The President of Republic of Tanzania Dr. John Pombe Magufuli will inaugurate the 12nd Parliament on November 13, 2020. President Magufuli who was sworn in for a second five years term on November 5 will address the House and deliver his administration focus for coming five years.
When he inaugurated the 11st Parliament after the 2015 General Eletion he vowed to clean the mess within the government including fighting corruption and emblezzment of public funds. Tanzania National Assembly have 393 members in total from 264 constituencies.
Accelerating fighting corruption and emblezzment of public funds require actions more than words. This doesn’t mean that what leaders say doesn’t matter, but despite appearances to the contrary, people tend to pay much closer attention to what leaders do.
When the statements that leaders make about what they value are consistent with their actions and the things they reward, their followers are more willing to engage and treat one another like neighbors and it leads to trust at heart.
Magufuli’s goals and dreams will never happen if he doesn’t take the necessary actions. Nothing will materialize. It is all just up in the clouds and never really becoming part of reality. Words become meaningless when we do nothing. The same goes with our dreams and goals.
The World Bank Group considers corruption a major challenge to its twin goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity for the poorest 40 percent of people in developing countries.
Corruption has a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable, increasing costs and reducing access to services, including health, education and justice. Corruption in the procurement of drugs and medical equipment drives up costs and lead to sub-standard or harmful products.
Corruption erodes trust in government and undermines the social contract as well corruption impedes investment, with consequent effects on growth and jobs. Making inroads against corruption often requires determined efforts to overcome vested interests.
Magufuli’s nicknamed “The Bulldozer” has earned himself credibility and acclaim, both in and outside Tanzania, for his fight against corruption. Freshly Magufuli will continue with the business he started. Many heads of state on Africa continent have vowed to eradicate corruption from their countries yet the vice remains as usual.
Many Tanzanians say they believe in Magufuli and his fight against corruption. Mr. president tries his level best to increase investment in physical capital such as factories, machinery, and roads hence lower the cost of economic activity. Better factories and machinery are more productive than physical labor.
Nevertheless is corruption the single most important reason why many sensible reforms essential for economic development fail in developing economies or does economic development raise demand for fighting corruption?
Although some don’t want the transparency of Magufuli in his actions nonetheless in corruption fight is a perfect action. Transparency is thus associated with the right of the public to know about governmental processes and actions, a norm of both anti-corruption and human rights law.
When citizens are poorly educated, they may be unaware of their rights to duly influence their political leaders (Hors, 2000), so newly elected legislators for a five year term they have responsibilities to ensure their constituencies are aware of the fight, by establishing procedures which citizens can obtain information about the public administration.
Furthermore members of National Assembly must support Mr. President by observe laws that require public officials to declare their assets and interests.
These laws serve two roles. First, they promote transparency and pro-actively identify conflicts of interest. Second, they facilitate detection of corruption when followed by administrative investigation. This is the reason why actions more important than words.
We can make promises all we want, but we have to make sure to deliver it. Actions won’t just back up the commitments we make but it is the final step in completing our plans and goals. Our objective is to fight against corruption and emblezzment of public funds for growth of the nation.
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