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/ 14 February 2008
A new, leaner Cabinet for Tanzania was sworn in Wednesday, its predecessor having fallen apart last week amid a corruption scandal. President Jakaya Kikwete dissolved his last Cabinet on February 7 after Edward Lowassa stepped down as prime minister. He and other lawmakers were implicated in a $179-million corruption scandal.
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/ 21 September 2007
Tanzania will boost the proportion of citizens with access to electricity to 25% by around 2013, the country’s energy minister said on Friday. Only about 10% of Tanzania’s 40-million people currently have access to electricity, and the government plans to focus its efforts on the poorest living in rural areas.