Tanzania has its first women President

After the sudden death of   John Magufuli Tanzaninas first women President of Ranzania has been sworn in The soft spoken lady said that it is not a good day and she has a wound in her heart.

 

The former president’s sudden death remains not well explained.  Two weeks before his death he was not seen in public. Some say that he died of Covid and others say he had heart attack. Hassan rose through the ranks over a 20-year political career from local government to the national assembly.

 

The Ranks  

 

According to Tanzania’s constitution, the vice president serves out the remainder of the term of a president who dies in office The new president is from Zanzibar, the semi-autonomous island in the Indian Ocean.

 

Hassan rose through the ranks over a 20-year political career from local government to the national assembly. A stalwart in the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), she was named Magufuli’s running mate in the 2015 presidential campaign.

 

Dealing with Covid  is a key challenge for the new president the former president discouraged people from wearing masks as he was a skeptic..
The new president did not speak about corona in her maiden speech.