According to their story, the newly elected president had given Tanzanian women three weeks to get rid of their skimpy outfits in a move to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.
But as it turn out, nothing could be further from the truth.
The Tanzanian government has denied the reports of the ban terming them as reckless.
Through a press statement, Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that as much as it appreciates positive reviews of Magufuli’s performance in the Kenyan media it takes strong exception at irresponsible distortions and misreporting, such as the one on miniskirts.
The Tanzania government also says that it hopes that the Standard will show good faith by retracting the wrong information they fed to their readers.