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IF a poor man’s capital is his efforts, a politician’s capital is his agenda. It real doesn’t matter if it is for public interest or not, as long as the public believe it is in their interest, then it is a good capital.
Remember how people capitalized in the war against mafisadi (though I never saw any fisadi dying); just a few bruised here and there. But for those who used it wisely, they got people’s attention, people’s support, people’s votes, but for some it even cost them their positions -- or they claim so.
But to get people’s attention you have to master the art of timing and choose wisely the technique to execute your agenda; that is when you get the John’s press filled letter handling day at the Bunge offices and Julius’ demo styles.
If you are a politician, publicity makes your heart beat, so John’s presentation of a letter of his intent to table a private motion in presence of the media was a great move…but not as great as Julius’s technique the next day -- in street words, amefunikwa!
The demo, though amazingly no one was injured, made a day for paparazzi who were suffering a disease of a slow news- day continuously for two weeks -- Christmas and New Year weeks are never good for us-- and CUF saved the day with the demo.
Julius and CUF, though he surprised me by participating in the demo by jumping into a car and driving his way through police, leaving his followers to be follow on foot and tear gassed by FFU -- his way of demonstrating leaves a lot to be desired.
I wonder if he will get followers next time he calls a demo. For a while, it looks like Julius and CUF have won the ‘New Constitution” publicity stunt race - he secured front page of most papers, if not all the next day.
But looking it closer it seems like John and Chadema are in for a long game, since we are all waiting to hear John’s private motion in the house, thus he might have the last and punchier headlines. The strange thing about this is, every politician wants the ’New Constitution’ to be their agenda, and nobody else’s.
Can’t it be everyone’s agenda; is the spotlight too small to share, even for the three of us? John even claimed that the government was planning to ‘hijack’ it from him -- my memory tells me that the new constitution issue was first proposed by the Nyalali commission back in 1991, so who is ‘hijacking’ whose idea?
In any way I thought it would have been great if the government ‘hijacked’ the ‘New Constitution’ agenda, after all, isn’t it the government’s duty to serve the people -- I heard it is the people’s constitution.
Talking about the people’s constitution, I wonder what John and Chadema mean when they say that, because every time they say people’s choice, I keep hearing Chadema’s choice; or is Chadema’s choice equal to people’s choice? Which people?
People’s choice is, like most of slogans in this country, has become a very politicized one -- to the point that it is losing its meaning along the way, though we are most used to ones from the government’s side, the likes of Kilimo ni Utu, Kilimo ni Uti wa Mgongo wa Taifa down to Kilimo Kwanza.
The current ‘People’s Choice’ only comes to show that politicians are all the same, no matter what colour their uniforms are. I think in the constitution matter, we need to get serious, not for our sake, for our great grandchildren’s sake, not for the 2015 election, for the 2065 election, not for Chadema, CUF, NCCR-Mageuzi or CCM, for all Tanzanians.
In this matter, let’s for a minute stop being ‘politicians’ by politicizing everything and turning every matter into a political opportunity -- look at what politicizing Richmond/Dowans matter got us into -- for the constitution matter let’s all for once just be Tanzanians -- for better Tanzania.
IF a poor man’s capital is his efforts, a politician’s capital is his agenda. It real doesn’t matter if it is for public interest or not, as long as the public believe it is in their interest, then it is a good capital.
Remember how people capitalized in the war against mafisadi (though I never saw any fisadi dying); just a few bruised here and there. But for those who used it wisely, they got people’s attention, people’s support, people’s votes, but for some it even cost them their positions -- or they claim so.
But to get people’s attention you have to master the art of timing and choose wisely the technique to execute your agenda; that is when you get the John’s press filled letter handling day at the Bunge offices and Julius’ demo styles.
If you are a politician, publicity makes your heart beat, so John’s presentation of a letter of his intent to table a private motion in presence of the media was a great move…but not as great as Julius’s technique the next day -- in street words, amefunikwa!
The demo, though amazingly no one was injured, made a day for paparazzi who were suffering a disease of a slow news- day continuously for two weeks -- Christmas and New Year weeks are never good for us-- and CUF saved the day with the demo.
Julius and CUF, though he surprised me by participating in the demo by jumping into a car and driving his way through police, leaving his followers to be follow on foot and tear gassed by FFU -- his way of demonstrating leaves a lot to be desired.
I wonder if he will get followers next time he calls a demo. For a while, it looks like Julius and CUF have won the ‘New Constitution” publicity stunt race - he secured front page of most papers, if not all the next day.
But looking it closer it seems like John and Chadema are in for a long game, since we are all waiting to hear John’s private motion in the house, thus he might have the last and punchier headlines. The strange thing about this is, every politician wants the ’New Constitution’ to be their agenda, and nobody else’s.
Can’t it be everyone’s agenda; is the spotlight too small to share, even for the three of us? John even claimed that the government was planning to ‘hijack’ it from him -- my memory tells me that the new constitution issue was first proposed by the Nyalali commission back in 1991, so who is ‘hijacking’ whose idea?
In any way I thought it would have been great if the government ‘hijacked’ the ‘New Constitution’ agenda, after all, isn’t it the government’s duty to serve the people -- I heard it is the people’s constitution.
Talking about the people’s constitution, I wonder what John and Chadema mean when they say that, because every time they say people’s choice, I keep hearing Chadema’s choice; or is Chadema’s choice equal to people’s choice? Which people?
People’s choice is, like most of slogans in this country, has become a very politicized one -- to the point that it is losing its meaning along the way, though we are most used to ones from the government’s side, the likes of Kilimo ni Utu, Kilimo ni Uti wa Mgongo wa Taifa down to Kilimo Kwanza.
The current ‘People’s Choice’ only comes to show that politicians are all the same, no matter what colour their uniforms are. I think in the constitution matter, we need to get serious, not for our sake, for our great grandchildren’s sake, not for the 2015 election, for the 2065 election, not for Chadema, CUF, NCCR-Mageuzi or CCM, for all Tanzanians.
In this matter, let’s for a minute stop being ‘politicians’ by politicizing everything and turning every matter into a political opportunity -- look at what politicizing Richmond/Dowans matter got us into -- for the constitution matter let’s all for once just be Tanzanians -- for better Tanzania.
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