SOME 596 cases related to corruption are currently going on in courts with 6.5bn/- being saved, thanks to the intensified anti-graft crusade by President John Magufuli’s administration.
The Vice-President, Ms Samia Suluhu
Hassan, revealed here yesterday when launching the 2016 edition of the
Uhuru Torch race, insisting that the war against crooked public
officials will not stop.
She called on the general public to team
up with the government to ensure war against fraud and tax evasion
becomes successful. “I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to
all Tanzanians to refrain from giving and taking bribes,” she said.
The vice-president called on all public
servants to embrace patriotism and stay away from corrupt practices. She
said the Uhuru Torch race was also meant to condemn all ill-practices
and meant on the war against fraud.
Ms Suluhu affirmed that the government
was determined and was all out to make corruption currently plaguing
public offices a thing of the past. She insisted that the government had
no bad intention when taking legal measures against crooked officials
but only wanted to put public offices in order.
“We aim at putting public offices in
order, to restore discipline and ethics. We want all Tanzanians to enjoy
the national cake,” she said amid cheers. Ms Samia also affirmed that
the government will continue intensifying war against illicit drugs
business to make the country free from drug addicts.
On the other hand, the vice-president
reaffirmed that the torch was very important in uniting people,
cementing love and unity. She noted that there were a number of
challenges such as disunity and hatred currently afflicting the country,
which could only be ironed out through such national unity projects as
the torch race.
The VP recalled the main objectives of
the torch, including ‘’bringing hope where there is despair, to bring
love where there is hatred and restore dignity where there is
disrespect.’’ The Uhuru Torch is one of the national symbols enshrining
the country’s freedom and unity.
It was first lit on top of Mt
Kilimanjaro when the country got her independence on December 9, 1961.
Uhuru Torch which races throughout the country carry a message of hope,
love, respect and peace.
It begins in a chosen region and end on
October 14, the day the country commemorates the death of the Father of
the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, who is the Torch’s main
architect.
Ms Samia told her audience that the race
was also one of the catalysts for the country’s development as it
sensitised the population on the collective need to take part in various
socio-economic activities
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