Episode 14: Tanzania s Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu on Politics after Magufuli The death of President Magufuli, a populist authoritarian and COVID-denier, officially from a heart failure, raises questions about whether newly sworn-in President Samia Suluhu Hassan will change course or maintain her predecessor’s authoritarian track. Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s main opposition leader, joins Alan Boswell this week to discuss the late President Magufuli’s legacy and policies in Tanzania. Tundu says President Magufuli’s death is an opportunity to reverse trends and ensure accountability in the country. He expects Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s first woman president, to reverse the government’s response to Covid-19, as well as a variety of other policies pursued by Magufuli over the past five years.
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Former Somali Foreign Minister Criticises Presidential Candidates for Scare Tactics
Hargeisa (PP News Desk) Ismail Hurreh Bubaa, the former Foreign Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, accused Somali Presidential Candidates of using scare tactics in the hope they can force the incumbent Somali President to relinquish power.
“Presidential Candidates have in vain used scare tactics. Somalia will conduct an indirect election. It is quite different from elections we have here in Somaliland” said Mr Ismail Bubaa.
Ismail Bubaa: Union of Presidential Candidates have unsuccessfully used scare tactics against the incumbent President.
The former Foreign Minister discounted the argument that President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed wants to stay in power. “The Union of Presidential Candidates do not have a candidate who can defeat the incumbent President” Mr Bubaa added.
Kenya’s Disingenuous Request to the International Court of Justice
Mogadishu (PP Editorial) The Kenyan government asked for the International Court of Justice to postponing the hearing on the maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia. It cites a constitutional crisis in Mogadishu as a reason for the hearing to take place when political uncertainties in Somalia come to an end.
Kenya’s legal advisors treat the maritime dispute as a case between a sovereign Kenya and the Federal Government of Somalia. Such a flawed legal reasoning points to the hope Nairobi places in a new Somali government that could be less interested in the outcome of the maritime dispute.
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