Under President Jakaya Kikwete Aziz had been a kingmaker and treasurer in the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi before falling out of grace...

The two most prominent relatives are Magufuli's nephew the permanent secretary of the finance ministry Doto James and the president's Secretary Ngusa Samike who was the family spokesperson at the funeral and was with Magufuli since his days as Minister for Livestock and Fisheries under President Jakaya Kikwete...

Former President Jakaya Kikwete alluded to it when recounting how he was informed by text message that Magufuli was dead...

She studied public administration at postgraduate level at the University of Manchester United Kingdom before returning to Tanzania to take up a political career first as a member of the Zanzibar Assembly then as Minister of State in the Vice-President's office for Union Affairs under the presidency of Jakaya Kikwete who remains a close ally...

The dominant faction within the party is an old guard loyal to former President Jakaya Kikwete...

CCM has known it was under pressure since 2010 when President Jakaya Kikwete won a second term with just 63% of the vote on a 42% turnout...

Intended as a key element in China's Belt and Road Initiative preliminary work on the project started in 2015 under Magufuli's predecessor Jakaya Kikwete (AAC Vol 6 No 9 Pipeline and transparency protests)...

Relations with Rwanda strained under President Jakaya Kikwete will continue to be smooth...

Notably Makamba and Kinana do not refer to Musiba's allegations in November 2018 that they both enriched themselves while each served as party Secretary General under President Jakaya Kikwete...

The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania  (SAGCOT) one of ex-President Jakaya Kikwete's favourite projects touted globally as a radical policy to support smallholders while promoting foreign venture capital investment in the sector is in deep trouble after the government cancelled the US$47 million Matching Grant Fund (MGF)...

Under-pressure tax collectors will continue to squeeze domestic investors while foreign businesses understand that although the regime is markedly less friendly than that of ex-President Jakaya Kikwete informal negotiated settlements will remain the basis of much investment and taxation...