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By Nyambarilo Masinde, Nairobi 8th July, 2020: TANZANIA has proved it. It is now one of the two East Africa’s Middle Income Countries. The other one is Kenya. Decades after its independence, the Singaporean First Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, rapidly led his country from low-income to a high income country. In his three decades as Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee turned Singapore from a third world to the first world nation. Like Magufuli’s case, the secret is hidden in leadership abilities. In this world, it is the leadership that truly matters and Tanzania got it right this time with Magufuli. Therefore, the core reason is clearer in practice than in business books. It is President John Pombe Magufuli’s uniquely strong leadership abilities that made Tanzania a middle income nation ahead of scheduled. “Today, the World Bank has declared Tanzania Middle Income Country. In this regard, I congratulate all my compatriots for this historic achievement. We had envisaged achieving this s