President Samia Suluhu Hassan told a group of elders in Dar es Salaam that the October riots were not some random outburst but a coordinated attempt to topple her government. She said different types of people got involved, with some knowing exactly what they were doing, others just following the crowd, and a bunch getting paid without understanding the real agenda behind everything.
The chaos led to torched government offices, trashed public infrastructure, burned fuel stations and private shops, destroyed police stations, and wrecked official vehicles. Samia asked whether anyone could honestly call that a protest instead of straight-up violence, given how much damage went down. She promised to keep protecting the nation and its people while maintaining that security measures were necessary to stop the whole situation from spiraling further.
The chaos led to torched government offices, trashed public infrastructure, burned fuel stations and private shops, destroyed police stations, and wrecked official vehicles. Samia asked whether anyone could honestly call that a protest instead of straight-up violence, given how much damage went down. She promised to keep protecting the nation and its people while maintaining that security measures were necessary to stop the whole situation from spiraling further.
