Dar
es Salaam — Public servants have been put on notice - change and serve
the people or go. Only three weeks after being sworn in, President John
Magufuli has already made clear that when he preached 'work and nothing
else' in his campaigns, he meant it.
Though heads have
not started rolling, but the directives which he has given in his first
three weeks in office, have sent a clear message that business as usual
syndrome would not be tolerated by Dr Magufuli's government. And, if
people though that it is politicians from opposition who are going to
suffer from the no nonsense head of the state, indications shows that
first culprit of Dr Magufuli's quest for change will be those working in
the government.
For one thing, Dr
Magufuli has already indicated that he will not entertain spendthrift
government. His decision to cut foreign travel by public officials
except with permission from his office, as well as slashing of Bunge
cocktail budget, has clearly showed what he meant by cost cutting
measures. But, Dr Magufuli reinforced his message through the Parliament
inauguration speech in which he outlined what he intends to do in the
next five years. In the speech, Dr Magufuli showed the challenges which
the country faces but he went further to draw a roadmap showing how the
government will tackle the problems.
Dr Magufuli listed
corruption as the first problem which he encountered during election
campaigns. He told the Parliament that in all areas where he went during
campaigns, corruption topped list of people complains.
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