[East African] East Africa is mourning a pragmatic leader who stepped forward at hour of need to bring peace in troubled countries in the region as well as a man who turned around Tanzania's economy within the shortest time.When Benjamin Mkapa took reins of leadership in Tanzania in 1995, critics viewed him as an extreme apologist of socialism ideology that the country's founding president Julius Nyerere had established.Observers say although Mkapa continued with socialism, he borrowed some capitalist policies that turne