US Charge d’Affaires to Tanzania Dr Inmi Patterson has bade farewell to Tanzanians in a video message on the embassy’s official Facebook page, saying she will be leaving the country soon.
Dr Patterson’s farewell message comes almost four weeks after Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned her after the US Embassy issued travel advisory saying Tanzania’s Covid-19 situation was alarming.
Neither the US Embassy nor the Tanzania Foreign Affairs Ministry responded to our queries on whether Dr Patterson’s appointment period had come to an end or whether her departure was related to the travel advisories issued against the country.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at the time the country has advised the US embassy against issuing advisories without contacting Tanzanian authorities, “who are ready to cooperate by giving reliable information.”
On Thursday, the US embassy in Dar es Salaam refuted unconfirmed news that Dr Patterson had left the country.
