Last October Tanzania's then Defence Minister Stergomena Tax and Chief of Defence Forces General Jacob Mkunda were among the country's top securocrats who gathered to quaff champagne and celebrate the inauguration of the Nyumbu-Streit Armoured Vehicle Facility at the Tanzania Automotive Technology Centre in Kibaha a business hub on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam...
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A year after being fast-tracked into government as defence minister Stergomena Tax has been promoted again this time as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation replacing Liberata Mulamula as part of the third reshuffle this year by President Samia Suluhu Hassan (AC Dispatches 15/9/21 President appoints the country's first woman defence minister in mini-reshuffle)...
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Stergomena Tax was fast-tracked into government as Minister of Defence and National Service two days after being sworn in as an MP...
