The annual spring offensive normally marks the start of the “fighting season”, though this winter the Taliban continued to battle government forces, most successfully in last week’s attack on the military base outside the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.The massacre last Friday saw insurgents armed with guns and suicide bombs slaughter at least 135 young recruits, according to the official toll, though multiple sources have claimed it is much higher.
Walimu wamekuwa wakimuita Rais Kikwete shemeji kutokana na mke wake, Mama Salma, kutoka katika kada hiyo. Mama Salma Kikwete kabla ya mume wake hajawa Rais alikuwa ni mwalimu wa shule ya msingi, akiwa amefundisha shule kadhaa, ikiwemo ya Mbuyuni, jijini Dar es Salaam. Ujumbe huo wa walimu unatokana na mgogoro wao wa muda mrefu na Serikali juu ya madai na malimbikizo ya madeni yao.