The reasons we expunged Nyerere and Karume from notes still valid. Those reasons include a refusal to create an aura of the cult of personality, deity and image worshipping.
The legacy of anybody is not assessed soon after his demise when misplaced emotions flip the reality. This is why countries like the US legislated until 20 years have elapsed since death nobody can be considered to have his face in the money. The reason is such considerations have to be encompassing, sober and realistic. That those decisions must withstand the test of time. And sadly both Nyerere and Karume failed this litmus test and were demoted to coins where they are hibernating before their faces are totally eradicated from the coins by future generations following their bios is put in its rightful place in our history.
The reasons offered really apply to all past presidents. If it is history, mementos in a form of notes never tell any story and one has to read books to fully understand what the individual had achieved.
If it is "mambo makubwa aliyoyafanya" we need to judge independence seekers like Nyerere did he surpass all of them in feats?
Is there anything too important than gaining independence? If uhuru no longer mean much then the first step will be to scrap independence day
The second replace Nyerere as Baba wa Taifa with your shujaa wa Africa whom you never sought permission from even the AU before your rewarded him with this titular.
What we know history is gonna be very unkind to him because of practicing lawlessness, anarchy and intense animosity against democracy and the rule of law.
Maybe before we make a fool out of ourselves with putting his face on our notes we need to ask ourselves these important questions raised beforehand.
We need to know if really "alitufanyia mambo makubwa" why Azory Gwanda and Ben Saanane are nowhere to be seen?
What was he afraid of? Please agitators need to furnish us with convincing answers before they drag us to another vanity. But most politicians are in love with vanities so nothing surprise us anymore...
But we project even if emotions of his beneficiaries prevail their folly will not stand the test of time...
Even JKNIA will later be renamed Mzizima International Airport after future generations have considered fully the Nyerere contribution