She studied public administration at postgraduate level at the University of Manchester United Kingdom before returning to Tanzania to take up a political career first as a member of the Zanzibar Assembly then as Minister of State in the Vice-President's office for Union Affairs under the presidency of Jakaya Kikwete who remains a close ally...
The dominant faction within the party is an old guard loyal to former President Jakaya Kikwete...
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It was given information about the medical treatment of former presidents Julius Nyerere Benjamin Mkapa and Jakaya Kikwete said Lissu...
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CCM has known it was under pressure since 2010 when President Jakaya Kikwete won a second term with just 63% of the vote on a 42% turnout...
Intended as a key element in China's Belt and Road Initiative preliminary work on the project started in 2015 under Magufuli's predecessor Jakaya Kikwete (AAC Vol 6 No 9 Pipeline and transparency protests)...
Relations with Rwanda strained under President Jakaya Kikwete will continue to be smooth...
Notably Makamba and Kinana do not refer to Musiba's allegations in November 2018 that they both enriched themselves while each served as party Secretary General under President Jakaya Kikwete...
The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) one of ex-President Jakaya Kikwete's favourite projects touted globally as a radical policy to support smallholders while promoting foreign venture capital investment in the sector is in deep trouble after the government cancelled the US$47 million Matching Grant Fund (MGF)...
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Under-pressure tax collectors will continue to squeeze domestic investors while foreign businesses understand that although the regime is markedly less friendly than that of ex-President Jakaya Kikwete informal negotiated settlements will remain the basis of much investment and taxation...
The party is still dominated by the last president Jakaya Kikwete whose influence Magufuli is seeking to supplant sources in Dar es Salaam say...
Former Attorney General Andrew Chenge and former Presidents Jakaya Kikwete and Benjamin Mkapa however are normally regarded as untouchable...