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Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter, Wanu Hafidh Ameir, as deputy minister for Education and her son-in-law, Mohamed Mchengerwa, as Health minister, according to DW.

The German broadcaster reported that the president also appointed former President Jakaya Kikwete’s son, Ridhwani Kikwete, minister of Public Service Management and Good Governance.

The appointments come as Tanzania continues to reckon with the fallout from last month’s election, which Ms Suluhu Hassan won with nearly 98% and reflect a wider trend in East Africa, where serving presidents have appointed their relatives to key government positions.

The October election was marred by protests that turned deadly, claiming hundreds. The president has said she will launch an inquiry into the post-election violence.

Her appointments mirror a broader trend across East Africa, where presidents routinely elevate relatives to powerful offices. In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni’s wife Janet is Education minister, and their son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, commands the defence forces.

In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame has denied grooming his daughter, Ange Kagame, for politics, though his sons serve in the military.

Meanwhile, Ms Suluhu Hassan has acknowledged that Tanzania’s image for stability has been “stained” by the unrest that followed the election, according to the BBC.

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It reported that the president made the comments while swearing in her new cabinet and warned that the violence could “set the country back”.

“We mostly depend on loans from international creditors, but what happened eroded our global credibility,” the 65-year-old president said.

The opposition, which was barred from contesting, denounced the election as a “mockery of democracy”.

Malawi’s former president and the Commonwealth envoy, Lazarus Chakwera, is due to arrive in Tanzania to lead reconciliation efforts between the two sides, the BBC reported.

Citing the opposition, the BBC said security forces crushed the protests under cover of a five-day internet blackout after the election. The authorities have yet to release an official death toll.

But gruesome images and videos of dead Tanzanians have circulated online following the disputed elections, in which key opposition leaders were jailed or disqualified.

The violence was shocking for a nation that had cultivated an image of calm and order for nearly six decades.

At least 240 people were charged with treason after the protests, according to the BBC.

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