Aims
Successes of Ujamaa
Failures
- To consolidate and maintain Tanzanians independence
- To promote equality
- To promote unity
- To promote self-reliance:
- To promote development of rural area
- To promote education
- To eliminate poverty
- To fight corruption fight neo-colonialism
- To Tose access to public services.
- To fully exploit the country's resource
- To develop agriculture.
- To fight disease
- To ease provision of securit
- To indeginize the econom
Successes of Ujamaa
- Developed national language (Kiswahili)
- Promoted education/launched universal primary education
- Promoted human freedom and equality. Promoted national unity and brotherhood
- Increased provision of health services Established co-operative societie
- Emergence of small scale industries.
- Increased agricultural production increased maize production
- Uniform rural development
- Reduced income inequality/reduced unemployment
- Promoted self reliance
- Political stability was achieved
- Created peoples national army(TPDF)
- Promoted democracy at grass roots lev
- Groomed good leadership in Tanzania
- Patriotism/nationalism was enhanced
- Popularized TANU later CCM/promoted one party state
- Promoted hard work among Tanzanians
- Nationalized the economy/reduced foreign influence.
- Improvement in infrastructure.
- Increased peoples access to land/redistribution of land.
- Created ujamaa villages/developed urban centres.
- Attracted international attention/the policy made Tanzania known.
- Improved the security of the country.
Failures
- Low agricultural production
- Promoted dictatorship/one party state Failed to wipe out corruption
- Loss of security over land
- Forced villagization /forced resettlement.
- S.O.L remained low Limited self-reliance
- Low industrialization
- Neo-colonialism persisted
- Income inequality persisted Diluted the education system in Tanzania (emphasis was put on elementary education). Created poor international relations
- It was poorly managed
- Led to environmental degradation Led to low morale among Tanzanians
- Widespread corruption.
- Persistence of income inequality.
- Low prices for agricultural produce. There emerged a vice of smuggling.
- Led to the decline of individual entrepreneurship.
- The poor delivery.
- There was persistent neo-colonialism.
- Failed to reduce poverty problem.
- There was a problem of high inflation.
- There was a severe shortage of essential of consumer goods.
- The outbreak of famine. It was partly due to this famine that Kenyatta described
- Tanzania as 'a man eat nothing society' Tanzania lost face. The way the Ujamaa impoverished Tanzanians made the country a laughing stock.
