Dar es Salaam. As Tanzania mourns the passing of former Speaker of Parliament Job Ndugai, tributes continue to pour in, not just for his long service in public office, but also for his complex and, at times, contentious role in shaping the country’s legislative landscape.
Ndugai, who died on Wednesday in Dodoma at the age of 62, leaves behind a parliament that he helped to professionalise and assert—but also one marked by internal rifts and stormy relations with the opposition.