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After cancelling Uhuru Day fete, Suluhu retreats to solitary confinement in Dar

Tanzania's President Suluhu Samia Hassan. [AFP]

Only weeks after Mama Suluhu Samia Hassan was overwhelmingly endorsed for a second term, by 98 per cent of the voters, she has postponed her nation’s Independence Day celebrations slotted for December 9.

Some cynics say it’s because most Tanzanians concede there is nothing to celebrate, including Suluhu’s electoral victory, which I find strange because it was expected that she would make up for the small ceremony held in a military facility in Mwanza, soon after her re-election.

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