No nonsense President Magufuli okays the arrest of his wife as he cracks the whip on drug traffickers
Image: 30 Oct 2015, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania --- Tanzania's President elect John Pombe Magufuli addresses members of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party (CCM) at the party's sub-head office on Lumumba road in Dar es Salaam, October 30, 2015. Tanzania's ruling party candidate, John Magufuli, was declared winner on Thursday of a presidential election, after the national electoral body dismissed opposition complaints about the process and a demand for a recount. The election has been the most hotly contested race in the more than half a century of rule by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party, which fielded Magufuli, 56, a minister for public works. REUTERS/Sadi Said --- Image by © SADI SAID/Reuters/CorbisWema Sepetu, Vanessa Mdee are some of the heavyweights who have been summoned by the police over claims of drug trafficking. President Magufuli has also given the police the green light to arrest his wife.
It became clear it wasn’t going to be business as usual in Tanzania from the moment President John Pombe Magufuli ascended to power.
Magufuli has turned out to be the president who keeps his words; he has now turned up the heat on drug traffickers.
Several Tanzanian celebrities have been summoned by the police over claims of having a hand in drug trafficking.
In a bid to assure his countrymen and women that he will leave no stone unturned in the fight against drug abuse in Tanzania, President Magufuli gave the police the green light to arrest his wife, Janet Magufuli, is she is suspected of drug trafficking.
“Hakuna cha mtu aliye maarufu, hakuna mwanasiasa, hakuna askari, hakuna waziri au mtoto wa fulani ambaye akijihusisha aachwe, ata angekua mke wangu Janet hapa ambaye angejihusisha wee shika tu peleka. Kwa sababu madhara ya dawa za kulevya kwa taifa letu yamefikia mahali pabaya. Haiwezekani kuwa watu wanauza kama njugu,” President Magufuli spoke at State House while addressing the nation.
