Mr. Wilson Mukama, the new General Secretary of CCM
CCM has picked retired longserving civil servant and party cadre Wilson Mukama as its new Secretary General, replacing Mr Yussuf Makamba who resigned alongside other members of the party’s Central Committee (CC) and entire secretariat on Saturday night.
The ruling party’s National Executive Committee (NEC ), which has been meeting here in a marathon meeting since Saturday under the chairmanship of National Chairman, President Jakaya Kikwete, also picked former Publicity and Ideology Secretary Mr John Chiligati as the new Deputy Secretary General (Mainland) replacing Mr George Mkuchika.
Mr Vuai Ali Vuai has been appointed Deputy Secretary General (Zanzibar) while Mr Nape Nnauye replaces Mr Chiligati at the Publicity and Ideology Department. Under the new changes, Bumbuli MP and son of the outgoing secretary general January Makamba becomes the Foreign Affairs and International Relations Secretary of CC M-NEC and NEC .
The party has further picked Iramba West MP Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba as its Treasurer and also doubles as a NEC member. Following these appointments, the party’s decision-making organ last night appointed Mr Mukama, who is also the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN) as NEC member.
TSN publishes the ‘Daily News, Sunday News, HabariLeo and HabariLeo Jumapili.’ The new NEC members appointed by CC M Chairman on Monday include Mr Mukama, Ms Anna Abdallah, Peter Kisumo, Mwigulu Mchemba, Mr January Makamba, Mr Ali Juma Shamuhuna, Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi and Mr Haji Omari Kheir.
Two other members had already been appointed by the party chairman. The new CC members include Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, Ms Zakia Meghji, Mr Abdallah Kigoda, Mr Pindi Chana, Mr Stephen Wassira, Ostanzia Buhie and Mr William Lukuvi.
Others are Dr Hussein Mwinyi, Dr Maua Daftari, Mr Muhammed Seif Khatib, Mr Shansi Vuai Nahodha, Prof Makame Mbarawa, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan and Mr Mzee Yussuf. In his closing address, Mr Kikwete reiterated that the party has made hard decisions, also agreeing to educate the people on the new constitution process.
He called on Tanzanians to bear in mind that the constitution is not yet in place; adding that what was taking place now was just a process. ‘’We have to win by a landslide come 2015
elections. We have done an evaluation of the last elections as a basis for winning the next,’’ the national chairman told the fully-packed hall.
He told delegates that the party has discussed extensively the question of ethics. We should not hesitate to take action against all those who have been involved in corruption. “We should start afresh; we need to have upright leaders who have the interests of the nation at heart,’’ he pointed out. The chairman thanked the outgoing secretariat under the leadership of Mr
Makamba for their service to the party.
Turning to the new secretariat, he said CCM had high expectations on them – which they will answer to the party’s aspirations. The outgoing Secretary General, Mr Makamba said he thanked God for the good job that has been done by the party for the past five years. He stressed the need to strengthen the party on the way to the 2015 general elections.
He caused laughter when he invited the new secretary general to give him assignments, saying the outgoing leadership was always ready to be of service to the party. Mr Chiligati told a press conference shortly that NEC had decided that those who are listed in corrupion scandals should contemplate and make themselves accountable.
“You don’t have to wait for evidence, the moment the community sees you in that bad light, you have to be accountable by resigning. These are the hard decisions we have made,” he said.
Source: Tanzania Daily News