How effective is Samia in managing the economy?

By Charles Makakala

In the later years of the Magufuli presidency, a senior diplomat was posted to Tanzania from a European nation. Upon arrival, he asked around for the list of “who’s who” in Tanzania, and was given one that apparently excluded the name of the then Vice President. When he asked why, he was told that “she doesn’t have any real power”.

Not so long later,…