Abel RKay

Per BBC News Tanzania's John Magufuli: Five challenges for the new presiden Tanzania's President-elect John Magufuli will be inaugurated on Thursday following his landslide victory in fiercely contested elections. Known as "The Bulldozer", he won with 58% of the vote to the 40% of his main rival Edward Lowassa. The victory margin was a surprise - many analysts had predicted a tighter race after four opposition parties united behind Mr Lowassa's candidature. It boiled down to Mr Magufuli's popularity, which superseded that of the governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) that has dominated politics since independence from British rule in 1961. So what are the five big challenges he faces once in office? 1) Corruption Change was the buzzword during the election campaign. Now people will expect him to engage in a major house-cleaning exercise by showing the door to corrupt government officials and old-school public servants. This will pose