Nduguzangu,

Assalaam Alaaykum,

Siku kama leo,  taarikh 25 April, 1964 - miaka 36 iliopita - ndio siku 
Zanzibar ilipopotezewa Udola wake kwa kutiwa chini ya utawala wa Tanganyika 
kwa jina la muungano.  Kwa munasaba wa msiba huu,  nimejaaliwa kuipata 
makala hii ifuatayo.   Makala hii japo kuwa imeandikwa miaka 14 iliopita 
lakini ni kama imeandikwa leo.  Tafadhalini tuisome, tuizingatie na  
tutafakari vipi kupata njia za kuirejeshea Zanzibar Udola wake.  Udugu wetu 
na Tanganyika ni wakuhifadhiwa na kudumishwa kwa manufaa yetu sote, bila ya 
mmoja kuwa mtawala na wa pili mtawaliwa.


WHEN  ZANZIBAR  WAS FOOLED
25 APRIL, 1964
(Extracts from Free Zanzibar Voice March/April, 1986)

It is customary in many countries of the world to play practical but 
harmless jokes on one's friends on the 1st of April.  Our neighbour Nyerere 
chose the 25th of April for his gigantic hoax on Zanzibar.

On the fateful day Abedi Amani Karume, of Zanzibar and Julius Nyerere, of 
Tanganyika signed a piece of paper - Article of Union -   (appendixed below) 
  which sold away for good the freedom and sovereignty of our ancient 
country and people. That was a tragic event not only for Zanzibar, but also 
for Tanganyika as well as for the whole region of East and Central Africa. 
Freedom, like Peace, is indivisible. When freedom is destroyed in the 
farthest corner of the world the freedom of the whole world is threatened.  
How much so when catastrophe of un-imaginable magnitude; for Nyerere it was 
a fulfillment of a dream.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 243 PUBLISHED ON 1/5/64
THE ACTS OF UNION OF TANGANYIKA AND ZANZIBAR.


NOTICE

It is hereby notified that the following law was made by the Revolution 
Council of Zanzibar in conjunction with the Cabinet of Ministers thereof, on 
twenty-fifth day of April 1964.

THE SCHEDULE

ARTICLE OF UNION
Between
THE REPUBLIC OF TANGANYIKA
And
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ZANZIBAR

WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of Tanganyika and of the People's 
Republic of Zanzibar, being mindful of the long association of the peoples 
of these lands and of their ties of kinship and amity, and being desirous of 
furthering that association and strengthening these ties and of furthering 
the unity of African peoples, have met and considered the union of the 
Republic of Tanganyika with the People's Republic of Zanzibar.

AND WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of Tanganyika and of the People's 
Republic of Zanzibar are desirous that the two Republics shall be united in 
one sovereign Republic in accordance with the Articles hereinafter 
contained: -

It is therefore, AGREED between the Government of the Republic of Tanganyika 
and of the People's Republic of Zanzibar as follows: -

(i) The Republic of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar shall 
be united in one Sovereign Republic.

(ii) During the period from the commencement of the union until the 
Constitution for the United Republic (hereafter referred to as the interim 
period) the united Republic shall be governed in accordance with the 
provisions of Articles (iii) and (iv).

(iii) During the interim period the Constitution of the United Republic 
shall be the Constitution of Tanganyika so modified as to provide for: -

a. a separate legislature and executive in and for Zanzibar as from time to 
time constituted in accordance with the existing law of Zanzibar and having 
exclusive authority within Zanzibar for matters other than those reserved to 
the Parliament and Executive of the United Republic;

b. the offices of two Vice-Presidents one of whom (being a person normally 
resident in Zanzibar) shall be the head of the aforesaid executive in and 
for Zanzibar and shall be the principal assistant of the President of the 
United Republic in the discharge of his executive functions in relation to 
Zanzibar;

c. the representation of Zanzibar in the Parliament of the United Republic;

d. such other matters as may be expedient or desirable to give effect to the 
United Republic and to these Articles.

(iv) There shall be reserved to the Parliament and Executive of the United 
Republic  the following matters:

a. The Constitution and Government of the United Republic;

b. External Affairs;

c. Defence;

d. Police;

e. Emergency Powers;

f. Citizenship;

g. Immigration;

h. External trade and borrowing;

i. The Public service of the United Republic;

j. Income tax,  corporation tax, customs and excise;

k. Harbours, civil aviation, posts and telegraphs; and the said Parliament 
and Executive shall have exclusive authority in such matters throughout and 
for the purposes of the United Republic and in addition exclusive authority 
in respect of all other matters in and for Tanganyika.

(v) The existing laws of Tanganyika and of Zanzibar shall remain in force in 
their respective territories subject:-

a. to any provision made hereafter by competent legislature;

b.  to such provision as may be made by order of the President of the United 
Republic for the extension to Zanzibar of any law relating to any of the 
matters set out in Article (iv), and the revocation of any corresponding law 
of Zanzibar;

c. to such amendment as may be expedient or desirable to give effect to the 
union and to these Articles.

(vi)  a. The first President of the United Republic shall be Mwalimu JULIUS 
K.
NYERERE and he shall carry on the     Government of the United Republic in 
accordance with the provision of these Articles and with the assistance of 
the Vice President aforesaid and of such other ministers and officers as he 
may appoint from Tanganyika and Zanzibar and their respective public 
services.

b. The first Vice President from Zanzibar to be appointed in accordance with 
the modifications provided for in Article (iii) shall be Sheikh ABEID 
KARUME.

(vii) The President of the United Republic in agreement with the 
Vice-President who is   head of the Executive in Zanzibar shall:-

a. Appoint a Commission to make proposals for a Constitution for the United 
Republic.

b. Summon a Constituent Assembly composed of Representatives from Tanganyika 
and from Zanzibar in such members as they may determine to meet within one 
year of the commencement of the union for the purpose of considering the 
proposals of the Commission aforesaid and to adopt a Constitution for the 
United Republic.

(viii) These Articles shall be subject to the enactment of laws by the 
Parliament of Tanganyika and by the Revolutionary Council of the People's 
Republic of Zanzibar in conjunction with the Cabinet of Ministers thereof, 
ratifying the same and providing for the Government of the United Republic 
and of Zanzibar in accordance therewith.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF Julius K. Nyerere, the President of Republic of 
Tanganyika, and Abeid Karume, the President of the People's Republic of 
Zanzibar, have signed these Articles, in duplicate, at Zanzibar, on this 
twenty-second day of April 1964.   (Unquote).

The above document was the beginning to an end of the State of Zanzibar.

In 1956 Nyerere with the convenience of the British administration in 
Tanganyika and Zanzibar and under its full blessings came to Zanzibar to 
complete his  establishing of the Afro-Shirazi.  Eight years later -1964 - 
the evil seeds that Nyerere planted bore its monstrous fruit. Zanzibar was 
swallowed and digested to become part and percale of a new-fanged nation 
called Tanzania. At that moment the State of Zanzibar ceased to exist, it 
has even been wipped out from the world map.  Nothing but Tanzania.

Hoax  Turned  Sour
The hoax that Nyerere played on Zanzibar has turned sour, not only in 
respect of the delude islanders, but also in respect of Tanganyikans. The 
annexation called union, has become a millstone round the neck of all 
Tanzanians.  It has become a tremendous liability. Poverty, disease, 
ignorance, humiliation and contempt have become the hallmark of the so 
called union since its inauguration on 25th April, 1964. The international 
press has at times caricatured Nyerere as a python who has swallowed a goat 
but incapable of completely digesting it or vomiting it. Only few years 
after the union Nyerere in obvious despair stated publicly, and his speech 
was broadcast live: - "This union with Zanzibar has brought us nothing but 
Balaa! Balaa !! Trouble! Trouble!!". It is known that his aides would often 
privately advise him to dissolve the monstrous union, but having crossed the 
Rubicon there could be no turning back with a man who fancied himself a 
reincarnation of his Roman namesake, Julius Caesar, whose Shakespearean play 
he has translated in Swahili. He had his pride to think about.  How else 
would he leave his mark in history ?

It is true that Zanzibar has been dominated, conquered and subjugated.  In 
this lop-sided union between a mouse and a cat nothing is shared equally 
except backwardness, squalor and the impoverished Tanzania shilling, which 
on free market is worth 1/20 on its next door counterpart if anything so 
dramatically demonstrates the deterioration of the Tanzania union since its 
inception twenty years ago Nyerere's currency does it remarkably well.

However, history or not, truth cannot be distorted forever, and one cannot 
deceive all the people all the time. Tyrants, stooges, renegades, hypocrites 
and cowards may flourish for a time, but sooner or later, the truth be 
unveiled and culprits will see themselves in their complete nudity.

This is not the first time that Zanzibar has undergone the painful 
experience of being subjected to foreign rule.  Just as we were able to 
shake off the oppressive Portuguese rule, and the imperialism of Britain we 
should not shirk our duty in ridding the country from any tyranny.  No 
physical pleasure can well and truly allay the pangs of conscience for duty 
not done. We owe it to ourselves, and we owe it to our fathers and mothers 
that begot us, and our children and the children of our children yet unborn, 
to liberate the land of our ancestors from oppression and from alien 
domination. Above it we owe to our Maker to fulfill the mission for which He 
created us and fashioned us to fit the task to which we were assigned.

Grand-child". But we say: It is not too late. And it is better late than 
never. Instead of leaving your beloveds and live abroad as a refugee, it is 
a high time now that we unite as one Umma for the liberation of our 
mother-land and save our people from being completely wiped out by hunger, 
disease, ignorance and the imposition of foreign cultures and values which 
are calculated to destroy the very bases on which our nation is built.

Hayo ndio yaliotueleza Free Zanzibar Voice miaka 14 iliopita.   Muhimu, sisi 
Wazanzibari umoja na ujirani ndio azimio letu tangu kale.  Vile vile, 
tunaamini katika nyoyo zetu kuwa binadamu amezaliwa huru na anatakiwa aishi 
huru, kwa hivyo basi, haturidhii kuona yoyote yule ananyimwa uhuru wake na 
kutawaliwa kwa njia yoyote ile.  Kutokana na imani hii ndio tunaposema kwa 
sauti kuu kuwa tunataka Udola wa Zanzibar urejee na tuishi na nduguzetu 
Tanganyika kwa ujirani na mafahamiano kama hapo zamani.

Tunamuomba Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu atupe kila la kheri na atuepushe na kila 
la shari – Amin.

Wa Billah Tawfiq

Farouk