I came to the remote nothingness, the village by the end of the world and by the gates of heaven, just in time for the upcoming election.
Since the election was the only topic for quite some time you may expect a huge interest in politics. Everyone was seriously involved in the different parties, the candidates for president and also very nostalgic about their first leader in freedom, Julius Nyrere. In all media possible there were debates and updates and information and I was also dragged into this most fantastic commitment 
But I soon learnt that even though there is a big interest and knowledge about politics it wasn’t the normal issues that were intensely discussed, such as education, healthcare and other classic election stuff. Not even the infrastructure was a topic of concern even though there is a lot to say about Tanroads and their cooperation with both Chinese and Danish companies. And of course the road standard of the Danish tarmac roads is so much better than the Chinese 
Not even the question of corruption, which apparently was in Swedish debate, was on the agenda.
No there was only one thing everyone talked about and I literarily mean everyone and that was the former and also re-elected president, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. And it had nothing to do with his politics or competence as president, no it was all about his looks 8)
And what surprised me the most was that everyone was very much agreed on the fact the Kikwete is not only the man but THE man. It didn’t matter if you spoke to women or men or children no matter what age they were, they all said the same thing: Kikwete is the most handsome man you can get.
It wasn’t just for the obvious fact he is a man of power and money, no he is The Man, handsome and attractive and even my supervisor reverent Phone agreed that this is a man to get your hands on. And of course they asked me of my opinion and were appalled when I declared that I couldn’t find anything especially handsome or attractive with that man at all. Because I can’t! And they just couldn’t believe I don’t find him handsome or attractive…
The women were very curios and challenged me in telling then who I find good looking if I was strange enough not to appreciate Kikwete. And I thought and thought and thought and came up with one of the Daudis from the diaconical centre, because I think he’s good looking. And they stared and started laughing and said: “you just say that because he shaves his head”
Thankfully I think he’s still very much unaware I called him handsome, because shortly after that he was the one who named me Twiga
Is Kikwete The Man or not?! See for yourselves
