Former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa. He supposes that it is his upbringing which implanted his drive for efficiency and timeliness. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Against the backdrop of an economy gone awry, Tanzania’s third president Benjamin William Mkapa took the reins of power of a country wobbling from inflation caused by permissive business heralded by the previous ruksa regime of his predecessor Alli Hassan Mwinyi.
The government could not afford to pay public servants’ salaries, banks were collapsing and there was so much money in the streets chasing too few goods and services.
