Critical minds in Tanzania have a hard time with Magufuli

Ten years ago, a Kenyan cartoonist caused an uproar when, in one of his drawings, he depicted Tanzanian journalists licking the feet of the president at a press conference — instead of engaging him with questions.

The president was Jakaya Kikwete, a self-styled friend of the media, who enjoyed a cosy relationship with the fourth estate in the first two years of his administration.