ONCE FREEMASON ALWAYS FREEMASON

Nanukuu ‘Freemasons wa Tanzania? Waliojitokeza waziwazi na kujitambulisha ni kina Chande “Andy Chande” ambao ni matajiri wafanyabiashara maarufu. Katika mahojiano aliyofanya na mwandishi (Jina linahifadhiwa) wa gazeti la Sunday News la tarehe 3 April 2005, Sir Andy Chande alikiri kuwa anao wanachama zaidi ya 3,000 (yeye mwenyewe ni District Grand Master), na kuwa wamekuwa wakishirikiana na Rais(Majina yanahifadhiwa) (hakutaka kutamka wazi kuwa ni wanachama, lakini wapo watu wengine wanaofahamu kuwa hao aliowataja ni wanachama wa hiyo kitu, pamoja na (Jina linahifadhiwa). Alitamka kuwa mtu yeyote akishajiunga na freemasonry hawezi kutoka tena, kwa maneno yake “Once a freemason, always a freemason”.

Tazama jibu la Sir Andy Chande alipoulizwa na Mwandishi huyo kuhusu yalipo makao makuu ya Freemasons nchini Tanzania: “It is located along Sokoine Drive, just behind the Kilimanjaro Hotel in Dar es Salaam. We have a licence to sell drinks to members; we have also been exempted by the government of Tanzania from registration We have the full blessings of the government. Once that building was about to be taken over for public purpose, but when I sent a memorandum to the State House, we got it back. You know, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was not a Freemason, but he knew what Freemasonry is”.