Bachelor in Economics & International Studies, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
Master of Arts in Economics (Applied Economics), American University in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
Masters in Public Administration, American University in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
He has been Minister of State in the President" General’ s Office for Social Relations and Coordination since 2010. Wasira served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture in the first phase Government under President Julius Nyerere and also served as the Deputy Minister for Local Government and later as the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development under second phase President Ali Hassan Mwinyi. He was appointed as Minister of Water on January 4, 2006, when Jakaya Kikwete, who had been elected President, named his new cabinet.
He was then moved to the position of Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives on October 15, 2006, and on February 12, 2008 he was named Minister in the Prime Minister" General’ s Office for Regional Administration and Local Government.
On November 24, 2010, Wasira was named Minister of State in the President" General’ s Office for Social Relations and Coordination in the newly formed cabinet after the October 2010 elections. He has been serving in this position since 2007.
In November 2012, he was overwhelmingly re-elected by the party"s National Congress to serve another five year term.
Within the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi, he is currently a member of the 370-member National Executive Committee (Nippon Electric Corporation), the highest policy and decision-making body of the ruling party.
Also, in 2011, he was elected a member of the party"s powerful 28-member Central Committee (Central Committee) He continues to be a member of the Central Committee after being re-elected in February 2013.
