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President Kikwete Undergoes Surgery In Us

President Kikwete Undergoes Surgery In Us
President Kikwete Undergoes Surgery In Us

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete underwent a successful prostate surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, US over the weekend, the president’s office said.

Kikwete, 64, has led Tanzania, east Africa’s second-biggest economy since 2005 but must step down next year at the end of his second and final term in office.

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Kikwete left Tanzania on Thursday for the US for what his handlers had said was a medical check-up.

The operation was performed on Saturday, his office said on Sunday, without giving details on the nature of the surgery.

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“The surgery which lasted for one and a half hours, was highly successful. The president’s condition is improving, but he is still in a hospital ward under medical supervision and receiving treatment,” said in a statement released in Kiswahili language on the presidecy’s official website.

The president’s office said in a previous statement on November 6 that Kikwete would spend 10 days in the US for a medical check up.

Tanzania plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in October 2015, which will be preceded by a referendum on a new constitution in April.

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President Kikwete Undergoes Surgery In Us

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