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| Ms Saada Mkuya, Finance Minister. |
By ADAM
IHUCHA--President Jakaya Kikwete has reshuffled
his cabinet, bringing in several new faces and elevating a number of deputy
ministers.
Ms Saada Mkuya Salum has been promoted into a full Finance
Minister, with Mr Mwigulu Nchemba and Mr Adam Malima as her deputies.
She replaced Dr, William Mgimwa who
died on Jan. 1 after a long illness. Ms Mkuya was deputy minister since 2012
and before that finance commissioner in Zanzibar.
The promotion
of Ms Mkuya, is not expected to herald a policy change in the fast-growing east
African economy.
"The appointment of the new
finance minister signals that there will be continuity at the Finance Ministry,"
said Honest Ngowi, a senior economics lecturer at Mzumbe University's Business
School in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
"This is a donor-dependent economy
therefore it needs to engage donors in a continuous debate," he said.
"Donors have engaged with her regularly when she was deputy finance
minister” Dr. Ngowi says.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr
Lazaro Nyalandu, takes over as minister while Mr Mahamoud Mgimwa becomes his
deputy.
Mr Nyalandu faces a number of challenges, poaching
menace ranking high, among others.
Tanzania has
been hit by an upsurge in poaching; with at least 60 elephants killed in the
two months of December 2013 and January 2014.
Wildlife officials say between 2008 and 2012, poachers have slaughtered a total of 776 elephants in various
national parks.
The ministry records show that way back in 2008; poachers killed 104 elephants, while in 2009 and 2010 they
slaughtered 127 and 259 jumbos respectively.
In 2011 poachers were
responsible for killing 276 and 2012 up to mid April they have decimated 87
elephants.
Tanzania, with 70,000-80,000 elephants in 2009, is
thought to be home to nearly a quarter of all African elephants.
“But with this rate of loss we will have none left in
10 years. The African Elephant could be extinct by 2025” says Tanzania Association
of Tour Operators (TATO) Vice-Chairman Mr. Peter Lindstrom.
Mr Lindstrom further said that in the last 10 years,
one third of all ivory seized across the world has originated from Tanzania.
Central bank’s latest economic review proves that
travel has outshined gold as the country’s leading foreign exchange earner,
thanks to the gold falling prices at the world market.
The Bank of Tanzania said in its September
Monthly Economic Review that the value of gold export declined from $2.15
billion in the year ended September 2012 to $1.748 billion in the year ended
September 2013 while tourism surged from $1.61 billion to $1.82 billion during
the same period.
Mr Mathias Chikawe is new Home Affairs Minister, while
Mr Pereira Ame Silima remains deputy minister.
Former United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Dr
Asha- Rose Migiro, takes over the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional
Affairs from Mr Chikawe, while Ms
Angelah Kairuki remains deputy minister.
Dr Titus Kamani takes over as Minister of Livestock
and Fisheries Development, with Mr Kaika Telele as his deputy replacing
Benedict ole Nangoro.
Dr Hussein Mwinyi takes over as new Minister for
Defence and National Service, while his deputy at the Health Ministry, Dr Seif
Rashid, succeeds him, with Dr Steven Kebwe as his deputy.
Education
and Culture Minister Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, Water Minister Prof Jumanne Maghembe
and Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives Minister Christopher Chiza.
Other surprise faces dropped include Dr Terezya Huvisa
who was Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office (Environment).
Ms Pindi Chana takes over as Deputy Minister for
Community Development, Gender and Children from Ms Ummy Mwalimu, who has been
transferred to the VPO as deputy minister responsible for union matters
replacing Mr Charles Kitwanga.
Mr Kitwanga has been appointed Deputy Minister for
Energy and Minerals; replacing Mr George Simbachawene who goes to the Ministry
of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements to replace Mr Goodluck ole Medeye.
Mr Gregory Theu has been dropped as Deputy Minister
for Trade and Industry and his place taken by Ms Janet Mbene, who was formerly
a deputy minister for finance.
Veteran broadcaster and Kondoa South MP Juma Nkamia
becomes the new Deputy Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports.
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