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Reported by<\/p>\n

Faridah N Kulumba<\/p>\n

The new president\u00a0of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan said that kneeling for her husband does not make her inferior and that she will remain submissive.<\/p>\n

President Suluhu Hassan in a current\u00a0video which is circulating online, revealed that she still kneels and submits to her husband Hafith\u00a0Ameir to honour him and that it is also a sign of love and affection.<\/p>\n

Samia Suluhu Hassan 61 year old made history on 19 March 2021 when she was sworn in as the country’s first female president and the six Tanzanian president after the sudden death of President Dr John Pombe Magufuli which occurred\u00a0on 17 March 2021.<\/p>\n

President Samia as a wife and a politician<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms Hassan married Hafidh Ameir Sultanate of Zanzibar in 1978 before she started her political career in 2000, and they have four grown up children.<\/p>\n

Born in semi-autonomous Zanzibar which is 99% Muslims, Suluhu attended school at a time when very few girls in Tanzania were offered the opportunity of an education outside the traditional roles of wife and homemaker.<\/p>\n

Suluhu started her political journey in 2000 when she was elected as a special seat member of the Zanzibar House of Representative, and by then she had spent more than 20 years in marriage.<\/p>\n

And by the time she was picked by President Pombe Magufuli as the first female Tanzania’s Vice-President in 2015 she had spent 37 years in marriage.<\/p>\n

Why would a female president kneel before a husband?<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Samia Suluhu revealed that she still kneel before her husband while she was the first female Vice-president to President Magufuli. She said that despite the powerful position\u00a0 she occupies, Hafidh remains her husband and head of family.<\/p>\n

She emphasised that such tradition should not be\u00a0 thrown out as it strengthens\u00a0family bond and ensure children are brought up with ethics.<\/p>\n

“Some of you will say we are equal in all aspects of society, No! That’s not the right position. Even as Vice-President, i will kneel before my husband. I don’t\u00a0 kneel because i am inferior, it’s because of love and affection.<\/p>\n

‘Don’t\u00a0 leave this tradition so we can strengthen the bond of our families and bring up our children through good manners,” said Samia.<\/p>\n

Zainab Ali a politician and aspiring member of parliament in Uganda, in an interview with African Report supported president Samia’s\u00a0 kneeling before her husband saying that many African tribes, take the act of kneeling before a husband or\u00a0\u00a0any\u00a0one older\u00a0 as the sign that the person was brought up well.<\/p>\n

“Kneeling in difference to men and older people, is a\u00a0common\u00a0practice for many African ethnic\u00a0groups, so anything\u00a0less and the\u00a0woman risks being considered poorly brought\u00a0up elitist and\u00a0disrespectful,” said Ms Ali.<\/p>\n

Will she be able to cook for her husband?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soft-spoken Samia while she was still Tanzania’s\u00a0 Vice-President, she had\u00a0an interview with BBC and\u00a0expressed regret that her official duties prevented her from entering\u00a0 the kitchen and doing what she enjoys most in her spare time that is cooking.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes the urge really hits me, but\u00a0 my grandchildren whom i live with here keep pushing me away and i have to take\u00a0 a back seat. Apparently\u00a0the nature of my job means i am not allowed to dabble in that kind of thing.” said Samia.<\/p>\n

Although they say that the way to man’s heart is through his stomach, with all the duties at her hands now that she occupies the top office\u00a0 in Tanzania, cooking for her husband will be very difficult for her, since she could not even do it when she was still the Vice-President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reported by Faridah N Kulumba The new president\u00a0of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan said that kneeling for her husband does not make her inferior and that she will remain submissive. 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