Dar es Salaam, Tanzania despite the country’s erupted with chaos last week in Masasi district, Mtwara region in which four people killed and dozens wounded; Tanzania has climbed up The Ibrahim Index African Governance (IIAG’s) making it into the top ten for the first time in its history. It has been established
Over the last six years, Tanzania has
climbed up the IIAG’s rankings, making it into the top ten for the first time.
Angola, Liberia and Togo have left the IIAG’s group of the ten worst
performers. They have been replaced by Eritrea, Guinea Bissau and Nigeria.
Surprisingly, Tanzania has climbed for
tenth ranking after an assessment made by the IIAG’s in the following
categories Safety and Rule of law, Participation and Human Rights, Sustainable
and Economic Opportunity and Human Development.
Although the Tanzanian government faces
the stiff challenges and protesting of his natural gas policy, the ongoing land
conflicts between pastoralists and farmers, clashes between police and
journalists and members of opposition party.
Moreover, the conflict between police and
journalists which led to the death of Daud Mwangosi, former Channel Ten TV
reporter brought an alarming signal to the government that something ought to
be done to resolve the misunderstanding.
Cosmas Bahai from the Institute of Peace and
Conflict Studies (IPCS) said that for the last five years the government of
Tanzania tried to involved people into the decision making process to ensure
the equal participation of the people in the country’s development.
Bahai explained further that the
government of Tanzania has improved its relationship and decided to work closer
with the private sector especially Non Governmental Organization to protect
rights of the people.
“We have seen a
tremendously progress in the improving people safety and the rule of law
despite some pitfalls of here and there,” Bahai attributed.
He further noted that the regular probe
committee and commission to investigate on various saga and public scandals has
made the government to scored tenth in the raking of IIAG’s.
Bahai added that President Jakaya Kikwete
is working tireless to ensure that there is peace and tranquility in the
country while pressing other organ to adhere the rule of law and good governance
to foster social and economic development of the people.
The report described that three
countries, Angola, Liberia and Togo, no longer feature in the IIAG’s list of
the ten worst performers. They have been replaced by Eritrea, Guinea Bissau and
Nigeria
At the regional level, over the last six
years three of the five regions – West Africa, Central Africa and Southern
Africa – have slightly improved their overall governance level. North Africa
and East Africa have registered slight declines, more markedly in North Africa.
Interesting is the rise of West Africa
which, between 2006 and 2011, overtook North Africa in Safety & Rule of
Law, due to North Africa’s sharp decline in this category, and also overtook
East Africa in Sustainable Economic Opportunity.
From 2000 to 2011, seven countries have
demonstrated a significant improvement in their overall governance score:
Liberia, Angola, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and
Zambia. One country, Madagascar, has significantly declined.
However, while governance continues to
improve in many countries, some of Africa’s regional powerhouses – Egypt,
Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa – have shown unfavourable governance
performance since 2006.
All four countries have declined in both
Safety & Rule of Law and Participation & Human Rights, with
particularly noticeable declines in the Participation sub-category. Nigeria,
West Africa’s powerhouse, has for the first time this year fallen into the
bottom ten governance performers on the continent.
This imbalance in performance between the
four categories of the IIAG – with Sustainable Economic Development and Human
Development scoring better than Safety & Rule of Law and Participation
& Human Rights – was highlighted in the 2010 and 2011 editions of the IIAG,
when Egypt, Libya and Tunisia stood out as cases in point.
This characteristic remains an important
concern. Over the last six years almost half of the 52 African countries
register increased imbalance between the four categories.
Five of the six most imbalanced countries
belong to North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. Not only
does North Africa remain the most imbalanced region in Africa, it has also
experienced the greatest regional governance deterioration since 2006.
However, while governance continues to
improve in many countries, some of Africa’s regional powerhouses – Egypt,
Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa – have shown unfavourable governance
performance since 2006.
This is the sixth year in which we have
measured governance outcomes in Africa, looking at both country and regional
performances across four major categories – Safety & Rule of Law,
Participation & Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human
Development.
Ends.
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