[6] Abeid was on the presidential commission to advise over turning Tanzania into a one-party state.
[1] Like his fellow Tanzanian poet Saadan Kandoro, Kaluta Amri Abedi was an adherent of nationalist politics.
[7] The Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha was named after him.
A poetry fragment by Sheikh Kaluta using an extended utenzi form is:
Uadui ukizi Humpofusha maizi; Ukamfanya hasidi Mzushi na mchongezi; Ukamfikisha hadi Ya ujinga na uozi; Mtu huadui mwezi Akausema ni nyota.