Last weekend they were opening parliament and there was a
state dinner planned for all guests that was going to cost about 300m.
President Magulufi cut the budget to 25m and ordered that the rest be taken to
buy hospital beds for Muhimbili they got 300 beds and mattresses and 600 bed
sheets from that money.
On 23rd Nov 2015 he announced that there will be no official
ceremonies for Independence Day on 9th December, the money is to be used for
more pressing issues and the day should instead be spent cleaning up our
environment.
On Saturday 21st Nov 2015 a group of 50 people were about to
set off for a tour of commonwealth countries (don’t know for what) but
President Magulufi cut that list down to 4 people, saving government 600m in
tickets, accommodation and per diems
No more foreign travel, embassies will take care; if it’s
necessary to go, special permission must be sought from him or Chief Secretary
No more 1st class and business class travel for all
officials except President, Vice, and Prime Minister.
No more workshops and seminars in expensive hotels when there
are so many ministry board rooms available.
President Magulufi asked how come engineers are given V8s
when a pick-up is more suitable for their jobs.
No more sitting allowances, how the hell are you paid
allowance for a job which you have a monthly salary; that also applies to MPs.
President Magulufi has literally pressed the reset button;
returning Tanzania to default factory settings, because that was the TZ Nyerere
left us with.
On the day after he was brought to power, in the morning as
State House officials were showing him round he decided to take a walk to
ministry of finance, told them to get their act together, asked why some
employees weren’t in office (ever since then the traffic jam in mornings has
become worse) and ordered TRA to scrap all tax exemptions, everyone must pay
taxes especially the big guys
President Magulufi went to Muhimbili Hospital unannounced
and walked thru the worst parts that they keep hiding from important visitors
he fired the director, fired the hospital board and ordered that all machines
that weren’t working (so that people go to private hospitals owned by some
doctors) to be repaired within 2 weeks otherwise he fires even the new
director; the machines were repaired in 3 days
Finally, last week when going to officially open parliament
President Magulufi didn’t go by plane, drove the whole 600km from Dar to
Dodoma.
President Magulufi has reduced the size of the presidential
convoy, even reduced the size of presidential delegation that travels with him
President Magulufi chose a Prime Minister we haven’t heard
of before, a guy with reputation for hard work and no corruption all the big
guys we expected could be PM have been let wondering what hit them.
His motto is: Hapa Kazi Tu
After President Magulufi visited Ministry of finance and
Muhimbii Hospital without announcing it is said the port (most corrupt,
delaying, thieving officials) were all of a sudden the most efficient place. No
loads are missing, things are done quickly and that habit of forcing for a
bribe so that your container is released is no more.
Oh, they say when he was confirmed as winner people started
congratulating him and wanting to bring gifts to his place he turned them back,
saying he will receive all congrats over the phone, nobody should visit him.
All individuals/firms that bought state companies that were
privatized but haven’t done anything (20yrs later) are to either revive the
industries immediately or hand them back to the government
………………………
TIME TO LEARN FROM THE BEST.
VOTE WISELY.
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