{"id":9695,"date":"2020-05-31T18:39:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T18:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=9695"},"modified":"2020-05-31T18:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T18:39:55","slug":"100-peacocks-gift-for-ex-presidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/100-peacocks-gift-for-ex-presidents","title":{"rendered":"100 PEACOCKS GIFT FOR EX-PRESIDENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> IN recognition of the important role former presidents played in conserving peacocks at the State House, President John Magufuli yesterday gave 100 prestigious birds to them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These birds have a long history&#8230;we had no such species in the country; they were brought by the late Father of the Na- tion, Julius Nyerere during his administration,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Magufuli said the birds had been well cared for by all presidents who followed after Nyerere, a factor that prompted him to reward them so that they can be conserved in their gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Former presidents who were pres- ent at the handing over ceremony were Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Benjamin Mkapa and Dr Jakaya Kikwete who were given 25 peacocks each.<\/p>\n<p>The late Mwalimu Nyerere was represented by Mama Maria Nyerere who also received 25 peacocks.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-President Kikwete who moved the vote of thanks on behalf of former presidents, said he developed an interest in the impressive birds several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI liked the birds since I was still at the State House but transferring them to my area would have raised questions as some people would have claimed that I had illegally picked them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He appreciated President Magufuli\u2019s gesture, promising to take care of them.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Director of Presidential Communications Mr Gerson Msigwa said that the peacocks were brought to Chamwino from Dar es Salaam&#8217;s State House garden.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Efforts were made to ensure that they multiply in number so that they can be taken to various areas in the country, including states lodges,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that when President Magufuli assumed office in 2015, there were only 403 peacocks at the State House in Dar es Salaam but the number has increased to 2,260.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Msigwa said that various efforts were made to increase the number of peacocks and other ani- mals, noting that to date there were 500 peacocks at Chamwino State House.<\/p>\n<p>The former presidents e pressed their gratitude to Dr Magufuli for giving them the birds.<\/p>\n<p>They also commended him for measures he had been taking for the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Showing how peacocks were prestigious birds, last August Dr Magufuli presented a gift token of four birds to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.<\/p>\n<p>The fancy birds were presented to the Head of State at State House, Nairobi, by former Tanzania High Commissioner to Kenya, Dr Pindi Hazara Chana, who also delivered a goodwill message from Magufuli.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU), the birds were gifted to President Kenyatta by his host during his private visit to Tanzania in what President Mugufuli termed as a sign of deep respect and appreciation for the Kenyan leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: IN recognition of the important role former presidents played in conserving peacocks at the State House, President John Magufuli yesterday gave 100 prestigious birds to them. &#8220;These birds have a long history&#8230;we had no such species in the country; they were brought by the late Father of the Na- tion, Julius Nyerere during his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[2662,24],"class_list":["post-9695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-jakaya-kikwete","tag-john-magufuli"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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