The clown in City Hall: These governors are good for laughs, if for nothing else
The governor of Dar es Salaam is aggrieved that too many men deceive women, get them pregnant and abandon them, even when they have promised to marry them. So, he is going to establish a national database with the identities of all married men so these men don’t continue to make false “I’ll marry you” promises. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
I have for long held that our governance system, which gives our head of state the power to appoint regional and district governors, is a waste of time, resources and opportunities. My thinking has been, for quite some time, that the citizens of these local places should elect their own governors to allow for accountability and responsibility.
It is thinking that is anchored in the conviction that all politics is local, and that it is in the locality where the real people live and work, and where development takes place or does not. It flows from the realisation that the people at the lowest, most basic areas know their potential leaders because they have lived in close proximity with those who vie for leadership positions, rather than the big man a thousand miles away.
