Among the July changes Ridhiwani Kikwete son of former President Jakaya Kikwete was appointed Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office...
Another source close to Samia says that Makonda was sent to Arusha to appease the CCM faction that supported former President Jakaya Kikwete and which remains key to Samia's control of the party...
Nchimbi held a series of ministerial positions including the Home Affairs Ministry under former President Jakaya Kikwete (AC Vol 55 No 4 Trophy-hunters after Kikwete)...
Rumours that Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete would stand have ebbed (Dispatches 21/2/24 Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi)...
Vol 65 No 5 |
- AFRICAN UNION
The race to succeed Moussa Faki Mahamat as chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) in February 2025 already has two contenders Tanzania's former president Jakaya Kikwete and Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga...
Edward Lowassa who has died aged 70 was a close friend confidant and ally of ex-President Jakaya Kikwete who spent a fortune advancing his prospects and embracing any part of the ideological spectrum that would help him but without reaching the highest office of all...
The son of a Maasai herdsman who doubled as a lowly colonial official Lowassa studied for a BA at the University of Dar es Salaam where he met his lifelong political soulmate and future president Jakaya Kikwete before graduating from the University of Bath England with a degree in development studies...
' Lowassa always claimed that he had the full support of President Jakaya Kikwete (AC Vol 55 No 24 Power scandal rocks ministers)...
DISPATCHES
Early indications are that Tanzania's former President Jakaya Kikwete will also seek the position which AU officials say is likely to go to an East African...
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President Jakaya Kikwete rewarded Makonda for scuppering the review process which Kikwete had initiated by appointing him District Commissioner for Kinondoni District in Dar...
Such popularity remains a distant goal for Samia although ex-President Jakaya Kikwete opined cryptically recently 'There is no politician who is more popular than President Samia in Tanzania at present...
While her personal base in the party has usually been described as weak she has been supported by heavyweights like ex-President Jakaya Kikwete and ex-Prime Minister Edward Lowassa (Dispatches 7/2/22 An eye on elections President Hassan sidelines a challenger)...
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A veteran diplomat with over 30 years of foreign policy experience Mulamula was an ally of former President Jakaya Kikwete (AC Vol 50 No 15 Eastern foes at war again) and had been handpicked by President Hassan...
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The Panel of Elders (PoE) includes former Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete and former Mauritian Vice-President Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory who were appointed chair and deputy of the PoE...