Hapo sasa ndio patamu, nataka wenyewe mnaobisha humu mje na jibu.
Cha msingi ni kujua lini alifunga hiyo safari maana burungutu hilo la kujenga msikiti alipewa wakati anarudi kutoka libya!mwenye kujua??
Hili bandiko hapa chini ni kujaribu kuonyesha jinsi gani Nyerere alivyokuwa mkarimu kwa Waislam ila shukran ya punda ni mateke tu!
Najua MS na wenzake watasema hao mashehe wa butiama ni 'Wasaliti'.
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DEOGRATIAS MUSHI
Julius Nyerere's process to sainthood widened this week, following a revelation of an extra ordinary thing that Mwalimu did in 1999. The move by the
BBC World Service to bring together sons of the two former East African leaders whose hostility toward each other
Jaffer Remo Amin, the son of Uganda's former president, Idi Amin and Madaraka Nyerere, the son of former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, met on Thursday at Butiama Village, Mwalimu's birthplace amidst joy and fraternal love. Prior to this encounter, BBC aired programmes that portrayed Mwalimu as a unique leader, doing equally unique things that could accelerate his process to sainthood, according to the Catholic Church's tradition.
Though a devout Catholic himself, Mwalimu is said to have raised $400,000 for the construction of a beautiful mosque at Butiama, to serve the population of about 200 muslims who live in the midst of a predominantly Christian community of at least 10,000 at the time. And who donated that big amount? It was Muammar Gadhafi, the current Libyan leader. According to Vicky Ntetema, a
BBC journalist who covered the event in Butiama last week, Mwalimu was approached by the local muslim community, asking him for financial assistance to renovate their mosque that was in bad shape.
The Secretary of Butiama Masjid Rahman Mosque, Mr Suleiman Juma, told the
BBC that Mwalimu told the Islamic leaders that he was travelling and that he would give them a reply of their request on return. Mwalimu Nyerere who was by then retired, was travelling to Libya for a meeting where he met Mr Gadhafi and told him to contribute some money for the renovation of a mosque in his home village in Tanzania. According to the
BBC, Ghadafi responded to Mwalimu Nyerere's request with the following statement: "I have no money for the renovation, but I will give you money for construction of a new modern mosque in your village."
The following day, as Mwalimu waited for his flight back home at the Tripoli International Airport, Gadhafi aides brought him the $400,000 in hard cash -- for the construction of Butiama mosque. Mwalimu brought the money, handed it over to Muslim leaders in Butiama, who later formed a committee to supervise it. The money was used to build a mosque, a residential house for a sheikh and a hostel to accommodate muslim visitors who visit the place. The late Vice-President, Dr Omar Ali Juma, officially opened the mosque on October 13, 2000.
According to Butiama Mosque chairperson, Swahib Araka Ahepe, Mwalimu lived a saintly life, because he reconciled with Ghadafi and made him a friend, even though he had supported Uganda in the war against Tanzania in 1979. The Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam, Right Reverend Methodius Kilaini, told the 'Sunday News' on Thursday that Nyerere's process to sainthood was slowly but surely moving ahead. "The formal process of sainthood involves a complicated process taking time, money, testimonies and miracles and the church follows a strict set of rules in the process," he said.
He added that although some people claim to have received some favours after asking Nyerere to intercede for them, the church was taking each step with a lot of care. He added that what the church was interested in was a scientific miracle about Nyerere, that could be believed without some doubts. On Nyerere's predisposition to forgiveness, Bishop Kilaini said he portrayed that virtue, after he also forgave those who wished to oust him from power.
On Mwalimu's readiness to lend a hand to anyone - irrespective of faith or creed --
Bishop Kilaini said Mwalimu was never a religious fanatic. "
Though Catholic himself, he made the state take over schools run by the same church, because he wanted equal services to be enjoyed by all people," he added. Mwalimu Nyerere (1922-1999) has already been declared a Servant of God (Mtumishi wa Mungu), as the first step in the process (cause) of canonization.
The official inauguration of the process took place during a eucharistic liturgy that was celebrated by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo at Butiama Parish in Mara region on 21 January, 2006. One of the statements that Nyerere uttered on Independence Day describes his kind of a person. He said: We would like to light a candle and put it on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, which would shine beyond our borders, giving hope where there is despair, love where there is hate and dignity where before there was only humiliation.