2021 in Tanzania explained

Events of 2021 in Tanzania.

See also: 2021 in East Africa.

Incumbents

• President
  • John Magufuli, died March 17^[1]
  • Samia Suluhu, starting March 17
• Vice-President:
  • Samia Suluhu, until March 17
• Vice-President: Philip Mpango
• Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa
• Chief Justice: Ibrahim Hamis Juma

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania

January to March

• 16 January – The French Embassy announces it is working with the Association of the Tanzanian Diaspora Living in France to promote the Kiswahili language.^[2]
• 19 January – The United States puts visa restrictions on unnamed Tanzanian officials because of responsibility or complicity in irregularities and violence in the 2020 Tanzanian general election.^[3]
• 25 January – A man is arrested in Austria trying to smuggle seventy-four protected chameleons from Tanzania. Three died, but the rest were taken to the Schönbrunn Zoo.^[4]
• 27 January – President John Magufuli expresses doubts about the COVID-19 vaccines on January 27 during a speech in Chato, Geita Region.^[5]
• 23 February – Maskless Finance Minister Philip Mpango coughs his way through a press conference to announce he is not dead a few days after President Magufuli acknowledged COVID-19 in real.^[6]
• 10 March – Opposition leader Tundu Lissu demands answers about the health and whereabouts of President John Magufuli, 61, who has not been seen in public since 27 February.^[7]
• 15 March – Four people are arrested for spreading rumors that President Magufuli is ill, despite his not being seen in public in four weeks.^[8]
• 17 March - President John Magufuli dies; Vice-President Samia Suluhu takes over.^[1]
• 21 March - 45 people are killed in a stampede at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam.^{[9] [10]}
• 28 March – President Samia Suluhu Hassan orders the suspension of the head of the ports authority over corruption allegations.^[11]
• 30 March – President Hassan picks Philip Mpango, the finance minister, to be her deputy.^[12]
• 25 August – A gunman shoots dead three police officers and a security guard in Dar es Salaam.^{[13] [14]}

Culture

See also: 2021 in African music.

Deaths

• 17 January – Ilunga 'CPwaa' Khalifa, 38, rapper; pneumonia.^[15]
• 20 January – Julius Sang′udi, deputy commissioner of prisons.
• 21 January – Martha Umbulla, 65, politician.
• 21 January – Prudence Karugendo, writer and political analyst.
• 22 January – Emanuel Maganga, former Kigoma Region commissioner.
• 23 January – Ireneus Kaganda Mbahulira, 78, bishop.
• 25 January – Gregory Teu, 69, former deputy minister.
• 12 February – Atashasta Justus Nditiye, 51, former deputy minister; complications after traffic accident.^[16]
• 12 February – Harith Bakari Mwapachu, 81, former minister.
• 13 February – Regina Rweyemamu, former High Court judge.^[17]
• 15 February – Muhammed Seif Khatib, 70, former minister and owner of Zenji FM.^[18]
• 17 February – Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, First Vice President of Zanzibar and ACT chairman; COVID-19.^[19]
• 17 February – John Kijazi, 64, chief secretary to the President, chancellor of University of Dodoma; heart attack.^[20]
• 20 February – Servacius Likwelile, 63, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.^[21]
• 22 February – Benno Ndulu, 71, former governor of the Bank of Tanzania.^[22]
• 25 February – Arthur Shoo, Secretary-General, Northern Diocese, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.^[23]
• 17 March – John Magufuli, 61, President; heart complications.^[1]
• 6 April – Alfred Maluma, 65, Catholic bishop of Njombe; traffic accident.^[24]
• 28 April – Moses Beatus Mlula, defence adviser at the High Commission of Tanzania in New Delhi; COVID-19.^[25]
• 18 May – Tumainiel Kiwelu, 79, former commander and chief of staff in the Tanzania People's Defence Force during the Uganda–Tanzania War.^[26]
• 29 June – Patrick Mfugale, 70 or 71, CEO of Tanzania Roads Agency.^[27]
• 22 July – Anna Mghwira, 62, former regional commissioner of Kilimanjaro Region.^[28]
• 30 July – Ambilikile Mwasapile, also known as Babu wa Loliondo, former Lutheran priest turned discoverer of miracle potion.^[29]
• 2 August – Elias John Kwandikwa, 55, Minister for Defence and National Service.^[30]
• 17 August – Basil Mramba, 81, former finance minister; COVID-19.^[31]
• 27 September – William Olenasha, 49, politician.^[32]
• 18 November – 'Nick' Al Noor Kassum Sunderji, 97, former politician and university chancellor.^[33]
• 18 December – 'Baharia' Issa, 64, politician.^[34]

See also

• 2021–22 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
• East African Community
• International Conference on the Great Lakes Region

Notes and References

1. Web site: Burke. Jason. 18 March 2021. Tanzania's Covid-denying president, John Magufuli, dies aged 61. 8 February 2022. The Guardian. en. London.
2. News: Odunga . Maureen . Tanzania: Kiswahili Language Gets Big Boost in France . January 16, 2021 . allAfrica.com . Tanzania Daily News . 16 January 2021 . en.
3. News: US puts visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials over vote . January 27, 2021 . AP NEWS . 19 January 2021.
4. News: Man stopped at Vienna airport trying to smuggle 74 protected chameleons from Tanzania into Austria . January 25, 2021 . . January 25, 2021.
5. News: Tanzania's president expresses doubts about COVID vaccines . January 27, 2021 . AP NEWS . 27 January 2021.
6. News: Condemnation as coughing Tanzanian minister gives news conference . February 24, 2021 . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English . February 24, 2021 . en.
7. News: Lewis . David . Miriri . Duncan . Where's Magufuli? Tanzanian leader's absence fuels health concern . March 10, 2021 . . March 10, 2021.
8. News: John Magufuli: Tanzania arrests over missing president rumours . March 15, 2021 . . March 15, 2021 .
9. News: At least five people dead in Tanzania stampede as crowds view body of dead president . . March 23, 2021 . Elias . Biryabarema . Angus . MacSwan . "We are...grieving for the loss of our five family members who died yesterday during the stampede," Gerald Mtuwa, a member of the family told MwanaHalisi TV, a private online television channel in Tanzania on Monday..
10. News: Tanzanian police say 45 died in stampede at Magufuli tribute . . March 30, 2021 . Tanzanian police say 45 people died during a stampede in Dar-es-Salaam on March 21 as mourners paid their last respects to the late President John Magufuli..
11. News: Tanzania's Hassan suspends ports chief, continuing Magufuli's anti-graft stance . March 28, 2021 . . March 28, 2021.
12. News: Tanzania president picks deputy, as grim stampede toll emerges . March 31, 2021 . . . March 30, 2021.
13. News: Gunman kills several police near French embassy in Tanzania. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825153500/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/25/gunman-kills-several-near-french-embassy-in-tanzania . 2021-08-25 .
14. Web site: Mayhem in Tanzania as gunman shot dead near French Embassy. 25 August 2021 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825143536/https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/mayhem-in-tanzania-as-gunman-shot-dead-near-french-embassy--3524636 . 2021-08-25 .
15. Web site: Edward. Elizabeth. Former legislator dies in Arusha after brief illness. The Citizen. 27 January 2021. 26 January 2021. 26 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126105514/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/former-legislator-dies-in-arusha-after-brief-illness-3269072. dead.
16. Web site: Magufuli, nation mourn Nditiye, Mwapachu. The Citizen. 15 February 2021. 12 February 2021.
17. Web site: Mosenda. Jacob. President Magufuli mourns demise of retired judge. The Citizen. 15 February 2021. 13 February 2021.
18. Web site: Takwa. Esther. Bakiza chairman Dr Khatib is dead. Daily News. 15 February 2021. 15 February 2021.
19. Web site: Zanzibar's 1st vice president dies amid COVID treatment. Anadolu Agency. 17 February 2021. 17 February 2021.
20. Web site: Chief secretary John Kijazi's cause of death revealed. The Citizen. 24 February 2021. 20 February 2021.
21. Web site: Dr Servacius Likwelile has died aged 63. The Citizen. 22 February 2021. 21 February 2021.
22. Web site: Prof Benno Ndulu's life in public service. The Citizen. 22 February 2021. 22 February 2021.
23. Web site: ELCT Northern Diocese Secretary General Arthur Shoo has died. The Citizen. 26 February 2021. 26 February 2021.
24. Web site: Tanzania bishop Maluma dies too. Edge. 12 April 2021. 7 April 2021.
25. Web site: Defence advisor of Tanzanian High Commission dies due to coronavirus infection. Outlook. 3 May 2021. 3 May 2021.
26. Web site: Tanzanian commander of battle against Uganda's Idi Amin dies. Taarifa. 27 May 2021. 22 May 2021.
27. Web site: Mfugale: The engineer behind Tanzania's iconic bridges dies. The Citizen. 5 July 2021. 30 June 2021.
28. Web site: Mghwira's death sends shock waves. The Citizen. 23 July 2021. 23 July 2021. Joseph. Janeth.
29. Web site: Babu wa Loliondo, self-declared miracle healer, dies. The Citizen. 31 July 2021. 31 July 2021.
30. Web site: Wambura. Bethsheba. Tanzania's Defence minister has died. The Citizen. 3 August 2021. 2 August 2021. 13 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813095451/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/tanzania-s-defence-minister-has-died-3496612. dead.
31. Web site: Tanzania ex-minister Mramba dies of Covid-related complications. The East African. 17 August 2021.
32. Web site: Wambura. Bethsheba. Tanzania's Investment Deputy Minister Ole Nasha dies at 49. The Citizen. 28 September 2021. 28 September 2021. 28 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928154652/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/tanzania-s-investment-deputy-minister-ole-nasha-dies-at-49-3565184. dead.
33. Web site: The life and times of 'Nick' Noor Kassum (1924-2021). The Citizen. 3 December 2021. 3 December 2021.
34. Web site: Mwinyi leads mourners at ex-MP's funeral. Daily News. 20 December 2021. 20 December 2021. 20 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211220082321/https://www.dailynews.co.tz/news/2021-12-2061c03bc2c22b4.aspx. dead.