The Senegal Story!

I love change, especially true change that is not under the influence of any outside interference. And this is why I am very interested on what is happening in Senegal right now, it is what Africa needs and I believe it is where all the continent is heading to. It is young people driving the change in all of these positive changes from Tunisia and Egypt to the peaceful through elections change in Zambia and now Senegal. There is no doubt that there is a big possibility of the incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade will lose in this election.

Young People are Now Becoming
The Main Voice for Change in Africa

In a country where 68 percent of the population out of the 12 Million is under the age of 25 [,http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/acdi-cida.nsf/eng/JUD-217123240-NKY] and with a rate of over 100,000 young people entering the job market each year problems faced in Senegal are the same to those faced by other Sub-Saharan states. Where unemployment and under-employment are become more and more vivid on top of other problems such as corruption, high inflation, low wages in general workforce leaving the ruling class living in luxurious lifestyles, all these issues which were highly entertained due to the presence of a large population of uneducated people have no space in the current growing Africa population. 

More and more young people are becoming very concerned on their future, their countries future and more than anything the future of their own families. With this I believe more and more peaceful revolutions of long standing political parties and their ruling class are about to be replaced allover Africa if  immediate changes in their governance are not implemented. If Africa governments will continue to ignore various issues and social dissatisfaction of the young people, continuing to keep young people away from the development agenda then in this generation we will see more and more governments in Africa overthrown being peaceful as in Zambia and what will probably happen in Senegal or even the hard way as in Tunisia and Egypt.

Young People Wake Up lets take our future in our hands and build our Present and Future,
No One Will Give Us,Its Time to Stand Up and Be an Instrument of Change! Go Go Senegal!

ELECTIONS ARE OVER! A TANZANIAN YOUTH REVIEW!

Firstly the report on the numbers of people who turned out for this year elections was discouraging. Only 42 percent of the 20 million registered voters turned out. This is truly a mark of low political awareness or as a friend of mine kept, that people still don't believe in free and fair elections. Whatever the case the turn out was poor!

I believe co-ordination system that was in place for processing the results was poor! Plainly poor! It might be much harder to convince the masses to take part in the future elections because they have lost trust in the body responsible for Elections due to things like what happened in these elections. It began with the mix up of names of voters by declaring some of the alive voters as dead! Dead and gone? Yeah! I can't imagine that happening to me, that is real scary! "People try to sue them!" Then it came to results, more than 72+ hours of waiting for the Results took away the trust of majority of voters. Actually mine has cracks!

To be honest most of the youths don't have trust in the body responsible for Elections, people kept a lot of trust in the body before the elections but the body failed them. Doubts is a big problem here. And in one way or another it's the Elections governing body that is keeping it's self in situations that encourage people to lose trust in it.

Before the 2015 Elections come it is the time for the body to sit down and see measures to be taken so as to avoid all the shortcomings that happened in these Elections. Lets create a system whereby the looser never looks for a fault knowing it is not there. Lets create a system that the society in general understands and trust in it, therefore it should real be transparent!

Presidential elections results for each polling post should be announced at the given local polling post, this will truly remove a lot of pressures that the body gets right now.

To Mr President, as a kijana with positive hope for my country, and on behalf of all other peace loving vijana, I would like to ask you in your new leadership of 5 years before you step down in 2015 give us the biggest democratic gift of all. Make the Election Body as independent as possible backed up by a new legislation in relating to all operations carried down by the Body. This will reduce accusations to future governments and furthermore it will rebuild and strengthen democracy, the trust in Free and Fair elections in our nation.

I believe by correcting the mistakes/shortcomings that happened in this year elections the Body will be helping in building trust between them and youths of this country. Lets remember without that trust the youths might be easily exploited to cause political unrests in the near future. Lets avoid all that by doing our best in ensuring that True and Fair Elections are always practiced in this beautiful nation!

God Bless Africa,
God Bless Tanzania!

ELECTIONS ARE HERE! VIJANA ARE WE PREPARED?

Prepared not to take bribes, but prepared to instruments of change. Change that is desperately needed. It can be any change, it depends from which prospect you judge it, but where i stand is a positive change by voting to serious people, am not talking about facial seriousness but seriousness in bringing maendeleo that we need.

Personally I am tired of corrupt officials, tired of politicians who are just talkers and not doers!!

It is our time vijana, time to take part in deciding our fate, our future prosperity and the future of our children and grandchildren for it is a solid truth that the people who will vote for in the coming few days will stay in government for a quite long time for them to cause lasting effects. Being positive or negative is what we are to decide!!

Lets stand up and MAKE AN IMPACT IN THESE ELECTIONS, LETS STAND UP AND DECIDE HOW WE WANT OUR COUNTRY TO BE LED IN THE COMING FIVE YEARS!

Lets not let political parties tear us apart, lets not let propaganda to influence our votes, lets let the need for a positive change, positive leaders influence our votes!

As we listen to the campaigns lets keep one thing in mind, LETS VOTE FOR REAL LEADERS AND NOT REAL POLITICIANS..LETS VOTE FOR PEOPLE WITH HUNGER FOR CHANGE AND NATION PROSPERITY.!!!


2010! Lets say 'Vijana tunaitaji zaidi!'

VIJANA WA TZ NA UCHAGUZI 2010!

Vijana wa Tanzania tunauwezo wa kufanya mabadiliko makubwa katika nchi hii kuliko kizazi kingine chochote kilichowahi kutokea since the Uhuru. Nasema hivi kwa sababu ni ukweli usiopingika ya kuwa kizazi chetu ndiyo kizazi kilichoelimika kwa wingi kulinganisha na vingine vyote vilivyopita. Asilimia kubwa ya vijana wa sasa wengi wamefika elimu ya secondary na kuendelea. Tumenufaika na globalization na kuwa kizazi kilichokuwa exposed to the outside world kuliko kizazi kingine chochote kilichopia. Vijana wa sasa tunaweza pata habari kirahisi kupitia simu za mkononi, television, internet, magazeti na vyanzo vingine vya habari.

Miaka 7 hadi 10 iliyopita lilikuwa jambo la ajabu kumkuta kijana wa miaka 14 hadi 18 akiwa na simu{ si simu ya tochi tuu bali advanced na zenye access to the internet}, lakini sasa hivi ni kitu cha kawaida tu.

Maendeleo haya yametuhakikishia kupevuka haraka kiakili na kuwa na mtazamo mpana sana, kuelimika mara nyingi kunamjenga mtu kutokukubali kuonewa, mfano tunaona migomo mingi vyuoni compare na miaka ya mababa na mamama zetu. Hii yote ni kutokana na kujifunza kutoka madarasani na dunia inayotuzunguka, kupitia globalization inasaidia kutupa ujasiri wa kusimamia haki.

Sasa tunatambua ya kuwa maendeleo ya mtu si kuwa na ‘uhuru na amani’ tuu, kwa hiyo campaign hizo hatuzitaki this year. Vijana wa the 21st Century tunatambua ‘uhuru na amani’ zinatakiwa zituletee social na economic development too. Miaka ya nyuma wanasiasa wengi wamewadanganya sana watu kutokana na kutoelemika kwao, JE VIJANA WA SASA TUTAKUBALI KUDANGANYWA PIA? Hell NO!

Kura zetu mkononi lets walk tall, tushiriki katika kupiga kura this year. ‘Giving up is not to wake up when you fall’ kwa hiyo usiwe na mentality yoyote mbovu ya kukuzuia kupiga kura. Maneno kama ‘hata ukimchagua Fulani, Yule mwingine atashinda tuu’ usiyape nafasi. Still believe in your vote na twende wote tukapige kura.

Tuachane na mentality ya kuwa siasa ni ya wazee na maneno mengine kama hayo, kumbuka viongozi watakaoingia madarakani effects za maamuzi yao hazitawa’affect wazee tuu. Kwa asilimia kubwa yatatu’affect sisi na our future lives.

Lets make this year’s election ZAMU YA KIJANA! VIJANA TUJITOKEZE KATIKA VOTING! THE LAST DROP CAN HAVE A HUGE EFFECT!!!!

Am watching!

Tanzanian youths and what we can do in the coming General elections.

Our nation is passing through a unique era. An era with spread of politics popurality with major interest from from the young population too. Our youths generation of today is much educated than any generation since the independence.
Realising this I look forward for great changes in election atmosphere of this year.
I argue my fellow young people to go to ballots and use this unique opportunity to influence the changes we all need. Its time to insure the MPs and Presidential candidates are not going to rob our present and future, we should believe our votes can make a difference. Its time to stand tall and walk tall, ensuring in these elections we dont vote for 'a better future' promise BUT A BETTER TODAY! Not overshadowed by parties but by people, people who can influence changes and a better today!