Dar es Salaam, April 26 -- THE quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family,”-once said author Reed Markham to drive a point home that successful parents (read leaders) see the opportunities in every difficulty at home rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.

Driving home his school of thought today on 26th April, 2024, Tanzanians are showing bright faces that surely the father of the Nation, the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of Tanganyika and Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume of Zanzibar had a vision that is still brightly glowing in forming the United Republic of Tanzania.

Like any marriage at the family level, the Union has been nurtured and bore fruits to a...