- Freeman Mbowe
Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe (born
14 September 1961 ) is aTanzania n politician and chairman ofChama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA – Party for Democracy and Development). Mbowe is a member of theChaga ethnic group.Mbowe was elected to the National Assembly in 2000 representing Hai Constituency (
Kilimanjaro Region ). He won 64.5% of the vote, which was the highest percentage of votes won among constituencies with opposition MP's.In preparation for the 2005 elections, Mbowe was nominated as CHADEMA's presidential candidate.
Jumbe Rajab Jumbe , aZanzibar i was chosen as his vice-presidential candidate. The election was originally scheduled for30 October 2005, but was postponed until14 December due to the death of Jumbe.Mbowe criticized the lengthy postponement, saying a week's delay would have sufficed and that his party cannot afford to finance extra campaigning. Chadema eventually settled on
Anna Komu to be the running mate.He placed third out of ten candidates in the 14 December 2005 presidential election, winning 5.88% of the vote.
Mbowe is the owner of Club Bilicanas, one of the best nightclubs in Dar es Salaam. He is also the owner of Tanzania Daima, a national daily newspaper, as well as Protea Hotel Aishi Machame, a hotel in his native town of Machame, in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania.
Mbowe is married to Lillian Mtei (daughter of Edwin Mtei, the first Governor of Bank of Tanzania). They were married on
17 August 1991 .
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