Ndugu wanaJF baada ya Lowassa kujieleza hapo jana na kujaribu kujitetea kwa pointless hebu tumjadili nini mustakabali wake ki siasa kwa sasa na siku za usoni. Nawakilisha hoja hii kwa kutoa profile yake hapa pia nadhani ni nyema tukaanzisha thread za kuwachambua wanasiasa mbali mbali....
Edward Ngoyayi Lowassa (born 1953) is a former Prime Minister of Tanzania. He took office on December 30, 2005 and resigned on February 7, 2008.
Lowassa served as Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office during President Ali Hassan Mwinyi's second term. He unsuccessfully sought the nomination of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) as its presidential candidate in 1995 and was then a backbencher in Parliament until he was appointed Minister of Water and Livestock Development following the 2000 election. He gained a high profile as a minister, but chose not to seek the CCM presidential nomination in 2005, to the surprise of many observers. The CCM chose Jakaya Kikwete as its candidate, and after Kikwete won the 2005 election he announced his nomination of Lowassa for the position of Prime Minister on December 29, 2005. Parliament overwhelmingly confirmed the nomination, with 312 votes in favor and two opposed, and Lowassa was sworn in December 30.[1]
Upon resigning, Lowassa informed the Tanzania Parliament that he had tendered his resignation to the President after being implicated in a report by a Parliamentary Committee investigating the awarding of a contract to Richmond Development Company LLC of Texas, USA for the supply of electricity to Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO). According to the report, the Prime Minister used his position to circumvent the rules and influence the bid process in favor of Richmond Development Company. Further, the committee presented findings which showed that Richmond Development was an essentially bogus 'briefcase company', which fabricated and forged documents used during the bidding process. Lowassa has an extensive background in both parliamentary issues and government affairs. Lowassa is the first Prime Minister to have been forced to resign by a fraud scandal in the history of Tanzania.
Education
Lowassa received his undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Dar es Salaam and a Masters Degree in Development Studies from The University of Bath in the United Kingdom.
Positions held
He held various positions in the government since the late 1980s:
* Minister for State, Vice President's Office - Environment & Poverty, 1988-1989
* Managing Director - Arusha International Conference Centre, 1989-1990
* Minister for State, Prime Minister's Office and First Vice President (Judiciary & Parliamentary Affairs), 1990-1993
* Minister of Lands, Human Settlement Development, 1993-1995
* Minister of Water and Livestock Development, 2000-2005
* Member of Parliament - Monduli Constituency, 1990-Present
* Prime Minister, 2005-2008
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