere made a speech to justify a hike of sugar price

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[Rutashubanyuma]

It was a continuation of humiliation of his presidency

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[Rutashubanyuma]

President announcing the hiking of the price of one kilo of sugar from three shillings to seven shillings

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[Rutashubanyuma]

Summed up what was wrong with Nyerere administration

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[Rutashubanyuma]

For start there was a statutory body to control prices

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[Rutashubanyuma]

It was not into anybody interest for a head of state to encroach on prices control body

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[Rutashubanyuma]

Even talking about anything but prices of sugar was humiliating

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[Rutashubanyuma]

Confounded by the economy collapse, Nyerere refused to own up but externalized our sorry collective plight

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[Rutashubanyuma]

So culminating from not me culpa led to a brainwashing on the roll

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[Rutashubanyuma]

We were taught to blame the avoidable Ugandan war as a reason our economy had tanked!

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[Rutashubanyuma]

We were taught to blame global oil shocks as a reason for our economic malaise

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[Rutashubanyuma]

We were fed to blame mabeberu or imperialism for our sorry economy

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[Rutashubanyuma]

On dilapidated roads, we were taught to blame manyang'au of Kenya whose four axial lorries were destroying our roads with very unacceptable returns

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[Rutashubanyuma]

We also blamed the EAC for lopsided distribution of surplus claiming manyang'au of Kenya were ripping us apart

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[Rutashubanyuma]

On imperialists we blame them for setting up conditions before loans were secured

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[Rutashubanyuma]

Out of this the World Bank and the IMF became the enemies of state and by extension our favourite punching bag

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[Rutashubanyuma]

Paradoxically, in 1981 when Nyerere made that memorable speech in kigoma...hatukubali kugeuka jiwe

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[Rutashubanyuma]

We had not only surrendered our selves to the IMF under EPA1 but were in the thick and thin of some serious restructuring of the economy under EPA II which we signed in the very year!

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