Saudi Journal of Business and Management Studies (SJBMS)
Volume-2 | Issue-10 | 913-921
Review Article
Managing the Government of Tanzania: Is the Fourth Regime on the Right Track in Fighting Ignorance, Poverty and Diseases?
Norman A.S. King, Farles Ilomo
Published : Oct. 30, 2017
Abstract
This paper deliberates the scenario of managing governments in general
and narrows to Tanzania government, specifically the administration of the fourth
regime of president of the United Republic of Tanzania, His excellence, Jakaya
Mrisho Kikwete. The paper traces the execution of the four regimes of presidency
from 1961 to 2015 and makes some examinations on the events and decisions made
during these regimes through an eye of a specialist. The study is a review in nature
and assimilates qualitative techniques in discussing and analyzing information.
Documentation, observation and experiential are the major information collection
strategies employed in the study. The paper concludes by setting four propositions:
First, that although it is evident that most fabulous practices are manifested during
the Kikwete regime yet most of them did not originate from his regime. Secondly,
that the revealed evil practices give a signal that the regime of Kikwete was
transparent. Third, that the decisions that were made by his regime of accepting
resignation of eminent ministers, signals prudence and reliability of the government.
Fourth, that the decisions that were taken to revisit the mining contracts out of the
main documents suggest courage, brilliance and objectivity of the President in
dealing with national matters. Further, that the discussion reveals that observing the
four regimes on comparative analysis, the fourth regime, has managed to best
intervene on the fundamental problems of the community namely ignorance, disease
and poverty. The challenge however, remain to be on improvement in competence
based recruitment, promotion and appointment in political and semi-political
positions. As noted by gurus of management and governance- the major problem
facing the developing countries is not on governance systems but lack of
competence based recruitment, appointments and promotion.