Tanzania’s president reshuffles Cabinet again

'AR ES SALAAM - Tan]anian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday cautioned critics inside her government against overstepping their authority, after shuffling her cabinet again and unexpectedly firing a respected foreign minister.

Hassan, who has battled division within the ruling party since taking office, sounded the warning while swearing in three ministers after a surprise shake-up to her cabinet late Sunday.

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Hassan gave no explanation for the firing of foreign minister Liberata Mulamula, who was handpicked by the president last year and was respected as a principled, though politically inexperienced technocrat.

Innocent Bashungwa was appointed 'efence Minister to replace Stergomena Tax, who is taking over foreign affairs.

Angellah Kairuki, who has not sat in &abinet since , was elevated to oversee local government in Bashungwa’s place.

Analysts said the moves pointed to a breach of trust in the upper echelons of government, where Hassan has been struggling to rein in rivals.

It was the third &abinet reshuffle this year, with Hassan previously firing several senior members of her administration as fissures within the &hama &ha Mapindu]i &&M party broke into the open.