IS THIS A SIEGE OR AN INAUGURATION?

Kaka Luwis Guy ni Mtanzania aliyehamia Marekani zaidi ya miaka 30 iliyopita. Anaishi karibu sana na Jengo la Bunge kunakofanyika maadhimisho ya Kuapishwa kwa Rais wa 44, na Rais wa Kwanza Mwenye asili ya Kiafrika nchini Marekani (USA), Barack Hussein Obama kesho tarehe 20 Januari, 2009. Anachozungumzia hapa chini ndio kisanga na masaibu yanayowakuta watu wote wanaoishi mzunguko (circumference) wa maili tatu toka mahala hapo. Ndio maana mimi binafsi nimeamua kuangalia maadhimisho haya pangoni (basement) kwangu kwenye TV. Vinginevyo kila adhamirie kwenda huko, ajihesabu kwa wastani ana maili sita za kutembea kwenda na kurudi hadi kulikoruhusiwa kupaki magari, baiskeli, pikipiki, n.k.


Lewis Guy wrote on January 17, 2009.

> Folks,

> Washington D.C. is under siege. Infact the government has declared
> "a state of emergency". Last night I woke up because of some unusual
> noises at the back of my house where there is an open area - and was
> surprised to find lots of military vehicles and soldiers behind my house.
> There are also hundreds of police vehicles from several states. I am in
> the center of it all and I have been punished. All of the roads behind and
> in front of where I live have been closed; which is good as I have an excuse
> not to go to work. Security is at its highest level - perhaps even higher
> than President Dubya's inauguration. What we are seeing is a security blanket
> similar to the one after 9/11. You cannot do anything suspicious - like
> scratching yourself. All kinds of bags, backpacks etc. have been banned
> from all festivity areas. Mothers have not been allowed to bring their baby
> strollers, and cameramen with long tripods will have to leave them home.
> Umbrellas ? Forget it. Guitar boxes ? Don't even talk about it. FBI, CIA, and
> all branches of military have been mobilized and put on alert. Reminds me
> of FFU - "Fanya Fujo Uone...."
>
> And the crowds are flocking in like we have never seen before. People from
> these united states and from around the world are all here. It is a big party
> going on, and we, Washingtonians are simply overwhelmed...It is a party
> than is eerie similar to a coronation - than inauguration. Eniwei, inspite of
> all of the commotion - I will be there to witness history in the making...
>
> Kaka Lui