Tanzania, May 30 -- Arusha. Vice President, Phillip Mpango, yesterday expressed anger over blatant misuse and theft of public funds by officials serving in the local councils.

He asked public servants behind corruption-related scams to bow out because they have lost integrity to serve in a public office.

"Instead of waiting for investigations or findings of the probe teams, they should step out. They are no longer needed in public service," he said.

He challenged heads of the local authorities - city, municipal, town and district councils - to act swiftly against officials behind abuse of office and theft.

He said local authorities' chiefs should not wait for orders from above to contain squander of the public financial resources.

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