Concern over moral erosion among youngsters

In closing a capacity-building training for Regional Commissioners (RCs) and Regional Administrative Secretaries (RASs) on August 27, 2023, President Hassan said the world was changing fast, challenging them to be careful and bold in supervising issues of ethics in their respective areas of jurisdiction.

“A man will come to open a meeting and introduce his wife, but the one standing up you recognise is a man. Or a woman will come and ask to introduce her wife or her husband just to find out he or she is of the same sex,” she said.

“However, they are doing this purposely to make us get used to the situation. We should find it normal when they penetrate the destruction. That isn’t normal; we are all believers in one denomination or another, or in one religion or another. All these things are prohibited by the holy books,” she added.

“But, we Africans have our tradition. Therefore, it is your responsibility to protect our youth and encourage them to stick to our traditions. Foreign traditions shouldn’t be accepted,” she said further.

Opening a meeting of the Political Parties Council yesterday, the Head of State said his forefathers raised and passed good ethics to the present generation, but the future of the country’s youth remains ethically challenging.

“Who will succeed us, based on what we see on social networks. It is disappointing when we think of who will become the future country leaders because, in short, there is ethics erosion,” she said.

In a recent debate held on TBC, President Hassan said that Bukoba Catholic Church auxiliary bishop Methodius Kilaini suggested that youngsters should be given three months of training before wedding to address the challenge of increased divorce.

However, she said a huge job had to be done to correct someone who marries at the ages of 27, 28, 30, and 32 because he is to leave some traits he acquired as he was growing.

She said the government is always held accountable when such subjects are discussed, noting that despite schools not giving birth to children, they always become the next to blame.

“It is alright with schools, but what are we doing in our homes? What is the role of society, religious leaders, traditional leaders, and parents?” she questioned. “I’m speaking here. I’ve just thrown the matter here, but let’s go and have a good look at it. The children are getting lost. They are getting lost,” she emphasised.

The President said that in building leadership careers, there are those who are groomed by political parties and those who use institutions to climb the ladder into leadership positions.

“But, those passing through political parties after getting money are the ones troubling us today. They have no ethics, no gentility to the extent of leaving oneself surprised,” she said.

“I usually get surprised whether the mouths used to utter abusive language are the same ones used for eating food, speaking to their wives, and making life plans,” added the Head of State.

She said the country was supposed to control the situation regardless of different reasons such as globalisation, modernization, etc.