Why the diplomatic cold war between Kenya and Tanzania? Pombe has been warm to Kigali and Kampala...why has he been indifferent with Nairobi?

Must he? Akae, he brings nothing

Maghufuli missing the conference is a major statement. He must be a very salty guy.

In my interactions with wa TZ, they clearly dislike and distrust Kenyans. Some of it is because they see Kenyans as too tribal.

But its mostly because they think Kenya has taken advantage of Tanzania and benefited from TZ resources.

It started with the breakup of the East African community in 1977 when TZ people claim that Kenya inherited almost all the assets. I think thats when Nyerere dubbed Kenyans Nyangau. Since then, that is the mentality that many of them view Kenyans.

The fact that many Kenyan companies have been making money in TZ for years while few in comparison TZ companies have made money in Kenya is also a sore point for some TZ people.

They are also bitter from what they perceive as Kenyans benefiting from TZ resources. For example the great migration mostly occurs in TZ yet Kenya advertizes it and probably makes more money of it. So bitter are they that a proposal was mooted in TZ parliament to build a road across the serenegti to prevent the animals from migrating back into Kenya.

Kenyan tour companies also emphasize the fact that Mt Kilimanjaro is visible from Kenya national parks so much that many Europeans think Mt Kilimanjaro is in Kenya. Some Tzers are mad about this. The fiery MP Ann Malecela was apopleptic about this.

But most importantly, Tanzania now has a single minded focus to pass Kenya in economic terms. Ask a Tanzanian and many will tell you that they believe TZ will pass Kenya in GDP terms in our lifetimes.

Rather than complain about TZ companies treating Kenya poorly, Kenya too should have a single minded focus towards economic development. Lets get out of our tribal miasma.

And If TZ does not want to be a partner with Kenya then Kenya must look for other partners.

And lets admit our mistakes. Lets do an honest evaluation about why countries like Rwanda and Uganda would now rather do business with Tanzania than with Kenya. These are the reasons TZ is catching up with Kenya in economic terms.

So the thread is asking "What do Tanzanians want from Kenya". The answer is nothing. They just want to beat Kenya's butt in economic terms.

How will Kenya react?

yaaawwwnnn....this talk has been going on since the 1970s.
Overtaking Kenya is a very low target!

I have always felt it's a competition/argument between dwarves on how tall each is....

I am so happy you cleared that for us

Crap???

But on bedroom matters and Sorcery they beat us hands down.

We've got 99 problems; Magufuli is not one of them"

Worst public looting since independence, Ri. Two months after we protested police killing of lawyer willie Kimani, they have disappeared a doctor from meru, a taxi driver in riruta, executed a patient inside a hospital in mwingi and here you are talking about maguguli.