Is Mkapa really a mere
government pensioner?
-Questions still abound over his failure to address the real issues at hand
THISDAY REPORTER
Dar es Salaam
VARIOUS political commentators have reacted strongly to former president Benjamin Mkapa’s attempt to depict himself as a mere pensioner surviving on government retirement benefits at a public rally in his home village in Masasi District, Mtwara Region over the weekend.
It was the ex-president’s first and much-awaited formal public response to serious allegations of corruption and abuse of office that have shadowed him for approximately one full year now.
But according to the commentators, Mkapa failed to adequately explain to Tanzanians why he chose to conduct private business dealings while still at State House, or his dubious involvement in the private ownership of the formerly state-run Kiwira coal mine.
Mkapa is said to have left several questions unanswered as he blamed the allegations against him mainly on ’’disgruntled’’ individuals with a personal grudge against him - apparently because he refused to favour them during his 10-year presidency from 1995 to 2005.
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