Chief David Kidaha Makwaia of Tanzania, who has died aged 84, was one of the last great bridges between colonial and postcolonial Africa. Paramount chief of the Sukuma Federation and an ally of Tanganyika's governor from 1949 to 1958, Lord Twining, Makwaia liaised between British rulers and various constituencies of their Tanzanian subjects, witnessing East Africa's transition from imperialism through independence to postcolonial repression.
Kamati ya Abdu Kandoro, Japhet Kirilo na Abbas Sykes ilikuwa imekusanya kiasi cha fedha kutoka majimboni ambacho kilitumika katika ile safari ya Ally na Phombeah kwenda kwenye Pan African Congress mjini Lusaka. Kilichosalia hakikutosha kumpeleka Rais wa TANU, Nyerere Amerika. Ilibidi fedha za ziada zitafutwe kutoka kwa wananchi ili kumwezesha Nyerere kufanya safari hiyo. John Rupia alichangia zaidi ya theluthi moja ya fedha zilizotakikana.