John Okelo "the Field Marshal" ukweli haufichiki ila huwa unatabia ya kuwahi kufikana. Na huyo ndio atabaki kua baba yao wa taifa, hata wabinuke vipi na kuruka sarakasi zote.Inatisha, waliozoea vya kunyonga kwa kuchinja hawaviwezi: Field Marshall John Okello having taken control of both islands which by then had a population of 300,000 people, Okello created a Revolutionary Council and invited Sheik Abeid Karume back to the island to assume the title of Presidency. Other Zanzibaris in foreign territory were also invited back, most notably the Marxist politician the late Abdulrahman Babu to assume the position of a Prime Minister. Both Karume and Babu had not been informed of the coup as they were residing in Tanganyika for fear of their safety following the quarrel they had with the Sultanate government, but returned to Zanzibar, where they were welcomed by Okello. However, neither Karume nor Babu wanted anything to do with him. John Okello reserved for himself the title of "Field Marshal", a position with undefined power. What followed was a three month long internal struggle for power.
On his arrival in Zanzibar on a Tanganyikan government plane, Karume was taken to the broadcasting station and Okello introduced him as President of the Peoples Republic of Zanzibar. After a brief introduction to the general public, Mr Karume addressed the nation by saying:
I am pleased and delighted to have this opportunity of speaking to you publicly in our newly freed island. As President of the Republic, I promise to serve you faithfully and to the full extent of your needs. The government we are going to construct will be the opposite of that which we have suffered under before. I am glad to say that under the wise leadership of Field Marshal John Okello we have reached a goal which we alone could not achieve. I appeal to you all to serve the new regime faithfully and honestly. I must express my thanks Karume went on, to the freedom fighters through whose efforts I have become President, and to Field Marshal Okello, whose fruitful leadership was accepted by you. My being President now, is due entirely to your strength and energy, you have struggled and suffered and died, but you have achieved a remarkable victory. I want all of us to work in unity and to obey Field Marshal Okello as any other person born on this Island without any form of discrimination. Without his wisdom and courage, none of us would be where we are at the present. Field Marshal Okellos activities clearly shows that he is a man born with African liberation in his heart, and we of this Island are actually to have had him achieve our freedom so quickly.
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Nimeisoma hotuba ya Mh.Tindu Lissu kwa umakini mkubwa ,kwangu mimi nimewahi kuandika wajumbe wa katiba wanazungumzia serikali mbili na tatu bila kuhoji uhalali wa Wazanzibar kuwa na haki zote Tanganyika wakati Watnganyika hawana haki hizo Zanzibar, Mh. Lissu ameweka wazi jinsi gani Watanganyika wasivyo na haki huko Zanzibar. kwa hili naungana naye. "TUNASEMA TENA HAKUNA KISINGIZIO CHA UDOGO WA ARDHI YA ZANZIBAR NDIO IWE KIGEZO KWA WATANGANYIKA KUNYIMWA ARDHI NA KUWA NA AJIRA ZA MASHARTI KAMA WAGENI. TUNATAKA FURSA KWA WOTE WAO WAKIJA KWETU WAFANYE WANALOTAKA NA SISI TUKIENDA HUKO TUFANYE TUNALO TAKA OTHERWISE MUUNGANO UFUTWE" huko hata mfanye serikali mia tunataka majibu ya hayo ,msifanye Tanganyika shamba la bibi kwa hili no no no no no no, tunataka katikba itakayowabana wageni wote si hao Wapemba tu,warundi,wanyaruanda,wachina,wahindi,waarabu,wasomali na hata wazungu. msipoteze muda kuwajadili hao jamaa tunataka Tanganyika yenye mamlalaka kamili Wazanzibar wakija waingie kwa passport kama wao wanavyodai watanganyika waingie kwa pasi huko
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Katika mizani ya hoja na uzawa, walio wachache wanawaelemea walio wengi kwa mlinganisho wa scania yenye semi Vs Bajaji.
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Licha ya kuwa Tanganyika inaitawala Zanzibar kwa kutumia ukoloni mambo leo,bado Wazanzibari wana haki ya kuidai nchi yao,maana Tanzania inaiwakilisha Tanganyika kwa kutumia style ya kijanja,mfano nembo ya Taifa,Watumishi wa Umma,ukitaka kuthibitisha hilo mkuu,tangia uzaliwe umeshawahi kumuona Raisi yoyote wa Tanzania akitokea Zanzibar?.
jibu bado,wakati raisi wa Tanzania ndie anaewakilisha Zanzibar na Tanganyika,kuhusu Kunyimwa ardi na kuwa na ajira za masharti kama wageni,huo ni uchochezi tu,hakuna ushahihidi,wabongo wangapi huku wanamiliki ardhi,ninae rafikiyangu anatokea Tanganyika,anakiwanja Zanzibar,amejenga napia ameoa Mzanzibari,ukitaka ushahidi kama unazo cash za kutosha,panda boti nenda Zanzibar tafuta ardhi ununue kama utakataliwa.
Tizameni pumba hizi jamaa anauliza "ukitaka kuthibitisha hilo mkuu,tangia uzaliwe umeshawahi kumuona Raisi yoyote wa Tanzania akitokea Zanzibar?." mimi sina la kumjibu ila ajipangie mwenyewe kuanzia Nyerere hadi Kikwete. pili nimesema na wabunge wa wa katiba na katiba ya Zanzibar inasema kuwa ardhi ni mali ya Mzanzibar haijataja Tanganyika,katiba hiyohiyo ya Zanzibar inasema watakaonufaika na rasilimali za zanzibar ni Wazanzibar sio Watanzania (kwa maana ya Watanganyika) sasa kama katiba inasema hivyo unaelewa maana ya katiba? hivi unajua Jussa ambaye leo amezungumza amewahi kuhoji ndani ya baraza la wawakilishi kwa nini wale ambao si wazanzibar (kumbuka hapa si Mtanzania kwa maana Mtanganyika) wanamiliki ardhi Zanzibar kinyume na katiba ya nchi? na kama wanamiliki kihalali kwa nini hawalipi Dola 5000 kwa mwaka (sawa na karibu Tsh mil 8? mamabo hayo unayajua. Nenda kachambe huko tunataka Tanganyika yetu na kama kuna muungano hata wa serikali mia tujue Watanganyika watafaidika nini huko Zanzibar na kama hakuna iwe basi,maana nina hakika Wazanzibar hawakubali kubadilisha katiba yao kwa sasa, hivyo ni bora kila mtu kivyakevyake. KAMA WAZANZIBAR WENYEWE WANATAKA NCHI YAO WAPEWE CCM IACHE KUWANG,ANG,ANIA.