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Hivi kwa nini watanzania hasa wanasiasa wanapenda hizi titles:prof,Dr,Capt,Engineer,...na hata Sir.....hiki cha mwisho hutumiwa na raia wa uingereza tu lakini sisi tuanmuita Sir Andy Chande wakati ni raia wa Tanzania,akipaswa kuitwa Andy Chande KBE na si vinginevyo....George Kahama was never knighted lakini anataka kuitwa hivyo....aibu hii

Wasifu wa chande huu hapa.....

Jayantilal Keshavji "Andy" Chande, KBE (born May 7, 1928) is a prominent Tanzanian businessman, philanthropist and a freemason.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Shaaban Robert Secondary School and President of the Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society.

He received the President’s Golden Century Citation from Rotary International for his continued dedication and commitment in 1995/1996. He has also received the ‘Service Above Self’ award in 1998 from Rotary International in recognition of his years of work for the foundation. In 2003 he was appointed as a trustee of the Rotary Foundation and in 2004 appointed as Chairman of the Rotary Foundation of the United Kingdom.

In 2003 he received the ‘Hind Ratna’ award from I.K. Gujral, the former Indian Prime Minister. The International Congress of Non-Resident Indians (NRI) then declared him to be the ‘non-Resident Indian of the year’. He was also given the Pride of India Gold Award by the NRI Institute in London.

He was made an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire on the 29th of August 2003, the first of its kind given to a Tanzanian citizen,for protecting British interests in Tanzania.

On 9 January 2005, The President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam honoured him with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award.

On 10 August 2007, the swahili translation of his book A Knight in Africa (Shujaa Katika Afrika: Safari Kutoka Bukene) was launched at the Shaaban Robert Secondary School hall, by President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete. Other prominent figures in attendance included:

* 2nd President of Tanzania, Ali Hassan Mwinyi
* 3rd President of Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa
* The Canadian High Commissioner to Tanzania, Dr Andrew McAlister
 
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