Foremost, I need to salute you (MASHAKA) for the educative as well as informative contribution through this blog. I also praise Mr Michuzi for taking out much of his time to connect us.
I share with you on almost everything you suggested in your topics. Thank you. Mine is as follows:
It’s now for real that the global financial meltdown is not far from our borders. A number of multinational corporates doing business in Tanzania are now feeling the pinch and have slashed their spending to below 50 per cent.
A number of local companies and government institutions like the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) have been hit hard.
For example: Tanzania which enjoyed a tourism boom last year has just seen a sharp decrease of foreign tourists. Karibu Textile Mill (KTM), one of the biggest textile mills in Tanzania, closed shop last week complaining of poor sales..
The company said production at the plant would only resume once new orders have been placed. The closure led to hundreds of jobs being lost.
So, KTM future is entirely in the hands of God and that the management of the company is crossing fingers, praying that some good Samaritans come to their rescue at the moment.
Now, what Tanzanians should do at the moment to cope with this situation? In my view, the focus should be on the following:
1: We need to learn how to save from the little we get. We all have to agree that we need not to cry that salaries are meagre and that we can’t save. All over the world, no one has ever agreed that his/her salary is enough to meet all their financial obligations.
2: The Tanzanian government must take deliberate measures by protecting its fragile and young economy from cheap imports mainly from Asia. One needs to ask: Do Tanzanians really need to import toys,needles and toothpicks from China at this moment when we are not sure of our jobs and education for our children? I am sure Tanzanian wood industries like Kibo Match in Moshi can make the tooth picks and employ our own brothers and sisters.
3: The government should offer incentives to anyone who wants to engage in medium as well as large scale farming. This could be done by giving out soft loans and insurance cover. It’s my strong belief that fresh graduates from our varsities who shuttle from one office to another looking for even blue collar jobs could be attracted and engage in agriculture. This would also defeat a notion that agriculture is a job for the poor minded people.
4: As a united nation, divisive politics should be shunned.. We must respect each other’s political ideology and freedom of expression. Undoubtedly, no one is useless under the son. Everyone’s views must be taken into consideration for the good of our great country. For example: Losers in polls should not be booed and jeered at as if they are pick pockets. They need to be encouraged. We need to learn from the previous US elections how the losers were treated. If we manage to live as one people, the pace of our development would be much greater than it is now.
6: Finally, as a nation, we need to know our top agenda. What do we want to achieve? Is it science and technology, agriculture, tourism, best education or do we want to maintain our mastery in “blah blah” (politics)?
We need to wake up now
Thanks
Mdau Bahati John
Bahati,
ReplyDeleteUna mchango na mawazo mazuri. But, you sounded too humble, if not hero-worshipping Mashaka and anybody you have mentioned so far. A healthy critique to your discussion is based on 2 main points:-
1 - There's no way that Tanzania can dictate or rather decide what to be imported and what should not, given the example items you listed that at the moment, it is not sound to import them.
2- Equality among nations in the name of the so called UN can be well said than done. It implies we need more practical solutions, by analyzing who should do what, how, and is it possible?
3- Investors into agriculture need education among other Tanzanians about agriculture. It is not entirely about capital and incentives from the government as you see it. The problems are historical and more deep into our culture than just other external stimulus.
Mdau.
"Sir" Bahati thank you so much 4 your good write up.I am not good at these types of topics.But I will try to contribute as follows.
ReplyDeleteMy appologies if my english will be poor,will mix with swahili in some places.
1:Yes,we are missing the so-called UZALENDO.Who cares about the country economy?Every one cares about his/her family.We heard,a few days ago,waziri anaongeza mikataba ya vitalu vya uwindaji wakati bunge lilishamzuia!Who cares about our children's future?.
2:Agriculture:Again,you are right.Our agriculture systems are doomed,no question about that.Agriculture is seen,like you mentioned it,as a type of job for poor people.This is wrong, but you should also understand that the 'pembejeos'prices are flying too high.
3:When you speak about saving money,not many who can understand you in Tanzania.Unaishi wapi?You simply visit,say, Daresalaam's bars,restaurants and other social clubs!Watu wanatumia pesa zao kama hawana akili.Sometimes I feel I am the only poor person in this country.I had have worked with mzungus for about 11 yrs.These guys do save money,offcourse you guys who are in Europe,USA,etc undertsand this very well.We ought to save money guys especially during this period of global finacial crisis.
Am dissapointed with Michuzi for biased posts!!!!!!! These discussions have been there ever since na kuna maprofessor wameongelea vizuri zaidi juu ya haya mambo but such discussions have never made any difference!!! You are just choshaling our brain which has a lot to do by reading these copy and paste hard materials. Tukikutumia masahibu yanayotukuna in real life unabana kupost badala yake unapost mijadala isiyo na tija!!!! Guys kuna writeups za kufa mtu zinakula vumbi tu kwenye mashelve dont expect this will make any difference! LETS TALK REAL LIFE AND REAL HAPPENINGS sio theories which doesnt work for Poor countries.
ReplyDeleteMashaka na bwana Bahati John kuna kamsemo kamoja kanasema "Kulimo ni rahisi sana kama unalima kwa penseli kwenye karatasi ukiwa kilomita 2,000 toka shambani"
ReplyDeleteSasa bwana Mashaka anajaribu kulima Tanzania akiwa New York, yuko siriasi kweli huyu?
Mie naona nyie vijana mmeamua kuonyesha kwamba mnajua kinyenye. Sioni faida yoyote ile ya kuandikaandika hapa kwa hicho kilugha chenu. Labda niwaulizeni nyinyi waandikaji mmewalenga watu gani katika mada zenu? Je kwanini msianze kuzituma hizo mada zenu kule daily news, Guardian na This nation. Naona kwamba mnajaribu kujichukulia umaharufu katika blog hii. Kwa kipimo changu ninawaona kama vile ni watu malimbukeni. Watu kama nyinyi tulikuwa nao kule shulen ambao walipenda sana kuandika kwa kiingereza na kuweka misamiati mingi ilimradi waonekane wao ndo wenyewe kwa lugha hiyo. Haya bwana mashaka na wengine wote mnaoandika andika kwa kilugha cha watu huku mkijiona kuwa ni waelevu kwelikweli.
ReplyDeleteBahati nakupongeza kwa kazi nzuri. hivi ndo watu wanavyojenga hoja
ReplyDeleteumeandika makala mazuri sana,tafadhali sana, mshirikiane hachaneni na watu wenye wivu wanaididimiza nchi yetu.Igawa mashaka yeye pieces zake zimeandikwa utadhania na robott (lugha tuli) naona nawe umo. Asante sana bahati, ila mimi nashauri nyie vijana tumieni mtandao kujikusanya pamoja ili mlete mabadiliko
ikiwa watanzania wenzetu bado wanadhania kwamba hichi kihama kipo mbali basi subirini kidogo.
kadhalika namshukuru Mashaka kwa kuwaamasisha vijana na ninaona mnauona witu,
Ngwira Sweden
Bahati,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see the mature, immature and stupid comments have been replaced by intelligent comment on the topical issues and this page is once again a bastion for serious political and scientific debate, thanks blog owner " Michuzi" keep up the good work.
Your comments have got rather serious.
Come on guys and gals bring back the facts, useless facts, jokes and trivia.
Mdau Mkasika Ukerewe
The first contributor, I am rather scared by how deep Mashaka worshiping is becoming. The youngman is building a solid powerbase of hardcore supporters because of his Rhetoric and interlectual might which kind of scaring me.
ReplyDeleteBahati you are doing a great job by joining this Hero (warrior) Mashaka who is becoming a religion of his own in advicing our people who have no clue on what is coming tomorrow.I must congratulate you all along with your leader, rhetoric master, genius John Mashaka.
Bahati, Dr. Shayo, Mokes Gamas etc thank you all for your contribution and love for the country. we are seeing some light ahead of us from you the new generation. sasa anzeni kupigana dhidi ya ufisadi
US Blogger)
ReplyDeleteNinachoona ni "John Mashaka Church of Eternal Doom "
Watanzania panueni mawazo, hacheni kumsujudu Mashaka. Mtakuwa wapumbavu kama yeye. Sasa wewe bahati mbona unakuwa kipofu wa kumfuata mashaka?
US BLOGGER.
huyu US blogger ni mbuzi kweli. Anyway michuzi naona kubandika jina mashaka kunalipa siyo kawauda kwa sababu popote alipojamaa ni kama lebron James
ReplyDeleteNinachoona na mashaka ni unyerere. Watu wameanza kumsujudu utadhania ni mungu. Hivi ndivyo Nyerere nayea alivyoanza. Ila mashaka pongezi. Kizungu chako kimeiva na mtindo wako wa kuchambua mambo unaogopesha
Kwako bahati, haya ndo mambo kwenye mitandao useme zuri watakamdia. Baya watashabikia. Nenda ze utamu ndo utajua watanzania wanaugua akili. Vumilia Kama mashaka mwashauri watanzania wenzenu
Mashaka sio investment banker,anajipakazia tuu,investment banker wako busy making deals huko Wall street na Hong Kong,ni kazi ngumu sana kupata iliyojaa stress ya hali ya juu na wengi wao ni mamilionea,i know Mashaka hes not investment banker na ninaomba aje hapa aseme ukweli kazi yake ni nini
ReplyDeleteMdau Bahati John pamoja na kwamba ninapata shida sana na ung'eng'e (hakipandi), lakini kwa hayo machache niliyoweza kutambua ninaweza kukumbusha mseomo wa kiswahili wa "lila na fila havitangamani", UZALENDO na UTANDAWAZI havitangamani. dhana ya uzalendo inazidi kufifishwa na utandawazi kinadharia na kimatendo (mf. tumekumbatia uchumi wa soko huria ambao ndio muhimili wa ubepari kama sio ujangili wa kimataifa ukiwa umevalishwa koti la 'utandawazi'). Maoni yangu kwa vijana wote ambao hapana budi jitihada zenu zipongezwe, jaribuni kujenga hoja zenu katika muktadha halisia!!! vinginevyo hoja zenu zitaendelea kuwa porojo ama wimbo wa taifa 'mungu ibariki tanzania', iwe ni katika king'eng'e au kisukuma.
ReplyDeletehuyu Mashaka ameanza na fikra za Kinyerere ambazo zimeiweka Tanzania tulipo sasa hivi
ReplyDeleteWATANZANIA NDIO BINADAMU WENYE FIKRA NDOGO ULIMWENGUNI.WAOGA WAKUFANYA MAWAZO YAO KUWA VITENDO.NDIO MAANA MTU AKIJITOKEZA KUTOA MAWAZO YAKE WALE WENYE FIKRA NDOGO WANACHOWEZA KUFANYA NIKUMKOSOA TU HATA KAMA ANAYOSEMA NI YA MAANA.
ReplyDeleteYaani mashaka huachi tu hadi unafikia steji ya kujiandikia makala kujifanya mtu mwengine mradi tu ujisifie kijanja na jina lako liwe maarufu humu kumzidi bwana issa michuzi mwenyewe mzee wa kijiwe?NYIE NDIO MTAKAOPATA LAANA KWA KUTOKUHESHIMU WENYE VIJIWE MLIOWAKUTA
ReplyDeleteI concur with BAHATI JOHN, he shows how he is a learned, grown up person and civilised. That is how people supposed to argue not, arguing as if we are at war against each other. If you don't agree with someones' statements then come with counter arguments to show how you don't agree with him/her. As far as the case of not importing goods from other countries is concerned to my side I think this will not work as it will be seen as a protectionism policy. This will not work as Tanzania is not an island, it is a country with a global village, it depends on other countries n all round, so if we say we gonna not import things from abroad then the cuntries abroad as well they gonna reciprocate it by saying okay if you go down that lane then we as well we gonna not buy your coffee, your gold, you cotton, we will go and buy them from other countries those which buy our products too and from now onwards we goona close all our FDIs from your country as well as we gonna not assist you in development projects, we will not help in financing your annual budgets, that is how international friendship works NIPE NIKUPE, USIPONIPA SIKUPI. The same issue was discussed in the recent DAVOS (a town in SWISS) ANNUALLY ECONOMIC FORUM and they concluded that it is not good to go that road as majoroty of poor countries need assistances aspecially African countries. To my opinion it is what is happening now many countries with money they are no longer investing their money in the western countries that why the credit crunch is biting severely, and it seems even some FDIs in developing countries they are starting doing the same by retreating to theier home bases. I MEAN AKINA BARCLAYS NA WATU WA AINA HIYO WAMEEANZ AU WATAANZA KUFUNGA MATAWI NA KURUDI MAKWAO NA WATU WATAPOTEZA KAZI. NA HICHO NDICHO KINACHOTOKEA CHINA VIWANDA VINAFUNGWA WATU WANAPOTEZA KAZI KWA VILE NCHI AZIFANYI IMPORT TENA TOKA CHINA KWA AJILI YA UKATA NA MATOKEO YAKE HATA CHINA PIA HAIWEKEZI KATIKA MABENKI NA MAKAMPUNI YA WEST NA MATOKEO YAKE UKATA UNAENDELEA KUKAZA KAMBA - Protectionism is not good in these days and age as countries need to balance their balance of payments.
ReplyDelete'Masterpiece'?
ReplyDeletemunacheza na kunichekesha sana!!!
NYINYI WAANDISHI TUMIENI KISWAHILI ILI WATU WAELEWE WEWE NA MASHAKA HAMNA KITU CHOCHOTE KIPYA MNACHOANDIKA ILA KUWANYANYASA WA-TZ NA KIENGLISH ILI WASI-COMMENT NA WASILEWE.
ReplyDelete1. HAO WATU WATZ UNAOWAAMBIA WAFUNGE MKANDA UNAWAJUA KWELI, WA TZ WENGI MAISHA YAO NI YA KUFUNGA MKANDA , KUHUSU WATU KUNYWA KWENYE BAA HATA UKINENDA KIJIJINI AMBAKO MASKINI WAKO WENGI UTAKUTA WATU WANAKUNYWA GONGO HATA ULAYA KAMA KUNA RECESSION BADO WATU WANAKUNYWA POMBE.
2. NDIO KILIMO NI CHA WATU MASKINI AU MATAJIRI, TAJIRI - MMILIKI WA SHAMBA NA PEMBEJEO AU MASKINI MLIMAJI KWA JEMBE/MVUNAJI AU MWENYE SHAMBA DOGO LA URITHI. UNAPOMWAMBIA MWANAFUNZI AMBAYE AMEMALIZA SHULE HANA KITU AENDE SHAMBANI AKAFANYE KAZI KUNUNUA PEMBEJEO/SHAMBA/MBOLEA HAWEZI LABDA KUWE KUNA SHAMBA KUBWA AWE MNYAMPARA (KAZI GANI AKAFANYE SHAMBANIII?? SIO UNAANDIKA TU! MIMI NIPO UK PAMOJA NA TECHNOLOGY WANAFUNZI WALIOMALIZA CHUO HAWAWEZI KWENDA MASHAMBANI WATAFANYA NINI) FIKIRIA SIO KABLA YA KUANDIKA SIO KILA MTU HUMU NDANI AELEWI KIINGEREZA ( NA WOTE NYINYI MNATUMIA LUGHA YA KIGENI ILI PUMBA ZENU ZISICHAMBULIWE UPUMBAVU HUO)
3. KWA HIYO WEWE WEZI WA MIKONONI NDIO UNAWAONA WATU WAKUZOMEWA LAKINI SIO WANASIASA...
HUKU NGAMBO WEZI WA MIKONONI NA MADUKANI WANAAMBIWA STOP STOP NA MAFISADI NA WANASIASA WAJUMU AMBAO WAMESHINDWA NA KUARIBU NCHI WANAZOMEWA NA KUFUNGWA...
4.UMWAMBIE MWEZAKO MASHAKA AACHE KUWADANGANYA WATU YEYE NI INVESTMENT BANKER YUKO WALL STREET NEW YORK NA WAKATI ANAFANYA KAZI WICHOVIA NORTH CAROLINA , AACHE TABIA KUANDIKA HABARI ZA WATU BILA KUWA CITE WENYEWE IE (Plagiarism is the use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.)
HABARI ANAZOZIANDIKA HUMU NI TAARIFA YA HABARI KWENYE TV, REDIO NA MAGAZETI ANATAKIWA A CITE WAPI AMEZITOA NA SIO KU CLAIM AMEFANYA UCHUNGUZI IT IS A CRIME
TELL HIM TO STOP SCORING CHEAP POINTS USING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
WA BONGO WA BLOG HII KUWENI NA CRITICAL THINKING
MNATAKIWA MUWE MA SENENE SIO MNAPIGIWA NGOMA NA NYINYI MNACHEZA TU.
USIPOKUWA SENENE UNAKUA MVIVU WA KUFIKIRI.
ULAYA SERA MPYA IKITOLEWA KWANZA WATU WANAITAFUTIA MAKOSA NYINYI MNAIPAMBA
COMMENT NYINGI HUMU NDANI ZINAANDIKWA NA MASHAKA MWENYEWE
ReplyDeleteACHA KUFANYA WATU WAPUMBAVU
Here's my 2 cents to one argument that US Blogger used against Mashaka in his critical breakdown of the latter's essay in here:
ReplyDeleteUS Blogger wrote:
Can you tell me why out of all countries of the world that rely heavily on one sector you had to pick Iran and Venezuela? Why only countries that that have problems with the West? Why not Kuwait that also relies heavily on oil than any other sector?If they threaten or not threaten to wipe each other how does that help Tanzanian’s economic policies? If you had simply focused on their GDP composition and avoided the rhetorics of bringing religion into this would’nt your point be understandable?
Please do not ignore this question, without bringing religion and politics, don’t you believe you would have the ability to talk about importance of economic diversification. Why was religion and threats necessary in the context of this debate?"
I say:
obviously loud political hyperbole these two countries have had the luxury to peddle in the international arena given their relatively affluent macro economic positions due to oil. In the case of Tanzania, it works just the other way round: since independence CCM rulers have since independence constantly been harping domestically and abroad about the virtues of Ujamaa and how agriculture is supposed to be “the backbone of our economy” at the expense of other areas of the economy; all this while perpetrating, enforcing and re-enforcing the myth of how poor Tanzania is to the West in order to attract sympathy in the form of development aid. No wonder the Tanzania government budget is still heavily dependent on Western aid (in fact 42% of the annual government budget is funded through foreign aid which should be about 150% more than the 33% Capital Expenditure bill you so proudly cite) something that US Blogger acknowledges himself as in the following lines he wrote in support of the CCM rulers.
Tanzania spends about 33% of her budget on Capital expenditure and enjoys excellent relationship with donors who fund many development projects. Last year Tanzania was awarded about $680 millions from the Millenium Account for insfrastucture.
Bottom line is: Mashaka had a point. It all boils down to the economic principle of diminishing returns (oil prices, commodity prices, manufacturing product prices, and whatnot notwithstanding.) on one hand, and conventional wisdom that “Whoever who makes the rules, rules the game”. Even hardheaded communists such as Nyerere et al. were humble enough to admit this simple global status quo as regards the real nature of social, economical and political relations between the so-called First World nations vis-a-vis third World countries like Venezuela, Iran, Tanzania included. Go figure, Mister US Blogger!
Here's my 2 cents to one argument that US Blogger used against Mashaka in his critical breakdown of the latter's essay in here:
ReplyDeleteUS Blogger wrote:
Can you tell me why out of all countries of the world that rely heavily on one sector you had to pick Iran and Venezuela? Why only countries that that have problems with the West? Why not Kuwait that also relies heavily on oil than any other sector?If they threaten or not threaten to wipe each other how does that help Tanzanian’s economic policies? If you had simply focused on their GDP composition and avoided the rhetorics of bringing religion into this would’nt your point be understandable?
Please do not ignore this question, without bringing religion and politics, don’t you believe you would have the ability to talk about importance of economic diversification. Why was religion and threats necessary in the context of this debate?"
I say:
obviously loud political hyperbole these two countries have had the luxury to peddle in the international arena given their relatively affluent macro economic positions due to oil. In the case of Tanzania, it works just the other way round: since independence CCM rulers have since independence constantly been harping domestically and abroad about the virtues of Ujamaa and how agriculture is supposed to be “the backbone of our economy” at the expense of other areas of the economy; all this while perpetrating, enforcing and re-enforcing the myth of how poor Tanzania is to the West in order to attract sympathy in the form of development aid. No wonder the Tanzania government budget is still heavily dependent on Western aid (in fact 42% of the annual government budget is funded through foreign aid which should be about 150% more than the 33% Capital Expenditure bill you so proudly cite) something that US Blogger acknowledges himself as in the following lines he wrote in support of the CCM rulers.
Tanzania spends about 33% of her budget on Capital expenditure and enjoys excellent relationship with donors who fund many development projects. Last year Tanzania was awarded about $680 millions from the Millenium Account for insfrastucture.
Bottom line is: Mashaka had a point. It all boils down to the economic principle of diminishing returns (oil prices, commodity prices, manufacturing product prices, and whatnot notwithstanding.) on one hand, and conventional wisdom that “Whoever who makes the rules, rules the game”. Even hardheaded communists such as Nyerere et al. were humble enough to admit this simple global status quo as regards the real nature of social, economical and political relations between the so-called First World nations vis-a-vis third World countries like Venezuela, Iran, Tanzania included. Go figure, Mister US Blogger!
Mkitaka hii column idumishe heshima yake ACHENI KUSIFIANA SANA HATA PASIPO SABABU wajomba!Kinacho andikwa humu ni kitu cha KAWAIDA SANA na wala hakuna cha ajabu!Mimi ningewashukuru sana iwapo mngeitumia hiyo elimu yenu kufanya uchambuzi na upembuzi yakinifu wa hali halisi ya uchumi wetu wa Tanzania na kuibainisha mapungufu yako wapi na tatizo ni kitu gani hasa kwa lengo la kutoa ushauri wa kitaalamu ambao utawasaidia viongozi na wataalamu wetu wa fani mbalimbali pamoja na kuwapa watanzania wa kawaida uelewa wa kutosha ili kuboresha ufanisi na tija katika shughuli zao za uzalishaji mali ili kuikwamua nchi yetu ipande daraja na itoke kule mkiani mwa umaskini duniani na angalau na sisi tuanze kujisikia kwamba nchi hii ina watu wenye vichwa vinavyo fanya kazi!its tough but thats the way it is buddy!
ReplyDeleteNyie wanatanganyika, Yaani nyie bila JOHN MASHAKA hakuna mijadala.
ReplyDeleteKijana nampa hongera kwa maana anakunwa vichwa siyo kawaida na kuendeleza libeneka la USENENE hadi wengine wanatokwa na machozi
Kumbikumbi, kunguru wote na MASENENE wakisikia jina Jonh Mashaka basi haooooooooooooooooooo
NENO SENENE INABIDI IFANYIWE MAREKEBISHO KATIKA KAMUSI ILI MAANA YAKE ZAIDI YA UDUDU UELEWEKE
ReplyDeleteUSENENE: Wivu na chuki dhidi ya maendeleo na ushauri wa Jonh Mashaka katika jamii ya kitanzania walio ughaibuni
Naona hapa kila comment linamjadili Mashaka badala ya aliyetoa mada John Bahati
Mada ya Bahati imetupiliwa mbali, anayejadiliwa ni Mashaka, Mashaka, Mashaka na Mashaka. Kazi ipo Masenene
Mwenzanu amewaacha nyuma, kelele zote ni za nini nduguzanguni?
Watanzania tunahitaji kuwa makini na maneno yetu, kama unajisikia kusaidia nenda nyumbani kasaidie acheni maneno mengi bila vitendo. Huyo mashaka na yeyote kama atayafanyia kazi maneno yake sioni tatizo hapa muache asaidie awezapo. Ila itahitaji wengi wetu kuamuka na kushirikiana kubadilisha mfumo wa kisiasa na uchumi nchini mwetu acheni kulalama. Kama mtu anajisikia kuandika kwa lugha anayojisikia sioni tatizo, maake Mtanzania aliyemaliza kidato cha Nne na kuendelea lazima awe na uwezo wa kusoma na kuandika kiingereza na Kiswahili sasa tatizo ni nini mtu akiandika maoni yake kwa kiingereza? Mie nimeamua kuandika kwa kiswahili na sio kwamba sijui hiyo lugha ya kiingereza ni maamuzi tu.
ReplyDeleteTubadilishane mawazo na sio ugomvi wa maneno hiyo ndio Demokrasia ya kweli.
Mtanzania
To the anonymous who believes has the ability to defend Mashaka.
ReplyDeleteYour arguments are unsubstantial.
On capital expenditure you could not argue that 33% is not sufficient, you did not say where should the money come from to increase the current 33% budget allocation to capital.
“the backbone of our economy” at the expense of other areas of the economy
You need to study the theory of comparative advantage and opportun ity cost to understand why agriculture had to be emphasised above other sectors.
You do not seem to know basic economics.
(Supporter of US Blogger)
I just got notified that someone responded to my responses.
ReplyDeletein fact 42% of the annual government budget is funded through foreign aid which should be about 150% more than the 33% Capital Expenditure bill you so proudly cite) something that US Blogger acknowledges himself as in the following lines he wrote in support of the CCM rulers.
42% is not about 150% more than 33%-.
You could have said 42% is about 150% of 33% or 50% more than the 33%
Learn the difference between ‘of’ and ‘more than’ before you comment on economic issues.
I did say TZ spends about 33% of her budget on capital but I never said that 42% is 150% more than 33%!!!!These are your own words and this is elementary level mathematics that you seem to struggle with!!!We need to differentiate between what you said and what I said so that readers can see the difference between us.
A percentage that is 150% more than 33% is about 82.5% and not 42%, ask any economist.
Bottom line is: Mashaka had a point. It all boils down to the economic principle of diminishing returns (oil prices, commodity prices, manufacturing product prices, and whatnot notwithstanding
How can one have a point without having the facts straight?Efforts to have diversification is derived from the need to have economic equalizers in the GDP mix when some sectors take a hit . Tanzania needs to diversify because of over-reliance on a few sectors not because productivity per acreage or farmer is diminishing (diminishig returns), Tanzania still has plenty of virgin land so the law of diminishing marginal returns is not a valid.
Arguments presented speak for the ability of the speakers to discuss economics.
(US Blogger)
Kuna watu wanatumia title ye US Blogger wakati wao sio US Blogger mwenyewe.
ReplyDeleteNi wazi munamuunga mkono US Blogger kama mimi lakini nawaomba musitumie hiyo kwa sababu inawachanganya wasomaji.
asanteni.
US BLOGGER!
ReplyDeleteI think it is high time for you to come into your senses and realize that and you are ither an illiterate idiot or semi literate trying to force his way into prominance
Anybody with interlectual ability would not be making senseless points as you are. Why are you bringing very irrelevant points in this debate?
Mashaka tried to bring a scenario in which agricultural sector dwindles, and asked what would be the option to economic vitality since the economy relies heavily on the agriculture. He went on to say that diversifation and effort would lead to a more diversified of an economy that would not be shaken by agricultutal sector collapse
You need to go back to school before entering your senseless brain into these kinds of debates.
I dont know, not his supporter but see very valid points in his arguments
You need to really think of your strategy of attack. Mashaka's points were well put for any academic or interlligent person, yet you used very vague points to express your ignorance.
in fact 42% of the annual government budget is funded through foreign aid which should be about 150% more than the 33% Capital Expenditure bill you so proudly cite) something that US Blogger acknowledges himself as in the following lines he wrote in support of the CCM rulers.
ReplyDeleteIf 42% is about 150% more than 33% 'realtors' can potentially make homebuyers buy what they really did not ask for in terms of price!!
Huyu US Blogger ni muuza tickets kwenye kampuni ya kitalii Atlanta Georgia, ngojeni ujuaji wake upunguzwe kazi ndo atakona ubishi.
ReplyDeleteHana lolote la kiuchumi ndo maana wivu unamsumbua utadhani ni mwana mke
Anybody with interlectual ability would not be making senseless points as you are. Why are you bringing very irrelevant points in this debate?
ReplyDeleteWho is being told this? The one who said 42% is more than 150% of 33% or the one who said 82% is more than 150% of 33%?
Is this being said to the one who said agriculture is the main GDP contributor or the one who said the main GDP contributor is tourism?
Mashaka's points were well put for any academic or interlligent person, yet you used very vague points to express your ignorance.
ReplyDeleteIf one claims that agriculture is the main GDP contributor when the Governor of the Central bank said it is Tourism can you say Mashaka’s points were well put?
What is so well put about such misleading claims?
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