News:

The Citizen Newspaper dated 9th November 2013 reported that:

Following misunderstanding on the issue of EAC, Uganda’s government spokesman, Mr Ofwono Opondo accused the position of Tanzania in defending its land and jobs. Mr Opondo said Tanzania is playing domestic politics and is hesitant because of fears that Ugandans and Kenyans would come and grab its land and jobs. He stressed: “Tanzania should not use its internal weaknesses and failures and blame everything on Uganda and Kenya,”

Comment:

In confusing young countries, colonial states use the style of forcing them by showing that one of the methods of solving their problems is initiating regional blocks to achieve economic and political cooperation among the states. However, on a broader view, the colonial states intend to reap more benefits and concentrate their objectives of plundering resources of these countries and promote their political influence.

The East African Community is not a new thing. The first organization died a shameful death through disagreements that have no comparison. This current organization even while incorporating more countries and having broad objectives, already there are disagreements, mistrust and conflicts even before attaining the stated objectives. This is without taking into account the wave of nationalism in each country.

As young countries are not independent and do not have an ideology, this causes any corporation to fail and die a shameful death. Today, Tanzania is hesitant on issues to do with employment and land. Kenya wants its landlocked neighbours to use its seaport. Other states look at this union through the angle of national benefits. Therefore, naturally, there is no union that will succeed.

The Ummah is not revived through unions rather through adopting a stable ideology which is Islam. Today, even those Western countries that implement the false ideology of Capitalism are not saved from nationalist and beneficial thoughts and mistrust among themselves. This leads to their unions like the European Union to be in a state of turmoil and disagreements that never end.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by

Masoud Msellem

Deputy Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir East Africa