Armies for peace?  

By Aditya Gosh & Kizito Makoye
Politics, they say, is a dirty game, where everything is justified. Well, almost everything. At the same time, we brag about democracy and people’s power, we talk about suffrage and all that, we win and thank for people’s mandate. With hindsight, we can somehow always sense the manipulations. The ‘alleged’ role of muscles and money. In every country in the world, especially in developing ones where stakes are rather high, this is a disturbing trend that just cannot be wished away.
But if the ugly trend just do not remain something to be ‘sensed’ and become more than a reality and an order of the day? What message do you get when you gear up with your ‘own security arrangement’ just when the election is round the corner and form ‘brigades’ because you have lost faith in the security system of the government? You claim that these brigades are necessary to maintain peace during election and are defensive measures.

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The Permanent Secretary in the President's Office (Civil Service Management) Joseph Rugumyamheto (L) reads a statement at a function where the World Bank Country Director, Judy O’Connor (R) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, Gray Mgonja (C) in which the World Bank will join the Basket Funding of the Public Service Reform Programme (PSRP). The ceremony was held in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. (Photo by Peter Mgongo).

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