Tanzania Cancels Independence Celebration To Build School Dormitories

The president of Tanzania, Sammie Suluhu Hassan, has cancelled the 61st Independence Day celebration scheduled to hold on Friday.

The independence celebration was to cost $445,000 from the 2022 budget but was diverted to the building of dormitories for children with special needs around the country.

Being the country’s 61st anniversary since gaining independence from Britain in 1961, the çountry’s Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy, Coordination, and Parliamentary Affairs) George Simbachawene said debates and conferences on social development would be held in all the districts as a replacement for the annual celebrations.

“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. This year’s celebrations will not have parades and other national activities,” he said.
The schools set to benefit from the Ksh.50 million funding include Buhangija in Shinyanga, Goeko (Tabora), Darajani (Singida), Mtanga (Lindi), Songambele (Manyara), Msanzi (Rukwa), Idofi (Njombe), and Longido (Arusha).