Stop joking about state thievery; hold these officials to account

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Lawmakers having a conversation in parliament in Dodoma, Tanzania. PHOTO | JONATHAN MUSA | NMG

There is a growing realisation in the Tanzanian political class that there is nothing of any effect that can be done about official thievery; all that anybody involved in unearthing financial misconduct among our officials can do is give reports which will cause many people to rail against what they have railed against since fifty years, then it is once again business as usual.

The scenario is one of helplessness because no one seems to know what has to be done. And it is not in any way a new phenomenon; we have had it this same way ever since this country became independent.