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)...
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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...
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In the reshuffle President Hassan left the ministries of finance defence energy tourism and foreign affairs unchanged while appointing to ministerial posts several key supporters of former President Jakaya Kikwete including Nape Nnauye and Ridhiwani Kikwete his son (AC Vol 62 No 7 Life after the bulldozer)...
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Chairing Tanesco's new board is Omari Issa who oversaw the last attempt at unbundling the company as head of President Jakaya Kikwete's Big Results Now (BRN) initiative (AC Vol 58 No 5 Sour fate of sugar project)...
This board suggests a return to the priorities of President Jakaya Kikwete's administration...
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An assistant to former President Jakaya Kikwete Makamba was President John Magufuli's environment minister until July 2019 when he was sacked ostensibly for poor performance...
Yet the two met at Banda's home on 16 August after Lungu's concession speech the encounter reportedly brokered by the head of the Commonwealth observer mission Tanzania's ex-President Jakaya Kikwete and the head of the African Union observer mission Sierra Leone's ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma...