(EAC) Mr honorable - Stop Childish tactics!

I read with disdain the article on one of our local daily here in Bongo; - by the way who owns this daily? - start with M communication and your guess will be as good as mine:)

Never the less - the article report on what seem to amounts nothing but a cheap-shot childish tactics deployed by some of our honorable leaders from that place up north. What our learned honorable "mzee" tried to pull - seem like nothing but a blatant attempt to arm-twistTanzania into agreeing and sign on decisions which - could well impact negatively on Tanzanians.
I for one; am not happy with the game that is being played by some these honorables from up north! And I am sorry if this entry will seem to rub you on the wrong side! I am not a diplomat (meaning...nice, polished and polite wording may not be one of my strengths) and will not try to play one here.

The article infuriated me and made me feel outrightly disgusted - specifically by what seem like an endless barrage of accusations, humiliation and now childish tactics designed to box Tanzanians in-to submission!

The honorable minister for E.A Cooperation should know of the fact that history is always a very good teacher. He should know for a fact that, this EAC "thingy" is not a new idea (at least not to me); neither is this the first time we all are trying to talk and unite as people of East Africa. While I may not be as knowledgeable as Mr Honorable, I was already a grown up guy when some big wigs from his corner of the world planned and decided to “kututia changa la macho”. ... we were playing together for mutual benefit (or so we thought...). Growing up in Arusha, we grew singing to the praise of EAC... that was until the day we woke up and "our" dear EAC was no more!
Mr honorable minister should know for a fact that most of us while young (and probably naive) were not happy! and by the way... No one is left happy when he/she feels like the rug has been pulled right from under their feet; and left holding an empty bag!
Mr honorable... there is a saying... "you beat me once shame on you, you beat me twice shame on me" IN this kind of things... it is as simple as that.
Those guys (who were involved in stealing our EAC dream back then) walked on to their retirement rich and famous (and probable heroes in their own way). They made their decision to call it quit at a time that was convenient only to themselves and with NO regard what so ever to the rest of us. And their story? “...national interest exceed EAC interest” - fast forward 33 years to now.... I wonder if they would still sing the same song
And so our dear friends… DO NOT blame “us” when we try to be a little more cautious this time around! May be we are still licking the wounds you left us from the last “whacking”
Please DO NOT push us… you will do well to simply "back off" and try give us space + a fat piece of grace!
We may not be as fast as you "the smart ones"... but we are not stupid... and please do not treat us as ones.

A trust was once trashed and broken... it will take time to rebuild - please try to at least respect that. Calling names and playing childish games such as what happen this past friday, won't help
It would have been much more constructive if you would try and see on how you can elleviate some of our fears, concerns etc. You would have been much more helpful in trying to find ways to rebuild the trust that to most of us here in Bongo (yes most of us... so says the polls) - it is not there!

These kind of childish blackmail tactics can only do more damage... and so STOP it! Yo are not helping!
And if you think these kind of tricks will help put on pressure on us... please find a doctor and get yourself examined.
And if after everything you still find our speed too slow to your liking… please feel free to take a hike and keep on stepping!

Peace!