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UPDATES FROM TANZANIA POST ELECTION ACTIVITIES
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 usee for buying 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 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 can one be paid allowances for a job which one has a monthly salary for? that also applies to MP's.
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, he was driven for 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 ni 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 ones 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.…………
*** Museveni must be asking himself, "Is Mugufuli normal!!" Yet that's how Museveni started his presidential bid way back on 1980. Museveni criticised Obotes big motorcade promising that his would be much smaller.  Today Museveni's motorcade is four times bigger than that of Obote. Museveni criticised Lutwa for ordering a new bedroom set from London, UK after the overthrow of Obote in 1985. Ten years later, Museveni's first daughter was flown to Germany in a presidential jet to give birth! When Museveni first assumed the presidency he used to wear locally tailored suites, Kaunda suites notwithstanding, but today he wears imported Italian made suites. Museveni left the bushes of Luwero without a single cow in his name. Today he not only owns three of the biggest ranches in the country and produces most of the milk supply in Mbarara, Kampala and beyond. Museveni ordered Parliament to approve more than two billion Shillings to renovate Entebbe state house while Janet Museveni orderd for two hundred million Shillings just to build a fence around her Kololo office.