Andrew Chenge

Andrew Chenge

Andrew John Chenge is Tanzanian politician and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania. After serving as Attorney-General, he was appointed as Minister of East African Affairs in the Cabinet named on January 4 2006. [Hassan Muhiddin, [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/01/05/57238.html "JK’s beefed up team"] , "Guardian" (IPP Media), January 5, 2006.] He was then appointed as Minister of Infrastructure on October 15 2006, [ [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/10/16/76527.html "Kikwete reshuffles Cabinet"] , "Guardian" (IPP Media), October 16, 2006.] retaining that post in the Cabinet named on February 12 2008. [ [http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/docs/cabinets.pdf List of Cabinet ministers (as of February 12, 2008)] , Tanzanian Parliament website.] He resigned on 20 April 2008 after it was earlier revealed by UK's Serious Fraud Office that he holds US$ 1million (over 1 billion Tanzania shillings) in an overseas offshore account as kickbacks from a controversial military radar deal between UK's BAE Systems and Tanzania government which he partly oversaw while saving as Attorney-General.

References

* [http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/bunge.asp Parliament of Tanzania] website

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