Authorities in Tanzania say this year’s independence day celebration has been cancelled. <\/p>\n
Tanzania\u2019s President Samia Hassan announced the cancellation of the country\u2019s Independence Day celebration on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
The Independence Day celebration was scheduled to hold on Friday.<\/p>\n
Hassan, the country\u2019s first female president, directed that the event\u2019s budget of $445,000 be used to build eight dormitories for children with special needs in primary schools around the country.<\/p>\n
She said the profligacy and extravagance that accompany the celebrations informed her decision to use the allocated budget to handle a more urgent project.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Monday, George Simbachawene, the country\u2019s minister of state, said the money had already been disbursed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The funds will be channeled to the schools through the president\u2019s office \u2013 regional administration and local government (PO-RALG).<\/p>\n
This is not the first time Tanzania has cancelled the celebrations.<\/p>\n
In 2015, former President John Magufuli diverted the Independence Day funds towards the building of a road in Dar es Salaam, the country\u2019s commercial capital.<\/p>\n
In 2020, he did the same and directed that the budget be used to support medical facilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Authorities in Tanzania say this year’s independence day celebration has been cancelled. Tanzania\u2019s President Samia Hassan announced the cancellation of the country\u2019s Independence Day celebration on Tuesday. The Independence Day celebration was scheduled to hold on Friday. Hassan, the country\u2019s first female president, directed that the event\u2019s budget of $445,000 be used to build eight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":233441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[52170,18887,52169,2903],"class_list":["post-233438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-george-simbachawene","tag-independence-day","tag-samia-hassan","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"\n