NEW COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNMANCE [CHRAAG] TZ

By David Kisangs, THE  GUARDIAN, TANZANIA. 

8th January 2015

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

 

President Jakaya Kikwete has appointed six officials to head the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG), the Directorate of Presidential Communications said yesterday.

 

Their appointment was effective from January 6, 2015 but they will be sworn-in today at the State House in Dar es Salaam. 

 

The statement released by the Directorate of Presidential Communications Unit yesterday mentioned the appointed CHRAGG officials as Chairman, Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga, Deputy Chairman, Iddi Ramadhani Mapuri and four commissioners - Mohamed Khamis Hamad, Dr Kevin Mandopi, Rehema Msabila Ntimizi and Salma Ali Hassan. 

 

Nyanduga holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Dar es Salaam, Masters in Law from London and Diploma in Law from The Hague.

 

He has also worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, served as President of Tanganyika Law Society, served as commissioner at the Africa Human Rights Commission and as an independent expert of the United Nations Human Rights in Somalia.

 

His deputy, Iddi Ramadhani Mapuri holds a Bachelor Degree from the University of Dar es Salaam, a Diploma in Rural Management and Postgraduate Diploma in Management from India.

 

He once worked as a Labour Commissioner and Director of Governance and Human Resources Development in the Ministry of Youth, Women and Empowerment in 2011.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN