Background
Clement Kahama was born on 1928 in Bukoba, the son of a Mhaya trader in the Lake Victoria area.
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Clement George Kahama
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Educated at the White Fathers’ Mission School and at the Government School, Tabora. In 1951 he was acting secretary of the local Bukoba Cooperative. In 1953 he left to study at the Lough-borough Cooperative College in Britain and took the diploma of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries.
Career
He returned home and became secretary-treasurer of the Bukoba Cooperative, a member of the Bukoba town council and then manager of the Bukoba Cooperative Society. In 1958 he was returned unopposed as a Tanganyika African National Union member for West Lake and in 1960 was made Minister for Home Affairs.
In 1962 he took over the Commerce portfolio, where he acquired a reputation as an efficient minister, being shuffled in April 1964 to Communications and Works.
With the formation of the National Development Corporation in 1966 he was appointed as its first general manager. The Corporation grew fast under his leadership, registering large increases in turnover and profits.
Personality
Hardworking and efficient, a good businessman who could thrive in a more capitalist environment than Tanzania, but plays an important part as head of a principal state corporation. He likes good living. An extrovert, who can always ride out the most difficult of situations and is nicknamed “Jolly George” by many of his contacts. The National Development Corporation has seen considerable growth under his leadership and has built up appreciable profits over the years.
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Nationality
Tanzanian
Career
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1966