Uchochezi wa Mohamed Said na dhihaka kwa Wapigania Uhuru wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar

[mwanaharakati 1]

Mzee Muhamed Said mimi nafuatilia makala zako nyingi hadi baadhi ya shajala ikabidi nizitafute ni ukweli mtupu na ukweli hautakiwi kuepukwa maana kuna siku utatushitaki. Nimekuwa nikihudhuria mijadala na kupewa vipeperushi vingi kutoka kanisani vingi ni uchochezi tu. Sijui wakristo tunadhani hii Tanznia ni yetu tu. Swala lakuwa na mahakama ya Kadhi na kujiunga na OIC imebidi tuende hadi Uganda tulichooneshwa ni maendeleo halafu mchungaji tulioenda nae anasema hapa wanaeneza uislam. Kutengeneza barabara na visima ni kueneza uislam sijaona athari mbaya kwa vitu viwili hivyo uganda. Nenda bagamoyo utapewa historia hasi ya uislam. Hebu jiulize watumwa waliuzwa wapi? Nani alikuwa mteja?

 

[Yericko Nyerere]

Mzee Muhamed Said mimi nafuatilia makala zako nyingi hadi baadhi ya shajala ikabidi nizitafute ni ukweli mtupu na ukweli hautakiwi kuepukwa maana kuna siku utatushitaki. Nimekuwa nikihudhuria mijadala na kupewa vipeperushi vingi kutoka kanisani vingi ni uchochezi tu. Sijui wakristo tunadhani hii Tanznia ni yetu tu. Swala lakuwa na mahakama ya Kadhi na kujiunga na OIC imebidi tuende hadi Uganda tulichooneshwa ni maendeleo halafu mchungaji tulioenda nae anasema hapa wanaeneza uislam. Kutengeneza barabara na visima ni kueneza uislam sijaona athari mbaya kwa vitu viwili hivyo uganda. Nenda bagamoyo utapewa historia hasi ya uislam. Hebu jiulize watumwa waliuzwa wapi? Nani alikuwa mteja?

Pole sana mkuu, kumbe jamaa kakuteka kiasi hicho?

 

[Ritz]

Ritz, umewahi kujiuliza kwa nini walioianzisha EAMWS, Aga Khan, hawakulalamika na badala yake wanaolalamika ni wazee wa Mohamed Said? Mbona Aga Khan na jamii ya isma'ili waliendelea kushirikiana na TANU na serikali hadi leo. Mtu mzuri wa kumwuliza hilo swali ni huyo bingwa wenu wa simulizi na anapata wanaoziamini ngano zake. Kwa kukusaidia tu tafuta listi ya viongozi waliokuwa nyuma ya AMNUT.

Mag3,

Wewe ndiyo umesema walivamia tunakuomba ututajie hao wazee unakuwa mkali.

 

[Ritz]

Mag3,
Naona pamoja na ukongwe wako umeamua kupotosha kwa makusudi.

EAMWS ilianzishwa mwaka 1933 ilikuwa ya Waislam wa mataifa yote katika uanachama na viongozi wake.

 

[kichwakigumu]

Ritz,

Kila ukiwaambia walete majina, kwa maksudi hawaleti na ghafla wanakua wakali.

Wakimwambia nguli wa historia yetu ya Tanganyika, anawapa sio majina tu, bali hata na historia zao. Alafu wanataka tuamini na tufate wanachojua wao.

Kama nilivosema mwanzo, nadhani hawa jamaa wanataka synopsis ya kitabu si jenginelo

Cc Do santos

 

[Yericko Nyerere]

Mohamed Said hoja yangu ipo peupe

 

[Mohamed Said]

Ritz, umewahi kujiuliza kwa nini walioianzisha EAMWS, Aga Khan, hawakulalamika na badala yake wanaolalamika ni wazee wa Mohamed Said? Mbona Aga Khan na jamii ya isma'ili waliendelea kushirikiana na TANU na serikali hadi leo. Mtu mzuri wa kumwuliza hilo swali ni huyo bingwa wenu wa simulizi na anapata wanaoziamini ngano zake. Kwa kukusaidia tu tafuta listi ya viongozi waliokuwa nyuma ya AMNUT.

Mag3,

Mbona tena lugha yako inakuwa si ya kiungwana?
Nini kimekukasirisha?

Maneno ''huyo bingwa wenu wa simulizi,'' ''ngano.''
Yatatuvurugia mnakasha.

Ukitulia ukarudi hapa kwa adabu Insha Allah nami
nitachangia yale niyajuayo kuhusu AMNUT.

Na nayajua kweli na mengi.
Abdulwahid Abdulkarim aliyekuwa katibu ni kaka yangu.

Yu hai hadi leo.
Saleh Muhsin mmoja wa waasisi wa AMNUT tumeoa kwao.

Kumbukumbu bado zipo.

Punguza ghadhabu ndugu yangu huu ni mjadala tu hapana haja
ya kugombana.

 

[Mohamed Said]

Ngoja tuone hii issue Mohamed Said atavyo e overblow beyond all proportions

Preemptive strike?

 

[Jasusi]

wewe ndio mwanakijiji wa meremeta? kutoka mapambano ya UFISADI Hadi koti la UDINI? kwishnei

laanatullah!

 

[Mohamed Said]

Mag3,
Naona pamoja na ukongwe wako umeamua kupotosha kwa makusudi.

EAMWS ilianzishwa mwaka 1933 ilikuwa ya Waislam wa mataifa yote katika uanachama na viongozi wake.

Lini EAMWS ilianza si jambo muhimu sana.
Muhimu ni kisa cha EAMWS kuwa tishio kwa Ukristo Tanzania.

Hiki ndicho cha kuzungumza ukweli ukafahamika.

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[TD] The First Muslim Congress, 1962[/TD]
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[TD] After independence had been achieved in 1961 Muslims looked forward to the future with confidence.

In 1962 a pan-territorial congress of all Muslim organisations was called in Dar es Salaam to discuss the future role of Islam in then free Tanganyika.

The following organisations attended: the East African Muslim Welfare Society, Daawat Islamiyya, Jamiatul Islamiyya fi Tanganyika and the Muslim Education Union.

The congress agreed among other things of importance to establish a department of education under the auspices of the EAMWS. Muslims did not wait for the independence government to start fulfilling its pre-independence promise of redressing educational disparity between them and Christians.

Muslim initiated their own plans to complement government efforts. Plans were put on drawing board to build schools throughout Tanganyika and eventually build the first Islamic University in East Africa.

The congress elected Tewa Said Tewa a cabinet Minister, a veteran politician of the TAA and TANU founder member as Chairman of Territorial Council of the EAMWS. [/TD]
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[TD="width: 601"] This was to be the beginning of antagonism between Muslims and the now Christian dominated government.

Politics of tolerance and conformity practiced during the struggle for independence now started to give way to politics of antagonism and witch-hunting as Muslim started to initiate plans to change the colonial status quo. [/TD]
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Fitna ilianza hapa kwa sababu Waislam walianza kujenga shule na wakaja na mradi wa Chuo
Kikuu. Kanisa likapata hofu na Nyerere akaamriwa avunje hii nguvu ya Waislam ili Ukristo uwe
juu na Uislam udidimie.

Angalia hapa chini nini Sivalon anasema kuhusu EAMWS:

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[TD] The second book is by Dr John C. Sivalon, who in his expose, Kanisa Katoliki na Siasa ya Tanzania Bara 1953 Hadi 1985, [1] unmasks a conspiracy in the government to subvert Islam. Sivalon revealed that the Catholic Church as far back as 1961 was worried by two prospects. First, was the unity between the Muslim madhheb (sect) of Sunni, Bohora, Ismailia and Ithnasheri in Tanganyika; and the second, was the transfer of the headquarters of the East African Muslim Welfare Society (EAMWS) from Mombasa to Dar es Salaam.

The Church was worried that the resources in the hands of rich Asian Muslim community in East Africa, coupled with the political power of African Muslims, particularly in Tanganyika, would endanger Christian interests in East Africa. The Church therefore declared Islam as its enemy in the country and plotted to thwart its progress.[2] [/TD]
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[1] John C. Sivalon, Kanisa Katoliki na Siasa ya Tanzania Bara 1953 Hadi 1985,
(Ndanda, 1992).

[2]Ibid. p 37.

 

[Jasusi]

Mzee Mohamed Said hongera sana!!! inaonyesha upeo wako ni mkubwa sana, na umejaaliwa uwezo mkubwa wa kutetea na kujibu hoja kwa weledi wa hali ya juu, pamoja na kwamba unashambuliwa na watu wenye upeo tofauti na wenye mtazamo hasi juu yako pamoja na kwamba unawajibu hoja zao kwa ukamilifu lakini kwa sababu tayari wameshakuhukumu kua ni mchochezi na mdini, basi hata ukiwaelewesha kwa ustadi wa namna gani abadan hawatakuelewa wala kukubaliana na wewe, lakini ukweli utabaki pale pale kuwa umetoa somo ambalo hawakulijua hapo kabla na wamefaidika nalo a sio wao tu kila aliyepitia huu uzi kuna kitu amejifunza tofauti na tulivyoaminishwa zamani kutokana na historia ya nchi yetu.mm sikua mchangiji wa hii mada lakini nimekua naifuatilia hii mada tangu mwanzo na sio tu hii mada hua nasoma mada karibu zote hapa jf, na hata wachangiaji wote wa huu uzi wengi wanaokukejeli asilimia kubwa wanajulikana kua wao wako mrengo gani na wameonyesha wazi wazi ni wanaipinga dini fulani, kuazia Yericho nyerere, Jasusi na Jogoo aka Nguruvi hawa jamaa wana ule ubishi wa jadi na wanaile tabia ya kutaka kujifunza kitu kipya kwa njia ya ubishi, kwa kutoa kejeli, jazba na kutoa hoja zisizo kua mashiko kwa sababu tu umegusa sehemu ambayo wao hawapendi iguswe au ipewe shutuma.

Ni wapi nimemkejeli Mohamed ndugu yangu? Nampa tu nondo na kuongezea yale aliyoacha kuyasimulia kwa makusudi katika juhudi zake za kupotosha historia. Alikopitia Mohamed na mimi kwa kiasi fulani nimepitia. Nilimfahamu mzee Abdulwahid Sykes, nilipata fursa nadra ya kuzungumza naye mpaka mwanaye Kleist hadi leo anawasimulia ndugu zangu jinsi tulivyokuwa tumeelewana na baba yake. Muziki wa blues wa Muddy Waters, nimeusikiliza nyumbani kwa Mzee Abdulwahid, album ya Sam Cooke, Night beat, nimeisikiliza mara ya kwanza kwa mzee huyu. Anachofanya Mohamed, na wala sitamwachia, ni pale anapochagua kusimulia ya wazee wake tu, na kumbe kulikuwepo wengine pia, ambao angeweza kutupa historia yao, mtu kama Kawawa, lakini kwa sababu huyu hakutoka Gerezan, basi hakuwa mtu muhimu katika tafakari za Mohamed. Sijakejeli hata chembe maandishi ya Mohamed, lakini nina hoji pale inapoonekana kapotosha makusudi. Tuendelee na nmakasha.

 

[Mag3]

Mag3,
Naona pamoja na ukongwe wako umeamua kupotosha kwa makusudi. EAMWS ilianzishwa mwaka 1933 ilikuwa ya Waislam wa mataifa yote katika uanachama na viongozi wake.

1933? Sasa hapa nikujibu nini wakati hujui hata unachoongelea. Je wewe unaweza kunitajia viongozi wa EAMWS kabla na baada ya uhuru?

Hata hivyo kwa ufahamisho tu ni kuwa mwezi wa Decemba mwaka 1968 masheikh 21 (ishirini na moja) waliokuwa vinara wa chokochoko walikamatwa na kuwekwa kizuizini mjini Dar es Salaam.

 

[Nguruvi3]

1974 Nimewawekea bandiko zima Sivalon anasema Kanisa Katoliki linautizama Uislam kama adui. Wamemkana Sivalon.Nimeweka taarifa kadhaa. Wanataka ushahidi wa kimahakama....

Mohamed, katika uandishi unachekesha sana! Swali lilikuwa kwamba umetoa madai mazito ya Kanisa na Nyerere kuhusika na kifo cha EAMWS. Umekuwa unajinasibu kufanya utafiti katika kitabu chako. Kama ni hivyo utafiti wako umekuja na vithibitisho gani au logic gani za kuonyesha kuwa Kanisa lilihusika na kifo cha EAMWS?

Unapo quote mtu ukasema huo ni ushahidi ni soni na aibu kwa mwandishi wa miahadhara huko Harvard na Cambridge.
Nakuhakikishia wangelijua unachokifanya ni hicho na unaita utafiti huenda wangepiga na maganda ya mayai wanayokulisha usoni.

Mohamed hili usizilizungumzie tena maana tulikaa kimya tukusitiri naona umeamua kuvua hata ile iliyobaki.
Huna ushahidi wa uthibitisho wa kuaminika au kimazingira kuhusu kifo cha EAMWS.

Umeshindwa kuthibitisha kama ambavyo tulikuomba uthibitishe kuwa namba za mitihani zilianza kutumika wakati wa Profesa Malima, huweza na hadi leo kimyaa! hufunguwi kinywa kueneza upuuzi huo tena. Kama si upuuzi nithibitishie!

Umeshindwa kuthibitisha kuwa Abdul Sykes alimfundisha Nyerere siasa! Ushahidi wa maandiko yako umekusuta mchana kweupe! Mohamed, Moddy, MO! please

Umeshindwa kutuambia Nyerere alipotoa picha kwa Malima nini kiliendelea! huna jibu.
Unataka tuamini pale unapotaka wewe. Hilo si kwa wenye akili! never

Umeshindwa kuthibitisha kuwa Nyerere alikuwa anatembea kifua wazi hadi alipopewa suruali na wazee wako.

Tumekuuliza maswali unakimbia unasema hilo tuliache, hilo sina ujuzi nalo n.k.
Wewe unataka kusikilizwa tu ili ueneze chuki na husda!

Unafundisha jamii ulalamishi na wala huionyeshi njia.
Leo vijana wanakwenda kusikiliza kesi za Ponda badala ya kusoma Chemistry bado unatumaini utavunja daraja la udhalili.

Leo huwaambii watoto Kinondoni, masjid Quba, Thaqafa n.k. waache uhuni unawaambia NECTA inawaonea
Leo hujiulizi kwanini FEZA ni tofauti na Jabal Hilal, unatafuta mchawi NECTA
Leo, hujiulizi Ponda na BAKWATA wangombea nini unabaki kuwaaminisha kuhusu ngano ya EAMWS mwaka 1968

Leo tunakuuliza utupe nchi moja tu iliyojenga chuo kikuu wakati huo na sasa ni tofauti huna jibu.
Badala ya kufundisha jamii ijitambue, ione wapi wamejikwaa, ijifunze kutoka kwa wengine unashinda kutwa nzima ukiijaza uzushi na uongo kwa kutumia majina ya marehem na Nyakati ukiita historia.

Leo badala ya kuwaambi Kilwa wapeleke watoto shule, unaungana na sheikh Ilunga kuchochea mauaji ya maaskofu na mapadre!

Mohamed, MO! Uislam hausimami katika uzushi, uongo, fitna na mjungu.
Uislam ni ukweli amani na salama.
Muogope mola wako!

 

[Mag3]

Mohamed, katika uandishi unachekesha sana! Swali lilikuwa kwamba umetoa madai mazito ya Kanisa na Nyerere kuhusika na kifo cha EAMWS.
Leo tunakuuliza utupe nchi moja tu iliyojenga chuo kikuu wakati huo na sasa ni tofauti huna jibu.

EAMWS ilianzaishwa mwaka 1945 Mombasa, Kenya, je Kenya nako ilipigwa marufuku? Na nani? Nyerere? Mwaka gani? Kwa nini hawakuweza kujenga Chuo Kikuu Kenya? Uganda je?

 

[Mohamed Said]

EAMWS ilianzaishwa mwaka 1945 Mombasa, Kenya, je Kenya nako ilipigwa marufuku? Na nani? Nyerere? Mwaka gani? Kwa nini hawakuweza kujenga Chuo Kikuu Kenya? Uganda je?

Mbali, mbali.

Mimi naeleza fitna iliyokuja hapa baada ya kutaka kujenga chuo kikuu.
Wewe unaniuliza habari za Kenya na Uganda.

Hakuna neno.
Muhimu wanaotusikiliza wapate historia ambayo walikuwa hawaijui.

 

[Mohamed Said]

Mohamed, katika uandishi unachekesha sana! Swali lilikuwa kwamba umetoa madai mazito ya Kanisa na Nyerere kuhusika na kifo cha EAMWS. Umekuwa unajinasibu kufanya utafiti katika kitabu chako. Kama ni hivyo utafiti wako umekuja na vithibitisho gani au logic gani za kuonyesha kuwa Kanisa lilihusika na kifo cha EAMWS?

Unapo quote mtu ukasema huo ni ushahidi ni soni na aibu kwa mwandishi wa miahadhara huko Harvard na Cambridge.
Nakuhakikishia wangelijua unachokifanya ni hicho na unaita utafiti huenda wangepiga na maganda ya mayai wanayokulisha usoni.

Mohamed hili usizilizungumzie tena maana tulikaa kimya tukusitiri naona umeamua kuvua hata ile iliyobaki.
Huna ushahidi wa uthibitisho wa kuaminika au kimazingira kuhusu kifo cha EAMWS.

Umeshindwa kuthibitisha kama ambavyo tulikuomba uthibitishe kuwa namba za mitihani zilianza kutumika wakati wa Profesa Malima, huweza na hadi leo kimyaa! hufunguwi kinywa kueneza upuuzi huo tena. Kama si upuuzi nithibitishie!

Umeshindwa kuthibitisha kuwa Abdul Sykes alimfundisha Nyerere siasa! Ushahidi wa maandiko yako umekusuta mchana kweupe! Mohamed, Moddy, MO! please

Umeshindwa kutuambia Nyerere alipotoa picha kwa Malima nini kiliendelea! huna jibu.
Unataka tuamini pale unapotaka wewe. Hilo si kwa wenye akili! never

Umeshindwa kuthibitisha kuwa Nyerere alikuwa anatembea kifua wazi hadi alipopewa suruali na wazee wako.

Tumekuuliza maswali unakimbia unasema hilo tuliache, hilo sina ujuzi nalo n.k.
Wewe unataka kusikilizwa tu ili ueneze chuki na husda!

Unafundisha jamii ulalamishi na wala huionyeshi njia.
Leo vijana wanakwenda kusikiliza kesi za Ponda badala ya kusoma Chemistry bado unatumaini utavunja daraja la udhalili.

Leo huwaambii watoto Kinondoni, masjid Quba, Thaqafa n.k. waache uhuni unawaambia NECTA inawaonea
Leo hujiulizi kwanini FEZA ni tofauti na Jabal Hilal, unatafuta mchawi NECTA
Leo, hujiulizi Ponda na BAKWATA wangombea nini unabaki kuwaaminisha kuhusu ngano ya EAMWS mwaka 1968

Leo tunakuuliza utupe nchi moja tu iliyojenga chuo kikuu wakati huo na sasa ni tofauti huna jibu.
Badala ya kufundisha jamii ijitambue, ione wapi wamejikwaa, ijifunze kutoka kwa wengine unashinda kutwa nzima ukiijaza uzushi na uongo kwa kutumia majina ya marehem na Nyakati ukiita historia.

Leo badala ya kuwaambi Kilwa wapeleke watoto shule, unaungana na sheikh Ilunga kuchochea mauaji ya maaskofu na mapadre!

Mohamed, MO! Uislam hausimami katika uzushi, uongo, fitna na mjungu.
Uislam ni ukweli amani na salama.
Muogope mola wako!

Kuchekesha.
Hapana.

Sijapata kuwa ''courtjester.''
Nikiandika watu wanasoma.

Zamani nikiandika Africa Events.
Magazeti yanakusanywa yanatiwa moto.

Kuchekesha.
Mimi nachekesha.

Allah hakunijalia kipaji hicho.
Comedian.

Labda Mohamed Said mwingine.

Ndugu yangu maneno ''upuuzi'' hayafai.
Hilo ni tusi.

Mimi ''mpuuzi.''
''Mpuuzi'' kwa kuandika historia ya wazee wangu.

Jitulize hebu mie na wewe tusimame kujibizana rejea kwangu
utakapokuwa hasira zako zimetulia.

 

[Ritz]

1933? Sasa hapa nikujibu nini wakati hujui hata unachoongelea. Je wewe unaweza kunitajia viongozi wa EAMWS kabla na baada ya uhuru?

Hata hivyo kwa ufahamisho tu ni kuwa mwezi wa Decemba mwaka 1968 masheikh 21 (ishirini na moja) waliokuwa vinara wa chokochoko walikamatwa na kuwekwa kizuizini mjini Dar es Salaam.

Bibi Titi naye alikuwa Sheikh?

 

[chasuzy]

said jibu ilo swali tu,baada ya fitna za hapa vp kenya na uganda?

 

[Mohamed Said]

Ni wapi nimemkejeli Mohamed ndugu yangu? Nampa tu nondo na kuongezea yale aliyoacha kuyasimulia kwa makusudi katika juhudi zake za kupotosha historia. Alikopitia Mohamed na mimi kwa kiasi fulani nimepitia. Nilimfahamu mzee Abdulwahid Sykes, nilipata fursa nadra ya kuzungumza naye mpaka mwanaye Kleist hadi leo anawasimulia ndugu zangu jinsi tulivyokuwa tumeelewana na baba yake. Muziki wa blues wa Muddy Waters, nimeusikiliza nyumbani kwa Mzee Abdulwahid, album ya Sam Cooke, Night beat, nimeisikiliza mara ya kwanza kwa mzee huyu. Anachofanya Mohamed, na wala sitamwachia, ni pale anapochagua kusimulia ya wazee wake tu, na kumbe kulikuwepo wengine pia, ambao angeweza kutupa historia yao, mtu kama Kawawa, lakini kwa sababu huyu hakutoka Gerezan, basi hakuwa mtu muhimu katika tafakari za Mohamed. Sijakejeli hata chembe maandishi ya Mohamed, lakini nina hoji pale inapoonekana kapotosha makusudi. Tuendelee na nmakasha.

Kawawa.
Soma kitabu chake ''Simba wa Vita,'' kakiandika Magotti.

Nilifanya review ya kitabu.
Magazeti yote yamekataa kuchapa review yangu.

Kawawa yumo sana katika kitabu changu.
Ikiwa unacho kitabu hebu pitia faharasha (index).

Kleist ni ndugu yangu kama alivyokuwa ndugu yako.

Siku baba yake alipopewa medali Kleist alikuja ofisini kwangu.
Alinishukuru.

Akasema Mohamed wewe una mchango mkubwa kwa baba kuenziwa
leo katika miaka 50 ya uhuru.

Ghafla akatoa kitambaa akaanza kufuta machozi.
Alikuwa analia.

Nikamwambia,''Kleist Allah ni hakimu muadilifu hapotezi haki ya mtu.''

Sina mengi sana ya kusema.
Nilishakueleza kuwa mama zetu walikuwa mashoga.

Baba zetu marafiki.
Bibi zetu walikuwa mashoga.

Babu zetu walikuwa marafiki.
Wajukuu tumekuwa zaidi ya urafiki.

 

[Mag3]

Mzee Muhamed Said mimi nafuatilia makala zako nyingi hadi baadhi ya shajala ikabidi nizitafute ni ukweli mtupu na ukweli hautakiwi kuepukwa maana kuna siku utatushitaki. Nimekuwa nikihudhuria mijadala na kupewa vipeperushi vingi kutoka kanisani vingi ni uchochezi tu. Sijui wakristo tunadhani hii Tanznia ni yetu tu. Swala lakuwa na mahakama ya Kadhi na kujiunga na OIC imebidi tuende hadi Uganda tulichooneshwa ni maendeleo halafu mchungaji tulioenda nae anasema hapa wanaeneza uislam. Kutengeneza barabara na visima ni kueneza uislam sijaona athari mbaya kwa vitu viwili hivyo uganda. Nenda bagamoyo utapewa historia hasi ya uislam. Hebu jiulize watumwa waliuzwa wapi? Nani alikuwa mteja?

Mwanaharakati, pamoja na kwamba hujaomba msamaha kijana, nimekusamehe kwani hujui ulitendalo. Ungekuwa unafuatilia mjadala huu kimakini, hungekosa kuona kejeli, dhihaka na matusi ya kimtaani anayopewa Baba wa Taifa, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Lakini hebu shuhudia wazee wa Mohamed walivyoupokea ujio wa Mwalimu mwaka 1952 Dar es Salaam.

He came at the right time. Usually if a man went away to university when he came back he would not be one with us; he would be very sophisticated. But here was a man who had the same kind of education - higher in fact, because he had an M.A. instead of a B.A. - who was willing to be with his people.This humility- ‘I'm willing to serve you'- made everyone forget that he was from up-country and that he wasn't a Muslim.

Julius quickly gained leadership and was elected president of TAA. He began by educating his followers to think about independence. Chief Patrick Kunambi who knew him well said that his leadership was not based on what Julius promised "because Julius practically never promised anything.

Nyerere made us start to think: all we wanted was independence.

Because of this goal of independence Nyerere and his colleagues reorganized TAA as a political party, the Tanganyika African National Union, on July 7, 1954. It became better known as TANU and the date of it founding, the seventh day of the seventh month became Saba Saba (in Swahili "seven-seven").

His colleagues unanimously elected Julius as president of TANU. He was 32 years old at the time. One of the founding members of TANU.

Mwanaharakati, amua mwenyewe, hayo ni maandishi ya hao wazee...Mohamed Said anadai wazee wake ndiyo walimwingiza katika siasa na kumfundisha ustaarabu wa kuvaa suruali Mwalimu Nyerere...kuna kejeli na tusi kuliko hilo.