Madam President Samia Suluhu Hassan - Tanzania And East Africa Get First Female President

Is Tanzanian President in Office Ineligible for Election?
The Tanzanian Constitution expects both the President and the Vice President to be men.
It also expects the successor to the President in the event that the office is vacant to be man.

The articles of the Tanzanian Constitution were drafted and are framed with a man in mind.
“Where the Vice President holds the office of President in accordance with the provisions of Article 37(5) for less than three years, HE shall be eligible to contest for the office of President for two terms, but where HE occupies the office of President for three years or more,HE shall be eligible to contest for the office of President for one term only”
Patriarchy and sexism are deep in Africa.

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Women suffer prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.

So what happens that the new President is Mrs. Samia Suluhu Hassan? A woman?
Is she illegally in office? Is she ineligible for future elections? -The Insider News

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