From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… So we have just celebrated, or rather marked, 50 years of Tanganyika or Tanzania Mainland’s independence. There were several events to mark the occasion in all major towns and cities in the country and in all cities where our embassies are located be it in Asia, Europe, the Americas [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… So there is some distribution of mosquito nets going on in town. Presumably this is a multi-billion project funded by some western donors to alleviate the scourge of malaria in this part of the world. Actually some smart brains have even set up huge factories to manufacture these special [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… I was sipping my lager at this joint in downtown Nairobi. It is a famous joint, formerly Kengeles, but has since been taken over by new management. The joint is such that you can easily watch those strolling along Koinange street from the bar counter. This is in view [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… The other day I received a long distance call. It was from New York. Now who would be calling me from that land of Obama at this odd hour of the night? It was 3:00 a.m. Then it occurred to me that at that hour it was early evening [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… Early this week I was busy reading this news on a former Kampala City mayor’s refusal to vacate his official residence on the pretext that it had been allocated to him and he was now its legal owner. Apparently it is claimed a previous City Council session allocating him [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… So the American Chief diplomat was in the country the other day. I know she has a soft spot for Tanzania . But then come to think of it, it seems the American establishment, be it Republican or Democrat has that loving attitude towards Bongoland. Remember Jimmy Carter? After [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… I was scheduled to stay with the group at Kichangani Beach resort on the western beaches of Zanzibar. But as you will recall I am not into the beaches and waters business following my nasty experience in the muddy waters of Mtitafu River in Chalowe village, Njombe in the [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… Much as I have tried very hard not to write again about the Samunge village and the religico-cum-herbalist retired priest Babu Ambilike Mwaisapile’s alleged divine healing inspired mission, I am once again putting pen to paper on the matter. It began as a trickle of Tanzanians, braving their way [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… Those who are of my age will vividly recall the age of the ‘maxam’. This was the era when the shelves of the then RTCs or Regional Trading Companies and other ‘dukas’ had nothing, literally nothing. There was nothing to buy from the many public and few private shops [...]

From Tanzania Corespondent Lute Wa Lutengano… My friend Dr. Lemwel Makando was busy doing the rounds in his hospital, the St Thomas in down town Arusha when suddenly he heard unusual sounds of shots and explosions in the street below. He peaked through the window and God forbid, what he saw was a typical war [...]