President Samia Hassan sacks Tanzanian envoy to UN over corruption
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan who is the only candidate for the post of Chama cha Mapinduzi chairperson. PHOTO | HABIMANA THIERRY | ANADOLU AGENCY VIA AFP
Tanzania’s permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States, Prof Kennedy Gastorn, was on Tuesday fired over a corruption scandal whose details were not disclosed.
The abrupt decision came several months after President Samia Suluhu Hassan fired Foreign Minister Liberata Mulamula over alleged “overstepping” while in a delegation led by Vice President Philip Mpango during a tour of the US for the UN General Assembly last year.
