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Tanzanian President Sworn In
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10443F2:3919ACA Jakaya Kikwete
takes oath of office, starts his five-year term





Jakaya Kikwete Tanzania's newly elected president Jakaya Kikwete has
taken the oath of office and started his five-year term.

A number of African leaders attended the inauguration Wednesday in the
main stadium of the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.

The new president delivered a short speech in which he pledged to
continue fighting poverty in Tanzania, one of the world's poorest
nations.

Official results from last week's election gave more than 80 percent
of the vote to Mr. Kikwete, who had been Tanzania's foreign minister.

His nearest rival, Ibrahim Lipumba of the main opposition Civic United
Front, took 11 percent.

President Kikwete's Chama Cha Mapinduzi party has held power in the
east African nation since independence in 1961.

Some information for this report provided by AF and Reuters.


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