And to at this moment thats why many people still ask questions that Sokoine Car accident and latter on his Death has something to do with master plot of the same power struggles?
And big question is Whose behind this?
Kikwete won the presidency by bribery. I am told the night before the nomination, Rostum Aziz approached Mkapa and offered him a $3million bribery to ensure Kikwete is nominated. Mkapa played with the nominating process to ensure Kikwete becomes president, and like Judas, up to this day he is "ashamed" of himself. I hope he clarifies this in his soon to be published book.
I am going back in times...back to 1992 after Zanzibar declaration and later on Vyama vingi... And then mkutano Mkuu wa CCM 1995 which picked Benjamin Mkapa as CCM candidate...
Who did what?
Who wrote the master plot that fooled the genius himself and opened the doors of chaos and power struggles that we are seeing today?
Just curious....
I believe, and this is just me, that Sokoine would have been the best successor of Nyerere. Sadly he died or was killed, who knows? The second person Mwalimu tried to prepare was Salim Ahmed Salim but he was also denied in his own land (Zanzibar) due to the fact that he wasn't a Shirazi. I don't claim to be an expert but I think Mkapa was his last attempt at producing a successor but we all know how that turned out. So in this I agree with the member (or members) who rightly pointed out that he should have concentrated on building institutions rather than grooming an heir becomes honestly speaking anyone could pretend to be a follower if they felt it would lead to being the successor.
Mwalimu realized his mistakes towards the end, if one wants proof of this they should refer to his speech on Labor Day in 1995, he talks bluntly about his own mistakes and the path of his successors. Sadly by the time he realized this it was too late. He no longer wielded any power since he was no longer president or party chairman. The only weapon he had left was his voice which was sadly silenced in 1999, whether naturally or otherwise....
To those who blame Nyerere, I understand your position. I know we humans a naturally selfish creatures who tend to look at how a person has individually helped us rather than looking at the larger picture. That's why there are some who blame Nyerere for not favoring their religion, tribe or region. They look at things through the prism of what did he do for me personally. BUT if you are an intelligent human being you realize that Nyerere was last in power in 1985 (28 years ago) and has been dead for the past 14 years. Hence nothing can solely be blamed on him since we have had ample time to curve a different path if we so wished to (however we Tanzanians are known more for our words rather than our actions). It seems to me that their are some people here who will teach their grandchildren to blame everything on Nyerere who then in 50 years time will be blaming their current situation on a man who was last in power before they were even alive.
As a country we have made plenty of mistakes, but no success comes without a few missteps along the way. Read the story of any successful person or idea and behind it you will find more stories of failure rather than success. We have gotten to this point but it will be a shame if our children and grandchildren will also sit down and blame Nyerere.
The bottom line is this. If we want to make change we have to sacrifice, maybe even a lot. Most people understand we need to sacrifice. So what is hindering change is not that we do not know what we need to do but rather that there is nobody willing to do it. This goes back to my previous point of selfishness. Everybody understands that as a country we need to sacrifice but no one is willing to be affected by those sacrifices personally. This is why we have reached a point where we only talk about change but nothing gets done.
Lastly let me just say this. Nyerere is DEAD. No stones we cast on him personally affect him. He is in another realm and is no longer affected or influenced by the events or the time and space we who are alive occupy. We can choose to continue to blame him forever or realize that our future are in our hands and not the hands of the dead.
Hivi Tanzania bila kusaidiwa kutoka nje ina nini zaidi, inachoweza kusema cha kujivunia kujiendesha yenyewe?
Hata sindano ya kushonea hatujuwi kutengeneza bila msaada wa nje, hivi mnataka kusema nini?
there you are ! Sasa kama mnajua hayo kwanini msimsaidie kikwete kuachana na fikra kwamba bila kuombaomba nchi haiwezi kujiendesha ? MNAOMBA HADI MATUNDU YA VYOO ?
Rev. Kishoka, to answer your question one needs to go back farther than 1992...twenty years to be specific. Very early after the Arusha declaration, Mwalimu realized his first mistake...underrating the determination and strength of his adversaries. This was his mistake number one and very soon he realized that there were forces that would stop at nothing to sabotage his dreamchild the Arusha Declaration. He learned that he was surrounded by pretenders and so as the days moved on he had to come face to face with the bitter truth...without him, Arusha Declaration was doomed.I am going back in times...back to 1992 after Zanzibar declaration and later on Vyama vingi... And then mkutano Mkuu wa CCM 1995 which picked Benjamin Mkapa as CCM candidate...
Who did what?
Who wrote the master plot that fooled the genius himself and opened the doors of chaos and power struggles that we are seeing today?
Just curious....
Mtakufa kwa chuki za kidininyerere ndo muhusika wa yote hayo, taifa linalipia madhambi alotenda nyerere.
Soma kuhusu Botswana halafu uone kama waliji "isolate" walivyopata Uhuru. Halafu endelea kusoma kuhusu economy yao kama waliindesha kama Nyerere. Hakukuwa na ujamaa wa kijinga huko. Never.
Isitoshe, wako million 2 kama vile wakazi wa Kinondoni pekee.
It is very amazing to see the relig5ius tones being inserted in most discussions!
If one would read carefully what I have written and inquire with open mindedness and no the closed perception of what my personal opinions on Kikwete, they may see a change of tide and they may need to look beyond the comparison between Nyerere and Kikwete.
I did not ask this to re-ignite the never ending talks about who was better between Nyerere and his successor, I simply asked what and who was motive behind his miscalculation in 1995!
Now if you can't dig deep and ask the directionality of the question, you will succumb into the "norm" of Nyerere versus Kikwete !
In other words you mean HE was THE FOOL?Nyerere had no vision, he was fooling himself.
kama mawazo yangu....you are ----ing right!dkt sas
Haiwezekani kuwa nyerere aliona kuwa falsafa yake inaelekea kushindwa hivyo akatafuta wa kuwatupia lawama?mag3 said:to answer your question one needs to go back farther than 1992...twenty years to be specific. Very early after the Arusha declaration, Mwalimu realized his first mistake...underrating the determination and strength of his adversaries. This was his mistake number one and very soon he realized that there were forces that would stop at nothing to sabotage his dreamchild the Arusha Declaration. He learned that he was surrounded by pretenders and so as the days moved on he had to come face to face with the bitter truth...without him, Arusha Declaration was doomed.
Je? haikuwa blackmail au muendelezo wa kuiona falsafa yake haitafanikiwa?Mag3 said:His disappointment drove him to start toying with the idea of stepping down in 1975 but TANU was not ready to let him go and this really troubled him. Reluctantly he succumbed to their wishes with one condition, that he would serve only another one term up to 1980 and challenged TANU to start grooming a successor.
Bado mijadala inaendelea kuhusu "uvamizi" wa Amin!Mag3 said:But fate had its own plans and it came from a completely unexpected angle, the 1978 invasion of Tanzania by a ruthless dictator and President of a neighboring country, Idi Amin Dada. The consequent war made it impossible for Mwalimu to step down in 1980 ..
In other words you mean HE was THE FOOL?
He was too smart to be fooling himself. You see how smart he was?
Kwi kwi kwi teh teh teh!