JK shuffles district commissioners

 

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The list of other new DCs is made up of Mr Ramadhani Mtima (Ruangwa), Dr Jasmine Tiisike (Mpwapwa), Pololeti Mgema (Nachingwea), Mr Fadhili Nkurlu (Misenyi) and Mr Felix Jackson Lyaniva (Rorya).

Dar es Salaam. The government yesterday announced a major reshuffle in the district commissioners’ line-up in an apparent move to fill vacant posts ahead of the October General Election.

In the reshuffle, President Jakaya Kikwete has appointed 27 new DCs to fill vacant posts, dropped 19 and transferred 64 others. Some 42 have retained their posts.

Announcing the reshuffle in Dodoma, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda told journalists that the new DCs had been appointed to fill the vacancies left by those who died, shifted or promoted.

“There were 27 vacant posts after some of them reached retirement age, some were promoted and others were shifted [to other duty stations],” he said.

An outspoken CCM young member, Mr Paul Makonda, and the ruling party’s youth wing (UVCCM) national vice chairperson, Ms Mboni Mhita, are among notable new comers in the list of DCs.

A prominent Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) announcer and journalist, Mr Shaaban Kissu, former regional police commander Zelothe Stephen and former Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) secretary general Frederick Mwakalebela, have also been appointed as new DCs.

Their respective work stations are Kinondoni for Mr Makonda, while Ms Mhita will serve in Mufindi. Others are, Mr Kissu (Kondoa), Stephen (Musoma) and Mwakalebela (Wanging’ombe).

The list of other new DCs is made up of Mr Ramadhani Mtima (Ruangwa), Dr Jasmine Tiisike (Mpwapwa), Pololeti Mgema (Nachingwea), Mr Fadhili Nkurlu (Misenyi) and Mr Felix Jackson Lyaniva (Rorya).

Others are, Ms Zainab Rajab Mbussi (Rungwe), Mr Francis Mwonga (Bahi), Col Kimiang’ombe Samwel Nzoka (Kiteto), Ms Husna Rajab Msangi (Handeni), Mr Emmanuel Uhaula (Tandahimba), Mr Hashim Mgandilwa (Ngorongoro), Ms Mariam Juma (Lushoto), Thea Medard Ntara (Kyela) and Mr Ahmad Nammohe (Mbozi).

The list also includes, Ms Pili Moshi (Kwimba), Mr Mahmoud Kambona (Simanjiro), Glorius Luoga (Tarime), Mr Zainab Telack (Sengerema), Mr Bernard Nduta (Masasi), Ms Zuhura Mustafa Ally (Uyui), Ms Mwajuma Nyiruka (Misungwi) and Mr Maftah Ally Mohamed (Serengeti). The reshuffle also saw 12 DCs dropped from the public serve due to old age, sickness and other reasons which were not made public by the premier.

They include, Ms Martha Umbulla, who was serving in clash ravaged Kiteto District, and Danhi Makianga, who was in Kasulu, where some politicians recently accused him of allowing pastoralists to settle in reserved forests, leading to clashed between them and farmers.

There are also seven DCs who have been removed from their posts, but they will be assigned other duties, according to Mr Pinda. He named them as, Brig. Gen. Cosmas Kayombo, who was serving in Simanjiro, Col. Ngemela Lubinga (Mlele), Mr Juma Madaha (Ludewa), Ms Mercy Silla (Mkuranga), Mr Ahmed Kipozi (Bagamoyo), Mr Mrisho Gambo (Korogwe) and Mr Elinas Pallangyo (Rombo).