Andrew Mwenda: Let's take a new look at African aid

Translator: Joachim Mangilima Reviewer: Hector Mongi

I am very, very happy to be amidst some of the most --

nina furaha kubwa kuwa kati ya

the lights are really disturbing my eyes

mwanga unasumbua sana macho yangu

and they're reflecting on my glasses.

na unaakisiwa katika miwani yangu

I am very happy and honored to be amidst

Ni furaha na heshima kwangu kuwa kati ya

very, very innovative and intelligent people.

watu wabunifu na wenye ufahamu wa hali ya juu

I have listened to the three previous speakers,

nimewasikiliza wazungumzaji watatu waliopita

and guess what happened?

na jaribu kufikiri nini kilichotokea?

Every single thing I planned to say, they have said it here,

kila kitu nilichopanga kuzungumza wameshakiongea,

and it looks and sounds like I have nothing else to say.

na inaonekana sasa ni kama sina chochote cha kuongea

(Laughter)

(vicheko)

But there is a saying in my culture

lakini kuna msemo katika jamii yangu

that if a bud leaves a tree without saying something,

kuwa kama jani likidondoka kutoka mtini bila kusema chochote

that bud is a young one.

basi jani hilo ni changa

So, I will -- since I am not young and am very old,

kwa hiyo kwa kuwa si mchanga nami nina umri mkubwa sana

I still will say something.

bado nitaongea kitu

We are hosting this conference at a very opportune moment,

tunaandaa mkutano huu katika wakati ambao umejaa fursa nyingi

because another conference is taking place in Berlin.

kwa kuwa mkutano mwingine unafanyika katika mji wa Berlin(Ujerumani)

It is the G8 Summit.

na huu ni mkutano wa G8

The G8 Summit proposes that the solution to Africa's problems

mkutano huu wa G8, unapendekeza kuwa ufumbuzi wa matatizo ya Afrika

should be a massive increase in aid,

ni ongezeko maradufu la misaada,

something akin to the Marshall Plan.

hatua ambayo inafanana na mpango wa Marshall

Unfortunately, I personally do not believe in the Marshall Plan.

bahati mbaya ni kuwa mimi siamini katika mpango huu wa Marshall

One, because the benefits of the Marshall Plan have been overstated.

kwanza, kwa sababu faida za mpango huu wa Marshall zimeongezwa chumvi.

Its largest recipients were Germany and France,

waliopokea msaada mkubwa kupitia mpango huu walikuwa ni ujerumani na ufaransa,

and it was only 2.5 percent of their GDP.

na msaada huu ulikuwa ni asilimia 2.5 tu ya pato lao la taifa(GDP)

An average African country receives foreign aid

kwa wastani nchi yoyote Afrika inapokea misaada kutoka nje

to the tune of 13, 15 percent of its GDP,

kufikia kiwango cha asilimia 13, 15 ya pato la taifa,

and that is an unprecedented transfer of financial resources

huu ni uhamishaji wa rasilimali za kiuchumi mkubwa sana

from rich countries to poor countries.

kutoka nchi tajiri kwenda nchi maskini

But I want to say that there are two things we need to connect.

lakini kuna vitu viwili ambavyo tunahitaji kuviunganisha

How the media covers Africa in the West, and the consequences of that.

navyo ni jinsi vyombo vya habari vinavyoionyesha Afrika katika nchi za magharibi na madhara yake

By displaying despair, helplessness and hopelessness,

kwa kuonyesha majonzi, matatizo na ukosefu wa matumaini

the media is telling the truth about Africa, and nothing but the truth.

vyombo vya habari vinaonyesha ukweli kuhusu Afrika,na si vinginevyo zaidi ya ukweli.

However, the media is not telling us the whole truth.

lakini vyombo vya habari havielezi ukweli wote.

Because despair, civil war, hunger and famine,

kwa sababu huzuni,vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe na njaa

although they're part and parcel of our African reality,

ingawa ni sehemu ya ukweli kuhusu Afrika

they are not the only reality.

lakini sio ukweli pekee

And secondly, they are the smallest reality.

na pili ni sehemu ndogo sana ya ukweli

Africa has 53 nations.

bara la Afrika lina mataifa 53

We have civil wars only in six countries,

lakini tuna vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe katika nchi sita tu,

which means that the media are covering only six countries.

hii inamaanisha kwamba vyombo vya habari vinaonyesha nchi sita tu

Africa has immense opportunities that never navigate

Afrika ina fursa nyingi ambazo hazijatolewa

through the web of despair and helplessness

katika mzunguko wa matatizo na kukosa msaada

that the Western media largely presents to its audience.

ambao vyombo vya habari vya magharibi vinaonyesha kwa watazamaji wao

But the effect of that presentation is, it appeals to sympathy.

lakini madhara ya hali hii ni kuwa inaleta hali ya huruma

It appeals to pity. It appeals to something called charity.

inaleta hali ya huruma na kusaidia

And, as a consequence, the Western view

kwa hiyo mwonekano kwa nchi za magharibi

of Africa's economic dilemma is framed wrongly.

kuhusu matatizo ya kiuchumi ya afrika unakuwa mbaya

The wrong framing is a product of thinking

mwonekano huu mbaya ni zao la mawazo

that Africa is a place of despair.

kuwa afrika ni sehemu ya matatizo

What should we do with it? We should give food to the hungry.

tuifanyie nini?tupeleke chakula kwa wenye njaa

We should deliver medicines to those who are ill.

tupeleke madawa kwa wagonjwa

We should send peacekeeping troops

tupeleke majeshi ya kulinda amani

to serve those who are facing a civil war.

kuwalinda wanaokabiliwa na vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe.

And in the process, Africa has been stripped of self-initiative.

na katika hali hii afrika imenyang'anywa kujitegemea yenyewe

I want to say that it is important to recognize

nataka kusema kuwa ni muhimu kuelewa

that Africa has fundamental weaknesses.

kuwa afrika ina udhaifu wa msingi

But equally, it has opportunities and a lot of potential.

lakini pia ina fursa nyingi na uwezo mkubwa

We need to reframe the challenge that is facing Africa,

tunahitaji kubadilisha fikra kuhusu changamoto zinazoikabili Afrika

from a challenge of despair,

kutoka changamoto za matatizo

which is called poverty reduction,

matatizo yanayoitwa upunguzaji wa umaskini

to a challenge of hope.

kuwa changamoto ya matumaini

We frame it as a challenge of hope, and that is worth creation.

tunahitaji kuonyesha kuwa ni changamoto ya matumaini

The challenge facing all those who are interested in Africa

changamoto inayowakabili wote wanaoipenda Afrika

is not the challenge of reducing poverty.

siyo changamoto ya kupunguza umaskini

It should be a challenge of creating wealth.

bali ni changamoto ya kutengeneza mafanikio

Once we change those two things --

ni mpaka tutakapobadilisha vitu hivi viwili

if you say the Africans are poor and they need poverty reduction,

ukisema Waafrika ni maskini na wanahitahitaji kupunguza umaskini

you have the international cartel of good intentions

utakuwa na ushirika wa kimataifa wenye nia ya kusaidia

moving onto the continent, with what?

ukiingia afrika na nini?

Medicines for the poor, food relief for those who are hungry,

dawa kwa ajili ya maskini,msaada wa chakula kwa ajili ya wenye njaa

and peacekeepers for those who are facing civil war.

na walinda amani kwa wale wanaokabiliwa na vita za wenyewe kwa wenyewe

And in the process, none of these things really are productive

na mwisho vitu hivi vyote havisaidii chochote

because you are treating the symptoms, not the causes

kwa sababu unatibu dalili na sio chanzo

of Africa's fundamental problems.

cha msingi cha matatizo ya Afrika

Sending somebody to school and giving them medicines,

kumpeleka mtu shule na kumpatia dawa

ladies and gentlemen, does not create wealth for them.

mabibi na mabwana, hakutengenezi mafanikio kwa ajili yao

Wealth is a function of income, and income comes from you finding

mafanikio yanatokana na kipato,kipato kinachokuja kutokana na kupata

a profitable trading opportunity or a well-paying job.

fursa ya biashara yenye faida au ajira inayolipa vizuri

Now, once we begin to talk about wealth creation in Africa,

kwa hiyo tunaapoanza kuongelea kutengeneza mafanikio katika Afrika

our second challenge will be,

changamoto yetu ya pili itakuwa ni,

who are the wealth-creating agents in any society?

ni kina nani ambao ni mawakala wa utengenezaji wa mafanikio katika jamii yoyote

They are entrepreneurs. [Unclear] told us they are always

ni wajasiriamali ..[haileweki] .... alituambia kuwa siku zote

about four percent of the population, but 16 percent are imitators.

asilimia 4 ya watu,lakini asilimia 16 ni waigaji

But they also succeed at the job of entrepreneurship.

lakini pia wanafanikiwa katika ujasiriamali

So, where should we be putting the money?

kwa hiyo tuwekeze pesa zetu wapi sasa?

We need to put money where it can productively grow.

tunahitaji kuwekeza pesa zetu pale ambapo itazaa

Support private investment in Africa, both domestic and foreign.

wezesha uwekezeji binafsi Afrika,uwekezaji kutoka ndani na nje

Support research institutions,

wezesha taasisi za utafiti,

because knowledge is an important part of wealth creation.

kwa sababu maarifa ni sehemu muhimu ya utengenezaji wa mafanikio

But what is the international aid community doing with Africa today?

lakini ni nini jumuiya ya misaada ya kimataifa inafanya afrika leo?

They are throwing large sums of money for primary health,

wanatupa kiasi kikubwa cha pesa kwa ajili ya huduma za msingi za afya,

for primary education, for food relief.

elimu na misaada ya chakula.

The entire continent has been turned into

bara lote limegeuzwa kuwa ni,

a place of despair, in need of charity.

sehemu ya matatizo inayohitaji msaada

Ladies and gentlemen, can any one of you tell me

mabibi na mabwana,kuna yeyote anayeweza kuniambia

a neighbor, a friend, a relative that you know,

jirani,rafiki,ndugu unayemjua

who became rich by receiving charity?

ambaye alikuwa tajiri kwa kupokea misaada?

By holding the begging bowl and receiving alms?

kwa kushika bakuli la kuombea?

Does any one of you in the audience have that person?

kuna mtu yeyote kati yenu aliye na mtu wa aina hiyo?

Does any one of you know a country that developed because of

kuna yeyote anayejua nchi iliyoendelea kwa sababu ya

the generosity and kindness of another?

huruma na ukarimu wa nchi nyingine?

Well, since I'm not seeing the hand,

kwa kuwa sioni mkono wowote

it appears that what I'm stating is true.

inaonekana ninachokiongea kuwa ni sahihi

(Bono: Yes!)

Bono:ndio

Andrew Mwenda: I can see Bono says he knows the country.

Andrew Mwenda: naona bono anasema anaijua nchi hiyo.

Which country is that?

ni nchi gani hiyo?

(Bono: It's an Irish land.)

Bono:ni jina la kiireland

(Laughter)

(vicheko)

(Bono: [unclear])

Bono[haileweki]

AM: Thank you very much. But let me tell you this.

asante sana. lakini naomba nikwambie kuwa

External actors can only present to you an opportunity.

wasaidizi kutoka nje watakachokupa ni fursa tu

The ability to utilize that opportunity and turn it into an advantage

uwezo wa kuitumia na kuigeuza kuwa faida

depends on your internal capacity.

unategemea na uwezo ulionao

Africa has received many opportunities.

afrika imepata fursa nyingi

Many of them we haven't benefited much.

nyingi kati ya hizo hazijatusaidia sana.

Why? Because we lack the internal, institutional framework

kwa nini? kwa sababu tumekosa uwezo kutoka ndani

and policy framework that can make it possible for us

na sera zitakazowezesha

to benefit from our external relations. I'll give you an example.

kufaidika na mahusiano yetu ya nje.nitatoa mfano

Under the Cotonou Agreement,

chini ya makubaliano ya Cotonou

formerly known as the Lome Convention,

zamani yakijulikana kama makubaliano ya Lome

African countries have been given an opportunity by Europe

nchi za afrika zimepewa nafasi na bara la ulaya

to export goods, duty-free, to the European Union market.

ya kusafirisha bidhaa bila ushuru katika soko lao

My own country, Uganda, has a quota to export 50,000 metric tons

Nchi yangu mwenyewe,Uganda imepewa kuuza kiasi cha tani 50 000

of sugar to the European Union market.

za sukari kwenda katika soko la ulaya

We haven't exported one kilogram yet.

mpaka sasa hatujauza hata kilo moja

We import 50,000 metric tons of sugar from Brazil and Cuba.

tunaagiza tani 50 000 za sukari kutoka brazili na Cuba

Secondly, under the beef protocol of that agreement,

pili,upande wa nyama katika makubaliano haya

African countries that produce beef

nchi za afrika zinazozalisha nyama

have quotas to export beef duty-free to the European Union market.

zimepewa kiasi cha kuuza bila ushuru katika soko la ulaya

None of those countries, including Africa's most successful nation, Botswana,

hakuna nchi yoyote ikiwamo botswana,nchi iliyofanikiwa sana afrika

has ever met its quota.

ambayo imefanikiwa kufikia kiwango hicho

So, I want to argue today that the fundamental source of Africa's

kwa hiyo nataka kusema kuwa msingi wa afrika

inability to engage the rest of the world

kushindwa kushirikiana kikamilifu na nchi nyingine duniani

in a more productive relationship

katika mahusiano ya kiuchumi

is because it has a poor institutional and policy framework.

ni kwa sababu ya uwezo mbovu kitaasisi na kisera

And all forms of intervention need support,

njia zozote za utatuzi zinahitaji msaada

the evolution of the kinds of institutions that create wealth,

kuanzishwa kwa taasisi zinazotengeneza mafanikio

the kinds of institutions that increase productivity.

taasisi zinazoongeza uzalishaji

How do we begin to do that, and why is aid the bad instrument?

tunaanzaje kufanya hivyo na kwa nini misaada si njia nzuri?

Aid is the bad instrument, and do you know why?

misaada si njia nzuri,unajua ni kwa nini?

Because all governments across the world need money to survive.

ni kwa sababu serikali zote duniani zinahitaji pesa ili zidumu

Money is needed for a simple thing like keeping law and order.

pesa inahitajika kwa ajili ya kufanya vitu kama kuhakikisha usalama.

You have to pay the army and the police to show law and order.

unahitaji kulipa wanajeshi na polisi kulinda usalama.

And because many of our governments are quite dictatorial,

na kwa sababu serikali zetu nyingi ni za kidikteta

they need really to have the army clobber the opposition.

wanahitaji jeshi kunyanyasa wapinzani

The second thing you need to do is pay your political hangers-on.

na pili unahitaji kulipa washirika wako wa kisiasa

Why should people support their government?

kwa nini watu waisaidie serikali yao?

Well, because it gives them good, paying jobs,

kwa sababu inawapa kazi yenye malipo mazuri

or, in many African countries, unofficial opportunities

au,katika nchi nyingi za africa,nafasi zisizo rasmi

to profit from corruption.

za kujinufaisha na rushwa

The fact is no government in the world,

ukweli ni kwamba hakuna serikali duniani

with the exception of a few, like that of Idi Amin,

ukiondoa chache kama ile ya Idi Amin

can seek to depend entirely on force as an instrument of rule.

ambazo zitategemea nguvu katika kutawala

Many countries in the [unclear], they need legitimacy.

nchi nyingi katika [haileweki],zinahitaji uhalali

To get legitimacy, governments often need to deliver things like primary education,

kujihalalisha, serikali mara nyingi inaleta vitu kama elimu ya msingi

primary health, roads, build hospitals and clinics.

huduma za afya,barabara, hospitali na vituo vya afya

If the government's fiscal survival

kama kusimama kwa serikali kiuchumi

depends on it having to raise money from its own people,

kunategemea kuingiza pesa kutoka kwa watu wake

such a government is driven by self-interest

serikali kama hiyo inaendeshwa na maslahi binafsi

to govern in a more enlightened fashion.

ikitawala kwa kutoa amri

It will sit with those who create wealth.

itakaa na wanaoingiza fedha

Talk to them about the kind of policies and institutions

kuongea nao kuhusu sera na taasisi

that are necessary for them to expand a scale and scope of business

ambazo ni muhimu kwao kwa ajili ya kukuza biashara zao

so that it can collect more tax revenues from them.

ili iweze kukusanya kodi zaidi kutoka kwao

The problem with the African continent

tatizo la bara la afrika

and the problem with the aid industry

na mashirika ya misaada

is that it has distorted the structure of incentives

ni kwamba imeharibu mfumo wa kujitegemea

facing the governments in Africa.

unaozikumba serikali za Afrika

The productive margin in our governments' search for revenue

inatafuta mapato ya maana

does not lie in the domestic economy,

sio katika uchumi wa ndani

it lies with international donors.

bali kutoka kwa wafadhili

Rather than sit with Ugandan --

baada ya kukaa na

(Applause) --

makofi

rather than sit with Ugandan entrepreneurs,

baada ya kukaa na wajasiriamali wa Uganda

Ghanaian businessmen, South African enterprising leaders,

wafanyabiashara wa Ghana,au viongozi wa viwanda wa afrika ya kusini

our governments find it more productive

serikali zetu zinaona ni bora

to talk to the IMF and the World Bank.

kuongea na IMF na benki ya dunia

I can tell you, even if you have ten Ph.Ds.,

hata kama utakuwa na madaktari wa falsafa kumi

you can never beat Bill Gates in understanding the computer industry.

hauwezi kumshinda Bill Gates kuhusu ufahamu wa biashara ya kompyuta

Why? Because the knowledge that is required for you to understand

kwa nini?kwa sababu maarifa yanayohitajika ili uelewe

the incentives necessary to expand a business --

jinsi ya kukuza biashara

it requires that you listen to the people, the private sector actors in that industry.

yanahitaji uwasikilize watu walio katika sekta binafsi

Governments in Africa have therefore been given an opportunity,

serikali za afrika kwa hiyo zimepewa nafasi

by the international community, to avoid building

na jamii ya kimataifa kujiondoa katika kujenga

productive arrangements with your own citizens,

mipango endelevu na wananchi wao

and therefore allowed to begin endless negotiations with the IMF

na kufanya majadiliano yasiyoisha na IMF

and the World Bank, and then it is the IMF and the World Bank

na benki ya dunia na baada ya hapo ni IMF na benki ya dunia

that tell them what its citizens need.

ambao wanawaeleza kile wananchi wao wanachihitaji

In the process, we, the African people, have been sidelined

katika hali hiyo watu wa afrika wanaachwa pembeni

from the policy-making, policy-orientation, and policy-

katika utengenezaji na utekelezaji wa sera

implementation process in our countries.

katika nchi zetu

We have limited input, because he who pays the piper calls the tune.

tunakuwa hatuna mchango, kwa kuwa amlipaye mpiga filimbi ndiye anayechagua wimbo

The IMF, the World Bank, and the cartel of good intentions in the world

IMF, Benki ya dunia na muunganiko wa watoa misaada

has taken over our rights as citizens,

wametunyang'anya haki zetu sisi kama raia

and therefore what our governments are doing, because they depend on aid,

kwa hiyo ambacho serikali zetu inafanya kwa kuwa zinategemea misaada

is to listen to international creditors rather than their own citizens.

ni kuwasikiliza wafadhili kuliko wananchi wao wenyewe

But I want to put a caveat on my argument,

lakini nataka niweke angalizo katika maelezo yangu

and that caveat is that it is not true that aid is always destructive.

na angalizo hili ni kuwa si kila msaada ni mbaya

Some aid may have built a hospital, fed a hungry village.

baadhi ya misaada inaweza ikawa imejenga hospitali na kulisha wenye njaa

It may have built a road, and that road

inaweza ikawa imejenga barabara na hiyo barabara

may have served a very good role.

inaweza ikawa imefanya kazi nzuri

The mistake of the international aid industry

Kosa la jamii ya misaada ya kimataifa

is to pick these isolated incidents of success,

ni kuchagua mafanikio haya machache

generalize them, pour billions and trillions of dollars into them,

na kuingiza mabillioni kwa matrillioni ya Dola

and then spread them across the whole world,

na baadaye kuyatangaza dunia nzima

ignoring the specific and unique circumstances in a given village,

wakisahau mazingira mengine tofauti katika kijiji

the skills, the practices, the norms and habits

ujuzi, mazoea na tabia

that allowed that small aid project to succeed --

vilivyosababisha mradi mdogo wa msaada kufanikiwa

like in Sauri village, in Kenya, where Jeffrey Sachs is working --

kama katika kijiji cha sauri, Kenya,ambako Jeffrey Sachs yupo

and therefore generalize this experience

na kuifanya kuwa ndio hali

as the experience of everybody.

ya kila mtu

Aid increases the resources available to governments,

misaada inaongeza rasilimali kwa serikali

and that makes working in a government the most profitable thing

na hiyo inasababisha kufanya kazi serikalini kuwa na faida

you can have, as a person in Africa seeking a career.

utakuta mtu Afrika anatafuta ajira

By increasing the political attractiveness of the state,

kwa kuongeza ushawishi wa kisiasa wa serikali

especially in our ethnically fragmented societies in Africa,

na hasa katika jamii zetu zenye makabila mbalimbali

aid tends to accentuate ethnic tensions

misaada inachochea misuguano ya kikabila

as every single ethnic group now begins struggling to enter the state

kwa kuwa kila kabila litakuwa linataka kuingia serikalini

in order to get access to the foreign aid pie.

ili liweze kupata sehemu ya misaada

Ladies and gentlemen, the most enterprising people in Africa

mabibi na mabwana,watu wenye ujuzi zaidi Afrika

cannot find opportunities to trade and to work in the private sector

hawapati fursa za kufanya kazi na biashara na sekta binafsi

because the institutional and policy environment is hostile to business.

kwa kuwa sera zilizopo hazivutii biashara

Governments are not changing it. Why?

serikali hazitaki kubadilisha hali hii, Kwa nini?

Because they don't need to talk to their own citizens.

kwa sababu hawahitaji kuongea na wananchi wao.

They talk to international donors.

wanaongea na mashirika ya misaada ya kimataifa

So, the most enterprising Africans end up going to work for government,

kwa hiyo waafrika wenye ujuzi zaidi wanaishia kufanya kazi serikalini

and that has increased the political tensions in our countries

na hiyo imeongeza misuguano ya kisiasa katika nchi zetu

precisely because we depend on aid.

kwa kuwa tunategemea misaada

I also want to say that it is important for us to

nataka kusema pia ni muhimu kwetu

note that, over the last 50 years, Africa has been receiving increasing aid

kukumbuka kuwa kwa miaka 50 iliyopita Afrika imekuwa ikipokea misaada inayozidi kuongezeka

from the international community,

kutoka kwa jamii ya kimataifa

in the form of technical assistance, and financial aid,

katika njia za misaada ya kiufundi na fedha

and all other forms of aid.

na katika njia nyingine za misaada

Between 1960 and 2003, our continent received 600 billion dollars of aid,

kati ya mwaka 1960 na 2003 bara letu lilipokea dola billioni 600 za misaada

and we are still told that there is a lot of poverty in Africa.

na bado tunaelezwa kuwa kuna umaskini mwingi katika bara la afrika

Where has all the aid gone?

misaada yote hii imeenda wapi?

I want to use the example of my own country, called Uganda,

nataka kutumia mfano wa nchi yangu mwenyewe ya Uganda

and the kind of structure of incentives that aid has brought there.

jinsi misaada ilivyoleta mfumo wa utegemezi

In the 2006-2007 budget, expected revenue: 2.5 trillion shillings.

Katika bajeti ya 2006-2007,makisio ya mapato yalikuwa ni 2.5 trillion shillings

The expected foreign aid: 1.9 trillion.

makisio ya misaada ilikuwa ni 1.9 trillion.

Uganda's recurrent expenditure -- by recurrent what do I mean?

Matumizi ya Uganda yanayojirudi rudia,ninaposema hivi ninamaanisha nini?

Hand-to-mouth is 2.6 trillion.

ninamaanisha kutoka mkononi kwenda mdomoni ni trillioni 2.6

Why does the government of Uganda budget spend 110 percent

Kwa nini bajeti ya serikali ya Uganda inatumia asilimia 110

of its own revenue?

ya mapato yake?

It's because there's somebody there called foreign aid, who contributes for it.

kwa sababu kuna mtu anayeitwa misaada anayeichangia

But this shows you that the government of Uganda

Lakini hii inakuonyesha kuwa serikali ya Uganda

is not committed to spending its own revenue

haijajifunga kutumia mapato yake yenyewe

to invest in productive investments,

kuwekeze katika uzalishaji

but rather it devotes this revenue

Lakini inatumia mapato haya

to paying structure of public expenditure.

kulipia matumizi ya sekta ya umma

Public administration, which is largely patronage, takes 690 billion.

usimamizi wa serikali ambao ni wa kujuana sana,unachukua billioni 690

The military, 380 billion.

Jeshi, billioni 380

Agriculture, which employs 18 percent of our poverty-stricken citizens,

Kilimo ambacho kinaajiri asilimia 18 ya watu wetu ambao wengi ni maskini

takes only 18 billion.

kinachukua billioni 18 tu.

Trade and industry takes 43 billion.

Viwanda na biashara vinachukua billioni 43

And let me show you, what does public expenditure --

Ngoja nikuonyeshe ni nini matumizi ya umma

rather, public administration expenditure -- in Uganda constitute?

matumizi ya usimamizi wa umma yana nini ndani yake?

There you go. 70 cabinet ministers, 114 presidential advisers,

mawaziri 70, washauri wa rais 114

by the way, who never see the president, except on television.

ambao hawaonani na rais, isipokuwa katika runinga

(Laughter)

vicheko

(Applause)

makofi

And when they see him physically, it is at public functions like this,

na pale wanapokutana naye ni katika shughuli za kijamii kama hii,

and even there, it is him who advises them.

na hata hapo ni yeye anayewashauri

(Laughter)

vicheko

We have 81 units of local government.

tuna serikali za mitaa 81

Each local government is organized like the central government --

kila moja imeundwa kama serikali kuu

a bureaucracy, a cabinet, a parliament,

watawala, baraza la mawaziri, bunge

and so many jobs for the political hangers-on.

na kazi nyingine nyingi kwa washirika wa kisiasa

There were 56, and when our president wanted to

zilikuwa 56,na pale rais wetu alipotaka

amend the constitution and remove term limits,

kubadilisha katiba ili kuondoa ukomo wa kutawala

he had to create 25 new districts, and now there are 81.

aliunda wilaya mpya 25, na sasa kuna wilaya 81

Three hundred thirty-three members of parliament.

wabunge 333

You need Wembley Stadium to host our parliament.

unahitaji uwanja cha wembley kuweza kufanya kikao cha bunge letu

One hundred thirty-four commissions

tume 134

and semi-autonomous government bodies,

na vyombo vya serikali vyenye uhuru usio kamili

all of which have directors and the cars. And the final thing,

vyote vikiwa na wakurugenzi na magari, na kitu cha mwisho

this is addressed to Mr. Bono. In his work, he may help us on this.

hii naielekeza kwa Ndugu Bono. katika kazi yake anaweza akatusaidia katika hili

A recent government of Uganda study found

utafiti wa karibuni wa serikali ya Uganda uligundua

that there are 3,000 four-wheel drive motor vehicles

kuwa kuna magari ya kifahari 3000

at the Minister of Health headquarters.

katika makao makuu ya waziri wa afya

Uganda has 961 sub-counties, each of them with a dispensary,

Uganda ina tarafa 961,kila moja ikiwa na kituo cha afya

none of which has an ambulance.

lakini hakuna hata kimoja chenye gari la kubebea wagonjwa

So, the four-wheel drive vehicles at the headquarters

kwa hiyo magari ya kifahari makao makuu

drive the ministers, the permanent secretaries, the bureaucrats

yanawaendesha mawaziri,makatibu wa wizara,viongozi

and the international aid bureaucrats who work in aid projects,

viongozi kutoka mashirika ya misaada wanaofanya katika miradi ya misaada

while the poor die without ambulances and medicine.

wakati maskini wanakufa kwa kukosa magari ya wagonjwa na madawa

Finally, I want to say that before I came to speak here,

Mwisho,nataka kusema kuwa kabla ya kuja hapa kuzungumza

I was told that the principle of TEDGlobal

niliambiwa kuwa msingi wa TEDGlobal

is that the good speech should be like a miniskirt.

ni kuwa hotuba nzuri inatakiwa iwe kama sketi fupi

It should be short enough to arouse interest,

inatakiwa iwe fupi kiasi cha kuamsha hisia

but long enough to cover the subject.

lakini pia ndefu kufunika jambo lenyewe

I hope I have achieved that.

natumaini nimefanikisha hilo

(Laughter)

vicheko

Thank you very much.

Asante sana

(Applause)

makofi