Mundungus Fletcher, shukrani nyingi zikufikie popote ulipo...how I wish all people would look at things with an open mind like yours but sadly, this aint possible. How I wish all Tanzanians following this debate would do so with an open mind but unfortunately, this wont happen. An
open mind is comfortable with differences and with a variety of lenses makes it possible to view issues from different perspectives. Without an open mind the eye sees only what the
mind is prepared to comprehend...the eyes see only closed doors and is blind to many others that are wide open.
As Alexander Bell put it, "When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we dont see the one which has opened for us. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere as a leader opened so many doors for us but people with closed minds like
Mohamed Said could only see those that, to them, appeared closed. People like
Mohamed Said do a great disservice to a Society, they plant seeds of distrust and hatred among innocent young people without realizing it is the work of the demon in them that drives them to do so.
A closed mind blocks reason, blocks curiosity but worst of all blocks ordinary common sense, it diminishes the desire to seek knowledge, restricts perception and turns a human being to an equivalent of a zombie. Truth and falsehood become so intermingled that it becomes hard to separate fact from fiction and the earlier this is implanted in ones mind, the harder it is to believe anything different.
Mohamed Said, having been indoctrinated by ideas from those close to him right from childhood, studied hard and knew exactly how to win who, what and when.
Mohamed Said is a victim of his own creation...the man actually really believes that he is a victim of Mfumo Kristo and a liberator of the oppressed, the Muslim community, and has a following to prove it. The delusion in his mind places him above all and anybody who does not agree with or dares challenge him is under the influence of the dreaded ogre, Mfumo Kristo. He earnestly believes he is fighting a holy war and I can bet anybody, there is nothing anybody else can do to remedy the situation unless he led the exercise himself.
God help Tanzania if ever this maniac gets his wishes for there is a very thin line separating his ill motives from those of the likes of Hitler or Osama bin Laden. Good thing is he is now well past his prime though the seeds he has planted may still flourish for a little longer...I give thanks to all those who have stood firm to call his ill motives and I still have trust in the people of this nation...the same way they rejected division along tribal and religious lines in the past, they will reject this evil endeavor that threatens our country's peace and stability.
God help Tanzania, God help the people of Tanzania!