{{Tanzanians have been urged to use the opportunity of writing a new Constitution to iron out problems facing the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar for the agenda of East African Federation to make sense and materialise.}}<\/p>\n
Addressing the fifth Julius Nyerere Intellectual Festival at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) in the city yesterday, the Chief Justice of Kenya, Dr Willy Mutunga, said it wouldn\u2019t make sense to speak of federations or African unity if the first union in Africa which gave birth of Tanzania collapses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI urge my Tanzanian brothers and sisters to uphold the Union and you can do that by choosing a fair Union format that will take on board good politics for common benefits to all citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Mutunga, an alumnus of the university\u2019s Faculty of Law (now School of Law), was presenting a paper on how \u201cviruses\u201d of the 1967 Arusha Declaration have impacted his life to this point.<\/p>\n
He arrived at the UDSM for his bachelor studies in 1968, only 15 months after the adoption of the declaration.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring that time, we used to debate a lot about the declaration regardless of our nationalities, and from it, I still hold up to this day that all human beings are equal and Africa is one,\u201d said the Kenyan CJ. Dr Mutunga said, he drew a number of useful lessons from the declaration and he is still living them, as a true \u201cNyerereist.\u201d<\/p>\n
The declaration was founded by Tanzania\u2019s first president, Julius Nyerere, who borrowed ideas and concepts from the Marxist school of thought.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was impressed on how the declaration talked about equality and social justice, something which is now expressed in our (Kenya) Constitution which I fought for it nearly four decades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Mutunga said he vied for the post of CJ of Kenya to ensure the foundation of social justice he learned from the Arusha Declaration was preserved his country\u2019s justice corridors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should now focus our attention on spreading the \u2018viruses\u2019 of Arusha Declaration to youths. The principles set by the declaration are of essence up to date,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In her vote of thanks, the director of Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), Dr Hellen Kijo-Bisimba, said Justice Mutunga during initial stages of the formation of her centre.<\/p>\n
Dr Mutunga was elected CJ in 2011. He did both his bachelor and master degrees in law at the UDSM.<\/p>\n
Just two weeks ago he delivered historic ruling over presidential elections in Kenya, which upheld Uhuru Kenyatta\u2019s victory in a petition filled in the Supreme Court by the first runner up in the March polls, Mr Raila Odinga, who contested results of the elections.<\/p>\n
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