Fedor von Bock
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President John Magufuli hasn’t just “pushed through” change. He’s achieved things that were considered all but impossible two years ago. The inauguration of John Pombe Magufuli as president of Tanzania on 5 November 2015 was no surprise. Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is a dominant party, and the election of its candidate in October had been the most likely outcome. Media attention had centred on his main rival Edward Lowassa, who had defected from the CCM to run against Magufuli. And even in the first days after the poll, the newspapers were focused more on the annulment of the election in Zanzibar than on Tanzania’s incoming president. It was easy to underestimate Magufuli.
2 years on: Tanzania’s Magufuli isn’t a bulldozer. He’s a magician. - African Arguments
