Lifes' files

Much has been written about Magufuli, and there’s isn’t much of a chance that a picture may go wrong. Among his contemporaries, he was rued for his brisk. Suddenly, how did a peasant from Chato somewhere in Northern Tanzania make it to the highest table of Tanzanian politics? But then again, there’s something about Northern Tanzania and the presidency, it seems. Even in death, and like Nyerere, he is the man of the moment. Mostly for the right reasons.  Photo: Courtesy He died while in office, a year into his second term as president. Suluhu, who had subordinated him, took over becoming East Africa’s first woman president. There’s so much to write about the man- his unorthodox ways of governing a country, his religious indoctrinations, his work ethic, his drive, and his nationalism.  When you have as much to write, but sometimes you just can’t, is a perfect picture of Magufuli’s Tanzania. “Tukutane Paradiso Meko! Umenihangaisha sana wewe! Bado Bashiru na Bashite sasa…,” ...