Tanzania, Sept. 27 -- Unguja. Defence minister Hussein Ali Mwinyi said yesterday that the quality of military weaponry and the size of the army a country has cannot sustain peace, but rather it is kept by the people.
Dr Mwinyi, who is also CCM's Zanzibar CM's Zanzibar presidential candidate, made the remarks as he addressed the audience at the World Peace Day conference organized by the National Youth Council and held at the former House of Representatives in Unguja.
"Many think peace is brought about by security forces, I tell you, it is not the quality of the weaponry or the number of soldiers you have, peace is brought about by the solidarity of the people," said Dr Mwinyi.
He said peace to some extent is not broken by the elderly and...