Jeremiah Kasambala

Jeremiah Kasambala was one of the first ministers in the cabinet of Julius Nyerere after Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania) won independence from Britain on 9 December 1961. He rose to prominence when he was the head of the Rungwe African Cooperative Union in Rungwe District in the Southern Highlands Province.^[1]^[2]

The Rungwe African Cooperative Union Ltd, successor to the Mwakaleli Coffee Growers Cooperative Society was one of the largest farmers' unions in the country.^[3] Like the other agricultural cooperatives, it played a major role in mobilising its members and other people in the 1950s to support the struggle for independence which was led by the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU).^[4]^[5]^[6]

TANU was the largest political party in the country. It was formed in Dar es Salaam, the colonial capital of Tanganyika, on 7 July 1954. Nyerere was elected president of TANU.

During the sixties, Kasambala served in different capacities in the government under President Nyerere, including being minister of trade and cooperatives, a portfolio that reflected his background as a leader of the cooperative union in Rungwe District; and minister of industries, minerals and energy among other posts.^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ Mwakikagile, Godfrey, Tanzania under Mwalimu Nyerere: Reflections on an African Statesman, New Africa Press, Pretoria, South Africa, (2006), p. 17
^ Mwakikagile, Godfrey, Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, New Africa Press, Pretoria, South Africa, Fifth Edition, (2010), p. 103
^ Lyimo, F. F., Rural Cooperation: In the Cooperative Movement in Tanzania, African Books Collective (2012), p. 37, ISBN 9789987081554 [1] (Retrieved 5 May 2019)
^ Klugman, Jeni; Neyapti, Bilini; and Stewart, Frances; Conflict and Growth in Africa, Vol. 2: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, Development Centre Studies, OECD, Paris, France, (1999), p. 79
^ Lyimo, Francis Fanuel, Rural Cooperation in the Cooperative in Tanzania, Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (2012), p. 37
^ Illife, John, A Modern History of Tanganyika, Cambridge University Press (1979), p. 288.
^ Tanganyika News Review, Volumes 1 – 15, Tanganyika Information Services, Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, 1961, p. 14
^ Africa Report, (1965), p. 30
^ EAPH Political Studies, Volume 3, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, Kenya, (1967), pp. 128, 227

[1] Mwakikagile, Godfrey, Tanzania under Mwalimu Nyerere: Reflections on an African Statesman, New Africa Press, Pretoria, South Africa, (2006), p. 17

[2] Mwakikagile, Godfrey, Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, New Africa Press, Pretoria, South Africa, Fifth Edition, (2010), p. 103

[3] Lyimo, F. F., Rural Cooperation: In the Cooperative Movement in Tanzania, African Books Collective (2012), p. 37, ISBN 9789987081554 [1] (Retrieved 5 May 2019)

[4] Klugman, Jeni; Neyapti, Bilini; and Stewart, Frances; Conflict and Growth in Africa, Vol. 2: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, Development Centre Studies, OECD, Paris, France, (1999), p. 79

[5] Lyimo, Francis Fanuel, Rural Cooperation in the Cooperative in Tanzania, Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (2012), p. 37

[6] Illife, John, A Modern History of Tanganyika, Cambridge University Press (1979), p. 288.

[7] Tanganyika News Review, Volumes 1 – 15, Tanganyika Information Services, Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, 1961, p. 14

[8] Africa Report, (1965), p. 30

[9] EAPH Political Studies, Volume 3, East African Publishing House, Nairobi, Kenya, (1967), pp. 128, 227

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