100 days on, we hold on to hope for azory

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This is despite the fact that we have not had any comfort in the darkness still shrouding his whereabouts. We trust in the authorities that they have what it takes to fight this kind of abuse, which is increasingly giving our good nation a bad name.

One of the basic ingredients of development is having a sense of urgency. The general definition of the phrase ‘sense of urgency’ is acting with the realisation that efficiency is vital to success. In business, this expression refers to the ability of leaders to make decisions and drive activities in the organisation to meet important windows of opportunity in the industry. Why are we talking about ‘sense of urgency’ today? This is all about puzzling delays to fast-track the clearing of the 70 new rapid transit buses offloaded at the Port close to 10 days ago. The reason given is that the clearing agent has not completed the process. This is despite the fact that the Tanzania Ports Authority recently indicated it shouldn’t take more than 48 hours to clear cargo when all the paperwork is in order. Meanwhile, commuters all the way from Mbezi Luis to the city centre are daily struggling with crippling shortages of buses, turning the process to board a ‘mwendokasi’ into ‘survival of the fittest’. The antidote for this lackadaisical approach to business is competition. If competitors deliver solutions when customers want them, and you do not, you are out; if you drag your feet and arrive late to the marketplace, you end up with excess inventory.

100 days on, we hold on to hope for azory

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