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Pohamba 'led astray'
29/05/2005 21:00 - (SA)
Zanzibar - A communications glitch on Sunday forced Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba's motorcade to stray into the narrow alleys of the Tanzanian offshore island of Zanzibar, witnesses said.
They said the motorcade took a different direction after two security guide vehicles lost contact as they headed to Zanzibar's "House of Wonders", the only surviving palace of the island's 20th Century Sultan rulers, situated in the famous Stone Town.
"The security officers and the police lost contact, each taking a different route from the planned route," one witness said.
"It was a surprising incident. How come a presidential convoy gets misled," another witness said. "Fortunately after a few minutes security had to reorganise the convoy so that it got to the planned destination."
"The unexpected reorganisation of the guest motorcade temporarily disturbed the commuter bus route in one of the streets in Zanzibar," according to a police officer, who requested to remain unnamed.
Later Pohanya, who arrived in Tanzania on Friday, held talks with Zanzibar President Abeid Amani Karume and agreed to enhance co-operation in the fishing sector.
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