Kashfa mpya ya andrew chenge biography

Tanzanian politician

Andrew John Chenge (born 24 December 1947) is a Tanzanian CCM politician. He is currently the longest serving Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania, a former Minister of Infrastructure, and a former Member of Parliament for Bariadi West constituency from 2005 to 2020.^[1]

Background

After serving as Attorney-General, he was appointed as Minister of East African Affairs in the Cabinet named on January 4, 2006.^[2] He was then appointed as Minister of Infrastructure on October 15, 2006,^[3] retaining that post in the Cabinet named on February 12, 2008.^[4] He resigned on 20 April 2008 after it was revealed by UK's Serious Fraud Office that he holds US$ 1million (over 1 billion Tanzania shillings) in an overseas offshore account, allegedly as kickbacks from a controversial military radar deal between UK's BAE Systems and Tanzania government which he partly oversaw while serving as Attorney-Ge Mfahamu Mtanzania Andrew Chenge ambaye huwa anahusishwa ...

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