Former President Jakaya Kikwete and current Chairman of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) will hand over the party’s chairmanship to President John Magufuli in June.
Addressing journalists in Dar es Salaam, CCM Secretary General Abdulrahman Kinana said President Magufuli has accepted the responsibility. “CCM has a culture of handing over the party’s chairmanship to the next elected President… this is not in the party’s constitution but it is a culture that has been formed within the party”, he explained.
Mr Kinana explained further that former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, handed over the position to former President Benjamin Mkapa in 1995, who in turn handed it over to Mr Kikwete in 2006.
“This culture is continuing and former President Kikwete has decided to hand over the chairmanship to President Magufuli, who has accepted. My work is to prepare the party’s national congress for this purpose,” he clarified.
Meanwhile, CCM has commended President John Magufuli for directing new regional commissioners to ensure youth in their regions spend most of their time working instead of playing pool.
Speaking in his new capacity as CCM spokesperson, Mr Christopher Ole Sendeka said the president’s directives aim at maximising the country’s human resources as well as impacting responsibility among all Tanzanians.
Earlier, Mr Kinana introduced Mr Ole Sendeka to the press as new CCM spokesperson — to assist the party’s Ideology and Publicity Secretary, Nape Nnauye, who also doubles as Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports.
Mr Kinana said Mr Nnauye would continue with his capacity as the party’s Ideology and Publicity Secretary until the National Executive Committee (NEC) decides otherwise. Mr Ole Sendeka said Dr Magufuli had once again shown that many of the Tanzanians who voted for him in last year’s general election, made the right choice.
“CCM, whose manifesto President Magufuli is implementing, has every reason to hail his leadership. We believe that under his leadership, Tanzania will make major strides in development,” he explained.
He said under President Magufuli’s motto ‘Hapa Kazi Tu’, the country has witnessed sweeping changes, including curbing government expenditures and control of corruption that have resulted in increase of revenue collection in the shortest time possible. “Increased revenue collection has seen enhanced government’s effort in providing improved service to the public.
We have seen steps taken against public servants whose service has been tainted and others arraigned… all these steps are within the law and good governance,” Mr Ole Sendeka noted.
The new CCM spokesperson castigated those misleading the public that what President Magufuli is doing amounts to dictatorship and inhumanity, stressing that CCM directed the sitting president, through the party’s manifesto, to restore discipline and accountability within the public service sector.
Recently, when swearing in new Regional Commissioners, President Magufuli issued directives to the holders of the post to make sure ghost workers in their regions are eliminated from payrolls within 15 days.
He said the same should be done also in various government institutions by ministers and heads of institutions. The president also directed the regional commissioners to ensure people in their regions, especially the youth, engage in development activities instead of wasting time at the pool tables.
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