Did President Samia really have a choice?

Nyani Ngabu · Feb 17, 2022

President Samia, that is!

During the second leg of her European tour, while in Brussels, the Belgian capital and the de facto capital of Europe, the president had a short visit with the self exiled Tundu Lissu.

We are told the visit took about an hour and they talked about a range of issues concerning the current state of political affairs.

Fair enough.

Since assuming the presidency, I don’t think she has met any high ranking leader from the main opposition party of CHADEMA [I stand to be corrected].

But now, while in Brussels, she has.

Which begs the question: did she really have a choice?

Could she have denied a request for a meeting with Tundu Lissu while she’s out there in the European capital basically begging for money and aid and whatnot?

How would that have looked in the eyes of the world? Not good.

Could she have given him an audience had it been in Kampala or Kigali, where they have like-minded regimes in power?

I doubt it. Seriously doubt it.

Nevertheless, I hope it was sincere and not just a PR stunt and performance art!

What say you? Drop your comments below.

Airfryer · Feb 17, 2022

Poverty is Real

When you don't have food and your stomach is empty for the past five years you can do anything for survival

You have to say thanks for the vaccine given his previous boss has already gone considering his own age

Loans and Grants are the food for the survival

The qns of democracy that make chief to meet Mr Lissu

Loans and grants are accompanied by qns of democracy as one of conditionality and Mr Lisu acts as the mirror for Tanzanian democracy

xng hua · Feb 17, 2022

Katibu mkuu kiongozi huyu ni kitoga kabisa anasababisha mama aonekane mtu asie na maono wala kujitambua!!

Nyani Ngabu · Feb 17, 2022

Airfryer said:
Poverty is Real

When you don't have food and your stomach is empty for the past five years you can do anything for survival..

So she didn’t have a choice then, right?

She just had to meet him or at least accept his request for a meeting so that it doesn’t look bad on her and the government that she leads.

chiembe · Feb 17, 2022

Sukuma gang, naona karata yenu ya mwisho imeliwa, mnahaha na kuanzisha mada za hovyo

Karucee · Feb 17, 2022

Mama was perfectly caught between a rock and a hard place.

Airfryer · Feb 17, 2022

chinembe said:
Sukuma gang, naona karata yenu ya mwisho imeliwa, mnahaha na kuanzisha mada za hovyo

Try to write in english
If you can't just leave this page
Not everything is for everyone

Perhaps you are one of Ms zuhura Yunus critique on English press release

If you don't understand the concept written just skip it or start your own swahili lingua topics

The topic is about Big Boss Hangaya having talks with Tundu Lissu was it voluntarily or not?

Bepari2020 · Feb 17, 2022

Hakulazimishwa kufanya ziara, kaenda kwa hiyari yake na alikuwa anajua kuna uwezekano wa kufanya huo mkutano na Lissu.

Tusichojua ni what is her real motive? Ni mtego unawekwa kwa Chadema? Ni kuwapiga changa la macho wazungu? Only time will tell.

Airfryer · Feb 17, 2022

Bepari2020 said:
Hakulazimishwa kufanya ziara, kaenda kwa hiyari yake na alikuwa anajua kuna uwezekano wa kufanya huo mkutano na Lissu. Tusichojua ni what is her real motive? Ni mtego unawekwa kwa Chadema? Ni kuwapiga changa la macho wazungu? Only time will tell.

Please, Use the titled language which is English

Nyani Ngabu · Feb 17, 2022

Bepari2020 said:
Hakulazimishwa kufanya ziara, kaenda kwa hiyari yake na alikuwa anajua kuna uwezekano wa kufanya huo mkutano na Lissu. Tusichojua ni what is her real motive? Ni mtego unawekwa kwa Chadema? Ni kuwapiga changa la macho wazungu? Only time will tell.

Hakulazimishwa kufanya ziara. Lakini kaifanya.

Lakini kweli angeweza kukataa kukutana na Tundu Lissu huko Brussels, makao makuu ya Umoja wa Ulaya?

EU inajua Lissu yupo Ubelgiji na inajua yupo huko kama mkimbizi wa kisiasa.

Hata kama Hangaya kaenda huko kwa hiari yake, suala la kukutana na Lissu lilikuwa halikwepeki!

Hakuwa na jinsi…

Kichuguu · Feb 17, 2022

Karucee said:
Mama was perfectly caught between a rock and a hard place.

That is correct! A photo op and a couple of headlines was all she needed! During that meeting, her attention was elsewhere. Whatever Lisu told her evaporated into the blue instantly.

albab · Feb 17, 2022

To me, its well played, planned and organised nothing has just happened

Nyani Ngabu · Feb 17, 2022

Kichuguu said:
That is correct! A photo op and a couple of headlines was all she needed! During that meeting, her attention was elsewhere. Whatever Lisu told her evaporated into the blue instantly.

Just to add a little something….’a couple of positive headlines’.

Nyani Ngabu · Feb 17, 2022

albab said:
to me, its well played, planned and organised..... nothing has just happened

“nothing has just happened”

WTF is that supposed to mean?

Airfryer · Feb 17, 2022

chinembe said:
Acha upopoma, unadhani SSH anaweza lazimishwa na hali yoyote kuonana na Lissu? Na hata angeonana naye, unadhani ingempa nafuu Mbowe? Samia is a politician, hapo ame score katika international politics na amesafisha hali ya hewa iliyochafuliwa na watu wenye nia mbaya na nchi hii, the best politician is the one who sets the tunes and political agenda, ndicho alichofanya Samia, na Chadema wanacheza mziki wake

English please!!!!!!!!!!!

Karucee · Feb 17, 2022

Kichuguu said:
That is correct! A photo op and a couple of headlines was all she needed! During that meeting, her attention was elsewhere. Whatever Lisu told her evaporated into the blue instantly.

Yeah. How to secure the bag 😁😁

Relief Mirzska · Feb 17, 2022

One thing I am sure of is, Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan who is the president of the United republic of Tanzania has been surprising every individual on how best she is.

And with no doubt, she is becoming the best president Tanzanians had wished to have since this country gained its independence.

Her political masterclass has caught so many of her opponents by surprise!

So much love to the chief herself.

denooJ · Feb 17, 2022

Better they met for the unity of our country, and I believe their meeting is well above just the conditions set by the donors, this looks well planned before.

It also makes me feel like Samia loves Lissu more than Mbowe, that visit she made at Nairobi hospital when Lissu was brutally injured created some sort of a bond between them, that smile they portrayed yesterday speaks for itself.

denooJ · Feb 17, 2022

Relief Mirzska said:
One thing I am sure of is, Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan who is the president of the United republic of Tanzania has been surprising every individual on how best she is...

You are going over the board, rilaxx.

babu bulicheka · Feb 17, 2022

Nyani Ngabu said:
Hakulazimishwa kufanya ziara. Lakini kaifanya.

Lakini kweli angeweza kukataa kukutana na Tundu Lissu huko Brussels, makao makuu ya Umoja wa Ulaya...

Kama alipo enda Kenya ndivyo amefanya kosa lipo wapi?

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