Magufuli’s big day is here

>When you see red clothes, flowers and red balloons put on display in shops, you know that it is a ‘red week’ for a reason – it is Valentine’s Day.

The opposition appears to have some smart political strategists, judging by the way they have played their cards in the first weeek

Wafanyakazi wa kituo cha kuuza mafuta cha Big Bon kilichopo Sinza-Mori jijini Dar es Salaam wakipozi huku wakiwa na zawadi za Valentine's kwa ajili ya wateja wao. Mmoja wa wafanyakazi wa Big Bon akimpatia mteja zawadi kwa ajili ya Siku ya Wapendanao.…

The day Dr Magufuli put JK `in the dock`
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President John Pombe Magufuli's parliamentary inaugural speech on Friday must have sent shock waves in many a heart and left many a listener stunned in equal measure. The forceful and animated manner in which he delivered the speech left no iota of ...

 President John Magufuli has ordered a cancellation of this year’s Independence Day celebrations in yet another shock move aimed at reigning in unnecessary public expenditure.

BBC News
Tanzania's Magufuli scraps independence day celebration
BBC News
Tanzania's newly elected President John Magufuli has cancelled independence day celebrations, and has ordered a clean-up campaign instead. It would be "shameful" to spend huge sums of money on the celebrations when "our people are dying of cholera" ...
Tanzania scraps independence day partyIndependent Online
Tanzanian president scraps independence party for clean-up dayTimes LIVE

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The Minister for Works, Dr John Magufuli, found himself in a difficult situation as legislators became bitter over the slow progress of various road projects for which money had been allocated.

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Zanzibar goes Magufuli style Marking Revolution Day with clean–up operation
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Tanzania People�s Defence Forces making preparations for upcoming celebrations to mark the 52nd anniversary of Zanzibar�s Revolution. (Photo: State House.) The Zanzibar President, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein yesterday led Zanzibaris in conducting ...
Tanzania: Straight Talk - No End in Sight Yet for Zanzibar CrisisAllAfrica.com
Shein leads clean-up exercise in ZanzibarDaily News | The National Newspaper (press...

Mail & Guardian Africa
Tanzania's Magufuli banned Independence Day partying and state Christmas cards ...
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These actions change the tone and mindset. What is needed is comprehensive structural changes to address long-term problems. President Magufuli after being declared winner of the October elections. He has been shaking trees since. (Photo/AFP). DON'T ...
Tanzania Leader Targets Christmas in War on Government WasteBloomberg
Video: Tanzania's Spending Cuts Go...