The Lost Translation of the Subsided e-government in Tanzania: The Case of Dar-es-salaam to Dodoma State Migration and the Conceivable Economic and Social Upheavals

Abstract

One of the most major and current political decision taken in Tanzania is to move the country's de facto capital of Dar-es-salaam to Dodoma. The thought of a new capital city for Tanzania was conceived when the de facto capital was swept over and completely surrounded with urban problems, because of its manifold roles as commercial city and acted as a government headquarter since Tanzania got independence from Britain in 1961, with almost all government offices, diplomatic mission offices and big business headquartered in the city. Dodoma is seen as a central location and would provide equal access to Tanzanian's diversity of cultural groups with easy accessibility from all parts of the country which would facilitate the administration of the country. However, the evolving touted hope override all other factors that might go against shifting the government administrative activities from Dar-es-salaam as this programme goes further. This paper examines e-government as an appendage that would become cheaper and more efficient therefore owing for massive investment the government has done on the countrywide broadband network is lost in translation. The author adopted documentary review method due to the fact that the integral ground of this study is traced back in years ago. A review of 43 years old capital transfer project was inevitable; therefore, browsing library catalogues and archives for document to be analyzed has been part of this research. The thorough research review has contributed to the part of the results and discussion in support to e-government adaptation and implementation; the requirements for adaptive e-government in intricated system and the conceptual framework for those requirements have been discussed and presented. This prominent evaluation will help the government decision making, budget prioritization and assisting on the monitoring of their carrying capacity.