DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 21 -- AHEAD of October 29 General Election, one issue rises above all others: Jobs. Every political party knows that young people, who make up the majority of voters, want answers to unemployment.

Promises range from expanding agriculture to boosting small businesses, but one proposal stands out for both its scale and its realism: The ruling CCMs pledge, through its candidate President Samia Suluhu Hassan, to build industrial parks. This is not just campaign talk. The groundwork has already been laid.

At the end of July, President Samia launched three major projects within two days: Freight operations on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, the Kwala Dry Port to decongest the port and the fo...