Suluhu appoints daughter, son in-law to Cabinet
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter, Wanu Ameir as the Deputy Minister for Education. She also appointed her son-in-law, Mohamed Mchengerwa as the Minister of Health.
Samia named 27 ministers and 29 deputy ministers in a televised address on Monday from Chamwino State House, Dodoma, appointing the daughter Wanu Hafidh Ameir, as Deputy Minister of Education.
Wanu’s husband Mohamed Mchengerwa, was named as the new Minister for Health in the changes that saw seven senior officials, who served in the previous cabinet, lose their jobs.
Wanu, 43, is the Member of Parliament for Makunduchi Constituency in the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar, while her husband, 46, is also the Member of Parliament for Rufiji Constituency in the country’s Pwani Region.
Tanzania’s former President Jakaya Kikwete’s son, Ridhwani Kikwete, has also been appointed minister in charge of Public Service Management and Good Governance in the President’s office.
Ridhwani Kikwete, 46, is also a lawmaker of the CCM party, representing the coastal constituency of Chalinze located in Pwani Region. His father, Jakaya, the fourth president of Tanzania, is credited with pushing Samia to the helm of CCM and eventually the presidency.
Khamis Mussa Omar was appointed as the new minister for finance, succeeding Mwigulu Nchemba, who assumed the position of Prime Minister last week, while Hassan confirmed that Mahmoud Thabit Kombo will continue serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.
The new Cabinet will be sworn in on Tuesday morning.
