Hamisi Kigwangalla
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Member of Parliament for Nzega Rural | |
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| Assumed office November 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Lucas Selelii |
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| Born | 7 August 1975 |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | Medical Doctor |
| Website | www |
Hamisi Andrea Kigwangalla (born 7 August 1975) is a Tanzanian politician for
Early life and education
Hamisi Andrea Kigwangalla was born on 7 August 1975. His father was a banker with the Tanzanian National Bank of Commerce. His mother, Bagaile Bakari Lumola (a retired CCM employee), was a primary school teacher in Nzega Ndogo Primary School, in Nzega, where his father was posted to open a new branch of the bank.[citation needed]
Kigwangalla's father, Nasser Mahampa Kigwangalla, descends from a well-known
He was educated at
Career
He is a Member of Parliament sitting in the
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.[6] He was however cleared two days later.[7] Despite the fact that he was cleared by the immigration officials, he still had to face stern objections from the opposition contestants.[4]
Despite criticism and allegations, Kigwangalla won the elections. He was featured in daily newspapers in Tanzania saying 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 Australian mining giant subsidiary company Resolute Tanzania Ltd, is useless, has no benefits to people from Nzega and the country at large, and it should be closed.[8] Kigwangalla was re-elected to the Parliament in the October 2015 Tanzanian general elections to represent the Nzega Rural Constituency on a CCM ticket.
Kigwangalla was a vocal defender of the Tanzanian government's
Personal
Kigwangalla has authored a policy framework book, Kigwanomics and the Tanzania We Want: From Renaissance to Transformation.[11]
References
- ^ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ "Parliament of Tanzania - Hon. Dr. Hamisi Andrea Kigwangalla". www.parliament.go.tz. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ "Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Life In Politics". 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
- ^ a b "Witch hunting on opponents vying seats". Jamiiforums.com. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Waliopita, waliobebwa kura za maoni CCM - Gazeti la MwanaHalisi". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Tanzania: Immigration Arrests Bashe Replacement". The Citizen. All Africa. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Uraia wa mrithi wa Bashe nao matatani". Mwananchi.co.tz. 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ hamisi.kigwangalla (2010-12-09). "Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla's Round Table: Dk Kigwangala awakaba Resolute". Kigwangalla.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ Honan, Edith (8 April 2017). "How Tanzania Is Cracking Down On LGBT People — And Getting Away With It". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Maizland, Lindsay (28 June 2017). "Tanzania's president is cracking down on LGBTQ rights. He says cows would approve". Vox. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "About Dr. Hamisi A. Kigwangalla". Kigwanomics. 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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