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Naomba tafsiri ya ndoto hii

taef omry — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:34:42 GMT

Allahuma Sali Wa Saalim Alla Sayidina Muhammad (SAW)
Asalam Alaikum Waarahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu

Sheikh nimeota dada yangu kaletewa zawadi na dada yangu ambae anaishi nje, zawadi yenyewe ilikua ni dhahabu na vitu vyengine, na hiyo dhahabu sio mpya ya kutoka dukani sasa km gift, ilikua ni zake tayari kashazitumia kwa kuzivaa yeye mwenyewe zamani huyo mletaji, lakini sasa zilinifika mimi nikajikuta najipima zile dhahabu km nimeletewa mimi, nikauvaa mkufu ulikua mrefu na lakti kubwa ya duara, na vitu vyengine nadhan ilikua km bangili na vyenginevyo.

N.B. (huo mkufu nilouvaa ktk ndoto kuna dada yangu mwengine ana mkufu km huo. Sheikh naomba uelewe kuwa ndoto imehusisha dada watatu na mimi wa nne. 1) aloleta zawadi, 11) aloletewa zawadi 111) alo na mkufu km uloletwa zawadi ktk ndoto nilouvaa, na mimi mwenyewe wa nne)

Sheikh naomba kujua ina maana gani hii kuwa sijakusudiwa kuletewa mimi lakini nikawa nazo mimi na kujipima na kuzivaa kwa furaha km nimeletewa mm?? bt nilizivaa km kuziangalia tu kisha makusudio nizivue na kuziweka kwa ajili ya aliekusudiwa kwa vile si za kwangu.
Shukran Wa baarakallahu fiik!

maana ya ndoto

samia — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:54:04 GMT

Asalam Alaikum Waarahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu .mimi mwanamke nimemuotea mume wangu kua kapanda sehem yaani yuko juu yakitu mimi niko chini nawatu wengine mae pia yuko nawatu akaja mdudu mkubwa kiac mwruc sana umbo lake kama ngee ama kaa hata cjamfaham kataka kuniuma hajawahi akaruka akamuuma mumewangu mguuni minikawa naogopa labda ana sumu lakini mume wangu hata hajali ndo kwanza anamtafuta lakini hakumpata.naomba kujua maana ake shekh

naomba tafsiri ya ndoto hii

fettiec — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:15:38 GMT

nimeota kuwa nilikuwa nawaona nyoka wa kijani wanapita pembeni mwa nyumba tunamoishi,nilimuona mmoja mara ya kwanza ila baadae wakawa wawili,basi baadae wakatokea wakaja simba wawili wakawameza.

The Corruption Of Any Nation Begins With.

abjad — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:08:18 GMT

كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿5:79﴾
(5:79) They did not forbid each other from committing the abominable deeds they committed. *102 Indeed what they did was evil.

*102.

The corruption of any nation begins with that of a few individuals. If the collective conscience of that nation is alive, the pressure of public opinion keeps those persons in check and prevents the nation as a whole from becoming corrupted. But if instead of censuring such individuals, the nation leaves them free to behave corruptly, the corruption originally confined to a few continues to spread till it engulfs the whole nation. It was this which ultimately caused the degeneration of Israel. (For the curse against Israel in the words of David and Jesus see Psalms 10, 50 and Matthew 23.)

A Warning Against Hypocrisy Matthew 23.)

23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 �The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses� seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people�s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

http://www.tafheem.net/tafheem.html

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...23&version=NIV

Kuran Kareem verse79(Al-Maida)

Time table ya Salaa - Oman

Mahmoud — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:26:51 GMT

Mshindi wa kwanza katika mashindano ya sauti Rahman wa Qur'an HD

Mahmoud — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:25:21 GMT

Hafla ya Mapokezi ya Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khalili Zanzibar - Taasisi ya Al-Istiqama

Mahmoud — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:09:21 GMT

UMUHIMU WA KUTANGAZA DINI BY SHEIKH NURDIN KISHKI

Nasser65 — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:49:20 GMT

UMUHIMU WA KUTANGAZA DINI BY SHEIKH NURDIN KISHKI 1

UMUHIMU WA KUTANGAZA DINI BY SHEIKH NURDIN KISHKI 2

UMUHIMU WA KUTANGAZA DINI BY SHEIKH NURDIN KISHKI 3

naomba tasfiri na ndoto yangu

tz_prettygal — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:56:35 GMT

Asalam Alaikum Waarahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu

Nimeota nilikuwa kwenye concert msanii moja akaja kuimba alafu nikaanza kutoa machozi na kulia alafu akaniaangalia nalia akanipa mtoto wake nikambeba alafu nikaendelea kulia.

Indian 'sorcerers' held in Muttrah

makaimati — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:49:14 GMT

Indian 'sorcerers' held in Muttrah

REJIMON K
May 16, 2012

Muscat

The Royal Oman Police yesterday arrested 24 Indians in a raid in Muttrah for allegedly practicing sorcery and cheating people.

The alleged "sorcerers were staying in a residential flat near the Muttrah roundabout and were luring "worried clients by offering them fortune and relief.
According to sources, the arrested fraudsters include 13 women sorcerers also and they were doing their "business by staying in Oman on short-term visas. They sorcerers' den was raided after a "betrayed client lodged a complaint with the police. During the raid, the police seized skulls, bones, magic stones and chains.

"One of my friends was lured into their den and he shelled out around RO2, 250 to buy 'magic stones' and 'magic powder'. Finally, after he realised that he was betrayed, he approached us and we filed the complaint, the victim's friends told Times of Oman.
The sorcerers were claiming that the stones they possessed were collected from sacred places in India and had magical powers.

Failed operation
"My friend was approached by the sorcerers' agents a few days back. They were claiming that by consuming the 'magic powder', he could become slim, the victim's friend said. "However, after he consumed the powder, he suffered severe stomach pain. So, he finally approached me and we persuaded him to file a complaint. On the complaint, the police busted the den and arrested the sorcerers, he added.

According to sources, the passport details of the alleged sorcerers show that they have visited Singapore, Qatar, China and other countries. Some had visited the Sultanate earlier also.
Earlier, Times of Oman had reported that African 'sorcerers' had flown into the country and were making brisk business as the demand to cure people from evil spells and to bring good luck to generous patrons, skyrockets.

These sorcerers from, Zanzibar, Mombasa and Dares Salaam were reportedly making a killing from their "patients possessed by evil spirits, or even those who want to climb the ladder of success with little or no effort.

Among the other bizarre demands of the "clients that the so-called sorcerers had to find answers to was prescribing effective "love potions for people who are in love but are yet unnoticed by those they have been secretly longing for.

mwanamke kaota meli imezama na watu wengi wamekufa kwenye ajali hiyo

rumaytha — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:57:26 GMT

assalaam alaykum,
mwanamke mmoja kaota maiti nyingi zinatolewa baharini ambao walikufa kwa ajali ya meli.
naomba tafsiri ya ndoto yake hii.

shukran

Mimi huwaza jambo kisha likatokea

rahimaa — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:51:01 GMT

AWW seikh,huwa nina waza jambo na hutokea......Iwe kifo,ajali,furaha ,huzuni au hata jambo la upuuzi,Zamani sana nlijua binadamu wote tupo ivyo ila nikaambiwa la hasha,
Ninapoliwaza jambo fulani huwa nakosa kauli ya kumwambia mtu yeyote basi lazima litatokea jambo hili na nikipata kauli ya kulieleza huwa halitokei tena,ni nini hii Sheikh,nasumbuka sana kwa kweli hasa pale ninapata taarifa ya msiba ambao nimetoka kuuwaza.

Ndoto Ya Bahari Papa??

Nasser65 — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:22:53 GMT

Bismilahi Rahmani Rahiim
Allahuma Sali Wa Saalim Alla Sayidina Muhammad (SAW)

Asalam Alaikum Waarahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu

Sheikh Rashid

Jana Nimeota Nipo Katika Bahari Kuna Papa Wengi waviziaa Watu Ghafla Kaka Yangu Akabakwa Na Papa Nilivyoona hivyo ALLAH SW Alinipa Nguvu Nikamvamia Papa Nikamtoa Nchi Kavu na hapohapo Nikamuuwa Huyu Papa Na Kaka Yangu Kuwa Salama....

Shukran Wa baarakallahu fiik na salaam nyingi kutoka kwangu

30 interview questions and how best to answer each

rashid43 — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:30:12 GMT

30 interview questions and how best to answer each

The Kenyan DAILY POST Expert Opinions, Jobs and Careers 11:38

When you are called for a personal interview, many types of questions spring across your mind, especially if you are an inexperienced job seeker.

Here are some tips on answering the most frequently asked questions in a personal interview:

Tell me something about yourself.

Go prepared for this question, as this is the most frequently asked question in the interview.
Answer it covering your work experience, educational qualifications and a little information about your family background.

Try to focus on key areas of your work while talking about your professional experience. This is an open ended question and can help you in taking the interview in which ever direction you want it to go.

You should know where to put a full stop to provoke the desired question from the interviewer.

Why does this role interest you? Or why have you applied for this job?

Keep the focus of the answer to this question on your skills, experience and personal qualities.

Link the job requirement to your skills rather than talking about the challenges, career and progression.

Why do you think should we take you for this job?

Don't panic if you are asked this question. Make sure that you have understood the job profile well before you go for the interview.

Relate your qualifications and work experience with the job requirements.

If there are any new things that you are expected to perform in the new job, say that you are always open to learn the new things and take up the new challenges.

What motivates you at work?

You can say that competition and new challenges motivate you at work.

Why do you want to leave your present job or why did you leave your last job?

The reasons for switching the job could be numerous. The best answer to offer for this question is to say, �for better prospects�.

Now they can ask you another question, what do you mean by better prospects? To this you can say, better prospects in terms of experience, and exposure.

If you have been made redundant, put your words across very carefully. Your wrong words can give an impression that only you were the one whose position was made redundant, which hardly might be the case.

May be you can say something like, �Over last 8 months a lot of restructuring was going on in the company and 40 positions became surplus. One of them was mine but I have learnt a lot during my tenure at XYZ company and I am sure I can add a lot of value to a position like the one we are discussing about�.

What is your greatest strength?

Interpret this question as, what is your greatest relevant strength? Or why should we hire you? Tell them a strength that they want to buy. For this you will need to properly understand the job profile and keep your answer ready.

For example, if the job needs you to have convincing answers ready for the any type customer�s questions, you can sell �your presence of mind� or if you are required to change you sector or industry you can offer �your adaptability� as an answer.

It is important to keep ready at least 2 examples of the mentioned strength.

What is your greatest weakness?

Interpret this question as, why shouldn�t we hire you? There 3 ways to tackle this question. Judge the situation and use one of them.

First way: Use your sense of humour. If the interview is proceeding in the light way and you have built up a good rapport with the interviewer, you can get out of it by saying �Icecream�. Accompany it with a right body language.

Second Way: If you have to answer this question seriously, give a weakness which doesn�t relate to the job under discussion. For example, you can say, I have been using a camera since childhood but I still don�t know how to mend it. If it is spoiled, I will need to take it to an expert.

Third way: Understand the requirement of the role under discussion and say that others accuse you of having that weakness but you think that it is important for your work.

For example, if the job needs a detailed study and leaving a single step might need you to re-run the whole process say that �My colleagues accuse me of having a too much eye for detail but I have experienced that to do this work you need to go into details rather than cutting corners. I have worked with people following a shorter route and doing the whole exercise again, which I would not prefer to do.�
What is your greatest achievement?

The underlying agenda is to know what personal qualities were required to achieve it. Don�t go back too far to answer this question as this might give an impression that you have not achieved anything since then.

Find a relevant answer in the recent past for this question. If you are a fresher and have been a topper of your college or university, you can say that during the interview.

Are you ambitious?

You can say that I am very ambitious in the way that I don�t like to get to get a feeling of stagnancy. I want that I should always be getting new experiences and learning new things.

What qualities would you look for, if you were recruiting someone for this position?

To answer this question, you need to analyze the requirements of the job profile before appearing for the interview.

The answer to this question would estimate your understanding of the role under discussion.

Are you speaking to some other companies? Or how is your job search going on?

This question gives you an opportunity to let the interviewer know that other companies are also interested in hiring you and gives you leverage while negotiating the salary.

You can say, Yes, I am in the final round of discussion with two other companies. Approach the interviewer as a �Problem Solver� and not as a �Job Beggar�.

Which companies are you talking to?

You can maintain your integrity by refusing to disclose the names. You can simply say, they haven�t notified these openings so I believe they would not like their names to be revealed.

At times, taking the competitor�s names might increase your chances of being hires. Analyze the situation and answer accordingly.

Are you ready to relocate?

You can say, for a right position and right company relocation should not be a problem. Do not close the discussion at the earlier stage by saying �No�.

You have stayed for a long time with your last company-Why?

Staying with the same company for too long may be considered as the candidate being un-ambitious.

While answering this question you can say, �Yes, I preferred to stay with them all this while because I was regularly adding value to my experience there and I was growing as a professional�.

You have switched many jobs-why?

Too much job hopping gives an impression that the candidate is unstable and unreliable but you can put this query to ease by saying that you switched jobs to broaden your experience.

What was your biggest mistake?

There�s nothing wrong in admitting a mistake. A human being is bound to commit mistakes. This time it is advantageous to go back as far as possible in the past and find an answer.

The advantage of doing this is that a youngster is expected to commit more mistakes than a mature and seasoned person. This would give an impression that since that time you have committed mistakes but not that big.

Take the word �mistake� as liberally as possible and go back to your student life to answer this question. Probably you can say, if I could go back to my student life, I would have studied Biology instead of Math.

Why haven�t you got a job yet?

This question will usually arise if it has been sometime since you finished your studies and are still in the market without a job.

You can say that, I have been offered some tempting positions in the last few days but had to turn them down as I did not find them right for my candidature. You can follow it up with some examples.

You do not have all the experience we are seeking for this position.

To answer this question, you again need to analyze the requirements of the role properly and match them to your candidature.

If you meet most of the requirements, you can say that you have most of the qualities needed for this role and for the remaining you are always open to learning them.

You can follow this up with an example from your last job where you learnt and did things that you didn�t know earlier. Stay confident while answering this question.

Why do you want to quit your present job?

The reasons for you to quit the present job could be numerous, may be you don't get well along with your boss or your salary is too less but it�s not good to make derogatory remarks about your present company in an interview.

You can give a more practical answer like, my present company is not able to offer me further growth opportunities and I have a feeling that it�s the time for me to grow up in hierarchy and learn further.
Have you ever made a mistake at work? How did you rectify it?

Everybody makes mistakes, there's nothing wrong in admitting it. In the interview you can say that yes, there have been times when you have made mistakes and learnt from them.

Whatever you could correct yourself, you did that and for the rest you went back to your senior and took his help to sort it out.

What major problems did you face in your last role?

The agenda of this question is to understand if
� You caused the problem
� Could it have been avoided?
� Your attitude to solve it.

It is safer to mention a problem which was caused by an external party rather than the problems within internal parties.

May be you can take an example of the problem caused by a customer, vendor. Discuss what you did to solve the problem. If you took some leadership role also in the whole process, talk about it.

Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

By asking this question, the interviewer wants to see, how ambitious the candidate is. You can say that, 5 years down the line I would like to see myself in a responsible position where I can make important decisions in the favor of company and the company treats me as its asset. I am sure that this company can offer me growth opportunities like this.

How do you feel about doing repetitive work?

You can say that I understand that every job has an element of repetitive work but I enjoy fulfilling all the aspects of my job with equal enthusiasm and give them my 100%.

How did you manage to attend this interview during your working hours?

Everybody knows that you would not ask permission from your boss to appear for an interview.

You can answer this question by simply saying that you have taken a off from the office to appear for this interview.

Would you like to work in a team or on your own?

The agenda behind this question is to understand if you are a team player or a solo performer.

It might be risky to choose any one of them as the role for which they are considering you might need you to be a team player but the career progression which they might consider for you down a year�s time may need you to handle a more autonomous position.

It is better to answer this question by saying that �I don�t have any such preference. I can comfortably handle both the situations, as the need arises.� Now back it up with examples where you successfully worked in a team and where you performed an autonomous role.

If your last boss was present here, what do you think he would tell us about you?

This is again a question which can be answered in two ways.

First way: If the situation is light, you can say that, �I am the diamond of his team, you must pick me up�. This needs to be accompanied by a right body language.

Second way: If the discussion is proceeding in a serious manner, you can pick up a formal appraisal he gave you and say that I think he would repeat it here.

Has your career developed as you had liked?

The agenda behind this question is to understand if there had been times of dip in your career and if you lay the blame for them on others. There�s nothing to be ashamed of if there have been short gap in your employment.

You can justify it by giving a convincing reason. Look at your qualifications and social environment and relate your achievements to them, to answer this question.

All the best

CareerStom

Baby born in Lagos with Quran in his hand

makaimati — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:56:53 GMT

The Kenyan DAILY POST African 01:00

His mother, Mrs. Kikelomo Ilori, 32, a Cosmetologist, told us that he was born on Monday after she had carried the pregnancy for about 10 months. The single mother claimed she was abandoned by her husband who denied responsibility for the pregnancy and encouraged her to abort it. The woman also said: �When I refused to abort the pregnancy, he deserted me, saying �that is your own problem�.� Mrs. Ilori expressed surprise at the birth of the boy. She added that the nurse who delivered her of the baby was physically challenged, but went about it commendably.

�When my baby was delivered holding a Quran in his hand, the nurse said the Quran should be thrown away. But I insisted my mother must see it before any action could be taken,� Kikelomo, who is a Christian, further explained.

Corroborating the story, Senior Rev. Victoria Yetunde Dada said during the pregnancy, Kikelomo was always coming to her for prayers and counseling.

�I advised her not to abort the pregnancy because she might die in the process. Again, I told her the foetus was sent by God and will be great,� Apostle Mother Dada told our correspondent.
Controversy has continued to trail the seemingly spurious claim.

Reacting, Medical Director of Bodet Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Dr. Bode Tawak said scientifically, it was not possible for a baby to be born holding a Quran.

�How big is the baby�s hand to hold the Quran? How big is the Quran? How did the Quran get into her mother�s womb? I don�t know how a Quran can get into a womb. But there are things you can�t explain,� Dr. Tawak responded. He said while the incident cannot be explained medically, in Nigeria many mysterious things happen. A Kaduna-based medical practitioner, Dr. Munir Yusuf said from a medical point of view, it was not possible, but added that depending on the size of the Quran, it was possible metaphysically.

He explained that if the Quran is small enough to pass through the diameter of the v*g*na, with the child, it is possible. In the same vein, a herbal medicine practitioner, Chief Dr. Bola Adegunloye believes nothing is impossible, but said too much importance must not be placed on the incident.

http://www.kenyan-post.com/2012/05/b...an-in-his.html

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Mahmoud — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:55:55 GMT

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Nyerere and I.

makaimati — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:12:42 GMT

By Professor Ali Mazrui

Professor Ali Mazrui writes a memorial tribute on the special bonds between him and the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, one of Africa's few great statesmen.

When he was President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Julius Kambarage Nyerere's vision was bigger than his victories; his perception was deeper than his performance. In global terms, he was one of the giants of the 20th Century. Like all giants, he had both great insights and great blind spots. While his vision did outpace his victories, and his profundity outweigh his performance, he did bestride this narrow world like an African colossus.

It is also one of the ironies of my life that Julius Nyerere and I first met neither in his country (Tanzania) nor in mine (Kenya). I first met Mwalimu Nyerere at what was then Makerere University College in Uganda. That was more than 30 years ago. He had done his homework before coming to the campus. I was at the time regarded as one of the rising stars of East Africa's academia. As soon as Nyerere and I were introduced in English, he switched into Kiswahili and said "Tunasikia sifa tu!" ["We have only been hearing of your praise!"]. He made my day!

Long before I became a professor at Makerere, Nyerere had himself been a student there. He later went to the University of Edinburgh for his master's degree. Makerere and Edinburgh prepared him for the title of Mwalimu (meaning "teacher") which he was to carry for the rest of his life. Young Julius entered the gates of Edinburgh University in October 1949.

Being both British-educated and having both been greatly influenced by Makerere were not the only bonds which Julius Nyerere and I had.

After our first encounter on the Makerere campus, a complicated relationship developed.

As personalities, what did Julius Nyerere and I have in common? He was a politician who was sometimes a scholar. I was a scholar who was sometimes a politician. Indeed, President Obote once asked me in exasperation whether I knew the difference between being a political scientist and being a politician. Some of my public pronouncements in Uganda during Obote's first administration amounted to direct participation in the politics of Uganda. Nyerere shared some of Obote's exasperation with my political intrusion into matters of public policy.

Nyerere was particularly irritated when I published an article in the Journal of Commonwealth Studies in London accusing him of having unintentionally destroyed prospects for an East African Federation by his policies of socialism and economic nationalism. My article was titled "Tanzania versus East Africa: A Case of Unwitting Federal Sabotage". He conveyed his displeasure through the Principal of the University College of Dar es Salaam, Professor Pratt.

Nyerere and I had other areas of shared concern. He translated into Kiswahili two of Shakespeare's plays - Julius Caesar and the Merchant of Venice. He was making available to Africa the genius of another civilisation. It was in the same period that I published an article titled "Edmund Burke and Reflections on the Revolution in the Congo".

Burke, the Anglo-Irish philosopher of the 18th Century (1729-1797) had never written on the Congo. What I had done in 1963 was to apply his ideas about the French Revolution of 1789 to the revolution in the Congo in 1960. In my own way, this was the equivalent of translating Shakespeare into Kiswahili.

In another scholarly article, I also "Africanised" the French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) by applying his ideas to African affairs. Nyerere and I were trying to build bridges between Africa and great minds of Western civilisation. While Nyerere 'Swahilised' Shakespeare, I Africanised Burke and Rousseau.

With his concept of Ujamaa, Nyerere also attempted to build bridges between indigenous African thought and modern political ideas.

Ujamaa, which means "familyhood", was turned by Nyerere into a foundation for African Socialism. Ujamaa became the organising principle of the entire economic experiment in Tanzania from the Arusha Declaration of 1967 to the mid-1980s.

His relations with the Kenyan political elite deteriorated further and further. He found Attorney-General Charles Njonjo particularly distasteful and arrogant as a person and reckless in his attitudes towards Kenya's neighbours. Nyerere was fond of Mzee Kenyatta, but he thought Njonjo exercised disproportionate influence on the old man.

Nyerere was not sure whether to be amused or outraged when Njonjo turned any discussion on Kenyatta's mortality into something close to a capital offence!

Nyerere was against turning rulers into gods - "Like the old Pharaohs of ancient Egypt." Making Kenyatta immortal was like turning him into a god.

Nyerere and I remembered the proposal which was made in 1964 to celebrate annually the day of Kenyatta's arrest by the British as "the Last Supper". There was such a strong negative reaction from Christian churches in Kenya against using the concept of "the Last Supper" in this way that the idea was dropped.

My own strongest disagreements with Nyerere concerned Zanzibar and Nigeria. Did Tanganyika unite with Zanzibar to form Tanzania under pressure from President Lyndon Johnson of the United States and Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas Home of Britain who did not want Zanzibar to become another communist Cuba? Nyerere bristled when it was suggested that the union with Zanzibar was part of the Cold War and not a case of Pan-Africanism.

Nyerere's recognition of Biafra in the middle of the Nigerian civil war was another hot subject. I personally did not share the suspicion that Nyerere recognised Biafra because the Igbo were fellow Roman Catholics claiming to be threatened by Muslim Northerners in Nigeria.

But I did believe in one Nigeria and therefore disagreed with Nyerere's policies. Nyerere also bristled if it was suggested that he was ungrateful to Nigeria which had helped him with his own army in1964, and wanted to create a new force.

Nyerere's involvement with Uganda was more direct. In 1971, did Julius Nyerere convince Milton Obote to leave Uganda and go to Singapore to attend the Commonwealth conference of Heads of State and government? Milton Obote had hesitated about going to Singapore because of the uncertain situation in Uganda. Did Nyerere tilt the balance and convince Obote that he was needed in Singapore to fight Prime Minister Edward Heath's policy towards apartheid South Africa?

Obote's decision to go to Singapore was disastrous for himself and for Uganda. In Obote's absence, Idi Amin staged a military coup and overthrew Obote. Eight years of tyranny and terror in Uganda had begun.

I never succeeded in getting either Nyerere or Obote to confirm that it was Nyerere who convinced Obote to leave for Singapore. But we do know that Nyerere was so upset by the coup that he gave Obote unconditional and comfortable asylum in Tanzania. Nyerere also refused to talk to Idi Amin even if the policy practically destroyed the East African Authority which was supposed to oversee the East African Community. Was Nyerere feeling guilty for having made it easy for Amin to stage a coup by diverting Obote to Singapore?

I shall always remember Nyerere's speech in Tanzania upon his return from Singapore. I was in Kampala listening to him on the radio.

Nyerere turned a simple question in Kiswahili into a passionate denunciation of Idi Amin. Nyerere's repeated question was "Serikali ni kitu gani?" ("What is government?"). This simple question of Political Science became the refrain of denouncing usurpation of power through a military coup. It was a powerful speech to his own people and against the new "pretenders" in Kampala.

I visited Milton Obote at his home in Dar es Salaam during his first exile. Obote and I discussed Idi Amin much more often than we discussed Julius Nyerere.

One of the major ironies of my life is that I was introduced to my own founder president of Kenya, Mzee Kenyatta, by President Obote before Amin's coup.

We were all at a major ceremony of the University of East Africa in Nairobi in the 1960s. I knew Obote far better than I knew Kenyatta.

Obote took me to Kenyatta to introduce me!

In 1979, Nyerere paid his debt to Milton Obote. His army marched all the way to Kampala and overthrew the regime of Idi Amin. My former Makerere boss, Prof Yusufu Lule, succeeded Idi Amin as President of Uganda. But Nyerere was so keen on seeing Obote back in power that Nyerere helped to oust Lule. Was Nyerere trying to negate the guilt of having encouraged Obote to go to Singapore for the Commonwealth Conference way back in 1971? Was that why Nyerere was so keen to see Obote back in the presidential saddle of Uganda in the1980s?

Unfortunately, Obote's second administration was catastrophic for Uganda. He lost control of his own army, and thousands of people perished under tyranny and war. Was Julius Nyerere partly to blame?

"The two top Swahili-speaking intellectuals of the second half of the 20th Century are Julius Nyerere and Ali Mazrui". That is how I was introduced to an Africanist audience in1986 when I was on a lecture- tour of the United States to promote my television series: The

Africans: A Triple Heritage (BBC-PBS.) I regarded the tribute as one of the best compliments I had ever been paid. In reality, Mwalimu Nyerere was much more eloquent as a Swahili orator than I although Kiswahili was my mother tongue and not his.

In the month of Nyerere's death (October 1999), the comparison between the Mwalimu and I took a sadder form. A number of organisations in South Africa had united to celebrate Africa's Human Rights Day on October 22. Long before he was admitted to hospital, they had invited him to be their high-profile banquet speaker.

When Nyerere was incapacitated with illness, and seemed to be terminally ill, the South Africans turned to Ali Mazrui as his replacement. I was again flattered to have been regarded as Nyerere's replacement. However, the notice was too short, and I was not able to accept the South African invitation.

It is one of the ironies of my life that I have known the early Presidents of Uganda and Tanzania far better than I have known the Presidents of Kenya. Over the years, Julius Nyerere and I met many times. Milton Obote was one of the formative influences of my early life, inspite of our tumultuous relationship.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o (the novelist) and I were marginalised by the Kenyatta regime in spite of the fact that Ngugi and I wanted to become Kenyatta's literary biographers. When Daniel arap Moi was still Vice-President, I was considered a possible speech-writer for him in order to strengthen his credentials for the Presidency. I never played that role. Since he became President, the Moi regime and I have had an ambivalent relationship. I have never been formally introduced to him as President.

With Julius Nyerere and I, it was a bond of genuine ups and downs.

Nyerere was once angry with me because I had written a citation for an honorary doctorate which was too long. The honorary doctorate was for an elderly American academic, and Nyerere was awarding the degree as Chancellor of the University of East Africa (which at that time consisted of the campuses of Makerere, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam).

As University Orator, I had written the citation, and was reading it as the elderly gentleman knelt before Nyerere. My oration was indeed too long. Nyerere did not speak to me that evening after the ceremony. He deliberately snubbed me. He had been disturbed that the elderly recipient of the honorary degree had to kneel for so long while I delivered the oration praising him. I had not struck the right balance. I felt truly chastised by the Mwalimu.

Let me also refer to Walter Rodney. He was a Guyanese scholar who taught at the University of Dar es Salaam and became one of the most eloquent voices of the left on the campus in Tanzania. When Walter Rodney returned to Guyana, he was assassinated.

Chedi Jagan, on being elected President of Guyana, created a special chair in honour of Walter Rodney. Eventually I was offered the chair and became its first incumbent. My inaugural lecture was on the following topic: "Comparative Leadership: Walter Rodney, Julius K.Nyerere and Martin Luther King Jr."

After delivering the lecture, I subsequently met Nyerere one evening in Pennsylvania, USA. I gave him my Walter Rodney lecture. He read it overnight and commented on it the next morning at breakfast. He promised to send me a proper critique of my Rodney lecture on his return to Dar es Salaam. He never lived long enough to send me the critique.

Nyerere's policies of Ujamaa amounted to a case of Heroic Failure.

They were heroic because Tanzania was one of the few African countries which attempted to find its own route to development instead of borrowing the ideologies of the West. But it was a failure because the economic experiment did not deliver the goods of development.

On the other hand, Nyerere's policies of nation-building amount to a case of Unsung Heroism. With wise and strong leadership, and with brilliant policies of cultural integration, he took one of the poorest countries in the world and made it a proud leader in African affairs and an active member of the global community.

Julius Nyerere was my Mwalimu too. It was a privilege to learn so much from so great a man.

MTOTO WA AJABU AZALIWA SONGEA SEHEMU ZA SIRI ZIKIWA KICHWANI

rashid43 — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:28:41 GMT

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assalam alleikhum

nahir — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:13:58 GMT

Asalam Alaikum Waarahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu naomba maana ya ndoto hii nimemuota mama yangu ambaye kesha fariki na hakuwa muislam,ikinita na alikuwa amelala kwenye maji na alikuwa anakata roho kuona hivyo nakaanza kushadia basi na ye akafatia kusema shahada ile na huku nikimtimbukiza kwenye maji km nikimtia kwenye maji na kumtoa na ye akiendelea kutoa shahada.ahsante