CRIMINALITY VS POVERTY
Ni muhimu kutofautisha kati ya “Uhalifu” (criminality) na “Umaskini” (Poverty). Mtu akiwa na njaa na anataka kufa njaa, aliona chakula, jinsi atakavyo kifakamia unaweza sema ni mnyama.
Tanzania’s youth wamenyimwa kusikilizwa, fursa, kushirikishwa, ajira, nk. They are frustrated na wao ndio wengi… Kama anavyosema hayati Tupac Shakur, sauti za kuomba zinabadilika kadri muda unavyoenda na mwishowe wanaanza ku sound & act aggressive alafu WATESI WAO wanaanza kuwa label kuwa ni WAHALIFU, na ku-justify kutumia nguvu kuwaumiza.
Mimi binafsi nina malalamiko na matatizo mengi sana, ila compared na average Tanzanian youth, I AM PRIVILEGED! Ila nina humility ya kutosha kufahamu kuwa lottery ya maisha ilinipendelea kuwa hapa bila kuwa special kwa chochote, na kuwa wenzangu ambao pengine wakiwa na fursa kama zangu wanaweza kuwa mbali zaidi.
Nasikitishwa na Marafiki zangu ambao they are privileged like me (some more than me) wanao justify the killings of the youth na kuwa dismiss as “Wahalifu”, a narrative perpetuated by Watawala.
Literally we are incriminating the disenfranchised who were rightfully voicing their frustration, to justify their termination so we can continue to exploit them.
KAMA KUWA MASKINI NI KOSA, BASI SISI NI WAHALIFU
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