PRESIDENT John Magufuli is expected to address Tanzanians from Arusha, this Saturday afternoon, shortly after commissioning Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) officer cadets, here.
“The Head of State is going to grace two
events from the Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium this Saturday; Dr Magufuli in
his position as the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, will head
the commissioning ceremony of officer cadets from 7am in the morning up
to 4.30pm later in the afternoon,” stated the Regional Commissioner
(RC), Mr Mrisho Gambo.
The Commandant at the Tanzania Military
Academy (TMA), which is based in Monduli, Major General Paul Peter
Massao, said that the Head of State will also award a number of best
performing officers during the pass out parade for officer cadets
‘Intake 61/16,’ which for the first time in history is being staged in
Arusha City.
For many years since the establishment
of the Tanzania Military Academy, the officer cadets’ commissioning
ceremonies have always been held at the TMA base in Monduli, though
recently the Head of State graced the occasion at State House in Dar es
Salaam.
This time, residents of Arusha City are
thus getting the opportunity to witness the rather exciting parade of
colours. Normally, the Head of State after commissioning the cadets gets
to take official photographs with the graduands as well as other
military officers.
It is after the parades march out of the
Stadium that members of the public will get the opportunity to hear
from President Magufuli who jetted here last Wednesday, where he
inaugurated the road linking Mirerani mining hills and Kilimanjaro
International Airport (KIA).
This weekend’s army commissioning
exercise as well as the public address to the nation will climax
President Magufuli’s tour of Arusha, though the Head of State is likely
to return at the end of this month to inaugurate the East African
Community (EAC)’s One-Stop-Border Post Facility at Namanga.
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