By Kevin Luande
Recently, there has been more discussions about the Tanzania Regulatory Framework, with many lamenting on the multitude of regulatory authorities and boards under different ministries. It is comforting to see that the cry has now echoed in the chambers of the Tanzania parliament, and even more, the recent remarks by the Hon. Kitila Mkumbo, Minister of Trade and Industry was more soothing. We now know that it was not a cry over spilled milk.
I know that there has been several efforts to change the status quo, the recent merger of Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC), with Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA), which formed TISEZA is a case in point, and highly commendable. These efforts should be accelerated.
However, the devil is not only in the numbers. There is a more deep rooted problem to this than meets the eye.
It was the late father of our nation Julius Nyerere, who quipped to his comrades through his speech at a Pan African Congress in 1965. That is was getting more difficult to unite the African continent, as they had created an army of people who are accustomed to the title ‘Head of State’ and the perks that come with it.
