Last year, Samia Suluhu Hassan granted audience to BBC’s Salum Kikeke. It made sense to give a neutral homeboy the first big “international” interview during such a delicate time of transition.
They could speak in Kiswahili and let the shades and nuances of the language permeate their conversation. This made it easy to pick out the exact moment when Salim stepped in it, so to speak. He probed a touch too far about Freeman Mbowe’s case.
