Tanzania President John Magufuli Re-Ignites fresh Border, Diplomatic Row with Kenya
The latest utterances from Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has re-ignited a fresh border and diplomatic row between Tanzania and Kenya.
Reacting to a controversial decision by a Tanzanian court to auction 1,300 cows belonging to Maasai from Kenya, Magufuli said that the law was followed in arresting and auctioning the cows belonging to Kenyans, adding that Tanzania is not a grazing land for Kenyans.
“Let them (Kenyans) also take similar action if cows from Tanzania are arrested in their country,” he said in a statement from State House.
The move by Tanzania has angered Maa leaders led by Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku, who accused Magufuli of creating enmity between Kenyans and Tanzanians.
“This man (President Magufuli) is a disgrace to East Africans. He continues to sabotage good neighbourliness with his government officers harassing Kenyans over flimsy grounds,” said Lenku.
“I have lobbied for diplomacy to apply when issues arise in mutual respect of East Africa citizens. However, Maasai Morans are being driven to defend themselves. We can’t tolerate this anymore.”
“If he can’t appreciate the neighbourliness we have enjoyed, then we can cut short our ties. He has made citizens from both counties to suffer his actions. He must not provoke us further,” said the Governor.
Last week, Tanzanian Livestock ministry burned 6,400 chicks imported from Kenya in what it termed as a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu.
Following the two actions, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has written a protest note to her Tanzanian Foreign Affairs counterpart Dr. Augustine Mahiga.
Amina however said talks between Kenya and Tanzania are ongoing to establish a lasting solution to the border dispute.
“We are in conversation. I wish what happened did not but what we need to do now is to make sure our conversation can end up stopping anything like that from happening in future and give us a more sustainable way of dealing with issues as they arise," Amina said.
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And he had to help a bratha…
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And he had to help a bratha out .....:-). Drinking the cool aid yawa tinbim or whatever the hell the saying again ? Please Makufuli, deal with your country decades of problems circa pre colonial time Tanganyika. Sad the misguided priorities. I thought he was prince of reforms yet his suppression of media and anyone who opposes him is so wanting not to forget his ban on teenage pregnant girls from attending school , how civilized! Prissss bratha take care of your country myriads of problems before you help your tribe mates to overthrow Uhuru! Better yet, take them with you . Guest 1 , Caplock and Doreen aka IphoneG Masquerade is ready to immigrate :-)
This Mafuguli is a fool and…
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This Mafuguli is a fool and an idiot. Next time he will burn Kenyan vultures that cross the border to eat carcass in TZ. He will then auction Kenya Zebras & Wildebeest that crosses the border to TZ. He has good education but lacks wisdom.
EVIL PRESIDENT WHY LIE!
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In reply to This Mafuguli is a fool and… by Kenya (not verified)
EVIL PRESIDENT WHY LIE!
This is the most idiotic…
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This is the most idiotic president in east african but kenyans should always be careful of Tanzanians and their fake asses!He portrays a bigger picture of the tanzanians and how they think of kenyans!!! They are do not like us at all and just wanna finish our dominance in this region!MAHASIDI SANA WAO!
When a president concerns…
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When a president concerns him/herself with trivial issues that could be dealt with by one of his ministries ,he/she is masking deeper problems.Its an old age trick"make another country the bad fellow,and citizens will rally around you".
Come on Pombe, sober up its only grass, and it will grow back.Even atribal chief with only a leopard patch covering his gonard would not jeopadize good neighborly relationship that have existed for years.
Magafuli is doing what is…
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Magafuli is doing what is best for his country, Tanzania. Slowly by slowly Kenyans will realize the rest of EA is moving on and leaving them behind and their endless BS!!
The British historian Lord…
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The British historian Lord Action once said, " Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Ndugu Chang'aa Magufuli proves that the above statement is indeed accurate.
Solution: We need to make a continental commitment and follow Ndugu Madiba Mandela of South Africa style of leadership: you serve only one term in office and let somebody else take over. This is exactly what Ndugu Raila had promised the Kenyan people.
The Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA has a similar style of leadership. In this state, you serve only one term in office as a governor and let other people take over after you finish your four year time in office.
In Kenya, once we reconstitute the IEBC, we will be able to screen clean people without skeletons in their closets, pass a one term requirement in office and you will see all the Kenyan roaches, hyenas, and gangsters posing as leaders exit from the leadership position and Kenya will once more be the safest, developed country in Africa.
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