By Special Correspondent, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
A
latest report by REPOA in collaboration with Afrobarometer has shown that Tanzania
has improved in social services delivery, which symbolizes a tremendous increase
in satisfaction with President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His
Excellence, Dr. John Pombe Magufuli's job performance.
Afrobarometer
is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude
surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in
African countries. Six rounds of surveys were conducted in up to 37 countries
between 1999 and 2015, and round 7 surveys were completed in 2018. It conducts
face -to-face interviews in the language of the respondent's choice with
nationally representative sample.
The
report shows key findings that health, water supply, education and electricity
are among the top six priority challenges that Tanzanians want their Government
to address
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report also shows that the overall, a majority 56 per cent of Tanzanians live
in areas with an electric grid, and also within easy walking distance of a
school 69 per cent. They also live close to a health clinic 42 per cent.
Moreover,
the proportion of respondents encountering difficulties in obtaining health care
has declined by 7 per cent points in 2017, compared to 2014.
"This
is a result of heavy investments made by the (Magufuli) Government in improving
its health service facilities and services throughout the country," says
the report.
Apart
from that on healthcare, citizen approval of the Government performance has
increased to 58 per cent in 2017 from 49 per cent in 2014, while on public
schools the approval rating increased to 73 per cent in 2017 from 54 per cent
in 2014.
The
report established that 85 per cent of those who had contact with public
schools found it easy to obtain needed services, an improvement of 12 per cent
points higher from 73 per cent in 2014.
On
water, sanitation and electricity, the citizens reporting difficulties in
obtaining services from the Government dropped by enormous 15 per cent points,
and bribe payment shrank by over half.
Its
now nearly four years since the President of the Fifth Phase Government of the
United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency Dr. John Pombe Magufuli (JPM), was
formerly sworn into the highest office of the land on November 5, 2015,
following a decisive landslide victory in the 2015 multi-party general
elections of October 2015.
Indeed,
JPM’s journey of implementation was generously laced with courage, wisdom and
diligence in his efforts to bring about meaningful and sustainable projects
including Standard Gauge Railway (SGR),
Ubungo Interchange, 8-Lane Kimara-Kibaha, purchase of cashew nuts, Stieglers
Gorge, construction of the 1.03 km bridge across the Indian Ocean, linking Coco
Beach and the Aga Khan Obama Drive in Dar’s business district and the revival
of dormant corporations like Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL).
Other
revived companies include Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) which, in one way
or the other, was at the jaws of death and a burden to ‘Wananchi’; a fight
against any kind of corruption in general in order to restore the country’s
dignity and respect which the Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage
Nyerere, desired to see.
A recent AU backed report has also unveiled success in some African countries in anti corruption efforts. The rest of Africa is tasked to emulate.
Ends.
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