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On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of the United Republic of Tanzania as you celebrate the forty-sixth anniversary of the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar on April 26. This is an opportunity to celebrate the culture and accomplishments of your peaceful, tolerant and democratic country, and to reaffirm the bonds of friendship between our peoples.
We commend Tanzania for its work to promote regional stability, broad-based and inclusive prosperity, and democratic governance. And we salute your participation in peacekeeping operations from Sudan to Lebanon.
Your commitment to transparent governance and inclusive growth provides a foundation for the Millennium Challenge Compact we signed in 2008. Under this partnership, we are working together to support the Government of Tanzanias efforts to reduce poverty through expanding remote populations access to transportation, electricity, and water. And through the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Presidents Malaria Initiative, we are working together to improve the health of Tanzanias citizens.
Americans and Tanzanians learn from one another every day through our Peace Corps program, with volunteers serving in every corner of the country from Mtwara to Mwanza, as well as through an array of educational and cultural exchanges. I have been privileged to experience the warmth and generosity of the Tanzanian people myself during my own travel to your beautiful country.
May the coming year bring continued peace and prosperity to Tanzania. I offer you best wishes for a safe and happy holiday.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
April 25, 2010
PRN: 2010/507
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/04/140777.htm
Tafakari yangu:
Zipo changamoto nyingi za muungano ambazo mara zote zinapozungumzwa tu zinatafsiriwa kama "kero za Muungano". Muungano wetu daima umeonekana kama ni "ndoa" iliyounganisha nchi mbili yaani Tanganyika na Zanzibar iliyozaa mtoto aitwae "Tanzania" na wakati huo huo akiwepo mtoto mwingine aitwaye "Zanzibar".
Kwa kutambua dosari za kiutawala ndani ya muungano, waasisi wa Muungano pia walionelea pia kuunganisha vyama vya siasa kwa wakati huo yaani TANU na ASP ambavyo vilizaa mtoto " Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Ni mwaka hu huo 1977, Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Muungano ilipitishwa ikiwa imebeba pamoja na mambo mengine yale yaliyofikiwa katika Makubaliano ya Muungano ya Mwaka 1964 "Articles of Union".
CCM alishika hatamu ya uongozi wa Serikali mpaka aliporuhusu kuwepo kwa mfumo wa vyama vingi vya siasa mwaka 1992 na kwa nia ya kulinda Muungano, miongoni mwa masharti kwa vyama vyote vya siasa kwa mujibu wa Sheria ya Vyama vya Siass ni kuhakikisha Muungano unadumu kwa kuwa na itikadi isiyopingana na Muungano na kukubalika zinazokubalika na wananchi wa pande zote mbili za muungano (Tanzania Bara na Visiwani).
Hata hivyo, ndani ya Katiba yetu na pia mfumo mzima wa uongozi na utawala, bado zipo dosari nyingi sana ambazo zinafanya muungano wetu kuonekana una mapungufu na hatua za lazima za kushughulikia dosari hzo si kupuuza au kuhairisha yale ambayo wanasemwa na wananchi kuwa ni mapungufu...au pengine, si kujaribu kutegeneza mazingira ya kuwatishia na kuwakemea vikali wale ambao wanajaribu kubainisha mapungufu hayo na kuwaona kama wao ni "wahaini, wapotoshaji au wasioutakia mema muungano au kutozienzi fikra sahihi za viongozi wetu na waasisi wa Muungano".
Mungu ibariki Tanzania,
Mungu ibariki Zanzibar,
MUngu Ubariki Muungano.