Wednesday 28th September 2011
This post is not strictly related to the Mwalimu Nyerere/Mt. Kilimanjaro Climb 2011.
The deputy chairperson of Sungu Secondary School, Fr. Ewald Kinyaia, invited Jaffar Amin and I to attend the school's Form Four graduation ceremony.
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| Part of the graduating class. |
When the guests were introduced and my name was mentioned, there was a roar of applause from the guests and graduating students. I suspected that after Jaffar Idi Amin's introduction there would be even louder applause. I was right.
Fifteen minutes after we were introduced someone must have approached the MC and asked: "Did you say 'Idi Amin Dada?'" because the MC announced: "Just in case you did not understand. We have among our guests the son of Idi Amin Dada, and the son of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere."
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| Fr. Ewald Kinyaia, right. |
When given the opportunity to say a few words, I raised two points. First, I said to the students: "I have climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro four times. This is our mountain. If you get the opportunity, climb it. There are far more foreigners climbing this mountain than Tanzanians. Second, don't fight a war that you did not start. This is the lesson that Jaffar and I bring to you. You would remember that Uganda and Tanzania fought a war between 1978 and 1980. But that was in the past. My advice to you is to look at the present and the future."
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