[News] Tanzania cancels Independence Day celebration, to use $445k budget for school dormitories

Tanzania?s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has canceled Independence Day celebrations scheduled�to hold this Friday, December 9.

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Hassan�directed that the budget for the 61st Independence Day event which was $445,000,�be used to build dormitories for children with special needs.

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The money will�be used to build eight dormitories in primary schools around the country.

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Tanzania?s minister of state, George Simbachawene, on Monday said the money had been disbursed. He said the East African country will celebrate Independence Day by having public dialogues on development.

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Previous�Tanzanian governments have repeatedly�canceled the celebration. In 2015, then-President John Magufuli canceled celebrations and diverted funds towards the building of a road in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.

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In 2020, he did the same and directed that the budget be used to buy medical facilities.

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