Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan has cancelled the
country’s Independence Day celebration.
The Independence Day celebration was scheduled to hold on
Friday.
Hassan, the country’s first female president, directed that
the event’s budget of $445,000 be used to build eight dormitories for children
with special needs in primary schools around the country.
She said the unnecessary extravagance of the celebrations
informed her decision to use the allocated budget to handle a more urgent
project.
In a statement on Monday, George Simbachawene, the country’s
minister of state, said the money had already been disbursed.
“The debates and conferences will be preceded by various
schedules for regional and district leaders to carry out social activities in
different areas including cleaning hospitals, schools, elderly homes and groups
with special needs,” he added.
The funds will be channelled to the schools through the
president’s office – regional administration and local government (PO-RALG).
This is not the first time Tanzania has cancelled the
celebrations.
In 2015, former President John Magufuli diverted the
Independence Day funds towards the building of a road in Dar es Salaam, the
country’s commercial capital.
In 2020, he did the same and directed that the budget be
used to support medical facilities.
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