Tanzania scraps independence day revelry

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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NewsDay
Tanzanian president scraps independence party for clean-up day
The News International
DAR ES SALAAM: Newly elected Tanzanian President John Magufuli has scrapped independence day celebrations to spend the money on a clean-up campaign, an official statement said. "It is so shameful that we are spending huge amounts of money to ...
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Tanzania marks Independence Day with nation-building work
IPPmedia
Dar es Salaam currently holds the 12th position worldwide as the dirtiest city according to the 2008 Forbes magazine report on the “25 Dirtiest Cities in The World” based on the Mercer Health and Sanitation Index Score. In 2010, the city was ranked the ...

Mail & Guardian Africa
Tanzania's Magufuli banned Independence Day partying and state Christmas cards ...
Mail & Guardian Africa
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 ...
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Daily News
Fanfare greets Independence Day
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Mrho Kikwete led Tanzanians to mark 53 years of independence on Tuesday at the Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam where there was plenty of pomp and fanfare. Thousands of Dar es Salaam residents braved the scorching sun to ...

Baba wa Taifa Hayati Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere na bango la ‘Uhuru Kamili’ Tisa Desemba, 1961.

May His Soul Rest In Peace, without him we wouldn’t have been here!

New Vision
Tanzanian president sweeps streets on independence day
New Vision
Tanzanian President John Magufuli joins a clean-up event outside the State House in Dar es Salaam on December 9, 2015. Magufuli cancelled Independence Day celebrations and ordered a national day of clean-up instead. / AFP / DANIEL HAYDUK ...
Tanzanian president puts off celebrations to sweep the streetsNews24
President sweeps Tanzanian streetsIndependent Online
Tanzania President John Magufuli helps clean streetsBBC...