SIMBA WA VITA: Tanzania
The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference. This is what these men fought for and its what makes who we are now.
Name: Rashid Mfaume Kawawa
Date of Birth: 1926 - Matepwende, Songea Ruvuma Region
Education: 1941 - Primary - Liwale Lindi
1942 - 1947 Dar es Salaam Secondary School
Employment/
Appointments 1955-1960 - Secretary General and President - Tanganyika Federation of Labour
1960-1961 Minister of Local Government and Housing
1961 Minister without Portfolio
1962 Prime Minister of Tanganyika
Dec. 1962-April, 1964 Vice President of Tanganyika
1964-1972 Second Vice President of the Republic of Tanzania
1972-77 Feb. Prime Minister and Second Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Memberships: 1953-1960 Tanganyika African Government Servants’ Association
1958 Member of TANU Central Committee and TANU vice President; CCM Member and Member of the Central Committee, Chairman, Standing Committee on Party Affairs
1982 Secretary General, CCM
Seminars/Courses/Conferences
Attended 1956 Attended Trade Union Course in UK
1956 Study conference on industrial relations, in UK
Seminars and courses on political education, Tanzania Military training in Tanzania
1956 World Assembly of Youth Conference, Berlin
1960 All African Peoples’ Conference, Tunis
1958 World Assembly of Youth, New Delhi, India
1966 Non Aligned Conference, Cairo
1972 Non Aligned Conference, Algiers
O.A.U. Summit - Morocco
Literary Contribution: Books, Seminar, papers, etc. various seminar papers on political development of Tanzania
Medals/Awards: 1985 Tanzania medal for bravery
Mzee Rashid Mfaume Kawawa anatoa salamu za Eid El Fitr kwa watu wote....Picha zaidi ingia www.tanzaniaone.net
WHO IS RASHID KAWAWA[above]?
1962 Prime Minister of Tanganyika
Dec. 1962-April, 1964 Vice President of Tanganyika
1964-1972 Second Vice President of the Republic of Tanzania
1972-77 Feb. Prime Minister and Second Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Memberships: 1953-1960 Tanganyika African Government Servants’ Association
1958 Member of TANU Central Committee and TANU vice President; CCM Member and Member of the Central Committee, Chairman, Standing Committee on Party Affairs
1982 Secretary General, CCM
1962 Prime Minister of Tanganyika
Dec. 1962-April, 1964 Vice President of Tanganyika
1964-1972 Second Vice President of the Republic of Tanzania
1972-77 Feb. Prime Minister and Second Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Memberships: 1953-1960 Tanganyika African Government Servants’ Association
1958 Member of TANU Central Committee and TANU vice President; CCM Member and Member of the Central Committee, Chairman, Standing Committee on Party Affairs
1982 Secretary General, CCM
