It is 5km from Dodoma town to the Nane Nane ground where an exhibition took place in Nzuguni village. It was an amazing day for me with the crowds entering and leaving from pavilion to pavilion both built temporarily and permanently within the Nane Nane area. The brown dust raised by the crowd leapt and danced among the bushes that grew near the ground. However, the dust also caused me suffering from flue, headache and malaria the next day.
We displayed STT’s posters inside the Vice Presidents’ office pavilion among other NGO’s. I was among the STT staff giving explanations to people passing around inside the pavilion. It was so exciting for me to give an explanation for two Ministers, ie the Deputy Minister for natural resources and the Minister for Vice Presidents’ Office. Both of them asked a lot of questions including about the challenges facing our implementation. While a few visitors were asking joke questions, the reality was a busy day for me gaining experience of answering on the spot questions about STT and our activities. The most memorable event for me is when the President of Republic of Tanzania Hon. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete visited our pavilion and shook hands with us. It was a big surprise to ever happen to me, to get in touch with the president during Nane Nane rather than watching him on the Television.
Gideon
Photo: Justin and Gideon in a stall at the Nane Nane
