Magufuli: Day he had wife admitted to public hospital

John Magufuli visits his wife, Janeth, at Muhimbili National Hospital where she was admitted in November 2016. [Courtesy]

For many African presidents, being at the helm presents an opportunity to flaunt expensive tastes and wanton appetite.

From lavish foreign trips to seeking medical care abroad and other trappings of power, they try to lead a good life. But it was not so for Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli. He instead advocated homegrown solutions.