TANZANIA, June 5 -- When you measure the cause of a countrys destiny through a social media lens, it is often chastened by what seems like a decline in trust between the people and their government. But public confidence is not only reflected in virtual crowds mechanical followers of trending social media sensibilities, which often thrive on what is either popular or infamous.

On the real ground, one gets a more sentimental critique of what I would call the political hydra of the establishment. Yet when it comes to confidence in the presidency particularly President Samia Suluhu Hassans delivery of CCMs party manifesto the evidence supports the pronouncements.

Backlash over missteps and challenges to democracy is inevitable (we are not ...