Shannon Ebrahim

he put a stop to the public processing of goods and services at inflated costs. Even lunch provided at government meetings was banned except in rare circumstances.

Most would agree Magufuli had truly started out as the quintessential people’s president, because he was doing things we only ever dreamed a leader would be prepared to do.

The tragedy is how it went from such a monumental high to such a resounding low, so low that his administration is now the target of virtually all human rights organisations and advocates for a free and democratic society.