The importance of being Tundu Lissu in this new age of arbitrary authority
The cavalier style of President John Pombe Magufuli is percolating down to new levels every day, with officials high and low seeming to believe that the more arbitrary you are, the better your chances of survival in this eccentric administration.
The latest has been the Minister for Legal and Constitutional Matters, Harrison Mwakyembe, who recently stated that he would deregister the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) if it elected as its president a well-known opposition parliamentarian at its annual meeting in Arusha next month.
