The Finance and Planning minister, Dr Philip Mpango (Left), addresses the media when he served as acting commissioner general of the Tanzania Revenue Authority .PHOTO | FILE
President Samia Suluhu Hassan yes terday announced a Cabinet reshuffle as she gets Tanzania’s sixth phase government moving. Speaking shortly at a function where Dr Phillip Mpango was sworn-in to become Tanzania’s new Vice President.
Ms Hassan said she decided to make changes without dropping any minister because the team had worked together for only a short time since they last took their oaths of office under former President John Magufuli.
Speaking on why she settled on Dr Mpango for the Vice President’s position, President Hassan said she wanted a hardworking and God- fearing man who should also be well-versed with issues pertaining to the economy and management of public monies.
“I brainstormed here and there to find who should be my Vice Presi- dent. I got many views from inside and outside Parliament, but I finally got back inside Parliament. So, the right person, who I saw could move with me for now is our brother, Dr Phillip Isdory Mpango, whose name fascinated me,” said President Samia.
She said Dr Mpango was cool individual with a clean record. “In other names, I found out that there was this and that, but for Philip I found out that he is cool and I said this is the right person to go with,” said the president.
On the issue of the Union, President Samia directed Dr Mpango to end the hitches of the financial relation between Zanzibar and Union governments. She said its solution has not been found and the person who administered that position was himself.
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