TANZANIA, A NATION IN THE DARKNESS WITH ECONOMIC FUTURE IN LIMBO!
It does not need an advanced economic literacy to understand, that no nation can ever claim economic progress where there is no reliable supply of energy, especially in this age. More than ninety percent of Tanzanians for that matter have been in the darkness since the beginning of time, and little has been done to correct the chronic power rationing problem, while our leaders are taking advantage of the situation by continuing to line their pockets at the tax payer’s expense.
Our leaders are asserting nation’s economic progressive leap, yet has nothing to show for, more than the continued life in the darkness and despair. They are testing people’s will and resolve, as Richmond, and Dowans masterminds , who have plunged the nation into the darkness leading utopian lifestyles, and may never face justice for their criminal offenses , and the parliament sees the matter as a hot potato it does want to touch
The common man, the poor and the powerless who can’t afford expensive generators, and do not reside in the affluent parts of the city where power is never off, have been left to dance the tune of power rationing year after year. What a shame for a nation blessed with many rivers, abundant fossil ,and renewable sources of energy sufficient to power the entire nation for centuries, yet letting its people in despair, and constantly in the darkness? If tiny island of Seychelles, and even Lebanon, can sustain themselves in terms of energy, why not Tanzania?
More than 90 percent of Tanzania’s population has no access to electricity, yet our politicians want us to believe that peak demand for electricity is about 800 megawatts. Yes, they are talking IPTL which is going to be a temporary fix, what about fifty years from today? What plans do they have in place to harness renewable sources of energy after most non-renewable sources are depleted? The very people we entrust with our future, regularly assert to the nation’s positive economic progress with massive data, I wonder what progress they refer to. Is it a forward progression, or nation’s descent into the darker ages?
It will be very dangerous and extremely expensive to pipe gas from Kilwa -Songo Songo - to Dar es slaam, Ubungo power plant; a tiny facility surrounded by a huge population. Such undertaking can be done in Kilwa (at the source where space is unlimited ) and simply transport electricity to wherever it is needed within the country, instead of exposing the population into danger, and burdening the nation with such a huge cost at the expense of a few, well connected who won the piping tender before the project was invented.
Research centers, communication facilities, Factories and other businesses need constant and reliable energy supply to meet their production quotas, to retain the labor force; pay workers, and be able to compete in the domestic and international markets. The current environment of two to four hours a day, couple of days a month of electricity cannot foster economic progress, and something needs to be done, not today or tomorrow, but yesterday. The country needs reliable electricity, full stop.
Tanzania is not lacking resources or other financial ability to provide energy to her people, because billions spent on expensive Land-Cruisers, the amounts spent on unwanted, and outdated radars, the money stolen by EPA, Richmond, and Dowans fraudsters would be sufficient to bring to and end, the decades old power problem. The problem is simply the management; irresponsible, less visionary leadership thinking of today and not the future. This is the root cause of the misery the country is in today. They are people drunk with power, considering themselves as masters rather than servants
I have never comprehended what the minister of energy does in office; neither do I understand what TANESCO is for, because its leadership is still the same year after year of massive embezzlement and embarrassment to the country. Commissions that have cost tax payers billions of shillings have been formed, and their findings have never been implemented as the individuals implicated with fraud are still free, yet the petty criminals are paraded daily in the judicial system, what a joke and an insult to the tax payer?
There is no need for another commission or task force; many commissions have been formed and their reports shelved. TANESCO simply need disburdenment, the ministry of energy officials who have shown gross incompetence, and abuse of public trust, those implicated in various energy scams brought to books. Nonetheless, all commissions’ reports related to energy implemented, as the culprits are a big threat to the national security and economic progress.
Our leaders must forgo their hefty sitting, training, and travel allowances. In other parts of the world, people pay to attend meetings, yet in our country our leaders must be paid to attend trainings and meetings which is very bizarre considering the fact that our economy is a donor dependant one. Our responsibilities requires extensive travel globally meeting clients, working on lucrative deals, but have never been paid one dollar more than the cost of travel food and accommodation; our remuneration is based on the base salary and performance based incentives (bonuses). In our country, the leaders are paid more than forty million shillings to attend a meeting abroad. Where is sanity?
If a trillion dollar company cannot pay its employees to attend trainings, or meetings, why would a small government agency that floats on taxes pay its employees to attend, seminars, meetings and trainings? What special are they bringing to the table that can justify such hefty remunerations? No wonder we are in the darkness. These kinds of wastage must be stopped and the funds channeled to the appropriate areas where they are needed to boost economic progress. These funds must be put into renewable energy research and development
Economic and Strategic security of a nation lays on self energy independence and sustainability. We must therefore realize this, and prosecute Dowans, and Richmond architectures who are toying with national security. Tanzanian parliament, vested with powers to uphold and protect the constitution, must fight for the people who are held hostage by a few persons who are making life miserable for the majority. It must unequivocally, and aggressively deliberate on bills calling for prosecution of the economic criminals who have plunged the nation into the darkness.
Mr. Sitta, and other parliamentarians, Mo- Ibrahim, celebrations are over. You must come back to reality, and remember that, your positions are not a favor to the country, they are mandates vested upon you by the citizens to alleviate them of suffering. Your positions are meant to bring economic, political and social equality. Let’s stop being a nation that celebrates rich and powerful rascals and criminals, while condemning to death petty thieves, harassing and punishing young men whose crime is to sell bottles of water in Kariakoo to feed their children. Remember you took an oath to serve all Tanzanians impartially.
Do not compromise your beliefs and morals for the political winds that are only seasonal, let your consciousness rule supreme. The parliament must be sacrificial, act swiftly and fast to turn on the lights for all Tanzanians, otherwise we are sad to say, that the nation will continue to remain in the darkness with her economic future in limbo.
Unabated continuation of grand corruption with life in the darkness, will boil and push the nation to a point of no return, When people will be inclined to take power into their own hands, to turn on the lights; and that will be too little too late to salvage the situation. Political winds can be deceiving; our politicians must read the signs on the wall, telling them clearly, that the nation is rapidly descending into the dark ages, as the voices of the tax payers financing their lucrative positions shouting TURN ON THE LIGHTS
Mungu Ibariki Tanzania
John Mashaka
Mashaka.john@yahoo.com
NOTE: Tafsiri ya Kiswahili ipo njiani,
It does not need an advanced economic literacy to understand, that no nation can ever claim economic progress where there is no reliable supply of energy, especially in this age. More than ninety percent of Tanzanians for that matter have been in the darkness since the beginning of time, and little has been done to correct the chronic power rationing problem, while our leaders are taking advantage of the situation by continuing to line their pockets at the tax payer’s expense.
Our leaders are asserting nation’s economic progressive leap, yet has nothing to show for, more than the continued life in the darkness and despair. They are testing people’s will and resolve, as Richmond, and Dowans masterminds , who have plunged the nation into the darkness leading utopian lifestyles, and may never face justice for their criminal offenses , and the parliament sees the matter as a hot potato it does want to touch
The common man, the poor and the powerless who can’t afford expensive generators, and do not reside in the affluent parts of the city where power is never off, have been left to dance the tune of power rationing year after year. What a shame for a nation blessed with many rivers, abundant fossil ,and renewable sources of energy sufficient to power the entire nation for centuries, yet letting its people in despair, and constantly in the darkness? If tiny island of Seychelles, and even Lebanon, can sustain themselves in terms of energy, why not Tanzania?
More than 90 percent of Tanzania’s population has no access to electricity, yet our politicians want us to believe that peak demand for electricity is about 800 megawatts. Yes, they are talking IPTL which is going to be a temporary fix, what about fifty years from today? What plans do they have in place to harness renewable sources of energy after most non-renewable sources are depleted? The very people we entrust with our future, regularly assert to the nation’s positive economic progress with massive data, I wonder what progress they refer to. Is it a forward progression, or nation’s descent into the darker ages?
It will be very dangerous and extremely expensive to pipe gas from Kilwa -Songo Songo - to Dar es slaam, Ubungo power plant; a tiny facility surrounded by a huge population. Such undertaking can be done in Kilwa (at the source where space is unlimited ) and simply transport electricity to wherever it is needed within the country, instead of exposing the population into danger, and burdening the nation with such a huge cost at the expense of a few, well connected who won the piping tender before the project was invented.
Research centers, communication facilities, Factories and other businesses need constant and reliable energy supply to meet their production quotas, to retain the labor force; pay workers, and be able to compete in the domestic and international markets. The current environment of two to four hours a day, couple of days a month of electricity cannot foster economic progress, and something needs to be done, not today or tomorrow, but yesterday. The country needs reliable electricity, full stop.
Tanzania is not lacking resources or other financial ability to provide energy to her people, because billions spent on expensive Land-Cruisers, the amounts spent on unwanted, and outdated radars, the money stolen by EPA, Richmond, and Dowans fraudsters would be sufficient to bring to and end, the decades old power problem. The problem is simply the management; irresponsible, less visionary leadership thinking of today and not the future. This is the root cause of the misery the country is in today. They are people drunk with power, considering themselves as masters rather than servants
I have never comprehended what the minister of energy does in office; neither do I understand what TANESCO is for, because its leadership is still the same year after year of massive embezzlement and embarrassment to the country. Commissions that have cost tax payers billions of shillings have been formed, and their findings have never been implemented as the individuals implicated with fraud are still free, yet the petty criminals are paraded daily in the judicial system, what a joke and an insult to the tax payer?
There is no need for another commission or task force; many commissions have been formed and their reports shelved. TANESCO simply need disburdenment, the ministry of energy officials who have shown gross incompetence, and abuse of public trust, those implicated in various energy scams brought to books. Nonetheless, all commissions’ reports related to energy implemented, as the culprits are a big threat to the national security and economic progress.
Our leaders must forgo their hefty sitting, training, and travel allowances. In other parts of the world, people pay to attend meetings, yet in our country our leaders must be paid to attend trainings and meetings which is very bizarre considering the fact that our economy is a donor dependant one. Our responsibilities requires extensive travel globally meeting clients, working on lucrative deals, but have never been paid one dollar more than the cost of travel food and accommodation; our remuneration is based on the base salary and performance based incentives (bonuses). In our country, the leaders are paid more than forty million shillings to attend a meeting abroad. Where is sanity?
If a trillion dollar company cannot pay its employees to attend trainings, or meetings, why would a small government agency that floats on taxes pay its employees to attend, seminars, meetings and trainings? What special are they bringing to the table that can justify such hefty remunerations? No wonder we are in the darkness. These kinds of wastage must be stopped and the funds channeled to the appropriate areas where they are needed to boost economic progress. These funds must be put into renewable energy research and development
Economic and Strategic security of a nation lays on self energy independence and sustainability. We must therefore realize this, and prosecute Dowans, and Richmond architectures who are toying with national security. Tanzanian parliament, vested with powers to uphold and protect the constitution, must fight for the people who are held hostage by a few persons who are making life miserable for the majority. It must unequivocally, and aggressively deliberate on bills calling for prosecution of the economic criminals who have plunged the nation into the darkness.
Mr. Sitta, and other parliamentarians, Mo- Ibrahim, celebrations are over. You must come back to reality, and remember that, your positions are not a favor to the country, they are mandates vested upon you by the citizens to alleviate them of suffering. Your positions are meant to bring economic, political and social equality. Let’s stop being a nation that celebrates rich and powerful rascals and criminals, while condemning to death petty thieves, harassing and punishing young men whose crime is to sell bottles of water in Kariakoo to feed their children. Remember you took an oath to serve all Tanzanians impartially.
Do not compromise your beliefs and morals for the political winds that are only seasonal, let your consciousness rule supreme. The parliament must be sacrificial, act swiftly and fast to turn on the lights for all Tanzanians, otherwise we are sad to say, that the nation will continue to remain in the darkness with her economic future in limbo.
Unabated continuation of grand corruption with life in the darkness, will boil and push the nation to a point of no return, When people will be inclined to take power into their own hands, to turn on the lights; and that will be too little too late to salvage the situation. Political winds can be deceiving; our politicians must read the signs on the wall, telling them clearly, that the nation is rapidly descending into the dark ages, as the voices of the tax payers financing their lucrative positions shouting TURN ON THE LIGHTS
Mungu Ibariki Tanzania
John Mashaka
Mashaka.john@yahoo.com
NOTE: Tafsiri ya Kiswahili ipo njiani,
lakni Mashaka umeongea kweli.hiv Wizara ya nishati inafanya nini,wezi tu wamejaa pale.naunga mkno hoja ijapokuwa inawezekann ni wachache wanaorudisha maendeleo nyuma.
ReplyDeleteLowasa akamatwe!
Bwana Mashaka sasa naona politically ume mature, mwanzo ulikuwa naive kuisifia serikali na kuwaponda akina Mugabe, Chavez na Gadafi. Nina jupa points ya kuanza kuona matatizo ya TZ. Lakini kuna moja bado haujaliona, ukiliona hilo nitakukubali kuwa unavision. Kukupa hint hint hili swala ni system ya uongozi unayoendesha dunia 'Democracy' . Wapo amboo tunao ona matatizo ya system hii, lakini sitegemeni wewe kuona tatizo kwasababu ya kuishi na being fed American Politics. Wapo ambao tunao ona America and it's friends G7 ndio ultimately decide the fate of country like Tanzania. Ngoja nijaribu kukufundua macho. Nchi sasa hivi inaendeshwa for the ontereste of few and foreigners who own our resources. Je wapo wapi hao G7 kuweka presha kama wanazowekewa wakina Mugabe? Jibu wote wako happy kuchuma matunda ya mali ya Mtanzania. Sasa ngoja utakochokiona aje kiongozi kuiongoza nchi hii for the benefit ya wa Tanzania not for the benifit of Paris Club members! I bet ataitwa dictetor na watafanya kila njia wamng'oe uongozi. Kijana Mashaka uki solve puzzle hii kweli ndio utakuwa tayari kuja nyumbani kwa uongozi.
ReplyDeleteMashaka has pointed out a very important problem.
ReplyDeleteEnergy problem is not a new in Tanzania. It has been around since inception of world.
What is more disappointing is that Tanzania does not lack resources, which can be used to ensure that there is reliable supply of energy. Resources are available, but a big problem they are mismanaged by people in power because of selfishness and corruption mentality.
These problems can be solved, but nobody other than wananchi, through their votes in elections, who can solve them. Dear Tanzanian let us vote out current leadership and its entire system and see if development will not come. It only through our votes in election we can speak and send clear message that we are tired with current situation
This is what other countries which know the important of good leadership in economic and social development do. Look for example America, UK, and Australia. For them if a certain political party can not deliver according to their expectation they will vote it out in next election. This is only reason Democratic in US (Obama), Labour Party in UK (Tony Blair) won election. Because of power of people in election, leaders in these countries know very clearly that if they do not deliver according to people expectation then next time they will loss election.
In Tanzania we need to use our votes to take control of our own country development destiny for the benefit of future generation. We have suffered a lot let us now say enough is enough and give our next generation better future. Let us try another leadership in next election. I tell you my fellow Tanzanians if we use our votes to speak out loudly and clearly we can achieve great development within a period of less than 20 years. If we want our babies who are born today to enjoy better life when they become parents, we must act right now.
Mdau MG
Hon John Mashaka, 90% ya wabunge wetu wanaishi Dar Es Salaam, unategemea watapeleka umeme, bukene, kinesi nk??William Lukuvi aliwahi kuwa waziri wa mawasiliano na uchukuzi, lkn wananchi wake wanatemebea maili kadhaa kupata huduma ya posta na wasiliano mengine,Makongoro alikuwa miundo mbinu leo hii tunajua hali za watu wa ukonga zilivyo kwenye huduma hiyo leo hii nani alaumiwe??
ReplyDeleteMashaka, iwish JK angekujaribu walau mwenyekiti wa bodi tanesco kama utaleta tija, lkn wazalendo wazushi hamchelewi kutugeuka...sasa ivi ndugu yangu Zito kapoteza radha ya mwanzo, lkn mwanzo alikuwa kama wewe>Mashaka kama ni ubunge ntamuomba prof sarungi akupishe rorya lkn sidhani kama utaleta mabadiliko ya kiimla, Mwl Nyerere apumzike kwa amani na Mungu ibariki Tze na watu wake!!
wanaobisha na wabishe, lakini lazima tukiri kwamba huyu mtoto ana kipaji cha aina yake. wata kama hawa nadra sana wanakuwaga marais, ila wanatokea kuheshimika na kuwa na sauti kubwa sana duniani. ndio mimi ni mshabiki mkubwa wa mashaka na hapa amegusia makubwa ambayo wanasiasa wetu hawawezi kuyagusa. asante sana nabii kwa haya makala mazuri. ubarikiwe
ReplyDeleteNABII KANENA. SAFI SANA MASHAKA
ReplyDeletejohn mashaka, i am speechless. this is a heck of a article,,,,
ReplyDelete,, mkuu nadhani hayo mafisadi nayo yanaisoma roho juu juu. umekuwa chachu ya aina yake. mungu akubariki, na aibariki tanzania
kazi nzuri sana hii imetulia mwanangu
Hii Kali Mwanangu
ReplyDeleteAdumu Rais Jakaya Mrisho kikwete,
Adumu Spika Sitta Wa Bunge la Tanzania?
Adumu Mtume Nabii Yohanna Mashaka,
Adumu Mh. Edward Lowassa,
Aduu Mh. Rostam Azizi,
Adumu Mh.Karamagi,
Adumu Amaritus Liyumba
Adumu Ben Mkapa
Adumu Basil Mramba,
Adumu Peter Nalitolela,
Adumu US-Buloga
Idumu TANESCO,
Mashaka Hoyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Mashaka ningekuwa na shillingi Tsh 10,000, ningekupeleka breakpointi nikununulie ugali wa mhogo na nyama ya mbuzi wa kuchoma. mkuu hii kali, tunakuhitaji tz, tena bungeni.Hakuna tena Ubishi hapa
US-BLOGGER)
ReplyDeletemashaka hana lolote, hajasema chochote kipya , blah blah, blahh zake kama kawaida.
huyu fisadi john mashaka naona amejipanga vya kutosha kuichukua nchi, inabidi nimzuie kabla hajachukua nchi yangu tukufu na kuwauzia watu wako wa wa-street
mimi tajiri nakuba $millioni 3, ili uhachane na kuwarubuni watanzania wema, alafu uilietee kundi lako la wasomi bandia.
wadau kaeni sawa, nakuja kumpa Mtume Nabii vidonge vyake muda siyo mrefu.
Mheshimiwa Joseph Ikalimba, umeona upuuzi Nabii ameandika, natumai mkuu huko maho huko nation capital. Vuta artikle kumjibu nabiii
Dr. US-Blogger
moto umewaka, mie naangalia tu yaangu macho
ReplyDeleteRais mtarajiwa 2015, yohanna mashaka, mie naomba tu kuwa mkuu wa bandari . ili ku wa harass wale wahindi wa dar, ili nipate ka ulaji kangu kadojo
ReplyDeleteAu mkuu wa polisi, ili niwaandikieage mafisadi brekfasti ya kiboko mafisadi yote ya tanzania. kazi nzuri sana, atiko imetulia, hata kama chiinglishi not richeboo nimeelewa, na ninaisubiria kwa shahuku kubwa atiko ya kiswahili
Naungana na mmoja wa watoa maoni kuwa Yohana HAJAANDIKA JIPYA.Sawa,alichoandika ni ukweli mtupu sikatai lakini nadhani labda kwa kutokua kwake hapa nchini kuna baadhi ya data amekosa kuifanya makala yake kuwa ya kiutekelezaji zaidi.Kwa ufupi,mipango mizuri ya nishati ilikuwepo toka miaka ya 1970, na nathubutu kusema ripoti za kina Mwandosya (wakati huo akiwa UDSM) zingefanyiwa kazi matatizo haya yasingetukuta.Tatizo hapa ni moja tu,SIASA.Wasomi tunaowategemea wote wanakimbilia siasa.Anyway, at least mimi nna tumaini Tanzania yetu itabadilika baada ya miaka 28 kuanzia sasa.
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Tanzanian genius Mr. John Mashaka, thank you for this wonderful piece, we have much to learn from you, and never despair. mAJUNGU YA KITANZANIA NI KAMA KAWAIDA. kwa hiyo hawa wachache waliopoteza njia kama US-Blogger wala usiwajali. endelea na shuguli zako, kwani hata viongozi wetu wakisoma makala yako wanajikuna vichwa, safi sana mkurya
ReplyDeleteThank you Mashaka. But why not have multiple dependent companies provide Electricity for others to chose from and not only let TANESCO monopolize this industry. Like we did with TTCL, it has improved since mobile phone companies were introduced. Why not have other electricity suppliers come and help take the money we pay TANESCO? Hata kama ni ghali sana kuinvest on this infrastructure we are ready! Tumechoka...
ReplyDeleteNina uhakika kwamba mashaka anakuja kuwa mtu mmoja very powerful in Tanzania. Either waziri au rais in less than 10 years. Asante sana kaka kwa uzalwndo wako wa Hali ya juu
ReplyDeleteafadhali bwana mie nasubiri tu hiyo tafsiri ya kiswahili
ReplyDeleteuwe basi unatuma makala ya kiinglish na kiswahili, au yule mdau aliyeresipondi atiko yako juzi kati atutafsirie
ReplyDeleteI'D LIKE TO CRITIQUE FACTS ON THE ARTICLE AND STRESS THEIR CONTRASTS TO THE ENDLESS ENERGY CRISIS AND INTURN ECONOMIC PERILOUSNESS.
ReplyDeleteINDEED,SUSTAINABLE AND RELIABLE ENERGY SOURCES ARE CRUCIAL TO PROVIDING ECONOMIC GROWTH WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO REDUCE POVERTY.IF PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AND ECONOMY BY ENTERPRENEURSHIP,THERE WILL BE MULTITUDE OF SME's WHICH ARE PRESUMABLY THE ENGINES OF ECONOMIES.
THEN DISCUSS THE ENHANCEMENT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH DUE TO SME'S AS MEASURED BY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.IE,BARRIERS TO ENTRY,EXIT STRATEGIES,PROPERTY RIGHTS,ACCESS TO FINANCE AND MACROECONOMICS POLICIES.
THEREFORE,THE ARTICLE COULD HAVE FOCUSED(ENERGY ECONOMICS) ON HOW ENERGY CRISES WOULD IMPACT ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL MOBILITY AND WHETHER CONCENTRIC EFFORTS BY THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND THE GVT WOULD ALLAY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.THEN CRITISIZE THEIR COMPETENCES.
FURTHERMORE,THERE IS UNPARALLED COMPARISON ON THE ISSUE OF INCENTIVIZING AND REMUNENATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SERVANTS.OBJECTIVES(profit or EEE),PURPOSES,FUNDINGS,OPERATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES,LEGISLATION ARE DIFFERENT.THINK ABOUT THEM.
IT IS APPARENT UNFAIR AT TIMES FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL SUMS PARLIAMENTARIANS CLAIM IN RELATION TO TANGIBLE AND HOLLOW PLEDGES THEY OUGHT TO YIELD DURING THEIR TERM,HOWEVER,THINK WHAT IF THEY AREN'T INCENTIVISED ACCORDINGLY,HOW WOULD THEY MAKE DECISIONS,WHAT WOULD BE THEIR MOTIVES TO CONTEST FOR THE SEATS.
MOREOVER,THERE ARE STRATEGIC FACTS AT STAKE SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE(CO2 EMISSIONS),FOOD SHORTAGES(DROUGHT),OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION(OVERSEA COMPANIES TENDERING FOR CONTRACTS),NUCLEAR AMBITIONS FOR POWER AND DETERENT(PROLIFERATION), AND OTHER SUSPECT CONFIDENTIAL STUFFS.ALL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED TO ASCERTAIN TZ FUTURE.
THEREFORE,I SOLEMN ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL ISSUES ESPECIALLY MALPRACTISES AND FRAUD AND I TRY TO OFFER COUNTERBALANCE TO EXPOSE THE GOVERMENT CONDUCTS OF STATUS QUO AND INEFFICIENCIES AND WHETHER SEVERE MEASURES COULD IMPOVE THEIR COMPETENCES AND ACCOUNTABILITY.BE CAUTIOUS IN YOUR CRITICS AND YOU NEED TO TRADE CAREFULLY ON YOUR EXCHANGES SO AS TO AVOID POLITICAL TRAPS AND PROSECUSION.
Mdau(John) UK
Wee John (mdau) uk. Unakuwaga na point lakini wewe ni mchemkaji sana. Kiingereza chako kwanza kibovu. Pili critique yako hakieleweki. Hebu msome nabii alafu uniambie umeandika nini utumbo mtupu kalagabao weee
ReplyDeleteau wee ndo us bloga; kwa maaana pumba zako na Zake zinafanana ki aina,,, teteteeee
mdau-Glasgow
Nabii mashaka usiwachokoze wenye nchi chonde chonde. Watakuua
ReplyDeletenafurahi anaona matatizo ya nchi na kuyaweka wazi, lakini je anafanya nini ili kuondoa haya matatizo? usiwe mtu wa blah blah tu mashaka ACT uko marekani unaonaje yaliyoko nyumbani kwako kama si umbea na maneno ya watu. ooooh pleeeease na usiseme unakuja mara moja au mbili kwa mwezi kwa hiyo unajuwa matatizo yote.
ReplyDeletenaamini kila ujapo TZ ni nyumbani kwenu au kwenye kiwanja unajiachia na kasichana. so don't talk about matatizo ya nyumbani what do you know.
Kama ishu ni kiengereza, wote wamechemka!! a verbose article + a verbose rebuttal = unnecessary confusion! why not use simple words to make your point! There is no need to bombard the mass with awful grammar! May i suggest a spell check!
ReplyDeleteMatatizo yetu hayajaletwwa toka mbinguni......haya sasa solution ndio hiyo. Demokrasia inatumika kuwaweka madarakani viongozi wabovu, hilo ndio tatizo.
ReplyDeleteUS bloger pointless, kiburi tu cha vijisent. Andika point, unapoteza muda mwingi sana kujisifia, acha hayo ni mambo ya kitoto, kwa mtindo huu waliokupa hiyo PhD nawashangaa.mara ooh mshahara wangu mkubwa, ooh bla bla blaa
ReplyDeleteThe difference between John Mashaka and other writers wanna be is that, Mashaka can take a little crappy piece, twist it and turn it into something so glossy and magnificent. This is an awesome and extra ordinary masterpiece, that is very acceptable to literally everyone and at the same time stinging to many people. born in our country and can see the fruits of educating our children. I salute him for his brilliance and courage to have the best for our nation. Yes we need electricity, and there are so many ways to do that.
ReplyDeleteBARAZA LA MAWAZIRI LA 2015
ReplyDeleteRAIS YOHANA MASHAKA
MAKAMU JANUARY MAKAMBA
W. MKUU DR. HILDEBAND SHAYO
W. HABARI MH. ISSA MICHUZI
W. UCHUMI MDAU (John) UK
W. NISHATI ZITTO KABWE
W.NJE PETER NALITOLELA
W. M. NDANI JOSEPH IKALIMBA
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Kitu ambacho ni lazima mkielewe ni kwamba mashaka ana kitu kimoja. Ujasiri, na upendo kwa taifa lake. Mara nyingi wanasias na hata waandishi kutokana na njaa zao, hawanaga ubavu au uwezo wa kuzungumzia maswala kama haya. Kwa hiyo mtu kama mshaka anapojitokza kuongelea mambo kama haya, lazima watamuona jiniasi wa aina Fulani. Na hi indo chanzo cha umaarufu na kukubalika kwa joni mashaka. Na kuesma kweli hata mie nakubaliana na mada zake ambazo mara nyingi ni mada zilizoelemika, na za kisomi. Zimejipanga kisawasawa. TUNASHUKURU SANA MH. MASHAKA kwa haya makala yaliyotulia. Natumai serikali yetu butu itawez
ReplyDeletea kuupata huu ujumbe murua. Aisee inaingia kwenye nafsi, ingawa wengi wao mara nyingi wanasoma na kutokea sikio la pili, hadi sku walipa kodi watakaposema tumechoka na ufisadi wote watahara wanakojifichia
The only different between mashaka and the rest of the writes is that, he has a gift of rhetoric. He is a rhetoric master of another level with ability to commandeer his ideologies. And that is why people see him as a Genius. Anyway he is talking lot of sense and many now have started to get used with him and trust him more than other crazy writes who writes just for the sake of it. US-Buloga notably who does not know what he writes about
ReplyDeleteMdau/Msomii
The recent energy crises reflect a deeper malaise. To understand and ultimately address the causes of SSA electricity problems, the World Bank has taken the lead on the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD)—a two-year, donor-community program aimed at understanding infrastructure issues in the SSA region. AICD is nearing completion.
ReplyDeleteThe AICD developed a comprehensive information base and conducted analytical studies which identified four paradoxes in the electricity sector that shed light on the complex challenges to be faced.
• Abundant energy but little power. Although the region is richly endowed with both renewable and exhaustible energy resources, its installed power generation capacity is no more than that of Spain. One reason is that Africa's energy resources tend to be concentrated in a handful of countries which face physical and political barriers to trade that make it difficult for them to deliver energy to the main centers of demand often located in other countries. Moreover, most of the countries rich in energy resources are too small to finance the large investments needed to develop these resources on their own.
• High prices but even higher costs. Although some SSA countries have very low prices, on average, electricity tariffs across the region are relatively high by international standards—at $0.13 per kilowatt-hour. Even so, revenues usually are barely sufficient to cover operating costs, not to mention capital costs. One reason is that in countries relying on small-scale diesel generation the average operating costs of power systems can be as high as $0.30 per kilowatt-hour. In addition, average revenues fall short of average tariffs because a large portion of utility revenue is never collected. The high prices and costs of electricity in SSA also pose a serious concern about affordability for the poor, the vast majority of whom lack access to service.
• Widespread but ineffective reforms. As of 2006, more than 80 percent of SSA countries had enacted a power sector reform law, 75 percent had experienced private participation in power, about 66 percent had corporatized their state-owned utilities, more than half had established a regulator, and more than one-third had independent power producers. But few countries have adopted the full range of reform measures. Moreover, reform programs typically followed an orthodoxy that aimed at creating competition among private electricity suppliers, but few energy markets in SSA are large enough to support the multiple suppliers needed for a competitive environment. As a result, despite reform measures, utility performance continues to be disappointing and associated hidden costs can absorb as much as 2 percent of GDP.
• High expenditure but inadequate finance. To redress its chronic power shortages and make reasonable progress on electrification, SSA needs to invest about 3 percent of GDP in the power sector, mainly to generation assets, and allocate a similar amount for operations and maintenance. Both would be a sharp increase from current levels. Public investment in the power sector in SSA currently averages no more than 0.7 percent of GDP, while 2 percent of GDP is allocated to operations and maintenance.
Volatile financing flows
Official development assistance (ODA) to public investment in the power sector has been modest and highly volatile over the last decade. Similarly, despite a substantial number of transactions, private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in the sector has averaged less than half of the ODA funds available, and the flows have also been highly volatile, reflecting the lumpiness of such investments.
Combined, these sources of external capital to the power sector amount to no more than 0.1 percent of the region's GDP—far below the financing needed to make significant progress toward expanding access to electricity services.
Huyu mashaka ni kama jemedari wa kimarekani anayetoa amri kwa wanajeshi walio afghanistani kufungua mtutu wa bunduki wakati yeye yuko kwenye kiti na meza, na miguu juu ya meza. Kama anataka awe kamda hasa, inabidi aje tujumuike kwenye shuguli ya kupambana na wakina dr. slaa siyo kutuletea kiingeleza cha shakespere wakati huko wall-street mnaharibu uchumi wa dunia. kama kweli anamachungu na TANESCO inabidi aende kwa ngeleja moja kwa moja akaongee naye ili awashe umeme.
ReplyDeleteThat’s true Mashaka aka. Mr. President 2015, to what you wrote, we Tanzanian we must awake from a sleep, I’m not supporting Mashaka but I do support his wise words it's really that we Tanzanian we are poor because of our laziness, tiredness we only thing relaxing without working hard as Mr Mshaka said above.
ReplyDeleteif the top state officers and ministers they attend Machozi Band during the week end what do you expecting for???? They are not worried about electricity shortage.
OOH MY TANZANIA
US-blogger)
ReplyDeleteMessiah, false prophet, st. John Mashaka is brain dead. He stills my articles; I researched at Oxford University WHILE I was the genius over there. I have offered mashaka $ 1million USD to debate me in a live TV interview where he wont have help, and this retard has refused running around with bogus articles
He once told me he would dismember me, while he is just another opportunist who celebrates on praises. His main goal is to build a strong fun base and one day use that to jump on presidency, and he is getting that at an alarming rate; brain dean people are following and supporting him
As long as I am alive, Mashaka has no place in Tanzanian society because he does not have brain to challenge me. I am offering him a vacation with his chief of staff Dr. Hildebrand Shayo with a chick, Mange Kimambi to entertain them in my Dubai Pent house if they beat me in a live debate. I will pay both of them a huge amount of money, plus a flight in my private Jet to and from Tanzania
I am not in anyway affiliated with JamiiForums which is a place for gossipers and hateful intellectually people who think they are the smartest in the world, yet bitter box carriers in the west. If they are direly in need to challenge John Mashaka, then they should reveal their identities than spreading false rumors of death. I am known in the whole world as a smart individual and calling on the fake John Mashaka to come out and face me, do the same thing if you think you are smart
I am a strong Mashaka Challenger, but have never wished him death because he is afraid of me. Mashaka is such a wimp who has no room in my world, and can never challenge me, that is why he is running around like a little kid whining. He needs to shut up and stop writing the articles, and I am sure he has realized how smart I am linguistically
Those knowing my brilliance knows that I am one of the biggest global economic consultants bringing home close to $5million USD a year, and paying Mashaka and his team wont be a problem, they are in need of some cash, which I am ready to offer them.
Dr. US Blogger
Alumni, Oxford University,
Economics Department
wewe mdau john -Uk naona umemiss point kwani maendeleo hayaji bila reliable electricity,water etc. Na kama rais hiyo ilitakiwa iwe ajenda number moja sio kufungua visima vya maji machafu yaliyojaa alkali. Tanzania inatakiwa ku empower regions zijitegemee kwa mfano: kila mkoa inatakiwa kuhakikisha inajitegemea kwa kila kitu kama umeme,maji na serikali kuu inatakiwa kufund project kubwa za kitaifa sio kimkoa. Ila ya yote hayo Sheria za nchi zinatakiwa kubadilishwa pia ili kuzipa nguvu serikali za mikoa kujiamulia mambo yatakayo inufaisha kwanza nasisitizza kwanza MKOA halafu nchi nadhani haya ni baadhi ya machache na bila ya kusahau kila kiongozi kuanzia katibu kata mjumbe wa nyumba kumi, majaji ,wakuu wa wilaya wakuu wa mikoa na kila mwakilishi wa wananchi anachaguliwa kwa kura na kipindi cha uongozi kisizidi awamu mbili za kati ya miaka minne au mitano ilikupata wawakilishi wa ukweli na sio wa upendeleo kutoka kwenye vyama tawala.hii itaongeza ufanisi na kumfanya Rais na wakubwa wengine kufanya yale waliyotumwa na wananchi na sio kuja huku marekani kila baada ya miezi miwili to mitatu....inasikitisha saana.
ReplyDeletemdau Nyambwinya,Cle.OH
10x I prefer john mashaka to most of thiese writers wanna be.na vijana wengine ambao kazi zao ni kuvunja moyo
ReplyDelete1. John mashaka anatumia jina lake kamili
2. john mashaka hana majigambo kama hawa wengine sijui us-buloka makalio yangu
3. mashaka anaonyesha kuwa na nia nzuri na nchi yetu na wala siyo kutafuta sifa kama walivyo wengine wakina joseph ikalimba
4. mashaka ni kijana mwenye roho ya ukarimu , hekima na mwenye busara nyngi sana. kwa hiyo namkubali kwa kiasi kikubwa kuliko hawa vichaa vinavyoibuka sijui kutoka wapi mwenzangu. ila mashaka usije kuingiwa na jeuri ukajiona huko juu, endelea kututetea watu wa chini na tunaisubiria hiyo atiko ya kiswahili
Asnate
THANKS VERY MUCH MASHAKA.I,M WITH YOU ,YOU ARE SMART.IN ORDER TO LET OUR ECONOMY GROWING ,WE NEED GREEN ENERGY[RENEWABLE ENERGY].THIS ENERGY IS FREE.IT IS SAD FOR EAST AFRICA WHERE JUA NI NYINGI KUONA HATUNA HATUNA UPEO WA KUONA MBALI NA KUJIPANGA NA KUMALIZA TATIZO HILI.MIMI NAONA KUNA UGONJWA MBAYA SANA KWNEYE HII WIZARA.LAKINI NAFIKIRI TUJIPANGE SAWASAWA NA KUWAWEZESHA WANANCHI KUWA NA UMEME WAO.NA KUWAFANYA TANESCO WAKATAFUTE KAZI NJE SASA.TUMECHOKA SANA NA MIGAO YA UMEME.HIVI KWELI ALTENATIVE ENERGY TANESCO HAMNA.MNAWEZA KUWEKA WIND MILLS PALE MAKAMBAKO,NA KWENYE FUKO ZA BAHARI NA KUWEZA KUPATA UMEME MWINGI NA KUUZA NJE PIA.TATIZO LA NCHI YETU HAINA MWENYEWE ,CHUKUA CHAKO ONDOKA,SIO KUANGALIA FUTURE YA WATOTO WETU.TUTIBU HUU UGONJWA HARAKA SANA,AU TUTAANGAMIA SISI NA WATOTO WETU.
ReplyDeleteShame on you Tanzanian leaders. We are tired for waiting unfulfilled promises. I support Mashaka and others who contributes positively on addressed issue. Electricity is imperative to Tanzania economic growth. To a large extent i am very much disappointed by government on the magnitude of lack of strategies and plan on solving power problem in Tanzania. How is possible all former and current administration fail to come up with solution to end this problem? Our leaders proved to be very slow in decision making, but we can not put all blame on them, we young generation also should share portion of what happenning now in our country, We have to vote them OUT. During election young people should play big role in making sure right people take seats.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Mdau-Uk on your assertion about Climate change and Nuclear ambitions. On seeking economic growth a country like Tanzania should not worry about climate change or human right. China is a talk of every nation now because of their speed toward becoming developed nation, but who doesn't know the magnitude of human right misconduct in China? Since China step on top of other emerging economy countries, USA and their allies do not raise their voice anymore.
Sustainable energy is very important on attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Its known fact that some of South American countries have done so well in economic growth due to the inflow of FDI to their countries. Energy problem put Tanzania Investment Centre in tight conner when it comes on marketing various sectors and companies to investors. One substantial growth factor put all economy in limbo. Good number of FDI to our country means our stock market (DSE) will grow fast and eventually enhance strong financial system , normally financial system is a catalyst to Economic growth.
I have lots of theories to discuss, but i think it is high time now to show love to our country for participating fully in all coming elections. GOD BLESS NCHI YANGU BONGO
John,
ReplyDeleteyou are annoying, TALK IS CHEAP! what are your plans? you should been an engineer to solve energy problems! say something new that we know nothing about...and solve it then, stop running your mouth for heaven's sake..
Tatizo la umeme limemshinda Dr. Idria Rashid mwenye PhD ya uchumi.
ReplyDeleteSasa Investment Banker kweli ataweza kuleta ufumbuzi ama ndio kampeni za siasa zimeanza alfajiri?
Wapi US Bloga aje shambulia?
Naona US Bloga original siku hizi amepotea.
Mashaka be mindful that being smart person does not guarantee good leadership,in other words since you have been yapping is this blog for long time and just tell me one thing and one thing only that you initialted toward solving our nation's problems. You are preaching something you can not practise, and if you are mission is to score some political point around here, i feel sorry for you because most of the readers of this blog we don't live in tanzania that means we don't vote and people who vote there in rural areas about 97 percent plus they don't have electric power,running water,tv sets,computers nor reading english.
ReplyDeleteSo if you up for political position i suggest you start from the bottom all the way to the top, i said this because our people have reached to the point that they believe in money more than they believe in god.The approach that you are bringing to the table is more westernized than the typical african.
huyuy mtoto mashaka muda mwingine nikimsomaga najisikia roha moyoni kutokana na maandishi yake yente heshima na busara kubwa. Asnate sana kijana
ReplyDeletemashaka ni vipi naweza kukupata kuhusu kuifanyia kampuni yangu training? nadhani itakuwa vizuri sana nikikulipa millioni 20 ili unifanyia training kila mwaka kwa wafanya kazi wangu
ReplyDeletei am very optimistic that mashaka is becoming to leadi tanzania in a few years. nina imani kubwa snaa na uwezo wake, na kama mpiga kura nitamuunga mkono. mashaka njoo, mie nitakupiga kura yangu bila tatizo.
ReplyDeletemoyo unaniuma sana jamani!!!!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAA MICHUZI UMENICHEKESHA SASA HUYU MASHAKA ANA HASIRA KWA SABABU ANA LALA GIZANI? HAHAHAH MASHAKA KAKA YANGU RUDI CHARLOTTE HUKO MAREKANI UMEME WA BWETE HAPO BONGO KUNA WAZOEFU WA GIZA. MBONA VIJIJINI HAWA LALAMIKI SASA WEWE KINAKUWASHA NINI? KARIBU TANZANIA LAND OF OPORTUNITY NCHI YA WAJANJA. MICHUZI USIBANIE COMMENT ZANGU
ReplyDeleteALIYETOA MAONI NOV 19, 01:34 MKWAIYA ALLAN.
ReplyDeleteKAKA YANGU MAONI YAKO NAONA HAYA FIT KWENYE KARNE HII-YOU ARE BEHIND KIMAWAZO NA HATA LABDA KIELIMU NA INAELEKEA HAUJUI KINACHOENDELEA HUMU DUNIANI. HILI LINALOZUNGUMZWA NI JAMBO LA MAANA NA LA KUIKWELI SASA WEWE UNALETA MAMBO KUWA VIJIJINI WAMEZOEA GIZA- HIVI UNAELEWA MAANA YA "LAND OF OPPORTUNITY?" AU UNALITUMIA HILI NENO KWASABABU UNALISIKIA?
YOU ARE SUCH A DISAPOINTMENT!
michuzi tafadhali naomba utoe huu ujumbe this is the only way sisi watanzania tutakapofunguka maco na kuacha comment zisizo na mafufaa kwenye mjadala.
MDAU TORONTO -CANADA
Naanza kwa kukupongeza kwa kujaribu kuandaa blog hii. Ni nafasi nzuri kwa watanzania hasa walio nje ya nyumbani, kupata habari na maoni mnalimbali kupitia hapa.
ReplyDeleteNingependa kushauri hasa watoa maoni na uhariri tujaribu kuandika maoni chanya(positive view) hasa kuhusu nchi. Ni muhimu sana kuangalia impact ya maoni mbalimbali hasa kwa watu wengine wasioijua nchi yetu. Vinginevyo, nadhani hii ni fursa nzri ya kudabilishana maoni na mawazo.
Keep it up ngugu,
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