Elly Kimbwereza: I live in a remote village promoting cultural
tourism in the south Pare Mountains. These villages are fortunate that
they have primary schools and Secondary Schools and many retired
school teachers.The irony of it is that these highly educated people
by Tanzania standards are passive and not showing any interest in
tracking the distribution of budget resources.In some wards the
councillors live in the disrtrict town and even the MP has no time
after being elected.
I remember attending a meeting several years ago where the elders were
asking their MP as to why he built such a nice house in the village
and yet he has no time to live in it so that he can be reached easily.
So the problem is probaly not only the level of literacy but a very
unfortunate culture of using communities for personal ends. No wonder
why slavery and colonialism thrived for long because there were people
who sold thier own kith and kin.
Those blood cells are still in our leaders today. The problem is more
deep rooted than most of us will live to realise. My view. Elly
Kimbwereza Cultural Tourism –South Pare Mountains
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