A LOT of unfriendly water has passed under the bridge in recent days in the form of the stormy debate on the form of Union government suitable for Tanzanians, this coming less than two days before we celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday April 26, 2014! A grand fete has been planned to mark the day when the Union’s founding fathers, Tanganyika President Julius Nyerere and Zanzibar President Abeid Amani Karume presided over a ceremony that would change the course and history of the two sovereign nations. The event showed Africa and world that it is possible for countries to unite where there is a will and determination; it especially showed Africa that African unity is not a pipe dream if all the countries in the continent would have shown purpose.
Huku baadhi ya wajumbe wa Bunge la Katiba wanadai posho ya shilingi laki tatu kwa siku haitoshi, waongezewe na wengine wakidai wanunuliwe iPad…kule nguvu kubwa imetumika kupambana na ‘taarifa za kizushi na kipuuzi’ za gazeti la Daily Mail kwamba kushamiri kwa ujangili kunachangiwa na serikali ya Rais Jakaya Kikwete kuwakumbatia baadhi ya vigogo wanaojihusisha na biashara hiyo haramu…na sasa ripoti hii kuhusu kushamiri kwa matumizi ya madawa ya kulevya nchini Tanzania. Haitoshangaza kusikia watawala wetu wakiilaumu France24 kwa ripoti hii na kudai imelenga kuchafua jina la Tanzania…Yaleyale ya mbuni kuficha kichwa kwenye mchanga