No matter who’s president, our fate will always boil down to us
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan during her swearing-in ceremony on March 19, 2021. She took over after the sudden death of President John Pombe Magufuli. PHOTO | STR | AFP
Two years ago, Tanzania experienced a traumatic event. We transitioned abruptly when President John Pombe Magufuli died in office and Samia Suluhu Hassan took up leadership.
In its six decades of self-rule, Tanzania has enjoyed a level of stability and political predictability that is truly amazing if one examines it closely. We were unused to chaos, “unprepared” for such a high-level disruptive event. Things could have gone differently, perhaps. After all, Tanzania is an African country.
