Sources: Prime Minister's Office United Republic Of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) and Tanzanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Tanzania has issued a communiqué stating that the earlier directive by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli, cancelling the parades and other government celebrations, on the upcoming annual, December 9, Independence and Republic Day bank holiday and non-working public holiday of Tanzania, did not imply that the 2015 Independence and Republic Day non-working public holiday of Tanzania had been canceled. [full story]