Tanzania: Outrage in Tanzania Elite As Magufuli Intensifies Rwandanisation

23 November 2015
opinion

There is disbelief in Tanzania as newly elected President John Pombe Magufuli breaks with the past - introducing policies which a growing base of displeased elites are angrily branding as "arrogance".

The latest in President Magufuli's trove of surprises is the suspension of the December 9th independence day celebrations, according to media reports. The president has instead decreed that on that day everybody should pick up their tools and clean their backyards. There will be national cleaning on Independence Day 2015 - celebrated in pomp and style since 1961 when the Tanzania got freedom from the British.

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