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Tanzania freezes assets of anti-graft official

Tanzania President John Magufuli. (Photo: Courtesy) 

Tanzania’s anti-graft watchdog said it had frozen the assets of its chief accountant and planned to charge him with corruption, part of an aggressive anti-graft drive in which thousands of officials have already lost their jobs.

The state-run Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) said it had secured a magistrate’s order freezing the assets of Godfrey Gugai, its chief accountant.

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