Combative COTO boss Francis Atwoli told Tanzanians last week that they should not be afraid of Kenya in allowing free movement of labor in East Africa. He added that Tanzanians stood a lot to gain form the East African Common market.
Wherever Atwoli got his information, he was bang on target. Tanzanians are doing everything to delay for as long as possible the free movement of labour without which we cannot claim to have a genuine common market. In fact most Tanzanians believe that Kenyans are desperate for the free movement of labour so that they flood into the country to take all the jobs.
This backward thinking in Tanzanians is the reason why the richest country in terms of resources in East And Central Africa, is also the poorest. Tanzania has a 800 mile coast where the tourist attraction of beaches can be combined with wild life viewing. This coast remains virgin, untouched and unexploited. Tanzania is the second largest producer of Diamonds in Africa after South Africa, yet they have nothing to show for any of their mineral wealth including Tanzanite, which as the name suggests is a precious metal found in only one country in the world—Tanzania.
Yet Tanzanians have been opposed to Rwanda and Burundi being incorporated into the East African Customs Union. They have the flimsy excuse that those countries are yet to be stable enough. The real reason is that they fear things will move too fast for them with the two new inclusions. The truth is that Tanzania is just wasting everybody's time and resources.
Having lived and worked in Tanzania for many years, I understand them very well and I can confidently tell you that they will never change. You can maybe give them another 3 or 4 generations at the very minimum.
Meanwhile the Kenyan and Ugandan government are wasting taxpayers money in the customs union arrangement that mostly favors Tanzania at the moment. In fact Kenya is losing heavily on extra revenue it would have earned from the exports into Tanzania that are taxed when those from Tanzania enter the Kenyan market free. The first thing the next government will need to do is to take another long hard look at the East African Common Market with a view of withdrawing from it. In it’s place bilateral agreements can be made with those nations that are interested and progressive in mind like Uganda and Rwanda.
Woman reveals nasty men habits nobody wants to talk about
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
LOL!
ReplyDeleteYou are pathetic. Check your facts before you start spewing such nonsense.
Despite having lived in TZ i can see you obviously don't know anything about Tanzanians
Chris, Why are stereotyping Tanzanians. Kenyans are only lucky that they were colonised by Great Britain.We should thank God for that. Tanzanite is not a metal. The Tanzanians will laugh at you or us when you argue about that.
ReplyDeleteTanzania have a better telecoms industry than Kenya. They had mobile phones before us and they have tried their best by there standards.
Blame Ujamaa and Nyerere and the ideoligies, not the people and you will be talking talk. If you argue like this, then the Mwana Nichi group of politicians who run Kenya will think you are in their generation.
Tafadhali, stereotype Kando
Everyone knows that Africa is the world's largest producer of diamonds, producing as much as 50% of global production. To date, it has produced over 75%, in value, of the world's diamonds with more than 1.9 billion carats. However, Tanzania is not even in the top three producers (But the third in terms of Gold production). Angola, Botswana and South Africa are leading producers of diamonds in Africa.
ReplyDeletePerhaps we should stop arguing with people like Chris. So if you have just missed that simple fact so how about the rest. We should not keep fighting for non sense.
Ha! It seems like you Chris,as usual, have not checked your facts before you publish! Do your homework dude.
ReplyDelete