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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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The Magufuli mystery

It was given information about the medical treatment of former presidents Julius Nyerere Benjamin Mkapa and Jakaya Kikwete said Lissu...

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The Kenyatta-Odinga deal starts fraying

Unlike the February 2008 National Accord between former president Mwai Kibaki and Odinga midwifed by African Union emissaries notably Kofi Annan Benjamin Mkapa and Graça Machel and chaperoned by Western diplomats the March 2018 'Handshake' was negotiated between close Kenyatta and Odinga family members gazetted by the Office of the President as an official function and foisted on the public as a fait accompli (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...


Making policy on the hoof

Tit-for-tat protectionism ended the first EAC experiment in 1977 only for it to be revived in 2000 by Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi and his Ugandan and Tanzanian counterparts Yoweri Museveni and Benjamin Mkapa (AC Vol 41 No 1 Cooperation again)...


Risks for all in mining row

Former Attorney General Andrew Chenge and former Presidents Jakaya Kikwete and Benjamin Mkapa however are normally regarded as untouchable...


Chill in the air for Chenge

Under President Benjamin Mkapa who took office in 1995 Chenge remained a crucial figure in government endorsing all government contracts including Mining Development Agreements (MDAs) and power procurement...


The untouchable funds

a company belonging to the then President Benjamin Mkapa and his Minister of Finance Daniel Ndhira Yona (AC Vol 49 No 13 Graft at the top)...


CCM springs surprise

To prevent further eruptions of bitterness from the Lowassa camp retired presidents Ali Hassan Mwinyi Benjamin Mkapa and Zanzibar's Amani Abeid Karume intervened prompting the NEC to remove both Membe and Deputy Communications Minister January Makamba reducing the shortlist to the final three (AC Vol 52 No 13 The battle to succeed Kikwete and Vol 56 No 1 CCM faces apathy)...


Power fraud unravels

Closure on IPTL would allow him to look forward to a quieter retirement than that of his predecessor Benjamin Mkapa who had lost his reputation for probity by the end of his presidency in 2005 and was widely maligned after Kikwete came to power...


Hopes and fears offshore

) When characterising the type of corruption that may or may not be involved in the upcoming licensing round analysts pointed to potential similarities to the current case against President Benjamin Mkapa’s former finance minister Basil Mramba and Daniel Yona who was Minister for Energy and Minerals from 2002 to 2005...


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