WANADIPLOMASIA WAMSHAURI OBAMA AKUTANE NA RAIS MAGUFURI

Wakati baadhi ya Wamarekani wakiendelea kumwangalia Rais Magufuli kwa kutumia jicho la curiosity, awe and wonder kwa kile anachokifanya kwa Tanzania ambacho wengi wanamsema ni totally unAfrican leader for being serious, honest and hardworking in a continent where, in general, corruption and embezzlement of public funds are a way of life for African leaders.

Baadhi ya wanadiplomasia wa Marekani wameanza kumuomba Rais Obama akutane haraka na Rais Magufuli. Mmoja wa Wanadiplomasia hao ni Johnnie Carson ambaye alikuwa US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs kutoka mwaka 2009 mpaka 2012.

Carson amemtaka Rais Obama kukutana mapema na Rais Magufuli kwa sababu Marekani ni mshirika wa karibu sana na Tanzania na pia Marekani inaihitaji sana Tanzania katika mipango yake kwenye Nchi za Maziwa Makuu ambazo ni Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kenya, na Uganda.

‘’Bila kuihusisha Tanzania kwa ukaribu zaidi, amani haiwezi kupatikana katika nchi za Burundi and the eastern Congo’’ Alisema Carson.

Mwanadiplomasia Carson ambaye kwa sasa ni Senior Advisor at the United States Institute of Peace na pia ni Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute at Yale University ameenda mbele zaidi na kusema, Marekani inamhitaji sana Rais Magufuli hasa ikichukuliwa kwa vile historia inaonyesha hana uhusiano wa karibu na Marekani ikilinganishwa na Rais Mstaafu, Jakaya Kikwete.

Hii ni sehemu ya andiko lake;

Invite Tanzania’s newly-elected President John Magufuli to the White House.

Tanzania is one of the most populous states and the largest democracy in East Africa. It is also one of the biggest recipients of US development assistance and a participant in all of Washington’s major economic initiatives.

In late October, Tanzania held presidential and parliamentary elections. The elections on the mainland went well, but those on the island of Zanzibar were disputed. John Pombe Magufuli, a reform-minded academic-turned-politician, was elected without dispute, making him Tanzania’s fifth elected president in a row. Although the Zanzibar election remains unresolved, it is important to reach out to Tanzania’s new president early in his tenure to continue to foster the strong relationship between Dar es Salaam and Washington. This is particularly important since Magufuli does not have any major ties with the US.

An early visit to Washington could consolidate the growing economic and development ties between the US and Tanzania and lend encouragement to the continuation of the country’s democratic progress, including finding a sustainable resolution to Zanzibar’s electoral issues.

Tanzania also has a critical role to play in East African peace building issues, particularly in Burundi and the eastern Congo. Early political consultations with Magufuli and his new foreign minister, Dr. Augustine Mahiga, could prove valuable in promoting stability in the Great Lakes region.