Siku hiyo niliwahi kutoka skuli. Tumbo liliniletea `matataizo,’ hali ambayo ilihatarisha hali ya upendo, umoja na mshikamano uliojengwa kwa karne nyingi kule tumboni. Sikuwa na jinsi zaidi ya kujitoma kwenye daladala kuwahi nyumbani.

Whereas everyone saw a long spell of dry weather in 2005 and 2006, and the resultant crop failure, the Tanzanian politicians are up in arms, restricting peasants on what to do with the harvest they get this season. The legislators claim they want to “prevent recurrent food shortages.”

Mzee Pantike alikuwa ni maskini. Au pengine ndivyo alivyofikiri, na kusema kila mara.