In erstwhile land of Mwalimu and Ujamaa, byzantinism rules

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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan. FILE PHOTO | AFP

In the byzantine world of Tanzanian politics, twists and turns come at furious paces, sometimes running into each other, the more to confuse any interested observer.

The fact of having decisions made not following any recognisable principle, but rather obeying personal interests and unruly whims of the moment, does make for a lightheaded atmosphere wherein changes are so frequent that you no longer know who is going and who is coming, in an ever-revolving musical-chairs circus.