Dodoma ready for diplomats, says Magufuli

President John Magufuli presents to the Chinese Ambassador, Ms Wang Ke, a letter of offer for a plot in Dodoma as Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Minister Augustine Mahiga looks on at State House in Dar es Salaam on July 30, 2018. Dr Magufuli handed over letters of offer for land in the new capital to 67 embassies and international organisations during the function. Photo | State House. 

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The government has issued the land ownership documents free of charge in its efforts to encourage relocation of organisations to the country’s new capital city. Each of the diplomatic missions has been given 5.5 acres of land.