The chairman of NRA Tabora branch was a retired army captain Mustapha Kivuruga, son of Abdallah Kivuruga founder member of the TAA in Tabora in 1945 and founder member of TANU in 1955. Mustapha Kivuruga joined the army and was trained in Israel. Abdallah Kivuruga and his brother Maulidi Kivuruga had been important personalities in the local politics of Tabora. Sheikh Khalifa held a meeting with the cream of the Muslim activists in Tabora at the Nujum Muslim Centre.
Aliyesimama Mchungaji Christopher Mtikila Kipindi hiki kilikuwa kigumu sana kwa Waislam khasa kwa kuwa rais aliyekuwa madarakani alikuwa Muislam, Ali Hassan Mwinyi. Kubwa zaidi ni kuwa Nyerere aliwaacha Waislam katika hali mbaya sana ya unyonge kwa kuitumia BAKWATA. Vijana wa Kiislam kupitia WARSHA walikuwa na mtandao wa aina yake wakifuatilia kila jambo na kujitahidi kuuhami Uislam. Sheikh Ilunga hakuwa mchezea pembeni, alikuwa katikati ya harakati hizi zote.