We are really screwing up big time its just that if you make a comment you are viewed as being anti govt...I said once this chinese fellows dont add value to your country they come with their own wheelbarrows,spades,hats,overalls all made in china their trucks and earth movers kila kitu sourced from there then you take a loan and pay them in dollars after they,ve malizad the construction...

We must agree Gado is simply intelligent...And when intelligence is mixed with humour, the concoction is irresistible.

Kamwana's reign is very much like his agemates Obama..

Alot of expectation but due to headwinds, nothing much to right home about at the end of it.. just stories of courage and resilience.. but unlike Obama, i really wonder if he shall stand for what is right, what needs to be done or he will just plan his political survival at the expense of all else an sundry....

10 years, 20 years... If the west still want him with the hague they will still get him.. 20 years is much to an individual but not for a country's interests and goals, especially for countries that have been in existence for 200's of years...

If i were him, i'd turn West and tow the line for the benefit of all.... the Chinese are AGIP, and contrary to belief worse masqueraders..(i heard a rumour they can even bring their own sand if allowed) and the country is unstable.. can yu imagine the chaos if 1 billion chineese decided they have had enough of their state?
The West, like the Lannisters always pay their debt, so its better if they owe you a favour rather than a grudge. and i've said it here before.. with the current problems in their backyards back at home.. their patience, especially if their interests are huge, is very thin nowdays.. e.g Libya, Ivory Coast, Mali, Iraq...
while fringe nations like Syria, Zimbabwe will be given more time to...

I'd love to fly the 'we are masters of our own destiny banner' and we should show them all a finger or so but the world economy is so intertwined that the Chineese have to go to US and talk gently about their treasury bills there.. what can they do?

I just hope the presidents handlers care!!!

We might just save 53B..... See? Plus, if the ties are strengthened, Kenyans might just head that direction to be translators and English teachers and bring back the yens and the like..... diversification, may be....

well, am trying to think what jumbree is thinking..... cant find any other reasons...

The US are busy outsourcing almost everything to China which has caused job losses for the middle-class and less income tax collected for the government, which in turn has reduced funds for Social Security and Medicare. Unlike other African states such as Angola and Nigeria we've not started exporting Oil to China and the US so we somehow need those loans to improve for infrastructure and development.....the risks are there but what are our options. Our credit ratings are not good at the moment so UK has to seek cheaper loans from the Chinese.

@ Poundfoolish.....TZ's biggest trade partners are China, Japan and India.