2022 in Tanzania

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See also:	Other events of 2022; Timeline of Tanzanian history;

Events of 2022 in Tanzania.

Incumbents

1 February – The Tanzanite Bridge is officially opened^[1]
19 March – Twenty-two people are killed and 38 more injured during a bus–truck collision in Melela Kibaoni, Morogoro Region, Tanzania.^[2]
24 March – The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.^[3]
5 October – Lawyers for Maasai herders, who say the Tanzanian government is trying to violently evict them from their ancestral land to make way for a luxury game reserve, have lodged an appeal against a court ruling that dismissed their case.^[4]
23 October – A fire, spread by strong winds, occurs on the slopes of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro.^[5]
6 November – Precision Air Flight 494 crashes in Lake Victoria while attempting to land at Bukoba Airport, killing 19 people.^[6]

10 February – Mwele Ntuli Malecela, 58, civil servant
5 August – Li Jinglan, Chinese-Tanzanian interpreter^[7]
23 December – Sir Ashok Jivraj Rabheru, 70, Tanzanian-born British businessman^[8]

↑ "Why the Tanzanite Bridge was built". The Citizen. 2022-03-25. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
↑ "Tanzania bus and truck collision kills at least 22: Presidency". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
↑ "Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Malawi and neighboring countries". News-Medical.net. 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
↑ "'Shocking blow to Indigenous land rights' as court dismisses Maasai herder claim". the Guardian. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
↑ Salaam, Agence France-Presse in Dar es (2022-10-23). "Firefighters tackle blaze on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
↑ "At least 19 people dead after plane crashes into Lake Victoria". the Guardian. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
↑ "Nyerere's trusted aide dies seeking justice for 19 years". The Citizen. 2022-08-18. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2026-07-23 – via Monitor.
↑ Bhat, Chandrashekar (25 December 2022). "Genisys Group founder Sir Ashok Rabheru, 70, dies". EasternEye.

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