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Kakwambia nani mie ni kamanda wa Lissu? Huu mpakazo mwananguNaona kamanda wa lissu ulijaza 'mb' kwa ajili ya kupiga kura, au vp?!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
📌The end justifies the means, the one and only tyrant of the year is Samia Suluhu Hassan.Apelekewe cheti na kombe.
Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan named Tyrant of the Year
A Tanzanian poet reflects on her country's president winning our annual poll of despots against fierce competition
By Neema Komba
08 Jan 26
Africa | Tanzania
Mama Samia has won Tyrant of the Year. Many Tanzanians voted for her. They mobilised each other online and campaigned for her to win. But here is the thing, I don’t think she should have won this one, even though her list of sins is endless. Sure, she abducted and jailed dissidents. Killed protesters. Let the police shoot, kill, beat, rape innocent Tanzanians without any accountability, just to name a few. Honestly, I thought Netanyahu had this one in the bag! I mean, what can beat a genocide? I imagine Donald Trump must be pissed he didn’t win despite his best [worst] efforts.
If it weren’t for the events of 29 October 2025, Samia wouldn’t have made the list, not by a long shot. Up until then she had been in the minor leagues, a wannabe tyrant at best. But she did what tyrants do and ignored the voice of the people who wanted electoral reforms before the general elections. There is a saying in Swahili – “Sikio la kufa halisikii dawa” – which loosely translates to “a dying ear hears no medicine”. Samia surrounded herself with chawa [bootlickers] and rounded up dissidents. She didn’t care about free and fair elections and forged on to the polls even as the main opposition party boycotted the election. She forged on as opposition leader Tundu Lissu was jailed, and another opposition candidate was thrown out of the race by a questionable court decision. She forged on, as protesters across the country took to the streets. She forged on, ballots stuffed and all, winning the presidency at a whopping 98%.
The 2025 general election was the bloodiest in the country’s history. The Tanzanian police and security forces turned on protesters, bystanders and passersby, shooting them in cold blood. The election day violence was haunting, but the atrocities that ensued in the days that followed are even more heart-wrenching. I heard, in Mbeya and Mwanza, the police went into houses, lined up young men, boys, really, and shot them one by one. They shot people inside their homes. They piled up bodies in morgues and allegedly buried them in mass graves. Many people did not get to mourn and bury their loved ones. They rounded up suspects, raped and tortured them without due process. All the while, people were locked inside their homes with no access to the internet or to credible local news [the local media wasn’t free, and the government shut down the internet].
Tanzanians want justice, and this poll was an opportunity to voice their grievances.
Still, as a Tanzanian, Samia’s win is scarier than it is comforting. Topping this list in January 2026 is dangerous, especially when Trump and more powerful tyrants can send their military to invade your country for having a fellow tyrant president, just so they can take your natural resources. #Imperialism. It reminds me of a line in a poem I wrote – “a neighbour can send troops to kill you and claim it’s for your own freedom”
Netanyahu ameua raia wa nchi nyingine, muuaji Samuya anaua maelfu ya wananchi wake, kwa hiyo Sa100 ni muovu zaidi, anastahili huo ushindinilidhani Netanyahu angechukua ushindi huu moja kwa moja! Maana ni nini kinaweza kushinda mauaji ya kimbari?
Vipi kama ikawa 100%utaona wivu?Najivunia kumpigia hiyo kura!
Sijui kashinda kwa asilimia ngapi….98?
Kwahiyo ndo nini' hiki enyi kundi la machoko mliokutana huko na kufanya?!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kila mwenye akili timamu Sasa atakuwa kuwa kumbe Tanzania Kuna mishoga iliyokubuhu......eti Samia Yuko mbele netanyahu au Putin🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kama namuona trump, kwa kebehi kabisa akijisemea, "I was right, the country is full of shit people. What the f**k is this?!!!"
Unafikiri hata Maduro alikuwa anashtuka? Si alishtukia tu unyakuo huooooooo!Thread 'Magazeti ya nje yanamwandika vibaya yeye wala hashtuki' Magazeti ya nje yanamwandika vibaya yeye wala hashtuki
Huku sasa ndiyo ameshinda kihalali kwa 97.7%Ni ushindi wa kishindo
Thread 'Magazeti ya nje yanamwandika vibaya yeye wala hashtuki' Magazeti ya nje yanamwandika vibaya yeye wala hashtuki
Netanyahu na Putin hawajafanya deliberate massacre dhidi ya raia wao, Samia deserves that 'amazing' win.Kwahiyo ndo nini' hiki enyi kundi la machoko mliokutana huko na kufanya?!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kila mwenye akili timamu Sasa atakuwa kuwa kumbe Tanzania Kuna mishoga iliyokubuhu......eti Samia Yuko mbele netanyahu au Putin🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kama namuona trump, kwa kebehi kabisa akijisemea, "I was right, the country is full of shit people. What the f**k is this?!!!"
Asilimia 98 huko nako wanachakachua au?Najivunia kumpigia hiyo kura!
Sijui kashinda kwa asilimia ngapi….98?
Asanteni sanaMama Samia has won Tyrant of the Year. Many Tanzanians voted for her. They mobilised each other online and campaigned for her to win.
Tumekuwakilishaaaa