President Nangolo Mbumba left for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, today to attend the 60th Anniversary Commemoration of Union Day of the United Republic of Tanzania.

The event celebrates the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar into the United Republic of Tanzania.

President Mbumba received an invitation from his Tanzanian counterpart, President Samia Saluhu Hassan, to attend the significant milestone in Tanzanian history. 

Union Day commemorates the merger of the Independent States of Tanganyika and Zanzibar on April 26, 1964, establishing the United Republic of Tanzania.