Dar es Salaam is a great city with a population of about 3.5 million people. Most of the people have primary education. (some may complete standard seven with out knowledge of reading or writing). Life is very hard for many of the people. To earn leaving you must do anything which can earn you something to it. They say: Any job is like any other bora mkono wende kinwyani (only that your hand must reach the mouth (get some thing to eat).
In this picture, a man with a sewing machine is working along a narrow street – without a shed). This is among the busiest dirty street in the city where people go to and fro on foot, by bicycle, carts or three wheel motor cycle commonly known as ‘kibajaj’ or ‘boda boda’. Here municipal law can not work. You can do any business any where as far as people know you.
Yeah yeah your right it does not really matter what you do but how you do it matters a lot. Gone are the days when people were let loose to venture in anything because they had self disciple but today it is no longer possible. Rules have to be followed no matter where you live.
ReplyDeleteIt is a pity that most people especially in developing countries have to contend with this kind of life. Tanzania was a signatory to the Dakar millennium development goals(MDGs), the first one being to reduce extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.Ten years down the line ,will the remaining five make a difference?
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