Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on July 20 appointed a new police chief. Camilius Wambura is now Tanzania’s Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Prior to his appointment Wambura was the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI). The new IGP replaced Simon Sirro who has been appointed Tanzania’s ambassador to Zimbabwe.
Sirro who was former Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander was appointed Tanzania’s IGP on May 29, 2017 replacing Ernest Mangu.
In the latest appointment, President Suluhu who is also the Commander in Chief of the armed forces also appointed Ramadhan Hamisi Kingai as the new Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
In a statement by the directorate of Presidential Communication which was issued in the early hours of Wednesday, the latest appointees set to be sworn later in the day.
The appointment of Camilius Wambura makes him the 11th Inspector General of Police since the formation of the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964.
