Mr Speaker, once a sycophant, it’s costly trying to be your own man

Job Ndugai

Tanzania’s Speaker Job Ndugai resigns from his post on January 6, 2022. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The fractious nature of Tanzania’s rulership has come to the fore once again, and, once again, the fighting is taking on an intensity comprehensible to only a few.

A little sojourn into the immediate past will stand us in good stead as we try to understand how we got to our current situation.