In the end, he was crucified. Crucified for sharing beliefs that were unpopular amongst the monarchy, whipped as he carried a wooden cross to commemorate days spent preaching the gospel of an outlawed religion, nailed to the cross as an example to all those who dared raise a finger to challenge the status quo. There would be no Simon of Cyrene to help him carry the cross to area F in Dodoma and no mercy from a chanting crowd that pushed for his head.
Alexander Chacha was arrested following a police chase through the suburbs of Dodoma that left bystanders jaw dropped. Alexander's intentions were to drive to the nearest boarder, lay low and evade the immigration officers in a place where not very many people would recognise him. His best laid plans though, were not to be as police officers were able to surround him in a small alley and arrest him.
In the absence of a trial that would probably have had him acquitted, Alexander was left swimming with the sharks because of all the people he instilled with his ideology and the vision he had for his society. As the guards approached him with the cross he was supposed to carry in what was surely the Grand finale, the society he lived in began to replay in his mind. A society where the use of the Internet is seen as a threat by wolves who are camouflaged as charismatic leaders. A cohort that condemns and fails to encourage ideas that are as a result of personal brainstorming. A leadership that supports racketeering at the expense of much needed values like integrity and hard work. Yes,modern day Tanzania will always be deprived of thinkers, leaving us with stone cold loosers who have perfected the art of swindling.
So speak whenever you have a quorum, respond to the echoing cry deep in the Grand Canyon, wake up to a doubting Thomas who still thinks that he succumbed to a monumental rip off with the major tabloids reporting about Christ's resurrection. Indeed, Alexander Chacha was prosecuted for his integrity, hunted down for his intellect, arrested for his patriotism, killed because of his ideas and left to rot because of his kindness