Why Magufuli administration misses the point on Government splurge

Why Magufuli administration misses the point on Government splurge

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We need the constitution to state categorically no ex officio under any circumstances has powers to disqualify candidates if they have attained minimal qualifications stated in the constitution, and if there are technical glitches in filling the forms the principle of overriding objectives will run supreme

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Filling the election forms is a means to an end but in itself isn't an end so disqualification of election candidates solely on how forms were filled negates the very purposes of conducting election which is to give registered voters their constitutional opportunity to determine the destiny of this country

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As we have said early our elections are not rigged at the NEC hq but by presidential appointees in the names of DEDs, security apparatchik and the police who either falsify or wholesale replace the forms that had captured the will of voters at polling stations or they lock up the opposition candidates interfering with a due process or they seize and wrestle away the forms from the opposition blocking the opposition candidates from submitting their forms or needlessly disqualification unfounded in books of law!

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There were despondency and public anxiety when Hon. Tundu Lissu was being delayed to have his forms appraised and approved at NEC HQ but we were later informed it was because other presidential hopefuls had brought their papers much earlier for verification but CDM fearing interference and adulteration of their papers had sought verification on the date of approval

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Micah 5:1-7:20

Rise to Micah’s challenge

It is possible to have a wasted soul. Through the prophet Micah, God warns against:
‘Obscene wealth…
piled up by cheating and fraud…
shady deals and shifty scheming…
No matter how much you get, it will never be enough –
hollow stomachs, empty hearts.
No matter how hard you work, you’ll have nothing to show for it –
bankrupt lives, wasted souls’ (6:10–14, MSG).
At times, Micah looks forward (for example, see 7:7–20). At one point he unknowingly prophesies about Jesus (Matthew 2:5–12). He sees a ruler coming from Bethlehem, ‘Whose origins are from of old, from ancient times… And he will be their peace’ (Micah 5:2,5a). He will be known as ‘Peacemaker of the world!’ (v.4b, MSG).
At other times, Micah looks back. He looks at all that God has done for his people (see 6:3 onwards). He redeemed them. He led them (v.4). He urged them to ‘remember’ (v.5).
God is a God of astonishing love and mercy: ‘Mercy is your specialty. That’s what you love most. And compassion is on its way to us. You’ll stamp out our wrongdoing. You’ll sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean’ (7:18–19, MSG).
Through Jesus your past is totally forgiven. Don’t keep looking back with regret. God has ‘hurled all [your] iniquities into the depths of the sea’ (v.19), and there is ‘no fishing’ allowed.
What will your response be to this amazing grace? Micah presents this challenge: ‘To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God’ (6:8c). This threefold challenge gives us the purpose and goal of our lives.

Act justly
Justice is very high up on God’s agenda. Injustice causes so much of the world’s suffering today. I have to make this a higher priority in my own life and in our community. We must do more to see that the poor, the marginalised and the voiceless receive justice.

Love mercy
God has shown us such mercy. Our response should be to show mercy. Don’t put pressure on others to perform perfectly; love and accept them for who they are. We need to bring the message of the gospel of God’s love and mercy to as many as possible, including the prisoners, the homeless, the elderly and the poor.

Walk humbly with God
Never see yourself as better, above, or more important than other people. A proud person overestimates their own importance. They cannot laugh at themselves. ‘Don’t take yourself too seriously – take God seriously’ (v.8c, MSG). We cannot do any of this unless we are walking in a relationship with the Lord.

These three go together. True faith is evidenced by how you live. This is why Paul writes that ‘the things done while in the body’ (2 Corinthians 5:10) really matter. You will be judged by them. They are the evidence of your faith.

Lord, help me to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with you.



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2 Corinthians 5:10

‘We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive what is due them for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.’
In the light of that, I am so glad to read in Micah: ‘Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression… you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea’ (Micah 7:18–19).


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