Hamisi Kigwangalla
| Honourable Dr Hamisi Kigwangalla MP | |
|---|---|
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| Member of Parliament for Nzega | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Lucas Selelii |
| Majority | 20,470 (56.66%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1975 |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
| Alma mater | UDSM (M.D.) Blekinge Institute of Technology Karolinska Institutet (M.P.H.) |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
| Website | www.hamisikigwangalla.com |
Hamisi Andrea Kigwangalla (born 7 August 1975) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Nzega constituency since 2010.[1]
Early life and education
He was educated at Kigoma and Shinyanga secondary schools before joining the University of Dar es Salaam where he studied medicine from 1999 to 2004. He then pursued his postgraduate studies in Sweden at Blekinge Institute of Technology (MBA) and Karolinska Institutet (M.P.H.).
Career
He is a young Member of Parliament sitting in the National Assembly (Tanzania) representing Nzega constituency of the Tabora region. He was first elected in the national elections on October 31, 2010. His appointment by the national executive council to run for the post through the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ticket was followed by a lot of criticism with critics claiming that he was appointed to contest for the post despite being the second runner up after Hussein Mohammed Bashe (the winner of the primary votes) who was not favoured on account of his citizenship being unclear, and the incumbent Lucas Lumambo Selelii (1st runner up) in the primaries, because he was working for the First Lady of Tanzania's charitable organisation, Wanawake na Maendeleo (WAMA), a rumour which he denies.[2][3]
Immediately after his nomination by the CCM's top congregation, he was also arrested by the immigration police on charges of being a non-citizen of Tanzania and this became a center issue in the Tanzanian media. He was however cleared two days later.[4] Despite the fact that he was cleared by the immigration officials, he still had to face stern objections from the opposition contestants.[2]
Despite criticism and allegations, Kigwangalla won the elections. He recently was featured in daily newspapers in Tanzania that he intends to table a motion in the National Assembly claiming that the Golden Pride Gold Mine, a gold mining project located in Nzega and owned by an Australian mining giant subsidiary company Resolute Tanzania Ltd is useless and has no benefits to people from Nzega and the country at large and that should be closed.[5]
Kigwangalla was born and grew up in Nzega, he studied and graduated in Doctor of Medicine from the University of Dar es Salaam, and later obtained his Masters of Public Health from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
References
- ↑ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Witch hunting on opponents vying seats". Jamiiforums.com. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ↑ http://www.mwanahalisi.co.tz/waliopita_waliobebwa_kura_za_maoni_ccm
- ↑ "Uraia wa mrithi wa Bashe nao matatani". Mwananchi.co.tz. 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ↑ Posted by hamisi.kigwangalla (2010-12-09). "Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla's Round Table: Dk Kigwangala awakaba Resolute". Kigwangalla.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
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