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Benjamin William Mkapa

Date of Birth: 12 November 1938
Place of Birth: Ndanda, near Masasi, Tanzania
Died: 24 July 2020


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Three million euros in the fountain

The Ambassador had a low opinion of Kikwete's ability and tended to bypass him and reported directly to then President Benjamin Mkapa the source added...


BAE Systems’ fine dilemma

paid to Shailesh Vithlani a Tanzanian who had advised BAE on relations with then President Benjamin Mkapa’s government (AC Vol 52 No 15 The radar scandal is back)...


The battle to succeed Kikwete

Bilal’s Zanzibari origins would help his candidacy since the last two presidents Kikwete and Benjamin Mkapa both came from the Mainland but his links to Aziz and Lowassa may attract the active opposition of Sitta and his allies...


Gas finds offer hope of ending power-cuts

Orca Deputy General Manager William Chiume is the son of the late Kanyama Chiume an exiled Malawian politician resident in Tanzania and a confidant of former Presidents Julius Nyerere and Benjamin Mkapa...


A vote about corruption

Unlike his predecessor Benjamin Mkapa he did not campaign on the issue: it was forced on him and suspects with strong party connections were left untouched when in the External Payments Account case some Bank of Tanzania officials and businessmen were charged with offences (AC Vol 50 No 25)...


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Criticism then began to mount of outgoing President Benjamin Mkapa and his successor Jakaya Kikwete...


Who is in charge here?

Speaker Marende's initiative was applauded for its 'wisdom and statesmanship' by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan former President of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa and former First Lady of Mozambique Graça Machel...


Corruption credentials

In another case former President Benjamin Mkapa’s Finance Minister Basil Pesambili Mramba and Energy and Minerals Minister Daniel Ndhira Yona appeared before Kisutu Resident Magistrates Court on 24 November...


The man who says no

The two sides' accusations should be subject to a 'verification mechanism' presided over by Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki with ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania as 'facilitators'...


Graft at the top

’ His predecessor Benjamin Mkapa’s government had been criticised for rampant graft...


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