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Tanzania president nominates Mwigulu Nchemba as prime minister

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan nominated former finance minister Mwigulu Nchemba as the new prime minister on Thursday, in the wake of last month's disputed election.
City view of Dar es Salaam A view of the Central Business District of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the coast of the Indian Ocean, 14 April 2008. Present day Dar es Salaam has been influenced by a myriad Sultans, the Germans and the British colonialists. The city which began as a fishing village named Mzizima in the mid 19th century, is now Tanzania's largest city, and has become one of East Africa's most important ports and trading centers. Its mix of African, Muslim, and South Asian influences, picturesque harbour, beaches, chaotic markets, and historical buildings makes Dar es Salaam Tanzania's financial, political and cultural hub despite having lost its status as official capital to Dodoma in 1973. EPA/SARAH ELLIOTT

The parliament is widely expected to approve his appointment in a vote later on Thursday given Hassan was declared the landslide winner of the October 29 vote.

Opponents say Hassan's government rigged the election, and there were violent protests over the exclusion of her main challengers.

The U.N. Human Rights Office has said it believes hundreds of people were killed in the protests, while the main opposition party and some human rights activists have said security forces killed more than 1,000 people.

The government has said the opposition's death toll is exaggerated but has not put forward its own figure for the number of dead.

Hassan, in office since 2021, has rejected criticism of her human rights record and defended the fairness of the election.

(Reporting by George Obulutsa and Vincent Mumo Nzilani;Editing by Alexander Winning)

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