(East African Alternatives, September 1998, p. 24) Dr Johann Lambsdorff of Göttingen University, the brains behind TI’s annual Corruption Perception Index, engaged me in a lively exchange on the extent to which trade patterns do or do not implicate Malaysia in international corruption. His published research (Lambsdorff 1998) suggested that Malaysian exports to Africa were less than they would have been had corruption been driving trade and investment. In fact, his econometric analysis found Malaysia to be one of the cleanest major trading nations in the world. My more qualitative and journalistic approach led me to diametrically opposed conclusions.
Mzee Lowassa kama mkazi wa Arusha aliliona hilo mapema na athari zake, ila wenzake ambao hawafikirii kuwa dhana nzima ya kupeleka uongozi kwa watu (devolution by decentralization) ni chachu ya maendeleo wakaendeleza ubabe. Inashangaza sana kwani watu hawa ambao wanaielewa dhana nzima ya utawala bora wa watu kama chombo muhimu cha watu kujiletea maendeleo, walikuwa kwenye nafasi za uongozi wakati Mwalimu anaihubiri na kuitekeleza!