FUNUNU HABARI.

SIKU mbili baada ya magaidi kulipua Kanisa la Katoliki jijini Arusha na kuuwa watu wawili huku wengine 62 wakijeruhiwa, Mbunge wa Kigoma Kaskazini (Chadema) Zitto Kabwe ametoa mtizamo wa kivita juu ya Taifa la Tanzania.

Akitoa mtizamo huo bungeni leo Zitto alianza kwa kusema kwamba, Mheshimiwa Mwenyekiti, nakushukuru sana kwa kunipa nafasi ili niweze kuchangia leo katika mjadala huu muhimu sana.

Hapa Afrika kulikuwa kuna nchi, na bado ipo, inaitwa Ivory Coast. Ilikuwa ni nchi ambayo inasifika sana kwa amani na utulivu; na ilikuwa ni nchi ya kupigiwa mfano. Leo hii Ivory Coast imegawanyika vipande vipande. Ukienda leo Ivory Coast unakuta wanaoitwa Ivorite na wanaoitwa wageni ambao wazazi wao walienda Ivory Coast kufanya kazi miaka mingi sana. Lakini pili katika mgawanyiko huo kuna mgawanyiko mkubwa sana wa kidini kati ya watu wa Ivory Coast wanaotokea Kaskazini na watu wa Ivory Coast wanaotokea Kusini.

Mheshimiwa Mwenyekiti, tulikuwa tuna Sierra Leone nchi ambayo wageni walikuwa wanakirimiwa katika hali ambayo haijawahi kutokea hapa duniani. Lakini leo Sierra Leone ina rekodi kubwa sana ya watu wenye ulemavu kwa sababu ya vita ya wenyewe kwa wenyewe.

Naomba nichukue nafasi hii kufuatia matukio ambayo yametokea hivi karibuni na hasa jana na siku zilizopita ninanukuu hotuba ambayo Rais wa Awamu ya Tatu Mheshimiwa Benjamin Mkapa aliitoa katika Bunge hili tarehe 4 Novemba, 1998. Alisema:

“Mr. Speaker, after three years of my presidency, I can dare to modify the words of famous Zanzibar maestro Siti Binti Saada by saying, Tanzania is a good country, let one who wishes to come do so. God has showered blessings on our country. It is a country of unity, peace, love, rejoicing and exciding generosity. It is a country of people who love equality and justice. Our national unity brings from our firm believe in equality of human beings before God and before the Law. A Unity reinforced by correct policies of national building. Policies based on the principles of social justice, peace, harmony and development for all. A unity which is extra sensitive to policies, statements behavour and actions which may sore seeds discard hatred and suspicious among Tanzanias”