Rais
Magufuli aliyaeleza hayo jana katika hotuba yake kwa mabalozi mbalimbali
wanaoziwakilisha nchi zao hapa Tanzania iliyosomwa kwa niaba yake na
waziri wa mambo ya nje, ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, kikanda na
kimataifa Balozi Augustine Mahiga jana ikulu jijini Dar es salaam.
Katika hotuba hiyo, Rais Magufuli aliwaeleza mabalozi hao kuwa licha
ya Tanzania kuwa nchi moja, Zanzibar ina mfumo wake wa siasa, ina
serikali yake, Katiba yake na pia tume yake ya uchaguzi inayojitegemea.
Alisema tume hiyo ilifuta uchaguzi kutokana na mapungufu
yaliyojitokeza kisiwani Pemba, na kwamba tayari tarehe mpya ya uchaguzi
wa marudio imekwisha tangazwa kwa mujibu wa Katiba ya Zanzibar.
Alosema mazungumzo ya kutatua mgogoro huo yalifanyika bila mafanikio
ambapo chama kikuu cha upinzani (CUF) kimeendelea kupinga uchaguzi wa
marudio huku vyama vingine kikiwemo chama tawala vikionesha uhitaji wa
uchaguzi huo wa marudio.
Alisema kwa hali ilivyo, busara inahitajika ili kunusuru suala hilo,
na kwamba kususia uchaguzi siyo suluhu bali kutumia nafasi iliyopo sasa
kujadili namna ya kuufanya uchaguzi wa marudio kuwa huru na wa haki.
Aliwaeleza mabalozi hao kuwa serikali pamoja na watanzania walio
wengi wangependa kuona CUF inathibitisha madai yake ya kushinda uchaguzi
huo kupitia sanduku la kura katika uchaguzi wa marudio.
“Tunakiasa chama cha CUF kama ambavyo watanzania wengi wangependa
kuona, kuthibitisha madai ya ushindi wao katika sanduku la kura, hakuna
jinsi nyingine ya kutatua suala hili zaidi ya kukubali kufanya uchaguzi
wa marudio” ilisema sehemu ya hotuba hiyo.
Magufuli amewahakikishia mabalozi hao kuwa nchi ni salama na hali ya
amani na utulivu ni ya kuridhisha katika kipindi hiki cha kuelekea
katika uchaguzi wa marudio.
Honourable Dr. Suzan Kolimba, Deputy
Minister for
Foreign Affairs, East African,
Regional and
International Cooperation,
Your Excellency Idzai Chimonyo,
Ambassador of the
Republic of Zimbabwe and Acting Dean
of the
Diplomatic Corps,
Ambassador Ramadhan Mwinyi, Acting
Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, East
African, Regional and International
Cooperation
Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and
High Com
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misioners,
Excellencies, Heads of International
Organizations,
Other Members of the Diplomatic
Corps,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Welcoming Remarks
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all Tanzanians especially those
lower
echelons
of soci
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ety.
Excellencies,
despite recorded achievements, we
are still
facing
major hindrances on our way to
achieving a
prosperous Tanzania. Poverty,
unemployment and
corruption have remained to be among
the major
challenges confronting us. We are
striving hard to over
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come these challenges because we
know that our vision
of becoming a middle-income country
by 2025 will not be
reached if we do not address them
compre
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hensively. In our efforts to address
these chal
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lenges, among other things, we are
working to reduce bu
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reaucratic red tape and accelerate
implementation of Gov
-
ernment’
s decisions. We are also making
efforts to re
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duce Government spending; promote
discipline, ac
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countability and transparency in the
Government and the
public sector as a whole starting
with revenue collec
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tion as you have seen.
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We envision a corrupt free Tanzania
and this can only
succeed by working together at both
national and
international levels. We must fight
both demand and
supply side of corruption. On this
note, I take this
opportunity to appreciate and
applaud the Government of
the United Kingdom for taking the
lead by returning the
money taken corruptly from our
country. It is only
through such a genuine cooperation,
commitment and
partnership that we will be able to
eliminate corruption in
our countries.
Excellencies,
our emphasis in these five years is
on ap
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propriate industrial development.
And again, to achieve
this goal we are looking forward to
working with you, our
Development Partners, the private
sector and other
important stakeholders. My Government
will continue to
create a conducive environment for
investors both from
inside and outside the country. Help
us to identify areas
and gaps which need to be addressed
in order create a
more friendly investor climate in
Tanzania. This will in
turn accelerate economic growth of
the country, reduce
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poverty, increase standard of living
of our people and
generate employment for Tanzanians,
especially the youth.
Excellencies
,
my Government is also working to
improve
other key economic sectors such as
education, health,
agriculture, infrastructure and
energy. Power generation,
rural electrification and
development of the central railway
corridor will be among our major
priorities. In terms of
education, we have already embarked
on providing free
education for all from primary to
secondary level
.
As I
speak, we have already started to
implement this and we
will strive to extend it to other
levels in coming years.
Excellencies
,
wildlife and forest conservation
will receive
urgent attention in the face of the
alarming destruction of
our wildlife and forests. We want to
live up to our obliga
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tion as custodians of wild heritage
of our beautiful
national parks and other historical
and cultural
attractions. Let me at this point
again pay my deep
condolences to the British
Helicopter Pilot Roger Gower
who tragically lost his life in
Northern Tanzania while
working with Tanzania’s authorities
in the fights against
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illegal poaching of elephants in our
national parks and
game reserves. His life should not
be lost in vein, I call
upon all friends of Tanzania to join
us in this war to save
the BIG FIVE and other rare
fauna and flora in the
wilderness of Tanzania.
Regional Cooperation
Excellencies
,
my Administration will continue to
build on
the foundation of good relations
laid down by my
predecessors based on, among others,
our Foreign Policy
of good neighbourliness. Tanzania
will continue to be
committed to the regional bodies,
and we will work with
other members to uphold and advance
the principles of
the East African Community (EAC);
the Southern African
Development Community (SADC); the
International
Conference on the Great Lakes Region
(ICGLR); as well as
the African Union (AU). Undoubtedly,
you have all been
witnesses of our foreign policy
being put in practice by
assisting our neighbours in conflict
resolutions as well as
hosting refugees and asylum seekers.
We will cooperate
with fellow member countries to
maintain peace, security,
stability and development in our
respective Regions.
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Excellencies,
now
that we are embarking on industrial
economy, we will endeavour to take
advantage of the
regional markets. My Gover nment
will intensify
sensitization programmes to create
awareness among the
private sector and thus increase
growth while stimulate
production and businesses. We will
continue to commit to
the implementation of already
concluded protocols in the
region such as Free trade, Customs
Union and Common
Market.
Excellencies;
as the current Chair of the East
African
Community, we have had to deal with
the evolving political
situation in Burundi, which is a
concern not only to Tan
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zania, but also to the Region, the
whole continent and
peace loving citizens of the world.
Tanzania will continue
to work closely with all
stakeholders in searching for a
peaceful and lasting solution to the
Burundi crisis.
We are of the view that in order to
achieve sustainable
peace and security in Burundi,
inclusive dialogue is the
only solution. Tanzania has
reservations the use of force
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at this stage in dealing with the
current political crisis
without the consent of Burundi. We
are at the same time
encouraging dialogue between Burundi
and the African
Union because Burundi has genuine
security concerns
which require support from the
Arican Union and the
international community. It is in
this spirit that we
applaud the concerted efforts by
H.E. Yoweri Museveni,
President of the Republic of Uganda
who on behalf of the
East African Community is a mediator
of this conflict. We
are concerned that a festering
political crisis in Burundi
will exacerbate an already difficult
economic situation in
Burundi which can easily lead to
institutional stress with
dire security consequences in
Burundi and the region as a
whole.
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International Cooperation
Excellencies,
2015 was a very eventful year for
the
international community. Among other
events, we
celebrated 7 decades of our noble
organisation the United
Nations. In the same year, we also
winded up the
implementation of the Millennium
Development Goals
(MDGs) which Tanzania achieved four
of them and
subsequently, led to the adoption of
the Agenda 2030 for
Sustainable Development.
Excellencies,
Tanzania will continue to
participate in the
United Nations and African Union
peace keeping
operations as her contribution to
the maintenance of
international and regional peace and
security. Tanzania
has a long history of generous
hosting of Refugees long
before independence. We pledge to
respect this
international humanitarian
obligation. We appeal for
equally generous international
burden sharing on this
issue especially as refugee hosting
comes with numerous
demographic, environmental, economic
and social
challenges to the countries of
asylum like Tanzania.
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As you may recall, in December 2015
the global leaders
adopted a historic agreement- The
Paris Agreement, in
Paris. This Agreement will take over
from the Kyoto
Protocol in 2020 and will decide the
future of our Planet.
We, as Member Countries must ensure
that we adhere to
these agreements. There has to be a
close follow-up and
review mechanism of these new global
Agreements and
Goals so as to be sure of their
successful implementation.
My Government has plans in place to
ensure that this
takes place effectively. But we know
that we cannot
achieve any of these without our
joint efforts, we therefore
once again urge for your cooperation
and necessary sup
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port in these endeavours.
Conclusion
Excellencies,
before I conclude, I would like to
emphasise
the role of women in development of
the country and Tan
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zania will continue to do its best
so that women continue
to be part and parcel of our
development endeavours. We
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have shown this by electing our
first ever-female Vice
President, H.E. Mama Samia Suluhu
Hassan. My
Government will also continue to
empower each Tanzan
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ian so that no one will be left
behind as pledged in the
Agenda 2030 for Sustainable
Development. In the same
vein, every individual has to play
their role in ensuring
that we achieve our goals.
Your Excellencies, Ladies and
Gentlemen,
for the year
2016, I promise you my Government’
s full cooperation and
I look forward to working with you.
I thank you.
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