Gaddafi's death saddens Tanzania

I can't really NOT notice the death of Gaddafi on this blog. I will not say Tanzania is united in its mourning, but many Tanzanian people cry for him. Many politicians claim that he was one of the last fighters for the freedom of Africa from the imperialist West and many people say he loved the poor and helped them in a number of ways.

President of Tanzania, Mr. Jakaya Kikwete, and Mr. Gaddafi

Here, read this article and judge for yourself.

"Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, may be a worldwide villain today, but his legacy looms large in Tanzania where he is getting backing from people whose lives he has touched in some way or the other. ... Tanzanian sympathisers, who hail his support for the needy as testimony of his good leadership.

The collapse of the regime in Tripoli would also likely raise apprehension over several projects, worth billions of shillings, that Gaddafi had promised to implement in several African countries including Tanzania.

The Libyan leader, for instance, has comitted to establish an ultra-modern complex, Mosque and College in Dar es Salaam after a successful example in Dodoma. The imposing 3,000 capacity facility, inaugurated last year by President Jakaya Kikwete, is a picturesque architecture; the only one of its kind in the country and only rivalling the one Col Gaddafi also built and opened in Uganda over a year ago.

The Dodoma mosque and centre is thus a constant reminder of the hitherto great efforts that went into anything that Libya, and Gaddafi in particular, undertook to roll out either in his endeavour to serve humanity or seek loyalty far and wide."

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