Battle: Dar es Salaam vs Nairobi

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...which gave the British empire a custodial position to watch over the country until it's ready to rule itself...
This is very misleading. My history books tell me that Tanzania, just like any other country under colonial rule, fought fought tooth and nail to gain self-rule. Your independence didn't come on a silver platter as you are trying to put it. You fought for it and even lost many lives in the process. All this because the British resisted your attempts to get independent meaning they were not just custodians as you put it. They had vested interests in Tanganyika; interests that they were ready to defend through thick and thin.
.which gave the British empire a custodial position to watch over the country until it's ready to rule itself...
This is very misleading. My history books tell me that Tanzania, just like any other country under colonial rule, fought tooth and nail to gain self-rule. Your independence didn't come on a silver platter as you are trying to put it. You fought for it and even lost many lives in the process. All this because the British resisted your attempts to get independent meaning they were not just custodians as you put it. They were not just there wondering when you will ever be ready to govern yourselves. They were colonizing you and doing everything else they did in other colonies.They had vested interests in Tanganyika; interests that they were ready to defend through thick and thin, even if it meant denying you independence. The simple fact why British took over after Germans left is because they were the colonizers of the neighbouring countries so they wanted to enhance their influence in the region.

What interests me most is when Tanzanians start saying that Nairobi and Kenya in general was developed by whites forgetting that the same whites they claim developed kenya also colonised them. Why did the. whites choose to "develop" Kenya and not Tanzania?
 
There's no way this Dar city with a GDP of about $27bn will beat Nairobi a city with a GDP of $54bn in development .Hawa waTz wanaota mchana.
 
By the way SACCOs have done great things in Kenya, not just in the housing sector but in many other areas. The spirit pulling resources together is within us as Kenyans as enshrined in our national philosophy Harambee
 
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There's no way this Dar city with a GDP of about $27bn will beat Nairobi a city with a GDP of $54bn in development .Hawa waTz wanaota mchana.
 
If Tanganyika fought for her independece like the rest of Africa what was Nyerere doing in New York during the struggles for independece? Why didn't he go to London instead?
It wasn't a matter of choice for the British to build Nairobi, it was their property for heaven's sake. Tanganyika on the other hand was under the league of nations and later on united nation (UN).

To school you more, the British settlers didn't even have the rights to own land in Tanganyika because UN was the sore owner. When we gained independence Nyerere adopted the same land policy that was formulated by the league of nations in the '20s, and that is... the government is the sole owner of the land in Tanzania and the president as a trustee. If you didn't know now you know!
 
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Hata Marekani pia walipokea misaada kutoka nchi mbali mbali baada ya hurricane Katrina kuleta maafa makubwa New Orleans (Qatar donated $400m ) kwa hivyo wacha ujinga na ujuaji mwingi.
 
"When you gained independence". From who? UN?
 
Lobying ni kitu inafanyika kila wakati on international matters so hii sio kitu geni uanze kuona ni kama haijawahi fanyika. Even right now, Kenya is lobying for friendly states to support her bid in becoming a member of the UN Security Council. Dr. Salim kivyake hawegeweza kusaidia China kupata hio kiti. Of course the influence of Dr Salim played a major role but that was not all it took for China to get that seat. It did a lot of lobying and this requires a lot of money
 
Ushawishi ulifanywa na Tanzania pale Addis ilikupata kura nyingi za nchi za Afrika na Nyerere alishawishi nchi wanachama wa NAM (non aliment movement). Hivi ninyi kama nchi mlishawahi kushawishi nini, kikafanikiwa?
 
You are one of the few Tanzanians here I like to debate with because you approach issues with a sober mind. I didnt see that part you mentioned Nyerere being in New York if it's indeed true that Tanzania faught for her independence. Before I answer that question, please answer this one for me: What was Maji Maji rebellion in Tanzania formed for if not to push for independence? What were they rebelling against? I read my history books well so you can't challenge me on this.

Back to your question about Nyerere being in New York while the rest of African states were fighting for independence. There could be varied reasons for this depending on how long he stayed there. Maybe he was seeking medical services, maybe he just went there to busk in the sandy beaches of Hawaii. There could be a million explanations to this.

But the most practical reason could be that he went there to negotiate for independence. As you may already know, independence in many African states was negotiated. Jomo Kenyatta, Oginga Oginga and other leaders from Kenya frequented Lancaster House in London negotiating for Kenya's independence. Does it mean that Kenyatta's presence in London at that time meant people back home were not fighting for independence? Your guess is as good as mine
 
Maji maji rebellion (1905-7) was an attempt to resist German forces expansion in the southern part of Tanganyika, it happened when Tanganyika was a German colony (1884-1914). This was way before Nyerere was born.
So, Nyerere was going for a medical checkup in NYC, in 1950s? Wow! He was just a school teacher, he didn't even have the money to buy himself a plane ticket let alone afford medical expenses in a foreign country. The party (TANU) did pay for his trip.
Most African countries had to fight for their Independence. Tanganyika on the other hand didn't have to, all she had to do was to prove that she was ready and prepared. The British really didn't have any say once the UN gave us a go ahead, remember, it was the league of nations that gave the British a mandate to watch over us, after the war.
 
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