Monday, January 23, 2012

A PORTION OF THE ARMY DISCIPLINE CAN CONTROL ROAD CARNAGE

In African culture, the deceased is always right; no matter what! And talking bravely about what the dead person might have ommited to do before his/her death is blasphemy. We divert the reality to the expense of another multitude of deaths. As a result, we never learn from the deceased mistakes. Last two weeks the road carnage on Tanzanian roads claimed the life of another Member of parliament,Hon Regina Mtema(Special seats) prompting angry reactions from his colleagues in Parliament and Chadema Party ( the main opposition party) with North Kigoma legislator Zitto Kabwe saying her untimely death was a blow to the younger generation in politics. According to the regional police chief, the accident occured at Ruvu area in the coast Region. He said that the one legged ( disabled) MP with no right foot lost control of her car, when trying to overtake another speeding car. As a result her car overturned, killing her on the spot. The death of the CHADEMA special seats brings to two the number of MPs who have so far died in road accidents in recent years. In July 2008, CHADEMA MP Chacha Wangwe died on road accident. His driver had no valid driving licence. Both deaths were caused by gross negligence on the part of the deceased that we dont want to say publicly. Regina was amputated with no right foot. Drivers know that a right foot controls the pedals,i.e cruch, breaks, then how on earth was she controlling the vehicle with the left foot? Again another lawmaker on the wrong side of the law was Chacha Wangwe. In a perfect world we're not expecting a lawmaker to be driven a long distance safari with unlicenced driver. But this is Africa, and we do our stuff in an african way. Among the imported culture that we copied so competitely was an army discipline.Originating from colonial Kings African Rifles, our soldiers are still doing their things in an extremely ordely manner, i.e booty cleannes, observing smart areas, saluting the seniors without fail, and following all rules dutifully. If only our road users, especially drivers could borrow a fraction of the army discipline, unnecessarily deaths caused by irresponsible behaviours in our roads could not be happening. Oh AFRICA, THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH.

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