DAR ES SALAAAM, Feb. 11 -- THE majority of those who have conducted a critical analysis and assessment of our economic regions trajectories would concur with my assertion that Kenya has long been the economic leader of East Africa.

But for now, Tanzania is rewriting the regional playbook that might take decades even to reach. Tanzania is on course to surpass Kenya in GDP and in many other respects, a view that has also been expressed by the Kenyan president himself, who, at the EAC Heads of State Summit, openly stated that ‘Tanzania has overtaken Kenya and that I must commend them for the progress they are making.

The acceptance of such a situation by a top leader in the commercial competition and development of our nation is a cl...