Tuiache Zanzibar, tuunde Tanganyika yetu

On April 26 this year, Tanzania marked 51 years of the Union between what were the Republic of Tanganyika and the Isles Republic of Zanzibar. Tanganyika was granted (political) independence on a silver platter – relatively speaking – by Her Britannic Majesty’s government on December 9, 1961.

Nianze kwa kunukuu tangazo nililokuta Bagamoyo, nilipokwenda katika shughuli zangu za kutoa ushauri kuhusu maendelezo bora ya ardhi eneo la makurunge ili kunogesha mjadala katika makala yangu leo ubaoni.

 Zanzibar. As Tanzanians today mark 51 years of the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar that formed Tanzania in 1964, President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday appealed for the union to be cherished.

Waasisi wa Muungano wa nchi mbili za Tanganyika na Zanzibar, Hayati Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (kushoto) na Hayati,  Abeid Aman Karume (kulia waliokaa) wakisaini nyaraka za Muungano mwaka 1964.…

WAJUMBE wa Bunge Maalumu la Katiba wanatarajia kupigwa msasa juu ya historia ya Zanzibar na Tanganyika kabla ya kujadili rasimu ya pili ya Katiba ambapo suala la Muungano limo ndani yake.

RAIS Jakaya Kikwete ambaye pia ni Amiri Jeshi Mkuu wa Majeshi ya Ulinzi na Usalama, leo atawaongoza watanzania katika kuadhimisha miaka 51 ya kuzaliwa kwa Tanzania baada ya kuunganisha nchi mbili huru za Tanganyika na Zanzibar.

Huzuni kubwa ninayopata kutokana na kupuuzwa kwa maoni ya wananchi ambayo mimi Polepole na wenzagu tulikuwepo walipoyatoa yananipa ujasiri zaidi na usiyo kifani, moyo mkuu na tumaini kwamba kuna tija katika kusimamia kweli.

>Tanzanians have just celebrated 50 years – Golden Jubilee -- of the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Formerly, the two entities were independent of each other. However, on April 26, 1964 they agreed to form what was known then as the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

Hayati Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere akichanganya udongo wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar kama ishara rasmi ya kuunganisha nchi hizo mbili miaka 51 iliyopita. Modewjiblog inaungana na Watanzania duniani kote kusherehekea siku hii adhimu kwa kuwatakia Happy Muungano Day!

Hayati Mwalimu Julius Nyerere (kushoto) na Sheikh Abeid Aman Karume wakibadilishana hati za muungano.