Last Updated on October 31, 2025 by Turkana County News Online
By Cyprian Nyamwamu
Most Kenyans do not know what is eating Tanzania. So let me offer information. When John Joseph Pombe Magufuli passed away, a problem emerged. His Deputy Mama Suluhu was from Zanzibar.
It was agreed that power be handed over to the PM. Why? Because the Tanzanian President should not be from Zanzibar but from Mainland. Why? Because Mwalimu assured Tanganyikans that the union with Zanzibar would always reserve the Presidency for one from Mainland.
Zanzibar was to have their own President, government, Parliament, judiciary even own electoral commission (ZEC) which they have. Zanzibar was to also send MPs to the Bunge la Muungano in Dodoma.
So when Magufuli died, Jakaya Kikwete intervened and got Mama to announce the demise of the President and was quickly sworn in and handed the instruments of power. She immediately embarked on purging those who didn’t want her to take over the Presidency and the Party.
Tundu Lissu was going to win the election against Mama by a landslide. The voters were saying that Zanzibar had now colonised Tanganyika. They are asking themselves how Zanzibar can have two Presidents and Tanganyika to have none. This is not a small issue.
The military is communicating something. Please listen so that you do not miss the issue. President Kikwete is said to be in Nairobi to seek help from Pres Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta – 4th President on how to navigate the situation before it gets out of hand. The situation is very complicated.
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