January Yusuf Makamba, a rising star on Tanzania’s political scene and an influential leader of the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, is visiting Kenya this week, Monday Blues has learned.
The young politician who has been named by Forbes magazine as one of the ten most influential men in Africa in 2014 and said to be eying the presidency come next year’s General Election, arrives in Nairobi mid this week, a trip during which he will be meeting some bigwigs in political and business circles.
It is not clear who is hosting him but sources have it that the visit is part of a major strategy to draw the road map for his perceived presidential bid. Makamba has acted as personal envoy to Tanzania’s president to various sections of the society, particularly the urban youth.