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<\/a>Comparisons are also being drawn to the enigmatic Rwandan president Paul Kagame, whose country is seen as a hope of East Africa, calling the latest actions by Magufuli the \u201cRwandanisation of Tanzania\u201d. Here are some of the things John Magufuli has done already in less than a month:<\/p>\n
1.<\/strong> Soon after his election, Magufuli declared there would be no celebration of Independence Day on 9 December because it would be \u201cshameful\u201d to spend huge sums of money on the celebrations when people were dying of cholera. Instead, the day has been set as a national day of cleanliness, and the money will go toward street\u00accleaning services. He has said everybody should pick up their tools and clean their backyards.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> After his first official visit to the Muhimbili Hospital, and seeing the horrible state it was in, he ordered over 200 million shillings marked for \u201cparliament parties\u201d be used to pay for beds for people lying on the floor and sharing beds.<\/p>\n A few days later 300 beds were delivered. He dismissed the governing board and got a new team in place, and within days the broken MRI was fixed. He also pared down his inauguration party from $100,000 to $7,000 and sent the extra money to the hospital.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Three days into his term, Magufuli announced a ban on all foreign travel by government officials. They have been instructed to instead make regular visits to rural areas to learn and help solve problems facing everyday Tanzanians. All tasks that required officials to travel abroad would instead be done by high commissioners and ambassadors who are already in place.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> He has restricted all first\u00ac and business class travel to government officials, except the president, vice\u00acpresident and prime minister.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> There will be no more workshops and seminars in expensive hotels when there are so many ministry board rooms available.<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> He suspended the Tanzania Revenue Authority\u2019s chief and other officials pending investigations after a visit by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa to the port of Dar es Salaam found 350 containers listed in its books were missing.<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> When he had to travel 600km to Dodoma, from Dar, to officially open parliament last week, he didn\u2019t order a private jet \u2013 instead, he chose to drive.<\/p>\n 8.<\/strong> At the National Assembly in Dodoma last week he clearly sent out the message that it will not be business as usual under his leadership.<\/p>\n