We often witness individuals, mostly street vendors being chased
out of the streets as they tout their products and at times engaging in
running battles with the police.
The end result of the battles is confiscation of their goods by the
city militia and demolition of the make shift huts belonging to the
vendors.
This, to say the least, does not augur well for a country which
wants its citizens to thrive through employing themselves in small
businesses.
Dar es Salaam has been described as a leading city with a big
number of people who are unemployed compared to other cities in the
country.
It is estimated that 21.5 per cent of the people in Dar es salaam are unemployed compared to 9.9 per cent in other cities.
According to Mavunde, Dar es salaam rate indicates that the number
of unemployed people is shooting up due to the increasing number of
university and college graduates.
The challenge of unemployment in Dar es Salaam is immense compared to other cities in the country as many people are unemployed.
He explained that 32.2 per cent of women in Dar es salaam are
unemployed contrary to 11.3 per cent of men and 12.5 of women in other
cities.
The deputy minister pointed out that 64.6 per cent of households
in Dar es salaam are working in informal sector compared to 56.9 per
cent in other cities and 31.5 per cent in rural areas.
The challenge of unemployment is also contributed by lack of formal
areas where people can settle and conduct their businesses peacefully.
This brings the necessity of making structures to enable
individuals to do businesses for self employment. Yes, unemployment is a
global problem, but as Tanzanians we must seek out ways to mae sure
that we have a working population by putting in place an enabling
environment for it to happen.
And the Deputy minister Mavunde has set the ball rolling.
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