Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein is shown how a Tanzanian passport is processed after he inaugurated the Isles’ headquarters of the Immigration Department at Kilimani in Unguja. Tanzanians today celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
- The President said all was good because of the solid foundation left by founders
- President Kikwete said this through a speech read on his behalf by Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein
Zanzibar. As Tanzanians today mark 51 years of the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar that formed Tanzania in 1964, President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday appealed for the union to be cherished.
“We have every reason to celebrate as our union has remained intact for 51 years,” said President Kikwete, adding the union has been intact because of the strong foundation laid down by its founding fathers, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Abeid Amani Karume.
President Kikwete made the remarks in his speech read on his behalf by Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein shortly after he had inaugurated the Isles’ headquarters of the Immigration Department. Mr Kikwete said all government phases on the mainland and in Zanzibar have been successful in ensuring that the union remained solid. “The founding fathers of the nation left us a solid heritage. Our obligation is to nurture the union as a way of honouring them,” said the President.
He said as the union clocked 51, his government was concentrating on strengthening institutions to ensure that the link between the two countries remained unbroken.
Mr Kikwete said the allocation of employment slots on equal basis for union institutions, including security organs for mainland and Zanzibar was a good arrangement that benefitted both sides.
As the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar continues to thrive, President Kikwete said, other countries across the world were interested to learn from Tanzania.
The Commissioner General for Immigration, Mr Sylvester Ambokile, said the Department was facing a number of challenges, including lack of working facilities.
Mr Ambokile said the Immigration Division needed 8,000 employees but it has only 3,000 employees in both Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
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