This blogger who has lived in Tanzania for many years has quietly noted the rising resentment in that country against Kenyan nationals. They are regularly arrested and jailed for being in the country illegally and getting a work permit is much easier for a South African currently than it would be for a Kenyan national.
The founding father of that nation Mwalimu Julius Nyerere must be turning in his grave at this development after risking all for many years to fight apartheid in South Africa. Dar-es-salaam was the headquarters of Nelson Mandela’s ANC for many years. Now the “kaburus” reign supreme in Nyerere country.
In sharp contrast Tanzanians are having a ball in Kenya. Many of them have purchased land and even obtained ID cards. In fact there are cases known to this writer where Tanzanian nationals are harassing local Kenyans and making life very difficult for them (in their own country).
The word in Dar-es-salaam is that Kenyans are very desperate for the East African legislative Assembly to pass the much anticipated law that will allow free movement of labour and goods in the region. The Tanzanians believe that since there are no jobs left in Kenya, Kenyans want to flock into their country and take all the jobs. On average Kenyans are better educated than Tanzanians (Kenyans are in fact the most educated nation on the continent currently).
At the moment many frustrated Kenyans are being held at bay by the work permit requirements and the truth is that many of them are working illegally in Tanzania, mainly in the teaching profession and legally in so many other sectors of the economy.
The bitter reality which Tanzanians will not accept is that it is Kenyans who run the Tanzanian economy.
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The opening line to marketing Kenya should read "OPEN FOR SALE". Our country is basking in glory of progress all based on the wrong premise. What we consider growth are corrup deals that are legitimized in sleaze.
ReplyDeleteLook around you and trace the origins of your local tycoon's fortune. Most of them defrauded their own government by colluding with corrupt civil servants. It is no news to know that these Lucifers supplly ordinary biro and pencil at Sh. 100 (yes, a hundred) and in most cases they don't saupply at all after being paid upfront.
Basic economic will inform you that all we count as progress is not sustainable but just like telling lies that needs more lies to cover them up, we are nurturing economic rapists and foreigners to soothe our egos. But for how long?
Its true that Tanzanians have become hostile to Kenyans. A friend of ours lost Kshs.200,000 in a Tanzanian hotel room recently, I was shocked and told him I didnt know Tanzanians could do that thinking they are humble people. He told me they are the worst compared to Kenyan's and Ugandan's even police don't do anything because its their fellow Tanzanian whose gained from the stolen cash.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many Chaggas (the equivalent of the Kikuyu in Tanzania, as far business acumen is concerned) in Gikomba and no one is raising as much as an eye brow. Why should Kenyans receive a raw deal at the hands of these guys in their country while we live in peace with their own here in Kenya?
ReplyDeleteHey Susan, did you mean a friend of yours lost that sum of money because he/whe was Kenyan? So you mean, if you come to Kampala and then you are being robbed, the next day you will accuse Ugandans? This sound ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteAnd if Kenyans' runs Tanzanian economy while do you keep insisting? Who run the economy of Uganda? Also Kenyans? And who run the economy of America? Mimi nimeenda Tanzania, and I know kwamba si kweli kwamba Kenyans wana run uchumi wa TZ. You have been spreading myth for long time. I know you are educated, so try to learn the facts, not propagandas. Beside nadhani wao wanawapa tough kwenye economy yenu. Maana wao watoa Tanzanite, lakini iko sokoni Kenya. Mlima Kilimanjaro wasema iko Kenya, wakati iko Tanzania. Mbuga zao nzuri wazonazo mwasema ziko Kenya wakati ziko kwao. You haven't been playing fair for those Tanzanians. I know they are nice guys. Let them leave in peace. We Ugandans and Kenyans hatuna moyyo kama yao. They are truly human beings. Let's unite and be one thing. Perhaps your tribalism shall cease!
Speaking as one who has lived in Tanzania, I must say the xenophobia is worrying, especially since we are looking at EAC integration. It is true that Kenyans in TZ get worse treatment there as oppossed to Tanzanians in Kenya. They have virtually taken over Gikombaa, and in the last year or so most of the drug busts have invariably yielded more than a fair share of Tanzanians. So what is the problem? The fact that Kenyans are go-getters does not make us animals. It is also not true that Nyerere would turn in his grave; as far as I'm concerned he's the architect of this hate campaign against Kenyans. The basic truth is that Tanzanians are jealous. Given a chance, every single one of them would die to be a Kenyan. We are special like that.
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