On 6 January, Ndugai resigned days after clashing with the president over the government’s external loans. He argued that borrowing for development projects is not “sustainable”.
A veteran politician in the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and a close ally of the late president John Magufuli, Ndugai has been a member of parliament for more than 20 years and was speaker of parliament for seven
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