Am not going to say much about this…but…informed by my IR discipline and a bit of (very shallow) discourse analysis…see

I wrote this in 2012… http://aikandekwayu.com/why-should-we-listen-to-what-tony-blair-is-saying-about-islamic-extremism/

Again Tony Blair said this in 23rd April 2014 … http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/tony-blair-urges-british-intervention-against-islamic-extremists-around-the-globe-9275601.html

…and Gordon Brown has just said… http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/01/gordon-brown-uk-military-abducted-nigerian-girls

Africans we need to wake up!! We should not allow extremists who distort a good religion to fulfil their own inhuman unselfish wishes…

While in Oxford last month, I had a great opportunity to attend Prof. Appadurai’s lecture titled  “What’s Special About University Based Research?” I was super excited because in early April Prof. Stambach had given me his book- “The Future as a Cultural Fact: Essays on Global Condition” to read. The essays in the book provoked my mind although some of them were a difficult read.  I am not sure what I can write about his talk, but I will freely flow as things come to mind. Continue reading →

 Key words: #ISA2014, #Prof.RobertKeohone, #Prof.AmyStambach, #UniversityOfOxford,  #BritishLibrary #ConfuciusInstitute #Mining&PoliticalTransformation

So, I landed home last night after gone sleepless for 36 hours including 12hours flight. Luckily, I realized that today is May Day. Well, I could easily forgot about it because I never celebrate public holidays apart from the religious ones. This is one of the negative effect of ‘not being formally employed”…you never have public holidays. Well, today’s May Day made a lot of sense. I rested. My body could not take it anymore. I had to sit back. I didn’t feel guilt partly because I knew no one is going to work today…so I had an excuse to rest and do some personal stuff such as cleaning my tiny apartment and laundry.  I then thought of my blog and many pending issues to blog…plus, uuugh!! Book Reviews… Continue reading →

Have you read the International New York Times today (16^th March)?, Continue reading →

Baada ya msuguano wa #Posho, Bunge letu maalum la Katiba limepoteza karibu wiki nyingine nzima kubishana kuhusu uamuzi wa kuwa na Kura ya Wazi au Kura ya Siri. Continue reading →

On Tuesday evening I sat with my dad and explained to him my book concept as I am in the process of revising it and writing a proposal for a potential publisher.  In general, the book is trying to explain why poverty exists in Tanzania amidst high economic growth rate. Continue reading →

Online news source: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/Business/94pc-have-no-social-security-protection–says-government/-/1840414/2200820/-/dh2em1z/-/index.html

This is a response to the above mentioned news as well as for the record of what has been done in trying to extend social security to the 94%.

In Tanzania, around 80% of the population is composed of farmers. The tradition has it that social security schemes cover only the formally employed people, who make only a small (insignificant) percentage of Tanzanian population. Continue reading →

Mr. Michael Kimemeta talking about Group Lending & Compulsory Saving (a product designed by BUMACO for low income women SACCOS members)

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Written by Kitila Mkumbo, PhD

As in sports, the outcome of politics, and democracy in particular, is determined quantitatively, not qualitatively. It is the numerical strength that matters the most. The qualitative arguments may be interesting and convincing, just like in sports the way manoeuvring is entertaining, but at the end of the day it is the number of votes one gets that matters, as it is in sports where it is the number of goals that finally count, not the manoeuvring. Continue reading →

An old friend rang me last night. As we were catching up on things and the passed 10 years or so, he asked “Are you still active in BBC debates?” I told him, wait a minute! Continue reading →