Managing Directors's Word

We Youth, this is our time to participate in the change of our country

By Kusenha, Nicodemus Sospeter
I always remember Bill Cosby when he said “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” This statement has always reminded me of what’s best for me in this universe.

Few years ago I was wondering if I real can bring about positive change in the society I live in. I felt like an empty bowl falling from heaven. Nothing will be brought by this bowl but mere noise when it hits the ground. I was wrong. I did not know that it is not noise alone which will be caused by the fall of this bowl but the ground will be damaged and above all the noise will awake sleeping people. I took another path.

Now, I am not the same, what I now think about is how can I make people do what’s best for their society. To me this is the change I always wish to achieve. It is a goal that keeps me survive.

My fellow Tanzanians, we can not blame anyone for undesirable life we are living. The blame is ours. We in offices; who do not do what’s best for our country and we in the streets; who do not push those in office to do what they are supposed to do. As youth of Tanzania, we can make a great change in our country; the change that we desire; the change that our children will cherish; the change that every one is ready for. We are the actors. Brothers and sisters it is time to change.

1215 was a remarkable year in the history of England. It is the year of Magna Carta. The powers of the King were reduced and people started to exercise their liberty and freedom. It was not easy for them but what they achieved was the result of the desire for change and prosperity. This is Magna Carta we speak of today as the source of democracy in England and very important document which marked the potential beginning of civil liberties in the world.

The desire for change did not end there, it continued all over the European continent. This desire brought about struggle by many civilians to achieve development in the enjoyment of civil liberties in their countries. The struggles yielded fruits in 17th to 18th centuries when philosophers of enlightenment argued that self is a natural right of every person and that the governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

However, the fruits yielded were not enjoyed by every individual. In some countries like USA women were not allowed to vote until recent years. In some other countries literacy was among the criteria for eligibility to vote or participate in public affairs. Today we speak of the world free of these non sense save for prohibition of voting for some convict of certain offences.

In our country, participation in public affairs is a constitutional right. This right constitutes the right to elect and be elected to hold various elective posts. The citizens enjoy this right irrespective of their gender, sex, color, literacy level or economic position.

Three month to come we will be called upon to exercise this constitutional right. We youth of Tanzania, this is our time. Let us participate to bring the change in our society. It is time for us to participate actively in public affairs by holding public posts. It is time to educate those who do not understand this right and its benefits to their life. It is time to scrutiny who are the good leaders for the brighter destiny of our country. It is time to vote.

For sometimes now since independence our country has been a victim of corruption and malpractices by the leaders. Un luckily enough majority of the Tanzanians who are living in extreme poverty are the most affected, but luckily enough these Tanzanian are the voters. This means they are the ones to change this situation. However, most of them do not know that they have the power to change everything for the betterment of their country.

I may not be among those who live in extreme poverty, but my fellow Tanzanians do. My father and my mother do, my brothers and sisters do, my friends do, but above all my grandfather and grandmother at Twatwatwa do. I feel deep inside my heart that its time to let you know that the power is yours. It is your power but also your right.

I may be seen as an old fashioned guy by appealing to you to exercise this important right, but the truth is non-exercise of this right result into poor and undesirable destiny of our country. Think of William Jennings saying; “Destiny is not the matter of chance, it is the matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

If we really recognize the need for a bright destiny for our country, this is the time. I know that there are some people who believe that their single vote is nothing in the world of unfair elections. This belief must be vanished. These people forget that a hundred begins with one. How many people believe in this dangerous phenomenon for the future of this country? What if the whole society will be infected by this syndrome? Trust me we will lose the country.

Once again I quote William Jennings as he says; “My place in the history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.” Let us have the same thoughts. Let this thought be reflected in what we do in our everyday life.

We don’t need to be persuaded by too strong verses of the Bible to believe that Jonas was swallowed by the Whale and stayed in its stomach for some time when he tried to escape the task given to him by God. Why is it hard for us to believe that the destiny of our country is in our hands? Why don’t we recognize the fact that the only good way to change the situation we have is through voting and contesting? Dear Tanzanian, I would love to quote Hon. Benjamin Mkapa the former President of our country when he said, “let us be Africans.” To me this statement means a lot. It means we must be responsible for our continent. The best way to be responsible is to participate fully and honestly in affairs of our countries so that the interests of our countries and our continent can be protected.

My fellow Tanzanians, October General Election is the test for our commitment to bring about brighter future of our country, do not vote for “mafisadi.” Let us do the best in October.

Neno Wakurugenzi wa kusimamia

Sisi Vijana, hii ni mara yetu ya kushiriki katika mabadiliko ya nchi yetu

Na Kusenha, Nikodemo Sospeter
Mimi siku zote kumbuka Bill Cosby wakati yeye alisema taarifa hii daima inanikumbusha nini bora kwa ajili yangu katika ulimwengu huu "Ili kufanikiwa, tamaa yako kwa ajili ya mafanikio mkuu zaidi kuliko hofu ya kushindwa.".

Miaka michache iliyopita nilikuwa wanashangaa kama mimi kweli unaweza kuleta mabadiliko chanya katika jamii mimi kuishi in mimi inaonekana kama bakuli tupu kuanguka kutoka mbinguni. Hakuna kitu kuletwa na hii bakuli lakini kelele tu wakati hits ya ardhi. Mimi nilikuwa na makosa. Sikujua kwamba si kelele peke yake ambayo yanaweza kusababishwa na kuanguka kwa bakuli hii lakini ardhi itakuwa kuharibiwa na juu ya kelele wote kulala macho ya watu. Mimi alichukua njia nyingine.

Sasa, mimi si sawa, nini sasa kufikiri kuhusu ni jinsi gani naweza kufanya watu kufanya mazuri kwa ajili ya jamii yao. Na mimi hii ni mabadiliko ya mimi daima unataka kufikia. Lengo ni kwamba anaendelea mimi kuishi.

Watanzania Wenzangu, hatuwezi kuwalaumu mtu yeyote kwa ajili ya maisha undesirable sisi ni hai. lawama ni yetu. Sisi katika ofisi, ambao si wa kufanya mazuri kwa nchi yetu na sisi katika mitaa; ambao hawana kushinikiza wale walio katika ofisi kufanya nini wanatakiwa kufanya. Kama vijana wa Tanzania, tunaweza kufanya mabadiliko makubwa katika nchi yetu, na mabadiliko ya kwamba sisi tamaa, kwa kuwa mabadiliko hayo ya watoto wetu Cherish; ya mabadiliko ya kwamba kila mmoja ni tayari kwa ajili ya. Sisi ni wa wahusika. Ndugu na dada ni wakati wa mabadiliko.

1215 ilikuwa mwaka wa ajabu katika historia ya Uingereza. Ni mwaka wa Magna Carta. mamlaka ya mfalme walikuwa kupunguzwa na watu kuanza kwa zoezi uhuru wao na uhuru. Ilikuwa si rahisi kwa wao lakini nini mafanikio ni matokeo ya kutaka mabadiliko na mafanikio. Hii ni Magna Carta sisi kusema ya leo kama chanzo cha demokrasia nchini Uingereza na hati muhimu sana ambayo ilikuwa mwanzo uwezo wa uhuru wa raia katika dunia.

Hamu ya mabadiliko hawakuwa mwisho huko, iliendelea zote za bara la Ulaya. hamu huu kuletwa kuhusu mapambano na raia wengi kwa kufanikisha maendeleo katika starehe ya uhuru wa raia katika nchi zao. Mapambano nimekubali matunda katika karne ya 17 hadi 18 wakati falsafa ya kutaalamika alisema kuwa binafsi ni haki ya asili ya kila mtu na kwamba serikali hupata nguvu zao tu kutoka kwa idhini ya serikali.

Hata hivyo, matunda nimekubali si walifurahia na kila mtu. Katika baadhi ya nchi kama USA wanawake walikuwa hawaruhusiwi kupiga kura mpaka miaka ya hivi karibuni. Katika baadhi ya nchi nyingine za elimu ni miongoni mwa vigezo kwa ajili ya uhakiki wa kura au kushiriki katika masuala ya umma. Leo sisi kusema ya dunia ya bure ya hisia hizi zisizo ila kwa kukataza ya kupiga kura kwa baadhi ya hukumu ya baadhi ya makosa.

Katika nchi yetu, ushiriki katika masuala ya umma ni haki ya kikatiba. haki hii na sheria ya haki ya wateule na kuchaguliwa kushika nyadhifa mbalimbali za kuchaguliwa. Wananchi kufurahia haki hii bila kujali jinsia zao, jinsia, rangi, kiwango cha kujua kusoma na kuandika au nafasi ya kiuchumi.

mwezi wa tatu kuja sisi kuitwa haki hii ya katiba. Sisi vijana wa Tanzania, huu ni wakati wetu. Hebu kushiriki kuleta mabadiliko katika jamii yetu. Ni wakati kwa sisi kushiriki kikamilifu katika masuala ya umma kwa kufanya posts umma. Ni wakati wa kuwaelimisha wale ambao hawaelewi haki hii na faida zake kwa maisha yao. Ni wakati wa uchunguzi ambao ni viongozi bora ya hatima ya Brighter ya nchi yetu. Ni wakati wa kupiga kura.

Kwa wakati mwingine sasa tangu uhuru nchi yetu imekuwa ni mwathirika wa kupambana na rushwa na makosa yanayotendeka kwa viongozi. Un bahati kutosha wengi wa Watanzania wanaoishi katika umaskini uliokithiri ni wengi walioathirika, lakini bahati kutosha haya ya Tanzania ni ya wapiga kura. Hii ina maana wao ndio kubadili hali hii. Hata hivyo, wengi wao hawajui kwamba wana uwezo wa kubadili kila kitu kwa bora ya nchi yao.

Mimi inaweza kuwa kati ya wale ambao wanaishi katika umaskini uliokithiri, lakini Watanzania wenzangu kufanya. baba yangu na mama yangu kufanya, ndugu yangu na dada kufanya, rafiki yangu kufanya, lakini juu ya yote babu yangu na bibi saa Twatwatwa kufanya. I feel kina ndani ya moyo wangu kwamba muda wake basi unajua kuwa nguvu ni yako. Ni nguvu yako lakini pia haki yako.

Mimi inaweza kuonekana kama guy zamani fashioned kwa rufaa na wewe haki hii muhimu, lakini ukweli ni yasiyo ya zoezi la matokeo haya haki katika hatima maskini na undesirable ya nchi yetu. Kufikiria William Jennings akisema, "Destiny si suala la nafasi, ni suala la kuchagua, si kitu kuwa walisubiri kwa, ni kitu ya mafanikio."

Kama kweli sisi kutambua haja ya hatima mkali kwa nchi yetu, huu ni wakati. Mimi najua kuwa kuna baadhi ya watu ambao wanaamini kuwa kura zao moja ni kitu katika dunia ya uchaguzi haki. Imani hii lazima...