The walls were bare but for one CCM poster with a picture of Julius Nyerere, fist clenched, urging his subjects not to waste for fear of an impending food crisis in Tanzania. Later, a man I was to get to know as Mlawa entered the room; he ordered me stripped and took my clothes for a through search; I was left in my underpants only.
Watu wamechukua jeneza ambalo limezungushwa bendera kubwa ilioandikwa: "Mtu Anayekufa kwa Ajili Yenu". Utepe uliotatiza shada la mauwa liliochukuliwa mbele ya jeneza uliandikwa: "Mpaka Makao yake ya Mwisho ya Kupumzika, Kiti cha Bunge." Na mtu mmoja akisoma: "Mtilieni Voti!"