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.
MTAFARUKU mkubwa umezuka kati ya familia na wanafunzi wa Mwanachuoni Mkubwa wa Dini ya Kiislamu wa Afrika Mashariki, Sheikh Nassor Abdallah Bachu aliyefariki dunia jana mchana huko Chukwani Mjini Zanzibar.Mtafaruku huo umekuja baada ya wanafamilia kuchimba kaburi mbele ya kibla cha Msikiti ambayo amesaliwa huku wanafunzi wa Sheikh huyo wakisema hawezi kuzikwa katika kibla cha Msikiti kwa kuwa ni kinyume na mafundisho ya dini ya kiislamu.