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Old 10th Jan 2016, 16:58
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Phone Wind
 
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'The Bulldozer' Magafuli, cancelled the Independence Day celebrations and 90% of the budget for the banquet for the opening of parliament and instead joined his people out cleaning up the streets. Not only did he cancel foreign travel for officials and ban the purchase of first-class air tickets, he ordered that government meetings and workshops be held in government buildings rather than hotels. He cut the size of the delegation going to the Commonwealth conference from 50 to four delegates. Instead of sponsoring a World AIDS Day exhibition, he ordered the money be spent on anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS sufferers.
If anyone can bring about a change in the country, he can
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