Browsing by Author "Minja, Rasul Ahmed"

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    Governance of Coastal Resources in Southern Tanzania: Comparing Beach Management Units and Marine Bay Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park
    (NEPSUS, 2019) Kweka, Opportuna L.; Katikiro, Robert E.; Minja, Rasul Ahmed; Namkesa, Faraja D.
    This paper compares two type of partnerships for management of coastal resources in Tanzania: Beach Management Units (BMUs) and the Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park (MBREMP). It examines their configuration of actors, governance systems and sustainability outcomes. Drawing from a triangulated analysis of interviews, focus groups, surveys, oral histories, participant observation and secondary data, the paper provides a mapping of the actors involved in these partnerships and their networks; and examines their legitimacy in terms of input, process, output and social and ecological outcomes as perceived by local communities living. Preliminary findings suggest that neither partnership seem to have yielded the expected socio-economic and ecological outcomes. Both face governance challenges related to structural, financial and participatory failures. Both are poorly equipped and the funds accrued from fines and fees are not enough to support alternative livelihood activities or provide alternative fishing gear. Communities see these partnerships as focusing on conservation and as having failed to address major social and economic needs. The structures of the BMUs and MBREMP need to be revised thoroughly to improve the actual role of communities and fishers in the governance of coastal resources. This would improve a sense of ownership and increase cooperation and trust. The benefits accrued from the income resulting from fees or fines must be transparent and shared broadly, no matter how small, as it would improve stewardship. Another important way to support fishers and limit pressure on resources near to shore would be to facilitate access to boats and gear to allow them to fish in the deep sea.
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    Hoja Ya Shirikisho na Siasa za Tanzania
    (Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania, 2008) Minja, Rasul Ahmed
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    Ongezeko la Wanachama wa Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki: Manufaa na Changamoto
    (Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania, 2008) Minja, Rasul Ahmed; Ramadhani, Lupa
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    Revisiting the Plight of the Union: Why Still Embracing Pragmatism and Political Expediency?
    (African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs, 2014) Minja, Rasul Ahmed
    One issue that has featured prominently since the beginning of the Tanzanian constitutional making process has been the 'Union Question'. Dozens of written works have in the past dealt with this theme but the current article focuses on two volumes, which have in recent years re-energised the Union debate. The analysis reveals that even the position of a leading legal scholar, Issa G. Shivji, has been changing overtime on the structure of the Union. it appears analytical stance on this issue has also been informed by pragmatism and political expediency in the same way as the politicians who have been out on the spot. The argument of prohibitive costs of running a fully-fledged federation has incessantly been featuring in the Union debate. reliable figures are yet to be unveiled on the actual costs of running the Union. Meanwhile, some of the academicians have jumped into the politicians' rhetoric ship just to instil the fear of the unknown.
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    Tanzania and the East African Federation Agenda: A Committed or Reluctant Party to Full Integration?
    (African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs, 2010) Minja, Rasul Ahmed
    This article takes as its point of departure the directive of the Heads of State of the three founding EAC (East African Community) members- Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - to set up National Consultative Committees to collect peoples' views on whether to fast-track the creation of a political union. The outcome of the national consultations was that while Kenyans and Ugandans were eager to embrace an immediate federation, Tanzanians felt that the 120 million-plus bloc should instead create an economic union before evolving into a political union. The article notes ironically, nearly fifty years after Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first President, challenged the "let's put our house in order first" argument, East Africans are still enmeshed in a similar debate, but this time around the voices of "let's put our house in order first" have largely come from Tanzania, especially the Isles. In this article it is argued that the current EAC is no longer insulated from domestic politics. Therefore, policy makers in Tanzania will not cut deals with their counterparts at the regional level for the sake of the regional organisation at the expense of their domestic support. It is further argued that the Dar Government's push to collect people's views on the agenda was a tactical move to suppress the subject. Statements expressing top policy makers' commitment to strengthening the EAC have not silenced claims that the country is dragging its feet to reach the goal of a political federation by 2013. Prospects of a political federation by 2013 are also dim because the block still lacks the 'institutional prerequisites' of federalism.
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    Under Scrutiny: Community Policing and the Fight Against Albino Killings and Armed Robberies in Tanzania
    (United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, 2011-12) Minja, Rasul Ahmed