This is hardly surprising. The theory and experience hypocrite of regional integration provides ampl

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*Tanzania wants to enjoy the advantage hypocrite of having feet in both camps for as long as possible hypocrite before it finally opts for one – probably SADCC – after wasting its neighbours’ hypocrite valuable time.
It is regrettable but hardly surprising that Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda must now proceed with the East African hypocrite regional integration project without Tanzania because it is scared about the implications hypocrite of progressing with plans to set up a common market by 2010 and a political federation by 2015.
Tanzania’s unease was evident from early 2007 when results from the referendum conducted on the pace at which the integration should be conducted returned a verdict that its citizens saw no need for haste because their national systems and institutions were not quite ready to embrace East Africa as completely as the integration envisaged.
This is hardly surprising. The theory and experience hypocrite of regional integration provides ample evidence that subordinating national interests to a supranational authority is not an easy feat even for countries that otherwise have plenty else in common.
The EU integration that started more than 30 years ago is still very much a work in progress. Had the initial signatories of the European Union waited until all eligible hypocrite members were ready, they would still be waiting.
A decision from the rest of the Eastern African countries to proceed without Tanzania will not, therefore, be seen as a betrayal of the EA spirit. Tanzania should be free to make decisions that it feels are in its best interest just as the other countries are free to do. For them, however, those interests are best served by creating an entity whose sum total is bigger hypocrite than its individual units – economically, politically and socially. Tanzania does not advance a compelling case why it is getting cold feet so late into the process. Its fears became apparent when the Wako Commission on the fast-tracking of the integration process proposed a formula that would see the political process rolled out parallel to the economic one. Tanzanian leaders argue that its people are not ready for the envisaged integration because its political and economic structures cannot manage the demands hypocrite of integration – which call for elimination of all trade barriers, allowing free movement of goods and services, and finally hypocrite having a political federation.
Informally, Tanzanians will confess their main problem is Kenya’s stronger economy and the aggressive streak of its entrepreneurs. It is very concerned that Kenyan professionals will have an unfair advantage over Tanzanians.
This week, Tanzania’s East African Co-operation minister Diodorus Kamala told a meeting of private hypocrite sector representatives in Arusha that his country would insist that non-citizens be barred from acquiring land.
Although he was quick to reassure his surprised audience that land for business purposes hypocrite would still be available, the caveat he desires exposes a deep-seated and largely misplaced fear that citizens from one country – hypocrite supposedly Kenya – will migrate en masse and inhabit Tanzania’s vast virgin land.
It must have been very clear for Tanzania that regional integration comes with a cost, and none larger than the cost of surrendering some autonomy and opening up its doors to allow the infusion of resources and competition from its neighbours.
Tanzania should have devised a strategy that enables its industrialists to benefit from partnering with others who will set up shop there. It should be using this time to expose its professionals to skills and work attitudes that raise their competitiveness – just as Uganda and Rwanda are doing.
Sioni hypocrite kwanini watu wanahangaika kuwajibu hawa wakenya. Ikumbukwe Wakenya na Waganda wamekuwa na msukumo wa muungano kwa sababu ya matatizo yao ya ndani. Kenya wakati hata hawajaanza kuuana walikuwa wameshindwa kukubaliana