Dr John Samwel Malecela Speaks

A FORMER Prime Minister and veteran politician, Dr John Samuel Malecela, has cautioned on the prevailing complacency on peace and political intolerance, a recipe that could throw the peace and unity into jeopardy. Speaking during a Good Friday service held at national level at St Columba's Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) in Dar es Salaam on Friday, Dr Malecela urged the nation to uphold tolerance to ensure national unity.

Without going into detail, Dr Malecela, who was the chief guest, said that there are signs of 'peace fatigue' as Mwalimu Nyerere once predicted. He added that forgiveness and tolerance would remain the pillars of peace and stability. "Selfishness generates hatred that complicates the possibility of forgiveness. Despite the fact that pardon has no attached condition, it becomes a rare commodity where there is no tolerance or care for each other," said Dr Malecela who was accompanied by his wife Anne Kilango, the MP for Same East (CCM).

Relating to the significance of the occasion marked by all Christians around the world to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ more than 2000 years ago, Dr Malecela said believers remember the price of forgiveness and the last words, "Peace that I give to you exceeds that the world provides."

He said that no matter how complicated individual differences might be, true forgiveness does it all and mutual understanding prevails to the advantage of the entire society. "Some of us who worked very closely with Mwalimu Julius Nyerere know exactly how he loved the country, cared for the people and took people's suffering as a personal challenge."

Dr Malecela added that: "Perhaps we know better the essence of peace and unity and therefore have the obligation to share the tenets of peace. Greed in amassing wealth is extremely dangerous because it propels retribution. This must be avoided," he said.

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Guys give us a break,it's easy to preach but very difficult indeed to live those preachings! Malecela when did you use this knowledge to help the poor people of tz?!

He is just diverting from the truth about his corrupt life...........he is curreently in the new list of shame, we expected from such a forma primia to tell tanzanians the fact of the allegations agiast him....otherwise...peace is a normal song coming from leader's mouths...there cannot be peace if leader's are corrupt like the way malecela is......

wastaafu wote wanahaha kwa sababu wanafahamu kwamba serikali ya kimageuzi ikiingia fedha zote wanazokula za ruzuku zitafyekwa kwa sababu ni mzigo mkubwa kwa taifa wakati wao hawakuweza kulisaidia taifa kwa namna yoyote ile bali matumbo yao.

Angesema kama tuhuma za kuhusishwa na ufisadi ni kweli au la,maswala ya kuhubiri mambo mazuri kwa kutumia madhabahu ya bwana tumesikia sana.Peace is more than absence of war mzee!

Kwenye mjadala wa katiba ni vizuri umri wa juu wa mtu kuruhusiwa kugombea uraisi ukawekwa wazi; mambo yanavyokwenda kuna uwezekano nchi kukabidhiwa kwa mzee ambaye hata uwezo wa kufikiri umeshapungua

Tanzania inatiakinyaa lini mwanasiasa akawa muhubiri wa dini, anatuhuma za ufisadi, ajajibu kama ni kweli au la leo anaibukia kanisani. What a shame?

Ndio maana hatuendelei kwani mwenye fedha anaamua nani awe rafiki, wapi awe star, na nani aongee naye

Not too late to correct the mistake,and reave the things right to where the society was expecting to go through based on Mwalimu's vision,than this era which has formed the monsters . We ask him to play his part and make reconciliation to what Mwalimu said against him, to prove him wrong.zz

Part of the problem also part of the solution.

The main problem is the so called watumishi wa Mungu while they r working for their own matumbo.
Several times we hear them uttering nonsense in church!!I heard RA,EL and many more corrupt trying to cleanse themselves via church congregations.its unfair to the members to find their pulpit being used by dirty politicians.

Mmmmmhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Yaaani hata Mzee Samueli naye yumo kwenye orodha ya wasanyaji kodi za umma kupitia EPA?

in short dr malecela he will never clean himself, that was a ony chance he could use to ask for forgiveness and come out clean by telling the all TRUTH

Uwezo Tunao said:

Mmmmmhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Yaaani hata Mzee Samueli naye yumo kwenye orodha ya wasanyaji kodi za umma kupitia EPA?

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Vakwavwe said:

The main problem is the so called watumishi wa Mungu while they r working for their own matumbo.
Several times we hear them uttering nonsense in church!!I heard RA,EL and many more corrupt trying to cleanse themselves via church congregations.its unfair to the members to find their pulpit being used by dirty politicians.

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plawala said:

Angesema kama tuhuma za kuhusishwa na ufisadi ni kweli au la,maswala ya kuhubiri mambo mazuri kwa kutumia madhabahu ya bwana tumesikia sana.Peace is more than absence of war mzee!

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Ole said:

wastaafu wote wanahaha kwa sababu wanafahamu kwamba serikali ya kimageuzi ikiingia fedha zote wanazokula za ruzuku zitafyekwa kwa sababu ni mzigo mkubwa kwa taifa wakati wao hawakuweza kulisaidia taifa kwa namna yoyote ile bali matumbo yao.

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gepema said:

Guys give us a break,it's easy to preach but very difficult indeed to live those preachings! Malecela when did you use this knowledge to help the poor people of tz?!

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lukindo said:

he should have responded on corruption allegations, because these statements of "Mwalimu did....", "peace" and the like are no longer practiced by those who utter them.
...of course the current 'peace' is on his favor!

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...............Expiration date: January 1st, 1995

Inakuwaje mtu mkubwa kama malechela airtime zake zinaanza kutoka kupitia mgongo wa ijumaa kuu na pasaka .akuwa vizuri. Huu ni wakati wa airtime za maaskofu na wachungaji.

malechela atakuwa mfano mzuri kujua watanzania tuna peace kama akionyesha mfano kuwa kuomba msamaha kwa machache aliyoyafanya yeye.tutajua ni mwazo mpya wa

Watanzania tutamsamehe tutajua ni mwanzo mpya wa vongozi kujua kulikuwa na makosa huko nyuma . mambo ya kujaribu kudivert problem na kujificha nyuma ya ijumaa kuu haisaidii watanzania familia yake na

Viongozi wote mnazinjenga familiza zenu chuki na wanachi sababu mnayohubiri tofauti na mnayofanya. Na tunapokwenda uvumilivu unazidi kuwa mdogo

Hakika CCM (wanamagamba) hakuna mwenye aibu. Wote ni wale wale,hawa wote waliuziwa nyumba za serikali kifisadi. Mathalan, pale Masaki watu hawa waliuziwa nyumba za umma kwa millioni 20 hadi 40 (badala ya milioni 200 hadi 600 wakati ule). Nyumba hizo wamezikarabati kidogo tu na wao wamezikodisha/kuzipangisha kwa gharama ya kati ya milioni 200 hadi 400 kwa mwaka. hata huyu bila shaka anayo pale. JAMANI EEEH! kina EL ni wengi, karibu wote ndani ya ccm.