| PHOTO: | Tanzania's President John Magufuli. Photo: BarakaFM |
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This is Africa
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Nov,29-2015 17:13:54
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Newly-elected President John Magufuli, whose campaign slogan wasHapa kazi tu(Work and nothing else), is a man true to his word. That's if his recent statements and implemented changes are anything to go by.
For the first time in 54 years, Tanzania will not be officially celebrating its 9 December Independence Day. According to theBBC, he said it would be "shameful" to spend huge sums of money on the celebrations when "our people are dying of cholera". Cholera has reportedly killed 60 people in the country in the last three months.
Some of the changes implemented since President Magufuli came into office:
- No more foreign travel, embassies will take care; if it's necessary to go, special permission must be sought from him or Chief Secretary
- No more 1st class and business class travel for all officials except President, Vice, and Prime Minister.
- No more workshops and seminars in expensive hotels when their so many ministry board rooms available.
- President Magulufi asked how come engineers are given V8s when a pick-up is more suitable for their jobs.
- No more sitting allowances, how the hell are you paid allowance for a job which you have a monthly salary; that also applies to MP's.
- All individuals/firms that bought state companies that were privatized but haven't done anything (20years later) are to either revive the industries immediately or hand them back to the government
- Last week, he ordered the cost of a party to inaugurate the new parliament to be slashed from $100,000 to $7,000.
The new president, nicknamed The Bulldozer, has created a hilarious trend on Twitter as users acknowledge his extreme austerity measures under the hashtag #WhatWouldMagufuliDo.
Below are a few posts/contributions from readers across the globe fascinated by the new Mugufuli measures:
Me and my boys wanted to use the gym at Serena but then we asked ourselves,
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I wanted to leave Busia to go get a pic with Uhuru but then I thought
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My side mirror was stolen in traffic today, but instead of buying another one, I asked myself
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My girlfriend wanted me to hire an artist to draw her potrait. Then I thought ?
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