Fiat Lux
May 21 2015 – From time to time we get to hear African rulers and their henchmen take swipes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for what they call “targeting Africans.” This usually happens every time an African ruler has been indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. Our rulers get excited, froth at the corners of their mouths, and bang tables, all…
April 7 2016 It was a foregone conclusion; it was not going to succeed, and it sure as hell failed. The move by a section of the South African parliament to impeach President Jacob Zuma over the so-called Nkandla scandal was always going to flop, because of the lopsidedness of the House, which still has a huge majority of African National Congress (ANC) members. The political organization which spearheaded the…...
October 22 2015 There are so many ways of appreciating issues related to corruption in our countries, and some of them can be quite edifying. I have heard of corruption as the very essence of power, as in power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This would tend to mean that as long as you get involved with power you cannot choose but be corrupt. There are those who say there…...
1995 TAYARI zile siasa ninazoziongelea kila siku zimekwisha kujitokeza katika kampeni zinazofanywa kuhusu uchaguzi wa Oktoba mwaka 1995. Tayari baadhi ya washindani na mashabiki wao wamekwisha kufika mahali wakaona kwamba kampeni safi zisizo za kashfa hazitawawezesha kushinda katika uchaguzi. Tayari wameanza kutumia vigezo ambavyo havina uhusiano na uwezo wa mtu katika uongozi. Tayari dini imeingizwa katika mashindano ambayo tumesema yaamuliwe kwa misingi ya nani anaweza kuongoza Watanzania vyema zaidi kuliko…...