Kingunge ngombale mwiru biography books
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TANZANIA: Kingunge Ngombale–Mwiru (May 30, 1930 –February 2, 2018) was a veteran Tanzanian politician, and
was regarded as one of the leading activists who endured sacrifices for the independence of Tanganyika (today Tanzania Mainland).
Kingunge was an active member and a leader in the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), the nationalist party which fought and gained independence of Tanganyika on December 9th 1961. Kingunge was also among the key figures on the process of joining Tanu and Afro Shiraz Party (ASP) of Zanzibar to found Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) on February 5, 1977.
Ideologically, Kingunge was a passionate communist and remained true on that ideology until his death. As a Marxian (Marxian Class Theory), he did not believe in religion, although he respected all religious folks.
Kingunge rendered long-term service in the Tanzania government and Tanu before working with CCM. One of the things Kingunge was know for was his model of taking official oaths without holding on any of the holy books; neither the Bible, Quran or others. Kingunge took oath holding the Tanzania constitution for all positions of government he served in.
He died on February 2, 2018.
(Credits: WIKIPEDIA)
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Remembering legendary politician Kingunge
Dar es Salaam. How would Kingunge Ngombale-Mwiru (‘Kingunge’) react to the decision by former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa to abandon the main political opposition Chadema and rejoin the ruling ‘Chama cha Mapinduzi’ (CCM)?
This was the question on people’s minds last week as they entered the debating hall of the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (Costech) to participate in a convention on the Life and Thoughts of Kingunge.
On March 1, 2019, Mr Lowassa returned to his earlier political party CCM, three years after he had defected to Chadema when CCM denied him the opportunity to contest for the Presidency on its ticket in the 2015 elections.
Prominent among the members who also abandoned CCM in solidarity with Lowassa was its veteran cadre, ‘Mzee Kingunge.’
CCM has lost its breath; it has nothing new, substantive, and should pave the way for a new generation, Kingunge reportedly said at a rally in Arusha on October 3, 2015.
During the Costech Convention – which was organised by the Nyerere Resource Centre (NRC), and was attended by people from different walks of life – no one had an answer to the question regarding the late Marxist thinker’s possible reaction to Lowassa’s latest ‘defection.’
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