SPECIAL REPORT: The life and times of Edward Sokoine: man of firm action
President Julius Nyerere listens to his Prime Minister Edward Sokoine. Today Tanzania commemorates the death of Sokoine 31 years after. He died in a motor accident in Morogoro Region as he was travelling to Dar es Salaam after addressing the National Assembly. PHOTO | FILE
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Sokoine’s major contribution then was his announcement that, from then on imported tractors, trucks, pick-up and double cabins would attract less tax than other luxury vehicles. Unlike luxury vehicles, he said, they were tools for building the economy
A day before his death, Sokoine addressed the National Assembly in Dodoma and raised numerous sticking issues that he wanted government officials and ministers to solve as soon as possible
