An open letter circulating online has stirred debate across social media, addressing Tanzanians directly and showing a picture of controversial Zimbabwean businessman Wicknel Chivhayo sitting casually in the Tanzanian Statehouse beside President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

The letter pointedly asks: “Dear Tanzania! Show me a picture of a Tanzanian sitting like this in the Statehouse? It’s over!”

The post has sparked a wave of reactions, with some Tanzanians defending their president’s openness to regional allies, while others echo the concern about the symbolic weight of the photo.