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Tanzania Civil Servants Locked Up For Coming To Work Late
Rights activists in Tanzania have condemned the decision of a district commissioner to lock up civil servants for coming to work late.
Paul Makonda ordered police in the Kinondoni area of the main city, Dar es Salaam, to detain 20 workers after they turned up late for a meeting.
Mr Makonda said the officials had failed to explain their actions.
On Tuesday, newly-elected President John Magufuli replaced independence day celebrations with a clean-up campaign.
Wednesday’s failed meeting was rearranged on Thursday morning and the officers arrived two hours early.
The commissioner’s action has received widespread support among Tanzanians on social media.
However, human rights groups have criticised the move, saying rules and regulations need to be followed to avoid chaos.
“If someone does not show up for work, then we have to follow the laws and procedures we have,” Onesmo Olengurumwa, from the Tanzanian Human Rights Defenders’ Coalition, told the BBC.
But he added that they were in support of the efforts shown by the current president to ensure that everyone was held responsible.
The BBC’s Tulanana Bohela in Dar es Salaam says lateness and long tea breaks are a constant source of complaints from citizens seeking services from public offices.
The district commissioner may be seen as taking inspiration from the new president, who has the reputation of a no-nonsense, results-driven politician, she says.
Since coming to power last month, Mr Magufuli, nicknamed “The Bulldozer”, has announced a range of cost-cutting measures, including a ban on unnecessary foreign travel by government officials.
BBC
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observer
November 27, 2015 at 6:28 am
It takes such type of leadership in Africa to gallant development because people do not respect government things they have coined a phrase to say fya BOMA.
Ndaje Kakhs
November 27, 2015 at 7:20 am
In fact it is the civil servant who can make or break any government.
Shameful
November 27, 2015 at 10:09 am
I totally concur with you. We need this kind of treatment in Zambia in order to develop.
Bushman
November 27, 2015 at 6:33 am
Great move! the work culture in most parts of frica is pathetic!
observer
November 27, 2015 at 6:35 am
Hildas reasoning kuwayawayafye
dodoma
November 27, 2015 at 8:25 am
Lawlessness is not the way to go. There are laid down disciplinary procedures which can be followed in this case just speed them up. Instead of the two weeks they normally take reduce to Five working days and discipline them. He may be punishing his friends for wrong reasons. He wants them away so that he can sleep with someone’s wife.
Shameful
November 27, 2015 at 10:11 am
This is all that is in your mind. Try to realistic. You could be one of the lazy ones, deterring development.
tripoli
November 27, 2015 at 9:43 am
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SETS THE BALL ROWLING THE ALL COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW NOT OUR SLEEPING IDIIOT SUPPORTING JOB LOSSES THUMBS UP BA TZ LUCKY YOU
Screwdriver
November 27, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Bulldozer at work
nyemba
November 27, 2015 at 5:37 pm
plz MP-Chipili Davies Mwila help us with rehabilitating the Mwense- Mwenda plateau road despite cancelling new projects.Plz plz u can use CDF twacula pafula fwe baku plataeu as if we are UNIP era plz use CDF b4 elections 2016
M4
November 27, 2015 at 9:23 pm
Best of a good president.hw i wish we cud hv such.pipo would nt be lazing around at work.
Proboscis
November 28, 2015 at 8:01 am
lets hope he will bulldoze Chagwa into serioous business over tazara as well. this company has over 600 management staff.
Hildah Malama
November 27, 2015 at 3:27 am
Tanzania seem to have the best President and we have the worst in the world.
Ndaje Kakhs
November 27, 2015 at 7:19 am
I hope he doesn’t lose the momentum. That is how they all start.
Isaac
November 27, 2015 at 9:43 am
Even if the case can be applied here in Zambia,pple like you with problematic mental faculty will still criticize.
Shameful
November 27, 2015 at 10:11 am
They need our support and we need to emulate them.
Ndaje Kakhs
November 27, 2015 at 9:50 am
You are right Isaac. I am at work today and these Upnd chaps in my office have criticised everything Edgar said yesterday. They are questioning where the 10,000 jobs will come from, yet when miners are threatened with job losses they say Edgar is doing nothing.