AU’s Social & Economic Roadmap Under Qaddaffi….The rebuttal.
Interesting article from the duo: Mashaka and Dr. Shayo. Oftentimes when I/we see articles on this wonderful blog, I choose to remain silent because of the lack of knowledge or perspective on two things-first is the lack of knowledge on who and what kind of people visits and read this articles-cum-issues, and second is the lack of knowledge on the intention of the writer/s to the general public.
Is Mashaka writing these articles with a view on the future career in the government? Or is he really serious with what he writes as an educated person who knows that this blog is visited by many. If the aim is to seek prominence before the Tanzanian umma for political and career reasons, then I have no qualms, and I laud his endeavour. But if the aim is on educating the umma, then I beg to differ.
It is for this reason that I deem, by staying aloof from very sensitive and touching issues, mostly pertaining to Politics & World affairs is tantamount to letting a leprosy festering on the entire populace, especially when knowing for sure that something positive can be done…thankfully basing on facts or knowledge.
As a write this in response to the duo, I advance my apology anchored on modesty: that it’s not in my intention to dress down, to disparage or to belittle the writers, so for anything that will render the original article shortsighted, I‘m sorry.
The umma needs to be fed with rightful information and erudition, otherwise ignorance and myopia will remain. As I respond, several quotations will be drawn from the original article to emphasize the point on the choice of Muhammar Qaddafi as the chairman of the African Union until next year.
In fact, 1-year term is not enough for one to really execute his plans for a continent as big as Africa, especially when chaired by a man as visionary as Qaddafi; a man who has wept at the plight of Africans, clamours for African Unity, and has a visceral desire to see the unification of Africans.
To have a person with a pedigree of Qaddafi (of Arabic descent) who yearns for a Unification of a continent massively populated by Bantu Africans, is a blessing in disguise. He could have merely chosen to go with his northern brethren, the Arabic Berbers. But instead, he has embraced the whole continent. It is this visceral desire that I have also embraced for years of African Unity, and god-willing, this dream will one day come to fruition.
The unity is possible, if, and only if we as Africans can believe in ourselves. It is the lack of belief in ourselves as capable people, left behind as a legacy of colonization and subjugation of people on people that today we have some of us looking at the idea as a joke. If other parts of the world can, why not us [Africans]?
Some of the African leaders chafes at this idea of unity because the idea of unity to them means one thing: relinquishing power and positions, the apparent sources of their wealth, greed, and etc.
“The Country has been landlocked economically for decades due to his supposed involvement in terrorism.”
Response: The words “landlocked economically” are totally out of proportion; confusing to say the least. The economic definition of being landlocked is much more complex than the geographic explanation which defines the lack of maritime access for business and other activities. Countries are economically landlocked in the sense that their economic developments are constrained when several factors are present like remoteness from major or minor markets, poor infrastructure and border crossing difficulties, which imply high transportation costs. It is worth noting that most of these factors are also present in island developing(non-landlocked) countries and economies as well.
The right word to describe Libya’s past position is “Isolated economically.” not “landlocked economically.”
-Col. Muhammar Qadaffi has never been known to engage or involve himself into terrorism, but rather in support of terrorism, with an aim of countering the U.S. imperialism and its aggressive policies. So the right word here should be “Supporting.”
“It is quite disgusting, shameful and embarrassing to know that, African leaders brought a man of Qaddafi stature into its leadership.”
Response: It is actually disgusting to read a statement like this which belittles all those in the African Union Assembly who decided to vote for Qaddafi as their next leader, as if to say that they are mere nincompoops.
It is totally myopic to say that his [Qaddafi] policies have done nothing to develop his country. Over the years, Qaddafi has used vast amounts of his oil revenues to develop and beautify Libya. At the moment, Libya is quoted to be hosting an “eighth wonder of the world,” the largest ever underground network of aqueducts and pipes from the numerous wells in the Sahara desert, which supplies water to remote arid towns of Benghazi, Tripoli and others.
This wonderful undertaking has in fact been noted by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest and one of the miracles in the world.
In the early 1980s, Libya was one of the wealthiest countries in the world; its GNP per capita was higher than that of countries such as Greece, Italy, Malaysia, and Spain. Still today, high oil revenues and a small population of around 6.5 million people gives Libya one of the highest GDPs per person in Africa and have allowed the Libyan state to provide an extensive level of social security in a welfare system, particularly in the fields of housing and education.
Its infrastructure, largely benefiting from these oil revenues is growing rapidly and rivals many in the Western hemisphere.
It must be noted that most of these developments came during the “isolated” time when the Western world shunned Libya. Now that it has opened up to the international community, with their Multi National Corporations the likes of ExxonMobil and Shell, after denouncing terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, the revenues from oil and its overall developments are poised to double; still under the behest of Muhammar Qaddafi.
So does the past history of animosity against the West make him the unfitting leader for the AU? Is his rhetoric on several issues of international concern like the crisis in Darfur make him seem otherwise? Perhaps so. But it’s important to examine both sides of story.
Qaddafi took power through a military coup d'état in 1969, a bloodless coup that left few people maimed. Over the years, he has banned all elements of democracy-elections, civil liberties and/or opposition parties.
To find credence, acceptance and at least some nominal legitimacy, he is left with nothing more than embrace, justification and love of dictatorial rule/regimes, the fact that saw him saying words like “multiparty systems are not good for Africa.”
Just because someone is in power illegally, doesn’t necessarily mean he is inept for governance. I don’t okay military rule or dictatorship, but I don’t frown upon those militaristic governments which have proven successful to their respective countries despite their illegitimacies either. There are so many instances of legally chosen governments which have proven useless and inept to their respective countries, while on the other side, there are some illegitimate and dictatorial regimes that have done positive and unimaginable things to their indigenous peoples, e.g. Qaddafi with Libya, Augusto Pinochet of Chile and Simon Bolivar of Bolivia.
Branding Qaddafi as unfit for the AU leadership largely by basing on the same accusations that we have known for years uttered by the West, is like dancing to the tunes and songs played in Europe, while you as a dancer is in Africa.
It is very important for one to exercise his own judgement when dealing with important issues of this nature. Instead of judging from the narrow view of information provided by others. Africa will Unite.
Many thanks to Mr. Michuzi.
mokes O. gama
Swahilian@hotmail.com
wewe mokes gama aukomagi, unachezea lais mtalajiwa,,, wasgabiki tutakutoa meno heti,
ReplyDeleteGama, you seem to be clueless as usual. You are contradicting John Mashaka and Shayo, yet supporting their ideas again. Libya was shunned because of terrorism, and now opened because they shunned terrorism.
ReplyDeleteHow long was it shunned?
The fact that it supported terrorrism, is enough to be careful of ghadaffi.
i am sure you are aware of history, revist your history. i think what Mashaka aand shayo were trying to say was the poor leadership of African leadres, tht is why we are poor.
I see you to be so confused young man,,,
bwana mokes mimi nakubaliana na wewe huyu mashaka na mwenzie shayo nadhani wataisumbua sana bara la afrika. Anaumiza sana vichwa vyetu. Ana unyerere wa aina fulani kwenye mawazo yake. Inabidi tumchangie kumzima mapema kwa maana anatuona Kama watu wasiona upeo wa aina yoyote
ReplyDeleteYou are right.
ReplyDeleteIts better to have a government which is not democracy but doing well to their people rather than to have a Corrupt Democracy Government
Let them called them all the names eg Dictoreship Government or whatever as long they achieved the people expectation that is better.
All goods and services of almost super power coming from Chinese Government and still label them Dictorship government.
The problem of the western world is that "what is right for them is wrong to other countries"
What happen in Gitmo is right or Democracy for those prisoners? How can you put people in prison without charge for almost 3 years and still called your country is democratic country??!!! .I real feel disgusting with the behaviour of western world.
What they preach is not exactly what they do.They are hypocrites people
Popo
Hebu wacheni Ujinga nyinyi watu mnaotoa maoni ya kipumbavu nani amemchagua kuwa rais? Huyo mashaka Acheni upuuzi maoni ya mtu hayamfanyi mtu kuwa Rais na maoni nitofauti kabisa na mtu kuwa kiongozi unaweza kuwa na maoni mazuri na Elimu nzuri bado ukawa ni mjinga kwa watu wengine.KWa sababu maoni ya mashaka anayotoa yanaupendeleo kwa upande mmoja wa western world na inaonekana wazi yeye hapendi socialism system na hiyo sio mbaya kwani hayo ni mawazo yake lakini system hiyo hiyo ndio imeifanya China na Russia kuwepo zilipokuwepo pamoja na Cuba.
ReplyDeleteKumbukeni Hata capitalism system haikuanza ghafla tu, western world wamepitia mifumo karibu yote na kufika walipofika sasa, wamepitia mifumo mingi na kusababisha vita vya mara kwa mara mpaka wakafika kwenye democracy yao.
Kwahiyo hata Afrika ambayo mpaka sasa tuna miaka takribani 30 tu tangu tupate uhuru hatuwezi kuendelea ghafla tu inabidi contradiction nyingi zitokee kwenye siasa zetu na iko siku tutafika walipofika wao, japo watu wengi wanafikiri tutalala na tutaamka siku moja kama western World, hizo ni ndoto.
Mjusi
Mimi nilishaacha kusoma mambo ya Mashaka siku nyingi, nawapa pole mnaondelea, na hasa kama ni watu na akili zenu. Waachieni mbumbumbu.
ReplyDeletewewe mokes gama inaishi sayari gani? Haujui kwanba mashaka ndiye mesiah na nabii wa uongo??? Ona hao wafuasi wake wanavyoshambulia pasipo kutafakari? Ndo maana nampenda us- blogger ambaye ingawa hana akili lakini anaweza kumchafua huyi nabii wa uongo
ReplyDeleteYou, Anonymous Tarehe June 07, 2009 1:47 PM, tell me ONE GOOD LEADER YOU KNOW ON THIS PLANET? I know you gonna mention one from the West! That shows lack of WORLD POLITICS! Some developed Countries branded "African Leaders" can't lead,and you're supporting that clause! It's the same of someone calling your father is not a Man,and you're supporting that insult without a SHAME at all! Goodluck,until they nickname you,then I will see you chatting +ly on your MotherLand!It's a shame to accept that, your father cannot lead your family!
ReplyDeleteChakubanga
asante sana Gama kwa kuelimisha watu.mie binafsi nilikuwa mmoja wa kumuunga mashaka kwenye topics zake za mwanzo na na muunga mpaka leo sema nilistushwa sana na article yake ya ghaddafi.kwa mtazamo wangu mashaka aliandika hile article kwa chuki kubwa mno bila kuangalia ukweli.na nina huakika kamchukua dr.shayo kama mwamvuli wa kujikingia wakosoaji.
ReplyDeleteMashaka kwenye article yako uliotoa nakupinga vikali sana na nadhani una chuki binafsi kwa mataifa kiislamu.acha kuvalia njuga mambo ya ugaidi wakati wewe sio muathirika.waaache waathirika watatue wenyewe matatizo yao.
this mokes gama is partially brain dead. Yaani ubishi wake ni ovyo kweli. Yeye ili mradi amempinga mashaka ndo raha yake,,, bwana gama hebu toa pumba zako hapa. Hivihapa unatetea nini au unapinga nini?
ReplyDeleteNadhani ungejifunza kutokana na jinsi ninavyo mkosoa mashaka siyo wewe unakurupuka tu kila mara. Jifunze kutoka kwangu. Wabongo nadhani tungeamka. Ukitaka kubishana na mashaka au shayo tafuta pointi siyo kuropoka tu. Keenda zako huko kwenye boxi
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michuzi I must blame you for giving mashaka and shayo free passess in your blog, or maybe because they are generating hits in your blog? They are constantly bringing huge arguments in the globu ya jamii. They are not only the smartest in Tanzania. Shayo is being propped by the Brits and mashaka by the rich Americans preparing them to spread their propaganda in Africa.if they really love Tanzania they should go back home and join dr slaa in chadema otherwise we are going to belive that they are ccm sent agents
ReplyDeletemie namshauri dr.shayo asiweke jina lake kwenye article za mashaka ,kila mtu haweke article manake hapa dr.shayo kwenye hile article amjiabisha sana.
ReplyDeletewale jamaa wabee ni wanafiki tu! bora katokea messiah wa kuwa umbua,na huo uchafu wao wakaandike kwenye magazeti ya udaku.
ReplyDeleteJamani si bora mngeenda Jamii Forum. Hapa ni taswiraz tu.
ReplyDeleteGama kwa lugha rahisi ni kwamnba unatukana wanaoisoma hii blog na kupost articles niwatu wenye akili finyu wakati wewe mwenyewe hauna lolote? Sasa unaweza kujilinganisha na mashaka au shayo? Au nikuumbue kwamba umekopi na kupaste? Kwa vile umechokoza nyuki subiri basi uone cha moto. Wewe si kidokozi cha maryland bwana au need I say more?
ReplyDeleteJamani, hivi maana halisi ya terrorism ni nini? mbona suielewi hapa kwani wapigania uhuru wote waliwahi kuitwa ma-terrorist. Tuna wakina Mandella ambao sasa ni hiroes. sasa Ghadaffi je?
ReplyDeleteI'm saddened to have been reading some of these articles.
ReplyDeleteNicely done Gama,at least in someone like you I see that not everyone is a mind slave.
Thanks
shayo na mashaka wana chuki za kidini hawana jipya.shule zao za kuunga unga.John Mashaka ni mlinzi Wall street.wajidai wanadai wajuaji wa mambo ya fedha na wameshindwa kujua kuwa LIBYA iko juu kiuchumi.
ReplyDeletewanatafuta attention kila dakika.
MOKES GAMA TAFADHALI HESHIMU UMMA WA KITANZANIA:
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MOKES LAWRENCE GAMA, VITA VYAKO NA MASHAKA NA SHAYO USITULETEE, KAMA UNACHUKI BINAFSI NAO, INGEKUWA BORA UKANYAMAZA UKAMALIZA NAO BINAFSI KULIKO KUTULETEA MATAPISHI YAKO.
KUMBE SIKU ZOTE HAUNA GENI ZAIDI YA KUKOPY NA KU PASTE?
LANGU KUBWA LA KUNIFANYA NIKUJIBU NI JINSI ULIVYODIRIKI KUWAITA WASOMAJI NA WACHANGIAJI KWENYE GLOBU YA JAMII KWAMBA NI WATU WENYE UPEO MDOGO, WEWE MWENYE UPEO MDOGO, MBONA HAUNA MAWAZO YAKO, UNA COPY NA KUPASTE? HAYA HAPA CHINI NDIO ULIOKOPY NA KUPASTE
?If we exclude micro- or mini- European States,3 only two out of 38 land-locked countries – both being European States as well – are classified as high-income economies, while 46 out of 207 coastal states are classified as high-income economies. The economic definition of being landlocked is much more complex than the geographic explanation. Countries are economically landlocked in the sense that their economic development is constrained when several factors are present like remoteness from major markets, poor infrastructure and border crossing difficulties, which imply high transportation costs. It is worth noting that most of these factors are present in island developing country economies as well.?
NA UMEITOA HAPA
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ces/journal/v45/n4/full/8100031a.html
ULIYOANDIKA NI NDIO HII HAPA?
The words “landlocked economically” are totally out of proportion; confusing to say the least. The economic definition of being landlocked is much more complex than the geographic explanation which defines the lack of maritime access for business and other activities. Countries are economically landlocked in the sense that their economic developments are constrained when several factors are present like remoteness from major or minor markets, poor infrastructure and border crossing difficulties, which imply high transportation costs. It is worth noting that most of these factors are also present in island developing(non-landlocked) countries and economies as well
MOKES GAMA USICHEZEE AKILI ZA WATU, WEWE NI MBUZI TENA WA KARIAKOO USITUJARIBU KWANI HAUNA UPEO WOWOTE WA KUSHINDANA NA SHAYO NA MASHAKA. WOTE WAMEKUSHINDA KW AMBALI SANA. BISHA KAMA WEWE SIYO KOPY NA KUPASTE?????
MOKES GAMA NI MWIZI WA ARTICLE ZA WATU, AMEPATIKANA MCHANA KWEUPE ABISHE SASA PROOF HIYO HAPO NA KESI DHIDI YAKO ITAFUNGULIWA HIVI KARIBUNI. WEWE SIYO MSOMI, NI MWIZI WA ARTICLES ZA WATU
Mdogo Wako Rich!
Sikiri gadafi ni mbaya kama walivyosema, kwani viongozi woote walomchagua ni wajinga? au waarabu? au waislamu? au wanajeshi?
ReplyDeletepia kuna vimaneno vya vita vya kagera vilitufanya tuwe mashabiki badala ya wachambuzi.
huyu mzuka anayejifanya kusahihisha kiingeleza ya ma frofesa wa chuo kikuu ya westbank london na wolstriti ya melekanindo nani,
ReplyDeletekiingeleza yenyewe haijui. huyu anataka tu kujionesha, hafiki kwa shayo wala mashaka,, wakina shayo wako juu ndo marais wa 2015 sasa wewe unaandika mpaka unalia kwenye kalamu, pole shosti
Maoni ya kwanza na ya pili yametoka kwa mtu mmoja ambaye ni Shayo au Mashaka.
ReplyDeleteukisikiliza hotuba ya obama aliyofanya Cairo anasema marekani is not and will not in war with Islam. akiwa na maana huku Nyuma Marekani WAS IN WAR with Islam.
Shayo na mashaka mnaelewa hayo?kama marekani ilikuwa na vita na waislam ni rahisi kutengeneza shutuma kama hizi mzozinunua kichwa kichwa za wamarekani na kukopi na kutuPASTETIA hapa kwa michuzi.
MOKES GAMA UKOMAGE, UMEPATIKANA MWAKA HUU, KUMBE HAUNA JIPYA KAZI KUIBA KAZI ZA WATU ALAFU UNADIRIKI KUWEKA JINA LAKO?
ReplyDeleteUMEIBA ATIKO ULIYOIPOSTI HAPA, KATAA AU BISHA, UMEPATIKANA NENO HADI NENO
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ces/journal/v45/n4/full/8100031a.html
mR. Gama
ReplyDeletePole, umepatikana mwaka huu,kweli bongo Tambarare
KumBe UnaiBa AtIkO za watu huku unajifanya ni zAko,
alafu wabongo wanaleta hadi linki
ushaidi huo hapo juu unatosha. Tunaomba usituletee tena matapishi yako tena
Potea mbali
Mashaka na Shayo habari hii imethibitisha ujinga wenu.naamini mtakuja kulipa price ya habari hii in future.imejiharibia sana.huu ni ushahidi kuwa hamna shule ya maana na hamjui muandike nini.kwanini shayo usiandike mazingira ambayo ndio field yako?umevamia mambo usiyoyajua sasa unaumbuka mangi wetu.
ReplyDeletewabeba boxi kweli nimeamini hamjambo.gama ameumbuka aibu rafiki yangu .watu wenye nia mbaya wanaumbuka haraka sana
ReplyDeleteMdau wa june 7, 10:29 pm.
ReplyDeleteLOL!, LOL!, anaandika mpaka analia kwenye kalamu??!!!
Indeed, the definition of the term "landlocked economically" was taken from the said weblink "http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ces/journal/v45/n4/full/8100031a.html"
ReplyDeleteSuch a big definition could not have come from my own mind. What i should have done, of which i forgot was to put the words into quotation marks and provide a cited source, as an academic piece should be. So let it be known that the definiton of the term is not mine and was taken from that link. It must be remembered that the aim of my article/response is not to belittle people or to show that i know much more than others, but rather to refute the original article of Mashaka-cum-Shayo and provide clarity and rightful information for the sake of the umma, including the need of seeking outside sources like that link for the benefit of many. So this fact that i copied & pasted the definition of the term "landlocked economically" doesnot bother me at all as long as i know that the Tanzanian umma gets right information.
Thanks.
jaman awa watu bado wapooooo???
ReplyDeletehaterzzz
hahahahahaaaa ama kweli kazzzi ipo
Do, wadau
ReplyDeletemsiwe wajinga. Nani amezaliwa na field fulani hapa duniani?
Watu wanabadilika kuendana na where they feel comfortable. Cha msingi angalia msing wa mtoa mada ni nini?
je huyu mtu aliwahi kusoma uchumi A level?
Aliwahi kusoma uchumi fisrt degree yake?
nk nk
Watu wanabadilika . Wenzetu wanasoma any degree kama msingi wa kukupa nafasi ya kuweza kujenga hoja na kufikiria
Hizo shule nyingine za masters na Phd ni kusimika kile ambacho unaamimi kuwa unataka kufanya.
Sasa narudi kwa mtoa mada hapo juu kuhusu shayo kuwa ni mwana mazingira, unahabari kuwa alisoma kati ya shule nzuri sana hapa tanzania inaitwa St peters Seminary ambayo ilikuwa anakimbizana na Kilakala Girls kwa mambo ya kufundisha uchumi?
Na alikuwa pale chuoni akisoma degree yake ya kwanza uchumi?
Ninamfahamu sana shayo kwani akiwa form V mimi nilikuwa form three Morogoro 1987s
Pole.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shayo wewe usijali kelele za chura hazimnyimi tembo kunywa maji
za mwizi ni arobaini. Yako imefika, kumbe darasa mwaka huu umeupata na aibu tele. Kumbe mwizi wa ATIKO za watu. Hawa ndo wasomi wa kitanzania ndo maana hawaandikagi majina yao
ReplyDeleteusichezee akili zetu wewe, mbona sasa badala ya mifisa umepata aibu dunia nzima imesoma? ingekuwa mimi ni wewe ningebadilisha jina kujiita US-Blogger Jr.
LOL
Mokes, wewe ni mwizi mzuri kweli. Yaani unakiri umeiba? Ungekuwa bongo wasingekuchoma moto.
ReplyDeleteAlafu tafuta namna ya kutumia lugha vizuri, kama haujui kitu unyamaze, naona Inglishi kinakuchenga sana hebu rejea matumizi ya
"Mashaka-cum-shayo"
Hiyo ni linguistic crime ---
Andikia umma kwa kiswahili kwa maana lugha ya watu unaiua kwa kutaka tu ku show off au kushindana na watu ambao wamekupita kimo. Ni kweli wewe ndiye US-blogger?
LOL
MUKES GAMA IZ A HATER OROGINAL
ReplyDeleteA HATER
MAISHA MAREFU SHAYO,
MAREFU
MASIAH AMAREFU MASHAKA
MAREFU
2015 BABY. MPITE BILA KUPINGWA
DUUH kumbe Shayo ni mwanamazingira basi aje kufanya kazi halmashauri ya jiji la DSM kwani mazingira yanaharibika kila siku.
ReplyDeleteMoke , you had good points, on this one and I will stand with you on this issue. This makes me shun away for the second time out of ten times that I did agree with Mashaka.
ReplyDeleteMashaka waso wrong and you are right.
"President Kikwete stood for what he believed was right; he stood as a pan Africanist and a leader with love for the continent, and spoke from heart with passion and courage telling his fellow leaders to be careful.."
ReplyDeleteBwana Mashaka na Dk Shayo nawaombeni someni hiyo nukuu halafu muangaliane machoni. Mkishaangaliana machoni muambiane mmeona nini kwenye macho na fikra zenu.
Uliyejiita Us-Blogger
ReplyDeletewas it necessary to use an ID similar to mine?
wacha hizo pal!!