- Tanzania President John Magufuli shocked Kenyans when he walked from the Intercontinental Hotel to the Jomo Kenyatta masoleum
- This was after the Nairobi city traffic had not been cleared for him ahead of his maiden visit
Tanzania
President John Pombe Magufuli enjoys an almost celebrity status in
Kenya for his cost-cutting measures and no-nonsense attitude when it
comes to corruption.
On
his maiden trip to Kenya, today, Monday, October 31, he was received by
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed at the Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport.
He is set to be in the
country for two days where he and President Uhuru Kenyatta will meet,
hol a joint press conference at State House and then discuss Mohammed’s
candidature to the African Union Commission for the Chairperson
position.
Magufuli was welcomed by Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohammed
However,
the shocking response Magufuli got was when he was forced to walk from
one location to another because the infamous Nairobi traffic had not
been cleared for him.
This
is a big turn of events compared to how other visiting heads of state
are accorded honorary treatment and the city is brought to a standstill
for their convoys to pass through.
President Uhuru Kenyatta was absent at the masoleum when Magufuli went to pay his respects.
According
to the Star, Magufuli was forced to walk from the Intercontinental
Hotel in the CBD to the Jomo Kenyatta mausoleum to pay his respects.
Magufuli's convoy was stuck in traffic. Image: Star
This will definitely bring back the trend #WhatwouldMagufulido…as many Nairobians tend to just sit and wait out traffic.
They did, however, meet at State House after Magufuli laid the wreath on Jomo Kenyatta's tomb.
Do you think President Uhuru Kenyatta would have done the same in his own country?
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