LACK of good governance coupled by poor leadership strategies
among the executives has been described to be the major reasons that fuels
endless political crisis which is taking place in some countries in African
continent, a don has observed. The dean and a senior lecturer of a Kenyan based
Strathmore Business School (SBS) Dr. George Njenga made the observation in Dar
es Salaam on Friday night in a forum that addressed ethical leadership which
was organized by CEO Tanzania roundtable (CEOrt). The topic has been the main
discussion point by members of CEOrt for the executives of the leading giant
companies in Tanzania since the start of this year with a view to ensure
sustainable economic growth and prosperity. During his presentation, Dr. Njenga
who was invited as a main speaker to the forum that is run every month noted
that, Africans can build own continent and get out of poverty if are determined
to maintain good governance and leadership in order to protect the resources
endowed within the continent. He said the two aspects should be considered the
major focal point for national development and that must be insisted as they
form part of the constitution of the people for the purpose of developing
African countries and its entire population. However, he noted that, if the two
aspects are not strongly emphasized in people’s constitution, corruption would easily
pave its way and people would continue suffering. He noted that, corruption is
being practiced because people are not serious with the determination to end
the vice and this is primarily due to poor governance, a factor that few untrustworthy
leaders would continue to confiscate country’s richness that belongs to entire
people through dubious contracts entered with investors.
CEO Roundtable Chairman for Tanzania, Ali
Mufuruki
He further noted that,
in order for African governments to be safe from being exploited in this manner,
good governance and leadership codes must be respected at all costs. He furthermore mentioned that, youths should
be taught in schools and become knowledgeable of the concept, he added. He
said, to some extent some governments are not able to ward off their existing
political disparities not just because of the poor resources, but due to lack
of leadership code and poor governance their leaders practice which makes them
fail to reach out their targets. According to him, he rated an average of
Tanzanian youths who are knowledgeable with the concepts of good governance and
leaderships codes is only 2 percent, an aspect which he said Tanzania needs to
put much efforts to educate its youths to become aware of the concept as it is
only a solution. On his part, CEO Roundtable Chairman for Tanzania, Ali
Mufuruki noted earlier that, since the inception of this year, his organization
has been discussing issues related with ethical leaderships as a top priority
as business leaders are facing many challenges within their organizations due
to primarily lack of ethical leadership. He told a press conference that, his
organization is keen to implement a programme designed to promote
accountability and transparency and efficiency within the public and private
sectors in the country for the sustainable advancement of the country’s
economy. He further noted that, the organization recognizes the importance of
ethical leadership practices towards empowering the youths as they are Africa’s
future leaders. He added that, the concept is a priority agenda for the CEOrt. Founded
in 2000, the CEOrt is a policy dialogue forum whose main objective is to create
a platform through which captains f industry could constructively engage the
government with the vision of creating a more conducive environment for
businesses to prosper. The forum brings together over 100 organizations doing
businesses in Tanzania. The members of the CEOrt and the companies they lead
account for more than 40 percent of the tax revenue collected by the government
of Tanzania
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