Yearbook 2008
Tanzania. In February, a suspected corruption deal forced
the entire government to resign. According to a
parliamentary inquiry, both Prime Minister Edward Lowassa
and a couple of his union ministers and several senior
officials had joined in the procurement of an energy project
and unduly favored an American company.
According to
Countryaah reports, Mizengo Pinda was appointed new Prime Minister, a lawyer
who was most recently Minister of Local Government and also
played a key role in the Prime Minister's Office. He was
endorsed by Parliament by an overwhelming majority and
formed a government with far fewer ministers and deputy
ministers than the former.
During the year, the country was shaken by a wave of
albino murders. About twenty people with pigment
deficiencies were killed in the belief that their body parts
would turn around and protect against sorcery. In October,
President Jakaya Kikwete ordered intensified police efforts
to put an end to the killings that tarnished the country's
reputation.
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