On Saturday, May 24, 2025, during the swearing-in ceremony of a new presidential appointee, President Samia directed the Ethics Commission to urgently address issues among public servants, specifically focusing on the leakage of confidential information.
“Please ensure that ethics are upheld in public service; we have deteriorated. Today, a public servant lacks patriotism, lacks the spirit of a public servant, and dares to take confidential information from files, take photos with their phone, and share them. Thinking that they are undermining the President, or perhaps someone else, in the line,” President Samia said.
“But in reality, they are the ones lacking integrity. They are the ones not being accountable to their country, lacking patriotism. So these things are happening, that’s just one example, but there are many issues within public service. Please help us, because public service is the engine that drives this country,” she emphasized.
While it’s unclear which confidential document has leaked, in the last week, US-based Tanzanian activist Mange Kimambi, had shared some documents marked confidential in her social media accounts.
President Samia also called for stakeholders to defend the country against foreign interference, underscoring that it is a collective task.
“Because of the beauty and strength of our nation, you can see what is happening today, people from elsewhere want to come and destabilize us from within. The responsibility to protect the nation is not mine alone, nor is it only for the security and defense forces; it is all of ours,” President Samia said.
“Because if they fail from outside, they will try to penetrate through our ministries and institutions, seeking to disrupt us from within. I ask you to protect your nation, this is the only resource we have been entrusted with; we have no other. Go and protect it,” she emphasized.
