David Mwanaka addresses the diaspora on how to achieve your dreams
Journalist Ayoub Mzee with David Mwanaka 
The diaspora sampling Mwanaka productsBy Ayoub mzee –London
WHILE Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe drove white commercial farmers off their properties in Zimbabwe, a black Zimbabwean is enjoying success on a British farm as a Farmer.This makes him the second black farmer in the UK
WHILE Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe drove white commercial farmers off their properties in Zimbabwe, a black Zimbabwean is enjoying success on a British farm as a Farmer.This makes him the second black farmer in the UK
Off the M25 motorway in London's Enfield is a leased farm which journalist turned farmer, David Mwanaka, has modelled into a thriving market place of Zimbabwean agri-products.
Mwanaka Fresh Farm Foods is the proud supplier of white maize, a rarity in the United Kingdom where farmers are encouraged to grow yellow maize for stock feed. He now supplies British Food store giants Sainsbury.
Home sick African exiles are also turning to Mwanaka for pumpkin leaves (muboora/ibhobola), rape, choumoellier, tsunga and butternuts.
Because of the fact that he is Black , he says he was reported to the police by people “who are not used to seeing a black man working in a farmer’s field”. On one occasion four police cars turned up as he was picking maize from his crop, near Rothley, Leicestershire.
Each time Mr Mwanaka, who is originally from Zimbabwe, had to convince the police that he was a genuine farmer, being forced to prove his personal identity and ownership of his vehicle.
He also had to call the white farmer, from whom he rents six acres in Leicestershire, before police were satisfied that he was not stealing food but farming from his own Farm.
That is problem of living as second class citizen in a foreign country. People will not expect you to do certain things. This means that even available opportunities are not equally enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteMugabe ulikua na haki kuwaondoa hao makaburu,ujinga mtupu,huyu jamaa kumiliki hicho kishamba polisi kila siku.
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ReplyDeleteUmenichekesha kweli...kwi kwi
Kila mtu na kwao jamani, hawa Police wanaringa wapo kwao ati..
Kishamba chenyewe cha kukodi lakini full matatizo inabidi tuwatimue wote nao huku africa Viva mugabe viva
ReplyDeletenyie mnaosema eti ana kishamba mlishafika? tuulizeni sisi tuliofika na kununua mahindi yake. jamaa ana expand kwa kasi sana, mwanzo ilikuwa unakwenda kwenye shamba lake kununua lakini sasa amefunguwa na duka kabisa! tena jamaa ni mkarimu na down to earth na biashara yake yote ameajiri familia yake, jambo ambalo ni la kupigiwa mfano. nyinyi kaeni tu mpige domo na kuponda kila anaefanya jambo la maana. zaidi kaeni na kuwapongeza watanzania wanaokamatwa huku kwa wizi wa magari, uuzaji wa madawa ya kulevya na kupiga watu. hayo ndio mnaona ni mazuri au sio!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJAMANI NA MIMI NI MKULIMA HUKU STATES, NIPO IOWA MBONA HAMNITUPII JICHO??? SHAMBA NI LANGU WALA SIKODISHI KAMA HUYU
ReplyDeletewewe anon wa 10:24 mbona sioni aliyeponda? umesoma comment ukazielewa au? watu wamemsifu na kutaja tu kwamba anakuwa harassed kwa shamba la kukodi in comparison to makaburu waliokua wanaown mashamba size ya mji mzima na hatusogei bila kuitiwa polisi kwa tress passing! plz read carefully ingawa watu wana tabia ya kuponda mara nyingi but usizushe pale ambapo hawakuponda! u need to RELAX!
ReplyDeleteanon 10:24,hakuna mtu aliyeponda hapo,soma na ukaelewa maoni ya watu,mijitu mingine bwana.Huo uonevu wa polisi kwenda kumhoji kila mara ndo haturidhiki nao,maana huku Zimbabwe hao wazungu walikua wanamiliki ardhi yote,sasa huyo jamaa kumiliki kijishamba tu imekua taabu.
ReplyDeleteYOU KNOW WHITE PEOPLE! ARE SO CLEVER, THEY WANT JUST TO HAMMER HOME THE MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE NOT RACIST ANYBODY COULD COME AND DO ANYTHING HERE, THAT IS NOT TRUE AND IS NOT SO SIMPLE LIKE THAT, THE TRUTH IS THEY DONT LIKE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE EU ESPECIALLY BLACKS FROM AFRICA, THEY JUST WANT TO COUNTER ARGUMENT MUGABE'S COMMENTS HE MAKES EVERYDAY/ALWAYS THAT WHITE PEOPLE WILL NOT ACCEPT A BLACK PERSON TO BY A LAND AND FARM IN UK. SO WHY SHOULD THEM GO AND BUY LAND IN ZIMBABWE FOR INVESTMENTS? YOU SEE NOW THEY WILL SAY WE HAVE BLACKS HERE FARMING AND ANYBODY CAN COME AND DO ANYTHING. BUT IN REALITY THEY DONT LIKE FOREIGNER HERE ESPECIALLY AS I HAVE SAID BLACK AFRICANS.
ReplyDeletewee annon Tue Dec 15, 10:24:00pm..tulia baba/mama tuliaaa soma uelewe jamani khaaaaa
ReplyDeletemwafrika UK mkulima hongera sana sana,keep the good work
ovyo sana
Wewe anon wa 10:24
ReplyDeleteHivi aliyeponda hapo juu ni nani. Huyu jamaa amejitahidi akakodisha shamba tena ekari 20, angalia polisi wanavyomuona yeye ni mhalifu. Sasa linganisha na Afrika ambako Wazungu wanamilikishwa mashamba maelfu ya ekari na Serikali ndiyo inawalinda kwa nguvu zote. Ikipidi hata raia wanauwawa ili wageni wapewe mashamba na wayatumie kwa amani.
Soma kwa makini acha kukurupuka..
Huyu jamaa ni mfano wa kuigwa kwa wale wanaopenda kujipa excuse za kutokufuatilia ndoto zao kwa bidii"
Jamani, sijafurahishwa na kichwa cha habari...mwafika...
ReplyDeleteingekuwa bora kusema Mzimbabwe.....
Tusiwe kama wazungu mtu mweusi akiwa katika tatizo wanajumuisha wote kama katoka afrika basi watasema e.g. mtanzanzia aiba gari nk
lakini mtu mweupe aikiba au kuuwa mtu wanasema peter aliuwa
haijakaa fresh, kujumuisha wote. kichwa cha habari hakijaa sawa
ni ukweli usiopingika wazungu wana jelaz sana mtu black akimiliki mali huku kwao yani watamfatilia weee sijui yakoje wakati yakija africa yanamiliki hadi migodi ya dhahabu ndo mana mugabe na idi amini waliwashikisha adabu we ngoja tu kama hapa canada linchi ni likuubwa tajiri na wanahitaji watu kibao waje kuishi huku cha ajabu wanataka wazungu wenzao wa europe na hao wazungu hawataki ha ha haaa ama kweli wazungu! wazungukeni
ReplyDeletejamani, mbona mnafanya kama vile huyo jamaa kaonewa..huyu jamaa hakai Leicester..watu wanaoishi jirani na shamba lake hawamfahamu..so hawakujua kama ni mwenye mali, walidhani ni mtu anajisaidia na mazao ndo kumwitia polisi,kwa kifupi polisi walikuwa wanaangalia usalama wa mali yake hawakujua kuwa yy ni mwenye mali..ninaishi Leic na nilisoma habari yake kwenye local paper Leicester Mercury...
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