2017 in Tanzania

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Events in the year 2017 in Tanzania.

## Incumbents

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* President: John Magufuli
* Vice-President: Samia Suluhu
* Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa
* Chief Justice: Mohamed Chande Othman (until 18 January), Ibrahim Hamis Juma (starting 18 January)

## Events

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* April 25 \- Tanzania expelled UNDP head Awa Dobo, possibly because of alleged criticisms of a controversial election in Zanzibar.[1]
* May 6 \- More than 30 people, almost all of whom were schoolchildren, were killed in a bus crash near the town of Karatu.[2]
* July 17 \- A Charismatic pastor was arrested after two worshippers drowned while being baptised by him in the Ungwasi river. The victims were overwhelmed by the river's current.[3]
* September 7 \- Tundu Lissu, an MP of the opposition party Chadema, survived being shot multiple times at his home after returning from a parliamentary session by unknown gunmen.[4][5]
* November 8 \- At least 6 schoolchildren were killed and 25 others were injured in an explosion, likely caused by a grenade, in the Kagera Region.[6]
* November 21 - Disappearance of Azory Gwanda, a journalist for Mwananchi Communications Ltd in Dar es Salaam.[7]
* December 9 \- On Tanzania's 56th independence anniversary, President Magufuli pardoned 1828 convicts,[8] including musician "Nguza Viking" and his son, who were arrested in 2003 for raping 10 primary school girls.[9] The two were met by cheering crowds upon their release, local media claimed.[10]

## Deaths

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Vinod Chohan

* 4 January – Anna Senkoro, politician and medical doctor (b. 1962).[11]

* 12 June – Vinod Chohan, scientist (b. 1949)

## References

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1. ^ "Tanzania expels UNDP head Awa Dabo". BBC. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
2. ^ "Tanzania school bus crash kills dozens". BBC. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
3. ^ "Tanzania worshippers swept away in river baptism". BBC. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
4. ^ "Tanzania's Tundu Lissu recovering after gun attack". Al Jazeera. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
5. ^ "Tanzania's Tundu Lissu recovering after gun attack". Al Jazeera. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
6. ^ "Six Tanzanian schoolchildren killed in 'grenade' explosion". BBC. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
7. ^ "Justice must be done for dead Tanzania journalist Azory Gwanda". Amnesty International. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
8. ^ Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban (11 December 2017). "Tanzania's Magufuli slammed for releasing child rapists". Africanews. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
9. ^ Karen McVeigh (13 December 2017). "Tanzania pardons two child rapists and calls for arrest of pregnant schoolgirls". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
10. ^ "Tanzanian President Magufuli pardons child rapists". BBC. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
11. ^ Mwalimu, Saumu (4 January 2017). "Tanzania: First Female to Contest Presidency Senkoro Dies". The Citizen. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

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