Vol 66 No 13 | 
            - EAST AFRICA
	       Having seen off a trio of prominent rivals last year – ex-foreign minister January Makamba and ex-information minister Nape Nnauye (both sacked for plotting against her)  and accepting the resignation of party vice-chair  Abdurahman Kinana  long regarded as part of the CCM aristocracy – Samia's nomination as the party's presidential contender at January's special National Congress in Dodoma was a formality...
	 
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	     Days later  Foreign Minister January Makamba and Minister of Information  Communication and Information Technology Nape Nnauye  were sacked amid rumours that they were secretly plotting to challenge Samia's re-election bid...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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            Vol 65 No 2 | 
            - KENYA
- TANZANIA
	    Tanzania's foreign minister January Makamba and Kenyan counterpart Musalia Mudavadi are set to hold emergency talks to resolve the latest tit-for-tat trade row between Nairobi and Arusha...
	 
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	     She has removed key Magufuli appointees and allies  such as parliamentary speaker Job Ndugai  who backed the abolition of presidential term limits when Magufuli was president  and Bashiru Ali  Magufuli's CCM Secretary General  and rehabilitated younger figures such as January Makamba  Nape Nnauye and their cohort  who had been ritually humiliated by Magufuli (AC Vol 60 No 19  Magufuli's challengers recant)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The signing of initial agreements in June  and a further signing due in December  of a 'host government agreement' incorporating key project terms should add momentum  says Energy Minister January Makamba...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Tanzania's Energy Minister  January Makamba  continued his attempt to rejuvenate the power sector by announcing a clear-out of all the staff of the troubled power utility Tanzanian Electricity Supply Company's (Tanesco) communications department on 26 January...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    New energy minister  January Makamba  has long been tipped as a future president of the united republic  so his bold plans for the energy sector are winning political attention (AC Vol 53 No 13  New broom passed over & Vol 52 No 9  New brooms  old handles)...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     The most significant move in terms of party management is for January Makamba  who replaces Medard Kalemani as Minister for Energy...
 January Makamba had been in the running to succeed President Magufuli before his dismissal...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Key figures are Kikwete himself  his former assistant  January Makamba  former party Secretary-General Abdulrahman Kinana  and members of parliament Nape Nnauye and Ridhiwani Kikwete  the former president's son...
   Magufuli supporters are convinced the account is a project of Abdulrahman Kinana and January Makamba...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Other factions centre on Prime Minister Kassam Majaliwa  Local Government Minister Selemani Jafo and the former Environment Minister and Minister of State for Union Affairs  January Makamba...
	 
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