Tanzania’s new president John Magufuli has sacked the head of Tanzania’s ports authority and the top official in the transport ministry, in his bid to fight corruption.
The director general of the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), Awadhi Massawe, and the permanent secretary in the transport ministry, Shaaban Mwinjaka, were dismissed following the disappearance of more than 2,700 shipping containers at Dar Es Salaam port.
Massawe is the third port chief to be sacked in as many years.
“President Magufuli has also disbanded the board of directors of the ports authority due to its failure to take action against the Dar es Salaam port’s long history of poor performance,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
