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Tanzania`s Magufuli reshuffles cabinet, sacks home affairs minister

Source: Reuters, 02/07/2018

NAIROBI, July 2 (Reuters) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli swore in
three new ministers on Monday, his office said, in a reshuffle that
included the sacking of the home affairs minister.
Minister Mwigulu Nchemba, who had the home affairs portfolio that
includes police and domestic security, was replaced by Kangi Lugola,
former deputy environment minister.
`The ministry I have sent you (to) has a lot of challenges,` the
national broadcaster showed Magufuli telling Lugola.
`It`s a ministry that has not impressed me.`
Among the problems he cited were bad contracts for the import of
police cars, issuance of work permits without due process and a rising
rate of road accidents.
`At the top, I am not impressed, I have to tell you the truth. I have
sent you there to do a job. And the lucky thing about you is that you
are a police officer.`
He instructed the new minister of works, transport and communications
Isack Kamwele to expedite the completion of big infrastructure
projects including roads, railways and airports.
Magufuli also brought in an additional deputy minister at the ministry
of agriculture, Omary Tebwete Mgumba.
Magufuli, nicknamed `The Bulldozer` for his forceful leadership style,
has introduced anti-corruption measures and tough economic reforms
since taking office in November 2015.
Reforms have included cuts to government spending and overhauling the
fiscal and regulatory regimes of the mining sector in Africa`s
fourth-largest gold producer.
Critics say his cost-cutting measures and policy changes are excessive
and undermine growth by stifling foreign investment in critical
sectors such as mining.
Last month, the finance minister forecast economic growth to increase
to 7.2 percent in the year from 7.1 percent in 2017.

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