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TANZANIA'S 49 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?!

By Friday Simbaya, Peramiho TANZANIA will be celebrating its Independence Day on December 9, 2010 which she got in 1961 from colonial powers, and now it will celebrate its 49 years of anniversary since independence, with Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere as a first president. The Late Julius Nyerere was born on March 22, 1922 at Butiama Village near Musoma Town in Mara Region of Tanzania. He died on October 14, 1999 in London but buried at his home village, Butiama. On the other hand, Political Independence of Tanzania in 1961 has brought with it a numerous number challenges that need to be address urgently. These included the lack of indigenous human resources for running the government machinery; transformation of the economy, uneven and limited provision of social services, integrating a very limited commercial and manufacturing sector into an economy which would benefit the majority of the people, this is according to the Book entitled ‘Nyerere on Education’ Volume II. T...