My
fellow Tanzanians need to know this:
A
person could be born in Tanzania Tanzania England Tanzania
It's
very surprising to see such a paramount matter being politicized while
disregarding the scientific proof of tremendous benefits brought about it. I
can guess that some of our brothers and sisters in Tanzania
In
the last decade or so, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and the Dominican Republic, suppliers of some of the fastest-growing
immigrant groups in America, have allowed their nationals to become citizens
elsewhere without losing their original nationality. New leaderships in South Korea India United States U.S. United States UK US
As
society becomes more global and integrated, the value of Dual Citizenship and a
second passport is increasingly becoming a necessity. The comforts of being a Canadian
or European Citizen, at the same time maintaining one's original nationality,
provides an individual with an abundance of benefits and set of liberties.
Economically, Tanzania
The
need for international assistance has never been so critical. The need to seek,
identify and maintain individuals whose expertise and experiences transcend the
day-to-day norms of the Tanzanian society is a responsibility which all
Tanzanians cannot afford to ignore. And we must also maintain such talent
within Tanzania
The
development and sustenance of a strong middle class is essential to attaining stability
and growth in Tanzania Tanzania
Democracy indeed, is built on informed citizen participation, especially for
those who have lived and continue to practice it in developed countries. The
ideal of Democracy is meaningful participation of an engaged and informed
citizenry. Dual Citizenship, for all including registered citizens, is without
doubt, one of the ways to foster Tanzania
The
financial goals of the country can also be positively impacted by Dual
Citizenship. Consumption brings about demand for more, and supply and demand is
one of the most basic theories of economics and the core of any market economy.
It is also not the role of the Diaspora to replace government in providing
basic services to its people. Yet the Diaspora is helping the economy.
Remittances
have been criticized as having a negligible impact on national development with
no noticeable impact except for consumption. Regarding the question of
remittances providing delivery of basic services or building needed
infrastructure, I assert that indirectly it does. Such critics are missing an
essential element
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Household consumption grows economies
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Shopping creates jobs in all sectors of the country
The
World Bank estimated that in 2012, remittances totaled $250 million in Tanzania Tanzania
While
there is proven evidence that Dual Citizenship’ can develop a country;
I should add, it is a proven fact that ideas and innovation are fuels that
drive the economies of industrialized and developed countries worldwide.
In Tanzania
We
believe this issue of dual citizenship should not come down to job availability
because Tanzanians in the Diaspora who want to go back home are not going back
home to take jobs. There are not enough jobs in Tanzania
The arguments against
dual citizenship continue on front pages of Tanzanian newspapers, where one of
the writers cautioned Tanzanians that dual citizenship is too “important of a policy
issue for Tanzania Tanzania Tanzania Ghana Kenya Uganda
None of them, including Ghana Uganda Kenya
The objections continue
that it is “impossible to verify how many people would immediately be affected.” But in Tanzania Tanzania
So a Ghanaian can live
for five years in Tanzania Tanzania Ghana
Opponents of dual
citizenship propose that there “exists the fear that dual citizenship will
increase in Tanzania Tanzania Tanzania
Many Tanzanians of the Diaspora ask to be given the
opportunity to reclaim or retain their status in the country of their birth as
a means of fostering development at home.
What needs to be noted is that those with dual citizenship have the
potential to transform the country but can not do so with the current
limitations regarding their citizenship status.
“They are born Tanzanians [as are] their children. They sometimes
encounter problems with Tanzanian immigration when they travel [because of] the
passports they carry. They are just citizens by paper in whatever countries they
reside, but they consider Tanzania
I
argue that Tanzanians should be receptive of their brothers and sisters who left
the country to seek opportunities in other countries, and because of
circumstances, took up citizenship in those areas but still want to maintain
their original status as Tanzanians.
As we commemorate 50 years of union, let us all, Tanzanians
at home and Tanzanians abroad, Tanzanians in high places and Tanzanians in low
places, renew our love for and dedication to our country by executing
individual covenants with Mama Tanzania, committing that our actions and
inactions will always solidify, not weaken, the bulwark of peace and progress
in our nation for many more decades.
Iddi
Sandaly
isandaly@watanzaniadmv.org
DUAL CITIZENSHIP IS NOT GOOD FOR TANZANIA, URAIA PACHA KAMA TUNAVYOITA KWA LUGHA YETU YA TAIFA KISWAHILI NI JAMBO LISILOKUWA NA FAIDA YEYOTE KWA TANZANIA NA WATANZANIA, BALI NI MRADI ULIOBUNIWA NA WATU WACHACHE MASLAHI YAO BINAFSI. TAKWIMU ALIZOELEZA BWANA SANDALI ZINAELEZA TU NAMNA AMBAVYO WATANZANIA NA WENYE ASILI YA TANZANIA WAMEWEZA KUSHIRIKI KATIKA KUSAIDIA FAMILIA ZAO. LAZIMA TUELEWE KUWA SUALA LA URAIA HALIBEBI MAMBO YA KIUCHUMI PEKEE BALI KISIASA, KIULINZI, KIUSALAMA NA KIRAIA NA KIJAMII. URAIA PACHA SI NJIA PEKEE YA KUWAWEZESHA WANADIASPORA KUSHIRIKI KATIKA UCHUMI NA MAENDELEO YA NCHI. KUNA ASILIMIA KUBWA YA RAIA WA NJE NA MAKAMPUNI YA NJE YANASHIRIKI KATIKA SHUGHULI ZA KIUCHUMI NA UWEKEZAJI BILA KUWA RAIA WATANZANIA. CHA MSINGI NI KUWEKA UTARATIBU MAALUM WA KISHERIA UTAKAOTOA MASHARTI NAFUU NA UPENDELEO MAALUM KWA RAIA WA NJE WENYE ASILI YA TANZANIA WENYE NIA YA KUFANYA SHUGHULI ZA KIUCHUMI. KIKUBWA WANACHOLILIA HAO WANAOITWA WANADIASPORA NI KUHITAJI VISA WANAPOKUJA TANZANIA WAKIJIHISI KWAMBA WAO NI WATANZANIA LAKINI KUMBE UTANZANIA WALISHAUKANNA SIKU NYINGI. WATUELEZE NI VIKWAZO GANI WANAVYOVIPATA WAO WAKIWA RAIA WAKIGENI WENYE ASILI YA TANZANIA VINAVYOWAFANYA KATIA MAZINGIRA YA KUTOKUWA NA URAIA WA NCHI MBILI WASISHIRIKI KIKAMILIFU KATIKA MAENDELLEO YA TANZANIA. URAIA PACHA ZII. MIMI ABDALAH SHABANI
ReplyDeleteHoja nzuri. Kwanini usiziandike kwa kiswahili wengi wetu tunufaike na uliyoandika? Je watu wa Diaspora mnawatu wanao lobby hoja zenu Dodoma? kama hamfanyi hivyo hoja zenu zitaishia humu humu mitandaoni. Tafuteni media outlets, magazeti, social media, radios stations ziwasaidie kusambaza hoja zenu na watu wawaelewe. Vinginevyo bila mikakati. Bunge la Katiba litaisha na hamtaweza kuitumia hiyo fursa vizuri.
ReplyDeleteNakubaliana na hoja yenu ya kuto kumnyang'anya Mtanzania wa asili haki yake ya kuzaliwa au watoto wa Kitanzania waliozaliwa nje ya nchi kulazimishwa na sheria kuchaguwa kuwa Watanzania au raia wa nchi nyingi wanapofikia umri ambao ndiyo wanahiji kusomeshwa kwa gharama nafuu na uraia wa aidha Marekani au Nchi Ulaya. Wengi wao hata kama wanapenda kubakia na Utanzania ndipo wanalazimika kuchukuwa huo mwingine kwani ndipo kuna unafuu na maslahi ya kiuchumi kama kusoma, bima za afya na.mikopo mbali mbali.
Wengi wao wanawekwa njia panda kutokana na sheria hizo.
ReplyDeleteWe do not need Duo Citizenship
Ungeandika kwa kiswahili ungetusaidia Sana huku nyumbani. Kwani kiingereza kinatusumbua kidogo.
ReplyDeleteYou knew the rules of our country when you renounced your Tanzanian citizenship and pledged your loyalty to 'another' country. I have managed very well with a resident permit in my current host country, and saw no need to renounce my nationality. You should have thought twice and just been content with a resident permit or 'right of abode' status. You did not love your country enough to respect the laws of its citizenship. I think you would win your argument if you showed that you would be wiling to return, armed with your education, and renounce your current citizenship so that you can reclaim yourself as a Tanzanian national. Are you prepared to that? Or will you run at the first sign of 'hardship' with your 'dual nationality'?
ReplyDeleteMkuu Idd, pamoja kuwa kuna manufaa mengi tu kwa nchi na watu binafsi wanaokuwa na dual citizenship, hii sababu ya investing more hamna Maana kabisa na ndio moja ya sababu kubwa inayotukwamisha tunapojadiri swala hili. Tanzania unaweza invest more and more and more bila kujali wewe ni mtanzania mwenye dual citizenship au la. Hata kama wewe sio raia wa tanzania hukatazwi kuja na kuishi na ku invest more and more in tanzania.
ReplyDeleteNaomba tutumie vigezo vingine kujadirii hli swala na sio issue ya investing more.
Asante
raia pacha my foot...
ReplyDeleteWe have weak leaders who alow people to think about such useless issue!We are proud to be Tanzanians nothing else.Lets follow African patriots like Mugabe either you are Zimbabwean or British!Most of you if you real like Tanzania you could have not left and apply for another citizenship!
ReplyDeletetumeshachoka na hili somkomoko kwa kweli
ReplyDeleteThank you, President of the Tanzanian Community in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia for your thorough explanation on Dual Citizenship.
ReplyDeleteI do not agree that duo citizenship will make Tanzanians abroad invest more in Tanzania. Tanzanians abroad with naturalized citizenship from other countries do invest in Tanzania and own investments in Tanzania. They own land, build and they are not treated as foreigners. Dual citizenship is just to legalize it on paper, but it wont make any changes. For those who haven't invest now, will not invest even if they get dual citizenship. If this is the case, dual citizenship is not a priority for now and is not beneficial to Tanzania economic. The fact is simply dual will not make Tanzanians abroad invest more in Tanzania, because lack of it doesn't stop them. This Tanzania reality.
ReplyDeleteNyie madispora nikupeni siri moja katika Tanzania ambayo yaelekea nyinyi nyote hamuijuwi. Kuna wageni na kuna wenyeji yaani (natives).Tunapokuja katika kuwekeza mjuwe kuwa,wageni mna bahati zaidi kuliko wageni.Msishangae kwa fununu hiyo.Anapotaka kuwekeza mwenyeji(native) basi resi zinakuwa kubwa zaidi na mara nyingi maombi yako hutiwa kapuni.Lakini basi mgeni hupapatikiwa.Sasa nyinyi kama kweli mnataka kuwekeza itumieni nafasi hiyo ya kuwa wageni maana mkiwa wenyeji basi hamtafuwa dafu na hamtaula.Kwa hivyo uraia pacha mnaoudai kuwa muje muwekeze nahisi hautakusaidieni kitu,-get lost !
ReplyDeleteMkuu hapo juu, just for your info Zimbabwe sasa hivi katiba yao imeruhusu dual Citizenship.
ReplyDeleteNdugu yangu Idd Sandaly na waTanzania Diaspora mnaeleweka,mnaandika ishu zinazoeleweka kwa mifano ya faida. Wachache wanaopinga na sababu zisizo na uthibitisho au wanaanza kusema umetumia lugha ya Kiingereza badala ya Kiswahili,wakati wote tunaangalia wabunge na hotuba ya Rais wanaongea mambo mengi kwa Kiingereza. Sababu zote wanazotoa kupinga uraia hazina mantiki bali ni wivu, fitina, na kikubwa ni ujinga wa kutoelewa. Wote tunajua, hamna kipingamizi kikubwa cha maendeleo kama ujinga. Jamaa wachache wanaondika humu wanadhani wabongo wakishatoka Bongo tu, basi wamefanikiwa kimaisha na wana hela za kugawa kwa kila mtu Bongo au kuwekeza ili wajanja wazile, mtangoja sana. Hamka wa Bongo, tumieni Bongo, ndiyo maana mliitwa wa Bongo, lakini sasa hivi kwa vigezo mnavyotoa humu inaonyesha Bongo zenu zimenganda. Mtoe uraia, msitoe, maisha yatakwenda tu. Kwa mawazo kama haya ni wazi TZ inawaitaji Diaspora zaidi.
ReplyDeletejeee? kuna study yoyte iliyofanywa kuonesha kwamba capital yalionayo diaspora itasaidia kukuza uchumi wa tanzania, mm naona hakuna basi kwanza ifanywe study hio alafu mabunge ya tanzania waamue.
ReplyDeletekama kule zanzibar diaspora wao wengi ni wale walioitia aibu tanzania kwa kujifanya wakimbizi wa kisiasa kwenda UK mnamo mwaka 1995 hawa ni vibaraka wa Sultani aliyetawala zanzibar 1963-64 Seyyid Gemshid bin Abdula bin Khalifa yupo hai hadi leo huko UK. HAWA NI WATU HATARI SANA WASIKUDANGANYENI KWA UZURI WA SURA ZAO.
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ReplyDeleteTANZANIA, AU KUNA NAMNA, HAMUWEZI WOTE LUNDIKANA SEHEMU KILA MMJA ASAMBAE KUTAFUTA ULAJI, SI MNAONA JIJI LA DAR LILIVYOJAZA WOTE HAO WANATOKEA DAR, SI WAMETOKAKEA HUKO MIKOA KUTAFUTA MAISHA HAPO , JIJI LA DAR WENYEWE NI WAKINA SISI WAZARAMU NA MJILANI ZAO. WENGINE WOTE WAZAMIAJI KUSAKA MAISHA, UKWELI UTABAKI KUWA PALE PALE BINADAMU ANZUNGUKA NA KHAKI YAKE YA MSINGI ITABAKI KUWA PALE PALE
Huko Zimabwe manakosema, wazungu hao wamekaa toka generation mpaka generation lakini nao walikuwa, wamekuja pata kasheshe ya kuwa mali ni za wafrica wao ni wamiaji wakoloni, wakitaka warudi kwao ulaya, kwa kuwa ulaya ndio asili yao, mnazani huku akitokea Dikteta kam mtu Hitral kuna mwafrika atakaebaki thubutu yake wote watatimukia barani kwao, na kila mmja ataitafuta njai yake kwa kuelekea nchini kwake
ReplyDeleteMkuu number 5, watu tunazijua sheria ndiyo maana tunataka kuzibalisha, ndiyo maana ya katiba mpya. Vile vile sabau zako nyingine kusema wewe una permit basi inatosha(kwa vile umekula nyama usichokonoe meno kwa kijiti mbele ya watu wenye njaa. Kila mtu ana nafsi yake,nafsi yangu nikiilezea hapa itajaa ukurasa.Haki ya kuzariwa,kusafiri na haki nyingine kibao zijulikanazo kimataifa lazima ziheshimiwe. Usikae pembeni ndugu, ukaacha watu wengine wapiganie haki wakati na wewe au watoto wako utafaidi.
ReplyDeleteMnajua hili suala msiliangalie tuu kama investements kubwa sana, kuna Watanzania wengi wanaosoma na kufanya kazi nzi tofauti tofauti sio kwamba hawana uzalendo bali hali zilikuwa ngumu nyumbani ikabidi watoke wakawatafutia familia zao mikate. Ili kuweza kupata kazi, scholarship za shule na kutonyanyashwa huko nje wengine walilazimika kuchukua uraia mwingine. Ongea na maelfu wa vijana wa Tanzania Afrika kusini, sweden, norway na Ugiriki watakuambia waliyowasibu huko. Kuwa mgeni katika nchi hizi zina dharau na ubaguzi mwingi.
ReplyDeleteWengi wanakufa ughaibuni na miili yao inarudishwa huku nyumbani maana ule uraia wa nje una kikomo chake. Kuna vijana wengi wenye uraia wa Marekani ama Burundi wanarudishwa Mbeya kuzikwa. Hao wanaokaa njee wanatuma hela kusaidia familai zao, kupeleka watoto shule, kufanya michango ya ubatizo ama harusi. Hili suala pia tuliangalie kwa daraja la mtu kwa mtu.