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Tanzania yazindua mpango wa 'tekeleza sasa kwa matokeo makubwa'
The move came a few days after Tanzania started implementing the Malaysia model of development called ‘Big Fast Results’. But according to the Chief Secretary, Ambassador Ombeni Sefue, the government chose to call it ‘Big Result Now’. A team of experts formed by the government to brainstorm on effective measures of attaining a-five-year development plan has accomplished its work. Following the development, the government will seek people’s views on key priority areas that would transform the country into a middle income economy. The move came a few days after Tanzania started implementing the Malaysian model of development called ‘Big Fast Results’. But according to the Chief Secretary, Amb Ombeni Sefue, the government chose to call it ‘Big Result Now.’
President Jakaya Kikwete in February unveiled the Big Results Initiative, which is similar to the one used in Malaysia and Rwanda. It would involve the creation of mechanisms that make sure top government officials deliver. The mechanism would track their performance and those who would fail to meet targets would be forced to resign. “After outlining six key priority areas - which included energy and natural gas, transport, agriculture, water, education and mobilisation of resources - another stage dubbed Lab System was introduced to ensure that the outlined priorities were analysed by experts,’’ said Amb Sefue.
He said another stage of the plan called ‘Open Day’ would be reached on Friday, this week, at the national museum, at makumbusho in Dar es Salaam. He asked people to turn up in big numbers to give their views on the plan. President Kikwete is expected to grace the event, according to the Chief Secretary. Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said in Parliament last month when presenting his budget estimates for the 2013/2014 fiscal year that the public would be involved in the choice and the implementation of the priorities.
Ambassador sefue told a news conference in Dar es Salaam that at the lab system stage more than 300 participants including government officials, people from Non-Governmental Organisations, academicians and development partners were involved in an eight-week session. “At the Open Day function we expect to have many people who would air their views, unlike the Lab Stage where we only had representatives,’’ he said.
The government decided to learn from the Malaysian model due to the great strides the latter has made in its 50 years of independence. Malaysia is seen as a newly industrialised country that has one of the best economic records in Asia and is on its way to becoming a developed country. However, at the time of its independence in 1957 the country had the same level of development as Tanzania, one of the poorest countries in the world today
