A
drunk minister in Africa has learned the hard way after attending a
parliamentary session drunk and unable to answer questions coherently.
Tanzanian
President, John Magufuli has fired his interior minister for turning up in
parliament allegedly the worse for wear for drink, Prime Minister Kassim
Majaliwa said Saturday.
“The
president has revoked the appointment of Home Affairs Minister Charles Kitwanga
following reports that he was drunk in parliament and failed to respond
properly to questions,” Majaliwa told state-owned Tanzania Broadcasting
corporation (TBC).
“Ministers
and other civil servants must always display utmost integrity,” Majaliwa said.
The
occasion Kitwanga had transgressed was not clear but his demise is in keeping
with Magufuli’s “bulldozer” reputation.
The
head of state has since taking office last October notably scrapped a number of
ministerial foreign visits he deemed unnecessary and also cracked down on
government entertainment budgets.
Magafuli
also annulled last December’s annual festivities to mark independence, a
traditionally sumptuous affair, saying it would be “shameful” to spend money on
a party in the wake of a cholera outbreak which killed dozens.
The
no-nonsense Magufuli has also been probing stories of phantom civil servants
with a bloated public sector fuelling widespread payroll fraud.
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